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* Yar, the lemur chief from ''[[Dinosaur]]'' apparently has a huge fear of dinosaurs. He eventually gets over it after a newly-hatched Aladar pees him in the face.

* In one episode of ''[[Doug]]'', Roger is afraid of snakes.

* The Pieman from the original ''[[Strawberry Shortcake]]'' commercials was afraid of snakes; naturally, this caused some problems when he and [[Distaff Counterpart| Sour Grapes]] - who had one as a pet - became partners.

* The Pieman from the original ''[[Strawberry Shortcake]]'' commercials was afraid of snakes; naturally, this caused some problems when he and [[Distaff Counterpart|Sour Grapes]] - who had one as a pet - became partners.

== Spiders (arachnophobia) ==

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* [[Gorillaz]] singer/keyboardist 2D is deathly afraid of whales. As of current canon he's being held prisoner in a small underwater cell with a whale lurking outside the window.

* [[Arthur (animation)|Arthur]]'s sister D.W. is terrified of octopuses.

* Della, from the [[DuckTales (2017)| reboot of ''DuckTales'']], is afraid of fish, and anything that even ''partially'' resembles fish, like mermaids. Even being around them makes her vomit.

* Della, from the [[DuckTales (2017)|reboot of ''DuckTales'']], is afraid of fish, and anything that even ''partially'' resembles fish, like mermaids. Even being around them makes her vomit.

=== Real Life ===

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=== Western Animation ===

* Ben in ''[[Ben 10]]''. {{spoiler|He faced his fear eventually.}}

* Wakko Warner in ''[[Animaniacs]]''. Of course, in Wakko's case, the ''clowns'' are the ones who will get the worst out of it.

* Wakko Warner in ''[[Animaniacs]]''. Of course, in Wakko's case, the ''clowns'' are the ones who will get the worst out of it. Oddly, he's not afraid of [[Monster Clown|Nicklewise]] (a [[Captain Ersatz]] of [[IT|Pennywise]]) because, well, he and his siblings [[Cloudcuckoolander|are like that.]] (This is addressed in the recap.)

** This is addressed in the recap, but he is, oddly, not afraid of [[Monster Clown| Nicklewise]] (a [[Captain Ersatz]] of [[IT|Pennywise]]) because, well, he and his siblings [[Cloudcuckoolander| are like that.]]

* On a similar note, Billy of ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy]]'' thinks clowns are plotting to [[Overly Long Gag|"DESTROY US ALL! DESTROY US ALL! DESTROY US ALL! DESTROY US ALL!"]]

** Likewise, in ''Big Boogey Adventure, Billy's given a [[Biological Mashup|spider clown mailman]] as a hybridization of all his fears courtesy of Horror's Hand. Since Billy must battle his own demons before touching the Hand, Mandy's laser rifle has no effect on said aberration.

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=== Tabletop Games ===

* Illithids (mind flayers) in the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' setting are terrified of ghosts and undead beings in general, and for good reason. Undead are immune to psionic powers (even intelligent ones) and even undead who have brains can't be hurt by an illithid's extraction ability. This makes an illithid virtually powerless and defenseless against such creatures, thus making undead one of the few types of monsters they fear. Illithids who purposely ''become'' undead [[Our Liches Are Different| (called alhoon, or illithiliches)]] are hated outcasts among their people.

* Illithids (mind flayers) in the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' setting are terrified of ghosts and undead beings in general, and for good reason. Undead are immune to psionic powers (even intelligent ones) and even undead who have brains can't be hurt by an illithid's extraction ability. This makes an illithid virtually powerless and defenseless against such creatures, thus making undead one of the few types of monsters they fear. Illithids who purposely ''become'' undead [[Our Liches Are Different|(called alhoon, or illithiliches)]] are hated outcasts among their people.

=== Video Games ===

===Video Games===

* Luigi from the ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' games is deathly afraid of ghosts (and possibly Waddle Dees as shown in ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]. Brawl'').

** Yoshi is afraid of ghost ''houses''. And fortresses. And [[Big Bad]] castles. And switch palaces. Yeah, Yoshi's a coward.

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=== Anime and Manga ===

* In the original ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', [[The Rival| Seto Kaiba]] has a rather peculiar fear: of Exodia. He has a good reason, of course, seeing as Yugi defeated him rather badly using it in their first duel, and inflicted a Penalty Game after doing so that took Kaiba a while to recover from. (It was not without some malice that Kaiba refused to disqualify the Exodia-using Rare Hunter in Battle City much later, as he was hoping Yugi would be just as scared of facing it.) Later, Kaiba's evil stepfather Gozaburo tried to take advantage of this by using Exodia Necross against him, something he claimed was an even stronger version, but by then, Kaiba had learned not to be so careless, and was able to defeat it using careful strategy. The fact that Gozaburo had almost no strategy other than Necross helped too.

