History Main / AdorableEvilMinions

** Nearly every evil minion in the series counts. Shy Guys, Boos, Cheep Cheeps, Lakitus, even the Piranha Plants, Dry Bones, and Birdo...the only minions that aren't cute are the Sun, the Giant Cheep Cheeps, Chain Chomps, and Unagi the giant eel. And you can probably find fans who would argue that even *those* enemies are cute in their own way (especially Chain Chomps, who are more or less dogs).

* ''Film/AustinPowersInternationalManOfMystery'': Instead of a pool of sharks with FrickinLaserBeams on their heads like he wanted, Dr. Evil ends up with a pool full of ill-tempered mutated seabass, because that's all his BeleagueredAssistant could get.

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* Minions in ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends''.

* Bowser's army of cute turtles and grumpy mushrooms in ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros.'', especially the [[http://www.mariowiki.com/images/thumb/4/48/Cat_Goomba_Artwork_-_Super_Mario_3D_World.png/477px-Cat_Goomba_Artwork_-_Super_Mario_3D_World.png Cat Goombas]]

* Kittens are recurring enemies in the ''VideoGame/EpicBattleFantasy'' series of flash games. In the second game, one of the kittens, No-Legs, pulls a HeelFaceTurn.

* The Brainwash Patrol from Anarcute are a combination of this and GasMaskMooks. They even have a [[https://twitter.com/BrainwashPatrol Twitter account]]

** ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3D'' introduces the Dream Eaters as the newest take on this. Subverted in that, unlike the previous AlwaysChaoticEvil species, it's possible to recruit your own [[{{Mons}} adorable good minions]] as well.

* Little Doris in ''Disney/MeetTheRobinsons''. As quote Bowler Hat Guy: ""It's so ''cute''!" ... For a spider-like robotic hat that can take control of animals' minds, that is.

** Chao in ''VideoGame/DistortedTravesty 3'' thinks [[https://youtu.be/xcoLDbN6Ito?t=1m57s spinys are cute too.]]

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* [[MonsterClown Tom Foolery]], from the ''Roleplay/GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'', is always accompanied on his crimes by a horde of tiny teddy-bear robots. Which are armed with machine guns, and are set to explode on command.

[[caption-width-right:201:[[TheHeartless Fear my]] [[MascotMook plush]] [[TheHeartless embodiments of darkness]]!]]

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Frequently overlaps with MascotMook and CuteSlimeMook. Compare CuteIsEvil.

** Nearly every evil minion in the series counts. Shy Guys, Boos, Cheep Cheeps, Lakitus, even the Piranha Plants, Dry Bones, and Birdo...the only minions that aren't cute are the Sun, the Giant Cheep Cheeps, Chain Chomps, and Unagi the giant eel. And you can probably find fans who would argue that even *those* enemies are cute in their own way.

* Most of the enemies in ''VideoGame/SpiralKnights''.

Frequently overlaps with MascotMook and CuteSlimeMook.

* While most of the MechaMook in ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'' are freaky, Egg Pawns just look so adorable, with their smiley faces and such.

* The Inkies from ''VideoGame/DeBlob'' are probably some of the most adorable oppressors you'll see in gaming, with their small size, high-pitch voices, and hyperactive behavior. You'll almost feel bad for squishing thousands of them throughout the game.

* While most of the MechaMook in ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' are freaky, Egg Pawns just look so adorable, with their smiley faces and such.

** The Changelings from the end of season 2 are also adorable, even when untransformed, and it's clear they only pose a threat in massive numbers. In season 6 we find out that [[spoiler: Changelings purified by shared love are even more adorable.]]

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* The ''VideoGame/WarioLand'' series has the Pirate/Wandering Gooms and Spear Men in the first games that are like this, as well as the various minor enemies in the third and fourth games, the standard mooks from ''VideoGame/WarioWorld'', and the Bandineros from ''Shake It''.
* The Imps in ''Videogame/DungeonKeeper'' aren't your main fighters, but due to their gold mining and digging skills, they're the most essential unit in the game. There are plenty of ''other'' minions that are far more monstrous.
* The turrets in ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}''. ''Especially the frankenturrets'': Watching them tremble as you carry them is so adorable that you wish there was a "Pet and Comfort" button.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', Dr. Draken once attempted to take over the world with an army of 6-inch tall robots.

* Hak Foo's tribe of Shadowkhan in ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures''. Especially when they're eating cookies.

Frequently overlaps with MascotMook.

* ''Series/Warehouse13'''s first CrossOver episode with ''Series/{{Eureka}}'' involves Fargo bringing six multipurpose maintenance robots with him to help him upgrade the Warehouse's IT infrastructure. They look like head-sized metal eggs when idle and turn into UglyCute robo-spiders with IPod aesthetics once activated. Everything goes south when a dormant AI seizes control of the Warehouse and Fargo's bots, but the critters remain strangely adorable even when they break out flamethrowers, chainsaws, net launchers and other killer implements in their effort to stop the heroes from fixing the whole mess.

** Even the AlwaysChaoticEvil Shroobs from MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime have a sort of UglyCute-ness to them.

* ''Series/YoungJustice'' features Professor Ivo's M.O.N.K.I. robot minions in a few episodes.