History Main / AllLovinghero

** Ion is soft-spoken ReasonableAuthorityFigure and respected as a mediatator because of his 'what's best for everyone' mindset. **[[spoiler:Luke]] eventually becomes this as part of invoked CharacterDevelopment.

* Death of [[Comicbook/TheSandman the Endless]] is quite possibly the friendliest, most compassionate entity in the DC Universe. She loves you, no matter who you are or what you've done.

* Hakuya Ryouga / [=AbaRed=] of BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger. He was immune to the mind-screwing abilities of a MonsterOfTheWeek specifically because, in his niece's words, "he doesn't hate anyone or anything." Naturally, evil Ranger Nakadai Mikoto does everything in his power to crush the idealism out of him, but Ryouga never stops believing that Mikoto can be redeemed - [[spoiler: and he's proven right.]]

* Comicbook/{{Spider-Man}} is unarguably considered to be this, as he is ultimately the one most lovable human beings in Marvel and is the prolific easy going superhero. Throughout the entire Marvel community, he has teamed up and allied with almost every character based on his modesty, compassion, his sense of humor, and his devotion for being responsible. Plus, most stories about him when he's all grown up (considering even the main continuity Spidey, the oldest mainstream depiction, is still only about 24) depict him as the most "the greatest hero of all".

* Anime/{{Naruto}}
** Nauruo himself, to the point where it makes you wonder why he had such an abnormally hard time making friends prior to the start of the series. Hinata, Shikamaru, Temari, Neji, and Gaara all note that he has the power to influence people. It's worth noting that Naruto tends to get off to a bad start with most of the people he befriends, and they're often completely dismissive of him for reasons typically unrelated to him having the fox inside him. Unlike many of the other examples, he's not always civil in response, but his determination and honesty cause many of these people to see him, and often themselves, in a new light.

** The manga has another example: [[spoiler:Princess Arika, Negi's MissingMom. She was accused of being the opposite, as well as tried and apparently executed, but the common people didn't buy it because she was genuinely kind to them.]]

** Sophie also has some elements of this, being a kind yet determined WhiteHairedPrettyGirl who alongside [[spoiler: her brother]] Leon works hard to fulfill her dreams. [[spoiler: Too bad she's also the SacrificialLamb.]]

* [[BigGood Aura]] from the DotHack conglomerate.

SubTrope to IdealHero. Compare MartyrWithoutACause, TheParagon, TheHeart, IncorruptiblePurePureness, PuritySue, LoveYouAndEverybody, NiceGuy. This trope is '''not''' about Jesus-analogs; that's MessianicArchetype. While they and All Loving Hero sometimes overlap, a character with the MessianicArchetype can be far-flung from being All Loving Hero in mind and behavior. Contrast DarkMessiah, which can stand in opposition to this but is more MessianicArchetype + AntiHero as well as MisanthropeSupreme (although a more AntiVillain version may have been a [[FallenHero former]] All Loving Hero, who, came to believe that the only way to truly save everyone was [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans taking extreme measures]]).

** Nauruo himself, to the point where it makes you wonder why he had such an abnormally hard time making friends prior to the start of the series (Possinly because [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer nobody wanted to get anywhere near him]]). Hinata, Shikamaru, Temari, Neji, and Gaara all note that he has the power to influence people. It's worth noting that Naruto tends to get off to a bad start with most of the people he befriends, and they're often completely dismissive of him for reasons typically unrelated to him having the fox inside him. Unlike many of the other examples, he's not always civil in response, but his determination and honesty cause many of these people to see him, and often themselves, in a new light.

* Behoimi from PaniPoniDash Main character Becky even asks her to ask herself if she really believes herself to be a MagicalGirl or just wants to help others.

* Nausicaa from ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind.'' See the comic entry and the page quote.
* Also from HayaoMiyazaki, Ashitaka from ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' fits the trope as the voice of peace between the humans of Iron Town and the animals/spirits/deities of the forest. Without him the movie would have been much shorter and very bloody.

* ''RurouniKenshin's'' titular character is known for helping others and avoiding massacres. A friend of his thinks in one scene that he will save him life even if didn't want his help since there are several people in Japan who need him. Ironically, most of Kenshin's rivals tend to be DarkMessiah.

* ''Manga/DragonBall'': Son Goku matures into this by the time of ''Dragon Ball Z''. Forgives enemies? Most story arcs involve this. Turns enemies into friends? [[DefeatMeansFriendship This is how he makes friends.]] Purehearted? [[OnlyThePureOfHeart He has a flying cloud to prove it.]]

* Belldandy of ''Manga/AhMyGoddess!'' generally falls into this trope; even her (astoundingly rare) bouts of anger are more likely to result in her forcibly healing the soul of whoever she's fighting, rather than harming them. When she's drunk (on cola), she goes around causing small miracles to help animals, children, the elderly, stray animals, demons, inanimate objects, and anything else she lays eyes on.

* The titular character of ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura''/ She has a kind and cheery demeanor, she simply [[LoveYouAndEverybody loves everyone]]--and it's stated several times that [[PlatonicLifePartners they love]] [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer her]] [[TrueCompanions back]]. She is a firm believer in ThePowerOfFriendship, and is also a ReluctantWarrior when she is forced to battle rather than befriend. She also has quite a streak for granting second chances, [[DefrostingTheIceQueen defrosting several ice kings]], and wanting the best for her loved ones even if at her own expense--as illustrated by her actions toward [[DefeatMeansFriendship Yue]], [[EasilyForgiven Eriol]], and [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy Yukito]] in particular.

* ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'' series has got a lot of characters who can be classified as such, including:
** Nagisa Furukawa fulfills this role, especially in the original game and the movie. She gets it from her mother Sanae, who seems to support emotionally almost everyone who has problems.
** Kotomi is another example. She doesn't seem to hate anyone, especially after she gets rid of her fears.

* Yuichi Aizawa and Ayu Tsukimiya from ''{{Kanon}}''. The former goes out of his way to help the girls he befriends with their problems, and the latter is the one who gives everyone a chance to live happily (aside from [[spoiler:Makoto, who is already dead, but implied to have been reborn as the fox she used to be]]).

* In {{Trinity Blood}}, Esther fits better thanks to {{character development}}. She starts out as a vampire hating sister who kills someone, but she eventually learns the truth behind the man she blamed for losing her mother figure and decides to join the church and find a way to help vampires and humans co-exist. [[spoiler:Eventually she becomes a queen and starts this process, which is where the anime ends. However, the notes from the original novel author before his death paint a bleaker picture.]]

* Also from Hayao Miyazaki, Ashitaka from ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' fits the trope as a the voice of peace between the humans of Iron Town and the animals/spirits/deities of the forest. Without him the movie would have been much shorter and very bloody.

* [[Comicbook/{{X-Men}} Professor Charles Xavier]] is the voice of existence against Magneto's voice of separation. Even after all the battles with all the villainous mutants and the all the plots by the villainous humans and even the more numerous mundane everyday prejudice by {muggle}}s he still believes peaceful co-existence will happen. Any dark side he has is a case of DependingOnTheWriter (given the inconsistency of long-running comics and shifting AlternateCharacterInterpretation).

* %% Drago from ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}''.

''Manga/DragonBall'': Son Goku matures into this by the time of ''Dragon Ball Z''. Forgives enemies? Most story arcs involve this. Turns enemies into friends? [[DefeatMeansFriendship This is how he makes friends.]] Purehearted? [[OnlyThePureMayWield He has a flying cloud to prove it.]]

** Nauruo himself, to the point where it makes you wonder why he had such an abnormally hard time making friends prior to the start of the series (Possinly because [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer nobody wanted to get anywhere near him]). Hinata, Shikamaru, Temari, Neji, and Gaara all note that he has the power to influence people. It's worth noting that Naruto tends to get off to a bad start with most of the people he befriends, and they're often completely dismissive of him for reasons typically unrelated to him having the fox inside him. Unlike many of the other examples, he's not always civil in response, but his determination and honesty cause many of these people to see him, and often themselves, in a new light.

%% Before adding an example, read the description carefully and make sure the character you're adding fits here rather than under Messianic Archetype. As a hint, if you feel the need to state your character is "literally" the messiah, Messianic Archetype is probably where he or she belongs. While the tropes can certainly overlap (hence this one's name), they don't always.

