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  • Mara, the demoness from Ah! My Goddess, has these; in her case, they seem to emphasize that she's less dangerous than she looks — the series is primarily a romantic comedy, and so she would be out of place if she were a real danger. Plus they let her make a vampire joke in the TV series.
  • Haruko from AIR has them, even though she is generally depicted as a nice person, albeit with some issues.
  • This is done constantly in the 6 episode OAV of All Purpose Cultural Catgirl Nuku Nuku.
  • Yui of Angel Beats! has a pair of them, though only one is generally seen.
  • Hototo from Appare-Ranman! has a snaggletooth as a reminded that he's still a little boy.
  • Aria from Aria the Scarlet Ammo also has these, sometimes more prominent than others.
  • Arpeggio of Blue Steel has Ashigara, whose fangs match her aggressive lust for battle.
  • Another male example comes in the form of the Medicine Peddler from Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales and Mononoke. They're more subtle than usual, so unless he's gritting his teeth or yelling (not something he does a lot) you barely see them. But they're there.
  • In a Freeze-Frame Bonus moment, Nyamo from Azumanga Daioh has one when she's drunk in Episode 14.
  • Hachikuji from Bakemonogatari has these, and they see a lot of use, since her standard retaliation when she and Araragi end up fighting is to bite him with all her might.
  • Valt's younger twin siblings Toko and Nika from Beyblade Burst have a fang permanently poking out of their mouths.
  • Black Butler: Sebastian frequently sports these in later chapters, alternating between them, a normal smile, and Scary Teeth depending on the emotion he's displaying.
  • Black Lagoon: Revy has one of these in some of the omake. Especially notable in Omake 2: Mahou Shoujo-hen, where she is very bright and cheery... until she pulls out those two pistols.
  • Bleach:
    • Hiyori Sarugaki of is often teased about her prominent little fang by fellow Vizard Shinji Hirako, and later by Ichigo, at which she promptly lampshades this by saying the fangs are one of her charms. She has a fang and buck teeth, and it makes her even funnier.
    • Haineko, the manifested spirit form of Rangiku Matsumoto's zanpakuto, has them.
  • Rin has one, being the son of Satan, in Blue Exorcist after his demonic power awakens. If he's pissed off or goes berserk, it falls under Fangs Are Evil.
  • Masumi Sera of Case Closed has cute little fangs that show up occasionally when she's smiling, and Conan has even pointed them out as a defining feature of her looks. These also help him to remember that he met Sera and her family in the past.
  • Index from A Certain Magical Index exhibits these at times, usually when about to bite Touma.
  • Delmo in Cosplay Complex possesses them, even though she is a bunny girl. Apparently rodent teeth are not as cute though.
  • In Delicious in Dungeon, Izutsumi has them thanks to being a cat beastkin.
  • Digimon Tamers: Impmon and his evolution Beelzemon, after he pulls his Heel–Face Turn.
  • Cute Little Fangs can be seen on Micchy, resident Gamer Chick of Don't Become an Otaku, Shinozaki-san!.
  • Saya Endo of Dagashi Kashi has them.
  • Don't Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro: Nagatoro has these, which are especially notable when she's teasing Senpai. In Chapter 5, she pretends to be a vampire and playfully tries to bite Senpai.
  • Garlic Jr. in Dragon Ball Z. He may be a villain but it's still cute looking, the way one fang sticks out of his mouth when he smiles.
  • Aisha Clan-Clan, and presumably other Ctarl-Ctarl, from Outlaw Star has these pretty much every time she opens her mouth or smiles normally. When she smiles before changing into her tiger form for a fight, they become part of something else.
  • In Fairy Tail, larger fangs are a common trait among Dragon Slayers. While characters like Gajeel, Laxus and Cobra only look more menacing, others like Wendy and Natsu (especially when they're drawn in a chibi style) look cuter with them outside of battle. Among other mages, Milliana displays these as well.
  • Mordred in the anime version of Fate/Apocrypha has these, to visual cue us their Jerk with a Heart of Gold status. Although it does show her other teeth, but not the other incisor.
  • Haruko Haruhara in FLCL has these in the baseball episode (possibly others).
  • Rin Matsuoka from Free! had a small pair of fangs when he was a child. Now, he has inexplicably grown a complete set of shark-like teeth. They regain their cute status after he takes a level in kindness in season two.
  • Tasuki from Fushigi Yuugi. You can see his fangs just about every time he opens his mouth.
  • Madarame from Genshiken and his successornote  in Spotted Flower, though "cute" might not be the word. The fangs emphasize his snake-like qualities.
  • Hanayamata: Hana, a cute, innocent, enthusiastic girl, often has a pair of upper fangs on display. Being small for her age makes her stand out from the central female cast, as well.
  • Haruhi Suzumiya
    • Tsuruya has a small fang that's always visible when she opens her mouth. In a noteworthy variation, the fang actually gives her a speech impedimentnote . Which just makes her that much cuter.
    • At least one illustration in the light novels gives Haruhi one.
  • Seras in the Hellsing manga and OVA, at least whilst she's not going psycho. And when she is...
