History Main / BadAssPacifist

* SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}}'s inversion in ''ComicBook/{{AXIS}}'' deconstructs and even parodies this - he still has his combat skills and all, but he's so deep into nonviolence he can't even cut a Thanksgiving turkey!

* In ''Disney/{{Mulan}}'', we have the enormous Chien Po of the BigThinShortTrio of soldiers who befriend the title character. A man of imposing stature, he is nevertheless incredibly peaceful, reciting Buddhist mantras and generally being [[BigEater more interested in food]] than war glory. That being said, he ''will'' take up a sword and defend his friends and country if need be, although he doesn't like violence (he encourages the short-tempered Yao to relax with a chant, and later uses martial arts to defeat two enemy guards, then looks [[ApologeticAttacker genuinely upset]] at having hurt them). In one particularly amazing moment, Chien Po shows off a huge level of StoutStrength by hoisting Mulan, Shang, seven other soldiers, and a ''fully-grown horse'' backwards and against gravity to save them from falling off a cliff. He's clearly the strongest soldier in the entire Imperial Army, so it's lucky that he has such a strong pacifist side.

* Princess Poppy from ''WesternAnimation/{{Trolls}}'' believes that everyone from the cynical Branch to the ever gloomy Bergens ([[ObliviouslyEvil who honestly believes that eating her species is the only way to make them happy]]) deserves to be happy. She helps Branch slowly but surely regain his lost optimism, to the point where [[spoiler: he becomes the HopeBringer for her and the Troll Tribe in their DarkestHour]]. She befriends the SculleryMaid Bridget, despite her being a Bergen, by [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe being the first person to treat her well]], and she and her friends help Bridget disguise herself as a total babe named [[LineOfSightName Lady Glittersparkles]] so she could win the heart of her crush King Gristle Jr. despite not really getting much in return. This pays off massively when [[spoiler: Bridget [[HeroicSacrifice chooses to release all the Trolls from the cooking pot despite knowing that she’ll be heavily punished for it]]]]. During the climax, [[spoiler: Poppy can’t bring herself to escape because she doesn’t think it’s fair that Bridget is willingly ruining her life to save the Trolls, so she, Branch, and their friends return to save Bridget from being imprisoned by showing the Bergens that she is Lady Glittersparkles. Using that moment of revelation, Poppy manages to convince all the Bergens (except for [[BigBad The Royal Chef]], who has to be dispatched more directly) that they don’t need to eat Trolls by showing that they’ve had happiness within them all along, using Gristle Jr. and Bridget’s natural happiness and joy during their date despite the fact that neither one of them has ever eaten a Troll before as an example. As the Bergens begin to realize that she’s right, Poppy and the rest of the Trolls kick off a dance party to help them wake up that inner happiness. Shortly afterwards, Poppy’s father crowns her Queen of the Trolls for bringing peace between the two species]].

* [[Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snow White]] of all people in ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1048901/11/Stygian-Solace Stygian Solace]]''. Through her powers as a Princess of Heart, she holds her dying world together through [[HeroicWillpower sheer force of will]] and calms the remaining survivors. When she believed that Riku was going to kill her, despite being wounded and helpless Snow White tells him off.

* Disney's {{Disney/Pocahontas}} never picks up a weapon but she stops an entire war from breaking out by putting herself between her father and the man he's about to execute. Notable in that she's a member of a ''warrior'' tribe.

* The nameless Archdeacon from ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''. He never raises a hand during the movie, but his authority alone is enough to keep even KnightTemplar Judge Frollo in line. That and the fear of God he puts into him during the opening.

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Doss Desmond Doss]]. The man was a conscientious objector and became a medic in World War II, serving in the Pacific Theatre (where medics were [[ShootTheMedicFirst specifically targeted]] by the [[ValuesDissonance Japanese Army]]. He lowered 50-100 wounded men down a cliff face. The low estimate was supplied by Doss, the high estimate given by the Army. 16 days later, he [[JumpingOnAGrenade stepped on a grenade to save 3 other soldiers]], and [[MadeOfIron survived]]. And as he was being taken away on a stretcher, he saw another guy who was worse off and ordered the stretcher-bearers to deal with that man instead. He crawled 300 metres to safety with another man, at one point [[TakingTheBullet taking a sniper bullet]] [[BoomHeadshot that had been aimed at that man's head]]. For his courageous actions above and beyond the call of duty, he received the Medal of Honor.

* Dorfl the golem in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' books commands this sort of respect, though mostly because of his status as a free golem. A normal golem doesn't harm people because they're magically prevented from doing so, while Dorfl doesn't because he's decided it's wrong. This leaves some people with the worrying feeling that, given enough provocation, he might reconsider. Also, he has glowing red eyes.
** Also, Brutha from ''Discworld/SmallGods''. The only person he hits in the book is Simony (it was a reactionary blow), yet he talks [[PhysicalGod Om]] into doing his bidding.

* In ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird'', Atticus Finch is spat upon by Bob Ewell. Atticus looks the man in the eye as he wipes the spit off with a handkerchief, and it is apparent that the man is intimidated by Atticus's mere presence. Atticus leaves without laying a hand on the contemptible man, but it is clear who the stronger of the two is.

* In ''Theatre/InheritTheWind'', Henry Drummond, a secularist attorney played by Creator/SpencerTracy, is an aging man who takes a lot of heat from everybody, but he never loses his cool demeanor and instead turns words into weapons to defend his cause with a respectworthy dignity. All in the middle of a hostile town where death threats are matter-of-factly sung.

* First Aid from ''{{Transformers}}'' gets a [[DayInTheLimeLight spotlight episode]] highlighting his pacifism. He refuses to fight but ends up being fine with climbing inside [[HumongousMecha Metroplex]] and performing crucial repairs while the big guy is in the middle of combat.

A Badass Pacifist describes an ActualPacifist who, without doing anything violent, is much more awesome than many of us will ever be, and commands all the respect you give 'the baddest guy on the planet' even though (or in some cases, ''[[TheFettered because]]'') they never go on the offensive. These are the people who will stand and take a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown without striking back and without giving in; they are also very fond of [[TurnTheOtherCheek Turning the Other Cheek]]. A variation of a StoneWall, in other words. If they do something proactive to defeat their enemies, it is never by using physical force, but by using words. VerbalJudo, ShamingTheMob, and TalkingTheMonsterToDeath is the tools of their trade. It is always their goal ToWinWithoutFighting — and win they do.

