History Main / BroodingboyGentleGirl

* ''{{Anime/Yu-Gi-Oh}}'' has several:

* Roger and Mimi from ''{{Rent}}'', if the songs "Out Tonight" and "Another Day" are any indication.

* Roger and Mimi from ''{{Rent}}''.

This dynamic can also show up in a lot of BoysLove works. If one of the partners is really cheerful and sweet, [[{{Foil}} the other partner]] is probably an angst-fest waiting to be unleashed.

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!!Examples:

[[folder: Anime & Manga]]

* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' {{subvert|edTrope}}s this ([[DeconstructorFleet like everything else]]) with [[IJustWantToBeSpecial Wakaba's]] crush on [[TroubledButCute Saionji]]. [[spoiler: It ends in massive tears.]]

[[folder: Literature]]

[[folder: Live Action TV]]

** Connor and [[spoiler: Not-Cordelia.]] With a twist in that the Gentle Girl is evil, is only gentle while he's watching, and is manipulating him into serving as her [[TheDragon Dragon.]]

[[folder: Web Comics]]

-->"I should warn you. My shit is ''way'' tormented."
-->"I still love you. Even though you're so cool and rad."

[[folder: Western Animation]]

This relationship tends to be the focus of a HurtComfortFic. For a related couples trope based on personality dynamics, see SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl, BeastAndBeauty.

This relationship tends to be the focus of a HurtComfortFic. For a related couples trope based on personality dynamics, see SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl.

In the fandom, however, expect the gentle girl to be the [[DieForOurShip victim]] of fans who think the brooding boy should be with a "[[RealWomenNeverWearDresses stronger]]" character (or want [[EstrogenBrigadeBait the character]] free for [[PerverseSexualLust themselves]]), or who accuse the gentle girl of being a PuritySue.

** For that matter, {{Buffy}} would play this role to Angel, and later Faith would step up after the events in the comic series.

* ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]'': Akari is the [[RelationshipSue Relationship Sue]] to Ryoga's [[BadassAngster Badass Angster]].

* ''BatmanBeyond'': Terry and Dana mostly fit this.

* ''{{Angel}}'' occasionally moved in this direction. Fred played "Gentle Girl" to both Gunn and Wesley. In Season 5, Angel's "Gentle Girl" was a werewolf. No, it never worked out happily.

[[folder: Theater]]

[[folder: Video Games]]

* While in ''KingsQuestVIHeirTodayGoneTomorrow'' Prince Alexander just comes off as at most maybe slightly too serious and reserved, the FanSequel ''{{Game/The Silver Lining}}'' seems to portray his and Cassima's relationship as being more heavily this trope.

* [[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]: Akari is the [[RelationshipSue Relationship Sue]] to Ryoga's [[BadassAngster Badass Angster]].

* ''{{Clannad}}'': Tomoya and Nagisa.
* ''FruitsBasket'': Kyo and Tohru. [[ToyShip Hiro and Kisa]] fit to some extent as well.
* ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}'' has several:

** Jack Atlas and Carly Nagisa of ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds}}''.

* Kaya and Kyouhei from ''MidnightSecretary''. Kyouhei is the brooding, {{jerkass}}, [[JapaneseVampire prideful vampire]] who always wears black suits. Kaya is his [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan good-hearted secretary]], who is kind, gentle and takes care of all his needs without complaint. After some CharacterDevelopment on Kyouhei's part, her maturity and kindness reforms him (mostly).
* ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' [[SubvertedTrope subverts]] this ([[DeconstructorFleet like everything else]]) with [[IJustWantToBeSpecial Wakaba's]] crush on [[TroubledButCute Saionji]]. [[spoiler: It ends in massive tears.]]

* Gender inverted in ''{{Freezing}}'' with Satellizer and Kazuya.

* Clare and Eli from ''DegrassiTheNextGeneration'' are like this. Clare is a sweet, mostly innocent Christian girl, and Eli drives a hearse.

