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* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' movies Puss-in-Boots takes serious advantage of this, weaponizing PuppyDogEyes to catch opponents off guard.

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** Some would even regard [[LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners Shiki]] Ryougi as one.

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** Some would even regard [[LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners [[Literature/TheGardenOfSinners Shiki]] Ryougi as one.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei is able to turn into an adorable red panda but can hold her own against [[spoiler:her ginormous red panda mother, and headbutts her unconscious.]]
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* Margo, Edith, and Agnes from ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe''. Three absolutely adorable and adopted girls who are also intelligent and ACT tough as hell. Gru, the minions, and Lucy also apply, but for Lucy it's more in a dorky way.

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* Margo, Edith, and Agnes from ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe''.''Franchise/DespicableMe''. Three absolutely adorable and adopted girls who are also intelligent and ACT tough as hell. Gru, the minions, and Lucy also apply, but for Lucy it's more in a dorky way.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'':
** Even as a child, Manolo was able to effortlessly perform amazing feats of bullfighting.
** Since she was a child, Maria has always been upbeat and adorable. Ten years later, and she became a certified badass.
* Both Flint and Samantha from ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs'' can qualify, both having cute innocent faces but still being able to fight or get really mad at someone without looking too scary. They're more like this in the second part, though.
* The eponymous character of ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}''. A look that invokes BigBrotherInstinct? Check. Underfed? Check. Having more balls than most healthy adult males? Um... check.
* Emily from ''WesternAnimation/CorpseBride'' is pretty cute for an animated corpse and proves just how badass she is during the finale in the church against Barkis Bittern.
* Margo, Edith, and Agnes from ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe''. Three absolutely adorable and adopted girls who are also intelligent and ACT tough as hell. Gru, the minions, and Lucy also apply, but for Lucy it's more in a dorky way.
* The ''WesternAnimation/EquestriaGirls'' movies essentially translate the BadassAdorable tendencies of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic MLP:FIM]] characters into their human counterparts, leading to moments like the motocross.
* ''WesternAnimation/HappyFeetTwo'' has [[ActionGirl Boadicea]] pulling off LeParkour moves and Erik standing up against some freaking Elephant Seals.
* Toothless from ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'', who takes cues from Stitch, is capable of going from badass to Adorable in the blink of an eye. It's all in the eyes. When he's happy to see you and wants to play, his pupils are HUGE, making him look adorable. [[BewareTheNiceOnes If he doesn't like you or if you present a danger to him or his rider, those pupils will narrow to vertical slits and will make you instantly regret becoming the target of his wrath.]]
* Even though he's a ''50-foot-something robot'', the Giant from ''WesternAnimation/TheIronGiant'' is an endearing GentleGiant, with a childlike naivety about the world he's come to. [[RedEyesTakeWarning Just don't point]] [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds a weapon at him...]]
* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' has at least a few of these.
** First there's ProtagonistTitle-guy, Po, who has badass kung-fu skills by the end of the first film. The adorable is, of course, the fact that he's a [[PandaingtotheAudience chubby Panda]].
** There's also Master Shifu, who is a small red panda, but he can kick just about anyone's ass.
** Believe it or not, Viper is [[http://bit.ly/Io56dJ pretty cute]] too. Plus, she's voiced by Creator/LucyLiu.
* Uni-Kitty from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'' is, as her name implies, a half-kitten, half-unicorn. She's pink and has a very sweet personality. If provoked far enough, however, she is capable of effortlessly defeating micromanagers unarmed, the only character to demonstrate this trait.
* The protagonist of ''WesternAnimation/MinusculeValleyOfTheLostAnts'' is a ladybug. A small, friendly, adorable ladybug who [[RunningTheBlockade breaks out of]] TheSiege in an AntWar to get her friends, the besieged ants, the weapon they need. Also, outwits [[TheBully the flies]].
* Susan Murphy/Ginormica from ''WesternAnimation/MonstersVsAliens'' is a nearly 50 foot tall woman who managed to help stop a genocidal alien from destroying humanity and her big blue eyes make her look very cute.
* San in ''Anime/PrincessMononoke''. Granted she ''is'' pretty badass but she does have her moments of being adorable whenever Ashitaka catches her off guard.
* The spinoff ''WesternAnimation/PussInBoots'' introduces another BadassAdorable cat character by the name of Kitty Softpaws, who is skilled and tough on a level fit to rival Puss himself. And a [[LiteralMetaphor literal]] "cat burglar."
* Maruti from ''Animation/TheReturnOfHanuman'' is adorable yet badass. [[BulletTime Once he avoided bullets Neo-style]]. You could see his badassery [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiICKd_1qxA here]].
* The Sandman from ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians'', because you do not want to get on his bad side.
