History Main / BecauseYouWereNicetoMe

* There's an UrbanLegend that's been around for a while in which a guy sees a Middle Eastern man lose his wallet in the street, picks it up and runs to give it back to him. The man is so grateful that he tells his benefactor he should not go eat at a certain restaurant that evening, then disappears into the crowd. The next morning, the news talk about a terrorist bomb exploding at the restaurant. The [[UnfortunateImplications implication]] is the the man was a terrorist who spared the other one's life because he was nice to him.

* When [[DragonLance Raistlin]] is nice to a gullydwarf, she becomes quite loyal to him.

* Possibly the reason [[EmotionlessGirl Yuki]] acts like Kyon befriended her in SuzumiyaHaruhi; because he got a library card. (Ironic in that [[ItMeantSomethingToMe Kyon seems to have done this just to avoid an argument with Haruhi]], giving him little clue as to Yuki's true feelings. Also, she's an EmotionlessGirl) [[spoiler: One of her few memories of earlier time when she rewrote the world was Kyon getting her a library card. Partially false, and still enough to give her a crush on him.]] Given the [[MindScrew nature]] of the series though, any number of other explanations could apply.

* Possibly the reason [[EmotionlessGirl Yuki]] acts like Kyon befriended her in SuzumiyaHaruhi; because he got a library card. (Ironic in that Kyon seems to have done this just to avoid an argument with Haruhi, giving him little clue as to Yuki's true feelings. Also, she's an EmotionlessGirl) [[spoiler: One of her few memories of earlier time when she rewrote the world was Kyon getting her a library card. Partially false, and still enough to give her a crush on him.]] Given the [[MindScrew nature]] of the series though, any number of other explanations could apply.

* Possibly the reason [[EmotionlessGirl Yuki]] acts like Kyon befriended her in SuzumiyaHaruhi; because he got a library card. (Ironic in that Kyon seems to have done this just to avoid an argument with Haruhi, giving him little clue as to Yuki's true feelings. Also, she's an EmotionlessGirl) [[spoiler: One of her few memories of earlier time when she rewrote the world was Kyon getting her a library card. Partially false, and still enough to give her a crush on him.]] Given the [[MindScrew nature]] of the series though, any number of other explanations could apply.

* ''HeyArnold'': In "Helga On The Couch" it's shown that Helga fell for Arnold when she was younger because he was the only person in her life that noticed her and treated her kindly, by complimenting her and giving her his snack.

* Possibly the case with CreepyChild Gretel of ''BlackLagoon''. Since, by the end of her arc, it seemed that the only other human beings she actually liked were her brother and Rock. This is because Rock, the only truly decent human being in the CrapsackWorld of ''Black Lagoon'', listens with sadness and horror rather than disgust at the coldly delivered HannibalLecture of Gretel, a little girl so traumatized by rape and torture with her twin brother Hansel back in Romania that murder has become the sole source of joy for them. He holds her in a tight embrace and weeps, begging her to accept the possibility that there is hope, and still a possibility of a new and happy life for a little girl like her. This act of sincere kindness, so alien to Gretel, was enough to move even a mass murderer like her to blush like a real little girl for the briefest of moments... leading to one of the saddest moments of EvilCannotComprehendGood ever. Her version of thanks was to offer herself sexually to Rock, thinking that is the only way an adult will appreciate her in return. Before she left Rock she stated happily "I hope we can meet against someday mister! We can have a picnic!" [[{{Tearjerker}} Sadly,]] [[spoiler: she's immediately killed by a sniper]].

* In ''KatekyoHitmanReborn'' it's shown that the main reason [[ButtMonkey Tsuna]] likes [[ShallowLoveInterest Kyoko]] is because she was the only girl in 12 months who bothered talking to him.

* In ''{{Jimmy Two-Shoes}}'' Chuck, a bus driver, becomes an obsessed stalker of a friend to an unwilling Jimmy after Jimmy called him "pal" and apologized for accidentally wrecking his bus. Chuck is shown to try to become a persistent friend to anyone who's even remotely nice to him.

* In ''KatekyoHitmanReborn'' it's shown that the main reason [[ButtMonkey Tsuna]] likes [[ShallowLoveInterest Kyoko]] is because she was the only girl in 12 months who bothered talking to him. Chuck is shown to try to become a persistent friend to anyone who's even remotely nice to him.