SubTrope to IdealHero. Compare MartyrWithoutACause, TheParagon, TheHeart, IncorruptiblePurePureness, PuritySue, LoveYouAndEverybody, NiceGuy. This trope is '''not''' about Jesus-analogs; that's MessianicArchetype. While they and All Loving Hero sometimes overlap, a character with the MessianicArchetype can be far-flung from being All Loving Hero in mind and behavior. Contrast DarkMessiah, which can stand in opposition to this but is more MessianicArchetype + AntiHero as well as MisanthropeSupreme (although a more AntiVillain version may have been a [[FallenHero former]] Messiah, who, came to believe that the only way to truly save everyone was [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans taking extreme measures]]).

* Usagi Tsukino from ''Manga/SailorMoon'', though she started as TheFool matures into this as the series continues. This is more in the anime than in the manga, where despite still being very compassionate and a good person, she's ''much'' less forgiving of [[MamaBear those who hurt her loved ones]]. If you want to know how much of a Messiah Usagi is in the live-action ''Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon'', look for signs from ''the second episode''. You've definitely got an All Loving Hero in play when, in the middle of a fight, she's hanging by one arm off a balcony and trying to convince the next senshi-to-be ''[[ScrewDestiny not to become a senshi if she doesn't want to]]'', using lines like "Don't worry, it'll work out somehow!"

** Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage, counts as well. Even as a child, his fondest wish was to bring an end to the constant fighting and dying that plagued the world by forming villages where kids could learn and grow instead of being slaughtered on the battlefield. When he was head of the Senju Clan, he was constantly trying to convince the Uchiha Clan to stop the fighting and join him, eventually succeeding. [[spoiler:When he and the other previous Hokage are brought back with ''Edo Tensei'' for Sasuke to question, Hashirama immediately realizes that Sasuke [[RevengeBeforeReason needs help]], and proceeds to [[WarriorTherapist sit the boy down and talk to him]]. He ends up proving his messiah-ness by succeeding where Naruto failed: with mere words and wisdom, he convinces Sasuke to pull a HeelFaceTurn.]] Dude earned his Hokage credentials, that's for sure.

* The titular character from ''VideoGame/GalaxyFrauleinYuna'' is a prime example of this. An 9-year-old out-of-control android girl, Ayako, is destroying a hospital in a temper tantrum, and all the characters (almost all former enemies) are trying to contain the destruction and destroy the android. Not Yuna; she admonishes "You're going in to fight an enemy, I'm going in to make a friend!" [[spoiler: Which she does.]] Yuna's title, the "Savior of Light," can also be translated from Japanese to mean "''Messiah'' of Light".

** Quatre also counts a lot toward this, being the ApologeticAttacker and kind heart of the 5 Gundam pilots. Unlike others, however, he ''does'' have his limits: when [[spoiler: his father dies, his favorite sister is injured ''and'' he's betrayed by his colony]], he ''goes violently insane'' under the effects of the ZERO System and doesn't recover until a friend makes a [[spoiler: borderline]] HeroicSacrifice. ''Then'' he reaffirms his Messiah-ness by [[TheAtoner making what he can to atone]] and slowly but surely maturing into TheLeader of the Gundam pilots and keeping the group together [[spoiler: and snapping the aforementioned friend out of his EasyAmnesia.]]

* Flycatcher, the frog prince of ''Comicbook/{{Fables}}'', is universally kind and universally loved for it, and he's the only character who had no sins to absolve or remit under the Fabletown Amnesty. The Messiah Syndrome really kicks in when [[spoiler:he receives a purity-powered suit of armor that allows him to resurrect the dead, defeat massive armies without spilling blood, and establish the completely peaceful "Kingdom of Haven" in the middle of enemy territory.]]

* Zayne Carrick from ''StarWars Comicbook/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' is a good example of a fool who is actually an embryonic messiah. Initially a failing Jedi Padawan whose only power seems to be literal good luck (as in, he [[spoiler:spent an hour trying to catch a petty thief for the half-dozenth time, and thus arrived late to what should have been his own murder]]), over the course of the series he saves first himself; then a junk scavenger and his adopted daughter; then a bunch of captured Jedi; then several million people from [[spoiler:an orbital nuclear bombardment]]; then he tries to save one of the Jedi masters who were [[spoiler:trying to kill him]]. As one of them says:

* Saint Walker of the [[Characters/GLBlueLanternCorps Blue Lanterns]], specifically referred to as the Messiah of his homeworld. [[HopeBringer The worldwide hope that he inspired on his dying world]] was enough for him to be selected as the first to wield the Blue Light of Hope.

* Po from ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' is another great example he is an [[IdiotHero idiot]], [[TheFool a fool]] and [[TheChosenOne a chosen one]], but what really makes him a Messiah is that he doesn't hate anybody, Not even [[BigBad Shen]] [[spoiler: Who killed his parents, and trying to kill him, and yet he still forgave by telling to let go of the past]].

* Kyle Hyde of ''HotelDuskRoom215'' is something of a messiah who [[AccidentalHero never planned to be]]. He only goes to the titular hotel on business with his company, Red Crown, and possibly to get a lead on the man he's been pursuing for three years, Brian Bradley. It turns out that all the other patrons of the hotel all have big problems tied to the hotel, Bradley, and [[spoiler:the art theft organization he joined, Nile,]] including [[spoiler:manager Dunning Smith, pining for his kidnapped daughter; Jeff Damon, who ran away from home with money and a gun after getting sick of his father's shady legal dealings; Kevin Woodward, trying to get his head around his malpractice suit and his wife somehow (through Nile) producing the money for a settlement; Helen Parker, searching for her lost son who loved to frequent the hotel; Martin Summer, who plagiarized that son's text for a novel and led to his disappearance]] and others. Through the course of one night at Hotel Dusk, Kyle Hyde manages to "take out [all of their] garbage" with evidence, questioning, and occasional tough love, and give them the strength to keep working to resolve their problems. He doesn't even want to arrest the person he's looking for despite what he did, he just wants to ask him "why?".

* The Main Character from {{Persona 3}} also counts. His ultimate Persona is even named Messiah.
* Ion from ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss''. [[spoiler:Luke]] eventually too, but to a lesser degree.

*** Additionally, well, his/her Dark Side has been implied to [[DarkMessiah try]] [[WellIntentionedExtremist his]] [[XanatosRoulette best]].

** In the backstory, the Seven Heroes of the Scourging have their own Messiah: Saint Elimine, their MagicalGirlWarrior and ChurchMilitant. She even founded both her own nation (Etruria) and her own religion (the Elimine church -- which still goes strong after centuries)! To drive the point even further, ''Fuuin'' mentions that according to her legend, [[spoiler: Elimine never died. Once she believed her mission in life was over, she walked up to the top of a tower in the Etrurian capital of Aquleia and calmly {{ascend|ToAHigherPlaneOfExistence}}ed to a higher plane of existence. Said place is now known as the Tower of the Saint, and it houses [[LightEmUp her spellbook (Aureola)]] and her healing staff (Holy Maiden).]]

%%* Milfeulle Sakuraba of ''Anime/GalaxyAngel'' has many aspects of TheMessiah, along with the ones that clearly qualify her as TheDitz and TheFool.

* Kambei from ''Anime/SamuraiSeven'' inspires great loyalty with words alone, and he forgives and sees worthiness where no one else would. Just in case all that's not clear enough, he also sports white robes and a distinctly Jesus-like haircut.
** He's also given up on life, and largely on people. Broken Messiah? MessianicArchetype but not TheMessiah? TheMessiah isn't supposed to find young enthusiasm like Katushiro's so irritating and naive.

** Taichi's younger sister Hikari plays TheMessiah role straight in ''Adventure'', but ''subverts'' it in ''02''. Her Crest of Light helps her channel spirits, reach for others and all, to the point of making her a borderline PuritySue at times. However, in ''02'' Hikari shows huge emotional damage as she's much less able to handle the stress, to the point of having two serious {{Heroic BSOD}}s that Takeru and Miyako have to pull her out from.

** Kira [[FanNickname "Jesus"]] Yamato refuses to kill others or let others kill. Because of his BiggerStick he singlehandedly bring battles that would otherwise have casualties, to a grinding halt.

* Series/FlashGordon from the Sci-Fi channel TV adaptation is very much TheMessiah, whose idealism and altruism inadvertently manages to bring together several tribes of highly eccentric crazies (including multiple members of the BigBad's faction), who've spent decades hating each other.

** The aforementioned L'Arachel claims to be TheMessiah and has been raised as a ChurchMilitant, but she's more of a LoveFreak. She ''does'' show genuine Messiah traits when she [[spoiler: helps Eirika get over the HeroicBSOD caused by the Lyon/Fomortiiis incident described above]], though.

