Line #167 Main/FriendlySniper


1	%%
2	%%
3	%%
4	%%
5	%% This list of examples has been alphabetized. Please add your example in the proper place. Thanks!
6	%%
7	%%
8	%%
9	%%
10	%% Image kept on page per Image Pickin thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=17102608680.25614800
11	%% Please don't change or remove without starting a new thread.
12	%%
13	[[quoteright:160:[[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tf2sniper.png]]]]
14	[[caption-width-right:160: [[LandDownUnder G'day!]]]]
15
16	->''"Snipin's a good job, mate. It's challenging work, out of doors; I guarantee you'll not go 'ungry, 'cuz at the end of the day, as long as there's two people left on the planet, ''someone'''s gonna want someone dead."''
17	-->-- '''The Sniper''', ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''
18
19	The Friendly Sniper is the polar opposite of the ColdSniper. They're one of the friendliest people you'll meet: personable, cheerful, and likely to be TheFace of his group.
20
21	Of course, their light attitude doesn't mean they aren't good at what they do. In battle, they're able to snipe and hit ''anything'' courtesy of their ImprobableAimingSkills.
22
23	Can often ([[AffablyEvil but not always]]) overlap with HitmanWithAHeart. The Friendly Sniper is closely related to the BoisterousBruiser, except their strength is in their guns and their terrifyingly precise aim rather than their muscles.
24
25	In RealLife, there is a distinct difference between a sniper and a sharpshooter. Though they employ similar weapons and each specialize in long-range shooting, their ''modus operandi'' are different. A sharpshooter acts as a member of a platoon or company and fights alongside other men.[[note]]The military typically refers to this role as "designated marksman", and the custom weapon they carry a "designated marksman rifle", or DMR, usually of the same caliber as the other soldiers, for practical purposes.[[/note]] A sniper usually is a solitary killer and employed usually as spotter-shooter pairs.[[note]]Note that this is only regards to the actual sniping work itself; maintaining a sniping position still requires security, sometimes in excess of ten men or more for particularly contested areas, although the security detail will only be standing watch unless the position is attacked.[[/note]] Although in the early 21st century snipers tend to be more team-oriented due to sniper teams becoming the norm in many armed forces, the image of a sniper in media as the lone killer is yet to change. A sharpshooter, on the other hand, is very likely to be a Friendly Sniper.
26
27	%%
28	%%Before adding an example, please remember that this trope is not just about snipers who aren't jerks, or snipers who are good people. Consider whether or not your example could qualify as "a Boisterous Bruiser with a gun." If not, they're probably not an example.
29	%%
30	----
31	!!Examples:
32
33	[[foldercontrol]]
34
35	[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
36	%%* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', [[spoiler:Sasha]] serves as the sniper for [[spoiler:the new Squad Levi]]. Her archery skills were previously shown when she fought a Titan with only a bow and lived to tell the tale. %%No context on "Friendly" part
37	* Nadie in ''Anime/ElCazadorDeLaBruja'' is a rather nice and personable girl, who is very very skilled with her pistol and will not hesitate to kill you.
38	%%zce* Sharnid from ''Literature/ChromeShelledRegios'', who might be another CaptainErsatz of Kurz Weber.
39	* Ryo Saeba from ''Manga/CityHunter'' is usually TheGunslinger, but may double as Friendly Sniper thanks to him being a very friendly LovableSexManiac and the ability to shoot [[SerialEscalation the barrel of a rifle, a belt, and the buttons of a shirt]] ''AT ONE KM'' (according to the target, a [[CorruptCop crooked police sniper]], [[BeyondTheImpossible all of these shots were impossible]]).
40	* Suou in the second season of ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'' becomes a ColdSniper when her powers initially kick in, but after that, goes back to her normal friendly personality.
41	* Awesomely, [[BattleButler Watari]] from ''Manga/DeathNote'' turns out to be one of these.
42	* ''Manga/FairyTail'''s own Bisca Connell. Despite her InUniverse HyperspaceArsenal, her signature weapon is a MagiTek sniper rifle.
43	* Jemmy Jay "JJ" Adams in ''{{Manga/FAKE}}'' is a CrazyJealousGuy and the precinct's resident {{Keet}}. He's also the best shot in the precinct and, with Ryo, serves as the department's sniper whenever one is called for. Ryo is a pretty pleasant guy himself, but a bit too reserved and not outgoing enough to meet the trope description.
44	* Kurz Weber from ''Literature/FullMetalPanic'' is a former fashion model, LovableSexManiac, and generally a sociable and talkative guy who, when temporarily assigned to cover bodyguarding Kaname in Sousuke's place, introduced himself directly to her and her friend, playing FunnyForeigner and getting the girls to take him out for karaoke. True to the trope, he's also an expert sniper who once managed to take out a {{Humongous Mecha}}'s machine gun by firing into its barrel... from the bed of a speeding pickup truck. The LightNovels eventually reveal that Kurz made a conscious choice to avoid becoming a ColdSniper following his training with one of them.
45	-->'''Kurz:''' This is Uruz 6, I'm in firing position. It's time to party!! snipe, snipe, snipe
46	* Marcel Jansen in ''Manga/GunkaNoBaltzar''.
47	* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl''. The perpetually-cheerful and friendly cyborg girl Rico, though that's partially due to her conditioning which means that killing people doesn't affect her in the slightest.
48	* Fusui Kure in ''Manga/KenganAshura'' almost never goes without a genuine smile and even on the job where she will stay behind a large sniper rifle for days keeping overwatch on a target she stays very amicable interacting with her family members.
49	* Ikalgo in ''Manga/HunterXHunter'' is armed with a sniper rifle that shoots fleas, which have anti-coagulants and are thus designed to bleed his opponents to death. He is one of the few characters able to land a first hit on Killua, who is normally very agile and hyper-alert. Unlike most of his fellow Chimera Ants, he is very friendly to his comrades, believes strongly in repaying kindness, and even later defects from the Chimera Ants to join the heroes--upon which he keeps finding opponents in close quarters leaving him unable to use his sniping skills.
50	* Vice of ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''. Cheerful, personable, laid-back, and can snipe the head of a running target from a moving helicopter even though there's an ally obscuring his line of sight.
51	** His partner, Storm Raider, is a Friendly Sniper ''Gun''.
52	* ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'' has Mikhail Blanc (and apparently his older sister Jessica was the same way).
53	** ''VideoGame/AnotherCenturysEpisode R'' somewhat [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] the concept: when Mikhail introduces himself as Skull Squadron's sniper, [[Literature/FullMetalPanic Kurz]] says "I guess that means we're going to be rivals, then" and Mikhail responds "I suppose it does", both of them with smiles on their faces the whole time.
54	* The eponymous lead of ''Anime/{{Madlax}}'' is a formidable sniper and very friendly.
