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| 6 | -> '''Queen Titania:''' Astral, the others are a young race, they have so much to learn. They don't remember that we were once their guides. |
| 7 | -> '''Princess Astral:''' Well... this one's different. He has blond hair, and soft blue eyes! And a smile that makes me feel like... |
| 8 | -> '''Titania:''' ... a warm sun? |
| 9 | -> '''Astral:''' Yes! |
| 10 | -->-- Brief conversation referring to Tristan Andersen from ''Series/TheOtherKingdom'' |
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| 12 | The character is a [[gold:blonde]]. Therefore, obviously, she is young, {{beaut|yEqualsGoodness}}iful, [[IncorruptiblePurePureness pure]], kind, and [[TheIngenue innocent]], and the innocence can range up to VirginPower. If she [[ActionGirl fights]], it's {{reluctant|Warrior}}ly and she tends to [[ActualPacifist avoid violence]] where she can. |
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| 14 | Victorian literature would also use it to portray her as delicate and fragile, if not actually DelicateAndSickly--being, of course, TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth. This part is largely a DiscreditedTrope. |
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| 16 | Men falling under this trope are rarer, but the blond hero can also have Hair of [[gold:Gold]]. Such a hero is more action-oriented than the Hair of Gold heroine, but he is also [[TheHero good]], wholesome, kind to those weaker than himself, [[ThinkNothingOfIt modest]], and prone to be the ChasteHero or CelibateHero. |
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| 18 | Often paired with InnocentBlueEyes. |
| 19 | |
| 20 | Compare and contrast MysticalWhiteHair, where a pale hair color denotes arcane traits, with or without IncorruptiblePurePureness. Also compare the popular and fun-loving EveryoneLovesBlondes, and contrast WhiteHairBlackHeart, for when light hair is paired with an evil character. DumbBlonde can be related if DumbIsGood is also in play. |
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| 22 | '''Note''': Not all blondes belong in this list. Not even all good blondes. If the character does not match the personality type, then they do not have Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold and should be listed only if they {{exploit|ed}} the expectation (such as using their blonde hair to look sweet and innocent). |
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| 25 | !!Examples: |
| 26 | [[index]] |
| 27 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold/AnimeAndManga |
| 28 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold/{{Literature}} |
| 29 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold/VideoGames |
| 30 | [[/index]] |
| 31 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 32 | |
| 33 | [[folder:Arts]] |
| 34 | * ''Art/SevenVirtues'': "Charity" is portrayed as a blonde woman breastfeeding a baby who is not hers as a way to represent that her heart is compassionate toward everyone and an AllLovingHeroine all around. |
| 35 | [[/folder]] |
| 36 | |
| 37 | [[folder:Ballads]] |
| 38 | * In the Literature/{{Child Ballad|s}} ''Literature/SirAldingar'', one variant describes the innocent queen's hair as yellow: |
| 39 | -->''"They've putten her into prison strang,\ |
| 40 | A twalmon lang and mair,\ |
| 41 | Until the mice and wild rattens\ |
| 42 | Did tear her yallow hair."'' |
| 43 | * [[http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch010.htm "The Twa Sisters"]] Literature/{{Child Ballad|s}} has a beautiful and innocent blond girl murdered by her evil sister. A harp is made of her bones, and her golden hair is used for the strings. The magic harp sings out an accusation of her murderer. |
| 44 | [[/folder]] |
| 45 | |
| 46 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 47 | * ''Creator/ArchieComics'': Archie heroines tend to fit this trope, especially Betty Cooper, whose most common characterization is the nicest, most innocent and pure-hearted girl in Riverdale, in contrast to the more savvy, black-haired Veronica Lodge (with whom Betty tries to be friends and avoid conflict). Other strong examples are ''ComicBook/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' and Melody from ''ComicBook/JosieAndThePussycats''. |
| 48 | * ''ComicBook/AstroCity'': American Chibi sports blond GirlishPigtails, and is one of the most dedicated heroines. |
| 49 | * ''ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}'': Arthur Curry can be a male example of this trope if he wants, though he switches into a ProudWarriorRaceGuy at the drop of a dime. However, Aquaman is mostly characterised as being a benevolent ruler. |
| 50 | * ''ComicBook/BlackCanary'': Though she technically dyed her hair Dinah Laurel Lance becomes this trope as much as Supergirl as well as being a loving wife to Oliver Queen the ''ComicBook/GreenArrow'' who counts in this trope as well. |
| 51 | * ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'': Steve Rogers is another male example. |
| 52 | * ''ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}'': [[Characters/MarvelComicsCarolDanvers Carol Danvers]], DependingOnTheWriter and the continuity, although more often than not, she is generally portrayed as possessing this trait. |
| 53 | * ''ComicBook/TheCrow'': Shelly is a blonde (which may surprise fans who only know the Brandon Lee film in which Shelly was a brunette and suitably goth-ish partner to the film's characterisation of Eric as an indie rock guitarist), whose beauty, purity, good-heartedness and innocence are constantly emphasised. |
| 54 | * ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'': Sue Storm is a good superheroine, a good mother, and in general just a good person. She manages to play TeamMom to the majority of the Earth’s heroes. |
