History Main / CuteIsEvil

* The Harmsters from ''WebOriginal/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.]]

** Beautifly looks like an oversized butterfly, with all the cuteness that comes with. But if feeds on blood instead of nectar. {{Downplayed|trope}} though, in that it's less cute counterpart Dustox leaves the realm of predation by being outright destructive.

** Tinkaton is a small, pink [[OurFairiesAreDifferent Fairy-type]] Pokemon that wields a [[DropTheHammer 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.

* Kohina Hiruko from ''Literature/BlackBullet'', she's the most adorable ''evil'' cursed child you can think of to the point that you just begging that you want to be killed by her cuteness.

* ''Anime/HousingComplexC'': [[spoiler:Yuri Koshide is a BespectacledCutie little girl who turns out to be an EnfanteTerrible and one of the culprits behind the murders afflicting the complex who [[AxCrazy really likes killing people]].]]

* Kohina Hiruko from ''LightNovel/BlackBullet'', she's the most adorable ''evil'' cursed child you can think of to the point that you just begging that you want to be killed by her cuteness.

* In ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series, this is a trait of Vaermina, the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Prince]] of [[YourWorstNightmare 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]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Acrylic}}:'' [[spoiler:Brittaney the Collage]] is a CuteGhostGirl in an ElegantGothicLolita outfit and [[spoiler:MulticoloredHair]]... who also happens to be a malevolent VengefulGhost, [[spoiler:SerialKiller, and SerialRapist]].

** 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]].]] This is also an {{invo|kedTrope}}cation of this trope, as [[Creator/NitroPlus Gen Urobuchi]] specifically asked character designer Creator/UmeAoki to make it "as cute as possible."

*** "Gift From The Princess Who Brought Sleep'', Miku wears a FairyTaleWeddingDress, and [[{{Moe}} has]] [[MegaTwintails her]] [[TheCutie usual appearance]]. She plays the part of an OmnicidalManiac, Margarita Blankenheim.

** 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.

* ''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.]]

* ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'' has featured both an evil Teddiursa and an evil Togepi.

** 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]].]] This is also an [[{{invoked}} invocation]] of this trope, as [[Creator/NitroPlus Gen Urobuchi]] specifically asked character designer Creator/UmeAoki to make it "as cute as possible."

* The titular character of the Anime, Manga and light novel series ''LightNovel/SagaOfTanyaTheEvil'', 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".

* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': [[http://www.happytoon.cn/downfile.asp?id=351 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.

* In the first ''Film/ScoobyDoo'' live-action movie, the villain is [[spoiler:[[TheScrappy Scrappy]]]].

** 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 ''the'' 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.

* ''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.]]

* An [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8l3eRVjZjc advertisement]] of ''VideoGame/{{Globlins}}'' [[DiscussedTrope Discusses]] 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!

* The failed Cthulhu Corp product 'My First Necronomicon' from Webcomic/CthulhuSlippers is a cutesy, pigtailed, bunny-eared edition of the Necronomicon. [[http://cthulhuslippers.com/comic/my-first-necronomicon/ It's the book your Mom reads in the bath.]]

* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' [[http://i35.tinypic.com/fk0hnl.png 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.

* Evilina, the adorable daughter of Satan, refuses to kill the ''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.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse'': 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.]]

** '''The Vulture Syndrome''' see 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.
** '''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.

* Clare of ''WesternAnimation/TitanMaximum'', whose [[http://titanmaximum.wikia.com/wiki/Clare 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."

* In ''Webcomic/CaptusCinematic Universe'', [[spoiler: the pink cat girl known as Katsumi]] turns out to be a surprise villain who attacks the Planetary Protectors.

->"Oh, monster of so little size... is that a ''parasprite'' before my eyes?"

* The Notha in ''Literature/SpaceAcademyDropouts'' 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.

** Mimi from that same game also qualifies.

** Waddle Dees on the other hand, the servants of King Dedede, invert 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.

* Taken UpToEleven in ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'' where 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.

* In ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'' series, this is a trait of Vaermina, the [[OurGodsAreDifferent Daedric Prince]] of [[YourWorstNightmare 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. Taken UpToEleven in ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsOnline Online]]'', where 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]].

[[caption-width-right:350: [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Awwwwh...]] ''OH, NO!'']]

* ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' once adopted a potential [[TheScrappy Scrappy]] named Vincent, a blue imp that looked like it might have been drawn by Dr. Seuss. And ''then'' it turned into [[Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen Mr. Hyde]]...

* The Inventor from ''ComicBook/MsMarvel''. He looks like [[spoiler:an anthropomorphic cockatiel]], but he's also a mad scientist and criminal mastermind.