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* The ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''/''Series/{{Torchwood}}'' crossover "[[https://www.tthfanfic.org/Story-18260/Sabryna+Welcome+to+the+Rift.htm Welcome to the Rift]]" has Buffy serve as a variation of this to the Torchwood team when she reveals her own experience of the afterlife; when Torchwood's own experience of death has only suggested that there is nothing but darkness and something hunting the deceased, hearing Buffy confirm that she has experienced Heaven gives Jack in particular hope for something better if he should finally die.

* ''Fanfic/KnightOfDeathAndRebirth'' subverts the trope with Wilmarina Noscrim as in her original entry within ''Monster Girl Encyclopedia: Fallen Maidens''. Her role as TheChosenOne was imposed by her [[SinisterMinister father]] to gain political support when she [[IJustWantToBeNormal just wanted to be with her childhood friend]], prompting her to eventually [[FallenHero fall]] and become a succubus upon her defeat against Druella. It was only thanks to [[Anime/CodeGeass Lelouch (as Zero)]] this time around that she was more motivated to take up the role.
** Lelouch as Zero instead takes up the role on Midgard, like he does in the war against Britannia back on Earth. His ability to resist demonic mana and conviction against the monsters' culture [[CultureClash that is incompatible with those on Earth]] has prompted the Order to take advantage of his power. Even after Lescatie falls, the surviving uncorrupted beings are so inspired by him that they fight for him over the Chief God and any other Order Hero. Even people still on Midgard are inspired to rally under him, including [[spoiler:a surviving human soldier from the Theocracy and a Succubus!Eristia, who is in love with Zero for ''his'' inspiration on her]].
* One of the reasons Samantha Shepard is [[ThePardon pardoned]] rather than being [[CourtMartialed drummed out]] of the military/Spectres in ''Fanfic/{{Origins}}'' is because the Citadel Council and Trans-Galactic Republic authorities believe she still has the potential to be this, despite what she did during her HeroicBSOD.

* In ''Fanfic/TheOtherSideMemoriaeterna'', after essentially the other half of the universe is killed by the Snap (''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''), Peter Parker becomes Tony Stark's sole heir. With a controlling share of Stark Enterprises and the owner of basically everything the Avengers need to operate, Peter accepts the job with the goal of using his resources to undo the Snap even after Thanos destroyed the Stones. His determination to achieve this goal is particularly inspiring to Wanda and Doctor Strange, helping Wanda overcome the grief that triggered the Westview Hex and encouraging Doctor Strange to consider that this scenario may just be the 14, 000, 606th scenario he didn't see where they ''also'' won.
* Each of the "protagonists" of ''Roleplay/DanganRoleplay'' becomes this over time, enough that Monobear stopped listing "optimistic children with ahoge" as a dislike in his profile. Round 1's [[ThePollyanna Jimmy]] was a contagious optimist to begin with, but Round 2's [[IdiotHero Beat]] and Round 3's [[BrokenHero Haruka]] had to grow into it; Haruka goes as far as promising to be Dave's hope during his HeroicBSOD, which extends to being hope for the rest of the surviving class, too.
* Victoria is described this way in ''[[Fanfic/TwiceUponAnAge All This Sh*t is Twice as Weird]]''. Being the compassionate AllLovingHero of the group, she's big on giving people second chances; Blackwall describes her as "rare." As she herself points out to Cullen, [[MetaphorIsMyMiddleName Hope is literally her middle name]].
* The Avatar in ''Fanfic/ReluctantHero'' is the only one powerful enough to turn the tide of the war and restore balance to the world. When the newest one is found after a sixteen-year-long search, the Water Tribes and Air Nomads immediately celebrate.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible / ComicBook/GreenLantern'' fusion fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5916940/1/In-Blackest-Night In Blackest Night]]'', Kim Possible is recruited into the Green Lantern Corps (forcibly separated from Ron Stoppable in the process) and at one point goes up against her old enemy Gill, now a Red Lantern, and her ring is losing power rapidly, down to 3.1%. Suddenly her ring reports "Power levels at 20%...at 37.8%...at 54.7% and rising..." and a voice above her calls out, "Can I get a Booyah?" Kim looks up and sees Ron Stoppable, clad in a Blue Lantern uniform, and her ring is now at 250% power.
-->'''Ron Stoppble''': That's right, KP! The bondiggety Blue Lantern of Sector 2814 is in the house!
* It takes journeying through half the known world and most of the ''unknown'', learning to live and die over and over, countless triumphs and screwups, heartbreak and glory, but [[FanFic/PurpleDays Prince Joffrey Baratheon]] ultimately becomes the true warrior, king, and savior Westeros needs to end once and for all the horror of the Long Night.

