History BadassAdorable / WesternAnimation

** The Fireside Girls as a whole. One of their achievement patches is ''wrestling an alligator.''

* While it's probably due to the art style, a large number of characters in ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' would certainly qualify. Special credit goes to [[KidHero Finn]], who is adorable, and powerful enough to power a machine that can flip the Earth.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls''

* A lot of the G1 ''MyLittlePony'' gang was this. Especially certain Ponies.

** Nibblonians are Badasses Adorable. However, as ancient, super-intelligent beings, they resent being regarded cute. However, they purr like cats and make noises like puppies. One of their leaders remarks that sometimes he fears they are indeed cute. Also they can kill and eat animals of any measurein one bite. Nibbler himself gets fed up with it in season six:

** As an ancient, super-intelligent beings, the Nibblonians resent being regarded as adorable. Nibbler, himself gets fed up with it in season six:

* Wasp from ''WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes''. She's an adorable, spunky {{Moe}}/ActionGirl who isn't afraid to fly right up to ultra-powerful [[BigBad Big Bads]] and blast them in the face while [[DeadpanSnarker smack-talking]] them.
* The main six kids in ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'', and they all [[TookALevelInBadass take a level in badass]] in ''RecessSchoolsOut''. Spinelli is one of the most triumphant examples in the series, as she's a small, adorable nine-year-old girl with her hair in GirlishPigtails, yet she's the toughest kid in school.

** Then you have NaiveNewcomer Gus Griswald, who arguably, is one of the cutest kids among the main six, being the {{Adorkable}} [[TheMessiah sweetheart]] of the gang. He can be a bit of a fraidy cat at times, though when he stands up for what he believes in, he's extremely badass.
** Outside the main six, you've got Miss Grotke, the kids' fourth grade teacher who is absolutely ''adorable''...and a martial arts expert.
* The Trollz in ''{{Trollz}}'', particularly Amethyst, Topaz, and Sapphire.
* Colleen from ''WesternAnimation/RoadRovers''. She has no actual superpowers. You know those big concrete blocks that they have in parking lots to keep people from driving onto walkways or into the side of the building? She broke one of those like it was nothing, after a monster threw it at her. You know those 2 big, rabid-looking cano-mutants that used to act as Parvo's main goons? They run off in terror when she reminds them of the first time they met (she beat them up on top of a train). She also routinely beats the crap out of the doberman who has super strength and extra-sharp unbreakable claws. She also beat up a pack of werewolves, because they drooled on her and ruined her hairdo.
** She also turned into a [[BigBadassWolf large werewolf]] capable of piloting a helicopter.
* From ''WesternAnimation/TitanMaximum'', we have Clare the dealiest assassin in the solar system. She looks seven (Gibbs assures Jodi she's really 24) and acts the same with a love of all things cute, especially bugs and frogs. [[AxCrazy Unless she's killing someone.]]

** Heck, outside his Quailman fantasies, Doug certainly qualifies when he causes a CMOA

* ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Thundercats 2011}} [=ThunderCats (2011)=]]]'' has a few

* Kitty Katswell from ''[[TuffPuppy T.U.F.F. Puppy]]''. It helps that she's a cat and voiced by {{Grey DeLisle}}.

* Sam, Clover, and Alex from ''WesternAnimation/TotallySpies.''
* Maggie on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
** [[spoiler:She shot Mr. Burns. Also, when the whole town failed to confront the mobsters who were threatening to murder Homer Simpson, Maggie shot all of them from her bedroom when they arrived at the house. Homer didn't see her do it, but when he heard those gunshots and saw those mobsters fall to the ground, he said "I must have a guardian angel with a rifle." The irony is, this approach might have put her into some sort of EnfanteTerrible AntiHero category if not for how obvious it was that [[PayEvilUntoEvil her targets deserved it]].]]
* BugsBunny. Seriously, how many bunny rabbits do you know who can stare down the barrel of a shotgun and casually ask "What's up, Doc?"

* Arguably one of the best aspects of ''[[Disney/{{Bambi}} Bambi II]]'' is evolving Disney's icon of cutesiness into a resourceful guardian for his herd, taking out an entire pack of hunting dogs by himself (par one which is desposed of by the equally adorable Thumper and Flower).

* [[GentleGiant Eduardo]] from ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends''. He's a cute purple friendly monster, but hurt someone he likes...

* A lot of the G1 ''MyLittlePony'' gang was this. Especially certain Ponies like Firefly, Gusty, and Galaxy.

** Also of note, Rainbow Dash for [[LeeroyJenkins rushing in at every possible threat]], plus being the only pony who can break the sound barrier. Worth noting that she ''kicked'' the above-mentioned dragon. Established top speed: ''Mach 10''.

