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* Shino Aburame from ''{{Naruto}}''. Taken UpToEleven in fan-works.

* The Poes from ''Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''. They're ghosts who are pretty malevolent, but they have an adorable, high-pitched cackle, much like the Boos.

** The Fourth Doctor from ''Series/DoctorWho'' was intended as this. GothicHorror tropes? NightmareFetishist? CheshireCatGrin? CreepyBlueEyes? All yes. GeniusSweetTooth ManChild with ImmortalImmaturity, cheeky little {{CharacterTic}}s, [[PerkyGoth an unreserved love of gothic horror stuff]] and InnocentBlueEyes? Also all yes. Creator/TomBaker, when asked to describe his Doctor in one word, said "adorable". Creator/StevenMoffat pointed out that the Fourth Doctor is one of the most scary, difficult-to-handle Doctors of the lot. It isn't mutually exclusive.

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* The Fourth Doctor from ''Series/DoctorWho'' was intended as this. GothicHorror tropes? NightmareFetishist? CheshireCatGrin? CreepyBlueEyes? All yes. GeniusSweetTooth ManChild with ImmortalImmaturity, cheeky little {{CharacterTic}}s, [[PerkyGoth an unreserved love of gothic horror stuff]] and InnocentBlueEyes? Also all yes. Creator/TomBaker, when asked to describe his Doctor in one word, said "adorable". Creator/StevenMoffat pointed out that the Fourth Doctor is one of the most scary, difficult-to-handle Doctors of the lot. It isn't mutually exclusive.

** Hydreigon is a three-headed dragon Pokemon that's specifically noted by the Pokedex as being scary looking, which is rather hard to deny, with it sporting two prominent pairs of fangs, [[BlackEyesOfCrazy huge black and red eyes on its main head]], and spiky-looking frills on each head. However, it still manages to be strangely adorable, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT74YUwToWU particularly when it smiles]].

* The Fourth Doctor from ''Series/DoctorWho'' was intended as this. GothicHorror tropes? NightmareFetishist? CheshireCatSmile? CreepyBlueEyes? All yes. GeniusSweetTooth ManChild with ImmortalImmaturity, cheeky little {{CharacterTic}}s, [[PerkyGoth an unreserved love of gothic horror stuff]] and InnocentBlueEyes? Also all yes. Creator/TomBaker, when asked to describe his Doctor in one word, said "adorable". Creator/StevenMoffat pointed out that the Fourth Doctor is one of the most alien and scary to deal with Doctors of the lot. None of this is mutually exclusive.

* [[SoulPower Ghost-types]] from ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' are supposed to be scary or at least unsettling in-universe, but a lot of the unevolved forms appear to be {{Ridiculously Cute Critter}}s. Such examples include Misdreavus, Shuppet, Drifloon, Litwick and Pumpkaboo.

* [[WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor]] once featured a swarm of giant, hair-eating lice attacking the heroes' treehouse. Said lice were brightly colored and had rather expressive bug-eyes. Near the end of the episode, Numbah Two is covered in ''baby'' lice.

* [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Changelings]] are shape-shifting {{Emotion Eater}}s that look like pony-shaped BigCreepyCrawlies... and fan-art featuring them seems to portray them as either ''adorable'' or ''horrifying.''

* [[GeneratorRex Breach]].
* GIR and the titular Invader from ''InvaderZim''.

* Creepers from ''{{Minecraft}}''. They look like screaming zombie cacti, but they're pretty much the [[MascotMook game's mascot.]] You can even buy [[http://www.jinx.com/p/minecraft_creeper_plush_toy_with_sound.html?catid&s=minecraft Creeper plushies]] that go "SSSSSSSSSSSS" when you squeeze them.

* ''MapleStory'': Zombie Mushrooms, Death Teddies, heck, half the undead creatures qualify as do the aliens. Particularly unsettling in the case of the Death Teddies... [[spoiler: They're built in a factory that specializes in animated plush toys, and robots seem to be assigned to work on this project. At the lower levels, one can assume that such toys have been discarded due to their beat up appearance, and whatever animated them has warped the toys horribly turning them into undead monsters. [[FridgeHorror Let this sink in for awhile]], then look at how cute these things still are despite having giant ghosts on their back.]]

* [[SoulPower Ghost types]] from ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' are supposed to be scary or at least unsettling in-universe, but a lot of the unevolved forms appear to be {{Ridiculously Cute Critter}}s. Such examples include Misdreavus, Shuppet, Drifloon, Litwick and Pumpkaboo.

* [[Creator/TimBurton Tim Burton's]] (and [[Film/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Henry Selick's]], for that matter) stop-motion films would certainly count. Case in point: Sparky from ''Film/{{Frankenweenie}}'', a bull-terrier who's been stitched together and brought back to life via electricity after getting killed by a car.

* [[SoulPower Ghost types]] from ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' are supposed to be scary or at least unsettling in-universe, but a lot of the unevolved forms appear to be {{RidiculouslyCuteCritter}}. Such examples include Misdreavus, Shuppet, Drifloon, Litwick and Pumpkaboo.

* [[SoulPower Ghost types]] from ''Franchise/Pokemon'' are supposed to be scary or at least unsettling in-universe, but a lot of the unevolved forms appear to be {{RidiculouslyCuteCritter}}. Such examples include Misdreavus, Shuppet, Drifloon, Litwick and Pumpkaboo.

* Tonberries from the ''FinalFantasy'' franchise. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuUfgSYPoPk See an example of their behavior]]. They're tiny little critters, who don't attack first. Instead, they wait. And wait. And wait for you to attack and give it your best shot, creeping closer until they stab you with their knives. And yet, their small size (usually, though even the big ones are cute), big eyes, and reptilian features rather than being a scary point, is downright adorable.
** The [[SavePoint Save-Moogle]] on the world map of ''{{Final Fantasy IX}}'': while he acts like a normal Moogle usually, if you call and dismiss him over and over again, he starts to get annoyed, then angry, and then (eventually) threateningly states '''"I'm sharpening my knife, kupo..."'''

* From ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney: Trials and Tribulations'', we have Viola Cadaverini, a young woman who is not only cute and pretty, but also ''very'' creepy.

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