* In the original ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' manga, [[The Rival|Seto Kaiba]] has a rather peculiar fear of Exodia. He has a good reason, of course, seeing as Yugi defeated him rather badly using it in their first duel, and inflicted a Penalty Game after doing so that took Kaiba a while to recover from. (It was not without some malice that Kaiba refused to disqualify the Exodia-using Rare Hunter in Battle City much later, as he was hoping Yugi would be just as scared of facing it.)

** Later in the anime-only Virtual World arc, Kaiba's [[Archnemesis Dad|evil stepfather Gozaburo]] tried to take advantage of this by using Exodia Necross against him, something he claimed was an even stronger version - but by then, Kaiba had learned not to be so careless, and was able to defeat it. The fact that Gozaburo had almost no strategy other than Necross helped too.

* In a ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (anime)|Yu-Gi-Oh GX]]'' 3-parter, it is revealed that vampires scare the crap out of Daitokuji-sensei. Guess who was the [[Villain of the Week]] in all 3 episodes? {{spoiler|He may have been lying, however. He was secretly a member of the Seven Stars, a group that Camula also belonged to. They were only seen as a group in one brief scene (in shadow), and it is not known if the individual members actually helped each other at all.}}

* In the dub (but not original) version of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal]]'', Shark's sister Rio claims that Shark has a "strange fear of onions", and he really gets upset when she brings it up. [[Noodle Incident| One can only guess how it happened.]]

* In the dub (but not original) version of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal]]'', Shark's sister Rio claims that Shark has a "strange fear of onions", and he really gets upset when she brings it up. [[Noodle Incident|One can only guess how it happened.]]

* In ''[[Soul Eater]]'', Death The Kid's [[Super OCD]] seems to mainly manifest as a fear of asymmetry (sometimes it gives him panics attacks and [[Heroic BSOD]], sometimes it acts as a [[Berserk Button]]).

* Celty from ''[[Durarara!!]]'' is afraid of ''space aliens'' for some reason. [[Rule of Cute|(Probably because it's adorable).]] She also develops a fear of police – traffic cops in particular – later in the series.

* The ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' animated adaptation gives Sanosuke a crippling fear of trains (which of course pops up in every [[Filler]] episode and [[Non-Serial Movie]] that involves riding a train); he also expresses a suspicion of cameras, fearing that it'll steal his soul.

* Miyuki Takara of ''[[Lucky Star]]'' really hates dentists, but is kinda [[Truth in Television]] since we ALL do.

* Goku from ''[[Dragon Ball]] Z'' is terrified of needles, ~~this~~ ~~came after~~ he got a shot after his first fight with Vegeta. Sorta justified: he had never gotten a shot in his life until then.

* Goku from ''[[Dragon Ball]] Z'' is terrified of needles, revealed when he got a shot after his first fight with Vegeta. Sorta justified: he had never gotten a shot in his life until then.

* In ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'', Austria totally ''loathes'' any sea creatures.

** Also, Seychelles ''hates'' the cold to the point of collapsing in Cuba's arms after walking in the snow for a while, despite wearing a huge coat. [[Justified Trope]] due to the very warm Seychellois climate.

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* The Earth-2 [[Batman]] suffered an attack from the Scarecrow which caused him to hallucinate his greatest fear. It was fear of being alone, and he hallucinated his friends vanishing before his eyes.

* In his Brazilian Comic book stories, Jose Carioca is so lazy that he's often depicted as having an outright phobia of work. That would maybe be "tripaliophobia".

* In ''[[Empowered]]'', the villain Rum, Sodomy and the Lash is scared off by ''a fabric store''. Apparently it brings up bad childhood memories.

* In ''[[Empowered]]'', the villain Rum, Sodomy and the Lash is scared off by ''a fabric store''. Apparently it brings up [[Noodle Incident|bad childhood memories]].

* In [[Geoff Johns]]' ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]'', Superboy and Beast Boy have a phobia of doctors, due to both of them being experimented on as kids. Beast Boy in particular has a special hatred for needles.

* In [[Geoff Johns]]' ''[[Teen Titans (Comic Book)|Teen Titans]]'' run, Superboy and Beast Boy have a phobia of doctors, due to both of them being experimented on as kids. Beast Boy in particular has a special hatred for needles.

