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Many times, the Deceptively Cute Critter is the enemy or foil to a large, intimidating animal (or simply a normal animal) who doesn't look as cute. The cute animal will gleefully cause trouble for the larger animal, who will get fed up and retaliate. Then the cute animal will pull a WoundedGazelleGambit to get other humans and/or animals to come its aid, getting the larger animal in trouble and making it look like a big bully.
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* ''Film/CatsAndDogs'': Both types of pets are far more intelligent than they let on and have their own secret society with [[AnimalEspionage elaborate spy organizations]]. However, they still consider humans the ultimate authority over the earth and are mostly looking to one-up each other. The plot centers around a cat terrorist by the name of Mr. Tinkles who wants to make it impossible for any human to keep a dog as a pet again.
* ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'': Goose looks and acts like an adorable cat, so much so that Nick Fury [[CutenessProximity is reduced to baby talk around her]]. Talos the Skrull, however, knows better, calling her a "flerken". Flashback shows that Goose used to accompany [[spoiler:Carol's old mentor, Wendy Lawson a.k.a Mar-Vell]], and after her death, remained hanging around in the facility her owner used to work in, with no one the wiser, since Goose looks exactly like an ordinary Earth cat. Her true nature is shown later when [[spoiler:she can swallow the [[MacGuffin Tesseract]] with no problems, and she can also sprout tentacles out of her mouth and swallow multiple people/things at once into her BlackHoleBelly. The Kree soldiers classified her as being a high threat]].
* ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'': Goose looks and acts like an adorable cat, so much so that Nick Fury [[CutenessProximity is reduced to baby talk around her]]. Talos the Skrull, however, knows better, calling her a "flerken". Flashback shows that Goose used to accompany [[spoiler:Carol's old mentor, Wendy Lawson a.k.a Mar-Vell]], and after her death, remained hanging around in the facility her owner used to work in, with no one the wiser, since Goose looks exactly like an ordinary Earth cat. Her true nature is shown later when [[spoiler:she can swallow the [[MacGuffin Tesseract]] with no problems, and she can also sprout tentacles out of her mouth and swallow multiple people/things at once into her BlackHoleBelly. The Kree soldiers classified her as being a high threat]].
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* ''Film/CatsAndDogs'': Both types of pets are far more intelligent than they let on and have their own secret society with [[AnimalEspionage elaborate spy organizations]]. However, they still consider humans the ultimate authority over the earth and are mostly looking to one-up each other. The plot centers around a cat terrorist by the name of Mr. Tinkles who wants to make it impossible for any human to keep a dog as a pet again.
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* ''Series/TheHauntedHathaways'': In the episode ''Haunted Telescope'', Louie volunteers to take care of the class ferret. However, things quickly go awry when the ferret tricks him using its cuteness and then possesses him.
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* ''Series/TheHauntedHathaways'': In the episode ''Haunted Telescope'', "Haunted Telescope", Louie volunteers to take care of the class ferret. However, things quickly go awry when the ferret tricks him using its cuteness and then possesses him.
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* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': This is entirely Tweety's shtick. His act is that of an innocent, sheltered bird who can be easily taken advantage of by cats and who then proceeds to arrange their downfall from as high as possible. This is especially noticeable in the Bob Clampett era, where he's more aggressive than later in the Freleng era.
** This is a Creator/BobClampett schtick in itself: the title character of ''WesternAnimation/PorkysNaughtyNephew,'' for example, is a vicious little git who does things like smack Porky on the head with a shovel for fun.
* ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlack'': One episode sees Jay and Kay trying to protect a small teddy bear-like alien from a vicious bounty hunter. Said bounty hunter turns out to have a perfectly good reason for hunting the critter, as it turns into a larger carnivorous beast.
** This is a Creator/BobClampett schtick in itself: the title character of ''WesternAnimation/PorkysNaughtyNephew,'' for example, is a vicious little git who does things like smack Porky on the head with a shovel for fun.
* ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlack'': One episode sees Jay and Kay trying to protect a small teddy bear-like alien from a vicious bounty hunter. Said bounty hunter turns out to have a perfectly good reason for hunting the critter, as it turns into a larger carnivorous beast.
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* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
** This is entirelyTweety's [[WesternAnimation/SylvesterTheCatAndTweetyBird Tweety]]'s shtick. His act is that of an innocent, sheltered bird who can be easily taken advantage of by cats and who then proceeds to arrange their downfall from as high as possible. This is especially noticeable in the Bob Clampett era, where he's more aggressive than later in the Freleng era.
** This is a Creator/BobClampett schtick in itself: the title character of''WesternAnimation/PorkysNaughtyNephew,'' "WesternAnimation/PorkysNaughtyNephew", for example, is a vicious little git who does things like smack Porky on the head with a shovel for fun.
* ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlack'': One episode sees Jay and Kay trying to protect a small teddy bear-like alien from a vicious bounty hunter. Said bounty hunter turns out to have a perfectly good reason for hunting the critter, as it turns into a larger carnivorous beast.fun.
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** This is a Creator/BobClampett schtick in itself: the title character of
* ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlack'': One episode sees Jay and Kay trying to protect a small teddy bear-like alien from a vicious bounty hunter. Said bounty hunter turns out to have a perfectly good reason for hunting the critter, as it turns into a larger carnivorous beast.
* ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlackTheSeries'': One episode sees Jay and Kay trying to protect a small teddy bear-like alien from a vicious bounty hunter. Said bounty hunter turns out to have a perfectly good reason for hunting the critter, as it turns into a larger carnivorous beast.
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** "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbNoMoreBunnyBusiness No More Bunny Business]]": Dennis the Rabbit poses as a desirable pet for Candace so he can gain access to her house and hack into the O.W.C.A. mainframe.
** "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbMeaplessInSeattle Meapless in Seattle]]": [[TomTheDarkLord Mitch]]'s EvilPlan is to become the most adorable being in the universe, hypnotizing anyone who looks at him with his CutenessProximity, thus making sure no one can ever deny him what he wants or even think about anything but him. It works, and he manages to take out Planet Meap's entire army plus Phineas.
--->'''Hypnotized!Phineas:''' Aww, look at the little guy! What's the fastest way I can transfer all my assets into his name?
** "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbMeaplessInSeattle Meapless in Seattle]]": [[TomTheDarkLord Mitch]]'s EvilPlan is to become the most adorable being in the universe, hypnotizing anyone who looks at him with his CutenessProximity, thus making sure no one can ever deny him what he wants or even think about anything but him. It works, and he manages to take out Planet Meap's entire army plus Phineas.
--->'''Hypnotized!Phineas:''' Aww, look at the little guy! What's the fastest way I can transfer all my assets into his name?
