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** Joseph Joestar is introduced rescuing the guy who pickpocketed him from CorruptCops, punching out one's face for insulting him and disarming the other with a trick using his [[SupernaturalMartialArts Hamon]] and a bottlecap. All that while he may have the come core morals as his grandfather, [[ContrastingSequelMainCharacter he's not gonna be the same person]].
** Jotaro is introduced [[JapaneseDelinquents in a jail cell and telling his mother to shut up when she visits him]]. However, then he reveals he turned himself in and is there willingly [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold because he's afraid of hurting people because of the "demon" (actually his Stand) following him.]]
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** The audience gets to know the kind of person [[VillainProtagonist Light]] becomes when we learn that in the time between acquiring the Death Note, and meeting Ryuk, he's already written ''pages'' of names within the Note, knowing that they're all dead by his hand. And then he proclaims his plans to use the Death Note to become [[AGodAmI "God of the New World"]].
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* Tokiwa from ''AskDrRin'' first appears at the end of episode 1, staring at a photo of Meirin with [[RemovedFromThePicture Asuka's face scribbled out]]. Guess who he spends the next few episodes trying to win the affections of and who he spends the next few episodes trying to murder? [[spoiler:This is subverted later, however. It's a good Character Establishing Moment for the first few episodes, while he's possessed by a demon, alone. Once the demon's been exorcised, he becomes much nicer, more like VitriolicBestBuds with Asuka, though he still has affections for Meirin]].

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* Tokiwa from ''AskDrRin'' ''Manga/AskDrRin'' first appears at the end of episode 1, staring at a photo of Meirin with [[RemovedFromThePicture Asuka's face scribbled out]]. Guess who he spends the next few episodes trying to win the affections of and who he spends the next few episodes trying to murder? [[spoiler:This is subverted later, however. It's a good Character Establishing Moment for the first few episodes, while he's possessed by a demon, alone. Once the demon's been exorcised, he becomes much nicer, more like VitriolicBestBuds with Asuka, though he still has affections for Meirin]].
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* LightNovel/YahariOreNoSeishunLoveComeWaMachigatteiru:

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* In ''LightNovel/ShinmaiMaouNoTestament'', several characters do interesting things when they're first shown:

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* In ''LightNovel/ShinmaiMaouNoTestament'', ''LightNovel/TheTestamentOfSisterNewDevil'', several characters do interesting things when they're first shown:

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**Frieza smirking as his men murders the Namekians for their Dragon Ball. If you watch ''Kai'', he is shown in the first episode blowing up Planet Vegeta while laughing.



**Babidi killing his own men when they ''succeeded'' in their mission.



** Also from DragonBall, Chi Chi is being chased by a T-Rex. While crying and running she removed a boomerang from her helmet, throws it, and decapitated the T-Rex. When she realized what she had done she vaporize the body with a laser built into her helmet.

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** Also from DragonBall, ''Manga/DragonBall'', Chi Chi is being chased by a T-Rex. While crying and running she removed a boomerang from her helmet, throws it, and decapitated the T-Rex. When she realized what she had done she vaporize the body with a laser built into her helmet.
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* ''[[Manga/GetterRobo New Getter Robo]]'' is an absolute ''goldmine'' for amazingly memorable ECMs. To wit:

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* The anime of ''{{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.

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* The anime of ''{{Trigun}}'' ''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.



* In DragonBall Z, [[FutureBadass Future Trunks]] cemented both his [[{{Badass}} Badassery]] by [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomping]] [[BigBad Frieza and King Cold]] and then his [[TheCape kind nature]] by politely offering assistance to the Z-Fighters to find Goku.

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* In DragonBall Z, ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', [[FutureBadass Future Trunks]] cemented both his [[{{Badass}} Badassery]] by [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomping]] [[BigBad Frieza and King Cold]] and then his [[TheCape kind nature]] by politely offering assistance to the Z-Fighters to find Goku.



* In ''Anime/{{Mai-Hime}}'', Shiho is first established as a ClingyJealousGirl when she punches Yuuichi out of the way when he tries to give Mikoto CPR, saying that "(his) eyes look indecent".

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* In ''Anime/{{Mai-Hime}}'', ''Anime/MaiHime'', Shiho is first established as a ClingyJealousGirl when she punches Yuuichi out of the way when he tries to give Mikoto CPR, saying that "(his) eyes look indecent".