* In ''{{Jimmy Two-Shoes}}'' Chuck, a bus driver, becomes an obsessed stalker of a friend to an unwilling Jimmy after Jimmy called him "pal" and apologized for accidentally wrecking his bus.

* In ''KatekyoHitmanReborn'' it's shown that the main reason [[ButtMonkey Tsuna]] likes [[ShallowLoverInterest Kyoko]] is because she was the only girl in 12 months who bothered talking to him. Chuck is shown to try to become a persistent friend to anyone who's even remotely nice to him.

* In ''KatekyoHitmanReborn'' it's shown that the main reason [[ButtMonkey Tsuna]] likes [[ShallowLoverInterest Kyoko]] is because she was the only girl in 12 months who bothered talking to him.

* In ''KatekyoHitmanReborn'' it's shown that the main reason [[ButtMonkey Tsuna]] likes Kyoko is because she was the only girl in 12 months who bothered talking to him.

** Soren is this to Ike in [[FireEmblemTellius Path Of Radiance]].

The nature of this character type is such that their loyalty to their benefactor will extend to generally [[HonorBeforeReason absurd lengths]]. Not even the benefactor herself will be able to persuade them that she had cruel ulterior motives -- this can be problematic if the ButtMonkey in question ends up turning AxeCrazy.

* In ''{{Gantz}}'', as TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt approaches, Nishi shoot sup his classroom who, let's face it, [[BullyingADragon ''pushed him out of a window'']], except for the cute fat girl who gave him a love letter earlier.

* A villainous example: In the 1998 miniseries ''[[{{Film/Merlin}} Merlin]]'', Morgan le Fay
becomes an ally of [[BigBad Queen Mab]] because "the Old Ways have been good to me."

* ''CodeGeass'' has a big one late in the second season. [[spoiler:Rollo continues to be loyal to Lelouch even after the latter has a nervous breakdown and tells Rollo in no uncertain terms that the affections he showed to Rollo were fake and all part of his machinations. Lelouch is naturally astonished when Rollo comes out of nowhere to save him from execution by the Black Knights. Lelouch, resigned to his death, begs Rollo to stop, insisting that Lelouch's life is not worth Rollo killing himself through overexerting his Geass. Rollo explains in spasms while freezing time that even if Lelouch's affections were fake, they were still meaningful to him- and that being with Lelouch was the only time in his whole life where he genuinely felt happy.]]
* ''KimiNiTodoke'': Sawako towards Kazehaya simply because he's the first classmate to return her morning greeting.
* When [[DragonLance Raistlin]] is nice to a gullydwarf, she becomes quite loyal to him.
* Gollum/Smeagol is like this to Frodo in ''LordOfTheRings''. Right until [[spoiler: [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Sam accuses him of "sneaking".]]]]

* In ''{{Drowtales}}'', [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=306 Ariel buys a cheap gladiator to help deal with a school bully]]. However, after [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=334 the gladiator saves her life]], [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=340 Ariel frees her instead]], [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=348 but she refuses to leave]]. However, [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=1067 Vaelia's reasons for loyalty are not purely because Ariel did something for her.]]
** From the same comic, Mel'arnach and Lulianne seem to have this even though they're a jailer and prisoner respectively. This becomes especially apparent [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?order=chapters&id=1146 when Mel escapes]] and Lulianne follows.

* There's an UrbanLegend that's been around for a while in which a guy sees a Middle Eastern man lose his wallet in the street, picks it up and runs to give it back to him. The man is so grateful that he tells his benefactor he should not go eat at a certain restaurant that evening, then disappears into the crowd. The next morning, the news talk about a terrorist bomb exploding at the restaurant. The [[UnfortunateImplications implication]] is the the man was a terrorist who spared the other one's life because he was nice to him.
** Story predates the Iraqi war, said story being a plot point in GoodMorningVietnam!
** Actually, that legend involved a women picking up the wallet and being informed.
* Bishop Mozgus's QuirkyMinibossSquad in ''{{Berserk}}'' is made of [[PsychopathicManchild inbred freaks]] ([[OddManOut and a]] {{Bishonen}} who catches on fire if exposed to sunlight) who'd be stoned to death in minutes in a peasant village, who are undyingly loyal to him because he's the only one who ever treated them nice.
* In ''NeverwinterNights2'''s built in campaign Neeshka mentions this about the PC if RelationshipValues are stable before fighting the final boss, [[spoiler:allowing her to resist TheDragon's mind control]]. It's a big part of the reason why the "romance" path with her, even though mostly cut, comes off as better written than most of the ones seen in video games.
* in ''[=~Ranma ½~=]'', the "genius kunoichi" Konatsu becomes slavishly devoted to Ukyo because she treats him better than the abusive family that raised him.

