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11[[quoteright:340:[[Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fluffy_the_terrible_mgdmt.png]]]]
12[[caption-width-right:340:[[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Gyarados]] is unamused.]]
13->''"I have created wounded art. An uncompromising weapon that, in a fit of graceful agony, will rend and tear until there is nothing left. This creature '''is''' death."''\
14''[beat]''\
15''"I call him Fluffles."''
16-->-- '''[[https://www.goblinscomic.com/comic/02022007 Unnamed Guard,]]''' ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}''
17
18A big, scary, dangerous monster with a bizarre, cutesy name befitting a housepet. Custom dictates for the creature to be introduced by their owner calling for them, the enemies laughing at the creature's ridiculous name, only to be interrupted by [[BadVibrations earth-shaking footsteps]] as the pet enters the scene. The customary response is to [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast run away really quickly]]. [[TheScream Screaming]] is also highly recommended.
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20Sometimes writers will play with the trope by making the monster ''look'' big, scary, and vicious, [[GentleGiant and yet be as sweet and lovable as its name suggests.]] Other times, justified because the monster was named when it was not yet big, scary, or vicious.
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22A.K.A. Big Monster Cute Name. A specified variant of IronicNickname. If the monster feels a sense of shame regarding their name, it's also an EmbarrassingFirstName. Compare KillerRabbit. See also FluffyTamer, the person most likely to name the critter "Fluffy" in the first place. See SealedEvilInATeddyBear for this combined with SealedEvilInACan. See also SpecialPersonNormalName, TomTheDarkLord, SuperFunHappyThingOfDoom, PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny, and CuteAsABouncingBetty, a weapon-specific subtrope of this. When applied to the work itself, see DeceptivelySillyTitle.
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24Polar opposite of DeathbringerTheAdorable.
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26!!Examples:
27[[index]]
28* FluffyTheTerrible/AnimeAndManga
29* FluffyTheTerrible/ComicBooks
30* FluffyTheTerrible/FanWorks
31* FluffyTheTerrible/{{Film}}
32* FluffyTheTerrible/{{Literature}}
33* FluffyTheTerrible/VideoGames
34* FluffyTheTerrible/{{Webcomics}}
35* FluffyTheTerrible/WesternAnimation
36* FluffyTheTerrible/RealLife
37[[/index]]
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39[[foldercontrol]]
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41[[folder:Comedy]]
42* ''AudioPlay/TheUnfinishedSpellingErrorsOfBolkien'':
43-->The Witch-King sits on his vast, evil, bat-winged steed... Pookums.
44* Creator/BillEngvall had a routine where he mentioned dating a girl who owned a boa constrictor that she named Fluffy. He didn't find this little fact out until he went home with her one night... and she came into the bedroom wearing a nightie and the snake around her neck. She even suggested [[FetishRetardant letting the snake wrap around them as they had sex.]]
45-->''"Now that's just sick in my book!"''
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47
48[[folder:Comic Strips]]
49* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'':
50** [[https://www.gocomics.com/garfield/1979/08/08 One strip in the week-long "Garfield's History of Cats" series]] features Fluffy the Fierce. Sure, he is not much taller than any cat that'd fit the name Fluffy, but he is described as a legendary ratter. Until he meets [[RodentsOfUnusualSize Matt-the-Rat]], that is.
51** And there is also Muffin the dog, whom a little girl brings Garfield home to.
52* Starting in 2013 in ''ComicStrip/TheWizardOfId'', the Wizard keeps a dragon named Henry as a pet. (Henry is ''usually'' friendly, but being a dragon often causes accidents to happen).
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55[[folder:Jokes]]
56* Parrot Joke: A burglar has broken into a house and starts looking for valuables. Suddenly, he hears a voice: "I can see you and so does UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}}!" He waves his flashlight around, but can't see anyone. Again, the voice says: "I can see you and so does Jesus!" Then he sees a birdcage with a parrot in it.