* Badass Adorable-ness is more or less MickeyMouse's main characterization; he's cheerful and upbeat, but he always manages to save the day in the end. In particular, he [[TookALevelInBadAss takes a level in badass]] in ''KingdomHearts'' and ''EpicMickey''.
** And in the [[MickeyMouseComicUniverse comics]] too—since the very start (in 1930). Watch him fight crooks, pirates, etc. with pistols, lead pipes (!) or just his fists; he might be a nice guy, but he's no sucker.

* June from ''KaBlam'' appears as a cute tomboyish little girl, yet get her mad and take cover.
** This might also relate to Loopy, though her temper isn't as firey.
** Jetcat is also very much this trope.
* Jenny from ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot''.
** And the tiny windup robot Killgore, too. No one takes him seriously due to his size, but he not only manages to capture TheHero but also manages to rebuild a gigantic, world-destroying machine by himself.
* Raven, Starfire, Jinx, and Terra from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''.
** Melvin, and to a lesser extent Teether and Timmy.
* Occasionally, Mort from ''ThePenguinsOfMadagascar.'' Mort is usually rather cute and pathetic, but he has been known to beat Skipper at arm-wrestling, uproot whole trees and smash things with them, and beat up gorillas (though the last one was a result of one of Kowalski's experiments accidentally making him extremely large and muscular). Private may also qualify. Despite being very "cute and cuddly" he's been shown to be an excellent fighter, able to fend of Skipper's attacks while training blindfolded in one episode. And all without breaking a sweat.
* Any of the kids from ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' count. Especially Numbuh 3/Kuki who is absolutely friggin adorable most of the time and is the team's sweet [[TheDitz ditzy]] GenkiGirl, but when she does get angry, epic asskicking usually ensues.

** Sonia also counts. Normally she's a sweet, shy little girl who looks like she doesn't belong in a organization that fights evil adults. Then, you threaten to places her somewhere dark...and then you can only watch in horror as she beats you within an inch of your life.

* Snap from ''ChalkZone''. He appears as a cute little chalk drawing with huge eyes and a big heart, but can get very aggressive if you harm one of his friends.
** Rudy can also be one to an extent. I mean, he's got the magic chalk! Which can do anything!
* The eponymous WesternAnimation/KimPossible, Rufus, and even Ron, though he falls more into the {{adorkable}} category.

* Meap from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''. He's an intergalactic cop who roams the universe busting people who do stuff they're not supposed to do. Did I mention he's two feet tall, doe-eyed, pink, and without his translator all he can say is "Meap!"?
--> '''Mitch''': [[LampshadeHanging Okay, okay, I surrender! You can stop behaving in a way counter-intuitive to how you superficially appear!]]
** Perry the Platypus counts as well. As his theme song states, he's a ''semi-aquatic egg-laying mammal'' '''''of action'''''.
** She doesn't kick much butt, but Isabella has proven herself to be quite the ActionGirl at times.
*** In "Meapless in Seattle", she actually ''uses her cuteness as a weapon'' to beat Mitch.

** ...which is nothing compared to one of their others, which was ''moving a mountain with their bare hands.'' And this was played for laughs!
** Arguably, Phineas and Ferb. If they wanted, they could probably invent a KillSat or HumongousMecha in their free time.
*** Could? How about did. They built fifty foot tree house robots to have a rock'em sock'em robot battle with their teenage sister. They [[spoiler: used the cumulative might of their inventions to stop an invasion of killbots from another dimension!]]
*** Also built a space laser when the got the blueprints mixed up for their giant sundae maker. They just left the giant laser unattached before launching it into orbit.
*** "Escape from Phineas Tower" pretty much cements them as this. They're in situations even ''Perry'' hasn't been in, and don't even break a sweat dealing with them.

* Nibbler from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' probably falls under this category. There's practically a whole episode devoted to how adorable the crew find him (much to Bender's chagrin), and in as the series progresses, it is revealed that [[spoiler:the Nibblonian race was already 17 years old at the time of the big bang, and are charged with protecting the Earth from the evil Brainspawn]] and also that Nibbler himself had a fairly big part to play in [[spoiler:getting Fry cryogenically frozen for 1000 years in the first place]].

-->'''Leela''': If you want to be treated like a fellow crew member, fine, but no more purse rides, and no more dressing you up in your cute little sailor suit.
-->'''Nibbler''': I keep telling you, that's my ''real'' naval uniform.
** Later, when the crew has dressed a cat in that same sailor suit
-->'''Nibbler''': (Sighs) My best friend died in that uniform.

