History Main / MyLittlePanzer

* ''SamAndFuzzy'': Mr. Sin is revealed to have made a product line of children's toys that are robotic duplicates of Fuzzy ([[spoiler:[[PosthumousCharacter Eric]] agreed to license his apperance for the toys, something Fuzzy does not remember.]]). [[MadScientist Sin being Sin]], the robots also have [[SuperPoweredRobotMeterMaids superhuman capabilities]], foot-long retractable razor claws and a voice-activated defense mode that lets anyone with the right command code turn them into a KillerRobot that eviscerates opponents on command.

The trope name is a pun on the ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' series of girls' toys and the word ''panzer'', which is German for "tank". Not to be confused with MyLittlePhony, nor with a {{Crossover}} between MLP and ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'' ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bvKejRe2rQ although somebody has probably written that fanfic]]). Or with [[Series/AlloAllo mein little tank]]. It's also not a PerversePuppet or the like; a My Little Panzer is inherently dangerous to use, but it doesn't have to be ''malicious'', or even living. Compare other failures to regulate safety in TV Land: NoOSHACompliance, NoProductSafetyStandards, HappyFunBall, SocialServicesDoesNotExist, ThereAreNoTherapists. Compare specific cases of toys as weapons: KillerYoYo and BattleTops. Not to be confused with [[WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys wonderful toys]] (although those are often effectively the same thing). Can overlap with MerchandisingTheMonster, if the toys are made at the image of an already dangerous and evil person or force.

** During Norm MacDonald's reign as Weekend Update anchor, at the end of the year he'd comment that topping the list of toys deemed unsafe by the U.S. Safety Commission was Mattel’s "Gasoline-Powered Sharp Thing" or "Eye Poker Outer."

* In Season 4 of ''WesternAnimation/PawPatrol'', the latest version of Pup Pup Boogie -- a video game marketed towards sapient puppies, meaning children -- includes "I Do, You Do" bracelets that turn one wearer into PeoplePuppets for the other. Everest finds it as disturbing as you'd expect.
* {{Averted|Trope}} in just the setting you might expect to find this in, what with all the talk/creation of allegedly dangerous summer activities in ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb''. On the other hand, The Har D Har Toy Company, featured in the episode "Toy to the World" , produces toys that seem to go in the opposite direction of this trope, including such gems as Shimmy Jimmy, the Perry the Platypus Inaction Figure and [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Brick]] (It's fun!), although the last one could potentially be dangerous if dropped.
* On ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'', some of the gadgets that Rick reveals to have made for a young Beth in the episode "[[Recap/RickAndMortyS3E9TheABCsOfBeth The ABCs of Beth]]" fall under this. They include a teddy bear with anatomically-correct innards, a {{lie detector}} disguised as a doll, a ladybug-shaped taser, and a pink, [[TalkingWeapon talking switchblade]].
* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Robotboy}}'' had a store clerk copying Robotboy's image to create "[[ShoddyKnockoffProduct Roboboys]]" (note the omission of the 't') that went berserk after some time had passed. To differentiate them from the original Robotboy, the horns, lower legs and hands came in a multitude of colors.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Robotomy}}'' has Tickle Me Psycho, a Film/MyPetMonster-meets-Tickle Me Elmo-style doll with the screechy, nasal voice of Creator/GilbertGottfried who acts like a complete {{Jerkass}} to robot kids (in the commercial, he stole a kid's drink, drank it, and tossed the cup in the child's face, ripped another kid's fingers off and ate them, and tore a third kid's "I Love You" card and kicked him. It ends with Tickle Me Psycho saying, "I can't stand kids!") and is plotting a war against them.

* ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated'': The show’s version of Soundwave is created when Sari tries to use her Allspark Key to repair her harmless toy robot and the Key responds by ''making it sentient'', allowing the newly-born Soundwave to quickly upgrade himself into this trope; his music equipment, for instance, is reworked into [[MakeMeWannaShout sonic weaponry that can kill people]].

* In ''VideoGame/EternalFighterZero'', we have Unknown, one of the {{Final Boss}}es: Her fighting style involves using a vast array of toys, included, but not limited to toy knives, [[GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals plushies]], [[DropTheHammer a squeaking mallet]], even a huge surprise barrel, which she can drop on her opponent's head; and her Final Memory involves riding on a giant plushie to ram her opponent.

* The Atomic Energy Lab was a real toy. In 1951, A.C. Gilbert introduced his U-238 Atomic Energy Lab, a radioactive learning set we can only assume was fun for the whole math club. For a mere $49.50 (adjusted for inflation: $491.41 in 2020), the kit came complete with three "[[BlatantLies very low-level]]" radioactive sources,[[note]]beta-alpha - lead-210 (half-life 22 years), beta - ruthenium-106 (half-life 373 days), gamma - zinc-65 (half-life 244 days), none even close to "low-level" radiation[[/note]] a Geiger-Mueller radiation counter, a Wilson cloud chamber (to see paths of alpha particles), a spinthariscope (to see "live" radioactive disintegration), four samples of uranium-bearing ores, and an electroscope to measure radioactivity. Naturally this doesn't fly as well as straight-up kid's toys today as people are more afraid of radioactivity, although you can get the equivalent at any science or educational supplier.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'':

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}:''

* The {{Creepypasta}} "Real Action Toys" is about a toy company that released a full bunch of ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''-themed deadly toys, starting from Mario and Luigi rubber figures with hard heads that can easily hurt children, to Bowser and Bowser Jr. toys spitting real fire, up to a Koopa Troopa toy that bounces and spins around [[ExaggeratedTrope while shooting fireballs and rusty nails and also emitting seizure-inducing lights]].

* Most knock-off toys (the kind of things you find at car boot sales, Chinese malls, market stalls, or dollar stores) normally based on a popular kid's film, anime, video game or cartoon, such as ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'', ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'', ''Franchise/{{StarWars}}'', ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'', ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', ''Franchise/{{Frozen}}'' or ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'', are made with lead paint or will fall apart VERY easily. This is generally done because they're cheap to make and they're generally bought by parents who don't realize the dangers and just see a cheap toy.

* Most knock-off toys (the kind of things you find at car boot sales, Chinese malls, market stalls, or dollar stores) normally based on a popular kid's film, video game or cartoon, such as ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'', ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'', ''Franchise/{{StarWars}}'', ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'', ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', ''WesternAnimation/Frozen'' or ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'', are made with lead paint or will fall apart VERY easily. This is generally done because they're cheap to make and they're generally bought by parents who don't realize the dangers and just see a cheap toy.

* Most knock-off toys (the kind of things you find at car boot sales, Chinese malls, market stalls, or dollar stores) normally based on a popular kid's film or cartoon, such as ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'', ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'', ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' or ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'', are made with lead paint or will fall apart VERY easily. This is generally done because they're cheap to make and they're generally bought by parents who don't realize the dangers and just see a cheap toy.

* In China, there are many street vendors who sell helium balloons based on popular characters, like ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'', ''Animation/BoonieBears'' and ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf''. However, those balloons are filled with hydrogen instead of helium; to anyone familiar with the ''Hindenburg'' disaster, you'll know why putting hydrogen into balloons is a very bad idea.