57-->'''Burglar:''' Damn, you scared me! Who the hell are you?\
58'''Parrot:''' Gilbert.\
59'''Burglar:''' What idiot names a parrot Gilbert?\
60'''Parrot:''' [[OhCrap The same idiot who named the Rottweiler "Jesus".]]
61[[/folder]]
62
63[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
64* Kittycat the lion from ''Series/TheAddamsFamily''. It seemed harmless (at least it never hurt anyone).
65* ''Series/BoyMeetsWorld'': In Episode 14 of Season 4, Cory is arraigned for speeding but doesn't panic when he is told that the judge that will be preceding over his case has the last name "Lamb". However, the judge in question turns out to be a very strict and intimidating man despite what his name implies.
66* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
67** Buffy Summers, the Vampire Slayer. She's a tiny blonde who routinely breaks necks, chops off heads, ''[[GroinAttack slices priest's goods off]]'', and does other things most men named Jed or Dirk would shudder at. This is lampshaded when Wishverse Vampire Xander says "Someone has to talk to her people. That name is striking fear in nobody's hearts." Even her allies can't quite believe it:
68--->'''Ancient Guardian:''' What's Your name?\
69'''Buffy:''' Buffy.\
70'''Ancient Guardian:''' No, really?
71** Darla. It's such a sweet-sounding name for a sadistic and brutal vampire.
72** "Series/{{Angel}}" (or [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Angelus]]) was was specifically chosen to be an ironic name, given his evil nature but "angelic face."
73** Poet-turned-vampire William Pratt specifically takes the name "Spike" to avert this trope, after Angelus tells him that "Willie" doesn't strike the right note of terror.
74* "Jayne" is the title character from ''Series/TheComicStripPresents: Mr Jolly Lives Next Door'' -- he's a hitman.
75* In the ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "Horror Fiction in Seven Spooky Steps", Shirley's story includes the Dean as the devil telling the study group that they will meet Pilates, a demon that eats genitals.
76* ''Series/TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistance'' has peeper beetles. Despite their cutesy name, they're TheDreaded, being insects that eat your eyes out. One is used in a scene highly reminiscent of the Ceti Eel scene in ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' or the "boo box" scene from ''Film/{{Hook}}''.
77* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
78** The First Doctor's companion Vicki names a couple of her "pets" — "Sandy" (a "sand beast" that looks like a horrible googly-eyed crocodile) and "Zombo" (a Zarbi, an eight-foot-long ant monster). The former is a subversion, since despite his appearance he's actually a harmless herbivore.
79** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E2TheHappinessPatrol "The Happiness Patrol"]] gave us Helen A's vicious and downright ugly pet Stigorax called Fifi.
80** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E7TheLongGame "The Long Game"]] has the [[OverlyLongName Mighty Jagrafess of the Holy Hadrojassic Maxarodenfoe]]: a giant slug-like creature with sharp teeth. The Editor of Satellite 5 prefers to call him Max, as it's less of a mouthful.
81** Neither "River Song" nor "Melody Pond" are names that would strike terror into the hearts of sentient beings... unless they had heard of the woman they belong to.
82** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E7TheZygonInvasion "The Zygon Invasion"]] introduces us to the cold-blooded leader of group of insurgent aliens willing to start a war on earth. She orders people killed. She organizes murders. And her name is ... Bonnie? (The Doctor rejects that, choosing to call her "Zygella" instead.) Her name is intentionally mundane, since she is part of first generation of Zygons living in hiding on Earth, and her villainy is ascribed to [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything having grown bitter over her minority status and her being forced to "act human" in order to be accepted by society]].
83* Possibly a result of the writers not knowing what the term means, but an arc of ''Series/{{Dexter}}'' has the villainous Ukrainian gangsters (probably meant to be the [[TheMafiya Odesa syndicate]]) the 'Koshkas.' Koshka is a Russo-Ukrainian term for a sweet lady cat (think Duchess from ''WesternAnimation/TheAristocats''). To a speaker it's as silly as referring to the Yakuza as "The Kawaii Neko-chans".