55	* As a CaptainErsatz of Kurz, ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'''s Lockon Stratos also qualifies - [[spoiler:both of them, but especially the original]].
56	* Usopp from ''Manga/OnePiece'' is a wacky GadgeteerGenius more inclined to cower in terror of a fight than to pick one. He's still fully capable of drilling a man between the eyes at extreme distances using only a slingshot.
57	-->'''Usopp:''' [[BadassBoast I'm the sniper; support is glory! Unnoticed by others, I shoot down the enemy to protect my friends!]]
58	** He's commonly one of the trio of most energetic characters on the ship. One of the quartet once Brook joins up.
59	* Gain Bijou from ''Anime/OvermanKingGainer'' is a laid-back TheCasanova who can shoot down any Overman the Siberian Railroad tries to stop the Exodus with. And he does so in an obsolete Silhouette Machine ([[spoiler:at least, until he upgrades to the Emperanza]]), so he also counts as a BadassNormal.
60	* In ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt'', Panty Anarchy may be far from friendly, but she's really talkative and snarky. There's no denying her skill as an occasional sniper, with her ability to ShootTheBullet.
61	* The titular Kaname Madoka from ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' is one of the nicest characters of the entire series, always affable and emotional. She is also very skilled with bow and arrow; her niceness eventually even leads to her [[spoiler: becoming the concept of hope, giving her own existence away in the process. All the while still being a sniper]].
62	* ''Literature/RebuildWorld'': The {{Ojou}} Reina eventually becomes this. Akira was very impressed with her shooting skill while they fought as BackToBackBadasses, and she has two bodyguards who work best as a CloseRangeCombatant. Reina shows off to Akira, who she’s eventually FireForgedFriends with, by getting a OneHitPolyKill on three monsters.
63	* ''Manga/SgtFrog'' has Garuru, who is very amiable and friendly, especially towards his baby brother Giroro... in the manga, at least. The anime, however, [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]] him into more of a ColdSniper and AloofBigBrother. This partly has to do with timing: the manga introduces him while he's helping the platoon escape when a medical exam causes their mission to almost be canceled, while the anime waited until the [[WhamEpisode Wham Arc]] of his platoon being sent to replace them.
64	* ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato'' has Susumu Kodai: very friendly, and snipes with the original WaveMotionGun.
65	%%* Lynette Bishop of the ''Anime/StrikeWitches''.
66	%%* Yoko from ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''.
67	* ''Anime/ThoseWhoHuntElves'' has Ritsuko. She's a very friendly and cheerful teenager who just happens to also be a GunNut who loves all things military.
68	* A number of snipers in ''Manga/WorldTrigger'' are friendly and deadly. Touma, who is the undisputed number one sniper, is free-spirited, very approachable, and helpful to his juniors. He loves a challenge and only shoots targets that are difficult to hit, such as all top snipers in Border whom he head shots during hide-and-seek training. There's also Azuma, the teacher of all snipers. He is always happy to mentor his juniors in sniping or in strategy, unless they are facing him in battle, in which he will snipe them through the walls or snipe their bullets down. And then there's Amatori, who's the nicest person in the entire series but functions as a sniper because her projectiles hit with so much force that she has to shoot from far away to not get caught in her own blasts.
69	** The one exception seems to be Tooru Narasaka, who is always serious and rather grumpy. For example, he loses patience when his teammate and also Sniper Shouhei Kodera worries about everything Yuma does in their unit's battle with him.
70	* ''Anime/ZoidsNewCentury'': Naomi Fluegel totes the line between this trope and the ColdSniper, but she still leans more towards the "friendly" side. She's perfectly cordial and friendly towards the Blitz Team (far more than they usually are to each other), and towards her temporary teammates in her first appearance.
71	[[/folder]]
72
73	[[folder:Comic Books]]
74	* Craig Nicholas from the ''ComicBook/{{Commando}}'' story "Crackshot Craig". He's an ex-SAS marksman who started his own bodyguard/security firm.
75	%%* Cougar from ''ComicBook/TheLosers'' fits this trope during the flashback.
76	%%* Captain Soloviev and Sgt. Marvin Sargent from ''ComicBook/NthManTheUltimateNinja''
77	* Owens from ''ComicBook/RedRobin'' is a jovial sniper who befriends people easily. He's also a member of the League of Assassins so he's definitely an AffablyEvil example.
78	* The unnamed IRA sniper in ''ComicBook/SinCity'' was AffablyEvil, as were the rest of the [[QuirkyMiniBossSquad Irish mercenaries]] in ''The Big Fat Kill''.
79	* Amy Rose from ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'': friendly but an excellent sharpshooter with her crossbow.
80	* Andrea in ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead''. Friendly as they come, but if she has you in her sights you're done for.
81	* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'':
82	** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1942'': Glamora Treat is one of the friendliest of the pretty much entirely friendly Holliday Girls, some think a bit too friendly around good-looking young men, and her weapon of choice with which she is very accurate is her rifle. She's not averse to unarmed fighting either.
83	** ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': Artemis (the goddess, not ComicBook/{{Artemis}} of Bana-Mighdall) can reliably hit a target from a dimension away and is generally fairly disarmingly friendly in a subdued way.
84	%%* Natalya Zamyatin from ''ComicBook/YTheLastMan''.
85	[[/folder]]
86
87	[[folder:Fan Works]]
88	* ''WebAnimation/HoloChronicles'' has a few [[LongRangeFighter Long-Range Fighters]] amongst them, but the one that fits the bill for this trope the best is one Botan Shishiro. She's sweet, reliable, chill, and generally an amazing person to be around... but she can easily kill someone from ''8000 meters away'' (that's 8 kilometers, which translates to around 4,97096954 miles) if she gets her hands on a sniper rifle. Possessing SuperSenses of the highest caliber in the setting may have something to do with this.
89	* ''Fanfic/TheLegacyOfTheBloodRavens'': Soras Kippler, from the Daredevils is quiet, but has some of the best one-liners and [[DeadpanSnarker snarking]] from a team of snarking badasses.
90	* ''FanFic/MassEffect'' has a cast full of snipers and sharpshooters. Jocelyn Sheppard is a Friendly Sniper (with a KnightInSourArmor sense of humour). Legion on the other hand is a ColdSniper (although this is Justified; he's, effectively, an advanced robot).
91	* Pierre from the fanfilm ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid: Philanthropy'' is a quirky, good-natured guy who affectionately teases people and spends his time playing ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' while waiting for marks.
92	* Snark from ''Fanfic/TheLife'' fits the archetype well. Hell, his call sign is Snark on account of the sheer amount of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin snarkiness]] that he can pull off. He usually goes into a slightly more professional mode when in combat.
