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* ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' have a feature that lets you pet your Pokemon, feed them treats, and play games with them. One of these Pokemon is Yveltal, the [[OlympusMons Pokemon personification of death]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBtfc7lCJK4 It likes it when you scratch its neck ruff.]] Others include: Giratina (A Pokemon most commonly compared to The Devil), Darkrai (A Pokemon that traps anything that comes close to it within endless nightmares), Arceus [[PalsWithJesus (the Pokemon stand-in for the Catholic version of God)]] not to mention there are several Pokemon that steal souls or drag people to hell.
** It only got worse with each passing generation. In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Sun and Moon]]'', you could play with very normal things such as an unclearly-sentient glass parasite, a pile of sentient cables taking humanoid poses, a germaphobe roach that is too afraid to touch anything in your world, and a thing belonging to the same group as the aforementioned aliens that's in constant pain. In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Sword and Shield]]'', you can't play with a specific team member, but all of them at once, which may include an ancient evil from space that's responsible for the Dynamax phenomenon. With what? A Poké Toy. Which, may we remind you, is literally just a feather attached to a stick like a cat toy. One must think something like this happens every time you set up camp:

* ''WebAnimation/RetardedAnimalBabies'' features Satan as a recurring character. In his first appearance, Donkey brought him to Show and Tell along with three potaters and a bucket full of pelicans. [[spoiler: Satan brought a snowglobe.]]

* [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]] does this a lot. He's happily been mugged and took notes on it, just for the novelty. And he's always unfailing polite and cordial. [[FauxAffablyEvil Just... if he actually has plans for you, don't assume they're nice.]]
** In ''Comicbook/JusticeLeagueInternational'', this happened to Oberon when he inadvertently ended up barging in Darkseid's inner chambers, and finding himself alone with the Dark God of Apokolips… who promptly suggested he join him for a cup and talk about good old times while he got a new change of clothes.

* Malphast's mother from ''Comicbook/PS238'' has this effect on people. She's a high-ranking member of {{the Legions of|Hell}} [[GoshDangItToHeck Chaos]] but is perfectly nice and friendly and very keen on helping her son's friends, though sometimes in return for a 'harmless' favour or two.
* In ''ComicBook/TheSandman'', the eponymous character is equally skilled at being a good host and delivering (usually [[DisproportionateRetribution undeserved]]) [[FateWorseThanDeath fates worse than death]]. [[DontFearTheReaper Death, Sandman's sister, is one of the nicest, most likable people you will ever meet]], even if it's not for a while. In ''ComicBook/TheBooksOfMagic'' Death and Tim Hunter have a day at the beach talking about life in general, being friends. This while in the process of [[spoiler:collecting one of Tim's friends whose life really had ended]].

* ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' outright confirms that the heroic, lovable Kirby was actually [[spoiler:one of many monsters created by the evil Nightmare, but rebelled against his master and left to protect the universe from him]]. This backstory is not quite canon to [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} the games]], but the game version of Kirby is implied to have a similar background.

Compare with WowingCthulhu where the greater being is amazed by a lesser character. A Wowing Cthulhu moment can lead into this trope and vice versa.

!!! [[SpotOfTea Tea]]? But of course!

* ''ComicBook/CableAndDeadpool'': Deadpool, Cannonball and Siryn (after some dimension-hopping adventures looking for Cable) wind up on a farm in the House of M temp reality. There, evil geneticist Mister Sinister invites them to have a home-cooked roast dinner with him and his genetically engineered baby (baby Cable) at his farmhouse. Except [[spoiler:the food was poisoned]].

* 'Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'':
** The finale of the first book has [[spoiler: Lily Potter]], the White Phoenix of the Crown (the primary aspect of the Phoenix Force a.k.a. Destruction of the Endless) appear, help defeat the BigBad... then have a perfectly pleasant chat and swing by the post battle party to catch up [[spoiler: with her friends from before she died and ascended to become the White Phoenix, and spend time with her son]]. This makes it easy to forget that the entity in question embodies both Destruction and Creation across the universe, is just as comfortable manifesting as a giant firebird, and a corrupted host of one small fragment of Her power managed to destroy an entire galaxy before being stopped. In the sequel, she actually has a psychic cup of tea with [[spoiler: Hermione]],one of her son's friends, who's technically her goddaughter. The latter is distinctly unnerved, because while she knows that [[spoiler: Lily]] is perfectly friendly, she also knows that she could vaporise her with a stray thought.