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** In "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbNoMoreBunnyBusiness No More Bunny Business]]": Business]]", Dennis the Rabbit poses as a desirable pet for Candace so he can gain access to her house and hack into the O.W.C.A. mainframe.
** In "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbMeaplessInSeattle Meapless inSeattle]]": Seattle]]", [[TomTheDarkLord Mitch]]'s EvilPlan is to become the most adorable being in the universe, hypnotizing anyone who looks at him with his CutenessProximity, thus making sure no one can ever deny him what he wants or even think about anything but him. It works, and he manages to take out Planet Meap's entire army plus Phineas.
--->'''Hypnotized!Phineas:''' --->'''Phineas:''' Aww, look at the little guy! What's the fastest way I can transfer all my assets into his name?
** In "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbMeaplessInSeattle Meapless in
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** In "Cat Man Do", the Professor adopts a Persian cat who turns out to be a diabolical criminal mastermind who hypnotizes the Professor into doing his bidding.
** "Sweet n' Sour" features a trio of cute criminal animals (a puppy, kitten, and rabbit) who take advantage of their cuteness to get away with whatever they want. The Puffs eventually turn the tables on them by luring them into a room of children eager to cuddle them.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': The Moopsy is an adorable alien creature that resembles a quadruped land-based axolotl that invokes PokemonSpeak, only saying its name. It's also a vicious bone-sucking (literally) predator. When it gets out of its cage, Mariner dismisses it as harmless until she and everyone there watches it do its work, at which point they all run for the hills.
* ''Franchise/TomAndJerry'': In "Triplet Trouble," Mammy Two-Shoes adopts three cute little kittens and makes Tom babysit them. They start playing violent pranks on both Tom and Jerry, leading the cat and mouse to form an EnemyMine and teach the bratty kittens a lesson.
** "Sweet n' Sour" features a trio of cute criminal animals (a puppy, kitten, and rabbit) who take advantage of their cuteness to get away with whatever they want. The Puffs eventually turn the tables on them by luring them into a room of children eager to cuddle them.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': The Moopsy is an adorable alien creature that resembles a quadruped land-based axolotl that invokes PokemonSpeak, only saying its name. It's also a vicious bone-sucking (literally) predator. When it gets out of its cage, Mariner dismisses it as harmless until she and everyone there watches it do its work, at which point they all run for the hills.
* ''Franchise/TomAndJerry'': In "Triplet Trouble," Mammy Two-Shoes adopts three cute little kittens and makes Tom babysit them. They start playing violent pranks on both Tom and Jerry, leading the cat and mouse to form an EnemyMine and teach the bratty kittens a lesson.
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** In "Cat "[[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsS1E10CatManDoImpeachFuzz Cat Man Do", Do]]", the Professor adopts a Persian cat who turns out to be a diabolical criminal mastermind who hypnotizes the Professor into doing his bidding.
**"Sweet "[[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsS5EP13SilentTreatmentSweetNSour Sweet n' Sour" Sour]]" features a trio of cute criminal animals (a puppy, kitten, and rabbit) who take advantage of their cuteness to get away with whatever they want. The Puffs eventually turn the tables on them by luring them into a room of children eager to cuddle them.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': The Moopsy from "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS4E02IHaveNoBonesYetIMustFlee I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee]]" is an adorable alien creature that resembles a quadruped land-based axolotl that invokes PokemonSpeak, only saying its name. It's also a vicious bone-sucking (literally) predator. When it gets out of its cage, Mariner dismisses it as harmless until she and everyone there watches it do its work, at which point they all run for the hills.
* ''Franchise/TomAndJerry'': In "TripletTrouble," Trouble", Mammy Two-Shoes adopts three cute little kittens and makes Tom babysit them. They start playing violent pranks on both Tom and Jerry, leading the cat and mouse to form an EnemyMine and teach the bratty kittens a lesson.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': The Moopsy from "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS4E02IHaveNoBonesYetIMustFlee I Have No Bones Yet I Must Flee]]" is an adorable alien creature that resembles a quadruped land-based axolotl that invokes PokemonSpeak, only saying its name. It's also a vicious bone-sucking (literally) predator. When it gets out of its cage, Mariner dismisses it as harmless until she and everyone there watches it do its work, at which point they all run for the hills.
* ''Franchise/TomAndJerry'': In "Triplet
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* Cats have evolved so that their meow sounds like a human infant, the better to trigger our cuddly and protective instincts. Adult cats generally don't meow at each other, either - only at humans, when they use their feline wiles to acquire food and attention. They've got us trained.
* Cats have evolved so that their meow sounds like a human infant, the better to trigger our cuddly and protective instincts. Adult cats generally don't meow at each other, either - only at humans, when they use their feline wiles to acquire food and attention. They've got us trained.
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* Cats have evolved so that their meow sounds like a human infant, the better to trigger our cuddly and protective instincts. Adult cats generally don't meow at each other, either
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Aww, look at the little guy! Isn't that just a sweetest little [[PreciousPuppy puppy]]/[[BunniesForCuteness rabbit]]/[[CuteKitten kitty]]/[[SweetSheep sheep]]/[[NiceMice mouse]]/[[BluebirdOfHappiness bluebird]]/ [[FriendlyPlayfulDolphin dolphin]] you've ever seen?
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Aww, look at the little guy! Isn't that just a sweetest little [[PreciousPuppy puppy]]/[[BunniesForCuteness rabbit]]/[[CuteKitten kitty]]/[[SweetSheep sheep]]/[[NiceMice mouse]]/[[BluebirdOfHappiness bluebird]]/ [[FriendlyPlayfulDolphin bird]]/[[FriendlyPlayfulDolphin dolphin]] you've ever seen?
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Aww, look at the little guy! Isn't that just a sweetest little [[PreciousPuppy puppy]]/[[BunniesForCuteness rabbit]]/[[CuteKitten kitty]]/panda bear/[[SweetSheep sheep]]/[[NiceMice mouse]]/[[BluebirdOfHappiness bluebird]]/ [[FriendlyPlayfulDolphin dolphin]]/etc. you've ever seen?
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Aww, look at the little guy! Isn't that just a sweetest little [[PreciousPuppy puppy]]/[[BunniesForCuteness rabbit]]/[[CuteKitten kitty]]/panda bear/[[SweetSheep kitty]]/[[SweetSheep sheep]]/[[NiceMice mouse]]/[[BluebirdOfHappiness bluebird]]/ [[FriendlyPlayfulDolphin dolphin]]/etc. dolphin]] you've ever seen?
