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{{quote|There is only one man in Lok who does not know fear. Of course you're afraid. Fear is the tool that keeps most alive|'''Ashok Vadal''', ''[[Saga of the Forgotten Warrior|House of Assassins]]''}}
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A [[Fearless Fool]] may not feel fear at appropriate times, but isn't necessarily totally devoid of the feeling. An [[Emotionless Girl]] lacks more emotions than just fear. Compare [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?]], where a robot, monster or alien doesn't have (or at least, doesn't ''understand'') a different emotion.
A lack of fear can lead to [[Bullying a Dragon]] or [[Suicidal Overconfidence]].
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* One story line in the late-1980s ''[[Action Comics|Action Comics Weekly]]'' revealed that [[Green Lantern]] was literally a Man Without Fear: the power ring
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* Hanna "Action Girl" Heller, from ''[[The Secret Return of Alex Mack]]'' and the greater [[The Teraverse|Teraverse]] in which it is set, is a genetically-engineered [[Super Soldier]] who is
== [[Film]] ==
* The titular Terminators in [[Terminator (franchise)|the ''Terminator'' franchise]], for the obvious reason that they lack organic brains. They only retreat if they feel they can't fulfill their tasks, but otherwise will jump headfirst even if it means their destruction is imminent.
== [[Literature]] ==
* Ashok Vadal of the ''[[Saga of the Forgotten Warrior]]'' series is renowned for his lack of fear in the face of demons, wizards, and lawbreakers he faces as the greatest among Lok's Protectors of the Law. It turns out {{spoiler|"Ashok Vadal" was magically programmed over a slave boy's real identity to spare the Vadal family embarrassment after he winds up accidentally bound to Vadal's [[Ancestral Weapon|Ancestor Blade]], and his sense of fear was removed so he was more likely to die and make room for a real Vadal to bind to the blade. It didn't work, instead creating the Law's most fearsome enforcer who slaughters the heads of the clan for breaking the Law when he learns of their acts.}} Ashok is regularly shown to be emotionally stunted as a result.
* "[https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm004.html The Story of a Boy Who Went Forth to Learn Fear]" is a Grimm's fairy tale that explores this trope, as the title character travels the world to learn what fear is, specifically the sensation of shudders.
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* As an artificial being, ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' character Cmdr. Data has no capacity for any emotion, including fear, a fact that he laments.
== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* One line of dialog in ''[[Deus Ex]]'' allows the player character to insinuate that UNATCO's [[Cyborg]] troops have wiring to reroute their fear. If this is actually anything more than a snarky comment at a superior's expense is unclear: While they will retreat if heavily injured, their dialog for doing so suggests a tactical retreat rather than the fear most characters express, and other dialog confirms they are indeed unable to feel pain suggesting there is some metal rewiring going on.
* Fear is an actual status in the ''[[Persona (video game)|Persona]]'' series, which makes highly probable for those afflicted with it to ignore commands and, in case of everybody but the MC, outright flee from battle and not return. However, the skill Null Fear prevents the status of being inflicted on a party member at all. Most bosses are outright immune to it from the get-go.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* One episode of ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'', adapted from a post-Crisis comic, features Scarecrow unleashing a gas that removes fears and inhibitions from select victims. Batman gets dosed while investigating undercover, and loses the fears that normally hold him in
* In ''[[Trollhunters]]'', after Draal befriends Jim, they talk about Jim's jitters regarding his playing Romeo aside his crush Claire, namely that Jim and Claire have to kiss onstage as Romeo and Juliet. While Draal thinks that kissing sounds weird, he gives Jim a Grit-Shaka, a troll amulet that removes fear. It becomes [[Gone Horribly Right]] as Jim without fear becomes a [[Large Ham]] and tries to kiss Claire before rehearsal; to make matters worse, he seeks out [[The Dragon]] Bular in the sewers to challenge him for a fight, breaking Rule One of being a Trollhunter. Bular has to remove the Grit-Shaka to get a clear shot on Jim, who has no memory of the previous day and runs for it.
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