84* In one ''Series/{{Dollhouse}}'' episode, Bennett names a sleeper assassin program "Puppies".
85* In ''Series/DrakeAndJosh'':
86** When Drake is sent to remedial English, one of the other students there has a big, intimidating Rottweiler named Cuddles.
87** In the episode with the bratty child actor, she has a big and brutish bodyguard named Citrus.
88* Inverted in an episode of ''Series/EmptyNest'' where a small lost dog charms the Weston family while destroying the household and the larger family dog Dreyfuss gets the blame. When the real owner appears, he explains to Harry Weston what the little bastard really is and calls him the appropriately named "Satan".
89* ''Series/EureekasCastle'' HalloweenEpisode "It Came From Under the Bed (Or Nightmare on Magellan Street" featured a monster that was ''actually named Fluffy.'' After spending the entire episode scaring the cast, he revealed that all he wanted was to hear the rest of the bedtime story Eureeka was reading Magellan.
90* An episode of ''Series/{{Eureka}}'' had a scientist genetically engineer a microscopic organism that ate radiation. It ended up growing into an enormous slime creature creature that was a direct nod to ''Film/TheBlob1958''. It was referred to as his "pet", as in "pet project". Its name? Spot, as in "spot remover".
91* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'':
92** [[GenderBlenderName Jayne]], TheBigGuy of the ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' crew, is a human example, and he's named his {{BFG}} ''[[ICallItVera Vera]]''.
93** Also, the single most dangerous, violent, and destructive member of the crew has the gentle, pastoral name of [[WaifFu River]].
94** And naming the ship ''Serenity''? Not remotely as comforting as it sounds. The ship was named after Serenity Valley, which was the site of the last and bloodiest battle of the Browncoat Uprising, where ''Serenity'''s captain lost his cause, his friends, his idealism and his faith in God.
95* Zigzagged on ''Series/{{Galavant}}'' when Richard purchases what he is told is a baby dragon, and gives it the mighty name Tad Cooper. Zigzagged because Tad is clearly just a lizard, as the other characters repeatedly insist. Richard never loses faith that he has a real dragon, though. [[spoiler: The series finale implies that he was right after all.]]
96-->I super-believe in you, Tad Cooper.
97* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Each Stark child receives a pup that quickly becomes a full-grown direwolf capable of tearing out throats and more than willing to savage anyone who threatens their masters. Robb, Arya, and Jon Snow go for fittingly impressive names but Sansa, Bran, and Rickon name theirs Lady, Summer, and Shaggydog respectively.
98* ''[[Recap/ScreenOneS4E9Ghostwatch Ghostwatch]]'' deals with the haunting of a poltergeist known as "Mr. Pipes", so named because originally the family blamed the noises he was making on the pipes in the walls. Despite the whimsical name, Pipes is actually the frightening and disturbed spirit of a [[CreepyCrossdresser crossdressing child molester]] named Raymond Turnstall who lived in the Earlys' home as a lodger in the 1960s and committed suicide by hanging himself (his cats ate his face, so as a ghost he has a SkullForAHead). [[spoiler:More terrifyingly, Pipes is heavily implied to be just one constituent identity for an ancient EldritchAbomination that has haunted the area around Foxhill Drive for centuries, even before the presence of humans in Britain.]]
99* Twinkles the [[MegaNeko monstrous kitten]] in ''Series/TheGoodies''.
100* In one episode of ''Series/HowNotToLiveYourLife'', Don dates a girl who had a pet lion named Puss-Puss. She also uses this as a nickname for her father, who is just as scary.
101* One episode of ''Series/{{Hustle}}'' had a scary-ass ImplacableMan named Pinky Byrne.
102* Tibbles from ''Series/ICarly'', the pooch of Fred/Lucas, described by Freddie as being either a large dog or a small bear.
