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* ''Literature/TheEnchantedForestChronicles'' contain multiple examples, especially in the first book, ''Dealing With Dragons''. A princess, Cimorene, runs away and volunteers to be the captive of a dragon; she then spends her time trying to stop knights from fighting the dragon because she doesn't want them to rescue her.

It turns out that [[FluffyTamer the girl kept the monster as a pet, and they were playing.]] Bonus point if the monster is, in fact, harmless.

The title comes from FluffyTheTerrible, the creature whom our protagonists are foolishly trying to get rid of, and FluffyTamer, the one shouting this tropes name.

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* In ''Anime/DigimonTamers'', this probably would have happened with Antylamon (the last Deva yet to be revealed) had Susie not been given her Digivice before Takato and Henry could think of attacking. And Zhuqiaomon reverts her to Lopmon shortly afterwards, confirming (see RedemptionDemotion) her HeelFaceTurn.

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* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' story "The Rescue", the relationship between 20th century companion Barbara and 25th century companion Vicki starts off badly when Barbara "rescues" Vicki from being "attacked" by a 6-foot-long, tooth-baring (vegetarian) lobster-monster... by shooting it in the face with a flare gun.

** Cordelia, trapped in a unknown dimension ends up being chased by a vicious beast who catches her and... ''licks her face?''. '''Whew.''' Then the pet's owner showed up, congratulated the "dog" and chained Cordelia. Unfortunately, it turns out that while the beast was a pet, it was a '''hound''' hunting... humans.

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* ''VideoGame/HometownStory'' has a variant where the creature was not completely harmless, but a villager had grown attached to it due to [[spoiler:growing it in her farm over several weeks]]. The trope came into play when a giant version of one of the setting's run-of-mill monsters attacked it.

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* In the PilotMovie of ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', Eduardo saves Mac (whom he had followed around, since he's too shy to introduce himself) from an Extremesaur. Bloo thinks Ed is attacking Mac and jumps him. Eduardo would have easily dispatched Bloo if he wasn't such a [[CowardlyLion scaredy-cat]]...
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has Aang trying to find a crazy king's lost pet Flopsie as one of three deadly challenges. He thinks it's the cute and cuddly rabbit being chased by the 7-foot-tall gorilla-goat thing. He eventually figures out the trick and even learns an Aesop about it (after the climatic fight with the king, of course).

[[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with...]] [[DoubleEntendre er... never mind.]]

** Inverted later when Shinpachi thinks Kagura's new alien giant dog is playing with her, Gin informs him that the dog's attacking her and she's too powerful to notice.

[[IThoughtItMeant Not to be confused with...]] [[DoubleEntendre er... never mind.]]

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* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': While Hagrid is far from a cute young girl, his attachment to his exotic pets fits. He names the three-headed dog Fluffy, he is upset when he has to send his baby dragon Norbert away, and he cries buckets when the giant spider (Acromantula) Aragog dies. He was expelled from Hogwarts for keeping dangerous critters as pets, including Aragog. Harry and Ron are often at a loss to understand him, though the Trio does recognize why he is upset over the scheduled execution of an innocent hippogriff.

* Literature/TheEnchantedForestChronicles contain multiple examples, especially in the first book, ''Dealing With Dragons''. A princess, Cimorene, runs away and volunteers to be the captive of a dragon; she then spends her time trying to stop knights from fighting the dragon because she doesn't want them to rescue her.

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* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' story ''The Rescue'', the relationship between 20th century companion Barbara and 25th century companion Vicki starts off badly when Barbara "rescues" Vicki from being "attacked" by a 6-foot-long, tooth-baring (vegetarian) lobster-monster... by shooting it in the face with a flare gun.
* A sketch on ''TheDaveAllenShow'' had a slavering werewolf doing a typical horror movie stalk of a Distressed Damsel. When he finally cornered her, she holds up a leash and calls "Walkies!" while the werewolf bounds about like an excited puppy.

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* The June 2009 trailer for ''VideoGame/TheLastGuardian'' sets this up.

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* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' had Aang trying to find a crazy king's lost pet Flopsie as one of three deadly challenges. He thinks it's the cute and cuddly rabbit being chased by the 7 foot tall gorilla-goat thing. He eventually figures out the trick and even learns an Aesop about it (after the climatic fight with the king, of course).

* Creator/MercedesLackey's ''[[Literature/TalesOfTheFiveHundredKingdoms One Good Knight]]'' provides a borderline example. While the Dragon in question ''did'' ravage TheKingdom of Arcadia until provided with weekly virgin sacrifices, it turns out that it was operating under a Tradition-reenforced geas and [[LiteralGenie took pains to avoid harming any thinking creature]]... including the impromptu phalanx of dragonbait *ahem* [[AmazonBrigade maidens]] that confronted the heroes when they tracked said beast to its lair.

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* Almost happens in ''EarthsChildren'', when the lion Ayla raised from a cub comes back to visit her in the human village she has moved to. She manages to stop the hunters before they harm the lion.
* TheEnchantedForestChronicles contain multiple examples, especially in the first book, ''Dealing With Dragons''. A princess, Cimorene, runs away and volunteers to be the captive of a dragon; she then spends her time trying to stop knights from fighting the dragon because she doesn't want them to rescue her.

* Voltaire's ''{{Candide}}'' published in 1759 had this in the story. The heroes rescue some women running from apes and it turns out the apes were their husbands.

* This is featured multiple times in ''ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents'', both the movie and the books, with the Incredibly Deadly Viper -- most notably when it "attacks" Sunny.

* The June 2009 trailer for [[VideoGame/TeamIcoSeries Team Ico's]] ''The Last Guardian'' sets this up.

