History Main / FluffyTheTerrible

* An episode of ''Series/{{Life}}'' had a suspect talking about his cat "Fluffy". When Crews returns later, he encounters Fluffy, who happens to be a tiger.

** ''Warhammer'' has a Chaos God by the name of the Great Horned Rat. Sounds about as intimidating as "the fur-bearing trout", but his children are the ''incredibly'' destructive [[RatMan rat-people]] known as the Skaven, and they take him ''very'' seriously indeed.

* ''Script/AHDotComTheSeries'' has Bobo the giant flying tentacled brain and Dave Howery's [[GatlingGood Gatling-cannon-wielding]] Canada-Destroying Mechs, which are all named after ''Series/SesameStreet'' characters.

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* The Brazilian comedy/dark humour creators Rodrigo and Ricardo Piologo, creators of ''WebAnimation/MundoCanibal'', have a character: A sociopathic, lunatic, merciless, grey-haired, [[RedEyesTakeWarning red-eyed]] [[AxCrazy killer]] whose white shirt is bloodstained from his killing more often than not. His name is...! Boby.

* The Brazilian comedy/dark humour creators Rodrigo and Ricardo Piologo, creators of ''WebAnimation/MundoCanibal'', have a character: A psychopathic, lunatic, merciless, grey-haired, [[RedEyesTakeWarning red-eyed]] [[AxCrazy killer]] whose white shirt is bloodstained from his killing more often than not. His name is...! Boby.

* The Brazilian comedy/dark humour creators Rodrigo and Ricardo Piologo, creators of ''WebAnimation/MundoCanibal'', have a character: A psychopathic, lunatic, merciless, grey-haired, [[RedEyesTakeWarning red-eyed]] [[Ax-Crazy killer]] whose white shirt is bloodstained from his killing more often than not. His name is...! Boby.

* In ''Theatre/JasperInDeadland'', Mr Lethe's NightmarishFactory is run by someone called "Little Lu", who is implied to be the fallen angel Lucifer.

** ''Series/PeakyBlinders'' sounds like the name of the tomboyish girl next door in a Nickolodeon cartoon... but is in fact the name of an extremely vicious street gang. The name comes from the way they use their signature weapon, a ''peaky'' cap with razorblades sewn into the brim, to ''blind'' people who stand in their way by cutting out their eyes.

** [[http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=1979&addr=790808 One strip in the week-long "Garfield's History of Cats" series]] features Fluffy the Fierce. Sure, he is not much taller than any cat that'd fit the name Fluffy, but he is described as a legendary ratter. Until he meets [[RodentsOfUnusualSize Matt-the-Rat]], that is.

* In Basque mythology, the almighty snake-god of [[ShockAndAwe lightning]] is called... ''Sugar''. It's more a case of InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike though, since this will only sounds funny to English speakers.
* Aztect mythology:

** Darla. It's such a sweet-sounding name.
** Glory.
** "Series/{{Angel}}" too, for that matter (it's a shortened version of [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Angelus]], specifically chosen to be an ironic name). However poet-turned-vampire William Pratt specifically takes the name "Spike" to avert this trope, after Angelus tells him that "Willie" doesn't strike the right note of terror.

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E7TheLongGame "The Long Game"]] has the [[OverlyLongName Mighty Jagrafess of the Holy Hadrojassic Maxarodenfoe]]. The Editor of Satellite 5 prefers to call him Max, as it's less of a mouthful.

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E7TheZygonInvasion "The Zygon Invasion"]] introduces us to the cold-blooded leader of group of insurgent aliens willing to start a war on earth. She orders people killed. She organizes murders. And her name is ... Bonnie? (Even the Doctor rejects that, choosing to call her "Zygella" instead.). There is actually some logic to this since she is part of first generation of Zygons living in hiding on Earth, and she [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything has grown bitter over her minority status and her being forced to "act human" in order to be accepted by society]].

** In the episode with the bratty child actor; she has a big and brutish bodyguard named Citrus.
* Inverted in an episode of ''Series/EmptyNest'' where a small lost dog charms the Weston family while destroying the household and the larger family dog Dreyfuss getting the blame. When the real owner appears, he explains to Harry Weston what the little bastard really is and calls him the appropriately named "Satan".
* An episode of ''Series/{{Eureka}}'' had a scientist genetically engineer a microscopic organism that ate radiation. It ended up growing into a creature that was a direct nod to ''Film/TheBlob1958''. It was referred to as his "pet", as in "pet project". Its name? Spot, as in "spot remover".

** And naming the ship ''Serenity''? Not remotely as comforting as it sounds.
*** This has even more layers. The ship was named after Serenity Valley, which was the site of the last and bloodiest battle of the Browncoat Uprising, where ''Serenity'''s captain lost his cause, his friends, his idealism and his faith in God.

