History BadassAdorable / Literature

%% * Madeline of ''{{Madeline}}''.

* Rudi Mackenzie of the {{Emberverse}} starts his badass career quite early, when, at ''nine years old'', he fights against a picked force trying to kidnap him, and acquits himself nearly as well as do his two adult bodyguards. A handsome and personable boy, he then goes on to charm the daylights out of his captors, including IceQueen Tiphaine.

** Dobby. He's saved [[TheHero Harry]]'s sorry ass quite a few times, disarmed/attacked several wizards, and says the most awesome line an elf could ever say: "Dobby has no master!!!" [[spoiler:He even died like a {{Badass}}! Hit by a knife thrown by a crazy chick you just dropped a Chandelier on while apparating three other people out of the domain of Voldemort.]] Though to some, he's not EXACTLY adorable.

** [[BadassBookworm Hermione]] is the female {{Badass}} {{Adorkable}}.

** [[ShrinkingViolet Neville Longbottom]] is THE {{Badass}} {{Adorkable}}.

* Rudi Mackenzie of the {{Emberverse}} starts his {{Badass}} career quite early, when, at ''nine years old'', he fights against a picked force trying to kidnap him, and acquits himself nearly as well as do his two adult bodyguards. A handsome and personable boy, he then goes on to charm the daylights out of his captors, including IceQueen Tiphaine.

** Toot-toot: "Avaunt, villain!" Enough said.

** Tiffany Aching, aged 9, invaded the kingdom of the borderline-EldritchAbomination [[FairFolk Elf Queen]] armed only with a [[FryingPanOfDoom frying pan]] and a gang of ViolentGlaswegian {{Smurfs}} in ''Discworld/TheWeeFreeMen''.

* Rudi Mackenzie of the {{Emberverse}} starts his {{Badass}} career quite early, when, at ''nine years old'', he fights against a picked force trying to kidnap him, and acquits himself nearly as well as do his two adult bodyguards. A handsome and personable boy, he then goes on to charm the daylights out of his captors, including IceQueen Tiphaine.

* Gazzy and Angel from ''Literature/{{MaximumRide}}''.Sure, they're cute and all, being the youngest members of the group, but [[{{Gasshole}} Gazzy]] can blow you up with the MANY explosives he keeps somewhere in his clothes while [[CreepyChild Angel]] can effectively [[MindManipulation control your mind]]

** Hermione is the female {{Badass}} {{Adorkable}}.

** [[ShrinkingViolet Neville Longbottom]] ]is THE {{Badass}} {{Adorkable}}.

** Ginny and Mrs. Weasley, too.
** Neville Longbottom is THE {{Badass}} {{Adorkable}}.

%% ** CloudCuckooLander Luna Lovegood.

* Ginny and Mrs. Weasley, too.
%% ** Neville Longbottom is THE {{Badass}} {{Adorkable}}.

** Hermione is the female [[BadassAdorable]] {{Adorkable}}.

** Hermione is the female {{Badass}} {{Adorkable.}}

** Hermione is the female [[BadassAdorable {{Adorkable.}}

** Hermione is the female [[BadassAdorable]] {{Adorkable.}}

* Eros's war half of [[Literature/CupidAble]].

* Eros's war half of [[Literature/{{Cupid Able}}]].

* [[LittleMissBadass Sally 'Faye' Vierra]] of ''Literature/TheGrimnoirChronicles'' is an adorable, sweet little Okie teenager, a bit of a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, is ''way'' too willing to murder anyone whom she thinks deserves it, and is probably the single most powerful wizard on Earth.

* ''Literature/SpectralShadows'' is full of animal characters, both feral and anthro. As such, this trope is inevitable.

* Literature/DianaTregarde. Barely five feet tall, and compared at one point to a music-box ballerina. She can take you apart with karate, a gun, or magical combat.

* In the ''Literature/RainbowMagic'' series, Rachel and Kirsty are very young and cute, but they defeat Jack Frost every time he causes trouble.

*** And in ''Dawntreader'' we finally get to see her in action, rather than just as an informed ability, and we find out why.

* Charlie [=McGee=], the eponymous ''Literature/{{Firestarter}}''; a cute, little, red-haired girl who even gets called "button" more than once, theoretically capable of ''cracking the Earth in two'' when she comes into her full power. Certainly already capable of vaporizing a man with very little effort.