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* Kagura Mutsuki of ''VideoGame/BlazblueChronophantasma'' is a laid-back NiceGuy who just seems interested in [[ChivalrousPervert wooing ladies]], drinking booze and having fun, to the point where you'd be amazed he could even function as head of the Duodecim and third-highest ranking member of the Library. As the main page states, however, Kagura is actually very competent and has a lot of HiddenDepths.

Interestingly, in a RedOniBlueOni duo, the Mellow Fellow can be either one. If they are paired with a serious and straight-laced character, they'll be the Red Oni, but if paired with an emotional and impulsive character, then they'll be the Blue Oni.

Interestingly, in a RedOniBlueOni duo, the Mellow Fellow can be either one. If they are paired with a hot-tempered and reckless character, then they'll be the Blue Oni, but if they are paired with a serious and straight-laced character, they'll be the Red Oni.

Interestingly, in a RedOniBlueOni duo, the Mellow Fellow can be either one. If they are paired with a hot-tempered and reckless character, then they'll be the Blue Oni, but if they are paired with a straight-laced and serious character, they'll be the Red Oni.

* Jeff Winger on ''Series/{{Community}}'' subverts and 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 obligations, 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, and how tense and edgy he gets whenever things look like they're getting out of his control, ultimately just serve to prove how uptight and incapable of truly relaxing he really is.

* Joel from Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 is pretty laid back, mostly taking his situation in stride and seldom getting upset. As the KTMA Opening Theme theme says: "When you got lemons, you make lemonade."

Ever noticed that guy that never really gets mad or excited, or really any emotion outside nonchalant? Meet the Mellow Fellow. These people are easy-going and content with their position and... nearly everything around them. Often a [[IncorruptiblePurePureness benevolent]] or at least [[NiceGuy affable character]] due to rarely being confrontational.

Interestingly, in a RedOniBlueOni duo, the Mellow Fellow can be either one. If they are paired with a [[HairTriggerTemper hot-tempered]] and [[LeeroyJenkins reckless]] character, then they'll be the Blue Oni, but if they are paired with a [[StopHavingFunGuys straight-laced and serious]] character, they'll be the Red Oni.

Interestingly, in a RedOniBlueOni duo, the Mellow Fellow can be either one. If they are paired with a [[HairTriggerTemper hot-tempered]] and [[LeroyJenkins reckless]] character, then they'll be the Blue Oni, but if they are paired with a [[StopHavingFunGuys straight-laced and serious]] character, they'll be the Red Oni.

Interestingly, if a hot-tempered and extremely emotive character is paired up with an even-tempered and relaxed character, they make a RedOniBlueOni duo.

Ever noticed that guy that never really gets mad or excited, or really any emotion outside nonchalant? Meet the Mellow Fellow. These people are easy-going and satisfied (almost to the point of stoicism) with their position. Often a [[IncorruptiblePurePureness benevolent]] or at least [[NiceGuy affable character]] due to rarely being confrontational.

What differentiates this character type 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 Mellow Fellows seem rather slow or dim. In most cases, however, such characters can be incredibly perceptive or philosophical. At the very least, they often have a hidden tint of intelligence beneath there.

Their inability to take offense very frequently 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]].

Interestingly, if he's put in a RedOniBlueOni duo, the Mellow Fellow can be either: if he's paired with a hot-tempered and reckless character, he'll be a Blue Oni, while if he's put with a straight-laced and serious character, he's a Red Oni.

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). Contrast the NervousWreck, who has likely never known the concept of "calm" in his/her entire life.

* ''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.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[SpotOfTea Why don't you enjoy a cup of calming jasmine tea?"]]]]

* In Creator/Disney's incarnations of the ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' stories, Eeyore is an odd deconstruction of this trope. 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. In the original A.A. Milne books, however, he leans more toward a GrumpyOldMan.

* 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]].

* 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.

Ever noticed that guy that never really gets mad or excited, or really any emotion outside nonchalant? Meet the Mellow Fellow. These people are easy-going and satisfied with their position to the point of near stoic. Often a [[IncorruptiblePurePureness benevolent]] or at least [[NiceGuy 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 Mellow Fellows seem rather slow or dim. In most cases however, such characters 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]].

** 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.

* ''VisualNovel/GrisaiaNoKajitsu'': Sachi’s mood never varies from a low level polite friendliness. No anger, no joy, no sadness, no stress. It starts to worry Yuuji.