* Gidget in ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretLifeOfPets''. She's a big-eyed white Pomeranian who is generally pretty upbeat and friendly. She also kicks the tails of a small army of the Flushed Pets in short order to protect Max, including ''taking down a sewer alligator by herself''.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' movies Puss-in-Boots takes serious advantage of this, weaponizing PuppyDogEyes to catch opponents off guard.
* From ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' we have [[TheHero Miles Morales]], a dorky high school student able to stand against villains twice his size, [[{{Animesque}} Peni Parker]], a cutesy young girl piloting a spider-based mech, and [[BewareTheSillyOnes Spider-Ham]], a FunnyAnimal version of Spiderman who uses ToonPhysics to fight and [[CurbStompBattle easily takes down]] [[TheBrute Scorpion]].
* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei is able to turn into an adorable red panda but can hold her own against [[spoiler:her ginormous red panda mother, and headbutts her unconscious.]]
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* They turn up in the Creator/{{Key|VisualArts}}[[Creator/KyotoAnimation Ani]] adaptations, of all places.
** [[EmotionlessGirl Mai Kawasumi]] from ''VisualNovel/{{Kanon}}''. Even if the demons she fights every night are [[spoiler:emanations of her own powers resulting from her reluctance to embrace them]], you have to admit she's pretty [[ActionGirl handy with a sword]].
** Tomoyo Sakagami from ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}''. Just ask the local biker gangs. Or [[ButtMonkey Sunohara]].
** From the same series, Kyou Fujibayashi also qualifies as this.
* ''Franchise/AceAttorney:''
** Pearl Fey is a powerful candidate, since she's saved the day quite a few times by channeling Mia.
** For someone who is ostensibly the series' main DamselInDistress, Maya certainly makes herself useful under the direst situations.
** An [[CuteIsEvil evil]] example of this trope would be [[spoiler:Dahlia Hawthorne]]. Not everyone has the guts to [[spoiler:jump from a bridge into a river known for its deadly speed just to steal a jewel]].
** [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyDualDestinies Athena Cykes]] is a CuteBruiser, being super cheery but also strong enough to judo toss an adult male from behind her.
** Ambassador Colias Palaeno from ''Investigations'', who manages to really grow on a lot of players, and who [[spoiler:shows up with a small army near the end and pressures the other country’s ambassador, [[BigBad Quercus Alba]], into staying put with thinly veiled threats]]. And he ''[[PerpetualSmiler keeps smiling while doing it]]''.
* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'': Most of the cast counts, really. (Mion and Shion fall into CuteBruiser territory.)
** Rena, whose primary prerogative on a normal day is to [[ImTakingHerHomeWithMe find cute things to take home]]. When pushed to protect herself or her friends, she can (non-fatally) swing around a cleaver like no one else.
** Satoko, [[MeaningfulName appropriately dubbed]] 'The Trap Master' by the rest of the cast, is somewhere between [[VagueAge 9 and 12]] years old and very frequently TheWoobie, yet she can trap, confuse or outright take out trained, fully grown men with minimal effort on her part.
** Rika, whose very presence in early arcs was [[TokenMiniMoe basically to say something cute]] for Rena to {{Squee}} over, proves herself to be this when she [[spoiler:goes it alone and tries to take out Shion with mace and a syringe. She failed, but it was still Badass. She's also Really700YearsOld and eventually becomes {{determin|ator}}ed to ScrewDestiny]].
** Hanyuu, a little girl around Rika's age, cute enough to be kidnapped by Rena ''three times in two minutes'', who is also [[spoiler:[[DiscOneFinalBoss Oyashiro-sama]], a PhysicalGod who is promoted from TheVoice and TheScapegoat to a full cast member during the final arc]].
* The entire point of ''VisualNovel/KoihimeMusou'', but especially Kan'u. Even more so in the first game.
* The Franchise/{{Nasuverse}} is peppered with this trope.
** [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Arcueid]] from ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}'' is more well known for being a bit [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} adorably ditzy]] than being {{s|weaterGirl}}exy. Also known more for her [[PersonOfMassDestruction outrageously broken strength]].
** The ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' girls all have their moments.
** Ilya is probably the most prominent there. Of course, she also happens to be a complete (but intensely sympathetic) psychopath loli who [[NotAllowedToGrowUp isn't as young as she looks]].
** Some would even regard [[LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners Shiki]] Ryougi as one.
* Rosemary from ''VisualNovel/RoseOfWinter'' is this in spades. She's a hopeless romantic, flusters easily, thinks "this is a bit of a pickle" is coarse language, and wants to be a knight not for the thrill of battle, but because she sees it as a way to help people. Which she does by swinging [[{{BFS}} a sword that would make Cloud Strife jealous]] at any and all gigantic wild animals that try to harm the prince she's sworn to protect.
* ''VisualNovel/ShallWeDateNinjaShadow'' has the PlayerCharacter Saori Shishido, a doll-like {{bifauxnen}} who arrives to Nagasaki as an ActionSurvivor who needs to hone her ninja skills ''fast'' so she can avenge her brother's death, but at the end of each route has grown into as a full-fledged ActionGirl whose boyfriends LOVE [[AmazonChaser how strong she has become]] AND [[CutenessProximity how adorable she is]].
* Veridadia from ''VisualNovel/YuminaTheEthereal'', who [[spoiler: can turn herself into a {{BFS}} capable of destroying anything in a single strike]].
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Significant overlap with CuteBruiser and LittleMissBadass can occur. What distinguishes Badass Adorable characters from their peers is the adorability. Particular emphasis is placed on their inherent vulnerability (emotional or otherwise), which is [[HiddenBadass at odds with the abilities they can access]].