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* ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'': Goose looks and acts like an adorable cat, so much so that Nick Fury [[CutenessProximity is captivated by her]]. Talos the Skrull, however, knows more about her, calling her a "flerken". Flashback shows that [[spoiler:Carol's old mentor, Wendy Lawson a.k.a Mar-Vell]], was the original owner of Goose, and after her owner's death, she simply hangs around in the facility her owner used to work in, with no one the wiser due to her being an otherwise harmless cat. Her true nature is shown later when [[spoiler:she can swallow the [[MacGuffin Tesseract]] with no problems, and she can also sprout tentacles out of her mouth and swallow multiple people/things at once into her BlackHoleBelly. The Kree soldiers classified her as having a high threat]].
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* ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'': Goose looks and acts like an adorable cat, so much so that Nick Fury [[CutenessProximity is captivated by reduced to baby talk around her]]. Talos the Skrull, however, knows more about her, better, calling her a "flerken". Flashback shows that Goose used to accompany [[spoiler:Carol's old mentor, Wendy Lawson a.k.a Mar-Vell]], was the original owner of Goose, and after her owner's death, she simply hangs remained hanging around in the facility her owner used to work in, with no one the wiser due to her being wiser, since Goose looks exactly like an otherwise harmless ordinary Earth cat. Her true nature is shown later when [[spoiler:she can swallow the [[MacGuffin Tesseract]] with no problems, and she can also sprout tentacles out of her mouth and swallow multiple people/things at once into her BlackHoleBelly. The Kree soldiers classified her as having being a high threat]].
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* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': Dresden's dog Mouse (a scion of a Foo dog, with human-level intelligence and supernaturally-empowered strength) frequently employs the BigFriendlyDog trope to make strangers more comfortable around him or to trick enemies who aren't aware of what he is into underestimating him.
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* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': Dresden's dog Mouse (a scion of a Foo dog, with human-level intelligence and supernaturally-empowered strength) frequently employs [[InvokedTrope employs]] the BigFriendlyDog trope to make strangers more comfortable around him or to trick enemies who aren't aware of what he is into underestimating him.
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Many times, the Deceptively Cute Critter is the enemy or foil to a large, intimidating animal (or simply a normal animal) who doesn't look as cute. The cute animal will gleefully cause trouble for the larger animal, which will get fed up and retaliate. Then the cute animal will pull a WoundedGazelleGambit to get other humans and/or animals to come its aid, getting the larger animal in trouble and making it look like a big bully.
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Many times, the Deceptively Cute Critter is the enemy or foil to a large, intimidating animal (or simply a normal animal) who doesn't look as cute. The cute animal will gleefully cause trouble for the larger animal, which who will get fed up and retaliate. Then the cute animal will pull a WoundedGazelleGambit to get other humans and/or animals to come its aid, getting the larger animal in trouble and making it look like a big bully.
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Many times, the Deceptively Cute Critter is the enemy or foil to a large, intimidating animal (or simply a normal animal) who doesn't look as cute. The cute animal will gleefully cause trouble for the larger animal, but when it gets which will get fed up and retaliates, retaliate. Then the cute animal will pull a WoundedGazelleGambit to get other humans and/or animals to come its aid, and get getting the larger animal in trouble.
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* ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents'': A few episodes have the characters contend with the Gigglepies, rabbit-like aliens who plot to TakeOverTheWorld.
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** In “Cat Man Do”, the Professor adopts a Persian cat who turns out to be a diabolical criminal mastermind who hypnotizes the Professor into doing his bidding.
** “Sweet n’ Sour” features a trio of cute criminal animals (a puppy, kitten, and rabbit) who take advantage of their cuteness to get away with whatever they want. The Puffs eventually turn the tables on them by luring them into a room of children eager to cuddle them.
** “Sweet n’ Sour” features a trio of cute criminal animals (a puppy, kitten, and rabbit) who take advantage of their cuteness to get away with whatever they want. The Puffs eventually turn the tables on them by luring them into a room of children eager to cuddle them.
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** In “Cat "Cat Man Do”, Do", the Professor adopts a Persian cat who turns out to be a diabolical criminal mastermind who hypnotizes the Professor into doing his bidding.
**“Sweet n’ Sour” "Sweet n' Sour" features a trio of cute criminal animals (a puppy, kitten, and rabbit) who take advantage of their cuteness to get away with whatever they want. The Puffs eventually turn the tables on them by luring them into a room of children eager to cuddle them.
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** In “Cat Man Do”, the Professor adopts a Persian cat who turns out to be a diabolical criminal mastermind who hypnotizes the Professor into doing his bidding.
** “Sweet n’ Sour” features a trio of cute criminal animals (a puppy, kitten, and rabbit) who take advantage of their cuteness to get away with whatever they want. The Puffs eventually turn the tables on them by luring them into a room of children eager to cuddle them.
** In “Cat Man Do”, the Professor adopts a Persian cat who turns out to be a diabolical criminal mastermind who hypnotizes the Professor into doing his bidding.
** “Sweet n’ Sour” features a trio of cute criminal animals (a puppy, kitten, and rabbit) who take advantage of their cuteness to get away with whatever they want. The Puffs eventually turn the tables on them by luring them into a room of children eager to cuddle them.
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* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': The Moopsy is an adorable alien creature that resembles a quadruped land-based axolotl that invokes PokemonSpeak, only saying its name. It's also a vicious bone-sucking (literally) predator. When it gets out of its cage, Mariner dismisses it as harmless until she and everyone there watches it do its work in which case, they all run for the hills.
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** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'': Acknowledged in-universe -- the Nopon know they are cute, and characters find it hard to hate even villainous Nopons. This is exploited: [[spoiler: Onequest reveals that an ancient Nopon discovered that by changing the Nopon language into the cute way they now talk, other races would better perceive their cuteness, which would make it easier to exploit them for money. They used to talk just the same as everyone else with proper grammar and syntax.]]
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** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'': Acknowledged in-universe -- the Nopon know they are cute, and characters find it hard to hate even villainous Nopons. This is exploited: [[spoiler: Onequest [[spoiler:Onequest reveals that an ancient Nopon discovered that by changing the Nopon language into the cute way they now talk, other races would better perceive their cuteness, which would make it easier to exploit them for money. They used to talk just the same as everyone else with proper grammar and syntax.]]
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Many times, the Deceptively Cute Critter is the enemy or foil to a large, intimidating animal (or simply a normal animal) who doesn't look as cute. The cute animal will gleefully cause trouble for its less cute foil, but when the larger animal animal, but when it gets fed up and retaliates, the cute animal will pull a WoundedGazelleGambit to get other humans and/or animals to its aid, and get the larger animal in trouble.
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Aww, look at the little guy! Isn't that just a sweetest little [[PreciousPuppy puppy]]/[[BunniesForCuteness rabbit]]/[[CuteKitten kitty]]/ panda bear/[[SweetSheep sheep]]/[[NiceMice mouse]]/[[BluebirdOfHappiness bluebird]]/ [[FriendlyPlayfulDolphin dolphin]]/etc. you've ever seen?
