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10[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Rabbit_Killer_Small_5885.jpg]]
11[[caption-width-right:350:[[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail LOOK AT THE BONES!]]]]
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13->''"That's no ordinary rabbit! That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on!"''
14-->-- '''Tim the Enchanter''', ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''
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16It's small. It's fluffy. It's ''[[RidiculouslyCuteCritter adorable]]''. But if you get on its bad side, your death will be swift and painful. Beware the cute ones.
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18Related to but distinct from FluffyTheTerrible, as well as being sort of a subtrope to OurMonstersAreWeird, the Killer Rabbit is any monster that's [[PintsizedPowerhouse far more dangerous than it looks]]. Maybe [[CuteBruiser it's strong for its size]], [[PoisonousPerson poisonous on a massive level]], has flesh-rending pointy bits that aren't readily apparent, or can just [[OneWingedAngel turn into something far more dangerous]]. Particularly devastating ones can even be {{Instakill Mook}}s. Either way, it can make a person wary of [[PickOnSomeoneYourOwnSize picking on small, defenseless animals]], much like the OldMaster can make a person more eager to respect their elders. In many cases, the creature isn't even all that harmful unless you actually mess with it, whether intentionally or not.
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20This trope takes its name from the "Dread Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog" in ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'', which seems to be a completely ordinary bunny rabbit, with the notably unusual ability to leap through the air at high speed and tear out people's throats.
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22This creature is also known as a "[[FanNickname Vorpal Bunny]]", a name which comes from the monster of that name in the original ''VideoGame/{{Wizardry}}'' game from 1981, possibly inspired by the Creator/MontyPython movie and is named after "The Vorpal Blade", a fictional sword used to decapitate the title creature in the Creator/LewisCarroll poem "Literature/{{Jabberwocky}}". The name also spread (via ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'') to other games such as ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory'' and ''VideoGame/UltimaOnline''.
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24There's [[TruthInTelevision enough truth behind this]] that one of the first things many children are taught is "don't try to play with any animal until you know it's friendly." (Another lesson, learned later in life by many, sometimes ''too'' late, is: "Animals can become ''un''friendly ''pretty damn fast''.")
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26Specific types of Killer Rabbits include [[GirlScoutsAreEvil Evil Girl Scouts]] and {{Ridiculously Cute Critter}}s that are [[CuteIsEvil secretly evil]]. ''Civilizations'' that are more dangerous than they look are {{Superweapon Surprise}}s. Killer Rabbits are the most notable subversion of WhatMeasureIsANonCute, which is pervasive enough for everyone to assume that cute animals are friendly by default.
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28This trope is pervasive enough that if any of the StandardFantasyRaces in games seems to be cute and harmless, they would by definition have to be occasional Killer Rabbits to make them viable to play.
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30For cases where the Killer Rabbit is a ''literal'' rabbit, see HairRaisingHare.
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32PsychoPoodle is another subtrope of this.
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34If it has a scary name, but not a scary demeanor (such as [[VolatileTasmanianDevil Tasmanian devils]]), it's DeathbringerTheAdorable. If it's scary-looking but innocent, it might be a CuteMonster.
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36Compare: HappyFunBall, BewareTheNiceOnes, PintSizedPowerhouse, TheCatfish, CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass, CuteButCacophonic, BadassAdorable, SuperFunHappyThingOfDoom, CuteCreatureCreepyMouth, and TheNotSoHarmlessPunishment. If the video game character becomes a Killer Rabbit only when you hamper him, then he's SavageSetpiece.
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38Contrast PaperTiger, which looks menacing but is virtually harmless.
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40Not to be confused with [[WesternAnimation/WhatsOperaDoc Kill da Wabbit]].
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42!!Example subpages:
43[[index]]
44* KillerRabbit/AnimeAndManga
45* KillerRabbit/ComicBooks
46* [[KillerRabbit/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]]
47* KillerRabbit/{{Literature}}
48* KillerRabbit/LiveActionTV
49* KillerRabbit/TabletopGames
50* KillerRabbit/VideoGames
51* KillerRabbit/{{Webcomics}}
52* KillerRabbit/WesternAnimation
53[[/index]]
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55!!Other examples:
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58[[folder:Advertising]]
59* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yfLD6E_5W8 The Chainsaw Ferret Massacre Mountain.]]
60* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7itlj1yM9l4 The Bud Ice Penguins.]]
61* This Fruitsnackia commercial, "[[https://vimeo.com/102743516 Claw Machine]]" involves Larry trying to win a cute plush toy for his girlfriend Gigi after failing to impress her with the high striker. However, the machine [[MechanicalLifeforms comes to life]] and puts Larry inside it. He then gets squeezed and fed to the plush toys that [[FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon turn out to be violent little monsters]].