103* In ''Series/{{Lexx}}'' Cluster Lizards are 10 foot long vicious carnivorous worms. The pilot movies had a baby one affectionately named "Squish".
104* An episode of ''Series/{{Life|2007}}'' had a suspect talking about his cat "Fluffy". When Crews returns later, he encounters Fluffy, who happens to be a tiger.
105* Spot, the dragon from ''Series/TheMunsters'' (never seen in full).
106* On ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' there are quite a few more grotesque looking monsters. The biggest one is 9 feet tall, shaggy, fanged, and beastly strong and is named.... Sweetums. Sweetums usually plays characters that really ''are'' pretty friendly, once you get past their appearance. In the original ''Muppet Movie'', Sweetums was referred to as "Jack", though he explains "Jack not name, jack job!": he ''lifts cars'' for a living. The name originated in his debut appearance a few years before ''The Muppet Show'' in ''Film/TalesFromMuppetlandTheFrogPrince'', where he was the henchman of a witch named Taminella, who treated him like a pet and also called him things like "my little Bunnykins".
107* In the episode of ''Series/MythBusters'' that dealt with the Hindenburg, the [[TwoLinesNoWaiting B story]] involved the build team annoying some crocodiles, and at one point they were introduced to the three most ornery crocs at the farm where they filmed: Fluffy, Skipper and Bob.
108* ''Series/PeakyBlinders'':
109** ''Series/PeakyBlinders'' sounds like the name of the tomboyish girl next door in a Nickelodeon cartoon... but is in fact the name of an extremely vicious street gang. The name comes from the way they use their signature weapon, a ''peaky'' cap with razorblades sewn into the brim, to ''blind'' people who stand in their way by cutting out their eyes.
110** In Season 5, the Peaky Blinders run up against a gang called "The Billy Boys", who sound like a silly bunch, and indeed, their introductory scene has them emerging from the forest singing a song many viewers will recognize as a sports chant associated with the Rangers Football Club. They're actually a ViolentGlaswegian gang who serve as muscle for the Union of British Fascists, and a ''very'' nasty organization. Like the Blinders themselves, the Billy Boys were a real gang, too.
111* Halfway through Season 3 of ''Series/PersonOfInterest'', an {{artificial intelligence}} called [[GoodSamaritan Samaritan]] is introduced into the storyline. It comes fully online at the end of the season, [[AIIsACrapshoot completely immoral, with no compunctions about killing others for its own gain or survival]], and [[BigBrotherIsWatching no restrictions on who can utilize its near-omnipresent surveillance]], in complete contrast to the {{black box}}ed [[BenevolentAI Machine]].
112* In ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'', misfit henchman Elgar is threatened with being made to play with Scrudley, a never-explicitly-seen monster.
113* On ''Series/RobotWars'' several of the fighting machines had rather innocuous names, like Wheely Big Cheese (a large yellow wedge capable of hurling a robot over ten feet through the air) or Pussycat (a robot with a whirling blade capable of slicing through armour with ease). Most notably was the robot ''actually'' called Fluffy, which had a double-bladed whirling axe on the front capable of tearing giant chunks out of opponents.
114* [[ScaryBlackMan Loki Hayes]] from ''Series/SantaClaritaDiet'' is a scary gangbanger wanted for larceny, homicide, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking impersonating a forest ranger.]] His pet is a six-foot banana python named "Baby". Subverted in that Baby is a rescue, and [[GentleGiant looks much scarier than he really is]] [[SnakesAreSinister by virtue of being a snake.]]
115* ''Series/ShakespeareAndHathawayPrivateInvestigators'': In the Series Two finale, "[[Recap/ShakespeareAndHathawayPrivateInvestigatorsS2E10 Too Cold For Hell]]", the titular detectives' latest clients are a young married couple whose belongings were stolen by a fraudulent moving company, including an urn containing the ashes of the wife's late grandmother, entrusted to her by her "Uncle Cuddles." She has no idea that "Uncle Cuddles" is actually a notorious international gangster whose real name, Claude Mortimer, rings instant bells with both the British police and Interpol.