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Aww, look at the little guy! Isn't that just a sweetest little [[PreciousPuppy puppy]]/[[BunniesForCuteness rabbit]]/[[CuteKitten kitty]]/ panda kitty]]/panda bear/[[SweetSheep sheep]]/[[NiceMice mouse]]/[[BluebirdOfHappiness bluebird]]/ [[FriendlyPlayfulDolphin dolphin]]/etc. you've ever seen?
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Aww, look at the little guy! Isn't that just a sweetest little [[PreciousPuppy puppy]] / [[BunniesForCuteness rabbit]] / [[CuteKitten kitty]] / puppy]]/[[BunniesForCuteness rabbit]]/[[CuteKitten kitty]]/ panda bear / [[SweetSheep sheep]] / [[NiceMice mouse]] / [[BluebirdOfHappiness bluebird]] / bear/[[SweetSheep sheep]]/[[NiceMice mouse]]/[[BluebirdOfHappiness bluebird]]/ [[FriendlyPlayfulDolphin dolphin]] / etc.dolphin]]/etc. you've ever seen?
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* ''Film/CatsAndDogs'': Both types of pets are far more intelligent than they let on and have heir own secret society with [[AnimalEspionage elaborate spy organizations]]. However, they still consider humans the ultimate authority over the earth and are mostly looking to one-up each other. The plot centers around a cat terrorist by the name of Mr. Tinkles who wants to make it impossible for any human to keep a dog as a pet again.
* ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'': Goose looks and acts like an adorable cat, so much that Nick Fury [[CutenessProximity is captivated by her]]. Talos the Skrull, however, knows more about her, calling her a "flerken". Flashback shows that [[spoiler:Carol's old mentor, Wendy Lawson a.k.a Mar-Vell]], was the original owner of Goose, and after her owner's death she simply hangs around in the facility her owner used to work in, with no one the wiser due to her being an otherwise harmless cat. Her true nature is shown later when [[spoiler:she can swallow the [[MacGuffin Tesseract]] with no problems, and she can also sprout tentacles out of her mouth and swallow multiple people/things at once into her BlackHoleBelly. The Kree soldiers classified her as having a high threat]].
* ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'': Goose looks and acts like an adorable cat, so much that Nick Fury [[CutenessProximity is captivated by her]]. Talos the Skrull, however, knows more about her, calling her a "flerken". Flashback shows that [[spoiler:Carol's old mentor, Wendy Lawson a.k.a Mar-Vell]], was the original owner of Goose, and after her owner's death she simply hangs around in the facility her owner used to work in, with no one the wiser due to her being an otherwise harmless cat. Her true nature is shown later when [[spoiler:she can swallow the [[MacGuffin Tesseract]] with no problems, and she can also sprout tentacles out of her mouth and swallow multiple people/things at once into her BlackHoleBelly. The Kree soldiers classified her as having a high threat]].
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* ''Film/CatsAndDogs'': Both types of pets are far more intelligent than they let on and have heir their own secret society with [[AnimalEspionage elaborate spy organizations]]. However, they still consider humans the ultimate authority over the earth and are mostly looking to one-up each other. The plot centers around a cat terrorist by the name of Mr. Tinkles who wants to make it impossible for any human to keep a dog as a pet again.
* ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'': Goose looks and acts like an adorable cat, so much so that Nick Fury [[CutenessProximity is captivated by her]]. Talos the Skrull, however, knows more about her, calling her a "flerken". Flashback shows that [[spoiler:Carol's old mentor, Wendy Lawson a.k.a Mar-Vell]], was the original owner of Goose, and after her owner'sdeath death, she simply hangs around in the facility her owner used to work in, with no one the wiser due to her being an otherwise harmless cat. Her true nature is shown later when [[spoiler:she can swallow the [[MacGuffin Tesseract]] with no problems, and she can also sprout tentacles out of her mouth and swallow multiple people/things at once into her BlackHoleBelly. The Kree soldiers classified her as having a high threat]].
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* ''Series/RedDwarf'': "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonXICanOfWorms Can of Worms]]" reveals that baby [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Polymorphs]] are capable of turning into adorable animals as a defense mechanism, preventing people who would normally throw out them out into Deep Space due to their nature of being an EmotionEater to take pause.
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* ''Series/RedDwarf'': "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonXICanOfWorms Can of Worms]]" reveals that baby [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Polymorphs]] are capable of turning into adorable animals as a defense mechanism, preventing people who would normally throw out them out into Deep Space due to their nature of being an EmotionEater to take pause.
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** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1048 SCP-1048]], Builder Bear, is a stuffed animal rather than a real one, but the principle is the same. It is a living teddy bear that acts cute and endearing, gaining the trust of Foundation scientists and other personnel before revealing its true nature -- its power is to make copies of itself from material such as human ears, aborted fetuses and rusted metal scraps that are deadly to humans.
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** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1048 SCP-1048]], Builder Bear, is a stuffed animal rather than a real one, but the principle is the same. It is a living teddy bear that acts cute and endearing, gaining the trust of Foundation scientists and other personnel before revealing its true nature -- its power is to make copies of itself from material such as human ears, aborted fetuses fetuses, and rusted metal scraps that are deadly to humans.
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* Played with regarding Uni, the TeamPet unicorn from ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983''. While she isn't intentionally manipulative, her tendency to attract trouble and role as TheLoad has caused plenty of headaches for the sextet, especially regarding their mission to head home.
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* Played with regarding Uni, the TeamPet unicorn from ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983''. While she isn't intentionally manipulative, her tendency to attract trouble and her role as TheLoad has have caused plenty of headaches for the sextet, especially regarding their mission to head home.
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* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'': Li'l Bit is a cute little kitten with an evil agenda; deliver Wander to Lord Hater. And Wander is too smitten with Li'l Bit to realize this is what's happening, and Sylvia is unable to convince him. Thankfully, Sylvia is immune to Li'l Bit's charms, and pulls a ISurrenderSuckers to save Wander and deliver Li'l Bit to Lord Hater's tractor beam. The end credits show that Li'l Bit escapes YouHaveFailedMe by employing her cuteness against Lord Hater, as well.
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* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'': Li'l Bit is a cute little kitten with an evil agenda; agenda: deliver Wander to Lord Hater. And Wander is too smitten with Li'l Bit to realize this is what's happening, and Sylvia is unable to convince him. Thankfully, Sylvia is immune to Li'l Bit's charms, charms and pulls a an ISurrenderSuckers to save Wander and deliver Li'l Bit to Lord Hater's tractor beam. The end credits show that Li'l Bit escapes YouHaveFailedMe by employing her cuteness against Lord Hater, Hater as well.
