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| 7 | ->''"He shouldn't be allowed to be that cute and that strong. It's not fair."'' |
| 8 | -->--'''Mei Sakura''' (on Negi Springfield), ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' |
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| 10 | A catch-all term for characters who, while being absolutely adorable, are also extremely capable at kicking ass. As said on [[ImageBooru a certain website]], they make you break down and go "Aww, who's a widdle asskicker? Who's a widdle asskicker?" |
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| 12 | 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 at odds with the abilities they can access. |
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| 14 | Underneath the [[CheerfulChild irrepressibly cheerful demeanor]], behind the [[TheCutie innocent wide-eyed gaze]], lies an astonishing capacity for [[WaifFu kicking your ass]], leveling a city, or why not, ''[[PersonOfMassDestruction leveling an entire country]]''. Perhaps you've threatened their loved ones. Maybe you've offended their inviolate sense of justice. No matter what shape the grievance against you takes, they will give you an entirely new set of benchmarks to define hurt. |
| 15 | Their destructiveness is directly proportional to their cuteness. Thus, BewareTheNiceOnes. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | Compare and Contrast with CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass, who may not even be cognizant of their own badassery. Often exists as a [[SubvertedTrope subversion]] of the typical TagAlongKid and TeamPet. See also {{Tykebomb}}, for when the Badass Adorable is reared for the sole purpose of serving as living weaponry. A badass [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter little critter]] can also be a KillerRabbit. When the cute character is not only badass but also ''malevolent,'' then CuteIsEvil. |
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| 19 | !!Example subpages: |
| 20 | [[index]] |
| 21 | * BadassAdorable/AnimeAndManga |
| 22 | * BadassAdorable/ComicBooks |
| 23 | * BadassAdorable/{{Disney}} |
| 24 | * [[BadassAdorable/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]] |
| 25 | * BadassAdorable/{{Literature}} |
| 26 | * BadassAdorable/LiveActionTV |
| 27 | * BadassAdorable/VideoGames |
| 28 | * BadassAdorable/{{Webcomics}} |
| 29 | * BadassAdorable/WesternAnimation |
| 30 | * BadassAdorable/RealLife |
| 31 | [[/index]] |
| 32 | |
| 33 | !!Other examples: |
| 34 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 35 | |
| 36 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 37 | * 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! |
| 38 | * 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. |
| 39 | [[/folder]] |
| 40 | |
| 41 | [[folder:Asian Animation]] |
| 42 | * 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. |
| 43 | [[/folder]] |
| 44 | |
| 45 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 46 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': Linus van Pelt is an adorable, shy little boy who carries a baby blue security blanket with him wherever he goes. He is also highly intelligent, well-read, and philosophical (religious texts being his forte), preferring passive-aggression and wit to deal with people who are being jerks to him. However, he is proficient in using his blanket as a whip, a skill that carries over into the animated adaptations and which he won't hesitate to use if you insult his blanket habit or [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl bully a girl in his presence]]. His most extreme example is the VerySpecialEpisode ''WesternAnimation/WhyCharlieBrownWhy'', where, devoid of his blanket for the whole episode (to stress the seriousness of the subject), nearly clobbers a kid who was bullying his cancer-stricken friend/crush for her chemo-induced baldness. |
| 47 | * ''ComicStrip/BabyBlues'': Wren [=MacPherson=] is a very cute, little toddler and is always like this. And when her brother teases her, she always hits him with a ball they were playing off-panel. |
| 48 | * In ComicStrip/DennistheMenace(UK), Dennis, Gnasher, Curly and Pie-Face are very cute and very badass, especially in the tv series. |
| 49 | [[/folder]] |
| 50 | |
| 51 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 52 | * Kagura Mikazuchi in ''Fanfic/AlternateTailSeries'' [[AgeLift is now 13 years old]] and greatly adores Mira, seeing her as an older sister figure. That doesn't stop her from being a girl able to control gravity and wield a sword that can cause calamities and was even able to [[spoiler: hold off against Azuma for a few minutes before being ultimately defeated.]] |
| 53 | * The ''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]]/{{Franchise/Pokemon}}'' fancomic ''Webcomic/BadThingsWillHappen'' has the baby ghost types (Flame the Gastly, Lyly the Shuppet, and Skull the Duskull). They're only babies, are very sweet and polite...and they managed to stand up to the [[spoiler:'''''[[VideoGame/LuigisMansion Boolossus.]]''''']] |
| 54 | * If UglyCute counts, then Tug of ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'' is this, given his extreme agility. To wit: |
| 55 | --> Tug hit the wall straight on, somehow rebounded into a tuck roll, let his back right paw touched the ground for one-eighth of a second, launched twenty feet from that one push, and managed to hit Hobbes at roughly seven thousand miles per hour. |
