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** Maria herself is quite kind to servants, even if she tends to be a bit too stiff and formal. She takes special effort to learn all the names of her own servants and provide for them whatever they need, and at one point one of them breaks down crying because she's just too generous to them.
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** Maria herself is quite kind to servants, even if she tends to be a bit too stiff and formal. She takes makes a special effort to learn all the names of her own servants and provide for them whatever they need, and at one point one of them breaks down crying because she's just too generous to them.
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* Bakugou ignores this to his peril in ''FanFic/TheVigilanteBossAndHisFailedRetirementPlan''. Bakugou unthinkingly badmouths the Support students who make his costume and equipment, [[CharacterWitness which is witnessed by Futaba.]] So when Futaba goes back to her Department and tells them what Bakugou said about them, they retaliate by giving him their worst service. They make sure that any of Bakugou's requests that is not an emergency is set to their lowest priority and give him the bare minimum of service. Unfortunately Bakugou is so egocentric that [[UnknownRival he doesn't realize that the Support Department hates him until its pointed out]].
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* Bakugou ignores this to his peril in ''FanFic/TheVigilanteBossAndHisFailedRetirementPlan''. Bakugou unthinkingly badmouths the Support students who make his costume and equipment, [[CharacterWitness which is witnessed by Futaba.]] So when Futaba goes back to her Department and tells them what Bakugou said about them, they retaliate by giving him their worst service. They make sure that any of Bakugou's requests that is are not an emergency is are set to their lowest priority and give him the bare minimum of service. Unfortunately Unfortunately, Bakugou is so egocentric that [[UnknownRival he doesn't realize that the Support Department hates him until its it's pointed out]].
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* ''Fanfic/WhatHathJoinedTogether'' depicts a blend between the [[ThePowerOfFriendship friendship-driven]] Equestria and a FantasticCasteSystem which encourages this trope to social subordinates. Sympathetic characters like Flash Sentry or Princess Celestia exhibit it, with helping his butler with chores and forgiving a major social faux pas respectively, while antagonistic characters like [[TheNeidermeyer Captain]] [[{{Jerkass}} Ironhoof]] do the opposite.
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* ''Fanfic/WhatHathJoinedTogether'' depicts a blend between the [[ThePowerOfFriendship friendship-driven]] Equestria and a FantasticCasteSystem which encourages this trope to social subordinates. Sympathetic characters like Flash Sentry or Princess Celestia exhibit it, with by helping his butler with chores and forgiving a major social faux pas respectively, while antagonistic characters like [[TheNeidermeyer Captain]] [[{{Jerkass}} Ironhoof]] do the opposite.
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** She successfully finishes the 2000-calorie Fugly Bob's Challenger, which is free if you can actually eat it all -- but she leaves a fifty dollar tip anyway.
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* Viktor accidentally insulted a fan's dream of skating the same ice as him when he asked for an autograph in ''Fanfic/RivalsSeries'' which resulted in Yuuri's decade long hatred of him and resulted in a fierce rivalry. Since Yuuri was also the love of his life, it tripled the resulting angst from this situation.
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* Viktor accidentally insulted a fan's dream of skating the same ice as him when he asked for an autograph in ''Fanfic/RivalsSeries'' which resulted in Yuuri's decade long decade-long hatred of him and resulted in a fierce rivalry. Since Yuuri was also the love of his life, it tripled the resulting angst from this situation.
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* ''Fanfic/HereComesTheNewBoss'': In the ''Hostile Takeover'' omake, Taylor may be officially a villain, but she's kind to wait-staff. Which is good, because the Butcher's powers burn a lot of calories and make her a BigEater.
** She successfully finishes the 2000-calorie Fugly Bob's Challenger, which is free if you can actually eat it all -- but she leaves a fifty dollar tip anyway.
** When she has to leave a restaurant in a hurry, she just puts down a wad of bills for her meal and a tip. The waitress counts them up and is shocked to find that it's over a month's rent.
* ''Fanfic/HereComesTheNewBoss'': In the ''Hostile Takeover'' omake, Taylor may be officially a villain, but she's kind to wait-staff. Which is good, because the Butcher's powers burn a lot of calories and make her a BigEater.
** She successfully finishes the 2000-calorie Fugly Bob's Challenger, which is free if you can actually eat it all -- but she leaves a fifty dollar tip anyway.