93	* Hugh from ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'' is ThePollyanna, as well as the sharpshooter of the five Hunters (he also uses melee weapons, but he specialises in ranged combat).
94	-->''The mute looked up at them and gave an easy smile, absolutely terrifying as he was surrounded by orc corpses that were riddled with arrows. Not one had managed to get within fifty paces of him.''
95	* Aerilynn from ''Fanfic/ProjectIgnition'', she's a bubbly, cheerful, klutzy girl. In her NEXT Hrist, she'll shoot you with her Phact Railcannon from outside your possible visual range... yes, you, Magnus Lux, and your >100KM eyesight.
96	* The ''FanFic/PonyPOVSeries'' has Private ([[RankUp later]] Lance-Corporal) Captive Audience, one of Shining Armor's squadmates, whose special ops training makes him one of the best snipers in the business, but also one of the nicest ponies you'll ever meet.
97	[[/folder]]
98
99	[[folder:Film -- Live-Action]]
100	* Michael [=McCandles=] in ''Film/BigJake''. He won't kill humans or animals, except for food (in the case of the latter) or in self-defense (in the case of the former). He is also polite and respectful to his father, despite the fact that said father [[ParentalAbandonment walked out on him during his youth]].
101	* ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' [[AdaptationalBadass upgrades]] Bucky Barnes to the Howling Commandos' team sharpshooter. He would be the friendliest person on the team if not for [[TheCape Cap]].
102	** Speaking of the [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]], Comicbook/{{Hawkeye}}. One of the most friendly and personable members of Comicbook/TheAvengers (aside from Comicbook/CaptainAmerica, of course) and a badass archer who's the [[ImprobableAimingSkills best shot]] in the MCU, despite having [[BadassNormal no superpowers]].
103	* ''Film/CrocodileDundee'': Mick Dundee could give those [[TheCartel Colombian drug lords]] a run for their money, and he's the friendliest bloke there is.
104	* In ''Film/DawnOfTheDead2004'', the survivors befriend a gun shop owner who fits this trope stuck on a roof across the street, despite their only method of communication being messages written on dry erase boards. Check out the DVD, which includes his video log.
105	** The original ''Film/DawnOfTheDead1978'' features a complicated example with a group of rural types shooting zombies as if it’s a turkey-shoot. Friendly to each other and working to protect their community but in a way, many find disconcerting due to being a little cavalier about what their doing.
106	* ''Film/DaylightsEnd'': Bishop is one of the more friendly and level-headed survivors, and gives the party heading to the Alpha's nest detailed and concerned instructions about the conditions under which he'll be able to provide covering fire during their retreat. Ultimately, though, he's only ever seen using grenades and short-range firearms (both of which he's effective with) against the zombies.
107	* Jude Law's portrayal of heroic Soviet sniper and PropagandaHero Vasily Zaitsev in ''Film/EnemyAtTheGates''.
108	* Billy the Kid from ''Film/TheExpendables2''. Interestingly he's introduced as the ColdSniper first: he's cool as a cucumber when he's behind a scope, spookily calm and lethally accurate, but a NiceGuy off-duty. [[spoiler: He gets killed by the BigBad [[Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme Jean Vilain]].]]
109	* Scarlet from ''Film/GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra'' is one of the friendliest of the main cast and their best rifle shot.
110	** Mouse from ''Film/GIJoeRetaliation'' serves as the team's sharpshooter for the opening mission.
111	* Anthony Swofford, the protagonist (and autobiographical author) of ''Film/{{Jarhead}}'' is one who, despite his best efforts, never sees combat.
112	* Martin Riggs from ''Film/LethalWeapon'' was one in the Vietnam War, although he’s better known as a pistol marksman in the main series.
113	* An ''[[StraightGay extremely]]'' [[WholesomeCrossdresser friendly]] sniper ends up [[TheCavalry saving the day]] in the comedy ''Film/MyFellowAmericans''.
114	* Dane in ''Film/NavySeals1990''. He's an all-around nice guy, but his callsign is [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast God]] for a reason.
115	* ''Film/TheNegotiator'': SWAT sniper Palermo is a genial man who chews a toothpick on the job to calm his nerves. He seems reluctant to believe the worst of the WrongfullyAccused Danny Roman, [[spoiler:refusing to take a shot at him, and being one of the only prominent honest cops on the team.]]
116	* ''Film/QuigleyDownUnder'': Matthew Quigley is a gentleman in the best Old West tradition who is affable to everyone he meets and is the first to stick up for the less fortunate. He’s also a professional sniper and is perfectly willing to lie in wait all day to take out two of the villain’s mooks with a single bullet.
117	* Schoolboy from ''Film/RamboIV''. He's the most honest of the mercenaries, the most idealistic, and the most kind-hearted - proving it by being the only one who comes back for Rambo and Sarah. Later on, faced with a bad situation he can't change, he's visibly upset at the slaughter of good guys about to go on. And then, when Rambo shows up and [[MoreDakka unlocks the situation]], Schoolboy makes an "oh well" face, casually looks through the sight, and starts blasting bad guys apart.
118	* Barry Pepper's SouthernFriedPrivate Daniel Jackson from ''Film/SavingPrivateRyan''. Jackson is like this to his squadmates, but to the Germans he casually picks off while quoting the Bible, he's a lot [[ColdSniper colder]].
119	* ''Film/StakeLand'': Peggy is a humble, sociable, optimistic teenaged girl whose home is surrounded by the corpses of vampires she killed from a distance with her crossbow.
120	* Frank Sinatra played a non-heroic Friendly Sniper in ''Film/{{Suddenly}}''.
121	* ''Film/TheThing1982'': The Norwegian helicopter passenger spends most of his screen time shooting at the Thing with a scoped rifle (albeit unsuccessfully) and he shows some concern for his pilot and the American scientists the Thing is approaching in his BilingualBonus dialogue.
122	* ''Film/ThroughBlackSpruce'': Will is a nice man overall, though when pushed sufficiently he shoots Marius in the head to protect his family against his gang, sniping him in his car when he drives past from a building with his rifle.
123	* ''Film/Tremors6AColdDayInHell:'' Valerie is a kind-hearted PerpetualSmiler and likes to hug people. She has a lot of knowledge about the best way of zeroing rifle scopes, helps kill Graboids endangering her friends, and boasts that she can drop an elk at 800 yards. Valerie's friendliness is also emphasized by her banter with Vargas, who serves as her spotter, between shots.
124	* ''Film/War2007'': Goi is an [=FBI=] marksman who loyally assists Crawford in his pursuit of Rogue and cracks jokes about the size of his sniper rifle.
125	* At first, Mick Taylor (not to be confused with the former [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Taylor Rolling Stone]]) of ''Film/WolfCreek'' seems to be this. Until he gives you a ride back to his place to "fix your car". Then things get very [[ColdSniper chilly]].