| 56 | * ''Fanfic/AGrowingAffection'' has a number, mostly connected to Hinata; her familiars Sol and Lune, her 'pet' Ni-ne [[spoiler: a.k.a. the Two-Tails Cat]]. Also the Goddess of Death appears as a cute little girl. |
| 57 | * [[GenkiGirl Mariko Aratani]] from the ''Manga/LuckyStar'' fanfics ''Fanfic/HolidayVacation'' and ''Fanfic/LuckyStarAfterStory'' definitely qualifies. She is a cute tomboyish girl with a badass streak. In Chapter 11 of After Story for instance, during an earthquake, she saved her best friend Chiyoko's life by jumping on top of her when part of the building came down on top of them. Did we mention that said earthquake was the ''2011 Tohoku Earthquake?'' |
| 58 | * Emily Hawthorne from Fanfic/PokemonJohtoQuest gradually becomes this as the series progresses. |
| 59 | * In the semi-genderbent Sword Art Online fanfiction story ''Fanfic/TheKiritaChronicles'', Kirigaya Kazuta is capable of being badass both in the real world due to taking karate classes and in the virtual world. |
| 60 | * ''FanFic/MegamiNoHanabira'': The main characters are all highschool girls, and quite adorable. They’re also VERY good at handling [[{{Mons}} demons.]] |
| 61 | * [[Fanfic/DeliverUsFromEvilSeries Mortality]] has this with [[CuteBruiser Watson.]]. Like his (BBC counterpart) you do NOT want to mess with [[TheLeader John Watson]] or [[LivingEmotionalCrutch his friend.]] Oh, and good luck if you gloat over a dying Sherlock-the end result is.....well, unpleasant. |
| 62 | ** [[TooDumbToLive Smith found this one out the hard way.]] |
| 63 | ** Oh, and don't [[VillainsWantMercy beg Watson for mercy]] if you've played a part in Holmes's long-term imprisonment. You'll wind up [[GoodIsNotSoft dead.]] As in, ''murdered.'' |
| 64 | ** [[TooDumbToLive The captured criminal found that one out the hard way.]] |
| 65 | * Jack in ''Cave Story Versus I.M. Meen'', without a doubt. Starting out as a simply adorkable little [[TheWoobie woobie]], Jack [[TakingALevelInBadass becomes progressively more and more badass over the course of the story]], from defeating a giant mold monster [[VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay based off of the Great Mighty Poo]], narrowly escaping [[SanitySlippage complete mental breakdown,]] literally [[BreakingTheFourthWall breaking the fourth wall,]] and ''[[FinishHim tearing the skin off of Meen's face with his bare hands and pushing him off a cliff...]]'' |
| 66 | ** ...to powering his way through a giant tower maze of death with a little help from his friends, utterly destroying Meen [[BadassBookworm through sheer brainpower alone]] even after being ''[[IncredibleShrinkingMan shrunken down to microscopic size,]]'' going through fanfiction hell itself... |
| 67 | *** and finally, last but not least, TOTALLY ANNIHILATING THE PERSONIFICATION OF DEVIANTART ITSELF. |
| 68 | *** Using '''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure ZA WARUDO]]''', no less. And to think he was actually one of the freaking [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Mimigas]] in ''VideoGame/CaveStory''? |
| 69 | * Agent Bucky Bear in ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/series/200978 Agent Barnes and Agent Bear]]'' is a robotic teddy bear with a self-aware AI based on ComicBook/BuckyBarnes. He's more of a stealth and infiltration specialist than a physical powerhouse, given his size, but a combat-capable intelligent stuffed toy is still pretty impressive. |
| 70 | * ''Fanfic/AWorldOfBloodyEvolution'' is a crossover fic where Yang Xiao Long, the adorable teenage CuteBruiser of Team WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}, carves through whole ranks of [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Ork Boyz and Chaos Space Marines]] [[CurbStompBattle with ease]], thanks to her BattleAura letting her NoSell bolter rounds and melee blows, and her SuperStrength letting her pulverise Astartes power armour. [[spoiler: Between all this ''and'' her ability to FlashStep on top, Weiss Schnee is arguably even deadlier.]] Probably the only ''Warhammer 40000'' crossover fic you'll ever read where the notoriously overpowered denizens of the grimdark far future ''are clearly outmatched''. |
| 71 | * This is how Wonder Woman is depicted in ''Fanfic/SorrowfulAndImmaculateHearts''. She's a centuries-old magical warrior who is charmingly conscientious about learning the ins and outs of the world of men, unironically enthusiastic about cute baby animals, and genuinely considers panda-themed hoodie pyjamas the best Christmas gift ever. |
| 72 | * ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' has several, but chief among them is Cynthia during her oneshot. At 10 years old she was raiding tombs on her own and winning fights with older children. |
| 73 | * Despite generally being a pretty serious setting, it's considered pretty amusing when [[SelfInsert Ume]] the protagonist of [[Fanfic/SugarPlums Sugar Plums]] defeats, intimidates or outclasses older opponents. Why? Because Ume is a 4'2" (128 cm) tall twelve year old girl, who wears bright pink and purple clothing and looks like a porcelain doll. This is lamp shaded once or twice since in the Naruto world you never judge a person solely from their looks. |
| 74 | * In ''Fanfic/ForumOfThrones'', Kersea has a petite physique and is usually described as cute by others, which does not mean that she can't kick plenty of ass. Her best friend Raenna is similarly slim and small and no less of a badass. |
