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* ''SluggyFreelance'' Bun-bun was intended to be this, but turned out to be [[KillerRabbit killer enough rabbit]] to avert EverythingsWorseWithBears. Kiki the ferret is still this. Aylee has been this more often than not, but now that she's taken humanoid form, the ZHOAS takes on the role, at least in Kiki's interactions with it.
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** ''HellgateLondon'' offered a few of these for subscribers only; hovering [[MostAnnoyingSound chattering]] critters that offered trivial perks. Many players found them a [[TheScrappy dissincentive]] for subscribing.

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*NeonGenesisEvangelion. Pen-Pen, the [[TrueArtIsAngsty only happy character]] to ever feature in the series. He sleeps in a fridge. And also, EverythingIsBetterWithPenguins.
**FridgeLogic, [[IncrediblyLamePun pun intended]] as Misato spent [[spoiler: several years in [[MysteriousAntarctica Antarctica]] before and after the Second Impact.]] Why she would want a souvenir, [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel however...]]
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* In ''TheImpossibleMan'', there's Angela's pet {{Chupacabra}}, Eli, who is a genuine [[UrbanLegends Urban Legend]] and not a [[{{Mon}} Kaijumon]].
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** More recently, K9 Mark IV has taken up semi-permenent residence with Sarah-Jane in TheSarahJaneAdventures, and then her son Luke when he goes to university.
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* {{Pokemon}} is the king of this trope. Seriously, in recent games (IE: Diamond/Pearl/Platinum) you are given the chance to capture Arceus (the Pokemon equivalent of God). Not only that, but in [=HeartGold=] and [=SoulSilver=], the remakes of Gold and Silver, you can get that God to follow you around. Or to create for you a being who controls time, space or antimatter. "You" being a mere human.
* {{Medabots}} is also relevant, and is pretty much the {{Mecha}} version of Pokemon.

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* {{Pokemon}} is the king of this trope. Seriously, in recent games (IE: Diamond/Pearl/Platinum) you are given the chance to capture Arceus (the Pokemon equivalent Pokémon counterpart of God). Not only that, but in [=HeartGold=] and [=SoulSilver=], the remakes of Gold and Silver, you can get that God to follow you around. Or to create for you a being who controls time, space or antimatter. "You" being a mere human.
* {{Medabots}} is also relevant, and is pretty much the {{Mecha}} version of Pokemon.Pokémon.
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** The second game, {{Shadow of the Colossus}}, had no vulnerable NPCs to protect; instead, you got a badass {{Cool Horse}}.

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** The second game, {{Shadow of the Colossus}}, had no vulnerable NPCs [=NPCs=] to protect; instead, you got a badass {{Cool Horse}}.
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** Other DC heros also had cool pets back in the day. Batman had Ace the Bat-Hound, Supergirl had Streaky the Supercat as well as a superhorse named Comet, and Superman also had a supermonkey named Beppo. The Kryptonian pets and several others also formed the Legion of Super-Pets in the LegionOfSuperHeroes 30th century.

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** Other DC heros also had cool pets back in the day. Batman had Ace the Bat-Hound, Supergirl had Streaky the Supercat as well as a superhorse named Comet, and Superman also had a supermonkey named Beppo. The Kryptonian pets and several others also formed the Legion of Super-Pets in the LegionOfSuperHeroes {{Legion Of Super-Heroes}} 30th century.
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* {{Final Fantasy VI}} has Shadow, with his dog Interceptor. It's a normal guard dog, but it's VERY useful in battle.

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* {{Final ''{{Final Fantasy VI}} VI}}'' has Shadow, with his dog Interceptor. It's a normal guard dog, but it's VERY useful in battle.



** {{Final Fantasy VIII}} has Rinoa's dog Angelo, who is used in her Limit Breaks and does things no normal dog is capable of.
** In {{Final fantasy IX}}, Eiko carries around a moogle which, as it turns out, is actually a God, and goes completely batshit when two jesters try to engage in sexual activity with the young girl.
** Kuja in {{Final Fantasy IX}} uses a silver dragon to fly from point A to B before stealing an airship from another planet. The dragon turns out to be Garland's pet, but he's never seen riding it, the neglective bastard.
** Lulu in {{Final Fantasy X}} uses both voodoo dolls and baby creatures as her physical weapons, probably the stupidest being a Cactuar. Seriously, why would you cuddle a cactus?

