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->'''Fagin''': You... you? *Laughs* That took a lot of guts! We have never had a cat in the gang before...

Itself can be considered a subtrope of {{Moe}}. Often referred to as [=GARmoe=] or [=MoeGAR=] within the anime fandom.

* Praise be to [[YoungWizards Ponch]], the Dog Who Is God! [[spoiler: The Wolf of Darkness clashed with the Hound of Starlight, and the Hound threw his old Enemy to the floor of Heaven.]]
* Reepicheep from ''[[TheChroniclesOfNarnia The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian]]''. A cute two-and-a-half foot talking mouse with honor, dignity, and the ability to successfully take on an armed opponent twice his size. One of the few characters from Narnia who shows up in ''three'' books, aside from Aslan and the White Witch of course. At one point, he even sails over the edge of the world.
* The Archive from ''TheDresdenFiles'' is a prepubescent girl who shows her Badassatude when she's attacked by Red Court vampires while she's moderating a duel. [[spoiler:She grabs a piece of anti-life being used and, with sheer force of will, thrusts it into the vamps heads and torsos]]. In a later book she's attacked by a dozen fallen angels in an area cut off from magic. Using the little magic she could store in her tiny body she starts taking them down, two at a time, even while Harry carries her away. She even makes a point of trash talking the angels, although she's not that good at it. [[spoiler:She's only captured because the demons take advantage of her low body weight and gas the whole area.]] She is very fond of [[CutenessProximity cats]] and renders official documents in crayon.
** Mouse is pretty awesomely adorable, too. Sure, he's a dog that's [[BigFriendlyDog around four foot tall at the shoulder]], but he plays the goofy GentleGiant act up so well you forget about that and just want to snuggle with his bug fuzzy self. Then he [[PowerGlows starts glowing]] and ''makes an eldritch horror run away in terror'' after ripping the back of its foot off.

* {{Redwall}}'s cute fluffy animal KidHero characters. D'awww, fwuffy ickle mousey. Who just happens to be wielding a BFS.
** Big for a mousey, anyway. From our perspective, it'd be about the size of a kitchen knife at best.

*** Of course the odd occasions Syaoran's magic does work is to [[RescueMeansRomance save the]] [[BigBrotherInstinct other two examples]], thus leading [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome any act of badass]] to be [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming a moment of adorable as well]].

* Kit Cloudkicker of ''TaleSpin'', master of SkySurfing and HyperCompetantSidekick to Baloo. Molly to a lesser extent may also apply.

* Why hasn't Hunny-sempai from ''{{Ouran High School Host Club}}'' not been mentioned yet? While adorable, small, blonde, and cake loving, Hunny-sempai is also an expet martial artist and was able to single handedly take out 7 professionally trained and armed men in 15 seconds flat without so much as breaking a sweat. To top it all off, he scolds the by wagging his finger at them and saying that "hurting my friends is a no-no"

** Why hasn't Hunny-sempai from ''{{Ouran High School Host Club}}'' not been mentioned yet? While adorable, small, blonde, and cake loving, Hunny-sempai is also an expet martial artist and was able to single handedly take out 7 professionally trained and armed men in 15 seconds flat without so much as breaking a sweat. To top it all off, he scolds the by wagging his finger at them and saying that "hurting my friends is a no-no"

** ''[[spoiler:Even the current BigBad]]''.

** [[YMMV To some,]] Wolfram suffers from the WorfEffect.

*** Heck, [[Bishounen Sousuke period!]]

** Lampshaded by Chuggaaconroy in his LetsPlay of ''WindWaker''. "Cuteness never looked so badass."

** And no love for Rockman himself? He's absolutely adorable. And he's saved the world ten (eleven when ''Game/MegaMan 10'' comes out) times.

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* The titular ''SailorMoon''. And Chibi-Usa. And Ami. And Chibi Chibi. In fact, most of the girls in the series count.

* The titular character of {{Coraline}}. A look that invokes BigBrotherInstinct? Check. Underfed? Check. Having more balls than most healthy adult males? Um... check.

* ''{{Okami}}'': Never has [[AGodIsYou divinity]] been so... so... fluffy. Unless you're a goblin (or some other disposable monstrosity), you can ignore Amaterasu's '''other''' [[BigBadassWolf defining characteristic]]. Seriously, she won't even mind if you walk right up to pet her; Kushinada does this ''every'' time she sees Ammy. It helps that [[InvisibleToNormals half the cast thinks she's just an ordinary dog]] [[DudeWheresMyRespect even after she saves them]], calling her Fluffy, poochie, Fido, wolfy, Furball, Snowy, mutt, ''Powderpuff''...

* Meap from [[PhineasAndFerb Phineas and Ferb]]. He's an intergalactic cop who roams the universe busting people who do stuff they're not supposed to do. Did I mention he's two feet tall, doe-eyed, pink, and without his translator all he can say is "Meap!"?

**Rudy can also be one to an extent. I mean, he's got the magic chalk! Which can do anything!
* The titular ''KimPossible''.