| 75 | * Sherry Birkin of ''FanFic/ResidentProject'' is a ten-year-old girl (who looks younger than she is), in pink shoes and floofy socks. She's also a ''[[OneManArmy shinigami]]''. |
| 76 | * Jean Grey in ''FanFic/ChildOfTheStorm'' appears to be a lovely, sweet-tempered [[BigSisterInstinct (unless you mess with her family)]] young lady. She is, in fact, a lovely, sweet-tempered young lady. She's also on track to be the most powerful psychic in the history of the Earth, and is already more powerful than most. Oh, and more or less only psychic who ''might'' (for now) be more powerful than her? That's her ''teacher,'' Charles Xavier. And by the sequel, she's firmly got the upper-hand, power-wise. |
| 77 | ** Diana is a kind, cute, and friendly preteen girl. She's also a future Wonder Woman, the daughter of Hercules and Hippolyta, and a LittleMissBadass who's already capable of doing ''very'' scary things when angered, like ripping giant werewolves in half. |
| 78 | * feralAncient, oceanRising, flintlockEnthusiast, familyFun for starters from ''Fanfic/AdultStuck''. Given most of the cast starts out at 11, this is probably to be expected. |
| 79 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fangame ''[[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/579165 Super Filly Adventure]]'', this is what becomes of the main character Jade in the warrior ending. [[spoiler:Essentially, she SOLO PWNS A DRAGON! With a MAGIC SPEAR.]]. |
| 80 | * Yuki from ''Fanfic/TheReturn'' loves pink, glitter, colouring books, looks about 13-14ish, and she will fuck you up. |
| 81 | * Chloe Cerise in ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'' is a girly girl in a white dress who loves chocolate, ''Alice in Wonderland'' and has such lovely flowing hair. Oh and she's also capable of knocking you out with her [[PipePain donut holer]] Cheshire. |
| 82 | * ''Fanfic/TheSecretReturnOfAlexMack'': Shar is an eight-year-old girl who loves watching The Iron Giant and becomes very attached to her adoptive big sister. Aaand she's also a [[PlayingWithFire pyrokinetic]] who boiled off an entire lake ''with power to spare'' when escaping from government experimentation; her upper limit is suspected to be "nuclear explosion". |
| 83 | * ''Fanfic/RubyPair'': Minimoose is basically a living plushie, and is one of the most dangerous characters in the story. |
| 84 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatianStreet'' the fanfic [[https://www.wattpad.com/story/292855701-i-am-a-de-vil I AM A DE VIL]] [[spoiler: Cruella's new son Dylan/Dyrant is very cute and also a badass pup]]. |
| 85 | * ''Fanfic/MiraiSMP'': |
| 86 | ** While Cooper is written to be the stronger half of his team with Travis, and highly capable, the fic also portrays him in a scared and curious way, even describing his eyes as going wide like a puppy's at the sight of Techno's guns. |
| 87 | ** Travis has his shades from the beginning, but he begins to fully grow into this role as the story progresses, and by the end it's fully on display, as scenes of him cheerfully interacting with [[spoiler:Joko are juxtaposed by him stabbing Techno in the shoulder and even excitedly asking if they're gonna go kill him]] at one point. |
| 88 | ** Connor is somewhat nervous and unsure of himself, and his gratitude towards Techno for saving him is adorable. Later down the line, [[spoiler:he returns the favor, saving Techno's life]], and even remarking: |
| 89 | ---> '''Connor:''' I never actually did anything like this before, but I feel really cool. |
| 90 | * ''Fanfic/VoyagesOfTheWildSeaHorse'': Shampoo is an extremely cute AnimeChineseGirl with a [[HulkSpeak cutely broken grasp of English]], a bubbly personality, and who absolutely adores her boyfriend, Ranma Saotome. She's even able [[{{animorphism}} to turn into]] a [[MixAndMatchCritters bunny/kitty hybrid]], [[BunniesForCuteness for extra cuteness]]. She's ''also'' a [[SupernaturalMartialArts martial-arts practicing super-badass]] who can switch from "sweet and innocent" to "ruthless killer" in the blink of an eye, [[SuperSpeed moves faster than lightning]], and [[SuperStrength can rend steel with her bare hands like it was tissue paper]]. |
| 91 | [[/folder]] |
| 92 | |
| 93 | [[folder:Films - Animation]] |
| 94 | * Fievel Mousekewitz from ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'' is an adorable, naïve little mouse kid who still manages to repeatedly escape, outwit and defeat the various enemy cats, mice and dogs that come his way. |
| 95 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys2022'' has multiple due to its cartoonish art style and appealing animal characters who are, nevertheless, feared criminals: |
| 96 | ** Mr. Wolf has come up with multiple strategies to rob museums and banks blind and, with his BadassDriver skills, constantly runs circles around the police. He's also an occasionally {{Adorkable}} anthropomorphic wolf who starts wagging uncontrollably whenever you call him a good boy. |
| 97 | ** Ms. Tarantula/Webs is as cute as you can make a spider, being small, covered in fluffy fur and with huge buck teeth. She's also a clever hacker who's able to down a police chopper as an afterthought. |
| 98 | ** Mr. Piranha is the second smallest member behind Webs, an easily excitable oaf, has adorable stubby hands and feet and is also a PintSizedPowerhouse that the gang uses whenever they need large groups of trained officers to be taken care of. |
