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24->''"My fear was now of another kind. I felt sure that the creature was what we called 'good,' but I wasn’t sure whether I liked 'goodness' so much as I had supposed. This is a very terrible experience. As long as what you are afraid of is something evil, you may still hope that the good may come to your rescue. But suppose you struggle through to the good and find that it is also dreadful?"''
25-->-- '''Elwin Ransom''', ''Literature/{{Perelandra}}''
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27The good guys don't always have to be warm and cuddly, or even all that attractive for that matter. Sometimes, they're even downright ''[[NightmareFuel scary]]''.
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29This trope mostly applies to {{Friendly Neighborhood Vampire}}s, {{Noble Demon}}s, {{Uncanny Valley Girl}}s, {{Benevolent Abomination}}s, {{Angelic Abomination}}s, etc. Nonhuman characters get this a ''lot'', but it can also apply to full humans who unnerve allies and audience members with their methods or mannerisms. It can also follow a HeelFaceTurn, if the character switching to the side of good retains some [[ALighterShadeOfGray moral ambiguity]] or monstrous [[RedRightHand traits]]. {{Psycho Sidekick}}s and good-guy (or at least harmless) versions of StalkerWithACrush can fall under this, as well.
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31Contrast VillainWithGoodPublicity, which is an inversion, FaceMonsterTurn, in which a good character changes sides after becoming creepy, and TokenEvilTeammate, where an evil or nominally evil (though not necessarily creepy) character works with the heroes without having a HeelFaceTurn. CreepyAwesome may also apply, especially in the case of particularly badass characters.
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33Compare GoodIsNotNice, GoodIsNotSoft, FaceOfAThug, and DarkIsNotEvil, which are sister tropes, and the NightmareFuelStationAttendant, who is usually also Creepy Good (unless, of course, they're evil). If it's the ''main character'' who's Creepy Good, it's a case of HorrifyingHero or TerrorHero.
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41* ''Manga/AngelDensetsu'': Seiichirou Kitano. Face of a demon, heart of an angel.
42* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'':
43** The Rogue Titan that appeared during the Battle of Trost is utterly terrifying in both its [[GlasgowGrin appearance]] and [[TheBerserker fighting style]], but it has no interest in attacking humans and instead runs around [[CurbStompBattle beating the crap out of]] the regular Titans. [[spoiler:That's because the Rogue Titan is [[TheHero Eren Jaeger]].]]
44** Armin ends up being one of these. He is the one aside from Erwin to come up with rather ruthless plans as first resorts. And it's hard to forget his rather creepy speech to try to unnerve [[spoiler:Reiner and Bertholt who were trying to kidnap Eren]], telling them about how they abandoned [[spoiler:Annie]] and how the military was torturing [[spoiler:her]] horribly with a rather creepy grin on his face. Even Eren seems disturbed by what he said.
45* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' has the Skull Knight, a MysteriousProtector with glowing, bright red eyes who has a massive suit of skeleton armor with spikes, a sword that's also covered in spikes and serrations, and rides a supernatural HellishHorse. Yet in terms of personality, he's a KnightInShiningArmor and the closest that the Berserk-verse has to a traditional BigGood.
46* ''Manga/BlackClover'':
47** Gordon Agrippa uses [[PoisonousPerson Poison Magic]], looks like a goth, and creepily mumbles, but he's actually a super nice guy and aligned with the forces of good.
48** Nacht Faust is a [[DealWithTheDevil devil host]] who wears a hooded cloak and uses [[CastingAShadow Shadow Magic]] that can form creepily long arms, and is [[spoiler:the Black Bulls' [[NumberTwo Vice Captain]]]].
49* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
50** Usually PlayedForLaughs with Captain Unohana, who is TheDreaded to everyone who threatens her ire. A smile from her sends chills down the spines of even the [[BloodKnight 11th Division]]. [[spoiler:When she fights, she lets down her hair and transforms into Yachiru, a truly [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette eerie]], blood-powered BloodKnight who was the original Kenpachi of the 11th division.]]
51** Senjumaru Shutara, with her CreepilyLongArms, damn-near robotic levels of serenity, and penchant for mutilation, is so intimidating that even the creepy Mayuri is off-balanced by her.
52** Kisuke Urahara usually poses himself as an easygoing and friendly person... which may fool most until they learn about his previous jobs [[spoiler:like his employment in the Soul Society's asylum and leading the Science Division, making incredible progress in area of artificial souls]] or he commits something incredibly disturbing [[spoiler:like cutting Ichigo's soul from his body and to reawaken his shinigami powers, but putting him in a very real risk of becoming hollow ]].
53* ''Manga/CellsAtWork'': U-1146 and the rest of the Neutrophils/White Blood Cells are a bunch of nice guys devoted to protecting the body from pathogens... by ruthlessly slaughtering invasive germs on-sight. Although their job is important, a RunningGag is how disturbed the other cells are at just how ''enthusiastic'' the neutrophils are at their work and how quickly they switch from calm and friendly to violent and bloodthirsty. It doesn't help that they all have paper-white skin and creepy black eyes.
54* ''Manga/Cyborg009'': In some continuities, such as the 1980 ''Legends of the Super Galaxy'' movie, Albert Heinrich (Cyborg 004) has a dark personality. Averted in the 2001 series, which [[AdaptationalNiceGuy softened his personality considerably]].
55* ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool'': Seiko Kimura, a strange looking MadScientist with a weirdly tangled AnimeHair, always wearing a mask and talks in CreepyMonotone. She is also the TokenGoodTeammate of the Radicals, a FriendToAllLivingThings, a CombatMedic and was completely willing to help a girl that would be opposite to her side when she saw her arm bruised.
56* ''Manga/DeathNote'':
57** L is a HeroAntagonist who has NoSocialSkills and LooksLikeCesare, and (although not above the use of torture, and shown to not ''actually'' [[PunchClockHero care about justice]]), is the good guy.
58** L's two successors, Near and Mello, also qualify. Near is equally uncanny in appearance and somehow even more of an agoraphobic shut-in, while Mello attempts to fight Kira by becoming a ruthless mob boss, gaining burn marks along the way (and WordOfGod says he's the ''least'' evil of the three).
59* Caiman from ''Manga/{{Dorohedoro}}'' is a large man with a reptilian head who has no qualms with [[PsychoKnifeNut brutally cutting up magic users]] in the hopes one of them happens to be the one who cursed his head. At the same time he's a very easygoing, goofy guy who just wants to learn about his identity and [[TrademarkFavoriteFood eat gyozas.]]
60* ''Manga/DrStone'':
61** Whenever Senku's plans work out, he puts on a NightmareFace and talks to himself. This, combined with his {{red eyes|TakeWarning}}, makes him look just like a villain. Despite this, he's a good guy through and through, who wants nothing more than to restore humanity. This is often {{lampshade|Hanging}}d by Kohaku.
62** Gen can't even [[spoiler:plan a birthday party for a friend]] without going into some kind of "Evil Planning Mode," complete with NightmareFace.
63* ''Manga/{{Eyeshield 21}}'': Hiruma has a positively devilish appearance, and looks like a bad guy, but he genuinely wants his team to win. It's lampshaded at one point: "So scary... and yet so reliable!"
64* ''Manga/FairyTail'':
65** Even after his HeelFaceTurn, Gajeel is one of the series' more brutal, bloodthirsty characters who jumps into a fray with a wicked grin and cackle, so it takes a while for his comrades to trust him (that, and he destroyed their guildhall and assaulted three of their most defenseless members earlier). This becomes most evident when [[spoiler:Gajeel eats Rogue's shadow and gains his powers, giving him a downright nightmarish face that freaks out his friends, and a BadassBoast to remind Rogue just how terrifying he is]].
66** Flare leaves a first impression with her limp gait, [[ThousandYardStare empty eyes]], and a fixation on Lucy that almost reaches StalkerWithoutACrush levels. When she shows up after her HeelFaceTurn, she tells Lucy that she's never stopped stalking her since their last meeting. She's (probably...) just joking, but she still says it with [[http://static4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20130816175261/fairytail/images/3/3d/Flare_the_stalker.png the most unsettling look on her face]].
67* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'':
68** Alphonse ([[AnimatedArmor a disembodied soul bonded to a suit of armor]]) tends to scare people whenever they take off his helmet and find nobody inside the suit. But he's really an innocent kid who just wants his human body back. His sweet childlike voice removes a lot of the creepiness.
69** [[spoiler:Van Hohenheim is a human PhilosophersStone who draws his powers from the souls of sacrificed human beings. To be fair, he never ''wanted'' to become a PhilosophersStone, and he has made peace with the souls who power his alchemy and knows each soul by name.]]
70%%** [[spoiler: Greed and Scar, after their {{Heel Face Turn}}s.]]
71* ''Manga/FrankenFran'':
72** The titular character, Franken Fran, is an unnaturally gifted surgeon and medical scientist who holds life above all else. She's also sewn together from multiple bodies, is often shown to add or remove limbs at her discretion, creates biological abominations and consigns people to a FateWorseThanDeath all in pursuit of keeping everyone around her alive no matter the cost. She also happens to be the [[HorrifyingHero protagonist]].
73** While many of the supporting cast also count, Adorea deserves special mention. She's an overall timid and kind woman covered from head to toe in bandages, but [[spoiler: in one chapter it’s revealed that underneath those bandages, her 'face' consists of hundreds of tentacles she uses to extract and consume organs from human bodies, which she keeps alive and available inside her body for Franken Fran's surgeries]].
74* ''Literature/GoblinSlayer'': The titled main character himself has a somewhat spooky appearance and there are times when other characters have equated him to looking like a living suit of armor or a walking undead knight. This also doesn't seem to help him with his reputation in the adventurers' guild as being some creepy weirdo with a goblin obsession. Fortunately, he doesn't seem to care about his image or reputation.
75* In ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'', the [[CreepyChild cyborgs]].
76--> '''Alphonso:''' It's just the thought of these little girls who can kill terrorists and speak three languages, and here they are singing Beethoven in the bitter cold. It's a shame they have to be cyborgs.
77* ''Manga/HenkyouNoRoukishiBardLoen'': The "Witch" has a habit of staring right into Bard Loen's face and speaking aggressively when he's not being polite enough, but is otherwise a CoolOldLady who was a selfless herbologist in the past.
78* ''Manga/HoloearthChroniclesSideEYamatoPhantasia'': Kyubi has a 4-eyed mask, sharp teeth and intimidating demeanor, but is still one of the highest-ranking protectors of Yamato.
79* ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'':
80** Reimi Sugimoto. The ghost of a murdered teenager, who wanders a supernatural alley that normal people can't enter (and which also serves as the gateway to the afterlife), with her faithful, murdered dog by her side. However, other than being a ghost, she's just a friendly girl who helps people who find themselves lost in the alley, and who's just remaining in the world because she wants to see an end to the constant deaths perpetrated by her still-on-the-loose murderer.
81** There's Reimi's dog, Arnold. Not only is he also a ghost, but he still has ''blood dripping from the wound in his neck!'' That said, he still acts like any other dog would [[spoiler:and helps Reimi force Kira to the afterlife]].
82** Tonio Trussardi is one of the genuinely nicest people in the franchise and his Stand Pearl Jam is inoffensive and can only be benevolent. Said Stand involves creating food that can cause drastic improvements to one's body, such as fixing toothaches, soothing several stomach issues, even fixing bad vision, with his ultimate goal being to find a food that can cure terminal cancer. The creepy part comes in because this doesn't fix the existing body parts, it creates new body parts which then ''eject the old body part in spectacularly gory and BodyHorror filled fashion'' [[note]] and also, Tonio ''might'' have some mafia connections and browses the black market for illegal and endangered animal parts to cook with[[/note]]. It takes until the end of the mini-arc involving Tonio for Josuke to finally drop his guard and take his good nature at face value just because of how nightmarishly visceral the totally beneficial effects of Pearl Jam are.
83** [[KidHero Hayato Kawajiri also qualifies.]] Any kid who puts video cameras in his parents' bedroom (this was ''before'' he suspected his father had been replaced by an impostor, by the way) has to qualify as creepy. But he ended up being instrumental in both the search for Kira and the actual fight against him.
84* Pluto in ''Manga/HeavensDesignTeam'' has very different ideas of what counts as "cute" from her coworkers. This naturally leads to her designing most of the "creepy" animals. [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DyN0IPwX0AAcrcu.jpg This design]][[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DyN0MoeX0AEBet0?format=jpg&name=large turns out]][[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DyN0RSoXcAA8tc0?format=jpg&name=large to be]][[spoiler:[[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DyN1DLCWkAA3Ozy?format=jpg&name=large a koala]]]].
85* Hallelujah in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'', the other personality of Allelujah, is a psycho that'll do anything to stay alive and enjoys killing people. The others don't see much of him outside of battle, though.
86* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' has some:
87** Mezo Shoji is a six-armed 6'2'' foot tall hero-in-training. Between the fleshy membrane connecting the arms and his creepy mask (which a design book mentioned that he wears because his face put off people and was considered villainous) it would be hard to see him as good if he wasn't such a GentleGiant.
88** Tokoyami Fumikage is a bird-headed {{Goth}} with a tendency to talk in a creepy way using overdramatic figures of speech and uses his powers to [[CastingAShadow summon a giant shadow bird]]. He is, nonetheless, a hero-in-training.
89** Gang Orca is the 10th top hero. He is a gigantic Orca/human hybrid, whose disturbing looks got him voted 3rd place in a "heroes who look like villains" contest.
90** All Might, the BigGood of the series, who's drawn in heavy shadows with [[FaceFramedInShadow half his face obscured]], HiddenEyes and a gigantic perpetual grin that can make him look downright unsettling at first glance (and his more sickly civilian form barely even looks human.) None of this stops him from being widely beloved and accepted as a symbol of peace.
91** Hitoshi Shinso. His Quirk, Brainwashing, lets him manipulate people like puppets. All he has to do is ask someone a question, and if they reply, they get under his control (if he wants them to). Even in-universe people say that a Quirk like this is [[BadPowersGoodPeople more fitting for a villain]]. However, Shinso only uses his Quirk for pranks (outside of serious fights) and admits he would never use it in a villainous way.
92** The first user of One For All had a somewhat creepy appearance, especially when given a look past his bangs. There was also a panel of him LaughingMad while All Might was explaining the history of One For All. However, he possessed an unwavering sense of justice that drove him to oppose his villainous brother, All For One, even when he had no power himself. His laughter came from elation over realizing that the creation of One For All could eventually put a stop to his brother's evil, even though it would take [[FlingALightIntoTheFuture several generations of users]] to nurture the power before All Might finally succeeded.
93** Ectoplasm is a nearly six foot tall guy whose head looks like a grinning black skull, but he’s one of the hero teachers.
94** Aizawa borderlines it when his hair starts floating and his eyes turn red as part of his quirk activating. Also he wears all black mostly.
95* ''Manga/OnePiece'': A few Straw Hats are either creepy-looking or are morally gray characters who have killed people in the past, scaring others like Usopp, Nami, and Chopper. Despite this, they are considered part of the [[TrueCompanions crew]], and [[IdiotHero Luffy]] finds them cool than creepy.
96** Nico Robin was an assassin (and still doesn't have any problems with [[NeckSnap snapping the Mooks' necks]]), used to be TheDragon, frequently makes morbid comments about the current situation with a cheerful smile on her face, and has an inverted opinion of what's creepy and what's cute. Her power to grow body parts from any surface also adds to her creep factor.
97** Zoro is willing to chop his own feet off to join a fight and creeps others out with his sheer determination, willpower, and [[BloodKnight bloodlust]], plus his monstrous strength.
98** Brook, despite actually having quite a polite and humorous disposition, is also creepy by default as a result of being a [[DemBones reanimated skeleton]] (though him asking every pretty young woman he meets if he can see her panties certainly doesn't help). Some of his powers also include being able to put himself back together, detach his soul from his body, and freeze his opponents with the ''ghostly chill of the underworld''.
99* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': Trainer Conway [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduces himself to Dawn]] during DP's Tag Battle arc by sneaking up behind her with his ScaryShinyGlasses, which becomes his thing for the next few seasons. During the tournament itself, however, he proves himself a highly competent battler and, more importantly, a supportive partner for Dawn, using his Slowking to protect her Piplup. This stands in sharp contrast to the TeethClenchedTeamwork between Ash and Paul.
100* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'': Hotaru Tomoe is an innocent young girl who just happens to be the messiah of destruction. Sometimes her eyes even glow red. It doesn't help that she also happens to be [[{{Cyborg}} part robot]].
101* Good may be a stretch, but Faust VIII from ''Manga/ShamanKing'' remains on the side of good at least once he teams up with Yoh for the tournament. He previously surgically cut open Yoh's friend Manta while the latter was still conscious, earning him no good will from either initially, but he eventually becomes a trusted member of the team and is generally affable to those on his side.
102* Dr. Franken Stein from ''Manga/SoulEater''. To put this into perspective, he routinely 'experiments on people' and told his partner he switched two of his toes when he was sleeping. He didn't; he was just screwing with him, but the fact that everyone found this a believable thing for him to have done says it all. At the same time, he's also one of the DWMA's most powerful and reliable members, [[spoiler:right up until he goes insane]].
103* Yuuichi from ''Manga/TomodachiGame'' LooksLikeCesare, has made a SlasherSmile and/or PsychoticSmirk more times than you can count on one hand, and is revealed to [[spoiler:have murdered people in the past]] under unknown circumstances. He's also the hero of the series.
104* ''Manga/TheWayOfTheHousehusband'': Former gangster "Immortal" Tatsu may have given up his life of crime to be a devoted HouseHusband, but he's occasionally a FishOutOfWater when it comes to civilian life in ways that are [[BlackComedy comically unsettling]]. Examples include cleaning house like he was "cleaning" a crime-scene, or offering to [[{{Yubitsume}} chop off his pinky finger]] for accidentally buying a second copy of a DVD set of his wife's favorite magical girl series.
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108* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'':
109** Some interpretations of Batman's membership in the ComicBook/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}} are portrayed this way. Everyone has their seat at the table, and Batman's off in a corner being quiet (if you notice him at all). This crosses with his status as CrazyPrepared. The rest of the League is creeped out that this guy has files on how to kill/maim/disable the rest of them. That, and being creepy is Batman's schtick.
110** [[ComicBook/Batgirl2000 Cassandra Cain]]'s mask practically qualifies as NightmareFuel on its own, with soulless black pits for eyes, a stitched-over mouth, and a very skull-like appearance. She also has a tendency to appear out of nowhere, is eerily silent, and can stop someone's heart with a single blow. She's also one of the most compassionate, caring, and idealistic people on the planet.
111** The Creeper, adequately enough. The guy is so batshit loco that even ''the Joker'' considers him a lunatic! During The Creeper's origin story the villains were so unnerved by his makeshift attempt at a costume (mainly yellow body paint, a green and black striped Speedo, and a ''feather boa'') that he just decided "what the hey" and ran with it; these days it depends on the writer whether he's actually crazy, has just been acting that way for so long it's become a habit, or simply thinks it's fun to creep everybody (including his fellow heroes) out.
112* ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange'': This varies with Doctor Strange. He often unnerves {{muggles}} and other superheroes without intending to. When he ''does'' try, he's frightening enough to un-hulk and completely alienate Red She-Hulk with a few whispered words. DependingOnTheWriter, the unsettling effect he has on others does not trouble him at all and is just another tool he can use to his best advantage; in other depictions it makes him unhappy and increases the burden of loneliness and isolation he carries as Sorcerer Supreme.
113* ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'': Creator/GrantMorrison's version of the Doom Patrol, as the team consists of Robotman, a cyborg with severe body dysphoria caused by the loss of his human body and the crude senses of his machine one, Rebis, a bizarre fusion of man, woman and a negative energy spirit, and Crazy Jane, a woman with severe dissociative identity disorder, each of whom has its own superpower. They deal with surreal and insane threats to the world, and are even called creepy by ComicBook/BoosterGold.
114* ''ComicBook/GhostRider'': The Ghost Rider is a leather-clad biker from hell with a flaming skull for a head. He’s also a stalwart agent of good and a dedicated protector of the innocent, although occasionally you have to remember that GoodIsNotNice.
115* ''ComicBook/IronMan'': When Iron Man made his debut, he had an all gray suit of armor. A passerby mentioned how creepy he looked in such a dark color so he repainted the suit gold in order to avert this trope.
116* ''ComicBook/TheLegionOfMonsters'': The Legion of Monsters, which is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin what it sounds like]]. Mostly they just try to protect their own kind from [[VanHelsingHateCrimes over-zealous monster hunters]], but they're good people (and Characters/{{Morbius}} the Living Vampire is an occasional full-blown superhero).
117* ''ComicBook/TheMultiversity '': Abin Sur, the ComicBook/GreenLantern of Earth-20 from ''Society of Super-Heroes: Conquerors of the Counter-World #1]]''. He keeps his distance from the inhabitants of Earth because he's aware that he resembles the world's interpretation of Satan and doesn't want to freak anyone out. Doc Fate doesn't care what he looks like and considers him an ally.
118* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': In the early days, Spider-Man was often seen as creepy by many fellow heroes in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, even as recently as TheNineties, as seen when he and ComicBook/{{Nova}} fought the Tri-Sentinel in ''ComicBook/TheAmazingSpiderMan1963'' #351–352. Prominent reasons for this were his face-covering mask with giant menacing bug-eyes and his penchant for contorting himself in strange ways, his [[WallCrawl ability to cling to any surface]], and his knack for [[StealthHiBye showing up out of the blue]], to say nothing of the fact that he is often a HeroWithBadPublicity. Also, while it isn't canon, even Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}} mentioned he was creepy during his second {{Crossover}} with Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}}.
119* ''ComicBook/TransformersWindblade'': Blackarachnia turns out to be this. Despite having a sinister appearance and reputation and being a recluse, she's actually an oracle who worked to bring peace and restore relations between Cybertron and the colonies.
120* ''ComicBook/{{Venom}}'': Eddie Brock (during his AntiHero days) and Flash Thompson when bonded to the Venom symbiote, since Venom is ComicBook/SpiderMan with {{Lovecraftian Superpower}}s. ComicBook/{{Toxin}} as well.
121* ''ComicBook/XMen'':
122** In his early days, ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} was the creepy member of the X-Men. His berserk temper and willingness to kill often freaked out his teammates.
123** While he always had a bit of this thanks to his perpetual red glasses/visor, ComicBook/{{Cyclops|MarvelComics}} really took over in his General of the Mutants phase during the Utopia era and after. Wolverine's temper was seen as perversely comforting, since what you saw was generally what you got. Scott, by contrast, was soft spoken, calm and controlled even when [[TranquilFury ragingly angry]] (given that the man is so good at emotional repression he simply repressed [[EldritchAbomination the Void]] in his head for a while, this is not surprising), and utterly ruthless, manipulating and ordering assassinations whenever he deemed it necessary. While he was doing all of this in an ultimately successful effort to prevent mutantkind going extinct, he profoundly disturbed the majority of his allies.
124** These days, ComicBook/{{Magik}} -- a teleporting demonic sorceress who carries a hell dimension inside her head, and has more than once plunged teams of X-Men and parts of the world ''into'' hell -- tends to occupy this role.
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128* In ''Fanfic/AbyssalPlain'', Skitter comes off as this due to silent nature and creepy costume, along with her using her Swarm to talk for her. Victoria does try to be pleasant and polite to her despite this.
129* The Gravekeeper in ''Fanfic/AgeOfStrife''. He's a well-known defender of the innocent and gave Dia important warnings as to the role of [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Chaos]], but he's also a crazy skull collector with a habit of appearing behind people un-announced.
130* In ''Fanfic/AmazingFantasy'', Izuku is referred to as "the world's strangest Hero" as Spider-Man. His stunt where he climbs straight up a building after nearly getting hit by a car unnerves others enough to call in a Hero. Peter elicited similar reactions when he first started out and remains TheDreaded among common street crooks.
131* ''Fanfic/AuntieTiasMatchmakingService'': It's commented that Rose Bloom (Discord and Fluttershy's daughter) could be a very fearsome creature with her size and half-Draconequis appearance… if she hadn't inherited her mother's timid and kindly personality.
132* ''Blog/BetterBonesAU'': Spottedleaf looks rather creepy and is associated with death with her design motifs of skulls and blighted leafs, and scares Smudge when he first sees her. However, she's a kind-hearted cat who's not evil at all.
133* ''Fanfic/AChangeOfPace'': [[Literature/{{Worm}} Taylor]] has the ability to teleport at the edge of vision silently, summon a SwarmOfRats, and has a creepy mask. She's also an independent hero.
134* ''Fanfic/CameraShy'': Taylor is determined to be a hero. However, the nature of her costume and powers results in her being pants-wettingly terrifying ''by accident''. Her assault on [[spoiler:Uber and Leet's base]] is captured on video, and widely assumed to be a faked horror piece, as a faceless figure in a black ragged cloak constantly turns up when they open doors, or steps out from behind them, vanishing as soon as someone blinks or looks away; lights flicker and fail, objects fly off shelves of their own accord...
135* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' and its sequel, ''Ghosts of the Past'', have a fair few. Prominent examples include:
136** Loki, post HeelFaceTurn, retains a capacity for astonishing and icy cold ruthlessness, including a willingness to use ColdBloodedTorture and [[ManipulativeBastard psychological warfare]] - in the sequel, he breaks ''Sabretooth'' with a few whispered words and an illusion or two.
137** Doctor Strange. He comes and goes as he pleases, [[StealthHiBye often out of nowhere with absolutely no warning]] (usually right behind someone's left ear), disregarding all known laws of magic in the process, [[ExactWords never lies, yet is almost never honest in ways that]] TheFairFolk would envy, and sometimes appears merely as a shadowy figure amongst a swirling cloak with a pair of GlowingEyes staring out of the darkness. To top it all off, he seems to know ''everything''. Due to his justified reputation as ''the'' MagnificentBastard, and grand-master of the BatmanGambit, the very possibility of his involvement is ParanoiaFuel among good guys and bad guys alike - because once he's involved, you can never know for sure that you aren't doing exactly what he wants you to... In short, he is a profoundly unsettling man. ''Ghosts of the Past'' indicates that he carefully cultivates this reputation - and that it's made him cripplingly lonely.
138** Agent (later Director) Peter Wisdom [[spoiler: a.k.a. Regulus Black]] of [=MI13=] fits this trope to a T. He's a good guy, but he's also got a reputation for making "InspectorJavert look like Mother Teresa" and the rest of the British intelligence services don't trust him because they don't know anything about him - other than that his background is a total lie. He's also a member of the TrenchcoatBrigade, almost exclusively wears black and is TheUnfettered, being entirely indifferent to both morality and the prospect of his own death when it comes to doing what needs to be done. And he will do anything that he feels needs to be done, as he makes very clear to Thor. ''Anything.''
139** In a flashback, Harry Dresden notes this about himself; he's NBA tall, [[TrenchcoatBrigade clad in a long black duster]] and carrying a staff that is six feet of solid oak, which makes for a very intimidating first impression. Also, there's the fact that he almost never meets anyone's eyes because of the whole Soulgaze thing - but only a very few [[{{Muggles}} ordinary people]] know that - and knows far too damn much. The ability to roast horrifying monsters from the netherworld is a mere courtesy detail at this point.
140** Harry Potter/Thorson is a good and kind person at heart. He'll do anything to protect his friends, [[TheDulcineaEffect even someone]] [[ChronicHeroSyndrome he barely knows.]] [[TheUnfettered That last part is kind of the scary part.]] Then there's the [[VoiceOfTheLegion occasionally echoing voice]], the vast PsychicPowers, the [[DissonantSerenity utter indifference to horror]], frightening insight, and [[ShellShockedVeteran a nasty case of PTSD that gets worse as time goes on]]. When he's pushed too far, this manifests as a [[TranquilFury cold rage]], uncomfortably reminiscent of a young [[DarkMessiah Magneto]] that makes it ''extremely'' clear that it is a very good thing [[MoralityChain that he's got people holding him in check]]
141*** This gets exponentially worse after the ''Forever Red'' arc in ''Ghosts of the Past'', which is best summed up as a brutal TraumaCongaLine. The short version is that he's captured, tortured, and [[spoiler: transformed into the Winter Soldier's successor, the [[LivingWeapon Red Son]]]]. He ends up snapping under the strain and [[spoiler: becoming the Dark Phoenix]]. This has long-term effects on him; he moves with inhuman grace, the [[ShellShockedVeteran PTSD]] is a good deal worse, the unearthly presence is dialed up, and he's got a terrifying HairTriggerTemper. Oh, and if you smell wood smoke... ''run''. He slowly improves, partly thanks to a chat with Cedric Diggory, but as he observes, he still scares most people witless.
142* ''Fanfic/CrossCases'': From Harry Dresden's perspective, the Winchesters. Sam's aura feels "bloody" from all of the people and things he's had to kill over the years, he moves back and forth from "oversized puppy" to "cold deadly fighter" with ease, he's cagey, he has scary powers that border on the impossible in the Dresdenverse, and the things he does over the course of the story only make him scarier and scarier. Harry has trouble reconciling this quiet, cagey, apparently human guy with the fact that he kills things (and sometimes people) for a living, defaulting to thinking of him as a con artist (which he is). Once he's reunited with Dean, the brothers are quick to dehumanize [[spoiler:Patterson]], treating the situation as a witch hunt as they remorselessly hunt him down like an animal. Afterwards, the two laugh and banter like normal brothers who didn't just [[spoiler:kill a man as they drive away with his body in the trunk of their stolen car]].
143* Izuku in ''Fanfic/CursedBlood'' is a {{Necromancer}} with a HealingFactor, both traits he ruthlessly exploits in combat, such as allowing Bakugo to burn off most of his face just so he can land another punch on the boy. His main form of fighting is giving orders to his zombie familiar.
144* Post-Winter Soldier Bucky Barnes in ''Fanfic/InfiniteCoffeeAndProtectionDetail''. Barnes just wants to live his life free of HYDRA and protect Steve, and he even tries to abide by ThouShaltNotKill, which is not obligatory for heroes in the Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse. He even helps friendly old people with home repairs and {{Jerkass}} landlords. But his way of protecting Steve leaps over the boundary between MysteriousProtector and StalkerWithoutACrush, and while Barnes is a lot less lethal nowadays, he's still a highly-trained cyborg assassin with an abiding fondness for edged weapons.
145* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'':
146** Chloe Cerise is the main heroine, a sweet ten year old girl with red hair and a donut holer...who also happens to be a skilled writer and knowledgeable in demons from the Ars Goetia. She gets the ability to ''summon'' the demons of legend in Act 2 of her story and she knows their names and what they're capable of. She also loves reading and writing horror stories in general, something that got her relentlessly bullied at school before the Infinity Train came.
147** One of her partners, Lexi, is essentially a paper expy of [[Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS Specter]] so he has the off-white hair, creepy blue eyes and sinister grin as the latter. But he's essentially a prince on a white horse for Chloe and capable of tearing shit up with his papers.
148* ''Fanfic/TheKingNobodyWanted'': The Qohorik organization the Brave Companions of the Vow seem to be decent people from those we've met, but they are unabashedly worshippers of a god that accepts blood sacrifices and are prone to exceedingly cryptic and unsettling remarks.
149* In ''Fanfic/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTimeDragonRand100'' The Happy Mask Salesman, like in Ocarina of Time's sequel- Majora's Mask, is creepy, mysterious and is among the most morally grey characters in the cast of characters. While he desires to see Ganondorf stopped and Majora contained his motivations could be seen as selfish and misguided. That said, he does work with the heroes at various points and does his part to assist with Link's mission to rescue Hyrule.
150* ''Fanfic/ThanksToHer'': Masha has a bizarre fascination with the human bones that pop-up all over Gravesfield, but the nevertheless a gentle soul.
