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== Anime and Manga ==
* Prince Kail{{spoiler|, later King,}} and Yuri{{spoiler|, later Queen,}} of ''[[Anatolia Story]]''/Red River. Notable in that Yuri gets this treatment without actually being royal at first, though her cover was as the prince's concubine and incarnated goddess.
* The titular ''[[Nausicaa of the Valley of
* In ''[[One Piece]]'', King Cobra and his family are normally treated this way in their home country, Alabasta, until Crocodile shows up.
* It was apparently the same for Arika in ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', before {{spoiler|she was framed and scapegoated for the war and [[Omnicidal Maniac]] terrorists}}. And even then, most of her people {{spoiler|don't believe a word of it.}}
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== Literature ==
* The Lienid in Kristin Cashore's ''[[Graceling]]'' tend to feel this way about their princes, as the page quote indicates -- a sea captain is explicitly described as worrying about one such prince "as if it were a member of her family". King Leck of Monsea is beloved by his people. And so kind to children and animals. {{spoiler|[[Compelling Voice|His mind control powers help, though]].}}
* ''[[The Princess Bride (
* In the ''[[Dune]]'' prequels, the Atreides are portrayed like this on Caladan. It is implied that this has been the case for generations.
* The short story ''American History'' portrays [[John F Kennedy]] as regarded this way.
* [[Discworld]] series: Captain Carrot of the City Watch exudes some kind of charisma field (bags of it) that causes everyone to like him, and actually behave like decent and kind people. The worst-kept secret in Ankh-Morpork is that he's the rightful heir to the throne--not that this matters, because he firmly believes the city needs a king "like A fish needs a...er...a thing that doesn't work underwater."
* Aragorn at the end of ''[[
* Richard in the ''Sword of Truth'', at least amoung the D'Harans.
* ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'': In "A Witch Shall Be Born", Tamaris. Making the [[Fake King]] gambit by her [[Evil Twin]] sister, [[The Caligula]], that much more shocking.
{{quote| ''Taramis, whom all Khauran loves, betraying her people to that devil from Koth! ''}}
* ''[[The Neverending Story (
* King Håkon the Good of Norway in ''[[
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== Live-Action TV ==
* Subverted in the ''[[
* Like the ''[[Sword of Truth]]'' example above, Richard in ''[[Legend of the Seeker]]'' gains such approval in an [[Alternate Timeline]] caused by Cara never becoming a Mord'Sith and stopping him from using the Boxes of Orden. His closest advisor is [[Big Bad|Darken Rahl]], his older brother (father in novels) and enemy. Of course, the [[The Devil|Keeper]] has to go and break the boxes, returning control of D'Hara to Rahl.
* Ted from [[Better Off Ted]] is adored by all of his workers who will do virtually anything to curry his favor. Even his [[Ice Queen]] boss Veronica adores him.
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** Melodia is the single most beloved figure in the world. {{spoiler|She's playing [[Zero-Percent Approval Rating]] Geldoblame like a fiddle, of course.}}
** To the citizens of Alfard, Geldoblame gets this reaction. It helps that he's deliberately cultivated strong civil pride.
* ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'': Princess Peach is beloved on a personal level by all of her subjects.
** Except for the goombas, who defected to Bowser in the original storyline.
*** And on that note, Bowser himself in the eyes of his minions, [[Depending
* ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'': [[Legacy Character|each]] Princess Zelda is loved by everyone, or at least everyone shown. There's been exactly one non-villain in the entire series who didn't like her and she eventually came around. (And depending on [[Alternate Character Interpretation|your interpretation of Ganon/dorf]], even ''he'' does.)
* ''[[Civilization]]'': "We Love the King Day." They sure do; they pay their city's upkeep out of their own pockets for a whole year.
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* In ''Warcraft'' and subsequently ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', there was a prince who was adored by his subjects. He enjoyed talking and hanging out with the common populace and when he was serving in the army he always got to know his companions and knew to take care of them. [[Face Heel Turn|His name was]] [[Big Bad|Arthas]].
* Gulcasa in ''[[Yggdra Union]]'', although you don't find out until the last third of the game (the heroes resent him for [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us|various]] [[You Killed My Father|reasons]] and assume that everyone else must, too). As he has spent the past three years sweating blood to repair the damage his negligent predecessor did to his country, suffered just as much as his citizens under said predecessor, and is [[Broken Hero|pitifully nice to boot]], the Bronquian civilians' abject adoration is a bit understandable.
* ''[[
* In ''[[
* In ''[[Tropico]]'', you can be the El Presidente everyone honestly loves. Keep your citizens well-fed, raise wages, lower taxes, give people access to religion, healthcare, and entertainment; and don't forget to erect landmarks (some of which can be dedicated to you, but if you're really nice, it's justified). Even those who have already joined the rebel will return to citizenship!
* Players in ''[[Runescape]]'' can get this in the kingdom they help manage, simply by helping their subjects do their jobs. Maintaining the 100% approval rating is the way to gain the most resources in payment for managing the kingdom.
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* Most [[Disney Princess|Disney Princesses]] who actually ''are'' princesses.
* TJ of ''[[Recess]]'' is loved by every one of the students, so much so that when one student doesn't like him, it's a plot point for the whole episode.
* Princess Celestia from ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
* In ''[[Superman:
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