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* ''Film/CatsAndDogs'': Both types of pets are far more intelligent than they let on and have heir own secret society with [[AnimalEspionage elaborate spy organizations]]. However, they still consider humans the ultimate authority over the earth and are mostly looking to one-up each other. The plot centers around a cat terrorist who wants to make it impossible for any human to keep a dog as a pet again.
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* ''Film/CatsAndDogs'': Both types of pets are far more intelligent than they let on and have heir own secret society with [[AnimalEspionage elaborate spy organizations]]. However, they still consider humans the ultimate authority over the earth and are mostly looking to one-up each other. The plot centers around a cat terrorist by the name of Mr. Tinkles who wants to make it impossible for any human to keep a dog as a pet again.
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* ''Franchise/TomAndJerry'': In "Triplet Trouble," Mammy Two-Shoes adopts three cute little kittens and makes Tom babysit them. They start playing violent pranks on both Tom and Jerry, leading the cat and mouse to form an EnemyMine and teach the kittens a lesson.
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* ''Franchise/TomAndJerry'': In "Triplet Trouble," Mammy Two-Shoes adopts three cute little kittens and makes Tom babysit them. They start playing violent pranks on both Tom and Jerry, leading the cat and mouse to form an EnemyMine and teach the bratty kittens a lesson.
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** This is kind of a Creator/BobClampett schtick: the title character of ''WesternAnimation/PorkysNaughtyNephew,'' for example, is a vicious little git who does things like smack Porky on the head with a shovel for fun.
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** This is kind of a Creator/BobClampett schtick: schtick in itself: the title character of ''WesternAnimation/PorkysNaughtyNephew,'' for example, is a vicious little git who does things like smack Porky on the head with a shovel for fun.
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* HiddenBadass
* HiddenEvil
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Aww, look at the little guy! Isn't that just a sweetest little [[PreciousPuppy puppy]] / [[BunniesForCuteness rabbit]] / [[CuteKitten kitty]] / panda bear / [[SweetSheep sheep]] / [[NiceMice mouse]] / [[BluebirdOfHappiness bluebird]] / [[FriendlyPlayfulDolphin dolphin]] / etc. you've ever seen?
That's exactly what they want you to think. A Deliberately Cute Critter knows that human beings find animals adorable, and opts to use this to their advantage. They want humans to [[CutenessProximity fawn all over them]] as part of some grander scheme. Maybe they're [[TheDogIsAnAlien from another planet]]. Or [[AnimalEspionage top-secret agents]]. Or [[KillerRabbit hungry]]. Or just looking to get something for themselves. Either way, they know breaking out the PuppyDogEyes will turn the tides in their favor.
Subtrope of:
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: An extremely cute animal.
Related tropes:
* CuteIsEvil: Cute-looking villains.
* DeliberatelyCuteChild: A child exploits their cuteness for ulterior motives.
* DisneyCreaturesOfTheFarce: A scene spoofing how Disney princesses always seem to attract and be friendly with woodland creatures.
* LuringInPrey: A cute animal might pretend to be cute and harmless in order to lure in unsuspecting prey and devour them.
* KillerRabbit: A small but deadly creature which looks cute and harmless.
* AWolfInSheepsClothing: Somebody hides their true self by pretending to be nicer or more harmless than they truly are.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Pretending to be a victim to manipulate others.
Compare:
* FemmeFatale: A sultry, highly attractive, but rather dangerous woman.
* ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful: Using your good looks to get away with stuff.
Indices:
* AnimalTropes
* HiddenBadass
* HiddenEvil
* RuleOfCute
* SubvertedInnocence
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
** In "[[Recap/PokemonS4E29UnBEARable UnBEARable]]'', a wild Teddiursa does this to manipulate Ash and co., taking advantage of its inherent cuteness and seeming harmlessness to get close to them and steal their food, and then make it look like the other Pokémon in the group were responsible. Fortunately, the local Nurse Joy has long since caught on to its tricks and alerts them to the truth. Teddiursa subsequently loses the ability to do so after it suddenly evolves into the far larger and more dangerous-looking Ursaring.
** "[[Recap/PokemonS12E38WhereNoTogepiHasGoneBefore Where No Togepi Has Gone Before!]]" stars an evil, manipulative Togepi that uses its cute appearance to play tricks on both Ash's friends and Team Rocket.
* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'': The Incubators take the form of ridiculously adorable weasel/cat/fox-things, the better to appeal to the girls that they target with their [[DealWithTheDevil contracts]] to become {{Magical Girl}}s. Their agenda for the girls, unfortunately, is anything but benign: [[spoiler:every magical girl they create is doomed to become a witch, and to be killed by other magical girls who are in turn doomed to become witches, all to try to prevent the heat death of the universe]].
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[[folder:Comic Strips]]
* ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'': The comic strip continuity has recurring comedy villain Beep the Meep, an adorable big-eyed ball of fluff who just happens to be a [[KillerRabbit homicidally insane intergalactic war criminal]]. In his first appearance, he actively pretended to be a harmless AlienAmongUs, and he regularly uses his PuppyDogEyes on people who don't know him.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'': [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] example; Mittens teaches Bolt how to beg for food, using his cuteness to his advantage.
* ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'': Aunt Sarah's cats [[WoundedGazelleGambit pretend that Lady scratched them]] to manipulate their owner and frame Lady for all the mess in the house.
* ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'': Stitch sucks in his retractable limbs and poses as a puppy to be adopted by the Pelekai sisters since he knows the SpacePolice hunting him won't hurt a native Earth creature.
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* ''Film/CatsAndDogs'': Both types of pets are far more intelligent than they let on and have heir own secret society with [[AnimalEspionage elaborate spy organizations]]. However, they still consider humans the ultimate authority over the earth and are mostly looking to one-up each other. The plot centers around a cat terrorist who wants to make it impossible for any human to keep a dog as a pet again.
* ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'': Goose looks and acts like an adorable cat, so much that Nick Fury [[CutenessProximity is captivated by her]]. Talos the Skrull, however, knows more about her, calling her a "flerken". Flashback shows that [[spoiler:Carol's old mentor, Wendy Lawson a.k.a Mar-Vell]], was the original owner of Goose, and after her owner's death she simply hangs around in the facility her owner used to work in, with no one the wiser due to her being an otherwise harmless cat. Her true nature is shown later when [[spoiler:she can swallow the [[MacGuffin Tesseract]] with no problems, and she can also sprout tentacles out of her mouth and swallow multiple people/things at once into her BlackHoleBelly. The Kree soldiers classified her as having a high threat]].
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/AliceGirlFromTheFuture'': In the novella ''The Golden Bear Cub'', there is the eponymous bear cub. It is so adorable that nobody even bothers to remember it was found on a planet where no other animals lived. [[spoiler:It turns out to be a banished tyrant with brainwashing abilities]].