PacifistRun is what happens when player is trying to be this in a video game. Contrast ARealManIsAKiller and PacifismBackfire. Compare MartialPacifist. The ReluctantWarrior wishes he could be a Badass Pacifist. The TechnicalPacifist is similar, but may resort to violence short of killing or allow someone else to do the dirty work; the Badass Pacifist succeeds without using any violence at all.

** Scar's older brother is an amazing, ''self-taught'' alchemist. He never took part in battle yet he's brave enough to confront Kimblee and then amuputate his own arm to save his brother.

* [[RebelliousPrincess Relena Darlian-Peacecraft]] from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing''. [[GoThroughMe Jumps in front of a gun]] to save a guy who had a gun pointed at ''her'' just a minute ago and tells her would-be saviour off for his crude methods. Later flies an airplane in between two [[HumongousMecha gigantic machines of mass destruction]] in mid-combat to save the same guy's ass once again and tell his attacker that his cruelty and underhanded tactics are a disgrace to the name, country and ideals he claims to stand for (namely, hers). Would rather have her country surrender than let her pacifist ideals be the cause of bloodshed, and makes such a large impression while doing exactly that that the people attacking her country promptly "invite" her to become their figurehead, so they can convince the masses that they were on the side of the good guys all along. [[spoiler:She accepts and [[ReassignmentBackfire makes them regret it.]]]] Physically insignificant, but her sheer strength of will and unwavering idealism earns her the admiration of everyone from the guy who started out wanting to kill her to the resident MagnificentBastard, as well as a promising career as a politician. [[spoiler:Lady Une, the woman who assassinated her father]]. To drive the point further, by the end of the series [[spoiler: Lady Une ''gives'' Relena a gun and asks her to take revenge properly, but she ''refuses'' to do so and says it's useless. ]]

* Belldandy from ''Manga/AhMyGoddess''. She has power but lacks the killer instinct required to make a good fighter. Unlike her spunkier sisters, she ''abhors'' violence (however, when mind controlled by the movie's BigBad she easily dispatches Urd's [[OneWingedAngel true form]]). She's a [[PhysicalGod goddess]], the fact that [[DoNotTauntCthulhu messing with her is a health hazard]] is a given.

* Admiral Yang Wen-Li from ''Anime/LegendOfGalacticHeroes'' epitomizes this trope. He understands the waste of human life and foolishness of the war he is fighting, and is merciful to his enemies, but he is probably the best commander in the entire series.

* Yako Katsuragi from ''Manga/MajinTanteiNougamiNeuro'' becomes this during the course of the series, able to use her ability to understand people and her sincerity to stop a MindControl expert, an AI of nearly unlimited intelligence based off of an OmnidisciplinaryScientist, a shape shifting superhuman killer who can read minds, and an entire rebel army. She gains the respect of the most powerful being in the human and demon worlds, and at the end of the manga she has become world famous for her abilities.

** There's also N during the ''Episode N'' part of Best Wishes. Unlike his game counterpart, he never enters a single Pokémon battle, yet does lots of awesome stuff and saves both Pokémon and people left and right. Of course, being able to understand Pokémon speech helps a lot.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': In the [[{{filler}} anime only]], Sado/"Chad's" grandfather, Oscar Joaquin de la Rosa, is a giant hulk of a man who despite his apparent old age is '''very''' muscular and can take a beating from two men with two-by-fours without flinching, almost without even ''moving''. He refuses to ever raise his hands against anybody, and takes the aforementioned beating to protect Chad from two guys coming for revenge for Chad beating up their little brothers.

** Henry is also something of a MartialPacifist or at least that's what he becomes. Before the story, he was an avid computer gamer and one of his faves was a Digimon fighting game, where he chose Terriermon. However, one of these battles went wrong and Henry became overwhelmed with guilt for making Terriermon fight in the first place. This outburst of compassion led to him getting his Digivice and Terriermon entered the real world and becoming his partner. This incident is why he is initially adamant on not letting Terriermon fight. Fittingly, he is also a martial arts student.

* Queen Otohime in ''Manga/OnePiece'' is a much beloved monarch, who despite her poor health, can convince criminals to turn their life around. Her crowning moment of achievement is when she managed to gain the Celestial Dragons' support for the motion for Fishmen to live in the surface. Let that sink in a moment. She managed to convince the most despicable, cruel, yet ''immensely'' influential tyrants of the setting to help her. Even better, when said tyrant returns later in the series he saves Shirahoshi (Otohime's daughter) from another Celestial Dragon and reveals that he's changed his attitude completely. She didn't just convince him to help her, she made him completely reform.
* Prince Halkenburg in ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' abhors violence of any sort. He discovers he's been forced into a succession battle for the throne with a Last Man Standing format, and this disgusts him to no end. To that extent, he uses his charisma and genuine concern for the well-being of his subordinates to talk his way into and out of positions to gain political upper hands and survive dangerous situations unscathed. However, when he tries his negotiation skills against his father, the reigning king, and fails completely, he awakens a superpower inside of him--true to his nature, despite it being incredibly overpowered as far as powers go, it deals absolutely no damage at all.[[note]]Said power consists of an arrow made of his [[FightingSpirit life aura]], which can penetrate any defense, but at the sacrifice of one person who has sworn total dedication to him. The arrow does no damage, but instead carries the soul of that dedicated person, and that person then inhabits the body of the target. Should lethal harm come to the target, the soul will return to its original body, provided the body is still alive.[[/note]] Usage of said power causes rumbling in the surrounding area, which puts everybody nearby on high alert, as this rumbling is typically the sign of a person with tremendous power--and indeed, this much is true of Halkenburg.

* For a man who constrantly professes his dislike of violence, ComicBook/BatLash is remarkably good at it. In his defence, he always attempts to talk his way out of dangerous. But, if you push him, you will regret it.

