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| 5 | [[caption-width-right:320:[[{{Pun}} Pugly cute?]]]] |
| 6 | |
| 7 | ->''"Wow! He's funny-lookin' cute!"'' |
| 8 | -->-- '''[[WesternAnimation/WildKratts Chris Kratt]]''' on a baby aardvark |
| 9 | |
| 10 | There's GenericCuteness, the RidiculouslyCuteCritter, and the {{Moe}}. And then there's these guys. Creatures who are ''different'' from other creatures. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | [=OK=], they look ''strange''. Maybe they're deformed. They can even look monstrous. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | '''However''', they are ''also'' endearing, kind, and sweet. Maybe they retain a few RidiculouslyCuteCritter traits, like big eyes or little awkward legs. Maybe they're TheWoobie. Maybe it is simply that their [[NiceGuy lovely]] [[WideEyedIdealist personality]] overrides any disgust at their physical appearance. Maybe they're stylized and don't look [[UncannyValley too realistic]]. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | In short, even though they should not be cute by any sense of the word they are anyway. Indeed, many times these characters are ''so'' ugly, they're just adorable. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | There are some who argue that this trope has much to do with parental instinct. Consider: very young human babies aren't conventionally cute at all; that takes a few months. They come into the world as discolored wrinkly blobs that [[CuteButCacophonic scream like the world is ending]] whenever anything upsets them. There's a joke that they all look like UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill. And yet, all these traits seem to say, "Gotta love me!" |
| 19 | |
| 20 | "Busukawaii" is [[FangirlJapanese a name in Japanese]] for fans of these characters. |
| 21 | |
| 22 | Not to be confused with GrotesqueCute, which is generally when evil things are done by (or to) conventionally cute things. |
| 23 | |
| 24 | Compare TheGrotesque, {{Gonk}}, UnkemptBeauty, FreakyIsCool, FaceOfAThug, CreepyCute, and the nicer versions of FluffyTheTerrible. But, see also WhatMeasureIsANonCute and BeautyEqualsGoodness as those tropes can probably affect these characters, whether it's direct or not. See GrotesqueGallery for what can happen when character designers try for this kind of appeal and fail. Contrast BeautyIsBad. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | [[noreallife]] |
| 27 | ---- |
| 28 | !!Example subpages: |
| 29 | |
| 30 | [[index]] |
| 31 | * UglyCute/AnimeAndManga |
| 32 | * UglyCute/AnimatedFilms |
| 33 | * UglyCute/LiveActionFilms |
| 34 | * UglyCute/{{Literature}} |
| 35 | * UglyCute/LiveActionTV |
| 36 | * UglyCute/VideoGames |
| 37 | * UglyCute/WesternAnimation |
| 38 | [[/index]] |
| 39 | |
| 40 | !! Other examples: |
| 41 | |
| 42 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 43 | |
| 44 | [[folder:Advertisements]] |
| 45 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85Nj_AmZAIs This shark]], who apparently likes to play fetch. A classic mixture of "Aww..." and "AHHH!!" |
| 46 | * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h1O7-r7Wrw Digger the Dermatophyte]] from the Lamisil commercial, a physical representation of a foot fungus and an antagonistic figure, but still, his design can be seen this way. |
| 47 | * Advertising/LouieTheFly from the Mortein commercials can be this, when he's not being a TalkingPest and {{Jerkass}}. |
| 48 | * A series of tax program ads feature a bunch of figures in the dark where the gimmick is ''meant'' to be that there's nothing to be afraid of... where sometimes you get a harmless BedsheetGhost or a long shot of a dancing (if somewhat lewd) teddy bear, and sometimes it's confine-defying fearfuls where the MoodWhiplash is ''really'' not as comforting as the artist apparently meant it to be. |
| 49 | * While Sun Trip's [[https://mightieskiwi.com/ mascot for Mighties Kiwi]] isn't as cute as its cousin for Cuties Clementine, with a creepy mouth and uncanny eyes, its perky personality and wide variety of interests make the character very charming. |
| 50 | [[/folder]] |
| 51 | |
| 52 | [[folder:Art]] |
| 53 | * Patricia Piccinini. Warning: ask yourself whether you see [[UncannyValley hyper-realistic]] [[CreepyHairlessAnimal hairless]] [[HalfHumanHybrid human-animal hybrids]] as "cute" before Googling her works. |
| 54 | * [[http://soupandbutter.deviantart.com/art/Eevee-261417764 This]] drawing of an [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Eevee]]. |
| 55 | * [[http://www.tenthousandvillages.com/good-luck-pig Chanchitos]], little terra-cotta good luck pigs from Chile. They only have three legs, and their faces tend to be rather asymmetrical in the most bizarrely adorable ways. |
| 56 | [[/folder]] |
| 57 | |
| 58 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 59 | * ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'': Obelix is a huge, morbidly obese barbarian warrior [[TheDreaded dreaded]] and loathed by UsefulNotes/TheGloryThatWasRome, who is nonetheless adorable thanks to his sweet personality and the way the SugarWiki/AwesomeArt portrays his movements and expressions. |
| 60 | * ''ComicBook/AnimalMan'': In the reboot, Animal Man's daughter Maxine manifests the power to animate dead animals. The sight of her playing with a half rotted skeletal kitty is oddly adorable. |
| 61 | * ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': Some of Batman's stranger foes often veer into this.[[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Waylon_Jones_(New_Earth)/Gallery?image=Young_Croc-jpg/ Just look at Killer Croc in his elementary school years.]] |
| 62 | * ''ComicBook/ChickTracts'': The gay demons in "The Birds and the Bees". |
| 63 | ** Oh, golly! They're the best part! [[http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f226/SpukiKitty/PICS%20for%20Web%20Forums/1jackchickbirdsbees01_zps155adf76.jpg Here they are]], [[http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f226/SpukiKitty/PICS%20for%20Web%20Forums/21052_03_zps3e0aa3de.jpg and they]] [[http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f226/SpukiKitty/PICS%20for%20Web%20Forums/3chick_tract_2_zpsa2ccce1b.jpg look like]] [[http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f226/SpukiKitty/PICS%20for%20Web%20Forums/5jackchickbirdsbees04_zpsf50cc2b4.jpg the gay couple]] [[http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f226/SpukiKitty/PICS%20for%20Web%20Forums/4jackchickbirdsbees03_zpsfdb8483d.jpg (only cute).]] |
