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* ''VideoGame/FarCry5:'' You can recruit a bear as an AI companion. It is called "Cheeseburger."

* Prince Nuada in ''Film/HellboyIITheGoldenArmy'' has a large cave troll with a robotic fist on a chain. He calls him Mr. Wink. He's named after Selma Blair's one-eyed dog.

* ''WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge'' gives an in-universe example. The animals are utterly terrified of the titular hedge when it's first encountered. How do they diffuse the tension?

-->'''Moon:''' I premuse you're the one they call the Lizard?\\

* One of the most fearsome [[SpacePirates Space Pirates]] in ''TachyonTheFringe'' is Redship ''Rory''. Jake, being voiced by Creator/BruceCampbell, can't help but make fun of the name the first time they meet (as much as an encounter in space counts as a meeting). Rory doesn't appreciate the humor and sends his {{Mook}}s to kill the hero.

* Cerberus is the three-headed {{hellhound}} who guards TheUnderworld in Myth/ClassicalMythology. One theory for his name's origin is the root Indo-European word ''ḱerberos'', "spotted." This would mean that Hades, Lord of the Underworld, named his dog "Spot." This theory competes with other much more appropriate origins, such as the Greek word ''creoboros'', meaning "flesh-devouring."

* In''VideoGame/FinalFight'', one of the bosses is named Abigail. He's canonically listed as being 8'0" (244 cm) tall, and weighs 584 pounds (265 kg). [[spoiler: He's a bit of a woobie too, since his name brought him endless amounts of ridicule growing up]]

** The series features Harry's massive, evil-hunter mastiff/dog-a-saurus cross [[spoiler: and is actually a Foo dog, which is so reliable in its abilities that his glare could be used as evidence in the highest White Council courts]] named "Mouse", whose bark can send shocks through multiple dimensions. Dresden describes this as 'every cell of his body flinching' or something like that. It also scares the ectoplasmic piss out of every other supernatural being in the local vicinity. He also survived a hit from a speeding van and was only mildly inconvenienced at worst by a gunshot wound. Unless there's danger present, he's just a BigFriendlyDog. The dog is far smarter than a human, and in ''Changes'', we find he considers the ultra-powerful wizard Harry HIS familiar. In Dresden's defense, Mouse's name was appropriate back when he was a puppy small enough to fit in Dresden's coat pocket. Mouse just literally outgrew his name. In ''Skin Game'', Hades explains the etymology of his own dog's name to Harry, and uses it as a point of comparison between the two of them. They're wardens of immense supernatural prisons, and they give their super-powered pets cute names.
** In ''Peace Talks'', Harry names [[spoiler:his spirit daughter]], who nearly killed him [[spoiler:by being born]] "Bonnie". Unfortunately, we never get to see how her [[FallenAngel mom]] would have reacted to this.

* One of the most reoccurring characters in ''ComicBook/Shazam'' is Billy's pet tiger, Tawny.

* [[ScaryBlackMan Loki Hayes]] from ''Series/SantaClaritaDiet'' is a scary gangbanger wanted for larceny, homicide, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking impersonating a forest ranger.]] His pet is a six-foot banana python named "Baby." Subverted somewhat in that Baby is a rescue, and like most ball pythons, is rather gentle and tame.

* [[ScaryBlackMan Loki Hayes]] from ''Series/SantaClaritaDiet'' is a scary gangbanger wanted for larceny, homicide, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking impersonating a forest ranger.]] His rescue pet is a six-foot banana python named "Baby." Subverted somewhat in that banana pythons are fairly gentle and tame as snakes go.

* From ''Franchise/Batman'', the name Penguin brings to mind a cute and strange-looking bird that lives in Antarctica. Not a short, ruthless, well-dressed and murderous mob boss. The mere name gives him a more twisted quality.

* An enemy in ''IcewindDale II'' had a pet three-headed chimera named "Precious".

* [[CoolBigSis Triela]] of ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'', was given the nickname "Lepretto" (roughly "bunny" or "little hare") by the GIS Special Forces guys she trained with, after a child's doll that shares her GirlishPigtails. When they meet up again on a later mission, a couple of the GIS guys rub her hair and comment how "rubbing a rabbit's foot before mission will bring you good luck". They need the luck, they're going to be leading the charge into a hostage situation in a bell-tower. Triela lets them get away with it (even though they spoiled a moment with her handler), her job is going to be to ''climb'' said tower.

