History PetTheDog / WebOriginal

* Website/{{YouTube}}r [[https://www.youtube.com/reponut RepoNut]], a repo man who posts videos of his repossessions, brings his dog on some repos and literally pets her at times.

* ''WebVideo/{{Rabbit}}'' has the [[TheTeaser cold open]] of episode 2, Job Du Jour, in which Rabbit is seen smuggling a dog to safety. When asked if he killed the dog, he lies about having killed it with a hammer while looking guiltily into its literal PuppyDogEyes. Dispatch congratulates him on his sociopathy.

* David Chapman of ''WebOriginal/YouCouldMakeALife'' is an angry, bitter young man with NoSocialSkills who focuses on hockey to such an extent that he alienates everyone who tries to get close to him. But when he learns that a member of a rival team suffered a CareerEndingInjury, he sends a genuinely concerned text message asking about him to Jake, the captain of that team. He also apologizes for being a dick when he learns that his biased assumptions about Jake were completely wrong.

* [[Website/SCPFoundation SCP-682]]: Terrifying NighInvulnerable reptilian monster that tries to kill ''[[OmnicidalManiac everything]]'' it comes into contact with because they're "[[HumansThroughAlienEyes disgusting]]"... except for [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-053 SCP-053]]. Not only did it not kill her, it let her draw on its carapace with crayons and gave her a pony ride.
** This effect is specific to SCP-053, since [[MoralEventHorizon trying this with normal children]]... uh... failed. (the guest researcher responsible was promptly [[KickTheSonOfABitch subjected to his own experiment]])
** The entire SCP Foundation adores [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-085 SCP-085]], an animated drawing of a young woman named Cassy who has become [[MediumAwareness aware of her medium]] and [[TheWoobie fallen into depression as a result]]. Considering most of the SCPF's actions toward sapient [=SCPs=] are... professionally detached, it's cute to learn that one of the first requests they had for a magical vending machine was "something Cassy will like" (it produced a cup with an illustrated milkshake on it, which Cassy said was "delicious").
*** Indeed, the Foundation seems to have a collective [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sibling Instinct]] toward Cassy. To put it into perspective, anyone caught doing anything that might harm her will get demoted to ''Keter duty''. On the other hand, the Foundation also knows to stop when they think the petting has gone too far; an example would be a personnel member who was photographed with SCP-978 (a camera that shows your deepest desire in a photo). His photo showed [[PerverseSexualLust a drawing version of him and Cassy embracing]]. The Foundation promptly decided to keep him away from her for a while and send him off to seek psychiatric help.

* In ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'':
** Kenji, a paranoid misogynist conspiracy theorist, makes unsavory remarks about the girls, steals books from the library and borrows money without paying it back. However, on Lilly's route, when he accidentally runs into her, he offers to help her up, and when Hisao [[spoiler:finds out that Lilly is leaving for Scotland]], he offers to talk with him if he needs it. In Shizune's route, after Hisao [[spoiler:gets a DearJohnLetter from Iwanako]], he fondly talks about his old girlfriend.
** Shizune, as StudentCouncilPresident, has a reputation around Yamaku as incredibly bossy, and as a result, everyone besides her best friend and interpreter, Misha, left the council. However, in Hanako's route, she [[spoiler:helps Hisao take Hanako to the nurse's office when she suffers a panic attack]], and it's implied that she likes and is concerned about Hanako, but can't get close to her because Hanako's best friend is Lilly, who is in a feud with Shizune. In Lilly's route, Shizune [[spoiler:manages to reconcile with Lilly]]. In Shizune's own route, she [[spoiler:reveals that all of her actions, starting with her attempts to recruit Hisao to the student council, were done so that he would snap out of his depression. She also states that making people happy and engaged is her goal, and she hopes to become a philanthropist]].

* [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP-682]]: Terrifying NighInvulnerable reptilian monster that tries to kill ''[[OmnicidalManiac everything]]'' it comes into contact with because they're "[[HumansThroughAlienEyes disgusting]]"... except for [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-053 SCP-053]]. Not only did it not kill her, it let her draw on its carapace with crayons and gave her a pony ride.

* The Creator/{{Slimebeast}} {{Creepypasta}} "Don't Pet the Dog" features a literal example crossed over with NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished, once the story reveals ''why'' you should not pet the titular dog. [[spoiler:See, the dog the protagonist meets has a chunk of his left ear missing, and at the end of the story he is warned of a murderer loose in the area... [[BalefulPolymorph who has a chunk of his left ear missing]]]].

* The murderer from Literature/{{Doors}} isn't above kidnapping the narrator's sister and killing his parent's but the most he does to the dog is pet him and say "good boy."