| 64 | * ''ComicBook/DeepSea'': In the climax of the comic, [[TheProtagonist Patricia]] gives birth to the child she was impregnated with by [[spoiler:[[EldritchAbomination the original source of the world's supply of]] [[AppliedPhlebotinum Crudelis]]]]. The baby is [[spoiler:A HalfHumanHybrid that looks like a cross between a human and a cephalopod with big doe eyes, a cute little bunch of tentacles where the human mouth would be, and a bunch of tentacles with an eye on each one's tip]]. |
| 65 | * ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange'': Shuma-Gorath, a CaptainErsatz of Cthulhu and one of Doctor Strange's minor foes (Minor as in he doesn't appear very often. He is, however, literally an evil god), is a huge, one-eyed squid thing that somehow manages to look huggably cute. His ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom'' design shrinks him down to human size and makes him look positively shy. |
| 66 | * ''ComicBook/DoomPatrol'': Dorothy Spinner is a sweet girl who just happens to have the face of an ape. This is balanced by her personality. |
| 67 | * ''Creator/ECComics'': ''[[http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/876495.html?#cutid1 The Loathsome]]'' is about a girl who was born mutated by atomic radiation, so much so that the doctor tells her mother she was stillborn and ships her off to an orphanage where [[WhatMeasureIsANonCute she's abused because of her appearance]]. But when she's finally [[http://i34.tinypic.com/wt6mvq.jpg shown]] near the end of the comic, she's not nearly as hideous as she was made out to be. Alex Ross used her as the basis for Maggie in ''Marvels''. |
| 68 | * ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': The Thing. Just look at his [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rLV-ZuNPwJ4/SyrIGE1XnTI/AAAAAAAAGPQ/2ezw0KS6AxI/s400/FF008_13.jpg adorable lumpy face!]] |
| 69 | * ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': It definitely depends on the artist/writer, but Gorilla Grodd can appear quite cuddly for an evil homicidal gorilla. [[https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fifanboy.com%2Farticles%2Fdc-histories-gorilla-grodd%2F&psig=AOvVaw2AYsL5TxjF_jMK18k6fSsV&ust=1701626805246000&source=images&cd=vfe&opi=89978449&ved=0CBIQjRxqFwoTCICTgfyr8YIDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAx When he's drawn like a normal gorilla]] his boisterous speech and docile expressions almost make you forget he's supposed to be a monster. |
| 70 | * ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': Pre-ComicBook/{{Crisis|on Infinite Earths}} Tomar-Re [[http://images.wikia.com/marvel_dc/images/a/a9/Tomar-Re.JPG qualifies]]. The Post-Crisis version has a larger beak which improves his looks much like the WesternAnimation/{{gargoyle|s}} Brooklyn is like. |
| 71 | * ''ComicBook/HackSlash'': Pooch the Lowbeast. He's superficially hideous with his protruding jaws and cloven hooves, but his loyalty to his masters and his desire to be petted and loved like any ordinary dog make him adorable. |
| 72 | * ''ComicBook/TheInhumans'': Lockjaw, the giant pug-like pet dog of the Inhuman royal family. Although the size of a hippo, he's as cute as any pug. It's also sort of weird, since at one point it was suggested he actually ''is'' an Inhuman who simply got hit with the ugly stick very hard by Terrigenesis. This was retconned later... re-creating the plothole as to just where the Inhumans got him anyway (Terrigenesis does not affect animals). |
| 73 | * ''Literature/JohnCarterOfMars'': Woola the calot in James Killian Spratt's (NSFW) [[http://www.erbzine.com/mag13/1301.html comic adaptation]] of ''[[Literature/JohnCarterOfMars A Princess Of Mars]]''. [[http://https://www.erbzine.com/mag13/js203.jpg You're a cute little ten-legged killer space dog]], [[http://https://www.erbzine.com/mag13/js204.jpg yes you are!]] |
| 74 | ** Sola with her ''enormous'' NonmammalMammaries (though since the Red Martians, indistinguishable from humans except for skin color, are also oviparous, both species may be monotremes as opposed to true non-mammals) in that same work could qualify as well, though she may be more in the CuteMonsterGirl category. |
| 75 | * ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac'': [[http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-snc4/50494_103098986941_1925313_n.jpg Wobbly Headed Bob]]. It's only obvious that between JTHM and ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' that Jhonen Vasquez is a master at this trope. |
| 76 | ** Johnny himself applies. He is uncannily skinny and tall, moves like a bug and has all kinds of beautifully grotesque facial expressions. But the moments where his emotions genuinely shine through makes him loveable to some audiences. |
| 77 | * ''ComicBook/ManThing'': Despite being a mindless swamp monster that immolates anyone who feels fear, Man-Thing [[http://www.comicvine.com/man-thing/29-4988/all-images/108-211172/mt5/105-510287/ looks oddly cute]]. |
| 78 | * ''ComicBook/TheMaxx'': The Iszes |
| 79 | * ''ComicBook/{{Morbius}}'': Morbius the Living Vampire is a scientifically-created pseudo-vampire with white skin, claws, fangs, no nose, hollow bones, a bad case of HorrorHunger... and a potential to be [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/c6f1d82fee58a6760f3416caaff331d6/tumblr_misezvIHbi1rxk4eno1_1280.png unbelievably adorable ugly cute]]. |
| 80 | * ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'': Jim the Cave Troll. Sure he's a hulking brute who could easily crush a pony if he wanted to, but he's so innocent and carefree it's hard not to see him as anything other than the softie he really is. And he genuinely did love the Mane Six's company. |
| 81 | ** The uncorrupted moon bunny in Issue #7. Fluttershy certainly thinks so. |
| 82 | * ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': The New 52 version of [[Characters/SupermanBizarro Bizarro]] is meant to be an underdeveloped clone of Superman. His childlike nature and large puppy-dog eyes make him so endearing, even [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] grows attached to him. |
| 83 | * ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'': Baby Wildebeest. |