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64[[folder:Art]]
65* ''Art/LaserKiwiFlag'': The flag features an adorable kiwi that would be assumed harmless. However, this kiwi is shown to be a major threat due to the lasers it shoots from its eyes.
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69* ''Blog/HamstersParadise'' has the Harmsters, a race of sapient rodents that look like adorable long-tailed Ewoks-- who also revel in war, genocide and cannibalism and are an entire race of sadistic, sociopathic psychos who take great joy in the act of killing.
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72[[folder:Card Games]]
73%%* ''TabletopGame/KillerBunniesAndTheQuestForTheMagicCarrot''
74* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': There are a number of "cute" creatures who boast power enough to be playable, with some even appearing at the [[TournamentPlay tournament level]]:
75** [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=382915 Deranged Hermit]] summons [[ZergRush four 1/1]] ''squirrel'' tokens when it enters play.
76** [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=31836 Squirrel Nest]] enchants a land so that when you tap it, you put a 1/1 squirrel token into play. Not a bad way to ensure that you always have a "chump blocker" ready to play.
77** [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=6138 Jackalope Herd]] is a 4/5 creature for a mere 4 mana, but has the drawback of being returned to your hand if you play a spell. Naturally, clever players have found a way to turn this into an advantage -- if it gets hit with removal, just cast whatever utility spell you have handy to snatch it back to your hand. Alternatively, use its "drawback" in conjunction with post-attack spellcasting to give it a sort of jury-rigged "vigilance" ability.
78** Most sets feature a 1/1 for 1 Mana (usually black or green) with the Deathtouch ability. This means that the creature has the smallest possible statline that can deal damage, but the single damage it deals will kill anything not specifically protected from it. This includes things like Demon Lords, Archangels, Dragons, and two out of three of the Eldrazi titans, the setting's analog of Cthulhu.
79** [[https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=94911 Vizzerdrix]] is a bunny/''piranha''. Though a 6/6 creature, its high mana cost and lack of an ability make it pretty impractical. Still, it can defeat most ''dragons'' and ''angels'' in a straight up fight.
80** The various, non-tournament-legal "Un-" sets (''Unglued'', ''Unhinged'', etc.) boast a number of these cards. The ''Unglued'' expansion set gave us the Infernal Spawn of Evil, a powerful beast from the darkest pits of hell. [[https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=9779 This is what it looks like]]. Not to be outdone, the ''Unhinged'' set introduced its even stronger child, the demon known only as the [[https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=73981 Infernal Spawn of Infernal Spawn of Evil]]. Then there's that other ''Unhinged'' set card, [[https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=74274 When Fluffy Bunnies Attack]]. Finally, in the ''Unsanctioned'' box set, we see [[https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=479433 Infernius Spawnington III, Esq.]], the grandchild of the aforementioned Infernal Spawn of Evil, who's the strongest one yet.
81* ''TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}}'':
82** There's a level 2 monster that's basically a rabbit with a switchblade, where the Bad Stuff is "you die" (yes, a literal KillerRabbit; not surprising since he's actually Bun-bun, the ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' character). One time in six, it turns into a level 15 monster, as "That One Rabbit from [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail That One Movie]]", and it's too late to get help.
83** The ''Munchkin Bites!'' expansion has 17th-level monster The Evil, also from ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance''. For those not versed in the webcomic, it's an adorable cute kitten. It steals a level from you just by ''meeting it''.
84** The [[FeatheredFiend Duck of Doom]]. You should know better than to pick up a duck in a dungeon!
85* ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' gives us [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Mokey_Mokey Mokey Mokey]]. It looks cute and harmless, and it is, but with [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Mokey_Mokey_Smackdown this card]] present on the field at the same time, you ''will not'' want it to get angry.
86** [[https://yugipedia.com/wiki/Injection_Fairy_Lily Injection Fairy Lily]] is a adorable little fairy nurse with 400 attack points. Pay 2000 life points, and the ''3000 attack points'' she gains will let her trounce the legendary Blue Eyes White Dragon with ease.
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89[[folder:Comic Strips]]
90* ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable''. There was the 'squirrel as a fifth level monster' from the strip "The Most Dangerous (Small) Game". Also, llamas in B.A.'s campaign have horns and gore people.
91* ''ComicStrip/TwistedToyfareTheatre'' usually brings in [[TheScrappy unpopular characters]] in order to gruesomely kill them for a TakeThat. [[Franchise/StarWars The Ewoks]], however, instead became a race of vicious, psychopathic Killer Rabbits who dismember, kill, and [[ImAHumanitarian eat]] anything that crosses them. Mostly because they '''are''' little carnivores with no regards for intelligent life, ''from the original canon''.