151* ''Fanfic/LifeAfterHayate'' notes that most Bureau servicemembers are frightened of [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha the Wolkenritter]] to the point they'll go for a weapon or seek cover even though the Wolkenritter are ''on their side''. They were the Bureau's nightmare scenario for nearly sixty years before. In one chapter, the mere presence of a Wolkenritter is enough to terrify a member of the Bureau's most wanted into surrendering. In another, after their owner is injured, they proceed to blow through Jail's first-generation combat cyborgs in seconds and might have killed them all if they'd had just a few moments longer.
152* In ''Fanfic/LiveAHeroMHA'', Izuku is CoveredInScars, a PsychoKnifeNut, an EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette and borderline schizophrenic due to being raised by the League of Villains. He's more remorseful about losing some of his knives than gouging out the Sludge Villain's eye and has learned how to climb nearly anything with only a pair of knives to help him. Despite all this, he genuinely wants to be a Hero and help others.
153* ''Fanfic/NobodyDies'': Rei and her sisters. Everyone in the story reacts like they're the scariest things around (even the Angels are considered less threatening), what with the StealthHiBye, the kidnapping people through air vents, and general strangeness. Even the fans refer to this version of Rei as Terrifying!Rei. However, they're all good and kind at heart (even if they have possibly the most bizarre ways of showing it), and would do anything to protect those they care for.
154* [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Ruby]] in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11083953/4/Of-Red-Petals-and-Black-Feathers Of Red Petals and Black Feathers]]'', after having merged with [[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends Fiddlesticks]] when she was young, barely shows emotion, has the ability to [[SupernaturalFearInducer induce fear in others]] (and just generally has an aura of creepiness even when she isn't using her powers), has trouble speaking (eventually revealed to be the result of brain damage caused by the merger), has NoSocialSkills, and has a crow that follows her around. Despite this, she is still a good person who wants to help others, dislikes bullies and criminals, and genuinely wants to be friends with people.
155* In [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4657412/1/Operation_There_Is_No_Operation Operation: There Is No Operation]], a ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' fanfic, V8 is this to the rest of the KND, being the local ExaltedTorturer who works with them.
156* Izuku in ''Fanfic/OyasumiMidoriya'' fits this trope. He gives off an uncanny vibe, creeps out even the teachers, but generally wants to be a hero to help. [[spoiler:Although it’s more One, Four, and Three (maybe) that are the nicer ones. The rest of his doppelgängers [[EldritchAbomination aren’t so friendly.]]]]
157* ''Fanfic/QueenOfTheSwarm'': Taylor's creations look like twisted nightmarish killers, while having affectionate, cuddly, and inquisitive personalities. The dissonance is deeply jarring for Director Piggot (especially with her traumatic experiences in Ellisburg), but Taylor insists on not judging them by appearances.
158--> '''Taylor:''' I don't make monsters, Director. Monsters are Jack Slash, Sophia Hess, Madison Clements. Monsters are Bakuda, Janice Blackwell, Gesellschaft. And they all look ''just like everybody else''. Yes, my creatures are different, but just because they might look strange doesn't mean they're monsters!
159* ''Fanfic/TheShadowWars'':
160** During the last third of the Shadow Wars, practically all the Changelings are ''allies'' of Equestria. The Ponies accept them as allies, but still find them creepy.
161** [[CuteGhostGirl Ruby Gift]] is clearly a [[HorrifyingHero heroine]] from start to finish of her undeath, but she's a Wraith. She's repeatedly shown as being a [[FriendlyGhost friend]] to heroic protagonists, and in the end [[spoiler:redeems her kin]] and leads them in an action that helps save the whole world at the [[HeroicSacrifice cost of their own undead existences]] But she's still a Wraith, with an unnerving tendency to switch into her horrifying Death Aspect when something upsets her. The same goes for her mother Mitta Gift and her co-mother Three Leaf.
162** ''All'' of the Sunney Towne Wraiths, after their HeelFaceTurn.
163* In ''FanFic/TerminalJustice'', a ''Franchise/HarryPotter''[=/=]''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'' crossover, Harry was interpreted as this by the League members a lot of the time, chiefly due to his gray morality and his ownership of a sword that could turn into a scythe and a motorcycle that could turn into a ghost horse.
164* ''Fanfic/YesterdayUponTheStair'': Izuku has grown up seeing ghosts and helping them. His anxiety and desire to emulate All Might by smiling through the fear is rather unsettling. His ghost friends could also count, as all of them are dead and, while under emotional duress, will go back to looking how they did when they died.
165* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/37447609/chapters/93453916 Frayed Edges]]'': Michael is a disfigured, rotting zombie and Ennard is a horrific MechanicalAbomination that horrifically fused with him and lives inside of Michael. In spite of this, they're actually rather kind and friendly, if rather emotionally stunted.
166* Lady Vidia in ''Fanfic/SevenFavoursForHarryPotter'' is very much on Harry's side; she is beautiful and pleasant and loving... and being of TheFairFolk, she's also [[BlueAndOrangeMorality totally amoral by human standards]] and often comes across as having a strong predatory streak. In some scenes she can get directly creepy.
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170* ''Film/{{Abominable}}'':
171** Buddy's demeanor and appearance in his first scene are that of an archetypal CreepyGasStationAttendant. Still, he seems sincere in expressing sorrow about the death of Preston's wife and joins in an attempt to hunt down the dangerous {{Yeti}} that's terrorizing the area.
172** Ziegler states that he's only accompanying the other men hunting the yeti for an excuse to kill something and is a bit too fond of talking about Website/DarwinAwards. However, he does show a more caring and compassionate side when he finds a wounded Karen in the monster's cave.
173* Bishop in ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' is a humanoid android with few facial expressions beyond staring and a creepy, even monotone. And from the events of the first film, it's assumed that his presence and aim is not necessarily to ensure the safety of the human crew. [[spoiler: He turns out to be one of the most vital crew members, by fixing the external transmitter and remotely piloting the ship at enormous personal risk and rescuing the survivors at the last moment.]]
174* ''Film/{{Arrival}}'': The heptapods are huge, completely alien creatures that do not speak English, or even a language humanity recognizes as language when spoken. They show up on Earth and as humans try to communicate with them, people also start to worry about what they're doing and what they want. Turns out, [[spoiler:the heptapods have arrived to give their language, and their way of thinking/perceiving time, as a gift to humanity because the heptapods have seen that humanity will help them 3000 years in the future]].
175* {{Downplayed|Trope}} with Manolo in ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife''. He's a skeleton for half of the movie, but he's more cute, than scary.
176* The Thin Man from the ''[[Film/CharliesAngels2000 Charlie's Angels]]'' movies -- while he is clearly all kinds of creepy, by the [[Film/CharliesAngelsFullThrottle second movie]] it turns out [[spoiler: he is actually a good guy, attempting to save the life of a child under the Witness Protection Program, and is rather infatuated with Dylan, [[Creator/DrewBarrymore Drew Barrymore's]] character.]]
177* ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}:'' Before we meet [[WaifProphet Bruno]], much of what we hear about him paints him in an eerie [[AmbiguouslyEvil or even sinister]] light. Once Mirabel encounters him, it becomes clear that he's a MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold.
178* The Pigeon Lady in ''Film/HomeAlone2LostInNewYork''. Her appearance terrifies Kevin at first, like most of the city locals, but he warms up to her after she gets his foot unstuck from a pile of rocks. He even goes on to apologize for being scared of her, and chooses to give her the second turtle dove after she saves him from Harry and Marv.
179* In many of the film adaptations of ''Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'', Quasimodo is hideously deformed and socially inept, which makes him deeply unsettling to other characters. However, he shows himself to be heroic by protecting Esmeralda, defending Notre Dame, and giving Frollo his just desserts.
180* Elise Warner from ''Film/{{Insidious}}'' is a old woman with PsychicPowers who talks about [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow demonic spirits and otherworldly planes of existence]] from first-hand experience, but she's also very much a force for good and puts her life on the line again and again to help protect those less spiritually-gifted from malicious entities.
181* ''Film/{{Mowgli}}'', being TruerToTheText, turns Kaa into this. [[GenderFlip She]] is a wise teacher and protector, but she's also a huge, terrifying python.
182* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'': Mantis from the ''Film/{{Guardians of the Galaxy|2014}}'' series is a humanoid bug lady with the power of tele-empathy. Because of her appearance, various characters call her ugly and when Peter Parker sees her, he fearfully begs her "not to put [her] eggs in [him]". However, she is a genuinely nice, if socially awkward, character who tries to warn the heroes that they are in danger in ''Vol. 2'', and she becomes a major member of the team by the end of the movie.
183* Most of the characters of ''WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas''. The people of [[{{Halloweentown}} Halloween Town]] aren't evil (except for Oogie Boogie, who's ostracized by the rest of the townsfolk), but they're scary both by nature and because it's their job. They do nearly ruin Christmas, but out of lack of understanding rather than malice, and [[TheHero Jack]] eventually has a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment and sets things right.
184* Cameron Vale in ''Film/{{Scanners}}'' is a seemingly-psychopathic drifter with terrifying psychic powers who talks in a CreepyMonotone and has little-to-no personality or outside interests beyond the main plot. The basic undercurrent of his character is that he's fighting the evil psychics because it's slightly more interesting than staring at the wall.
185* ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH'':
186** The Great Owl is terrifying, but also helpful.
187** Similarly, Brutus' initial appearance when Mrs. Brisby meets him is scary, but when she runs into Mr. Ages, he just dismissively clarifies Brutus is just a regular guard that Brisby had the misfortune of meeting when he was on-duty and without Ages to speak on her behalf.
188** Nicodemus establishes himself as this in the film's opening scene: he appears to be using ''magic'' to write in his journal, his hands are shivelled and warty, he has claws that are both sharp and long, and his eyes are glowing yellow. But his every movement and every word out of his mouth is gentle, and thoughout the film he makes it clear he wants to help Mrs. Brisby save her home and family.
189* Meg in ''Film/TheUndead'', who is a hideous witch but devoted to good and an ally of the heroic knight Pendragon.
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193* ''Literature/BlackJewels'': Janelle Angelline. She's a FriendToAllLivingThings who saved the world from centuries of oppression. She is also [[TheChosenOne Witch]], which means that she's [[PersonOfMassDestruction terrifyingly powerful]] and as much a sentient anthropomorphic manifestation of the hopes and dreams of all intelligent beings as she is a human woman - and both her power level and her not-entirely-human nature tend to unnerve people.
194** Black Widows can be of any character alignment, and the friendly and heroic ones qualify for this trope. Their ability to heal the mind is certainly beneficent, especially in setting as fond of BreakTheCutie and {{Trauma Conga Line}}s as the world of ''Black Jewels'', but their mastery of poisons and illusions has given the caste a scary reputation.
195* [[Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Willy Wonka]] is the world's greatest candymaker and FunPersonified. He is also TheWonka, a MadScientist, and a NightmareFetishist whose factory is a CrapsaccharineWorld and FalseUtopia -- should one not heed his warnings about what should and shouldn't be touched, absurd-yet-dreadful fates are in store, and he'll have NoSympathy. He's a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, even an AntiHero, but he and his world are presented as fundamentally good and wonderful, especially when contrasted to the dreary, unfair outside world that is often easy on the bad and hard on the good. And his strange way of thinking is what's made him the success story he is (to the point that he's [[TheWonka named a trope]]). His creepy-good nature becomes more obvious in adaptations, particularly [[Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory the 1971 film]] and the [[Theatre/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory 2013 stage musical]] (in the latter, the character's introductory song "It Must Be Believed to Be Seen" is a WelcomingSong[=/=]IAmGreatSong, but stylistically owes a lot to the VillainSong trope).
196* The three spirits from ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' each qualify, as their role is to [[ScareEmStraight scare Scrooge straight]]. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come is the best example, looking like the Grim Reaper and never saying a word but providing the final step for Scrooge's HeelFaceTurn.
197* ''Literature/TheDarkIsRising'' has... well, the Light as a whole. Being an impersonal and inhuman force of Good that make a policy of IDidWhatIHadToDo/the ends justify the means, the agents of the Light often come off as this to normal humans.
198--> '''John''': Those men who know anything about the Light also know that there is a fierceness to its power, like the bare sword of the law, or the white burning of the sun. At the very heart, that is. Other things, like humanity, and mercy, and charity, that most good men hold more precious than all else, they do not come first for the Light. Oh, sometimes they are there; often, indeed. But in the very long run the concern of you people is with the absolute good, ahead of all else. You are like fanatics. Your masters, at any rate. At the center of the Light there is a cold white flame, just as at the center of the Dark there is a great black pit bottomless as the Universe.
199* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'':
200** The Igors are (usually) good guys, but tend to creep out a lot of people, due to their MixAndMatchMan prowess. Also, there preference for appearing ''[[StealthHiBye right]]'' behind you when you call for them. No matter where you are.
201** Carrot gives off this impression to some, if only because they're unable to tell if his seeming pure-heartedness is genuine, or an incredibly convincing ruse to get what he needs.
202** You don't get much creepier than a seven foot tall skeleton in a hooded black robe yet DEATH is unmistakably on our side.
203*** His granddaughter Susan as well. She started out as Creepy Neutral, and was rather cold and cynical. She has since become something of a FriendToAllChildren, taking jobs as a much-loved governess and school teacher, as kids have no trouble accepting her strange abilities. She still tends to freak out adults a little, as she hangs out as a bar for undead patrons, and her hair has an unsettling tendency to rearrange itself. (And she's still cold and cynical.)
204* The ''Literature/DreambloodDuology'': The Gatherers are DreamWeaver priests of Hananja charged with ushering the dying into the afterlife -- which usually means sneaking into their target's house, creating a beautiful DyingDream for them, and [[TouchOfDeath severing their soul's link to their body]]. Even Hananja's faithful tend to be creeped out by this, not least because the Gatherers are both implacable and utterly compassionate -- and because Gathering doubles as a method of execution. To the rival Kisuati, they're TheDreaded.
205* The titular detective of ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'' seems pretty normal to most readers as the story is told from his (snarky, pop-cultural) perspective, but in stories told by other characters he can very much seem this - a six and a half foot tall, frequently unshaven, duster-wearing man wielding a staff and muttering strange words whilst refusing to meet anyone's eyes is not someone most people would be comfortable around.
206* ''Literature/{{Edgedancer}}'' (a novella of ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive''): Arclo calls himself "a friend of Radiants" and gives Lift some help, but he's also a [[spoiler:HiveMind made of dozens of scuttling insects, and introduces himself to Lift in the middle of the night, in a dark alley, having killed two of Nale's acolytes with astonishing ease]].
207* Spirit Mages and mediums in ''Literature/ElementalMasters'', whose powers specialize in dealing with ghosts, but who focus on constructive activities like dealing with haunts and helping restless spirits find closure.
208* Misha, the ghost boy in ''Literature/TheFarwalkersQuest'', fits. Ghosts aren't very common in the world, and he can only really communicate with the protagonist in her [[DreamingOfThingsToCome dreams]], during which she sees his [[LivingShadow true]] [[EldritchAbomination form]].
209* Flay in ''{{Literature/Gormenghast}}'' is a tall, skinny, gloomy old hermit (and played in the 2000 adaptation by none other than Creator/ChristopherLee), but proves to be a valuable ally to the heroes.
210* ''Franchise/HarryPotter'':
211** Luna Lovegood is a mild version of this, in that she spouts horrific conspiracy theories and seems to be attuned to whole levels of magic the other characters can't access. She even gets stuck with the nickname "Loony Lovegood" because everyone else thinks she's crazy. Some consider it a good thing that the movie left out [[spoiler:the huge portraits of her friends she painted on her bedroom ceiling that were linked with chains made of the word "friends"]].