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': Dresden's dog Mouse (a scion of a Foo dog, with human-level intelligence and supernaturally-empowered strength) frequently employs the BigFriendlyDog trope to make strangers more comfortable around him or to trick enemies who aren't aware of what he is into underestimating him.
* ''Literature/KonoSuba'': Tranquility Girls are a type of plant monster that takes the form of a helpless and/or injured little girl that employs a WoundedGazelleGambit to guilt-trip adventurers that pass by into protecting it forever. If they try to leave, the Tranquility Girl will employ the use of addictive fruits that have no nutritional value, resulting in their prey dying from malnutrition. Once dead, the Tranquility Girl can use the corpse as fertilizer. They're considered so dangerous that other adventurers would put up warnings telling anyone who encounters one to kill it on sight.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In "[[Recap/DoctorWho60thASTheStarBeast The Star Beast]]", Rose finds a small, furry, cute-looking alien named Meep and takes it in. It acts like a cute animal for a while, playing with her stuffed toys and asking for help against the monsters coming to hunt it. It's actually the evil one, eventually breaking the facade after tricking people into fighting for it and then luring the Doctor, along with Donna and her family, into a trap. It digs the knife in by taunting all of them and nearly killing the Doctor and Donna.
* ''Series/TheHauntedHathaways'': In the episode ''Haunted Telescope'', Louie volunteers to take care of the class ferret. However, things quickly go awry when the ferret tricks him using its cuteness and then possesses him.
* ''Series/OddSquad'': Centigurps are cute fuzzy spherical creatures that lure curious agents into freeing them from their confinements and allowing them to multiply rapidly by exposing them to light. From there, they gravitate to objects in the shape of spheres. About the only thing that makes them not so cute are their disturbingly human-like eyes, which are hidden under their fur.
* ''Series/RedDwarf'': "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonXICanOfWorms Can of Worms]]" reveals that baby [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Polymorphs]] are capable of turning into adorable animals as a defense mechanism, preventing people who would normally throw out them out into Deep Space due to their nature of being an EmotionEater to take pause.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/LobotomyCorporation'': Ppodae is an adorable puppy that uses its cuteness to lure in people and devour them.
* ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}'':
** Purrloin is a cat-like Pokémon that enjoys stealing for fun. It's so cute, however, that its victims can't help but forgive it.
** Litwick is a cute little candle Pokémon that appears to lost travelers in the darkness and pretends to guide their way with the flame on its head. It is actually absorbing their life energy.
* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'':
** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'': Acknowledged in-universe -- the Nopon know they are cute, and characters find it hard to hate even villainous Nopons. This is exploited: [[spoiler: Onequest reveals that an ancient Nopon discovered that by changing the Nopon language into the cute way they now talk, other races would better perceive their cuteness, which would make it easier to exploit them for money. They used to talk just the same as everyone else with proper grammar and syntax.]]
** ''Videogame/XenobladeChroniclesX'': The Nopon are a ProudMerchantRace to whom doing or giving something for free is ''unthinkable'', even in situations where [[AdamSmithHatesYourGuts both parties would benefit from the greater good]]. When someone [[ChronicHeroSyndrome helps them without compensation]], they refer to this as "Freeworking" and treat it as if labor is on sale. After they make FirstContact with humans, a lot of Nopon notice that humans are more likely to "freework", or settle for ''vastly'' unfair deals, if the Nopon exploits their cuteness or vulnerability. However, there are limits to this, and most of the more ethical Nopon will swiftly put a stop to it if this tactic gets ''too'' abusive.
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* ''Website/{{Neopets}}'': Zigzagged for the Meepits. A RunningGag is that they ''[[AmbiguouslyEvil might]]'' be secretly evil and just using their cute appearance (they look like technicolour hamsters) and cute "meep" sounds to feign innocence, but it's left ambiguous. Regardless, they are far from harmless; one of the strongest Battledome abilities (only obtainable at Level 500) involves summoning a stampede of Meepits to pummel your opponent.
* ''Website/SCPFoundation'':
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-247 SCP-247]], A Harmless Kitten, appears to observers as a tiny orange-and-black kitten. However, it is actually an adult Bengal tiger projecting a harmless appearance so it can lure in humans and eat them. People in its presence are affected by a psychic effect that overwhelms them with SCP-247’s cuteness and makes them unwilling to harm it, even as it is literally eating them.
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1048 SCP-1048]], Builder Bear, is a stuffed animal rather than a real one, but the principle is the same. It is a living teddy bear that acts cute and endearing, gaining the trust of Foundation scientists and other personnel before revealing its true nature -- its power is to make copies of itself from material such as human ears, aborted fetuses and rusted metal scraps that are deadly to humans.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* Played with regarding Uni, the TeamPet unicorn from ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983''. While she isn't intentionally manipulative, her tendency to attract trouble and role as TheLoad has caused plenty of headaches for the sextet, especially regarding their mission to head home.
* ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents'': A few episodes have the characters contend with the Gigglepies, rabbit-like aliens who plot to TakeOverTheWorld.
* ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'': The cats from "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E8ThatDarnKatz That Darn Katz!]]" pretend to be adorable house pets, but in reality are scheming to manipulate humans into building a device that will transfer Earth's rotational energy to their home planet.
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': This is entirely Tweety's shtick. His act is that of an innocent, sheltered bird who can be easily taken advantage of by cats and who then proceeds to arrange their downfall from as high as possible. This is especially noticeable in the Bob Clampett era, where he’s more aggressive than later in the Freleng era.
* ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlack'': One episode sees Jay and Kay trying to protect a small teddy bear-like alien from a vicious bounty hunter. Said bounty hunter turns out to have a perfectly good reason for hunting the critter, as it turns into a larger carnivorous beast.
* ''WesternAnimation/MarthaSpeaks'': In "[[Recap/MarthaSpeaksS1E5MarthaTakesTheCake Martha Takes the Cake]]", when Nelson (the Boxwoods' mean cat) is trying to pretend he couldn't have been the one who ate part of [[BirthdayEpisode Alice's birthday cake]] (and [[ExtremeOmnivore two of the candles]]), he does PuppyDogEyes.
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'':
** "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbNoMoreBunnyBusiness No More Bunny Business]]": Dennis the Rabbit poses as a desirable pet for Candace so he can gain access to her house and hack into the O.W.C.A. mainframe.
** "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbMeaplessInSeattle Meapless in Seattle]]": [[TomTheDarkLord Mitch]]'s EvilPlan is to become the most adorable being in the universe, hypnotizing anyone who looks at him with his CutenessProximity, thus making sure no one can ever deny him what he wants or even think about anything but him. It works, and he manages to take out Planet Meap's entire army plus Phineas.