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94[[folder:Fan Works]]
95* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4730390/1/Naruto_Genkyouien Naruto Genkyouien]]'', the Kyuubi no Kitsune is revealed to be the kitsune version of a five year old, named Higashiyama Sayuri. An adorable girl, the youngest daughter of a large family of many sisters and nieces, who wouldn't have become a Kyuubi if it wasn't for [[NoodleIncident Kitsune Poker Night]]. The rampage of destruction and the attack on Konoha? [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments She discovered her giant fox form and chased her tails.]] However, she also happens to be really, really good with [[PlayingWithFire fire]]. Meaning she tends to set everything on fire or [[StuffBlowingUp blow them up]]. And then there's the [[KamehameHadoken Pwetty Beam]]... She's still a little girl of course. Just a very powerful one. And clumsy...
96* In a literal example from the [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/66727/Daneel-Rush same author as Naruto Genkyouien]]. The ''FanFic/TamersForeverSeries'' does a very convincing job of showing [=BlackTerriermon=] to be a far more competent fighter than one would assume given his harmless-looking appearence.
97** Then there's [[spoiler: the original Terriermon going toe to toe with '''''Daemon''''' during the second to last chapter.]]
98* In ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' FanFic ''Fanfic/GirlDays'', Nabiki got morphed into a ''literal'' bunny girl during an arc. And she was ''not'' happy about it. She rambled over killing the idiot had turned her into that, and fetched a lot of firearms to do right that. The author even reinforces the trope:
99-->Here the author inserts an explanation. Most people think of rabbits as cute peaceful creatures-- unless they have read ''Literature/WatershipDown''.
100-->DOMESTIC rabbits may be that way, but wild rabbits can be quite belligerent, fight ruthlessly, and are pretty tough for something on their link of the food chain.
101--> And Nabiki, who would normally stay back and say that it's not her problem, was at the moment in full blown berserk wild rabbit mode.
102** AuthorAppeal: Kenko seems fond of this trope. In another fic of his, ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/380988/1/PARAGON Paragon]]'', Ranma describes rabbits like "Tough critters in the wild, you know, real fighters."
103* Almost every spinoff of the [[Webcomic/NuzlockeComics Nuzlocke Challenge]] ends up with an adorable, harmless-looking, low-tier Pokemon that dishes out disproportionate amounts of hurt. A classic example is Petty's Butterfree, Lulu, who gleefully curbstomps two of Kanto's Elite Four under her own power.
104* In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5432341/1/The-Black-Bunny The Black Bunny]]'' [[spoiler: Voldemort]]'s animagus form is a fluffy black bunny.
105* In ''Fanfic/TheLionKingAdventures'', the wild Mambo beasts are [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter deceptively cute critters]] who hunger for animal flesh.
106-->'''Simba:''' You can't just ''kill'' them. That's way too mean!\
107'''Haiba:''' You've gotta be kidding me! They're wild Mambo beasts! They're vicious killers with a hunger for the fleshy... flesh of cubs like us.
108* ''FanFic/AGrowingAffection'' has Sol, Hinata's preferred familiar. She is a three-foot long albino squirrel. Unlike many of the other ninja animal clans, the squirrels are more trackers, scouts, and messengers than fighters. Sol is an outcast among her (normally black furred) clan because her albinism causes her to stand out. As a result, she is even more timid and apologetic than her contractor. She also helped Hinata [[spoiler:seal the Two-Tails Cat]] (to be fair, her brother, Neji, and Tenten also helped) and when her BerserkButton was pressed went toe-to-toe with an [[spoiler:Impure World Resurrection version of Tayuya.]]
109* In ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestria'', Angel Bunny becomes this, becoming known as "[=DoomBunny=]" to the Zebras. He even invents and regularly uses Stampede, the equivalent to Slasher.
110* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6238824/31/The-Sorting-Hat-s-Stand The Sorting Hat's Stand]]'' one of the creatures Harry populates his mindscape with as a defensive measure is a vorpal bunny.
111* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9051968/6/Harry-Potter-Unexpected-Animagus Harry Potter, Unexpected Animagus]]'' Luna's animagus form is a Very Carnivorous Rabbit.
112* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11898648/48/Harry-Potter-and-the-Rune-Stone-Path Harry Potter and the Rune Stone Path]]'' Harry manages to find Luna a Crumple-Horned Snorkack, which turns out to be an adorable, docile sheep-like creature that likes to lick people. During the Final Battle the very same animal kills several of Voldemort's minions by ''tearing their throats out''.
113* We never see the battle against it, but in ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'', one of the floor bosses is "Sheeptar the Sheep King," a wall-crawling, acid-spitting nightmare.
114-->'''Kirito:''' We're still talking about a sheep, right? Not, like, a fluffy [[Franchise/{{Alien}} xenomorph?]]\
115'''Asuna:''' ''It's a really stupid boss!''\
116'''Kirito:''' Apparently not ''that'' stupid if it killed seven of you...\
117'''Asuna:''' (''sigh'') Twelve now, actually.
118* ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' makes it clear that cute/small Pokémon should ''not'' be underestimated:
119** In the Argenta Interlude, the title character's Pachirisu begins its day defeating a ''Garchomp'', and later does the same to ''398'' more opponents in a row.
120** The Iris Gaiden mentions [[MadScientist Dr. Julius Garonte]], whose Sylveon ([[FluffyTheTerrible nicknamed "Princess Sparky Eyes"]]) is confirmed to have mauled seventeen people to death.
121* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13059477/15/Step-back-in-time Step back in time]]'' a potion mishap creates an unspecified number of vampire rabbits.
122* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11113209/19/Deductive-Thought Deductive Thought]]'' a bunny in the Triwizard Tournament maze bites Harry on the finger when he tries petting it, then proceeds to rip open a blast-ended skrewt.
123* ''Fanfic/RubyPair'': As part of the chapter's parade of {{Shout Out}}s to ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'', the Beast King of "Gaols & Ghouls" turns out to be a fluffy white rabbit which is quickly revealed to be the deadliest fighter in the whole game world.
124* ''Fanfic/BoldoresAndBoomsticks'' has [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Zwei]]. A cute adorable corgi from [[DeathWorld Remnant]] who meets Absol [[AtopAMountainOfCorpses looking down from a pile of Grimm he'd just killed.]]
125-->'''Absol:''' ''Are you... sure you aren't, like, a Corgion or something?''
126* ''Fanfic/VoyagesOfTheWildSeaHorse'' has Shampoo, who was already a BadassAdorable, eat a [[{{Animorphism}} Zoan-type]] [[PowerUpFood Devil Fruit]] that merges with her original Jusenkyo curse to turn her into a [[MixAndMatchCritters adorable little cat-rabbit]]. It ''also'' amplified her SuperStrength and SuperSpeed, allowing the "sweet little bunny-kitty" to dodge bullets and kick its way through the hull of a battleship.
127* ''[=Ad-Owo-ble=]'' from ''VideoGame/TheAramaArchives'' is themed around this trope. Kitcat and its army of [=OwO=]s are all themed around a "cute" emoticon and have appearances to match, but are incredibly dangerous to the point of staging a full-on invasion with ''massive'' damage dealt.
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130[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
131* ''WesternAnimation/Epic2013'': Small creatures like mice for the Leafmen and presumably others like them. Also chipmunks, apparently.
132* After the end credits of ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'', an anglerfish approaches a tiny fish... which then opens its jaws wide enough to swallow the angler in one gulp.
133* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2010'': The Terrible Terror: A character commented how small it was only to have his face and nose nearly ripped off by one of them. ''Only'' one while they usualy live in flocks as it can be seen later.
134** Toothless himself also qualifies. He's among the smaller species of dragon, and lacks the spines, armored skin, or long fangs or claws of species like Gronkles, Nadders, Zipplebacks, or Monstrous Nightmares, but is actually the most dangerous of all of them due to his stealth, speed, and long-ranged explosive BreathWeapon. [[spoiler:Light furies from the third movie have all the same plus actually can become invisible and look even more cute.]]
135* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'': Lord Shen. He's a peacock, not something you'd expect to be a villain, but he is a genocidal would-be conqueror eager to kill anyone standing in his way and he is ''terrifying'' in personal combat.
136* ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch:'' Stitch is a three foot tall, fluffy blue creature who [[TheDogIsAnAlien can pass for a dog or koala]] (although most human characters besides Lilo consider him to be a very odd-looking one). Even when he isn't hiding his [[RetractableAppendages antennae and]] [[MultiArmedAndDangerous extra pair of arms]], he doesn't look particularly dangerous. He's actually a genetically engineered alien superweapon designed to destroy cities, and is strong enough to stop a semi truck with his bare hands, [[GeniusBruiser extremely intelligent,]] and [[NighInvulnerability nearly impervious to most known forms of attack.]]
137* ''WesternAnimation/Madagascar3EuropesMostWanted'' has a group of dancing dogs in adorable outfits... that will [[BerserkButton attack anyone if they are called "cute"]].
138* ''Anime/MomotarosSeaEagles'' and its sequel ''Anime/MomotarosDivineSeaWarriors'' are military propaganda films made by UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. They're targeted towards children, so the main characters are mostly adorable cartoon animals. The climaxes of both films involve said animals shooting, stabbing, and bayoneting Caucasian-looking, English-speaking demons. When you think about how real-life Japanese forces behaved during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, it becomes even more chilling.
