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** There is a classic [[Oranyan]] in [[Perpetual Frowner|Asch]]. He's ora ora (tsun tsun) to pretty much everybody all the time (especially Luke)... except Natalia, around whom he tends to be much more nyan nyan (dere dere).

** Bastila from ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'' is cold, rude, and contemptuous of the player for the first half of the game. She does warm up, gradually, only to freeze solid again as soon as she realizes what is happening.

** Nathyrra from [[Neverwinter Nights]] Hordes of the Underdark is a milder example, being almost friendly (if a bit distant and businesslike) when you first meet her, though things don't really move along until [[Doomed Hometown|certain events]] crack her shell.

** Aveline in ''[[Dragon Age 2]]'' can come off as rather cold and harsh to some of the Party Members, especially [[Vitriolic Best Buds|Hawke and Isabela]]. The real kicker is that she isn't a love interest.

*** Any of the rivalry romances in ''[[Dragon Age 2]]'' can actually be seen as this. (Although with Merrill it's perhaps more of a type 2, due to her only tsun moments being related to rivalryHawke's disapproval of blood magic/the mirror.

** Midna even falls victim to the classic Tsundere line; "Don't think for a second that I care about you, I'm helping you because I have to" or something to that effect.

** Also from ''Twilight Princess'' is Plumm, the bird in charge of the Kargaroc Balloon Game at Zora's River/Lake Hylia. When you beat the high score and win the Piece Of Heart, she delivers the classic [[Tsundere]] line, "''I'm not giving you this [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|because I like you or anything...]]''"

* [[White Magician Girl]] Serra from ''[[Fire Emblem]] 7'' is very much a Type A Tsundere in her supports with Erk and Matthew, though more pronunciated since she also exhibits [[Rich Bitch]] traits despite not being one ( {{spoiler|She's actually a [[Stepford Smiler]] orphan who ''created'' the [[Rich Bitch]] persona to cope with her [[Parental Abandonment]] issues }}) and acting more dere-dere towards Oswin, [["Well Done, Son" Guy|whose approval she seems to crave for]] (to the point of falling in an [[Heroic BSOD]] when she mistakenly thinks he haters her).

** Farina, the tomboyish and money-grubbing Pegasus Knight, also counts as a Type A Tsundere since she's got the [[Slap Slap Kiss]] with ''two'' males, Hector and Dart the Pirate. Her deredere side shows when interacting with Kent or her sisters Florina and Farina, as well as when {{spoiler|she offers Dorcas a large sum of money after hearing about his [[Ill Girl]] wife}}.

** [[Dragon Rider]] Vaida can be seen as an [[Lady of War|older]], [[Broken Bird|more scarred Tsundere]] in her supports with her ex-[[The Lancer|Lancer]] Heath and her confident Harken.

** The ''Ninth'' game set this up as well in the [[Catgirl]] Lethe and her various interactions with people (especially Ike, the leading male of this story). A lot more with the violent aspects than the nice aspects (to show how feral and feline she is). {{spoiler|However, the Tenth game shattered all thoughts of her ending up with anyone.}}

** And in the ''Fourth'' one, there's one Type A Tsundere: Tiltyu the thunder mage. Sure, she acts really [[Plucky Girl|cheerful, pushy, spunky]], [[Rebellious Princess|rebellious]], and even [[Bokukko|speaks TOO casually]] [[Tomboy Princess|for a Princess]], especially when her predestined is the rather timid [[Badass Bookworm|Azel]], she looks just about ready to be REALLY pushy on him. But in truth, beneath that, she shows great insecurity and loneliness, when you do actually get her to a love-improving conversation with Azel, you get to see that despite her outlook, she is really scared that nobody will trust her by being 'an enemy's daughter'. Then you see how scared she is when facing her father Leptor (justified, though, her father has a Holy Weapon that can possibly kill her in one hit). And then there's all those [[Break the Cutie|misfortunes she suffered right after]].

** The more straight out Tsundere in the fourth game would be Princess Ayra of Isaac. Sure, she can be one hell of a scary [[Action Girl]], killing men with ease using the Ryuuseiken and being a sort of [[Mama Bear|Auntie Bear]] to little Shanan. But then, she can get a bit gushy when she's paired with Holyn... or have a [[Slap Slap Kiss]] romance with Lex. If you ''really'' want gushy, though, [[Tastes Like Diabetes|try pairing her with Arden]]...

*** And Ayra's such a tsundere that there's tsuntsun to spare for both her daughter Lakche and Lakche's replacement/expy Radney.