* Tommy Pickles from ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}''. He's constantly standing up to [[SpoiledBrat Angelica]] and is the bravest baby in the show.
** [[CowardlyLion Chuckie's]] very adorable with his messy [[color:red:red]] hair, freckles, and glasses, and despite his shy nature he's had his share of {{Badass}} moments as well. Like when he summons the courage to stop the wedding in the second movie. And he successfully (if a bit haphazardly) pilots Robo-Reptar with the help of the other babies. What follows is a great and crazy climax which culminates in his final fight with Jean-Claude (who is piloting Robo-Snail), and he beats him. Meek little Chuckie, who was still suffering from his mother's death, beats a fully grown man in a giant robotic snail, and makes it in time to halt the wedding.

* Steve from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad!'' is normally calm and adorkable, but has a short temper and has beat people much tougher than him on several occasions.
** Also Reginald Koala.

* An evil version is Professor Princess from ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'', a tech genius on a quest to rid the world of violent {{toys}} by blowing them up with her toy-themed weaponry. Her mount is a flying robot horse named Powdered Sugar.
** Also she has a doctorate. Professor Penny Princess is her ''real name''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' has Korra's EstablishingCharacterMoment take place with a DynamicEntry, where she [[DishingOutDirt Earthbends]] a wall [[ThereWasADoor across the room]], [[NoIndoorVoice loudly and proudly]] proclaims herself the Avatar''[[hottip:*:[[MemeticMutation And that you gotta DEAL with it!]]'', and demonstrates by bending three elements at once. ''[[PintsizedPowerhouse She's four at that time.]]''
** ''Legend of Korra'' also gives us Aang's three [[BlowYouAway airbending]] grandchildren, who are quite capable of taking on [[spoiler: an ''equalist invasion'' of Air Temple Island.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' -- Described on their own page as "Cute {{Flying Brick}}s".

* Timmy Turner from ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' has confronted bullies, aliens, and [[spoiler:the Darkness]] ever since his Fairies showed up.

* [[OppositeSexClone Danielle]] from ''DannyPhantom'', who looks like an adorable little tomboy and is constantly in danger due to her [[UnstableGeneticCode unstable form]], proves even if she doesn't possess as much power as Danny himself, she can still dish out the damage when needed. Not many people can go and one up [[BigBad Vlad Plasmius]] after all (though it may be justified as Vlad potentially may have trained her).
** depending on who you ask, Danny himself.

** Twilight Sparkle is the pony equivalent of [[XMen Jean Grey]], down to the huge power and even more powerful mentor. Can levitate massive weights, teleport, and ''reverse gravity''. All of which she foregoes when a hydra threatens her friends, and she decides to ''charge at it'' instead.

** Fluttershy is normally a quiet, timid pegasus who is a FriendToAllLivingThings, but '''DO NOT''' hurt or otherwise threaten her friends. Accomplishments include staring down a cockatrice, taming Cerberus, and glaring down a dragon fifty times her size.
*** She also wrestles bears, and managed to cow the ''living embodiment of chaos and disharmony'' into submission just by expressing her disappointment in him.
** Also of note, Rainbow Dash for [[LeeroyJenkins rushing in at every possible threat]], plus being the only pony who can break the sound barrier. Worth noting that she ''kicked'' the above-mentioned dragon.
*** Established top speed: ''Mach 10''.

** [[LifeOfTheParty Pinkie Pie]] is usually a comic relief character who bounces along, but in the big fight scene at the end of season 2, she started to harness her [[CloudCuckoolander weirdness]] (and Party Cannon) towards being CrazyAwesome.
*** And do not, repeat, NOT break a Pinkie Promise. She will hunt you to the ends of Equestria, screaming with the VoiceOfTheLegion, to exact retribution.

*** And don't forget her sister. Princess Celestia is normally a mellow and sweet-hearted sort, but she has enough power to raise the freaking ''sun.'' Just to be sure, both of the villains from Season 2 get a taste of what she's capable of: not only does she [[ShutUpHannibal shut up]] Discord TWICE before forcing him to flee, but she also [[spoiler:challenges Queen Chrysalis to a beam-fight in person, complete with an awesome PreAssKickingOneLiner no less. Granted, she loses, but everyone, even Chrysalis herself, is taken by surprise when she does.]]
* This is more or less MickeyMouse's main characterization; he's cheerful and upbeat, but he always manages to save the day in the end. In particular, he [[TookALevelInBadAss takes a level in badass]] in ''KingdomHearts'' and ''EpicMickey''.