| 84 | * ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'': Many fangirls consider the "fascinatingly ugly" Walter Kovacs, AKA Rorschach, the cutest character in the series. This may be more in North America's fandom versus Europe, as the ginger haired appearance carries a more negative connotation across the pond compared to in Canada and America where the awkward appearance is often considered to be rather sweet and endearing. |
| 85 | * ''ComicBook/{{Werner}}'': Werner might be TheAlcoholic and [[DrivesLikeCrazy a crazy driver]], but he's got a certain level of appeal that gives him a level of charm. |
| 86 | * ''ComicBook/XMen'': |
| 87 | ** [[Characters/MarvelComicsNightcrawler Nightcrawler]]'s demonic appearance doesn't exactly falls under the classic definition of "beautiful", yet he's one of the most appreciated MrFanservice among the X-Men; he's basically the male version of a CuteMonsterGirl. Classic ''ComicBook/{{Excalibur}}'' artist/writer Alan Davis may have something to do with this. Originally, Dave Cockrum designed Nightcrawler to look pretty scary as a contrast to his out-going personality (in fact, his very first design was some kind of bat-creature and was so spooky, Marvel nixed the idea). Alan Davis decided to turn him into a handsome swashbuckler type modeled after Creator/ErrolFlynn. |
| 88 | ** Broo a mutant [[XenomorphXerox Brood]] that feels compassion and other emotions. Although initially in custody of S.W.O.R.D. he was allowed to join Wolverine's school after he grew older, he has a reserved, polite and nerdy intellectual type personality makes Broo endearingly adorable. |
| 89 | [[/folder]] |
| 90 | |
| 91 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 92 | * ''ComicStrip/GetFuzzy'': Mac Manc [=McManx=]. [[http://thumbs.imagekind.com/member/a614187c-5f71-4b8c-911b-9429c29ccf31/uploadedartwork/650X650/3279f291-ae87-4857-ad09-2a8c7619b8b0.jpg Just look at him!]]. He also counts as a FunnyForeigner. |
| 93 | * ''ComicStrip/SpyVsSpy'': The Spies. |
| 94 | [[/folder]] |
| 95 | |
| 96 | [[folder:Fan Fiction]] |
| 97 | * Totodile in ''FanFic/NewWorld''. Sure, it's a tiny blue crocodile with a massive mouth full of sharp teeth, but it's just so adorable! It's very first scene has it curl up with its new trainer and fall asleep with him. It also became best friends with a two year old girl. |
| 98 | -->"It was cute, albeit in a reptilian sort of way." |
| 99 | * [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4870581/1/Crowleys_Baby Awww, baby]] [[EldritchAbomination Cthulhu!]] |
| 100 | * ''Fanfic/RespawnOfTheDead'': Stumpy. Despite being dry to the bones, down three limbs and A ZOMBIE, he manages to be somewhat adorable. [[spoiler:In the fic, you can still remember your own life before becoming a zombie. Stumpy here manages to make out a cute "bonk" after holding [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Scout]]'s bat.]] |
| 101 | ** Which makes it all the more [[TearJerker Tear-jerking]] when [[spoiler:Stumpy has to be {{Mercy Kill}}ed by the Medic.]] |
| 102 | -->[[spoiler:“I am so sorry, Stumpy,” [Medic] said.]]\ |
| 103 | [[spoiler:Stumpy was still confused. He wasn’t sure what those words meant, exactly, but “sorry” sounded familiar. It meant…something feeling bad. And the Meaty Thing in the White Coat looked…what was that word? Sad? Like how Stumpy felt when he didn’t get meat. He didn’t have much time to ponder this, however, before there was a loud noise and then...]] |
| 104 | * In ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7538094/23/Families-and-Familiars Families and Familiars]]'' Neville describes the just-hatched Norbert as "kind of cute, in that ugly-cute way, though." |
| 105 | * ''FanFic/QueenOfTheSwarm'' has the cuddlebug which Taylor designed to boost her public image due to her appearance. |
| 106 | * In ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/77605/chapters/104638 Silent Trio 2: Harry and the Hufflepuff]]'' Harry describes the skeletal Thestrals as "kind of cute." |
| 107 | * Harry's first meeting with a house elf in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11887162/5/Falling-on-deaf-ears Falling on deaf ears]]'': |
| 108 | -->A sudden knock on the door distracted Harry from the excitement of learning magic. When Snape granted the visitor entrance, Harry was shocked to make out a tiny little, wrinkly creature. The thing had big eyes and floppy ears. It was so ugly, he found it cute. |
| 109 | * ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13371159/74/More-than-Penpals More than Penpals]]'': |
| 110 | -->'''Harry:''' The dragon egg was still in Hagrid's fireplace until it hatched the other night. Hagrid sent us a note that it was happening and we got to watch. It was an amazing experience, though hopefully it's truly once in a lifetime. It's a Norwegian Ridgeback and the baby dragon is somehow so ugly that it's kind of cute. |
| 111 | [[/folder]] |
| 112 | |
| 113 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 114 | * Music/{{Radiohead}}'s "Modified Bear" logo. Their Weeping Minotaur, too. |
| 115 | * The {{Music/Gorillaz}} artstyle has distinct tones of this. 2D is far too UncannyValley to be classically cute, but he has an undeniable charm. |
| 116 | * That [[EldritchAbomination thing]] from Music/{{Animal Collective}}'s ''Peacebone'' video. Sure it was horrifying-looking, but there was also something disturbingly charming about seeing it go out for a romantic picnic and frolic through a field. |
| 117 | * Music/{{Voltaire}} uses this in his song "Zombie Prostitute" with the line "She was a rotten kind of cute for a zombie prostitute". |
| 118 | [[/folder]] |
| 119 | |
| 120 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 121 | * The animal characters in the ''Podcast/CoolKidsTable'' game ''Homeward Bound 4'' aren't traditionally cute, but they manage to come off this way to a group of human tourists. |
| 122 | ** Justified, as [[spoiler:they're dinosaurs]]. |
| 123 | * Peter Deter from ''Podcast/PretendingToBePeople'' has a relatively large fish head on top of a tiny body. He's also incredibly innocent, a loyal friend, and his saliva has healing properties. |
| 124 | [[/folder]] |
| 125 | |
| 126 | [[folder:Radio]] |
| 127 | * Ramsay the vortisaur in AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho, apparently. He's basically some sort of extradimensional pterosaur with UsefulNotes/RamsayMacDonald's face (according to Charley) and a taste for Time Lord blood. Everyone who meets him inevitably calls him a monster, then [[CutenessProximity starts cooing over him]] and [[ImTakingHerHomeWithMe trying to make a pet of him]]. Even a gruff-sounding member of the RAF decides he'd make a lovely family pet. |