126	* ''Film/{{Wolves}}'': John is a caring, laidback old man who is a deadly shot with a scoped rifle.
127	* ''Film/WonderWoman2017'': Charlie is a talented marksman and a boisterous Scotsman, although it's shown he's not always good at putting aside his emotions when the time comes to use his marksmanship. He's [[ShellShockedVeteran dealing with his own demons]] and freezes up at one point.
128	[[/folder]]
129
130	[[folder:Jokes]]
131	* Two strangers met on a golf course and the topic came around to occupations. The first man said he was in real estate, pointing out the condominiums he sold and lived in in the distance. The second man said he was a professional assassin. When the first was skeptical, the second took a tube and some other items and assembled a high-powered rifle right there on the spot. The first man asked to see the rifle and was indeed impressed with the high-powered scope. "I can see into my apartment from here... there's my wife... and she's in there with another man!" Furious, he asked the assassin how much he charged for his services. "$1000 a bullet", he said. The first guy said "I'll buy two. Use the first to shoot my wife, and the second to shoot the guy's balls off!" The assassin took a look through the scope and said "If you hang on a minute, I can save [[OneHitPolykill you $1000]]."
132	[[/folder]]
133
134	[[folder:Literature]]
135	* [[BrokenAce Ha Leeha,]] the main character of ''Literature/ArcaneSniper'' is a honest and earnest guy with a [[MoodSwinger wide array of emotions]] that sometimes cross into ManChild territory. He also has [[ImprobableAimingSkills the largest attack range in Middle Earth]] with distustingly high weapon attack damage, turning himself into ParanoiaFuel for his fellow players. [[spoiler: He eventually reaches a point where even ''the air pressure left by his bullets deal heavy damage.'']] But at the end of the day, he'd rather not get into fights and focus on his own hing.
136	* ''Literature/SixteenThirtyTwo'': Julie Sims is a cheerful, friendly, outgoing high-school cheerleader. She is also the single most talented sniper in Europe, with an operational range few 'downtimers' are actually able to grasp.
137	* Robin is ''Literature/TheGirlFromTheMiraclesDistrict'''s only NiceGuy, but also a deadly sniper.
138	* Sally "Eagle" Culpepper, from ''Literature/TheGoneAwayWorld'', switches from this, to TeamMom to ColdSniper.
139	* Lee Scoresby in ''Literature/HisDarkMaterials'' is probably one of the most friendly and laidback characters, but can bring down whole teams of men with a rifle when the situation calls for it.
140	* ''Literature/InCryptid'': [[NeverMessWithGranny Enid Healy]] is one of the nicest people you'll meet, provided you're not an enemy. She's also one of the deadliest, renowned for her sniping skills and one half of a fearsome BattleCouple with her husband Alexander.
141	* Anthony Swofford, the protagonist (and autobiographical author) of ''Literature/{{Jarhead}}''.
142	* Dox from Barry Eisler's HitManWithAHeart ''Literature/JohnRain'' book series. Dox is actually short for "Unorthodox," which the character earns by not fitting the ColdSniper stereotype.
143	* The various western series by William Johnstone and his niece J.A. Johnstone are more likely to feature a ColdSniper but a few friendly ones show up. Bernard Leaf from ''Ambush Valley'' is a notable example, being the sharpshooter for his band of PunchClockHero bounty hunters. Scenes where he’s not on the job show him learning to play the guitar in a cantina, and posing in a photography studio, while on the job he’s a crack shot who unhesitatingly volunteers to perform a HeroicSacrifice when the bounty hunters (and their quarry) come under attack by Apaches (his boss talks him out of it though) and is notably ‘’not’’ among the members of the group who try to steal the outlaws cached money rather than returning it for a smaller reward.
144	* The Creator/LouisLAmour SharedUniverse:
145	** The Kentuckian Hatfield brothers from ''The Mountain Valley War'', good neighbors and friends who do most of the books long-distance shooting.
146	** Tom Burnside in ''Trouble Shooter'' is a retired lawman who was hired to provide security for the local stagecoach by his son-in-law (the express agent) as a way of giving him an easier job in retirement, but still one that he finds purpose doing. Burnside is armed with a rifle to use against potential robbers and is described as having paced all of the areas on the cliffs and take practice shots to test his range from every area he could shoot from (and he does indeed end up killing two stage robbers later on). Off duty, he's a pleasant family man with an open mind who proves to be friendly towards the heroes.
147	* Deputy Nathan is the department sharpshooter in the third ''Literature/LincolnRhyme'' book. Nathan is honest and earnest and protests orders to take a shot prematurely during a hostage situation.
148	* Link Baxter in ''Literature/TheMakoSaga''. You will never meet a guy more your friend in a bar, except perhaps his best friend Hamish Lunley. You will also never meet a guy more proficient at making YourHeadAsplode.
149	* The ''Literature/NorthwestFront'' books feature "Cat-Eyes" Lockhart. Off-duty, he's unassuming, friendly, and approachable. ''On'' duty, he's one of the NVA's main assets all by himself.
150	* Emile from ''Literature/OnlyWalkSoFar'' was trained as an army sharpshooter, and is the most consistently cheerful and kind-hearted among the main characters.
151	* ''Literature/SergeStorms'': ''Orange Crush'', SergeantRock Tex Jackson is AFatherToHisMen and is willing to fight numerically superior enemies to keep civilians from being massacred. The sniper part isn't overly emphasized, but in one scene he climbs a tree with his rifle and the narration notes that he's relying on his experience as a deer hunter. His platoon mates hear three shots and are still trying to figure out if Tex shot their pursuers or got shot by them when he appears behind them and says to start moving.
152	* The ''Literature/ParadoxTrilogy'' has Rashid, a sniper hired to serve as a member of the ''Glorious Fool'''s security team. He has an extremely friendly demeanor when not on the job, but is ruthlessly effective when he fights.
153	* ''Literature/ThePassage'': Bernard Kitteridge AKA Last Stand in Denver, is a WarriorPoet who starts out holed up in a penthouse with a sniper rifle, making an ApocalypticLog of his actions on Youtube in the hopes it might help others trying to survive and after being driven out ends up as a protector for various survivors he encounters.
154	* ''Literature/RickBrant'': Rick's good-natured sidekick Scotty is a UsefulNotes/WorldWarII veteran who is very attached to his rifle and uses it to injure or intimidate villains in several books.
155	* Some more fun-loving versions of Myth/RobinHood, alternatively Little John or Will Scarlet.
156	* In the Stephen Hunter novels which inspired ''Film/{{Shooter}}'' this is played straight ''and'' averted with Bob Lee. He's old-fashioned and polite to those he has to deal with, but he's also reclusive and withdrawn from the world at large, and once he gets on scope he's a ColdSniper.