* Akito Takagi appears in the classroom holding Mashiro's notebook. Instead of making fun of him or blackmailing him, he simply asks Mashiro if he wants to make a manga series with him, showcasing himself as a guy with big ambitions.

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* ** Akito Takagi appears in the classroom holding Mashiro's notebook. Instead of making fun of him or blackmailing him, he simply asks Mashiro if he wants to make a manga series with him, showcasing himself as a guy with big ambitions.



* ''Manga/SetoNoHanayome'': Lunar-papa's super action packed entrance.

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* ''Manga/SetoNoHanayome'': ''Manga/MyBrideIsAMermaid'': Lunar-papa's super action packed entrance.
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* ''{{Manga/Monster}}'' has Johan Liebert, whose first monologue ''oozes'' a sociopathic mind [[AffablyEvil hiding behind a calm, cool demeanor]].

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* ''{{Manga/Monster}}'' has Johan Liebert, whose first monologue ''oozes'' ''[[CreepyMonotone oozes]]'' a [[FauxAffablyEvil sociopathic mind [[AffablyEvil hiding behind a calm, cool demeanor]].
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* ''Manga/Monster'' has Johan Liebert, whose first monologue ''oozes'' a sociopathic mind [[AffablyEvil hiding behind a calm, cool demeanor]].

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* ''Manga/Monster'' ''{{Manga/Monster}}'' has Johan Liebert, whose first monologue ''oozes'' a sociopathic mind [[AffablyEvil hiding behind a calm, cool demeanor]].
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* ''Literature/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.

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* ''Literature/SpiceAndWolf'' ''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.
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* ''Anime/TheHeroicLegendOfArslan'':
** The HiromuArakawa manga introduces Arslan as someone who dislikes violence, a FriendToAllLivingThings and ponders what it means to be a good king.

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** The HiromuArakawa Creator/HiromuArakawa manga introduces Arslan as someone who dislikes violence, a FriendToAllLivingThings and ponders what it means to be a good king.
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* ''Manga/LiarGame'':
** [[TheIngenue Nao]] returns a 100 yen coin to the police.
** [[GuileHero Akiyama]] dons a disguise and tricks the reporters into chasing the wrong guy.
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** [[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?"
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* Hijikata of ''Anime/PeacemakerKurogane'' stepped in to stop Okita's deadly attack on Tetsu with his bare arm, breaking the wooden sword in half instead.
** Okita initially appears as a delicate, girly looking boy but as Tetsu and Tatsu finds out, he is actually one of the best and frightening swordsmen of the Shinsengumi.
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* ''Literature/TheHeroicLegendOfArslan'':

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** Daryun is a skilled yet honorable fighter when he deliberately misses his shot at killing the boy who kidnapped the prince at Arslan's command.

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** Daryun is a skilled yet honorable fighter loyal to Arslan when he deliberately misses his shot at killing the boy who kidnapped the prince at Arslan's command.plead.
** King Andragoras furiously demotes Daryun at his suggestion that there is a trap and they should reconsider blindly charging at the enemy, thinking it was a coward's way out. He also harshly calls out his son Arslan for arriving at the scene when he wasn't summoned.
** Gieve [[MercyKill mercy-killed]] a captured general who begged to be killed by an ally than tortured to death by Lusitanian soldiers, shooting an extremely faraway distance to fulfill the general's wish.
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* ''Literature/TheHeroicLegendOfArslan'':
** The HiromuArakawa manga introduces Arslan as someone who dislikes violence, a FriendToAllLivingThings and ponders what it means to be a good king.
** Daryun is a skilled yet honorable fighter when he deliberately misses his shot at killing the boy who kidnapped the prince at Arslan's command.
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* In Anime/BinanKoukouChikyuuBoueibuLove, Yumoto manages to chase after a wombat in a hot spring bathhouse when he would normally slip. En and Atsushi were talking about oden ingredients when the wombat arrived and [[TalkingAnimal talked to them]] about saving the world with love. Not only does that set the roles for 4 characters, it also tells the viewer they're in for one heck of a {{Parody}}.