| 128 | [[/folder]] |
| 129 | |
| 130 | [[folder:Sports]] |
| 131 | * Behold, the Philadelphia Flyers' mascot, [[https://www.thedailybeast.com/gritty-the-philadelphia-flyers-bizarre-new-mascot-is-antifa-now Gritty!]] This UncannyValley Muppet-like creature was initially met with mortified shock, but [[MemeticMutation eventually became a meme]] because Philadelphians found it strangely relatable. And yes, EVERYONE was saying [[ItWillNeverCatchOn it could only backfire]] before Gritty could make his official season debut. |
| 132 | [[/folder]] |
| 133 | |
| 134 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 135 | * ''TabletopGame/BattleTech'': [[http://www.sarna.net/wiki/UrbanMech The UrbanMech]], a stubby, dome-topped "walking trash can" often compared to [[Franchise/StarWars R2D2]] with a {{BFG}} spot-welded onto it, the Urbanmech is short, graceless, unglamorous, slow as molasses in winter, and beloved by many fans for its endearingly stumpy qualities. |
| 136 | -->'''Tex Talks [=BattleTech=]:''' You see, the Urbanmech is like a pug. Derpy, small, and full of character. |
| 137 | * ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': |
| 138 | ** Eyeball beholderkin have huge central eyes, magic-beam-shooting eyestalks, and fanged mouths like their larger, more dangerous relatives -- and are [[FunSize about the size of large grapefruit]]. |
| 139 | ** [[http://www.aidedd.org/dnd/images/devilImp.jpg Imps]] and [[http://www.aidedd.org/dnd/images/quasit.jpg quasits]], the smallest of devils and demons respectively. |
| 140 | ** Most baby dragons don't look very much better than their adult forms, but are still able to pull this off. Especially blue dragons, for some reason. [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110429071257/forgottenrealms/images/8/87/Blue_dragon_Wyrmling.jpg Blue dragon wyrmlings]] have huge eyes, faces that look like they've run face-first into a brick wall, big ears (which no other chromatic dragon has) and nubby horns. They're like spiky blue pugs the size of golden retrievers. [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/forgottenrealms/images/e/ed/Pseudodragon.JPG Pseudodragons]], also described as having "the personality of a common housecat". D'awww, I want one! |
| 141 | ** Flumphs embody this trait. Think of a pancake crossed with an octopus floating around and you've got the idea. |
| 142 | ** Goblins and kobolds. Two races of three-foot-tall people whose apparent racial destiny is to be killed by first-level [=PCs=] -- you have to feel for them a little.%%[[http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Kobold Cutebolds]] are the logical conclusion of this trope.%%How and why? |
| 143 | ** Otyughs may be stalked eyed dragon monsters that [[{{Squick}} wallow in other monster's poop]] but [[http://static1.squarespace.com/static/535adf45e4b0cd207ffc69c5/5418963be4b003eaab461f04/542b2fe0e4b0efb6cda3719b/1412116486188/Otyugh-BrynnMetheney.jpg who can stay mad at that happy grin]]? |
| 144 | ** The infamous [[http://blogs-images.forbes.com/davidewalt/files/2014/09/rust-monster-close.jpg rust monster]] resembles a giant mix of a cockroach and an armadillo, but according to the 5th Edition Monster Manual, they're very docile and friendly creatures that make great pets as long as one has no metal on them. Awwwww...No wonder one was chosen as the mascot for ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo''. |
| 145 | %* ''TabletopGame/IronKingdoms'': Pygmy trolls and troll whelps. |
| 146 | * ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' has several. Who'd have thought that a [[KillerRabbit psycho killer]] named [[https://scryfall.com/card/uma/217/murderous-redcap Murderous Redcap]] could be so huggable? Or that a slimy eyeless... ''thing''... like a [[https://scryfall.com/card/nem/106/mossdog mossdog]] looks like it would make a good pet?%%To say nothing of a few of the [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Tyranid]]/[[VideoGame/StarCraft Zerg]]like [[https://scryfall.com/card/tpr/207/crystalline-sliver Slivers]].%%ZCE |
| 147 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'': Goblins are the game's MascotMook for a reason. They're a race of [[PluckyComicRelief cartoonishly stupid]] pyromaniac murderous chibis with a penchant for morbid little songs and wacky antics. |
| 148 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Pokethulhu}}'' tends to aim here with its, direct quote, "adorable eldritch monsters from the icy depths of space". The game's mascot, Pikathulhu, is Pikachu as a {{Cthulhumanoid}} (within a sufficiently loose definition of "humanoid"). |
| 149 | * ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': |
| 150 | ** There's a race of [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Orks]] who are so exaggerated and silly, some find them oddly adorable. Everyone else finds them all kinds of awesome. |
| 151 | %%** The Orks' pet Squigs solidly fall into this category, as do Gretchin on occasion.%%How? |
| 152 | ** Chaos has Nurglings, rotund little goblinoid daemons who can often be seen clinging to their larger kin. Possibly the most adorable pustulent hellspawn you will ever meet. [[https://www.games-workshop.com/en-US/Chaos-Daemons-Nurglings Now in Miniature form]] |
| 153 | ** Popular fan character [[http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Cultist-chan Cultist-chan]] definitely qualifies as well. She'll [[FunetikAksent cahptoor]] your heart. |
| 154 | [[/folder]] |
| 155 | |
| 156 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 157 | %%* Toys/CabbagePatchKids, when they were first introduced. |
| 158 | * Pretty much the modus operandi of the Toys/{{Uglydolls}}, with their strange colors and asymmetry, it's enough to make you wanna squish 'em! |
| 159 | %%* And Living Dead Dolls. |
| 160 | %%* And Music/PussycatDolls! Wait... |
| 161 | %%* Domo-kun!?! |
| 162 | %%* Boglins |
| 163 | * Several ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' characters and creatures can be considered this; particularly the smaller ones. |
| 164 | ** Piruk is a little hunchback with no eyes and sharp claws in lieu of hands, but can be seen as quite cute, especially given his timid personality. |
| 165 | * Many of the offerings at giantmicrobes.com |
| 166 | ** It will probably be the only time in your life where you will say with all honesty (unless you're a dirty bugcatcher) "I want AIDS!" |
| 167 | * ''{{Franchise/Transformers}}'': |
