History JerkWithAHeartOfGold / FIlm

** Minor example is Mr. Ditkovich who has no problem taking Peter's last $20 (which he needs to last the week) to cover the rent or to shove him out of the way to get into the bathroom first. In the third movie however when Peter, under the influence of the Symbiote, snaps at him for no real reason the man is very quick to not only defend and forgive him, but be worried about him too. Jerk he may be about it, but at the end of the day he's just a good guy at heart trying to make his living as a landlord.

* Franchise/{{Godzilla}} is not only a city destroying monster, he's also a loving and devoted father. And he's also fiercely loyal to his friends and will come to their aid whenever they are in danger.
** Not just his friends. He's got a very strong sense of fair-play and picking on a severely weaker monster (like King Ghidorah did to Mothra) is [[BerserkButton a good way of getting him mad.]] [[UnstoppableRage And you wouldn't like him when he's angry...]]
** Curiously, Godzilla himself had no problem fighting two just-born Mothra Larvae in the film directly preceding Ghidorah's first appearance. Maybe he considered it a fair fight at the time? The big guy has always had his own code of ethics in the Showa era though, and from 1965 on, even if he acted a bit grumpy, there was no question that if [[GondorCallsForAid humanity called]] [[GodzillaThreshold on him for help]], he'd respond in a heartbeat. And often did so near literally. By the time of his last appearance in 1975, Godzilla had gone from this to straight up being TheHero that not only had humanity's best interests at heart, the humans would openly show concern if he was hurt and try to help out if they could. In the Heisei era though, Godzilla's gold was definitely hidden more often than not.

* Anastasia of ''{{WesternAnimation/Cinderella}}'' becomes this in the second and third films, especially after her HeelFaceTurn. In the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series, [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk on]] [[ThePowerOfHate the]] [[ChaoticEvil other hand]], she [[spoiler: outright attempts [[MoralEventHorizon to]] [[CainAndAbel murder]] Cinderella, a ''[[LightIsGood Princess of Heart]]'',]] without ''any'' second thoughts.

** Parker, from the first film also counts. He is loud-mouthed, greedy and sarcastic but he's a good man at heart. [[spoiler:Notably he's devastated by Brett's death and tries his utmost to save Lambert, even taking the Xenomorph on with his bear hands.]]

*** Hank Pym himself is one, offering Scott the chance to finally do something good in his life, but also makes it clear he doesn't really like him all that much. [[Film/TheAntManAndTheWasp The sequel]] deconstructs this somewhat, revealing that pretty much everyone he ever worked with couldn't stand him, mostly because they had to put up with the jerk part for years.

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* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'': Astrid and Snotlout both fit this trope, even more in the series when their characters get more background information

* The Old Man from ''Film/AChristmasStory''.
* Both Gordon and Jackie from ''Film/AShotAtGlory'' are abrasive to different people: Gordon to his family and Jackie to just about everyone except his son. Both are nice guys underneath it all.

* [[BigEater Bluebeard]] from the cult animated film ''WesternAnimation/{{Felidae}}'' certainly applies. He constantly calls Francis a "Smartass", takes a piss on things to "mark his territory" (sure, it's normal for cats, but still), and [[FantasticRacism refers to humans in a very derogatory fashion (IE: He calls them "Can-Openers" which basically means "Slave")]]. However, he's also willing to help Francis solve the mystery and even risks his life several times in the film. Especially when Kong, a cat many times larger than him and Francis, threatned the latter.

* 2016's Baloo from ''Film/TheJungleBook2016'' is less of a BearyFriendly NiceGuy than his '67 counterpart, not above tricking Mowgli into getting him food. But he does becomes genuine friends with Mowgli as the movie goes on.
* (ex) CIA-Agent Snow in ''Film/{{Lockout}}''

* ''Film/SherlockHolmes2009'': Holmes may be a jerk, but he does deeply care for Watson's wellbeing.

* The Venom Symbiote from ''Film/Venom2018'' is violent, aggressive, sadistic and was using its host Eddie at first to bring its kind to Earth so that it can help them take over the planet with killing the people there or taking control of them over as hosts but however while spending time there it slowly sees that it prefers Earth because of its beauty and sees that Eddie along with the homeless people that it took over before are like it which is being seen as losers just like it is back on its homeworld that is most likely due to the fact that Venom rather have their hosts remain in control of their own bodies rather then taking them over which gets it to help Eddie stop the {{Big Bad}} from bringing its kind to Earth.

* Mac Stern from ''Film/LooseCannons(1990)'' is an arrogant and snarky cop, but generates sympathy for Fielding and learns to respect him and his disorder.