** When she has to leave a restaurant in a hurry, she just puts down a wad of bills for her meal and a tip. The waitress counts them up and is shocked to find that it's over a month's rent.
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* [[Literature/SimeGen Jacqueline Lichtenberg]]'s epic series ''[[http://www.simegen.com/fandom/startrek/kraith/v1.html Kraith]]'' describes details of Vulcan culture, including their ideas of courtesy and social status. When greeting a bigshot and his assistants, the assistants come first; employees are always acknowledged before the boss.
* [[Literature/SimeGen Jacqueline Lichtenberg]]'s epic series ''[[http://www.simegen.com/fandom/startrek/kraith/v1.html Kraith]]'' describes details of Vulcan culture, including their ideas of courtesy and social status. When greeting a bigshot and his assistants, the assistants come first; employees are always acknowledged before the boss.
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** This is also mentioned to be the reason why it's utterly impossible for anyone to find a reasonable body double for Katarina. The kingdom has plenty of pretty girls of the right build who can smile and pretend to be stupid, but the act falls apart the second they meet some random servant and can't immediately rattle off their life story.
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* In ''Fanfic/DaphneGreengrassAndTheBoyWhoLived'', Daphne and her family are always good to their own house-elf, Finny, and never send her on any errands she wouldn’t be comfortable doing, with Daphne even musing that she’s sure her parents would pay Finny if the elf ever asked for it.
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* Harry Potter/Thorson is always considerate of house elves and servants in ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm,'' implied to be partially because of his own abuse at the hands of the Dursleys and partially because he's [[NiceGuy just that kind of a person]].
** Loki also invokes this trope, sponsoring taxi drivers, cleaners, and the homeless as [[TheAtoner atonement for his crimes]] during his EvilOverlord phase and because he now understands that WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility. Of course, [[ReformedButNotTamed being]] [[MagnificentBastard Loki]], his generosity has a second layer to it: those groups serve as a spy network for him, as they're invisible, get everywhere, hear everything, are often closely connected, and few people pay attention to them.
* Flannel Man aka Xander's shtick in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5985759/1/Colors-and-Capes Colors and Capes]]'' is to look out for the little guy. As he told Lois Lane, a waitress having a hundred dollars stolen from her might mean she can't make rent or put food on the table, whereas losing twenty million dollars would only irritate Oliver Queen. As such, he mostly sticks to muggings.
* Harry Potter in ''Fanfic/ForLoveOfMagic'' might be wildly different from canon, but he's still unfailingly polite to his house elves and at one point uses one as a SecretTestOfCharacter when Narcissa comes to beg his help.
** The Malfoys not following this rule comes back to bite them later. In a rage over [[spoiler:his father being killed in a duel]], Draco beats their house elf to death, which Narcissa merely views as unfortunate, since neither of them has any skill at housework. Even when Narcissa secures Harry's support, he refuses to allow them to buy a new house elf as he won't knowingly put one through such a situation.
* ''Fanfic/GuardiansWizardsAndKungFuFighters'': In his first scene, [[KnowledgeBroker Charles Ludmoore]] treats Blunk very kindly, even asking after his mother. According to Blunk, Ludmoore is very fair to every Passling he works with.
* In ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheIcePrincess'', it is frequently noted that Elsa has been taught that being a kind ruler is better than ruling through fear, as fear only lasts until someone stronger comes along where kindness can inspire greater loyalty.
* In ''Fanfic/LostInCamelot'', Bo and Kenzi swiftly note that Arthur and Morgana show actual consideration for Gwen and Merlin respectively where most of the nobles barely seem to acknowledge the servants beyond calling someone over to pour another drink.
* ''Fanfic/MariaCampbellOfTheAstralClocktower'':
** Katarina Claes is the daughter of a duke and engaged to the prince who is expected to inherit the kingdom, so she's basically one of the most important people in the kingdom. Whenever she goes to visit the palace, she greets all the servants and guards by name, asking after their children and remembering important events. She's normally an IdiotHero, but that's just because she doesn't consider schoolwork and her own romance important. She never fails to pay attention to the people around her.
** Maria herself is quite kind to servants, even if she tends to be a bit too stiff and formal. She takes special effort to learn all the names of her own servants and provide for them whatever they need, and at one point one of them breaks down crying because she's just too generous to them.