* Amuro Ray in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack'' sacrifices himself to save people from an asteroid and show them "the light" helping them to gain hope. Lampshaded in the video game ''Gundam Dynasty Warriors 2'' where Amuro claims he is "no Messiah" before this storyline. His rival, Char Aznable, is pretty much a DarkMessiah in the film.
* ''RurouniKenshin's'' titular character is known for helping others and avoiding massacres. A friend of him thinks in one scene that he will save him life even if didn't want his help since there are several people in Japan who need him. Ironically, most of Kenshin's rivals tend to be DarkMessiah.
* Usagi Tsukino from ''Manga/SailorMoon'', though she started as TheFool. Not only that, she actually gets ''called'' the Messiah later.
** It should be noted, though, that Usagi is more of TheMessiah in the anime than in the manga, where despite still being very compassionate and a good person, she's ''much'' less forgiving of [[MamaBear those who hurt her loved ones]].
*** And if you want to know how much of a Messiah Usagi is in the live-action ''Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon'', look for signs from ''the second episode''. You've definitely got a Messiah in play when, in the middle of a fight, she's hanging by one arm off a balcony and trying to convince the next senshi-to-be ''[[ScrewDestiny not to become a senshi if she doesn't want to]]'', using lines like "Don't worry, it'll work out somehow!"
** Mistress 9 is TheAntiChrist to Usagi's Messiah, unless of course you want to be comprehensive and cover the other seasons, and then it's Chaos.
* Shinya from ''Manga/{{Watashi No Messiah-sama}}'' accepts his duty to save the planet of his beloved by defeating the BigBad, but refuses to harm anyone, including the BigBad [[spoiler:even after having ripped his heart off and being left off to die]].
** Earlier in the series [[spoiler:he fires a lightning at himself to make Hime, who was trying to kill him, to back off without harming her]].
*** And [[spoiler:when Sariel, one of the DarkMessiah subordinates, merely puts Hime to sleep, Shinya snaps, fights and actually manages to bruise him. Did we mention the fact that Sariel, being the Angel of Death, can see the future, wipe out armies by himself and is NighInvulnerable?]].

* Kenshiro of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''.
** And their counterparts from the Nanto Roku Seiken; Rei, the Star of Justice, who must live and die for others, and his best friend Shu, the Star of Benevolence, who sacrifices himself for the sake of one hundred innocents.
* Kikyo from ''Anime/InuYasha'' before her supposed betrayal and murder at the hands of Inu Yasha, who was really [[BigBad Naraku]] in disguise. Even after being revived from the dead, she is frequently seen helping weak and helpless people, although [[DarkMagicalGirl her personality undergoes]] [[BrokenBird significant change.]]
** Kagome. As the reincarnation of Kikyou, she has the Jewel of Shikon sealed inside her, and once she comes into Inuyasha's era she tries to help all the people she can while searching for the Shikon shards. A great example is her interaction with the '''very''' angry CuteGhostGirl Mayu, who died in a fire and is full of anger and pain at her grieving mother; Kagome singlehandedly turns Mayu back to the side of good and saves from being thrown into Hell.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': [[TheMedic Orihime Inoue]]. When she's captured by the Arrancar, she refuses to hurt them, shows them love, [[spoiler: ''resurrects their dead'' even after they were trying to torture her, and helps one of the most emotionless of them to discover what the heart is before he dies.]] In the ''Nestle to Night novel'', also, she [[spoiler: heals and saves Harribel and the girls of her AmazonBrigade.]] On the other hand, once her Messianic tendences were used ''massively'' against her: [[spoiler: she shielded ''a guy who had just tried to attack her'', Shishigawara, from his boss who was all "YouHaveFailedMe" mode with a badass GoThroughMe]]... but it turned out that [[spoiler: while Shishi survived, his boss Tsukishima did it as a way to go past Orihime's defenses and attack ''her''. [[MindRape The results]] [[BrainwashedAndCrazy weren't pretty]].]]
** Also, Ichigo Kurosaki. Despite his protests on the contrary, he's the one who gives hope to others and saves them, and his main motivation is to protect the people he loves and cares for. [[spoiler: And he's also another case of using one's Messianic nature against someone else... again courtesy of Tsukishima, who has brainwashed his friends and family (including ) and renders poor Ichigo incredibly pissed and almost ''desperate''.]]
* Anime/{{Naruto}}, to the point where it makes you wonder why he had such an abnormally hard time making friends prior to the start of the series (although it can be because [[AllOfTheOtherReindeer nobody wanted to truly meet him after all]]).

** Hinata, Shikamaru, Temari, Neji, and Gaara all note that he has the power to influence people. It's worth noting that Naruto tends to get off to a bad start with most of the people he befriends, and they're often completely dismissive of him for reasons typically unrelated to him having the fox inside him. Unlike many of the other examples, he's not always civil in response, but his determination and honesty cause many of these people to see him, and often themselves, in a new light.

* [[WhiteHairedPrettyBoy Kaworu]] from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' is an interesting example of this trope since he's actually [[AntiAntiChrist a humanoid alien sent to destroy humanity]]. He [[SpannerInTheWorks flat out rejects SEELE's plans to use him to trigger Instrumentality]], [[HeroicSacrifice gives his life in exchange for humanity]], then [[EndOfEvangelion returns later]] to help Shinji reject Instrumentality with the unconditional love and kindness he's shown the other boy.
* Vash from ''Anime/{{Trigun}}'' often has to be prodded into shooting the bad guys instead of trying to reason the virtues of life with them. Even then, he refuses to kill humans, even if it means bandaging up the people he just took down.
** [[BadassPreacher Wolfwood]] occasionally seems to see Vash in this light, and well beyond his TechnicalPacifist stance above he ''will do anything'' to save people. From diving into blows that carved the scars all over him to stripping naked and barking like a dog to get a hostage free to training constantly so that his skills are up to pulling off his signature miracles. His whole identity is tied up in saving people.
** ''And'' he's the primary defender of the human race on his planet, and main proponent of the creed that everybody can theoretically live in harmony. Even his TrueCompanions aren't a big help--Millie has a good measure of IncorruptiblePurePureness but doesn't do abstracts, Meryl tends to be a realist, and his best friend is an AntiHero. [[spoiler: And a [[ProfessionalKiller mercenary assassin]]. And ''TheMole''.]]
** Too bad he's got an opponent who's sole mission is to [[BreakTheCutie break him]] thanks to this, [[spoiler: and who eventually succeeds, if only temporarily.]]
** In a similar vein is Tendou Rushuna from ''Anime/{{Grenadier}}'', who is a bit more {{Martial|Pacifist}} than Vash, but has likewise never killed anyone[[spoiler:, even in the face of them apparently killing a new friend of hers]]. Even her name is a play on this: Rushuna is a play on a Rushana Buddha, a statue exemplifying the essence of the Buddha, while her surname, Tendou, translates to "Heavenly Path."

* Both Kanade and Rino from ''Anime/BestStudentCouncil'', but the latter is also TheFool.
* Nanoha Takamachi from ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha''; this becomes especially apparent when you see how [[DefeatMeansFriendship she and her friends met]].
** It's worth mentioning that the Nanoha fanbase uses the term "befriend" as a synonym for "beat the hell out of". She does, however, possess an astounding success rate for [[HeelFaceTurn turning villains]] into lifelong allies.
** Not only that, but in the closing theme music of season 3, she walks on water, and then flowers bloom all around her. Subtle much?
* Nagisa Aoi from ''LightNovel/StrawberryPanic''.
* Milfeulle Sakuraba of ''Anime/GalaxyAngel'' has many aspects of TheMessiah, along with the ones that clearly qualify her as TheDitz and TheFool.
* Yoh Asakura from ''Manga/ShamanKing''.
** Also subverted with Iron Maiden Jeanne, who's believed to be TheMessiah but is more of a KnightTemplar.
* Belldandy of ''Manga/AhMyGoddess!'' also generally falls into this trope; even her (astoundingly rare) bouts of anger are more likely to result in her forcibly healing the soul of whoever she's fighting, rather than actually harm them.
** When she's drunk (on cola), she goes around causing small miracles to help animals, children, the elderly, stray animals, demons, inanimate objects, and pretty much anything else she lays eyes on.
* Lucia Nanami from ''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch''.
* Ginji Amano from ''Manga/GetBackers'' is even referred to by this moniker several times in the anime and manga, and is very much loved and respected by his allies as a result of his LoveFreak tendencies. But when his SuperPoweredEvilSide kicks in (partly ''because'' he's the kind to want to take on others' pain and suffering), you'd never be able to believe it...

