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* [[Captain America]]. He is the Marvel counterpart of [[Superman]] after all.
** At one point Magneto tried to erase his mind of all prejudice towards Mutants. Problem for Magneto: ''Captain America has no prejudice towards anybody.''
* Flycatcher, the frog prince of ''[[Fables (Comic Book)|Fables]]'', is universally kind and universally loved for it, and he's the only character who had no sins to absolve or remit under the Fabletown Amnesty. The Messiah Syndrome really kicks in when {{spoiler|he receives a purity-powered suit of armor that allows him to resurrect the dead, defeat massive armies without spilling blood, and establish the completely peaceful "Kingdom of Haven" in the middle of enemy territory.}}
* Death of [[The Sandman (Comic Book)|the Endless]] is quite possibly the friendliest, most compassionate entity in the DC Universe. She loves you, no matter who you are or what you've done.
* Zayne Carrick from ''[[Star Wars]] [[Knights of the Old Republic (Comic Book)|Knights of the Old Republic]]'' is a good example of a fool who is actually an embryonic messiah. Initially a failing Jedi Padawan whose only power seems to be literal good luck (as in, he {{spoiler|spent an hour trying to catch a petty thief for the half-dozenth time, and thus arrived late to what should have been his own murder}}), over the course of the series he saves first himself; then a junk scavenger and his adopted daughter; then a bunch of captured Jedi; then several million people from {{spoiler|an orbital nuclear bombardment}}; then he tries to save one of the Jedi masters who were {{spoiler|trying to kill him}}. As one of them says:
{{quote| "You...''You''... would save ''me''?"}}
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