* The June 2009 trailer for [[TeamIcoSeries Team Ico's]] ''The Last Guardian'' sets this up.
* Averted in ''ShadowHearts: Covenant''. A [[MegaNeko giant cat]] attacks you at one point. This is Lucia and Carla's pet, Andre... but they don't mind you beating up their cat because, frankly, the cat didn't have a reason to hurt you and you were just defending yourself.

* The prologue of ''{{Vindictus}}'', where Tieve is trying to persuade the mercenaries to let her reason with her friend the giant fuzzy spider before they start shooting.

* In the PilotMovie of ''FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', Eduardo saves Mac (whom he had followed around, since he's too shy to introduce himself) from an Extremesaur. Bloo thinks Ed is attacking Mac and jumps him. Eduardo would have easily dispatched Bloo if he wasn't such a [[CowardlyLion scaredy-cat]]...

Not to be confused with,...er...never mind. Cue the choruses of "I thought it meant...", jokes!

* In ''DigimonTamers'', this probably would have happened with Antylamon (the last Deva yet to be revealed) had Susie not been given her Digivice before Takato and Henry could think of attacking. And Zhuqiaomon reverts her to Lopmon shortly afterwards, confirming (see RedemptionDemotion) her HeelFaceTurn.

* In ''DigimonTamers'', this probably would have happened with Antylamon (the last Deva yet to be revealed) had Shiuchon not been given her Digivice before Takato and Jenrya could think of attacking. And Zhuqiaomon reverts him to Lopmon shortly afterwards, confirming (see RedemptionDemotion) his HeelFaceTurn.

The title comes from FluffyTheTerrible, the creature whom our protagonists are foolishly trying to get rid of.

* While Hagrid from ''Literature/HarryPotter'' is far from a cute young girl, his attachment to his exotic pets does fit. He names the three-headed dog Fluffy, he is upset when he has to send his baby dragon Norbert away, and he cries buckets when the giant spider (Acromantula) Aragog dies. He was expelled from Hogwarts for keeping dangerous critters as pets, including Aragog. Harry and Ron are often at a loss to understand him, though the Trio does recognize why he is upset over the scheduled execution of an innocent hippogriff.
** Hagrid ''himself'' is a version of this. Giant hairy scary guy who can bend rifle barrels with one hand comes knocking down the door? If the Dursleys were proper foster parents instead of assholes who didn't give a crap about Harry, they'd probably freak out when Hagrid approached Harry. And when Hagrid is outed as a half-giant, many wizarding parents are terrified that he's a vicious monster who'll hurt their kids, when he's actually one of the gentlest, sweetest characters in the entire series.
*** Actually, it was the reverse; when Hagrid was outed as a half-giant, despite the attempts to drum up the sensationalism, Dumbledore was bombarded with a barrage of letters telling him not to dare sack Hagrid because he was one of the best men the parents knew and they trusted him to keep their kids safe.

* Happened with ''Series/{{Angel}}'' in one episode. A pregnant woman was being followed by an armor-plated demon. Angel kills the demon but discovers that it was protecting her from other demons.
** A nice DoubleSubversion: Cordelia, trapped in a unknown dimension ends up being chased by a vicious beast who catches her and... ''licks her face?''. '''Whew.''' Then the pet's owner showed up, congratulated the "dog" and chained Cordelia. Unfortunately, it turns out that while the beast was a pet, it was a '''hound''' hunting... humans.

* Subverted in ''ShadowHearts: Covenant''. A [[MegaNeko giant cat]] attacks you at one point. This is Lucia and Carla's pet, Andre... but they don't mind you beating up their cat because, frankly, the cat didn't have a reason to hurt you and you were just defending yourself.

Not to be confused with,....er...nevermind. Cue the choruses of "I thought it meant...", jokes!

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' had Aang trying to find a crazy king's lost pet Flopsie as one of three deadly challanges. He thinks it's the cute and cuddly rabbit being chased by the 7 foot tall gorilla-goat thing. He eventually figures out the trick and even learns an Aesop about it (after the climatic fight with the king, of course).

* In ''ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld'', Fujisawa-sensei "rescues" Miz from her monstrous manservant. He turned out to be safe, and Miz decided to go with it since it might result in RescueRomance.

** Hagrid ''himself'' is a version of this. Giant hairy scary guy who can bend rifle barrels with one hand comes knocking down the door? If the Dursley's were proper foster parents instead of assholes who didn't give a crap about Harry, they'd probably freak out when Hagrid approached Harry. And when Hagrid is outed as a half-giant, many wizarding parents are terrified that he's a vicious monster who'll hurt their kids, when he's actually one of the gentlest, sweetest characters in the entire series.

* Creator/MercedesLackey's ''[[Literature/TalesOfTheFiveHundredKingdoms One Good Knight]]'' provides a borderline example. While the Dragon in question ''did'' ravage TheKingdom of Arcadia until provided with weekly virgin sacrifices, it turns out that it was operating under a Tradition-reenforced geas and [[LiteralGenie took pains to avoid harming any thinking creature]]... including the impromptu phalanx of dragonbait *ahem* [[AmazonBrigade maidens]] that confronted the heroes when they tracked said beast to it's lair.

* In ''[[MythAdventures Something MYTH Inc]].'', Gleep the baby dragon gets accidentally shot because a trigger-happy bowman thinks he's attacking when he just wants to play.

* While Hagrid from ''HarryPotter'' is far from a cute young girl, his attachment to his exotic pets does fit. He names the three-headed dog Fluffy, he is upset when he has to send his baby dragon Norbert away, and he cries buckets when the giant spider (Acromantula) Aragog dies. He was expelled from Hogwarts for keeping dangerous critters as pets, including Aragog. Harry and Ron are often at a loss to understand him, though the Trio does recognize why he is upset over the scheduled execution of an innocent hippogriff.