116* ''Series/StargateAtlantis'':
117** You knew the child [[WellExcuseMePrincess princess]] was going to be trouble the second you found out her name was "Harmony". She didn't disappoint.
118** Also in ''[[Series/StargateAtlantis Atlantis]]'', Colonel Sheppard routinely names the big scary [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Space Vampires]] things like "Bob", "Steve", etc. The most prominent of said Wraith was dubbed "Todd".
119* ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' keeps a Weevil, one of the [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily man-eating]] [[AliensInCardiff local aliens]], in their ElaborateUndergroundBase. Her name is Janet (Jack was going to call her Barbara, but it just didn't suit her).
120* The unspeakably frightening [[BigBad main villain]] of ''Series/TwinPeaks'' is a demon who likes to [[DemonicPossession possess people]] and turn them into {{serial killer}}s who murder and rape the people they love. His name is Bob. Or actually BOB. It's spelled in all caps.
121* In the final episode of the original ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'', we are introduced to Ultraman's superior officer, a warrior so powerful he is later revealed to have annihilated multiple alien invasions singlehandedly. His name...is ''Zoffy''.
122* ''Series/TheWire'':
123** The street names for many hardened Baltimore criminals are pretty unassuming, such as "Cheese" and "Peanut".
124** Major Colvin is a tough veteran of the police force whose nickname is "Bunny". He is quick to remind you that only his friends are allowed to call him that.
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127[[folder:Music]]
128* In Devin Townsend's concept album "Ziltoid The Omniscient", the Sixth Dimensional Planet Smasher is named... Herman. He hates musicals.
129* This trope is behind the name of the HeavyMetal band Budgie; lead guitarist and singer Burke Shelley liked the idea of a loud, hard-rocking band with a name that was basically the opposite of that.
130[[/folder]]
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132[[folder:Myths & Religion]]
133* TheFairFolk was one of the older names for fairies. The name is deliberately ironic; they were anything but fair, but calling them by more accurate names might draw their ire. Some note that "fair" also means beautiful, which is [[InhumanlyBeautifulRace quite a common trait for them.]] Others note that while they aren't very nice, they ARE "fair" in that [[IGaveMyWord they hold up their side of a bargain...]] [[ExactWords You just have to be very, very specific about what that side entails.]]
134* CelticMythology: When Fionn Mac Cumhaill is defending a fort from a hag and her three monstrous sons, one is a [[CatFolk cat-headed humanoid]] named Pus An Chuine, which translates to the not-so-intimidating-sounding "Pus of the Corner." Despite the name he's actually the strongest and deadliest of his brothers, with his head still capable of moving around and fighting after it's been cut off.
135* Cerberus is the three-headed {{hellhound}} who guards TheUnderworld in Myth/ClassicalMythology. One theory for his name's origin is the root Indo-European word ''ḱerberos'', "spotted." This would mean that Hades, Lord of the Underworld, named his dog "Spot." The other potential sources of the name are "Creoboros", meaning "flesh-devouring" and "Ker berethrou", meaning "evil of the pit", though, which are decidedly less cuddly.
136* In Basque Mythology, the almighty snake-god of [[ShockAndAwe lightning]] is called... ''Sugar''. It's more a case of InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike though, since this will only sound funny to English speakers.
137* Myth/AztecMythology:
138** One of the most menacing figures in Aztec mythology is the WarGod Huitzilopochtli. He's known for having killed most of his 400 siblings shortly after being born and a lot of Aztec human sacrifices were dedicated to him. His name means "Left-Handed Hummingbird".