157	** Chuck [=McKenzie=] is this to a T, off and on the scope.
158	** Ex-spetsnaz sniper Strelnikov, who cooperates with a couple of Bob Lee's investigations, is also fairly jovial.
159	** Milli Petrova from ''Sniper's Honor'' acts reserved and unquestioning, but this is actually a survival tactic to avoid punishment from her Soviet superiors (as well as grief over her dead family) and nonverbally shows hesitation about the purpose of her mission early on (before learning what kind of a monster she's being sent after), gave several [[ManOnFire burning German tankers]] MercyKill's after being specifically ordered not to waste the bullets, and is protective of the partisans helping her.
160	** Ron Fields from ''I, Sniper'' is a very amiable man dedicated to helping out Nick and Bob Lee who's a shrewd investigator and has served as a sniper for several hostage situations without once having to shoot anyone.
161	** Subverted with Anto Grogan and his fellow sniper trainers from ''I, Sniper'' (all of them ex-SAS). They are incredibly cheerful people but are also hired killers who take some pleasure in their work.
162	* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': Satin, the former whore and steward to Lord Commander Jon Snow of the Night's Watch, evolves into this (with a crossbow) during the attack on the King's Tower.
163	* ''Literature/XWingSeries'': Wes Janson is ''very'' friendly. He's very good at playing pranks, [[ManChild acting like a little kid]], and hitting anything he aims at. He tends to prefer sidearms to rifles, though. Despite his childlike personality in general, when he is in combat he reverts to a ColdSniper.
164	[[/folder]]
165
166	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
167	* Cameron Hicks of ''Series/{{Alphas}}'' is basically the world's greatest sniper, being both a military-trained marksman and an Alpha with ImprobableAimingSkills. When not on mission, he's a fairly friendly guy (though he does occasionally drift into JerkWithAHeartOfGold territory).
168	* Doubling as a RealLife example, Shifty Powers in ''Series/BandOfBrothers'' is the best shot in the company. He's also one of the nicest. Lampshaded in the interview segments, where the actual Shifty Powers says it pained him to think that the people he killed [[NotSoDifferentRemark might have been much the same as him]].
169	* Booth in ''Series/{{Bones}}'' is fairly personable (much more than the [[InsufferableGenius titular character]], who has NoSocialSkills), and is a crack shot with a sniper rifle thanks to his Army Ranger days. At one point, he disarmed a fellow sniper (an ex-Ranger who has gone rogue) by shooting the other's ''rifle'' from another rooftop. Well, he’s friendly as long as you don’t try hurting Brennan or his kids. Or any of “his people” as he refers to the lab crew.
170	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': Faith after her HeelFaceTurn. By the time she gets [[ComicBook/AngelAndFaith her own series]] she's a positive sweetheart, and [[NiceGirl Sam,]] Riley's wife, turns up as a FriendlySniper.
171	* Former Army Ranger Jay Halstead serves this capacity in ''Series/ChicagoPD''.
172	* Mick Rawson of ''Series/CriminalMindsSuspectBehavior''. Very good shot, possibly former British Special Forces, and a fairly friendly and well-adjusted guy, albeit with a mild ego.
173	* The female sniper in ''Series/{{Flashpoint}}'' is played by the actress who played Pink Ranger in the Power Rangers. 'Nuff said.
174	** Ed Lane, the lead sniper, will kill when he has to, but in something of a departure from this trope, he ''does'' often lose sleep over it, to the point where a story arc had him experiencing PTSD as the number of people he's had to end in the line of duty comes back to haunt him, big time.
175	** Although he can be very cold and calculating when taking the shot Sam is a genuinely nice guy and has stated he did not want to just be the point-and-shoot guy when he left the military.
176	* ''Series/GameOfThrones'': Anguy the Archer is one of the deadliest archers in Westeros and a genuinely friendly guy.
177	* "Fruity" Rudy Reyes from ''Series/GenerationKill''. Also a RealLife example, as he plays himself.
178	* Kono is the go-to girl when the [[Series/HawaiiFive0 Five-0 team]] needs to reach out and touch a bad guy with a bullet at long range.
179	* Gunnery Sergeant Ray Crockett, in the ''Series/{{JAG}}'' episode "High Ground, is both a Friendly Sniper and a ColdSniper at the same time.
180	* ''Series/TheKillPoint'': Quincy, a police sniper stationed on the roof opposite the bank, is often shown making wisecracks about the situation and playfully bantering with his spotter.
181	* Of the ''Series/TheMusketeers'', Aramis is the best shot of the group and a very cheerful sociable person.
182	* Kensi in ''Series/NCISLosAngeles'' is as cold-blooded as they come when on a mission, but she is able to almost instantly switch off and be smiling and joking with Deeks and her teammates before her target is even cold.
183	* ''Series/{{NUMB3RS}}'': Agent Ian Edgerton oscillates between a mild version of this and ColdSniper depending on the episode. It might be done purposely since we know he likes messing with people's minds. Especially Charlie and the team's.
184	* Hagman in ''Series/{{Sharpe}}''. He seems to enjoy the company of his unit and breaks into song at every opportunity. And he can take a man down at eight hundred yards with a flintlock rifle. To a lesser extent, this is true of the entire rifle unit, who are all a pretty fun bunch of guys.
185	* John Watson in BBC's ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' is a friendly, affable doctor. But he's also a CombatMedic who once shot a guy through ''two'' windows, in ''another building''. Basically, [[BewaretheNiceOnes piss him off by messing with his friend-you'll wind up lying in a pool of your own blood, and he won't regret putting you there.]]
186	* The ''Series/StargateSG1'' episode "Orpheus" saw Jack O'Neill, SG-1's resident MildlyMilitary DeadpanSnarker, using a sniper rifle to great effect against a Goa'uld POWCamp's guards. Let us not forget that our Friendly Neighborhood Colonel spent most of TheEighties doing black ops.
187	* Jack Hudson in ''Series/SueThomasFBEye''.
188	* Tetsuya Sakai in ''Series/SuperRobotRedBaron''.
189	* ''Series/SWAT2017'': Chris is a friendly and caring woman (albeit she often puts up a tough exterior) who serves as the sniper of the unit.
190	* While not strictly a sniper, Hawkeye of ''{{Series/Terrahawks}}'' fame serves as the gunner and general sharpshooter of the Terrahawks, and is very personable and easy-going.
191	* Pretty much every shooter in ''Series/TheUnit''.