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** {{Final ''{{Final Fantasy VIII}} VIII}}'' has Rinoa's dog Angelo, who is used in her Limit Breaks and does things no normal dog is capable of.
** In {{Final ''{{Final fantasy IX}}, IX}}'', Eiko carries around a moogle which, as it turns out, is actually a God, and goes completely batshit when two jesters try to engage in sexual activity with the young girl.
** Kuja in {{Final ''{{Final Fantasy IX}} IX}}'' uses a silver dragon to fly from point A to B before stealing an airship from another planet. The dragon turns out to be Garland's pet, but he's never seen riding it, the neglective bastard.
** Lulu in {{Final ''{{Final Fantasy X}} X}}'' uses both voodoo dolls and baby creatures as her physical weapons, probably the stupidest being a Cactuar. Seriously, why would you cuddle a cactus?



* In {{The Darkness}}, Jackie can summon little gremlins to do his bidding, who play about once their job is done.
* In {{Manhunt}}, The Director keeps a psychotic, naked fat man with a pig's mask as a captive in a mansion attic, this is relevant to the trope, I don't care what you say.
* In {{Metal Gear Solid 3}}, The End has a parrot which is actually catchable, killable, and edible. Upsetting the old bastard with the sight of a skeletal parrot makes him even harder to kill.

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* In {{The Darkness}}, ''{{The Darkness}}'', Jackie can summon little gremlins to do his bidding, who play about once their job is done.
* In {{Manhunt}}, ''{{Manhunt}}'', The Director keeps a psychotic, naked fat man with a pig's mask as a captive in a mansion attic, this is relevant to the trope, I don't care what you say.
* In {{Metal ''{{Metal Gear Solid 3}}, 3}}'', The End has a parrot which is actually catchable, killable, and edible. Upsetting the old bastard with the sight of a skeletal parrot makes him even harder to kill.



* The hunter class in WorldOfWarcraft is ''built'' upon this trope - many people roll hunters just for the pets! Everything from owls to tigers to bats to dinosaurs to dragonhawks can accompany a hunter from level 10 (1 from Cataclysm) to the end.

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* The hunter class in WorldOfWarcraft ''WorldOfWarcraft'' is ''built'' upon this trope - many people roll hunters just for the pets! Everything from owls to tigers to bats to dinosaurs to dragonhawks can accompany a hunter from level 10 (1 from Cataclysm) to the end.



* Tedd of ElGoonishShive has [[http://egscomics.com/sketchbook/?date=2002-07-04 Jeremy]], "a creature nature never intended."

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* Tedd of ElGoonishShive ''ElGoonishShive'' has [[http://egscomics.com/sketchbook/?date=2002-07-04 Jeremy]], "a creature nature never intended."
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** Other classes with pets are Warlocks, who employ demonic minions. Unholy Death Knights have pet zombies.

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** Other classes with pets are Warlocks, who employ demonic minions. Unholy Death Knights have pet zombies. Enhancement Shamans get Feral Spirits, two ghost wolves that can be summoned temporarily to help and heal the player character.

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* In ''{{Drowtales}}'', [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=1169 Mel has a giant spider named Zhor]] (who is actually a magically transformed elf), and Ariel has '[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=529 squishy]]'.

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* In ''{{Drowtales}}'', [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=1169 Mel has a giant spider named Zhor]] (who is actually a magically transformed elf), and Ariel has '[[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=529 squishy]]'.
** Zhor isn't exactly a pet, though - he's Mel's companion and [[InterspeciesRomance occasional lover.]] [[spoiler:He's also Ariel's father!]]
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* {{Pokemon}} is the king of this trope. Seriously, in recent games (IE: Diamond/Pearl/Platinum) you are given the chance to capture Arceus (the Pokemon equivalent of God). Not only that, but in HeartGold and SoulSilver, the remakes of Gold and Silver, you can get that God to follow you around. Or to create for you a being who controls time, space or antimatter. "You" being a mere human.

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* {{Pokemon}} is the king of this trope. Seriously, in recent games (IE: Diamond/Pearl/Platinum) you are given the chance to capture Arceus (the Pokemon equivalent of God). Not only that, but in HeartGold [=HeartGold=] and SoulSilver, [=SoulSilver=], the remakes of Gold and Silver, you can get that God to follow you around. Or to create for you a being who controls time, space or antimatter. "You" being a mere human.
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* {{Pokemon}} is the king of this trope. Seriously, in the latest games (IE: Diamond/Pearl/Platinum) you are given the chance to capture Arceus (The Pokemon version of God). Not only that, but, in the remakes of Gold and Silver, you can get that God to follow you around. Or to create for you a being who controls time, space or antimatter. "You" being a ten-years old.