212** Harry's godfather Sirius Black. He's a falsely convicted {{Fantastic Terrorist|s}} who, immediately after escaping [[TheAlcatraz Azkaban]], attempts to commit one of the very murders for which he was sentenced. (The man Sirius tries to kill, who [[FakingTheDead wasn't even dead]] in the first place, was the one who {{frame|Up}}d Sirius in the first place and was behind all the other murders Sirius allegedly committed.) He takes two forms: either an EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette who LooksLikeCesare and first appears in ragged prison garb, or a huge black dog that's often identified as a death omen. He lives in a creepy old house he inherited from his Dark Wizard ancestors, with house-elf heads mounted on the walls (though not by choice; he ''hates'' his old home). He once attempted to play a DeadlyPrank on Severus Snape, and at the time the story takes place, Sirius doesn't show much regret for this incident. He sometimes seems a bit off his rocker due to his family's history of mental illness (not helped by the [[RoyalInbreeding aristocratic inbreeding]] they got up to) and to the TraumaCongaLine he's endured. And yes, he's a good guy.
213** Severus Snape likes to hang out in the dark and creepy dungeons and potion laboratories, enjoys bullying helpless students such as Neville, and is frequently compared to an oversized bat in appearance -- and it's not clear that he's a good guy (albeit a NominalHero) until the very end of the series.
214* Need, in ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'', is introduced as a magic sword which compels its wielder to rush to [[RoaringRampageOfRescue protect]] and [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge avenge]] victimized women - often driving said wielder with pain and a pulling sensation to ride or run for miles [[ChronicHeroSyndrome to find them]]. It also ''possesses'' some wielders at times, relegating them to passengers in their own bodies. In return Need heals and protects them and those they care about. The Heralds setting is pragmatic enough that being made to rush to the aid of strangers who may not "deserve it" is a pain and a danger, making being Need's bearer a case of BlessedWithSuck to some characters. Eventually, Need 'wakes' and is revealed to be an ancient mage spirit bound to the blade she made, who keeps secrets and always has her own agenda. Some characters remain suspicious of her, with Elspeth disliking her psychic presence and Firesong noting that he's always uncomfortable talking to something without eyes or a face, but she's shown to have only the best intentions and [[AngelUnaware may in fact be an angel]].
215-->There had been such a feeling of power when Need had responded to her -- a feeling of controlled strength, held back, the way a mastiff would handle a newborn chick.
216* In the ''Literature/InheritanceCycle'', Elva is an infant with violet eyes and an adult's voice in a child's body, which scares many adults. She is (ostensibly) on the good side, but she isn't above using her power of knowing what someone's future pain is, someone's fears, or hopes for manipulation of powerful people for her own benefit.
217* ''Literature/TheJungleBook'' has Kaa, an enormous rock python. He's at least 100 years old, one of the strongest animals in the jungle, [[HypnoticCreature and has hypnotic powers]], which he uses to [[PsychicAssistedSuicide make prey walk right into his mouth]]. He's a [[OldMaster helpful mentor]] to Mowgli (who, notably, is ImmuneToMindControl) and saves his life several times. Nevertheless, it's [[ReptilesAreAbhorrent not]] [[BadPowersGoodPeople hard]] to see why he gets AdaptationalVillainy in some versions, most famously [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 the 1967 Disney film]]
218* ''Literature/TheLastAdventureOfConstanceVerity'': According to Connie, {{Dracula}} is a good guy "once you get past the creep vibe." She even procured an ArtifactOfDoom that turns people into vampires from him after slaying his RobotMe.
219* ''Literature/TheLaundryFiles'' has Angleton, Bob's boss, the head of Counter-Subversion. Angleton never seems to age (there are pictures of him dating back to the Second World War, not looking a day younger), has a terrifying level of knowledge of Lovecraftian magic, and once punished a pair of scheming subordinates whose attempt at playing office politics ended up with a body count by shrinking down their heads and putting them on a Newton's Cradle on his desk; it's implied that they're still alive. Yet despite all of this, Angleton is one of the good guys. [[spoiler:In ''The Fuller Memorandum'', we learn his true identity: a HumanoidAbomination summoned into the body of a convicted murderer, who has voluntarily taken on the values and the ideals of an Englishman, serving the Laundry with inhuman loyalty and dedication.]]
220* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'':
221** Strider. Until his true identity as Aragorn is revealed he's noted as being remarkably suspicious looking. Sam actually says that if he ''was'' evil he'd probably look better. Soon after that Aragorn laments that people don't usually look past his face and he doesn't have a lot of friends.
222%%** Gandalf.
223%%** Galadriel.
224* ''Literature/TheLostFleet: Beyond The Frontier'': The Spider-Wolves are the friendly first alien species humanity encounters. They have fancy egg shaped ships that make engineers drool, code that makes programmers drool, and send an escort for a long dead human from the early experiments with FTL travel who ended up their space back to Earth for burial. The humans are humbled, sure that they would not have resisted the urge to crack open the pod and dissect the body if the reverse had happened. They also, as the name implies, look like an unholy cross between spiders and wolves, which grosses out the humans so much that all face to face interactions are in environmental suit (the disgust is speculated to be mutual).
225* ''Literature/MonsterOfTheMonthClub'': Goblin, the October Selection. A trenchcoat-wearing werewolf-like monster, she gives Rilla the creeps, but is good at heart.
226* ''Literature/MuchAdoAboutGrubstake'': Morgan the geologist is a [[DarkIsNotEvil dark-clad]] man with a long scar, who is very surly, silent, and secretive. [[spoiler:He got the scar as a baby living on the streets, he only wears black because he's color-blind, and he is a compassionate man who supports his orphanage and wants to keep his boss from cheating anyone.]]
227* ''{{Literature/Nightside}}'': Razor Eddie, "Punk God of the Straight Razor", is described as "an extremely disturbing agent of good. The forces of good didn't get a say in the matter". Fair enough, since he's a reformed -- but not ''retired'' -- SerialKiller who targets those who threaten children and the homeless and has been known to leave buildings soaked in blood but conspicuously absent of corpses.
228* Creator/AnnLeckie's ''Literature/TheRavenTower'': The Myriad is a good friend to some of her fellow [[TheOldGods Old Gods]] and an honest ally to her mortal worshipers... luckily for them, since she prefers to manifest through vast clouds of mosquitoes.
229* In ''Literature/TheRedAbbeyChronicles'', the crone aspect of the goddess. This aspect is associated with death, among other things, and therefore creepy, but is actually rather benevolent.
230* In ''Literature/TheSagaOfBilly'', [[BigGood Atella]] is the goddess of [[MartialPacifist Peace]] and [[WarGod War]], one of the most [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure unilateraly benevolent and level-headed]] deities of [[MedievalEuropeanFantasy Erenner]]. She is also a woman with her [[FootprintsOfMuck boots dripping in blood]], the lower part of [[WhiteAndRedAndEerieAllOver her white skirt perpetually stained by gore]], and her open eyelids revealing [[EyelessFace dark and empty sockets]], as her eyes are [[EyesDoNotBelongThere bound to her weapons]] by a [[LovecraftianSuperpower parasitic fleshy substance]].
231* More than one ''Literature/ShiversMDSpenser'' book features a creepy character who later turns out to be either benign or harmless. Notably, the second book "A Ghastly Shade of Green" has Snake-Eyes, a creepy, one-eyed hermit who talks with a sneer in his voice, is never seen without his trusty [[MacheteMayhem machete]], and claims to "eat kids", freaking out the kid protagonist, Jason. The book's entire first half deliberately misleads Jason (and the reader) that Snake-Eyes is stalking Jason's family, having killed Jason's pet puppy by strangling the animal with a leaf... but when Jason was unexpectedly lost in the forest, Snake-Eyes suddenly shows up and saves Jason's life in a StabTheScorpion moment by slicing apart a poisonous snake behind the boy. Turns out Snake-Eyes is a good man, it's the ''forest'' which is alive and wants to eliminate Jason and his family because of his mother trying to convert the place into a fertilizer plant - in fact Snake-Eyes gets another BigDamnHeroes moment saving the protagonists when the killer plants tries to swallow everyone.
232* The eponymous character of the ''Literature/SkulduggeryPleasant'' series. Sure, he's personable, hilarious, and has an AwesomeEgo. That does not get rid of the fact that he is a ''walking skeleton''. And that's not even going into his extreme anger issues and the details of his DarkAndTroubledPast.
233* ''Literature/TheScholomance'': Galadriel 'El' Higgins is the daughter of the legendary healer and near-saint Gwen Higgins and has picked up in full measure her mother's well of compassion, inability to tolerate unjust situations, and gut-level desire to help others. [[BadPowersGoodPeople She]] ''[[SupernaturalSensitivity stinks]]'' of BlackMagic, commands [[PersonOfMassDestruction enough destructive power to readily level mountains]], has an encyclopedic array of spells meant to kill[=/=]maim[=/=]torture on scales from [[MadArtist artistically intimate]] to army-tier wholesale imbedded in her brain (picking up additions with a careless glance), and must [[PowerIncontinence conciously avoid]] [[ManaDrain drawing magical strength from the lives of those nearby]]. Atop all this El is unusually tall, distinctly ripped, and [[FaceOfAThug has a default range of expression that involves some combination of glaring and scowling]].
234* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'':
235** Subverted by Roose Bolton. In spite of being a creepy man from a house famed for skinning its enemies alive, he's on the side of our hero, the just and honorable Robb Stark. When Robb is wondering who to let lead his vanguard, his mother tells him that Roose is the kind of guy that will see him to victory. Robb admits that Roose scares him. Eventually it's revealed that [[spoiler:Roose is actually much more interested in usurping Robb than leading his armies, and does a major FaceHeelTurn]].
236** Tyrion Lannister is described as a deformed hunchback who gets worse as the series goes on. Still, he's one of the few genuinely good characters in the story who wants to be loved and accepted more than anything else.
237* ''Literature/TsunTsunTzimTzum'' has [[TheArchmage Blindness,]] who is never seen out of [[AmbiguousGender their]] bizarre suit of armour (which includes a helmet shaped like a horse's head with antlers, with no visible openings to see through) and has unsettling habits like carrying on multiple conversations at once. They're still thoroughly heroic and a major ally to the good guys.
238* By the end of the ''Literature/VenusPrime'' series, Sparta has altered her own body so drastically that she [[PosthumanNudism no longer needs clothes]], produces mucous from her armpits, and speaks in a StarfishLanguage. Her still human companions find her disturbing, even as she works to protect them from Nemo.
239* By the era of ''Literature/WaxAndWayne'', Marsh is no longer BrainwashedAndCrazy, and is working for the good of the world. He's also an unnaturally tall man with railroad spikes [[EyeScream pounded in both his eyes]] commonly believed to be [[TheGrimReaper Death Himself]] due to all the murders he committed under Ruin's orders. When he needs to have a discreet conversation with Marasi at the end of ''Alloy of Law'', he lures her to an alleyway, and deadens all her emotions to stop her from panicking. She is keenly aware that if she ''could'' feel anything, she'd be terrified.
240* ''Literature/{{Worm}}'': [[VillainProtagonist The Undersiders]] are more "doing their best" than outright heroes, but they do genuinely end up on the side of trying to help people more often than hurt them. Their powers include Sensory Deprivation, controlling other people bodies, [[BreakThemByTalking psychologically destroying people with their secret flaws and concerns]] and Lovecraftian Dog monsters. The main character Taylor notes that her power (controlling bugs) is impossible to use in a way that isn't at least slightly horrifying, as anyone being swarmed with bugs is probably about to start screaming horribly. Even people who are outright Heroes in the setting have powers that are pretty terrifying. BodyHorror elements, either in how they're used or the effect, are very common, and it's noted several times that if they were villains, many of the heroes powers would be outright terrifying.
241** The sequel, ''Literature/{{Ward}}'' contains several more examples, most of whom are actually more unambiguously good than the characters of ''Worm''. One heroine ([[AscendedExtra who was a more minor character in Worm]]) is a face with a mass of super-strong tentacles for a body; another does her good deeds by means of omnipresent surveillance; and another transforms into various horrifying forms to do his heroing.
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245* Zigzagged with ''Franchise/TheAddamsFamily''. In [[ComicStrip/TheAddamsFamily the original comic strips]], they're just plain creepy, while [[Series/TheAddamsFamily the series]] could be the codifier for this trope. [[Film/TheAddamsFamily The films]] lean more towards the creepy than the good, especially regarding Wednesday, but still qualify.
246* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'':
247** The titular vigilante is fighting for justice, but relies heavily on scaring the crap out of bad guys to get information from them, especially when you compare him to more people-friendly superheroes like the Flash and Supergirl. His willingness to kill in the first season (before he adopts and mostly sticks to a ThouShaltNotKill policy) doesn't help his reputation.
248** Season 5 introduces Ragman, an eerie figure who speaks with a VoiceOfTheLegion and tends to announce his presence to the bad guys by hiding in the shadows and then using his rag suit's CombatTentacles to drag some helpless {{Mooks}} into the darkness like a horror movie villain. The fact that he's bulletproof may add to this, as the criminals of Star City are used to BadassNormal vigilantes who at least bother to duck when shot at, while Ragman can flat-out ignore the bullets. When not suited up, however, he's one of the kinder, more emotionally adept members of Team Arrow (aside from his RoaringRampageOfRevenge in his debut episode).
249* Linder from ''Series/TheBridgeUS'' is on the side of the angels (working in a homeless shelter and moonlighting by smuggling abused women over the Mexican border into the US), but is undeniably creepy (speaking in a low CreepyMonotone, acting fidgety when asked too many questions about what he does, and showing a willingness to hurt people that get in his way). His associate Bob (who runs a safehouse for the women rescued) is a bit more charismatic, but apparently has a ''very'' DarkAndTroubledPast (he used to be a drug addict, and he apparently assaulted someone [[NoodleImplements using a dirtbike]] in Tulsa).
250* PlayedForLaughs in ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' with Detective Boyle, who is a good-hearted, friendly and likeable man who only wants to please, but nevertheless has NoSocialSkills or internal filter and at times seems determined to express himself in the creepiest ways possible.
251* Certain guest characters in ''Series/CriminalMinds''. The tattoo artist the team consults about the dead killer's body art in "[[Recap/CriminalMindsS5E20AThousandWords ...A Thousand Words]]" is a seedy NightmareFetishist, but he also provides the team valuable information and insight even after they reject his request to see the body in person.
252* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
253** The Doctor generally acts affably and charmingly, but we are constantly reminded that they are an alien with [[BlueAndOrangeMorality a system of morality which only partially overlaps with human conceptions of good and bad]]. They seem to be rather a fan of the human way of doing things, even if no instinctive capability for it themselves exists -- which is [[MoralityChain the primary reason for taking Companions in the new series]]. Some of the incarnations are particularly terrifying, such as the First, who looks and acts like a MadScientist and [[{{Jerkass}} does not seem to care about other people at all]]; the Fourth, who has [[CreepyBlueEyes strange bulging eyes]] and cares exclusively about his own freedom; the Sixth, who borders on MonsterClown; the Seventh, a Machiavellian [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] who uses [[ObfuscatingStupidity a thin veneer of bumbling-fool]] to use everyone around him as pawns; and the Tenth, who appears to be a dashing romantic but is at heart unspeakably ruthless. Several characters mention being instinctively afraid of the Ninth Doctor, with Rose even saying at one point that she found him scarier on first meeting than her first encounter with a Dalek. The Twelfth Doctor is pretty much a reconstruction of this trope. Clara goes from being doted on by an appeasing old man with a handsome face to being pestered by a glowering, ruthless pragmatist with a paranoid streak. It takes her until the ending of "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E8MummyOnTheOrientExpress Mummy on the Orient Express]]", eight episodes after his regeneration, for her to understand that he genuinely means to help as many people as possible with limited resources and isn't being a jerk for the sake of it. By the end of his tenure, he's arguably the '''kindest''' Doctor of all. The short story "Baby Sleepy Face" describes him, as seen through the eyes of twin kids, with "...and he looked both terrifying and kind, all at the same time."
254** Several companions fit this mould, too.
255*** Turlough is [[spoiler:an alien political exile]] coerced into attempting to assassinate the Doctor, who the Doctor's other companion Tegan distrusts. Even [[spoiler:post-HeelFaceTurn]], he still comes off as secretive and off-putting.
