History Main / DeliberatelyCuteChild

** The Three Little Witches, from [[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/stories/371-the-three-little-witches their eponymous story]], when its discussed how they get away with things if it isn't Mrs. Grimes who's handling them:

'''Little Girl:''' ''[[[CryCute sniff, sniff]]]''\\

* The ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "Sweet N Sour" has one-shot villains which are three adorable baby animals who hold up banks and jewelry stores. But since they're ''so cute'', the clerks in the store just give them everything, and if the Powerpuff Girls so much as come near them, ''they'' will be labeled as the bad guys. In truth, the three cute animals are rude, manipulative, greedy, and threaten the Girls with this trope if they try and put them in jail. And they ''do.'' They end up defeating them by making them think a kindergarten is a bank and they get cuddled and manhandled by a bunch of little kids.

* The one-shot characters called the Cuddlemuffins from ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey''. They pretend to be [[TastesLikeDiabetes very cute]] for Adam so that they can take his money to buy food pellets, which they do CONSTANTLY. Jake, Slips, and Windsor eventually help Adam when he sells his hair to pay the Cuddlemuffins off, but when they show up to act cute towards their next 3 victims, Adam stops it once and for all [[spoiler:by shaving off the Cuddlemuffins' coats, as well as his friends']].

* The ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode "Sweet N Sour" had one-shot villains which were three adorable baby animals who held up banks and jewelry stores. But since they were [[TastesLikeDiabetes SO CUTE]] the clerks in the store just give them everything, and if the Powerpuff Girls so much as come near them, THEY will be labeled as the bad guys. In truth, the three cute animals are rude, manipulative, greedy, and threaten the Girls that they will invoke this trope if they try and put them in jail. And they DO. They end up defeating them by making them think a kindergarten is a bank and they get cuddled and manhandled by a bunch of little kids.

* ''Manga/DetectiveConan'':

* Suzy Johnson, Jeremy's little sister, from ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''. She fools her brother, but not Candice or Buford, who are both terrified of her.

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* In ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', there was once a wild [[BearsAreBadNews Teddiursa]] that behaved like this to get food from trainers and tourists. He became a nuisance until he evolved into Ursaring, when he couldn't use his charms to get stuff anymore. Except from Team Rocket.

Compare {{Kawaiiko}}, as well as the more sinister EnfantTerrible, who just might use this to get away with their horrible deeds, and TheFakeCutie, who does something similar, despite being an adult. Contrast the genuinely-adorable CheerfulChild. A favorite tactic of LittleMissConArtist.

* All three Watterson children from ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'' can pull this off, but Darwin does it the best. In fact, in ''The Safety'', he becomes an all powerful dictator, just because everyone thinks he's too adorable to say no to.

* ''Manga/BreakBlade'''s Niko is the borderline codifier. She's an AxCrazy BloodKnight, [[OlderThanTheyLook older than she looks]], and knows exactly what she's doing. The guy caught up in the cuteness? ''Still'' reacting that way despite coming across her with her gun pointed at someone's head and her knife pointed at his crotch.

* [[spoiler:Cozy Glow]] of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' is an adorable little filly and a cunning power-hungry sinister sociopath who came dangerously close to victory and shows no remorse for her crimes.

* Vivio in the ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' FanWebComic by [[http://www.q-ice.com/ Q-Ice]] does this mostly to annoy her JerkAss [[KidFromTheFuture future mother]]. [[http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/9450/nano106trxp8.jpg Karma's a bitch]].

* Twyla from ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}''. According to Susan, she's seven in years, but about thirty-five in cynicism:

->'''Dogbert:''' Is it true that you ''pretend'' to be cute in order to ''manipulate'' adults?!
->'''Little Girl:''' ''[[[CryCute sniff, sniff]]]''
->'''Dogbert:''' Oh, hey, wait... I'm just kidding. Can I buy you something expensive?

* In the first arc of ''FanFic/TouhouIbunshu'', Rumia combines this with a WoundedGazelleGambit to manipulate Remiu into removing [[RestrainingBolt her ribbon]]. Later, Reimu falls for this ''again'' when [[spoiler:Remilia]] pretends to a scared child helping her escape, only to eventually turn on her.
* In ''FanFic/FourDeadlySecrets'', Ruby ''ruthlessly'' exploits her cute and innocent appearance to pull the wool over everyone's eyes or avoid awkward questions. [[spoiler:Miltia learns to see through it]].

* Twyla from ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}'':

---> '''PJ''': I know. "I wuv you" is just cuter.

->'''Dogbert:''' Is it true that you ''pretend'' to be cute in order to ''manipulate'' adults!!

* {{Subverted}} on ''{{WesternAnimation/Daria}},'' when the title character is roped into babysitting the [[ChildrenAreInnocent ridiculously well-behaved]] Gupty kids.