Line #18 BadassAdorable/ComicBooks


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12	Examples of BadassAdorable in comic books.
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14	* ''ComicBook/TheAdventuresOfPeterWheat'': The titular protagonist is a cute little [[{{Lilliputians}} Lilliputian]] boy who, when danger rears its ugly head, draws his sword and charges headfirst into battle.
15	* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': In ''ComicBook/DeathOfTheFamily'', while the "adorable" part is debatable, [[spoiler: Damian]] takes it upon himself to just attack Joker directly. He gets captured, but he put up an interesting fight!
16	* ''ComicBook/TheBatmanAdventures'': Mr. Nice, part of the criminal Threatening Trio along with Mastermind and the Perfesser, is basically Ned Flanders if his main talent was being a BadassNormal supervillain. He was originally the enthusiastic host for an edutainment kids' show, until an armed group attacked the station, at which point he rolled his sleeves and dispatched every single one of the criminals. Unfortunately, this was broadcast, and the station had to yank him off the air because he now scared the kids. Even as the main muscle for his team, he's still unfailingly polite and moral to everyone he robs (up to offering the officers he just knocked some of the cash) and immaculately groomed.
17	* ''ComicBook/BattleChasers'': Gully. Not yet nine and half, blonde, green eyed, utterly cute - and wields the Gloves of Aramas which give the wielder the strength of a thousand men. With them, she pwns a pack of werewolves (inadvertently beating one of them to death) and stops a demon at least ten times her size in its tracks long enough for her companion war golem to destroy the containment bracelet, sending it back to Hell permanently.
18	* ''ComicBook/BoBoiBoyGalaxyXLawakKampusSuperior'': The natives of the dimension in "Dream World of the Clouds" appear as living plushies, but not docile ones. Yaya and Froggy have to fight several red-eyed animal plushies (as well as a plush mushroom and ice cream) and the KillerTeddyBear of a king once they enter his castle. However, they're only hostile due to the king being mind-controlled and his subordinates following suit. Once the object causing it is knocked off, they return to being docile.
19	* ''ComicBook/DeathVigil'': Mia looks and acts like an adorable teenage girl. She's also an ancient EldritchAbomination so powerful that even the other abominations are scared shitless of her. Fortunately, she's one of the heroes.
20	* ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}'': Bigby Wolf gets turned into a little girl during ''The Great Fables Crossover'' by [[spoiler: [[RealityWarper Kevin Thorn]]]]. Gary the Pathetic Fallacy would not shut up about how cute Bigby was. This royally pissed off Bigby, who sulked for a couple of issues before sneaking up on a group of enemies that had his friends pinned down and [[BewareTheCuteOnes slaughtering them literally bare-handed]]. This has the side-effect of breaking the spell on him and restoring him to his normal self.
21	* ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': Just because Barry Allen is an extremely optimistic and friendly person doesn't mean he can't kick your ass. He once threatened ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'' when the latter insulted the original Wally West.
22	* ''ComicBook/GalactaDaughterOfGalactus'': Galacta is an adorable BespectacledCutie who goes by "Gali", who also happens to be the daughter of ComicBook/{{Galactus}}, one of the most powerful beings in the Marvel Universe, and she is almost as powerful as him.
23	* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': Dex-Starr. He's a cute housecat, small, who really loved his owner. Her being murdered and two punks putting him in a sack and throwing him in a river enraged him enough to earn himself a place in the Red Lantern Corps, whose rings give them powers comparable to the Green Lanterns but geared to ''burn down everything''... And ''he's the most sadistic and ferocious of all''.
24	* ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy:''
25	** ComicBook/RocketRaccoon is a master tactician, skilled with any and all manner of guns. He also looks like a racoon. Just don't mention he's adorable around him. It... upsets him (though depending on his mood, Rocket is okay with noting how adorable he is.)
