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5[[caption-width-right:350: [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Awwww]]'''[[SuddenlyShouting WAAAAAUGH!]]''']]
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7->''"Oh, monster of so little size... is that a ''parasprite'' before my eyes?"''
8-->-- '''Zecora,''' ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
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10Cute is Evil is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: cute-looking characters that are on the evil end.
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12This trope occurs because, similar to other tropes such as LightIsNotGood, it neatly [[SubvertedInnocence subverts the audience's expectations]] and keeps them guessing as to where the plot will go and where characters fall under the morality scale. Plus, [[RuleOfFunny the contrast can be just plain funny]].
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14The phenomenon of people [[CutenessProximity losing the ability to think critically around cute things]], so TheReveal that someone or something was EvilAllAlong can serve as a nice PlotTwist, especially if the work in question is aimed at a younger audience where one might expect this trope to be averted.
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16Cute is often evil in DarkerAndEdgier works. In extreme cases, cuteness is a sign of someone being secretly an EldritchAbomination.
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18Very often the core of morally questionable, if not outright malevolent, children types such as the CreepyChild, KidsAreCruel, DeliberatelyCuteChild, SpoiledBrat, EvilOrphan, LittleMissConArtist and especially the EnfantTerrible, who exists mostly to enforce this trope.
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20If they succeed at causing death and destruction, this trope will likely overlap with GrotesqueCute or end up showing that EvilMakesYouMonstrous.
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22Contrast CreepyGood and BeautyEqualsGoodness. Compare BeautyIsBad, a milder form. TheFakeCutie is what you get when this type of character pretends to be the legitimately cuddly and nice variant. Also see KillerTeddyBear, CreepyDoll, PsychoPoodle and MonsterClown.
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24Compare and contrast AdorableAbomination, which may or may not be evil. In some cases it can be played as a near-inversion of this trope, by creating a cute, friendly version of an AlwaysChaoticEvil creature. Also compare AdorableEvilMinions, where the cute critters serve as {{Mooks}} for the BigBad or another villain.
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26See also tropes such as CuteAndPsycho, CorruptionByAMinor, KillerRabbit, FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon, and CrapsaccharineWorld.
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29!!Examples:
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34* Kohina Hiruko from ''Literature/BlackBullet'', is the most adorable ''evil'' cursed child you can think of to the point that you just beg to be killed by her cuteness.
35* ''Manga/BlackButler'': Ciel is absolutely adorable & looks like a weak androgynous dandy, but he's from a long line of folks who straight-up refer to themselves as Evil Aristocrats. The boy sold his soul to a devil in exchange for a shot at a years-long spree of murder. His crimes include fraud, first degree murder, second degree murder, arson, kidnapping, threatening a child with a gun, child endangerment, & child murder. If you want to be Ciel's friend, you have to be subservient to him & be willing to die for him, or he will either abandon or kill you.
36* For [[NightmareFetishist all]] [[CreepyCrossdresser their]] [[BrotherSisterIncest creepy]] [[AxCrazy qualities]] no one can deny that Hansel and Gretel from ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' ''are'' [[BadassAdorable cute.]]
37* ''Manga/DeadmanWonderland'' is set in a prison that is also a theme park. The inmates stage [[BloodSport shows]] for the visitors. This is mostly promoted by the... er... Promoter, who seems to run the place and is a PsychopathicManchild who loves to put cute, evil props everywhere. Even the sadistic way they restrain the prisoners is this,[[spoiler: every prisoner has a collar constantly pumping poison into their body, the prisoners can't run away or else they won't get the "bitter candy" a foul tasting cure in a candy wrapper. Also they have to do menial or sometimes life threatening things to get the in prison currency to buy the candies. They can die in the bright and colorful carnival, from doing nothing]]! It makes you wonder what the guards think since they don't bat an eyelash, the whole thing is a sugary sweet and disgusting spectacle like death race, convicts dying and suffering for entertainment, mostly the promoter's.
38* In ''Manga/DGrayMan'', the Millennium Earl and Road Kamelot seem to have a theme like this going on.
39* ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'': [[spoiler:Lucemon is, in his first form, a small and adorable angel boy, who also happens to be [[TheManBehindTheMan the real villain]] behind Cherubimon, a total KnightTemplar, and a SatanicArchetype. Averted with his more evil-looking second and third forms]].
40* ''Manga/DontCryMaouChan'' takes this trope to the extreme. The main character is so adorable that the heroes would much rather hug and fawn over her than fight her.
41* Majin Buu, the final major villain of ''Anime/DragonballZ''. The form that our heroes encounter first is an UglyCute, fat pink [[PersonOfMassDestruction humanoid of mass destruction]] with the mentality of a toddler. [[SweetTooth He also has a massive craving for sweets.]] Sweets made by zapping his victims with his head antenna and transforming them into foodstuffs [[AndIMustScream that are still completely conscious as they are being eaten.]] On the other hand, this is the version of Majin Buu that does a HeelFaceTurn later on.
42* In ''Manga/ElfenLied'', as a general rule, if you see a cute thing (especially if it's [[EnfantTerrible a young girl with pink hair]]), it's generally a good idea to run screaming in the opposite direction. Most of the cute characters you see are superpowered psychopaths who would just as soon tear you in half as look at you. [[TykeBomb Mariko]], for instance, is a little Diclonius in a wheelchair, [[PsychicPowers and can tear apart opponents without lifting a finger]]. Special mention to Nousou, who is drawn in an effeminate, {{Bishonen}} style and is fawned over by some of the other cute characters, suggesting that he may just be a nice guy after all. [[BaitTheDog He is then promptly shown overseeing a messy process of stripping the spinal columns out of skeletal torsos of diclonii that were killed for that express purpose.]] But the shining example is [[spoiler:the [[BigBad Diclonius DNA Voice]], the EnemyWithin to all Diclonii and the source of their evil, an entity which seeks to destroy all humanity... and takes a form resembling Kaede, [[VillainProtagonist Lucy’s]] childhood self]].
43* The [[AlienInvasion Puchuus]] from ''Anime/ExcelSaga''.
44* Pride from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''. He's an EldritchAbomination that can effortlessly rip people apart with his LivingShadow, [[spoiler:and he has the body of a small child]].
45* ''Anime/HousingComplexC'': [[spoiler:Yuri Koshide is a BespectacledCutie little girl who turns out to be an EnfantTerrible and one of the culprits behind the murders afflicting the complex who [[AxCrazy really likes killing people]].]]
46* Nui Harime from ''Anime/KillLaKill''. She's a complete psychopath, but will never stop smiling and being bubbly about everything even as she [[spoiler:tells the protagonist how she killed her father]].
47* Most Disas/Netherbeasts in ''Manga/MagicalGirlSpecOpsAsuka'' look like cute mascot creatures. Doesn't stop them from sadistically ripping apart humans in all its gory details.
48* Punie Tanaka from ''Anime/MagicalWitchPuniechan'' takes this trope and CrossesTheLineTwice with it.
49* ''Anime/NobunagaTheFool'' has Nell and Bianchi. They act like adorable children, but their idea of playtime involves murdering people and causing chaos.
