History LovableCoward / WesternAnimation

* Frizz and Nug of ''WesternAnimation/TheDreamstone'', frizz slightly more so. They're DirtyCowards storywise (they ''are'' supposed to be villains), but one can't help but love them.

* Fluttershy in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' who puts lovable to a whole new level. Anyone who disagrees to it would be considered heartless to the fandom.
** Besides, she can TakeALevelInBadass when necessary.

* "And then [[{{Futurama}} Bender]] ran..."

* Tom Dubois from ''[[WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks]]''. He's a NiceGuy, but very quick to cry and panic. It doesn't help that he has an extreme phobia of getting raped.

* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog''. Subverted: Courage is timid and physically feeble, but never lets his fear get in the way of saving Muriel. It helps that he's [[MacGyvering resourceful]] and [[MadeOfIron tenacious]]...

* Tom Dubois from ''{{WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks}}''. He's a NiceGuy, but very quick to cry and panic. It doesn't help that he has an extreme phobia of getting raped.

* Larry Nepp from ''WesternAnimation/GrojBand''. He's the most softspoken and popular member of the Newmans.

* Larry Nepp from ''WesternAnimation/GrojBand''. He's the most softspoken and popular Newman.

* ''CourageTheCowardlyDog''. Subverted: Courage is timid and physically feeble, but never lets his fear get in the way of saving Muriel. It helps that he's [[MacGyvering resourceful]] and [[MadeOfIron tenacious]]...

* Wade Duck in the ''USAcres'' segment of ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' fits this trope to a T. In fact, most people's favorite character of the series is Wade, even those who did not like U.S. Acres as much as Garfield.
** The fans loving Wade so much was spoofed in the episode "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere's Duck". Roy only gets one fanmail for himself. After he cries, he sees Bo drive a truck with hundreds of fanmail for Wade.

** Although, as he says in one cartoon, he's "a greedy little coward", meaning that greed takes priority to fear. In the cartoon, he actually [[PintSizedPowerhouse beat up the Tasmanian Devil]] to get back one dollar that the beast had snatched.
* Hurra from ''WesternAnimation/HipHipAndHurra''. His partner Hip-Hip can easily fit this trope as well.

-->'''Commander Feral''': ''You're a coward, Manx.''
-->'''Mayor Manx''': ''You don't get to be mayor for ten terms without being cautious.''

* Trembly Paw from the short-lived 80s cartoon ''WesternAnimation/PawPawBears'', who is also an {{Adorkable}} CowardlyLion and TheSmartGuy of the show.
* Pokey from ''{{Gumby}}''

* Cringer on ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse''. (Only as Cringer; he becomes ''very'' brave when he's Battle Cat.)

* Hurra from [[Animation/HipHipAndHurra Hip-Hip and Hurra]]
** His partner Hip-Hip can easly fit this trope as well.

** Although, as he says in one episode, he's "a greedy little coward", meaning that greed takes priority to fear. In the episode, he actually [[PintSizedPowerhouse beat up the Tasmanian Devil to get back one dollar that the beast had snatched.]]

* Cringer on ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse''.

* Shifty Dingo from ''BlinkyBill'' fits this trope to a T after his family's HeelFaceTurn and he gets accepted as the SixthRanger in Blinky Bill's gang.
* In the old ''BeanyAndCecil'' cartoons, resident grownup Cap'n Huffenpuff retreats to his 'secret hiding place' at the first sign of danger.
* Scaredy Bat from ''RubyGloom''.
* Gus from ''{{Recess}}''

* Kowl in SheRaPrincessOfPower.
* Cringer on WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse

* Trembly Paw from the short-lived 80s cartoon PawPawBears, who is also an {{Adorkable}} CowardlyLion and TheSmartGuy of the show.

* Trembly Paw from the dhort-lived 80s cartoon PawPawBears, who is also an {{Adorkable}} CowardlyLion and TheSmartGuy of the show.

* They seemed to be going for this with [[CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys Antoine]] in the Saturday morning ''WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM'' cartoon, but 'lovable' is [[TheScrappy a little subjective]].
** He did once save the rest of the team in a story for ArchieComics' adaptation of the series--and then transformed right back into a {{Jerkass}} by bragging about it for the rest of the day.
** He had odd moments of heroism and nobility in the cartoon as well, it's just other times he leaned more as a Jerkass DirtyCoward instead. His more "loveable" qualities were more prominent in the first season pre {{Flanderization}} however.

* ScoobyDoo and Shaggy.

** In some incarnations of the [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo Scooby-Doo Franchise]] this is more justified. The original series and WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooMysteryIncorporated being good examples. Here the villains ''may'' be a guy in a [[LatexPerfection good diguise]] pulling a ScoobyDooHoax, but they're ''still'' willing to "[[NeverSayDie off]]" [[YouMeddlingKids those meddling kids]].
* Wade Duck in the ''USAcres'' segment of ''GarfieldAndFriends'' fits this trope to a T. In fact, most people's favorite character of the series is Wade, even those who did not like U.S. Acres as much as Garfield.

** He did once save the rest of the team in a story for Archie Comics' adaptation of the series -- and then transformed right back into a {{Jerkass}} by bragging about it for the rest of the day.

* The title character of ''{{Doug}}'', but moreso in the early episodes of the Nick series.
* The title character of ''EekTheCat''.

* DaffyDuck, who's open about and proud of his cowardice. A textbook example of the UnpopularPopularCharacter, he's got just as many fans as his rival BugsBunny, if not more.

* A few engines in ''ThomasTheTankEngine''. Percy and Henry have shades of this DependingOnTheWriter while Toby is gradually [[{{Flanderization}} Flanderized]] into one in later seasons.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Mr Bogus}}'' actually combines this trope with {{Cowardly Lion}}.