History LovableCoward / Videogames

** [[MeaningfulName Scaredy-shroom]] hides underground whenever zombies come near and acts very timid in his almanac entry.

** In the sequel, Red Stinger seems confident when placed close to home, but curls up his petals and hides when placed nearer the front of the lawn, and has a very nervous expression when closer to the zombies' side. He tries to pass this off as part of his MultiformBalance in his Almanac entry, though.

* In the sidekick (and mostly comedic) vein, how about Arnaud G. Vasquez from ''VideoGame/WildARMS4''? At one point in game, he actually runs away and cowers behind a box, leaving the rest of the main characters behind. [[spoiler:He does get better, in a 'true bravery means working around your fear' way. And by working around your fear, we mean ''[[CarFu smashing him with a squadron of fighter jets.]]'']]

** The first game has poor Khalid, a shy, nervous, but kind-hearted fighter with decent dexterity and at least one-third more hit points than many other party members. Given tons of armor he's a fantastic tank, it's just that he has this tragically low morale score..."Better part of valor! Better part of valor!" In some circumstances this is actually helpful, though, like when he's an inch from death and you can't get a healer into melee to save him.

** It's telling that in both the second and third games, when you meet them for the first time, they will immediately surrender and beg for mercy. In the third game, it's because somebody messed with the screen resolution on the Spathi in question's communicator, so he doesn't recognize you at first. However, their technological progress is the direct result of their fear. When a new predator showed up on their homeworld with a taste for Spathi flesh, they went from Stone Age to nuclear power in ''under a century'', all to escape to their moon.

** Another example of Donald's cowardice is in the [[Manga/KingdomHeartsII manga adaptation]] of ''II'', when he accidently grabs onto a Magnum Loader while playing on a Light Cycle, causing it to speed all over the junkyard while refusing to let go, resulting in Sora attacking it head on to save his friend. However, this results in him and Goofy coming close to a HeroicBSOD because [[spoiler:the Magnum Loader crashed into Tron during the incident, causing him to drop a crucial piece of data needed to get the trio out of the computer that's imprisoned them]]; Sora snaps them out of it.
** The only time where Sora ever dips into this trope was in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'', when he tries franticly to swim away from [[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} Monstro]], as the evil whale is about to sneeze.
* Murray is this in ''VideoGame/SlyCooperAndTheThieviusRaccoonus''. Starting in ''VideoGame/Sly2BandOfThieves'', he [[TookALevelInBadass takes a level in badass]] and becomes "The Murray". Often, however, he will show some evidence of cowardice when he tries to look confident, impling that he's not fully pulled out of this trope yet. [[spoiler:His CharacterDevelopment in the third game pulls him out for good]].

* While not always shown to be cowards in the games, [[WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck Donald]] and WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}} are cowards in contrast to [[KidHero Sora]] throughout the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series. One noticeable moment is when they were searching for [[EverybodyHatesHades Hades]] in the [[Disney/{{Hercules}} Underworld]] in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''; only Sora shows no fear.

** The only time where Sora ever dips into this trope was in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts3DDreamDropDistance'', when he tries franticly to swim away from [[Disney/{{Pinocchio}} Monstro]], as the evil whale is about to sneeze.

** [[MeaningfulName Scaredy-shroom]] hides underground whenever zombies come near and acts very timid in his almanac entry.