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* {{Pokemon}} is the king of this trope. Seriously, in the latest recent games (IE: Diamond/Pearl/Platinum) you are given the chance to capture Arceus (The (the Pokemon version equivalent of God). Not only that, but, but in HeartGold and SoulSilver, the remakes of Gold and Silver, you can get that God to follow you around. Or to create for you a being who controls time, space or antimatter. "You" being a ten-years old.mere human.



** Also, who could forget the little handheld consoles that kicked Tamigochi's out the fucking window?

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** Also, who could forget the little handheld consoles that kicked Tamigochi's Tamigochis out the fucking window?
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* In ''TheDresdenFiles'', Harry's dog Mouse is a massive (Waist high on a guy who's near 7 foot tall), crazy tough (Getting hit by van at full speed just gave him a limp), evil magic detecting, unusually intelligent Tibetan Temple Dog. He's part Chinese guardian spirit.

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* In ''TheDresdenFiles'', Harry's dog Mouse is a massive (Waist (waist high on a guy who's near 7 foot tall), crazy tough (Getting (getting hit by van at full speed just gave him a limp), evil magic detecting, unusually intelligent Tibetan Temple Dog. He's part Chinese guardian spirit.spirit, and later books reveal that not only is he ''at least'' [[IntellectualAnimal as smart as a human]], he thinks of Harry as ''his'' familiar.
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** However, on the bright side, there are people like [[http://www.rexano.org/ Rexano]] who promote ''responsible'' ownership. Even they say how cool it is to have an exotic pet but state that not only do animals have their own temperaments and that owners have to go extra lengths to keep animals like a Caracal over just a standard cat like a Maine Coon. And that one has to socialize an animal (Especially a skunk) a lot when it's young so that it will remain that way when it's older. Even ''Mountain Lions'' can be ''very'' friendly towards a responsible person they form a bond with. (It helps that Mountain Lions are more related to domestic housecats than actual lions)
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** And the third game will be called, in the original Japanese, “Trico the man-eating eagle”… Because you play as [[ABoyAndHisX a boy with]], well, a [[Mon goddamn giant man-eating eagle]].

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** And the third game will be called, in the original Japanese, “Trico the man-eating eagle”… Because you play as [[ABoyAndHisX a boy with]], well, a [[Mon [[{{Mon}} goddamn giant man-eating eagle]].

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* The {{Team Ico Series}} played an interesting [[UpToEleven progression]] of this trope:
** The first game, {{Ico}}, was a [[EscortMission long escort quest]]. You have to protect and guide a female to safety. Predictably, several players came to hate said female (though others learned to [[VideogameCaringPotential care for her]], but you know).
** The second game, {{Shadow of the Colossus}}, had no vulnerable NPCs to protect; instead, you got a badass {{Cool Horse}}.
** And the third game will be called, in the original Japanese, “Trico the man-eating eagle”… Because you play as [[ABoyAndHisX a boy with]], well, a [[Mon goddamn giant man-eating eagle]].
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*** And now... [[spoiler: [[{{DucksInARow}}All the guardians now officialy have some kind of pet]]. Tsuna seems to have a little lion with a vizard on it's head and Dying Will flames as a mane, and Yamamoto's got a dog that carries around ''[[{{SwordsAkimbo}} three swords]]''.]]

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*** And now... [[spoiler: [[{{DucksInARow}}All [[DebutQueue All the guardians now officialy have some kind of pet]]. Tsuna seems to have a little lion with a vizard on it's head and Dying Will flames as a mane, and Yamamoto's got a dog that carries around ''[[{{SwordsAkimbo}} three swords]]''.]]
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* ''{{Watchmen}}'' has Ozymandias with Bubastis, a genetically-engineered lynx

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* ''{{Watchmen}}'' has In ''{{Watchmen}}'', Ozymandias with Bubastis, has a genetically-engineered lynxlynx named Bubastis.
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* Sakaki of ''AzumangaDaioh'' has Maya, a wild, rare, Iromote Cat she adopted after his mother was killed by a car.

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* It was once commonplace for wealthy aristocrats to keep a wide variety of exotic pets. It was almost part of the "job description" of being a wealthy aristocrat.
** Several United States Presidents have also done so. For example, ThomasJefferson had two [[EverythingsWorseWithBears bear cubs]], JohnQuincyAdams had an alligator, MartinVanBuren (briefly) had two [[PantheraAwesome tiger cubs]], BenjaminHarrison had two possums, and HerbertHoover had two crocodiles. CalvinCoolidge, though, was the champion of this trope; his pets included a bobcat, two [[PantheraAwesome lions]], a pygmy hippopotamus, a [[EverythingsBetterWithKangaroos wallaby]], a duiker (miniature antelope), and a [[EverythingsWorseWithBears black bear]].
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* LordByron was not allowed to keep a dog when he went to university, so instead, he kept [[EverythingsWorseWithBears a bear.]]
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** Even among hunters, some pets are considered cooler than others, and the Beast Mastery talent specialization tree ends with the ability to tame 'exotic' beasts as well as the usual selection. Of particular note are the extremely rare Spirit Beasts, which are a highly prized exotic pet because of the difficulty in merely finding them.