139** There's an Aztec god of chaos, sorcery, and obsidian, whose name translates to the much more impressive-sounding "The Smoking Mirror" - but in a case of InMyLanguageThatSoundsLike, his actual name is Tezcatlipoca, which sounds like "cat" (aptly enough, his sacred animal was the jaguar) and "polka".
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142[[folder:Roleplay]]
143* In ''Roleplay/TheGamersAlliance'', Plushiebunny's second form turns into a horrific monster whose appearance makes many heroes wet themselves in fear.
144* ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'' v4 has Kenny the bear, whose one and only appearance on the island so far is attacking and killing an inactive student. It's heavily implied he used to have human owners who kept him in the cage.
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147[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
148* In ''TabletopGame/{{Eberron}}'' the fringe religion of ''The Blood of Vol'' has many sub-organizations like the "Crimson Covenant," the "Order of the Emerald Claw," the "Hornblade Clan," or the "Keepers of Blood". And then there's the much more happy-sounding ''"Cult of Life."'' Yes, [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast you should start running now]].
149* ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' contains a lot of [[SuperFunHappyThingOfDoom fun]]. The Old Xoblob Shop (Waterdeep) has a bouncer named Guraim the Gentle Persuader, also useful as a rack for candles. It's an iron {{golem}}.
150* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': "To the camp, it was a fierce and loyal protector. To the sentry's youngest daughter, it would always be her Wuv Muffin." -- Flavor text for [[http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?name=Patrol%20Hound Patrol Hound]]
151* ''TabletopGame/{{Malifaux}}'': He is a towering monstrosity of teeth and claws, a literal incarnate nightmare, the most physically imposing creature amongst the Neverborn. His name is Lord Chompy Bits.
152* In ''TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}}'', any piece of equipment can be an [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom "x ...OF DOOM"]] with the right bonus card attached. This occasionally results in a player toting around a Cute Shoulder Dragon...OF DOOM.
153* ''TabletopGame/MutantChronicles'':
154** The Prophet of the Great Darkness, the Harbinger of Doom, the only human to carry an unholy Skalak sword and the only individual the followers of all five Dark Apostles respect is named... Billy.
155** The early editions have Bauhaus' Quality Control agents. They do exactly what it sounds like; track down people who are selling substandard goods under the Bauhaus brand. What is rarely mentioned is that people who abuse Bauhaus' good name and reputation in that way tend to die, in very public, painful and messy ways. [[SeriousBusiness "B is for 'Bauhaus', B is for 'Best'"]], indeed.
156* The box art of ''Quarriors! Light vs Dark'' includes a parody "lost pet" poster depicting one of the game's monsters:
157-->LOST - Black Cat [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom Of Doom]] -- Answers to "Sprinklepuffs" -- Last seen around the deepest depths of Hades
158* Not to be outdone, ''TabletopGame/{{Spelljammer}}'' has, in increasing order of fearsomeness, the Giant Space Hamster, the Armor-Plated Giant Space Hamster, the [[RunningGag Carnivorous Flying Giant Space Hamster]], [[OverlyLongGag Fire-Breathing Phase Doppleganger Space Hamster]], Tyrannohamsterus Rex, and, of course, [[NamesToRunAwayFrom Wooly Rupert]].
159* The sample characters in ''TabletopGame/{{Toon}}'' include The Crusher, [[DeathbringerTheAdorable a two-foot tall little green man with a meek voice who nevertheless makes the ground shake when he walks]]. He's not an example of this trope, but his enforcer is, a hulking alien brute with the unassuming name of Percy.
160* TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}} and TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 has the [[AxCrazy bloodthirsty]] WarGod Khorne, while his name seems intimidating when written down it's actually pronounced corn. This has led to a [[MemeticMutation meme]] about about a cereal called "Khorne Flakes".
161** ''Warhammer'' has a Chaos God by the name of the Great Horned Rat. Sounds about as intimidating as "the fur-bearing trout", but his children are the ''incredibly'' destructive [[RatMen rat-people]] known as the Skaven, and they take him ''very'' seriously indeed.