26	** Cosmo the space-dog, a Russian Golden-Retriever / labrador mix with exactly the friendly and playful attitude you'd expect of a dog (unless you are [[SitcomArchnemesis Rocket Racoon]]). He has mental powers vast enough to kill the Hulk with a stroke, and that's him being nice.
27	* ''ComicBook/{{Loki}}'': Loki, when he was reincarnated as Kid Loki. Preteen God of Mischief willing to take on TheDreaded Serpent to save his [[BigBrotherWorship older brother]] and the world too? ''Without'' the magical prowess and memories of his former self? Winning the hearts of Fangirls and the acclaim of Fanboys? Currently the star of one of Marvel's top books in under six issues? The kid does good work.
28	* ''ComicBook/MegaRoboBros'': In summary, Alex and Freddy(the titular bros) are robot kids who attend school, and act like any other normal kid... and happen to have super powers such as shooting lasers, flying with rocket booster feet, and super strength. And also they work for R.A.I.D.(Robot Analysis, Intelligence and Defence). And fight bad guys.
29	* ''ComicBook/MiniMarvels'' turns ''the entire Franchise/MarvelUniverse'' into this.
30	* ''Webcomic/{{Nodwick}}'': Piffany is a Cleric of fluffy sweetness who draws duckies and bunnies when the GambitPileup she's been diagramming gets too complicated, yet greater demons are TERRIFIED of her.
31	* ''ComicBook/PowerPack'': The series, especially the modern mangaesque version, has Energizer, a 6 girl who is the team's firepower and cute as a button.
32	* ''ComicBook/PS238'': The main cast is composed of cute 10 years olds, with the appropriate mindset and innocence (for most of them anyway). They also have superpowers on par with ComicBook/{{Superman}}, ComicBook/GreenLantern, or ComicBook/PlasticMan, to name but a few.
33	* ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}'': Molly Hayes. A cute hat, a '''giant's''' strength.
34	** A group of Marvel staff ("The Secret Cabal") couldn't put her on their list of "Top Ten Teen Heroes" because she technically isn't a teenager yet, but they stuck her on the list anyway. The picture they put on the list for her SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: Gut-punching ''the Punisher.'' She's eleven years old, goes by the moniker "Princess Powerful," thinks it's important that every burglar wear stockings during a crime (even if they do give her "waffle-face") and she's ''punching the Punisher.'' Yes, '''that''' Punisher. It's worth noting that Molly felt terrible about the incident with [[BadassNormal the Punisher]] afterwards, since she had [[MistakenForSuperpowered assumed the the Punisher had actual powers]] and could take the hit. This of course, only makes it more adorable.
35	** Molly did the exact same thing to Wolverine, only hard enough to send him flying about fifty yards.
36	* ''Franchise/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice'': The eponymous duo, especially Max. Max varies from being cute to psychotic at the drop of a hat. Sam is more reserved but can be aggressive if the time is right. And both can (and will) shoot people if they mess with them.
37	* ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'': Captain Marvel from DC Comics. As someone who is really just an adorable kid (between 12 and 16 years old depending on the writer), and the epitome of 'nice guy' in the DCU (even moreso than Superman), he often comes off as a very sweet, kind hero who is easily flustered when women show interest in him or when he does things like befriending sick children at a hospital in "Power of Hope". Despite that, he will take on any opposition, up to and including DC's version of Satan and ComicBook/TheSpectre (aka the Wrath of God), to save innocent lives. One story involved him getting an ancient possessive spirit to leave a woman, which he did simply by ''glaring'' at the spirit and telling it "Get out of her. NOW." Said spirit promptly did.[[note]]For further proof of both sides of this trope, check out the Justice scene between the Big Red Cheese and the Big Blue Boy Scout in BigDamnHeroes.[[/note]]
38	** Mary Marvel -- who is just as strong as her brother, but nevertheless embodies "sugar, spice, and everything nice" -- also qualifies.