* Despite being a werewolf who goes through monthly "Furies," Gala from ''VideoGame/CoffeeTalk'' is easily the calmest and most easygoing of the cast. While he displays an average range of emotions his expressions are always subdued and he never raises his voice... with one major exception: [[spoiler: when he appears in the coffee shop on the night of the full moon after not being able to restrain himself in time.]]

* ''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.

* Judai/Jaden, the protagonist of ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', is this when not dueling, when he becomes more HotBlooded. Motegi/Bellowski, the Moke Moke duelist, on the other hand, is so laid back, he puts himself, and nearly everybody else, to sleep.
* ''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.
* Admiral Kizaru from ''Manga/OnePiece'' is very laid-back and easygoing, speaking rather slowly and occasionally drawing out the last word of his sentences, which is strange considering that such behavior is very contradictory with [[LightTheWay his Devil Fruit power.]] No matter what happens he never gets angry or raises his voice. ''Ever.'' Nor does he ever lose his cool under stress.

* Rudy Cox from ''Film/BagdadCafe'' never gets caught up in Brenda's histrionics, instead offering mild commentary. He seems like nothing would ever upset him.

* Bret of ''Series/FlightOfTheConchords'' is easygoing, nonchalant, and near-impossible to upset or rile up. His bandmate and best friend Jemaine, meanwhile, is likewise chill and unemotional, but so gloomy and snarky as to be TheStoic rather than in any way mellow.
* Jeff Winger on ''Series/{{Community}}'' subverts and 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 obligations, 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, and how tense and edgy he gets whenever things look like they're getting out of his control, ultimately just serve to prove how uptight and incapable of truly relaxing he really is.

* ''VideoGame/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.
* Kagura Mutsuki of ''VideoGame/BlazblueChronophantasma'' is a laid-back NiceGuy who just seems interested in [[ChivalrousPervert wooing ladies]], drinking booze and having fun, to the point where you'd be amazed he could even function as head of the Duodecim and third-highest ranking member of the Library. As the main page states, however, Kagura is actually very competent and has a lot of HiddenDepths.
* In the DysfunctionJunction of ''VideoGame/PillarsOfEternity'', Edér stands out as being pretty easy-going and relaxed, even if his humor is [[GallowsHumor pretty bleak]]. He has his issues -- the Saint's War left its scars -- but mostly manages to keep them under control. How much of it is a general good nature, and how much of it [[TheStoner comes from the pipe he is never seen without]], is unclear.

* ''VisualNovel/{{Grisaia No Kajitsu}}'': Sachi’s mood never varies from a low level polite friendliness. No anger, no joy, no sadness, no stress. It starts to worry Yuuji.
* Despite being a werewolf who goes through monthly "Furies," Gala from ''VideoGame/CoffeeTalk'' is easily the calmest and most easygoing of the cast. While he displays an average range of emotions his expressions are always subdued and he never raises his voice... with one major exception: [[spoiler: when he appears in the coffee shop on the night of the full moon after not being able to restrain himself in time.]]

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

* 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.
* Sour Cream, one of Steven's and Lars' friends from ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' is very laid back, though he also has issues with his stepfather.
** There's also Flourite, a [[FusionDance permafusion]] of ''six'' gems [[note]]For reference, the three remaining original Crystal gems, one of whom is a two-gem fusion, can't keep their resulting four-gem fusion stable for very long ''at all''[[/note]], who takes time even in a crisis to say things calmly and ''slowly.'' It's implied that this is due to the amount of time it takes for six gems to co-ordinate their thoughts, though (despite Gems being TheAgeless) it fits with her general "grandmother" aesthetic.
* 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]].
* Wander from ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' is a unique combination of this trope and a {{Keet}}, making him both a Red, and a Blue Oni, to his [[OnlySaneMan saner best friend]] with a HotBlooded streak, Sylvia.
* From ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', Tree Hugger follows all the credentials of a cliché hippy. She doesn't seem to take Discord's threats all too dramatically either.
* Jackie-Lynn Thomas from ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'' is a laid-back skater girl.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'', Taz's father Hugh is hardly ever seen without a laid-back demeanor and a half-eyed smile on his face.
* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': Luka Couffaine is a fairly relaxed young man, [[{{Foil}} in contrast to]] Marinette's other love interest Adrien Agreste, a BrokenAce StepfordSmiler. That being said, Luka [[BewareTheNiceOnes does have his limits]], as seen in "Silencer".

Ever noticed that guy that never really gets mad or excited, or really any emotion outside nonchalant? Meet the Mellow Fellow. These people are 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.

* Rudi Cox from ''Film/BagdadCafe'' never gets caught up in Brenda's histrionics, instead offering mild commentary. He seems like nothing would ever upset him.