50* ''Anime/OddTaxi'' has a WorldOfFunnyAnimals cast in which basically everyone is cute in kind of a Creator/{{Sanrio}} style. This doesn't stop them from featuring dangerous, murderous Yakuza and people driven to murderous extremes. [[spoiler:And more to the point, the real villain of the piece is the saccharine-sweet IdolSinger "Yuki Mitsuya", actually Sakura Wadagaki, who's adorable in both human and cat form.]]
51* ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'': Everything cute or sweet puts you in great peril and the series is social commentary on how cuteness is over-saturating Japanese society (particularly {{Otaku}} culture) to unhealthy levels.
52* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' has featured both an evil Teddiursa and an evil Togepi.
53* ''Popotan'' [[PuniPlush being what it is]], it still provides an example in the form of the little girl from episode 4. She appears to be a normal child at first, [[spoiler: but is actually a ghost who wishes to trap people where she can be with them forever]].
54* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'':
55** When you first see [[spoiler:Kyubey]], it's [[spoiler: [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter the most adorable thing in the world]], looking [[MixAndMatchCritters part-fox, part-bunny, and part-kitten]]]], but the [[spoiler:blank [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] and [[FrozenFace unchanging]] CatSmile]] just get creepier and creepier every time you look at it. [[spoiler:[[DealWithTheDevil There is a very]] [[EldritchAbomination good reason for this]].]] [[Creator/NitroPlus Gen Urobuchi]] specifically asked character designer Creator/UmeAoki to make it "as cute as possible."
56** And there's Charlotte, who's incredibly adorable [[OneWingedAngel until you see]] [[SandWorm her true]] [[MonsterClown form]]... Which is still kind of cute. [[spoiler: It's just too big and has too many sharp teeth.]]
57* The titular character of the Anime, Manga and light novel series ''Literature/TheSagaOfTanyaTheEvil'', Tanya Von Degurechaff. She joined the military at age 9 and spent the next 3-4 years becoming one of, if not the most frightening soldiers in the entire Imperial Army (terrifying both allies and foes alike). She is a blond-haired, blue-eyed little girl, who looks almost like a doll. Despite her cherubic appearance, she is an absolute nightmare on the battlefield (able to slaughter entire battalions/squadrons single-handed). She is cold, calculating and ruthless above and beyond the call of duty. She has a personal grudge against God (not figuratively, but literally). And she has demonstrated on more than one occasion to have no problems using her childlike appearance and qualities to gain tactical advantages that typically result in bloody victory. As one of her commanding officers says, "She is a devil/monster in the form of a little girl".
58%%* The Amazon Quartet and Sailor Iron Mouse from ''Franchise/SailorMoon''.
59* Iron Maiden in ''Manga/ShamanKing'', but her alignment is more LawfulStupid than evil.
60* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' has the [[WickedWitch witches]], who are either [[CuteWitch cutesy]] or [[HotWitch cute in a sexy way]], but they’re undoubtedly attractive, and undoubtedly {{Troll}}s. In particular the 4 major antagonists, or 3 if you consider an independent avatar ([[spoiler:Erika]]) and her master ([[spoiler:Bernkastel]]) as a single being.
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64* While not "evil" per se, New York's Japan Society had an exhibit called "Bye Bye Kitty!!!", which is a reaction against the kawaii aesthetic.
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68* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': Terror (when she's not transformed) is probably one of the most prominent examples. She almost failed graduation because Big M. didn't think she was intimidating enough - or at all. Some of the other untransformed monsters also count as this.
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72* ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'': In ''[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoSpecialsCuddlesome Cuddlesome]]'', the Cuddlesomes were the hottest must-have toys of the 80s: cuddly pink talking hamsters, sold as the perfect toy for children of all ages. They are also the product of a WickedToymaker and designed to kill any adult who had not loved them enough.
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76* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'':
77** The ''Unglued'' set has a card called [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Infernal Spawn of Evil]]. With a name like that, you're expecting some sort of demon, perhaps an EldritchAbomination. It's...a mouse enjoying hot cocoa.
78** In the sequel set, ''Unhinged'', they introduce Infernal Spawn of Infernal Spawn of Evil, which is the same mouse, holding its cocoa in one forepaw, and its baby mouse in the other forepaw.
79** While the Infernal Spawn and his son skipped the next "Un-" set, ''Unstable'', they both made a return in the ''Unsanctioned'' box set, along with the ''third'' member of the family, [[https://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=479433 Infernius Spawnington, III]], which is the same two mice, though the Infernal Spawn of Evil is elderly now, and the Infernal Spawn of Infernal Spawn of Evil is now an adult holding his own daughter.
80** On a more serious note, the non-joke set ''Ice Age'' included the [[http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/arcana/340 Hyalopterous Lemure,]] which is pretty cute for a black card. Reportedly, the artist had never heard of a lemure (a minor evil spirit) and drew a lemur instead.
81* The horror-themed ''TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}} Bites'', where a fearsome high-level monster simply titled "The Evil" looks a whole lot like... [[CuteKitten a fuzzy little kitty cat]]. It's a reference to ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance''.
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85* Beep the Meep from Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine is a bloodthirsty alien warlord who looks absolutely adorable. When around people who haven't heard of him he plays up his cuteness in order to manipulate them.
86* The Inventor from ''ComicBook/MsMarvel2014''. He looks like [[spoiler:an anthropomorphic cockatiel]], but he's also a mad scientist and criminal mastermind.
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90* Darla Dimple from ''WesternAnimation/CatsDontDance'' is an adorable child actress and a NoCelebritiesWereHarmed version of Creator/ShirleyTemple. She's also an obnoxious [[ThePrimaDonna prima donna]] and a psychopath who's willing to take extreme measures to ruin Danny's life.
91* Yzma from ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' is the main antagonist of the film and is later seen turning into a cat. In the sequel ''Kronk's New Groove'', she turns into a pink bunny to distract the angry senior citizens after they learn that her potion was a lie.
92* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Hoodwinked}}'', a Literature/LittleRedRidingHood adaptation, the villain is [[spoiler: [[ChekhovsGunman Boingo, that little rabbit that follows Red around all the time]]]]. In [[WesternAnimation/HoodwinkedTooHoodVersusEvil the sequel]], [[spoiler: those dang "innocent" children they were trying to find]].
93* [[spoiler:Lotso Huggin' Bear]] from ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'', whose [[FauxAffablyEvil jovial facade]] hides the fact that [[spoiler: he runs Sunnyside Day Care with an iron fist, letting his cronies boss around other toys who have to suffer being roughed-up by the rambunctious toddlers in the Caterpillar Room. He also has deep-seated anger and resentment issues from when his old owner replaced him]].
94* ''WesternAnimation/MinusculeValleyOfTheLostAnts'' has an adorable, fluffy, big-eyed spider who seems [[SpidersAreScary scary]] at first, but turns out friendly. Cue the sequel, which has... an incredibly cute, fluffy, big-eyed, colourful spider dead set on eating the protagonists (they are ladybugs). But man, it's cute!
95* Exploited in ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys2022''. Because the general public won't expect a [[spoiler:cute little guinea pig]] as being evil, this lets [[spoiler:Professor Marmalade]] use this as a cover-up for his evil deeds.