| 99 | ** Mr. Shark is Badass because he's a huge, well, shark capable of turning a car into a convertible. He's adorable, however, because he's very sensitive and basically a big baby weighing metric tons. |
| 100 | ** The biggest example is Diane Foxington [[spoiler: aka the infamous [[CatBurglar Crimson Paw]]. She's a cute vixen with a pretty face and an endearing personality, and also a martial artist armed with countless gadgets who went down in criminal history before reforming and becoming a governor. Even after years of no training, [[OneManArmy she single-handedly takes down all the guards in a high-security prison with her bare hands]] and suffers no damage aside from a single, small tear in her suit.]] |
| 101 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'': |
| 102 | ** Even as a child, Manolo was able to effortlessly perform amazing feats of bullfighting. |
| 103 | ** Since she was a child, Maria has always been upbeat and adorable. Ten years later, and she became a certified badass. |
| 104 | * 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. |
| 105 | * The eponymous character of ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}''. A look that invokes BigBrotherInstinct? Check. Underfed? Check. Having more balls than most healthy adult males? Um... check. |
| 106 | * 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. |
| 107 | * Margo, Edith, and Agnes from ''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. |
| 108 | * The ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'' movies essentially translate the BadassAdorable tendencies of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic MLP:FIM]] characters into their human counterparts, leading to moments like the motocross. |
| 109 | * ''WesternAnimation/HappyFeetTwo'' has [[ActionGirl Boadicea]] pulling off LeParkour moves and Erik standing up against some freaking Elephant Seals. |
| 110 | * Toothless from ''Franchise/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.]] |
| 111 | * 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...]] |
| 112 | * ''Franchise/KungFuPanda'' has at least a few of these. |
| 113 | ** 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 chubby Panda. |
| 114 | ** There's also Master Shifu, who is a small red panda, but he can kick just about anyone's ass. |
| 115 | ** Believe it or not, Viper is [[http://bit.ly/Io56dJ pretty cute]] too. Plus, she's voiced by Creator/LucyLiu. |
| 116 | * 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. |
| 117 | * 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]]. |
| 118 | * 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. |
| 119 | * The title character in ''WesternAnimation/Nimona2023'' is a shape-shifter whose most used form is basically a little girl with salmon pink hair, salmon pink eyes and an outfit reminiscent of what a metalhead would've looked like in medieval time. She can also shape-shift into anything from a rhino to a bear and from a dragon to a dancing shark (all of these, of course, will don a reddish pink coloration) and take down armies of knights on her own with even [[AxCrazy too]] much eagerness. |
| 120 | ** Her "boss" Ballister Braveheart is a rugged knight who built himself a mechanical arm, and also a dork with the biggest PuppyDogEyes a bearded adult could ever don. |
| 121 | * San in ''Anime/PrincessMononoke''. Granted she ''is'' pretty badass but she does have her moments of being adorable whenever Ashitaka catches her off guard. |
| 122 | * 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]]. |
| 123 | * The Sandman from ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheGuardians'', because you do not want to get on his bad side. |
| 124 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Robots}}'' features Rodney's creation, the small, UglyCute robot Wonderbot [[spoiler: who ends up saving the day by defeating the BigBad Madame Gasket in a swordfight (well, a metal-pipes-fight) and ending her reign of terror for good.]] |
| 125 | * 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''. |
| 126 | * Mrs. Brisby from ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH'' is a kind, meek little she-mouse equipped with nothing but a torn cape and her own strong will. In a movie where the message is that courage is being afraid, but overcoming it, the fraidy Brisby manages to achieve great things, go where few have gone before (such as surviving an encounter with [[TheDreaded the Great Owl]]) and even [[spoiler:ends up saving a civilization from destruction]] all for the sake of saving her sick son Timmy. [[spoiler: She further becomes badass (and no less adorable) when, in the end, the Stone recognizes the courage in her heart and grants her immense magical powers.]] |
| 127 | * In the ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' movies Puss-in-Boots takes serious advantage of this, weaponizing PuppyDogEyes to catch opponents off guard. |
| 128 | ** 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." |
| 129 | * From ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'': |
| 130 | ** [[TheHero Miles Morales]] is a dorky high school student able to stand against villains twice his size as well as an horde of other Spider-People, and even has badass electric powers. |
