| “ | Gotcha! Thieving monster. | „ |
| ~ Wallace capturing a rabbit invading Mrs. Mulch's garden. |
When rabbits are raiding someone's garden or if termites are munching through wood, someone has to take care of them.
Often confused with Fighting the Beasts, Pest Control involves a hero/heroine taking care of a household pest or any pesky animal. Those animals can range from annoying to dangerous.
The hero/heroine can take care of the pest by:
- Driving it away.
- Guiding it out of a house.
- Killing it if it's dangerous.
- Capturing it.
When the hero/heroine solves a pest problem, this can involve cleaning up a house.
In the end, this usually leads to high praise from someone, or in huge cases, saving someone's life.
Examples
Cartoons
- Wallace and Gromit capture a rabbit raiding Mrs. Mulch's garden.
- Rabbit puts a scarecrow in his cornfield to drive away crows.
Videogames
- Putt-Putt comes to Cassidy's aid by helping him get a pesky goat off the train tracks.