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Their [[Backstory]] is usually learned in flashbacks sometime later in a show, sometimes without warning. This can shock the other characters, especially [[The Rival]] [[Anti-Hero]], and earns him new respect.
A [[Beta Test Baddie]] and a
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== Anime & Manga ==
* While he may not necessarily be the main hero of the story, Momiji Sohma of ''[[Fruits Basket]]'' is impeccably cheerful and caring despite having his mother rejecting him and eventually going insane due to Momiji's curse (turns into a rabbit when hugged by the opposite sex or very stressed like when sick).
** Tohru, who is the main character, lost her father at a very young age, her mother in her teens, and ended up living in a tent. Nevertheless, she is cheerful and
* Allen Walker of ''[[D.Gray-man]]''. He's [[Nice Guy|nice]], [[The Pollyanna|cheerful]], [[Wide-Eyed Idealist|idealistic]], and [[Bishonen|really]], ''[[Badass Adorable|really]]'' cute, but his life has been kind of traumatic. By which we mean that his parents abandoned him, {{spoiler|he was beaten by ''clowns'' until he got adopted}}, his foster father died, his mentor abused him, and he has to watch tormented Akuma souls screaming in pain. He's one of the most [[Badass]] [[
** And (in the anime) the very first Akuma he killed (besides Mana) was his best (and only) childhood friend.
* [[Negima|Negi's]] father, Nagi, was one of these. A magic school dropout who only memorized about six spells yet was the [[Magnetic Hero]] of his group. Rakan is an even better example, but that edges into [[Obfuscating Stupidity]].
** And ''Negi himself'' despite only being ten. No parents, no family except a cousin that was away most of the year and then that whole bit where ''demons invaded his village and turned everyone to stone''. Everyone was horrified to see his memories of said event, which worked exactly opposite to how it was supposed to.
** Negi actually fills this role more than his old man does. A
* Sousuke Sagara from ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]!'' is a borderline
** It also helps that Mithril [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money|bribed the hell out of his school]] when he first enrolled.
* Vash the Stampede from the [[Anime]] ''[[Trigun]]''.
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* In ''[[Gundam Wing]]'', Duo Maxwell's seemingly self-congratulatory "God of Death" (Shinigami) nickname takes on a new light when it's revealed that he took it on given the fact that [[Doom Magnet|anyone he cares about tends to die if they hang around him]].
** Done again with Sanders in ''08th MS Team''; he picked up the nickname given the unfortunate tendency of almost every unit he joined getting wiped out on their third mission together, except for Sanders himself.
* Apollo from ''[[Sousei no Aquarion]]'' is a kind of
* Gon Freecs from ''[[Hunter X Hunter]]'' lost his mother, his father is missing, and he has a knack for making enemies who want to gut him, but is still eternally cheerful. He's the
* Judai Yuki from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' turns out to be one of these by season three.
* Tsuzuki of ''[[Yami no Matsuei]]''. He's a [[Big Eater]], [[Badass Adorable]] Shinigami, who everyone seems to make jokes about, including himself. Until the [[Break the Cutie|Kyoto arc]], that is.
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== Comic Books ==
* Pretty much [[Dysfunction Junction|everybody]] in the [[Marvel Universe]]. There's [[Captain America (comics)]] (grew up poor during the Great Depression, parents died when he was young, dead sidekick and identity issues), [[Luke Cage, Hero for Hire|Luke Cage]] (grew up in a bad part of New York, wrongly jailed for drug possession), [[Iron Man]] (alcoholism, depression, self-worth issues, romantic issues and massive survivor's guilt), [[Deadpool]] (disfigured, partially reformed murderer, crazy), every single [[X-Men|X-Man]] ([[Fantastic Racism]]), the [[Fantastic Four (Comic Book)|Fantastic "I promise I'll make you normal again someday, Ben!" Four]], a certain Dr. [[Incredible Hulk|Bruce Banner]], Rick "the Hulk is my fault and I'm often trapped in the Negative Zone" Jones, the seething mass of neurosis that is [[Spider-Man]], everything that's wrong with [[Ant-Man|Henry Pym]], and... yeah, pretty much everybody else.
** The [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|Initiative]] in the Marvel Universe is a government subsidized effort to train the next generation of superheroes, which includes some old characters and new ones. Those that weren't ''already'' broken when they went into the program...are quickly and ''brutally'' broken down by the events in the Initiative series.
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* Dr. Gregory House, from ''[[House (TV series)|House, MD]]''. Minus the "nice" and "cheerful" bits.
* Glitch, from the ''[[Tin Man (TV series)|Tin Man]]'' miniseries, who is awfully upbeat for someone who's had half of his brain removed by the bad guys. Missing half his brain may be ''why'' he's "upbeat". The parts of him that could react appropriately are [[Brain In a Jar|floating in a jar somewhere]].
* Both Sam and Dean from ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'', due to their crappy childhood and their status as [[Cosmic Plaything
* Even though his [[Backstory]] is revealed almost immediately in the pilot episode (or would have been if it hadn't been shown last...), Malcolm Reynolds of ''[[Firefly]]'' qualifies.
** It should be noted, however, that Fox employed [[Executive Meddling]] after viewing the pilot to make him more of a jokester; his portrayal in the [[Pilot Movie]] was ''somewhat'' more low-key and bitter. But in all versions there's still an element of this depending on the circumstances and Mal's mood.
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== Video Games ==
* Niko Bellic of ''[[Grand Theft Auto]] 4'' once his full backstory is revealed.
* Cloud Strife from ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'' has more than a few elements of
* Robo from ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'', who was abandoned by its creator for sympathizing with the humans. He's also ''literally'' broken when he's introduced, needing [[Gadgeteer Genius]] Lucca to repair him before he can join the party.
* Marona from ''[[Phantom Brave]]'', possibly. Her parents died when she was five and the world as a whole, apart from her brother, seems to hate her for her spirit-seeing power, but she's [[The Messiah]] nonetheless.
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== Webcomics ==
* [[MAG
* {{spoiler|Eddie}} of [[Emergency Exit]].
* Der Trihs of ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' gets revealed as one in his [[Day in The Limelight]] arc.
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