192	[[/folder]]
193
194	[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
195	* [[CuteMonsterGirl En]] in ''TabletopGame/{{Legend}}'''s Osaka Street Stories module, who ends a note to the {{Player Character}}s with the following:
196	--> You have proven yourself more than worthy, and for that I thank you. Further, I would meet with you and pay you my respects, if you would do me the honor of accepting. Enclosed is the location where you will find my abode. No harm will befall you: the contract has ended with [[ItMakesSenseInContext my death]], and I bear you no ill will. These word ring true. If they do not, may I be banished from this mortal world and thrown beyond the veil, never to return.\
197	—En\
198	P.S. Please? I’ll bake cookies!
199	[[/folder]]
200
201	[[folder:Video Games]]
202	* Gabriel Monsigny from ''VideoGame/The3rdBirthday'', to the point she became [[TheHero Aya's]] big sister figure.
203	* ''VideoGame/ApexLegends'':
204	** Pathfinder and Horizon can become this, should the player choose to arm them with sniper-classed guns. Both are delightfully optimistic, even when picking off opponents from afar.
205	** Vantage, [[WeaponSpecialization whose specialty is sniping]], is a constant one. She keeps up the banter even while sniping foes from afar with her Ultimate, the Sniper's Mark.
206	* Mordecai from ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' is hardly unfriendly. [[HuntingTheMostDangerousGame Unless you're a target, that is.]]
207	* Argilla in ''VideoGame/DigitalDevilSaga'', after her somewhat traumatic CharacterDevelopment.
208	* ''Franchise/DragonAge:''
209	** Any PlayerCharacter who plays as a rogue, uses bow as their WeaponSpecialization, and being generally nice and compassionate individual throughout their respective game's run will qualify them as this.
210	** Leliana in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', since it's much easier to develop her as an archer than a backstabber (and one of her best weapons is her former mentor's bow).
211	** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' has Varric Tethras, whose friendliness more often than not sends him into [[TeamMom Team Mom]] territory, as many in-game dialogues imply that he becomes responsible for the other teammates' well-being, even at his own expense. Sebastian Vael also falls into this, for generally being unrelentingly nice [[spoiler: unless you refuse to kill Anders in Act III, then he becomes decidedly less nice. And when the third game comes around, he makes true to his word to raze Kirkwall.]]
212	** ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition'' has Sera - while occasionally abrasive, she's a serial prankster and her main motivation is helping the downtrodden and protect them against nobles who would abuse them.
213	* Kardel Sharpeye, the Dwarven Sniper from ''VideoGame/DefenseOfTheAncients'' is pretty chipper in his soundbites.
214	** Sniper is a pretty jolly fellow in ''VideoGame/DotA2''. [[AxCrazy Doesn't mean he's any less enthusiastic about killing, though.]]
215	* Both ''Dusty'' games have a sniper character who backs up the titular rabbit:
216	** ''VideoGame/DustyRevenge'' has the basset hound sniper, [=McCoy=], who turns out to be a friend of Dusty's father Dante. He's introduced in a cutscene saving Dusty from a mongoose aiming at the latter, and helps Dusty by sniping enemies throughout gameplay. He's also a jovial wisecracker when not kicking ass or shooting at stuff.
217	** ''Videogame/DustyRagingFist'' have a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute, Snow the snow leopard, who's a mercenary lugging a sniper rifle. He's similarly friendly when not using his gun, and even asks [[TheKnightsWhoSaySquee Leo if he'd sign an autograph on his rifle]].
218	* In ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' most members of 1st Recon tend towards this, being generally approachable people at the least. [[ColdSniper Boone, Betsy, and Bitter-Root]] however are an exception, [[StoicWoobie though you can't exactly blame them]].
219	** [[PlayerCharacter You]] could play that way. High enough Charisma, speech and guns/EnergyWeapon skill, and grabbing effective long-ranged weapons make you a friendly sniper
220	** Lovingly called the diplosniper, one of the game's standard builds.
221	* Grace Armstrong from ''VideoGame/FarCry5'', part of the new Guns for Hire system. An Afghanistan veteran who assists the Deputy in battling the Project at Eden's Gate. Doubles as a ColdSniper towards Eden's Gate themselves.
222	* Irvine Kinneas in ''Videogame/FinalFantasyVIII'' initially talks a pretty good game about "the loneliness of the sharpshooter"... when he's not [[ChivalrousPervert hitting on all of the girls]] one right after the other. Once he's integrated himself properly into the party, he proves to be TheHeart of the team.
223	* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
224	** Wil from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'' who can promote to a sniper, is a very social and cheery young man. Sain thinks he is a miser though because he will not lend him any gold. Likewise, Rebecca, another possible sniper, is a friendly and bright youth.
225	** Claude of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'' one of the most affable and casual students in the monastery and by far the friendliest of the three Lords, is a designated bow wielder.
226	** Ashe of the same game is one of the nicest characters in the monastery and similarly wields a bow. Unlike Claude, he actually uses the Sniper class when [[spoiler:encountered as an enemy.]]
227	* Chitose Karasuma from ''[[VideoGame/GalaxyAngel Galaxy Angel: Moonlit Lovers]]'', a friendly sniper... [[RecycledInSpace in space!]]
228	* Rho from ''VideoGame/GroundControl 2'' is this. He's the protagonist's best friend and a pretty sociable guy with a habit of collecting battlefield souvenirs and playing cards. Doesn't change the fact that he's a pretty good sniper at the same time.
229	* ''VideoGame/GuardianTales'': Hekate is a freelance sniper who's affable when off the clock. On a job, however, she'd gun you down before you knew what hit you.
230	* ''Franchise/{{Halo}}'':
231	** Although he's got a bit of an attitude, your squad's sniper in ''VideoGame/Halo3ODST'', Kojo Agu, is nicknamed Romeo for, evidently, being quite a ladies' man outside of battle.
232	** In ''VideoGame/HaloReach'', though all the Spartan-[=III=]s are at least a little unhinged so it's your call on whether or not he's "friendly", Jun is the most talkative member of Noble Team who ''isn't'' totally AxCrazy.
233	* Sheila "Scope" Sterling from ''VideoGame/JaggedAlliance 2''. One of the highest marksmanship stats in the game, and she's easily one of the most upbeat and cheerful of ''all'' the mercenaries.
234	* Xigbar from ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' would probably count. He's not ''friendly'', per se, but he is much more relaxed and outgoing than most of his associates. And when you engage him in battle, he makes [[TheBrute Xaldin]] look like a freaking pansy.
235	-->''"You clever little sneak!"''
236	* Kazu of ''VideoGame/LBXLittleBattlersExperience'' stands out in a series where most LBX (functioning Gunpla) players prefer melee models. He's nice and generally less of a trouble-seeker than his friends but given what LBX can do in this series, it's unwise to underestimate him.
237	* ''Franchise/MassEffect'':
238	** Though he's not the only companion with skills as a sniper, [[TheLancer Garrus Vakarian]] is the one best-remembered for being a crack shot and also the most friendly and personable, especially in the first game.