| 55 | * ''ComicBook/TheFlash'': Barry Allen is a standout male example, his NiceGuy status rivals Superman. |
| 56 | * ''ComicBook/GoldenEyesAndHerHeroBill'': Golden Eyes, the titular heroine of the UsefulNotes/WorldWarI serial, combines this trope with CurtainsMatchTheWindow. She's shown to be a friend to children and animals (sells her {{Plunder}} to finance an orphanage ''and'' has a HeroicDog companion), faithful to her sweetheart Bill (rejects all the suitors that try to seduce her while he's away, then follows him overseas to join the war effort as an ambulance driver), and reluctant even to harm the German officer who [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty captures and menaces]] her. |
| 57 | * ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'': Judge Anderson is a pretty blonde with psychic powers, and is always portrayed as [[CloserToEarth the most kind-hearted of the Judges]], especially compared to stoic hard-asses like Joe Dredd. |
| 58 | * ''ComicBook/LadyDeath'': Hope used to have blonde hair when she was a sweet young woman before turning into the eponymous protagonist and her hair fading to [[WhiteHairBlackHeart white and turning into a harsher person]]. Her half-sister Vandala, on the other hand, plays this straight, being a brave and valiant Valkyrie with golden hair. |
| 59 | * ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'': Despite [[AdaptationDyeJob being red headed]] in the myths, Thor is a male example, being very compassionate despite occasional arrogance. One of his nicknames is "Goldilocks". |
| 60 | * ''ComicBook/MillieTheModel'': Millie is nice, young, and innocent, especially compared to her FieryRedhead rival, Chili Storm. |
| 61 | * ''ComicBook/SinCity'': It's hard to tell because the comics are [[DeliberatelyMonochrome largely black and white]], but Nancy Callahan is canonically blonde. A young woman working herself through law school by working as a topless exotic dancer off hours, she's probably the kindest and most innocent character in the comics (WordOfGod calls her "an angel" living in a WretchedHive). She's acquainted with a lot of the major characters, who protect her from abusive or downright evil men out to hurt her. |
| 62 | * ''Franchise/TheSmurfs'': Smurfette, natch. Originally a creation of Gargamel with a black heart who hunts down the Smurfs for him, she reforms her devious ways and transforms into a golden-hearted Smurf with blonde hair to match, now becoming a member of our pint-sized blue buddies. |
| 63 | * ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': ComicBook/GwenStacy was initially portrayed as a haughty ice queen, but ultimately she's remembered and beloved for her sweetness and loving heart. |
| 64 | * ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'': All versions of Supergirl--including her Earth-2 counterpart, ''ComicBook/PowerGirl''--have a single thing in common: they're kind-hearted, blonde girls who don't want to see anybody getting hurt and use their huge powers to help and protect people. Kara Zor-El may be short-tempered, angsty, have anger issues... but she'll always be a good person deep-down: |
| 65 | ** Pre-Crisis Kara was an absolutely sweet, innocent child. She stopped being gullible when she grew up, and her adult self had quite the temper, but she always was a nice, selfless person. In ''ComicBook/KryptonNoMore'', she flies across a galaxy to save lives because it's the right thing to do. |
| 66 | ** In the beginning, Post-Crisis Kara behaved as an emo, self-centered, angry, bratty teen due to Kryptonite poisoning. However, she began dealing with her issues, got cured, and developed into a kind, compassionate and cheerful woman. |
| 67 | ** New 52 Kara was a lonely, insolated teen who had anger issues and SurvivorGuilt due to losing her family and getting stranded in an alien world. Even so, she went out of her way to help people and risked her life to protect others. In the ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'' storyline she confronted her anger issues and got over her rage, angst and confusion. When ''ComicBook/SupergirlRebirth'' kicks off, she has become the kind of person who will stop criminals, send them to prison and try to help them. |
| 68 | * ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'': |
| 69 | ** Steve Trevor, traditional love interest and husband to Wonder Woman, is usually a blond, humble, self-sacrificing kind of fellow. |
| 70 | ** DependingOnTheWriter and the continuity, [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Cassandra Sandsmark]] can either be this or a {{Jerkass}}. |
| 71 | * ''ComicBook/XMen'': Before her corruption by Belasco, [[ComicBook/{{Magik}} Illyana Rasputin]] was a sweet and innocent young child, with the malice she later struggled with entirely absent from her character. |
| 72 | [[/folder]] |
| 73 | |
| 74 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 75 | * ''ComicStrip/NonSequitur'': The blond Kate is the more optimistic and less ambitious {{Foil}} to her black-haired sister, Danae. |
| 76 | * ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'': Charlie Brown's little sister, Sally, fits this trope. When he accused her of "evading responsibility" by trying to avoid kindergarten, she responded with, "I don't know what you're talking about... I'm too young and innocent." |
| 77 | [[/folder]] |
| 78 | |
| 79 | [[folder:Fairy Tales]] |
| 80 | * "Literature/{{Goldilocks}}" combines both the innocence and the [[DumbBlonde folly]] associated with blond hair. |
| 81 | * [[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/038.htm "The Grateful Beasts"]] has a blond hero. |
