History EstablishingCharacterMoment / AnimeAndManga

** Chang gets a good one too, casually stopping by the Lagoon Company headquarters to give them the heads-up about the [[CasualDangerDialogue men coming to kill them all]] before pulling out two pistols and blasting his way out without flinching, not losing his cool even when someone throws a grenade his way. What really seals the deal is when ''[[ClusterFBomb Revy]]'', AKA the single rudest and most foul-mouthed character in the series, has nothing but polite respect for him, and even joins him in a BackToBackBadasses moment, you know that Mr. Chang is [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking not someone to fuck with.]]

** [[WorldsStrongestMan Levi]]'s very first scenes showcase his three main attributes. He kills no fewer than three Titans in a bored manner, showing himself to be a consummate badass, before being annoyed with having to clean Titan blood from his hands - [[SuperOCD being a neat freak]]. But he doesn't hesitate to grab a dying subordinate's bloody hand [[AFatherToHisMen to comfort him]].

** Death the Kid enters the story apparently having no trouble hunting down a monster he's cornered in an alley. Then he's [[SuperOCD distracted]] by his partners ''slightly'' inaccurate {{Super Sentai Stance}}...and gets so upset he fails to notice his target is running away.

*** [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Josuke]] is first seen calmly tolerating a group of would-be bullies, but beats one of them to a pulp when he [[BerserkButton insults his hair]].

* Everything you need to know about Umaru Doma is summed up neatly by her brother Taihei in the opening moments of ''Manga/HimoutoUmaruChan''; [[TheAce She's an honors student who makes perfect grades and excels at everything she does with virtually zero effort]], yet is incredibly friendly, humble, [[OneHundredPercentAdorationRating and worshipped by her classmates and teachers]]. At least... [[LivingADoubleLife She is in public]]. In the privacy of her home, she's a lazy, bratty shut-in (visually represented by Umaru transforming into a chibified gremlin version of herself once she closes the door) who loves anime, manga, and video games, and who would rather just eat junk food and sleep all day, with Taihei walking in on her while she's napping with her school clothes and a bunch of snacks piled all over the floor.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': Each [=JoJo=] gets one.
** [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Jonathan]] jumps to help a young lady being bullied by kids taller and stronger than him because hey, that's just what a gentleman does.
** [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Joseph]] asks two {{Dirty Cop}}s to let a victimized black kid go, even if said kid stole his wallet. Then one of the cops provokes him. A moment later, both cops have broken fingers and Joseph is freaking at the possibility that his grandmother will find out he lost his temper.
** [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Jotaro]] is introduced after being arrested due to a street fight. The cops explain to his mother that he's not only unharmed, but severely beat multiple opponents. His mother assures them that Jotaro is a good boy, and takes off to his cell, having flashbacks of a younger Jotaro acting like a sweet young boy. This immediately cuts to the now 17-year old Jotaro yelling at his mother to shut up. However, he goes on to explain that he had no control of his actions in the street fight, and refuses to leave his jail cell until he's sure no one else will get hurt because of him.
** [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Josuke]] is first seen calmly tolerating a group of would-be bullies, but beats one of them to a pulp when he [[BerserkButton insults his hair]].
** [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Giorno]] returns a woman's stolen wallet, uses his Stand to swipe some cash without her noticing, and buys some gelato for himself and a kid.
** [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Jolyne]] is introduced in a cell complaining that someone saw her masturbate.
** [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Johnny]] witness Gyro Zeppeli's duel and without a care touches the Steel Balls.
** [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureJoJolion Josuke]] wakes up and asks Yasuho who he is, then fiercely retaliates against Joshu, who pushed Yasuho aside and attempted to smash in Josuke's head with a rock.

* Precia Testarossa's first scene in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' involves her [[EvilMatriarch sadistically whipping her daughter]] [[TheWoobie Fate]] for not bringing her enough [[MineralMacguffin Jewel Seeds]]. Say hello to the BigBad of Season 1, and by far ''the'' cruelest villain of the series.

** In ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'', Nanoha quickly establishes her M.O. as an instructor and superior officer. When Subaru, a Private, addresses Nanoha, a Captain, as "Nanoha-san," then tries to take it back, Nanoha says it's perfectly fine to call her that, although she doesn't mind when her long-time best friends Fate and Hayate call her "Instructor Takamachi" in the following scene. She then goes over Subaru and Teana's performance in the exam they took for their B rank, declaring that despite their proficiency, she can't allow them to pass due to their reckless stunt at the end, but she does give them a chance to try again. Nanoha's relaxed and informal when it comes to professionalism, but she's firm when it comes t the things that matter.