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99* In ''Film/GalaxyQuest'', the crew stumbles upon a cuddly group of child-like aliens, which they watch from afar. They almost fall for it... until the creatures [[GameFace show their true colors]] and ''[[ImAHumanitarian eat]]'' a wounded member of their own species. Of course, tag-a-long crew-member [[RedShirt Guy]] [[ParodiedTrope Fleegman]] ''doesn't'' fall for it for a second, but that's because he [[AscendedFanboy watched the TV show]] [[GenreSavvy and knows the drill]].
100* The title creatures in ''Film/{{Gremlins}}'' start out as cute furry little things, but if fed after midnight, they become green monsters.
101* In ''Film/ScoobyDoo2002'', the villain is [[spoiler:[[TheScrappy Scrappy]]]].
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105* In ''Literature/ArtemisFowl'', Opal Koboi belongs to the subspecies of Fairies known as Pixies, well-known for looking child-like and absolutely adorable. She also happens to be an AxCrazy, {{greed}}y, [[ManipulativeBitch deceptive]], [[ItsAllAboutMe egomaniac]] [[PsychopathicManchild Psychotic Womanchild]] and one of the major villains in the series.
106* ''Literature/AFireUponTheDeep'' has the Aprahanti species. They are humanoid with soft features, big round eyes, butterfly wings, soft downy fur, and cute sing-song voices. They are also militaristic fascists who make their first appearance pushing around a shopkeeper and later [[spoiler:take a flimsy pretext to attempt genocide on humanity]].
107* Literature/HarryPotter:
108** Shortly before the release of ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix,'' Rowling released a teaser statement saying that the book included a character with "a personality like poisoned honey." This character turned out to be [[Characters/HarryPotterMinistryOfMagic Dolores Umbridge]], a [[ObstructiveBureaucrat government bureaucrat]] who ended up as possibly ''[[JerksAreWorseThanVillains the]]'' [[JerksAreWorseThanVillains most hated character in the entire series]], up to and including [[BigBad Voldemort.]] Her many terrible traits are underscored by her self-expression: she wears pink at all times, has an office decorated in china kitten plates, even has an Alice band in her hair (and she's well into middle-aged ''at least''), and talks in a simpering, sweet manner.
109** Hepzibah Smith, seen in ''[[Literature/HarryPotterAndTheHalfBloodPrince Half-Blood Prince]]'' is a lesser example, an elderly, extremely vain woman who hangs desperately onto coquettishness and sweetness in an attempt to seduce Tom Riddle.
110* Baby [[WickedWeasel Veil]] in ''Outcast of Literature/{{Redwall}}'' sends Bryony into paroxysms of CutenessOverload, even when he's actively in the process of biting her. Unfortunately for him, it doesn't work when he's in his teens and [[spoiler:starts playing with poisons]].
111* "Literature/MrWidemouth": The titular Mr. Widemouth is an adorable little Toys/{{Furby}}-like creature that is also a [[spoiler:repeat child murderer]].
112* The Notha in ''Literature/SpaceAcademy'' are four foot tall honey badger squirrel-esque aliens that have a more than passing resemblance to Ewoks. They're also TheEmpire and consider all other races to be nonsentient animals they can kill with impunity.
113* The Kicks from ''Literature/TheLostFleet'' are a race of adorable four foot tall genocidal maniacs who every alien race in the galaxy fears, including the Enigmas and Dancers. Their resemblance to teddy bears and cows mean that Admiral Gerry finds it very difficult to convince the rest of humanity they are an existential threat.
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117* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
118** The Pting from "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS37E5TheTsurangaConundrum The Tsuranga Conundrum]]" is an UglyCute little monster that eats ''[[ExtremeOmnivore anything]]''.
119** Like their [[CanonImmigrant comic book version]], [[Recap/DoctorWho60thASTheStarBeast Beep the Meep]] is an adorable little Furby-esque creature with a cutesy voice... who turns out to be a genocidal maniac.
120* Played with on ''Series/LateNightWithConanOBrien'', which had a recurring character called "The Evil Puppy." It's a golden retriever puppy that sits on a throne of skulls with red lights and "[[Music/CarminaBurana O Fortuna]]" playing. The puppy itself, rather than being a trained dog, is just sitting there, looking around, not doing anything, even falling asleep once. The audience usually "awwww" him to which Conan responds "Don't 'aww' him, he's evil!" Sometimes during sketches, [[SpecialEffectFailure special effects]] will give him "evil" powers.
121* This trope is inherent to many a ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' monster, but also some villains. If the villainous group has a small child, expect her to be TheStarscream or something close to that (case in point: Mora in ''[[Series/PowerRangersSPD SPD]]''). It goes both ways. ''Franchise/SuperSentai'', has had kid villains too, like Tran in ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman'' (who, before his PlotRelevantAgeUp into Tranza, was only second to Radiguet in bastardry) and Akomaru in ''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger'' (who hated Kou so much that even death wouldn't stop him). Then ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'' took the trope to its logical extreme in Brave 19, with a MonsterOfTheWeek so sickeningly cute that she can force people to do her bidding just by making puppy-dog eyes at them. ''Kyoryuger'' also had a recurring villain that fell under this.
122* In ''Series/StargateSG1'', Reese is a childlike android who gives rise to the greatest threat the galaxy has ever faced: the Replicators.
123* Tribbles in ''Franchise/StarTrek'': fluffy cute balls of doom. [[http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/158382.html?#cutid1 Though they can be pretty heroic when called into action.]]
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127* Music/{{Eminem}}:
128-->"I'm sick of you little girl and boy groups\
129All you do is annoy me\
130So I have been sent here to destroy you..."
131** Slim Shady himself was [[PrettyBoy adorable]] from 1999-2004, with soft, boyish features, platinum blond hair, enormous blue eyes, a high-pitched voice, and the straightforward, contrite mannerisms of a little boy. Part of his persona was that he was a FriendToAllChildren. Oh, and he's also a HeroicComedicSociopath who [[CorruptionOfAMinor corrupts kids]], uses slurs, and is the centre of the biggest moral panic in 2000s pop culture. Even as Eminem has aged, he still plays up his boyish mannerisms in his performances.
132* The Frank Hayes song "Little Fuzzy Animals" warns spacers of the dangers on a DeathWorld planet. The little critters have big, sharp teeth and are nasty, brain-eating telepaths to boot.
133* A lot of the Music/{{Vocaloid}}s are this in their creepier songs. For example:
134** ''Music/EvilliousChronicles'':
135*** Rin, playing TheCaligula Riliane, is this in "Daughter of Evil".
136*** "Gift From The Princess Who Brought Sleep'', Miku wears a FairyTaleWeddingDress, and [[{{Moe}} has]] [[TheCutie her usual appearance]]. She plays the part of an OmnicidalManiac, Margarita Blankenheim.
137** Rin and Len will almost always be this in horror songs. ''[[CreepyTwins Trick and Treat]]'', ''[[MonsterClown The Fifth: Pierrot]]'', ''[[{{Fingore}} Fear Garden]]'', and ''[[CreepyChild Ant Observation]]'' are just a few examples.