| 168 | ** [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 Generation 1]] Repugnus transforms into [[https://static.seibertron.com/images/toys/files/04/r_repugnus006.jpg this monstrous insectoid creature]], which is oddly adorable due to its big bug eyes and CuteLittleFangs. |
| 169 | ** ''Film/TransformersFilmSeries'': [[https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/1/1e/ROTF_Ravage_promo.jpg Ravage]] is sure to give you cuddly nightmares. And that's just [[https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/d/de/ROTF_Deluxe_Ravage_toy.jpg his regular figure]], not the [[https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/5/5b/Robotheroesjoltravage.jpg Superdeformed Robot Heroes version]]. |
| 170 | %%* The immortal Sock Monkey. |
| 171 | %%** Along that vein (and created in the same town as the Sock Monkey was--seriously, we have giant plexiglass sock monkeys and a sock monkey wing in the museum): The adorable creepy/ugly-cute of the [[http://www.socks-that-rock.com/ Socks That Rock]] line. |
| 172 | * [[http://www.hotmunkey.co.uk/index.php?cPath=2 Mutant Dolls]]. Basically ragdolls with huge eyes, horns, fangs, floppy, lopsided bodies, and and odd, vacant stares - and you just wanna hug 'em? |
| 173 | * The legendary "Robert The Doll" would fit in this trope. Sure, he's a haunted doll rumored to curse you if you don't ask him permission before taking his picture, but he is [[http://www.robertthedoll.org/ kinda cute.]] |
| 174 | * This aesthetic is pretty much why that frog doll... thing... ([[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/get-out-frog-the-something-awful-frog-frogout here, just look at it]]) is a [[MemeticMutation popular icon]]. Commonly associated with the phrase "[[GetOut GET OUT]]", probably because it looks kind of mean. |
| 175 | * The [[http://www.squishable.com/pc/squish_worrible_15/Big_Animals/Large+Round+Worrible Worrible]]. Weird, bulgy-eyed, drooling, round, yet somehow adorable little...thing. |
| 176 | ** Squishables has made plush versions of all sorts of oddly adorable creatures from octopi to jellyfish to axolotl to even Cthulhu. Yes, there's a squishy Cthulhu. |
| 177 | * This is pretty much the explanation for the success of Troll dolls. |
| 178 | * The ''Toys/MyPetMonster'' toy line (and associated media) from the 1980s was a deliberate attempt to invoke this trope, especially with the "My Monster Pet" toys, [[http://www.ghostofthedoll.co.uk/Toys_MyPetMonster.htm which were more dog-like]]. The 2001 Toymax version retooled the Monster making him more conventionally cute, but still falling into this trope. |
| 179 | * ''Toys/TheTrashPack'' is a standard gross-out series filled with disgusting creatures and rotten food. However, the characters are charming enough to have gained a good-sized female fanbase as well. They remain off-beat in the cartoon series, but still keep their gross charm. Its successor, ''Toys/TheGrosseryGang'', also has a similar gross-but-cute charm to it. |
| 180 | * [[https://www.aliexpress.com/item/OUENEIFS-BJD-SD-Doll-Sphynx-cat-fullset-elf-animal-1-4-Body-Model-Girls-Boys-Mini/32951693163.html?spm=2114.search0604.3.2.72e35d9eBPVirb&s=p&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0,searchweb201602_8_10065_10130_10068_10890_10547_319_10546_317_10548_10545_10696_453_10084_454_10083_10618_10307_537_536_10059_10884_10887_321_322_10103,searchweb201603_70,ppcSwitch_0&algo_expid=f8d91555-5883-40b5-a180-3b7612d7a970-0&algo_pvid=f8d91555-5883-40b5-a180-3b7612d7a970&transAbTest=ae803_3 These]] ball-jointed sphynx cat dolls are bald, wrinkled, and overall alien, but strangely cute. |
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| 182 | |
| 183 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 184 | * ''Webcomic/CatanaComics'': The characters are all drawn in a very simplistic design that features round heads, bulging round eyes, and tiny mouths almost between their eyes. However, it somehow works quite well and gels with the incredible wholesomeness of the comic's content. |
| 185 | %%* ''Webcomic/{{Catena}}'': Mr. Cuddles the tarantula. |
| 186 | %%* ''Webcomic/CheckPlease'': {{Gonk}}y [[http://omgcheckplease.tumblr.com/post/119042940532 baby Jack]]. As a young adult he's a {{Hunk}}. |
| 187 | * ''Webcomic/{{Chimneyspeak}}'': Chelsea Grinn is a ravishing young woman... who's covered with scars and is utterly psychotic... and still is adorable in her own way. |
| 188 | * ''Webcomic/{{Cloudscratcher}}'' has Toosus, which have the body structure of a spider, and the texture of a puppy. |
| 189 | * ''Webcomic/CursedPrincessClub'' has Princess Gwendolyn of the Pastel Kingdom. She has a creepy goblin-like appearance complete with ScaryTeeth, but her kind personality, girly PrincessClassic clothes, and the close relationship that she and her non-creepy siblings have with each other make her quite lovable. |
| 190 | * ''Webcomic/DaddyLongLegs'': The characters are all [[BigCreepyCrawlies giant insects and arachnids]], but come across as ''incredibly'' cute. (With the possible exception of [[NightmareFace Scapegrace]], though YMMV.) |
| 191 | * ''Webcomic/{{Digger}}'': This is a common theme, as well as Creator/UrsulaVernon's other work. Currently she's on a kick of making adorable phalloi -- which are Greek fertility symbols that are basically penises with wings and feet. |
| 192 | %%* ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'': Bort, who seems to be one of the few characters that the Hatedom itself accepts. |
| 193 | * ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': It's yet another horrible death trap of fun in the AxCrazy building Castle Heterodyne, but the Nyar spider is just so cute (it even eats its victim with a little knife and fork.) |
| 194 | %%* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'': Chaos in her CreepyChild form. |
| 195 | * ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'': Zimmy has very nearly MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily, greyish skin, hair like a StringyHairedGhostGirl, inexplicable black stuff that usually covers her eyes (which are [[RedEyesTakeWarning bright red]] under all that), and is strange, mean, and prickly and enjoys chasing rats -- but there's a certain charm to her appearance and she has her nice moments, and is therefore rather adorable. Plus, her relationship with Gamma is very, very sweet. I couldn't help but go "awww" when Zimmy and Annie [[spoiler:arrived where Gamma was in Zimmy's dark, terrifying hallucination (which seems to come right off a ''Franchise/SilentHill'' game), and Gamma was sleeping peacefully on top of a giant pile of cute, brightly colored stuffed toys, representing just how much she means to Zimmy]]. |