139* The title character in ''Literature/RikkiTikkiTavi''. Awww... he's so cute and fuzzy... HOLY SHIT LOOK WHAT HE DID TO THAT COBRA! However, Riki Tiki Tavi isn't malevolent. He's actually trying to kill the cobras because they're harming the humans, so this is a more traditional example of ReptilesAreAbhorrent and possibly also WhatMeasureIsANonCute. He does display slight sociopathic tendencies; it was justified to kill the cobra and his eggs to protect his owner, but it is a little dark to outright gloat about it to his widow's face (especially since preserving her family was the whole point of their attack). Then again, the taunt is as much about drawing her away from the human family as anything else.
140-->"And Nag was dead before the big man blew him up! ''I'' killed Nag! Come and fight with ''me'', Nagaina!"
141* A [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] example with the Pest in ''WesternAnimation/RocketSavesTheDay''. He isn't ''deadly'', but he is a RidiculouslyCuteCritter whose potential for mayhem is about as great as it gets for an animated movie targeted towards preschoolers.
142* ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'': Since the main characters are tiny fairies, even a small lizard is a {{kaiju}} to them.
143* [[BigBad The main villain]] of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' is [[spoiler: an adorable pink teddy bear who smells of Strawberry.]]
144** Sure, his name is [[spoiler:Lotso.]]
145* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'': Fluffy and cuddly though the red panda form may be, there are several instances that remind the viewer that the form was granted to the Lee family line to be a ''weapon'' during wartime, specifically [[spoiler:Mei nearly maiming Tyler after he pushes her too far and Ming turning into a kaiju-sized red panda and nearly levelling a stadium in the climax.]]
146* ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' Judy Hopps might be a cute little bunny (just don't call her that) and is generally nice, but she is capable of knocking out a rhino during her TrainingMontage. She is also willing to use blackmail to gain the assistence of a reluctant witness.
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149[[folder:Music]]
150* The eponymous critters in the Frank Hayes filk song ''[[http://www.pairlist.net/pipermail/mid-ohio-filk/2005-October/000102.html Little Fuzzy Animals]]'' are examples of this trope.
151* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eh8U5lYbAEY Dogz Don't Kill People (Wabbitz Do)]]" -- courtesy of Mouldie Lookin' Stain, a.k.a. Chris Moyles.
152* "Chosen Ones" by Music/{{Megadeth}} is all about the killer rabbit from Monty Python.
153* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKAIQ0M0pBs Furever]]" by Marc Jungermann tells the story of a ferocious bunny with a sharp knife -- thoroughly illustrated in the music video.
154* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjf2FKlZl9M Kitten Is Angry]]" by Music/LemonDemon
155* Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters from a Planet near Mars, by Music/WeirdAlYankovic.
156* "Killa Bunnies" by Moloko is about exactly what it says in the title.
157* The pink teddy bear in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktvTqknDobU music video for "Radioactive"]] by Music/ImagineDragons. It seems like it's getting [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] by the monstrous stuffed gorilla [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext like all the other living stuffed toys fighting in the arena]], but then it takes it out in one glowing-energy-punch -- and then destroys two human goons with {{Eye Beam}}s.
158* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKGIERwNIA4 Scuzzy Kizoozle Curl, the Homicidal Squirrel]]" by Creator/HankGreen.
159* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyVnbZ0v3yE Story about a Poor Blue Rabbit]]" describes how a child kills and eats his mother because he never wants her to leave him.
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162[[folder:Mythology and Religion]]
163* The [[UrExample Ur-Examples]] are marginalia in illuminated medieval manuscripts, depicting knights running away from rabbits as - yes - a sign of cowardice.
164* Valak from the Literature/ArsGoetia manifests in the form of a small, innocent-looking child with wings, yet he is the '''[[PintsizedPowerhouse Grand President of Hell]]'''.
165* The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-mi%27raj Al-mi'raj]], from Islamic poetry is a literal version of this... [[AmbiguousSituation Maybe.]] It was given as a gift to Iskander - That is, the Arabic name for {{UsefulNotes/Alexander The Great}} - As a gift for slaying a goddamn dragon, and it was said to cause all other animals to flee on sight. This implies the Al-Mi'Raj is a very dangerous animal, but it's never actually described as fighting anything, so who knows, it might just have a defense mechanism that repulses other animals and not actually be all that dangerous after all.
166* The Jackelope is another quite literal example. It looks like a jack rabbit with a tiny pair of deer antlers but eats the hearts of predators that normally eat rabbits.
167* Myth/GreekMythology had [[SweetSheep sheep]] with wool that shined like the sun. They were also [[AscendedToCarnivorism partially carnivorous]] and venomous.
168* {{Myth/Aztec Mythology}}'s Huitzilopochtli is their god of war, conquest and sun [[OneManArmy who defeated his 400 other brothers and sisters after birth]] and the main reason for the religion's infamous HumanSacrifice. He's also strongly associated with the diminuitive hummingbirds -- indeed, his very name means something to the effect of "Hummingbird's South/Left" -- and hummingbirds on the Earth were said to be the {{Reincarnation}}s of fallen warriors. The association comes from the hummingbird's energy, metabolism, and aggressive behavior defending its territory being in common with Huitzilopochtli's constant defence of his mother which required the {{Human Sacrifice}}s to give him strength.