138** Gumi in ''[[ImAHumanitarian Carnival]]''.
139** Oliver gets the CreepyChild treatment in several songs by Music/{{momocashew}}, most famously ''[[BigCreepyCrawlies Tarantula]]''.
140* "Attack of the Radioactive Hamsters from a Planet Near Mars" by Music/WeirdAlYankovic is about ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. They initially looked and acted exactly like ordinary hamsters, until they got "a little too close to the microwave", causing to mutate into {{Kaiju}} who proceed to wreak the sort of havok one might expect from one... but the narrator has to admit they're still pretty cute.
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144* One ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'' arc features an AlienInvasion by creatures called Zygorthians, who blast cities with death rays, enslave women, serve the entire Mormon Tabernacle Choir as hors d'oeuvres, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking lock Pat Robertson in a room full of AIDS activists]]. When one of them is finally seen, he looks like a cute little puppy. (With antennae.)
145* Nermal in ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'', sickeningly cute, and Garfield's mortal antagonist (Garfield keeps trying to mail him to Abu Dhabi). Nermal does tend to be downright mean to Garfield at times, and he admits in one strip that his is purposely stunting his growth with coffee and cigarettes in order to stay a baby, and admits to being a midget in another one.
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149* In 2017 Candy Cartwright and her "Cutie Pie Club" caused this trope to apply to SHINE Wrestling. Their earliest efforts to stink up and sabotage [[TournamentArc The Nova Tournament]] resulted in SHINE being the only WWN member where Priscilla Kelly was a {{face}}, and Kelly's opposition was not cute. While she doesn't care for Kelly's biting or weaponized pubic sweat, Cartwright's definition of "cute" is otherwise broad. She associates with the AxCrazy brute Dementia D Rose.[[/folder]]
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152* A few ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' sources mention a monster called a julajimus created by [[GodOfEvil Tharizdun.]] Its true form is clearly ''not'' cute (a huge demon that looks like a monstrous ape) but it has the ability to take the form of a cute kitten or other harmless animal. Humanoid races have legends of this creature that parents use to scare their children; the story starts with a child finding an adorable kitten, who his parents refuse to let him keep. The story ends with the child disobeying his parents and sneaking it into his room, only for it to transform into its true form of a julajimus and devour him. [[AnAesop The moral is very clear,]] but the julajimus is a very real monster, as far as the game world is concerned.
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156* ''Feisty Pets'', created by William Mark Corporation, is a line of cute-looking stuffed animals whose faces turn monstrous when squeezed.
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160* ''VideoGame/{{Acrylic}}:'' [[spoiler:Brittaney the Collage]] is a CuteGhostGirl in an ElegantGothicLolita outfit and [[spoiler:rainbow hair]]... who also happens to be a malevolent VengefulGhost, [[spoiler:SerialKiller, and SerialRapist]].
161* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTrialsAndTribulations'': [[spoiler:Dahlia Hawthorne looks and seems like TheIngenue and a YamatoNadeshiko with a white dress, ParasolOfPrettiness, and [[DisneyCreaturesOfTheFarce butterflies flying around her]]. [[TheFakeCutie But all that hides]] a bitter, hateful SerialKiller with ChronicBackstabbingDisorder who [[TheVamp uses her cuteness to manipulate men]]. Her sister Iris is more genuinely nice while having similar looks]].
162* ''VideoGame/BoxxyQuestTheGatheringStorm'': Downplayed with [[spoiler:Arianna]], who is AffablyEvil and an AntiVillain, but she is [[OmnicidalManiac trying to destroy the Internet]], and is an adorable MoeAnthropomorphism of [[spoiler:[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET ARPANET]]]].
163* The [[UndeadChild ghost children]] from ''VideoGame/CorpseParty'' are this in general [[spoiler:until it's {{subverted|Trope}} because it turns out they're BrainwashedAndCrazy]], but the grand prize goes to [[spoiler:[[BigBad Sachiko the Girl in Red]], who [[TheSociopath torments people of her own free will]]]].
164* [[LittleRedFightingHood B.B. Hood]] from ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' is an adorable Literature/LittleRedRidingHood, but [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters is more depraved and psychotic than the monsters]].
165* The flowers, teddy bears, and unicorns in [[JokeLevel Whimsyshire]] in ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' are every bit as vicious as the demons of Hell.
166* In ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series, this is a trait of Vaermina, the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Prince]] of Nightmares, especially her voice. In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', when she speaks to the player at one point, it's with the sweetest, most adorable voice you could ever hear... while she orders you to murder Erandur, a priest of [[LoveGoddess Mara]] trying to rescue a village. In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline Online]]'', she has even more dialogue. Her voice is still adorable, and almost childlike... while [[CuteAndPsycho gleefully describing]] how she is going to spend the next century or so [[MindRape Mind Raping]] you for killing her Champion, [[UnholyMatrimony whom she was apparently in love with]].
167* Tonberry (If you're in any way experienced, it can manage a OneHitKill) and Cactuar (not so bad when they can just do 1000 damage, but they often can do [[OneHitKO 10000]]) in ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''.
168* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach'' boasts the most kid-friendly-looking animatronics to date. This crew looks downright adorable compared to how off-putting the first-generation animatronics looked. Having said that, it's still the animatronics we're talking about so you still cannot let your guard down around them. With the possible exception of Freddy.
169* An [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8l3eRVjZjc advertisement]] for ''VideoGame/{{Globlins}}'' {{discusse|dTrope}}s this trope, which is also PlayedForLaughs: the titular Globlins form an AlienInvasion that take over victim's brains... but he struggles with the idea of popping them because they are just so cute!
170* Most of the enemies in the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series qualify to varying degrees, but the [[DarkIsEvil Nightmare Dream Eaters]] from ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'' are the worst of the lot, being merely slightly more evil-looking versions of the very cute [[DarkIsNotEvil Spirit]] [[{{Mon}} Dream Eaters]].
171* In ''VideoGame/KingdomOfLoathing'', one of the most evil, foul, reprehensible creatures of in the world is... seals. Adorable little seals. Naturally, one of the character classes is the Seal Clubber.
172* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'':
173** [[spoiler:Marx]] from ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar''. If you thought all of the good characters in ''Kirby'' are cute and the baddies are ugly, you're wrong. [[spoiler:Marx starts from being a really cute, armless jester-like being. He bounces on a really colorful beach ball, proving his innocence. Later, he turns out to be the [[EvilAllAlong main villain all along]], but was ultimately defeated by Kirby himself. In ''[[VideoGameRemake Kirby Super Star Ultra]]'', he transforms into the freaky-looking [[TrueFinalBoss Marx Soul]] by the power of Galactic Nova, but was also defeated.]]
174** Aside from [[spoiler:Marx]], there is also [[CuteAndPsycho Scarfy]]. Don't let its cute looks fool you; once you try to inhale it, you're in for a nasty surprise...
175** Waddle Dees on the other hand avert this. There are a few friendly Dees who help out Kirby on his adventures, most notably Bandana Waddle Dee, King Dedede's right-hand man.
