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[[Badass|Archetypical tough guys]] and [[Anti-Hero|anti-heroes]] often give off an aura of authority and attitude around them, a countenance that gives even the most courageous individuals feelings of doubt and fear; a warning to all to treat the character with caution. As a result, these characters are apt to intimidate anyone they meet into doing what they want, whether it be doing their bidding or merely just leaving them alone.

[[Sister Trope]] to [[No Hero to His Valet]].

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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'': Keiko Yukimura is one of the few people who knows [[Delinquent|Yusuke Urameshi]] and isn't scared of him, and she doesn't even allow his attitude to affect her. As a result, she often acts as his conscience, and isn't afraid to [[Megaton Punch|knock him on his ass]] if he crosses the line.

** Perhaps the very reason for the entire series. {{spoiler|Yusuke's Yokai ancestor Raizen was successfully seduced during his visit to Earth centuries ago by a sexy witch doctor who had absolutely no fear of him whatsoever. She later dies giving birth to their child. When he returned to Makai, sans offspring (who remains on Earth and continues the Urameshi bloodline) his heartfelt memory of her becames his [[Morality Chain]] as [[Love Redeems]] him into a [[Noble Demon]] who refrains from eating humans (despite that being the only food his specific species can consume) , and inspires him to establish a [[Proud Warrior Race]] kingdom of fighting monks who also refrain from eating humans as well and who seek to spread that philosophy across the demon world.}}

** Also from ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'', Kurama is pretty much the only one who can make fun of Hiei with no fear of vengeance whatsoever. Both because [[Beware the Nice Ones|he knows well what Kurama can do]], and because he is the closest thing Hiei has to a best friend.

* ''[[DNA 2]]'' has a romantic example, with Ami immune to the Mega Playboy's Pornomancer powers because she was Junta's [[Victorious Childhood Friend]] for the longest time ''before'' they ever activated.

* ''[[DNA²]]'' has a romantic example, with Ami immune to the Mega Playboy's Pornomancer powers because she was Junta's [[Victorious Childhood Friend]] for the longest time ''before'' they ever activated.

* In ''[[Bleach]]'', Yachiru Kusajishi was not afraid of Kenpachi Zaraki even when she was a baby and he was covered in blood.

* Similar to the Bleach example, from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' we have [[Everything's Better with Princesses|Mei]], who has absolutely no fear of [[Serial Killer|Scar.]]

* In ''[[Durarara]]'', the typical reaction most people have to encountering [[The Berserker|Shizuo Heiwajima]] is to either run away in terror or to pick a fight with him in order to (fail to) prove their badassery. Tom Tanaka's response, on the other hand, was to go, [[Bullying a Dragon|"Yeah, those guys are dicks]]. Want to hang out?"

* ''[[Dragon Ball]]'': Despite being a [[Muggle]] and [[The Chick]], Bulma is perfectly willing to push around anyone; even [[Blood Knight|Veg]][[Jerkass|eta]]. To the point of getting him into wearing a pink shirt. Naturally, they wind up hooking up and having two children together.

* At the beginning of the Conviction Arc in ''[[Berserk]]'', when Guts returns to Godo's house only to find his insane lover Casca gone and goes into a rage because of it, the only one not to be intimidated by Guts is Godo, and is therefore able to deliver an effective [[What the Hell, Hero?|hands-down-barrier-what-the-hell-hero lecture]] to him.

== [[Comic Books]] ==

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== [[Literature]] ==

* Ginny Weasley shows signs of this in ''[[Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix]]''. Everyone else has no idea how to deal with Harry's angry, angsty rampages. Ginny coolly and calmly defuses him.

* ''[[Discworld]]'': Reformed [[Gentleman Thief]] Moist Von Lipwig has his [[Love Interest]] Adora Bell "Spike" Dearhart. Part of the reason he was attracted to her in the first place was [[I Love You Because I Can't Control You|because she wasn't fooled by him]]. In his [[Discworld/Making Money|second book]], he's taken up needlessly dangerous pastimes to make up for the normality of his life, while she's away on an archaeological dig; Lord Veternari notes that it seems he doesn't need to do that when his fiancée is around.

** Having grown up as [[The Grim Reaper|Death]]'s adopted daughter, Ysabell was utterly unintimidated {{smallcaps|by his voice}}. His granddaughter, Susan, acts much the same way, as does his ''actual'' valet Albert. Albert is a bit of an odd case, though, in that he ''is'' terrified of death; he just doesn't find the anthropomorphic personification of it all that worrisome.

*** In fairness to Albert, he's been living on about three months of life for the past 2,000 years and is now down to about ten seconds.

*** According to his own words, Albert isn't afraid of death itself but the fact that once he dies all the supernatural contracts he made in life will be due for payment, and he will suffer a nameless fate in the Dungeon Dimensions.

* [[Spenser]], Robert B. Parker's [[Hardboiled Detective]], is intimidating to just about everyone he meets. But not Rachel Wallace, an author he worked with at one point. Nor his constant companion Susan Silverman. Of course, Spenser doesn't intimidate Hawk, either, but that's because Hawk is just as much of a badass as Spenser.

* In the ''[[Star Trek Expanded Universe]]'', Federation President Bacco and Bajoran First Minister Asarem both have secretaries who embody this trope, as did Worf during his stretch as Klingon ambassador.

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== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* [[Almighty Janitor|Merlin]] is most definitely this to [[White Prince|Prince Arthur]] in ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]''. He is almost completely immune to Arthur's royal demands and complaining, largely due to the fact that Arthur cannot intimidate him. He's also totally willing to knock the royal ''prat'' down a knotch or twenty whenever he becomes too unbearable, punishment be damned.

** There's an element of this with Gaius and Uther as well. He's one of the few who isn't afraid to call Uther out from time to time.

* Zoe is like this with Mal in ''[[Firefly]]'' and ''[[Serenity]]''. Having fought alongside him in the Unification War and Serenity Valley will do that to you.

** Simon doesn't seem all that intimidated by Mal either. Nor does Book.

** Interestingly, few of the main characters in ''[[Firefly]]'' seem to be intimidated by Jayne; that seems to be more for outsiders. To those who spend a lot of time around him, Jayne is a bit of a doofus. He just happens to be the kind of doofus who is very good at killing people.

*** [[What Exactly Is His Job?|What do they keep him around for? "Public relations."]]

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{{quote|Sothe: Stop scowling at me like that. You're making me uncomfortable.

Nasir: It's not just you. Ike always looks like that. Don't mind him, just keep talking. }}

* Chizuru Kagura, the cool-headed [[Miko]] from [[The King of Fighters]], cannot make [[Anti-Hero|Iori]] [[Jerkass Woobie|Yagami]] completely bend to her will, but she ''can'' make him team-work with none other than his sworn enemy [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You|Kyo Kusanagi]].

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