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* In an early episode of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', the station is afflicted by a SyntheticPlague that a Bajoran geneticist had intended to use against the Cardassians, which first afflicted victims with aphasia and then gave them a deadly fever. It was designed to be adaptable and very hard to treat, and Dr. Bashir calls it a work of genius while he's trying to find a cure.

* ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'' gives us Yoriko Yasaka, who treats the [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecraftian]] deities living in her house as normal guests, and even considers their actions adorable, mainly because their job is to protect her beloved son Mahiro (and they've saved both his and her lives already). She even gives her approval to Nyarko (Nyarlathotep)'s romantic pursuit of Mahiro. However, she makes it [[MamaBear VERY]] [[ActionGirl clear]] that if any lines are crossed, deities or not, the [[ImprobableWeaponUser forks]] are coming out -- and she has them scared shitless.

* In ''LightNovel/{{Overlord|2012}}'', Ainz gets this reaction a few times.

* Hange Zoe from ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' has an unhealthy fascination with Titans and her response to seeing [[spoiler:Eren's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0KNHuqgBvA partially transformed arm]]]] is to beg to touch it. [[spoiler:Even in their last moment fighting armies of Wall Titans, Hange couldn't help but to be enamored by their majesty]].

* Hange Zoe from ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' has an unhealthy fascination with Titans and her response to seeing [[spoiler:Eren's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0KNHuqgBvA partially transformed arm]]]] is to beg to touch it.

-->-- '''Ash''' from ''Film/{{Alien}}'', describing the Xenomorph

Compare VillainRespect, WorthyOpponent, MisaimedFandom, NightmareFetishist, InLoveWithYourCarnage, MeasuringTheMarigolds, UglyCute, TheXenophile, and ArsonMurderAndAdmiration. Contrast WowingCthulhu.

* L from ''Manga/DeathNote''. He only takes on cases that interest him and though understated he finds his Kira suspect, Light Yagami, [[NightmareFetishist to be quite fascinating]] and regards him as a WorthyOpponent (FoeRomanceSubtext [[HilarityEnsues Ensues]]). L gets very annoyed at the appearance of a [[JackTheRipoff Second Kira, a copycat killer,]] because it's not ''HIS'' Kira and not [[EvenEvilHasStandards playing by the same rules.]] [[TheMovie In the live action movies]] he's clearly entertained to watch Light manipulate Naomi Misora on the monitors.

* TheHeavy of ''Webcomic/{{Archipelago}}, captain Snow, tends to react to all sorts of half-intelligent killing machines with {{Squee}} (pictured).

* In Creator/DianeDuane's ''Literature/XCom'' novel, one of the base scientists talks admiringly about the biology of the Ethereal aliens, to the point of suggesting that humans could modify their own genetics in similar ways. [[spoiler:This is a tip-off that he's a traitor.]]

Of course, the fanboy trance usually lasts a moment before they remember that what they're geeking out about is, you know, ''a threat''. In more comedic works or works in which ItCanThink, they could even graduate to full-fledged FluffyTamer and gain a CoolPet in the creature... or the creature could befriend them alone and continue to be hostile to the rest of their group.

* In ''LightNovel/{{Overlord}}'', Ainz gets this reaction a few times.

* In ''Comicbook/TotallyAwesomeHulk'', Lady Hellbender is a CollectorOfTheStrange who is upset that the heroes have shrunk down the various {{Kaiju}} they've defeated. She is also in complete awe of Fin Fang Foom (a massive, evil dragon) when it appears and wants to add it to her collection. And once the Hulk proves himself to be as strong as he boasts he is? She immediately captures him and tries to take him away.
* In ''Comicbook/SinCity'', Manute worships his mistress Ava Lord as a goddess precisely ''because'' she's such a cold-blooded manipulative sociopath.

* In an [[https://rosietranslates.home.blog/2019/04/14/extra-chapter/ omake chapter]] of ''LightNovel/ThereWasNoSecretEvilFightingOrganization'', a very powerful and very crazy telekinetic uses his powers to create ''a new planet'', ripping the required minerals out of asteroids and kidnapping scientists to create a horde of bioengineered fantasy creatures. After much shock and disbelief, the [=US=] tentatively send a diplomatic team out to the planet, among which is Shiori Kaburagi, who (canonically) lives in Japan and was born there. The implication being that she ''fought'' to get on the [=US=] team, just so she could risk her life seeing the magical stolen Frankenstein world.