* Naruto in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10623866/4/ Sekirei? Is that some new species of little sister?]]'' apparently tips well enough that the bellhops at his hotel have a waiting line to be able to deliver room service to him and his wife. One bellhop even notes that her tip was more than she makes in a month.
** Funny enough, this is part of why the bellhops become convinced he's running a sex slave ring: he's clearly buying them off so they won't tell the police.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12828240/1/Spellbound Spellbound]]'', when Professor [=McGonagall=] discovers that the Grangers have died in a car accident and Hermione has been taken in by her previously-unknown biological father Tony Stark, [=McGonagall=] soon concludes that Tony is a good man because he has been friendly to the Weasleys despite the obvious social gap of his wealth compared to their poverty.
* Bakugou ignores this to his peril in ''FanFic/TheVigilanteBossAndHisFailedRetirementPlan''. Bakugou unthinkingly badmouths the Support students who make his costume and equipment, [[CharacterWitness which is witnessed by Futaba.]] So when Futaba goes back to her Department and tells them what Bakugou said about them, they retaliate by giving him their worst service. They make sure that any of Bakugou's requests that is not an emergency is set to their lowest priority and give him the bare minimum of service. Unfortunately Bakugou is so egocentric that [[UnknownRival he doesn't realize that the Support Department hates him until its pointed out]].
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* It's a recurring theme in ''Fanfic/ShadowAndRose'' that Elissa, [[VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins the Grey Warden]], is unfailingly polite to everyone the group meets. Flemeth refers to her as "the young lady Warden with the polite tongue in her head." As Alistair notes when talking to Zevran, "it's probably saved our lives more than once." Eventually he learns that this is literally true; Morrigan reveals near the end of the story that [[spoiler:it's the only reason Flemeth ever gave for saving Elissa from the burning Tower of Ishal back in Ostagar. She rescued Alistair because he would be needed for the dark ritual, but allegedly, she rescued Elissa purely because the young woman had been polite and respectful to her on their first meeting]].
* In the ''Fanfic/TwiceUponAnAge'' series, the main reason that [[VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition Sera]] decides that Inquisition newcomer [[spoiler:Bethany Hawke]] is all right is because she's "friendly to the girls who did the laundry," and Sera believes deeply in this trope.
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* In the ''Fanfic/AdamWinters'' series, while Dumbledore is suspicious of the similarities in the history of Adam Winters and Tom Riddle, [=McGonagall=] swiftly determines that Adam is a good person based on the way he treated her when he was living on the streets and met her in the form of a cat.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5602286/3/A-Different-Messenger A Different Messenger]]'', Snape recalls when he saw Draco and his friends in a certain restaurant. They were polite to each other but absolutely rude to the staff.
* For purely [[PragmaticVillainy practical reasons]], Voldemort in ''Fanfic/PrincessOfTheBlacks'' is unfailingly polite to his house elf, simply because it makes things easier on him if the elf likes him.
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* In ''Fanfic/AThingOfVikings'', during Berk's first visit to King Magnus of Norway, Magnus notes to Hiccup that he ruled out the possibility of a marriage between Snotlout and Magnus's sister Wulfhild as a means of formalising their alliance because of Snotlout's poor treatment of Magnus's servants.
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* ''Fanfic/TheTyrantAndTheHero'' has Black Alice, who is on a FirstNameBasis with her servants and even helps them out with their duties.
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* In ''Fanfic/TheApprenticeTheStudentAndTheCharlatan'', it's one of Nova Shine's more notable character traits. His EstablishingCharacterMoment is buying a homeless pony an apartment out of his own pocket, and later on, Cadance brings up several incidents similar to this, such as buying clothes for a pony he found wearing rags, purchasing food for a homeless shelter, and other things. When asked why, Nova responds, somewhat embarrassed, that he has a soft spot for homeless ponies.
* ''Fanfic/WhatHathJoinedTogether'' depicts a blend between the [[ThePowerOfFriendship friendship-driven]] Equestria and a FantasticCasteSystem which encourages this trope to social subordinates. Sympathetic characters like Flash Sentry or Princess Celestia exhibit it, with helping his butler with chores and forgiving a major social faux pas respectively, while antagonistic characters like [[TheNeidermeyer Captain]] [[{{Jerkass}} Ironhoof]] do the opposite.
