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* In the LetsPlay/PartyCrashers[='=] second ''VideoGame/LethalCompany'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hy5HpYX1VY video]], Nick can't help but admire the defined rear end of a Coil-Head (one of the most dangerous monsters in the game) once he gets a good close-up view, much to Brent's exasperation:

* At one point in the LetsPlay/PartyCrashers[='=] second ''VideoGame/LethalCompany'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Hy5HpYX1VY video]], Nick can't help but admire the defined rear end of a Coil-Head (one of the most dangerous monsters in the game) once he gets a good close-up view, much to Brent's exasperation:

* ''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.]]

* ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'': The Emperor is usually disdainful of any alien war machines, no matter how effective they might be. However, his reaction to hearing about the [[https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/World_Engine Necron World Engine]] was "Holy shit I want one!"

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* When the ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'' play the ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' Platform/{{SNES}} LicensedGame and catch sight of [[EyesDoNotBelongThere Eye Guy]]:
-->'''Jon:''' '''''OOOOOOOOOOOH! EW! EWWWWW! TUMOR-ASS EYE DUDE!'''''\\
'''Arin:''' Aw, that's cute!
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* In the ''Franchise/{{MonsterVerse}}'', the human characters, particularly those in Monarch, show an understandable awe toward the Titans regardless of the creature's allegiance, mainly the benevolent ones. Said wonderment sometimes resembles an almost religious-like reverence, for better or [[Characters/MonsterVerseEmmaRussell worse]].

* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9042928/5/The-Contract-and-the-Guide The Contract and the Guide]]'' Harry refers to Snape's Dark Mark as a "magnificent piece of magic" shortly before removing it.

* When the ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'' play the ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' {{UsefulNotes/SNES}} LicensedGame and catch sight of [[EyesDoNotBelongThere Eye Guy]]:

** This is {{deconstructed|Trope}} in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS28E2ToothAndClaw Tooth and Claw]]", when Queen Victoria declares the Doctor to be ''persona non grata'' in the British Empire due to his flippant treatment of horrible monsters.

* In ''Film/DevilGirlFromMars'': when Nyah unleashes her giant robot and gives a demonstration of its powers, everybody runs away, but Prof. Hennessey hesitates before doing so as he is clearly fascinated by the mechanical monster.
* ''Film/TheFly1986'' has a unique example: Seth Brundle, a brilliant scientist, comes to see '''himself''' in this manner as his inexorable mutation into a fly-human hybrid continues and grows progressively more gruesome. He shows off his ability to WallCrawl to his despairing lover, dubs what he's becoming "Brundlefly", and stores many of the body parts that are decaying and falling off of him in his medicine cabinet, aka "The Brundle Museum of Natural History". After all, he ''is'' becoming something that's never existed before. "Don't you think that's worth a Nobel Prize or two?" It's something of a GallowsHumor coping mechanism for him, as he knows that the transformation is ultimately a sort of terminal illness that's slowly robbing him of his humanity, and unable to be reversed.
* In the film and the ExpandedUniverse material, Ray Stantz of the ''Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}}'' gets boyishly excited by a lot of the weird, gross, terrifying stuff they encounter.

* ''Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies'': In contrast with everyone else's sheer horror, Saruman seems almost fascinated when he sees Sauron's spirit fully manifest in Dol Guldur. It's hinted that this moment will lead to [[FallenHero his fall]].
* In ''Film/TheIncredibleHulk2008'', 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.
* Matt Hooper in ''Film/{{Jaws}}'' when he talks about the shark: "...what we are dealing with here is a perfect engine, an eating machine. It's really a miracle of evolution." There are many quick lines like this in the boat with both Hooper and Quint marveling at this particular shark's incredible strength, tenacity, intelligence, and unpredictability.

** In ''Film/JurassicWorld'', Simon Masrani is both terrified and captivated by the ''Indominus rex''. And although Hoskins sees Owen's ''Velociraptors'' as mere tools of war, he's also shown to be rather awe-inspired by them. He tentatively asks Barry if he can touch a [[AnimalNemesis restrained Delta]], which he does with all the jittery excitement of a little boy.

** Dr. Newton Geizsler has an absorbing love for {{Kaiju}} as biological masterpieces. So gushing is his admiration that he refers to a Kaiju as "twenty-five hundred tons of awesome" in front of a Jaeger pilot whose brother, as Newt is well aware, was ''killed by a Kaiju''. His lab partner, Dr. Hermann Gottlieb, refers to Newt as a "Kaiju groupie", implying his attitude isn't actually that uncommon.
** There's also at least one cult who worship the Kaiju, even making their temple inside one's skull. They believe that the Kaiju are TheScourgeOfGod sent to punish them for their sins.
** 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]].