* Judai Yuki of the {{Post Modern|ism}} ''Anime/YuGiOhGX''. Originally used straight and frequently [[LampshadeHanging noticed and discussed]] by characters like Sameshima, Saiou, Asuka, Ryo, and Edo; but then {{deconstruct|ion}}ed by Season 3, when the pressure of being everyone's source of strength and inspiration is finally too much for him. His TrueCompanions' dependence on him was actually the key the next BigBad used to kill them, and Judai's heartbreak at his failure to live up to being this character contributed to his fall to TheDarkSide. [[spoiler: And it took him a lot to pull himself back from the despair.]]

* Yuko Okonogi from ''Anime/DennouCoil''.

** 'course, Ed got two by a similar attitude and fighting until he collapsed, and Roy is AFatherToHisMen and it always works. Lots of ''that'' going around; Al is just the only sweet one.

* Kazuki Muto from ''Anime/BusouRenkin''. Declares the intention to protect ''everyone'', and will defend people who've been trying to kill him if he thinks they're redeemable. [[spoiler:One of them immediately turns around and offers her own life to save Kazuki from her brother -- so it works.]]
** Not only that. He's nice to everybody, he tries to save everybody, and even helps people who were killing him not five minutes before, even people who were killing him five minutes previously, then stop, then betray the truce, he'll still help them!

* The ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' leads seem to have an element of this, more often than not. [[Anime/DigimonSavers Masaru]] manages to pick up where his father Suguru left off as far as reaching out to Digimon and trying to create the world where Digimon and humans can live together. [[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 Daisuke]], [[Anime/DigimonTamers Takato]], and [[Anime/DigimonFrontier Takuya]] also have their moments.

* ''Manga/DGrayMan'''s protagonist, Allen Walker. Sure he's got a freaky deformed arm, but he's intensely dedicated to destroying Akuma, and by gum, he'll save everyone doing it.
** And not just the people; his EmpathicWeapon is powered by his will to fight for both the well-being of the living and for the salvation of the Akuma's souls, who systematically try to kill him and all of his friends. Without the will to save ''both'' of them, the weapon won't work. In fact, it pretty much showed him getting an epiphany and coming to the realization that he loves both humans and Akumas alike.

* Kato in ''Anime/{{Gantz}}''. The twist? He's not the main character. The resident JerkAss is. [[spoiler: The JerkAss gets better though and becomes a [[TheMessiah Messiah]] himself in the Dinosaur arc.]]
* Although a very minor character in terms of screentime, Mary Magdalene from ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'' otherwise fits all of the requirements to a T. Gentle and constantly smiling (almost [[StepfordSmiler a little too much]]), Mary shows kindness even to the demons who kidnapped her, becoming like family to them. She even willingly helps them when a prophetic vision revealed to her that she [[spoiler:would be killed by]] one of them. In the anime, they decided to [[FauxSymbolism make it obvious who she is]] by giving her stigmata, as well.
* Basara from ''Anime/{{Macross 7}}''... who is an odd mix of Messiah and JerkAss.

** And just in case you weren't sure, a) ''kami'' is the Japanese word for "God" and b) Jesus' best friend was called Simon Peter, who eventually took over the role of leadership. [[spoiler:The spear through the side was probably a bit much after all that...]]
** Also, as more fuel to the fire, the part of Giga Drill Breaker where the enemy mechs are immobilized is remarkably similar to crucifying... [[spoiler:and Kamina died during that]].
* The titular character from ''VideoGame/GalaxyFrauleinYuna'' is a prime example of this. An 9-year-old out-of-control android girl, Ayako, is destroying a hospital in a temper tantrum, and all the characters (almost all former enemies) are trying to contain the destruction and destroy the android. Not Yuna; she admonishes "You're going in to fight an enemy, I'm going in to make a friend!" And she does.
** Yuna's title, the "Savior of Light," can also be translated from Japanese to mean "''Messiah'' of Light".
* Jiyu Nanohana from ''Anime/JubeiChan''. She's the reincarnation of one eyed Ninja YagyuJubei, and she turns into a powerful swordswoman when she put on a magic eye patch she becomes a bad ass, busty version of her predecessor. Jiyu, who is nicknamed Jubei-Chan by her father who ghostwrites samurai novels, doesn't want to hurt anyone and [[RefusalOfTheCall hates turning into Jubei]]. She is pressured into it when she discovers that the Ryujoji clansmen who keep trying to kill/challenge her as Jubei end up living happier lives after she defeats them, because her HealingShiv frees them from the magically-enhanced hatred that dominated their (after)lives. Jiyu fits this archetype well; not only does she go to great lengths to avoid hurting the people who are trying to fight her, but everyone loves her -- even opponents she has defeated will go to great lengths to protect her.
* ''GundamWing'': Relena Peacecraft. Although by ''Endless Waltz'' she has abandoned the doctrine of [[ActualPacifist total pacifism]] as unrealistically idealist, she certainly tried to make it work, and went on to become an ambassador of peace. More importantly, she plays a large role in bringing Heero around from the emotionless "kill whoever it takes to accomplish the mission" mentality brought on by his implied TrainingFromHell into someone capable of sympathy.
** Quatre also counts a lot toward this, being the ApologeticAttacker and kind heart of the 5 Gundam pilots. Unlike others, however, he ''does'' have his limits: when [[spoiler: his father dies, his favorite sister is injured ''and'' he's betrayed by his colony]], he ''goes violently insane'' under the effects of the [[MindRape ZERO System]] and doesn't recover until a friend makes a [[spoiler: borderline]] HeroicSacrifice. ''Then'' he reaffirms his Messiah-ness by [[TheAtoner making what he can to atone]] and slowly but surely maturing into TheCaptain of the Gundam pilots, keeping the group together. [[spoiler: And snapping the aforementioned friend out of his EasyAmnesia.]]

* Makoto in ''Anime/{{El Hazard|TheMagnificentWorld}}'', to some extent.
* Mikan from ''Anime/GakuenAlice''
* Ryuubi and Chuubou from ''Manga/IkkiTousen''.
* Domon Kasshu from ''GGundam'', to an extent. Sure, the guy is REALLY NotGoodWithPeople and sometimes borders on JerkAss, but in the end he's the one who [[spoiler:pilots the ''God'' Gundam against the ''Devil'' Gundam Colony that has seized Neo Japan and saves his BrainwashedAndCrazy girlfriend [[IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight through a surprisingly wordy]] [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming and well-done]] AnguishedDeclarationOfLove so they can use ''ThePowerOfLove'' against the BigBad.]] Impressive, huh?
* Negi Springfield of ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' ''starts'' looking like one of these, but as the manga progresses, he starts becoming more painfully aware of his own weaknesses, and is willing to use [[BlackMagic questionable means]] to combat them. His motivation is pure as ever though, and he still falls into HonorBeforeReason a ''lot''.
** His father Nagi is a more straight example; he more-or-less saved the world singlehandedly, ending a world war in the process, and he's one of the most popular people in the magic world. So of course, he had to [[DisappearedDad go MIA]] right around the time Negi was born.
** And then the manga has another example: [[spoiler:Princess Arika, Negi's MissingMom. She was accused of being exactly the opposite, as well as tried and apparently executed, but the common people didn't buy it because she was genuinely kind to them.]]
* Sora from ''[[Manga/MahouTsukaiNiTaisetsuNaKotoNatsuNoSora Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto ~Natsu no Sora~]]''.

** Note that everything Albert ever does goes wrong, not entirely because of the Count's machinations. Even when he saves Edmond, he can't save him because [[spoiler: the end of Franz's sword is still in his heart]]. The only people he actually manages to save are Eugenie, and that's really all Peppo's doing, and Haidee. And the world from whatever Gankutsuou would have done with Edmond's body, but I don't think that was even on his radar.
*** Fernand's ''bombing'' of Paris is treated rather leniently compared to his sale of a princess into slavery.
** And Albert is in great pain, and nearly-alone in a shattered world at the end. The most you can say is that he ''survived'', without really ceasing to be himself. Which is something, but IncorruptiblePurePureness maybe, Messiah no.
* Isaac, Miria, and Jacuzzi from ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' Isaac and Miria are the [[TheDitz clueless type]] who unwittingly tend to spread joy and inspire people (ie. Eve, Ennis, Jacuzzi and Czeslaw) whereas Jacuzzi is the type that proactively (and almost [[MartyrWithoutACause suicidally]]) goes out of his way to help even complete strangers...unless you hurt his TrueCompanions. In that case, [[BewareTheNiceOnes you're fucked]].
* Shibuya Yuuri of ''LightNovel/KyoKaraMaoh'' transcends this trope. [[spoiler:He doesn't even kill the BigBad.]] He befriends dragons, breaks down race walls, has managed to overturn every foreign policy his country ever had in less than a year in favor of world peace, and trusts and loves ''everyone'' [[spoiler:even after he's been betrayed by them twice, then used as a PersonOfMassDestruction to wipe out an entire naval fleet]]. It gives his bodyguards migranes and is driving his [[AccidentalMarriage fiance]] [[{{Tsundere}} toward an aneurysm]].