[[folder: Literature]]
* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'': [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Edward]] "[[BishieSparkle This is the skin]] [[{{Wangst}} of a KILLER!]]" Cullen and [[RelationshipSue Bella]]. In ''New Moon'', however, [[GenderFlip gender-flipping]] this is what kicks off the Jacob/Bella relationship, with him being the gentle guy to Bella's [[{{Wangst}} "My boyfriend dumped me so my life is over"]] brooding.
* ''MaraDaughterOfTheNile'': Thutmose and Inanni would be this if Thutmose was the least bit interested in going through with their ArrangedMarriage. Inanni even has an InternalMonologue about how she "would be a good wife to him and comfort him when his headached" (She has been led to believe that severe headaches are the reason he is a MoodSwinger.)
* Leafpool and Crowfeather of ''WarriorCats'' are this; as is Crowfeather's first relationship with Feathertail.
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* Hamlet and Ophelia from ''{{Hamlet}}'' could be seen as [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]] of the pairing. It is suggested that they were quite close and affectionate before Hamlet's father died. Then, when Hamlet's stress of seeing the ghost of his father gets to him, Ophelia is stunned and has no idea how to help him. From then on he's acting mad, and his next scene with her has him denying their relationship ever happened.

* Kyosuke Nanbu and Excellen Browning from ''SuperRobotWarsCompact2''. Note, however, that Excellen is not gentle ''per se'' (she's a certified ManicPixieDreamGirl, more [[GenkiGirl genki]] and [[TheTease teasing]]), which should be a subversion of this trope, but she's genuinely sweet, patiently loves him and provides the emotional support and companionship he needs.
* While in ''KingsQuestVI'' Prince Alexander just comes off as at most maybe slightly too serious and reserved, the FanSequel ''{{Game/The Silver Lining}}'' seems to portray his and Cassima's relationship as being more heavily this trope.
* Any relationship with Fenris in ''DragonAgeII'' will have tones of this. Even at his most charming, he's still rather dry and bleak.
* To an extent, both Tifa and Aerith are this towards brooding main protagonist Cloud from ''FinalFantasyVII''.
* ''FinalFantasyVIII'', full stop.

** [[{{FunPersonified}} Kid Flash]] and [[{{Goth}} Jinx]] are a GenderFlipped version (at least in many fandom portrayals, as their relationship didn't get a lot of screentime).

* Lance and Ilana from ''SymBionicTitan'', although their relationship isn more familial and platonic than romantic.
* Although Aang in ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' begins as a {{Pollyanna}}, trials and trauma slowly wear down his optimism and joy, to where in Season Three, he's a BadassAngster to rival Zuko. His true love Katara can always cheer him up with a CooldownHug or kind words, though.

* Disney's ''BeautyAndTheBeast''.

* While it was more of a brother and sister relationship, Shadow from SonicTheHedgehog had this kind of dynamic with Maria - he's a brooding AntiHero, while she was TheLittlestCancerPatient and a PollyAnna. ItGotWorse for them, however, as [[DeadLittleSister she died]] and Shadow almost became a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds.

* Kyosuke Nanbu and Excellen Browning from ''SuperRobotWars.'' Excellen is not gentle ''per se''(she's more [[GenkiGirl genki]]), but Kyosuke is DEFINITELY brooding, and Excellen is very sweet and loving with him.

[[folder: Teh (b)(a)(b)(a)]]

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!!!Voiced by: Osama Bin Laden (Afghanistanese), The Great Khali (English), The Slender man (scarynese), George W Bush (Engrish, stupidnese), David Bowie (Sexinese)

TEH (b)(a)(b)(a){GAR}33b!11!!1!one!
Teh (b)(a)(b)(a) cann0t bee st0pp3d!1!11!1!


::MY POME::
I hath come from a world that is very elastic,
shiny dung beetles like the eyes of a captain black and blue,
ride the TIGGER ride the TIGGER like a horse made of plastic,
All across the nation come a tidal wave red and like glue,
You has been treacherous to me in a way that is nostalgic,
So prepare to be put in a zoo


something associated with teh (b)(a)(b)(a)!1!!!

* I once jumped off a plane without a parachute and fell on mount everest and exploded, but did not flinch. I quickly regenerated and jumped off the mountain while wearing a pink dress doing ballet and I landed on my head. This time only my head exploded but I quickly replaced it with a rock and ran into the ocean and wrestled with sharks all night long. After causing the extinction of the sharks I had also had my arms bitten off but I replaced those with shark heads and declared war on the world. Every country with nuclear weapons dropped a atom bomb on me but I shrugged them all off and used my shark hands to do a forbidden technique and dropped the moon on the earth which caused it to be knocked off balance and crash into the sun which caused a super nova so big it created a blackhole so large which sucked the entire universe but my rock/head. Now all alone my rock/head floats in space but I did not flinch and went to sleep forever. The End.