| 196 | * ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': |
| 197 | ** All of the Trolls other than [[CatGirl Nepeta]] [[BadassAdorable Leijon]] and [[{{Adorkable}} Tavros]] [[NiceGuy Nitram]] (who are more just plain cute) count too. Exaggerated [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/mspaintadventures/images/f/f9/Grubs.png/revision/latest?cb=20101026203741 when we see them as wrigglers.]] And look what would happen [[http://nire-chan.deviantart.com/art/HS-Grub-Tier-290575781 if they would godtier.]] Who knew little [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation rainbow-colored]] maggot things could be so cute? |
| 198 | ** Some of the lusii may count too. Tinkerbull is under this category, though he's more just plain adorable. Aurthour, the weird-looking centaur-cow-man lusus of Equius, fits better. He's definitely not cute by normal standards, but his mannerisms help him to achieve a similar effect. Kanaya's lusus definitely falls under this. It's basically a truly gigantic winged bug with a skull for a face. But she's such a caring guardian to Kanaya! Look at her [[spoiler:as a sprite]] [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100909215161/mspaintadventures/images/0/03/Kanaya2.gif comforting Kanaya]]. And Kanaya mentions reading stories to her on [[YouMeanXMas 12th Perigee's Eve]]. Aww. |
| 199 | ** This is the only way to describe how [[spoiler:[[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006997 Calliope]]]] looks. One is led to believe that she is a different and more attractive-looking species right up to her reveal, making your first reaction be "What the '''''hell''''' is that thing!?", but then you realize that she's ''adorable''. About half the fanbase thinks [[spoiler:her brother [[CardCarryingVillain Caliborn]], the juvenile form of [[BigBad Lord]] [[EldritchAbomination English]],]] is almost as adorable. How can you honestly take [[http://www.mspaintadventures.com/storyfiles/hs2/05958_2.gif this face]] seriously as that of [[spoiler:the angel of double-death]]? |
| 200 | ** Some of the members of the Midnight Crew and the Felt are rather endearing-looking in a cartoony sort of way, despite being alien gangsters. [[http://mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=003081 Clubs Deuce]] especially so. |
| 201 | %%** [[http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Mutie Mutie]], the four-eyed kitten. |
| 202 | %%** And the imps. Easy to kill, but how can you hate them? |
| 203 | * ''Webcomic/TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'': Molly's pet Snookums is a space monster Bob calls a "tentacle bunny". Molly herself is a pretty weird-looking creature. Roofus the Robot would not be especially cute if not for his innocent personality; well, okay, the construction-worker cap built into his head is kind of cute. And Voluptua, even in her alien butterfly form, still manages to be very attractive. |
| 204 | %%* ''Webcomic/LovelyLovecraft'': Phil in his Earthly form is almost cute, and presumably the other Night Gaunts are too. |
| 205 | * ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': Due to the art style, many normally horrific monsters can turn out this way. For example, Tsukiko apparently sleeps with a plushie version of Xykon, and the instant that comic appeared all the fans wanted one. For context, Xykon is an undead MagnificentBastard. He's also an adorably drawn stick figure skeleton with [[ExpressiveMask expressive glowing eye-sockets]], a cheerful-looking skeletal grin, and a little golden crown floating just above his head. In plushie form, too cute for words. |
| 206 | * ''Webcomic/PlanescapeSurvivalGuide'': Tchick the Beholder is a giant floating eyeball who has extra eyes on stalks around his bulbous body. And all the other beholders won't even let him play their beholder games! |
| 207 | %%* ''[[https://www.rustledjimmies.net/comic/ Rustled Jimmies]]'': The chubby little bald dudes. |
| 208 | * ''Webcomic/{{Selkie}}'': The titular character is an [[FangsAreEvil orthodontic nightmare]] with HellishPupils and a bluish skin tone more commonly associated with walking corpses. She describes herself as "[[http://www.selkiecomic.com/?p=80 a pretty one]]", and the fans are inclined to agree. (The tipping points seem to be that a): she has normal human hair, and b): apart from the fangs, her smile is the same as that of any other HeartwarmingOrphan.) |
| 209 | * ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'': Choo Choo Bear has to fall under this trope. A hairless cat, over thirty years old, whose cancer treatments in his younger days reduced his bones to a gelatinous substance that let him contort into various shapes and travel through sewage pipes. He's a bit of a freak, but he's ''so %*!& cute'' that he gets forgiven for just about anything he does, up to and including suspected murder. |
| 210 | %%* ''Webcomic/TalesOfTheQuestor'': Squidge the bogeyman is somewhat reminiscent of Gollum and Stitch.%%And? |
| 211 | * ''Webcomic/{{tinyraygun}}'': The Geckoids, who have these big oxygen helmets that make them look like they've got a huge overbite, and an eternally grumpy look in their eyes. |
| 212 | * ''Webcomic/UglyClub'': The various {{Public Domain Character}}s (FrankensteinsMonster, Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera, [[Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast the Beast]], [[Literature/TheManWhoLaughs Gwynplaine]], and [[Literature/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame Quasimodo]], with guest appearances by Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac) who make up the MassiveMultiplayerCrossover cast. The artist averts AdaptationalAttractiveness and does not diminish the characters' canonical deformities, but between the cartoony art style and the humorous characterization, they still come across as quite endearing. |
| 213 | %%* ''Webcomic/TheUnspeakableVaultOfDoom'': The cartoony {{Eldritch Abomination}}s. |
| 214 | %%* ''WebComic/{{Wurr}}'': Pretty much all of the hellhounds. Underfed, deformed doggies never looked so cute. |
| 215 | [[/folder]] |
| 216 | |
| 217 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 218 | %%* [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-alot Alots]] |
