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== Anime
* 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]].
== 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
{{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''
* 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.
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