| 131 | ** [[{{Animesque}} Peni Parker]] is a cutesy young anime girl piloting SP//dr, a spider-based mech psychically controlled by an actual spider. SP//dr itself is pretty much an orb with limbs and adorable digital faces, but still a mecha [[spoiler:which basically turns into an [[Anime/NeoGenesisEvangelion EVA]] by the time of the sequel.]] |
| 132 | ** The silly pig [[BewareTheSillyOnes Spider-Ham]] is a FunnyAnimal version of Spiderman who uses ToonPhysics to fight and [[CurbStompBattle easily takes down]] [[TheBrute Scorpion]]. |
| 133 | ** Gwen herself dons one of the more awesome Spider-suits and her first on-screen feat as a Spider-Person in the film is [[BigDamnHeroes effortlessly saving Miles and Peter B. from Dock Ock]]. As for the adorable part, she's a girl with a tooth gap and much more [[{{Adorkable}} Adorkability]] than meets the eye. |
| 134 | ** The sequel, ''[[WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse Across the Spider-Verse]]'' introduces us to the daughter Peter B. and his Mary Jane ended up having: Mayday. She's a baby, she's got fluffy red hair and blue eyes, she's absolutely adorable every second she's onscreen and, thanks to SuperpowerfulGenetics from daddy, she too does whatever a spider can! |
| 135 | ** The same film introduces Pavitr, the Indian Spider-Man from Earth-50101B. He's a Spider-Man at the top of his game with a kickass [[KillerYoYo weaponized diabolo]] and he's bound to come off as cute with just how cheerful he is, being a NaiveNewcomer who's yet to experience [[BeingGoodSucks what life as Spider-Man entails.]] |
| 136 | ** The Spider-Society brings us some examples, such as Spider-Cat, a plushie version of Spider-Man and Charlotte Webber/Sun-Spider, an HandicappedBadass Spider-Girl who shares some good-natured quips with Miles even as she chases him down. |
| 137 | [[/folder]] |
| 138 | |
| 139 | [[folder:Manhua]] |
| 140 | * ''Manhua/ZuiWuDao'': Lei Lei is younger than Wu Di and has already reached the Martial Arts Realm (admittedly a recent development but several of those in the Time Forgotten Forge are much older and are still only at the Origin Realm.) |
| 141 | [[/folder]] |
| 142 | |
| 143 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 144 | * The Music/JethroTull song "Hunt by Numbers" is a driving prog-metal piece that ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJNuTJi1SyE sounds]]'' [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic like]] it should herald the arrival of a badass. Paying attention to the lyrics quickly reveals that it's about [[CuteKitten kitties]] and how lethal, [[CatsAreMagic uncanny]], and downright ''cute'' they are. |
| 145 | -->''Hey little buddies\ |
| 146 | Soft and silky night walkers\ |
| 147 | Dangerous species\ |
| 148 | Tiptoe menace, long grass stalkers...'' |
| 149 | [[/folder]] |
| 150 | |
| 151 | [[folder:Podcasts]] |
| 152 | * Ne-on in the ''Podcast/CoolKidsTable'' game ''Star War'' is an Ewok Jedi whose chest is covered in battle scars (but his head and limbs are still fluffy) and wields lightsaber nun-chucks. |
| 153 | * The first star the ''Podcast/{{Sequinox}}'' girls face, Antares, is cute, small, pink, and also almost destroys them. |
| 154 | * 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. |
| 155 | * 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. |
| 156 | [[/folder]] |
| 157 | |
| 158 | [[folder:Pro Wrestling]] |
| 159 | * Wrestling/{{Jacqueline}}, despite being five foot four at most, quickly became an unpopular target when several larger wrestlers, men included, found she could easily toss those much larger than herself. |
| 160 | * Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr. A tiny little guy with big PuppyDogEyes who would look like a kid playing superhero in his backyard, almost across the border into {{Moe}}...except he's held as many or more titles than any giant in the ring twice his size and can usually be found, especially recently, whomping the hell out of those same giants. |
| 161 | * Wrestling/BryanDanielson's role in the [[Wrestling/LondonAndKendrick swarm]], where he would seem lost, trying to keep a straight face in the face of Paul London's inanity. Also, his re branding into "Daniel Bryan", who Wrestling/BellaTwins "competed" over, assuming he ''must'' be virgin. All the same, Danielson was never lost or underestimated once he was in the ring and the bell rang. He nearly caused the breakup over Wrestling/TeamHellNo over getting the idea someone thought he might be the weak link of the team, even though everyone but JerkAss Wrestling/SethRollins told him it was not the case. |
| 162 | * Since there was no women's championship for a stretch of The Attitude Era women for the first time in a long time found themselves liable to compete with men in the WWF. Wrestling/{{Chyna}} quickly disproved that this may have been problematic by repeatedly beating up Wrestling/BretHart and winning the intercontinental championship from Wrestling/JeffJarrett and feuding with Wrestling/ChrisJericho. |
| 163 | * People are prone to worrying about Wrestling/DaizeeHaze on the account she really isn't that big, a fact she knowingly took advantage of in Wrestling/{{Chikara}}, screaming and cowering before anyone who might try to attack her, and then beating them relentlessly if they should flinch. Hardly anyone in Wrestling/{{N|ational Wrestling Alliance}}WA Wildside condoned Sal Rinauro's harassment of her, but after seeing her wrestle, no one was ''especially'' worried, as Haze demonstrated she could take care of herself. |