** Dio's very first appearance features him pulling off a literal KickTheDog moment, telling the audience immediately that this guy is going to make most {{Jerkass}}es seem tame.
** Yoshikage Kira, the BigBad of Part 4, has one of the most memorable introductions in the series. He brings his girlfriend home for pleasant dinner date, only for said girlfriend turns out to be the remaining hand of a woman he murdered, and he talks to it like it is indeed his girlfriend, whom he acts like a perfect gentleman to. Not only does he present himself with a pleasant unassuming demeanor, he also shows how mentally warped and unhinged he is as well.

* ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'':

* The first three episodes of ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' essentially establish that, unlike the previous Pink-type leaders and their Blue-type best friends, Tsubomi Hanasaki was a very timid and shy girl and that Erika Kurumi was the GenkiGirl of the series. The opening scene of Episode 2 also showed that Tsubomi had a ''long'' way to go before she could be established as a respectable Cure.

* ''LightNovel/SpiceAndWolf'' does a great job with Horo, who, first and foremost, howls. Then she asks for some ale, grabs some food, messes with Lawrence's head, plays with his emotions a bit, announces she'll be traveling with him, and then goes back to sleep, in about three minutes flat. A second moment shows a more fragile side, as Horo reflects on how she's no longer needed by the people she had watched over.

** In the anime, in which [[AdaptationalEarlyAppearance Hinata appears in the first episode]], she's seen silently cheering Naruto on as Iruka makes him do a Transformation Jutsu in front of the class. In the manga, she greets him when he comes to the written portion of the Chunin Exam, but can't look him in the eye or speak without stuttering, and later offers to let him cheat off her paper. Both these scenes establish her shyness and crush on Naruto.

** Yor's introduction depicts her as a shy girl working as a city hall clerk, and cares for her younger brother. However, when "Shopkeeper" calls for "Thorn Princess", she instantly flips to a merciless assassin who instantly slaughters her target. Then she flips back and freaks out when she realises she tore her dress in the process.

* The anime of ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' pulls this off beautifully with its main character, Vash the Stampede. His very first first appearance, where he survives a saloon being blown to pieces, belies his later appearances as an incompetent goofball, giving the audience brief but profound proof that, despite his immature behavior, he really could be the legendary outlaw.

** Blackbeard makes his first actual appearance in a bar enjoying the cherry pie Luffy hates and hating the ale Luffy enjoys. They quickly take offense to each other's taste in food and try to have an impromptu eating contest. He later encourages Luffy to keep following his dreams because dreams never die. All of this foreshadows that he and Luffy are not so different, but the ways they are different will be ''very'' major ways.

** Mai is introduced worrying about her brother [[IllGirl Takumi]], who's seasick, establishing her as a caring if slightly overprotective older sister.

** [[LawfulGood Admiral]] [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Fujitora's]] gets one in his second scene when he orders a subordinate to count the number of civilians in the coliseum, the city, and the country because "Before counting our enemies, shouldn't we count the number of people we have to protect?"

* ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' has the titular Kobayashi waking up, [[CrackOwMyBack taking some medicine for back pain]], getting ready to go to work at her SoulCrushingDeskJob... and opening her front door to the sight of ''[[WebAnimation/OverlySarcasticProductions an enormous f**k you dragon]]'' the size of her apartment building, which roars in her face before transforming into a girl and telling Kobayashi she's there to start working as her maid. Ladies and gentlemen, meet Tohru.

* ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'' has the titular Kobayashi waking up, [[CrackOwMyBack taking some medicine for back pain]], getting ready to go to work at her SoulCrushingDeskJob... and opening her front door to the sight of ''[[WebAnimation/OverlySarcasticProductions an enormous f**k you dragon]]'' the size of her apartment building, which roars in her face before transforming into a girl and telling Kobayashi she's there to start working as her maid.

* Everything you need to know about Umaru Doma is summed up neatly by her brother Taihei in the opening moments of ''Manga/HimoutoUmaruChan''; In public, she's a [[TheAce straight A honors student who excels at everything she does with virtually zero effort,]] yet is incredibly friendly, humble, [[OneHundredPercentAdorationRating and worshipped by her classmates and teachers]] (the anime even shows her getting a child's balloon out of a tree and helping an old man cross the street). But in the privacy of her home, she turns into a lazy, bratty shut-in, visually represented by her transforming into a chibified gremlin version of herself, who loves anime, manga, and video games, and would like nothing better than to eat junk food and sleep all day, with Taihei walking in on her while she's napping with her school clothes and a bunch of snacks piled all over the floor.

