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See that man over there? You know, the one who lives in the [[Old Dark House|spooky house]] and never comes outside, and is always glaring at you out the window? He must be evil, right? Yeah! After all, everyone knows that [[Loners Are Freaks]]. If he doesn't interact with any of us, that means he's a monster!
Except...he's not evil at all. He's not a [[Jerkass]]. He's not even a [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]; he's just [[Not Evil, Just Misunderstood|misunderstood]].
This character is automatically assumed to be evil due to his solitude, but turns out to have a heart of gold. He appears most often in kiddy programs to deliver that [[Seen It a Million Times|age-old]] "don't judge a book by its cover" [[An Aesop|aesop]]. He may have some dark secret which, while goodhearted, seems sinister, or needs to be covered up to keep the [[Masquerade]].
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Spoilers ahead, Captain!
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== Advertising ==
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== Anime and Manga ==
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo|Sakaki]] from ''[[Azumanga Daioh (Manga)|Azumanga Daioh]]'' is a less extreme example, since she doesn't come off as evil upon first glance, just a bit intimidating. She still hits the high points, though, being introduced as an intimidating enigma (the girls, for example, initially believe the scratches and bruises she gets when trying to pet Kamineko are because she's a [[Delinquent]] who likes picking fights) , but revealed rather quickly to be a [[Gentle Giant]].
* ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' has <s>Bossa Nova</s> <s>Casanova</s> [[My Name Is Not Durwood|Kasanoda]]. He's the son and heir to a powerful [[Yakuza]] family who has been raised to act aloof and intimidating, not to mention he just looks like a scary guy. He's known as the Human Blizzard by most of the student body. The truth is, he's really a [[Gentle Giant]] with a love for animals. Unfortunately, his mean-looking face frightens animals he tries to help, so he settles for taking care of plants instead.
* ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'': Somewhat like the above is Sig Curtis, the husband of Grade-A [[Badass]] [[Action Mom|Action Would-Be Mom]] Izumi Curtis. Despite the fact that he frightens children with this [[Nightmare Fuel|incredibly scary face]] (which he lampshades in the same scene), huge frame, and booming voice, and is for the most part completely anti-social, he's a pretty nice guy.
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== Music Video ==
* [[Michael Jackson]]'s hero "Maestro" in ''Ghosts'', a 38-minute video. When one of the young boys he was secretly sharing ghost stories and magic tricks with lets the grown-ups in his town know what they were up to, they panic and form a [[Torches and Pitchforks]] mob to storm his creepy mansion. The cold-hearted mayor even points out that he lives all alone and is a "freak". Maestro turns out to be a spirit who has a whole troupe of ghosts/ghouls backing him up, and in the end all but the mayor of the town comes to love him thanks to his wonderful powers. Unfortunately, he ''forces'' the crowd to witness those powers and ''tortures the mayor'', so the intended "don't be suspicious of/prejudiced towards those who are different" Aesop is muddled thanks to [[Protagonist
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* ''[[Touhou Project]]'':
** Not really that mysterious as she's a major recurring character but Alice Margatroid seems to fit the other criteria. Perfectly if you replace evil with creepy. Even though she's a Youkai it's debatable that she is leagues more kinder then some of the other "human" characters (Perhaps the kindest in the entire series). If you're ever lost in the Forest of Magic late at night she'll be so kind as to allow you to lodge in her house. Of course as her house is full of dolls and she never makes any kind of conversation, just carrying on with her work without any acknowledgement of your presence one might be a little creeped out.
** ''Subterranean Animism'' has the heroines on a mission to the Underworld, where youkai were banished that even the surface youkai didn't like. One of these is Satori, mistress of the Palace of the Earth Spirits, whom even the other youkai in the Underworld don't like... because her mind-reading powers and [[Mind Over Manners|lack of discretion about them]] unnerve people. She's actually very sweet and mature, and is extremely gracious to you, considering you [[What the Hell, Hero?|just broke into her home]] and [[Kick the Dog|beat up]] [[That One Boss|her cat]].
* ''[[Time Hollow]]'': {{spoiler|Kori Twelves says something seemingly sinister during your first encounter with her, as well as generally acting mysterious, only later on you find she is the victim, not the villain.}}
* Detective Kanski in ''Secret Files: Tunguska'' seems like a bad person, telling Nina not to come to her father's office, and threatened them too. {{spoiler|Turns out that he is a member of the alien cult (one of the good guys if you don't know), and Nina's "savior", Oleg, is [[The Mole]].}}
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* Horrifically subverted in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' with [[He Who Fights Monsters|Hama]]. [[Genre Savvy|Sokka]] suspects that she's not just an old hermit living alone and until the end, it appears that he's been proven wrong. Then she shows her true colors forcing Katara to learn [[Blood Magic|bloodbending]], the ultimate form of waterbending, and cemented herself as one of the most [[Nightmare Fuel|frightening]] and loathsome characters in the series despite her sympathetic backstory.
* Hilariously subverted in ''[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]'' where Peter finds a very old winning ticket allowing him to spend the day with any celebrity. He chooses OJ Simpson whom is treated by everyone as being a psychopath. Eventually after showing much generousity he wins the town over.... ending the episode by stabbing several people and making his escape.
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' has one episode where the entire ''town'' goes into terrified hiding whenever the mysterious cloaked stranger Zecora arrives. Ponies are afraid of her because she looks odd, talks odd, and lives alone in the spooky, mysterious Everfree Forest (where the "plants and animals care '''for themselves'''!") Even after Twilight points out that she's a ''zebra'' not a pony, everyone is still disturbed; they then blame Zecora for their being cursed, think she's planning to eat them in stew, and so on... In the end they all go off to find her, to get her to remove the curse and "rescue" Applebloom whom they believe has been kidnapped by her. Of course it turns out Zecora had nothing to do with their cursed maladies and was in fact, working on a cure for them. Also, she ''would'' probably have interacted with ponies more, except that whenever she went to town the shops would be "mysteriously closed".
** Interestingly one of the examples of Zecora's "oddness" is her tendency to paw at and dig small holes in the ground: a water-finding method which is common amongst real zebras. [[Genius Bonus|This is the one aspect of her behavior that's not actually explained in the episode.]]
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