* In the ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'', Mother Deer, the Mother Goddess of the Deer, is this trope. She never fights herself, despite being quite strong, and dislikes even leading a military period but is ''very'' capable of talking people down and leading her people. In fact, under her command the Deer are much better off and a leader in biotechnology. [[spoiler:Turns out she's also the Tree of Harmony incarnate.]]
* Marcellus Ardsen of ''Fanfic/SoulEaterTroubledSouls''. Marcellus does not participate in combat, and is implied to be bad at it anyway. Nonetheless, while never delivers a single blow in battle, Marcellus makes up for it through sheer guts, intelligence of two different kinds, levelheadedness, and a very strong moral compass. He's a good weapon partner and coach to Tsuji and, after his CharacterDevelopment, he's pretty cutting verbally. In one notable instance, Marcellus throws himself in front of his sick mother and takes the front bumper of a car to his back.
* ''FanFic/MyLittleMagesTheNightmaresReturn'': Just like in canon, Fluttershy would prefer not to fight, if possible. However, this doesn't mean she won't [[spoiler:bring plants to life and]] immobilize you, like she does with the Diamond Dogs.

** Being [[NighInvulnerable invulnerable to most everything]], Paul will stand there and take whatever anyone cares to unleash on him, waiting patiently until they catch a clue and stop. John and Ringo are slightly more willing to be proactive in stopping their opponents, though they never use more than disabling force, and then only if they have no choice. Mostly they leave the scene, if they can (especially George, who is even less willing than the others to mix it up, though he will in moments of desperation, or to protect the others).

* ''Fanfic/EquestriaAcrossTheMultiverse'' has Kimono from [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyG3 the World of Empathy]]. She's an ActualPacifist like the rest of her world, but still desires to help the rest of the multiversal alliance whenever she can. So she builds the Bard System, her world's PoweredArmor variant focused on [[SupportPartyMember supporting allies with healing and power buffs]] and [[StoneWall defense]] with next to no offense. She ends up joining in the Storm King Conflict, and providing critical and beneficial support to her side, allowing her to be as active a participant in the battle as the Pillars of Old Equestria and Hegemony forces she's partnered with. She even manages to talk the surviving enemy soldiers into surrendering. It helps that the Innocence Magic her Bard Armor runs on is a KryptoniteFactor to enemies using corruptive forms of magic.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'', [[spoiler:Manolo defeats a huge, demonic bull not with swords or violence. He does it by calming down the bull down by ''singing'' while also asking for ''forgiveness'']]. It’s shown several times that Manolo is actually an exceptional bullfighter, it just doesn't interest him as much as music and he feels killing is wrong.

* In ''Film/KillBill'', Hattori Hanzo is the greatest swordsmith in the world, and apparently an authority on swordsmanship as well. At some point in time, he vowed to never make another object that could kill, and retired to run a restaurant. He later broke his vow, and made "The Bride" the sword she used to have her RoaringRampageOfRevenge.

* Broken Sword and the calligraphy school he lives at in Zhang Yimou's ''{{Film/Hero}}.'' During a rain of arrows on the school by the Qin army the artists continue to write at their desks, even as many are killed in the assault. When Broken Sword's brush is destroyed by an arrow he snatches an arrow out of the air, breaks the tip and uses it as a brush. Finally, rather than allow the Qin emperor to be assassinated, the same one who ordered the destruction of his school, Broken Sword convinces the movie's protagonist to spare him, realizing that the end to war only emperor can achieve is too important to prevent.

* Aside from the assasination attempt on Hitler which happened before the film, Pope Pius XII in ''Film/UnderTheRomanSky'' never relies on violence to face the Nazis. He even tells the Swiss Guard not to attack.
* In ''Theatre/InheritTheWind'', Henry Drummond, a secularist attorney played by Creator/SpencerTracy, is an aging man who takes a lot heat from everybody, but he never loses his cool demeanor and instead turns words into weapons to defend his cause with a respectworthy dignity. All in the middle of a hostile town where death threats are matter-of-factly sung.

-->[[spoiler: "Nope" Emma said. "I just paid the caterer fifty bucks to dump the rest of the serum in the punch."]]

** At the end of the book, Frodo has to be counted in. After his experiences in Mordor, he objects to ever wearing a sword again. Under the scourging of the Shire, Frodo lets Merry and Pippin handle the actual fighting, while he tends to the wounded. His most badass moment in this respect, is when he shows mercy to ''Saruman'', who had tried to backstab him seconds before. This, more than anything else, humiliates Saruman utterly.

* Dorfl the golem in the ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'' books commands this sort of respect, though mostly because of his status as a free golem. A normal golem doesn't harm people because they're magically prevented from doing so, while Dorfl doesn't because he's decided it's wrong. This leaves some people with the worrying feeling that, given enough provocation, he might reconsider. Also he has glowing red eyes.

* Byron, the leader of the telepath colony in ''Series/BabylonFive''. The guy just stands there while a bigot punches his face in, and each time the bigot punches him in the face he stands up again. He manages to turn the act of standing up into a bassass act of defiance, all without any overt aggression.

%%* Pretty much the entire cast of ''Series/{{MASH}}'', particukarly Hawkeye, BJ and Father Mulcahy.

'''Jimmy [=McNulty=]:''' Do they think there's Tony Montana up there? These guys probably haven't touch a gun in years. ''[beat]'' Ah, fuck this shit. You and me, Lieutenant.

** The RockOpera ''Music/DeadWinterDead'' features an old man who plays cello in a bombed out town square in defiance of the UsefulNotes/TheYugoslavWars raging around him. This old man is based on Vedran Smailovic, who did play the cello during the siege of Sarajevo and fortunately didn't die in the process like his fictional counterpart.

* Eiffel from ''Podcast/Wolf359'' is a lazy, irresponsibe ActualPacifist and proud founder of Team What's Wrong With Handcuffs. He also outsmarted a scientific genius with nothing but a voice modifier and a cigarette, and [[spoiler: survived for over 180 days on a broken ship in deep space by freezing himself to the point of losing his hair, nails and half his bodyweight]]. Yikes.