'''Associated tropes:'''
* AttemptedRape: One time teh (b)(a)(b)(a) looked at it's reflection and thought it was sexy so it tore teh reflection out of teh mirror and attempted to raep it but instead it ate teh reflection because teh (b)(a)(b)(a) did not have lunch that day and was vely hungly
* TheBerserker: averted teh (b)(a)(b)(a) is never mad but can still berserk
* BADASS: U KNOW IT
* DisneyDeath: Teh (b)(a)(b)(a) threw Walt Disney off a cliff and to this day it is unknown if he is dead or alive
* FourIsDeath: and so is five,six,seven,eight,nine,ten,eleven..........
* HealingFactor: heals so fast that it r unpossible to woundify
* HighPressureBlood
* HolyHalo: has a holy parallelogram instead of a circle thingie
* LivingWeapon
* MeaningfulName: Teh (b)(a)(b)(a) has an meaningfilled name
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: Teh (b)(a)(b)(a) is powered on aborted fetuses.
* RestrainingBolt: there is a bolt in it's head that is preventing it from killing everything.
* SlasherSmile: Even when not smiling
* SuperPrototype: of humanity
* UnstoppableRage
* YourSizeMayVary: size varies from 0 to infinity.
* The End of the World as U Know It: What happen if u angur teh (b)(a)(b)(a)

[[folder: Mai-Chan's Wonderfully Incredible Awesometastic Life]]

Recommended for children aged 12 and below This is the most light hearted and sweetest thing I have ever read. This manga truly lets us know that what kind of beautiful kindness humans are capable of. Waita Uziga is now my role model and I will try my best to be like the good characters in this good manga. The best character is probably the president of America, he was kind enough to have sex with a new born(Not many people are capable of this kind of kindness "BABY FUCK, BABY FUCK!!!!! IT'SSS AWWRIGHTTT!!!~~~~~" It's AWWRIGHTTT alright) and then give it teh best death evur!11!1! Death by being blended by a blender!!11!!1(I WANT TO DIE LIKE THAT) Unfortunately for him no good deed goes unpunished and he died for YOUR sins. Also the tile should be renamed to the "Mai-Chan's Wonderfully Incredible Awesometastic Life". OH Mai-chan how I envy you!!!!!!!I guess she kind of deserved the death she had at the end. It was like heaven on earth and killing her was Kaede's worst and only sin!!!!!!I cant beleive Kaede did that!She was such a kind and gentle soul who would never think of doing any evul(Maybe it was teh trauma of being one eyed). Anyway if your looking to be a nicer person take tips from this beautiful work!!!

[[folder: Fate Stay the fuck away!!!]]

Gilgamesh and King Aurthur would make such a wonderful couple

It's not good if you want to get aroused, you'll become asexual if see it's horrible and disgusting sex scenes and you wont be able to eat food again evur! so just turn the sex scenes off or if you want that this is not the game for you and if you do get aroused tear your genitals off and eat them because there's something very wrong with you. Poor king Aurthur was turned into a slutty girl so he could have sex with a perverted hero wannabe lozer who's sadly immortal and doesn't pay for his stupid decisions and comes back to life for more stupidity. Stupid Shirou(whatever his name is) also calls poor Kirie who just wants to destroy the world evul! and doesn't call Medusa and Medea(Both of whom are actually evul! in real mythology and not perverted nasulogy) evul! even though they kill people for mana but there not really evul cause then shirou would have trouble fantasizing having sex with them. Medea even put poor king Aurthur in a dress and got aroused by it the evul lesbian!(Kirie never did any thing like that to anyone). Gilgamesh is supposed to be a douche so thats alright but he wants to rape poor king Aurthur! Thats just crazy!! also the Assassins that are Arabic have been turned evul and suck the most among all servants (even in fate zero assassin sucks) and want to become immortal for no reason. The only good thing is that there is a lot of raep(I like raep!!) but horribly they present raep AS A BAD THING!!!!! Sakura that stupid bitch who gets to have her hair and eyes dyed purple and have her body violated by sexy worms and her evul brother Shinji(Who is Shinji Ikari again another person turned evul for no reason, okay so he did masturbate over a coma state girl once but I don't think evun he would go as far as to raep a worm filled girl "ewww") she enjoys teh best life evur(I'd do any thing to switch paces with her) but all this is not enough for her and she wants the lozer Shirou too and in one path she doesn't get him so she kills her poor loving grandfather and brother who gave her such a wonderful life although if you get the true ending for her path she redeems herself by letting her sister experience the same joy she felt all those years and in the end raeps and cannibalizes the stupid Shirou. Only because of this heartwarming yet awesome(Even more awesome then Mai-Chan's Daily Life) ending I give this game a 20/10.

