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{{quote|''"He has to be [[Nice Guy|nice]], he's a giant! If he wasn't nice he'd have villagers [[Torches and Pitchforks|coming after him with torches!]]"''|'''Doug''', ''[[The King of Queens]]''}}

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* ''[[Inuyasha]]'' Thethe [[Half-Human Hybrid]] Jinenji has a giant monstrous form due to his half-[[Youkai]] heritage - and yet, abraisive as he is, all he wants to do is heal people.

** In the [[Anime]]anime, Sesshoumaru's two-headed [[Our Dragons Are Different|dragon]]-[[Horse of a Different Color|horse]] pet is [[Animated Adaptation|turned into this]]. The anime gives him the name Ah-Un, and turns him into a gentle herbivore despite his [[Did Not Do the Research|pointed teeth]] and ability to shoot lightning and energy blasts from both mouths.

** Not to mention being a [[Chef of Iron]] (Ordinary type), a good housekeeper (just look at how quickly she made short work of Motoki's messy flat!), and a [[Mama Bear]] (don't you DARE''date'' bully her friends! and if you're an enemy, do NOT''not'' touch her 'band!).

* Inverted HARD''hard'' with [[Lilo and& Stitch (Disney film)|Stitch]], short, destructive, and so doggone cute and fluffy to boot.

* [[Dumb Muscle|Dim]] from ''[[A Bug's Life|A Bugs Life]]''. Heimlich too.

* ''[[Captain America: The First Avenger|Captain America the First Avenger]]''{{context}}

* The title character of ''[[The Giant of Thunder Mountain]]''s title character easily fits this trope. He's massive enough to take on a giant bear that previously {{spoiler|killed both his parents}} with his bare hands in order to protect a little girl he's befriended-Non-romantically fulfilling the [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]] trope- and while he doesn't work very well in social situations, it's purely from inexperience because he grew up all alone in the woods, he's as gentle and kind as can be as long as his [[Berserk Button]] doesn't get pushed. Namely, if you don't want a mega-sized [[Papa Wolf]] giving you a beatdown like nothing you've ever seen before-don't mess with the little girl. You will regret it.

* In ''The Village Blacksmith'' by [[Henry Wadsworth Longfellow]], the Smith is a muscular figure who loves few things more than having children watch him make horseshoes or sitting with his sons in Church and listening to his daughter sing in the choir.

* Olag Gan from ''[[Blake's 7|Blakes Seven]]'', who is also a [[Technical Pacifist]] due to having his brain altered by the Federation.

** Abraham Benrubi, the actor for Larry "Kube" Kubiak, often plays this role, and is noted in the Real Life section for also being this in, obviously, Real Life.

* Dagwood from ''[[SeaQuest DSV|Sea Quest DSV]]/2032'' was a failed prototype of a brand of genetically engineered soldiers. Not only was his intelligence lower than his creators expected, he was so gentle that when the rest of the crew had their aggression heightened, he remained the same because there was "not a mean bone" in him.

* ''[[Law and& Order: Criminal Intent]]'' 's Bobby Goren, [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl|who seems particularly large compared to his partner]], [[Action Girl|Alexandra Eames.]]

* Herman Munster of ''[[The Munsters]]'', definitely. Body of a Frankenstein, personality of a [[Bumbling Dad]].

* Big Bird on ''[[Sesame Street]]''. His foreign counterparts play the trope straight (Abelardo from Plaza Sesamo, Pino from Sesamstraat, Moshe the giant [[Seldom-Seen Species|meerkat]] from Takalani Sesame, [[King of Beasts|Boombah the lion]] from Galli Galli Sim Sim, and Sesamstraße's Samson averting the [[Everything's Worse with Bears]] trope.)

** ItsIt's [[In the Blood]], actually: his parents are seen on-screen, and both Mr. and Mrs. Palillo are just as large and kind-hearted as their son.

* ''Doshin the Giant'', for thea [[GameNintendo CubeGameCube]]. The whole game, is about a giant helping islanders build small cities and even mixmixing races with different-colored islanders.

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** Nolan is the philospherphilosopher and is [[Team Mom]] of [[La Résistance]]. Brom is a closer to Earth farmer who is also heavily decked in armor when he's forced to fight, and his daughter Meg is a kindhearted girl who follows on her father's footsteps in the second game. (FE 10).

* Tae, the [[Everything's Worse with Bears|Bear God]] of ''[[Lusternia]]''. Hulking and powerful, but simple-minded and little-appreciated by his peers, his [[Little Guy, Big Buddy|relationship]] with his best friend/mate Bollikin is one of the most [[Sweet Dreams Fuel]]-inducing parts of the otherwise bleak [[Hopeless War|Elder Wars]]. When Tae [[Pieces of God|splinters his essence]], the mortal race that results - the Tae'dae, or bearfolk - carry this trait on, known as much for their compassion and charisma as their legendary strength and [[Big Eater|girth]].

