History Main / BecauseYouWereNicetoMe

** It is heavily implied ([[spoiler:confirmed in season 2]]) Crowley fell in love with Aziraphale because of his kindness. In their first ([[spoilers:not the first]]) meeting at the Garden of Eden Aziraphale sheltered Crowley under his wing when it started raining.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''

* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' episode "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS3E11KeepCalmAndFlutterOn Keep Calm And Flutter On]]", Discord is redeemed ([[ReformedButNotTamed mostly]]) when he realizes that Fluttershy actually is trying to be his friend, that Friendship really is Magic, and that if he continues his chaotic rampage he'll lose the only friend he's ever had. Fluttershy purposely invoked this trope, and Discord knew she was doing it... but it still worked.

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': In "Helga On The Couch," it's shown that Helga fell for Arnold when she was in preschool because [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodGuy he was the only person in her life that noticed her and treated her kindly]], by complimenting her, giving her his crackers at snack time, and providing her with an umbrella when it was storming outside.

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

* UsefulNotes/StockholmSyndrome generally comes about due to the hostage-taker being nice to the hostages. This often includes an extremely broad definition of 'nice', like 'hasn't hit me for a while'.

** Hordak warms up to Entrapta because she's friendly and cheerful and isn't afraid of him. When he confesses to her that [[spoiler:he's a defective clone and has spent his whole life trying to prove he has worth in spite of that, she says she sort of knows how he feels -- she's [[DiagnosedByTheAudience pretty weird]], too, and is sometimes isolated because of it. She then surprises him by saying she's genuinely okay with that, because "defections" and uniqueness aren't just okay, but something to be cherished. Hordak is genuinely touched, and assures Entrapta that, in his opinion, anyone who dismisses her for her weirdness is an idiot, anyway.]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' episode "Lawnmower Dog", Snuffles is turned into a super-intelligent dog with one of Rick's helmets. Having been mistreated by Summer and Jerry, he decides to create his own dog army and punish humans (with castration and conquest). Morty, who was the only one nice to him, is spared and allowed to live a life of luxury.

* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', the Warden can be played as demonstrating genuine kindness toward everyone he/she meets, including the members of the party. Since many of the party members have a history of being friendless, the Warden's consideration toward them can inspire them to UndyingLoyalty. This trope is pronounced to Morrigan (who has a FriendlessBackground), Oghren (who suffers from ridiculement by his own people), and Zevran (who is desentisized by his job as a Crow).

* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', the Warden can be played as demonstrating genuine kindness toward everyone he/she meets, including the members of the party. Since many of the party members have a history of being friendless, the Warden's consideration toward them can inspire them to UndyingLoyalty. This trope is pronounced to Morrigan, Oghren, and Zevran.

** Lapis Lazuli has this attitude towards Steven. He befriended her while she was still [[spoiler:trapped in a mirror for thousands of years before Steven who set her free]]. Afterwards, she actually tried to kill him after she stole the Earth's ocean to try to get back to Homeworld, but their friendship was confirmed when [[spoiler:[[PetTheDog he healed her cracked gem]]]]. Ever since then, she's made several efforts to protect him or at least warn him of danger, and eventually, [[spoiler:[[FusionDance she held Jasper in a fusion]] [[PutOnABus at the bottom of the ocean]] [[HeroicSacrifice to prevent her from harming Steven.]]]] While she's still shown to be hostile, or at least ambivalent towards the other Crystal Gems, it's very clear that she wants to do whatever she can for Steven, the only being in thousands of years who was nice to her and treated her kindly. [[spoiler:It ultimately results in her deciding to officially join the [[MagicalGirlWarrior Crystal Gems]] when the Diamonds invade Earth in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS5E23Reunited "Reunited"]].]]

* A story arc in ''ComicStrip/ForBetterOrForWorse'' revolved around April dealing with a bully in school named Jeremy Jones. Things come to a head when while chasing her on his bike, he ends up getting hit by a car. April stuck with the driver and called for help. She later came to visit him in the hospital. It's revealed she was the only kid who did, not even his so-called friends showed up. Afterwards, he eases up on her and later that Halloween when some kids vandalized her dad's model train set, he tipped April off to the culprits.