256*** Handles is the scooped-out head of a Cyberman who the Eleventh Doctor likes to talk to when there are no humans around.
257** A number of monsters end up being this, such as the Ood and (as revealed in "[[Recap/DoctorWho2013CSTheTimeOfTheDoctor The Time of the Doctor]]") [[spoiler:most of the Silence]].
258*** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E7TheSensorites The Sensorites]]" introduces us to a race of aliens who use psychic MindRape as a weapon and uses a closeup of a hideous Sensorite against the glass of the spaceship as its first {{Cliffhanger}}, but they turn out to be a rather sweet, vulnerable species who really just want the humans to leave them alone.
259*** [[spoiler:The Rills]] from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS3E1Galaxy4 Galaxy 4]]" are fanged, ammonia-breathing monsters with booming voices and hand claws that look like a cross between Jabba the Hutt and Satan's pet angler fish. They're also sweet, hospitable, and eternally forgiving [[spoiler:even after both the brutish Drahvins and the misguided TARDIS crew repeatedly attack them and their robots]].
260*** The FishPeople in "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS4E5TheUnderwaterMenace The Underwater Menace]]" horrify Polly, but it soon turns out that they're actually just human survivors of shipwrecks who were surgically converted to work as slaves by the Atlanteans. They aren't bad people and are persuaded very easily to go on strike in order to help defeat the MadScientist trying to blow up the earth ForTheEvulz.
261** A few Daleks have made a HeelFaceTurn, but the result is still never pleasant: Dalek Sec's human-hybrid form is a cyclopean head with a distended brain stuck messily on top of a human body, Dalek Caan emerges from the Time War as a MadOracle whose case has been smashed open to leave his inner mutant on full display, and Rusty is a violently unhinged AntiHero who settles out as a "good" guy mostly because he directs his trademark Dalek murderous hatred [[HunterOfHisOwnKind principally at other Daleks]].
262** Mr. Razor from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS36E11WorldEnoughAndTime World Enough and Time]]" is a creepy old man, dresses like a hobo and is just [[ConditionedToAcceptHorror a bit too okay]] with all of the patients in the hospital being [[UnwillingRoboticisation converted into Cybermen]]. Nevertheless, he befriends Bill and keeps her company for the ten years she spends in the hospital. [[spoiler:At the end of the episode, this is ''horrifically'' averted, as Razor turns out to be '''''TheMaster''''' [[BitchInSheepsClothing in disguise]], luring Bill into her own Cyber-conversion mere ''hours'' before the Doctor arrives to save her, then teaming up with Missy to capture and attempt to kill the Doctor.]]
263* Dr. Henry Morgan of ''Series/Forever2014'' is described as creepy by several people in the pilot. He works as a medical examiner, which he describes at one point as "I dismember dead bodies for a living." He can read personal details about people's lives, living or dead, at a glance. According to his resume, his last job before going to medical school (in Guam) was working as a grave-digger. When a warrant is served to search his home because he withheld information about a mass-murder, he's found to have a hidden basement laboratory (which he pronounces with emphasis on the second syllable, like a movie MadScientist) containing body parts (excusable since he's an ME), "torture devices" ("[[CasualKink All those are for sex.]]") and poisons. When questioned, he seems completely unperturbed, stating casually which poison he'd have used instead and agreeing that their suspicions of him are quite reasonable -- before poking a great big hole in their theory. It's unclear whether knowing that he's [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld been alive since the 18th century]] and [[ResurrectiveImmortality can't seem to stay dead]] would help their impression of him any. He's also an ActualPacifist who has worked as a doctor for a couple hundred years and is quite ready to put himself in danger if it spares someone else.
264* Season 5 of ''Series/{{Grimm}}'' features Eve, who is one of Hadrian's Wall's most effective agents, devoted to fighting the wesen supremacist group Black Claw, and seems to have a particular...affection for protagonist Nick Burkhart. She's also emotionless, a TortureTechnician, a [[MageSpecies hexenbiest]] (not at all the cuddliest wesen species), and an alternate personality of Nick's ex-fiancee Juliette who had her personality altered somehow into working for HW after her FaceHeelTurn in the previous season.
265* Will Graham in ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'' is somewhat off-putting in how he interacts with others ([[NoSocialSkills other human beings at least]], he's [[HeroesLoveDogs better with dogs]]), has serious psychological issues, and has an almost supernatural knack for empathizing with serial killers and mentally reconstructing violent crimes.
266* Det. Frank Pembleton from ''Series/HomicideLifeOnTheStreet''. He can be downright sinister when interrogating a suspect and frequently goes to uncomfortable, at times almost sexual territory while doing so, but he's a fundamentally good if [[GoodIsNotNice unpleasant]] man.
267* Det. Goren in ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'': He's OneHeadTaller, can BreakThemByTalking like a pro thanks to his Army Intelligence profiler training, and has issues being TheUnfavourite of his mother because his father [[spoiler:was a serial killer]], though he didn't know that. Also, the only person who seems to understand him is a female serial killer.
268* ''Series/{{Leverage}}'':
269** [[PhantomThief Parker]]. She has her own way of looking at things that makes her come off as weird to everyone else, including her team. During a lesson on persuasion, she "convinced" Eliot to eat an orange by telling him that she put a razor blade in his apple. He had to tear it apart just to make sure she was lying. She continues this in ''Series/LeverageRedemption'':
270--->'''Parker:''' Past Parker is dead. She dies every second, over and over. Future Parker never arrives. She's suspended in time, forever.\
271'''Breanna:''' Sometimes you forget how her brain works, then ''[explosion noise]''.
272** [[TheChessmaster Nate]]. In "[[Recap/LeverageS02E03TheOrder23Job The Order 23 Job]]", he comes up with a plan to convince TheMark that's in danger of being exposed to a deadly virus, and his nose starts bleeding as a result of his stress, shocking Parker into thinking that Nate made it happen with his mind. This tendency seems to come out more when he [[TheAlcoholic stops drinking]]:
273--->'''Nate:''' I mean, if you have a body in the trunk of your car, you're gonna drive under the speed limit, right?\
274'''Parker:''' You know, when you're sober your metaphors get even creepier.
275* Glen Bishop has [[CreepyChild off-putting behavior]] in the early seasons of ''Series/MadMen'', but his intentions have largely been benign and in the latter seasons has proven to be the most decent person in Sally's life.
276* ''Series/{{NCIS}}'':
277** Abby, the series PerkyGoth, especially when she takes a case as SeriousBusiness.
278** And Ducky, the CreepyMortician. A gentleman, to be sure, but his habit of TalkingToTheDead and his fascination with different forms of criminal insanity can be off-putting.
279* Beecher from ''Series/{{Oz}}'' is one of the few genuinely moral and compassionate inmates in Oz; it just so happens that he's also a vengeful [[TheBerserker berserker]] who once [[GroinAttack bit off a guy's dick]].
280* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'':
281** Finch can find out everything there is to know about someone's personal life and will show off that knowledge in many offhand ways, has surveillance on everyone he's in contact with, and is impossible to pin down or [[TheSpook find anything about]]. His CreepyMonotone and penchant for SpockSpeak add to the unsettling image.
282** The Machine, the series' BigGood. It's everywhere but nowhere. It's always watching and sees everything. It can predict and change the future. Its only voice is recorded snippets of various people's speech that sounds like an audio CutAndPasteNote. People who get too close to learning about its existence tend to be KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade.[[note]]This is not its will, but that of some of its misguided agents.[[/note]]
283* ''Series/{{Psych}}'' introduces us to [[GenderBlenderName Mary Lightly (it's a family name)]], a geeky, clingy psychologist who speaks in CreepyMonotone and has NoSocialSkills. He appears in a few episodes to help the protagonists track the recurring villains Yin and Yang, with whom he ''might'' be a little obsessed. Main hero Shawn Spencer suspects that Mary ''is'' Yin since he knows so much about the two murdering fiends; [[spoiler:these suspicions are allayed when Yin kills Mary during the season 4 finale]].
284* The title characters from ''Series/SapphireAndSteel''. It's explicitly stated a couple of times that they aren't human. What they ''are'' is never explained, but the pair (particularly Steel) verge on the HumanoidAbomination with their chilly personalities, unconvincing attempts to connect to humans, and tendency to ShootTheDog.
285* ''Series/SesameStreet'': In the first season, the Beautiful Day Monster was like this. He had a rather scary appearance, but was generally curious and well-meaning, even though he often ended up (unintentionally) scaring other Muppets away. Several other minor/one-off first season Muppet monsters were like this too.
286* ''DerivativeWorks/SherlockHolmes'':
287** Series/{{Sherlock}}, from the show of the same name, is an EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette NightmareFetishist with NoSocialSkills and MadScientist tendencies. He fights crime! Fortunately, [[TheNotLoveInterest John]] isn't squeamish.
288** To a lesser extent, Sherlock Holmes in ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSherlockHolmesAndDoctorWatson'' as well, particularly in the first episode. He's friendlier than Cumberbatch's Holmes, but retains the mad scientist streak (keeping a human eyeball in a glass of water in the sitting room -- really, Sherlock?) and there's enough mysterious ''weirdness'' about him that, early in their acquaintance, Watson [[EntertaininglyWrong believes that his new flatmate is a secret criminal mastermind]].
289** Similarly, the Creator/JeremyBrett [[Series/SherlockHolmes version]] is aristocratic, pallid, and condescending, even bordering on snappish. Also, his depiction doesn't gloss over the character's drug addiction, or pass off Sherlock's sexism as FairForItsDay. He's shown to care about helping his clients, but genuinely dislikes the attention that might come with it.
290* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'': When [[spoiler:Brainiac 5]] first appears in "[[Recap/SmallvilleS10E04Homecoming Homecoming]]", he starts off by performing some of his trademark MindRape. The fact that he keeps his CreepyMonotone doesn't help matters, and Clark immediately demands that he leave everyone alone the moment he comes in.
291* Tyler in ''Series/{{V 1983}}'' is a rough-and-tumble former CIA agent assisting, training and arming his fellow rebels against the visitors. Proving that GoodIsNotSoft, he can go from plain "creepy" to outright terrifying.
292* ''Series/TheXFiles'': The episode "[[Recap/TheXFilesS03E11Revelations Revelations]]" has the boy who has been suffering from stigmata being abducted by a creepy man with vaguely demonic features (played by Creator/MichaelBerryman), who is revealed midway through the episode [[spoiler: to be acting as the boy's guardian angel. After he dies fighting the real villain Scully even notes how during the autopsy his body shows no signs of decomposition, a characteristic described as that of a saint]].
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296* Myth/NorseMythology:
297** The god Odin is the god of death, war-frenzy, and battle, and will even betray and cheat his way to dominance. But he mostly does it to prevent the Aesir and the world from being destroyed by the jotnar. He is also venerated by the Norse not only for being the warrior-king of the Aesir gods and the patron of warriors, but also for giving life to the first humans and providing humanity with knowledge, poetry, and the runes; and he is also the god of healing and the outcasts.
298** Hel, the jotunn goddess of the dead and domain of the underworld of Helheim, is hideous and frightening, as those who do not die in battle end up in her cold realm. But in some interpretations, she is a kind goddess who takes care of those souls well.
299* Literature/TheBible:
300** There's a serious reason why angels always say "Be not afraid!" to mortals before trying to say anything else. While many of them do embody TheThemeParkVersion of angels that they are usually shown as, a few of the angels were [[EldritchAbomination downright eldritch]] in their appearance, and other celestial beings like the four creatures. Some biblical descriptions of angels are similar to what today would be perceived by the public as a UFO sighting.
301** God Himself also qualifies. He is an unstoppable and completely unfathomable being whose true name is said to cause insanity if you ever said it. If angered enough He will conjure monstrous plagues that can make an empire fall to their knees... All to help His people who had been suffering under cruel masters who had tried to commit genocide. Among other awe-inspiring deeds from destroying a dark decadent city to sparing a corrupt city that could still be redeemed; God is terrifying, [[GodIsGood but He still has humanity's back.]]
302* "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fierce_deities Fierce deities]]" in UsefulNotes/{{Buddhism}} have very intimidating appearances and attributes, but they put their destructive energies towards fighting evil and battling obstacles to enlightenment.
303* In UsefulNotes/{{Hinduism}}, the goddess Kali may be frightening, with her wrathful appearance and association with death, but she destroys the forces of evil and protects the innocent. She also purifies them from their sins and guides them to righteousness and the [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence liberation of their souls]]. Likewise, her consort Shiva also appears as Rudra, Bhairava, and other terrifying forms, as the god of destruction. He also protects the good from evil and their temptations.
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307* ''Podcast/BinaryBreak'' has Sophie's partner Capmon. She's cheerful and protective, and also loves decomposing plant life and creepy bugs. Her "charming little home" is a rotting log in the middle of the Witch Woods. And when she digivolves into Fenumon, she becomes a CreepyDoll with mushrooms growing out of her.
308* ''Podcast/TheMagnusArchives'': The archivist remarks that he is more disturbed by having [[spoiler:"Michael", an AmbiguouslyHuman ''something'' who saves one of his assistants from infestation,]] as a potential ally than as an enemy.
309* The ''Jade Regent'' Campaign from ''Podcast/{{RPGMP3}}'' features a character called Misty the [[SuccubiAndIncubi Succubus]]. Misty is a [[TheDitz bubbly]], [[BrainlessBeauty bouncy]], [[DumbBlonde charmingly naïve]] teenage girl with talents that make her invaluable to the team. She also happens to be a [[SuccubiAndIncubi demonic Succubus from the deepest pits of the Abyss]], who [[CuteMonsterGirl enjoys long walks on the beaches by the lakes of fire and brimstone]], and occasionally starts singing while disemboweling people with her claws. She's really a very nice person, once you get to know her.
310* ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'':
311** Cecil Palmer comes off as this, given his calm and deadpan narration of the horrifying events that routinely occur around town, as well as his cheerful endorsement of the maniacal City Council and the Sheriff's Secret Police.
312** Almost any citizen of Night Vale, no matter how kind and affable, will drift into this trope occasionally. A number of quite creepy characters seemed almost certainly malevolent at first, only to turn out to be good many episodes later.
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316* [[Wrestling/DavidHeath Lestat The Vampire Warrior Gangrel]]...whatever you know him as, he is affable ''almost'' to the point of being friendly, but he still has legit fangs. His teeth are longer than Wrestling/{{Edge|Wrestler}}, who himself has abnormally long teeth.
317* Crossed with DarkIsNotEvil: Despite his overall creepiness, Wrestling/{{Boogeyman}} definitely seemed to be a force of good in his own, weird way.
318* As a face, Wrestling/{{Kane}}'s nicer actions would remind you he is still a severely deranged, emotionally unstable nutcase. This was often played for laughs, like when he tried to help a child at WWF New York win at a claw game. Unable to win the conventional way, Kane's [[CuttingTheKnot solution]] was to ''punch through the glass'' and start grabbing the prizes, handing them to the suprised kid, then storming off.
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322* ''Roleplay/HonorableHogwarts'' loves this trope. [[WellIntentionedExtremist Jason]], [[MagnificentBastard Aldous]], [[{{Goth}} Lena]], [[PhysicalGod Mandos]], and [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Abel]] are just the main-character examples. And considering the site's aggressively gray morality, more characters will likely be introduced who fit this trope later on.
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326* ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'': [[PlayerCharacter Investigators]] who somehow manage to ''survive'' multiple or even just one adventure tend to have varying shades of this, since they tend to have [[HeroicBSOD serious]] [[GoMadFromTheRevelation mental]] [[ThousandYardStare issues]], know or have seen [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow things man was not meant to know]], and might even have the ability to use some [[ComesGreatInsanity mind-bending]] and [[RealityWarper reality-warping]] magic.
327* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'':
328** ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}'':
329*** Aereni culture is steeped in the trappings of death. Some houses have themselves alchemically "mummified" before their time; others tattoo themselves with skulls or wear skeletal armour. Their main religion, the Undying Court, leans toward NeutralGood, and the house that's most known for being mummified is one of the most loyal to the Court.