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172* The Leapers in ''Pinball/ScaredStiff,'' which resemble frogs but sport {{Lamprey Mouth}}s and EatTheCamera when provoked.
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175[[folder:Podcasts]]
176* [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Krypto the Super Dog]] may be a cute white puppy, but as ''Podcast/PlumbingTheDeathStar'' spins it, he's also an invincible, lightning-fast alien monster with the strength of a locomotive and no capacity. If anyone upset him, there'd be no way to calm him down before the amoral hound ripped out their jugular. There's a reason he gets voted the third most horrifying hero ahead of the likes of ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}.
177* ''Podcast/PokemonWorldTourUnited:'' Rose's Togepi, Scramble, is as cute as any baby Pokemon could ever hope to be. It rides in Rose's backpack, acts as her secretary and keeps things organized, and is an overall CheerfulChild. However, its primary attack, Metronome, has an unsettling tendency to call upon the powers of large, imposing, and/or Legendary Pokemon. Over the course of the first act it uses attacks specific to Giratina, Mewtwo, Rayquaza, and Zygarde. Rose loves her little Scramble and sees her as an angel. Anyone else who's seen Scramble in action is just a ''little'' afraid of the power she can throw around.
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181* ''Series/TheMuppetShow'': In the Alan Arkin episode, some bunnies drink Dr. Honeydew's Jekyll-Hyde potion and turn into vicious little critters that attack people.
182* Fizgigg from ''Film/TheDarkCrystal''. If a tribble and a bear trap had a baby....
183* [[WebVideo/MuppetViralVideos "HI, I'M A BUNNY!"]] [[spoiler: This is a subversion. You don't need to be a genius to realize how dangerous Carl is...especially if you fit in his mouth.]]
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187* ''Radio/BleakExpectations'': A pack of under-water squirrels, who are capable of biting arms off, and chase Pip Bin, and his aunt, across the length of Britain for revenge after Pip ate several of them.
188** Subverted with the killer sloth ("Nature's deadliest and slowest assassin!"), who is expected to violently kill Pip, his sister Pippa and best friend Harry Biscuit... only for it to remain asleep, even with the assistance of coffee. It then gets blown up along with the building it and the protagonists were in.
189* In the the radio show ''Radio/OldHarrysGame'', Satan finds the most evil being in the world is a Dolphin. Called Chuckles.
190* In one episode of ''Radio/APrairieHomeCompanion'', cowboys Dusty and Lefty come across "The Free-Range Chicken", which they then engage, and nearly lose to, in a gunfight.
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194* In ''Roleplay/TheGamersAlliance'', Plushiebunny's first form looks like a cute and harmless black rabbit. It couldn't be further from the truth as he quickly reveals that he is indeed one of the God of Beasts's deadliest creations. There are also the monsters of the woods who turn out to be pink and fluffy bunnies; they are so vicious and terrifying that they make even an archmage and a demigod flee in terror.
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198* The South Sydney Rabbitohs have won more premierships than any other UsefulNotes/RugbyLeague team in Australia. [[note]] Although their mascot is indeed a rabbit, "rabbitohs" were, historically, trappers who sold freshly-killed rabbits for their meat (the name coming from their cries of solicitation) - a now long-gone occupation. [[/note]]
199* The Pittsburgh Penguins. Penguins are not exactly known for their toughness.
200** The Youngstown State Penguins were the dominant team of TheNineties on the I-AA[=/=]FCS level of UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball.
201* How exactly the Saints ([[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague New Orleans]], [[UsefulNotes/AustralianRulesFootball St Kilda]], [[UsefulNotes/EnglishPremierLeague Southampton]]) pull off a appropriately-tough brand and team image when their chosen name evokes beatific serenity, patience, and long suffering for their beliefs, is a tricky question. A few American colleges (Aquinas in Michigan, Saint Francis in Illinois, Santa Fe in Florida) even go a step further in this direction by using Saints, then having their mascot be that paragon of cuddly, GentleGiant heroism, the [[SaintBernardRescue Saint Bernard]].
202* The battle for "most [[UsefulNotes/{{Kawaisa}} kawaii]] college sports mascot" comes down to the Cal State Monterey Bay [[PlayfulOtter Sea Otters]] versus the Columbia College (of South Carolina) [[LaidBackKoala Koalas]] (Columbia's [[https://kc.columbiasc.edu/ICS/icsfs/CCLOGO.jpg?target=02dd2aa1-30e7-4cea-b71d-86f77d07b1b6 sports logo]] tries to avert HighKoalatyCuteness, though).