* A relatively low-stakes example occurs at the final ball in ''Film/ThePrincessDiaries'', when Mia, newly crowned as princess, chooses Michael to be her partner for her first dance. When he asks why she picked him, she tells him, "Because you saw me when I was invisible," referring to the fact that Michael was one of the few people who cared about Mia even when she was just a normal teenager and a social outcast at that, rather than only becoming interested after she was revealed to be a princess.

** How the relationship between Jaune and Pyrrha starts. Unaware of Pyrrha's [[TheAce formidable reputation]], Jaune innocently treats her just like he would any other person. Suffering from a bad case of LonelyAtTheTop, Pyrrha is immediately charmed by his unassuming nature and goes out of her way to keep an eye on him during the team's upcoming combat trials. Their friendship gave Pyrrha the chance to make even more friends, but it's with Jaune that she likes to pass her time with more. They become best friends and partners in no time and Pyrrha finds herself in love with him.
** Villainous example: the ''only'' reason Emerald sides with the villains is because [[DarkActionGirl Cinder]] took her in off the streets to be her "apprentice", which earned her Emerald's UndyingLoyalty. The tragic part is this is almost certainly one-sided; Cinder only wanted her for her [[MasterOfIllusion Semblance]]. [[spoiler: Once she finally accepts that Cinder holds no real affection for her, and learns the full extent of Salem's plans, she's persuaded to make a HeelFaceTurn]].

* This becoms doubly touching in ''TabletopGame/DeviantTheRenegades''; Show a Deviant, especially a Renegade, enough Kindness & you've not only gained a quite possibly highly powerful, (potentially) rouge Cyborg, Psychic, Mutant, Hybrid, or Energy Manipulator, but you've also just helped them become (hopefully) better able to control their powers.

* This becoms doubly touching in ''TabletopGame/DeviantTheRenegades''; Show a Deviant, especially a Renegade, enough Kindness & you've not only gained a quite possibly highly powerful, (potentially) rouge Cyborg, Psychic, Mutant, Hybrid, or Energy Manipulator, but you've also just helped them become (hopefully) better able to control their powers.

** This trope, combined with StockholmSyndrome, are the reasons why Otacon fell for Sniper Wolf.

* StockholmSyndrome generally comes about due to the hostage-taker being nice to the hostages. This often includes an extremely broad definition of 'nice', like 'hasn't hit me for a while'.

** Hordak warms up to Entrapta because she's friendly and cheerful, and isn't afraid of him. When he confesses to her that [[spoiler:he's a defective clone and has spent his whole life trying to prove he has worth in spite of that, she says she sort of knows how he feels -- she's [[AmbiguousDisorder pretty weird]], too, and is sometimes isolated because of it. She then surprises him by saying she's genuinely okay with that, because "defections" and uniqueness aren't just okay, but something to be cherished. Hordak is genuinely touched, and assures Entrapta that, in his opinion, anyone who dismisses her for her weirdness is an idiot, anyway.]]

* In ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'', pretty much the only brave thing ever done by [[TheLoad Ben]] is if he volunteers to come with Lee in Season 5 to [[spoiler:rescue Clementine]]. He outright says the only reason he does is that Clementine was the only one in the group who was nice to him and who was his only true friend, and that she'd have done the same for him.

* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', the Warden can be played as demonstrating genuine kindness toward everyone he/she meets, including the members of the party. Since many of the party members have a history of being friendless, the Warden's consideration toward them can inspire them to UndyingLoyalty.

* A minor example occurs in ''Film/ThePrincessDiaries''. When Michael asks Mia, newly crowned as princess, why she picked him, she tells him, "Because you saw me when I was invisible," referring to the fact that Michael was one of the few people who cared about Mia from the start, even when most of her peers looked down on her, rather than just becoming interested after she was revealed to be a princess.