* The Big Daddies of ''[[BioShock (series)|BioShock]]'' are enormously gentle and overprotective of the Little Sisters they've been programmed to safeguard, to the point where the Little Sisters consider them close friends, and the worst they'll do to anything not a direct threat to it or the Little Sister (including you as long as you don't attack it or the Sister) is either shove it out of the way or try to intimidate it by basically shouting at it. This makes the ''immensely'' violent and destructive shift they undergo [[Berserk Button|when the Little Sister is in danger]] all the more shocking and disconcerting.

* Super Mutant Marcus from ''[[Fallout|Fallout 2]]''.

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** O'Hanrahan from ''[[Fallout: New Vegas]]'', as one of the tallest humans in the game he states that his mother used to tell him, "You're the biggest and strongest of us, so you mind yourself" he also cites this as the reason behind his tendency towards pacifism and diplomacy. Easily one of the politest NPCs in game, his method for solving the quest he's in yields the best results in the [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue|epilogue.]] Also, there's [[Deathbringer the Adorable|Mean Sonofabitch]], the Super Mutant protector of Westside.

** BothTauren races,are howevernearly an entire ''race'' of Gentle Giants, despite some vicious promotional images portraying otherwise; the uncorrupted draenei introduced in ''[[Expansion Pack|The Burning Crusade]]'' are similar. Both races can still be fearsome in battle, especially against a foe like the [[The Legions of Hell|Burning Legion]] or [[Zombie Apocalypse|the Scourge]]. On the whole, neither group is looking to start a fight, but they know how to finish one if it finds them.

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** ''[[Final Fantasy VI|Sabin]]'': Sabin is a [[Bare-Fisted Monk]], and well-muscled enough that Terra initially mistakes him for a bear; yet he's easily one of the most upbeat and forward-thinking characters in the party.

** {{spoiler|Linda the lungfish turns out to be this way as well. It turns out her kidnapping of children was a result of mind control.}}

* Kintoki from ''[[Otogi: Myth of Demons]]'' is very kind and soft spoken. This is despite being a 7 seven-foot -tall behemoth of a man, with enough raw strength to grab and pick up demons twice his size with one hand and throw them through buildings. Not to mention his [[BFS]] sized [[An Axe to Grind|axe]] which he swings around with ease. He is by far the physicly strongest member of the good guys, but he only fights in order to save the land and help his friends.

* ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]'' has tribes of giants, who are quite peaceful, and won't attack anyone unless provoked. They're also very powerful, and are known to kill even dragons if they come too close.

* ''[[Halo: Reach]]'': Jorge, the huge SPARTAN-II member of the team, is also the nicest and most amicable member of the group, especially towards civilians. He's also the [[Team Dad]]. Played with in that he's still a [[Beware the Nice Ones|killing machine.]]

* In the third season of ''[[Sam and Max Freelance Police|Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse]]'' we have Sal, a hulking man-sized cockroach who wouldn't hurt a fly and is probably the nicest, most easy-going guy in the game. This unfortunately also makes him the game's [[Butt Monkey]].

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* Rich of ''[[Thespiphobia]]'' is usually this ('''usually'''). [[Berserk Button|Mess]] [[Beware the Nice Ones|with]] [[Papa Wolf|his]] [[True Companions|friends]], [[Oh Crap|however]]...

* Adam from ''[[Girl Genius]]'' (also known as Punch) is a mute [[Frankenstein's Monster]] style creature, often depicted as a lumbering moron in plays and stories. People who know him however describe him as a wise and gentle soul who spent his spare time making toys for orphan children ([[Genius Bruiser|he is also quite smart]] and as an assistant to a bunch of top-tier mad scientists learned crafts from blacksmithing to rather arcane areas of engineering).

** Also Dr. Dim, who is actually stupid, but harmless (after Klaus Wulfenbach lobotomized him, that is), and makes and cherishes his teddy bears.

* Veetans from ''[[Drive (webcomic)|VeetansDrive]]'' are usually this.

* ''[[Homestuck|Equius]]'': Equius is one of the strongest of trolls on Alternia. Even gently patting his beloved lusus - one of the strongest creatures on his planet - will leave a bruise. While he has a racist attitude, Equius speaks in a polite, formal tone and loves his moirail Nepeta (a [[Cute Bruiser]]) more than anyone else. It's interesting to note that he is also one of the less violent trolls, and only spars with his robots.

* ''[[Freefall]]'' has Sawtooth Rivergrinder (often just Sawtooth for short) from- ''Freefall'',an is[[Amateur aSleuth]] constructionterraforming droidrobot who's very laid back most of the time, but gets a bit incenses when robots try to disassemble other robots. Not overly cautious about damaging buildings, although this is probably because, as a construction droid, he can repair most of the damage he'd be likely to do.