| 82 | -->''"The youngest of the three brothers, whose name was Ferko, was a beautiful youth, with a splendid figure, blue eyes, fair hair, and a complexion like milk and roses."'' |
| 83 | * "Literature/TheEgyptianCinderella": Rhodopis, a Greek slave sold to Egypt, is fair-skinned with hair that is golden and curly, which sets her apart from the other servant girls in her master's household who ostracize her for her foreign looks. She is also kind-hearted and friendly with animals. |
| 84 | * The innocent, pure, kind and very beautiful Literature/{{Rapunzel}} has hair "as fine as spun gold". |
| 85 | * Snow White of "Literature/SnowWhiteAndRoseRed" is often depicted with blonde hair, both as a contrast with [[FieryRedhead Rose Red]] and to distinguish her from another Literature/SnowWhite and her [[RavenHairIvorySkin distinctive look]]. |
| 86 | * Princess Diana (no, not [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana,_Princess_of_Wales her]]), the heroine of the Italian FairyTale "The Curse of the Seven Children", is a kind and pure-hearted girl with hair like gold. |
| 87 | * In "Literature/TheBuriedMoon", the kind-hearted moon spirit is described as having long golden hair, equated with moonlight and illuminating a dark and sinister [[SwampsAreEvil bog]]. |
| 88 | [[/folder]] |
| 89 | |
| 90 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 91 | * The LDD-Fanfic, ''Fanfic/BridgeToTerabithia2TheLastTime'' follows the 2007 Disney adaptation of ''Literature/BridgeToTerabithia'', so Leslie Burke in this version follows this trope; however there's an entirely new OC, Dylan Hils, a young blonde boy which is one of the kindest, sweetest characters in the entire story so this trope applys to him as well. |
| 92 | * ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'': |
| 93 | ** Thor has a streak of ProudWarriorRaceGuy in him and he's a formidable fighter, but he's mostly just a kind, loving, and lovable dad to Harry (he was incarnated as James Potter. Long story), who he takes great joy in embarrassing. He's also noted as being very good with children in general. |
| 94 | ** Steve Rogers, as canon, is a classic male example - he actually rescues kittens from trees. |
| 95 | ** Carol, under her spiky shell. While she is and remains a consummate DeadpanSnarker, she's also kind, protective, prone to BigSisterInstinct towards her little brothers (though she later admits that she gives them the brush-off more than she should) and any younger girl she encounters, and generally caring - something especially demonstrated in her interactions with Harry, who she handles with gentle affection (albeit sprinkled with the occasional InsultOfEndearment). In fact, she's probably the main reason he's even sane after the first 20 chapters of the sequel. [[spoiler: Since she's Steve's great-granddaughter, this is perhaps less surprising than it might be]]. |
| 96 | * ''Fanfic/CodeWings30'' has Georgina Markson, a sandy blonde woman who is such a sweetheart. |
| 97 | * ''Fanfic/ADestroyersRemorse'': Dirk was born with his mother's golden hair, and a heart to go with it. As he slowly started to go insane over the course of his reincarnations in Aionios, his hair faded to a dull, straw-like color. |
| 98 | * ''Fanfic/HowBadCanALittleGossipBe'': An [[InvertedTrope inversion]] with Mr Ricci's son, who is a [[StalkerWithACrush creepy stalker]] towards Luca and an [[SmugSnake arrogant]], [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain prejudiced]] jerk just [[LikeParentLikeChild like his father]]. |
| 99 | * ''Fanfic/TheManyDatesOfDannyFenton'': Two of the girls that Danny has gone out with are [[WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries Sabrina Spellman]], a CuteWitch and [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara Kent]], both are blonde and are as nice as they come, if somewhat spunky. |
| 100 | * In ''VideoGame/MarioInAnimatronicHorror'', Alex, the soul possessing [[Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys Chica]], has blonde hair, and she is the kindest out of the missing children, often baking cakes and cookies for others when she was still alive. |
| 101 | * Celestine Lucross from ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'' has long blond hair, and she is TheHighQueen of Eostia. |
| 102 | * Amongst the staff at the titular park in ''Series/PrehistoricPark'' fanfic ''Fanfic/PrehistoricEarth'' are head veterinarian Linda Eberhart and her young assistant Yolanda Hall, who are both amongst the nicest and kindest characters present in the entire story. The both of them are similarly golden hearted and kindly when they appear in the fic's ContinuityReboot ''Fanfic/PrehistoricParkReimagined''. |
| 103 | * From what little is known about [[PosthumousCharacter Heather]] from ''Fanfic/MaFille'', she was a blonde woman who loved and doted on her daughter Katrina. |
| 104 | * In ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' fanfic ''Fanfic/ResurrectedMemories'': The two OC's Christopher Morgan and Zoe Murray have blonde hair and are both very nice, understanding and friendly individuals.[[spoiler: They even become Ember's friends and band mates to boot.]] |
| 105 | * ''Fanfic/TheStoryOfApolloDaphneAndLucaAnItalianTragedy'': [[TheIngenue Rosa]] has golden blond ringlets and has a sweet, kind, helpful and caring personality. |
| 106 | ** [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] with [[BigJerkOnCampus Vincenzo]] ([[spoiler: at least, until his TookALevelInKindness CharacterDevelopment]]), who is vain, arrogant, hot-headed and a massive jerk to [[LovableNerd Luca]]. |
| 107 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' fanfic ''Fanfic/ThePandaChronicles'', Jesse dyed his hair blonde but he is protective of his bandmates and is very reasonable. |