YOU CANT BAN ME [smile]

Fast Eddie is a faggot and a fisherman

[[CodeGeass http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Bad_Suzaku_Sub-1.jpg]]
[[caption-width:350:Fast Eddie in his youth about to raep a fish or shove it up his ass(I don't know what he means by "Proceeding to pleasure himself with this fish").]]

The tendency for the [[TroubledButCute brooding, angsty, loner boy]] to end up with a [[TheIngenue sweet, gentle girl]] who will patiently coax him out of his moods. While the appeal of the brooding boy probably has something to do with AllGirlsWantBadBoys, the brooding boy isn't ''bad'', he's just...moody. At worst, he'll be an AntiHero who's put his bad boy past behind him. Maybe he has a DarkAndTroubledPast. Maybe he's a HurtingHero. Maybe he simply takes his responsibilities [[SeriousBusiness far more seriously]] than the rest of his teammates. Whatever the case, he's just ''waiting'' for someone to draw him out of his shell, and that person is the [[TheChick gentle girl]]. Unlike her kookier [[SisterTrope sister]], the ManicPixieDreamGirl, the gentle girl doesn't try to actively shake the brooding boy out of his moodiness. Instead, she patiently and persistently offers kind words, shy smiles, companionship, and hope. Usually ThePowerOfLove will eventually [[LoveRedeems heal]] the brooding boy.

In the fandom, however, expect the gentle girl to be the [[DieForOurShip victim]] of fans who think the brooding boy should be with a "[[RealWomenNeverWearDresses stronger]]" character (or want [[EstrogenBrigadeBait the character]] free for [[PerverseSexualLust themselves]]), or who accuse the gentle girl of being a PuritySue.

This dynamic can also show up in a lot of BoysLove works. If one of the partners is really cheerful and sweet, [[{{Foil}} the other partner]] is probably an angst-fest waiting to be unleashed.

This relationship tends to be the focus of a HurtComfortFic. For a related couples trope based on personality dynamics, see SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl.
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!!Examples:

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[[folder: Anime & Manga]]
* ''{{Clannad}}'': Tomoya and Nagisa.
* ''FruitsBasket'': Kyo and Tohru. [[ToyShip Hiro and Kisa]] fit to some extent as well.
* ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}'' has several:
** Priest Seto, the preincarnation of [[AntiHero Seto]] [[TheRival Kaiba]] whose life pretty much sucked just as much the first time around, and [[WhiteHairedPrettyGirl Kisara]].
** "[[SplitPersonality Yami Yugi]]" and [[ThePowerOfFriendship Anzu/Tea]]. Their "[[NotADate date]]" consisted of large amounts of Yami brooding over his mysterious past/ mysterious destiny and Tea making inspirational speeches.
** Jack Atlas and Carly Nagisa of ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds}}''.
* The manga ''HanaNoNamae'', "The Name Of The Flower", '''lives off this trope''': the 'brooding boy' being a famous writer of depressing, nihilistic works, who himself has a tragic past and struggles with deep depression, the 'gentle girl' being the distant relative he takes in after her parents die in a car accident, who grows flowers in his yard, is quiet, soft spoken and kind and in love with him. The story resolves around her desire to love and save him from his depression and his feeling that he doesn't deserve it, or can never bring himself out of it enough to do anything but drag her down with him.
* Kaya and Kyouhei from ''MidnightSecretary''. Kyouhei is the brooding, {{jerkass}}, [[JapaneseVampire prideful vampire]] who always wears black suits. Kaya is his [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan good-hearted secretary]], who is kind, gentle and takes care of all his needs without complaint. After some CharacterDevelopment on Kyouhei's part, her maturity and kindness reforms him (mostly).
* ''RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' [[SubvertedTrope subverts]] this ([[DeconstructorFleet like everything else]]) with [[IJustWantToBeSpecial Wakaba's]] crush on [[TroubledButCute Saionji]]. [[spoiler: It ends in massive tears.]]
* What the main couples in MayuShinjo mangas are ''supposed'' to come up as. Bad thing, the "Brooding Boy" ends up as a BastardBoyfriend and the "Gentle Girl" is almost always a LoveMartyr.
* Gender inverted in ''{{Freezing}}'' with Satellizer and Kazuya.