* In ''{{Paper Mario}}: The Thousand-Year Door'', [[spoiler:Vivian]] joins Mario's party simply because he was the first to be nice to her.
* RealLife Example: A story about a thwarted school shooting in {{Cleveland}} mentioned that one of the boys involved warned a female classmate to skip school that day, due to her kindness to him.
* ''{{Bleach}}'': This is the reason why Nel follows Ichigo, protects him from Dordonii, shows concern over his injuries and, ultimately, transforms back into her unbelievably hot adult form to fight Nnoitra.
* In ''KatekyoHitmanReborn'' it's shown that the main reason [[ButtMonkey Tsuna]] likes Kyoko is because she was the only girl in 12 months who bothered talking to him.
* ''ElfenLied'': This is more or less Lucy's reason for falling in love with Kouta. In her words "All those days we spent together as children? Those were the only good days I have ever known in a life that's been nothing but a hellish nightmare."

* Possibly the case with CreepyChild Gretel of ''BlackLagoon''. Since, by the end of her arc, it seemed that the only other human beings she actually liked were her brother and Rock. This is because Rock, the only truly decent human being in the CrapsackWorld of ''Black Lagoon'', listens with sadness and horror rather than disgust at the coldly delivered HannibalLecture of Gretel, a little girl so traumatized by rape and torture with her twin brother Hansel back in Romania that murder has become the sole source of joy for them. He holds her in a tight embrace and weeps, begging her to accept the possibility that there is hope, and still a possibility of a new and happy life for a little girl like her. This act of sincere kindness, so alien to Gretel, was enough to move even a mass murderer like her to blush like a real little girl for the briefest of moments... leading to one of the saddest moments of EvilCannotComprehendGood ever. Her version of thanks was to offer herself sexually to Rock, thinking that is the only way an adult will appreciate her in return. Before she left Rock she stated happily "I hope we can meet against someday mister! We can have a picnic!" [[{{Tearjerker}} Sadly,]] [[spoiler: she's immediately killed by a sniper]].
* A villainous example: In the 1998 miniseries ''[[{{Film/Merlin}} Merlin]]'', Morgan le Fay becomes an ally of [[BigBad Queen Mab]] because "the Old Ways have been good to me."

* In the ''VampireKnight'' light novel ''[[LightNovels Vampire Knight: Ice Blue no Tsumi]]'', Fuuka grows to believe in Aidou because he was her only ally -- having [[RescueRomance rescued]] her so several times and was the only person who was [[WillNotTellALie honest]] with her. So, naturally, [[spoiler:this is why Fuuka asks Aidou to be the one who kills her before she turns into a Level E vampire, rather wanting to die by Aidou's hand than hunted down when she loses control.]]
* In the ''SweetValleyHigh'' series, hospital volunteer Elizabeth Wakefield is kidnapped by a mentally disturbed orderly. When she asks why he did it, he explains that he loves her and invokes this trope as the reason. She once helped him with his tray and it was apparently the only time anyone showed him kindness.
* In ''{{Gantz}}'', as TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt approaches, Nishi shoot sup his classroom who, let's face it, [[BullyingADragon ''pushed him out of a window'']], except for the cute fat girl who gave him a love letter earlier.
* Subverted horribly in ''{{Miracleman}}''. Upon his escape from the hospital, Kid Miracleman invokes this trope to the only nurse who was kind to him during his stay. [[spoiler:Then returns and punches her head into pieces while she was smiling at being spared.]]
* In ''MobileSuitGundamUnicorn'', Banagher's main motivation when it concerns Audrey is that she made him feel like he belonged for the first time.

* Subverted horribly in ''{{Miracleman}}''. Upon his escape from the hospital, Kid Miracleman invokes this trope to the only nurse who was kind to him during his stay. [[spoiler: Then returns and punches her head into pieces while she was smiling at being spared.]]

** Soren is this to Ike in [[FireEmblemTellius ''Path Of Radiance'']].

** Soren is this to Ike in ''Path Of Radiance''.