History Main / FluffyTheTerrible

* In ''Literature/LifeOfPi'', due to a mix-up at its arrival, the [[PantheraAwesome Bengal tiger]] earned the name "Richard Parker".

* ''DeadRising2'' has a psychopath fight against a hungry tiger, lovingly named Snowflake by her trainer. Played straight at first, but can be somewhat subverted if you [[FluffyTamer tame her.]]

* A running joke regarding Virus of ''ExterminatusNow'' is his tendency toward pets like this, [[NoodleIncident including a massive combat cyborg he named 'Skippy']], though the only one of these pets to get significant screentime is a Chao that absorbed the DNA of a demonic dog, who he named 'Blasphemy', which is actually quite fitting.

* Variation: ''LackadaisyCats'' features the "Sunshine Special", a perfectly cheery name for a train, but that's hardly reassuring to Rocky when he's [[ChainedToARailway nailed to its tracks]]

* CollegeRoomiesFromHell fans know the tentacle goo monster that spawned in the guy's kitchen as 'Mr. Friendly'.

* In ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'', Elsa's imposing {{Snowlem}} bodyguard is named Marshmallow.

* In ''VideoGame/DragonFable'', Sepulchure names his {{dracolich}} Fluffy.

* In Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''The Star Beast'', the eponymous critter is called Lummox. Admittedly, 'he' wasn't too impressive ... until after that time he ate a Buick....

* A recurring villain in ''Manga/{{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.

** One of these pets, unfortunately, was a subversion, and is what got him expelled, originally, as revealed in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets The Chamber of Secrets]]''. As a student, he kept a blind [[GiantSpider Acromantula]] named Aragog (not a cute name at all) which was blamed for being Slytherin's Monster. (Actually, Tom Riddle simply [[FrameUp shifted the blame]] to Aragog to draw attention from the true Monster, the Basilisk; ironically, spiders are ''terrified'' of the Basilisk.) Hagrid later helped it escape to the Forbidden Forest; still, Aragog may have caused a disaster even if this ''didn't'' happen. When Harry, Ron went to ask it for advice in ''Chamber of Secrets'', it told them what it knew, but had no qualms about trying to attack them with the intent to feed them to its offspring afterwards.

* An EmpathicWeapon sort-of example from ''{{Dragaera}}''- The owner of the Great Weapon Godslayer thinks that its/her name is melodramatic and instead calls her by the name of the person whose personality she has (from eating her soul, no less.) Thus, we get a magical knife that can and does destroy souls entirely accidentally, eliminates magical effects, and was designed to kill the Demon Goddess Verra (who, despite the title, is not a villain, exactly)... and it's referred to as [[spoiler:Lady Teldra]].

** Kitten the dragon (though her "real" name is Skysong.) She's a fairly nice dragon, but she is rather badass.

* One of the titular genetically-engineered, fanged, clawed, fast-moving, intelligent, bloodthirsty, and very, very hungry creatures in the novel ''Ancestor'' by Scott Sigler is referred to in the narration as "Baby [=McButters=]." (She was born from an ordinary cow whom one of the human characters named Molly [=McButters=].)

* Series/{{Torchwood}} keeps a Weevil, one of the [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily man-eating]] [[AliensInCardiff local aliens]], in their ElaborateUndergroundBase. Her name is Janet (Jack was going to call her Barbara, but it just didn't suit her...)

* Starting in 2013 in ''ComicStrip/TheWizardOfId'', the Wizard keeps a dragon named Henry as a pet. (Henry is ''usually'' friendly, but being a dragon often causes accidents to happen...)

* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'', while having its share of {{killer rabbit}}s, has a borderline example of this in the form of the large centipede called Fluffy -- it's big compared to a human, but it's large for a bug and considered scary and unpleasant by the humans in the strip. (It's the alien Aylee who considers it cute and gives it the name.) Later, all its species get labelled "fluffies".

* ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'' has [[ShowWithinAShow in-universe]] {{MMORPG}} "[[FictionalCounterpart Realm of Lorcraft]]" where the fearsome beast named Pickles scared everyone. An incredibly frightening and powerful creature is a [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=261 little, bug-eyed chihuahua-looking]] ''[[KillerRabbit puppy]]'' who can turn himself inside out. (See the start of that storyline [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=252 right here]].)