| 108 | [[/folder]] |
| 109 | |
| 110 | [[folder:Films -- Animation]] |
| 111 | * Pretty much all the Franchise/{{Barbie}} [[WesternAnimation/{{Barbie}} films]] have the iconic blonde play heroines who are feminine, kind, brave, innocent, and pure of heart. One notable exception is ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInAChristmasCarol'', where Barbie plays TheScrooge. |
| 112 | * Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon: |
| 113 | ** The Blue Fairy from ''{{WesternAnimation/Pinocchio}}'' has blonde hair, unlike in the books, where she had turquoise hair. |
| 114 | ** The title character from ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'' is fair-haired and is a lovely FriendToAllLivingThings, even in the face of horrible abuse by her stepfamily. |
| 115 | ** The title character of ''WesternAnimation/AliceinWonderland''. |
| 116 | ** [[PrincessClassic Princess Aurora]] from ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' is kind, friendly, polite and generous, and was blessed with the gift of beauty, which includes sunshine golden hair. |
| 117 | ** Played straight with Rapunzel in ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', as she is sweet, kind and innocent. [[spoiler:Subverted when we find out she is actually a natural brunette when her hair gets cut off.]] |
| 118 | ** Captain John Smith from ''{{WesternAnimation/Pocahontas}}'' is a male example (though not in real life), along with Captain Phoebus from ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackofNotreDameDisney'', unlike in the book, where he was a {{Jerkass}}, and Kristoff from ''WesternAnimation/Frozen2013''. |
| 119 | ** [[spoiler: Helga Sinclair]] from ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' inverts this trope: she's a cold-hearted [[TheDragon mercenary liutenant]] who is perfectly willing to help [[spoiler: [[GeneralRipper Rourke]]]] exterminate the Atlantean race. |
| 120 | * Mr. Incredible and Dash from ''Franchise/TheIncredibles''. Though he is getting on in years and has become more cynical with time, Mr. Incredible is characterized as a stand-up, classic superhero in many ways. Dash inherits his father's blond hair, and evolves into a hero. |
| 121 | * Miguel from ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado'' is a male version, despite being a thief for a living. His lack of actual innocence is made up for by his genuine sweetness and optimism about the world in general. Overall he's a really good person who isn't above using puppy eyes to get his way. |
| 122 | * Subverted, like many other fairy tale tropes, in the ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' series. Prince Charming has blonde hair, a rugged masculine appearance and seems to be the bold hero. But he proves to be an extremely vain, self-centered, spoiled boy, and even rises to the position of BigBad in ''WesternAnimation/ShrekTheThird''. |
| 123 | * ''WesternAnimation/StrangeMagic'': Dawn, who is a PrincessClassic. She's sweet and caring with her only flaws being overly obsessed with love and [[TheDitz a bit air headed]]. |
| 124 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess'': Odette grows up to be a PrincessClassic with long blonde locks. Even Derek, who detested her prescence growing up, falls in LoveAtFirstSight upon seeing how beautiful she's become. Odette for her part is shown to be a FriendToAllLivingThings, kind, devoted, pure, and brave even after she is [[spoiler: cursed to be a swan and her father is killed by Rothbart]]. |
| 125 | %% * ''WesternAnimation/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe1979'' had a blonde Lucy. Edmund also counts post HeelFaceTurn. |
| 126 | %% * Cheri and, later, Toby in ''Anime/UnicoInTheIslandOfMagic''. |
| 127 | %% * There's Lottie from ''WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog'', who is incredibly [[SpoiledSweet spoilt but very sweet]] and enthusiastic. |
| 128 | %% * Gwen Stacy aka ''ComicBook/SpiderGwen'' from ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'', she’s the first person to be nice to Miles at his new school. |
| 129 | %% ** The Peter Parker from Miles’s [[AlternateUniverse universe]] is blonde, the middle aged brunette Peter B Parker marvels over how “beautiful” his counterpart is. |
| 130 | * ''WesternAnimation/SindyTheFairyPrincess'': The titular Sindy is a blonde-haired blue-eyed girl who's kindness causes the Prince to fall in love with her, averting the Wiazrd's curse from taking over. |
| 131 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Stacy has blonde hair and is the first person outside of Mei's circle of friends to openly embrace Mei's {{animorphism}} abilities, finding her red panda form cute. |
| 132 | [[/folder]] |
| 133 | |
| 134 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 135 | * Lucy in ''Film/AcrossTheUniverse2007''. A peace activist during the Vietnam War, she turns on her fellow activists when they become violent. |
| 136 | * Kvetuska from ''Film/AdeleHasntHadHerDinnerYet'' is the classical [[TheIngenue Ingenue]]. She lives with her old grandfather who she takes good care of. She very naive and innocent, and she and Nick Carter (America's greatest detective) fall in LoveAtFirstSight. When Nick needs her help and asks her if she's a brave girl, she answers with determined "I am a daughter of Jan Zizka's nation", referring to a great military leader from the Hussite Movement. |
| 137 | * Rebecca "Newt" Jorden from ''Film/{{Aliens}}'' though she has little [=PSTD=] after having her family get killed by the [[AliensAreBastards Xenomorpths]] remains a source of [[ChildrenAreInnocent innocence]] in the film among flawed adults and nightmarish monsters. |
