History Main / CuteOwl

Contrast OminousOwl and FeatheredFiend, who are very much not like this. Compare TheOwlKnowingOne and NobleBirdOfPrey. Note that [[CuteIsEvil cute owls could still be evil]], even the [[EvilGenius nerdy ones]].

* Hootle from ''VideoGame/TalesOfArise'' is an adorably round baby owl who serves as the TeamPet and overall mascot of the game. The longest sidequest in the game involves using Hootle to track down other owls to help them find their way back home to the Owl Forest.

Owls are, to put it bluntly, [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter adorable]]. There is something about those perfectly round shapes, those [[PuppyDogEyes big eyes]], and their beautiful fluffy plumage that appeals to us. They also have silly features like their AbnormalLimbRotationRange, or their cute little hoots which have served so many "WhosOnFirst" jokes that it [[OwlsAskWho became its own sub-trope]].

Owls are, to put it bluntly, [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter adorable]]. They just are. There is something about those perfectly round shapes, those [[PuppyDogEyes big eyes]], and their beautiful fluffy plumage that immediately appeal to us. They also have silly features like their AbnormalLimbRotationRange, or their cute little hoots which have served so many "WhosOnFirst" jokes that it [[OwlsAskWho became its own sub-trope]].

Owls are, to put it bluntly, [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter adorable]]. They just are. There is something about those perfectly round shapes, those [[PuppyDogEyes big eyes]], and their beautiful fluffy plumage that immediately appeal to us. Not to mention the rather silly features like their AbnormalLimbRotationRange, or their cute little hoots which have served so many "WhosOnFirst" jokes that it [[OwlsAskWho became its own sub-trope]].

* Octavia, Stolas's daughter from ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'', was ''adorable'' when she was a little girl. These days, she's more of an embittered EmoTeen as a result of having to deal with her mother and father's relationship. Likewise, Stolas was quite cute himself when he was younger.

* Rowlet is already one of these in the games, but Ash's Rowlet in the [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} anime]] is even more so, with its ditzy, perpetually sleepy personality and its habit of hiding in Ash's backpack.

* Although some people find them [[UncannyValley creepy]], Toys/{{Furb|y}}ies -- {{Cartoon Creature}}s looking like a [[MixAndMatchCritters mashup]] of an owl, a hamster and a [[Film/{{Gremlins}} mogwai]] -- were ''intended'' to be cute and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHWcBbf0Eng advertised]] as such.

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* Octavia, Stolas's daughter from ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'', was ''adorable'' when she was a little girl. These days, she's more of an embittered EmoTeen as a result of having to deal with her mother and father's relationship.

* The title characters of Martin Waddell's children's book ''Owl Babies''.

* Owlicious from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. Everybody immediately falls in love with the cute bird, Rarity even giving him a gems-encrusted bowtie at one point, except for Spike who is [[GreenEyedMonster jealous]] of the owl getting so much attention. Through his eyes, everything he does is {{ominous|owl}}.
--> ''(Owlicious [[AbnormalLimbRotationRange turns his head 180 degrees]] and stares at Spike with a ScareChord)''

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* Hootle from ''VideoGame/TalesOfArise'' is an adorably round baby owl who serves as the TeamPet and overall mascot of the game.

* In ''WesternAnimation/LegendOfTheGuardiansTheOwlsOfGaHoole'', while most owls are badass, the owlets, particularly Soren's little sister Eglantine, are ridiculously cute. Gylfie the elf owl and Soren himself manage to be BadassAdorable.