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206* The Werebears toys were seemingly adorable teddy bears with reversible heads and paws that would reveal their "nasty" face when turned inside out.
207* Aurora's Monster Scenes line of model kits featured a very fearsome-looking "sabre tooth rabbit" in a large jar as part of the MadScientistLaboratory kit "Gruesome Goodies."
208* [[http://www.wmctoys.com/products/feisty-pets Fiesty Pets]], which look like harmlessly cute animals at first, but when you squeeze their backs they bare their fangs and scowl.
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212* After playing VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend to completion, Chukar partridges feel like singly terrifying little fluffy heretics.
213** Thanks to the other characters, the "Bad Boys Love" route, and the sequel ''Holiday Star'', fantail pigeons and ''king quail'' are not far behind on the list of adorable birds that you will fear forever. [[spoiler: Bad Boys Love reveals Yuuya and "Kazuaki" to be murderers, and Holiday Star ultimately reveals what happened to the real [[EldritchAbomination Nanaki Kazuaki]].]]
214* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' has the Chiester Sisters, very cute and innocent-looking rabbit girls… who can detect you, lock you on and shoot you dead with absolute precision from a kilometer away. Their arrows are homing and armor-piercing, so hiding is useless.
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218* The ''[[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/212095 Bunnykill]]'' web animation series. A liberal exercise in the trope of Killer Rabbitry (and KatanasAreJustBetter).
219* Foof from the concept series ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjGpzhcnA64 Fuwa Fuwa Foof]]'' is a variant in that while she has a cutesy appearance that doesn't give away her past experience as a vicious criminal, she's been doing her best to be a genuinely nice person ever since she retired. Plus, she didn't try to look cute back when she was active in crime, wearing a biker outfit with skull symbols (one of which is humanly realistic rabbit skull, on the back of the jacket and used as her signature criminal symbol) and menacing-looking shades.
220* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' has several small animals that are for some reason vicious. Whistle, the man-eating puppy, a man-eating baby turtle, and a flock of man-eating ducks have all appeared. Plus, well, most of the cast.
221* The ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'' short [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mHKHKR8x6A "Crab Battle!"]], where Naked Snake gets his ass handed to him by a Kenyan Mangrove Crab.
222* Ladies and Gentlemen, meet [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08nV1nbtNAc Puppy Bot]], the friendly, child-sized, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick bulletproof axe murderer]]. If you survive, be sure to check out the man-eating ponies in his van.
223* This short animated film [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gxrI5CPYIM&feature=related Red]] where Little Red Riding Hood refuses the advances of the wolf (who looks like a [[LittleBitBeastly slightly feral child]] wearing a wolf costume) after spilling the cakes she was going to bring to her grandmother. After leaving brokenhearted, Red encounters [[{{Miraj}} a unicorn-horned rabbit]], which she hugs (not noticing the [[RevealingHug evil toothed grin it makes]] before mutating into a bear-sized horned monster that was ready to devour Red before the wolf comes back in time to save the day.
224* [[WebAnimation/SockSeries Sock]] is an adorable ever-smiling hamster. He is also a demon that destroys an entire city with his army of monsters from hell.
225* The series ''WebAnimation/TrueTail'' includes a small rabbit girl named Melody the Bard. Not only does she have a lute, she has a whole plethora of ninja daggers!
226%%* Iscream from Chikn Nuggit is basically this, but in a literal way.
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230* ''Website/{{Cracked}}'':
231** "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_19126_5-adorable-animals-that-are-turning-to-dark-side.html 5 Adorable Animals That Are Turning to the Dark Side]]".
232** "[[http://www.cracked.com/article_15853_6-cutest-animals-that-can-still-destroy-you.html The 6 Cutest Animals That Can Still Destroy You"]]. Two-thirds are Australian, of course.
233* [[http://www.devilbunnies.org/ Devilbunnies]] are an entire web community of people writing stories based on the idea that cute fluffy bunnies are taking over the entire world and making it cute and fluffy for their own nefarious purposes.
234* Not physically dangerous, but the subjects of the website [[http://nazr.in/15g1 Disapproving Rabbits]] can cause a severe feeling of inferiority. Especially [[http://nazr.in/15g0 this one]].
235* "[[http://www.worth1000.com/contests/555/evil-animals Evil Animals]]" contest on worth1000.com got a handful of such things, including literal as a pair of "[[http://www.worth1000.com/entries/22782/bad-rabbits bad rabbits]]".
236* Website/{{Killerbunnies}} and, yes, they are literal killer bunny girls of varying ages and straddles the lines between cute, horrifying, and utmostly creepy. Some of them are rather cute or UglyCute and wouldn't seem like a threat, that is, until one learns the hard way.
237** Of course, This seems to be played to a hilt with Jeanne, in that while CreepyCute, a normal person wouldn't suspect that she's dangerous, especially since some either think she is a doll or a little girl. In that vein, Valeriemissy is not someone would think twice of, until it is too late. However, that depends on whether or not she says something that one may find unsettling.