| 138 | * Beauty in Creator/JeanCocteau's adaptation of ''[[Film/BeautyAndTheBeast1946 Beauty and the Beast]]''. |
| 139 | * ''Film/BeyondLochNess'': Zoe is the only blonde character and is polite to her ex-boyfriend, gets along well with the foreign exchange student her family is hosting, searches determinedly for said student after she disappears, helps Brody cope with his injured leg, and risks her life to draw the monster away from other people on multiple occasions. |
| 140 | * ''Film/BlackLightning2009'': Nastya is a blond love interest of Dima and is the only one to disagree with Kuptsov's "money over strangers" lecture. |
| 141 | * Creator/TimBurton: |
| 142 | ** Kim in ''Film/EdwardScissorhands'' is a DoubleSubversion. She's first seen in a family photo where Peg describes her as her pride and joy. When we meet Kim, however, she seems like a bratty teenager. But as the film goes on and she warms to Edward, she is really kind and caring, thus fitting the trope. |
| 143 | ** Katrina in ''Film/SleepyHollow1999'' is an example from Tim Burton's movies, complete with an [[WickedStepmother evil blonde foil]]. She is kind and guides the hero through the weird town. Although Burton is most associated with the EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette look, it appears he has some fondness for blondes as well. |
| 144 | ** ''Film/AliceInWonderland2010''. Alice is adult and returned to Wonderland. She's a good and heroic variety of blondes. |
| 145 | * ''Film/Carrie1976'': Carrie herself is famously like this, up until [[BewareTheNiceOnes that one scene.]] |
| 146 | * ''Film/DanceOfTheDead'': Blonde-haired Gwen is a PomPomGirl and FriendToAllLivingThings who is friendly with the geeky students even before they end up fighting zombies alongside of each other. |
| 147 | * The Angel in ''Film/DateWithAnAngel'' is played by a platinum blonde ''Creator/EmmanuelleBeart'', perfectly embodying this trope. |
| 148 | * In the movie ''Dear John'', Savannah is naive, kind, and morally upstanding. A case of AdaptationDyeJob because she was a brunette in the book. |
| 149 | * ''Film/GiantLittleOnes'': Natasha is blonde, and a kind, friendly girl who's sweet to Franky when everyone else shuns him, becoming his girlfriend. |
| 150 | * Amy Kane (Creator/GraceKelly) in ''Film/HighNoon''. Initially portrayed as innocent and naive, she proves to be the only person willing to help her husband fight the villains. |
| 151 | * ''Film/TheHungerGames'': Prim is a compassionate young blonde girl who loves all living creatures and becomes a good healer at an early age, often helping her mother with patients. When Katniss leaves her family she doesn't bother suggesting that Prim learn to hunt because her attempts were disastrous, since the woods terrified Prim and whenever Katniss shot something it would make Prim teary and she'd talk about how they might be able to heal it. |
| 152 | * ''Film/ItsAWonderfulKnife2023'': Winnie is a blonde teenage girl who's usually very friendly and kind. |
| 153 | * UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} in some film depictions, despite him being from the Middle East. See his portrayals in ''King Of Kings'' and ''Film/JesusChristSuperstar''. |
| 154 | * Princess Tilde in the ''Film/{{Kingsman}}'' series is the [[SexyScandinavian Scandinavian]] {{love interest}} to [[TheHero Eggsy]] with blonde hair and shows her moral compass in her EstablishingCharacterMoment when the BigBad offers to participate her in his evil plan by calling him crazy. She shows to be also very good-natured when celebrating Eggsy's birthday [[ModestRoyalty alongside his normal friends]], even when they rib on her lack of baking talent. |
| 155 | * ''Film/LaFamilleBelier'': Paula is a hard-working girl with dreams of her own and has light blonde hair. |
| 156 | * The eponymous blonde from ''Film/LegallyBlonde'', Elle Woods, averts the stereotype of the bitchy, stuck up sorority girl. Throughout the movie she is shown to be a kind and generous friend who doesn't discard people based solely on appearances like her pompous ex Warner. |
| 157 | * Virginal Winifred Goodman in ''Film/LemonadeJoe'' has long fair hair and she's very sweet wholesome all-american girl, and admired by many. The villainous Horace Badman alias Hogo Fogo uses her good heart and compassion. He's disguised as an old blind man and [[DamselInDistress kidnaps her]]. It's part of his plan to bring down her fiancé Lemonade Joe, and he has [[IHaveYouNowMyPretty his private plans]] with Winifred. |
| 158 | -->'''Doug Badman''': [[EvenEvilHasStandards It makes me sick]] whenever I think about that dirty trick of yours with that pure and innocent girl.\ |
| 159 | '''Horace Badman''': Purity and innocence? What goodies for a pervert of ''my'' calibre! |
| 160 | * Aurora in ''Film/{{Maleficent}}'', unsurprisingly, as she's more or less the same person as in Sleeping Beauty. |
| 161 | * Manon of ''[[Film/ManonDesSources Manon of the Spring]]'' (''Manon des Sources'') is proud, beautiful, and no man's fool--but she is also good-natured at heart and righteous. Her role, in juxtaposition to the other characters, is basically purity personified. |
| 162 | * ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'' |
| 163 | ** Steve Rogers aka Captain America of ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' who is also a example of IncorruptiblePurePureness, however subverted over time as his hair darkens, he grows a BeardOfSorrow and thanks to his [[Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar actions]] becomes somewhat an AntiHero. In ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' Steve’s hair is blonder again signifying his return to grace. |