** [[OriginalCharacter Ferris]] comes off as this to the people who can detect her [[BattleAura aura of death and destruction,]] such as Doctor Fate, demi-gods like Wonder Woman, and [[spoiler: New Gods like the Forever People]]. Fate includes in a [[RantInducingSlight rant at one point]] the fact that "a child, so wreathed about in destruction and death, I might have mistaken her for the Witch Boy's own servant," has treated him with more dignity and respect than most of the Franchise/{{Justice League|OfAmerica}} combined. [[spoiler: After the assassination attempt stops and the New Gods are convinced Ferris is not secretly an Apokolips agent, they repeatedly comment how ''weird'' it is for someone so tainted with Anti-Life to be as serene, well-mannered, and kind as Ferris appears.]]

** According to ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc'', the Abominable Snowman is actually a very welcoming host, who often wonders why he wasn't known as the 'Adorable Snowman', or the 'Agreeable Snowman'. He also happens to be very good at making [[{{Toilet Humour}} (ostensibly)]] [[YellowSnow lemon snowcones.]]

* In ''Literature/TheSpiritThief'', when Eli breaks into the temple of the Master of the Dead Mountain -- his world's {{Satan}}, basically, with the power to control and manipulate demonseeds all around the world and the ability to eat spirits -- he finds the Master oddly accomodating and full of advice. Treacherous advice, as it turns out, but friendly nonetheless.

* The Fanfic/AntiClicheAndMarySueEliminationSociety's Alice takes this UpToEleven when she '''''[[TheGlomp glomps]]''''' Cthulhu. Later on, another Agent makes baby Cthulhu his pet. [[FluffyTheTerrible He names it Lil' C.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'': The archdemon Trigon that shows up on a lot of ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' entries in the Cthulhu tropes? Shows up for Thanksgiving dinner.

* ''Fanfic/AradsStardust'': To those in the [[VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown [=XCOM=] Universe]], [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]] is one of these with her amazing pool of magic spells that violate every known law of physics plus having enough magical strength to destroy their base if she chose to. Despite this, Twilight is quite blatantly benign and friendly towards the humans she's found herself amongst. She happily talks to them about all things they ask her, loves children's fiction, at one point needs to be coaxed into bed like a naughty little girl, and spends one chapter playing cards with some humans -- and losing quite badly, because she's a terrible liar.

* ''Creator/SrPelo'': in the second edition of Spooky Month, Skid and Pump come across a gigantic EldritchAbomination underneath a spooky house, who calls itself "The Eyes of the Universe". They proceed to show him the joys of Spooky Month (including their signature Spooky Dance).

** It only got worse with each passing generation. In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Sun and Moon]]'', you could play with things such as a non-sentient parasite, a pile of sentient cables, a germaphobe roach that is too afraid to touch anything in your world, and a thing belonging to the same group as the aforementioned aliens that's in constant pain. In ''[[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield Sword and Shield]]'', you can't play with a specific team member, but all of them at once, which may include an ancient evil from space that's responsible for the Dynamax phenomenon. With what? A Poké Toy. Which, may we remind you, is literally just a feather attached to a stick like a cat toy. One must think something like this happens every time you set up camp:

* Halfway through ''VideoGame/BloodOmen2LegacyOfKain,'' Kain meets Vorador, a vampire many thousands of years old and credited with being the very first of the "human" vampires, creating the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Soul Reaver]], killing his way through most of the Circle of Nine and kicking Malek the Paladin's ass. He promptly invites Kain to dinner, and over goblets of freshly-drained blood, tells one of his many war stories; he even gives Kain a [[JustWhistle magic ring to summon him should the need arise]].

* In the ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' episode "The Chimes Of Midnight", the EldritchAbomination MonsterOfTheWeek tries to invoke this trope. The Doctor throws the teacup to the floor in defiance.

* The finale of the first book of ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' has [[spoiler: Lily Potter]], the White Phoenix of the Crown (the primary aspect of the Phoenix Force a.k.a. Destruction of the Endless) appear, help defeat the BigBad... then have a perfectly pleasant chat and swing by the post battle party to catch up [[spoiler: with her friends from before she died and ascended to become the White Phoenix, and spend time with her son]]. This makes it easy to forget that the entity in question embodies both Destruction and Creation across the universe, is just as comfortable manifesting as a giant firebird, and a corrupted host of one small fragment of Her power managed to destroy an entire galaxy before being stopped.