* ''Fanfic/TheVictorsProject'': Various victors (most notably Bovina) are this to their districts in the aftermath of winning, due to the year's supply of food this guarantees their district. Elena becomes this due to her StarCrossedLovers romance breaking the cycle of racial hatred in her district (to the point where the Capitol kills half of her family just out of spite for her using the Games to accomplish something positive). Honorius is a villainous version, giving the Career tributes an honorable (albeit sadistic and Darwinistic) view to fight for.

* ''FanFic/DanganRonpaAssassinatingFriendship'' plays with this in several ways:
** The death of [[spoiler:Tanaka Gundam]] winds up motivating [[spoiler:Ryoma and Maki]] to try and find another way out of Vorpal Pier, rather than simply participating in the [[DeadlyGame mutual killing game]] or giving up entirely. This is helped along by their FinalSpeech encouraging not to succumb [[spoiler:as he did]].
** Komaeda Nagito is eager to find somebody good enough to become this. However, he holds all candidates up to impossibly high standards; any sign of wavering or despairing at their circumstances causes him to dismiss them as 'hopeless garbage'.
** [[AdaptationPersonalityChange Unlike other Monokumas]], the one hosting this game claims to be looking for Hope rather than Despair, wanting to see whether any of the participants can rise above the circumstances of both their checkered pasts and the killing game itself.

* Darkly subverted in ''[[VideoGame/AdvanceWars Advance Wars: Days Of Ruin]]'' in one mission with a religious faith healer who has inspired a band of survivors to come under his leadership join his cult worshiping "the worm" as it will cure the [[TheVirus Creeping]] [[BodyHorror Derengea]]. When you finish the mission you learn the worm is literally an earthworm: said leader believes all is lost, humanity is doomed, and that nothing can save them from a slow, painful death, and so he gathered up infected survivors and deluded them into thinking they could still be saved so what little life they had left would be hopeful. The harsh irony is that at this point Will and his allies actually ''did'' have the means to treat the virus -- had the leader of the cult heard them out instead of just ordering his followers to attack, they could have all been saved.

* Brought up near the end of ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}'': [[spoiler:Morgana was created by Igor from the collective unconsciousness's hope for freedom from oppression.]]

* Link is frequently this in several of 'Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' games. Depending on the game, sometimes Zelda herself is too.

* Link is frequently this in several of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' games. Depending on the game, sometimes Zelda herself is too.

* ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'': [[Characters/MonsterVerseKaiju Mothra]] and [[Characters/MonsterVerseGodzilla Godzilla]] are this. In the face of [[OmnicidalManiac King Ghidorah]] taking control of the other {{Kaiju}} and commanding them to begin wiping out all life as we know it, the humans realize that with Godzilla [[spoiler:having been seemingly killed by the [[FantasticNuke Oxygen Destroyer]] earlier]], there's no way to stop the omnicide. Then along comes a metamorphosed Mothra, showing that Ghidorah doesn't have control of ''all'' the monsters and that Mothra is willing to oppose him, and moments later, the human cast realize from her arrival that Godzilla [[spoiler:is still alive]] and there's still a chance to save the world.

* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'': Touma Kamijou is really good at helping people who have long given up and think a situation is hopeless to believe again by showing up to kick the bad guy's ass and then solve whatever the problem was.

* ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'''s Main Character becomes this in the Neutral Route by helping as many people and demons as he can both in Tokyo and the Eastern Kingdom of Mikado, to the point of recreating one-third of a divine entity's power by the sheer amount of hope he inspires. Then he proves ''why'' he can generate so much hope by taking back the other two-thirds from the Seraph Merkabah and the Demon Lord Lucifer. At the end of the Neutral Route, the people of Mikado believe so much in him that they are ready to evacuate their kingdom at his command. The HopeCrusher White are utterly furious at him, as they wanted to break his spirit so he would never again seek ''any'' form of renewal or continuity, and keep throwing divine monsters and even {{Alternate Timeline}}s in his path -- [[KickTheSonOfABitch fat lot of good it did to them]].

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' has Ichigo become this after the TimeSkip, though it only really becomes obvious during the [[WarArc Thousand Year Blood War arc]]: the moment the Shinigami learn, in the middle of [[CurbStompBattle an invasion that's quickly going south]], that Ichigo is on his way to assist them, the news are met with joy, excitement and the understandable expectation that the tide will turn in their favour once he arrives. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Quilge's [[{{Birdcaged}} Jail]] delays him [[YouAreTooLate until the invasion is practically over.]]]]