* Mana Kirihara in ''Aquarian Age: Manga/JuvenileOrion''.
* Kitano from ''Manga/AngelDensetsu'' manages to be this and a NightmareFuelStationAttendant.

* Lute, the older brother of Flute and the son of Queen Horn in the ''Manga/ViolinistOfHameln''.
* Keiichi, from ''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'', falls into this [[VillainProtagonist eventu]][[MistakenForMurderer ally]].
* The Claw from ''Anime/GunXSword'' is an extremely rare villainous example of TheMessiah.

** Lelouch's half-sister, Princess Euphemia vi Britannia: always chipper; loves everyone; doesn't get angry ''even when people threaten her with death'', which happens more often than you might think. To the annoyance of her family, she takes bolder and bolder steps to fight anti-Eleven (that is, anti-Japanese) prejudice, and eventually she even sacrifices her place in the royal line of succession to give herself the leverage to make an attempt at lasting peace between Britannia and Japan / Area Eleven. ([[SlidingScaleOfCynicismVersusIdealism Naturally,]] things don't go well for her.) She also places herself in danger for the sake of others on no less than three key occasions.
** Shirley Fennette. Unlike [[RebelliousPrincess Euphemia]], Shirley generally avoids discussions of politics and current events, but like her, she actively and bravely opposes prejudice and cruelty whenever and wherever she sees it; she feels tenderness toward pretty much everyone; she can't bear to see anyone get hurt; and she's nearly always chipper -- except when jealous (back to that in a moment) or when things are going ''really, seriously wrong''. Admittedly, she gets upset whenever she suspects [[ObliviousToLove her beloved "Lulu"]] of liking another girl more than her -- which is often -- but even then, she's never mean, just, at worst, sullen and gloomy. Shirley is a bit how Euphie might have turned out had Euphie not been stuck as a princess of the world's greatest superpower. ([[SlidingScaleOfCynicismVersusIdealism Naturally,]] things don't go well for her, either. Then ... things don't go well for her, all over again.)
** Princess Nunnally, Lelouch's younger sister and reason for living -- and, though she has no idea, for killing. Like her older half-sister Princess Euphemia, she's always chipper, always ready to think the best of everyone. Unlike Lelouch, she has no interest in revenge against her family (or anyone else) for the many ways they have wronged her; she just hopes the world will become a nicer place, where Britannians and Japanese can live side by side in peace, and she can return to the family that has betrayed her. ([[RuleOfThree You can probably guess]] [[SlidingScaleOfCynicismVersusIdealism where this is going.]])
** RuleOfThree indeed, though, since [[spoiler:ultimately Nunnally comes to rule over Britannia and remake it into a good nation.]]
* Red from ''Manga/PokemonSpecial''. He accepts old foes (that practically tried to ''kill'' him) through EnemyMine situations a little ''too'' easily. His Messiah-ness is most prevalent in the FLRG arc, where he readily accepts [[spoiler:Deoxys since it shares his blood]], even though it nearly massacred his team.
** Dia shows some messianic traits, as when he [[spoiler:calls out Cyrus for trying to destroy all of existance with a simple yet very heartfelt speech, Dialga and Palkia decide that they'd rather listen to him than Cyrus and earlier his own courage inspired Regigigas to fight Team Galactic as his teammate!]] His actions are so moving that they [[spoiler:convince [[BigBad Cyrus]] [[NietzscheWannabe himself]] that the world was a beautiful thing as it is, provoking a [[HeelFaceTurn Heel Face Turn.]] ]] This incredible feat is shared by the below-mentioned Hareta (who admittedly ''is'' his AU Counterpart).

* Yuuna from ''Anime/{{Stitch}}''.
* Characters/AstroBoy from ''Anime/AstroBoy''.
* Nadja from ''Anime/AshitaNoNadja''.
* Aoi from ''Manga/AiYoriAoshi''. She loves everyone, and everyone loves her.
* Rock from ''Anime/BlackLagoon'' (which explains one of the [[WMG/BlackLagoon WMGs about him]]). Since he lives in a CrapsackWorld, the universe tries to punish him for being this.
* Candy White Andree of ''Manga/CandyCandy''. She loves everyone, and ''almost'' everyone loves her.
* Hime Utsumiya of ''Anime/BrainPowerd''.
* Dorothy in ''Manga/ClearQualia''. She sees the good in everyone, and she is willing to give an eye to save a Plastica.
* Dai of ''Manga/DaiNoDaibouken''. He is valued for this.
* [[spoiler:Kenji]], after [[spoiler:his return]], becomes a messiah in ''Manga/TwentiethCenturyBoys''. He [[spoiler:saves the world]] by travelling around singing a song (which in turn makes legions of people idolise and follow him), kills no one and [[spoiler:''apologizes'' to the BigBad for a past misdeed]].
** His attitude is much more BeAllMySinsRemembered and somewhere between bemused and irritated that people are looking to him to save the day.
** [[spoiler:Kanna]] also becomes a messiah as well as the story progresses.

* Maria Osawa of ''Anime/{{Canaan}}''.
* Pfil of ''Manga/BondageFairies''.
* In ''Manga/KoiCupid'', Ai can connect to almost anyone, and her greatest wish is to be friends with people. She even warmed a demon's heart.

* Nausicaa, from the ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' manga/anime quoted above, fits this trope to a T. An example: In a scene near the beginning of the manga she meets a cute squirrel-creature. It bites her hand, but she just smiles at it as it gets the biting out of its system, then feeds it. And the next thing you know it's her cute animal companion.
* Yusei from ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' is this even more so than his predecessors, despite his quiet and more mature nature. Hs father named him after a particle that bonded other particles together, because he wanted Yusei to be able to bond people together. And he did.

* Yuki of ''Manga/UragiriWaBokuNoNamaeWoShitteiru''.

* Drago from ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}''.
* Honoka from ''Anime/TheThirdTheGirlWithTheBlueEye''. [[spoiler:Literally.]]
* The post- CharacterDevelopment Setsuna F. Seiei in ''{{Gundam 00}}''.
* Kira [[FanNickname "Jesus"]] Yamato in ''GundamSeed''. His girlfriend, Lacus Clyne, combines this trope with GuileHero for interesting results. As for Chairman Durandal...? He thinks he's this trope, but in truth he's more of a DarkMessiah.
* [[TheHeart Ky]][[PersonofMassDestruction rie]] from ''[[SandsOfDestruction World Destruction]]'' fits this to a T. Kind, gentle, and not wanting to fight anyone, he's always trying to find a way to talk things out instead of going on killing sprees like [[AxCrazy Morte]] wants to do. He thinks of everyone around him before thinking about himself (which Toppi {{lampshade|Hanging}}s this in the manga that Kyrie would give him the water bottle despite the fact he was thirty AND wandering the desert for three days straight.) Enforced and deconstructed in the manga where [[spoiler: when he leaves the group, everyone splits up with Toppi and Naja going with him and leaving Morte and Agan behind after Morte crossed the MoralEventHorizon by blowing an entire village up with innocent people.]]

* The main character from ''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion''.

* The titular character of ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'' seems to be this trope. She has a kind and cheery demeanor, she simply [[LoveYouAndEverybody loves everyone]]--and it's stated several times that [[PlatonicLifePartners they]] [[AllGuysWantCheerleaders love]] [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer her]] [[TrueCompanions back]]. She appears to be a firm believer in ThePowerOfFriendship, and is also quite a bit of a ReluctantWarrior when she is forced to battle rather than befriend. She also has quite a streak for granting second chances, [[DefrostingTheIceQueen defrosting several ice kings]], and wanting the best for her loved ones even if at her own expense--as illustrated by her actions toward [[DefeatMeansFriendship Yue]], [[EasilyForgiven Eriol]], and [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy Yukito]] in particular.

