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* The normally-patient, soft-spoken, and all-around good ol' boy, The [[Mr. Fixit|Engineer]], a.k.a. [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|Dell Conagher]], from ''[[Team Fortress 2]]''. While being physically-accosted by his employer who (by product of the [[Back
{{quote|'''Engineer:''' I appreciate that you're my employer, and an old man besides... but if you don't take your [[Precision F-Strike|goddamn]] hands off me I will break you in '''''half'''''.}}
* The ''[[Halo (series)|Halo]]'' novels confirm this for Cortana. She's a nice, somewhat snarky, AI who will get you transferred onto the front line and ruin your marriage if you mess with her or John.
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** The turians are generally pretty nice guys, are almost all unbelievably polite. They're heavily militarized, but strongly civic-minded, highly responsible, steadfastly loyal, place the greater good before the individual, and are quite willing to work with and protect other, weaker civilizations or species. And if you provoke them into war, they make ''damn'' sure you are ''never'' able or willing go to war with them again. ''Ever.'' They conquer everyone they fight<ref>Except for [[Humans Are Special|the humans]], which has ever since been a major sore spot for them</ref>. But give you compensation afterward, just to make it perfectly clear how well this fits.
** Liara's level of niceness is over nine thousand, but her powers are such that she can telekinetically bench-press a Geth Colossus (which is, for the record, as large as a ''three-story building''), and launch people practically into orbit by thinking at them hard. Even [[Old Master|Wrex]] makes a point of noting how damn powerful she is.
** Kaidan Alenko is a relaxed, dorky type with absolutely no weapon skills available. But he can fire people into the sun ''with his mind'' and cause biological enemies to have toxic-flavoured seizures. {{spoiler|He even ends his [[Training
** [[Wrench Wench|Tali]] is seen as being very polite and kind to most of her fellow crew members. If she runs across someone who she sees as evil, though, she can be... surprisingly vindictive. [[Cool and Unusual Punishment|And amusingly creative.]]
** [[Deadpan Snarker|Garrus]]. [[Friendly Sniper|Calm, pretty well-adjusted, enjoys a good laugh]]. Break the law while on the same facility as him, and you'd better be on the next shuttle to ''anywhere else''. And even that won't ensure your safety.
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* Merrill in [[Dragon Age 2]] is a sweet, innocent, Adorkable young woman who is the most selflessly kind character in the entire game and a walking incarnation of [[Moe]]. She is also a powerful [[Black Magic|blood mage]] and her entire available spell list is focused solely on multiple methods of inflicting horrible death.
** And Sandal deserves mention here as well, seeing as he takes out a roomful of Abominations and Demons, including a 'Pride Demon', right before the final battle, while still having the same [[Cloud Cookoo Lander]] personality as before. Not to mention his creepy prophecy that comes out of nowhere...
* Wu Zi Mu of ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'', or "Woozie" to his friends, is a laid-back, friendly, unassuming Chinese man who enjoys playing video games, racing cars, and golf. He's also the boss of the Mountain Cloud Boys, a Triad sect - and when he finds his men wiped out and the Vietnamese gang responsible for it nearby, he rushes into the fray with a machine pistol and guns down everyone he can find, all the while shouting things like "Your blood will flow like wine!" - all this despite the fact that he's ''blind''.
* ''[[Fallout 3]]'' has the ''Nerd Rage!'' character ability, which requires a certain minimum intelligence score and points invested in the "science" skill. When your character's health drops [[Limit Break|below 20%]], his strength stat is maxed out and damage taken is halved.
* ''[[Yo-Jin-Bo]]'' could arguably apply this trope to all the guys except Ittosai. However, special mention must be given to both Bo, the [[Knight in Shining Armor|highly chivalrous]] [[Bishounen]] fond of [[I Kiss Your Hand|kissing your hand]], and Mon-Mon, the goofy monk. {{spoiler|Bo ''cuts Nobumasa in half vertically'' and Mon-Mon ''punches through his chest and crushes his spine''. Ouch.}}
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* With the exception of Blue in ''[[Pokémon Red and Blue]]'', every single Pokémon League Champion is perfectly friendly to the player in the field, then they clash for the title and pull out their team of Pokémon 15-20 levels higher than your own, all pumped up with the strongest moves they can know.
** In ''[[Pokémon Gold and Silver]]'', Gym Leader Jasmine is first seen literally having abandoned her post to take care of a sick Pokémon at the Olivine Lighthouse. She is also incredibly shy. Some more gameplay later, you get to fight her...and one of her Pokémon is a Steelix.