** There's also [[TheHighQueen Exalt Emmeryn]] from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening''. She started by ascended to the throne at the age of 9. When the war with Gangrel begins, she refuses to back down and goes back to the capital just to reassure her people and make sure they are alright. [[spoiler: And when she gets captured, she [[HeroicSuicide jumps off a cliff]] to stop the Fire Emblem from falling into the wrong hands, managing to convince almost the entirety of Gangrel's army to stop fighting in the process. In the secret Streetpass chapters it's revealed she survived the fall, albeit with some heavy brain damage. Even with that handicap, she manages to escape from a group of the [[ReligionOfEvil The Grimleal]] with little trouble. She can be recruited into your army, where she may become a fighter, even exterminating the Grimleal which her father failed to do.]]

** Fuuka Yamagishi, the MissionControl of ''VideoGame/Persona3'', is one. Shortly after summoning her Persona for the first time, she allowes you to see the strengths and weaknesses of the Boss Shadows that just [[CurbStompBattle curbstomped]] two of your allies. Especially badass because she had just endured ''ten hours'' in Tartarus without being caught by a single Shadow and was probably tired as hell. (For reference, ''one'' hour in Tartarus is enough to wear out your party members.) If all of that isn't enough to convince you, she ''really'' earns this title in ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'', when she [[spoiler: breaks the Malevolent Entity's control over Labrys]] despite ''not even being in the same world'' at the time.

* Max Caulfield from ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange'' is a time-traveling BadassAdorable teenage girl trying to solve a murder-mystery in her town. However, not once does ''she'' personally draw blood while out on her adventure. Her powers involve [[TimeMaster controlling time around her]] and learning from her experiences in order to outsmart her enemies. The only way she solves most of her problems is either by altering time or [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath genuinely talking things out with others]].

** [[CrusadingLawyer Phoenix Wright]] faces dangers both in and out of the courtroom, ranging from poisoners to mafia to [[AmoralAttorney Amoral Prosecutors]], never once backing down when he believes in his clients' innocence. Outside of the courtroom, he once ran on a burning bridge to make sure his partner was safe, and investigated a case while having a 39 degree[[note]]102.2 in Fahrenheit scale[[/note]] fever to protect someone he cares about. His probably biggest baddass moment is early in ''[[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice Spirit of Justice]]'' when he defends the kid he barely knows accused of murder and then learns that in Khura'in lawyers face the same punishment as their clients if they fail. He gets chance to walk out without consequences and ''refuses''.
** [[TheMentor Mia Fey]] is, for most part, a PosthumousCharacter. Which doesn't stop her from helping Phoenix many times through the [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney first trilogy]], taking down a blackmailer who had connections to many major figures in the country or saving her sister several times. In her backstory she manages to be ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend ''without being violent'' when she tracks down a girl who attacked her boyfriend and makes sure she'll rot in prison.
** [[FriendlyRival Miles Edgeworth]] a.k.a. the [[RedBaron Demon Attorney]] faces opponents ranging from common murderers, to smuggling rings, to masterminds behind [[spoiler: presidential assasination]], and always manages to find the truth. His most baddass moment was his claim "[[BadassBoast No one gets away with murder in my office]]", said to the guy who was ''holding him at gunpoint''.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', Tavros Nitram is either this trope or a fatalistic BrokenBird: he has epic PsychicPowers, but refuses to use them in combat. [[note]]He doesn't get much screentime, and spends most of it being [[MindControl kicked]] [[WheelchairWoobie around]] by Vriska (a SerialKiller who is much, ''much'' [[WhatMeasureIsANonBadass stronger]] than him) so it's difficult to tell.[[/note]] It's worth noting, however, that he lived to adolescence on a DeathWorld ruled by a ProudWarriorRace that actively oppressed him because of his [[FantasticCasteSystem low caste]]. And that he's one of the sanest, most emotionally stable [[DysfunctionJunction trolls]].

* Reverend Sturdy Harris from ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' episode "Freedom Ride or Die", is a mountain of a man who leads his Freedom Riders through the American South during the height of the UsefulNotes/CivilRightsMovement. He and his followers' plan of 'non-violent direct action' leads them to getting frequently attacked, but Sturdy defends himself with a martial art that is designed to pacify the attacker without harming them, as well as being so monstrously resilient that his attackers break their weapons (and hands) trying to attack him. Sturdy is also a DeconstructiveParody of this trope: besides his ComicallyInvincibleHero traits, he's something of a FearlessFool or even a DeathSeeker. He also doesn't seem to [[SuicidalPacifism appreciate the difference between practicing nonviolent direct action and just plain getting your ass whooped]], though that might have something to with the fact that he himself is powerful enough that there literally is no difference for him. Unfortunately for his not-similarly-gifted compatriots, his attempts to [[ObstructionistPacifist restrict them from using violence to defend themselves]] often means holding them in place for a beating.

* First Aid from ''{{Transformers}}'' gets a [[DayInTheLimeLight spotlight episode]] highlighting his pacifism. He refuses to fight, but ends up being fine with climbing inside [[HumongousMecha Metroplex]] and performing crucial repairs while the big guy is in the middle of combat.

* [[UsefulNotes/MahatmaGandhi Mohandas Gandhi]] endured a great deal of hardship while engineering his vision of nonviolent civil disobedience as a means to social change. His activism is considered a major factor in winning India's independence. Gandhi repeatedly insisted that pacifism is a braver action than violence, and even admitted that he found violence preferable to cowardice. The full quote is, "It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence." Nonviolence must be pursued with zeal, courage and conviction; you must be willing to accept death, injury or imprisonment. If you think fighting is a good idea but you're simply unwilling to risk your life yourself, then you have no place in a nonviolent movement.

