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== Anime and Manga ==
* Famously, ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' has Shinji Ikari. As ''Evangelion'' is a [[Deconstruction]] of all things [[Super Robot]], Shinji is insecure, weak-willed, shy, and unstable, as opposed to the stereotypical [[Hot-Blooded]] pilot. While plenty of fans see Shinji as [[The Woobie]], [[Americans Hate Tingle|just as many]] find him annoying and [[Wangst|Wangsty]] and wish that he'd suck it up and start being a badass warrior. Of course, these audience members are either [[Misaimed Fandom|missing the point]] or taking umbrage with
** Asuka Langley Soryu is also in the same position but for a different reason. She is a [[Jerkass Woobie]] and if some fans feel sorry for her, others fans think she is an annoying and arrogant bitch.
* [[Values Dissonance|To a non-Japanese audience]], Momotaro from the [[Wartime Cartoon|World War II propaganda film]] ''Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors'' comes off as a [[Complete Monster]] rallying [[Beware the Nice Ones|adorable]] [[Killer Rabbit|animals]] together to go to war and brutally kill British soldiers.
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* ''[[GE - Good Ending]]'' has Yuki, one of the main protagonists in the series. A good part of the manga is spent trying to get Utsumi, the protagonist, help her deal with her [[Broken Bird]] issues, only to have her throw everything out the window by asking him to rape her, in order to overwrite the bad memories she had with her previous boyfriend. Utsumi [[What the Hell, Hero?|calls her out on it]], so she dumps him because he's always too nice to her.
* ''[[Naruto]]'' falls into this sometimes as well. Sasuke seems to be meant to be seen as a morally gray character being led down the wrong path by his obsession with revenge, but to a number of fans his [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]], recent descent into mass murder of Samurai he could have easily defeated non-lethally, and callous disregard for how many people have to suffer for his own emotional satisfaction has caused a number of fans to consider him a [[Complete Monster]] that does not deserve Naruto's goodwill. Similarly, the [[Belated Backstory]] of the legendary "Salamander" Hanzo, the ninja against whom the Sannin won their titles by ''surviving'' a battle with him sets Hanzo up as a [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] who lost sight of his goals but is honored in defeat by his rival as a man who strove for peace. [[You Keep Using That Word|By starting a lot of wars and turning his homeland into an unlivable hellhole that produced the most psychologically broken, defeated human beings in the series, just because he was arrogant enough to think his strength could unite the world.]] Most fans still consider Hanzo an utterly unsympathetic character whose violent death at Pain's hands was richly deserved, as his claim of good intentions didn't make him any less of a paranoid warmongering dictator.
== Comic Books ==
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