* Despite all her abuse, WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick's shown affection towards Nella on occasion. The end of her ''Film/EverAfter'' and ''MyLittlePony'' reviews give the impression that she knows how ridiculously adorable Nella can be and loves it like the rest of us.

* ''WebAnimation/{{Rabbit}}'' has the [[TheTeaser cold open]] of episode 2, Job Du Jour, in which Rabbit is seen smuggling a dog to safety. When asked if he killed the dog, he lies about having killed it with a hammer while looking guiltily into its literal PuppyDogEyes. Dispatch congratulates him on his sociopathy.

* In ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'', Dorian, one of the terrorists behind the Act, has been shown to send most of the money he earns from working in the organisation behind SOTF to his mother. It helps that he's well... [[TheWoobie pathetic]] too.
* Played for laughs on ''WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment'': "You hear that, world? I love my pink, freakish, orb-shaped son!" (Said "son" in question is a squeeze toy and the InUniverse explanation for how he came to be involves BreadEggsMilkSquick.)

* In ''WebVideo/ThereWillBeBrawl'', Wario, the series' resident sneaky and manipulative bastard, is revealed to also be taking care of his mentally-handicapped brother, Waluigi.
** Then blows all the acquired sympathy by [[spoiler:using him to deliver a bomb to Red]].
** There's also a subversion when he apologizes to Red's girlfriend [[spoiler:for causing Red's death]], offering her money to make amends. As he walks towards her, the audience can see him holding a Home Run bat behind his back. [[spoiler:Fortunately, Leaf is not fooled and kills him with Jigglypuff.]]
* [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos The Slender Man]] may be a HumanoidAbomination with terrifying powers and inscrutable motives, but he still [[http://iamslenderman.blogspot.com/2010/02/give-me-20-dollars.html supports the Haiti relief effort.]]
* The Emperor of ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'' shows a few times that he's actually a JerkWithAHeartOfGold: he admires people who are willing to sacrifice themselves meaningfully, such as Ollanius Pius and the Astral Knights, and [[spoiler: gives Magnus a really cool war motorcycle[[note]]Which the Imperium doesn't make anymore[[/note]] and forgives him upon the two's reunion.]]
** Subverted in episode 18.5 when he calls his son "special" (in a good way), only to add that he's still part of a failed batch. Suffice to say, [[spoiler:Magnus]] is not amused.
** ''Horus'' of all people gets a straight example in the same episode - when Malal has a mental breakdown over himself being uncanonical, he consoles him and offers to make him hot chocolate.
** The Emperor also has a surprisingly touching moment with Ecclesiarch Decius. He initially considers Decius just another symptom of everything he finds wrong with the modern-day Imperium and is not shy about saying so, but ultimately realizes that while Decius is severely misguided, he is a genuinely good man who is doing his best for humanity. It's this realization that ultimately leads to the Emperor deciding to massively reorganize and reform the Ecclesiarchy, rather than outright disbanding it as he had originally intended.
* Despite all her abuse, WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick's shown affection towards Nella on occasion. The end of her ''Film/EverAfter'' and ''MyLittlePony'' reviews give the impression that she knows how ridiculously adorable Nella can be and loves it like the rest of us.