176** [[spoiler:Magolor]] in ''[[VideoGame/KirbysReturnToDreamLand Return to Dream Land]]'' looks cute, but he is the BigBad. In fact, he seems to have taken his [[{{Expy}} inspiration]] from the aforementioned [[spoiler:Marx]]. Unlike [[spoiler:Marx]] though, he is implied to [[spoiler:make a HeelFaceTurn of sorts after you defeat him]]. This was since then proven true in ''[[MilestoneCelebration Kirby's Dream Collection: Special Edition]]'', [[spoiler:where he builds a theme park for Kirby for his 20th anniversary as an apology for what he did in the last game and even have fun little races with him]], as well as [[spoiler:"Magolor Epilogue" from the ''Return to Dream Land Deluxe'' Switch remake, where he goes on a quest to atone for his misdeeds.]]
177** And then there is Tick from ''VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand3'' (and in later Kirby games). This innocently smiling little bastard is waiting for you to float above him, just so he can stab you to death, while revealing his NightmareFace.
178* Model W in ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'', the form that Dr. Weil from the ''VideoGame/MegaManZero'' series had been reduced to after his final defeat. Guess you wish you could collect it along with the other biometals, don't you? Of course, that only applies to the small form; the Core forms (the broken pieces of Ragnarok containing Weil's conscious) are NightmareFuel-incarnate.
179* Bob, the protagonist from ''VideoGame/{{Messiah}}'' is a cute little cherub; not truly "evil", but he's an AntiHero and WellIntentionedExtremist at best, more than willing to commit murder to complete his mission.
180* ''VideoGame/PilgrimRPGMaker'': Master Alice looks like a pretty cute little blonde girl when not making her NightmareFace, and she tends to act like a cutesy little girl, but she is a possibly demonic entity that steals souls.
181* ''VideoGame/PocketMirror'':
182** The various antagonist girls who serve as the {{Arc Villain}}s are very cute with the game's anime-inspired designs, yet all of them are [[CuteAndPsycho mentally unstable]] tyrants who rule with an iron fist over their subjects.
183** [[spoiler:The Strange Boy]], the BigBad himself, is [[spoiler:a small boy]] who's fairly adorable even with his weirdness, and [[spoiler:his tiny goat form Flocke]] from ''VideoGame/LittleGoodyTwoShoes'' is even more so, [[spoiler:charming Rozenmarine with his cuteness and prancing around]]. He's also [[spoiler:a sadistic demon lord who [[ToServeMan eats girls]] and [[YourSoulIsMine enslaves their souls]], making literal theater out of their suffering]].
184* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
185** Beautifly looks like an oversized butterfly, with all the cuteness that comes with. But it feeds off of blood instead of nectar. {{Downplayed|trope}} though, in that its less cute counterpart Dustox leaves the realm of predation by being outright destructive.
186** Gorebyss is a giant pink toothless fish with big eyes that feeds on plankton. Get too close to one and you'll find out it also has a taste for blood, and turns more vivid in color while it feeds on your body fluids. However, this is still downplayed, as it's less cute counterpart, Huntail, is more actively predatory.
187** The balloon Pokemon Drifloon looks cute, but it tries to kidnap children. (In fact, in one game, there's a park that you are only allowed to bring "cute" Pokémon into; Drifloon qualifies.)
188** Purrloin steals from humans out of the belief its cute facade will let it get away with it. In the event it does not, it will tear its accuser apart with its claws.
189** Litwick, which is a sweet little smiling candle that pretends to be a helpful guiding light but in reality is attempting to steal your life energy. Its evolutions are still pretty cute and even worse.
190** Frillish is a tentacled marine animal, which should automatically make humans wary, but it's cute and smiling, so one could be forgiven for thinking it is okay as long as one keeps their distance. Trainers are almost uniformly disturbed to discover it's a vicious predator actively hunting for people to drown, smiling gleefully while doing so. And then it evolves into a no less cute but outright terrifying form that is actually practicing aggressive mimicry! Jellicent's faces are [[FrozenFace incapable]] of changing from a "cute" expression, regardless of what they are feeling, and they build underwater castles out of sunken human ships.
191** [[spoiler:Munna]] in ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonGatesToInfinity'' [[spoiler:until her HeelFaceTurn]].
192** Tinkaton is a small, pink [[OurFairiesAreDifferent Fairy-type]] Pokemon that wields a [[CarryABigStick giant hammer.]] How does it use it? To knock [[GiantFlyer Corviknight]] out of the sky and then harvest the metal on its body to improve its hammer. This is why [[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Corviknight taxis]] are not in [[VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Paldea,]] since it's likely that a Tinkaton might strike them down mid-flight, endangering the passengers.
193* A noticeable example is [[TheDragon Courtney Gears]] of ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank''. A beautiful robot [[EvilDiva diva]] whose music can brainwash robots into working for [[BigBad Dr. Nefarious]].
194** And there is also Vendra Prog in ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankIntoTheNexus'', though [[spoiler: she is later forced to work alongside Ratchet to banish the Nethers back to their dimension following her brother's HeelFaceTurn]].
195** We've also got [[spoiler: Luna]] in ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankSizeMatters''. It [[spoiler: was built in the shape of a little girl to lure Ratchet into a trap; and is revealed to be a genderless puppet/spaceship with a male voice near the end of the game, who serves as TheDragon to the BigBad]].
196* The main villains of ''VideoGame/RazesHell'' are an army of cute creatures that decide to wage a genocidal war against the ugly creatures of the world.
197* [[spoiler:Iris Zeppelin]] from ''Videogame/{{Rosenkreuzstilette}}'', who, despite being an AxCrazy [[TheSociopath psychopath]], is adorable in the most twisted way.
198* In the ''VideoGame/RuneScape'' quest "The Eyes of Glouphrie", the player activates an anti-illusion machine... and discovers that the fuzzy, white, bunny-eared ant-like creatures the gnomes have been keeping as pets are spy constructs for the exiled gnome city of Arposandra, disguised by the titular Glouphrie's illusions. Even the revealed "Evil Creatures" could pass for UglyCute; they look like black beetles with big glowing red eyes.
199* In ''VisualNovel/SayaNoUta'', [[spoiler:the titular {{Moe}} CuteMonsterGirl Saya is actually the BigBad, a terrifying EldritchAbomination aiming to convert humanity into copies of her species]].
200* ''VideoGame/SpookysJumpScareMansion'' has the titular Spooky, a CuteGhostGirl who absolutely ''[[BerserkButton hates]]'' being called cute. Though she [[HarmlessVillain does a pretty bad job at being threatening]] [[spoiler: until, as the game progresses, log entries reveal that [[NotSoHarmlessVillain she's the one that gathered all the specimens in the house with the purpose of being taken seriously]]]].
201* ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunter'' has the respective BigBad in both games:
202** ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterDeathMark'': [[spoiler:For how creepy Mary Kujou initially comes across, and how evil she truly is (being a demonic CreepyDoll who creates {{Vengeful Ghost}}s to kill people), she has the appearance of an adorable ElegantGothicLolita doll.]]