* "Love waves" sound pretty romantic, hem? They are actually the most destructive of seismic waves. The kind that tears down building foundations, brings down bridges and makes railroads wavy. (In case your wondering, geologists aren't sadists, the waves are named after the man who discovered them, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Edward_Hough_Love Augustus Love]].)

** One of these pets, unfortunately, was a definite subversion, and is what got him expelled, originally, as revealed in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets The Chamber of Secrets]]''. As a student, he kept a blind [[GiantSpider Acromantula]] named Aragog (not a cute name at all) which was blamed for being Slytherin's Monster. (Actually, Tom Riddle simply [[FrameUp shifted the blame]] to Aragog to draw attention from the true Monster, the Basilisk; ironically, spiders are ''terrified'' of the Basilisk.) Not that Aragog was truly harmless, however. When Harry, Ron went to ask it for advice in ''Chamber of Secrets'', it told them what it knew, but had no qualms about trying to attack them with the intent to feed them to its offspring afterwards.

** One of these pets, unfortunately, was a definite subversion, and is what got him expelled, originally, as revealed in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheChamberOfSecrets The Chamber of Secrets]]''. As a student, he kept a blind [[GiantSpider Acromantula]] named Aragog (not a cute name at all) which was blamed for being Slytherin's Monster. (Actually, Tom Riddle simply [[FrameUp shifted the blame]] to Aragog to draw attention from the true Monster, the Basilisk; ironically, spiders are ''terrified'' of the Basilisk.) [[spoiler:Not that Aragog was truly very nice, however. When Harry, Ron went to ask it for advice in ''Chamber of Secrets'', it had no qualms about attacking them with the intent to feed them to its offspring.]]

* Most warships built by ''Literature/TheCulture''. In fact, most ships built by TheCulture.
* Kumiko's enormous London bodyguard in WilliamGibson's ''MonaLisaOverdrive''

* Ayla from the ''EarthsChildren'' series of novels set in the last ice age has a gigantic cave lion pet named Baby.
* ''Literature/TortallUniverse'':

* Several examples at DisneyThemeParks:
** The 50 foot king cobra inside the ''IndianaJones'' Adventure at Disneyland is known as Fluffy to those who work there.
** Along the same lines, the roaring, red-eyed, befanged Yeti on the Matterhorn Bobsleds is named "Harold."
** To the cast members who work on "{{Fantasmic}}" the animatronic dragon Maleficent was named "Bucky." Since the upgrade, its name has been changed to "Murphy" as a shout-out to Murphy's Law.
** The horrifying flaming skeletal ghost starring in the Halloween Space Mountain "Ghost Galaxy" overlay is named "Bob."

** The newest movie introduces us to the God of Destruction, who's capable of fighting a Super Saiyan 3 without even trying, made the KING OF SAIYANS use himself as a seat, and his name is Bills.

* The newest movie introduces us to the God of Destruction, who's capable of fighting a Super Saiyan 3 without even trying, made the KING OF SAIYANS use himself as a seat, and his name is Bills.

* [[WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck]]: In one episode, Darkwing finds himself pitted against an African tribal wrestler named "He of delicate bone structure" who turns out two be three times Darkwing's size.

** Similarly, the Anti-Monitor of ''CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' is not just the biggest bad of DC Comics, but arguably the biggest bad of all fiction, having ''eaten'' thousands of universes. Yet his name manages to be both innocuous and mildly odd.

* ''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.

** Actually, the creature isn't officially given a true name. "Unknown Entity" is what it's called. Fluffy is only a fan nickname, much like "bacon Lara" for Lara's body double in Atlantis.

* The InteractiveFiction game ''VideoGame/{{Wishbringer}}'' features a {{hellhound}} named Alexis.
** This later received a ShoutOut in ''VideoGame/ReturnToZork'': when you walk into a particular house, you find a dog that looks like a poodle. It's a [=HellHound=]. Her name is Alexis.

** More recently, there's a boss in a Cataclysm dungeon, a giant core hound named Beauty, with pet smaller core hounds Spot, Lucky and Buster.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Crysis}} Warhead'' one of the nanosuit super soldiers has Cupcake as his call sign.
** You'll know Cupcake when you see him. He's the one handling the explosives and tanking sniper shots.
* In the ''ModernWarfare'' series, the BadAss John [=MacTavish=]; field commander of Task Force 141, composed of the best soldiers America and the Commonwealth has to offer; has the nickname... Soap. To be fair, he got that nickname before he got to that position, but he still had the nickname while he was a new member of the SAS. The rest of the Task Force has some pretty cool callsigns, but there are some much lesser ones, such as: Cherub, Meat, Taco, Scarecrow, Peasant, Worm, and Driver.
** While fighting through the streets of Washington in MW2, you are supported by "Honey Badger", which is an actual animal that makes a perfectly justified name for a heavy armored vehicle with an autocanon that will annihilate anything you point it to.