| 219 | * ''Arby n the Chief'': Greg is a large toy spider, but he's meek and talks through sticky notes, and is more skilled then the Arbiter or the Chief. |
| 220 | %%* [[http://lilbub.com/ BUB the cat]]. Her human loves her very much. |
| 221 | * The mysterious "[[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/bunchie Bunchie]]" (or whatever you call it) with its beady eyes and its goofy gait and its big smile. |
| 222 | * ''WebAnimation/CharlieTheUnicorn'': There is a strange... sea-goat-seal... thing. Charlie even lampshades this. "I can't tell if you're adorable or creepy." |
| 223 | * The image of a Shibu Inu called Balltze became a widespread meme under the name [[https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/cheems Cheems]] because of this. There's something so bizarre, ominous, awkward and adorable about how he's just sitting there "smiling". |
| 224 | * ''WebVideo/DontHugMeImScared'': |
| 225 | ** The three puppets are: a yellow humanoid with overalls and a mullet cut, a duck with a suit, and a {{Cthulhumanoid}} with spaghetti as a face and dull eyes. For some reason, they manage to be attaching. |
| 226 | ** Some teachers count as well: Shrignold may have a funny face, they're also a butterfly; Colin manages to be cute despite having square features; and even the Spinach Can's dorky looks have this effect too. |
| 227 | ** Warren from the TV show. He is deliberately designed to be a {{Gonk}} with blemishes covering his body, bulging eyes and messy teeth and the main trio + Colin make multiple insults about his appearance. Despite that, there are some fans out there who think he is oddly endearing, thanks to his [[JerkassWoobie pathetic and tragic existence]] and a somewhat cute voice; even the aformentioned eyes and teeth are seen as more cute than anything to some. [[spoiler: That said, you'd be hard-pressed to find ''anyone'' who finds his [[OneWingedAngel true form]] [[NauseaFuel "cute" in any way]].]] |
| 228 | * ''VideoGame/DragonFable'': The [[http://forums2.battleon.com/f/fb.asp?m=17228270 baby dracoliches]]. So adorable that [[spoiler:Zorbak's attempt to turn them into an evil army and take over the world failed because the people of Amityvale adopted them as pets]]. [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Awwww]]. |
| 229 | * ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': Frog, who looks like a green gumdrop with a white circular nose and webbed limbs rather than any sort of actual frog. |
| 230 | * ''WebOriginal/FluffyPony'': Fluffy ponies can be this, especially when abusers want to emphasize the oddity of the creatures. |
| 231 | * UsefulNotes/FurryFandom: [[http://vaporotem.deviantart.com/art/Whats-a-Bormal-42485455 Bormals]] are essentially oddly-colored noseless bunnies with CuteLittleFangs. |
| 232 | %%** [[http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Crux_(species) Cruxes]]. |
| 233 | %%** [[http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/Sergal Sergals]]. (Despite/because of the BizarreAlienBiology of the females.) |
| 234 | %%* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': Flaky. |
| 235 | * ''WebVideo/GeminiHomeEntertainment'' took the alien, spider-like EldritchAbomination that are Gardners...and made them into [[https://youtu.be/afDLvCxJ4c8 squishy little plushies with stubby tentacles.]] |
| 236 | * [[https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/hampter Hampter]] looks like what you'd expect something called "Hampter" to look like. |
| 237 | * Hellephant on Regretsy (the site has been shuttered), who inspired some adorable fan art despite still being stained and missing an ear. |
| 238 | * ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'': The episode "Loo Loo Land" has many imp children and infants in the background and they manage to be rather adorable despite all being literal demons. |
| 239 | * ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'': The Cheat and his old-timey cousin, The Sneak. Maybe it's just the art style -- the Cheat's baffling physiology probably ''would'' make for a pretty horrific-looking creature in a more realistic style. |
| 240 | * Pipi from ''WebAnimation/TheLegendOfPipi'' is a wrinkly little cat who's hairless aside from a few strands of grey hair and has large bulging eyes. He's hideous but oddly endearing, especially when we finally hear him [[TheUnintelligible "speak"]]. Special mention also goes to the weird cat-steed thing he rides at the beginning of the video and to [[spoiler: the dragon Pipi ends up falling in love with.]] |
| 241 | * ''Literature/LoomingGaia'': Despite being a [[OurKoboldsAreDifferent kobold]] with lumpy skin and a misshapen face, Tojum looks rather cute in her dress. |
| 242 | * WebAnimation/LucasTheSpider will melt any arachnophobic's heart immediately after almost giving them a heart attack. |
| 243 | %%* [[http://www.quickmeme.com/Misunderstood-Spider/ Misunderstood Spider]]. |
| 244 | %%* ''Website/{{Mortasheen}}'': Many creatures fall under this trope. |
| 245 | %%** [[http://www.bogleech.com/mortasheen/chainsawkid.htm Aww, isn't he a cute little chainsaw monster?]] [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/482060 He talks by revving his chainsaw]].%%Weblinks aren't examples. |
| 246 | %%** The Marrow and Gasjack both seem like some bastard hybrid of a Pokémon with obscure spellcasting Heartless. |
| 247 | * [[https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Ncs_Artist NCS_artist]] draws a lot of characters this way: |
| 248 | ** Their most prominent character, Keeshee, is either this or full-on cute based on whether or not you find snakes ugly; if you do, then you'll still probably love her even if she's a humanoid cobra: She's got a cute face, an endearing personality, her [[https://youtu.be/o54aefC2H_c canon voice]] is Jester from ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' and she even has some BigBeautifulWoman going on. |
| 249 | ** Again, if you find snakes ugly, then humanoid python and local MsFanservice Vranda steps right into "Ugly ''Sexy''". |
| 250 | ** Keeshee in her "normal form" has nothing on [[https://youtu.be/W612wThEVs8 "Goblin Keeshee"]], a small, chubby, often quadruped version of her with large eyes that produces an assortment of strange noises. She's very weird but also weirdly adorable, especially in the videos where she basically functions as "normal Keeshee"'s child, like [[https://youtu.be/qpe2nwoN2Hk here]]. |