* Spot the dragon from ''Series/TheMunsters'' (never seen in full).
* On ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' there are quite a few more grotesque looking monsters. The biggest one, 9 feet tall, shaggy, with fangs and beastly strong is named.... Sweetums. Sweetums usually plays characters that really ''are'' pretty friendly, once you get past their appearance. In the original ''Muppet Movie'', Sweetums was referred to as "Jack", though he explains "Jack not name, jack job!": He ''lifts cars'' for a living. The name originated in his debut appearance a few years before ''The Muppet Show'' in ''Film/TalesFromMuppetlandTheFrogPrince'', where he was the henchman of a witch named Taminella, who treated him like a pet and also called him things like "my little Bunnykins".

* ''Series/PeakyBlinders'' sounds like the name of the tomboyish girl next door in a Nickolodeon cartoon... but is in fact the name of an extremely vicious street gang. The name comes from the way they use their signature weapon, a ''peaky'' cap with razorblades sewn into the brim, to ''blind'' people who stand in their way by cutting out their eyes.
** In Season 5, they run up against a gang called "The Billy Boys", who sound like a silly bunch, and indeed, their introductory scene has them emerging from the forest singing a song many viewers will recognize as a sports chant associated with the Rangers Football Club. They're actually a ViolentGlaswegian gang who serve as muscle for the Union of British Fascists, and a ''very'' nasty organization. Like the Blinders themselves, the Billy Boys were a real gang, too.

* [[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 [[GentleGiant looks much scarier than he really is]] [[SnakesAreSinister by virtue of being a snake.]]

* TheFairFolk was one of the older names for fairies. The name is deliberately ironic; they were anything but fair, but calling them by more accurate names might draw their ire.
** Some note that "fair" also means beautiful, which is [[InhumanlyBeautifulRace quite a common trait for them.]] Others note that while they aren't very nice, they ARE "fair" in that [[IGaveMyWord they hold up their side of a bargain...]] [[ExactWords You just have to be very, very specific about what that side entails.]]

* One of the most menacing figures in Aztec mythology is the WarGod Huitzilopochtli. He's known for having killed most of his 400 siblings shortly after being born and a lot of Aztec human sacrifices were dedicated to him. His name means "Left-Handed Hummingbird".
** There's also a god of chaos, sorcery, and obsidian, whose name translates to the much more impressive-sounding "The Smoking Mirror" - but in a case of InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike, his actual name is Tezcatlipoca, which sounds like "cat" (aptly enough, his sacred animal was the jaguar) and "polka".

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* ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'': In episode 14 of season 4, Cory is arraigned for speeding but doesn't panic when he is told that the judge that will be preceding over his case has the last name "Lamb". However, the judge in question turns out to be a very strict and intimidating man despite what his name implies.

* "Jayne" is the title character from ''Series/TheComicStripPresents: Mr Jolly Lives Next Door'' - he's a hitman.

* Halfway through season 3 of ''Series/PersonOfInterest'', an {{artificial intelligence}} called [[GoodSamaritan Samaritan]] is introduced into the storyline. It comes fully online at the end of the season, [[AIIsACrapshoot completely immoral, with no compunctions about killing others for its own gain or survival]], and [[BigBrotherIsWatching no restrictions on who can utilize its near-omnipresent surveillance]], in complete contrast to the {{black box}}ed [[BenevolentAI Machine]].

* ''Series/PeakyBlinders'' sounds like the name of the tomboyish girl next door in a Nickolodeon cartoon... but is in fact the name of an extremely vicious street gang. The name comes from the way they use their signature weapon, a ''peaky'' cap with razorblades sewn into the brim, to ''blind'' people who stand in their way by cutting out their eyes.
** In season 5, they run up against a gang called "The Billy Boys", who sound like a silly bunch, and indeed, their introductory scene has them emerging from the forest singing a song many viewers will recognize as a sports chant associated with the Rangers Football Club. They're actually a ViolentGlaswegian gang who serve as muscle for the Union of British Fascists, and a ''very'' nasty organization. Like the Blinders themselves, the Billy Boys were a real gang, too.
* Zigzagged on ''Series/{{Galavant}}'' when Richard purchases what he is told is a baby dragon, and gives it the mighty name Tad Cooper. Zigzagged because Tad is clearly just a lizard, as the other characters repeatedly insist. Richard never loses faith that he has a real dragon, though. [[spoiler: The series finale implies that he was right after all.]]
-->I super-believe in you, Tad Cooper.

