History Main / NiceGuy

Note: this trope is referring to ''genuine'' Nice Guys, not [[http://www.heartless-bitches.com/rants/niceguys/niceguys.shtml this sort of Nice Guy]], which is more of a [[BitchInSheepsClothing Crouching Nice Guy Hidden Jerkass]]. Also, if the NiceGuy has a rougher male as his {{Foil}}, they're a SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan duo.

* Dangerous Davies from ''TheLastDetective''. If it wasn't based on a novel series and previously played 30 years ago in a one shot film by Bernard Cribbins, it wouldn't be farfetched to think that this role was created exclusively with Peter Davison in mind. D.C. Davies is called Dangerous because he's anything but. He's called the Last Detective because he's the last one anyone thinks of to send on an important case. He's honest, fair, non-assertive, and generous. These are the sort of things that apparently make a bad cop. This is true since all the other coppers are portrayed as cynical, hardened, insensitive, and borderline corrupt.

* [[BadassNormal Ike]] from the {{Fire Emblem}} series

* [[Nightwing DickGrayson.]] [[DCUniverse DC Comics']] official position is that he's the most beloved superhero in the community ([[BeyondTheImpossible yes, even moreso than]] ''[[BeyondTheImpossible Superman]]'') and that almost any member of it would instantly drop what they were doing to help if he were in trouble.

* DickGrayson. [[DCUniverse DC Comics']] official position is that he's the most beloved superhero in the community, [[BeyondTheImpossible yes, even moreso than]] ''[[BeyondTheImpossible Superman]]'' and that almost any member of it would instantly drop what they were doing to help if he were in trouble.

* {{Bleach}}: Back in the [[WholeEpisodeFlashback]], [[spoiler: Kisuke Urahara, [[OmniescentMoralityLisense of]] [[TricksterMentor all]] [[ChessMaster people.]]]]

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* [[SpiderManPeter Parker]].

-->'''Gwen:''' [On Geoff getting voted off rather than her] Are you guys all crazy?! Geoff is the nicest guy in the world!\\

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[[caption-width-right:374: [[{{Kiminitodoke}} Kazehaya]]: defining this trope since 2005.]]

Often, authors go the abbreviated route and give them a DarkAndTroubledPast triggered by a BerserkButton. Either way, you can expect their niceness to be ''[[BrokenHero in spite]]'' of whatever {{tragedy}} or drama is in their lives, kind of an equal and opposite reaction to it. If done too suddenly, it implies a level of secrecy and acting that a StepfordSmiler would be jealous of. When done well, a more troubled character will [[DontYouDarePityMe rebuff their advice or friendship]] with "What do you know? You've never had X happen to you!" to his "[[FormerTeenRebel I did]]", thus revealing healed-over scars.

** To further shove this in your face, [[spoiler: he has ''the lowest survival rate in the series,'']] while his wife Eva ([[PetTheDog who adores him]]) [[spoiler: has the ''highest.'']] Owwwwch.

* [[LovableNerd John Egbert]] of {{Homestuck}} is definitely one of these. General consensus among his friends (and [[FoeYay gallowsCalibrator]]) is that he's kind of a doofus, but that there's something endearing about his derpiness.

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* Taichii Hiraga Keaton (Master Keaton) is an all around nice guy who happens to be a former sergeant in the British Army and a veteran of the Falkland Wars. Now he's an adjunct archaeology professor who also works as an investigator for Lloyds of London. Keaton is free from all of the arrogance and eccentricities that are normally associated with very smart people. Frankly, Keaton tends to meet all sorts of eccentrics in his line of work. Although he can kick ass if he wanted to, he prefers to use his intellect. So he's also a pacifist.

'''Batman:''' We like him. He's... sunny.

* Garrus fit this trope well in the original {{Mass Effect}}

* Antonio (Spain), Matthew (Canada), and Heracles (Greece) from ''AxisPowersHetalia'' are the closest to the trope in between the cast.