* General Castor of ''Videogame/DawnOfWar 2: Retribution'' openly admires the Tyranid Hive Tyrant, mostly because its head will look perfect on his trophy wall.

* In ''Videogame/DragonAgeInquisition'', Iron Bull reveals that the Qunari revere dragons for their power and believe that their horns are due to the Qunari having some kind of connection to dragons. At the same time, the Qunari do not hesitate to slay dragons because they embody raw chaotic fury, and the Qun abhors chaos. Bringing Iron Bull with you to fight high dragons is one way to gain approval from him.

** Hermaeus Mora, [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Prince]] of Knowledge, in ''[[Videogame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'' practically lures the player into believing this towards him. Sure he's shifty, malevolent, and downright creepy, but in the end he helps you like a best friend.

* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter 4'' and ''4 Ultimate'' has the Guildmarm, who crushes hard on monsters. She especially treats the Brachydios as if it was the man of her dreams.

* Cynthia, from ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl,'' loves learning and teaching new facts about the [[OlympusMons Creation Trio.]] Especially, [[{{Dracolich}} Giratina.]]

* Blitz in ''VideoGame/ShadowrunReturns Dragonfall'' is downright ''impressed'' by [[spoiler:the MKVI, a massively cyber-modified troll that's had its [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul sentience and humanity surgically removed by all the chrome]]]] and [[ImTakingHerhomeWithMe wants you to keep it]]. All your other party members are disgusted and want it dead.

* ''Webanimation/MobSquad'': Cameron is deeply obsessed and impressed with the monster's creations. Reaches truly ridiculous heights when he gets sidetracked by the beautiful complexity of [[spoiler:the Mob Grinder]], which comes very close to [[spoiler:killing Cooper.]]
** Happens again when he breaks down in tears at the sight of [[spoiler:the monsters' city]]. This time though, [[spoiler:Marcus joins in, hypnotized by a statue of a pickaxe.]]

* ''Fanfic/CodePrime'': Lloyd Asplund can barely contain his enthusiasm whenever he’s in the presence of a Cybertronian. Regardless if they're Autobots, who Britannia is at war with, or Decepticons, who Britannia is “[[TeethClenchedTeamwork allied]]” with. He's also fascinated with the Spark Extractor in ''R2'', prompting Jazz to ask Cecile how she puts up with him on a regular basis.

* A in installment ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'' TheMovie that takes part at the bottom of the ocean has this happen. Nobita, who up until that point has been ridiculed by his friends for telling them of the existence of giant octopus (and he did see it), is overjoyed when the monster appears and smash their undersea camp. The other kids lampshade his improper rejoicing.

** In ''Film/{{Alien}}'', Science officer Ash acts like this toward the title creature.
--->'''Ash:''' The [[UltimateLifeform perfect organism]]. Its structural perfection is matched only by its hostility.\\

** Bishop displays this sort of behavior in ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' when studying a Facehugger carcass, [[spoiler:implying that he'll turn bad by drawing parallels to how Ash, the ''other'' synthetic person that once came into contact with the Aliens, reacted to the creature. It's a RedHerring; Bishop remains a good guy.]]

** ''Film/AlienCovenant'': [[Characters/{{Prometheus}} David]] and one of the Neomorphs have a ''very'' creepy moment where David attempts to communicate and stand in awe of it even though he just saw it brutally kill someone. He is ''furious'' when Oram shoots it dead, showing that he cares more about the dangerous organisms than he does about humans, which is later revealed to be in part because he indirectly ''created'' said dangerous organisms through his twisted experiments and genocidal actions.

* ''Film/{{Glass}}'': [[spoiler:When Joseph reveals to Kevin that Elijah indirectly killed Kevin's father in the Eastrail 177 train incident, all Elijah can do is marvel at the Beast's creation, despite the latter being an inch from killing him in retaliation]].
-->''"[[spoiler:It's all evidence, you see? [[ForWantOfANail If that train crash hadn't happened, Kevin wouldn't have been left alone with his mother. If Kevin's mother wasn't allowed to continue to abuse him, then The Beast wouldn't have had to be born.]] [[ContrivedCoincidence What are the odds that David Dunn and Clarence Wendell Crumb would be together that day?]] Amazing! I created you as I created David. It just took longer: 19 years. They almost convinced me I was crazy! I create superheroes. I truly am... '''a mastermind'''.]]"''
* ''Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies'': In contrast with everyone else's sheer horror, [[Characters/MiddleEarthFilmSauronsEvilForces Saruman]] seems almost fascinated when he sees Sauron's spirit fully manifest in Dol Guldur. It's hinted this moment will lead to [[FallenHero his fall]].
* In the film ''Film/{{The Incredible Hulk|2008}}'', Dr. Samuel Sterns becomes enamored of the power and potential of Bruce Banner's mutation, in spite of the danger. Rather humorously, the actual Abomination (the character) he's quite terrified of.