--->'''Hypnotized!Phineas:''' Aww, look at the little guy! What's the fastest way I can transfer all my assets into his name?
* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': The Moopsy is an adorable alien creature that resembles a quadruped land-based axolotl that invokes PokemonSpeak, only saying its name. It's also a vicious bone-sucking (literally) predator. When it gets out of its cage, Mariner dismisses it as harmless until she and everyone there watches it do its work in which case, they all run for the hills.
* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'': Li'l Bit is a cute little kitten with an evil agenda; deliver Wander to Lord Hater. And Wander is too smitten with Li'l Bit to realize this is what's happening, and Sylvia is unable to convince him. Thankfully, Sylvia is immune to Li'l Bit's charms, and pulls a ISurrenderSuckers to save Wander and deliver Li'l Bit to Lord Hater's tractor beam. The end credits show that Li'l Bit escapes YouHaveFailedMe by employing her cuteness against Lord Hater, as well.
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That's exactly what they want you to think. A Deliberately Cute Critter knows that human beings find animals adorable, and opts to use this to their advantage. They want humans to [[CutenessProximity fawn all over them]] as part of some grander scheme. Maybe they're [[TheDogIsAnAlien from another planet]]. Or [[AnimalEspionage top-secret agents]]. Or [[KillerRabbit hungry]]. Or just looking to get something for themselves. Either way, they know breaking out the PuppyDogEyes will turn the tides in their favor.
Subtrope of:
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: An extremely cute animal.
Related tropes:
* CuteIsEvil: Cute-looking villains.
* DeliberatelyCuteChild: A child exploits their cuteness for ulterior motives.
* DisneyCreaturesOfTheFarce: A scene spoofing how Disney princesses always seem to attract and be friendly with woodland creatures.
* LuringInPrey: A cute animal might pretend to be cute and harmless in order to lure in unsuspecting prey and devour them.
* KillerRabbit: A small but deadly creature which looks cute and harmless.
* AWolfInSheepsClothing: Somebody hides their true self by pretending to be nicer or more harmless than they truly are.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Pretending to be a victim to manipulate others.
Compare:
* FemmeFatale: A sultry, highly attractive, but rather dangerous woman.
* ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful: Using your good looks to get away with stuff.
Indices:
* AnimalTropes
* HiddenBadass
* HiddenEvil
* RuleOfCute
* SubvertedInnocence
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
** In "[[Recap/PokemonS4E29UnBEARable UnBEARable]]'', a wild Teddiursa does this to manipulate Ash and co., taking advantage of its inherent cuteness and seeming harmlessness to get close to them and steal their food, and then make it look like the other Pokémon in the group were responsible. Fortunately, the local Nurse Joy has long since caught on to its tricks and alerts them to the truth. Teddiursa subsequently loses the ability to do so after it suddenly evolves into the far larger and more dangerous-looking Ursaring.
** "[[Recap/PokemonS12E38WhereNoTogepiHasGoneBefore Where No Togepi Has Gone Before!]]" stars an evil, manipulative Togepi that uses its cute appearance to play tricks on both Ash's friends and Team Rocket.
* ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'': The Incubators take the form of ridiculously adorable weasel/cat/fox-things, the better to appeal to the girls that they target with their [[DealWithTheDevil contracts]] to become {{Magical Girl}}s. Their agenda for the girls, unfortunately, is anything but benign: [[spoiler:every magical girl they create is doomed to become a witch, and to be killed by other magical girls who are in turn doomed to become witches, all to try to prevent the heat death of the universe]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Comic Strips]]
* ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'': The comic strip continuity has recurring comedy villain Beep the Meep, an adorable big-eyed ball of fluff who just happens to be a [[KillerRabbit homicidally insane intergalactic war criminal]]. In his first appearance, he actively pretended to be a harmless AlienAmongUs, and he regularly uses his PuppyDogEyes on people who don't know him.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bolt}}'': [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] example; Mittens teaches Bolt how to beg for food, using his cuteness to his advantage.
* ''WesternAnimation/LadyAndTheTramp'': Aunt Sarah's cats [[WoundedGazelleGambit pretend that Lady scratched them]] to manipulate their owner and frame Lady for all the mess in the house.
* ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitch'': Stitch sucks in his retractable limbs and poses as a puppy to be adopted by the Pelekai sisters since he knows the SpacePolice hunting him won't hurt a native Earth creature.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* ''Film/CatsAndDogs'': Both types of pets are far more intelligent than they let on and have heir own secret society with [[AnimalEspionage elaborate spy organizations]]. However, they still consider humans the ultimate authority over the earth and are mostly looking to one-up each other. The plot centers around a cat terrorist who wants to make it impossible for any human to keep a dog as a pet again.
* ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'': Goose looks and acts like an adorable cat, so much that Nick Fury [[CutenessProximity is captivated by her]]. Talos the Skrull, however, knows more about her, calling her a "flerken". Flashback shows that [[spoiler:Carol's old mentor, Wendy Lawson a.k.a Mar-Vell]], was the original owner of Goose, and after her owner's death she simply hangs around in the facility her owner used to work in, with no one the wiser due to her being an otherwise harmless cat. Her true nature is shown later when [[spoiler:she can swallow the [[MacGuffin Tesseract]] with no problems, and she can also sprout tentacles out of her mouth and swallow multiple people/things at once into her BlackHoleBelly. The Kree soldiers classified her as having a high threat]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/AliceGirlFromTheFuture'': In the novella ''The Golden Bear Cub'', there is the eponymous bear cub. It is so adorable that nobody even bothers to remember it was found on a planet where no other animals lived. [[spoiler:It turns out to be a banished tyrant with brainwashing abilities]].
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': Dresden's dog Mouse (a scion of a Foo dog, with human-level intelligence and supernaturally-empowered strength) frequently employs the BigFriendlyDog trope to make strangers more comfortable around him or to trick enemies who aren't aware of what he is into underestimating him.
* ''Literature/KonoSuba'': Tranquility Girls are a type of plant monster that takes the form of a helpless and/or injured little girl that employs a WoundedGazelleGambit to guilt-trip adventurers that pass by into protecting it forever. If they try to leave, the Tranquility Girl will employ the use of addictive fruits that have no nutritional value, resulting in their prey dying from malnutrition. Once dead, the Tranquility Girl can use the corpse as fertilizer. They're considered so dangerous that other adventurers would put up warnings telling anyone who encounters one to kill it on sight.
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* ''Series/DoctorWho'': In "[[Recap/DoctorWho60thASTheStarBeast The Star Beast]]", Rose finds a small, furry, cute-looking alien named Meep and takes it in. It acts like a cute animal for a while, playing with her stuffed toys and asking for help against the monsters coming to hunt it. It's actually the evil one, eventually breaking the facade after tricking people into fighting for it and then luring the Doctor, along with Donna and her family, into a trap. It digs the knife in by taunting all of them and nearly killing the Doctor and Donna.