* Military Chaplains are not even allowed to carry weapons in most militaries, and are thus assigned a dedicated bodyguard. (In US services, the bodyguard also works as the chaplain's assistant.)
* The Finnish conscientious objector Arndt Pekurinen. Before UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, he was repeatedly jailed (and at least once beaten by members of the Lapua movement) for refusing to serve in the army. An international petition on his behalf included the signatures of sixty British [=MPs=], Creator/HGWells and UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein. Thanks in part to his efforts, UsefulNotes/{{Finland}} received its first alternative to military service, but this option only covered times of peace. Pekurinen was again imprisoned when the Winter War broke out and later sent to the front at the beginning of the Continuation War with orders that he would take up arms and use them. He refused to even put on a uniform, and was executed without a trial by the third soldier ordered to do it - the first two refused. While on the way to the front he was reported to have said, loosely translated, "It was pointless to bring me all the way out here, you could have just killed me in Helsinki."
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Doss Desmond Doss]]. The man was a conscientious objector and became a medic in World War II, serving in the Pacific Theatre (where medics were [[ShootTheMedicFirst specifically targeted]] by the [[ValuesDissonance Japanese Army]]. He lowered 50-100 wounded men down a cliff face. The low estimate was supplied by Doss, the high estimate given by the Army. 16 days later, he [[JumpingOnAGrenade stepped on a grenade to save 3 other soldiers]], and [[MadeOfIron survived]]. And as he was being taken away on a stretcher, he saw another guy who was worse off, and ordered the stretcher-bearers to deal with that man instead. He crawled 300 metres to safety with another man, at one point [[TakingTheBullet taking a sniper bullet]] [[BoomHeadshot that had been aimed at that man's head]]. For his courageous actions above and beyond the call of duty, he received the Medal of Honor.
* Actor Lew Ayres became a pacifist after his role in ''Literature/AllQuietOnTheWesternFront''. During UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, he enlisted as a conscientious objector. He took a lot of flak in Hollywood for it, but served with distinction in the Pacific Theatre and New Guinea. As noted above, it takes a special kind of courage to go unarmed onto a battlefield where medics were specifically targeted.

* Elizabeth Fry, a Quaker who worked toward prison reforms in England. Early on, she heard about the terrible conditions in women's prisons for women and their children (who at that point in history usually stayed with their mothers in prison) and went there with a stacks of blankets and clothes. The guard tried to stop her from going in, saying that he would not even risk his own life in there with the rowdy prisoners. The story goes (for nobody wrote it down while it was happening, so "the story goes" is as best as we can do) that Elizabeth looked the guard straight in the eye and said "I am going in - and alone. I thank you for your kind intentions, but you are not to come with me." That, my friend, takes guts.
* The UsefulNotes/{{Egypt}}ian protesters in Tahrir Square. They faced assault by riot police and gangs of thugs armed with machetes, molotovs, and even firearms. They responded by erecting barriers, establishing their own community-organized security to keep out government infiltrators who would initiate violence, and repeatedly calling for nonviolence. There were a few situations where they would strike back at isolated attackers or throw rocks to keep their oppressors from getting too close, but for the most part they maintained their dedication to peaceful protest. And in doing so, they overthrew Hosni Mubarak, who lead one of the most firmly entrenched military dictatorships in the world.

* The [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnation_Revolution Carnation revolution]] that toppled the military dictatorship of Portugal. Okay, it was a Military coup, but it succeeded because it had massive public support, and because the military forces loyal to the government flat out refused not only to fire on civilians, but refused to fire on their former comrades in arms in the revolutionary faction (The [[StateSec GNR Republican guard]] had no such qualms and killed 8 civilians). The revolution is so named because when troops marched into crowds with orders to disperse them, the crowed put carnations in the troop’s gun barrels, and the soldiers let them. The revolution is probably best summed up by these extract from the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Carnation_Revolution timeline on Wikipedia]]

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* ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': At first glance, Italy seems to be a coward. After all, he would rather run from a fight than engage in one. However, it's because he would rather be hurt than hurt others. He ''can'' fight, what with being a swordsman who can rival [[UsefulNotes/{{Samurai}} Japan]] in battle and has [[SuperSpeed superspeed]].

* ''[[VideoGame/Iconoclasts]]'' has the main character, [[WrenchWench Robin]]. Only armed with a stun gun and a wrench, she still manages to prove able to hold her own against the hostile wildlife and the [[ChurchMilitant One Concern]], [[spoiler: and at the end of the game, she almost singlehandedly topples the Tri religion and kills what was believed to be the in-universe equivalent of God.]] Also a downplayed example, as [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman she does kill hostile wildlife and destroys]][[MechaMooks One Concern robots]], and [[spoiler: she does have to kill one person in the whole game: Agent Black.]]

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** In ''VideoGame/Persona4'', there's Rise Kujikawa. Right after facing her own Shadow, she immediately takes over as MissionControl when the next boss shows up. Not badass yet? Well, consider that she can still perform the MissionControl job while not wearing the glasses everyone has, ''and'' she had just gotten her Persona, whereas everyone else could barely stand after getting theirs.
** Fuuka Yamagishi, the MissionControl of ''VideoGame/Persona3'', pulls off a similar feat shortly after summoning her Persona for the first time, allowing you to see the strengths and weaknesses of the Boss Shadows that just [[CurbStompBattle curbstomped]] two of your allies. Especially badass because she had just endured ''ten hours'' in Tartarus without being caught by a single Shadow and was probably tired as hell. (For reference, ''one'' hour in Tartarus is enough to wear out your party members.) If all of that isn't enough to convince you, she ''really'' earns this title in ''VideoGame/Persona4Arena'', when she [[spoiler: breaks the Malevolent Entity's control over Labrys]] despite ''not even being in the same world'' at the time.

* Princess Poppy from ''WesternAnimation/{{Trolls}}'' believes that everyone from the cynical Branch to the ever gloomy Bergens ([[ObliviouslyEvil who honestly believes that eating her species is the only way to make them happy]]) deserves to be happy. She helps Branch slowly but surely regain his lost optimism, to the point where [[spoiler: he becomes the HopeBringer for her and the Troll Tribe in their DarkestHour]]. She befriends the SculleryMaid Bridget, despite her being a Bergen, by [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe being the first person to treat her well]], and she and her friends help Bridget disguise herself as a total babe named [[LineOfSightName Lady Glittersparkles]] so she could win the heart of her crush King Gristle Jr. despite not really getting much in return. This pays off massively when [[spoiler: Bridget [[HeroicSacrifice chooses to release all the Trolls from the cooking pot despite knowing that she’ll be heavily punished for it]]]]. The biggest SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for Poppy, however, comes during the climax. [[spoiler: Poppy can’t bring herself to escape because she doesn’t think it’s fair that Bridget is willingly ruining her life to save the Trolls, so she, Branch, and their friends return to save Bridget from being imprisoned by showing the Bergens that she is Lady Glittersparkles. Using that moment of revelation, Poppy manages to convince all the Bergens (except for [[BigBad The Royal Chef]], who has to be dispatched more directly) that they don’t need to eat Trolls by showing that they’ve had happiness within them all along, using Gristle Jr. and Bridget’s natural happiness and joy during their date despite the fact that neither one of them has ever eaten a Troll before as an example. As the Bergens begin to realize that she’s right, Poppy and the rest of the Trolls kick off a dance party to help them wake up that inner happiness. Shortly afterwards, Poppy’s father crowns her Queen of the Trolls for bringing peace between the two species]].