| 164 | ** Film/{{Thor}} Odinson is very good example especially when he [[TookALevelInKindness takes a level in kindness]], it helps that Thor is very attached to his golden locks and has a meltdown when Creator/StanLee is shearing them off. OutOfUniverse despite Chris Hemsworth being all for getting rid of the hair in ''Film/ThorRagnarok'', he joked that he kept the blonde wig [[EveryoneLovesBlondes for his wife]]. Though in ''Endgame'' Thor's shaggy blonde hair returns. |
| 165 | ** Frigga's Thor and Loki's mother is very much this trope, Thor appears to have inherited her hair color, good looks, and kind nature... Loki got her sorcery and ''some'' of the aforementioned traits. Frigga's pure nature shows though her actions i.e forgiving Loki, ripping into her husband Odin for banishing Thor in a deleted scene, accepting Jane [[spoiler: and [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificing her life]] to save her from Malekith. She also gets Thor out of his depression in ''Endgame''.]] |
| 166 | ** Maria Stark in contrast to the jerky qualities of her husband and [[Film/IronMan son]] was an absolute angel and served as the glue keeping the family together. Maria's significance [[MommasBoy to her son Tony]] is especially felt [[spoiler: when he beat the shit out of [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Bucky Barnes]] when Tony discovered he [[YouKilledMyFather strangled]] Maria in 1991]]. |
| 167 | ** Black Widow bleaches her blonde while living off the grid as a fugitive in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'' and she's still as compassionate as ever albeit a trained killer. |
| 168 | ** Played with in regards to Carol Danvers aka ''Film/CaptainMarvel2019'' she can pretty dickish and cold at times, but that’s just masking a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold inner compassion]] which is brought out of her by her loved ones and innocents being in danger. Given her [[AbusiveParents past]], Carol’s attitude isn’t too hard to understand. |
| 169 | * ''Film/MoneyTalks:'' Grace has blonde hair and is affectionate with her fiancee, friendly with Franklin, and quick to defend James and Franklin once their secrets are exposed. |
| 170 | * In ''Film/PrideAndPrejudice2005'', one of the film adaptations of ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'', the prettiest, gentlest, and [[WideEyedIdealist most innocent]] Bennet daughter, Jane, is the only blonde among her sisters. |
| 171 | * Fay in ''Film/RidingInCarsWithBoys'' has long, wavy blonde hair, and is a loving, supportive friend (to her best friend Bev), and a loving mother to her young daughter Amelia. |
| 172 | * Pretty much any character played by Creator/AnnasophiaRobb, but especially her roles in ''Film/BridgeToTerabithia'' and ''Film/TheWayWayBack''. |
| 173 | ** Averted with her role as Violet Beauregarde in ''Film/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory'', where she was notably nastier than her book counterpart and stood out compared to the other child actors, claiming that she will always be a winner, calling Charlie a "loser" at one point, and showing off as she leaves the factory by cartwheeling. |
| 174 | * Rosemary in ''Film/ShallowHal'' is blonde, kind, and generous. |
| 175 | * Grace in ''Short Term 12''. A sort of female [[Film/TheShawshankRedemption Andy Dufresne]] who bucks the system in order to help the troubled orphans whom only she seems to truly understand (due to her having been one herself). |
| 176 | * The female bodybuilder Loonie Jones, played by Creator/RayeHollitt, in ''Film/SkinDeep''. Although her muscular appearance intimidates Zach a little, Lonnie, who is blond, is also kind and generous. |
| 177 | * Ursula Ditkovitch in ''Film/SpiderMan2'' and ''Film/SpiderMan3'' is very kind and supportive to Peter (even giving him cake and milk when he's depressed), and has long blonde hair that she wears in pigtails. |
| 178 | * ''Franchise/StarWars'' |
| 179 | ** When young Anakin meets the heroes and brings them to his home in ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' he volunteers to race in the Boonta Eve Classic podrace so that they could get the prize money. When his mother objects, Anakin reminds Shmi of her belief that people need to help one another, convincing her to allow Anakin to race for Qui-Gon Jinn. The boy has shaggy blonde hair. |
| 180 | ** Luke Skywalker TheHero was the literal [[https://www.cnet.com/a/img/OLZqXenZgC0JLKa88jg8QfmIOZ8=/940x0/2017/01/03/54fca382-a6c6-4daa-9971-0540c17f42c5/leialukebig.jpg poster boy]] for this trope in the ''Film/StarWarsANewHope'' though his hair darkens over the course of the later movies and he gets a BeardOfSorrow in ''Film/TheLastJedi''. |
| 181 | * In ''Film/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'', Johanna is ''definitely'' one of these, fitting the innocent, [[TheIngenue child-womanish]] category almost to a T. Johanna got this from her mother, Lucy, who is described by Sweeney as "beautiful" and "virtuous" at the start of the whole thing, if something of a "silly little nit" according to Mrs. Lovett. Of course, in the stage play, [[spoiler:Johanna gets one of the two kills that Sweeney doesn't get when she guns down the asylum keeper Jonas Fogg]]. |
| 182 | * ''Film/SweetSweetLonelyGirl'': Adele starts out as a very sweet blonde young woman who cares for her aunt, who's quite ill. [[ToxicFriendInfluence Influenced by Beth however]], she becomes far more callous [[spoiler:to the point of her neglect killing her aunt]]. |
| 183 | * ''Film/{{Valentine}}'': Kate Davies has long blonde hair and the only one among her group of friends who isn't a {{Jerkass}} (contrast with her friend Lily who is also blonde, [[DumbBlonde airheaded]], and makes fun of someone she bullied in school). [[spoiler:Two acts of kindness during Kate's childhood wind up paying her dividends in the present day because she was the only one who was nice to the BigBad when they were children, even when she rejected him, and wasn't part of the FalseRapeAccusation that ruined his life.]] |