  • Romania from Hetalia: Axis Powers, which has led to fan speculation about him possibly being a vampire or at least liking to pretend that he's one. Belgium has them in some sketches too, but they're not nearly as noticeable.
  • In the Highschool of the Dead manga, Saya has a fang in just about every image, even when her mouth is closed — the artist seemed intent on displaying it at all times. In the anime it's visible only when her mouth is wide open.
  • Killua Zoldyck, from Hunter × Hunter has them.
  • I Love Yuri and I got Bodyswapped with a Fujoshi!: Hoshina always has one poking out of her mouth, to represent her mischievous personality, and to remind the reader which body she is in in a bodyswap story.
  • Hikari of Interviews with Monster Girls sports them. They're still apropos even if she wasn't a Friendly Neighborhood Vampire since she's the Genki Girl type.
  • The eponymous character from the manga and anime Inuyasha sports these, since he's descended from a dog yokai. In the sequel series Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon, his daughter Moroha also has one fang.
  • Jewelpet Twinkle☆: Miria has these, presumably cosplay accessories, to complement her cat theme (having two cat Jewelpets).
  • Kaguya ocasionally had a fang in earlier chapters of Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, though this detail was eventually phased out and instead given to her Shadow Archetype and cousin Maki. Maki's brother Mikado is also shown to have one.
  • Loki in Kamigami no Asobi shows this occasionally.
  • The Little Bit Beastly kitsune Tomoe from Kamisama Kiss has them.
  • Karin's eponymous heroine, who provided the former trope image. Justified as she is a vampire.
  • Kenko Zenrakei Suieibu Umisho's Maaya is almost an Expy of Mayu from Ai Yori Aoshi, but she also borrows Tina's fang (and swimming skill).
  • Seiji from Kids on the Slope, which matches up with his slightly mischievous personality.
  • Kuro from Kodomo no Jikan sports some fangs to emphasize her feral nature.
  • Aoi Inuyama from Laid-Back Camp has one, fitting with her surname ("dog mountain"). Due to the manga's art style it looks less like a tooth and more like a flap of skin hanging off her upper lip. Her little sister also has one, suggesting that it runs in the family.
  • Killla Kill's Ryuko Matoi has noticeably large canines that are evident when she's yelling or in more relaxed moments with her friend Mako. It's a subtle indicator that she's a human infused with life fibers.
  • Love Lab's Riko Kurahashi is a 24/7 owner of a pair of upper canines.
  • Ritsuka in Loveless occasionally has these when he's yelling at someone. Slightly justified in that he's still got his cat ears and tail.
  • Kuroi-sensei and Misao from Lucky Star. Misao, like Tsuruya, also has a bit of a speech impediment.
  • Lyrical Nanoha:
  • Ranka Lee from Macross Frontier when she's singing. Understandable, being one-quarter Zentraedi.
  • Liru and Pachira from Magical Pokaan, being a Werewolf and western-style vampire respectively.
  • Anzai Nobuyuki seems to stick these (or rather a single fang projecting over the bottom lip) on his main characters, especially when they're drawn in a more humorous fashion. It's really noticable on Ginta in MÄR. There is no logical reason given for why they have them.
  • R Nomura of Marginal #4. He's the sweet fluff of the group, but he's also a very skilled gamer who apparently gets very intense when he plays. His "dark" side can go even further than that, as seen in episode 3 of the anime, when he and his twin turn a demonic hidden camera prank around on the director. R is often drawn with one of these.
  • Tohru from Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid has one. Rather appropriate since her true form is a western style dragon.
  • Lampshaded in the Hentai manga Mozaiku x San Shimai, where a Tsundere girl's cute little fang interferes with... well, take a guess. Fortunately, no serious pain results.
  • Daisuke "Beast" Inuki from the yaoi manga My Beast has very pronounced fangs on his lower jaw. These usually make him look more intimidating, but in a few scenes they look very cute.
  • Komachi from My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, as I Expected has an unusually long one.
  • Kirishima from My Hero Academia also has them.
  • Loki from Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok. Especially notable in the manga, where he takes them out at one point and uses them as homing devices.
  • Naruto:
    • Suigetsu is a borderline example. While he has one triangular shark-like tooth that sticks out of his mouth while it's closed, that's what all of his teeth look like.
    • Naruto himself has them to varying degrees in the first few stages of his Kyuubi transformation. Four-tailed and further take a different route.
  • Negima! Magister Negi Magi: Evangeline A.K. McDowell, given hints about the future plot of the story, may be a rare Western vampire who gets the Cute Little Fangs treatment.
  • The eponymous Niea from Niea_7 has them, likely because she is an alien. Still, other aliens in the show seem to lack them.
  • Kirino from Oreimo sports these; they become especially evident when playing eroge.
  • Sorawo from Otherside Picnic has a fang, despite not fitting the usual "mischievous cutie" archetype at all.
  • Scanty and Kneesocks from Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, with a tad of Fangs Are Evil. It's lower incisors for Scanty and upper incisors for Kneesocks.
  • Pokémon: Grookey sports two small fangs in its upper mouth that are occasionally visible, but it doesn't make it look any less cute.