* In ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'':
** Kenji, a paranoid misogynist conspiracy theorist, makes unsavory remarks about the girls, steals books from the library and borrows money without paying it back. However, on Lilly's route, when he accidentally runs into her, he offers to help her up, and when Hisao [[spoiler:finds out that Lilly is leaving for Scotland]], he offers to talk with him if he needs it. In Shizune's route, after Hisao [[spoiler:gets a DearJohnLetter from Iwanako]], he fondly talks about his old girlfriend.
** Shizune, as StudentCouncilPresident, has a reputation around Yamaku as incredibly bossy, and as a result, everyone besides her best friend and interpreter, Misha, left the council. However, in Hanako's route, she [[spoiler:helps Hisao take Hanako to the nurse's office when she suffers a panic attack]], and it's implied that she likes and is concerned about Hanako, but can't get close to her because Hanako's best friend is Lilly, who is in a feud with Shizune. In Lilly's route, Shizune [[spoiler:manages to reconcile with Lilly]]. In Shizune's own route, she [[spoiler:reveals that all of her actions, starting with her attempts to recruit Hisao to the student council, were done so that he would snap out of his depression. She also states that making people happy and engaged is her goal, and she hopes to become a philanthropist]].
* Website/{{YouTube}}r [[https://www.youtube.com/reponut RepoNut]], a repo man who posts videos of his repossessions, brings his dog on some repos and literally pets her at times.
* ''WebVideo/UltraFastPony''. In "The Penny and Clyde Show", Discord confronts Fluttershy, alone in the maze. Flutters is terrified, and asks to just be left alone... and Discord immediately obliges.
* David Chapman of ''WebOriginal/YouCouldMakeALife'' is an angry, bitter young man with NoSocialSkills who focuses on hockey to such an extent that he alienates everyone who tries to get close to him. But when he learns that a member of a rival team suffered a CareerEndingInjury, he sends a genuinely concerned text message asking about him to Jake, the captain of that team. He also apologizes for being a dick when he learns that his biased assumptions about Jake were completely wrong.
* ''Literature/AGiantSuckingSound'': President Ross Perot asks like a raving {{Jerkass}} many times, but that doesn't stop him from putting an end to the Rwandan genocide, [[spoiler: sending aid to Japan after Nagoya is nuked]], and standing up to China over Taiwan's sovereignty.
* The murderer from Literature/{{Doors}} isn't above kidnapping the narrator's sister and killing his parent's but the most he does to the dog is pet him and say "good boy."
* In the 2014 WebVideo/D20Live campaign, after wiping out the whole party, Big Mike decides to ignore Linkara's command that Fussy Britches (a four-armed gargoyle polymorphed into a kitten, tamed by the party, and then gender-swapped and alignment-switched into a Chaotic Good female kitten) poops on Acererak's skull and has her use her prior knowledge of the dungeon to steal a piece of treasure and escape unharmed, much to the delight of the crowd.

* ''WebVideo/{{Dad}}'':
** As manipulative and distant as she is, Cheryl has shown moments of caring for Dad, such as taking him out to Restaurant and buying him a motorcycle helmet as an apology present.
** Neighbor may be petty and untrustworthy, but he was pretty polite to Dad in the 4K special, even claiming to be proud of him for getting that many subscribers.
* WebVideo/ScammerHotline is a series of animated shorts based on recorded calls with scambaiters. But in the episode "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMRX_qU37f4 SAD SCAMMER SAYS HE WANTS TO DIE???]]", the scammer that the creator speaks with immediately sounds as if he's in a severe-depressive mood. The creator spends most of the call asking the scammer questions about himself, and instead of trying to lead him into a prank, genuinely seems concerned about him.
* [=GrayStillPlays=] [[https://youtu.be/XhWsGt54Jbo plays]] ''Idol Manager'' [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential the same way he plays most games]], outright stating that he's going to work his idol group to death for money and try to put members down like horses if they get injured. However, he still has various moments like this towards his girls; he doesn't restrict them when it comes to their social media presence or dating life, he publicly defends the girls if they get caught up in scandals, and when one of the girls asks if he could attend their dance practice, he accepts (though he states this is because he's wondering ''how'' they'll perform a dance routine when most of them are injured). One commenter went as far as to say that Gray was more humane towards his stars than [[TakeThat the actual idol industry.]]
* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Despite emulating Jacques's behaviour, Whitley hints in Volume 4 that it's how he copes with his father's abuse. Once away from his father's influence four volumes later, his behavioural changes surprise everyone. [[spoiler:After discovering that his sister's group is struggling to care for the critically injured Nora, Whitley secretly summons the medically-trained Klein. The unexpected altruism delights Weiss when she finds out, giving him the confidence to become more helpful later on.]]

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Although Whitley is a selfish {{Jerkass}} who has dedicated himself to becoming the CorruptCorporateExecutive his father wants him to be, he hints in Volume 4 that it's how [[SourOutsideSadInside he copes]] with his [[AbusiveParents father's abuse]]. Once away from his father's influence in Volume 8, his [[LikeFatherUnlikeSon behavioural changes]] surprise everyone. [[spoiler:Spying on his sister's group reveals they're struggling to care for the critically injured Nora, so he secretly calls for the medically-trained Klein. The unexpected altruism delights Weiss when she finds out, giving him the confidence to voluntarily become even more helpful later on.]]

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Although Whitley is a selfish {{Jerkass}} who has dedicated himself to becoming the CorruptCorporateExecutive his father wants him to be, he hints in Volume 4 that it's how [[SourOutsideSadInside he copes]] with his [[AbusiveParents father's abuse]]. Once away from his father's influence in Volume 8, his [[LikeFatherUnlikeSon behavioural changes]] surprise everyone. [[spoiler:Spying on his sister's group reveals they're struggling to care for the critically injured Nora, so he secretly calls for the medically-trained Klein. The unexpected altruism delights Weiss when she finds out, giving him the confidence to voluntarily become much more helpful later on.]]