* In ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'', the cowardly Valuan admiral Alfonso has a war beast named Antonio.
** Ramirez's massive flagship is called the ''Monoceros.'' Translate that from Greek, and you end up with a ship called the ''Unicorn.''
*** Justified in that it has a long horn, and is also the name of a constellation (the latter being the [[StellarName naming theme]] of the Valuan flagships).

* ''VideoGame/{{Dragonfable}}'' has Fluffy as the name of the ''BigBad's'' undead dragon.
** and the doom kitten. the one who looks like a kitten but is really an evil summoner of the undead

** Well, Froderick calls him Inky. No one else calls him anything, so it could just be Froderick being derogatory (since said lake monster's defining feature is that he is an inky black amorphous blob).

** On the other hand, Rory got the nickname Redship following a rumor of him painting his ship with the blood of his enemies.

** In ''[[AceCombat6FiresOfLiberation Ace Combat 6]]'', allied naval warships can play a part in unleashing MacrossMissileMassacre on targets of your choosing. The flagship of the allied navy is "Marigold"...... a ''Kirov class battlecruiser''.

** As a bit of GeniusBonus, the Venti is actually [[ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming named for the]] [[ClassicalMythology Roman wind deities]]. It only ''sounds'' like a coffee size.

* Can be done in ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''. You can even subject [[OlympusMons legendary Pokemon]] to their embarrassing {{Fan Nickname}}s.
** It helps that many Pokémon evolve into much more scary creatures over time, but start off rather cute, which warrants such nicknames.

* ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'' supplies the page quote, in the form of an Owlbear, [[ColdBloodedTorture tortured]] over months by the guard quoted [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil in order to make it a killing machine.]] It works, [[spoiler:but [[http://www.goblinscomic.com/01102008/ not quite in the way]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard the guard]] [[KarmicDeath might have hoped]]...]]
** A little later in the comic we're introduced to "Mr. Fingers". [[spoiler: This is a very appropriate name since "Mr. Fingers" is an EldritchAbomination that is composed of pure {{Nightmare Fuel}}ed BodyHorror, [[http://www.goblinscomic.com/05062011/ one head, and unnumberable limbs that end in many-fingered hands]].]]
** After that, there's Biscuit the Orc. He was named after his favorite food as a child.

** It's worth noting at this point that the author is a known TVTropes reader.

** The argument can be made for many hurricane names here. I mean, would ''you'' run away from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Mitch Mitch]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Wilma Wilma]], or even [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Pacific_typhoon_season#Super_Typhoon_Gay Gay]] ([[HaveAGayOldTime Yes, really]])

* The argument can be made for many hurricane names here. I mean, would ''you'' run away from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Mitch Mitch]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Wilma Wilma]], or even [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Pacific_typhoon_season#Super_Typhoon_Gay Gay]] ([[HaveAGayOldTime Yes, really]])

*** Also in the above image is Cyclone Tracy, the smallest and most compact cyclone on record that completely leveled Darwin, Australia in the 1970s.

* An episode of ''GarfieldAndFriends'' saw the fat cat find a new home with [[KillerRabbit little girl]] that tortures him with her unique brand of affection. The girl decided her new pet needs to play with her pre-existing pet, a dog named Boopsie. Expecting another Odie to kick around, Gafield meets a large pitbull, and delivers a [[CrowningMomentOfFunny timeless line]]:

* The ''DuckDodgers'' episode [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Back to]] [[MeaningfulName the Academy]], Dodgers' instructor is a man named Sgt. Emily (voiced by Randy Poffo, AKA Randy "Macho-Man" Savage!). Justified in that theirs is a future with a more lax take on names with gender-specific connotations, ''and'' that his Mom was a literature buff.

* [[WesternAnimation/{{Kaijudo}} Tatsurion the Unchained]] is called Bob by his friends. (Well, relucatntly accepted the nickname, but still... then again, it's better than how his mother calls him - bare bottom) 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.
* Cheryl's pet ocelot on ''{{Archer}}'' regularly mauls people, especially Archer. Its name is Babou.