39	** Freddy is the only member of the Marvel Family who stays a child after he transforms, and certainly ''looks'' more adorable than Cap and Mary -- but, ironically, he's the most brittle and cynical person in the family.
40	* ''ComicBook/SinCity'': Miho. She's very small and cute but will decapitate you at the drop of a hat.
41	* ''Franchise/TheSmurfs'': Hefty Smurf, though arguably more badass than adorable.
42	* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'':
43	** Julie-Su. A fearless and cunning cyborg experienced in hand-to-hand combat and capable of [[WaifFu knocking down crocodiles twice her size]]. In addition to that, she’s one of the few good guys in the series who has no qualms about carrying a laser and using it. [[http://archiesonic.wikia.com/wiki/File:Juliesusecondthoughts.jpg She’s also absolutely adorable.]]
44	** Amy Rose, wielder of the Piko Piko hammer, is also [[GenkiGirl hyperactive]], and adorably in love with the protagonist, Sonic.
45	** And then there's Cream, while an ActualPacifist, will get ''really angry'' and stare down bullies. When she flipped out over how Team Hooligan (Nack the Weasel, Bean the Dynamite and Bark the Polar Bear) were making their search for the Sol Emerald even tougher, even they had to recoil back in shock.
46	* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Peter Parker. Despite being incredibly agile and a super-powered daredevil, he's just so damn cute and fun when being in any situation with his life as a hero and a normal guy. The guy defines [[IncorruptiblePurePureness Moral Pureness]] for the entire Marvel community.
47	* ''ComicBook/TheUnbeatableSquirrelGirl'': Squirrel Girl is absurdly cute with the power to talk to squirrels... and has beaten the likes of ComicBook/DoctorDoom and ComicBook/{{Thanos}}.
48	* ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'': Pre-Crisis Supergirl is a cute-as-a-pie, sweet, innocent, smiling fifteen-year-old girl. She's also one of the most powerful beings in the ''galaxy''.
49	* ''ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIDW'': Alopex, [[DependingOnTheArtist at least when drawn by Sophie Campbell]] (then using the name Ross Campbell). [[http://static3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130808215560/tmnt/images/1/16/3183479-1374191433053.jpg So fluffy]], [[http://retconpunchdotcom.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/alopex-gives-weapons-to-her-enemies-and-blindfolds-herself.jpg so deadly]].
50	* ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'': Tintin is a [[VagueAge youthful]], well-coiffed, baby-faced reporter who doesn't drink, talks to his pet dog, and upholds himself and the world to high moral standards. If you try to violate said standards in front of him, ''he will punch you through a wall.''
51	* ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan'': Miles Morales is a short, baby-faced, adorkable thirteen year old boy. He's also Spider-Man, with the associated power set.
52	* ''ComicBook/UsagiYojimbo'': Lord Noriyuki. He rarely has to fight personally (his soldiers do it for him, plus he's about 10-11 years old), but he's good at throwing knives.
53	* ''Franchise/WarcraftExpandedUniverse'': Li Li Stormstout, the main character in the story Pearl of Pandaria definitely qualifies. On the adorable side, she's a young pandaren (which speaks for itself), heavily stylized on cute design, and much of a dreamer/adventurer character type. On the badass side, she is very proficient monk-style fighter and repeatedly handles her own mess, including stunts like returning thrown concoctions back to the sender with her staff. She also tends to end up on top in verbal arguments by means of intimidation or smart planning, and [[spoiler:knocks an ogre captor unconscious by fooling him into drinking her entire jug of homebrew beer]].
54	* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': Wonder Woman may be [[AmazonianBeauty incredibly strong]], [[MultiMeleeMaster a formidable warrior]] and [[StatuesqueStunner imposingly tall]], she is, in many of her incarnations, [[NiceGirl kind]], [[AllLovingHero compassionate]], and just so charming in her happy moments and how she reacts [[IntriguedByHumanity with awe]] to [[FishOutOfWater new experiences]] in "Man's World".
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Context BadassAdorable / ComicBooks