| 164 | * At a mere nine years old, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUEnpi_g2ZI Haruka wrestled Kenny Omega to a time limit draw at Stardom x Stardom 2011]]. In fact, that was just her "summer vacation". |
| 165 | * Wrestling/CandiceLeRae loves all things Disney, is extremely pretty, and has an adorable smile. She's also regarded as one of the best women wrestlers on the planet. |
| 166 | [[/folder]] |
| 167 | |
| 168 | [[folder:Roleplay]] |
| 169 | * Let's take ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', give it a grimdark spin, and make it into a PlayByPost forum. ''Roleplay/EquestriaChronicles'' is what you get. |
| 170 | * Just like their respective games, Paula, Viridi and Tails are this in ''Roleplay/SuperSmashBrothersLifeItself''. The ''Pokémon'' characters are also this... Along with Pac-Man and Amaterasu. |
| 171 | [[/folder]] |
| 172 | |
| 173 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 174 | * While the predominantly teenage default characters of ''TabletopGame/ChuubosMarvelousWishGrantingEngine'' qualify more often than not (Chuubo, for example, is a geeky kid with a thing for ice cream who occasionally turns into a giant monster and, in the later stages of his arc, gets actually pretty good at that), the real standouts are the rats of Fortitude, whose entire culture is founded on the spiritual ideal of Reepicheep from ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'', and who, without ever not being wide-eyed and friendly rodents, still ultimately consider doing cosmic raid dungeons against {{Eldritch Abomination}}s to be an important cultural trait. |
| 175 | * ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': |
| 176 | ** [[UglyCute For a given value of cute]], kobold player characters may qualify. |
| 177 | ** A wizard's {{familiar}} or a ranger or druid's animal companion might be this, since they look like normal animals but have enhanced abilities due to being linked to the magic user. |
| 178 | ** [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dragon]] [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/forgottenrealms/images/5/57/Bronze_dragon_hatchling.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110701004325 wyrmlings]] have a puppy or kitten's proportions - big eyes in an oversized head, large feet on short limbs - and some are even Tiny-sized. They're still ''dragons'' though, and can take out a novice adventuring party by themselves. |
| 179 | * Many Scrappy Kids in ''TabletopGame/FengShui'' definitely qualify as this. |
| 180 | * Rook Catchfly in ''TabletopGame/{{Nobilis}}'' is a spunky kid who's going to be a spunky kid indefinitely due to being "stuck" at around nine years of age...and has Aspect 4, which is about enough to beat up the entire US Marine Corps for their lunch money. |
| 181 | * ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'': |
| 182 | ** Lini the iconic druid, to an extent. She's a tiny, quirky, big-eyed gnome woman who travels the world with a giant fluffy kitty (okay, a snow leopard) bigger than she is. |
| 183 | ** Yoon the [[LittleMissBadass pre-teen]] iconic kineticist as well. Her two best friends are her [[CompanionCube stuffed owlbear]] and ''[[PlayingWithFire fire]]''. |
| 184 | ** Vine leshy player characters can be as formidable as any other adventurer, while looking like [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 baby Groot]]. |
| 185 | ** ''Pathfinder'' goblins are pretty cute in an UglyCute PluckyComicRelief sort of way, and goblins who live long enough to earn a few character levels can be surprisingly formidable. |
| 186 | ** ''Pathfinder'' Second Edition has the [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E4iDal7XMAAin-u.png Ant Gnolls]], who are based on [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter aardwolves]] instead of full-size hyenas. They're big-eyed, big-eared, and the size of halflings, but they have all the physical prowess (and sharp teeth) of their larger cousins. |
| 187 | ** ''TabletopGame/{{Starfinder}}'' has skittermanders, who are [[MultiArmedAndDangerous six-armed]] [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter fuzzballs]] explicitly compared to a friendlier take on goblins. Even if we discount specific individuals such as PintSizedPowerhouse Nako and ShellShockedVeteran Starfinder Society agent Eshki: they take no penalty to Strength despite being the size of toddlers (likely thanks to being downplayed {{Heavy Worlder}}s), and their children (who otherwise look rather like eight-legged [[CuteKitten kittens]]) are basically [[Film/{{Critters}} Crites]] and are born with [[BellyMouth bitey umbilical cords]]. |
| 188 | * In the German game ''TabletopGame/PlueschPowerUndPlunder'' (about [[LivingToy living plushies]]), every PlayerCharacter and many [=NPCs=] are this, essentially. And is there a better example? |
| 189 | * The Guardians of ''TabletopGame/StrikeLegion'' are a species of cat-like Gens who were intentionally engineered by their creators to be adorable. Being Gens, they're targets for the [[HumanityIsSuperior human-supremacist]] [[TheEmpire Imperium]]. Or at least they would be, but every single Imperial invasion fleet sent to wipe out the Guardians... hasn't come back. Current Imperial policy on the Guardians is that exterminating them is a lost cause. |