162* The ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' game has [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Guard_Dog Guard Dog]], a vicious-looking Beast whose name -- shown by its doghouse if you look closely - is "Beth".
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165[[folder:Theatre]]
166* In ''Theatre/JasperInDeadland'', Mr Lethe's NightmarishFactory is run by an [[HillbillyHorrors evil redneck]] called "Little Lu", who is implied to be the fallen angel Lucifer.
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169[[folder:Theme Parks]]
170* Several examples at Ride/DisneyThemeParks:
171** The 50-foot king cobra inside the ''Ride/IndianaJonesAdventure'' at Disneyland is known as Fluffy to those who work there.
172** Along the same lines, the roaring, red-eyed, befanged Yeti on the ''Matterhorn Bobsleds'' is named "Harold".
173** To the cast members who work on ''Theatre/{{Fantasmic}}'', the animatronic dragon Maleficent was named "Bucky". Since the upgrade, its name has been changed to "Murphy" as a shout-out to MurphysLaw (the upgraded dragon had some serious operating problems during its first few months).
174** The horrifying flaming skeletal ghost starring in the Halloween ''[[Ride/SpaceMountain Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy]]'' overlay is named "Bob".
175* In the former ''[[Theatre/SpecialEffectsShow Special Effects Stages]]'' at Ride/UniversalStudios, the large werewolf robot shown in the Creature Factory room was known as "Fluffy".
176* Do ''not'' be fooled by the the name of the roller coaster known as "The Smiler" over at [[Ride/AltonTowers Alton Towers]]. Yes, it ''is'' themed after smiling, but for [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul a reason that could give you a heart attack more out of fear rather than sweetness]].
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179[[folder:Trading Cards]]
180* The ''Killer Cards'' card "Pit Bull" depicts a pit bull biting someone's finger off, a doghouse in the background revealing that the pit bull's name is Cupcake.
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183[[folder:Web Animation]]
184* In the third episode of ''WebVideo/DontHugMeImScared'', the murderous god that the Love Cult worships is named... Malcolm.
185* The Brazilian comedy/dark humour creators Rodrigo and Ricardo Piologo, creators of ''WebAnimation/MundoCanibal'', have a character: A sociopathic, lunatic, merciless, grey-haired, [[RedEyesTakeWarning red-eyed]] [[AxCrazy killer]] whose white shirt is bloodstained from his killings more often than not. His name is...! Boby.
186* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'':
187** The Blue team finds a very dangerous alien who teams up with them.
188--->'''Caboose:''' OK, gargantuan alien... Now that we've decided to keep you, you need a real name. I vote for "Fluffy".\
189'''Tucker:''' Fluffy?!\
190'''Caboose:''' Fluffy! The alien that only loves!
191** He later settles for "Crunchbite", which still isn't all that dangerous sounding.
192** In Season 11, Caboose finds an active war robot which he promptly names Freckles.
193** And in Season 13, Caboose meets an AI made by the same species "Fluffy" belonged to. He dubs it Santa, and the name both sticks and [[LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand grinds the BGM to a halt.]]
194* ''WebAnimation/HellsBelles'': The terrifying demon who oversees punishments on [[CirclesOfHell level nine]] is named... Greg. He's also dating Penny and is very sweet to her.
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197[[folder:Web Original]]
198* Podcast/TheAdventureZoneBalance features the Hunger, an EldritchAbomination that eats planes of existence. When Merle manages to contact it through the Parlay spell, its representative is a middle aged motivational speaker named John.
199* From the pages of Website/DeviantArt, we get the [[http://blaze-drag.deviantart.com/gallery/11850169#/d2mfr0r LemonLoaf]]. Most of this guys weapons qualify as {{BFS}}, but he has done some {{BFG}} work as well.