* Tallahassee from ''Film/{{Zombieland}}'' may act like an AxCrazy BloodKnight and AntiHero most of the time, but he does become visibly angry when Wichita [[spoiler:crushes Columbus' hopes of finding his parents alive]]. And although the true extent of his loyalty to the girls is questionable, he does seem to genuinely care about Columbus and sticks by him through the whole movie. It's also shown via flashback that he was once a loving father and that the death and likely zombification and mercy killing]]) of his son is what soured him, though whether he's a genuine jerk or just distancing himself from everyone on purpose.

* The Venom Symbiote from {{Venom2018}} is violent, aggressive, sadistic and was using its host Eddie at first to bring its kind to Earth so that it can help them take over the planet with killing the people there or taking control of them over as hosts but however while spending time there it slowly sees that it prefers Earth because of its beauty and sees that Eddie along with the homeless people that it took over before are like it which is being seen as losers just like it is back on its homeworld that is most likely due to the fact that Venom rather have their hosts remain in control of their own bodies rather then taking them over which gets it to help Eddie stop the {{Big Bad}} from bringing its kind to Earth.

* The Mask from ''Film/TheMask'' is a genuine troublemaker, a wild chaotic madman and does not give much regard for the law unlike Stanley but like him he does have a good heart along with treating Tina nicely like a gentleman unlike Dorian Tryll and he does decide to become a superhero in the end despite to go as a gangster first.

* The Venom Symbiote from ''Venom2018'' is violent, aggressive, sadistic and was using its host Eddie at first to bring its kind to Earth so that it can help them take over the planet with killing the people there or taking control of them over as hosts but however while spending time there it slowly sees that it prefers Earth because of its beauty and sees that Eddie along with the homeless people that it took over before are like it which is being seen as losers just like it is back on its homeworld that is most likely due to the fact that Venom rather have their hosts remain in control of their own bodies rather then taking them over which gets it to help Eddie stop the {{Big Bad}} from bringing its kind to Earth.

* Kristoff in ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen}}'' is socially awkward and brutally honest with people, and when he helps Anna on her adventure, he becomes exasperated with her antics. After a while, he genuinely starts to care for her and even [[spoiler: falls in love with her]].

* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'': Astrid, even more in the series

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'', the title character plays up his bad reputation to keep others off his land. But he ends up risking his life to help not only the DamselInDistress, but hundreds of refugees as well.

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'': Mr. Potato Head. In the first movie he is a big jerk to Woody, but he mellows out after being proven wrong about him...and getting married. In the [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory2 second]] and [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory3 third]] movies, he's much less of a jerkass.

* The whole premise behind ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}''.
* Mushu in ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'' as his original intentions was to obtain a high position among the guardians. Over the course of the film, he becomes protective and supportive of Mulan. In ''Mulan 2'', he even tries to destroy Mulan's relationship with Shang only to be the one to rescue Mulan from an unwanted marriage and prevent an upscale war.

* ''Film/{{Annie|2014}}'':

** From Film/ShaunOfTheDead, Shaun's Ed - annoying, vulgar and mooches off his mate, but [[spoiler:he sacrifices himself by staying behind in the pub cellar after he's bitten to give Shaun and Liz the best chance to escape]]. Also Shaun's stepfather Phillip, who acts like a [[WickedStepmother Wicked Stepfather]] but still cares for Shaun and makes peace with him [[spoiler:before he turns in the Jag]].

** Also from Film/ShaunOfTheDead, Phillip, he may act like a [[WickedStepmother Wicked Stepfather]], but he still cares for Shaun.

** ''Film/AntMan'':

* ''Disney/BigHero6'':

* Anastasia of ''{{Disney/Cinderella}}'' becomes this in the second and third films, especially after her HeelFaceTurn. In the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series, [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk on]] [[ThePowerOfHate the]] [[ChaoticEvil other hand]], she [[spoiler: outright attempts [[MoralEventHorizon to]] [[CainAndAbel murder]] Cinderella, a ''[[LightIsGood Princess of Heart]]'',]] without ''any'' second thoughts.

* Kristoff in ''Disney/{{Frozen}}'' is socially awkward and brutally honest with people, and when he helps Anna on her adventure, he becomes exasperated with her antics. After a while, he genuinely starts to care for her and even [[spoiler: falls in love with her]].

* ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''

* Mushu in ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'' as his original intentions was to obtain a high position among the guardians. Over the course of the film, he becomes protective and supportive of Mulan. In ''Mulan 2'', he even tries to destroy Mulan's relationship with Shang only to be the one to rescue Mulan from an unwanted marriage and prevent an upscale war.

* ''Disney/TheSwordInTheStone'': Archimedes for most of the movie he's eternally [[GrumpyBear grouchy]] and berates both Merlin and Arthur alike; after he ends up saving Arthur (transformed into a fish) from a pike in the castle moat, however, he has moments showing that he's slowly warming up to the boy.

* John Silver in ''Disney/TreasurePlanet'', who also happens to be the BigBad. Sacrifices the treasure he seeked to save the hero. In returns keeps his freedom.
* ''Disney/{{Zootopia}}'':