** Twilight Sparkle is the pony equivalent of [[XMen Jean Grey]], down to the huge power and even more powerful mentor.

*** And don't forget her sister. Princess Celestia is normally a mellow and sweet-hearted sort, but she has enough power to raise the freaking ''sun.'' Just to be sure, both of the villains from Season 2 get a taste of what she's capable of: not only does she [[ShutUpHannibal shut up]] Discord TWICE before forcing him to flee, but she also [[spoiler:challenges Queen Chrysalis to a beam-fight in person, complete with an awesome PreAssKickingOneLiner no less. Granted, she loses, but even Chrysalis herself is surprised at this turn of events.]]

** If being {{Adorkable}} qualifies, then Bolin certainly counts. Asami can certainly attest to that, at least after he [[spoiler:pulls a BigDamnHeroes moment just in time to save her from being killed by her father.]]

*** And don't forget her sister. She's normally a mellow and sweet-hearted sort, but she has enough power to raise the freaking ''sun.'' Just to be sure, both of the villains from Season 2 get a taste of what she's capable of: not only does she [[ShutUpHannibal shut up]] Discord TWICE before forcing him to flee, but she also [[spoiler:challenges Queen Chrysalis to a beam-fight in person, complete with an awesome PreAssKickingOneLiner no less. Granted, she loses, but even Chrysalis herself is surprised at this turn of events.]]

** [[LifeOfTheparty Pinkie Pie]] is usually a comic relief character who bounces along, but in the big fight scene at the end of season 2, she started to harness her [[CloudCuckoolander weirdness]] (and Party Cannon) towards being CrazyAwesome.

* Ahsoka Tano from "WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars" has several moments in the series where she fits this trope. Considering she is around 14 in the first and second seasons, and a large number of her enemies are at least twice her size, not to mention her large eyes and small frame in comparison to the rest of the main characters, giving a slightly moe appearance, she can be cute yet badass in the course of the same episode.

** Rarity, the most [[TheFashionista prim and proper]] of the [[IncrediblyLamePun Mane]] [[FanNickname Cast]], has one reaction to a manticore charging at her: ''kick it in the face''. Her manipulative cunning is also not to be underestimated.

* Kitty Katswell from ''TuffPuppy''. It helps that she's a cat and voiced by {{Grey DeLisle}}.

* Mike, Julie and Tennie have shades of this in ''{{WesternAnimation/Motorcity}}'', but it's R.O.T.H. who fits the "adorable" part best. Although usually timid, he/it has shown to be capable ("badass") in a few episodes.

* Ch'p from ''GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries''. He may look like just a cute little squirrel, but he was able to kick Hal Jordan's butt without giving Hal a single chance to fight back.

* The eponymous ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', Rufus, and even Ron, though he falls more into the {{adorkable}} category.

** And [[YourMileageMayVary depending on who you ask]], Danny himself.

** [[ActionGirl Ty Lee]] is an [[MsFanservice insanely hot]], [[PerkyFemaleMinion cheerful and bubbly]], well-endowed teen babe who uses her enormous...''strength'' (What? What did you expect?) to beat grown men to death with her bare hands. She easily downs powerful benders, even though she has no such power, and does it while filling out a shirt like no sanely-drawn woman should.

** Kyoshi Warrior Suki definitely counts. Already a BadassNormal amongst a world of supermen, she can outmatch anyone at armed combat with her fans, all the while having irresistible PuppyDogEyes and the cutest pout/sassy smile ever ever.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' has Korra's EstablishingCharacterMoment take place with a DynamicEntry, where she [[DishingOutDirt Earthbends]] a wall [[ThereWasADoor across the room]], [[NoIndoorVoice loudly and proudly]] proclaims herself the Avatar''[[hottip:*:[[MemeticMutation And that you gotta DEAL with it!]]'', and demonstrates by bending three elements at once. ''[[PintsizedPowerhouse She's four.]]''

** And depending on who you ask, Danny himself.

* The eponymous ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', Rufus and even Ron, though he falls more into the adorkable category.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' has loads of this to go around, what with how cute, tiny, multi-coloured ponies are living in a world full of monsters. It applies to practically all the main characters.

** Princess Luna is utterly {{Adorkable}}... [[PhysicalGod while accidentally stomping the ground hard enough to crack it and manipulating the weather with a thought to emphasize what she is saying.]]

* All main 6 kids in the Adventures Of Blinky Bill become this after the Extraordinary Excursion in seasion 2. How they survived all that despite being kids. Just so badass.

** Fluttershy is normally a quiet, timid pegasus who is a FriendToAllLivingThings, but '''DO NOT''' hurt or otherwise threaten her friends. Accomplishments include wrestling a bear, staring down a cockatrice, taming Cerberus, and glaring down a dragon fifty times her size.