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* The banana in this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTiXZYQNYec Wrigley Gum commercial]]. Forget Film/JamesBond, this cute little fruit should be the next 007!
* The little girl from this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUrftf3ndAw Haribo advert]]. The other guy should have given up as soon as the door opened.
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In ComicStrip/Dennisthe Menace(UK), Dennis, Gnasher, Curly and Pie-Face are very cute and very badass, especially in the tv series.

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* Campaign 2 of ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' introduces the adorable Tiefling Cleric Jester. She's a sweet CloudCuckooLander with a massive SweetTooth. She also has a Lollipop as her Spiritual Weapon...and it's actually quite effective. As a Cleric she has access to some pretty potent spells and has even managed to land the final blow on a few tough enemies.

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* Campaign 2 of ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' introduces the adorable Tiefling Cleric Jester. She's a sweet CloudCuckooLander with a massive SweetTooth.SweetTooth who likes pretty clothes and pastries. She also has a Lollipop as her Spiritual Weapon...and it's actually quite effective. As Also, she has the second highest strength in her party, and as a Cleric she has access to some pretty potent spells and has spells. She even managed to land the final blow on a few tough enemies.enemies, including the campaign's endboss, [[spoiler:the Nonagon]].
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* Just like their respectful games, Paula, Viridi and Tails are this in ''Roleplay/SuperSmashBrothersLifeItself''. The ''Pokémon'' characters are also this... Along with Pac-Man and Amaterasu.

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* Nurse Worse from ''WebVideo/DrCrafty''. She's quite a CuteMonsterGirl with a cheerful disposition and a sweet voice (courtesy of [=Megami33=] from Creator/TeamFourStar). However, she's quite strong when she needs to put up a fight, often clobbering her opponents with RapidFireFisticuffs, ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''-style.

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* Nurse Worse from ''WebVideo/DrCrafty''.''WebAnimation/DrCrafty''. She's quite a CuteMonsterGirl with a cheerful disposition and a sweet voice (courtesy of [=Megami33=] from Creator/TeamFourStar). However, she's quite strong when she needs to put up a fight, often clobbering her opponents with RapidFireFisticuffs, ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''-style.
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* ''Series/CobraKai'': Sam Larusso in Season 2. Having [[StillGotIt fended off Kyler's advances in Season 1]], she [[BackInTheSaddle went right back to training]] and became the epitome of WeakButSkilled in the school brawl against Tory.

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* ''Series/CobraKai:'' Sam Larusso in Season 2. Having [[StillGotIt fended off Kyler's advances in Season 1]], she [[BackInTheSaddle went right back to training]] and became the epitome of WeakButSkilled in the school brawl against Tory.

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* Tannikin the Pinglet in ''Podcast/{{Hello From the Magic Tavern}}'' is a tiny flying piglet who nobody can meet without discussing at considerable length how adorable she is. When she gets trapped in the {{mirror universe}}, she corrals a rebellion which turns the tide on the {{Dark Lord}} after just a couple of years, and was about to force the podcast crew to surrender when Usidore the Black returned her to her own universe.



* Just like there respectful games, Paula, Viridi and Tails are this in ''Roleplay/SuperSmashBrothersLifeItself''. The Pokemon characters are also this... Along with Pac-Man and Amaterasu.

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* In ''Webcomic/{{Rascals}}'', pretty much all the rabbits in the universe here, especially Reiko as seen [[https://rascals.kemono.cafe/comic/rascals-pg-408/ here]] and the next few proceeding pages.
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* Wiggy from ''Literature/MirrorWorld'' is a young bat-like beast creature known as a day-vamp and is a very optimistic, all-loving girl. She also helps [[TheProtagonist Vita]] on her journey to try and stop an all-out war, and violently mauls a giant monster known as a Brood ''by herself'', with no weapons aside from her claws.

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* The Supermen from ''Animation/HappyHeroes'' are all cute little {{Robot Kid}}s, but don't let that fool you - they are ''very'' capable of combat and regularly give the designated MonsterOfTheWeek a good beating in most episodes.
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** The first star the ''Podcast/{{Sequinox}}'' girls face, Antares, is cute, small, pink, and also almost destroys them.

