Deadly
Terrible
Terrible adjective - Causing fear.
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The rabbit in the 2010 film The Illusionist likes to bite people and snarls like a raving monster, though isn't as deadly and terrible as it believes it is.
Source: Hair-Raising Hare -
Zedd points this trope out by noting that the mob would have to be extremely brave to come at him, considering all the terrible and deadly powers they seem to think he has.
Source: Who Will Bell the Cat? -
One of the "Treehouse of Horror" episodes of The Simpsons revealed that Broccoli is in fact a deadly poison that "tries to warn you off with its terrible taste."
Source: Stock Yuck
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