** Princess L'Arachel from [[Fire Emblem]] 8. Qutie tsuntsun towards either Innes, Rennac or Ephraim, more deredere when with Joshua or [[Les Yay|Eirika]].

*** Even more, she's so much of this that she manages to bring the tsuntsun out of ''[[Kuudere|Innes]]''. Really, their supports are all about which the two can out-tsun the other.

** Hey! What about Clarine from 6? Her tsun personality is a bitchy [[Well, Excuse Me, Princess!]] attitude towards everyone, yet she soften up with her dere with supports with Rutger and Dorothy, and specially with [[Big Brother Worship|Klein]].

** [[Betty and Veronica|Elena]] from ''II'' is also a [[Tsundere]], if not an even more classic case. She constantly yells and gets angry at Ryudo (normally for his [[Deadpan Snarker|sarcastic comments]]), but has those few moments where she blushes and feels dere dere towards him. She's also much more reluctant than Millenia to admitting her feelings for him.

* Tsugumi of ''[[Ever 17]]'' is straddling the line between this and [[Kuudere]] and it's towards everyone except Coco. And Sara, but she ignores her anyway. Obviously, she mellows by the end. Type A, uses violence, (punches Takeshi at least once) cold shoulder (default. She doesn't answer meaningless questions in her own words) and also the smirk! Actually, she comes off as a bit of a [[Jerkass]] a lot of the time so they gave her a [[Morality Pet]] before letting her officially act dere towards Takeshi.

* Jessica D'Alkrik from the first ''[[Lunar]]'' game ([[Video Game Remake|and its remake]]) is most definitely this.

* Clevia of ''Ys VI'' is practically a demonstration of how to go from Type A to Type B over the course of the game.

* Yukari from ''[[Persona 3]]'' is a Type A, especially in her social link. The events of the game, and maxing out her social link help her overcome this. Her Type A is so strong that early in her social link, if you ask to go to her room she will ''laugh at you''. Then, if you choose to {{spoiler|save her from punks/rapists}} in her Rank 5 event, she will get extremely pissed at you for not trusting her independence. [[Cooldown Hug|And if you try to hug her...]] [[You Lose At Zero Trust|God help you]].

* In the ''[[Tokimeki Memorial]]'' series, Kotoko Minaduki of ''Tokimeki Memorial 2'' was an early example of the genre in video games, and Tsugumi Godo of ''Tokimeki Memorial 4'' is a subversion, as she's the resident [[Meganekko]] (and as such one's would have expected from her a [[Shrinking Violet]] type instead of a Type A [[Tsundere]] type like she is).

* Silver from the ''[[Pokémon]]'' games has Type-A tsundere tendencies, which are given a boost in the recent Gold and Silver version remakes. He is extremely tsun towards the player character and is the first and only [[Pokémon]] rival to actually attack the player physically, kicking/punching/shoving him or her even upon their first meeting; and he is constantly called out on how harshly he treats his Pokemon. He does soften up a little towards the end of the game and starts treating his Pokemon kindly, though he still remains tsun-tsun towards the player, and is convinced that he or she is laughing at him.

* Liese from ''[[Eiyuu X Maou]]'' is an inversion; while harsh is her default mode, her tsun side comes out more frequently with everyone '''but''' her [[Love Interest]], who she's loyally dere to (The Helper, on an occasion The Nurse.) The Taunt is typical among her [[Nakama]], she rains sadistic torment on all humans, and the rare tsun expression to Felser is [[Kuudere|reserved and rather chilly]]. Depending on game choices, she may give him the full Tsunami wrath, but in the end will follow that with dere more extreme than before.

* In [[Radiata Stories]], Ridley is tsun tsun to ''everyone'' from her arranged finance to her commanding officer and stays that way. As the story progresses her dere dere sides emerges more and more around 'her Jack'. Lily, Morgan and Urusla count too.

** Possibly even more [[Tsundere]] on the upcoming sequels.

** What's this? No mention of Ragna The Bloodedge? He's totally a Type A too!

* Hiroki in [[Canvas 2]] is constantly described as a 'contrarian.' On the heroine side of things, Tomoki ''really'' tries but is too easily distracted to keep it up.

* [[Luminous Arc|Lucia]] is a textbook example, being rather cranky and obstinate to everyone, but softening up towards love interest Alph as the story goes on.

* Gwen from [[Guild Wars]] is very tsun until her love interest finally hits her deredere side.

* Maida Buckner in ''Fallout 2''. She gets a crush on Sulik while he's stuck working off his debt at her family business; Sulik dubs her "Maida-with-no-smiles." Once the Chosen One gets him out of his debt, she fiercely denies missing him - through sobs.

