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->'''Teddy Bear:''' *With Satanic voice* I'll swallow your souls!!

* Does the cursed pie holding the curse responsible for Paul's rapid weight loss count in Richard Bachman (Stephen King's) Thinner count?

* Though not really an example of this trope, [[ToyStory Lotso Huggin Bear]] ''has'' to deserve mention.

-->-- ''YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries''

* Mogget from the ''OldKingdom'' books is sealed into the form of a cat. He is in fact a Free Magic spirit on par with the creators of the world. And also prone to attempting murder against his master when freed.

* Blair of ''EerieCuties'' is an adorable little blonde doll, with a grown perverted man inside. it hasn't been explained yet who or what Blair was, and how he ended up as Nina's favorite dollie.

-->-- ''Marik's Council of Doom 2''

* [[BodySurf Reynardine]] from ''GunnerkriggCourt'' is trapped in one of Antimony's stuffed animals after a botched attempt to [[DemonicPossession steal her body]].

*** No, he was seen on Earth a couple of times after that -- he got teleported there along with everyone else.

* Maybe counting as a subversion, from ''{{Toy Story}} 3'', [[spoiler:Lots-O-Huggin Bear]], who is simply PureEvil. [[spoiler:Unlike most examples, Lotso actually stayed as a teddy bear; he just snapped after being lost by his former owner, then made his way back [[EtTuBrute only to find out he'd been replaced.]]]]

* ''TheDresdenFiles'' book ''Summer Knight'' had Harry summoning a Loa to gain some information. Part of this ritual requires Harry giving the Loa a physical body to inhabit during the interview. The only usable vessel Harry has on hand, much to the Loa's dismay, is a Cabbage Patch Doll. Harry, naturally, thinks it's hilarious.

* Well, his ''ultimate'' fate is to die in the [[EarthShatteringKaboom Namek Shattering Kaboom]]...

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[[caption-width-right:350:Lotso - as [[LiteralMetaphor literal]] as it gets.]]

* Blair of EerieCuties is an adorable little blonde doll, with a grown perverted man inside. it hasn't been explained yet who or what Blair was, and how he ended up as Nina's favorite dollie.

** Except the fact that he is a pacifist and obsessed with breasts. He's like a stuffed hippie on viagra.

* One children's horror novel had an evil demon possessing the body of a parrot and attempting to make the owner as miserable as he can. After a botched excorcism attempt, it possessess his dog.

An otherwise fearsome character gets trapped in a cutesy body. This reduces him to the status of [[TeamPet Cuddly Mascot]] or (for more literal cases) CompanionCube. But there are times when he'll be able to [[LetsGetDangerous break out the fearsomeness again]] -- most obviously [[KidWithTheLeash in service to his mistress/master]] because that's when [[RestrainingBolt the seal]] is most likely to be loosened.

See FluffyTheTerrible and DeathbringerTheAdorable; see also SleepModeSize.

!!Examples:
* Boogie-Kun from "{{Karin}}" is the spirit of a serial killer trapped in the body of a doll.
* [[BodySurf Reynardine]] from ''GunnerkriggCourt'' is trapped in one of Antimony's stuffed animals after a botched attempt to [[DemonicPossession steal her body]].
* The demon hunter trapped in the ventriloquist's dummy in ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' qualifies, though he wasn't restricted with a RestrainingBolt.
* In MarvelComics' ''Great Lakes Avengers'', Deathurge got trapped in the body of a squirrel.
* ''{{Bleach}}'' has a borderline example - an immoral, obnoxious spirit called Kon is sealed in a little plush lion.
** Borderline? When Kon first showed up and got into Ichigo's body, he beat the crap out of the main characters. Sticking him in a harmless plush toy was the only safe choice short of destroying him. Sure he's the ''{{Plucky Comic Relief}}'' now, but he was originally created as a weapon.
*** Except the fact that he is a pacifist and obsessed with breasts. He's like a stuffed hippie on viagra.
* ''TheDresdenFiles'' book ''Summer Knight'' had Harry summoning a Loa to gain some information. Part of this ritual requires Harry giving the Loa a physical body to inhabit during the interview. The only usable vessel Harry has on hand, much to the Loa's dismay, is a Cabbage Patch Doll. Harry, naturally, thinks it's hilarious.
* ''{{Angel}}'''s Wesley once summoned a Loa that took the form of a fast-food restaurant's burger-shaped drive-thru speaker.
* In the ''MalazanBookOfTheFallen'' series, the mage Hairlock had his soul shifted into a puppet after he was cut in half during a battle. In this form he plots revenge against Tayschrenn.

* In TheEmperorsNewGroove, the villainess, Yzma, drinks one of her own shapeshifting potions near the very end of the movie and is turned into a cute little kitty cat with an adorable squeaky voice.
* Loki from SparklingGenerationValkyrieYuuki. However, while he may look similar to Reynardine, he has no leash.
** He is, however, still technically trapped in a cave underground chained to a rock with snakes dripping venom into his eyes. He's merely controlling the doll remotely and experiencing life vicariously.
* Mogget from the OldKingdom books is sealed into the form of a cat. He is in fact a Free Magic spirit on par with the creators of the world. And also prone to attempting murder against his master when freed.
* In the (now-discontinued) webcomic ''Lowroad'', Natasha is dabbling in the occult and accidentally summons an evil spirit ... which possesses one of her stuffed toys. '''Doom-Piggy!!'''
* Tibbers, Annie's teddy from {{League of Legends}}, is actually a demon that she summoned and sealed. At her command, she can summon him forth in the form of a giant flaming grizzly.
* In ''{{Tales of Symphonia}}'', there is a small, weak summon spirit named Corrine who [[spoiler:dies and later, in an optional sidequest, returns to reveal that he was the very powerful Verius, Summon Spirit of Heart]]. Not exactly evil, but neutral.
* In ''DragonBallZ'', during the Frieza Saga, this is Captain Ginyu's ultimate fate. While using his body-swapping technique, a frog is thrown in his way, causing his own consciousness to become sealed within the frog (and the frog's mind to enter his body).
* In ''LenoreTheCuteLittleDeadGirl'' there is Ragamuffin, a vampire cursed by the witch sister of his victim, who turned him into a rag-doll.
* [[http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/contents/slayers-r/images/chara/cara-pokota.jpg Pokota]] of {{Slayers}} is a ChaoticGood example. Though, even in plush form, is still a fully capable PersonOfMassDestruction.

*Not quite sure whether to count this as a subversion but from [[ToyStory Toy Story 3]], [[spoiler: Lots-O-Huggin Bear]], who is simply PureEvil.
** Actually, it seems so-[[spoiler:Unlike most examples, Lotso actually stayed as a teddy bear; he just snapped after being lost by his former owner, then made his way back [[EtTuBrute only to find out he'd been replaced.]] ]]
*[[JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac The Doughboys.]] Not to mention [[spoiler: Shmee.]]
* [[{{Ghostbusters}} The Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man]]. Though he's far from harmless.

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