--> '''Maul''': ([[GigglingVillain giggling madly]]) Brilliant! Brilliant! I was not privy to my master's plan, but now I see it! He turned the Jedi's own army against them!

* ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'': In an early issue, Fluttershy watches a fierce battle between a chupacabra and some vampiric jackelopes, commenting [[http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/518183-nature-is-so-fascinating "Nature is so fascinating..."]] while her friends react with disgust. It quickly obtained [[MemeticMutation memetic]] status, with people combinging it with all kinds of strange and abhorrent nature facts.

* ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'': Fluttershy's comment that [[http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/518183-nature-is-so-fascinating "Nature is so fascinating!"]] from one comic has achieved [[MemeticMutation memetic]] status on the internet. Now people are posting it combined with all kinds of abhorrent nature facts.

-->''"[[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'''.]]"''

Compare VillainRespect, WorthyOpponent, MisaimedFandom, NightmareFetishist, InLoveWithYourCarnage, MeasuringTheMarigolds, UglyCute, TheXenophile, and ArsonMurderAndAdmiration. Contrast WowingCthulhu, where [[RussianReversal the abomination admires you]], and HorrorStruck, where the character was ''not'' expecting the monster to be real, and proof of its existence brings their brain to a screeching halt.

* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'': Resident HeroicComedicSociopath Whirl's reaction when he eventually encounters his ArchEnemy Killmaster is a mixture of terror (because despite his claims earlier in the comic he's never actually ''beaten'' Killmaster) and a vaguely disconcerting respect for one of the few people in the universe more of a BloodKnight than Whirl himself.
-->'''Whirl:''' Look at him. No banter, no set up, no discernible motive beyond [[AxCrazy wanting to kill as many people as possible]]. Such a pro...

* ComicBook/DoctorStrange has one of these moments in a ''ComicBook/MarvelAdventures'' title. ("Such ''magnificent'' power. It could destroy us at ''whim''.")
* Fluttershy's comment that [[http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/518183-nature-is-so-fascinating "Nature is so fascinating!"]] from a ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'' comic book has achieved [[MemeticMutation memetic]] status on the internet. Now people are posting it combined with all kinds of abhorrent nature facts.
* In the ''ComicBook/{{Tintin}}'' story ''The Shooting Star'', Prof. Phostle is excited about the upcoming end-of-the-world meteor, saying such absurdities as "It will destroy the world tonight. Tomorrow, everyone will know my name for discovering it!"
* 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.
* ''ComicBook/ThePunisherMAX'' features Lt. Wood, a Delta Force officer tasked with bringing the Punisher in. He openly admires his ruthless vigilantism, even quoting the below ''Film/{{Alien}}'' line. Maybe...
-->'''Other Delta soldier:''' ...You serious?
-->'''Lt. Wood:''' Jesus, I hope not.

* In ''Literature/{{Momo}}'', when the kids play explorers in the South Pacific. The smart boy playing the professor does this with the enormous prehistoric creature threatening the ship ("schum-schum gummilastikum" in the original German text, ''Teetotum elasticum'' in the English translation) and protests when the captain wants to shoot it.

Compare VillainRespect, WorthyOpponent, MisaimedFandom, NightmareFetishist, InLoveWithYourCarnage, MeasuringTheMarigolds, UglyCute, TheXenophile, and ArsonMurderAndAdmiration. Contrast WowingCthulhu, where [[RussianReversal the abomination admires you]].

** Cynthia, from ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl,'' loves learning and teaching new facts about the [[OlympusMons Creation Trio.]] Especially, [[{{Dracolich}} Giratina.]]
** Iris in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' thinks Cynthia's Garchomp - a fearsome {{Landshark}} and pseudo-legendary pokémon - is 'the cutest thing'. She probably has that opinion about [[{{Fangirl}} any strong Dragon type]], though.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': In [[Recap/StevenUniverseS3E15AloneAtSea "Alone at Sea"]], [[spoiler:Jasper points out that Lapis' treatment of her was quite inhumane, though since Jasper only appreciated strength, she actually ''admires'' it.]]

Most of the time, whenever a person encounters a creature that could kill them with ease, they're usually terrified and fearing for their life.

[[ThisIsNotThatTrope Then there's this guy]]. Maybe they've done a lot of research on it. Maybe they've always wanted to see it. Maybe they're vindicated that his belief that it was real was proven right. Whatever the case, they're absolutely ''thrilled'' that it's here.

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 cool pet in the creature... or the creature could befriend them alone and continue to be hostile to the rest of their group.

Obviously, while this usually applies to fictional fantasy creatures, this can also apply to more mundane threats (like tornadoes, or sharks).