Basic Trope: Deer are portrayed as sweet, innocent animals.
- Straight: A baby fawn is shown, to indicate how cute it is.
- Exaggerated: Deer, no matter what, are always adorable and innocent.
- Downplayed: A brief scene shows the villain killing a deer to Kick the Dog, but besides that, deer aren't necessarily portrayed as much more innocent and sweet than other animals.
- Justified: In the case of a baby deer, this may be a combination of Ridiculously Cute Critter and Children Are Innocent.
- Inverted:
- The Marvelous Deer, in the case of more capable and mystical deer.
- Moose Are Idiots
- Most modern portrayals of the Wendigo count as an inversion of this trope as well, due to being a cannibalistic monster that often has cervine traits.
- Subverted: A deer is shown cute when he's a fawn, but he takes a level in badass when he grows up.
- Double Subverted: Still, he does retain some innocent qualities.
- Parodied: Everyone assumes that deer are always cute and innocent, so they don't do anything when a vicious deer starts to attack them.
- Zig-Zagged: The deer is mainly friendly, but mess with his pals and you'll regret it.
- Averted: There are no deer.
- Enforced: "Deer are cute, right? Let's have a nice innocent one to show the good in the world!"
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- Conversed: "They really think all deer are just cute and innocent animals? They have antlers for a reason, you know."
Be sure to look at the cute deer on the way back to Bambification.