* Corporal Elizabeth from ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]'' is about, well, mercenaries. But Corporal Elizabeth (a gorillaVhorwed, gorilla-like alien aboutalmost the size of an elephant) has her moments, like "[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2015-01-31 sorry about your house]"^{spoilers on adjacent pages}. LatelyLater they've added Corporal Chisulo, a similarly sized Neophant (uplifted elephants tweaked to be semi-bipedal), though he's more of "habitually angry giant with good restraint".

* [[Lovable Coward]] Eduardo from ''[[Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends]]''; he was created by a little girl who lived in a bad neighborhood and needed an imaginary friend who was scary-looking enough to frighten off thugs and bullies, but gentle enough to help her throw tea parties for her baby brother. Later, she realized her subconscious had a secondary purpose in inventing Eduardo's personality: he's such a coward that she eventually had to find her own inner courage and step up to protect ''him''. (She was later shown to have grown up to be a police officer.)

* Rex from ''[[We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story|Were Back a Dinosaurs Story]]''.

* Jeff the Spider from ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy and& Mandy]]''

* Winsor Gorilla from ''[[My Gym Partner's a Monkey|My Gym Partners a Monkey]]''. He's also somewhat of a genius.

* Gor from ''[[Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys|Captain Simian and The Space Monkeys]]''. He really hates to fight, and often does so only if his friends are in danger. His pacifistic nature causes him to try and talk to the villains, but it rarely works (except in one [[Aesop]] episode); and there have been occasions where his own friends [[Berserk Button|goaded]] him into transforming into Gormungus, a hulk-like creature, to win battles or save a crew member, usually Spydor.

* Cindarr from ''[[Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light]]: Knights of the Magical Light'', always eager to [[Pet the Dog]] and in general gives the vibe of playing for the wrong team. It seems he persists to be a Darkling Lord only because of his [[I Gave My Word|oath]] to Darkstorm.

* ''[[Looney Tunes]]''{{'}} [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_tmv0EDKPo Abominable Snowman] wasn't exactly gentle...but he meant well.

* ''[[Clifford the Big Red Dog]]''

* In the animated TV show ''[[X-Men: Evolution|X-Men Evolution]]'', The Blob was this towards Jean through most of his introductory episode, as she was the only person who bothered to show him any kindness, while most [[Berserk Button|laughed at him]] and used him for their own entertainment, despite the fact that he could easily crush them in the palm of his hand. When a tantrum he's thrown over being made fun of in the school cafeteria causes a building to collapse, he tries to protect her by shielding her with his own body, but she still gets struck in the head and knocked out, at which point he gently picks her up and takes her to an abandoned building, where he ties her up 'to keep her safe', and promises to take care of her, setting up a candle-lit dinner for her and bringing her flowers and an old-fashioned gramophone to play soothing music for her, at which point Xavier's other students, most notably Cyclops (in angry protective boyfriend mode) blasts their way in to rescue her. The Blob ends up as a villain of the show, joining the Brotherhood, but every once in a while you still see a gentler, warmer side shine through, if only for a moment.

* Big Macintosh from ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' is "very gentle", according to his blind-bag toy, and his younger sister Apple Bloom claims at one point that he is shy. He's shown to be fairly soft-spoken and level-headed on the show, but at a few other points is shown performing feats of immense strength, such as shrugging off a huge dog-pile of other ponies in "Lesson Zero" (sending several of them flying over the horizon). Also, he apparently likes dolls.

* [[John Candy]]. This man was tall, weighed somewhere around 300  lbs., and had a very lovable and caring nature. He was also a great dad. He played this type of role in some (if not most) of his films.

* [[Mr. T]] is infamous for his [[Badass]] tough-guy persona, and for being pretty huge. Interviews with him, however, reveal him as a very [[Nice Guy]], bordering on [[The Messiah]] - he once actually expressed genuine [[Sympathy for the Devil|pity for]] ''[[Satan]]'' (apparently, the Devil is the foo' he pities most of all, because "he's all about the hate" and "he aintain't got nothin' good goin' for him.").

* At 6'4'', Jared Padalecki towers over his ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' co-stars. However, he's well-known for being an extremely friendly goofball and a dog-lover to boot.

* 7 ftSeven-foot and 1.5 inch actor Richard Kiel who played "Jaws" in the ''[[James Bond]]'' movies ''[[The Spy Who Loved Me]]'' and ''[[Moonraker]]''. Lewis Gilbert, director of those two films, says on the DVD featurette for ''TSWLM'': "He was a remarkable size, but like all giants he was sweet and charming and a real pussycat."