* [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] is frequently seen as this in his games. A lot of [=NPCs=], especially in the Mario [=RPGs=], will be worried and panicked until Mario shows up, at which time they express relief that he's there. Even if someone doesn't know who he is, they quickly learn. Sometimes, Princess Peach pulls this trope too, being [[HundredPercentAdorationRating beloved by all of her subjects]].

* Luke Skywalker in ''Franchise/StarWars''.

* Franchise/{{Batman}} is perhaps the only reason ''anyone'' with an ounce of sense stays in [[WretchedHive Gotham City]]. The sheer impact of Batman's presence can become a tide turner in much grander battles, as well: in ''ComicBook/KingdomCome'', Batman's arrival (almost) brings victory to Superman's faction in the climatic Battle of Gulag, as TheNarrator points out.

* ''Franchise/TheFlash'': The second Flash, Barry Allen, inspires hope in others to the point that during Comicbook/BlackestNight, he was chosen to become a blue lantern for 24 hours.
* ''Franchise/GreenLantern'':

** One of ''ComicBook/TheSandman'''s Endless is Despair, the living antithesis of this trope. She convinced Rao, a red sun, to create life on an unstable planet. Both of them they know that the planet was doomed, and there would be just one single survivor, "to remember, to mourn, to despair...". The planet was Krypton, and that survivor would grow to become Superman. The amount of hope that this failed plan unleashed killed the first Despair. Superman destroyed the AnthropomorphicPersonification of Despair just by EXISTING.

* Revealed in one of the most heartwarming moments in the game, and perhaps the whole series, in ''VideoGame/GodOfWarRagnarok'', [[spoiler:after sharing a fond farewell to his son Atreus as he leaves Midgard to search for the lost Giants]], Kratos discovers a shrine neither of them had found. That's because it was one made by his late wife, Faye, and made for ''him''. It details his arrival in the Nine Realms from his homeland of Greece, several important events of the last two games such as reaching Jotunheim and the clash with Thor, and ends with a mural depicting the Ghost of Sparta as one of these, a figure of reverence and worship across the Realms. After many games' worth of being treated as nothing more than an AxCrazy BloodKnight, Kratos' emotional reaction, even visibly ''crying'', and his stunned words to his companions shows how strongly it affected him, to realize that yes, he was capable of being worshipped and loved as a god.

-->'''Kratos''': A path. One I never imagined...

* In ''Film/Ghostbusters1984''
** The titular heroes arrive downtown at the climax [[spoiler:at the apartment building]] where all the supernatural havoc are emanating from the cheers of hundreds watching.
** In the sequel, when they arrive to take down the slime barrier covering [[spoiler:the museum that is the bad guy's base]], their proton packs aren't enough to dent it as the barrier feeds on negative emotions, like the despair people are feeling in this DarkestHour. They need a symbol to impact their fellow New Yorkers. [[spoiler:They choose to use good slime to animate the Statue of Liberty]].

* Jakob from ''Film/JakobTheLiar'' ultimately serves as a deconstruction of the trope. Set during the 1940s during World War 2, Jakob fills his fellow Jews with hope over news that the Russians will soon liberate them from the Ghetto, telling them he got the information from his "secret radio." [[spoiler:In truth, while the initial news ''is'' true, it eventually snowballs into him having to fabricate news to keep up the charade. This torments Jacob because his newfound status puts him at risk of being arrested by German soldiers, but at the same time his lies actually give the Jews inspiration to live on and suicide rates drops.]]

* In all of its many incarnations, one [[Franchise/StarTrek starship]] comes immediately to mind...

* ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'' fangame ''TabletopGame/PrincessTheHopeful'' is all about being this trope, in a world where [[WorldHalfEmpty evil has been winning since eternity and half]].

** Luke was following in the footsteps of the main characters in ''Film/RogueOne''. When their achievement ends up in the hands of [[spoiler:Princess Leia]], she literally describes it as "hope". [[spoiler:Sadly, [[EverybodyDiesEnding none of them live to celebrate their achievement]].]]

* This is literally a game mechanic in ''TabletopGame/{{Deadlands}}''. The monsters grow more powerful in areas overwhelmed with terror. By killing them and then revealing what they were and how they died, the player characters can bring hope to the Weird West, weakening the forces of evil in the process.

* Rudy Roughnight from ''VideoGame/WildArms1'' to the point where (in a sidequest) he literally revives the Guardian of Hope. It's particularly notable in the remake where the sidequest involves [[spoiler: returning to Surf Village where he was previously exiled. Rudy's unwavering willingness to protect the villagers, in his bleakest moment inspires them to help him fight the revived Rotting Beast via a [[CombinedEnergyAttack Combined Energy Attack.]] After you defeat the monster for good you get the Hope Shard medium.]]