** [[MadScientist Caesar Clown]] had, as a pet, a living mass of gelatinous slime that emitted acid and poisonous gas and could wipe out an entire island on its own. His name for said pet: Smiley.

* ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} once killed a tank-grown monster that had gone berserk (greatly pissing off the agency who owned the monster). Said monster's name was Doris.

* In Marvel's ''ComicBook/JourneyIntoMystery'', Kid Loki names his violent and foul mouthed hellhound Thori. Said hellhound would rather have been called Deathripper or one of several other more fitting appellations. The kicker is? The cutesy name stuck. Nobody in Hel, or later Leah, Angela, Sera, and Thor Odinson bothered to call him anything else but Thori, despite him still insisting that he is "[[BlatantLies known as Deathripper in all the Ten Realms]]".

* In the fanvideo WebVideo/MLPFIMFanFic, Celestia uses a KillSat to [[EarthShatteringKaboom blow up the planet]]. The name of said KillSat, [[FunWithAcronyms H.A.R.M.O.N.Y.]]

** The series features Harry's massive, evil-hunter mastiff/dog-a-saurus cross [[spoiler: and is actually a Foo dog, which is so reliable in its abilities that his glare could be used as evidence in the highest White Council courts]] named "Mouse", whose bark can send shocks through multiple dimensions. Dresden describes this as 'every cell of his body flinching' or something like that. It also scares the ectoplasmic piss out of every other supernatural being in the local vicinity. He also survived a hit from a speeding van and was only mildly inconvenienced at worst by a gunshot wound. Unless there's danger present, he's just a BigFriendlyDog. Said dog is far smarter than a human, and in ''Changes'', we find he considers the ultra-powerful wizard Harry HIS familiar. In Dresden's defense, Mouse's name was appropriate back when he was a puppy small enough to fit in Dresden's coat pocket. Mouse just literally outgrew his name. In ''Skin Game'', Hades explains the etymology of his own dog's name to Harry, and uses it as a point of comparison between the two of them. They're wardens of immense supernatural prisons, and they give their super-powered pets cute names.

* In a DLC side mission from ''{{VideoGame/Borderlands 2}}'', Tiny Tina asks you to take her new puppy for a walk. Said "puppy" turns out to be a [[EliteMook badass fire skag]] named Enrique.

* A subversion, or at least a joke in the same vein: In ''WesternAnimation/QuackPack'', DonaldDuck was captured by an alien race and sentenced to receive 50 lashes with a "wet noodle." Said noodle was, in fact, a giant serpent with sharp teeth. Although, it did look something like a flat noodle.

** L.O.V.E.-M.U.F.F.I.N. member Rodney has a pet fish named Fluffy. Said fish is a piranha.

* The various incarnations of the Italian Navy have had ships bearing the harmless-sounding Caio Duilio (it sounds harmless and even stupid even to Italians, as long as they don't know who they're named after). Said ships are all warships, including one that, when commissioned, was universally considered the ''most powerful of the world'' (she scared the ''[[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships Royal Navy]]'', and the ''Caio Duilio'' and her sister ''Andrea Doria'' were believed superior to ''the entire French fleet of the Mediterranean'' in virtue of having enough firepower to [[OneHitKill One-Salvo Kill]] any French ship from outside their range).

* TheEmiyaClan managed to get Primate Murder, the White Beast of Gaia, First Dead Apostle Ancestor, the creature whose task is to destroy humanity, as a pet. It kind of came as a packaged deal when Altrouge Brunestud forced herself on [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Shirou]] as his newest wife. They call him "Primmy."

* The [[IsraelisWithInfraredMissiles Israeli]] [[SuperToughness armored version]] of the Caterpillar D9 [[BoringButPractical bulldozer]], a [[MadeOfIron nigh-invincible machine]] which tears through buildings as if they're made of paper, is nicknamed "doobi", which means "teddy bear".

* Do ''not'' be fooled by the the name of the roller coaster known as "The Smiler" over at [[Ride/AltonTowers Alton Towers]]. Yes, it ''is'' themed after smiling, but for [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul a reason to give you a heart attack more out of fear rather than sweetness]].