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* In ''Fanfic/AGemAHumanAndABaby'', Pearl notices that Greg has always been nice to her, even after Steven was born. However, she also notices that he doesn't see her as "a Pearl"—she's his friend.
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* Viktor accidentally insulted a fan's dream of skating the same ice as him when he asked for an autograph in ''Fanfic/RivalsSeries'' which resulted in Yuuri's decade long hatred of him and resulted in a fierce rivalry. Since Yuuri was also the love of his life, it tripled the resulting angst from this situation.
** Yuuri, despite his cold demeanor, makes a point to be nice to his fans part of compassion and partly fearing making his own enemies.
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* Harry Potter/Thorson is always considerate of house elves and servants in ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm,'' implied to be partially because of his own abuse at the hands of the Dursleys and partially because he's [[NiceGuy just that kind of a person]].
** Loki also invokes this trope, sponsoring taxi drivers, cleaners, and the homeless as [[TheAtoner atonement for his crimes]] during his EvilOverlord phase and because he now understands that WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility. Of course, [[ReformedButNotTamed being]] [[MagnificentBastard Loki]], his generosity has a second layer to it: those groups serve as a spy network for him, as they're invisible, get everywhere, hear everything, are often closely connected, and few people pay attention to them.
* Flannel Man aka Xander's shtick in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5985759/1/Colors-and-Capes Colors and Capes]]'' is to look out for the little guy. As he told Lois Lane, a waitress having a hundred dollars stolen from her might mean she can't make rent or put food on the table, whereas losing twenty million dollars would only irritate Oliver Queen. As such, he mostly sticks to muggings.
* Harry Potter in ''Fanfic/ForLoveOfMagic'' might be wildly different from canon, but he's still unfailingly polite to his house elves and at one point uses one as a SecretTestOfCharacter when Narcissa comes to beg his help.
** The Malfoys not following this rule comes back to bite them later. In a rage over [[spoiler:his father being killed in a duel]], Draco beats their house elf to death, which Narcissa merely views as unfortunate, since neither of them has any skill at housework. Even when Narcissa secures Harry's support, he refuses to allow them to buy a new house elf as he won't knowingly put one through such a situation.
* ''Fanfic/GuardiansWizardsAndKungFuFighters'': In his first scene, [[KnowledgeBroker Charles Ludmoore]] treats Blunk very kindly, even asking after his mother. According to Blunk, Ludmoore is very fair to every Passling he works with.
* In ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheIcePrincess'', it is frequently noted that Elsa has been taught that being a kind ruler is better than ruling through fear, as fear only lasts until someone stronger comes along where kindness can inspire greater loyalty.
* In ''Fanfic/LostInCamelot'', Bo and Kenzi swiftly note that Arthur and Morgana show actual consideration for Gwen and Merlin respectively where most of the nobles barely seem to acknowledge the servants beyond calling someone over to pour another drink.
* ''Fanfic/MariaCampbellOfTheAstralClocktower'':
** Katarina Claes is the daughter of a duke and engaged to the prince who is expected to inherit the kingdom, so she's basically one of the most important people in the kingdom. Whenever she goes to visit the palace, she greets all the servants and guards by name, asking after their children and remembering important events. She's normally an IdiotHero, but that's just because she doesn't consider schoolwork and her own romance important. She never fails to pay attention to the people around her.
** Maria herself is quite kind to servants, even if she tends to be a bit too stiff and formal. She takes special effort to learn all the names of her own servants and provide for them whatever they need, and at one point one of them breaks down crying because she's just too generous to them.
* Naruto in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10623866/4/ Sekirei? Is that some new species of little sister?]]'' apparently tips well enough that the bellhops at his hotel have a waiting line to be able to deliver room service to him and his wife. One bellhop even notes that her tip was more than she makes in a month.
** Funny enough, this is part of why the bellhops become convinced he's running a sex slave ring: he's clearly buying them off so they won't tell the police.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12828240/1/Spellbound Spellbound]]'', when Professor [=McGonagall=] discovers that the Grangers have died in a car accident and Hermione has been taken in by her previously-unknown biological father Tony Stark, [=McGonagall=] soon concludes that Tony is a good man because he has been friendly to the Weasleys despite the obvious social gap of his wealth compared to their poverty.