** In ''Film/PacificRimUprising'', the Kaiju-worshipping cult has grown large enough to stage a rather nasty demonstration at PPDC Headquarters, [[spoiler:and Newt has a kaiju brain in his room that he treats like a girlfriend and drifts with on a regular basis, leading to the Precursors controlling his mind and making him nearly destroy the world.]]

* Mr Robinson in ''Film/{{Predestination}}'' speaks kindly of the terrorist called the Fizzle Bomber and how he helped their organization become better at saving lives. Lampshaded by The Barkeeper: "You sound as if you admire him".
* ''Film/{{Se7en}}'': Calling it admiration is a bit of a stretch, but [[Characters/{{Se7en}} Detective Somerset]] does recognize that the John Doe killer is an intelligent WorthyOpponent who should be respected as such if the police are ever to succeed in catching him, unlike Detective Mills.

* In ''Film/SuicideSquad2016'', Waller becomes fascinated about the Enchantress' ability to [[spoiler: create an instant army by transforming regular people into monsters]]. You can just tell she's considering what she can do with it once it's under her control.
* Dr. Clayton Forrester from 1953's ''Film/{{The War of the Worlds|1953}}'' could be one of the earliest modern examples. He says of the Fighting-Machine, "This is amazing!"

** ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast'': How Bolivar Trask views the mutants.

* In ''Film/Deadpool2'', Deadpool gushes over seeing [[spoiler: Juggernaut]] as he rips Deadpool in half.

* In ''Film/{{Venom|2018}}'', Carlton Drake gets multiple scenes where he rambles about how great symbiotes are and how much humans kind of suck in comparison. [[spoiler:Naturally, when Riot bonds with him, he rolls over in record time.]]

* Raina in ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' gives this impression. She appears to work in her incredibly unethical, extremely illegal, and very dangerous field primarily to get the opportunity to be close to and create super beings. She's thrilled at the chance to get to talk to [[BigBad The Clairvoyant]], even though the reason is because he just [[YouHaveFailedMe killed her predecessor]], [[spoiler:and is very disappointed when he turns out to be just a very well informed person without superpowers, especially because he doesn't share her interests.]]

* An episode of ''Series/{{CSI}}'' featured a MadArtist SerialKiller that killed people and used rigor mortis to pose their corpses. At one point the team interrogate another artist played by Jeffrey Tambor who had met the killer at some point. While he thought the killer's regular sketches were trash, when he is shown the photos of the corpses he is in awe at their artistic value. Never the less, he helps them catch the killer.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'' does this practically OncePerEpisode — the Doctor is sort of an intergalactic Crocodile Hunter.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS10E5TheGreenDeath "The Green Death"]]: After Three kills the giant insect [[spoiler:that the giant maggot has evolved into]], he says that it's beautiful.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E1Robot "Robot"]]: While battling a robot intent on killing him, the Doctor is able to disable it by putting his hat over its eyes. It suddenly stops moving, and he {{Hubris}}tically goes right up to it, smiling and whispering to himself, "Extraordinary. Extraordinary." Of course, this just leads to the robot karate chopping him in the neck.
** This is deconstructed in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E2ToothAndClaw "Tooth and Claw"]], when Queen Victoria (ItMakesSenseInContext) declares the Doctor to be ''persona non grata'' in the British Empire due to his flippant treatment of horrible monsters.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E4TheGirlInTheFireplace "The Girl in the Fireplace"]]: [[TheNthDoctor Ten]] examines the delicate clockwork on elaborately costumed (18th Century French Versailles) killer {{clockpunk}} robots, and exclaims "You are beautiful!"
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E15PlanetOfTheDead "Planet of the Dead"]]: Christina gives the Doctor a WhatTheHellHero when he expresses his admiration for the all-devouring [[HordeOfAlienLocusts Horde of Alien Stingrays]], but then admits that she's impressed too.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E2TheBeastBelow "The Beast Below"]]: Eleven does this to a SpaceWhale ''while standing in its mouth''. He even says he'd love to see the stomach, then hastily adds "but not right now".
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E11TheGodComplex "The God Complex"]]: Eleven simply cannot help but sneak a glimpse of the homicidal Minotaur, even while he and his companions are hiding from it.
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E1AsylumOfTheDaleks "Asylum of the Daleks"]]: The leader of the Daleks explains that they don't simply destroy the aberrant (and therefore imperfect) Daleks because they find the hatred born of their insanity to be beautiful. When they add that perhaps one reason they haven't (yet) destroyed the Doctor is similiar (they find his hatred of ''them'' beautiful), [[YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame he isn't amused]].
** Twelve sums this trope up in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E3UnderTheLake Under the Lake]]":
--->'''The Doctor:''' Every time I think it couldn't get more extraordinary it surprises me. It's impossible! I hate it! It's evil! It's astonishing! I want to kiss it to death.

