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* Megatron is this in ''TransformersAnimated''. The Autobots regard him as a bogeyman who is reputed to eat protoforms - baby Transformers. The other Decepticons are viewed this way as well. The Autobot leaders are so afraid of them that Ultra Magnus and Sentinel Prime [[spoiler:would rather deny the Decepticon presence on Earth than cause a panic among the populace.]]

* Evangeline A. K. [=McDowell=] from ''{{MahouSenseiNegima}}'' qualifies. She has a bounty of millions upon her head, and most people are terrified by her. An example can be seen in Anya's reaction to discovering that [[spoiler:Evangline, [[RedBaron the Queen of the Night, the Doll Master, the Maga Nosferatu, the Apostle of Destruction]], is teaching Negi magic. "She's gonna eat me alive!"]]

* All the protagonists of the ''AceCombat'' games eventually grow into this. Just from the Mobius One is [[RedBaron known as]] "TheGrimReaper"; the Wardog Squadron are the Demons of Razgriz; Cipher is the Demon Lord of the Round Table.

* All the protagonists of the ''AceCombat'' games eventually grow into this.

* Much like the Joker from DC Comics, the hideous monstrosity called Psyko terrifies even the other hardened psychopaths of [[TroperWorks/UltimateSleepwalker Earth-2706.]] Psyko can emit deadly, murderous insanity, which causes the inanimate objects it affects to take on a twisted, perverted life of their own under his control, not unlike what Sleepwalker does with his own [[RealityWarper warp vision abilities]]. It's even worse when he affects other living creatures with them, as his victims suffer a brutal MindRape that forces them to continually experience [[YourWorstNightmare their worst nightmares]] over and over again while he [[PeoplePuppets controls their bodies]]. His first attack on New York caused him to spread mass insanity and death across the city, and Sleepwalker only managed to subdue him after a bloodbath of a fight from which the alien hero emerged more dead than alive. For the second go-around, he mentally enslaved a horde of his fellow supervillains and turned them loose on New York City, even as he spread even more madness and suffering than he did the first time.

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* Kore in {{Goblins}} has a tendency to induce OhCrap moments in those he meets, or even those who hear stories of him, particularly since [[CompleteMonster he has utterly no qualms about killing anyone]] [[KnightTemplar if he perceives them as evil,]] and is said to have [[OneManArmy fought entire armies and won]].

** While Tywin is this as far as lords and battle commanders go, (though he knows the value of mercy so long as the deeated had not betrayed him in some fashion, even telling Joffrey that you must lift a man up if he bends the knee to you) his servant Gregor Clegane is this on the battle field. Here's a a quick summary of what you need to know about Ser Gregor: he's the WorldsStrongestMan, a BloodKnight, an animalistic, conscienceless and sadistic psychopath who kills anyone without warning or remorse, and he's systematically murdered or maimed nearly his entire family and multiple wives. The only person not afraid of Gregor is Oberyn Martell, whose sister Elia was raped and murder by Gregor, and her infant son was also murdered. [[spoiler:Gregor kills Oberyn with his bare hands despite being impaled by Oberyn's spear at the time.]]

* [[DiscWorld Ankh-Morpork]] criminals consider Sergeant Detritus to be this. Justified since he carries as a hand weapon a [[{{BFG}} crossbow]] that would [[WaveMotionGun put the Death Star to shame]] and has chronic trouble with Mister Safety Catch, and on top of this he has been known to [[BerserkButton nail drug dealers to the wall by their ears]].

* [[DiscWorld Ankh-Morpork]] criminals consider Sergeant Detritus to be this. Justified since he carries as a hand weapon a [[{{BFG}} crossbow]] that would [[WaveMotionGun put the Death Star to shame]] and has chronic trouble with Mister Safety Catch, and on top of this he has been known to [[ThePunisher nail drug dealers to the wall by their ears]].

* In ''{{Naruto}}'', Orochimaru has this effect on people, freaking out even the likes of Ibuki Morino.

* Evangeline A. K. McDowell from ''{{MahouSenseiNegima}}'' qualifies. She has a bounty of millions upon her head, and most people are terrified by her. An example can be seen in Anya's reaction to discovering that [[spoiler:Evangline, [[RedBaron the Queen of the Night, the Doll Master, the Maga Nosferatu, the Apostle of Destruction]], is teaching Negi magic. "She's gonna eat me alive!"]]

** The ''DoctorWho'' Virgin New Adventures novel "All-Consuming Fire" establishes that the Doctor sincerely hopes never to meet Nyarlathotep. And he's already fought Lloigor (the Animus) and Hastur (Fenric).

** While Tywin is this as far as lords and battle commanders go, his servant Gregor Clegane is this on the battle field. Here's a a quick summary of what you need to know about Ser Gregor: he's the WorldsStrongestMan, a BloodKnight, an animalistic, conscienceless and sadistic psychopath who kills anyone without warning or remorse, and he's systematically murdered or maimed nearly his entire family and multiple wives. The only person not afraid of Gregor is Oberyn Martell, whose sister Elia was raped and murder by Gregor, and her infant son was also murdered. [[spoiler:Gregor kills Oberyn with his bare hands despite being impaled by Oberyn's spear at the time.]]

[[caption-width:300: BOO! ...[[NoManOfWomanBorn You're not a woman, are you?]]]]

* In FanFic/NobodyDies, Zeruel is this to the other Angels, and the readers on the forum. So much so, that when he showed up in chapter 65, and finally started trashing Tokyo-3 at the end of chapter 68, the [[RebuildOfEvangelion Rebuild]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nBC4nzRIbw&feature=related track]] for him was cited.

* ''We'' know [[TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden]] is a HurtingHero and SadClown. Everyone else in TheVerse? Not so much. They know him as a possibly-not-so-former warlock who shows a glaring disrespect for [[TheFairFolk Faerie Queens]], {{Fallen Angel}}s, the highest nobility of the vampire courts, and even his seniors on the White Council and ''gets away with it'', continually gaining more power in the process. As far as they're concerned, he's the guy that [[spoiler:killed the Summer Lady, fought off Outsiders, and stopped the Darkhallow with a zombie Tyrannosaurus, succeeding Morgan as the "Most Infamous Warden on the White Council."]] Near the beginning of ''Changes'', the worlds most powerful and feared vampire assassin sees him, ''screams in terror'', and ''runs in the opposite direction''.