History Main / KindnessButton

The opposite of BerserkButton where a person does something that makes another person unpleasant, especially if it [[OhCrap has bad consequences]]. Kindness Button is when you do something that a person finds so pleasant that he seems to enjoy it and even praise you for it, which you will obviously like. Or you do something you know the person likes. You give a compliment to the [[BrokenBird poor depressed girl]] and [[WhenSheSmiles she will smile at you]], and who knows, she might even go out with you.

Rare cases would be doing something so nice to someone who's a {{Jerkass}} which will turn him into a JerkWithAHeartOfGold or even a NiceGuy. Also, [[MustMakeAmends apologizing and making amends with others you've wronged]] might make them calm down and become happy with you can also be examples of this trope (although [[BuyThemOff using a certain thing they like can easily earn you forgiveness]]). Often people who's afraid of angering someone (especially people with HairTriggerTemper) will push that someone's button. Doing so is often also make the presser EasilyForgiven if they're already guilty of something.

* ''Literature/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon'': [[LittleMissConArtist Liliruca "Lili" Arde]] at first was taking advantage of [[NiceGuy Bell Cranel's kindness]], thinking that he was an naive idiot who didn't realize she was conning him. After she's beaten up and left for death by the members of her own familia, Bell comes back to save her. The fact that he shows to truly care for her causes her to rethink her opinion, even falling in love with him.

** How do you get Miko to warm up to you? Just compliment her, as she DesperatelyCravesAffection. Though the only person who outright abuses this is Fujiwara.

* ''Literature/RebuildWorld'': For both Akira and Sheryl who are described as having distorted personalities from growing up in the WrongSideOfTheTracks, hugs are this. For Akira there's also baths.

* In ''Literature/{{Emma}}'', the eponymous protagonist is very snobbish and frequently complains about the Coles, a trade family that she thinks are putting on airs of gentility without being good at it. She's actually quite looking forward to turning down an invitation to a party they're planning, and is [[HypocriticalHumor subsequently put out]] when it seems they aren't going to ask her. However, her opinion of them does a 180 turn when they do finally send it and explain the delay as preparing arrangements for her sweet but hypochondriac father's comfort.

** Despite being an abrasive individual, Dr. Cox does have standards and when he sees someone around him cry (especially if it's because of him), he usually goes out of his way to make them feel better. When he meets Denise, an annoying paramedic who never stops talking, he gives her a "The Reason You Suck" Speech before realising that the son she kept talking about is DeadAllAlong, he apologises and brings around his son Jack for her to spend some time with. During an episode where he lays into a teenage girl who has stopped taking her medication, he willingly goes to [[ButtMonkey Elliot]] for advice on how to help her. When he and Dr. Kelso decide to break Molly's indominable cheerfulness, they take pleasure in it until she starts to cry, and Dr. Cox immediately owns up to messing with her on purpose, and when Dr. Kelso publicly nearly drives Elliot to tears, Dr. Cox responds by punching him in the face and offering Elliot some encouragement before going home to spend time with his son.

* The [[KarmaMeter Paragon choices]] from ''Franchise/MassEffect'' are ''literal'' kindness buttons you can select in order to instigate the kindness within others.

* ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'': Ema Skye is normally a grumpy person, especially when Klavier is around. This is in large part due to having failed the exam to become a forensic investigator and ending up as a mere detective. But ask her for help doing scientific investigation and her perky personality from [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney her youth]] shows up.

** "Vindicators 3: The Return of World Ender": His actions were all because Noob-Noob credit him for his jokes. Of course, when Rick became sober, he forgot who Noob-Noob was.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ratatouille}}''. Remy manages to press Anton's by serving him a simple peasant dish, [[TitleDrop ratatouille]], that has him flash back to his own childhood where the dish was a ComfortFood served by his mother.

* Literature/TheBible: Romans 12:19-21  Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay." On the contrary: “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.