  • Ponko Tsundere na Osananajimi: Sanae possess one to highlight her Genki Girl nature.
  • Tomomi Shirakawa of the hentai title Princess 69 has this. It's most prevalent when she smiles mischievously and the "camera" is shown close to her face...
  • Kyouko in Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Kirika in Puella Magi Oriko Magica. Both play with this trope, Kyouko having two fangs instead of the normal single one, and Kirika most assuredly does not fit with the normal personality type the fang tends to signify. At all.
  • Queen's Blade: Hide & Seek. Elina flashes hers on numerous occasions and is even said to be just like a cat.
  • Ryôga from Ranma ½. In fact, one reading of "Ryôga" is "Good Fang". These are apparently genetic, as seen when girl-Ranma convinced him she was his sister by wearing fake teeth with her flimsy disguise.
  • Moka and Kokoa from Rosario + Vampire sport Cute Little Fangs, being vampires. In Moka's case though, it's only Outer Moka who has proper Cute Little Fangs — the more mature-looking Inner Moka has longer, more menacing looking fangs.
  • Lime from Saber Marionette J and its sequels sometimes seems to have a Cute Little Fang, but it's hard to be sure — it's clearly a tooth, but it's far more rounded and blunt than the usual anime fang.
  • Saki has Yuuki sporting one these, because she's the resident Genki Girl, and Kana sporting another one of these, because she has that entire Cat Girl schtick going on.
  • Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove it: Kosuke Inukai is sometimes shown with one, which may be a reference to the "Inu" part of his name and his playful personality.
  • School Rumble: Eri's teeth are drawn normally, except for when she's angry or indignant. Both instances are always Played for Laughs.
  • Both Giroro and Tamama of Sgt. Frog have these, but Tamama's are really only shown when he's angry.
  • Elise from Sky Girls has these. She also wears short, sharp-looking bunny ears to complete the effect.
  • Slayers is fond of these in a couple places.
    • Non-humans in human guise generally have them (Xellos, Filia, and Valgaav), but perhaps the only real humorous application of them is Lina herself, where they range from the "cute little fang" variant to worryingly noticeable.
    • Gourry got them on occasion, in the third season (TRY) of the anime.
    • Thanks to Art Evolution, Lina's are seen almost all the time starting with Revolution. The cute type for the most part.
  • Holo from Spice and Wolf, but hers are permanent and natural since she's a wolf spirit. In human form, anyway. In her natural form it's more a case of More Teeth than the Osmond Family — as anyone who's seen the mouth of an even completely ordinary wolf can tell.
  • Ichikawa in Sukisho has one of these in almost every scene for no adequately explained reason.
  • Miyoshi from Switch (2002) has these among other things.
    • You don't get to see them very often, but Ryoko actually has top AND bottom fangs. You can catch the bottom ones on occasion when she screams.
  • Tenchi Muyo!: Ryoko and Ayeka are the two that display them the most, usually whenever they're bickering. But Kiyone also flashes a pair, or a single fang, when she's either surprised or exasperated by Mihoshi's airheadedness.
  • Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
    • Kiyal, one of Kittan's three sisters in , has a fang. She's the most feral of the three. And yet in the same episode she debuts in, her own brother goes on a rant about how humans don't have fangs, only Beastmen have fangs. Wha-huh?
    • Nia of all people has one of these in some official High School AU art. And it's ADORABLE. Look closely, and she also has them in this official Halloween art.
    • In a rare male example, Viral has them when he smiles. When he's not smiling it's More Teeth than the Osmond Family.
  • Mew Ichigo of Tokyo Mew Mew. Most of the characters have these — the aliens do, at least.
  • Nori from Tokyo Tribe 2.
  • Lala's sister, Nana, from To Love Ru usually has one ridiculously cute fang showing which makes her even more ridiculously cute.
  • Abel of Trinity Blood has them sometimes; not too much of a surprise given that he's an (uber powerful) vampire.
  • Hazuki, who's a vampire, from Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase, has a pair of fangs, which make her look more cute than threatening.
  • Jin from YuYu Hakusho, in his demonic form, he has the cutest little fang.
    • Hiei also has these when he shows his teeth (which isn't very often) even as a baby!
  • Francesca from trash. has this, which also adds to her Cute Bruiser quality. Not so cute when you find out that they have a practical use.
  • Tomo from Tomo-chan Is a Girl! has them. That said, she may be cute herself, but she's certainly not little.
    • It seems to run in her family, as her mother also has it.
  • Hana Uzaki, the titular protagonist of Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! has one visible in almost every frame, reflecting her mischievous and energetic nature. However, due to the way it's drawn, it sometimes passes off as being part of her lip, although the anime's second season shows it as a normal fang. Her younger sister Yanagi also shows one often, particularly when she finds something worth teasing.
  • For a seiyuu example, we have Asami Tano (who plays Sarah Kazuno in Love Live! Sunshine!!; in an odd twist, the character she portrays does not have the cute fang).
  • Magia Baiser (Hiiragi Utena) from Gushing over Magical Girls in most scenes where she appeared or is mentioned, she appears with one of these and sometimes two of these. They mainly appeared when she was nervous or excited, depending on the situation.

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