| 190 | * ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' has a number of cute monsters that are quite dangerous in the right deck. The Madolche archetype, for example, consists of [[LevelAte candy-and-dessert themed]] LivingToys with the common ability of getting shuffled back into the deck if they're destroyed in battle or by an opponent's card effect. This means they just keep coming, especially if you have the Madolche Chateau spell card in play, which lets your destroyed Madolche monsters go back to your hand instead of into your deck. |
| 191 | [[/folder]] |
| 192 | |
| 193 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 194 | * In ''Theatre/LesMiserables'', Gavorche, who joins the revolutionaries, even when they don't want him to get hurt. |
| 195 | [[/folder]] |
| 196 | |
| 197 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 198 | * Many of the ''Platform/GoAnimate'' troublemaking characters are kids, so there are bound to be many of these. They can destroy entire buildings on a whim, are strong enough to carry 1000 pound objects in videos where the troublemakers cause earthquakes (and in some videos, one jump they make is enough to start one), and are willing to kill anyone who dares to go against them. However, whenever an authority figure shows up and demands an explanation, their badassery vanishes and they surrender themselves to any punishment that may be given to them. |
| 199 | * Flippy from ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends''. A cute, pastel-green bear with a heart-shaped nose who, much like the other characters in the cast, wouldn't look out of place in a show like ''Franchise/CareBears''. Also, a war veteran with a bad case of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Whenever he hears a trigger like balloons popping he's sent back to the jungle and his psychotic SplitPersonality starts rampaging. Played even straighter with his good side, who is as kind and gentle as the evil side is sadistic and bloodthirsty, and who also proves able to fight him to a standstill [[spoiler:and even defeat him]] in "[[Recap/HTFAutopsyTurvy Autopsy-Turvy]]". |
| 200 | * ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' has Millie. She’s a small, cute, [[GenkiGirl bubbly and cheerful]] [[CuteMonsterGirl imp woman]] who is usually quite sweet when off the clock. Her job? ''[[ProfessionalKiller Assassin]]'' - On the clock, she shows her AxeCrazy BloodKnight side [[CuteBruiser and the Wrath imp propensity for melee weapons and her bare hands.]] She’s capable of taking on a sea monster that [[DavidVersusGoliath positively dwarfs her]] by herself, [[OneManArmy and she’s made mincemeat out of a room full of trained agents]] while wielding a battle axe [[PintSizedPowerhouse twice her size]] without breaking a sweat, [[CasualDangerDialogue all while having a casual conversation with her boss.]] And '''''God''''' help you [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend if you insult, threaten or hurt her husband.]] |
| 201 | ** Speaking of which, her husband Moxxie is no slouch in this department, either. [[DownplayedTrope He lacks the energetic personality to be a straight example,]] being moreso the OnlySaneEmployee. Nevertheless, he’s a [[TokenGoodTeammate well]][[HitmanWithAHeart -meaning]], slightly neurotic, [[TheKlutz tad clumsy,]] EndearinglyDorky theatre geek who is utterly, adorably devoted to his wife. And appearance-wise, he’s just as cute as her, being around her height and having YouthfulFreckles. But while he may be the physically weakest employee at [[MurderInc I.M.P,]] [[WeakButSkilled he more than makes up for it]] as the resident weapons expert [[TheGunslinger who specialises in firearms.]] And he’s able to go GunsAkimbo ''with a pair of sub-machine guns.'' |
| 202 | * Pom Pom from ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner''. Despite his [[http://hrwiki.org/w/images/thumb/2/23/pompom.PNG/220px-pompom.PNG appearance]], not only has he been crowned the strongest man in the world, he's been voted 'most likely to beat everyone in an all-out death match' ever since he pummeled Strong Bad for trying to pop him with a pin. He's also a martial arts master and has an itchy trigger finger when it comes to firearms, so watch out. Also he's a successful indie film director, and a hip, tech-savvy ladies' man. |
| 203 | * The Shimmers from ''WebAnimation/InanimateInsanity'' are a group of aliens who are all floating lights inhabiting egg shells, which can emote and show images. Despite their cute appearances however, they are perfectly willing to spear anyone who dares to threaten them, as shown in a flashback where they destroy two [=MePhones=] who tried to take their babies by force after a failed negotiation. |
| 204 | * Kid [=LeBron=] from ''WebAnimation/TheLebrons''. |
| 205 | * In Dave Madson's ''WebAnimation/LooneyTunesIntroBloopers'', Microsoft Anna is portrayed as a beautiful 25-ish year old woman with laser eye powers that are often used to defeat logos that scare Microsoft Sam. |
| 206 | * ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': |
| 207 | ** Ruby Rose is a deadly fighter who can effortlessly slaughter her way through hordes of monsters using Crescent Rose, a sniper rifle/scythe hybrid that is known as one of the most dangerous weapons ever designed. That said, whenever she opens her mouth, especially when she's frustrated or excited, she's a massive dork who's [[Blog/RWBYRecaps as adorable as a box of kittens.]] |
| 208 | ** Every female character in ''RWBY'' could be said to be this trope. Jaune as well. It could be said that ''RWBY'' is not just a WorldOfBadass, but a ''World of Badass Adorable''. |