* Ginta of ''Manga/{{MAR}}''.
* Tomoki from ''Manga/HeavensLostProperty'' is either a parody of this or a more humane one. While a complete pervert and having many, many flaws both in character and belief; he is the most loving, caring, compassionate being in the entire Verse and ready to put his life on the line for his friends and those in need without a second thought, to the point that nine out of ten CMOA and CMOH are done by him in the series.
* MonColleKnights has the eponymous Knights Mondo Ohya and Rokuna Hiiragi. Bonus points to the latter, since she is an empath and feels others' emotions. Shiru would also count, for being able to forgive Zaha and hope for his redemption when there was reason enough to believe that he had already crossed the MoralEventHorizon.

* In {{Trinity Blood}}, Abel Nightroad is more of a {{Broken Messiah}}. After all, he does kill vampires who have done harm to others, not to mention some problems with losing control with his powers. However, Esther fits better thanks to {{character development}}. She starts out as a vampire hating sister who even kills someone, but she eventually learns the truth behind the man she blamed for losing her mother figure and decides to join the church and find a way to help vampires and humans co-exist. [[spoiler:Eventually she becomes a queen and starts this process, which is where the anime ends. The notes from the original novel author before his death paint a bleaker picture, however.]]
* Miyuki Takara from LuckyStar. Always remains the voice of reason among the four mains. Case in point: When she visits Kagami when she's sick during the first episode, Kagami explains to her some stuff that Konata said moments earlier. The way Miyuki interprets it leads Kagami to wonder if she's a saint.

* Ditto Comicbook/WonderWoman, who in addition to being one of the strongest warriors, is a walking avatar of love and peace. This is particularly emphasized during the BlackestNight miniseries, where her love for all things in existence, as lampshaded by both [[LoveGoddess Aphrodite]] and [[Comicbook/GreenLantern Star Sapphire Carol Ferris]], leads to her being recruited into the Star Sapphire Corps.
* Comicbook/{{Shazam}} as well. In fact, kind, sensible, utterly selfless and cheerful Billy Batson just might be an even bigger example of TheMessiah than both of the above
* CaptainAmerica. He is the Marvel counterpart of Comicbook/{{Superman}} after all.
** At one point Magneto tried to erase his mind of all prejudice towards Mutants. Problem for Magneto: ''Captain America has no prejudice towards anybody.''
* Comicbook/{{Spider-Man}} is unarguably considered to be this, as he is ultimately the one most lovable human beings in Marvel and is pretty much the prolific easy going superhero. Throughout the entire Marvel community, he has teamed up and allied with almost every character based on his modesty, compassion, his sense of humor, and his devotion for being responsible.
** Plus, most stories about him when he's all grown up (considering even the main continuity Spidey, the oldest mainstream depiction, is still only about 24) depict him as the most "the greatest hero of all".
** Which opens up a case of {{Fridge Brilliance}} when you consider the future version of his {{DCU}} {{Expy}} {{Static Shock}} is portrayed the exact same way.

* Saint Walker of the [[Characters/GLBlueLanternCorps Blue Lanterns]], specifically referred to as the Messiah of his homeworld. The worldwide hope that he inspired on his dying world was enough for him to be selected as the first to wield the Blue Light of Hope.

* [[Comicbook/{{X-Men}} Professor Charles Xavier]] is a perfect example.
** However, he also has a rather dark side. Admittedly though, this is a case of DependingOnTheWriter (given the inconsistency of long-running comics and shifting AlternateCharacterInterpretation).

* Nausicaa from ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind.''
* Also from Hayao Miyazaki, Ashitaka from ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' fits this trope perfectly (in fact if he didn't, his [[CursedWithAwesome curse]] would kill him).
* ''Anime/RoyalSpaceForceTheWingsOfHonneamise'': Riquinni Nonderaiko plays this trope as far as the [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism dual-nature]] [[MohsScaleOfSciFiHardness rigidity]] of the film will allow.
* WesternAnimation/WallE.
* ''WesternAnimation/HappyFeet''. Mumble, ironically.

* Moses from ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt''. Even after learning that his adopted family were responsible for killing and enslaving his people, he still didn't hate them. He wanted to believe that Ramses could change. He beg him to stop enslaving the Hebrews or the Egyptians and his son will be killed by the Plague. [[spoiler:Which happened]]. Also even when Ramses [[spoiler: betrayed him by going to kill all of his people, and had no choice but to close the Red Sea on him]], Moses was still worried if [[spoiler: Ramses was still alive]].

* Victor Laszlo in ''Film/{{Casablanca}}''. It says something about him that the only person in the entire movie who isn't in complete awe and admiration of the utterly heroic and saintly resistance leader and doesn't think he's the greatest thing since the invention of bread, sliced or otherwise, is the [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazi]] officer who has been sent to capture him, which is a [[AcceptableTargets ringing endorsement]] if ever there was one. He's so noble that he doesn't even hold a grudge that his beloved wife, believing that he was dead, has fallen in love with another man, and his example is so powerful that that other man is eventually quite willing to sacrifice his one chance at happiness [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy by convincing her to stay with him]].

* William Wallace from ''Film/{{Braveheart}}''. At first he wanted revenge for [[spoiler: his deceased wife]], but when other Scotts decided to fight with him, he knew that important thing wasn't not revenge. It was freedom. He inspired not only Scotland to fight for freedom, but other countries as well. And even [[spoiler: after his death]] his leadership and having faith in others were still kept alive.
* Terrence Malick's ''TheThinRedLine'' has this in the character of Pvt. Witt, a kind-hearted, wise, philosophizing soldier. (It should be said that he was noticeably less saintly in the novel.) Curiously enough, he's played by JimCaviezel, who would go on to star as Jesus in ''ThePassionOfTheChrist''.
* Poppy from ''HappyGoLucky''. It was half the point of the movie.

** For the Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse, Luke was this in the early years, but not since the Legacy era, where he is even seen advocating for torture. The Messiah mantle seems to have been passed on to his son Ben, who wants to redeem people who his father would rather just kill. Ben's [[DarkActionGirl Sith girlfriend]] even [[ShutUpKirk explains to Luke]] how he's NotSoDifferent from them.
* Charlie from the TimBurton remake of ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory''.
** Applies just as much to Charlie in ''[[Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory]]''.

* Philip Swift from ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides''.
* Film/{{Unforgiven}}: His late wife Claudia was – is – this for William Munny… [[RedemptionFailure in all the extension he can be saved]].

* Bobby from the ''Pendragon'' series. He seems to be able to make friends with all of travelers in every world in a matter of minutes of meeting them. And, it was said on more then one occasion he would be the only one to beat Saint Dane. [[spoiler:He does.]]

* Andy Dufresne, the main character of Creator/StephenKing's story ''Rita Hayworth and TheShawshankRedemption'' is TheMessiah of the story, which is remarkable considering the near hopeless circumstances that he finds himself in (one might even interpret him as TheWoobie). There are several symbolic parallels between him and Jesus Christ which shape the entire message of the book, that "hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things and no good thing ever dies".
* Alyosha, the third and youngest of ''Literature/TheBrothersKaramazov'', loves all and is loved by all. Dostoevsky uses an entire chapter to illustrate how it would be impossible to not trust him. Everyone--and we mean '''everyone'''--in the book confides in Alyosha, and at times these discussions seem to resemble a priest taking confession. The story in the Bible of Jesus Christ being tempted in the desert by the devil has its parallels in some of Alyosha's discussions. For bonus points, he starts off as a novice monk in the nearby monastery. This was [[AuthorExistenceFailure almost]] [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], however: Creator/FyodorDostoevsky intended to write a full-length version of ''Literature/TheGambler'' with Alyosha (= Alexei) in place of Alexei Ivanovich, followed by a third novel redeeming him.
* Also by Dostoevsky: Sofya from ''Literature/CrimeAndPunishment'', anyone?

* Everybody in ''The Land'' except Thomas Covenant, the bad guys and [[TheStoic the Bloodguard]] is, personality-wise, TheMessiah.
* In Anne Bishop's ''BlackJewels'' trilogy, Jaenelle is the most recent (and implied to be the most powerful ever) incarnation of Witch, essentially born from the collective dreams of the races who facilitates their reconciliation [[spoiler:and eventually nearly kills herself in order to save her people.]]
* In ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings,'' Both Frodo and Aragorn's attachment to the other members of the Fellowship, as well as a large number of people they encounter during the books, qualifies them for this trope.
* Adil, one of the main characters in Sahar Khalifeh's ''Wild Thorns''. A Palestinian who works in Israel (the book was written in the 70s') to support his nine family members, and always looking out for his fellow workers. He's more than once described as trying "to solve the Middle East conflict all by himself." Even his cousin who considers him a traitor for working in Israel cares strongly about him.
* Rand Al'Thor in Literature/TheWheelOfTime is a ''fantastic'' deconstruction of both this trope and TheChosenOne.
** He gets reconstructed near the end.

