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== Anime & Manga ==

== Anime and Manga ==

* Usopp from ''[[One Piece]]'', though in later chapters he's begun to grow a backbone.

* Grasshop from ''[[Spider Riders]]'' becomes one after his transition from a [[Dirty Coward]].

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* [[Starfish Aliens|Ahem]] in ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]''

* Trevor, Vallant's pet rat in ''[[Teh Gladiators]]'', whose preferred method of combat is to stick his head in the ground until the danger has passed. Vallant spends a great deal of time training him to unleash his Beast Within, with only partial success.

* Elly, from [[Dubious Company]]. Being a [[Adorkable|wimpy]], [[Dojikko|clumsy]], [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|pretty boy]] his whole life limits [[The Chick|his perspective]]. Even in the few occasions he does try to be brave, the [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|raccoon]] decides its time for [[The Glomp|hugs]], or his opponent is [[Abhorrent Admirer|Mary or Marty]]. In later arcs, he makes up for this with his [[Min-Maxing|natural]] [[Guile Hero|strengths]].

* Elly, from ''[[Dubious Company]]''. Being a [[Adorkable|wimpy]], [[Dojikko|clumsy]], [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|pretty boy]] his whole life limits [[The Chick|his perspective]]. Even in the few occasions he does try to be brave, the [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|raccoon]] decides its time for [[The Glomp|hugs]], or his opponent is [[Abhorrent Admirer|Mary or Marty]]. In later arcs, he makes up for this with his [[Min-Maxing|natural]] [[Guile Hero|strengths]].

== Western Animation ==

* ''[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]''. Subverted: Courage is timid and physically feeble, but never lets his fear get in the way of saving Muriel. It helps that he's [[MacGyvering|resourceful]] and [[Made of Iron|tenacious]]...

* [[Scooby Doo]] and Shaggy are lovable ''because'' they're cowards.

* [[Scooby-Doo]] and Shaggy are lovable ''because'' they're cowards.

{{quote|'''[[Eddie Izzard]]:''' We love Shaggy and Scooby because they were cowards! [[This Loser Is You|Because we can identify with them.]] We love them! The other guys driving the van? Fuck off!}}

:* In some incarnations of the [[Scooby-Doo (animation)|Scooby-Doo ~~Franchise~~]] this is more justified. The original series and [[Scooby-Doo! ~~Mystery Incorporated|Scooby Doo~~ Mystery Incorporated]] being good examples. Here the villains ''may'' be a guy in a [[Latex Perfection|good diguise]] pulling a [[Scooby-Doo Hoax]], but they're ''still'' willing to "[[Never Say "Die"|off]]" [[You Meddling Kids|those meddling kids]].

:* In some incarnations of the [[Scooby-Doo (animation)|''Scooby-Doo'' franchise]] this is more justified. The original series and ''[[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated]]'' being good examples. Here the villains ''may'' be a guy in a [[Latex Perfection|good diguise]] pulling a [[Scooby-Doo Hoax]], but they're ''still'' willing to ''[[Never Say "Die"|off]]'' [[You Meddling Kids|those meddling kids]].

* Wade Duck in the ''[[U.S. Acres]]'' segment of ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'' fits this trope to a T.

* Shifty Dingo from ''[[Blinky Bill]]'' fits this trope to a T after his family's [[Heel Face Turn]] and he gets accepted as the [[Sixth Ranger]] in Blinky Bill's gang.