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* Jackie Lynn-Thomas from ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' is a laid-back skater girl.

* Jeff Winger on ''Series/{{Community}}'' deconstructs this trope. He wants you ''think'' that he's permanently laid-back, cooler-than-cool and that nothing ever bothers him. However, the only reasons that's ever true is because he's utterly self-obsessed and doesn't really care about other people's problems even if he causes them, a [[TheDitherer ditherer]] who avoids committing himself to anything so that he doesn't have any potentially troubling commitments, and a ControlFreak who tries to manipulate everything and everyone around him to be exactly the way he wants them to be so he doesn't have to worry about anything. The frequently absurd lengths he often ends up going to in order to make sure everyone thinks he's cool and above everything ultimately just serve to prove how uptight and incapable of truly relaxing he really is.

Guys with this trait are often Phlegmatic in FourTemperamentEnsemble, and their CharacterAlignment is neutral on the law-chaos axis (i.e. NeutralGood, TrueNeutral or very rarely NeutralEvil).

!Examples

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* [[Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins Melodias]] is a very calm and relaxed individual despite being the Sin of Wrath. When [[BewareTheNiceOnes he isn't]] mellow, though, is when you should be scared.

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* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''. The title character is this in certain interpretations, which convey him as thoroughly easy going and hard to break, rarely holding grudges against even antagonistic characters. His ''Anime/SonicX'' incarnation probably takes the cake. Subverted in other interpretations however, where he can be more HotBlooded.
** Also from ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' is Big the Cat, who is portrayed as a very easy-going character who's content with his quiet and simple life.

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* WesternAnimation/BugsBunny seemed to gradually evolve into such as the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' series progressed, especially under ChuckJones' pen.

-->'''Pooh:''' Are you all right, Eeyore?
-->'''Eeyore:''' Been better....been worse too.

* Jeff Winger on ''Series/{{Community}}'' deconstructs this trope. He wants you ''think'' that he's permanently laid-back, cooler-than-cool and that nothing ever bothers him, but the only reason that's ever true is because he's both utterly self-obsessed and doesn't really care about other people's problems even if he causes them, and a ControlFreak who tries to manipulate everything and everyone around him to be exactly the way he wants them to be. The frequently absurd lengths he often ends up going to in order to make sure everyone thinks he's cool and above everything ultimately just serve to prove how uptight and incapable of truly relaxing he really is.

* Jeff Winger on ''Series/{{Community}}'' deconstructs this trope. He wants you ''think'' that he's permanently laid-back, cooler-than-cool and that nothing ever bothers him, but the only reason that's ever true is because he's an utterly self-obsessed ControlFreak who tries to control everything and everyone around him so that everything's the way he wants it to be. The absurd lengths he goes to in order to ensure this and make sure everyone thinks he's cool and above everything ultimately just proves how uptight and incapable of truly relaxing he really is.

* Jeff Winger on ''Series/{{Community}}'' deconstructs this trope. He wants you think that he's laid-back, cooler-than-cool and that nothing ever bothers him, but that's because he's an utterly self-obsessed ControlFreak who goes to at-times ridiculous lengths to both show off how uncaring about everything he is and to control everything and everyone around him so that everything's the way he wants it to be. All of this ultimately just proves how uptight and incapable of truly relaxing he really is.

Guys with this trait are often Phlegmatic in FourTemperamentEnsemble, and their CharacterAlignment is neutral on the law-chaos axis (i.e. NeutralGood, TrueNeutral or NeutralEvil, though evil Mellow Fellows are rare).

Guys with this trait are often Phlegmatic in FourTemperamentEnsemble.

Guys with this trait is often Phlegmatic in FourTemperamentEnsemble.

Ever noticed that guy that never really gets mad or excited, or really any emotion outside nonchalant. Meet the MellowFellow. Easy going and satisfied with their position to the point of near stoic. Often a benevolent or at least affable character due to rarely being confrontational.

* Wander from ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' is a unique combination of this trope and a {{Keet}}, in contrast to his [[OnlySaneMan saner best friend]] with a HotBlooded streak, Sylvia.

* A sketch on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' early in UsefulNotes/BarackObama's first term shows Obama (Fred Armistan) as someone who never gets mad, and his chief of staff Rohm Emmanuel is irritated by this. Emmanuel has an ImagineSpot where Obama Hulks Out and runs roughshod over some obstructive congresspeople as "[[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] Obama," who defenistrates his enemies.

* WesternAnimation/BugsBunny seemed to gradually evolve into such as the ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' series progressed, especially under {{Chuck Jones}}' pen.

* Jerry Gourd from ''WesternAnimation/{{VeggieTales}}'' appears to show shades of this most of the time, in mild contrast to that of his brother Jimmy Gourd. It all comes from the fact that Jerry seems more calmer and sensible than Jimmy, as well as [[TheQuietOne not being quite as talkative as Jimmy is]].

* ''DevilMayCry'': It's Dante's chief characterization. While he doesn't really like his job, he takes it all in good fun, and he always has his calm smile most of the time. Contrast this with his twin Vergil, who's very serious and straight-laced.

Ever noticed that guy that never really gets mad or excited, or really any emotion outside nonchalant. Meet the MellowFellow. Easy going and satisfied with their position to the point of near stoic. Often a benevolent or at least affable character due to rarely being confrontational.

What differentiates this from his more serious cousin TheStoic is that while the latter rarely conveys real emotions outside blunt seriousness, the Mellow Fellow is usually more along the lines of being very positive and relaxed in nature, to the point it nulls out any other emotion.

