# Characters who seem like sweet lil bunnies but are actually psycho whackjobs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 6, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-seem-like-sweet-lil-bunnies-but-are-actually-psycho-whackjobs/495562 "2009-05-06T17:46:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-seem-like-sweet-lil-bunnies-but-are-actually-psycho-whackjobs/495562/21 "2009-05-06T21:22:41Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > South Park’s “Woodland Critters Christmas”. 😃 What of Butters, then? Though I think he qualifies as both. Then again, maybe I am just including him because I think he SHOULD be a psycho whack job based on his upbringing… ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-seem-like-sweet-lil-bunnies-but-are-actually-psycho-whackjobs/495562/22 "2009-05-06T21:38:09Z")
Pinky (Harpo Marx) in **Duck Soup**. I re-watched it recently. After the bit with him and the married woman in the bathroom, two questions occurred to me: How did he get into that house? Was that a rape scene? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-seem-like-sweet-lil-bunnies-but-are-actually-psycho-whackjobs/495562/23 "2009-05-06T22:58:11Z")
I hope people have seen these movies because just listing the characters in these movies is spoiler-y… David in [Tangled](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238137/). Lucinda in [Derailed](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0398017/). Liz in [The Hole](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242527/). ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-seem-like-sweet-lil-bunnies-but-are-actually-psycho-whackjobs/495562/24 "2009-05-06T23:03:16Z")
People keep mentioning Willow, but what about her alter ego, Lilly on “How I Met Your Mother”? She is a scary and manipulative person - she just “does it for your own good” without any remorse at all. -Joe ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-seem-like-sweet-lil-bunnies-but-are-actually-psycho-whackjobs/495562/25 "2009-05-06T23:04:45Z")
> [@Krokodil](#): > > Pinky (Harpo Marx) in **Duck Soup**. I re-watched it recently. After the bit with him and the married woman in the bathroom, two questions occurred to me: How did he get into that house? Was that a rape scene? She is clearly willing, so no rape. As for how he got in that house – this is _Harpo_. If he can keep the candle burning at both ends (literally), normal rules do not apply. How about Gilligan, from **Gilligan’s Island.** He seems to be just a buffoon, but he always finds ways to sabotage any attempt to get off the island. What is his agenda? ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-seem-like-sweet-lil-bunnies-but-are-actually-psycho-whackjobs/495562/26 "2009-05-06T23:21:50Z")
I always just _knew_ that Shari Lewis’s **Lamb Chop** was some sort of sociopath in sheep’s clothing. That little sucker gave me the heebie-jeebies, despite her baby-talking. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-seem-like-sweet-lil-bunnies-but-are-actually-psycho-whackjobs/495562/27 "2009-05-06T23:28:57Z")
Maybe not a sweet lil bunny, but Phyllis on the Office seems to be a sweet motherly type, but then turns into a total bitch when dealing one on one with other women, usually Pam. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-seem-like-sweet-lil-bunnies-but-are-actually-psycho-whackjobs/495562/28 "2009-05-06T23:38:11Z")
Then, of course, there’s the sweet 'lil bunny that turns out to be a very efficient knight-killing machine in _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_… ---
**Author:** ![shantih](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@shantih](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shantih)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-seem-like-sweet-lil-bunnies-but-are-actually-psycho-whackjobs/495562/29 "2009-05-06T23:44:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Then, of course, there’s the sweet 'lil bunny that turns out to be a very efficient knight-killing machine in _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_… What, behind the rabbit? **Skald** , I’m in awe of your insight into the dynamic between Willow and Tara. It’s been ages since I saw Tabula Rasa, and I hadn’t put together that it showed not an aberrant move from Willow but a pattern. Now that you’ve laid out the evidence so clearly, it makes perfect sense. I’m going to have to get out my Buffy DVDs and refresh my obsession with the show. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-seem-like-sweet-lil-bunnies-but-are-actually-psycho-whackjobs/495562/30 "2009-05-06T23:46:41Z")
This [webcomic](http://www.superstupor.com/sust04092008.shtml) understands the principle involved. ---
**Author:** ![Kaboodle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kaboodle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaboodle)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-seem-like-sweet-lil-bunnies-but-are-actually-psycho-whackjobs/495562/31 "2009-05-07T02:26:47Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > How about Gilligan, from **Gilligan’s Island.** He seems to be just a buffoon, but he always finds ways to sabotage any attempt to get off the island. What is his agenda? This link explains a lot [The Gilligan’s Island conspiracy – Revealed](http://www.sff.net/people/adam-troy/Random/theories.htm) ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-seem-like-sweet-lil-bunnies-but-are-actually-psycho-whackjobs/495562/32 "2009-05-07T02:32:09Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > I always just _knew_ that Shari Lewis’s **Lamb Chop** was some sort of sociopath in sheep’s clothing. That little sucker gave me the heebie-jeebies, despite her baby-talking. I don’t think she (he?) was sociopathic so much as passive-aggressive. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Excellent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f19dbf/32.png) [@Mr.Excellent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Excellent)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-seem-like-sweet-lil-bunnies-but-are-actually-psycho-whackjobs/495562/33 "2009-05-07T02:33:04Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > My stepdaughter just discovered it and we watched the whole series fairly recently. Watched that was it was clear that Willow’s offense in the above-referenced episode was not the first. You know, I think it actually was. Primarily because Willow botched the job. It’s been a while since I watched this episode, but doesn’t the entire Scooby Gang lose their memory because Willow cast the spell improperly? That seems to suggest that she’s unfamiliar with it - because she hasn’t done it before. Doesn’t mean she’s not evil, of course. Just not quite _as_ evil. ---
**Author:** ![Tenebras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@Tenebras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tenebras)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-seem-like-sweet-lil-bunnies-but-are-actually-psycho-whackjobs/495562/34 "2009-05-07T03:17:12Z")
No, they all lose their memory because her whole stash falls into the fire and makes a big ole cloud of memory eraser, instead of just enough to do Tara. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-seem-like-sweet-lil-bunnies-but-are-actually-psycho-whackjobs/495562/35 "2009-05-07T03:40:35Z")
Yeah, Willow mindwashed Tara in the Halloween episode (with Dawn and the vamp boy, I forget the name), and then Tara finds out about it in the musical episode, and then the _next_ episode is Tabula Rasa, where everyone loses their memory (Willow was aiming for Buffy and Tara that time, I believe). ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-seem-like-sweet-lil-bunnies-but-are-actually-psycho-whackjobs/495562/36 "2009-05-07T03:56:01Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Dr. Hannibal Lecter could be quite charming when he wanted to be. But when he didn’t… brrrrr. > > Ben’s girlfriend on _Reaper_ is a sweet person and a knockout brunette with the sexiest voice ever, when she’s in human form. As a demon, she likes bathing in blood and eating large animals while they’re still alive. Yes but Nina is a demon. Also she is trying to do good so that has to count for something. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-seem-like-sweet-lil-bunnies-but-are-actually-psycho-whackjobs/495562/37 "2009-05-07T06:09:45Z")
> [@Mr.Excellent](#): > > You know, I think it actually was. Primarily because Willow botched the job. It’s been a while since I watched this episode, but doesn’t the entire Scooby Gang lose their memory because Willow cast the spell improperly? That seems to suggest that she’s unfamiliar with it - because she hasn’t done it before. If you have the DVDs watch the last scene again. It’s very clear that she’s done it several times before. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-seem-like-sweet-lil-bunnies-but-are-actually-psycho-whackjobs/495562/38 "2009-05-07T06:26:42Z")
Steve Douglas from _My Three Sons_: the genial t.v. father archetype whose wife and children mysteriously disappear as the show goes on. Compulsive serial killer, or just in it for the ‘double indemnity’ insurance claims? ‘Professor’ Roy Hinkley of _Gilligan’s Island_: although he came up with the various schemes to escape the island, he always managed to concoct a way to put Gilligan in some kind of linchpin role where his native bumbling would cause the plan to fail. Perpetual oversight or deliberate plan to keep the crew and passengers of the _S.S. Minnow_ on the island? You be the judge. Ilsa Lund from _Casablanca_: “Oh, Rick! I can’t fight it anymore. I ran away from you once. I can’t do it again. Oh, I don’t know what’s right any longer. You have to think for both of us. For all of us.” Are we seriously expected to believe that she is this much of a gormless bimbo, or is she actually a _femme fatale_ beguiling Richard Blaine into throwing away his cafe and fortune so that she and her meal ticket husband can make it to America while Rick runs for his life to Brazzaville? What a serious cockup. David Mamet needs to remake this film in the same vein as _The Spanish Prisoner_ and _Heist_. Campbell Scott as Rick, Ricky Jay as Ugarte, Danny DeVito as Capt. Renault, and Ed O’Neill as Major Strasser. Joe Mantegna plays Sam in a cameo. Rebecca Pidgeon can play Ilsa; even she can’t be more wooden than Ingrid Bergman in the role. Go ahead, hate on me for not digging _Casablanca_, but you know it’s true. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-seem-like-sweet-lil-bunnies-but-are-actually-psycho-whackjobs/495562/39 "2009-05-07T06:40:52Z")
For someone who’s explicitly written as a character who seems like a sweet lil bunny but is actually a psycho whackjob, there’s YoSafBridge from Firefly. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-seem-like-sweet-lil-bunnies-but-are-actually-psycho-whackjobs/495562/40 "2009-05-07T08:01:12Z")
anyone else seen this dark piece from the seventies? a little psychobiddie for ya > **[Homebodies (1974) ⭐ 6.5 | Comedy, Horror](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071617/)** > > 1h 38m | PG [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-seem-like-sweet-lil-bunnies-but-are-actually-psycho-whackjobs/495562.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/characters-who-seem-like-sweet-lil-bunnies-but-are-actually-psycho-whackjobs/495562.md?page=3)