* A very literal example in [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP-]][[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1281 1281]] ("Harbinger"): The Harbinger is a biomechanical drone created and sent out by a dying race. Its purpose was to learn the language of whatever creatures it encountered and tell them a message of hope, a message saying that though one light is small compared to the infinite vastness of the universe, it is still a light.

** Luke was following in the footsteps of the main characters in ''Film/RogueOne''. When their achievement ends up in the hands of [[spoiler:Princess Leia]], she literally describes it as "hope". [[spoiler:Sadly, [[KillEmAll none of them live to celebrate their achievement]].]]

Then in come these nobodies. Hope Bringers are living proof that one person can make a difference and even the odds. By their actions, they restore hope in the hearts of their allies and lead them into the fight and victory. They can be the BigGood, the [[MagnificentBastard Magnificent Bastards]], [[TheChessmaster The Chessmasters]],TheAce, the RebelLeader or the [[PersonOfMassDestruction People Of Mass Destruction]] -- whatever makes them so special, it works. They can make the two sides not only fight on equal ground again, but even reverse the situation and make the side they help repay the other one for everything they did.

Compare TheHero, MagneticHero, MessianicArchetype, SupportingLeader and AllLovingHero. Can be created by SummonEverymanHero. Contrast with TheDreaded (although, from the villains' perspective, the Hope Bringer may well be TheDreaded), who is defined by how others fear them. The opposite of this trope is HopeCrusher, who delights on despair and destroying any semblances of hope.

** Casshern himself is an odd example. He brings hope by the rumor that his flesh can cure the Ruin.

* Lelouch Lamperouge in ''Anime/CodeGeass'' -- before he entered the scene, the Japanese LaResistance was weak, divided and didn't have a chance at defeating Britannia's army. Zero managed to not only create a force that the oppressing army in Japan had to reckon with, but during the course of the series [[spoiler:formed an alliance against Britannia with every single free country in the world.]] At the end of the series, Lelouch specifically [[InvokedTrope invokes this trope]] -- [[spoiler:only with ''himself'' as the [[TheEmpire evil emperor]] and [[MyHeroZero Zero]] (actually his ally Suzaku) as the Hope Bringer.]]

** Goku who inspires hope in those who know him. More than once, his friends and family break down into TearsOfJoy when they know he's coming.

** Gohan zig-zags this. Goku wants him to become this, but he's weighted down by his own self-doubt. However, Gohan inspires his friends to make one last stand against Cell and he restores hope in Piccolo, Goten, and Trunks when he returns to fight Buu.

** Also, Raoh and TheDragon Ryuuga for those under Raoh's dominion: he may be the BigBad, but he protects his subjects from raiders and bandits. Best shown when he was believed dead, and his troops in two villages started brutalizing the civilians: in one, people was in despair until Ryuuga started killing the mutineers (note that ''Kenshiro'' was there, and people were still desperate); in another, Raoh shows up, and people start cheering, while the mutineers, after their boss got his head slapped off, ''kneel to receive their just punishment'' (death by stomping from a giant horse).

* At the end of ''[[VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry Higurashi Kai]]'' this trope is discussed when Rika says that [[spoiler:the only world when they managed to defeat BigBad was one where Hanyuu was a real person, not a ghost]]. Also, Keichii did do wonders to her resolve.
* In ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'' , [[TheAce Gouenji Shuuya]] ([[DubNameChange Axel Blaze]]), is often this to the team. Notable in one episode of the second season, when they are [[CurbStompBattle loosing]] against Epsilon, unable to score or to stop the opponent's offensive, with their striker having an HeroicBSOD. The team end up demoralized... until Gouenji come and quickly reverse the situation, raising up everyone's hope.

* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' -- Amuro, with his Gundam, was a factor who helped balance the odds in the war between Zeon and Earth Federation. It was later {{retcon}}ned by saying that his Gundam wasn't the only one used in that time. {{Downplayed}} in that none of them had the same propaganda impact as Amuro Ray ''the White Devil'' and the other units were based in out of the way locations like [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam Southeast Asia]] or the [[Manga/MobileSuitGundamThunderbolt Thunderbolt sector]] and didn't really take part in major campaigns like Odessa or A Baoa Qu.