330*** Some of the dwarf clans of Mroranon are willing to wield daelkyr symbiotes in their war, and a few are even born as ''ruinbound'' dwarves, with a mutant symbiote intrinsically part of their biology. They're no better or worse than anyone else (although there is a possibility that the clans in question may be becoming corrupted in some way by the daelkyr).
331*** While the Blood of Vol often seems evil, with its heavy use of undead and its scorn for the gods, most of its tenets are neutral at worst or even lean toward good; the cleric with the blood-drop symbol on her shield, who ritually donates blood to a vampire or a mummy on a regular basis, might have chosen her faith due to the tenet that goes, [[TheAntiNihilist "Stand with those you care for; all we have is this life, and each other."]]
332** Flumphs are aberrations -- alien beings with no place in the world's ecology -- feed parasitically on mental energies, and resemble floating jellyfish monsters with acid-producing tentacles and the ability to vent jets of nauseatingly smelly gas. They're also wise, moral and benevolent beings, and some of the very few friendly faces adventurers can meet in the dark beneath the world.
333* ''TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse'': Omnitron-X is a version of [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters Omnitron]] who has been programmed with the capacity for empathy, and immediately travelled back in time to fight his precursor versions, making him a hero...but he's still got a face dominated by a [[CyberCyclops single glowing red eye]], his frame is inhuman and somewhat skeletal (especially in his Omnitron-U version, which has him half-rebuilt by Unity with whatever was handy), and he doesn't quite ''get'' humans, tending towards the StrawVulcan side, so he doesn't see why humans don't, for example, seek out the most eugenically appropriate partners for breeding (even if he'd never try and force it on anyone).
334* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'':
335** The Knights of Morr fight in deathly silence, worship the god of the dead, and are the subject of dark rumor and boogeyman myths across the Empire. Despite this, they're steadfast defenders of the Empire and welcome on any battlefield they join.
336** Amethyst Wizards wield death magic and lean heavily into the "Grim Reaper" aesthetic with their {{Black Cloak}}s, [[SinisterScythe combat scythes]], and SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset. However, they're implacable foes of BlackMagic and {{Necromanc|er}}y and take a zero-tolerance stance against ''any'' sign of TheDarkSide among their order.
337** The Lizardmen play up the ReptilesAreAbhorrent trope... but they are also the one faction that most consistently opposes Chaos.
338* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'':
339** Eldar Harlequins are MonsterClown DanceBattler Ninjas, with horrifying weapons that can explode you in an instant or turn you into a drooling imbecile, wear grinning masks that reflect your deepest terrors and serve a god who is, for all intents and purposes, [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]]. They are also the best line of defense against both Chaos (servants of the gods of rape, murder, mutation, and disease) and the Necrons (former rulers of the galaxy returning to wage a genocidal purge of the current residents). Being Warhammer 40K, "good" is [[BlackAndGrayMorality very much relative.]]
340** The Legion of the Damned are a chapter of [[TheUndead undead]] Space Marines, constantly shrouded in [[FlamingSkulls ghostly flames]] and fighting in complete, [[NothingIsScarier utter]] [[TheVoiceless silence]]. They are about as much "good" as it can get in 40K, given that they are mostly sighted fighting either forces of Chaos or other supernatural foes.
341* ''TableTopGame/WarhammerAgeOfSigmar'':
342** The Sylvaneth are a race of {{Plant Pe|rson}}ople who are described in the lore as noble spirits, defenders of life, and absolutely good (albeit with some BlueAndOrangeMorality compared to other races), and are on the main armies of the Grand Alliance Of Order. They also have undeniably the ''scariest'' looking models of all the Order Factions, with branch-like claws, rictus grins on their wooden faces, and GlowingEyesOfDoom. Tree-revenants look like scowling ghosts emerging from wooden bodies, with twisted branches emerging out of their backs like blades. This does ''not'' apply to Spite-revenants, who are every bit as terrifying as they look, and are outcast from sylvaneth society under normal circumstances.
343** The Anvils of Heldenhammer are one the many sub-groups of the Stormcast Eternals, mortal heroes plucked from death to become angelic warriors against evil. Unlike other Stormcast, though, who were taken in the midst of their DyingMomentOfAwesome, the Anvils were ancient heroes who had been in the afterlife for centuries or more when they were called. Consequently, they have a unique connection with death, and are the ones most often called on to fight the undead. They make their bases in Shyish, the Realm of Death, revere the ancient death gods that resisted Nagash's conquest of the various afterlives, and decorate their armor in creepy skull motifs and black paint. They're a bit grim, but as noble and heroic as they were in life.
344* ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'': Clan Malkavian is known for being creepy MadOracles. Clan Nosferatu is known for being ugly as sin. But while few vampires could really be considered to be good guys, those two clans are known for some of the fewest clearly evil acts, especially compared to the much more ordinary-seeming Ventrue or (especially) Tremere.
345* ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'': Other Gaia Garou find the Uktena tribe unsettling because of their strange gifts, love of secret knowledge, and close study of the Wyrm.
346* ''TabletopGame/ChangelingTheDreaming'': Seelie Sluagh are this by definition. Sluagh are spies, psy-ops experts, fear masters, et. al.; creepy and disturbing is their primary stock in trade and all Seelie fae are some flavour of good.
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350* Onua from the ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' series, at least in his first incarnation. He's a hunchback, his body is completely black, he lives underground, he has gigantic bladed claws for hands, and like all other Toa he wears a mask that completely obscures his face, but ''his'' mask looks like [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees']]. This is not made any better in his Toa Nuva form, in which he ditches the big claws for chainsaws. And through the series the poor guy is one of the most helpful, useful, and friendly characters. Seriously, though, in some of the promotional art he looks like a monster that's about to attack Tahu.
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354* ''VideoGame/AlphaProtocol'' has the mysterious organization known as G22. They're classified as a terrorist organization by the international community, their FacelessGoons wear RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver uniforms with voice-changers that give them a CreepyMonotone, [[TheSpook and nobody knows who they are or what they want]]. However, [[GuileHero if befriended]], their leader Albatross explains that their goal is to ''prevent'' [[WellIntentionedExtremist global strife and maintain the status quo]]. [[spoiler:It's heavily implied that they're TheRemnant of [[NoSuchAgency a previous iteration of Alpha Protocol]], putting them on the same side as [[PlayerCharacter Agent Thorton]] unless he decides otherwise.]]
355* Most of the [[{{Grimmification}} twisted]] Wonderland characters who are still on Alice's side in ''VideoGame/AmericanMcGeesAlice'' and ''VideoGame/AliceMadnessReturns''. Few characters have managed to dodge the physical effects of Alice's mental instability, but she has some very loyal allies nonetheless. Special mention goes to the Cheshire Cat: he now sports a deep voice, skeletal appearance, YellowEyesOfSneakiness / SupernaturalGoldEyes, dark markings that accentuate just how insane he looks, and a SlasherSmile. The marketing for the first game featured him prominently (frequently with blood spattered all over his teeth), as an example for just how nightmarish the game is. He also retains the maddening habit of withholding information and speaking in riddles, making him a frustrating character for both Alice and the player. Despite all of this, he remains one of Alice's most reliable and devoted companions, and he tries to steer her back towards sanity as best he can.
356* From ''VideoGame/ArTonelicoQogaKnellOfArCiel'': Even after [[spoiler:Soma]] makes a HeelFaceTurn and start helping the heroes, she's ''still'' creepy, due in no small part to her spectacular SlasherSmile. Her LimitBreak in particular is disturbing. It helps that she's a [[spoiler:MonsterClown]].
357* A surprising number of characters in ''{{VideoGame/Bloodborne}}'' qualify for this, to the point where it's nearly a theme.
358** The messengers are ''extremely'' creepy looking, resembling emaciated fetus corpses, but genuinely want to help the hunters. Similarily, the Doll dips headfirst into the UncannyValley, yet is only there to help.
359** Every Hunter ally is this to some degree. Djura, [[GuideDangIt if you can befriend him]], is one of the few kind-hearted souls in Yharnam, Eileen may wear a plague doctor's outfit, but she's heroic, and Gehrman really wants the best for you, even [[spoiler:giving you an easy way out of the dream]].
360** The Oedon Chapel Dweller is arguably the single most kind-hearted soul in Yharnam. He looks like a dried-up corpse, and laughs creepily at odd times, but he still offers sanctuary to anyone who needs it, stating that he just wants to help people.
361** Simon in the DLC is another hunter, dressed in rags and questioning the hunter's mission. He is the only friendly face you'll see for the entire DLC, and his goal is entirely noble.
362* The doll in ''VideoGame/Boogeyman2'' spends the game sitting still in a perpetually rocking chair, and is the one to warn you to protect yourself from the boogeyman night after night.
363* ''VideoGame/{{Control}}'' has an entity (or possibly a group of entities) called The Board, an ambiguously BenevolentAbomination represented by [[SinisterGeometry an upside-down black pyramid in a white plane]] that ostensibly serves as [[BigGood the highest authority of The Oldest House and the Federal Bureau of Control.]] Their intentions are vague, they communicate through a very confusing, at-times contradictory form of [[MultipleChoiceFormLetter multiple-choice speaking]], and it's strongly implied that their partnership with humans has less to do with mutual agreement and more that [[InMysteriousWays it simply betters their own agenda, which exists beyond human comprehension]]. With all that said, however, their shared goals are broad enough that their willingness to cooperate is sincere, and they ultimately work in the best interest of helping and protecting [[PlayerCharacter Jesse]] and the Bureau at large.
364** Ahti is another good example. He is a weird, seemingly half-crazed old janitor who insists that the Director of the FBC is his assistant, mumbles in Finnish, interacts with other people's internal monologues and yells at the resident EldritchAbomination like an old man telling the kids to get off his lawn. However, he is never anything except supportive and complimentary of Jesse's efforts, even expressing approval when Jesse sees through his fibs, and helps Jesse past significant obstacles.
365* In ''VideoGame/CookieClicker'', it eventually turns out that the true form of [[spoiler:Santa Claus]] is a twisted, be-tentacled creature; however, judging by the news feed and the wonderful benefits he gives the player, he's still the genuinely benevolent being he always appeared to be.
366* ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeon'': The Abomination is a meek and kind man with the unfortunate ability to turn into a vicious and terrifying monster.
367* ''{{VideoGame/Destiny}}'' and ''{{VideoGame/Destiny 2}}'' have Eris Morn, a former Guardian who took part in a failed raid to kill the Hive God, Crota. She lost her Ghost, her Light, and her eyes in the Hellmouth, but she was able to survive by taking the eyes from an Acolyte, giving her three green eyes that glow through the blindfold she wears. Now she fights against the Hive and other enemies of the City using her knowledge of Hive magic and Darkness-based powers like Stasis.
368* The ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' series:
369** ''VideoGame/DiabloII'' allows the player to incarnate a {{Necromancer}} who uses bone-based spells, summons skeletons and golems ''made of blood'', can use poison-based attacks, and has a liking for dark comments, but is otherwise a good guy.
370*** In fact, the game's lore says that, among the magic users, necromancers are the least susceptible to demonic corruption. They don't fear death and they are only interested in balance rather than power for its own sake so the demons don't really have anything to tempt them with.
371** ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' introduces, as a player character, the WitchDoctor, who, in addition to summoning creatures such as spiders, poisonous frogs, or zombie dogs and bears, is a NightmareFetishist. Despite this he is portrayed as one of the nicest characters among the playable classes.
372* In a Low Chaos run of ''{{VideoGame/Dishonored}}'', Corvo becomes one of these. He wears a creepy skull-like mask, can possess people and summon swarms of devouring rats, and eliminates his enemies with terrifying ease. He also acts as a kind and protective father figure to Emily, avoids unnecessary violence (even being able to complete the game without killing anyone), and is willing to go out of his way to help his friends. The later games make it clear the Low Chaos route is the [[CuttingOffTheBranches the canon one]], with him even sparing Daud when it was clear he was sorry for his hand in the Empress’ death and Dunwall going to hell.
373* ''Franchise/DragonAge'':
374** Morrigan from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins''. She's a [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette LadyOfBlackMagic who views love as [[LoveIsAWeakness incompatible]] with her [[TheSocialDarwinist Darwinist]] outlook on life. She also happens to know fifteen different poisons that grow in the Kocari Wilds.
375** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOriginsAwakening'':
376*** The Messenger, one of the Disciples of the Architect, he's a sapient Darkspawn, that depending on the player's choices can actively aid the player in the final battle and if allowed to leave afterwards will become a MysteriousProtector, helping out random travelers on the road, albeit [[TyphoidMary accidentally tainting a few of them.]]
377*** Justice is an spirit inhabiting a decayed corpse. He also happens to be noble, just and genuinely looking to help mortals. However, by the start of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', [[NotAsYouKnowThem he has changed]].
378** Anders can be this himself at times in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', even without Justice's help. It is all but outright stated that Anders is practically obsessed with a romanced Hawke, even before the romance officially kickstarts. If in a rivalmance with Hawke he can make the remark, "I swear! I don't know whether to kiss you or kill you!". In another scene he can also say, "Why is it you can say nothing without making me want to wring your neck?". And then, in any romance, he can always make the extremely disturbing statement, "I would drown us in blood to keep you safe."
379** Cole from ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' is the newest addition to this trope. He looks like a [[SeriouslyScruffy bedraggled scarecrow]] dressed in rags, with bangs and glazed, feverish eyes. He is a spirit-like entity capable of [[TheEmpath sensing pain]] and often repeats people's thoughts out loud whether they want him to or not. However, [[WeHelpTheHelpless he genuinely wants to help people]] and will go out of his way to do so, even if his deeds will not be remembered.
380* The Queen's advisors in ''VideoGame/{{Enclave}}'' have body concealing red robes, gold masks and speak in BlackSpeech, also at the end of the Dark campaign after Vatar wins an army wearing the same colors as the advisors begins invading, suspicious, isn't it?
381* Goldmask from ''VideoGame/EldenRing'' looks like a lanky obsidian-skinned essicated corpse that only wears a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin golden mask]] and a ChainmailBikini, and also never speaks and barely even moves. Despite this, he's widely considered a saint and prophet of the Golden Order and a person with immense wisdom. The ending associated with him is also potentially one of the most positive: [[spoiler: Realizing that the flaw of the Golden Order is that it's led by gods that are 'no less fickle than men'. He sacrifices himself to create the Mending Rune of Perfect Order which will render the Golden Order an atheistic concept above the gods, and prevent another tragedy like the Shattering from ever happening again. It's also the only ending where the Erdtree returns to its golden splendor, rather than turn silver or destroyed.]]
382* Mantorok in ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness'': An EldritchAbomination that has coexisted relatively peacefully with humans for millennia, and is certainly better than the ''other three'' Eldritch Abominations you encounter.
383* ''VideoGame/EXTRAPOWERAttackOfDarkforce'': Gradius is firmly on the side of the heroes. He's also an alien parasite that has assimilated an innocent boy named Hans, and is now deathly pale with hard chitin and veins covering his body, blood oozing down his face, and attacks by stabbing his hand into his foes to a spray of blood. Ghastly. He hunts down and destroys other bem for the sake of his beloved Flamberge, and comments that perhaps he's already diferent enough from the other bem.
384* Nick Valentine of ''VideoGame/{{Fallout 4}}'' is a HardBoiledDetective who also is an old-model synth, with eerie glowing yellow eyes and most of his skin off-colour or falling off entirely exposing the mechanical parts underneath. It all comes together to make him look like a zombie with prosthetics. He's also one of the nicest people in the whole Commonwealth.
385* Two of Takkar's allies in ''VideoGame/FarCryPrimal'' qualify as this.
386** Sayla the Gatherer is implicitly HearingVoices (or more precisely, screams) due to the trauma of seeing the [[AllCavemenWereNeanderthals Udam]] kill her family. To that extent, she's [[BloodKnight disturbingly eager to kill Udam]], and every one she kills, she [[EarAche takes his ear]] to wear on her necklace.