203** ''VisualNovel/SpiritHunterNG'': Kakuya is an adorable little [[LittleBitBeastly fox-girl]] doll with a beautiful kimono who [[ThirdPersonPerson speaks in third-person]] and acts like a little girl who wants to play with people. She's also a CreepyDoll who's appearance is actually unsettling up close, and she forces people into a DeadlyGame for her amusement.
204* ''VideoGame/{{Stellaris}}'' randomly combines ethics and portraits, so it's possible for painfully adorable aliens to be [[AbsoluteXenophobe Fanatic Purifiers]], as ''Webcomic/TheChapel'' [[https://www.chapelcomic.com/39/ will attest]]. Later made canon with the Prikkiki-Ti, an event-spawned species that is guaranteed to be Fanatic Purifiers and to look [[https://stellaris.paradoxwikis.com/images/9/9e/Reptilian_16.png like adorable geckos]].
205* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
206** Lakitu in most games. He rides around on a smiling cloud, has cute glasses, is harder than hell to kill, and drops eggs on you that hatch into [[TheSpiny spinies]] when they hit the ground. The obvious exceptions are ''VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG'', where he's just another enemy, and the ''Kart'' games, [[BottomlessPitRescueService where he actually grabs you if you fall off the track.]]
207** ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario'' has Dimentio, both [[http://www.mariowiki.com/images/a/a0/DimentioSuperPaperMario.png more cutesy]] and [[VileVillainSaccharineShow more evil]] than most Mario villains. How evil? [[spoiler:[[OmnicidalManiac Omnicidal Evil]].]]
208** Mimi from that same game also qualifies. The form she takes for most of the game is a small blocky humanoid that wears many dresses. She's also deceptive and runs a slave labor camp in her debut chapter, and her true form is that of an eltrich mechanical spider. With her vindictive, petty attitude, she's the second-meanest of Count Bleck's minions.
209* ''[[VideoGame/TakAndThePowerOfJuju Tak 2: The Staff of Dreams]]'' has the power parasites. They are cutesy in appearance and they sabotage JB's Planetarium by leaving large gunk.
210* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'':
211** [[spoiler:Flowey the Flower, the tiny, smiling yellow flower you meet at the beginning of the game with cutesy speech mannerisms quickly reveals himself to be an AxCrazy maniac who tries to kill Frisk. Then he turns out to be the real BigBad, manipulating Frisk into killing King Asgore so he can take the six [=SOULs=] he has and [[GodhoodSeeker become a god]], then [[OmnicidalManiac kill all humans and monsters]]. However, this is averted with his other self, Asriel Dreemur, who is as fluffy and cute as he is a NiceGuy.]]
212** [[spoiler:Chara Dreemur, a small child with BlushStickers wearing a green sweater, is the GreaterScopeVillain who tried to take over Asriel's body and slaughter the humans in the above world, and in the Genocide route, resurfaces thanks to your murders of the monsters and pushes you to kill every monster there is.]]
213* The Chua of ''VideoGame/WildStar'' are as adorable as they are psychopathic, genocidal, and destructive. Which is to say, '''''very.'''''
214* ''VideoGame/WildArms3'': [[spoiler:Beatrice, one of the main villains and the final enemy, is a wicked Dream Demon who ravaged Filgaia, turning it into a desert planet, and is directly or indirectly responsible for every bad thing that happens. She also looks like an adorable, purple-haired little girl.]]
215* ''VideoGame/TheWitchsHouse'': When the titular Witch is finally encountered, she turns out to be [[spoiler:Ellen, a seven-year-old ([[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld in appearance]]) CuteWitch with flowing purple hair and big eyes. Meanwhile, the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]] who gave Ellen her powers is actually the tiny, adorable Black Cat. This doesn't stop them from being cruel, sadistic mass murderers who routinely [[WouldHurtAChild kill children]] and screw over the innocent Viola- the Demon even more so as he is the one who [[TheCorrupter corrupted]] and mentored Ellen in the first place]].
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219* In ''Webcomic/AwfulHospital'', if someone is conventionally cute for any reason other than being a baby, then they are probably evil and definitely dangerous. Ducks are symbols of madness, dolphins are embodiments of sadistic violence, and bunnies are implied to be dangerous too.
220* In ''Webcomic/CaptusCinematicUniverse'', [[spoiler: the pink cat girl known as Katsumi]] turns out to be a surprise villain who attacks the Planetary Protectors.
221* The failed Cthulhu Corp product 'My First Necronomicon' from Webcomic/CthulhuSlippers is a cutesy, pigtailed, bunny-eared edition of the Necronomicon. [[https://web.archive.org/web/20140214223821/http://cthulhuslippers.com/comic/my-first-necronomicon/ It's the book your Mom reads in the bath.]]
222* ''Webcomic/DenmaTheQuanx'': Dr. Yahwah. [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Its puppy shape is cute]]. But it does brutal things in Silverquick HQ. [[spoiler:In fact, the puppy form is its avatar.]]
223* ''Webcomic/MechagicalGirlLisaANT'': The pink and frilly magical girl, Pink Flash, is working for the aliens who want to conquer the world. (The hero is the girl in the full-body robot ant suit.)
224* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' K I T T E N. Now in a compiled volume called "Little Evils", with [[KillerRabbit Bun-bun]] featured front and center, brandishing his knife.
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228* The BigBad of "Midnight Mares", Nightfall Nod looks like a [[https://ksr-ugc.imgix.net/assets/004/126/340/10ba830ba45f9c8425b0413b628d94ce_original.png?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&w=680&fit=max&v=1436523407&auto=format&gif-q=50&lossless=true&s=a81f97befa985862a541add318af3b31 goth pony in a Halloween costume.]]
229* Evilina, the adorable daughter of Satan, refuses to kill WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic, because [[CruelMercy it would be crueler to leave him to live with the memories]]. Her other justification, of course, is that [[TakeThatAudience he died before and the loud portion of fans didn't like it.]]
230* [[http://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelzarrell/the-fluff-of-evil#.xfD6Awlrl Stephen King's Thing Of Evil.]]
231* Duo, the mascot of VideoGame/{{Duolingo}}, is supposed to be a CuteOwl and TheOwlKnowingOne. [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/evil-duolingo-owl The memes]], on the other hand, [[OminousOwl make him evil]]. He is shown or implied to hold users' families hostage or threaten users' lives to make sure users don't skip a day on the app.
232* The Harmsters from ''Blog/HamstersParadise'' are a race of sapient, jerboa-like hamster-descendants with round, chubby faces and fluffy tufted tails. They are also an AlwaysChaoticEvil race that revels in bloodshed, warfare, genocide, cannibalism and sadism, with certain factions being outright Nazi-equivalents who enslave, experiment and dissect prisoners of war, [[FormerlySapientSpecies breed them into mindless animals]] and then [[BestialityIsDepraved still breed with said non-sapient slave animals.]]
233* ''Webanimation/StupidKids'': Raccoon seems to be an adorable mammal at first but he is a terrorist whose goal is to be a dictator of [=HiVille=]. He also HatesBeingCalledCute.