** Special mention goes to the USJ attack. It's the biggest villain attack in years, directly in the heart of a hero school. The pros and the students do their best, but it's a difficult fight, and the students are slowly realizing that not all of them are going to survive this. Then All Might arrives, and everyone instantly relaxes -- because All Might ''always'' saves everyone, and he ''never'' loses. Midoriya is the only one who realizes that they're still in danger, because he's the only one who knows All Might is steadily weakening. [[TheDeterminator All Might saves everyone anyway]].

** Naruto himself becomes this during The Fourth Shinobi World War. [[TheAlliance The allied shinobi forces]] aren't getting their asses handed to them, [[BlatantLies per se]], but [[CurbStompBattle they're struggling and taking heavy casualties]], to the [[ZombieApocalypse Edo Tensei]] [[OurZombiesAreDifferent resurrected]] ninja. Along comes our protagonist, who has finished his TrainingFromHell, [[TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential becoming even more capable]], and has improved his relationship to the [[EnemyWithin Nine-Tailed Demon Fox]]. He summarily uses his cloning technique to cover most of the battlefield, kick ass, save lives and SpotTheImposter. Most, if not all, of his ninja comrades definitely see him as this now. Also counts as ''several'' [[BigDamnHeroes big damn hero]] moments wrapped in one. This quality was possibly first hinted at during Pain's Assault.

* In ''Franchise/SailorMoon'', it's the title character herself. She inspires other people to fight on despite the apparent hopelessness of the situation.

* In the second ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'' movie: After watching the entire Earth Defense space navy get devastated on live TV, the alien Comet Empire demands Earth's surrender. Just before the surrender, the Yamato warps in between the Empire and Earth, and ''everyone on the planet'' says "It's ''Yamato!'' We still have the ''Yamato!'' We're gonna ''win!"'' Keep in mind we're talking about a SINGLE SHIP apprearing as a reinforcement after an entire FLEET was almost effortlessly destroyed by the enemy.

* Strangely enough, in the ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse this role is often given to ''Donald Duck''. After all, everyone who knows him has seen [[UnstoppableRage what happens when Donald gets angry]]... And their enemies often gets him mad.

** One of ''ComicBook/TheSandman'''s Endless is Despair, the living anthitesis of this trope. She convinced Rao, a red sun, to create life on an unstable planet. Both of them they know that the planet was doomed, and there would be just one single survivor, "to remember, to mourn, to despair...". The planet was Krypton, and that survivor would grow to become Superman. The amount of hope that this failed plan unleashed killed the first Despair. Superman destroyed the AnthropomorphicPersonification of Despair just by EXISTING.

* In ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/253045/i-am-going-to-save-and-or-destroy-equestria I Am Going To Save And/Or Destroy Equestria,]]'' this is the title character in a nutshell: After a year with Celestia and Luna both dead and gone, the fiends of Tartarus are loose with no one to stop them... until the main character is brought back from the dead.

* The Avatar in ''Fanfic/ReluctantHero'' is the only one powerful enough to turn the tide of the war and restore balance to the world. When the newest one is found after a sixteen-years long search, the Water Tribes and Air Nomads immediately celebrate.

* It takes journeying through half the known world and most of the ''unknown'', learning to live and die over and over, countless triumphs and screwups, heartbreak and glory, but [[FanFic/PurpleDays Prince Joffrey Baratheon]] ultimately becomes the true warrior, king and savior Westeros needs to end once and for all the horror of the Long Night.

-->She wondered what their battle would be like without Lucina, and quickly dismissed the thought, because they wouldn't be having a battle. She'd probably be dead, or close to it, a shell fighting for the sake of survival. What was it –- ''hope will never die''? When Lucina proclaimed it, Severa could almost believe her.
* ''Fanfic/TheVictorsProject'': Various victors (most notably Bovina) are this to their districts in the aftermath of winning, due to the years supply of food this guarantees their district. Elena becomes this due to her StarCrossedLovers romance breaking the cycle of racial hatred in her district (to the point where the Capitol kills half of her family just out of spite for her using the Games to accomplish something positive). Honorius is a villainous version, giving the Career tributes an honorable (albeit sadistic and darwinistic) view to fight for.

* In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'', the Avengers [[spoiler:couldn't reverse the damage Thanos has inflicted upon the entire universe in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', and spend a 5-year TimeSkip]] in various states of despair trying to cope with the aftermath and move on. It was only when [[Film/AntMan1 Scott Lang]] showed up at their doorstep (complete with a plan to undo everything Thanos has done) that made them realize they have a second chance, and take up arms again.
* ''Film/TheBatman2022'': Batman is ''not'' this through most of the movie. The primary driver of his campaign is [[TerrorHero indiscriminate terror]]. This leads to him unwittingly [[CreateYourOwnVillain creating a much more brutal copycat]] in The Riddler and his followers. Batman's [[CharacterDevelopment character arc in the film]] is realizing that he needs to stop using fear and violence as his main tools and become a symbol of hope for the innocent and downtrodden people of Gotham. This is represented by his final act of heroism in the movie not being beating a criminal to a pulp, but acting a beacon for civilians trapped in flooding waters, leading them to safety.