* Not to be outdone, ''TabletopGame/{{Spelljammer}}'' has, in increasing order of fearsomeness, the Giant Space Hamster, the Armor-Plated Giant Space Hamster, the [[RunningGag Carnivorous Flying Giant Space Hamster]], [[OverlyLongGag Fire-Breathing Phase Doppleganger Space Hamster]], [[UpToEleven Tyrannohamsterus Rex]], and, of course, [[NamesToRunAwayFrom Wooly Rupert]].
* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': "To the camp, it was a fierce and loyal protector. To the sentry's youngest daughter, it would always be her Wuv Muffin." - Flavor text for [[http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?name=Patrol%20Hound Patrol Hound]]

* The sample characters in ''TabletopGame/{{Toon}}'' include The Crusher, [[DeathbringerTheAdorable a two-foot tall little green man with a meek voice who nevertheless makes the ground shake when he walks]]. He's not an example of this trope, but his enforcer is, a hulking alien brute with the unassuming name of Percy.

-->LOST - Black Cat [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom Of Doom]] - Answers to "Sprinklepuffs" - Last seen around the deepest depths of Hades
* The ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' game has [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Guard_Dog Guard Dog]], a vicious-looking Beast whose name - shown by its doghouse if you look closely - is "Beth".
* ''TabletopGame/{{Malifaux}}'': He is a towering monstrosity of teeth and claws, a literal incarnate nightmare, the most physically imposing creature amongst the Neverborn. His name is Lord Chompy Bits.

* In the third episode of ''WebVideo/DontHugMeImScared'', the murderous god that the Love Cult worships is named... Malcolm.

* The infamous SMILE.DOG picture. Its name may conjure up images of a [[PreciousPuppies cute]] retriever or something similar. If anyone is seriously [[SchmuckBait curious]] about the picture, there are links as well as more reliable descriptions of SMILE.DOG on the [[NightmareFuel Nightmare Fuel - TvTropes]] page.

* ''Literature/TheSalvationWar'' has Yahweh's pet, the first beast of revelations, which is essentially a 200-foot giant leopard with seven heads and ten horns. Its name? Wuffles. The name is practically a throwaway line in Yahweh's court, the humans it was sicced on have yet to identify it other than "ruthless giant killing machine [[spoiler:which it takes aerial bombing and tank fire to kill, ''after'' it smacks Fort Bragg, and at death it was trying to form a portal to crawl away through]]". Then it turns out the Scarlet Beast is named Fluffy. [[spoiler:It, as well as its rider, taste first [[MolotovTruck a truck full of explosives]] driven by a Hamas operative, and later discover the arguments of ''sixteen'' 2000-lb bombs. Both turn out to dislike them ''a lot'']].
* In chapter 9 of ''[[Literature/TheIntercontinentalUnionOfDisgustingCharacters The Intercontinental Proliferation of Disgusting Characters]]'', Peter Perfect's new paladin mount is revealed to be an undead great wyrm gold dragon. He calls her "Fluffball."
* In the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'', several Ultraviolents (students with a penchant for violence and blood) keep a twenty-foot-long flesh-eating demonic worm as a beloved pet. They call it "Fluffy".

* Among the horrifiying creatures Orc Hunter Tednugent finds during the events of ''FanFic/YouAwakenInRazorHill'', are amphibious sharks that are described as permanently being in a "Pit of Endless Ravening" level of hunger. Ted manages to tame one... and names him "Larry".

** [[http://www.garfield.com/comics/vault.html?yr=1979&addr=790808 One strip]] features Fluffy the Fierce. Sure, he is not much taller than any cat that'd fit the name Fluffy, but he is described as a legendary ratter. Until he meets [[RodentsOfUnusualSize Matt-the-Rat]], that is.

'''Parrot:''' [[OhCrap The same idiot who named the rottweiler "Jesus".]]

* 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."

* In the episode of ''Series/MythBusters'' that dealt with the Hindenburg, the [[TwoLinesNoWaiting B-Story]] involved the build team annoying some crocodiles, and at one point they were introduced to the three most ornery crocs at the farm where they filmed: Fluffy, Skipper and Bob.

* In the episode of ''Series/MythBusters'' that dealt with the Hindenburg, the [[TwoLinesNoWaiting BStory]] involved the build team annoying some crocodiles, and at one point they were introduced to the three most ornery crocs at the farm where they filmed: Fluffy, Skipper and Bob.

* In the episode of ''Series/MythBusters'' that dealt with the Hindenburg, the BStory involved the build team annoying some crocodiles, and at one point they were introduced to the three most ornery crocs at the farm where they filmed: Fluffy, Skipper and Bob.

-->-- '''[[http://www.goblinscomic.com/02022007/ Unnamed Guard,]]''' ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}''