History Main / FluffyTheTerrible

* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' has Gossamer, the Big Hairy Monster from "Hair-Raising Hare". He also appeared in "Water Water Everyhare" under the slightly more imposing name Rudolf.
** Anything that invokes images of a red-nosed reindeer isn't imposing.
*** Rudolf actually would have been to some a pretty frightening name to hear during WorldWarI and [[WorldWarII II]].
** He wasn't even named Gossamer until ''Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24 1/2th Century'' in 1980.

* [[GenderBlenderName Jayne]], TheBigGuy of the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' crew, is a human example, and he's named his {{BFG}} ''[[ICallItVera Vera]]''. Also, the single most dangerous, violent, and destructive member of the crew has the gentle, pastoral name of [[WaifFu River]].

* In ''Series/StargateAtlantis,'' you knew the child [[WellExcuseMePrincess princess]] was going to be trouble the second you found out her name was "Harmony." She didn't disappoint.
** Also in ''[[Series/StargateAtlantis Atlantis]]'', Colonel Sheppard routinely names the big scary {{Space Vampire}}s things like "Bob", "Steve", etc.

* PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians has Mrs. O'Leary the hellhound.

*** and Percy, after seeing the monster Typhon, hopes that he is instead 'Our giant friend, Leroy'
* ADirtyJob by Christopher Moore, has the protagonist become the owner of a pair of hellhounds. He finds on their collars the names "Alvin" and "Mohammed".

* [[TortallUniverse Keladry of Mindelan]] has a bad-tempered scarred [[HorsingAround gelding with a mean streak]]. He's a small warhorse who is (eventually) trained out of biting people for no reason, but is still worth a squad in combat. After he catches a would-be horse thief's arm in his mouth, Kel tries to dissuade the man by saying "He's not for sale or for stealing. He'll kill you. He's killed men before, he doesn't seem to find it difficult." The horse's name is Peachblossom.

* In an episode of ''NininGaShinobuden'', Shinobu names her giant, mobile, carnivorous plant monster Pochinosuke ("Pochi" being the Japanese equivalent of "Rover" or "Fido" and "nosuke" being an archaic boys' name ending). She's the only one who can keep it from wreaking havoc.
* [[TheLuciferAndBiscuitHammer Its name is Biscuit Hammer; it is the destroyer of worlds.]]
* A recurring villain in ''{{Kinnikuman}}'' is one of the biggest chojin in the series, a living mass of sand who sadistically brutalizes his opponents. He was responsible for [[spoiler:Prince Kamehame]]'s death during the Dream Tag Tournament arc. His name? ''Sunshine.'' (He's named after the Sunshine Towers of Peru.) There are some other dangerous villains with silly names, but at least they have the decency to ''look'' silly, too.

* ''{{Durarara}}'' has Celty's headless demon horse. His name is Shooter.
* [[CoolBigSis Triela]] of ''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.
* In ''HunterxHunter'' the guard dog of the Zaoldyeck estate is a mindless killing machine to anyone who doesn't come in through the front door, and Gon, who is incredibly good with animals and befriended a bear, is scared of her. Oh, and her name is Miké.
* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': Ritchie's "[[MeaningfulName Zippo]]" will probably evolve into a [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Charizard]] eventually.
** In ''TheElectricTaleOfPikachu'' manga, Zippo was introduced as one (but the official translation [[DubNameChange changed the name]] to [[MeaningfulName Charley]]).
* The latest volume of the ''BakiTheGrappler'' manga has Pickle, who is a giant defrosted caveman. Not only is he undefeated, but [[spoiler:after beating Retsu, he tore his leg off and ate it.]]
* Every major villain in Manga/DragonBall since Piccolo Daimaou (with his henchmen, Piano, Tambourine, Cymbal and Drum), culminating in the [[OmnicidalManiac unstoppable creation]] of the maniacal wizard Bibidi and servant of his son [[Disney/{{Cinderella}} Babidi... Buu]] in ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. The machine mutant Baby from Anime/DragonBallGT is one of the most glaring examples.

* In ''{{Yaiba}}'', when the eponymous hero heard about a Kappa named Kerosuke, he expected a small, thin kappa, not a [[{{Kaiju}} colossal, super-strong, fire-breathing carnivorous titan]] with a penchant for human flesh
* In one chapter of the ''TenchiMuyo'' manga, the gang is attacked by a seven foot bear-like creature called a Duodo, which is tough enough to block the Tenchi-ken. Mihoshi takes one look at it, cries out "FLUFFY!" and the creature runs over to her and starts purring like a kitten.
* The Seven Swordsmen of the Mist from Manga/{{Naruto}} last names mean some type of fruit.
* Battle Wolf ''Terry Cloth'' may be a cub when Manga/{{Toriko}} adopts him, but he can still rip apart foes that ''Toriko'' had trouble with. Terry later grows up massively, fitting the trope even more. There's also Coco's [[GiantFlyer Emperor Crow]] Kiss, Sunny's Mother Snake Queen, and the small pink Wall Penguin Yun (named after the [[PokemonSpeak sounds]] he uses) will eventually be as big as its parents (and hopefully not as vicious).
* Early in ''BloodPlus'', we are introduced to the Chiropterans: virtually unkillable monsters created in military experiments that rip apart humans and drink their blood. The military's codeword for them: Mouse.
* In ''{{MAR}}'', Dorothy's most powerful Guardian is an enormous black dog that emerges from a crack in reality, looks like death on four legs, and attacks by devouring whatever it fights (including, in one case, Dorothy's opponent). What is Dorothy's nickname for the guardian? "[[WizardOfOz Toto]]".
* The main character in ''YouAreUmasou'' is a Tyrannosaurus Rex named "Heart".
* Tora from ''UshioAndTora''. Despite claiming to [[IAmAHumanitarian eat humans]] [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption he never does on screen]]. He gets [[AttentionDeficitOhShiny distracted by the modern human world so much]] it fascinates him...and he accidentally gets [[CrowningMomentOfFunny ran over by cars]] and smashed into the wall comedic-ally. Also, he has a WeaksauceWeakness in that perfume and cologne repels him, even common jewelry bothers him due to its anti-Yokai properties. Hell an entire chapter is titled 'Tora's Civilization Allergy'.

* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' 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.

* The Master-Shark from the YoungWizards series, Ed'rashtekaresket, is quickly dubbed "Ed" by one of the wizards.
* Most warships built by TheCulture. In fact, most ships built by TheCulture.
* Kumiko's enormous London bodyguard in WilliamGibson's ''MonaLisaOverdrive'' - "My name, you see," he said, as though this would immediately reassure her, "is Petal."
* [[Literature/TheDemonata Gregor.]] The [[BigCreepyCrawlies giant]] [[OurDemonsAreDifferent cockroach]]. That kills children and eats people while they're still alive. The name is actually a [[IncrediblyLamePun reference]] to ''The Metamorphosis'' by Creator/FranzKafka, proving that Lord Loss at least has a sense of humour.

* A side character in one of the ''MyTeacherIsAnAlien'' books is an astonishingly huge alien that takes up the better portion of a house. He is called Big Julie by the protagonists, [[TheUnpronounceable the only portion of his true name they are able to figure out]]. This appears to be a ShoutOut to "Big Julie," a mobster character from ''GuysAndDolls''.
** To give an idea of Big Julie's proportions, the only thing the characters ever see of him is a gigantic eyeball filling up a doorway into the part of the house he inhabits. When the aliens vacate the house, they extract him by cutting him into bits, beaming those aboard their spacecraft, and putting him back together.

* In ''Hiero's Journey'' and ''The Unforsaken Hiero'', Hiero's morse (a giant, combat-trained, mutant moose riding animal) is named "Klootz." During one fight, it caves in the skull of an equally-large mutant bear with one kick.

* In ''Literature/GoodOmens'', by Creator/TerryPratchett and NeilGaiman, Adam, the young man who is fated to [[spoiler:become the anti-Christ]] names his dog "Dog." Dog, however, is [[spoiler:a hell hound.]]
** This slowly [[spoiler: becomes a subverted trope when Dog becomes as harmless and friendly as his name suggests, ''because'' this is his name]].

* One of the major plots in ''Literature/TheDiamondAge'' revolves about a chinese crime lord suspected to deal in child trafficing [[spoiler:but is actually rescuing tens of thousands of abandoned baby girls and raising them in secret over many years with heavy use of nano technology to be an army of {{Tyke Bomb}}s]]. As the chinese love to give flowery names to things, he calles them the Mouse Army. Even [[spoiler:at the age of twelve]] they become the largest and by far strongest army in the civil war.

* On Literature/{{Discworld}} [[TheGrimReaper Death]] rides a pale horse, and it is named ''Binky''. Although it is just a regular horse (albeit an impressive, incredibly intelligent one).
** And then there's Errol the swamp dragon. He may not be particularly terrifying, but he ''will'' melt a hole in your floor.

* From [[TheNewGods Apokolips]], we have Granny Goodness, the ultimate [[EvilOldFolks evil old person]].

* An unintentional example given that he started out as a good guy, but the name of the character responsible for the most gruesome massacre in the history of comics? [[Comicbook/{{Miracleman}} Kid Miracleman]].
* You'd think that in [[Comicbook/{{Empowered}} a series]] featuring characters with names like Demonwolf or Deathmonger, someone who goes by the seeming innocuous name of Willy Pete would be relatively harmless. You'd be wrong. Dead wrong. [[spoiler: His name means White Phosphorus.]]

** Also there's Pantyhose Taro. Bathed in a Jusenkyo spring at birth where a yeti holding an eel and crane while riding an ox drowned. Later he bathes in a spring where an octopus drowned.]][[labelnote:*]]"[[spoiler:Drowned" meaning "dunked and sinking" as shown in the Phoenix People arc.[[/labelnote]]

** Also there's Pantyhose Taro. Bathed in a Jusenkyo spring at birth. A yeti holding an eel and crane while riding an ox drowned in it. Later he bathes in a spring where an octopus drowned.[[labelnote:*]]"Drowned" meaning "dunked and sinking" as shown in the Phoenix People arc.[[/labelnote]]

* In ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', Kodachi has a pet named Mr. Green Turtle (Mr. Scaly Green in some episodes of the anime). It turns out to be a ferocious alligator.
** Also there's Pantyhose Taro.
*** [[Series/TheAddamsFamily "But it IS a turtle! A nice, cute and fluffy turtle! Why do you look so distressed?"]]

* 'Manga/FairyTail'':

* In ''Manga/FairyTail'', "lullaby" is the name of a powerful BlackMagic artifact. The idea is that it lulls you into "[[KilledOffForReal eternal sleep]]".

** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrus_precatorius Rosary Peas]], despite their pious sounding name, contain abrin - one of the deadliest poisons known.

* The titular "kittons" of CordwainerSmith's "Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons" are not very nice at all, and kept heavily sedated to avoid ... accidents.

* TheBully in ''TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' is a TyrannosaurusRex named Tina.

* ''{{Temeraire}}'' gives us Lily, an acid-spitting twenty-ton dragon and the pride of the British Aerial Corps.

* [[WesternAnimation/{{Kaijudo}} Tatsurion the Unchained]] is called Bob by his friends. (Well, relucatntly accepted the nickname, but still...) He's also a giant hybrid monster that combines the savagery of the Beast Kin and the firepower of the Armored Dragons, and probably the most badass monster of the series.