* Finny in ''Literature/ASeparatePeace'', who never sees anyone as an enemy, and believes that "when you really love something, then it has to love you back, in whatever way it has to love." Many readers (and English teachers) see him as a [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory Christ figure]].
* Mike in Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/StrangerInAStrangeLand''. He's a walking Jesus allegory, but beside that he has an innocence so strong it even scares people a bit.
* ''Literature/LesMiserables'': Jean Valjean, who in turn learned forgiveness from the Bishop of Digne after 19 years of prison made Valjean bitter and hateful.
* ''Literature/ThePickwickPapers'': Samuel Pickwick, Esq. It's the main reason he's funny.

* [[EndersGame Ender Wiggin.]] Loves everyone, including the Buggers he's trying to kill. His friends semi-worship him.
* Aerich Tenma of the ''{{Dragaera}}''-verse.
* Goldmoon in ''Heroes of the Lance,'' a Literature/{{Dragonlance}} book.

* Jane Bennet in ''PrideAndPrejudice''.
* Tavi definitely wants to be this in ''Literature/CodexAlera'', though he does his smiting less with brute force and more with CrazyAwesome strategy and adaptation. If he were the son of a deity it undoubtedly would be a god of chaos. [[spoiler: Actually, he's just the son of the First Lord, which winds up giving him near-godlike furycraft. From a near-godlike fury.]]
* Mendel Shpilman, in ''Literature/TheYiddishPolicemensUnion'' by Creator/MichaelChabon. [[spoiler: Literally. Until he went with [[DrugsAreBad being a crackhead]] instead.]]
* TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea: TheProfessor Aronnax is a humble WideEyedIdealist scientist that already had won the UndyingLoyalty of Counseil before he comes to the Nautilus, he also makes IdiotHero Ned Land do a MoreExpendableThanYou sacrifice when they are in the Pole, and he is ultimately the reason why Captain Nemo gets his VillainousBreakdown when Aronnax discovers the Nautilus is as WeaponOfMassDestruction..
* [[SwordOfTruth Richard]] [[spoiler: Rahl]] lives and breathes this trope. He's deeply moralistic (at least early on), believes strenuously in the freedom he's fighting for (to the point of not leading armies because they're fighting for him, not for freedom), and ''everyone'' he meets falls into lockstep with him, even bitter enemies.
** In fact, there are only a few select groups of people that permanently reject him. [[spoiler: Darken, Drefan, and Oba Rahl]], the Sisters of the Dark, the Blood of the Fold, the Imperial Order leadership, the Slide, and the [[spoiler: Anders]]. Over 10,000+ pages.
** For everyone else, the books go to great effort to repeatedly remind the reader that everyone likes Richard and that he unites people simply by being Richard.
** It also helps that he's the ChosenOne and a hilariously-powerful wizard, and the Seeker of Truth (with all of the combat prowess inherent to the position).
** As the Imperial Order's evil becomes more and more of an issue in the series, Richard actually becomes more of a militant leader and less of this.
* Uncle Tom from ''UncleTomsCabin'', who sacrifices his own chance of freedom several times, and eventually himself, when assisting two female slaves in escaping. When he dies, he prays for his torturers, and eventually converts them to a better life.

* Daniel Jackson in ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' and ''Series/StargateSG1''. No surprise that later, by the end of the fifth season, he evolves into a MessianicArchetype as well.
* Dr. Molly Clock in ''Series/{{Scrubs}}''.

* [[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood Fred Rogers]] is famous for being one of the nicest people ever, both on his show and off.
* [[SesameStreet Abby Cadabby]]. Her faith in Oscar the Grouch's heart is unshakable.
* Hakuya Ryouga / [=AbaRed=] of BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger. He was immune to the mind-screwing abilities of a MonsterOfTheWeek specifically because, in his niece's words, "he doesn't hate anyone or anything." Naturally, evil Ranger Nakadai Mikoto does everything in his power to crush the idealism out of him, but Ryouga never stops believing that Mikoto can be redeemed - and he's proven right.
* Most of the {{Ultraman}} fall under this.
* Gentaro Kisaragi, ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'', who in his introduction stated his goal to befriend each and every single person in his new high school. This includes forgiving someone for throwing away a girl's love letter, and being nice to the JerkJock "king" and AlphaBitch "queen" of the school despite their harassment (both verbal ''and'' physical).
** He'll even do it with the MonsterOfTheWeek. You have to be really bad for him to not make a serious attempt at getting a villain to amend his ways. Pyxis, the guy who ''is the reason Fourze has a NightmareFuel [[NightmareFuel.KamenRiderFourze page]]'' is the only person he's not extended a hand of friendship to.
** He even extended his hand to several people who would probably be the last people to receive his handshake, [[spoiler:such as the man who ''killed him'', TheDragon who put two of his friends to the [[PhantomZone Dark Nebula]] and threatened death to the rest of his friends, and finally the BigBad. This is the same BigBad that ''killed his best friend Kengo Utahoshi''.]]
* [[Series/ParksAndRecreation Leslie Knope]] is such a generous, thoughtful, hardworking person, and so beloved by her friends and co-workers, that she might as well be characterized as the Messiah from Pawnee.
* Jo Jo Nabouli, from the short-lived ''KeyWest''.

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* The lead singer of a rock band is sometimes played this way. Roger Daltrey of TheWho was arguably the TropeCodifier for his role in ''{{Tommy}}'', with Pete Townshend speculating that Robert Plant of LedZeppelin and Jim Morrison of TheDoors were influenced by him.
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* Baldr from Norse mythology was the original MarySue. A {{Bishonen}}, all-loving fertility god, he was such a nice guy that even physical weapons refused to harm him. A favourite pastime of the other gods was to throw weapons at him and watch them bounce off because even the weapons liked him too much to harm him. Then along came [[MagnificentBastard Loki]], the god of mischief, who finds one thing that can harm Baldr: a sprig of mistletoe. One prick from it and Baldr's dead. But then everyone in creation wept for him, even the nasty mistletoe that had done the deed: everyone of course, except Loki who was doomed to be chained to a rock and tortured by a snake until the end of time for his trouble.

* Nurgle of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' and ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' holds a deep, paternal love for all living things. Unfortunately for said living things, he thinks infecting them with horrific diseases is the best way to express that love, and considers their cries of anguish and despair a form of thanks for these "gifts."
** One thing: bacteria, parasites - the things that cause diseases ARE living things. Nurgle loves every living thing equally and can't just kill those couple thousand bacteria that live within a sick person. That would be Something-cide!
* Similarly, both Devils and Deceivers in the third edition of ''TabletopGame/{{Nobilis}}'' explore why loving '''absolutely everything''' is not necessarily a virtuous trait, or one that leads to the other traits of The Messiah. The Devils love the laughter of children and the beauty of a sunset... but they also love cancer and genocide. In fact, they love cancer and genocide '''more''', because who else is going to love them? As for the Deceivers... to make a long explanation short, let's just say that love doesn't have to be sane or healthy.

* On the subject of ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':

*** Celes Chere could also fit this trope in the World of Ruin portion of the game.
** Zidane Tribal from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' is an example, despite the fact that he is a [[HandsomeLech lecherous]] thief. His line in the game's character montage is "You don't need a reason to help people". In fact, multiple characters throughout the game actually complain about how kind Zidane is to everybody that he meets.
*** This carries over into ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy''.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX'' has Yuna. Every summoner has to have this to some degree to go on their pilgrimage in the first place, but Yuna takes it to a whole new level, never speaking harshly to anyone, while still exhibiting [[SilkHidingSteel a quiet, subtle strength]] that keeps her going even after [[spoiler: the church of Yevon brands her and her party traitors, once the truth comes out about the [[EvilAllAlong nature of the Maesters]]]]. Her [[spoiler: [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome speech to Yunalesca]] breaks it down perfectly.]]
** Arguably, Serah Farron develops into this over the course of ''{{Final Fantasy XIII-2}}''. At the start of the game, her main drive is to find Lightning and [[CassandraTruth prove that she's alive]]. By mid-Episode 3, Serah has decided that saving the world should be their goal first and foremost, it becoming her main motivation (but finding Lightning is still very important to her). By the end of Episode 5, she's even prepared to save the world despite [[spoiler:[[BlessedWithSuck the knowledge that doing so]] [[PowerDegeneration might doom her to die]]]].
* Lloyd from ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia''. He eventually transforms everyone in the party (and the world) for the better. He gives corny speeches explaining that everyone has the right to live freely, and inspires comments from his circle of friends on how softhearted, kind, strong, etc. he is.
** Mithos, the legendary hero from the game's back story, was also a messiah. With his three companions and a belief in ThePowerOfFriendship, he saved the world from a {{magitek}} war. What subsequently happened to him is revealed later on in the game, and it's ''not'' pretty.