* This seems to be the role of the emerging super heroes in the world in the ''Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse'', which starts out as a rather dark, gloomy place, and (though supers, especially Superman himself, at least initially cause fear and mistrust in people... with some push from certain people such as Lex Luthor) eventually becomes much brighter and hopeful. Superman's death and exoneration in the public eye (once Lex's plot has been revealed) at the end of ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' seems to be a catalyst for this, as even those who initially criticized him came to realize just how important he was, and his sacrifice inspires and springs other heroes (Such as older, previously jaded heroes like Wonder Woman and The Batman, or other new heroes like The Flash) into action.
** It should be said, though, that the [[BadFuture horrifying, parademon-infested, post-apocalyptic world ruled by and evil Superman]] Bruce sees in his Knightmare in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'' and ''Film/ZackSnydersJusticeLeague'', somewhat justifies that initial fear, and shows it could have gone either way had Batman and Wonder Woman not allowed themselves to hope again.

** The titular heroes arrive downtown at the climax [[spoiler:at the apartment building]] where all the supernatural havoc are emanating from to the cheers of hundreds watching.

* Jakob from ''Film/JakobTheLiar'' ultimately serves as a deconstruction of the trope. Set during the 1940's during World War 2, Jakob fills his fellow Jews with hope over news that the Russians will soon liberate them from the Ghetto, telling them he got the information from his "secret radio." [[spoiler:In truth, while the initial news ''is'' true, it eventually snow balls into him having to fabricate news to keep up the charade. This torments Jacob because his new found status puts him at risk of being arrested by German soldiers, but at the same time his lies actually give the Jews inspiration to live on and suicide rates drops.]]

** In the end of ''Film/TheLastJedi'', [[spoiler:Luke finally returns to bring everyone their hopes back and he ensures that his legacy will be the same]].

** Isana of Calderon Valley, a small domain in the middle of no where, started off as a simple commoner, but throughout the books she gained political power and strength by allying with various nobles who also want to use her rising celebrity. By the time civil war breaks out in the series, she is the only person of noble rank who is actively working to help feed the refugee crisis developing from the brutality of war, and with the revelation that she [[spoiler:is the late beloved Princep's lawful wife, she becomes this to any commoner who dreams of rising above his or her place. In the final book, she even weaponizes this status when captured by two powerful enemies the Vord Queen and a human who serves the Vord. The human woman needs the Queen to survive a deadly poison in her body. Isana gives her hope of not only being free from the Queens's power by telling her of a magical cure-all that grows near the Vord Queen's private chambers, but if she turns against the Vord, she could be a heroine and beloved by many in the realm. It works]].

* Paul Atreides/Muad'Dib in Frank Herbert's ''Franchise/{{Dune}}''. Or he was a cynical ManipulativeBastard who used his charisma to get primitive folk to follow him, took over the universe by threatening to destroy it and forcing a princess to marry him whom he intended from the start to treat dreadfully. Preceded by Imperial Planetologist Pardot Kynes, who gave the Fremen the idea that bringing water to Arrakis was possible in the first place.

** Kelsier is a DeconReconSwitch of the concept. The deconstruction comes when [[spoiler:the confidence he inspires in the rebel troops, as well as his promise to share his power, encourages their leader Yeden so much that he tries to [[SuicidalOverconfidence raid a local garrison]]. Everyone who went on the raid died pointlessly, and the rest of Kell's crew him him a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech]]. Reconstructed when [[spoiler:his HeroicSacrifice spurred a majority of the Skaa in the capital to take arms in a fight that they ''could'' win. When the world starts going to hell, his memory encouraged the Skaa to keep living and fighting back]].

* ''Literature/{{Momo}}'': Even before the paranormal conflicts starts, Momo's willingness to simply listen to anyone does a lot to allay people's fears and worries.
* In ''Literature/ThoseThatWake'', Laura is this to Mal. By the end of the series she becomes this for the world.
* Rand al'Thor in ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'' has always had shades of this, being the ChosenOne meant to stop the [[SealedEvilInACan Dark]] [[EldritchAbomination One]] from destroying reality. In some ways he is also a {{Deconstruction}} because of the chaos he causes and his growing insanity/ruthlessness. After Rand's mountaintop epiphany, he enters [[EnlightenmentSuperpower full-on Zen Jedi Master Mode.]]