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* The hunter class in WorldOfWarcraft is ''built'' upon this trope - many people roll hunters just for the pets! Everything from owls to tigers to bats to dinosaurs to dragonhawks can accompany a hunter from level 10 to the end.

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* The hunter class in WorldOfWarcraft is ''built'' upon this trope - many people roll hunters just for the pets! Everything from owls to tigers to bats to dinosaurs to dragonhawks can accompany a hunter from level 10 (1 from Cataclysm) to the end.end.
** Other classes with pets are Warlocks, who employ demonic minions. Unholy Death Knights have pet zombies.
** World of Warcraft also has companion pets that any class can own. However unlike hunter pets they don't fight (a few fights critters or certain other companions) and are really just for show. They can be anything from common pets like cats, parrots, rats and turtles, to wolves, baby dragons or even minature versions of raid bosses.
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** The Herculoids' non-human members weren't ''pets'' so much as ''soldiers''. Call Gloop or Gleep a "pet" and you might find yourself in a world o' sentient-silly-putty hurt.
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* The main character of ''OutlawStar'' SpinOff ''AngelLinks'', Meifon Li, has a CoolPet in the form of [[http://jasms.de/anime/angel_links/taffei.jpg Taffei]]. It rides around in her [[MostCommonSuperpower clea]][[VictoriasSecretCompartment vage]], and doubles as an EmpathicWeapon by transforming into a sword when needed.

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* The main character of ''OutlawStar'' SpinOff ''AngelLinks'', Meifon Li, has a CoolPet in the form of [[http://jasms.de/anime/angel_links/taffei.jpg Taffei]]. It [[VictoriasSecretCompartment rides around in her her]] [[MostCommonSuperpower clea]][[VictoriasSecretCompartment vage]], cleavage]], and doubles as an EmpathicWeapon by transforming into a sword when needed.
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* The main character of ''OutlawStar'' SpinOff ''AngelLinks'', Meifon Li, has a CoolPet in the form of [[http://jasms.de/anime/angel_links/taffei.jpg Taffei]]. It rides around in her [[MostCommonSuperpower cleavage]], and doubles as an EmpathicWeapon by transforming into a sword when needed.

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* The main character of ''OutlawStar'' SpinOff ''AngelLinks'', Meifon Li, has a CoolPet in the form of [[http://jasms.de/anime/angel_links/taffei.jpg Taffei]]. It rides around in her [[MostCommonSuperpower cleavage]], clea]][[VictoriasSecretCompartment vage]], and doubles as an EmpathicWeapon by transforming into a sword when needed.
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* The main character of ''OutlawStar'' SpinOff ''AngelLinks'', Meifon Li, has a CoolPet in the form of [[http://jasms.de/anime/angel_links/taffei.jpg Taffei]]. It rides around in her [[MostCommonSuperpower cleavage]], and doubles as an EmpathicWeapon by transforming into a sword when needed.

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* The main character of ''OutlawStar'' SpinOff ''AngelLinks'', Meifon Li, has a CoolPet in the form of [[http://jasms.de/anime/angel_links/taffei.jpg Taffei]]. It rides around in her [[MostCommonSuperpower cleavage]], and doubles as an EmpathicWeapon by transforming into a sword when needed.




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* The main character of ''OutlawStar'' SpinOff ''AngelLinks'', Meifon Li, has a CoolPet in the form of [[http://jasms.de/anime/angel_links/taffei.jpg Taffei]]. It rides around in her [[MostCommonSuperpower cleavage]], and doubles as an EmpathicWeapon by transforming into a sword when needed.
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* The main character of ''OutlawStar'' SpinOff ''AngelLinks'', Meifon Li, has a CoolPet in the form of [[http://jasms.de/anime/angel_links/taffei.jpg Taffei]]. It rides around in her [[MostCommonSuperpower cleavage]], and doubles as an EmpathicWeapon by transforming into a sword when needed.
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* [[FreeFall Florence Ambrose]] '''''[[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff500/fv00463.htm was]]''''' one. [[WordOfGod She´s more of a Cool Little Sister now]].

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