* ''Series/TheHauntedHathaways'': In the episode ''Haunted Telescope'', Louie volunteers to take care of the class ferret. However, things quickly go awry when the ferret tricks him using its cuteness and then possesses him.
* ''Series/OddSquad'': Centigurps are cute fuzzy spherical creatures that lure curious agents into freeing them from their confinements and allowing them to multiply rapidly by exposing them to light. From there, they gravitate to objects in the shape of spheres. About the only thing that makes them not so cute are their disturbingly human-like eyes, which are hidden under their fur.
* ''Series/RedDwarf'': "[[Recap/RedDwarfSeasonXICanOfWorms Can of Worms]]" reveals that baby [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Polymorphs]] are capable of turning into adorable animals as a defense mechanism, preventing people who would normally throw out them out into Deep Space due to their nature of being an EmotionEater to take pause.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/LobotomyCorporation'': Ppodae is an adorable puppy that uses its cuteness to lure in people and devour them.
* ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}'':
** Purrloin is a cat-like Pokémon that enjoys stealing for fun. It's so cute, however, that its victims can't help but forgive it.
** Litwick is a cute little candle Pokémon that appears to lost travelers in the darkness and pretends to guide their way with the flame on its head. It is actually absorbing their life energy.
* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'':
** ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2'': Acknowledged in-universe -- the Nopon know they are cute, and characters find it hard to hate even villainous Nopons. This is exploited: [[spoiler: Onequest reveals that an ancient Nopon discovered that by changing the Nopon language into the cute way they now talk, other races would better perceive their cuteness, which would make it easier to exploit them for money. They used to talk just the same as everyone else with proper grammar and syntax.]]
** ''Videogame/XenobladeChroniclesX'': The Nopon are a ProudMerchantRace to whom doing or giving something for free is ''unthinkable'', even in situations where [[AdamSmithHatesYourGuts both parties would benefit from the greater good]]. When someone [[ChronicHeroSyndrome helps them without compensation]], they refer to this as "Freeworking" and treat it as if labor is on sale. After they make FirstContact with humans, a lot of Nopon notice that humans are more likely to "freework", or settle for ''vastly'' unfair deals, if the Nopon exploits their cuteness or vulnerability. However, there are limits to this, and most of the more ethical Nopon will swiftly put a stop to it if this tactic gets ''too'' abusive.
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* ''Website/{{Neopets}}'': Zigzagged for the Meepits. A RunningGag is that they ''[[AmbiguouslyEvil might]]'' be secretly evil and just using their cute appearance (they look like technicolour hamsters) and cute "meep" sounds to feign innocence, but it's left ambiguous. Regardless, they are far from harmless; one of the strongest Battledome abilities (only obtainable at Level 500) involves summoning a stampede of Meepits to pummel your opponent.
* ''Website/SCPFoundation'':
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-247 SCP-247]], A Harmless Kitten, appears to observers as a tiny orange-and-black kitten. However, it is actually an adult Bengal tiger projecting a harmless appearance so it can lure in humans and eat them. People in its presence are affected by a psychic effect that overwhelms them with SCP-247’s cuteness and makes them unwilling to harm it, even as it is literally eating them.
** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-1048 SCP-1048]], Builder Bear, is a stuffed animal rather than a real one, but the principle is the same. It is a living teddy bear that acts cute and endearing, gaining the trust of Foundation scientists and other personnel before revealing its true nature -- its power is to make copies of itself from material such as human ears, aborted fetuses and rusted metal scraps that are deadly to humans.
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* Played with regarding Uni, the TeamPet unicorn from ''WesternAnimation/DungeonsAndDragons1983''. While she isn't intentionally manipulative, her tendency to attract trouble and role as TheLoad has caused plenty of headaches for the sextet, especially regarding their mission to head home.
* ''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents'': A few episodes have the characters contend with the Gigglepies, rabbit-like aliens who plot to TakeOverTheWorld.
* ''{{WesternAnimation/Futurama}}'': The cats from "[[Recap/FuturamaS6E8ThatDarnKatz That Darn Katz!]]" pretend to be adorable house pets, but in reality are scheming to manipulate humans into building a device that will transfer Earth's rotational energy to their home planet.
* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': This is entirely Tweety's shtick. His act is that of an innocent, sheltered bird who can be easily taken advantage of by cats and who then proceeds to arrange their downfall from as high as possible. This is especially noticeable in the Bob Clampett era, where he’s more aggressive than later in the Freleng era.
* ''WesternAnimation/MenInBlack'': One episode sees Jay and Kay trying to protect a small teddy bear-like alien from a vicious bounty hunter. Said bounty hunter turns out to have a perfectly good reason for hunting the critter, as it turns into a larger carnivorous beast.
* ''WesternAnimation/MarthaSpeaks'': In "[[Recap/MarthaSpeaksS1E5MarthaTakesTheCake Martha Takes the Cake]]", when Nelson (the Boxwoods' mean cat) is trying to pretend he couldn't have been the one who ate part of [[BirthdayEpisode Alice's birthday cake]] (and [[ExtremeOmnivore two of the candles]]), he does PuppyDogEyes.
* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'':
** "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbNoMoreBunnyBusiness No More Bunny Business]]": Dennis the Rabbit poses as a desirable pet for Candace so he can gain access to her house and hack into the O.W.C.A. mainframe.
** "[[Recap/PhineasAndFerbMeaplessInSeattle Meapless in Seattle]]": [[TomTheDarkLord Mitch]]'s EvilPlan is to become the most adorable being in the universe, hypnotizing anyone who looks at him with his CutenessProximity, thus making sure no one can ever deny him what he wants or even think about anything but him. It works, and he manages to take out Planet Meap's entire army plus Phineas.
--->'''Hypnotized!Phineas:''' Aww, look at the little guy! What's the fastest way I can transfer all my assets into his name?
* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': The Moopsy is an adorable alien creature that resembles a quadruped land-based axolotl that invokes PokemonSpeak, only saying its name. It's also a vicious bone-sucking (literally) predator. When it gets out of its cage, Mariner dismisses it as harmless until she and everyone there watches it do its work in which case, they all run for the hills.
* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'': Li'l Bit is a cute little kitten with an evil agenda; deliver Wander to Lord Hater. And Wander is too smitten with Li'l Bit to realize this is what's happening, and Sylvia is unable to convince him. Thankfully, Sylvia is immune to Li'l Bit's charms, and pulls a ISurrenderSuckers to save Wander and deliver Li'l Bit to Lord Hater's tractor beam. The end credits show that Li'l Bit escapes YouHaveFailedMe by employing her cuteness against Lord Hater, as well.
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