* [[TimeAbyss Sethra]] [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld Lavode]] from Steven Brust's ''Literature/{{Dragaera}}'' books has power that rivals or perhaps exceeds the gods, was around when humanity was just beginning to discover this thing called "civilization", and is the most powerful sorcerer in a world of extremely powerful sorcerers. She likes to have [[PalsWithJesus her friend]] [[BadassNormal Vlad]] over for a nice dinner from time to time.

* ''ComicBook/CableAndDeadpool'': Deadpool, Cannonball and Siryn (after some dimension-hopping adventures looking for Cable) wind up on a farm in the House of M temp reality. There, evil geneticist ComicBook/MisterSinister invites them to have a home-cooked roast dinner with him and his genetically engineered baby (baby Cable) at his farmhouse. Except [[spoiler:the food was poisoned]].

*** While Elizabeth isn't evil, she is still [[SuperBoss one of the most deadly foes in the game]] and the motivations of her and Igor are left highly ambiguous. However in the UpdatedRerelease, the protagonist has the delightful option of escorting [[DarkMagicalGirl the princess of darkness]] around town on several innocent dates where Elizabeth's [[NoSocialSkills lack of knowledge on human social behaviour]] causes [[HilarityEnsues hilarity to ensue]]. For bonus points, [[DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu you even get to sleep with her]], and unlike the other romance options, there is no doubt whatsoever what happened during the FadeToBlack.

!!! By the way... you ''have'' such lovely eyes, [[EyeScream could I]] [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife keep them]]?

*** While Elizabeth isn't evil, she is still [[BonusBoss one of the most deadly foes in the game]] and the motivations of her and Igor are left highly ambiguous. However in the UpdatedRerelease, the protagonist has the delightful option of escorting [[DarkMagicalGirl the princess of darkness]] around town on several innocent dates where Elizabeth's [[NoSocialSkills lack of knowledge on human social behaviour]] causes [[HilarityEnsues hilarity to ensue]]. For bonus points, [[DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu you even get to sleep with her]], and unlike the other romance options, there is no doubt whatsoever what happened during the FadeToBlack.

* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' is built around the concept of befriending things you'd normally destroy in a standard RPG, so this naturally crops up. In fact, [[spoiler:[[FinalBoss Asgore]]]] even mentions that he'd like to offer you tea before your climactic battle. Especially notable when you face [[spoiler:Asriel Dreemurr with 6 Human Souls and every Monster's soul.]] He is so immensely powerful that even your Determination becomes unreliable in his presence. He is, for all intents and purposes, a God (of [[LargeHam Hyperdeath]], to be more precise). And then you hug him. Inverted with [[spoiler:Sans the Skeleton]]. You '''start''' with the "tea" part, and it's only if you go ahead and [[VillainProtagonist kill absolutely everyone]] that the "Cthulhu" part becomes evident...
** Actually for the most part, this trope is inverted because Undertale is a world where HumansAreCthulhu, meaning that '''You''' [[spoiler:[[PlayerAndProtagonistInteraction and the]] PlayerCharacter]] are the actual "EldritchAbomination" ''the monsters'' are having tea with, not the other way around.

* ''Literature/TheCrewOfTheCopperColoredCupids'' is largely built on this trope; the titular Crew recruited [[DimensionLord Lord Thymon, Embodiment of Time in the Void Between Worlds]] as their mail-sorter (because he has so many handy tentacles, you see) and the most trouble he causes is order [[ItMakesSenseInContext large shipments of plush toys in his own likeness]]. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that the Crew had to ''turn'' him from a wrathful monster into this more benign persona by using [[OutsideContextMagic Aprodite's love potion]] on him — but no such specific reason exists for why Thymon's friends (an array including the Audient Vrullu, [[Literature/CthulhuMythos Nyarlathotep]] and more) are so friendly when they come round to the Cupid Homeworld for his birthday party in ''[[https://thecrewofthecoppercoloredcupids.wordpress.com/2021/03/30/lord-thymon-and-the-impossible-guests/ Lord Thymon and the Impossible Guests]]''.