* Stocke, the main character of ''VideoGame/RadiantHistoria.''

** One of the [[DarkerAndEdgier saddest]] parts of ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' is no matter how much of a Messiah [[TheHero Hawke]] ends up being, he/she still [[spoiler:looses his/her family, tears [[CityOfAdventure Kirkwall]] apart twice, and sets the stage for Thedas' first world war]].

** And in the backstory, the Seven Heroes of the Scourging have their own Messiah: Saint Elimine, their MagicalGirlWarrior and ChurchMilitant. She even founded both her own nation (Etruria) and her own religion (the Elimine church -- which still goes strong after centuries)!
*** To drive the point even further, ''Fuuin'' mentions that according to her legend, [[spoiler: Elimine never died. Once she believed her mission in life was over, she walked up to the top of a tower in the Etrurian capital of Aquleia and calmly {{ascend|ToAHigherPlaneOfExistence}}ed to a higher plane of existence. Said place is now known as the Tower of the Saint, and it houses [[LightEmUp her spellbook (Aureola)]] and her healing staff (Holy Maiden).]]

The main character, simply put, [[LoveYouAndEverybody loves everyone]]. Loves them with a deep, spiritual love that means they will shake heaven and earth, destroy gods and planets, bring nations to their knees, etc. [[TheDulcineaEffect for the person they just met yesterday]]. They will [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter believe the best]] of [[TheIngenue everyone]], and constantly give someone [[LastSecondChance a second chance]] (though they ''will'' defeat the BigBad). They repay [[TurnTheOtherCheek cruelty with kindness and anger with calm]]. They are the ones who will suffer for the sins of their loved ones. Most people think they're insane, but somehow they pull it off. Even MarySue and MartyStu are impressed.

The EmpathicWeapon trusts them completely, as does [[FriendToAllLivingThings every animal they meet]]. Their [[FertileFeet every step causes flowers to bloom]]. Their [[TrueCompanions circle of friends]] are in awe of them, if not somewhat [[HaremGenre in love with them]]. They'll even [[MagneticHero attract]] an AntiHero or two who will stick around so they can at least figure out what drugs this person is taking -- and where ''they'' can get some. In their hands ThePowerOfLove and ThePowerOfFriendship can be an awesome force, they may be the standard bearer for the message that YouAreNotAlone and if anything can redeem a person against the odds by showing them the light of goodness, it will probably be AllLovingHero.

On the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism, AllLovingHero is a heavily idealistic character. Even in a dark world, they are [[IncorruptiblePurePureness ideal]]. They will always say SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers and [[HopeBringer inspire hope.]] In the hands of a bad writer, the character can easily be mutated into a MarySue.

In terms of the FourLoves, AllLovingHero is Agape, or Unconditional Love for All, personified. However, by no means is the character exempt from the the [[ThickerThanWater other]] [[LoveInterest three]] [[TrueCompanions loves]].

TheFool is sometimes the embryonic state of AllLovingHero doubled as the IdiotHero. A MagneticHero has the intangible quality of earning respect and followers that some AllLovingHero characters do but without needing the "love and forgive everyone" part. An AllLovingHero who takes their idealism too far into {{Facepalm}}-worthy idiocy (like seriously trying to trade the ArtifactOfDoom if the villain [[ILied promises not to hurt anyone]]) may lapse into StupidGood or LawfulStupid. If such a character is still messianic but do have some more realistic flaws or moments in which they're NotSoAboveItAll, you're likely to be in front of a BrokenMessiah.

The protagonist in a WhiteMansBurden story will often be AllLovingHero. For the character who only ''thinks'' they're AllLovingHero, see the LoveFreak. TheCutie shares a lot of the AllLovingHero's characteristic personality type, but isn't as much of a paragon of idealism and may or may not have their overpowering charisma. Similarly, ThePollyanna has the AllLovingHero's optimism and good heart, but doesn't have the same kind of charisma or deep spiritualism.

SubTrope to IdealHero. Compare MartyrWithoutACause, TheParagon, TheHeart, IncorruptiblePurePureness, PuritySue, LoveYouAndEverybody, NiceGuy. This trope is '''not''' about Jesus-analogs; that's MessianicArchetype. While they and AllLovingHero sometimes overlap, a character with the MessianicArchetype can be far-flung from being AllLovingHero in mind and behavior. Contrast DarkMessiah, which can stand in opposition to this but is more MessianicArchetype + AntiHero as well as MisanthropeSupreme (although a more AntiVillain version may have been a [[FallenHero former]] Messiah, who, came to believe that the only way to truly save everyone was [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans taking extreme measures]]).

%% Before adding an example, read the description carefully and make sure the character you're adding fits here rather than under Messianic Archetype. As a hint, if you feel the need to state your character is "literally" The Messiah, Messianic Archetype is probably where he or she belongs. While the tropes can certainly overlap (hence this one's name), they don't always.

The EmpathicWeapon trusts them completely, as does [[FriendToAllLivingThings every animal they meet]]. Their [[FertileFeet every step causes flowers to bloom]]. Their [[TrueCompanions circle of friends]] are in awe of them, if not somewhat [[HaremGenre in love with them]]. They'll even [[MagneticHero attract]] an AntiHero or two who will stick around so they can at least figure out what drugs this person is taking -- and where ''they'' can get some. In their hands ThePowerOfLove and ThePowerOfFriendship can be an awesome force, they may be the standard bearer for the message that YouAreNotAlone and if anything can redeem a person against the odds by showing them the light of goodness, it will probably be TheMessiah.

On the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism, TheMessiah is a heavily idealistic character. Even in a dark world, they are [[IncorruptiblePurePureness ideal]]. They will always say SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers and [[HopeBringer inspire hope.]] In the hands of a bad writer, the character can easily be mutated into a MarySue.

In terms of the FourLoves, TheMessiah is Agape, or Unconditional Love for All, personified. However, by no means is the character exempt from the the [[ThickerThanWater other]] [[LoveInterest three]] [[TrueCompanions loves]].

TheFool is sometimes the embryonic state of TheMessiah doubled as the IdiotHero. A MagneticHero has the intangible quality of earning respect and followers that some Messiah characters do but without needing the "love and forgive everyone" part. TheMessiah who takes their idealism too far into {{Facepalm}}-worthy idiocy (like seriously trying to trade the ArtifactOfDoom if the villain [[ILied promises not to hurt anyone]]) may lapse into StupidGood or LawfulStupid. If such a character is still messianic but do have some more realistic flaws or moments in which they're NotSoAboveItAll, you're likely to be in front of a BrokenMessiah.

The protagonist in a WhiteMansBurden story will often be TheMessiah. For the character who only ''thinks'' they're TheMessiah, see the LoveFreak. TheCutie shares a lot of TheMessiah's characteristic personality type, but isn't as much of a paragon of idealism and may or may not have their overpowering charisma. Similarly, ThePollyanna has the Messiah's optimism and good heart, but doesn't have the same kind of charisma or deep spiritualism.

SubTrope to IdealHero. Compare MartyrWithoutACause, TheParagon, TheHeart, IncorruptiblePurePureness, PuritySue, LoveYouAndEverybody, NiceGuy. This trope is '''not''' about Jesus-analogs; that's MessianicArchetype. While they and TheMessiah sometimes overlap, a character with the MessianicArchetype can be far-flung from being TheMessiah in mind and behavior. Contrast DarkMessiah, which can stand in opposition to this but is more MessianicArchetype + AntiHero as well as MisanthropeSupreme (although a more AntiVillain version may have been a [[FallenHero former]] Messiah, who, came to believe that the only way to truly save everyone was [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans taking extreme measures]]).

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