234* Noelle from the [=YouTube=] channel [[https://youtube.com/@bapkat?si=LG7G5j-uWNNzPCd8 Bapcat]] is often characterized as this, particularly when her and her owner play ''TabletopGame/CardsAgainstHumanity'' or other similar card games. Despite being an adorable Siamese cat sporting CoolShades, she has the tendency to pick some of the worst cards, often prompting a disturbed reaction from her owner.
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238* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'':
239** One of the tasks Marceline gives to Finn in "Henchman" is to slay a cute, harmless-looking Dimple Plant. Finn is reluctant... until the Dimple Plant turns into a vicious ManEatingPlant.
240** "Conquest of Cuteness" sees Finn and Jake being harassed by the belligerent Cute King and his army of "cuties". {{Subverted|Trope}} in that the cuties turn out to be [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain more of a danger to themselves than to our heroes]].
241** Me-mow, the cat assassin from "Jake vs. Me-mow", who tries to blackmail Jake into helping him murder Berry Princess.
242** The piglets from "The Pods", who go on a rampage with magic wands after tricking Finn (who suspected they were evil in the first place) into thinking they're harmless.
243* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' special "Attack of the Twonkies" is all about this -- cutesy little fuzz balls morph into pointy balls of terror when they hear music. And they're ''[[WhatMeasureIsANonCute still]]'' [[WhatMeasureIsANonCute kinda cute]] even then.
244* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/ArchiesWeirdMysteries'', in an obvious parody of ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'', had this as AnAesop: the cute cuddly alien is not only an evil intergalactic criminal, but he intentionally plays off his cuteness to take advantage of others. The "evil" aliens chasing him are actually cops.
245* Baby Doll of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' looks like a cute little girl but is a really a psychopathic adult.
246* ''WesternAnimation/{{Beetlejuice}}'': Little Miss Warden, a little girl who's the warden of Neither-Neither-Land, the Neitherworld's jail system: a [[CrapsaccharineWorld Candyland-like environment]] where prisoners are [[{{Brainwashed}} "rehabilitated"]] into cute, sweet, playful creatures. She likes frilly dresses, wears her hair in long blonde ringlets, and forces her prisoners to [[WorkingOnTheChainGang work on the "daisy chain gang."]] Those who try to escape are made to spend the night inside a ScaryJackInTheBox, where Jack plays videos for brainwashing.
247* Mayoi in ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries'' are adorable little green critters which everyone in San Fransokyo falls in love with, except Hiro, who is convinced they're a Sycorax ploy. And then it turns out they're {{Planimal}}s, and direct sunlight will make them get bigger and bigger. And ''then'' it turns out Mr. Sparkles has the power to command and weaponise them. Their monstrousness gets reversed (by Sycorax, the whole thing being designed to cement Liv's VillainWithGoodPublicity schtick), but Mr. Sparkles continues to control them, even in cute form.
248* While not "evil", just [[{{Yandere}} very possessive]], ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' had "[[InsistentTerminology The Precious, Wonderful, Adorable, Lovable]] [[FeatheredFiend Duckling]]", who decided to MurderTheHypotenuse (Muriel) in order to make sure Eustace only paid attention to it.
249* Gosalyn once ran into what looked like a harmless alien pet named Wakko carrying a small, pickle like container that held a bunch of marbles in it in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck''. He was even wearing a little bowtie. Naturally when a hulking cyborg alien showed up seemingly very eager to turn Wakko into a smear. Turned out the "bowtie" was actually a RestrainingBolt that prevented the shapeshifting Wakko from attaining his true, hulking form as an intergalactic terrorist and criminal. And those marbles were actually highly unstable explosives capable of leveling cities.
250* ''WesternAnimation/DragonsTheNineRealms'' has the Bubblehorn. They look cute and act anything but.
251* On ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'', we have a Strawberry Shortcake {{expy}}, whose people [[ANaziByAnyOtherName almost completely exterminated Wooldoor's]]. Since nobody but the two characters had ever heard of this, we can assume they have been extremely successful at denying it. Oh, and she tries to kill [[LastOfHisKind Wooldoor]].
252* Jimmy, the effeminate squeaky kid on ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'', generally isn't the most affable sort. But he has on occasion demonstrated [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] prowess -- and ruthlessness -- to rival Machiavelli.
253* The Gigglepies from ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', who hypnotize people with their cuteness in order to sell their merchandise and destroy planets.
254* Berry from ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'', who's a pink, adorable imaginary friend who appears to be sweet and generous, but is actually an easily jealous and homicidal StalkerWithACrush.
255* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Freaktown}}'', the Freaks [[DarkIsNotEvil are the good guys]] while Princess Boo-Boo and her lackeys, who want to scrub the freakiness out of Freaktown and make it as cutesy as [[SugarBowl the rest of Sweetlandia]], are the antagonists.
256* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
257** In the episode "Soos and the Real Girl", Soos buys a dating game where the love interest, Giffany, is an adorable Japanese school-girl... who becomes [[{{Yandere}} dangerously obsessed]] with anyone who plays the game.
258** Gideon Gleeful is a DeliberatelyCuteChild who projects an air of sugary adorability while psychologically abusing his parents, summoning demons, and attacking his crush's brother for "[[MurderTheHypotenuse getting in the way]]."
259** And then there's Bill Cipher, the bright yellow triangle with stick-figure limbs, a dapper top hat, and a joke for every occasion... who's also an EldritchAbomination out to destroy all of reality as we know it.
260* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' has [[EnfantTerrible Mandy]], who is evil on the inside and cute on the outside.
261* ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse1983'': Orko ran a foul of this trope when he summoned Daimar the Demon after finding the guy's picture in a book. In fact Daimar is adorable, very small with stubby horns, a round face and even CuteLittleFangs, as well as a sweet and playful disposition. Unfortunately, this is Daimar's child form, and once free he eventually cocoons himself and becomes his adult form, a fearsome giant demon destined to open a portal to the Dark Dimension and allow for a demonic invasion of Etheria. However, in a twist, Orko is able to [[ThePowerOfFriendship call back to the fun times the two had]] and Daimar decides [[HeelFaceTurn he much preferred being good and picking his own destiny to just arbitrary destruction.]]
262* Arguably the worst villain on ''WesternAnimation/KryptoTheSuperdog'' is Snooky Wookums, an adorable kitten with an evil mind (and one of the few villains on the show that is not a pet of some human DC Comics villain).
263* ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlackTheSeries'': Happens quite a bit considering some of the weird aliens the agents have to confront.
264** "The Vulture Syndrome" has J trying to protect a cute, teddy bear-like alien name Z-Ron from the bounty hunter Vulture. The guy even quacks whenever he hops around. However it turns out Vulture's story about Z-Ron being wanted for the murder and consumption of five hundred sentient organisms is true when L finds a hidden compartment in his ship full of bones. Z-Ron soon attacks J, transforming from cute and cuddly to a vicious ball of teeth and claws before being defeated. He's later likened to a cat, using his cuter form to disarm and play with his prey before devouring then.
265** "The Star System Syndrome" features the Astro-Tots, a quarter of adorable teletubby-like aliens who work on a saccharine sweet kids' show. They turn out to be the culprits behind a rash of disappearances amongst the alien stars in Hollywood, because the victims did not share the Astro-Tots' worldview of peace and happiness. Fortunately they're not quite evil enough to resort to murder, so [=MiB=] is able to save the day.