* ''Series/TheJeffCorwinExperience'': Jeff Corwin clearly has a lot of respect and admiration for venomous snakes and dangerous reptiles. However, despite displaying a similar level of ManChild glee, Jeff also tended to be much more cautious than Steve Irwin when it came to the overall handling of certain animals or situations.

* In an early episode of ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', the station is afflicted by an engineered virus a Bajoran geneticist had intended to use against the Cardassians, which first afflicted victims with aphasia and then gave them a deadly fever. It was designed to be adaptable and very hard to treat, and Dr. Bashir calls it a work of genius while he's trying to find a cure.
* On ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'', the Doctor has a brief moment of this while examining Borg nanoprobes. "They're efficient little assimilators. One can't help but admire the workmanship."

* Not an ''abomination'' per se, but Hank Pym gets distracted by all the cool things [[EnergyBeing Simon Williams]] can do during their fight in ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes''.

->'''[[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Kirk]]:''' [[Recap/StarTrekS1E22SpaceSeed We can be against him and admire him all at the same time.]]\\

* The ''WesternAnimation/UltimateSpiderMan'' incarnation of ComicBook/NormanOsborn is in awe when seeing [[spoiler:his son]] turning into ComicBook/{{Venom}} and trying to kill him.

* In Creator/HPLovecraft's ''Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth'', the protagonist can't help but admire the alien beauty and intricate craftsmanship of the jewelry produced by the otherwise-repellant [[HalfHumanHybrids Innsmouth]] [[FishPeople people]]. This foreshadows [[spoiler: not only that [[TomatoInTheMirror he is one of them]], but also that, at the end of the book, he will accept and even embrace his heritage]].

* In the film ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk'', Dr. Samuel Sterns becomes enamored of the power and potential of Bruce Banner's mutation, in spite of the danger. Rather humorously, the actual Abomination (the character) he's quite terrified of.

* ''Film/Godzilla2000'': After [[spoiler:Godzilla wipes out both the Millennians, and Orga]], AntiVillain [[WellIntentionedExtremist Katagiri]], the head of CCI and main human baddie who had spent the entire movie trying to kill Godzilla (and the main human hero) just stares up at Godzilla, allowing the Monster King to kill him. Best described as both a VillainousBSOD and a DyingMomentOfAwesome.

* Franchise/MonsterVerse: The Titans tend to attract awe and amazement from human characters, Monarch in particular, at least once per film, although it should be noted that this is mostly directed at benevolent Titans who are humanity's protectors rather than at the more malevolent Titans (though the latter aren't completely exempt necessarily). It should also be noted that some characters, such as Riccio in the graphic novel ''Skull Island: The Birth of Kong'' and [[spoiler:Emma Russell]] in ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' leave out the "Abomination" part entirely and act as something of a PsychoSupporter to the Titans which makes said characters a threat to the safety of everyone else.

* The 1989 anime ''Anime/{{Baoh}}'' (based on the manga of the same name), features the creation of a humanoid bio-weapon that naturally turns on its creators. Dr. Kasuminome, the head of the project, is Baoh's final victim, and can't help gushing about it's remarkable killing capacity, even while his body's gushing blood when eviscerated by Baoh.