387** Tensay the Shaman is a raspy-voiced skinny black man with one dilated pupil, wearing a wolf-skin hood that he never takes off, along with TribalFacePaint, has NoSenseOfPersonalSpace, and feeds Takkar creepy vision-inducing blood potions containing large lumps of human meat and eyes.
388* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'':
389** It's hard to get much creepier than Henry without blazing right on past any semblance of hero territory. He's ''[[SociopathicHero dangerously]]'' [[SociopathicHero unhinged]] and seems to have no concept of [[LackOfEmpathy human empathy]] or [[BlueAndOrangeMorality morality]], and his in-game profile notes him as cruel and having a [[BloodKnight gruesome lack of mercy on the battlefield...]] all while being disarmingly optimistic. He's almost never seen without a [[PerpetualSmiler cheerful smile]] and often displays a surprisingly sweet and affectionate demeanor with his friends... right up until he offers to do things like murder ''their own side's leader'' in order to start the most chaotic and bloody war in history [[ItMakesSenseInContext if doing so would make a friend feel better]]. The kicker? [[ObliviouslyEvil He genuinely doesn't understand how that could possibly be wrong if the end result was a friend being happy]]. The other kicker? [[spoiler: He didn't ''start'' like this, but became the incarnation of the trope after a DarkAndTroubledPast that includes ParentalNeglect, a dead OnlyFriend, and either an OrphanageOfFear or a BoardingSchoolOfHorrors... all before he was in his teens.]] And it takes Henry quite a while to [[CharacterDevelopment start realising that violence isn't the way to solve all stuff.]]
390** Tharja, too. Mostly comes off as a deranged StalkerWithACrush who only joined the good guys because of her fascination with the protagonist (and also because they appeared to be the side with the better chance of victory), and similar to Henry and violence, her solution to almost anything is to put a curse on someone. [[spoiler:Noire]]'s unpaired ending suggests that she might have become a bit more stable in the end, though.
391* ''Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys'': The animatronics are an example of this trope. Although they're prone to being downright terrifying between being practically the definition of uncanny valley and being [[HauntedTechnology the ghosts of dead children using the suits as second bodies]], the animatronics are actually trying to stop any potential criminal from harming another child. In ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'', the hidden minigames show that the Marionette is the BigGood, but nevertheless [[RealAfterAll creepy.]]
392* Itward from ''VideoGame/FranBow'' definitely qualifies. He's a tall [[DemBones skeleton]] in a top hat and waistcoat, but he's also one of the friendliest characters in the game. He is also very sweet to the titular character and her cat, Mr. Midnight.
393* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'':
394** Faust is a freakishly tall, demented, sometimes AxCrazy DeadlyDoctor who wears a BrownBagMask... and yet is still indisputably good. He dedicates his life and medical skills to saving people [[TheAtoner as repentance for being a serial killer]].
395** Raven is a brutal, [[CompleteImmortality unkillable]] CombatSadomasochist who wears a BlackCloak and fights with claws (that he [[LickingTheBlade licks]]) and reality bending dark magic. But when he's not in a fight he's very gentle and philosophical, at one point having a conversation with [[GeniusBruiser Jack-O]] about his [[WhoWantsToLiveForever constant weariness]] and how he's DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife. He's also working for [[WellIntentionedExtremist That Man]] to try and better the world, not to harm it. His likes and dislikes section on his profile state that he enjoys seeing people pursue their dreams and desires, while despising those who cannot feel love.
396* ''Videogame/KillerInstinct2013'' introduced Hisako, a vengeful Japanese spirit; however, rather than seeking to punish the living as a whole, her revenge is targeted at [[EvilInc Ultratech]] and its agents and creations in the tournament, for disturbing her grave. Given the company's [[HumanoidAbomination long]] [[AIIsACrapshoot list]] of [[CreatingLifeIsBad sins]], this pretty well puts her on the side of "good".
397* ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'' has Yorick, the Shepherd of Souls, a [[RevenantZombie very-clearly-undead]] [[WarriorMonk monk]] with [[{{Necromancer}} power over undeath]] native to The Shadow Isles and an overall grim demeanor... yet [[DarkIsNotEvil he's also pretty unambiguously a hero]] who seeks to rid [[TheCorruption the isles]] [[WhoWantsToLiveForever and its damned of their curse]], and [[TokenGoodTeammate is among the only few of the isles willing to do so]].
398* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
399** ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess Twilight Princess]]'':
400*** Midna. She spends most of the game either as a creepy imp covered in strange markings, or as a LivingShadow. [[spoiler:At one point in the game, she uses the Fused Shadows to transform into a borderline EldritchAbomination.]] She possesses strange powers of darkness, and acts mysterious and disagreeable. But she's definitely on the side of good.
401*** Link himself, who has the power to transform into a wolf with dark powers.
402*** The Hero's Shade takes the form of a golden wolf in the mortal world to hide his real one, a Stalfos with one glowing eye and a rusted armor, and in their first encounter, he attacks Link at full strength. However, it was not to kill him, but to show Link that he needs his lessons in swordsmanship, which he gives over the course of the game.
403** The cursed family from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'': they live in a dark creepy house and look like spiders, but they're harmless and will even reward you for breaking the curse.
404** And in the direct sequel, ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', we have the Happy Mask Salesman. Good? Most definitely, considering that he's the one who set you out on the quest to save the world. Human? [[AmbiguouslyHuman Arguable at best]]... In fact, he'd be ''less'' creepy if it ever turned out that he ''wasn't'' human. At the very least it would explain ''why'' he is so creepy.
405** Batreaux from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword Skyward Sword]]'' is a type of bat-demon who lives in a creepy old shack beneath a graveyard, and also he's [[LickedByTheDog best buddies with a little girl]]. The whole questline associated with him is all about helping him turn human so he can safely befriend the residents of Skyloft instead of terrifying them with his very presence. [[note]]Despite not being evil himself, his demon form also apparently emanates some kind of evil aura, as once you turn him human, monsters no will no longer appear in Skyloft and night and the Remlits will no longer go feral.[[/note]]
406** Kilton from ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Breath of the Wild]]'' is a strange, squat-looking man with grey skin, fang-like tattoos around his mouth, clawed gloves, and a shop called "Fang and Bone" where he shares his fascination with monsters by selling various monster-themed wares. But he still runs his business to help Link fight monsters, acknowledging that they need to be killed however obsessed he may be with them.
407*** From the same game, there's the Sheikah Monks. They're (circa) 10,000-year-old mummies possessing supernatural abilities speaking only in eerily ethereal moans that can be heard throughout their respective shrines (and sometimes beyond) [[spoiler: and are implied to not be as immobile as we're lead to believe]]. However, they're firmly on the side of good as they reward Link with means of boosting his abilities and offer a treasure or two in their trials.
408* In ''VideoGame/{{Majesty}}'', players can build a temple to Krypta, Goddess of Death and recruit her Priestesses to defend the kingdom. They are not evil. They wear blood-red robes, black makeup, they summon and ensorcell the undead, and walk around with names like "Sister Lifesbane", but they aren't evil. In fact, the Priestess' Tale on [[AllThereInTheManual the game's website]] shows that they have a rather egalitarian view (death coming for everyone equally) and despising the perversions of Krypta's work that necromancers perform.
409* Emil in ''VideoGame/NieR''. He might have transformed into a skeleton with an unsettling grin and [[BadPowersGoodPeople destructive powers]], but he is still just a sweet kid. Grimoire Weiss also qualifies: he looks like knock-off [[TomeOfEldritchLore Necronomicon]], uses BloodMagic, has an impressive EvilLaugh and ego the size of a planet. Despite this, Weiss is unwaveringly loyal and genuinely cares about his friends under all his snark.
410* ''VideoGame/{{Off}}'': The Judge is a cat with a twisted, cheek-splitting, everpresent CheshireCatGrin. Despite his offputting apperance, he's a friendly aid to the Batter, and by the end [[spoiler: turns out to be the only one left to stand up to him.]]
411* The ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' series has Igor, a balding, unnaturally thin hunchback with bulging bloodshot eyes, a long, hooked nose, and a CheshireCatGrin that borders on a SlasherSmile. Despite this frightening appearance, he's one of the most benevolent figures in the franchise, serving as a kind and encouraging SpiritAdvisor to the protagonists.
412** This is played with in ''VideoGame/Persona5'', where it turns out that the [[spoiler:Igor you've been dealing with for most of the game is actually the BigBad posing as Igor. In addition to Igor's usual appearance, he has some additional creep factor added in like a much deeper voice and a more harsh style of speaking, as well as shaping the Velvet Room into the form of a prison]].
413* In ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'', a possible recruitable party member is Grieving Mother, a eerily pale-skinned, dark-haired woman with piercing eyes. She has a DarkAndTroubledPast as a midwife during a curse where children ''keep being born without souls'' and she hides her identity behind a PerceptionFilter that makes her look like a forgettable old peasant woman to nearly everybody, and she never tells anyone her real name. She also happens to be perhaps the most compassionate and morally upright person in the party besides [[NiceGuy Kana Rua]].
414* ''VideoGame/PlanescapeTorment'':
415** The Nameless One. Even if played as the nicest and noblest person ever, he will still be a corpse-like man covered by horrible scars.
416** Also Morte, who despite being a floating skull [[spoiler: who's a damned soul from the Pillar of Skulls in hell]] is the ''only'' party member who's actually good aligned.
417* Sabrina from ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', up until the ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'' remakes where her design was made more casual. She's possibly the most powerful [[PsychicPowers psychic]] human in the games, has a whip in her original appearance, has [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]], and her official art [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/7/72/Sabrinas-Eyes.jpg doesn't]] [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/19/Sabrinas-ESP.png help]] [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/2/22/Sabrinas-Psychic-Control.jpg her case]]. She is however a nice, if stoic, woman who is a ReluctantWarrior.
418** On the other side of the FourthWall, there's [[GlitchEntity Missingno/'M.]] Despite causing all sorts of glitches just by encountering them, (including corrupting the player's Hall of Fame data) it also has the [[GoodBadBugs incredibly useful side-effect]] of duplicating the item in the sixth slot of the bag. Many rare candies and Master Balls have been copied via this.
419* ''VideoGame/Reverse1999'' has a few physicians who are ''very'' unnerving despite their genuine dedication to healing others.
420** First, there is Balloon Party. WordSalad name aside, she's an incredibly unsettling, deathly pale woman who dresses and acts incredibly childishly, and has a mysterious magical affliction that lets her create balloons inside her body and release them by coughing. These balloons seem to be ''organic'' in nature, with blood vessels, skeletal systems, fully-formed organs like eyes, stomachs, and hearts, but they're primarily used to heal all manner of afflictions, especially for child patients. However, these balloons can also violently explode and afflict terrible injuries when Balloon Party wants them to, usually when she's punishing "bad" adults who abuse children or other evildoers.
421** Later, in patch 1.2, we have Tooth Fairy. She is a school physician for the SPDM, primarily treating the young children's teeth but also treating other injuries and illnesses. She is also quite responsible, calm, and reliable, the most level-headed and helpful person in a crisis. The creepiness comes with ''how'' she does this for arcanist patients: feeding them tooth fairies, living critters that ''strongly'' object to being EatenAlive (or cooked, if the patient is especially reluctant to eat them raw).
422* ''VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage'' has The Duke, an [[MysteriousBacker extremely mysterious]] and [[BigFun extremely large]] merchant [[OffscreenTeleportation who constantly appears in random places]] to do business with Ethan, offering to exchange with him useful, if suspicious goods in [[DissonantSerenity an unflinchingly polite, almost wise and "knowing" voice]]. He constantly tiptoes between being comical and unnerving as it's never made clear what his intentions are (or even [[AmbiguouslyHuman what he actually is]]), but the supplies and upgrades he sells to Ethan are immensely important to his mission, he repeatedly offers genuinely useful advice and guidance, and he ends up helping Ethan reach the final boss fight at the very end of the game seemingly just out of the goodness of his heart.
423* ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiV'' has Gustave. He's a shriveled-up looking, constantly grinning goblin with a MoneyFetish, but he's nothing but helpful to the Nahobino.
424* ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'' has shades of this for some of his members. Most notably, the ones classified as "[[TheUndead Undead]]", including Chop Chop, a [[DemBones skeleton]] knight; Ghost Roaster, a ghost who has the habit to ''eat'' other spirits; Hex, an undead [[OurElvesAreDifferent elven]] {{Necromancer}} with bone-based spells and a taste for grim lines; and Cynder, a [[TheAtoner redeemed]] [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience Black Dragon]] who despite being portrayed as a nice character is known to still creep out some of her teammates.
425* The Terror Mask of the ''VideoGame/{{Splatterhouse}}'' series. It is an ArtifactOfDoom giving its user super-strength (and in the remake, a LovecraftianSuperpower) and enjoys watching everything die. But nonetheless it helps Rick save his kidnapped girlfriend. [[spoiler:But subverted in the third game, where it was EvilAllAlong.]]
426* ''VideoGame/{{Stellaris}}'' has Necrophage empires, which are OurVampiresAreDifferent [[TheNecrocracy Necrocracy]] JustForFun/RecycledInSpace. Depending on their Ethics and Civics, they can end up as Democratic Crusaders, [[TheFederation Federation Builders]], [[HonestCorporateExecutive Peaceful Traders]]...
427* Cappy in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' is a red-eyed ghost with the creepy ability to possess hats and [[BodySurf transfer the wearer's control to whatever the hat lands on.]] He is also Mario's primary ally and power-up, like [[VideoGame/SuperMarioSunshine F.L.U.D.D.]] or [[VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy Luma]], and is helping Mario so he can save his sister Tiara.
428* ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'': The setting's foremost retired MadScientist and widely believed to be a {{Necromancer}}, Jade Curtiss can definitely pull this off when he wants to, although he spends most his time as a DeadpanSnarker.
429* ''VideoGame/{{Tattletail}}'' has [[spoiler:the titular toys, surprisingly enough. They only want to defeat their "[[BigBad Mama]]", and genuinely want to befriend the protagonist]].
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433* ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'': The show's portrayal of Cegorach is as eerie and sinister as one would expect for the god of alien {{Monster Clown}}s that are feared even by the most vile and dangerous among those same aliens. And yet, all his acts so far have been on the side of good, or at least against the worst sides: Tricking the C'Tan into destroying most of their own, violently and decisively evicting [[EvilSorcerer Ahriman]] and his warband from the Black Library (after messing with them for a bit), and the most debatable act, which is planning to destroy the Flesh Eaters, is mostly an act of revenge for his followers' demise (and [[BerserkButton mockery]]) and pointed at one of the most psychotic loyalist warbands of the Imperium who often tear apart their own civilians. He even allows the Custodians to enter the Black Library, though fittingly for the trope not without scaring them to actual tears first. In a setting like Warhammer 40000's, he's one of the closest things there is to a good guy, but he is still an utter terror even if he's on your side.
434* ''WebAnimation/MagicalBorderPatrol'': Jake Harrier is a teenager corrrupted by powerful magic into a greyskinned, [[BlackEyesOfCrazy dark eyed]] monster, but he's actually genuinely helpful.
435* Powerful spirit and PosthumousCharacter Tlaloc in ''WebAnimation/NoEvil''. Pictures of him show him to be a skeletal frog creature, and people who liked him admit that he wasn't the most sociable, but he gave his life to end the fighting over the Tezcatlipoca Mirror and left a SecretTestOfCharacter to make sure that whoever claimed his magical tuning fork was ethical enough to carry it. ([[NiceJobBreakingItHero And hey, he couldn't have known that part of the mirror would try to put the entire world to sleep after it was broken.]])
436* ''WebAnimation/EpithetErased'': Rick Shades's powers are heavy on black lightning, and his [[LargeHam over-the-top]] yet [[NoSocialSkills weird and unsettling]] persona, complete with [[ThatCameOutWrong total inability to phrase anything in a way that isn't faintly terrifying]] makes him disconcerting to spend time with. He's also a genuinely noble person who [[spoiler:throws himself [[TakingTheBullet in front of a magic blast]] to protect Molly, almost dying in the process]], and the black lightning is a manifestation of ''ThePowerOfFriendship''.