| 251 | ** There's the cat Gloose: practically bald, weird-looking, huge, vacant eyes without a thought behind them and [[https://youtu.be/tjOqMcgkfLY cute as any kitty]]. |
| 252 | * ''Website/{{Neopets}}'': Some of the mutant, "prehistoric", Halloween-themed, and "evil" versions of the Neopets. |
| 253 | * ''WebOriginal/ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum'': When a canon character's name is misspelled in badfic, a 'mini' creature appears: a small version of a monster from that canon. For Lord of the Rings, Mini-Balrogs, and for Harry Potter, there are Mini-Aragogs, etc. These are cute, but also just as ugly as their larger counterparts. |
| 254 | * [[https://www.furaffinity.net/view/8602654/ Rotarr]], a character created by Lisa Heschl, is an anthropomorphic housefly. While she's got some {{Squick}}y aspects (including an insect tongue and a mottled, gray, hairy body), she's still much closer to a CuteMonsterGirl than to [[Film/TheFly1986 Brundlefly]]. |
| 255 | * ''WebAnimation/SaladFingers'': |
| 256 | ** Salad Fingers himself is green, yellow-teethed, bug-eyed, misshapen and, if he really WasOnceAMan, by now he's unrecognisable as one. Still, those big eyes are kinda puppy-doggish at times and he is a strangely wholesome character in personality...most of the time. |
| 257 | ** The bug-eyed lumpy-headed kid from episode four was strangely endearing. |
| 258 | %%** ''Many'' of the characters fall under this category... possibly including the title character himself!%%Examples aren't ambiguous. |
| 259 | * ''Website/SCPFoundation'': |
| 260 | ** There have been times where SCP-682 could be considered "cute", such as his interaction with the benevolent BlobMonster, SCP-999 or his exposure to rage-inducing CreepyChild, SCP-053. |
| 261 | ** SCP-191 could also be seen in this light. Although in her case its mostly because people [[TheWoobie feel sorry for her]]. |
| 262 | ** Instances of [[PetMonstrosity SCP-040-1]], the [[LEGOGenetics creations]] of SCP-040, could also be seen like this. |
| 263 | ** SCP-811's description makes her sound like a revolting predatory beast, but her interview log makes her sound like a little child with a cute speech impediment. |
| 264 | ** SCP-1471a is described as "cute" (in a macabre sort of way) by those affected by SCP-1471 after they get over its NightmareFace. Keep in mind that it is a shadowy HumanoidAbomination with black hair and a dog's skull for a face that stalks you through texted-pictures and reflections. Its harmless, and is implied to be created as a companion for lonely people, but it is still unnerving to see for some. |
| 265 | ** SCP-1550, [[http://scp-wiki.wdfiles.com/local--files/scp-1550/tumblr_l5utnbGzyW1qzduuso1_400.jpg just look at it]].%%* Music/{{Vocaloid}}: Meet Tako Luka. |
| 266 | * ''WebAnimation/{{Shrapnel}}'': Like the meme they are based on, the Ugandan Knuckles are these weirdly deformed bug-eyed [[FunnyAnimal echidna people]], but their big eyes make them kind of cute in a weird way. |
| 267 | * The Trimmings in ''WebVideo/VitaCarnis'' are made out of red, slimy flesh like all the other species of Vita Carnis and look like oversized bugs made from the body parts of dead babies, then there's the sounds they make. However, they are completely harmless and, in fact, are much more afraid of us than we are of them. They are social, docile and are even kept as pets by some. Admit it, [[https://youtu.be/YjOvqpr0big this video]] does somewhat make you wish you had a pet Trimming, doesn't it? |
| 268 | ** Of course, Ugly Cute creature=Ugly adorable [[https://youtu.be/f0SGowlKskg plushie]]. |
| 269 | ** Meat Snakes are also very strong on the Ugly part, not only being ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, but also growing to huge sizes, eating carcasses and changing the shape of its head based on the last skull it ate (yes, these things can show up donning [[UncannyValley a humanoid face]]...) But the fact they are also harmless and, in fact, can be used for benefits like garbage disposal and sanitation does make them kinda cute. |
| 270 | ** Series creator Darían Quilloy himself uses an online avatar that basically looks like a charred corpse with googly eyes and a perpetual smile on its face. |
| 271 | * ''WebAnimation/TheWaltenFiles'': |
| 272 | ** Like all the other Showstoppers in the series, Sha the sheep and Banny the bunny are UncannyValley animatronics that, in the present day, are dismantled and twisted. However, they're still a [[SweetSheep sheep]] and a [[BunniesForCuteness purple bunny]] respectively. Banny's wide-open eyes still have some of that GenkiGirl energy in them, while Sha still has some of her old features as the Showstoppers' pretty girl, [[PopularWithFurries just ask a portion of the fans]] and they'll tell you she's still [[ArcWords beautiful]]. |
| 273 | ** One cutscene from the game-within-a-show ''Bunnyfarm'' features the NiceGirl Holly, a horse with a welcoming demeanor that still has a slightly wall-eyed look and a crooked face. Despite this, Banny calls her [[InformedAttractiveness "pretty".]] |
| 274 | ** Then there are the adorable plushies based on the [[https://youtu.be/3RvMZHjbhEM gruesome]] [[https://youtu.be/FfqXyrkQbIQ Showstoppers.]] |
| 275 | * ''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'': The eponymous creature from "[[Recap/WelcomeToNightValeEp43Visitor Visitor]]", which Cecil initially fawns over as being straight up ''adorable''. However, his description of it is very... odd, with it being vaguely spherical, with stubbly little nubs for limbs are large, staring 'duck eyes', until even Cecil is forced to admit it might not be cute so much as just plain ''weird''. [[spoiler: Of course, after what it does to the station cat, its hard to think of it as cute in any capacity.]] |
| 276 | * ''Zombies a la Mode'': The waiter zombie you play as is strangely adorable, especially because of the messy bangs of hair sticking out from under his hat and the [[TheWoobie permanent expression of distress]] upon his face throughout the game. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded by the female zombie at the shop, who frequently mentions him being cute]]. |
| 277 | * [[http://endangereduglythings.tumblr.com/ Endangered Ugly Things]]. And the San Diego Zoo's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPMwOPwurKU baby rhino]]. |
| 278 | * Several [[MemeticMutation memetic]] {{ImageBoard|s}}-based emotes, such as Trollface and Rageguy (aka "[[CurseCutShort FFFFFFUUUUUUUUU]]") |
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