238** Reverie doesn't look too dangerous, actually, she kind of verges on being rather CreepyCute, even with the ExoticEyeDesigns and whatnot, however, she wears a biohazard symbol for a reason, as she is some kind of [[{{Plaguemaster}} plaguemistress]]. To top it off, her backstory mentions her as being the apparent PatientZero in a sudden rabies outbreak. What doesn't help this is that, according to her profile, she likes hugging.
239* Despite its inherent emphasis on all things ugly and disgusting, from simply distasteful little critters to nightmarish {{Eldritch Abomination}}s, a good number of the monsters of the [[http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen.htm Mortasheen]] franchise are cute enough (relatively speaking) to pass as these. Don't believe me? Check out the [[ChainsawGood Chainsaw]] [[http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/chainsawkid.htm Kid]]. It's about as cute as a creature with a chainsaw on its face can get, but [[AxCrazy piss it off for any reason whatsoever and your internal organs will invariably end up getting rearranged.]]
240* On the website Muse Blog, run far, far away if you see a Hot Pink Bunny. They are [[TakeOverTheWorld out to rule the world]], can turn people into {{zombie|Apocalypse}}s, and [[MadeOfIron can survive atomic blasts]]. This may or may not be where their powers come from.
241* From ''Website/NotAlwaysRight'', [[https://notalwaysright.com/well-ill-be-ducked/85932/ this guy's]] last tetanus shot was from being bitten by a duck.
242* ''Website/SCPFoundation'':
243** [[http://scp-wiki.net/scp-247 SCP-247]] is a [[PantheraAwesome tiger]] that appears to observers as a tiny orange-and-black kitten, and exudes a psychic effect that makes people believe it's completely harmless, even as it's eating them. [[BlackComedy Disturbingly humorous chaos ensues.]]
244** At first glance, [[http://scp-wiki.net/scp-524 SCP-524]] wouldn't seem to be much of one. Though it's a literal bunny which is such an ExtremeOmnivore that it will eat living flesh, it's docile and easy to escape (or pick up by the scruff of the neck) if it decides to start nibbling on you. But then you learn that [[http://scp-wiki.net/scp-682 SCP-682]], the [[HealingFactor regenerating]] OmnicidalManiac who [[AdaptiveAbility can adapt to anything]], ''climbed a wall to get away from it''.
245* As a general rule, messageboards such as Spacebattles.com generally agree that the sillier a character is, the more dangerous they are because [[RealityWarper they are not bound by the laws of reality]] and able to do things like shrug off nuclear explosions and swallow man-sized creatures whole. If a "wacky cartoon" character appears in Real Life, it would be considered, as an entity above and beyond the laws of physics, an ''EldritchAbomination'' that will shatter all science but simply taking AFormYouAreComfortableWith. As a result, the higher they place on a CoolVersusAwesome combat tier, and folks such as WesternAnimation/BugsBunny and Franchise/{{Kirby}} are described as being able to CurbStompBattle more (relatively) "realistic" characters like {{Space Marine}}s, [[Franchise/StarWars Jedi]] or [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Master Chief]].
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249* In ''WebVideo/EpicNPCMan'', Ben is taken down by a cute little mouse in the "Danger Music" episode. In one of the Muggers' segments, the Honeywood muggers trick their rivals into mugging a chicken, inciting all the other chickens in town to dogpile the rivals and take them apart.
250* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg Honey badger don't care. Honey badger don't give a shit]]"
251* According to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUI4uM16ITY this video]], mocking the pug of Creator/TessMasazza of the Italian Web Series ''Insopportabilmente Donna'' is a bad idea and immediately leads to a DisproportionateRetribution.
252* ''WebVideo/LeftPOORDead'': In this case Mr Snuffles who counts as a Killer Teddy Bear.
253* ''WebVideo/OriginsSMP'': On the surface, Tubbo is perhaps one of the most innocent-looking members of the server, as his Origin is a ''Bumblebee'', and his initial skin put him in a striped sweater, dungarees with a bee on the front, and fluffy bee slippers (at least, before his EvilCostumeSwitch in Season 3). However, Tubbo regularly kills people for fun, and has plans to become the server's main villain.
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257* The unofficial mascot "Commie Bunny" for China's armed forces is a rabbit, because ''Tǔgòng'' (土共; "Rural Communists") can be seen as a pun of ''tù'', "rabbit" (兔). There has been a web series on China's modern history ''Call of the Rabbit: Modern Communism'' which depicts China as a rabbit while all other countries used more traditional animal stereotypes.
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261''"Aaaaaawwwwww, look at the cute little '''AAAAH OH GOD MY ARM IT ATE MY ARM OH GOD THE PAIN!"'''''

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