| 184 | * ''{{Film/Vamps}}'': Blonde-haired Goody is arguably the nicest character in the movie. |
| 185 | * ''Film/YellowHairAndTheFortressOfGold'': Yellow Hair is noted in her introduction to be heroic and indeed is a very nice young woman. |
| 186 | [[/folder]] |
| 187 | |
| 188 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 189 | * Kenneth Parcel from ''Series/ThirtyRock'' is a male example. He's innocent, idealistic, loves everyone, and shows IncorruptiblePurePureness all throughout the series. |
| 190 | * [[HookerWithAHeartOfGold Cassiopeia]] in ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|1978}}'', who decides to abandon her life as a Socialator to become a Med Tech. Other than her past life, she is sweet and kind, often looks after Boxey and even takes care of an ill-ridden Adama in "The Young Lords". |
| 191 | * Lucrezia in ''Series/TheBorgias'' starts out this way, although between her [[BreakTheCutie abusive first marriage]] and [[CorruptTheCutie scheming family]] it doesn't last. |
| 192 | * ''Series/TheBoys2019'': Very much averted with Homelander. He presents himself this way but is easily the most sadistic of The Seven. Starlight, on the other hand, tries to be good of an example although she's part of the seven. |
| 193 | * All three daughters on ''Series/TheBradyBunch'' have "...hair of gold, like their mother". This is because the four are the innocent girls, while all the boys have dark brown/black hair (they even colored Mike Lookinland's hair from its natural reddish for the first season). |
| 194 | * Despite working for years in the worst slums of London's East End, ''Series/CallTheMidwife'''s young, lovely, devoted, soft-spoken Sister Bernadette remains as kind and hopeful as ever, her spirit shining as brightly as her seldom-seen golden hair. After enduring a crisis of faith over her calling when she falls in love with local physician Dr. Turner, she comes out of it [[spoiler:radiantly in love and determined to continue serving God as a wife, mother, and midwife]]. |
| 195 | * Diane Chambers of ''Series/{{Cheers}}''. During her years at the bar, she's essentially the NiceGirl and a WideEyedIdealist who cares--deeply--for the others. |
| 196 | * ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': Christine Whitney (Mac Taylor's girlfriend from seasons 8 & 9) is a warm, loving, compassionate blonde who endears herself to his team as soon as they meet her. She then puts her entire life on hold for 6 months to nurse Mac back to health after he's shot and almost dies. Later, when he shuts her out for a while due to repercussions from that, she does give him the cold shoulder for a couple of weeks, but then forgives him ''overnight'' once he seeks her out and admits what's going on. [[spoiler: The final scene of the series has her happily accepting his proposal.]] |
| 197 | * ''Series/{{Degrassi|TheNextGeneration}}'' has had three female characters that fit this mold. |
| 198 | ** The first was Emma Nelson, who was a trusting SoapboxSadie nature lover until reality happened and she fell off the path. She fit up until Season 3 or 4, when she suddenly went to all sorts of impure, corrupt places and it went downhill from there. |
| 199 | ** Then came Maya Matlin, a cute innocent band geek. She still mostly fits the mold but she's shown to have some bite to her when pushed, but her intentions stay mostly good. And it didn't take much to put her back on track. |
| 200 | ** The writers played with this when Becky Baker was introduced, the faithful Christian. She's a "{{playing with|ATrope}}" example because several of her actions qualify as bigoted and evil, but at the same time her intentions were pure, just her reasoning and understanding was misguided. Once she learned better, she's just as optimistic and innocent as ever. |
| 201 | * Subverted in ''Series/DeadOfSummer'': Amy Hughes was initially presented as a sweet, wholesome blonde girl who just wanted to be friends with everyone. Then [[WhamEpisode "Home Sweet Home"]] revealed that [[spoiler: she was actually an AxCrazy sociopath who had been secretly responsible for every terrible thing that had happened thus far]]. |
| 202 | * In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' episode ''[[Recap/DoctorWhoS20E6TheKingsDemons The King's Demons]]'', Hugh has this--a young knight valiant in his defense of his father. |
| 203 | ** One might argue that the Fifth Doctor belongs on this list. Peri thinks that he was sweet (a fact rebutted by the Sixth Doctor as more effete than sweet). |
| 204 | ** The kind and considerate Thirteenth Doctor seems to qualify as well. |
| 205 | ** Also the sweet and bubbly Jo Grant, companion to the Third Doctor, noted for her undying loyalty to the Doctor and her incredibly warm relationship with him. |
| 206 | * Camille from ''Series/EmilyInParis'' is bubbly, kind, and beautiful with pale blonde hair. |
| 207 | * Elyse Keaton from ''Series/FamilyTies'' fits the trope being a loving mother, an ActualPacifist due to her flower child background, and in general is a very kind-hearted and warm person. |
| 208 | ** The youngest son, Andy combines this trope with AdorablyPrecociousChild and ChildrenAreInnocent. |
| 209 | * ''Series/GameOfThrones'': |
| 210 | ** Tommen and Myrcella are sweet, innocent, big-hearted blond children despite all the negative influences around them. |
| 211 | ** An inverted, male example; [[Characters/GameOfThronesJoffreyBaratheon Joffrey Baratheon]] is a youthful, blonde PrettyBoy and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick a total monster]]. |