--> '''Batman:''' *''incredulous''* Fingers?

* In the ''[[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents Fairly Odd Parents]]'' episode "This is Your Wish", Cosmo has a three-headed fire-breathing dragon named Snowball.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' episode "The Chronicles of Meap", the bad guy is a sinister, [[DastardlyWhiplash stock-villain-looking]] [[EgomaniacHunter space poacher]] who goes by the name Mitch. "Some of the guys call me Big Mitch."

* In one episode of ''MightyMouse'', Oil Can Harry tries to charge an exhorbitant insurance premium on Pearl Pureheart's circus, to which Pearl declares "Let's see what Theodore thinks about this!", and Harry replies not being afraid of anyone named "Theodore". When Pearl does call "Theodore", loud thundering footsteps are heard, and the door flings open revealing a huge gorilla who then hurls Harry and Swifty out of Pearl's office. [[spoiler: "Theodore" is later revealed to be Might Mouse in a gorilla suit.]]
* In one episode of ''{{Doug}}'', the titular character and his friend lost a frisbee in a yard with an AngryGuardDog named Lady.

* A {{Flashback}} episode of ''{{Rugrats}}'' revealed that the name of the big, mean, nasty, monster dog next door is Frou-Frou (who apparently used to be... considerably less intimidating).

* In the 1974 animated version of ''JackAndTheBeanstalk'' the name of the giant was... Tulip.
* On ''{{Jimmy Two-Shoes}}'', Heloise has a [[HumongousMecha giant half-mechanical spider]] named Angela.
* In ''PowerpuffGirls'', one of the bad guys is named Fuzzy Lumpkins. While he doesn't look too threatening (apart from when seriously pushed), he is still a very territorial... thing who can fall into UnstoppableRage territory ("GET OFFA MAH PROPERTAH!").

* An episode of the ''WesternAnimation/EarthwormJim'' cartoon featured a frightening-looking demon named Rosebud.

** And would Bob the [[KillerRabbit Killer Goldfish]] (who's also in the ''Earthworm Jim'' video games) count too?

* On ''WesternAnimation/TheMightyDucks'', one of the one-shot villains had a giant frakkin' snake named Boopsie.
* ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'' has an example much like the ''WesternAnimation/DaveTheBarbarian'' example above: the Brain's archenemy, who's proven to be just as smart the already superintelligent Brain (as well as more ruthless and insane), is... a hamster named Snowball, whose name could have been a ShoutOut to Creator/GeorgeOrwell's ''AnimalFarm''.

* The infamous SMILE.DOG picture. Its name may conjure up images of a [[PreciousPuppies cute]] [[http://www.blowinginthewind.com/shop/dbimages/1351-GoldenRetrieverPuppy30pcSmall.jpg smiling golden retriever]] or [[http://afinebalance.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/up-dug-the-dog-2.jpg 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/TVTropes Nightmare Fuel - TvTropes]] page...

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* ''TheUnfinishedSpellingErrorsOfBolkien'':
-->The Witch-King sits on his vast, evil, bat-winged steed...Pookums.

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* This joke: A burglar has broken into a house and starts looking for valuables. Suddenly, he hears a voice: "I can see you and so does {{Jesus}}!" He waves his flashlight around, but can't see anyone. Again, the voice says: "I can see you and so does Jesus!" Then he sees a birdcage with a parrot in it.
--> Burglar: "Damn, you scared me! Who the hell are you?"
--> The parrot: "Gilbert."
--> The burglar: "What idiot names a parrot Gilbert?"
--> The parrot: "The same idiot who named the rottweiler Jesus."
** There've been some variations of this joke, such as the parot being named Moses and/or simply saying "Jesus is watching". Jesus [[RuleOfFunny remains a rottweiler]], though.
* A team of the world's most hardcore counter-terrorism operatives is bought together by the United Nations in an increasingly dangerous world. To signify their multinational identity, this top secret team is given the name ''Literature/RainbowSix''.
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* The infamous SMILE.DOG picture. Its name may conjure up images of a [[PreciousPuppies cute]] [[http://www.blowinginthewind.com/shop/dbimages/1351-GoldenRetrieverPuppy30pcSmall.jpg smiling golden retriever]] or [[http://afinebalance.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/up-dug-the-dog-2.jpg 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/TVTropes Nightmare Fuel - TvTropes]] page...
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