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* ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'' has [[spoiler: Princess Trini]] who is rude to the protagonist at first, but turns out to be very altruistic when she thinks he is in danger.

* In ''Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone'', Fluffy the three-headed dog calms down and fall asleep when [[spoiler: he hears music. ]]

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* ''Manga/MariaNoDanzai'': Mari Nagare is a woman determined to get revenge for her son. Once a happily married woman and loving mother, Mari was heartbroken when her son was killed. When she learned that her son Kiritaka Nagare was inhumanly tortured by a satanic group of bullies and was killed in a prank gone wrong, she snapped and swore that she would destroy her son's bullies. Mari threw away her previous life by divorcing her husband, changing her name to her maiden name, Maria Akeboshi, cutting off contact with her friends, getting plastic surgery, and two years later, she's a nurse at the bullies' school to kill them off secretly. Despite this, she genuinely empathizes with people in trouble, especially bully-victims. She makes her nurse's office into a safe space for bully victims; when she sees someone being bullied, she takes the time to talk with the person and offer emotional support. She even shows kindness to a coworker when her boss is pressuring him to drink alcohol; when he says that he doesn't drink, she discreetly replaces the alcohol with water without her boss knowing so her coworker would not get in trouble and he is not forced to consume alcohol.

* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': Rick Sanchez has shown to at least be nice to people who laugh at his jokes.

* ''LightNovel/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.

* ''LightNovel/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.

This can invoke the philosophy that GoodFeelsGood. This can lead the character to be friendly to the other [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe because they were nice to said character]]. Often related to MoralityPet and MoralityChain where the former is when a character shows kindness to the {{Jerkass}} and earns gratitude for it or just mentioning this is enough to soften the tough character up while the latter is about a character being the only reason why he remains on the side of good. It can be CutenessProximity if the thing in question is a cute fluffy animal. The non-sexual variant of CodeWordCoitus.

* ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'': Ema Skye is normally a grumpy person, especially when Klavier is around. But ask her for help doing scientific investigation and her perky personality from [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney her youth]] shows up.

* ''LightNovel/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, are this.

* ''LightNovel/RebuildWorld'': Sheryl can instantly be brought out of a rage or bad mood by getting to touch her LivingEmotionalCrutch and love Akira. It's likened to recharging her emotional batteries, being TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask of a gang leader.

** 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 kepts 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.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Lisa discovers a pheremone she dubs "poindextrose" which is given off by nerds, triggering bullies to bully them. Lisa uses a spray of salad dressing to block the bully's scent receptors, rendering the bully unbullying. (The latter would be this trope.)

* ''LightNovel/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.

* ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'' has [[spoiler: Princess Trini]] who is rude to the protagonist at first, but turns out to be very altruistic when she thinks he is in danger.
* 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 kepts talking about is Dead All Along, 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.
* On ''Series/CutthroatKitchen'', several competitors have won by invoking Antonia Lofaso's Kindness Button, namely making creative or nostalgic use of processed ingredients.

* Kirito in ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'' is a {{Jerkass}} who doubles down on his HeroicComedicSociopath tendencies after the girl he was opening up to died. [[ILetGwenStacyDie He blames himself]], and [[TraumaButton anything that reminds him of her]] triggers his ChronicHeroSyndrome, much as he might wish otherwise.

* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'', Lisa discovers a pheremone she dubs "poindextrose" which is given off by nerds, triggering bullies to bully them. Lisa uses a spray of salad dressing to block the bully's scent receptors, rendering the bully unbullying. (The latter would be this trope.)

** [[TokenEvilTeammate Ja]][[BrokenBird ck]] is an AxCrazy convict who tries to push everyone else away, refusing to connect with others out of fear [[NeverBeHurtAgain of being betrayed again]] by people she once trusted. However, should [[PlayerCharacter Shepard]] choose to provide her [[PetTheDog emotional support]], help her [[DestroyTheAbusiveHome demolish her formers prison]], and allow her to let her inner pain out, then she will begin growing fond of Shepard. Depending on the choices you make, [[ShipTease possibly in more ways than one]].

* ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead'': Lee can get on [[UnscrupulousHero Kenny's]] good side if you promise UndyingLoyalty to him. It pays off in Season 2 [[spoiler: since he adopts Lee's surrogate daughter Clementine after Lee's unfortunate death, promising to raise her in the zombie apocalypse.]]

* ''Manga/KOn'': Mugi's cakes and other sweets. Puts everyone in a good mood.
** In the first season, Azusa quickly realizes that every finds her wearing cat ears adorable, which leads to her putting them on in the hopes of calming the tension when Mio and Ritsu start fighting. It works, possibly because they felt sorry for pushing her to do it. In the OVA it prompts an EverybodyLaughsEnding when she forgets she's wearing them, and nobody told her.

* ''Anime/HanaukyoMaidTai'': Head security maid Konoe Tsurugi is normally very strict and shows no positive emotions. However, when she's in the presence of the puppy Fenris (and in private) she melts and becomes more pleasant because he's so cute.

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* in ''Manga/OnePiece'', this happens to Gin when Sanji gives him food for free so he doesn't starve to death.

* The one surefire way for Kaguya to treat someone nicely in ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' is for them to give validation for her relationship with Shirogane.

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

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