[[folder: Live Action TV]]
* Clare and Eli from ''DegrassiTheNextGeneration'' are like this. Clare is a sweet, mostly innocent Christian girl, and Eli drives a hearse.
* ''{{Angel}}'' occasionally moved in this direction. Fred played "Gentle Girl" to both Gunn and Wesley. In Season 5, Angel's "Gentle Girl" was a werewolf. No, it never worked out happily.
** Well, when Gunn and Fred began expressing interest in each other, neither were particularly broody. [[HeartbrokenBadass Wesley]] on the other hand...
** Connor and [[spoiler: Not-Cordelia.]] With a twist in that the Gentle Girl is evil, is only gentle while he's watching, and is manipulating him into serving as her [[TheDragon Dragon.]]
* Arthur and Guinevere can be this at times on ''Series/{{Merlin}}''.

[[folder: Literature]]
* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'': [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Edward]] "[[BishieSparkle This is the skin]] [[{{Wangst}} of a KILLER!]]" Cullen and [[RelationshipSue Bella]]. In ''New Moon'', however, [[GenderFlip gender-flipping]] this is what kicks off the Jacob/Bella relationship, with him being the gentle guy to Bella's [[{{Wangst}} "My boyfriend dumped me so my life is over"]] brooding.
* ''MaraDaughterOfTheNile'': Thutmose and Inanni would be this if Thutmose was the least bit interested in going through with their ArrangedMarriage. Inanni even has an InternalMonologue about how she "would be a good wife to him and comfort him when his headached" (She has been led to believe that severe headaches are the reason he is a MoodSwinger.)
* Leafpool and Crowfeather of ''WarriorCats'' are this; as is Crowfeather's first relationship with Feathertail.

[[folder: Theater]]
* Hamlet and Ophelia from ''{{Hamlet}}'' could be seen as [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruction]] of the pairing. It is suggested that they were quite close and affectionate before Hamlet's father died. Then, when Hamlet's stress of seeing the ghost of his father gets to him, Ophelia is stunned and has no idea how to help him. From then on he's acting mad, and his next scene with her has him denying their relationship ever happened.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Video Games]]
* Kyosuke Nanbu and Excellen Browning from ''SuperRobotWars.'' Excellen is not gentle ''per se''(she's more [[GenkiGirl genki]]), but Kyosuke is DEFINITELY brooding, and Excellen is very sweet and loving with him.
* While in ''KingsQuestVI'' Prince Alexander just comes off as at most maybe slightly too serious and reserved, the FanSequel ''{{Game/The Silver Lining}}'' seems to portray his and Cassima's relationship as being more heavily this trope.
* Any relationship with Fenris in ''DragonAgeII'' will have tones of this. Even at his most charming, he's still rather dry and bleak.
* To an extent, both Tifa and Aerith are this towards brooding main protagonist Cloud from ''FinalFantasyVII''.
* ''FinalFantasyVIII'', full stop.
* ''{{Persona 3}} Portable'''s Moon Arcana S.Link between the Female Main Character and Shinjiro. They're the ''very definition'' of this.
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[[folder: Web Comics]]
* Spoofed in [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/2/28/ this Penny Arcade strip]].
-->"I should warn you. My shit is ''way'' tormented."
-->"I still love you. Even though you're so cool and rad."
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Western Animation]]
* Robin and Starfire in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''.
** [[{{FunPersonified}} Kid Flash]] and [[{{Goth}} Jinx]] are a GenderFlipped version (at least in many fandom portrayals, as their relationship didn't get a lot of screentime).
** Beast Boy and Raven are another gender-flip. Even though they never have an official relationship on the show, the popularity of this FanPreferredPairing led to them getting together in the comics.
* Superboy and M'ggan in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''.
* ''BatmanBeyond'': Terry and Dana mostly fit this.
* Lance and Ilana from ''SymBionicTitan'', although their relationship isn more familial and platonic than romantic.
* Although Aang in ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' begins as a {{Pollyanna}}, trials and trauma slowly wear down his optimism and joy, to where in Season Three, he's a BadassAngster to rival Zuko. His true love Katara can always cheer him up with a CooldownHug or kind words, though.
** Speaking of Zuko, his relationship with Mai is both a straight ''and'' GenderFlipped portrayal of this. Zuko is only slightly less broody than Mai, but they both do their best to be there and cheer each other up when one of them gets all angsty.
* Disney's ''BeautyAndTheBeast''.
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** Starfire, gentle? Have you seen how her species eats at dinner?

* Speaking of Zuko, his relationship with Mai is both a straight ''and'' GenderFlipped portrayal of this. Zuko is only slightly less broody than Mai, but they both do their best to be there and cheer each other up when one of them gets all angsty.
* Disney's BeautyAndTheBeast.