** Also in Generation I, Red was a quiet boy who exemplified how important it is to care for Pokémon. After spending three years in [[Training
** Many Pokémon themselves also fit, like the sweet and innocent Togepi, who grows up into Togekiss who has the second-highest Special Attack of any Normal-type Pokémon. For a point of comparison, a Hyper Beam used by Togekiss is ''just as powerful'' as a Hyper Beam used by [[Olympus Mons|Arceus]]. And the Pokédex describes it as a harbinger of peace and goodness!
*** Cubone. [[Fridge Logic]] aside, there's a story of one that had its mother killed by Team Rocket. It picked up her skull and one of her bones and swore revenge. It doesn't help that back in the generation it was introduced, its evolved form could increase its Attack stat while attacking so much it would overflow. Did I mention is a small, lonely Pokémon hiding inside an oversized skull?
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* Link ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'' is an example in nearly [[Legacy Character|all of his incarnations]]. He's polite, humble, [[Friend to All Children|good with kids]] (unless of course his current incarnation ''is'' [[Kid Hero|a kid]]), and often [[Adorkable]]. He's usually a [[Farm Boy]], a blacksmith's son, or something equally quiet and peaceful. He's just generally a nice guy. Until you hurt [[Knight Templar Big Brother|his little sister.]] Or the village kids. Or [[Damsel in Distress|Princess Zelda...]] Or whoever his [[Implied Love Interest]] is this week. First he'll ask politely for you to give them back. If you refuse, then he'll just [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGZVih5F1-Q fucking stab you in the head.] (Warning, major ''[[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|Wind Waker]]'' spoilers.)
* The title character of ''[[Klonoa]]''. In the first game, he's a really nice, fun-loving [[Kid Hero]]. He even borders on [[Cloudcuckoolander]] occasionally. Then {{spoiler|his grandfather is killed.}} {{spoiler|Joka}} did NOT survive the next level.
* Spiritia Rosenberg of ''[[Rosenkreuzstilette]]'' counts for this trope as well. Despite being [[Idiot Hero|naive as well as a terrible swimmer]], she's generally a nice girl with moral convictions that are second to none. Then her colleagues start a war against the [[Holy Roman Empire|Holy Empire]] to build a world just for Magi, all the while burning down the forest that was home to the fairies and where Tia was training at for six months for that in the process. Her response? Plow her way through dozens of monsters, demons, and [[The Undead]] and battle and defeat her colleagues themselves in a [[Swiper, No Swiping]] deal to [[Defeat Means Friendship|get them to listen to her and follow her ideals]], all leading up to Graf Michael Sepperin himself. But, [[Right for the Wrong Reasons|she doesn't even know that]] {{spoiler|Iris, being the [[Magnificent Bastard]] she is, started the war [[For the Evulz|for kicks]] [[Complete Monster|without any regrets for doing so whatsoever]], all according to her plan to [[A God Am I|become a god herself]]. Once she finally learns the truth about the war from her, she retaliates by chasing after her and, with [[The Power of Friendship|everyone's love and support for her]], [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|whup her ass despite her godlike powers]]}}.
* Wheatley from ''[[Portal 2]]''. Normally he's a rather friendly yet dim-witted robot who tries to help you escape from the lab. That is, so long as you don't call him a "Moron". Do that, and [[Berserk Button|all hell breaks loose.]]
* Garlot, protagonist of ''[[Blaze Union]]'', is gentle and empathetic to a fault, and even though he has a short temper, he generally cools down very fast. He has self-confidence problems and spends a lot of his downtime wishing that everyone would just get along. And he's no pushover normally. But when bandit-by-any-other-name Pandra decides to sack Garlot's hometown, he goes into a state of cold rage so terrifying that every enemy in his path basically shits themselves in terror. In addition to this, inflicting serious harm on the people closest to him is a [http://i52.tinypic.com/f0btra.png really, really bad idea.]
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* Avion from ''[[Shadow of the Colossus]]'' is generally considered the second most peaceful colossus in the game, by virtue of the fact that it will never attack Wander until provoked. Until Wander makes an attempt to harm it, Avion is content to sit on its perch and watch him swim around the lake... but the second Wander shoots an arrow at it, Avion will come swooping down to divebomb him. This attack is a one hit kill in Hard mode if Wander is not successful at dodging it, and is pretty damn scary otherwise.
* [[Super Mario Bros.|Luigi]] is generally a pretty nice guy. If you threaten to harm Mario, he becomes [[The Determinator|an unstoppable force]].
* Noel Vermillion of ''[[
** Makoto Nanaya is a silly, friendly, generally whimsical and energetic person, and also appears to be somewhat scatter-brained. However, she makes it clear to Tager, "If I find Noel Vermillion is hurt or harmed in any way, I will find that person and make them pay. Dearly."
* Every [[Nancy Drew (video game)|Nancy Drew]] game ever.
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