239	** [[RobotBuddy Legion]] also deserves a mention for being - although not what you'd call outgoing or prone to displays of emotion - ''surprisingly'' nice to the point of being {{Moe}}.
240	** Paragon [[PlayerCharacter Shepard]] definitely counts when playing as an Infiltrator or Soldier, or taking sniper rifles as a bonus talent.
241	* Iris from the Japanese flash game ''VideoGirl/MaterialSniper''.
242	* ''VideoGame/MechWarrior 4: Vengeance'' has Ian Dresari's squadmate Casey Nolan, a cheerful, talkative, and rather snarky long-range combat specialist. He introduces himself to Dresari as "the team sniper" and advocates equipping everyone's 'Mechs with the most powerful long-ranged weapons possible (such as [[MacrossMissileMassacre long-range missiles]], [[MagneticWeapons Gauss rifles]], and [[LightningGun ER-PPCs]]) and taking out enemies before they can even close. He's pretty good with them, too, and the game even suggests taking his advice more often than not.
243	* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'': Though she obsesses over her targets and will only think about them until she's taken them out, Sniper Wolf is by far the nicest member of FOXHOUND, making friends with Otacon before the Shadow Moses Revolt and adoring wolves and dogs.
244	* Cpt. [=McMillan=] from ''VideoGame/ModernWarfare'' comes across as a very friendly, even easy-going guy and proves himself as a very deadly sniper.
245	* ''VideoGame/NintendoWars'': Grit from ''Advance Wars'' falls into this category, being the more friendly and laid-back foil to his superior Olaf. Of course, he never actually shoots anybody, being a CO and all, but his specialty (long-range weaponry) gives him the proper qualifications for this trope.
246	* Buxom Irish sniper Cynthia Rivele from ''VideoGame/OperationDarkness''.
247	* Meet Ana Amari from ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}''. A hardened sniper once working for the now fallen Overwatch. She's also a support character whose biotic rifle can ''[[CombatMedic heal]]'' allies, and she is [[BadassFamily the mother]] to the hardcore soldier Pharah.
248	* Kinessa the Bounty Hunter from ''VideoGame/{{Paladins}}''. She's pretty cheerful, especially when remarking on how much she loves collecting bounties.
249	* ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'' has Saiga Magoichi. While he has a burning hatred towards his target, UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga, he cracks smart remarks, helps innocents and defeated allies escape battlefields, fights with the underdogs, and makes friends with fellow wandering warrior Keiji Maeda. That's when he's not [[HandsomeLech chasing kimonos]], of course.
250	* Takuma from ''VideoGame/ShadowTacticsBladesOfTheShogun'' is an expert firearms craftsman with deadly precision on the sniper rifle. He's also a jolly old man.
251	* Any of the snipers from the Freedom faction from ''VideoGame/{{STALKER}}''. Freedom has a much larger amount of snipers than their rival faction; Duty (who don't have any at all, preferring to wade into combat headfirst with an Exoskeleton and light machine gun), as they prefer to attack guerrilla-style, but when they aren't [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters fighting for free access to the Zone]] they're the most easygoing and cheerful guys in the entire game series.
252	* Cathari from ''VideoGame/SuikodenV''.
253	* Excellen Browning of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars''. CoolBigSis, HardDrinkingPartyGirl, and a rather goofy person all around. She can also shoot down a nuke without blowing it up and accurately snipe individual targets while moving at speeds where her mech is ''outrunning her laser shots!''
254	* The ''Videogame/TeamFortress2'' Sniper is an odd case; on your team, he's this. On the other team, he's the ColdSniper, in much the same way that the Heavy is TheBigGuy while on your team but TheBrute while on the other team. This is exemplified by the fact that he once had the ColdSniper's page quote.
255	-->"Feelin's? Look, mate, you know who has a lot of feelin's? Blokes what [[AxCrazy bludgeon their wife to death wif a golf trophy]]. [[ConsummateProfessional Professionals]] [[EvenEvilHasStandards have standards]]: [[AffablyEvil be polite]], [[OneHitKill be efficient]], [[CrazyPrepared have a plan]] [[BreadEggsMilkSquick to kill]] [[AxCrazy everyone you meet]]."
256	** Though this also depends on how the player deals with him; get the "high five" taunt and he gets really friendly.
257	** It also depends if he is scoped in or not. Almost all of his voice responses have two recorded versions, the loud boisterous version he uses when not scoped in, and the quieter menacing version he uses when he is.
258	** Even towards his enemies, he's not always the ColdSniper he likes to think of himself as; he can't quite help tossing out bitingly sarcastic zingers like ''"Thanks for standin' still, wanker!"'' and ''"I'm runnin' out of places to put holes in ya!"''
259	** His canonization in the comics and shorts meanwhile combine his Friendly and ColdSniper tendencies by canonizing him as having TranquilFury towards his enemies, and is an aloof but mostly well-meaning DeadpanSnarker either on camera or with his allies.
260	* Alicia Winston from ''[[VideoGame/TimeCrisis Time Crisis 3]]''. She's quite a good shot, [[BlastingItOutOfTheirHands shooting Zott's gun out of his hands when he's about to execute her brother]] and is also enthusiastically friendly to the VSSE agents when they arrive and helps bail them out a few times, even hugging them at the end when they survived.
261	%%* Catherine O'Hara in ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles''. The Bielert brothers, Emile and Oscar, also qualify.
262	%% Please add context before removing comment markup. Thanks!
263	* Clive in ''VideoGame/WildArms3'' is quite a friendly, good-natured guy. He even has a lovely wife and cute little daughter back at home.
264	* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1'' has Sharla, the local TeamMom and CombatMedic, and [[{{BFG}} her huge ether rifle]]. It really helps that she tends to use it more [[HealingShiv to cure wounds than to inflict them]].
265	[[/folder]]
266
267	[[folder:Webcomics]]
268	* Samuel from ''Webcomic/AngelDown'' is a friendly ManChild paladin whose favored weapon is a long-range anti-material sniper rifle.
269	* The End is portrayed this way in ''Webcomic/TheCobraDays'' - he's an amiable old guy, relatively sane by QuirkyMinibossSquad standards, and one of the few people ''not'' to make [[TheWoobie The Sorrow's]] existence miserable as a newcomer.
270	* Crosshairs from ''Webcomic/GoneWithTheBlastwave'' is a middle ground between this trope and ColdSniper- as the OnlySaneMan he reacts less-than-positively to the idiocy of his fellow Reds, but he does have a friendly conversation with another soldier he'd just helped take out a tank, and engages in some ComedicSociopathy trick shooting like sniping an enemy's gas mask and a barrel of noxious gas.