Usually this trait has the side effect of making them seem rather slow or dim. In most cases however, such a character can be incredibly perceptive or philosophical. At the very least, they often have a hidden tint of intelligence beneath there.

Very often their inability to take offense gets exploited and makes them an ExtremeDoormat. They are often very flexible for the use as TheChewToy, due to their ability to suffer endless abuse without expressing much harrowing pain to the ordeal. Don't think one is incapable of biting back however. After all you can still be assertive [[TranquilFury without losing your cool]].

Guys with this trait is often Phlegmatic in FourTemperamentEnsemble.
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!Examples

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* ''Anime/Persona4TheAnimation''. The main character Yu Narukami is no doubt adapted this way with his non-chalant, and idealist traits. This is largely because he's supposed to be an [[TheEveryman Everyman]] that the audience, ([[TheSocialExpert and all the characters]]) can connect to. His calmness and positiveness are used to bring out a dry sense of humor from the MC while also invoking a theme of [[PowerOfFriendship "bonds between people"]] with the other characters. The only times his easy going attitude breaks are when his [[BerserkButton friends and loved ones are threatened]] or something goes against his morals.
* Makoto from ''Anime/{{Free}}'' is the laid-back, good-natured, [[PerpetualSmiler perpetually smiling]] TeamMom who holds the team together through his mature, understanding manner. He only deviates from this trope by being very easily frightened.
* Osaka from ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' is [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} such a space-case]] that she mostly comes across as blissfully unaware of what's going on around her.

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* Marshall Mann of ''Series/InPlainSight'', in strong counterpoint to his highstrung partner Mary Shannon. The only time we ever see him less than confident was the episode featuring his father, who doubted his son was cut out to be a U.S. Marshall.
* A sketch on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' early in UsefulNotes/BarackObama's first term shows Obama (Fred Armistan) as someone who never gets mad, and his chief of staff Rohm Emmanuel is irritated by this. Emmanuel has an ImagineSpot where Obama Hulks Out and runs roughshod over some obstructive congresspeople as "[[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] Obama," who defenistrates his enemies.

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** Also from ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' is Big the Cat, who is portrayed as a very easy-going character who's content with his quiet and simple life.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow''. Huckleberry Hound's defining shtick is from his perpetual nonchalant and deadpan reactions to [[IronButtMonkey suffering slapstick abuse]] from the universe around him.
* Bo Sheep from the ''ComicStrip/USAcres'' segments of ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'', only punctuated by his hippy mannerisms. His comics incarnation, though similarly good natured, is more of a Keet.
* Pildit of ''WesternAnimation/TheDreamstone'' acts as such DependingOnTheWriter. His speech is perpetually deadpan and he is prone to WasntThatFun observations whenever the villains outright attack him.

* Eeyore of ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' is an odd deconstruction. While his trademark characteristic is how endlessly miserable he is, it actually rarely seems to harbor him, his demeanor being completely deadpan and tending to fall to breakdowns a lot less often than his more enthusiastic friends. This is more evident with the Disney incarnation, the novel version leaning more as a GrumpyOldMan.
-->'''Pooh:''' Are you all right, Eeyore?
-->'''Eeyore:''' Been better....been worse too.
* Cleveland Brown was this in [[CharacterizationMarchesOn his earliest appearances]] in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. When he gained center focus in ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'', he became more of a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}.
* Air Programmes International produced ''WesternAnimation/AroundTheWorldInEightyDays'', which features Phileas Fogg attempting to circle the Earth in eighty days to win the hand of Belinda Maze. No matter what circumstances nor what deviltry Mister Fix concocts, Fogg remains unflappable. Fogg routinely cites an apt maxim, and is always CrazyPrepared.
* Droopy from the WesternAnimation/TexAveryMGMCartoons. No matter what happens to him, he never gets the slightest bit agitated, even when [[PintSizedPowerhouse beating up on his opponents]]. Early episodes have him breaking character and becoming excited at the end, but that was quickly dropped.
* Jerry Gourd from ''WesternAnimation/{{VeggieTales}}'' appears to show shades of this most of the time, in mild contrast to that of his brother Jimmy Gourd. It all comes from the fact that Jerry seems more calmer and sensible than Jimmy, as well as [[TheQuietOne not being quite as talkative as Jimmy is]].

What differentiates this from his more serious cousin TheStoic is that while the latter rarely conveys real emotions outside blunt seriousness, the Mellow Yellow is usually more along the lines of being very positive and relaxed in nature, to the point it nulls out any other emotion.

* A sketch on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' early in BarackObama's first term shows Obama (Fred Armistan) as someone who never gets mad, and his chief of staff Rohm Emmanuel is irritated by this. Emmanuel has an ImagineSpot where Obama Hulks Out and runs roughshod over some obstructive congresspeople as "[[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson The Rock]] Obama," who defenistrates his enemies.

* Marshall Mann of ''InPlainSight'', in strong counterpoint to his highstrung partner Mary Shannon. The only time we ever see him less than confident was the episode featuring his father, who doubted his son was cut out to be a U.S. Marshall.

* ''TheHuckleberryHoundShow''. Huckleberry Hound's defining shtick is from his perpetual nonchalant and deadpan reactions to [[IronButtMonkey suffering slapstick abuse]] from the universe around him.
* Bo Sheep from the ''ComicStrip/UsAcres'' segments of ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'', only punctuated by his hippy mannerisms. His comics incarnation, though similarly good natured, is more of a Keet.

-->'''Pooh:''' Are you alright, Eeyore?

* Cleveland Brown was this in [[CharacterizationMarchesOn his earliest appearances]] in ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''. When he gained center focus in ''WesternAnimation/TheClevelandShow'', he became more of a CloudCuckooLander.