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440* ''Webcomic/AwfulHospital'': Since almost everything in the comic is some degree of creepy because of AuthorAppeal, this applies to anyone on Fern's side. This is taken farther by the fact that most of the few conventionally cute characters are evil.
441* ''Webcomic/DeepRise'': Cao, hands down, is one of few all-loving EvilutionaryBiologist in media. She and her species are notorious for causing horror and inhumanity across the ages, but by Act III she's the MessianicArchetype, building enough orphanages and hospitals to get statues of her tentacle-self erected across the continent as a symbol of hope. She resorts to disturbing-but-understandable practices when the situation demands it, such as batman-style fighting during a war and mass-lobotomy when a colony goes spontaneously insane.
442* ''Webcomic/DemonseedRedux'': Mama Baga is a rather spooky, brash lady with nothing but good intentions.
443* Agatha of ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' can definitely give off very creepy vibes, and does so with more frequency as her tale proceeds. She boasts an impressive EvilLaugh and can be disturbingly ruthless when the situation calls for it (especially when she's in her [[TheMadnessPlace Madness Place]]), but is a fundamentally good person even at her worst.
444* ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'': Kin the [[SnakePeople Yuan-ti]], who escapes a {{mook|s}} by creeping him out and then scaring him into dropping the leash that keeps her under MindControl.
445* ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'':
446** {{Psychopomp}}s peacefully escort the newly dead into the hereafter, but tend to look like {{humanoid|Abomination}} or {{animalistic abomination}}s. Two psychopomps have to enlist human help with a [[UndeadChild child ghost]] because the boy took one look at them and ran away.
447** Zimmy is a possible HumanoidAbomination, mentally and emotionally unstable, oozes black gunk from her eyes and has a violent temper, but is brave, loyal and good. Kat is also becoming this, as she is one of the most consistently kind-hearted, helpful and compassionate characters in the series, but regularly terrifies people who can see into the ether due to the [[MechanicalAbomination horrifying appearance]] of her spirit form.
448* From ''Webcomic/LeagueOfSuperRedundantHeroes'', we have [[http://superredundant.com/?p=331 Spank]] the gimp superhero. He's definitely a good guy, but good luck getting a good night's sleep after meeting him.
449* ''Webcomic/LovelyLovecraft'': The Night Gaunts and ghouls are frightening to look at, but they aid Howard and work with Randolph Carter.
450* ''WebComic/MierukoChan'': In chapter 11, Miko brings her friend Hana to a local shrine in the hopes of exorcising the latest monstrous spirit attracted to Hana's "life aura" (which [[ISeeDeadPeople only Miko can see]]). Miko ends up attracting what are apparently the gods of the shrine... and while they handily (and gruesomely) dispatch the monster, they take the form of creatures just as terrifying, and one of them gives Miko a cryptic message before they dissipate: "Three times."
451* Spookybot, a.k.a. Yay Newfriend, from ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' [[HiveMind is/are]] a powerful AI of unknown origins who introduced themselves with the words "You know that adage about how androids dream of electric sheep? We're what wakes them up screaming." They followed this up by easily helping Bubbles with a problem that [[SapientShip Station]] (the most powerful AI previously known to the cast) considered hopeless and offered encouragement and emotional support for dealing with the aftermath. They are also generally weird in both appearance and speech pattern, rather [[{{Jerkass}} high-handed]], and downright [[ColdBloodedTorture brutal]] toward enemies. As Bubbles put it in describing their power and alien-ness:
452-->'''Bubbles:''' If the spectrum of artificial intelligence is a coral reef system, that being is an ''[[GiantSquid Architeuthis]]'' lurking in the deep water beyond.
453* Jisu Han of ''Webcomic/ReturnToPlayer'' has an aura from being a Celestial Slayer that makes everyone nervous if she has it active. It has made non-Players faint and monsters run away. She's also quite willing to kill the bad guys, and one Celestial Slayer ability activates by her looking at blood.
454* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'':
455** [[BlobMonster Sergeant Schlock]]:
456--->'''[[TheMedic Dr. Bunnigus]]:''' [[http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2008-02-22 You're creepy. I'm glad you're on our side.]]
457** Lota ("[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Of The Apocalypse]]") may be the most reasonable AI around, but his quirks and choice of mechanical avatars don't exactly help him to win the trust of people.
458* ''Webcomic/RodneyRRodney'': Upon meeting him, people immediately assume he's a bad person. He is actually a very nice person.
459* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': The sentinel mage guarding a very dangerous area has a flock of AnimalEyeSpy seagulls that will collectively stare at visitors and mob anyone trying to enter the area without checking in. His system of keeping track of whether people who enter the dangerous area are still alive consists of items that magically bleed up upon their death. He has a WallOfWeapons, the social skills one can expect from someone who spends most of their time alone with many birds, and an obligation to tell visitors about various dangers of the area. Still a nice guy who will use the advance warning his seagulls give him to have tea ready for you upon your arrival.
460* In ''Webcomic/WapsiSquare'', Shelly's conscience tends to appear as a [[CreepyChild creepy little girl]], so even though she is unambiguously good, she tends to frighten people encountering her for the first time.
461* ''Webcomic/TheWeeklyRoll'' has Torvald, a necromancing dwarf who's violently opposed to taxation, possibly a necrophile, definitely a grave robber and, at the same time, one of the most mentally stable and cordial of the main characters.
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465%%* [[Website/EnigmaIngame Gormbat]]. Frighteningly deformed [[LonersAreFreaks loner]].
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469* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'':
470** Caduceus Clay has shades of this. While normally a pretty jovial guy, and one of the most unambiguously good characters in the Mighty Nein, his first act when meeting the party was to offer them [[HumanResources tea grown from the graves]] that his family has tended for generations. Coupled with his [[UnderTaker unusual upbringing]], his staff filled with [[FriendToBugs flesh eating beetles]], and how [[BlueAndOrangeMorality comfortable he is discussing death]], even his friends can occasionally find him a bit off-putting. He occasionally leans into this on purpose as well -- when he's genuinely angry or just wants to be left alone, he'll use Thaumaturgy to turn his eyes pitch black.
471** Campaign 3 gives us Laudna, a [[RevenantZombie Hollow One]] with unnaturally large black eyes, [[StringyHairedGhostGirl straggly black hair with a white streak]], a bony frame, and [[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette deathly]] [[UndeathlyPallor pale skin]]. She keeps a dead rat with a bird skull tied to her belt, and her mannerisms and body language come off as very unnerving. In addition, she can assume a [[SuperMode Form of Dread]] that warps her body in horrifying ways, complete with black ichor dripping from her fingers, eyes, and mouth. She's also quite [[PerkyGoth chipper and friendly]], loves children, and is shown to be very empathetic and supportive. In particular, she's highly attentive to the easily overwhelmed Imogen, including comforting her after her frequent nightmares.
472* WebVideo/MatthewMcCleskey plays as this in "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QFu9wTbnmk&list=PLopl3F-3RzenF9hDa6J_jXiGJlAdfCksm&index=17 Stardew Valley After You Read the Wiki]]". He's using wiki knowledge to give the [=NPCs=] their favorite gifts, but between his bloodshot eyes and KubrickStare he comes across as unsettling.
473-->'''Matthew:''' I know everything about you!
474* ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'' is an all-human TragicHero, but different parts of his personality have been explicitly compared to HIM from ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'', Baby-Doll from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' and Elsa from ''Film/{{Splice}}''.
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478* In ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', Marceline is a vampire with terrifying shapeshifting abilities but she is still an ally, though Jake is still terrified of her.
479* Mort from ''WesternAnimation/AllHailKingJulien'', for a given value of good. He's a [[AxCrazy violently insane]], immortal soul-sucking EldritchAbomination who terrifies everyone around him, but he's firmly on King Julien's side due to his obsessive love for him [[IKissYourFoot and his feet.]]
480* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'':
481** Maddie Flour is a CreepyChild who practices the dark arts... for the purpose of helping people.
482** Valeriana, an elderly salamander [[WitchClassic witch]], turns out to be [[spoiler: a member of an ancient order dedicated to protecting the world of Amphibia from evil]].
483* ''Franchise/{{Ben 10}}'' occasionally has this. Several of Ben's alien forms are downright creepy: Wildmutt is a savage-looking beast with no eyes and impressive fangs; Ripjaws looks like a [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent mermaid]] merged with a deep-sea angler fish with MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily; Big Chill is a skeletal-looking [[BigCreepyCrawlies insect]] with a ghastly voice, [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghost]]-like powers, and [[TheGrimReaper Grim Reaper]]-esque cape-wings; Swampfire and Wildvine are PlantAliens with disturbing vine abilities; and three aliens Ben acquired ([[{{Mummy}} Snare-oh]], [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Blitzwolfer]], and [[FrankensteinsMonster Frankenstrike]]) are based on classic horror monsters. Ben remained a good guy while using all of these forms. That said, [[MookHorrorShow he has no problem taking advantage on his alien forms' creepiness to scare his opponents]]...
484* Data 7 from ''WesternAnimation/CyberSix'', being a fierce-looking black panther, is this. He's actually quite friendly, and some of his interactions with [[HeartwarmingOrphan Julian]] are down-right adorable.
485* The Ghost Wolf from ''WesternAnimation/{{Kiff}}'' is a truly horrifying-looking [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin ghostly wolf]] whose main job is helping lost children get to safety.
486* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
487** Princess Luna, who, aside from turning into [[MadGod Nightmare Moon]], and having a hoodie made of bats, is a kind, just ruler. She's also quite willing to use her DreamWalker and DreamWeaver powers to give even young foals {{Nightmare Sequence}}s if it means [[ScareEmStraight teaching them]] [[AnAesop a valuable lesson]].
488** Zecora the Zebra was ostracized and feared by almost all of Ponyville, wears a face-concealing cloak that makes her eyes look like they glow, lives in the middle of the Everfree Forest (home to countless dangerous critters and plants, and host to strange supernatural phenomena) in a hut covered with grimacing masks and sinister knickknacks, and speaks in cryptic, eerie rhymes. When they decided to actually talk to her, they found out she is nothing but a good samaritan who is willing to make plenty of effort to help anypony out.
489** Post HeelFaceTurn Discord manages to be this, being a gnarled serpentine mess of mismatched animal parts. At least [[ReformedButNotTamed to the extent he can be considered "good"]], but he's ''trying'' at least.
490** In [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS4E18MaudPie "Maud Pie"]], this is how Pinkie Pie's friends see her sister Maud after they get past her [[TheStoic stoic]] and [[TheComicallySerious serious]] exterior.
491** The Tree of Harmony, the ultimate source of the heroes' villain-busting magic, the best defense against the overgrowth of the chaotic and destructive Everfree Forest, and the intelligence that directs the heroes to solve major friendship problems throughout Equestria, also happens to think the best way to encourage friendships is through terrifying and (seemingly) life-threatening FaceYourFears tests, communicates through an UncannyValley hologram, and (in a show where nearly every bad guy is either reformed, imprisoned, or escapes) straight-up [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath gruesomely kills]] six villains in one shot.
492* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'':
493** As the name implies, abomination magic is perhaps the most obviously sinister magical discipline in the Boiling Isles, consisting of summoning hideous, tormented-looking slime-golems to do your bidding. That said, the most prominent user of abomination magic in the series is Amity, who -despite starting off as a bully- [[TookALevelInKindness ultimately proves to be an absolute sweetheart]] in addition to [[spoiler:being the main character's girlfriend]] all without ever changing her skillset.
494** There's also Darius, leader of the abomination coven, who can use its magic to create weaponry and transform himself [[OneWingedAngel into a large slime monster]]. Despite coming off as villainous initially, it turns out that he's a surprisingly good father figure to [[AntiVillain Hunter]] and he's also [[spoiler:one of the Coven heads trying to stop [[BigBad Emperor Belos]]]].
495* On ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall,'' [[spoiler:Auntie Whispers]], who is mistaken for a villain before it turns out that [[BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood her actions had a good cause]].
496* The unnamed boss from ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'' looks very unsettling and has a lot of off-putting mannerisms. However, he's also a BenevolentBoss who runs a company devoted to making its clients happy.
497* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' episode "[[Recap/SouthParkS14E10Insheeption Insheeption]]": [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]], of horror film fame, turns out to be a family man and a former government agent, who specialized in dreamscape operations. He did kill those teenagers, but it was done for the sake of national security, and it was the reason he left the service. He ends up saving the day.
498* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': Pops up rather frequently.
499** In "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS1E07MuchAdoAboutBoimler Much Ado About Boimler]]":
500*** The Edosian in charge of the ''Osler'' comes off more like a creepy, evil prison warden than a captain of a medical transport. But it turns out that he was actually taking his mutated passengers to an idyllic planet for treatment after all, and he [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure admits that he could have done a much better job communicating with his passengers than he did.]] His EvilLaugh is just the way he sounds, not an indicator of malicious intent.
501*** The ''Osler'' itself is an [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver all-black starship]] with SinisterGeometry that emerges from an unfriendly-looking NegativeSpaceWedgie. It's really just a transport on a long multiple-stop journey to the Farm.
502*** The Dog has shapeshifting that borders on BodyHorror, but is otherwise mostly harmless, and is especially kind-hearted and loving towards Tendi.
503** CPO Lars Lundy lets off an unusual vibe that Boimler finds creepy, but when Lundy invites him to model for his figure drawing class (saying they've been looking for a "skeletal boy" like him), Boimler comes out of it feeling much better about Lundy than before.
504** The FramingDevice of "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS1E08Veritas Veritas]]" is all about how the lower deckers think they have been imprisoned by aliens and put on trial to testify against their commanding officers for some kind of offense. Only at the end do they realize that it's actually supposed to be a ''celebration'' in their honor for successfully rescuing one of their leaders. The dark, creepy atmosphere (which is deliberately reminiscent of the Klingon courtrooms seen in ''[[Film/StarTrekVITheUndiscoveredCountry Star Trek VI]]'' and ''[[Recap/StarTrekEnterpriseS02E019Judgment Enterprise]]'') was just the ensigns misreading the cultural signals of this species they know nothing about.
505* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': Lothwolves are this, as they are extremely large and intimidating wolves, who also happen to be sensitive to The Force and are drawn to Jedi.
506* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': The Crystal Gems defend humanity and the planet Earth with all their might. Doesn't stop them from being a bit... well... off-putting.
507** Garnet is eight feet tall, super strong, rarely shows emotion, and tends to disregard any sense of tact. And underneath her CoolShades she has three eyes.
508** [[FusionDance Alexandrite]] has two mouths, six arms, is two stories tall, and has a tendency to argue with herself.
509** Rose Quartz would seem the most personable of the Gems - nine feet tall, yes, but beautiful, open, and sweet. But in "We Need to Talk," she reveals that she doesn't really understand how people work, at all, which casts her affection for humanity into a creepy light.
510** The Cluster is a Frankensteinian amalgamation of thousands of Gem Shards forcefully fused together, and if they ever fully take form it WILL destroy the planet. The shards also came from Crystal Gems, who still want to protect the planet any way they can.
511* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'': All of the other four members of the team find Raven unsettling to some degree. Also, their enemy Dr. Light is absolutely ''terrified'' of her. [[MindRape With good reason]]. [[MookHorrorShow After all, she sucked him into tentacly darkness]].
512* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'': Minor recurring character Brick Bradley, otherwise known as a mutant called Bugman, seems like a textbook abomination due to accidentally merging himself with insects and he must get angry to willingly transform into this state. However, he is also a well-meaning superhero admired by Michelangelo and other New Yorkers, plus he has a thing for the turtles' ally April O'Neil.
513* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'': The merpeople from "Sons of the Silent Age" are a fairly civilized race who are just trying to be left alone while protecting their own. Still they look pretty creepy when they're angry and have several scenes of ominously following the heroes during their rafting trip.
514* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}'', when Claire realizes that the statues in the Hero's Forge are essentially [[DeadGuyOnDisplay past Trollhunters' corpses]], she states that it's the most heroic thing she has ever seen.
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