* Mirana, the White Queen in Creator/TimBurton's ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010''. Her sister Iracebeth usurped her throne, stole her crown, and exiled her to a small corner of the realm while wreaking gleeful havoc upon the land and its residents. [[spoiler:When the time for vengeance was at hand, Mirana acknowledged that the appropriate punishment would be death; instead, however, she banished Iracebeth to the Outlands and forbade any of the citizenry to ever speak a word to her for the rest of her life -- and the way she did it, you ''knew'' she meant business. Because this was her first act as restored monarch, it managed to be a SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome and an AwesomeMomentOfCrowning all at once.]]

* Atticus Finch from ''Literature/ToKillAMockingbird''. The only time ({{Backstory}} excluded) he picks up a gun is to MercyKill a mad dog - but look at his [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Crowning Moment of Awesome]] in the courtroom scene, about how every man should be equal in the eyes of the court, and say the man is not [=Badass=]. There is a reason why he's AMC's #1 of top 100 good guys. [[FriendlySniper There's another reason too]], but everyone knows it's not the important one.

* Raoul Wallenberg, most famous for ''[[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome jumping on top of a train to Auschwitz ]]''[[RefugeInAudacity to hand out forged Swedish citizenship papers]], while being fired on at such close range that it's believed that the only way it was possible for him to survive is that, to a one, the guards couldn't bring themselves to shoot him. Just to be clear, these were ''Nazi camp guards'', and they didn't have the heart to shoot him.
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rabe John Rabe]], a German businessman in Nanjing during the Sino-Japanese war, led various foreign embassies and the Nanjing University to form a '[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanking_Safety_Zone safe zone]]' in which no soldiers or fighting were permitted on the eve of the [[RapePillageAndBurn infamous massacres of 1938]]. In other words: John Rabe told the Japanese Army to leave his people alone, [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome and they did]]. Moreover, he did it without the help of his government at the time - UsefulNotes/NaziGermany, who were allies with [[UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan the Japanese]]. In fact, the Gestapo actually censored his letters and upon his return, arrested him. Were it not for the intervention of Siemens AG (yes, the company), he probably would have been executed. His association (despite never really being a part of it) with the Nazi party would go on to plague the remainder of his life. But his deeds in Nanjing resulted in the people of the city sending monthly care packages to his family so they wouldn't starve and he was called 'The Living Buddha of Nanjing'.

:: Yep, the officers loyal to the government has to resort to fisticuffs [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments because no-one wanted to use guns.]]

* After the murder of a British soldier in Woolwich, England in May 2013, a whole series of attempted far-right demonstrations (for those where any people actually bothered to turn up) sprung up around the country and tried targeting mosques. What did a mosque in York do when it found itself victim to one of these demonstrations? It invited in the EDL and BNP members who had marched on it in for [[SpotOfTea tea and biscuits]], plus a friendly game of football (soccer to you yanks). The end result? [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome The fascists left without causing any damage or further fuss]].

* In 2013, a gunman broke into a school in Decatur, Georgia with an AK-47 type weapon, intending [[WouldHurtAChild to open fire on children]] and first responders. However, front office worker [[http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/21/us/georgia-school-gunshots/index.html Antoinette Tuff]] stood her ground and... ''talked'' with him, telling him about her own struggles, sympathizing with his anger, and eventually persuading him to put down his gun and give himself up to the police. What could have been [[AdultFear a massacre on the scale of Sandy Hook]] was averted [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome merely with kind words]].

* The titular character of ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' is an adorable little kid who is the son of a member of an alien race of crystalline warrior women. Unlike his mother (who was a MartialPacifist), Steven absolutely ''hates'' fighting and tries to solve every conflict he faces non-violently. So far, he has succeeded, [[UpToEleven up to]] [[spoiler:''talking down the Cluster from destroying Earth and convincing it to be his friend instead.'']]

--> -- '''Shulk''': ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles''

A Badass Pacifist describes an ActualPacifist who, without doing anything violent, is much more awesome than many of us will ever be, and commands all the respect you give 'the baddest guy on the planet' even though (or in some cases, ''[[TheFettered because]]'') they never go on the offensive. These are the people who will stand and take a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown without striking back and without giving in; they are also very fond of [[TurnTheOtherCheek Turning the Other Cheek]]. A variation of a StoneWall, in other words. If they do something proactive to defeat their enemies, it is never by using physical force, but by using words. VerbalJudo, ShamingTheMob, and TalkingTheMonsterToDeath is the tools of their trade. It is always their goal ToWinWithoutFighting -- and win they do.

Please note that '''this trope is not "[[BewareTheNiceOnes Nice person]] [[MartialPacifist who will kick your ass]] [[ReluctantWarrior if you make them angry]]."''' This trope describes an ActualPacifist who can completely defeat an enemy without any violence on their part ''whatsoever;'' perhaps they can take a beating from a MemeticBadass without backing down, giving in, or giving in to the temptation of betraying their ethics, or alternatively they can talk aforesaid MemeticBadass into putting down his weapon. Alternatively, they may be a variant on a [[DeadlyDodging gymnast]] - without landing a single blow they can escape a whole bunch of enemies, generally giving the impression that they could kick ass ''if they wanted.''

Their presence often -- but not always -- indicates a more idealistic position on the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism. Frequently TheSoCalledCoward. Might be a GuileHero.