| 209 | ** Nora Valkyrie. She's bright, peppy and cheerful with just about everything she does, including pounding Grimm to death with a [[SwissArmyWeapon grenade launcher-hammer hybrid]]. |
| 210 | ** Penny Polendina is an odd-but-sweet girl eager to make friends with Team RWBY. She can also out-badass all of them at once; the Season 1 finale has her curbstomp an entire horde of mooks, a giant robot, and an ''airship'' all on her lonesome, and she's a one-girl team who only really struggles with fighting TheAce Pyrrha (who's also a ManOfKryptonite to her, [[spoiler: since she's a robot and Pyrrha can manipulate metal]]). [[spoiler: When the heroes meet her again in Volume 7, she's been defending the entire city of Mantle ''by herself''.]] |
| 211 | --->'''Penny:''' I'm combat ready! |
| 212 | ** The absolute king of this trope in ''RWBY'', however? Zwei, Ruby and Yang's pet corgi. In the finale of Volume 2, he participates in the battle on the train and holds the line with Oobleck against the White Fang [[MiniMecha Paladins]], even allowing the teacher to use him in a fiery FastballSpecial. After the train crashes, Zwei makes a grand entrance by [[http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/857/107/b27.gif headbutting a Beowolf]]. |
| 213 | ** Velvet Scarlatina. A [[LittleBitBeastly rabbit]]-eared girl shown to be very [[ShrinkingViolet timid and shy]] who also [[NiceGirl cares deeply]] about the safety and wellbeing of others. But then she reveals her abilities.... [[spoiler: or rather, [[PowerCopying everyone else's]]. By photographing people with her camera, she can create {{hard light}} copies of other people's weapons and use them with the exact same level of skill as the original wielders. Case in point? She takes down a huge paladin ''[[OneManArmy all by herself]]'']]. |
| 214 | * If ''RWBY'' is a World of Badass Adorable, its SuperDeformed counterpart ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi'' is a World of Badass Adorable TIMES ELEVEN! Every single character in this series is a lot cuter than in the main show, and they're every single bit as badass too, if not even more. Just to name a few examples: |
| 215 | ** Zwei can take on multiple enemies at once, being basically the dog equivalent of [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Perry the Platypus]]. |
| 216 | ** Neo is a {{Moe}} mute girl with a [[{{BFG}} giant Death Laser]]. |
| 217 | ** Nora can tame Grimms till [[TheHunterBecomesTheHunted THEY are the ones afraid of her]]! |
| 218 | ** Penny is as adorable as she is a lethal [[SeriousBusiness dodgeball player]]. |
| 219 | ** Jaune is a dorky little guy who can use other weapons in a very cool way ([[BigDamnHeroes especially when in disguise]]). |
| 220 | ** The main cast in general, from [[MundaneMadeAwesome pillow fights to soccer matches]] can make you go "WOW!" as much as they can make you go "DAWWW!" |
| 221 | ** And, heck, ''even the grimms'' are this! They're dangerous beasts with the FaceOfAThug and the disposition of a puppy. |
| 222 | * Bee from ''WebAnimation/BeeAndPuppycat.'' It's a rare MagicalGirl that will immediately lunge at a monster and then start attacking it with her ''teeth.'' And ''win.'' |
| 223 | ** Puppycat also qualifies, thanks to his ability to incinerate that same monster, but might take issue with being called adorable. |
| 224 | * Caleb, a CuteKitten, and Melody, a RighteousRabbit from ''WebAnimation/TrueTail'', who are both training to be heroes. |
| 225 | [[/folder]] |
| 226 | |
| 227 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 228 | * ''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. |
| 229 | ** 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.]] |
| 230 | ** 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. |
| 231 | ** Ribbon, a CuteBruiser with high end regeneration, NighInvulnerability, a 5 ton deadlift, and the ability to create cloth out of nothing. |
| 232 | ** 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. |
| 233 | * 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. |
| 234 | * ''Literature/MirrorWorld'': Wiggy is a young bat-like beast creature known as a day-vamp and is a very optimistic, all-loving girl. She also helps 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. |
| 235 | [[/folder]] |
| 236 | |
| 237 | [[folder:Web Videos]] |
| 238 | * 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. |
| 239 | * 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. |
| 240 | * 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". |
| 241 | * 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. |
| 242 | * Campaign 2 of ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'' introduces the adorable Tiefling Cleric Jester. She's a sweet CloudCuckooLander with a massive SweetTooth who likes pretty clothes and pastries. She also has a Lollipop as her Spiritual Weapon...and it's actually quite effective. Also, she has the second highest strength in her party, and as a Cleric she has access to some pretty potent spells. She even managed to land the final blow on a few tough enemies, including the campaign's endboss, [[spoiler:the Nonagon]]. |
| 243 | * Nurse Worse from ''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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| 245 | [[/folder]] |
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