200* ''Website/DragonCave'': one dragon species in particular was designed for this. Its release went like this; people picked up eggs with the sweet, unassuming description "This egg is bright. And pink." The hatchlings were sweet, adorable, stood on one leg (and yes, were pink). Alphabetical sort revealed that they began with the letter "f", and everyone was squeeing over the adorable little Flamingo Wyverns. Then they grew up into ferocious, deadly looking (but still pink) monsters that were incredibly violent and territorial.
201* ''WebVideo/HellsBelles'': Penny's boyfriend, a terrifying demon who runs Level 9 (the lowest level of Hell) is named... Greg. Played with in that personality-wise he's a sweet guy, but his day job is basically a TortureTechnician.
202** Lily's soft-sounding name belies her MamaBear nature.
203* In Chapter 9 of ''[[Literature/TheIntercontinentalUnionOfDisgustingCharacters The Intercontinental Proliferation of Disgusting Characters]]'', Peter Perfect's new paladin mount is revealed to be an undead great wyrm gold dragon. He calls her "Fluffball."
204* You'd think that a creature called [[http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/pansyface.htm The Polka-Dotted Pansyface]] would be rather harmless, right? In ''Website/{{Mortasheen}}'', you'd be very, very wrong.
205* LetsPlay/PlayFrame, Dan Floyd's LetsPlay channel, has a recurring ''Franchise/DarkSouls'' and ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' co-op partner named Lady Jingle. Sounds like something a little old lady would name her cat, right? Except Lady Jingle belongs to Dan Jones, a veteran of the franchise, and is a force to be reckoned with, frequently mowing down entire rooms full of enemies before Floyd even has time to get in on the action. The two of them also make frequent mention of her habit of [[VideogameCrueltyPotential murdering innocent NPCs]] [[ItAmusedMe for her own amusement]], though since summoned characters can't mess with [=NPCs=] in the host's world, this is more or less limited to an InformedAttribute within [=PlayFrame=] itself.
206* ''Literature/TheSalvationWar'' has Yahweh's pet, the first beast of revelations, which is essentially a 200-foot giant leopard with seven heads and ten horns. Its name? Wuffles. The name is practically a throwaway line in Yahweh's court, the humans it was sicced on have yet to identify it other than "ruthless giant killing machine [[spoiler:which smacked Fort Bragg into next week, took up to aerial bombing and tank barrages before it died, and still had enough power in its death throes to form a giant escape portal]]". The second beast of revelations (Scarlet) is named Fluffy. [[spoiler:It (and its rider) taste [[MolotovTruck a truck full of explosives]] driven by a Hamas operative followed by the arguments of ''sixteen'' 2-ton bombs. Both turn out to dislike them ''a lot'']].
207* The infamous SMILE.DOG picture. Its name may conjure up images of a [[PreciousPuppies cute]] retriever or something similar. If anyone is seriously [[SchmuckBait curious]] about the picture, there are links as well as more reliable descriptions of SMILE.DOG on the [[NightmareFuel Nightmare Fuel -- TvTropes]] page.
208* ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'': Of the myriad {{Eldritch Abomination}}s roaming Night Vale, The Good Boy is by far the most evil. It's heavily implied that [[spoiler:he is actually Satan incarnate.]]
209* In the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'', several Ultraviolents (students with a penchant for violence and blood) keep a twenty-foot-long flesh-eating demonic worm as a beloved pet. They call it "Fluffy".
210* Among the horrifying creatures Orc Hunter Tednugent finds during the events of ''FanFic/YouAwakenInRazorHill'', are amphibious sharks that are described as permanently being in a "Pit of Endless Ravening" level of hunger. Ted manages to tame one... and names him "Larry".
211* From the files of The ''Website/SCPFoundation''.
212** The old man sounds harmless right? In reality it is a terrifying intelligent monster that loves to cause pain.
213** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-096 SCP-096]], AKA "The Shy Guy". A fairly benign name for one the Foundation's most dangerous entities. A basically invulnerable monster who will literally hunt a person who sees its face to the ends of the earth.
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