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* Arthur Fonzarelli from ''Series/HappyDays'', who on so many occasions, ends fights without throwing a single punch... at his opponents.
* Kyle of ''Series/KyleXy''. All he did in fights until season 3 was spam DeadlyDodging over and over again till his attacker stopped. With his crazy ass reflexes, this actually worked.

--> Byron: "Was one the same as three? Was three the same as one and two?"
--> Thug: "Wha..."
--> Byron: "Was there any difference between one, two, and three?"
--> Thug: "I ... I ..."
--> Byron: "And what would you expect to get out of four, five, and six that you did not get out of one, two, and three? Your anger has nothing to do with me. What will satisfy your anger will never come from me or anyone else here. I'm afraid you must look for it elsewhere."

* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekS3E22TheSavageCurtain The Savage Curtain]]", powerful Excalibian aliens capture Kirk and Spock to pit them in the ultimate battle between "Good" and "Evil", recreating from their memories what they perceive as representatives of "Good" (UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln for Kirk, Surak of Vulcan for Spock) and "Evil" (a rogues gallery of the greatest tyrants in history, from UsefulNotes/GenghisKhan to WorldWarIII strongman Colonel Green). As they prepare to fight to the death, Surak insists to Kirk that they must attempt to make peace with the "Evil" representatives. Kirk is ready to give the same speech he's given in half a dozen other episodes to native aliens of several planets about the imperative to rise up and bravely fight off evil -- but for once, the "alien" points out to Kirk that just because they ''disagree'' about how to handle violence doesn't mean that Kirk's way is automatically morally superior. Surak (politely but firmly) informs Kirk that he is ''fully aware'' that if he heads to the "Evil" camp offering peace, they will almost certainly kill him. However, as a man of peace, Surak refuses to abandon his principles of non-violent pacifism, believing that this isn't a test of their ability to survive, but of their values and belief in peace. Surak leaves for the "Evil" camp, alone and unarmed. Even Kirk is moved to remark to Spock that "your Surak is a brave man", to which Spock replies "Men of peace usually are, Captain". [[spoiler:Surak is indeed later killed by the "Evil" characters after offering them peace: the audience is left to decide on their own if Surak's actions were better than Kirk's.]]
* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'':
** Worf becomes one in the episode "Birthright". Worf finds a Romulan prison camp, where Klingons have been held prisoner for so long, their children don't even realize it's a prison, they think it's a refuge from the war. The Romulan commander is proud that they have created a place where Romulans and Klingons can live in peace, but Worf sees that it has come at the price of the young Klingons being ignorant of their culture and their heritage. Without committing or encouraging a single act of violence, Worf teaches the young Klingons about their heritage. Even as the Romulan commander threatens to execute Worf, he doesn't fight back because he wants the Klingons to see how threatened the commander is by Worf, despite his non-violence, so that they will see that their home is really a prison.
** In "Gambit" [[spoiler:Picard discovers an ancient Vulcan weapon that can only be defeated by one of these. A mad Vulcan discovers the weapon and kills the criminals who helped her find it. She tells Picard that the weapon cannot be stopped, but Picard realizes that the weapon is powered by the violent thoughts of the target. Picard orders his crew to empty their minds of violent thoughts and the weapon is rendered useless.]]
* Pretty much the entire cast of ''Series/{{MASH}}'', particukarly Hawkeye, BJ and Father Mulcahy.
* The Doctor in ''Series/DoctorWho'', who rarely takes up arms, almost never engages in physical violence (except during his third incarnation), and in many episodes has been seen defeating armies by simply talking to them. The 2010 episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E1TheEleventhHour The Eleventh Hour]]" is a good example.
** It must be stressed that the Doctor is not a ''pure'' pacifist, a mistake some of his enemies have made on occasion: he merely dislikes resorting to violence, and is such a genius that he can usually [[TechnicalPacifist think of some way to defeat the enemy non-violently]]. He also frequently sabotages the weapons of evil aliens so that [[HoistByHisOwnPetard they blow up in their faces when fired]]; e.g., "reversing the polarity" on an alien mothership's doomsday weapon so it blows up the mothership itself. Even in these circumstances, the Doctor will try to urge the invading aliens not to attack, and if they do and get destroyed, it could be argued that it made karmic sense for them to be destroyed by their own doomsday weapon. Still, there have been even rarer occasions when the Doctor actually shoots and kills an enemy, plain and simple, when he felt he had no other choice.
** Another example of the Doctor embodying this trope is the episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E7AGoodManGoesToWar A Good Man Goes To War]]" where he defeats an entire army specifically dedicated to destroying him, all without a drop of blood spilled.[[note]]Nobody killed by the Doctor's army that is. A few of the enemy do kill each other when the Doctor hides among them which may or may not have been part of the plan.[[/note]]
** Deliberately invoked in the episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E4Listen Listen]]", Clara gives to a young Danny Pink, [[spoiler: and then to the Doctor as a child]], toy soldiers, lead by Dan the soldier man. When the young Danny notes that the Dan figure has no gun, Clara explains that why he's the leader; he is so powerful that he does not need a weapon.
** Lampshaded in the episode "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS35E12HellBent Hell Bent]]", where a Gallifreyan soldier, having been ordered to shoot him, lowers his weapon while facing the Doctor, siding with him instead of Rassilon, saying, "The first thing you will notice about the Doctor of War is that he is unarmed. For many, it is also the last."
* The eponymous ''Series/MacGyver1985'', to at least some extent:
-->'''Hines:''' For a man that doesn't like violence, you certainly know a lot about it.\\
'''[=MacGyver=]:''' Exactly...
* Guinevere from ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'' dislikes violence and could under no circumstances be described as an ActionGirl (though she wields a sword on a couple of occasions, she's clearly not that good at it, and she remains the ''only'' main character to have never taken a life). However, she embodies the SilkHidingSteel trope, and at the beginning of series four, she witnesses the city gates being closed on refugees flocking to Camelot to escape the evil spirits invading the kingdom. She, a female servant, confronts the council of noble-born men, and using nothing but common sense and her own understanding of human nature, convinces all of them that their wisest choice of action is to re-open the gates and allow people to seek refuge in the city. They comply.
* Kieren in ''Series/InTheFlesh'' manages to save the lives (un-lives?) of two zombies so they can be treated by staring down the barrel of a gun and convincing the group to capture them for extra profit rather than kill them. Said group was known for a pathological hatred of zombies, oh and Kieren is a zombie himself so he's barely in a better position than the feral zombies he's protecting.