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* In Anime/BinanKoukouChikyuuBoueibuLove, ''Anime/CuteHighEarthDefenseClubLove'', Yumoto manages to chase after a wombat in a hot spring bathhouse when he would normally slip. En and Atsushi were talking about oden ingredients when the wombat arrived and [[TalkingAnimal talked to them]] about saving the world with love. Not only does that set the roles for 4 characters, it also tells the viewer they're in for one heck of a {{Parody}}.
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* ''Manga/GokukokuNoBrynhildr'':

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* Several are shown in the first episode for ''Anime/PlasticMemories'':
** Tsukasa meeting Isla in an elevator, and sees her crying as she looks outside.
** Tsukasa's co-workers and their various reactions towards him. Some seem eager to work with him, while others, such as Kazuki and Michiru, are more skeptical of his usefulness to their department.
** Zack seems out of place to Tsukasa at first due to his resemblance to a young boy. But he is also the first one to show him how they do their job, and does it fairly well.
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* In ''Manga/ReKan'', Narumi first sees Hibiki at a crosswalk. The latter crosses the street by hopping up and down and screaming. Narumi thinks she's strange at first, until she spots some handprints on Hibiki's leg, and then sees a ghost boy clinging onto it.
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* In ''Manga/AkatsukiNoYona'', Shin-Ah's first act was to rescue Yona, a stranger at the time, from a kidnapper and gently lead her back to her friends.

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* In ''Manga/AkatsukiNoYona'', ''Manga/YonaOfTheDawn'', Shin-Ah's first act was to rescue Yona, a stranger at the time, from a kidnapper and gently lead her back to her friends.
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* ''Manga/{{DNA2}}'' establishes Karin by cutting from the highschool drama to an abandoned factory, a huge, round space capsule appearing and her stepping out, her face mostly obscured by the mist and her clothes, giving us a BlasphemousBoast... and then she proceeds to swoon and [[{{Squee}} squee]] over how ''awesome'' that whole thing was!
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* Dio's very first appearance in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' features him pulling off a literal KickTheDog moment, telling the audience immediately that this guy is going to make most [[{{Jerkass}} Jerkasses]] seem tame.
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** Kariya marching towards his father's house after learning he essentially took one of the daughters of TheOneThatGotAway to use create a Magus and asking to fight in order to spare her.

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* In ''Manga/AkatsukiNoYona'', Shin-Ah's first act was to rescue Yona, a stranger at the time, from a kidnapper and gently lead her back to her friends.
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* ''[[LightNovel/FateZero]]'' establishes each of the Masters within their first scene.

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* ''[[LightNovel/FateZero]]'' ''LightNovel/FateZero'' establishes each of the Masters within their first scene.
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* ''[[LightNovel/FateZero]]'' establishes each of the Masters within their first scene.
** Kiritsugu's first words to his wife after she had just given birth to their daughter is how he will kill her. She's totally fine with it.
** Kotomine's father, along with Tokiomi, instructs Kotomine about how he will help Tokiomi use the Grail for their own gain despite telling Tokiomi that their role as priests is to keep the Grail War as unbiased as possible. Afterwards, the father tells Tokiomi about how depressed Kotomine is over his wife and how he hopes the war will help him.
** Kayneth berates a student over his paper about how training can make a mage better than a mage with a powerful lineage. Pissed off, said student steals Kayneth's package and enters the war to prove himself.
** Kariya marching towards his father's house after learning he essentially took one of the daughters of TheOneThatGotAway to use create a Magus and asking to fight in order to spare her.
** And lastly, Ryunosuke murdering a family and carelessly asking a kid if it's okay that a monster comes and eats him.
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**The Ginyu force's entrance. Nothing more needs to be said.
**Cell, introduced while sucking the life out of person.
**Super Buu, upon his birth he turned into liquid and flew into someone's mouth and expanding them until they exploded. And Kid Buu, destroyed Earth with a huge demented smile on his face.
**In the original series we first see Krillin trying to impress Master Roshi by making a grand entrance by jumping off his boat and doing several flips, only to land head first into the sand. [[ButtMonkey That pretty much tells you all you need to know about Krillin]].
**Also from DragonBall, Chi Chi is being chased by a T-Rex. While crying and running she removed a boomerang from her helmet, throws it, and decapitated the T-Rex. When she realized what she had done she vaporize the body with a laser built into her helmet.

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