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{{quote|'''Rozalin:''' ...Y-you... You are really going to trust me? I am the [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter|daughter of Overlord Zenon]]. I am a [[Card-Carrying Villain|demon]], and [[You Killed My Father|you intend to kill my father]]. What part of that equation gives you the notion that you can trust me!? Are you mocking me?<br />
'''Adell:''' No, no. I'm not. It's just that...[[I Gave My Word|I promised myself that I would trust you]]. [[Honor Before Reason|And you know how I am with promises...]]|''[[Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories]]''}}
Trust is a rare commodity. And we mean the ''premium'' stuff, not the dime a dozen trust the [[Horrible Judge of Character]] dishes out. When someone is trusted by another person, [[Good Feels Good|it feels good]] and may even ''strengthen'' the one trusted, like benefiting from a small scale [[Combined Energy Attack]] or [[Heroic Resolve]]. Those so trusted will feel obligated to live up to that trust, giving the proverbial extra 10%, or sticking with the truster through hell or high water.
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* In ''[[Naruto]]'', the title character was shunned from birth by everyone in the village with the exception of Iruka-sensei. If Naruto didn't have Iruka's trust, things may have been a lot worse. (just look at what happened to [[Omnicidal Maniac|Gaara]])
** Also Chouji. Constantly teased for his weight, but reveals during a major fight that if you insult Shikamaru (the one who actually believed in him), [[Berserk Button|he will kick your ass.]]
* In ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'', pretty much all the moments where Sousuke starts falling for Kaname is when she [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|tells him she trusts him completely]]. No, he [[Comically Missing the Point|doesn't]] [[Asexuality|react]] [[Chaste Hero|very well romantically]] when she tries to seduce him in skimpy outfits, but ''boy'' does his heart start beating fast when she appeals to his trust issues. Justified in that it's shown that all his life, he was never really able to trust anyone like that... so it definitely moves him when she's able to believe and trust in him like that.
** To go further on Sousuke's trust issues, it's pretty much said outright that his lack of the [[Power of Trust]] is the main reason why he has problems using the Arbalest's Lambda Driver. Because he passively hates the machine and is unwilling to trust it, it can't always function right.
* [[Token Evil Teammate|Hiei]] of ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' sheds his initial tendencies toward world-conquering and the accumulation of zombie mind slaves for no apparent reason other than 'dumbass got lucky and now I'm on parole,' but his [[Heel Face Turn]] is confirmed at the 'Gate of Betrayal' in their first team story when Yusuke, with manly beaming smile of trust, nominates him to dart over and pull the lever to save them all, while the rest of them split his load of the crushing weight, and after some debate he actually does it.
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