* Bakugou ignores this to his peril in ''FanFic/TheVigilanteBossAndHisFailedRetirementPlan''. Bakugou unthinkingly badmouths the Support students who make his costume and equipment, [[CharacterWitness which is witnessed by Futaba.]] So when Futaba goes back to her Department and tells them what Bakugou said about them, they retaliate by giving him their worst service. They make sure that any of Bakugou's requests that is not an emergency is set to their lowest priority and give him the bare minimum of service. Unfortunately Bakugou is so egocentric that [[UnknownRival he doesn't realize that the Support Department hates him until its pointed out]].
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* It's a recurring theme in ''Fanfic/ShadowAndRose'' that Elissa, [[VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins the Grey Warden]], is unfailingly polite to everyone the group meets. Flemeth refers to her as "the young lady Warden with the polite tongue in her head." As Alistair notes when talking to Zevran, "it's probably saved our lives more than once." Eventually he learns that this is literally true; Morrigan reveals near the end of the story that [[spoiler:it's the only reason Flemeth ever gave for saving Elissa from the burning Tower of Ishal back in Ostagar. She rescued Alistair because he would be needed for the dark ritual, but allegedly, she rescued Elissa purely because the young woman had been polite and respectful to her on their first meeting]].
* In the ''Fanfic/TwiceUponAnAge'' series, the main reason that [[VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition Sera]] decides that Inquisition newcomer [[spoiler:Bethany Hawke]] is all right is because she's "friendly to the girls who did the laundry," and Sera believes deeply in this trope.
[[AC:''Franchise/HarryPotter'']]
* In the ''Fanfic/AdamWinters'' series, while Dumbledore is suspicious of the similarities in the history of Adam Winters and Tom Riddle, [=McGonagall=] swiftly determines that Adam is a good person based on the way he treated her when he was living on the streets and met her in the form of a cat.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5602286/3/A-Different-Messenger A Different Messenger]]'', Snape recalls when he saw Draco and his friends in a certain restaurant. They were polite to each other but absolutely rude to the staff.
* For purely [[PragmaticVillainy practical reasons]], Voldemort in ''Fanfic/PrincessOfTheBlacks'' is unfailingly polite to his house elf, simply because it makes things easier on him if the elf likes him.
[[AC:''Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon'']]
* In ''Fanfic/AThingOfVikings'', during Berk's first visit to King Magnus of Norway, Magnus notes to Hiccup that he ruled out the possibility of a marriage between Snotlout and Magnus's sister Wulfhild as a means of formalising their alliance because of Snotlout's poor treatment of Magnus's servants.
[[AC:''Monster Girl Quest'']]
* ''Fanfic/TheTyrantAndTheHero'' has Black Alice, who is on a FirstNameBasis with her servants and even helps them out with their duties.
[[AC:''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'']]
* In ''Fanfic/TheApprenticeTheStudentAndTheCharlatan'', it's one of Nova Shine's more notable character traits. His EstablishingCharacterMoment is buying a homeless pony an apartment out of his own pocket, and later on, Cadance brings up several incidents similar to this, such as buying clothes for a pony he found wearing rags, purchasing food for a homeless shelter, and other things. When asked why, Nova responds, somewhat embarrassed, that he has a soft spot for homeless ponies.
* ''Fanfic/WhatHathJoinedTogether'' depicts a blend between the [[ThePowerOfFriendship friendship-driven]] Equestria and a FantasticCasteSystem which encourages this trope to social subordinates. Sympathetic characters like Flash Sentry or Princess Celestia exhibit it, with helping his butler with chores and forgiving a major social faux pas respectively, while antagonistic characters like [[TheNeidermeyer Captain]] [[{{Jerkass}} Ironhoof]] do the opposite.
[[AC:''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'']]
* In ''Fanfic/AGemAHumanAndABaby'', Pearl notices that Greg has always been nice to her, even after Steven was born. However, she also notices that he doesn't see her as "a Pearl"—she's his friend.
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* Viktor accidentally insulted a fan's dream of skating the same ice as him when he asked for an autograph in ''Fanfic/RivalsSeries'' which resulted in Yuuri's decade long hatred of him and resulted in a fierce rivalry. Since Yuuri was also the love of his life, it tripled the resulting angst from this situation.
** Yuuri, despite his cold demeanor, makes a point to be nice to his fans part of compassion and partly fearing making his own enemies.
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