*** As Fat Buu, when first awoken, he dances around for several minutes laughing like a kid, much to everyone's confusion. Then Dabura (who is at least as strong as the previous arc's BigBad) insults him and Buu punches his eyes out before pasting him into the nearest cliff. Later in that scene, when Babidi sets Buu on Dabura (because Dabura very sensibly told Babidi that Buu was uncontrollable and they should kill him when they had a chance), Buu tanks all of Dabura's attacks before turning him into a cookie and eating him.
*** As Evil Buu, he obliterates Van Zant with a SlasherSmile.
*** As Super Buu, he liquifies himself and pours down Smitty's throat, [[CruelAndUnusualDeath inflating him until he explodes from the inside]].
*** As Kid Buu, his ''first action'' is to try to blow up Earth, and when Goku and Vegeta barely stop him in time, he responds by making an attack ''10 times bigger'', making him the first villain to actually destroy Earth, after both Vegeta and Cell threatening it.

* ''Manga/WalkToDeath''
** The series begins with the protagonist, Tokiko Kurosu, listening to a friend complain about her mother making her study. Tokiko responds by saying her friend should be more grateful, since her mother could die at any time, something that creeps her friend out. Tokiko then gets home to find her adoptive father dead, evidently from having fallen and hit his head on a table. She then picks up one of the books near his corpse, notes it's worth a read and continues reading as her adoptive siblings, sisters-in-law and niece are mourning. All this establishes that Tokiko is far from normal, and that she's apparently seen much more death than a girl her age should.
** Akiyama is introduced eating a parfait while talking on the phone with the professor he works for. The professor calls him out on his work ethic, but he calmly says the professor only cares about finding the truth, and not about the victims. This establishes his GeniusSweetTooth, his bluntness and the fact that virtually everyone finds him rather off-putting and insufferable.

* ''Walk to Death'' begins with the protagonist, Tokiko Kurosu, listening to a friend complain about her mother making her study. Tokiko responds by saying her friend should be more grateful, since her mother could die at any time, something that creeps her friend out. Tokiko then gets home to find her adoptive father dead, evidently from having fallen and hit his head on a table. She then picks up one of the books near his corpse, notes it's worth a read and continues reading as her adoptive siblings, sisters-in-law and niece are mourning. All this establishes that Tokiko is far from normal, and that she's apparently seen much more death than a girl her age should.

** Then [[TeamMom China]] attempts to calm things down but [[ButtMonkey is ignored.]] Greece shows his [[ThePhilosopher philosophical]] side while being surrounded by cats and later is seen sleeping when the rest of the countries argue amongst themselves. Russia mentions enjoying seeing [[TheWoobie Lithuania]] begging to him in tears with [[PsychopathicManchild a cheerful smile]] and then asks if [[ProneToTears Latvia]] agrees (while [[GirlWithPsychoWeapon Belarus]] holds [[KnifeNut a knife]] to his throat). Poland jumps in to protect [[HeterosexualLifePartner Lithuania]] from Russia. [[DrillSergeantNasty Germany]] yells at everyone to shut up and strictly proceeds on with business. [[TheDitz Italy]], when chosen to speak first, shouts out his trademark food "PASTA!!!!!!!!!!!"

** The manga is pretty good at this. Chizuru is introduced in both medias as wearing the male uniform on the first day of school, and later essentially hitting a girl; this shows off her calm {{Cloudcuckoolander}} nature and her GenkiGirl attitude. Her best friend Momoko is first seen clingy at her side, Oka is first seen asking Nitori if she has any masculine interests before dismissing her, Yuki is first seen seemingly flirting with a ten year old..

** "Twilight"/Loid's introduction as WISE's [[TheAce top spy]] has him [[LatexPerfection disguise himself as the buyer]] of {{blackmail}} material, then the following night, breaks up with the buyer's daughter and throws away his current identity in the process, while declaring that he gave up on romance the moment he became a spy.

* In the opening pages of ''Manga/ScienceFellInLoveSoITriedToProveIt'', Yukimura gets on Himuro's case about her arriving 3 minutes late. Himuro replies coolly that it was actually 2 minutes and 32 seconds, and mocks him for being unable to measure time correctly.