* In a ''[[Batman]]/[[Judge Dredd (comics)|Judge Dredd]]'' crossover graphic novel, Judge Death was subjected to Scarecrow's fear-inducing gas, and hallucinated being mobbed by (shudder) ''[[Tastes Like Diabetes|cuddly stuffed animals and cartoon ponies]]''.

* In a ''Batman/[[Judge Dredd (comics)|Judge Dredd]]'' crossover graphic novel, Judge Death was subjected to Scarecrow's fear-inducing gas, and hallucinated being mobbed by (shudder) ''[[Tastes Like Diabetes|cuddly stuffed animals and cartoon ponies]]''.

* Lucy from ''[[Peanuts]]'', in her role as a nickel psychiatrist, once diagnosed Charlie Brown as having pantophobia, "the fear of everything". He fervently agreed. This gag was repeated in ''[[A Charlie Brown Christmas]]''.

* ''[[Zatanna]]'' has a phobia regarding puppets. It turns out, there is a very good reason for this phobia.

* ''[[Zatanna]]'' has a phobia regarding puppets, and it turns out there is a very good reason for this phobia.

* [[Superman|Superboy-Prime]], despite being an over-the-top [[Villain Sue]], is deathly afraid of [[The Flash|Bart Allen]] ever since the latter trapped him in the Speed Force during ''[[Infinite Crisis]]''.

* [[The Flash/Characters|Heatwave]] has cryophobia, fear of the cold.

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* Artix, normally fearless paladin extraordinaire in ''[[Adventure Quest Worlds]]'', is utterly terrified of the color pink (which Beleen mercilessly teases him about).

* [[Shrinking Violet|Florina]] from ''[[Fire Emblem 7]]'' isn't only afraid of insects, but is terrified by bows ([[Justified]], because as a flying unit, she is vulnerable to them) and suffers from a mild case of [[Does Not Like Men|androphobia]].

* ''[[World of Warcraft]]''; in the ''Battle for Azeroth'' expansion, when a Horde player first sets foot in Drustvar (possibly the place in the expansion with the most [[Nightmare Fuel]]) he has two allies, [[Proud Warrior Race|Eitrigg]] and [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Gallywick]]. When it becomes clear that a group of goblin scouts were tortured to death by the witch coven, Eitrigg seems nervous to face such foes. While [[Jerkass| Gallywick]] at first finds it hilarious that the "big, strong orc is scared of witches", even he starts to get jittery when they actually appear.

* ''[[World of Warcraft]]''; in the ''Battle for Azeroth'' expansion, when a Horde player first sets foot in Drustvar (possibly the place in the expansion with the most [[Nightmare Fuel]]) he has two allies, [[Proud Warrior Race|Eitrigg]] and [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Gallywick]]. When it becomes clear that a group of goblin scouts were tortured to death by the witch coven, Eitrigg seems nervous to face such foes. While [[Jerkass|Gallywick]] at first finds it hilarious that the "big, strong orc is scared of witches", even he starts to get jittery when they actually appear.

=== Web Comics ===

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* Vendetta from ''[[Making Fiends]]'' has a hatred of music (melophobia). There's a big zig-zag in how extreme it is; she hates Charlotte's singing, but sometimes [[Villain Song|she will sing herself]] (and very badly). In the last three episodes of the web series, she seems to be ''traumatized'' by music playing from a card, firing her assistant Grudge [[It Makes Sense in Context|because it keeps playing when he burps]]. When her new assistant Rubella gives her a musical bear, Vendetta falls to the ground writhing in pain. In the TV series, she seems to hate music mostly because [[Card-Carrying Villain|it's happy and she hates happy things.]]

* The Zigerions from ''[[Rick and Morty]]'' are aliens who appear to suffer from ''gymnophobia'', the irrational fear of nudity. Simply taking a shower assures they won't eavesdrop on you. As can be expected, [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain| they aren't the most competent aliens.]]

* The Zigerions from ''[[Rick and Morty]]'' are aliens who appear to suffer from ''gymnophobia'', the irrational fear of nudity. Simply taking a shower assures they won't eavesdrop on you. As can be expected, [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|they aren't the most competent aliens.]]

* In ''[[Gravity Falls]]'', Mabel is afraid of [[Claymation|stop-motion animation.]]

* Much like Pamala Anderson, listed below, Della from the [[DuckTales (2017)|2017 reboot of ''DuckTales'']] is afraid of her own reflection. This a result of how she was so desperate for companionship during her 11-year ordeal, she started talking to her reflection in a mirror and started to believe it was a real person.