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{{quote|'''Prard'ras'kleoni''': "If we hesitate too long before launching a counterattack, the subsequent battle will take place near the nursery and risk injury to the [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl|women]] and [[Wouldn't Hurt a Child|children]]. [[Never Hurt an Innocent|That is unacceptable.]]"
'''Chak Fel''': "I thought launching attacks in general was unacceptable to the Chiss."
'''Prard'ras'kleoni''': "[[The Dog Shot First|They fired first.]] They are now fair game."
|''[[Survivors Quest]]''}}
{{quote|"Don't hit at all if it can be humanly avoided, but never hit softly!"
|[[Theodore Roosevelt]]}}
The inverse of [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]] (and often a direct foil to such a character), and just as prevalent among martial artist characters.
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** He did against the toad hermit in the anime. He seems like an efficient pressure-point fighter.
* [[Code Geass|Sir Bismark Waldstein aka the Knight of One]] might be the most powerful of the Knights of Rounds, but he openly says that he's not thrilled to use his impressive fighting skills unless it's ''really'' needed and that he views mere unrestrained violence as ignoble and unworthy.
* Lynn Kylie/Kaifun from ''[[Macross]]'' is a very skilled and handsome martial artist, but in his conversations with Rick/Hikaru and Lisa/Misa he states his disdain for the military. However, despite him not going around and picking fights, he's shown as quite the [[Jerkass]] too, specially to his cousin and protegée Minmay...
* ''[[Sora wo Kakeru Shoujo]]'' has freaking ASIMO who knows kung fu but wants to be friends with everyone due to prolonged contact with Sakura.
* ''[[Bleach]]'' has several. [[Brilliant but Lazy|Kyoraku Shunsui]] and Hisagi Shuuhei are the most obvious examples, and Kira Izuru may qualify as well, though with overtones of [[Reluctant Warrior]]. Kaname Tousen tries to portray himself as this, but considering he {{spoiler|cut off Grimmjow's arm to stop him from causing any more trouble}} he's not fooling anyone.
** His suggestion that "Killing without purpose is only murder. But killing with purpose... is justice!" also seems to suggest that he's less averse to violence than he initially seems.
*** And really, crippling someone as violent as Grimmjow seems like a pretty good way to decrease bloodshed.
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** Starrk is an example as well.
*** Starrk is debatable. He doesn't have a moral objection to fighting, he's just too lazy to want to do it.
**** Well he
* In ''[[Naruto]]'' the kind, gentle Hinata Hyuga dislikes fighting and tries to avoid it when she can, but fights surprisingly hard if she has no other choice, especially if Naruto, the boy she loves, is involved.
** Also, Shikamaru tends to dislike fighting and tries to avoid anything "troublesome". He even dubbed himself the "number one coward" because of this. However, he is willing to put his life on the line when duty calls.
** Uchiha Itachi, the resident [[Aloof Big Brother]] who ran a [[Zero-Approval Gambit]] (including, but not limited to slaughtering his entire clan, [[Mind Rape|mind raping]] his own little brother on several occasions, joining an evil organization in order to keep his village safe, and just acting like an all-around dick and committed [[Suicide by Cop|suicide by little brother]] in an attempt to keep the peace, never gets into a fight if he can avoid it, despite his disgusting amount of skill.
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* [[Spider-Man]] is not a martial artist but once he grew up, he would normally try to talk his opponents down and then restrain them with webbing. Of course, talking rarely works and the webbing only works part of the time, resulting in a prolonged battle.
** As of Spider Island, Pete has had some serious martial arts training {{spoiler|enough to fight at the level he could before his spider sense was shut down previously}}, thus playing this trope straight.
* Surprisingly, ''[[Sin City]]'' has one: Wallace. He is very polite and often asks to be left alone before having to pull out his Navy SEALS martial arts training. At one point, he is even seen meditating.
* [[Superman]] of the DCU. Considering how greatly he out
** In fact, most of the action in a Superman comic involve Superman simply getting in the way of the attempted kill strikes of villains who want to cause death and destruction for their own purposes. Only villains who really ''are'' as strong as Superman (or have a plan to attack him that doesn't involve physical force) typically exchange blows in a standard duke 'em out fashion. In fact, when one alien
* [[Ultimate Marvel|Ultimate]] Thor. He consistently attempts to reason with opponents, but can at the drop of a hat prove why he is known far and wide as the most powerful being in his universe (and several neighboring universes, as well).
* [[Storm]]. Unless circumstances dictate otherwise, she will often be the first to offer a reasonable, peaceful solution. She tries her best to adhere to a strict "[[Thou Shalt Not Kill|no-kill]]" code, and despite being one of the most [[Superpower Lottery|powerful]] [[X-Men]] on the roster, actively works to ensure that she does as little harm to her adversaries as possible. Of course, [[Beware the Nice Ones|her tolerance does have its limits.]]
== Fan
* The popular ''[[Deva Series]]'' has Laura Sims who, despite having the sworn [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]], is a subversion of the trope, preferring to talk ''after'' the defeating her opponent.
* ''[[DC Nation]]'' has a few. Raven, as mentioned above. Hugh Fulbright, one of Earth's Blue Lanterns. [[Granola Girl]] Fauna. The Nation-verse [[Green Arrow]] Connor Hawke also follows this path, as he never abandoned his faith in this universe.
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