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* "Dangerous" Davies of ''Series/TheLastDetective'' is actually the nicest, most law-abiding detective in the Police Service ([[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass and even if he]] AlwaysGetsHisMan he is labeled the "last" detective as in, the Service will only send him if they think your case is too hopeless for them to waste their time). His fellow detectives treat him like their personal ButtMonkey and gave him the nickname as a silly prat.
* Subverted by the cat, "Dragon", in ''Literature/MrsFrisbyAndTheRatsOfNIMH'', who got his name as a joke when he was a kitten, pretending to be fierce. The name became fitting when [[CatsAreMean he grew up]].
* In ''Literature/TheSavannahReidMysteries'', subverted with Lady Eleanor's dogs, Hitler, Satan, and Killer. They're tiny little fluffy dogs, not what you'd first expect the breed to be if you'd only heard the names. They ''are'' quite aggressive at first, but once Savannah starts treating them kindly, they're rather friendly to everyone.
* The "Incredibly Deadly Viper" from ''Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'' is totally harmless - the name was given to it as a practical joke, as it is instead playful and as cute as a sewer-pipe sized snake can be.
* In the Skulduggery Pleasant short story Myosotis Terra, the protagonists have to rescue a spy from a village of cannibalistic sorcerers. Of course, they get captured. The cannibals plan to feed them to "The Beast". Later, it turns out "The Beast" actually is a tiny adorable monkey-rabbit like ball of fluff, and calling it intimidating names and pretending it is a horrible monster is an inside joke between them. Of course, The Beast must be fed... Who would want such an adorable little thing to get hungry? The cannibals usually cut their victims into tiny pieces, feed the best parts to The Beast, and eat what is left.
* The ''Literature/WingsOfFire'' series has a dragon ''literally'' named Deathbringer. While he ''is'' an assassin, he's [[HitmanWithAHeart not without a sense of morality]], and he has a rather flippant and comical personality.

* An ongoing story arc in ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'' is about intelligent robots becoming recognized as people. One such robot, an [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2400/fc02354.htm ordinary waitress-bot]], changes her name to "Sergeant Ripguts [[TheVonTropeFamily von]] Slaughtermachine" because she felt that her human-given name, Bob, was too masculine to fit her personality.
--> '''Other bot:''' You're right, that ''is'' more feminine!\\
'''Slaughtermachine:''' That's because [[ComicallyMissingthePoint it's spelled with a final "e"]].

* The Slavic name "Dragomir," to English speakers. Despite [[InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike sounding like it means something about dragons]] or [[UberWald vampires]], it actually means "He who loves peace." Whether individual Dragomirs (Dragomiri?) are this, Fluffies, or anywhere in between is up to them, obviously.

* In ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', Ultimate Breeder Gundham Tanaka has a group of hamsters he named "The Four Dark Devas of Destruction". He claims that they are actually terrifying demons and that hamsters [[OneWingedAngel are only their temporary form]], but no one really takes this seriously. Of course, they're not ''completely'' harmless, as he has sustained numerous bites and scratches on his left arm from breaking up their fights over territory, hence why that arm is always bandaged. [[spoiler:Oh, and he uses them to kill Nekomaru in a DuelToTheDeath by way of their DangerousForbiddenTechnique of... pressing buttons. A lot more powerful than it sounds when your opponent is a robot with a button on his body that instantly puts him into sleep mode]].

* In ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', Ultimate Breeder Gundham Tanaka has a group of hamsters he named "The Four Dark Devas of Destruction". He claims [[AvertedTrope hamsters are only their temporary form]], but no one really takes this seriously. [[spoiler:Of course, they're not ''completely'' harmless, as he has sustained injuries on his left arm from breaking up their fights over territory. Oh, and he uses them to kill Nekomaru in a DuelToTheDeath.]]

* In ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', Ultimate Breeder Gundham Tanaka has a group of hamsters he named "The Four Dark Devas of Destruction". He claims [[AvertedTrope hamsters are only their temporary form]], but no one really takes this seriously. [[spoiler:Of course, they're not ''completely'' harmless, as he has sustained injuries on his left arm from breaking up their fights over territory.]]

* [[https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikingarna_(musikgrupp) Vikingarna]], a musical band from Sweden. Hard to imagine that a group naming themselves after the infamous fighting raiders of the old seas would make inoffensive uplifting music that [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QwsY0OM1MI&ab_channel=Mankku1993 sounds like this]].

* One scene in ''Film/GoneInSixtySeconds2000'' has Memphis and Kip Raines running away from [[GangBangers a street gang]] out to kill them. Kip vaults a fence to land in a dog kennel and looks up in horror at the name posted on the adjacent doghouse: "[[OhCrap Beast]]". And then an adorable little puppy runs out from it and starts licking his face.

* There's Killer the Rabbit from Creator/PatriciaCWrede's ''Literature/EnchantedForestChronicles'' novel ''Calling on Dragons'', who is anything but a KillerRabbit.

* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': Doom, Killer's pet mongoose. He does have a bit of a temper, sure, but he's still just a mongoose.

* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'':

* The mission in ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'' where you meet The Killmaster, [[{{Cameo}} who looks suspiciously like Lemmy Kilmister from Motorhead for some reason...]] Anyway, the man is, in fact, a healer. And a damn good one. This whole mess with his name is {{justified|Trope}}, however, as Killmaster ''intentionally'' chose the name to scare people off, because otherwise they would ShootTheMedicFirst.