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* ''GirlGenius'': The Other, the genocidal entity that wiped out major parts of Europe and created MadScience monstrosities of every stripe, is afraid of even mentioning the ''name'' Barry Heterodyne.

* In TheLightFantastic, Rincewind (the ultimate coward) ends up in the Dungeon Dimensions (Where everything HP Lovecraft ever thought of lived), with Twoflower. Rincewind is forced by his own guilt to fight for Twoflower's life against the horrifying denizens of the Dungeon Dimensions with nothing but his hands, feet, elbows, knees and teeth. In the end, the author points out that this is the first time anything has ever run away from Rincewind instead of the other way around. He ''scared away'' the things that are, to Cthulhu, what Cthulhu is to us.

* In TheLightFantastic, Rincewind (the ultimate coward) ends up in the Dungeon Dimensions (Where everything HP Lovecraft ever thought of lived), with Twoflower. Rincewind is forced by his own guilt to fight for Twoflower's life against the horrifying denizens of the Dungeon Dimensions with nothing but his hands, feet, elbows, knees and teeth. In the end, the author points out that this is the first time anything has ever run away from Rincewind instead of the other way around. He ''scared away'' the things that are, to Cthulhu what Cthulhu is to us.

* This is TheReveal at the end of ''IAmLegend''. The vampire-hunting protagonist realizes that, to the vampires, he has become a terrifying figure, an urban legend of murderous proportions. Basically, he's become a "monster" that ''vampires'' tell each other ghost-stories about.

--->'''Ethros Demon:''' I know you bring death. I do not fear it. All I have ever feared is in that house.

* In ''{{Homestuck}}'', the Loveraftian [[EldritchAbomination Horrorterrors]] trun out to be terrified of something that's killing them, and their horrifying communications are pleas for help.

* Dan's sudden flip from [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Crouching Moron to Hidden Badass]] in ''DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' was enough to make a half-demon/half-undead monster pee her pants and run like hell.

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* In ''StarControl 2'', the Ur-Quan are an evil race of omnicidal maniacs, who either want to lock every other sapient race away or kill them. If you meet one with the right item in your inventory, it gives the following speech:

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* On the {{Reboot}} episode "Wizards, Warriors and a Word From Our Sponsor", Mike The TV defeats the evil Bob clone by showing him The Commercial Channel - "All Commercials, All The Time - [[FateWorseTheDeath An Eternity of Useless Products To Rot Your Skeevy Little Mind Forever!]]" The Evil Bob screams in terror and runs away frantically.

* The ClassicDisneyShort ''LonesomeGhosts'': Ghosts call Mickey, Donald and Goofy (who are ghost exterminators) and spend the rest of the cartoon scaring them. Then the three fall in the basesment and end up covered in molasses and flour. The ghosts take one look at them, scream "Ghosts!" and run away.
* On the {{Reboot}} episode "Wizards, Warriors and a Word From Our Sponsor", Mike The TV defeats the evil Bob clone by showing him The Commercial Channel - "All Commercials, All The Time - [[AndIMustScream An Eternity of Useless Products To Rot Your Skeevy Little Mind... Forever.]]" The Evil Bob screams in terror and runs away frantically.

* In ''[[TheDresdenFiles Changes]]'' Harry comes face-to-face with a Red Court vampire that was sent to kill him. Upon seeing Harry, the vampire shrieks in terror and ''bolts through a wall'' in order to escape pursuit. Mind you a Red Court vampire can disembowel a half dozen mortal combatants in a matter of seconds, but Harry has garnered himself a reputation at this point.

-->"Generally speaking, when scary things get scared? Not good." -- '''Xander Harris''', ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer''

* The BuffyTheVampireSlayer episode ''Teacher's Pet''. A vampire is scared off when trying to attack a seemingly harmless substitute teacher. She turns out to be a giant shape-shifting [[BigCreepyCrawlies praying mantis]].

* In the game Star Control 2, the Ur-Quan are an evil race of omnicidal maniacs, who either want to lock every other sapient race away or kill them. If you meet one with the right item in your inventory, it gives the following speech:

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* The ClassicDisneyShort ''Lonesome Ghosts'': Ghosts call Mickey, Donald and Goofy (who are ghost exterminators) and spend the rest of the cartoon scaring them. Then the three fall in the basesment and end up covered in molasses and flour. The ghosts take one look at them, scream "Ghosts!" and run away.

* AskThatGuyWithTheGlasses is a CompleteMonster who has committed literal acts of DeadBabyComedy. Even ''he'' is horrified by Bennet The Sage.

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* Mandy from ''TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'' frequently scares off demons and the like with her terrifying aura.
* BugsBunny short ''Hair Raising Hare''. Bugs tells the monster who's been pursuing him that he's being watched by the audience. The monster says "People!", screams, and turns and [[EfficientDisplacement runs through a series of walls]]. Watch it [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc2L_7m_4mI here, starting at 6:55]].
* The ClassicDisneyShort ''Lonesome Ghosts'': Ghosts call Mickey, Donald and Goofy (who are ghost exterminators) and spend the rest of the cartoon scaring them. Then the three fall in the basesment and end up covered in molasses and flour. The ghosts take one look at them, scream "Ghosts!" and run away.
* On the {{Reboot}} episode "Wizards, Warriors and a Word From Our Sponsor", Mike The TV defeats the evil Bob clone by showing him The Commercial Channel - "All Commercials, All The Time - [[AndIMustScream An Eternity of Useless Products To Rot Your Skeevy Little Mind... Forever.]]" The Evil Bob screams in terror and runs away frantically.
* Children in ''MonstersInc'' scare monsters... including the ones whose job it is to scare children for a living. PlayedForLaughs.

* ''NightWizard'' features a JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind, where the BandOfBrothers faces off against a Devil-Queen of Nightmares who prey on dreams and devour the minds of the sleepers. Inside the mind of Elis Shiho, the mild-tempered FriendToAllLivingThings / MacGuffinGirl, she is defeated... but manages to survive and hide out in a weakened state, determined to bide her time as her powers returns so she can seek vengeance. While looking for a good place to hide out, she finds a strange, black door in the dreamscape, and goes inside... followed by a StockScream, and her running wild-eyed out of there on the verge of a complete breakdown. What could possibly exist in the mind of such a [[BewareTheNiceOnes nice girl]], that is capable of terrifying a creature that lives off nightmares?

* In HPLovecraft's ''Dream Quest to Unknown Kadath'' servants of Nyarlathotep, including (and especially) the monstrous [[GiantFlyer Shantak birds]] are absolutely terrified of Nightgaunts, because they serve Nodens, Nyarlathotep's mortal enemy and the only being who really poses any kind of treath to him in the Dreamlands.

Monsters have nightmares about [[DoctorWho The Doctor]].

See also BreakTheBadass, for when this happens to more normal entities. May overlap with MookHorrorShow for sufficiently monstrous mooks.