* Carna/[[Dub Name Change|Sharla]] from ''[[Xenoblade]]''.

* [[Black Magician Girl|Melody]] from [[Nostalgia]]. Her deredere side only really comes out when [[Conveniently an Orphan|her mother]] or [[Happily Adopted|the village Elder]] are involved.

* Luna in ''[[Mega Man Star Force]]'' is bossy rather than aggressive, but still qualifies.

* Ironically, [[Unstoppable Rage|A]][[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|s]][[The Juggernaut|ura]] from ''[[Asura's Wrath]]'' was like this before being betrayed. he is angry and ruthless on the battlefield, and against everyone else, and dere when around his wife durga and daughter mithra.

* Since the ''[[Hyperdimension Neptunia]]'' series are an [[Affectionate Parody]] of games and anime alike, it's a given that there'd be at least one character depicting the Type A tsundere stereotype. The characteristics of the Type A tsundere are seen in IF, Noire, and Uni.

 

* [[Trace Memory|Ashley Mizuki Robbins]] is a mild Type B. She's normally a nice person to be around, but when she loses her temper, she stops listening to others and has a bit of a hissy-fit.

* Lyndis from ''[[Fire Emblem]] 7'' can be seen as a Type B Tsundere through her [[Slap Slap Kiss]] (tsuntsun) interactions with Hector of Ostia and her awkward, gentler reactions (deredere) towards either Eliwood of Pherae, her vassal Kent or Rath [[The Archer]]. If you like your [[Les Yay]], there's her [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship|adorable and dere-dere]] dynamic with the [[Shrinking Violet]] Florina...

** [[Shorttank|Rebecca]] [[The Archer]] is VERY tsuntsun towards her childhood friend Wil and [[Chivalrous Pervert]] Sain (showing extreme jealousy when they talk about their lady-in-liege, the aforementioned Lyndis, and even kicking Wil for it once-and for not remembering her from their childhood), yet in presence of [[Big Eater]] and fellow [[Team Chef]] Lowen she is absolutely deredere (to be fair, he ''[[Rescue Romance|did]]'' [[Rescue Romance|rescue her once]]...). Her deredere side also shows in her supports with [[The Ojou|Louise]], whom [[Even the Girls Want Her|she fangirls shamelessly]], and the other girl around her age in the army, [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship|Nino]].

** Dorothy from the sixth game is also a bit of a Type B Tsundere. She tends to nag and is very harsh with her [[Chivalrous Pervert]] charge Saul (despite kinda [[Bodyguard Crush|crushing on him]]), but also seems to have problems with her self-esteem and [[Shorttank|appearance]], at least until you support her with [[Well, Excuse Me, Princess!|Claine of Reglay]]. And in her supports with [[Horse Archer|Shin]], she's actually so deredere that she comes off as a ''[[Shrinking Violet]]''.

* Chihiro Fujimi in ''[[Persona 3]]'' is a ''very'' mild Type B tsundere. Normally the [[Shrinking Violet]], her social link reveals that she can snap and get very confrontational when protecting things she cares about (the subject in question beig the main character).

** A rare case for lovely [[Pigeonholed Voice Actor|Rie Kugimiya]].

* [[Final Fantasy IV]] has Rydia and Porom as type B towards Edge and Palom, respectively.

** Speaking of Porom, that's pretty much a rare Type B for [[Pigeonholed Voice Actor|Type A specialist seiyuu]] [[Rie Kugimiya]].

** [[Final Fantasy XII|Penelo]] might be one to Vaan.

* [[Shorttank|Chie Satonaka]] of ''[[Persona 4]]'' is for the most part very friendly to everyone. Everyone except Yosuke. She also goes into Type A mode for the Protagonist if you pursue her romance.

** Her best friend, Yukiko Amagi, also has Type-B moments. She very friendly, but reacts very violently to perversion (even in cases where ''she'' misinterprets it.) The Anime plays up this side more.

* Fiorung/[[Dub Name Change|Fiora]] from ''[[Xenoblade]]''.

** Sheba herself shows signs of Type B toward Felix in ''The Lost Age'', mostly by [[Deadpan Snarker|sassing everyone equally]] and then [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|going with what Felix indicates he wants]].

 

*** From the same game, Raspberyl is also an obvious Type B towards Mao. Which in turn, he is something of a Type A towards her... though admittedly his "dere" moments are quite rare and often underplayed.

** Ohh yes, in a very big way. One boss fight consists of her trying her damnedest to get Megaman to 'dump' Roll and go for Tron instead, while ''attempting to murder him at the same time''.