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* Flotsam the adorable bomb filly from ''Podcast/FalloutIsDragons''. She serves as the team's moral core... and has no qualms about throwing grenades at her enemies, bowling for undead with explosives, or mining an entire dune to wipe out a raider encampment. Her best friend is a necromancer and together they pioneered the concept of Bombies, zombies loaded with explosives and sent after their foes.
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* Let's take ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', give it a grimdark spin, and make it into a PlayByPost forum. ''Roleplay/EquestriaChronicles'' is what you get.
* Just like there respectful games, Paula, Viridi and Tails are this in ''Roleplay/SuperSmashBrothersLifeItself''. The Pokemon characters are also this... Along with Pac-Man and Amaterasu.
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* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': Several, which shouldn't be too surprising given that it is set in [[ElaborateUniversityHigh Elaborate University]] [[SuperheroSchool Superhero High School]], with some students as young as nine.
** Of these, the most notable is probably Jade Sinclair (Generator), one of the original main character. Cute as a button, looks like she's only eleven... and has scared the holy <censored> out of violent villains like Bloodwolf and Killstench. Bloodwolf controls a werewolf spirit and likes hurting people. He got stapled to a tree with railroad spikes. Do not make Generator mad at you. And then there's the Syndicate hardsite she destroyed... after being tortured nearly to death, stabbed through the heart, then [[spoiler:gives herself CPR and plays dead until her regen kicks in, then she goes about killing half the base herself with jagged metal objects and raising her victims as "zombies". It starts to cross the line into GrotesqueCute, really.]]
** Team Wondercute, an entire team of Adorable Badasses dedicated to 'defending cuteness' and are the terror of the combat simulation exercises. Not surprisingly, Jade is pretty much their ''de facto'' leader.
** Ribbon, a CuteBruiser with high end regeneration, NighInvulnerability, a 5 ton deadlift, and the ability to create cloth out of nothing.
** Diz Aster, a junior high student with dramatic SuperStrength and a ForceField, but suffers from PowerIncontinence which she is only just starting to overcome in Fall 2007.
* The Lambsbridge Gang in ''Literature/{{Twig}}'', a team of {{TykeBomb}}s who act as the enforcers for an AcademyOfEvil, yet who remain childlike and playful with one another.
* Wiggy from ''Literature/MirrorWorld'' is a young bat-like beast creature known as a day-vamp and is a very optimistic, all-loving girl. She also helps [[TheProtagonist Vita]] on her journey to try and stop an all-out war, and violently mauls a giant monster known as a Brood ''by herself'', with no weapons aside from her claws.
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* Rosanna Pansino in Season 3, Episode 4 of ''WebVideo/EscapeTheNight''. Deemed the sweet cinnamon roll by the fandom even before Season 3 began, she evolved to Badass Adorable in episode 4 after [[spoiler: finding out the name of the Man With No Name in the elimination challenge she was sent into and being able to retrieve the blood stone, beating out arguably another TheCutie Teala Dunn]]. Her persistence and capacity for badassery surpassed the fandom's expectations, as cinnamon rolls in ETN usually don't become Badass Adorable.
* Rebecca Stone from ''WebVideo/DemoReel''. Sweet and pretty, but will slam your head into something hard if you're sexist to her or just outright beat you to death if you hurt her friends.
* The WebVideo/AngryVideoGameNerd's pet cat, Death Kitty (real name: Boo) chased away the Atari Jaguar logo when it invaded the Nerd's room and proved impervious to his light guns. As the Nerd himself puts it, Death Kitty is "the '''''real''''' Jaguar".
* Nips from [[https://vimeo.com/124256124 "The Casebook of Nips & Porkington"]]. While not as badass as the other examples, he's pretty intelligent and smart for a detective.
* Campaign 2 of ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' introduces the adorable Tiefling Cleric Jester. She's a sweet CloudCuckooLander with a massive SweetTooth. She also has a Lollipop as her Spiritual Weapon...and it's actually quite effective. As a Cleric she has access to some pretty potent spells and has even managed to land the final blow on a few tough enemies.
* Nurse Worse from ''WebVideo/DrCrafty''. She's quite a CuteMonsterGirl with a cheerful disposition and a sweet voice (courtesy of [=Megami33=] from Creator/TeamFourStar). However, she's quite strong when she needs to put up a fight, often clobbering her opponents with RapidFireFisticuffs, ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''-style.
* ''Series/CobraKai:'' Sam Larusso in Season 2. Having [[StillGotIt fended off Kyler's advances in Season 1]], she [[BackInTheSaddle went right back to training]] and became the epitome of WeakButSkilled in the school brawl against Tory.
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See also KillerRabbit, for general harmless-looking creatures that are anything but harmless.

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