271	* In ''Webcomic/TheGreenEyedSniper'', Shanti, the main character, is a sniper killer with high morals and a cheerful, positive and kind personality. Although she mostly does her killings solo, she occasionally partners with others. In the story, she reveals Sekhmet about her job and accepts Sekhmet's help in killing her target, Vega.
272	* Peggy, in ''Webcomic/GrrlPower'', a BadassNormal in a team of formidable superheroes, is entirely useful as a member of the team, [[BlastingItOutOfTheirHands even when ordered to avoid fatalities]].
273	* Jade Harley from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' apparently hones her sharpshooting skills by using a high-power rifle to... play fetch with her RealityWarper dog. Good dog! Best friend!
274	* Sniper Wolf and Desert Vulture (especially the latter) in ''Webcomic/TheLastDaysOfFOXHOUND''.
275	* In ''Webcomic/{{Marilith}}'', Kimiko becomes one after Marilith trains her to be an assassin.
276	* In ''Webcomic/{{Terra}}'' Grey O'Shea is a bit of a wisecracking joker with a slight penchant for [[OpenMouthInsertFoot eating his own foot]]. His EstablishingCharacterMoment is putting a sniper round through the faceplate of an Azatoth soldier to save a fellow trooper, then calming his spotter down when he starts to get panicky.
277	[[/folder]]
278
279	[[folder:Web Original]]
280	* Morgan from ''FanFic/TheReturn'' is a very friendly sniper, of course she is a succubus so that helps.
281	* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue:'' Agent North Dakota, the incredibly skilled sniper of Project Freelancer, is a genuinely NiceGuy, a protective brother to his twin sister, and a proud papa to his childlike AI, Theta.
282	* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' has Ruby Rose, who wields a scythe that harbours a sniper rifle. She's a resolutely optimistic GenkiGirl and has led two combat teams as of Volume 5.
283	[[/folder]]
284
285	[[folder:Western Animation]]
286	* The season 9 episode of ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' "Permanent Record Wrecker" features Stan being fired from the CIA, then looking for a new job. During an interview, he tells a prospective employer that he once worked for the CIA, who doesn't believe him, calling up Stan's former employer, Avery Bullock, to confirm. The interviewer is still incredulous, believing that Stan put one of his friends up to the supposed prank, even having him end the call with the "now that I told you, I'm gonna have to kill you" line. Seconds later, the interviewer is shot through the head by a sniper from across the street, a pleasant-looking fellow who cheerfully waves to Stan, saying "Hi Stan! You gotta stop telling people, Stan!" Later in the episode, the sniper strikes again, after Stan mentions his CIA background to a new coworker. Still jovial, the sniper follows up with "You really gotta put a sock in it, Stan!"
287	* Deadpool is this in ''WesternAnimation/HulkVs''. His introductory scene involves him sniping Wolverine with tranquilizers, and then lightheartedly (though ironically) greeting him as Logan passes out.
288	-->"Logan, buddy! It's me, Deadpool! I shot you!"
289	* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Inside Job\|2021}}'' "Grassy" Noel Atkinson, the sniper WhoShotJFK, is a CoolOldGuy who's the most beloved employee at Cognito. To the point where Reagan and Brett face a rebellion when they decide to fire him.
290	* Finn from ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'' is the team sniper, and also the team clown.
291	* Bluestreak and Moonracer from ''[[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 Transformers]]'' are both very friendly and youthful, innocent even; however both are very deadly snipers with perfect aim.
292	-->'''Powerglide:''' I hope you're still the best sharpshooter in the galaxy, Moonracer.
293	-->'''Moonracer:''' In the universe, Powerglide!
294	[[/folder]]
295
296	[[folder:Real Life]]
297	* One of the best snipers from the United States, UsefulNotes/VietnamWar veteran Carlos "[[RedBaron White Feather]]" Hathcock. He's credited with almost a hundred kills (as well as a ''Real Life ScopeSnipe'' on an enemy sniper) before his tour was cut short when a vehicle he was riding was struck by an anti-tank mine. Despite wearing a white feather strapped to his bush hat and having a ''battalion'' of Vietnamese snipers sent with orders to find and kill him, they never succeeded--and that includes having a searching Vietnamese soldier ''nearly step on him'' without noticing either him or his white feather. He often referred to his targets as "hamburger". You'd expect a guy like this to be a Cold Sniper through and through, but this is what he had to say about himself after the war:
298	-->"''Hell, anybody would be crazy to like to go out and kill folks. I like shooting, and I love hunting. But I never did enjoy killing anybody. It's my job. If I don't get those bastards, then they're gonna kill a lot of these kids we got dressed up like Marines. That's just the way I see it.''"
299	* Eric R. England, another Vietnam sniper with 98 confirmed kills, was described by the above-mentioned Hathcock, as "a great man, a great shooter, and a great Marine."
300	* UsefulNotes/SimoHayha, the greatest sniper in history, was very friendly and humble off the battlefield. Like Hathcock in the entry above, sniping was simply a job that needed to be done.
301	-->''"I did what I was told to as well as I could."''
302	* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roza_Shanina Roza Shanina]], "the unseen terror of East Prussia", the first female Soviet sniper to be awarded the Order Of Glory, was described by war correspondent Pyotr Molchanov, as "a person of unusual will with a genuine, bright nature."
303	* Although neither one of them is true, for years urban legends have circulated claiming that Music/JohnDenver and [[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood Mr. Rogers]] were U.S. Army snipers in the Vietnam War.
304	* First World War [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/AussiesWithArtillery Australian sniper]], [[http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Sing Billy Sing]], credited with over two hundred confirmed kills during the Gallipoli campaign alone, was said by his fellow soldiers to have a great sense of humor and a very distinctive laugh.
305	** This was before telescopic sights were around, a further testament to his {{Improbable Aiming Skills}}.
306	* And of course, we've got [[Film/AmericanSniper Chris Kyle]]. With 160 confirmed kills under his belt, the Marines and Army men he saved in Iraq, and his widow, Taya, remember him fondly as a good ol' boy from Texas and a loving family man. Folks who met Chris at a book signing remember as he joked leaning in saying "I am so sorry. Here you waited all this time and got to the front only to find another dumb redneck standing here." As the line burst in laughter.
307	** Averted by the fact that he was a notable bigot who wrote numerous disturbing passages in his journal.
308	* Several real-world snipers have admitted to attempting to cultivate this image. Because of the stress and stigma associated with snipers, a friendly demeanor and jovial attitude allow for an emotional release on the part of the sniper, while also endearing them to non-military personnel.
309	* [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Tahsin_al-Salhi Abu Tahsin]] was an Iraqi sniper credited with the killings of 384 Daesh militants at the time of his death in 2017. Although generally seen as a bit of a BloodKnight by outsiders, people closer to him described him more as a friendly BoisterousBruiser.
310	[[/folder]]
311

Context Main / FriendlySniper