History Main / GrotesqueCute

* From ''Film/TheBugsLife'', we have the baby birds that [[spoiler:eat Hopper alive]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' once had an episode entitled "Wishbones" in which a skull granted people's wishes, with results of varying degrees of misfortune. Pud'n's wish was that he had a little talking bunny that always loved him. Although the bunny wasn't THAT cute, it proceeded to chase Pud'n around, beating him and trying to murder him multiple times, ending with HALF OF HIS FACE BLOWN OFF OF HIS HEAD IN DETAIL WITH THE WORDS "Sometimes love hurts, Pud'n, and I love you....to deeeaaaattthhh...." as he hopped towards Pud'n slowly. Oh, and this is a children's show.

* Dahlia Hawthorne in ''[[VisualNovel/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations]]'' is extremely cute and beautiful, even with pure white butterflies flitting about her. However, [[spoiler:at the end of the first trial, after she's been accused of murder, she actually ''incinerates her butterflies with pure rage.'']]

* ''{{Doubt}}'' - if you read later on... Grotesque cuteness indeed.

* ''BlackLagoon'''s CreepyTwins, Hansel and Gretel.

* ''Film/BatmanReturns''. Psycho clowns, rocket-mounted penguins, PVC bodysuits covered in weird stitches, DannyDevito's makeup, and.... ChristopherWalken.

* ''SerenityRose'', in its currently ongoing [[http://heartshapedskull.com/ second issue]], makes the entire plot revolve around this.
* ''[[http://www.giantmicrobes.com Giant Microbes]]''.
* ''[[http://www.s-inc.com/hangry-angry/ Hangry and Angry]]''

* The suicidally depressed giant teddy bear in the ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' episode "Wishing Well".

* ''CharbyTheVampirate'' is described as an ultra-violent Saturday morning cartoon, with adorable characters who will occasionally eviscerate or suffocate their many victims, brutally, with no GoryDiscretionShot. The combo is especially obvious with Mye, the zombie girl who smells sweet despite 315 years of decay, plus the unhealed slit in her chest where she got a sweet heart transplant. Her EvilEye are bubblegum pink.

* Anime/PandoraHearts. EVERYONE works with this trope, but the ultimate would have to be Lily. She's an adorable little girl....who has a demonic dog who can and will rip your throat out. And [[spoiler: that's ignoring the fact that she made [[http://www.mangareader.net/350-55575-32/pandora-hearts/chapter-51.html THIS FACE]].]]

* [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Manga/PandoraHearts?from=Main.PandoraHearts Pandora Hearts]]. EVERYONE works with this trope, but the ultimate would have to be Lily. She's an adorable little girl....who has a demonic dog who can and will rip your throat out. And [[spoiler: that's ignoring the fact that she made [[http://www.mangareader.net/350-55575-32/pandora-hearts/chapter-51.html THIS FACE]].]]

*** The diaries of Vriska's ancestor[[hottip:*:A distinction granted near-legendary status since troll reproduction precludes the notion of actually knowing who your direct ancestors even are]] suggest that this is not only normal, but expected and encouraged of trolls of Gamzee's rank; in troll society, such traits are considered the mark of strong leadership skills.
** Also, Caliborn. [[spoiler: One of the first things we see him do after his proper revel is ''gnawing off his leg,'' causing him to get covered in his own blood. As for his personality, he's a sociopath of a JerkAss that seems to find the sight of his "[[{{SplitPersonality}} sister's]]" friends dying/being knocked out hilarious.]] All that being said and done, he still has large, rather adorable eyes[[hottip:*: Plus the eyelashes]], and as a [[{{OurAngelsAreDifferent}} cherub]], he's the pinnacle of UglyCute.

* RobotChicken ''loves'' this, frequently taking TastesLikeDiabetes kid's shows or products and committing a SugarApocalypse, like the Four [[MyLittlePony My Little Ponies]] of the Apocalypse, or the CareBears committing genocide on the Care Bear Cousins.

* RobotChicken ''loves'' this, frequently taking TastesLikeDiabetes kid's shows or products and corrupting them, like the Four [[MyLittlePony My Little Ponies]] of the Apocalypse, or the CareBears committing genocide on the Care Bear Cousins.

* The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UsyGYnXgos Maxwell's Silver Hammer animation ]], which makes sense, given the LyricalDissonance of [[TheBeatles the song]].

* There's a certain element of this to V in ''VForVendetta''. Round, pink cheeks; EyesAlwaysShut; huge smile; little upturned nose (at least in the comics); silky, shoulder-length hair... and he kills people with his bare hands!

* ''FrankenFran'' veers back and forth between this and NightmareFuel.

* The theme park from the Mad Pierrot episode of ''CowboyBebop'' uses this a lot. Some scenes of the destruction of cutesy park mascots, and their use as weapons, are NightmareFuel.

* Safe Seth of TheFlashTub is pretty {{adorkable}}, and then come his [[NightmareFuel antics]]...

** Her first appearance has her acting completely moe and scatterbrained, losing a round of arm wrestling to Gon because she [[IAmNotLeftHanded forgot that she's left handed.]] Her second appearance has her smashing two named characters' heads into paste with a completely stoic expression.