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Although Whitley is a selfish {{Jerkass}} who has dedicated himself to becoming the CorruptCorporateExecutive his father wants him to be, he hints in Volume 4 that it's how [[SourOutsideSadInside he copes]] with his [[AbusiveParents father's abuse]]. Once away from his father's influence in Volume 8, his [[LikeFatherUnlikeSon behavioural changes]] surprise everyone. [[spoiler:Spying on his sister's group reveals they're struggling to care for the critically injured Nora, so he secretly calls for the medically-trained Klein. The unexpected altruism delights Weiss when she finds out.]]

* From the ''Roleplay/GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'', DiabolicalMastermind Lord Doom was one of the primary researchers behind the AIDS cure. He provided the cure to the world not for any underhanded ulterior motive, but because the AIDS epidemic was killing innocent people and he wouldn't stand for that. He also gives tens of millions of dollars to charities every year.

* Website/{{YouTube}}r]] [[https://www.youtube.com/reponut RepoNut]], a repo man who posts videos of his repossessions, brings his dog on some repos and literally pets her at times.

* The YouTube channel Scammer Hotline is a series of animated shorts based on recorded calls with scambaiters. But in the episode "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMRX_qU37f4 SAD SCAMMER SAYS HE WANTS TO DIE???]]", the scammer that the creator speaks with immediately sounds as if he's in a severe-depressive mood. The creator spends most of the call asking the scammer questions about himself, and instead of trying to lead him into a prank, genuinely seems concerned about him.

** Even when playing TheCaligula in ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}'', the Critic is upset enough at having accidentally shot Santa Christ that he rallies everyone involved with Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses (even those who weren't otherwise involved with the filming) to attempt to revive him with the power of faith. It doesn't work and he ends up tossing Santa Christ in a dumpster.

** Even when playing TheCaligula in ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}'', the Critic is upset enough at having accidentally shot Santa Christ that he rallies everyone involved with Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses (even those who weren't otherwise involved with the filming) to attempt to revive him with the power of faith. It doesn't work and he ends up [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments tossing Santa Christ in a dumpster]].

* [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP-682]]: Terrifying NighInvulnerable reptilian monster that tries to kill ''[[OmnicidalManiac everything]]'' it comes into contact with because they're "[[HumansThroughAlienEyes disgusting]]"... except for [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-053 SCP-053]]. Not only did it not kill her, [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments it let her draw on its carapace with crayons and gave her a pony ride]].

*** Indeed, the Foundation seems to have a collective [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sibling Instinct]] toward Cassy. To put it into perspective, anyone caught doing anything that might harm her will get demoted to ''Keter duty''. On the other hand, the Foundation also knows to stop when they think the petting has gone too far; an example would be a personnel member who was photographed with SCP-978 (a camera that shows your deepest desire in a photo). His photo showed [[PerverseSexualLust a drawing version of him and Cassy embracing]]. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments The Foundation promptly decided to keep him away from her for a while and send him off to seek psychiatric help]].

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': The first clue that [[IceQueen Weiss]] has a HiddenHeartOfGold is that she takes an immediate like to Ruby's adorable corgi Zwei and quite literally [[BabyTalk goes gaga]] over him.

* [[YouTube YouTuber]] [[https://www.youtube.com/reponut RepoNut]], a repo man who posts videos of his repossessions, brings his dog on some repos and literally pets her at times.

** Even when playing TheCaligula in ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}'', the Critic is upset enough at having accidentally shot Santa Christ that he rallies everyone involved with Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses (even those who weren't otherwise involved with the filming) to attempt to revive him with the power of faith. It doesn't work and he ends up [[CrowningMomentOfFunny tossing Santa Christ in a dumpster]].

* [[Wiki/SCPFoundation SCP-682]]: Terrifying NighInvulnerable reptilian monster that tries to kill ''[[OmnicidalManiac everything]]'' it comes into contact with because they're "[[HumansThroughAlienEyes disgusting]]"... except for [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-053 SCP-053]]. Not only did it not kill her, [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming it let her draw on its carapace with crayons and gave her a pony ride]].

*** Indeed, the Foundation seems to have a collective [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sibling Instinct]] toward Cassy. To put it into perspective, anyone caught doing anything that might harm her will get demoted to ''Keter duty''. On the other hand, the Foundation also knows to stop when they think the petting has gone too far; an example would be a personnel member who was photographed with SCP-978 (a camera that shows your deepest desire in a photo). His photo showed [[PerverseSexualLust a drawing version of him and Cassy embracing]]. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny The Foundation promptly decided to keep him away from her for a while and send him off to seek psychiatric help]].