* Jim Gordon is this in ''Series/{{Gotham}}''. He manages to gradually erode Bullock's cynicism, bringing him up to KnightInSourArmor status and also inspires his Captain by example. It's something of a ForegoneConclusion that he will eventually do this for the entire GCPD.

* Cameron, of all people, in ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles.'' After saving John and Sarah and seeing them on the run and living in fear she leads them to something the human resistance sent back: hope. In this case a time machine, if they want to stop Skynet this is the way, [[RousingSpeech stop running, stay in one place, fight.]]

-->'''Doctor Fate''': And when you show yourself to the world, it will be a different age than ours Clark. A Silver Age of heroism, that will start when they look up into the sky at you with hope for tomorrow. And you will help everyone to embrace it.

* Moses in Peter, Paul and Mary's "Man Come into Egypt".

* ''ROH Glory by Honor XI'' was titled "The Unbreakable Hope" on the fact everyone was betting on Michael Elgin to beat Wrestling/KevinSteen for the World Title after the combined forces of SCUM and The House Of Truth seemed incapable of holding Elgin back for long. For naught though as Steen would find a way to win a little after the thirty minute mark.

* To restore her [[{{mana}} Glamour]] stocks, a [[TabletopGame/ChangelingTheDreaming changeling]] can inspire a mortal to create an artwork. Each changeling has a specialty through which she elicit an artists to create great works that produce Glamour. This usually reflects the way the changeling herself is inspired in life. One of this ways is to create hope: an optimist at heart, the character tries to evoke hope in others. He may help someone out of a situation that seems hopeless or find a new solution for the [[{{MuggleBestFriend}} Dreamer]] that has lost hope and belief in herself. Even in horrible circumstances, greatness can be brought forth when someone has been given hope.

* The Solar TabletopGame/{{Exalted}} excel at this, whether by TrainingThePeacefulVillagers, curing the plague in an hour, or [[OneManArmy kicking the living hell out of the bad guys]]. Infernals are a twisted version; while some (especially ones who favour Cecelyne) ''can'' bring food, favours and defenses, there are [[DealWithTheDevil some pretty awkward things in the fine print]] (which, to be fair, they're not actually required to use). Abyssals are an inversion; they're Despair Bringers.

** ''VideoGame/AceCombat7SkiesUnknown'' even makes it a in-universe catchphrase: [[ArcWords "Stick with Trigger, and you'll make it."]]

** On the subject of {{H|opeCrusher}}azama, his plans for Jin, Noel and Tsubaki involved [[DespairEventHorizon breaking their spirits]] [[ManipulativeBastard so they would serve his interests]], [[DivideAndConquer and he intentionally sought to keep the girls isolated to make it happen]]. [[FridgeBrilliance Allowing Makoto to contact them in that time frame would greatly sabotage his plans]]. Needless to say, '''''they don't get along'''''.

** Aatrox invokes but subverts this trope for the sake of increasing his power and sating his bloodlust; His appearances in history have him come and aid the losing side of a war by fighting back the enemies by himself and rallying them under his power. However, he brings ''too much'' hope and eventually the formerly losing side turns the war from a counterattack to a massacre in which the individuals often don't realize how far they've gone until they're staring at the corpses of the enemy sides' innocent civilians.

* Some see Commander Shepard as this in ''Franchise/MassEffect''. Paragon Shepard is an indisputable example of this trope. It helps that s/he's such an extreme MagneticHero. This is particularly true with the krogan (through Wrex) and the geth (through Legion). After traveling with Shepard for a time, Wrex rediscovers his long lost hope for the krogan people and decides to return to Tuchanka to make a second attempt to save his people from themselves (eventually becoming a Hope Bringer himself). Meanwhile, Shepard's interactions with Legion was the first time in 300 years that an organic ever interacted with the Geth with something other than hostility, bringing hope to the geth that peace could be made between them and organics, the quarians in particular. By the time the Reapers return in the third game and Shepard's actions are all vindicated, s/he becomes a symbol of hope to all of the races of the galaxy fighting off extinction. Admiral Hackett makes Shepard the primary face and leading vanguard of the war effort for precisely this reason.

* ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIV'''s Main Character becomes this in the Neutral Route by helping as many people and demons as he can both in Tokyo and the Eastern Kingdom of Mikado, to the point of recreating one third of a divine entity's power by the sheer amount of hope he inspires. Then he proves ''why'' he can generate so much hope by taking back the other two thirds from the Seraph Merkabah and the Demon Lord Lucifer. At the end of the Neutral Route, the people of Mikado believe so much in him that they are ready to evacuate their kingdom at his command. The HopeCrusher White are utterly furious at him, as they wanted to break his spirit so he would never again seek ''any'' form of renewal or continuity, and keep throwing divine monsters and even {{Alternate Timeline}}s in his path -- [[KickTheSonOfABitch fat lot of good it did to them]].

* ''Videogame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'': This is the way that the Jedi Consular comes across in their story. While the other Jedi class, the Knight, is more the sword of The Republic, defeating enemies and thwarting plans. The Jedi Consular rallies it's people and uses their knowledge of The Force to drive the darkside back.

* Asgore Dreemurr from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' is certainly an example of when this trope takes its toll on the bringer. Being the King of all Monsters, his main mission statement is to keep his people happy and in high spirits, and despite monsterkind being trapped underground by a magic barrier by humans long ago, he does so. He even manages to raise a happy family with his wife Toriel, his son Asriel, and an adoptive human child who fell into the Underground. Unfortunately, tragedy struck as his children devised a plan to cross the barrier and possibly destroy it, which resulted in the death of them both to the hands of humans on the outside, terrified of their monstrous combined form. In a fit of pure anger, he declared war on humankind, stating that all humans who enter the Underground will have their souls taken, used by him to become godlike, and break the barrier, setting the monsters free. He becomes the unanimous beacon of hope for all monsters, but regretted his decision as soon as his anger calmed and realized what his choice entails. He doesn't want to cause harm or wage war on anyone, but he feels that it's the only way to give his people hope, and it tears him up inside, especially since his wife left him due to his decision.
* The Tenno become this for the debt-slave colony of Fortuna in ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'', as the presence of even a single Tenno proved able to break the shackles of depair that had gripped Fortuna and its mayor-figure Eudico, prompting both her and Fortuna to fight back against their Corpus oppressors both in secret and more overtly. The knowledge that the single most lethal thing in the Origin System was supporting them proved enough to bring light to the hopeless, by means of doling out both revenge and justice upon the Corpus for their crimes.

* The Commander from ''VideoGame/{{XCOM 2}}'' starts as a SealedGoodInACan who is broken out in the first mission by LaResistance. They promptly restore XCOM's effectiveness with successful missions against the aliens, and establishes contact between all resistance groups on Earth to unite humans against the invaders.

* The protagonist Asher Walters in [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7153098/1/The_Chronicles_of_Utopia The Chronicles of Utopia]] is the Knight-Errant of Furyondy and one of Veluna's best generals. Rising through the ranks during the two world wars against the Big Bad he manages to to turn the tide and ultimately defeat the massive army of darkness poised to wipe out all life on the planet, though it does require the help of the gods in the end to pull it off.

* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', Scion is this, as depicted in his EstablishingCharacterMoment. An [[MeaningfulName Endbringer]] is attacking Brockton Bay, and killing hundreds. Every parahuman for miles has shown up to fight it. Even the villains have established a [[EnemyMine truce]] to fight this OmnicidalManiac that threatens them all. And then Scion arrives, and the despair that lifts off everyone at this is palpable. [[spoiler:This trope is horribly subverted in the plot's finale, though.]]

* Ladybug and Cat Noir in ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' are this for the city of Paris. They are so beloved that their mere presence against an akumatized villian is enough to rally the spirits of Parisians. One hero from the future even says that Ladybug will become legendary, able to inspire and lead an entire team of heroes to fight whatever is thrown at them. And ''win''.
* Jack, from ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' is this. Aku had ruled the world for thousands of years, making life [[CrapSackWorld miserable for everyone on it, and it only spread through the galaxy]]. When Jack arrived in the future he began helping others, freeing them from Aku's rule and giving them hope. This is shown best in Season 5 where after spending 50 years in the future, [[spoiler:Jack is no closer to getting home, every time portal has been destroyed, he has lost his sword and]] he has seen his quest as a failure and has begun to feel [[DespairEventHorizon that there is no hope anymore]]. Everyone Jack has helped though still believe in him though, even when he doesn't believe in himself, because he has still helped them even in his current state. Come the finale, [[spoiler:Aku has finally captured Jack and plans to broadcast his execution to kill everyone's hope, but instead everyone Jack has ever helped storms Aku's fortress to rescue Jack.]]

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', the series's infamous flashbacks make it clear that just about every person Luffy meets and every place he visits was steeped in hideous tragedy until he showed up. ''One Piece's'' signature cheery, cartoony, light-hearted tone is almost entirely down to him and the people he influences.