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* This was part of a scene in ''Film/MrMom''. The Butler family's old-style vacuum cleaner has a mind of its own; when Jack leaves it unattended, it goes out of control and rolls forward, almost devouring poor Kenny's SecurityBlanket. For good measure, Kenny's brother Alex is "attacked" by the washing machine lurching forward on its legs at the same time. Later in the film, Jack and the vacuum cleaner have reached an understanding, and it behaves more like a trained animal than a wild one.

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* This was part of a scene in ''Film/MrMom''. An old-style vacuum cleaner goes out of control and rolls forward, devouring a poor boy's SecurityBlanket. For good measure, another boy is "attacked" by a washing machine lurching forward on its legs.

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* ''ComicStrip/{{Marmaduke}}'', despite being a huge dog, is known to be terrified of vacuum cleaners. http://mail.29-95.com/time-suck/comic/marmaduke-explained-10-25-11 and http://mail.29-95.com/time-suck/story/marmaduke-explained-07-12-09

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* In ''VideoGame/ArTonelico'', one of Aurica's [[JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind cosmosphere]] levels depicts a cat on a vacuum cleaner that has been sucking away her power. Once that is discovered, another her comes and redirects the cat-vacuum toward Misha and Shurelia. The rest of the level is spent dealing with Aurica's inferiority complex with the other two potential love interests.

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In fiction, vacuum cleaners are often used as monsters, especially in works focusing on children or animals, because of their ability to suck up items that are a lot bigger than just ordinary dirt and dust. They are the most dangerous when they attack characters, even coming to life and trying to suck up the characters when the vacuum is even bigger than the characters.

* Invoked in one episode of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', Ash, Dawn and Brock explore a haunted house and get pursued by kitchen appliances being controlled by a Pokemon named Rotom, one of them being a vacuum cleaner.

* Invoked in one episode of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', Ash, Dawn and Brock explore a haunted house and get pursued by kitchen appliances, being controlled by a pokemon named Rotom, one of them being a vacuum cleaner.

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Vacuum cleaners are one of the staples of good housecleaning dating all the way back to the mid-20th century, making them OlderThanTelevision. However, sometimes in media, vacuum cleaners can also seem monstrous in the eyes of small children or pets, as well as the fact that they can sometimes be overly exaggerated by sucking up larger items instead of just dirt and dust. Be prepared to be [[{{Pun}} sucked in]] by this trope.

Related to WeaponsThatSuck.

Can be a part of AIIsACrapshoot.

Not to be confused with VacuumMouth.

* This was part of a scene in the film ''Mister Mom'' starring Michael Keaton. An old-style vacuum cleaner goes out of control and rolls forward, devouring a poor boy's woobie blanket. For good measure another boy is "attacked" by a washing machine lurching forward on its legs.

* Not exactly killer or sentient per se, but the ''Literature/HankTheCowdog'' book "The Case Of The Vampire Vacuum Sweeper" involved Slim Chance using a vacuum to tease Hank.

* In ''Bart's Nightmare'', one of the levels features killer vacuum cleaners.

* Dustman from ''MegaMan4'' is a killer robot vacuum cleaner, complete with a dustbuster as an ArmCannon. Later subverted as it turns out he's only fighting Megaman because Dr. Wily kidnapped his creator's daughter.

* In ''The Adventures of Shark Puppy'' webcomic, Shark Puppy is [[http://fireandshellamari.tumblr.com/post/44788631580 terrified of the vacuum cleaner]]. A later comic shows him dreaming about [[http://fireandshellamari.tumblr.com/post/45776661122 fighting a vacuum monster.]]

--> '''Peter:''' ...and then he became a carnivorous vacuum cleaner. I've still got the scars; anybody want to see?
--> '''Ray:''' Peter, we just ate.

Vacuum cleaners are one of the staples of good housecleaning dating all the way back to the mid-20th century, making them OlderThanTelevision. However, sometimes in media, vacuum cleaners can also seem monstrous in the eyes of small children or pets. Be prepared to be [[{{Pun}} sucked in]] by this trope.

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/FetchWithRuffRuffman'', the kids are sent to the island of Dogtopia[=/=]Catlantis, where cats and dogs used to live in harmony until a civil war broke out between them. They use their clue finding skills to solve the mystery of what caused the conflict, eventually finding that both sides blamed each other for a horrible howling that was terrifying everyone. On a smaller island nearby, the kids find the answer: the howling was caused by evil vacuum cleaners living there.

* The vacuum in ''HaiyoreNyarkoSan'', which seems like a normal vacuum, but can shout "CYCLONE!!" for some reason.

Vacuum cleaners are one of the staples of good housecleaning dating all the way back to the mid-20th century, making them OlderThanTelevision. However, sometimes in media, vacuum cleaners can also seem monstrous in the eyes of small children or pets. Be prepared to be [[IncrediblyLamePun sucked in]] by this trope.

* Subverted in ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster''. Kirby the vacuum cleaner is the GrumpyBear of the group, but he turns out to be a JerkWithAHeartOfGold and a [[SourSupporter reliable teammate]], rather than a villain.

* In Terry Pratchett's novel ''The Carpet People'', the microscopically small civilization living in the Carpet are periodically subject to catastrophe caused by a massive and invisible demon-god called Fray, whose advent is heralded by changes in air pressure and a mighty wind destroying everything in its path...