* In the ''Series/KraftSuspenseTheatre'' episode "The Gun", Dr. Bert Andrews is a mild-mannered dentist who calms down a mentally disturbed woman who's waving a loaded shotgun around.

-->'''Foggy Nelson:''' Hey, asshole! How many priors you got?
-->'''Gangbanger 1:''' ''[bewildered]'' What'd you say to me?
-->'''Foggy Nelson:''' I asked you about your priors.
-->'''Gangbanger 2:''' Yeah, keep talking shit, I'll check you into ICU myself.
-->'''Foggy Nelson:''' You got face tattoos, friend. That's like telegraphing, "I know what prison meatloaf tastes like."
-->'''Gangbanger 2:''' You just better step back, now.
-->'''Foggy Nelson:''' I'm not gonna ask if you know what happens when you get charged with assault. I got a hunch you got more mugshots than baby pictures back home.
-->'''Gangbanger 2:''' Man, who are you?
-->'''Foggy Nelson:''' I'm the pro-bono suit you'll try to retain after you go down for this. Only not even my soft-hearted partner will take your case, or any other self-respecting attorney in Hell's Kitchen. Not because you're so badass, but because you're just. That. Stupid.
-->'''Gangbanger 2:''' You got a big mouth, asshole.
-->'''Foggy Nelson:''' You forget, I do this for a living. I could ask you to look at the faces of the other patients. Every last one of 'em scared to death, because the two of you can't keep it in your pants. But I'm guessing that neither one of you could give a collective shit. So I'm gonna do what attorneys do best and appeal to your selfish natures. Simply put, if you carve each other up now, in front of these witnesses, with cops right outside, you're screwed!
-->'''Gangbanger 2:''' I can't just walk away, man.
-->'''Foggy Nelson:''' I'm not asking you to lose the oh-so-serious stink-eye. Just don't fight! Put 'em down. Let these people do their jobs.

-->'''Claire Temple:''' You know, you're good with people.\\

-->'''Jimmy [=McNulty=]:''' This isn't as much fun as I thought it would be...
-->'''Cedric Daniels:''' SWAT guys do love to break out their tools, don't they?
-->'''Jimmy [=McNulty=]:''' Do they think there's Tony Montana up there? These guys probably haven't touch a gun in years. ''[beat]'' Ah, fuck this shit. You and me, Lieutenant.

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* In an arc of ''ComicStrip/{{Curtis}}'', recurring antagonists Derrick and [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname "Onion"]] are about to pound Curtis, when [[CloudCuckooLander Gunk]] shows up and offers to be their target, going so far as to promise not to fight back, only to indulge in a bout of DeadlyDodging, culminating in the bullies collapsing in an exhausted, self-bruised heap.
--> '''Gunk:''' [[ExactWords I never said I'd let you hit me!]]
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-->'''MLK:''' I'm about to forgive you so hard right now!
-->'''Gandhi:''' I'm passively resisting the fact that you suck!

* While she's known among her friends for having a HairTriggerTemper, Amy Rose's biggest moments from the Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog games involve her talking down the enemy. Throughout the games, her RousseauWasRight ideology and the speeches that result from such have either lead directly to an antagonist character's HeelFaceTurn or is the catalyst for a HeelRealization later in the story.

* The major characters of the ''Literature/{{Foundation}}'' Series. All of whom used their [[GambitIndex intellect]] [[TheEmpath (some used mental powers in adittion)]] to overcome difficulties in their plans. Additional information would be spoiler.

* The main character of ''Manga/AngelDensetsu'', Kitano Seiichiro, mostly qualifies for this. His fighting style consists of letting people hit him until they grow tired. Usually because he misunderstands the situation and believes himself to be deserving of the pain or, in one instance, *not* understanding the reason he's being attacked, and thus refusing to give up. Of course, he typically finishes off his opponents with a double palm strike, but he is actually attempting to push them out of the way, for one reason or another, not hit them. [[spoiler:Only towards the end of the series does he intentionally hit enemies - once, IIRC - and even then only in order to prevent further violence and protect his friends.]]

* Guinevere from ''Series/{{Merlin}}'' dislikes violence and could under no circumstances be described as an ActionGirl (though she wields a sword on a couple of occasions, she's clearly not that good at it, and she remains the ''only'' main character to have never taken a life). However, she embodies the SilkHidingSteel trope, and at the beginning of series four, she witnesses the city gates being closed on refugees flocking to Camelot to escape the evil spirits invading the kingdom. She, a female servant, confronts the council of noble-born men, and using nothing but common sense and her own understanding of human nature, convinces all of them that their wisest choice of action is to re-open the gates and allow people to seek refuge in the city. They comply.

A Badass Pacifist describes an ActualPacifist who, without doing anything violent, is much more awesome than many of us will ever be, and commands all the respect you give 'the baddest guy on the planet' even though (or in some cases, ''[[TheFettered because]]'') they never go on the offensive. These are the people who will stand and take a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown without striking back and without giving in; they are also very fond of [[TurnTheOtherCheek Turning the Other Cheek]]. A variation of a StoneWall, in other words. If they do some proactive to defeat their enemies, it is never by using physical force, but by using words. VerbalJudo, ShamingTheMob, and TalkingTheMonsterToDeath is the tools of their trade. It is always their goal ToWinWithoutFighting -- and win they do.

A Badass Pacifist describes an ActualPacifist who, without doing anything violent, is much more awesome than many of us will ever be, and commands all the respect you give 'the baddest guy on the planet' even though (or in some cases, ''[[TheFettered because]]'') they never go on the offensive. These are the people who will stand and take a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown without striking back and without giving in; they are also very fond of [[TurnTheOtherCheek Turning The Other Cheek.]] A variation of a StoneWall, in other words. It is always their goal ToWinWithoutFighting-- and win they do.

* In an absolutely perfect WHAMLine from "Cathy's Ring", [[TheLancer Emma]] [[DeadpanSnarker Cheung]] is revealed to be this