* Meryl Silverburgh from the ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' series, especially in the fourth installment. Her interactions with Johnny [Akiba] in the Outer Haven Shootout are perfect examples, especially when she decides to don the ''seme'' pants.

* Male example: Azai Nagamasa in ''[[Sengoku Basara]]''. He just HAD to keep up his [[Love Freak|Justice Freak]] in front of his introverted wife Oichi, so he tells her to shut up often when she starts moping around. But when nobody's around, he turns away and presents a flower for her.

* Seolla Schweizer in of ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' is a textbook Type B: friendly, professional, and kind of sweet to her peers and comrades, except she's constantly infuriated by her combat partner/love interest Arado Balanga, due to him playing the [[Idiot Hero]]/[[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]] (depending on continuity). Katina Tarask, on the other hand, ''seems'' like a Type A, but has NO occasion to be deredere...''period''. Lampshaded by the fandom for giving her the [[Fan Nickname]] "Angry Desu".

*** Not surprising; Ryoto, ''[[Super Robot Wars Original Generation|Original Generation]]''-wise, carries [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Shinji Ikari]]-like cowardice. It takes Asuka-like levels of complaining and lectures from Rio to make him grow a pair of [[Zeta Gundam|Kamille Bidan]]-sized balls...IT WORKS.

* Prier from ''[[La Pucelle|La Pucelle Tactics]]'' behaves this way towards just about all the men she encounters, but especially towards her brother Culotte and, to a lesser degree, Croix.

* Angie from ''[[Trauma Center]]'' is an aloof/warm type.

* Solid Snake in the first ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' game combines this with [[Defrosting Ice Queen|Defrosting Ice King]].

* Kei Nanjou/Nate Trinity from ''[[Persona]]'' has one moment of [[Tsundere]]. He's mostly a ruthlessly pragmatic, efficient boy, always offering to pick up with the [[Sadistic Choice]], and belittles Mark very often. At one point of the game, however, his ruthlessness becomes pivotal in {{spoiler|getting the Ideal Mary to regain herself}}, gets thanked in result, then he suddenly goes shy/dere-dere mode to the point Mark points out that he should be glad that this is the first time somebody thanked him, which results Nate to snap back to tsun-tsun.

* Hector in ''[[Fire Emblem]]: The Blazing Sword'' shows his soft side more easily around his three bridal choices and [[Ho Yay|Eliwood]].

* [[Knights of the Old Republic|Bastila]], if the player character is male is often like this. Naturally, it took HK-47 to say what we were all thinking.

** She might actually count as a Type A given her interaction with other party members (especially Carth)

* Alice Margatroid from the ''[[Touhou Project|Touhou]]'' games is often depicted as this toward Marisa Kirisame in fanworks. Which type she is varies depending on who's writing the story at the time.

** An official tsundere can be found in the semi-canon ''Inaba of the Moon and Earth''. In it, Fujiwara no Mokou acts flagrantly tsundere towards her eternal enemy Kaguya Houraisan. She's a Type-A.

** [[Green-Eyed Monster|Parsee Mizuhashi]], being a [[Clingy Jealous Girl|youkai of jealousy]], is also often depicted as a tsundere towards Yuugi Hoshiguma. Like Alice, she varies between Type A and Type B, and still other fanworks portray her as a full-blown [[Yandere]] (consistent with the original ''hashihime'', on whom she is based).

** More likely she's a [[Yandere]], though.

** Regardless, Portal 2's credit song is pretty much ''[[Tsundere]]: The Song''.

When I delete you maybe [REDACTED]. (with the redacted line clearly being "I'll stop feeling so bad.) }}

* ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon]]: Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky'' features both types as two of your guildmates. [[No Indoor Voice|Loudred]] is a bossy ''Tsun-tsun'' towards '''everyone''', but especially towards [[Genki Girl|Sunflora]], who's ''dere-dere'' towards everyone but him. Naturally, this is highlighted in Sunflora's special episode in ''Sky'', where Loudred {{spoiler|pulls a [[Big Damn Heroes]] ''twice''}}.

* Teru Saeki in ''[[Tokimeki Memorial]] Girl's Side 2'' is a complicated example who vacillates between types depending on which persona he's putting forward at the moment. Initially he seems like a Type B, nice to most of his classmates but rude to the protagonist; spending more time with him reveals him as more of a Type A, since his rude behavior is his [[Beneath the Mask|real self]] while his "school idol" persona is just a front. Eventually he softens toward the protagonist, but gets angry and runs off if things get too romantic, ultimately making him a Type B.

* Most any sim dating game will feature one or two type As, and probably at least one type B.

 

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