266* Adam Lyon from ''WesternAnimation/MyGymPartnersAMonkey'' has a run-in with the "Petting Zoo Kids" in one episode. These are a clique of doe-eyed miniature animals that use cuteness as a cover to pilfer unsuspecting victims who succumb to a "huggie". Adam loses all of his clothes following a few encounters and losing his good judgment around them. Eventually he turns the tables by cornering and shaving off their fur, removing their cute charm.
267* ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'': Killgore, a pint-sized, big-eyed sentient wind-up toy with a high-pitched voice whose main problem is annoying Jenny... [[spoiler: [[NotSoHarmlessVillain as well as calling the Cluster on her, and later resurrecting Armageddroid, a dangerous robot that can confiscate and dismantle any kind of weaponry]].]] In-universe, he is considered one of the most adorable creatures ever.
268* The Flores from the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends'' episode "Fugitive Flowers" look like cute and harmless talking flowers, but are really monstrous invasive weeds who trick [[GranolaGirl Posey]] into protecting them from the creepy-looking Crabnasties who are trying to capture them, then proceed to [[WalkingWasteland suck all the life out of Posey's garden]], [[OneWingedAngel transform]], and go on a rampage.
269* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
270** This show has the parasprites from "Swarm of the Century". While they don't seem to be actively malicious, they're still adorable, multicolored bug/fairy critters who [[ExplosiveBreeder breed rapidly]] and [[BigEater devour all the food they can find]]. Basically, they are the unholy hybrid of tribbles and HordeOfAlienLocusts.
271** A downplayed example in the same show can be found in Angel Bunny, who is, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a bunny]]. While not ''evil'' he can often be an egocentric, spoiled JerkAss. He has gotten a fair amount of PetTheDog moments with Fluttershy and has had ButtMonkey moments as well.
272** Cozy Glow is an adorable little filly with disturbingly sinister plans.
273* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'': One of the first creatures that Luz meets upon entering the Boiling Isles is an adorable fairy with a high-pitched voice, big sharp teeth, and a taste for human skin.
274-->'''Luz:''' Oh, hello little fairy. Are you going to tell me this is all a fantastical dream?\
275'''Fairy:''' (''reveals giant teeth'') Give me your skin!
276* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'':
277** Kitty, a cute white cat who happens to be a minor villain, who planned on pulling a SwappedRoles plot where cats are the masters and humans serve their every whim.
278** [[http://powerpuffgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Fluffy_Bunch The Fluffy Bunch]] from "Sweet 'N Sour" weaponizes this trope, [[VillainWithGoodPublicity as it gives them a free pass on every crime they commit while making the Powerpuff Girls look bad every time they try their usual crime-busting attacks on them]]. The girls had to use their own strength against them by tricking them into entering a daycare, [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty where the Fluffy Bunch ends up getting tortured by hyperactive children]].
279** Beebo from "Pet Feud", although he's really more ObliviouslyEvil since he had no idea what he was doing was bad.
280* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' once adopted a potential [[TheScrappy Scrappy]] named Victor, a blue imp that looked like it might have been drawn by Dr. Seuss. And ''then'' it turned into [[Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen Mr. Hyde]]...
281* The Hugstables from ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' are adorable creatures with a [[OneHitKill death hug]].
282* On ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'', in a ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' parody, the characters go to the North Pole. Their enemies? Little Drummer Boy, the Nutcracker, and Composite Frosty/Santa Claus. But the BigBad is Mrs. Claus.
283* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Maggie Simpson, ''maybe''. Depends how one interprets that look she had at the end of "Who Shot Mr. Burns (Part 2)" and ''Master and Cadaver'' segment of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS22E4TreehouseOfHorrorXXI Treehouse of Horror XXI]]."
284* The Woodland Critters from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', especially during the Imaginationland arc.
285-->'''[[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason]]''': Man, I do ''not'' want to meet the kid that dreamt those things up.
286** In the two-part episode "Pandemic", the world is invaded by giant, yet adorable looking guinea pigs wearing costumes. And the BigBad turns out to be another cute live-action guinea pig wearing a pirate costume.
287* Imp from ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower'' possesses several of the rounded features of a piglet, a rather excitable disposition, and very big and expressive eyes. He's also a nasty minded little sadist who has flooded Brightmoon, set fire to Beast Island, nearly got Kowl kicked out of the Rebellion (for spite no less), and is constantly spying on the Rebels themselves. Played with in that everyone already knows Imp in his normal form and so there's very little opportunity for him to play up his features to get guards down.
288* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'' in the episode "I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee" Beckett Mariner, Jack Ransom and new ensign Garry visit a menagerie - a space station zoo. There they encounter a Moopsy, an adorable looking marshmallow creature that can [[PokemonSpeak only say it's own name]] or make cute grunting noises as it shuffles around, however when it escapes it's enclosure the head researcher panics. It turns out Moopsys ''drink bones'' and [[HungryMenace will stop at nothing to get their next drink]], all with a cute smile and still crying out it's name in the same endearing sounding voice.
289* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' has the Twin Destroyers of Azarath, two beings that Raven [[SealedEvilInACan had locked away in a small chest.]] When Starfire gives in to temptation, she opens it and finds that they're a pair of adorable green and pink imps, who are friendly at first until she gives them too much affection, causing them to turn into an egg and metamorphize into a giant, two-headed monster.
290* [[https://list.lisimg.com/image/6988490/540full.jpg Clare]] of ''WesternAnimation/TitanMaximum'', whose bio states "she loves cute things and desires to be the cutest thing in the entire solar system! Oh, and by the way, she’s completely evil."
291* On ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Total Drama Island]]'', Duncan is afraid of Celine Dion music store standees.
292* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' has these cute little bug-sized robotic critters... who turn into an all-devouring swarm of death when Cybertronians are around. Nothing tastier to scraplets than the metallic flesh of robots! Their cute exterior opens up to reveal a zillion razor-sharp piranha-like teeth. And they're ''still'' cute, [[UglyCute in a way]].
293* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'':
294** Commanders Peepers looks fairly small and harmless, with a hilarious voice to boot (courtesy of Creator/TomKenny). He's the leader of Lord Hater's Watchdogs for a reason, however, and he can prove to be quite violent (as seen when trying to protect his job in "The Bounty") and ruthlessly cunning (as seen in "The Greater Hater" and "The Axe").
295** In "The Stray", Wander encounters a sad little kitten named Li'l Bits, who proceeds to cheerfully exploit Wander's hospitality and helpfulness at every turn, like forcing Wander to repeatedly rescue her headless teddy bear from a ferocious monster. Sylvia grows suspicious, and rightly so when it turns out [[spoiler: Li'l Bits is not an orphan, but a bounty hunter who has literally hypnotized Wander with her cuteness in order to collect a big reward from Lord Hater]].
296* Nom Nom from ''WesternAnimation/WeBareBears'' is an adorable little koala who stars in viral videos. [[NiceCharacterMeanActor Behind the scenes, he's an egomaniacal diva]] who loves to antagonize and manipulate the bears for his own schemes to stay in the spotlight.
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