| 212 | ** [[Characters/GameOfThronesDaenerysTargaryen Daenerys Targaryen]] silver-blonde (ironically for the name of this trope) hair is one of her and her House's most iconic traits, and despite her ups and downs, she's one of the most fundamentally good-hearted and caring characters on the show. |
| 213 | * A literal angel Aziraphale from ''Series/GoodOmens2019''. |
| 214 | * Don "Doc" Dogoier of ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' stands out among his crew of pirates for being kind, gentle, shy, cheerful, and peace-loving--even more so than supposed TokenGoodTeammate (and dark-haired) Ahim, who has proven herself to have a devious side that Don doesn't share. |
| 215 | * ''Series/LazyTown'': Ziggy has blonde hair, and is the youngest and kindest of [=LazyTown=]'s children. |
| 216 | * Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse: |
| 217 | ** [[ComicBook/PatsyWalker Trish Walker]] from ''Series/{{Jessica Jones|2015}}'' is a more combative version of this (even taking krav maga lessons!). Specially in regards to AloofDarkHairedGirl Jessica, who Trish wished that could be heroic instead of a [[KnightInSourArmor cynical anti-heroine]]. |
| 218 | ** [[SexySecretary Karen Page]] from ''Series/Daredevil2015'' |
| 219 | * ''Series/MurdochMysteries'': |
| 220 | ** Anna Fulford is a very young and very beautiful blonde with curly hair. She intuitively recognized that Detective Murdoch (suffering from IdentityAmnesia) is a good man, even though he was pursued by men who claimed he's a killer, and she decided to help him. She's a bit livelier that this archetype tends to be but she fits the trope very well. |
| 221 | ** Mrs Enid Jones is very young, beautiful, and generally sweet and kind. She looks very timid and feminine, but she can take a good care of herself and her son. She has curly blond hair. |
| 222 | * ''Series/TheNewNormal'' has Goldie, a straight ally to gay couple David and Bryan. She stands up to her bigoted grandmother for them, and carries their baby. |
| 223 | * Sharon, Carmen's naive Anglo friend in ''Series/QuePasaUSA'', qualifies. When Adela is overwrought about her friend's death, Sharon acts more sympathetic than Adela's own grandchildren and expresses sincere condolences in her best (if awful) Spanish: |
| 224 | -->'''Sharon''': ''Yo muy'' sorry ''de'' you ''amiga''! |
| 225 | * In Victorian flashbacks, ''Series/{{Sanctuary}}'''s Helen Magnus has long, curly blond hair. She's also more soft-spoken, cheerful, and younger (obviously) than in the present. Sometime after [[spoiler:discovering that her fiancé is Jack the Ripper and being contracted by the Crown to kill Adam Worth]], she goes brunette. She also has red hair during World War II. |
| 226 | * Joceyln Schitt on ''Series/SchittsCreek'' occassionally gets stressed out, but she is unfailingly a devoted teacher, mother, friend and wife. She puts up with an awful lot from her best friend, Moira. |
| 227 | * Gina on ''Series/SesameStreet'' is a very compassionate and kind-hearted veterinarian. |
| 228 | * ''Series/Stargirl2020'': Despite her bratty attitude, Courtney still has her moments especially when she cares about her friends and family. |
| 229 | * Despite being a CowboyCop who along with his partner seems to [[TheCasanova get around]], Ken Hutchinson from ''Series/StarskyAndHutch'' fits the bill as a male example. Jokes were made about his hair, too--mainly by Starsky. |
| 230 | * Jessica and Mary in ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' have long blonde hair. Both of these women are killed off in the Pilot, and the loss of these kind loved characters serves as motivation for Sam and Dean to hunt demons. |
| 231 | * Henry VIII sees Jane Seymour as this in ''Series/TheTudors''. In season 3, it becomes clear she has a little more depth, but Henry reacts aggresively to any indication that she doesn't agree with him. [[spoiler:When she returns briefly in season 4, she's the only ghost Henry seems happy to see. Unfortunately for him, she is not as meek as before.]] |
| 232 | * ''Series/TheWalkingDead2010'': Princes Benjamin and Henry of the Kingdom. Both are idealistic, noble, selfless, kind hearted, and compassionate. Both represent the future of The Kingdom. [[spoiler: Both also sadly were killed because of the harsher nature of others.]] |
| 233 | * ''Series/TheXFiles'': The SerialKiller in the episode "Elegy" targets very young and beautiful women who have blond hair and who were very kind. They were all friends with a mentally handicapped man who was in love with them. |
| 234 | * Gabrielle in ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'', Xena's faithful companion and friend. |
| 235 | [[/folder]] |
| 236 | |
| 237 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 238 | * Music/DollyParton can accurately be described this way. Not only does she have many songs with plenty of heart and actual blonde hair (not to mention her extensive collection of blonde wigs), she can really lift anyone's spirits in more ways than one. |
| 239 | * The girl described in Music/EricClapton's "Wonderful Tonight" (actually his then-wife, and muse, Pattie Boyd). |
| 240 | -->''"She puts on her makeup and brushes her long blond hair..."'' |
| 241 | * In the Pentangle song "Cruel Sister", the good, innocent sister who is "loved above all things" by the prince is repeatedly described as having bright golden hair. Her evil sister is repeatedly described as having black hair and being cold and dark. The story is taken from a Literature/{{Child Ballad|s}} called [[http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/child/ch010.htm "The Twa Sisters".]] |
| 242 | * Claude Debussy's composition ''"La fille aux cheveux de lin"'' (''The Girl with the Flaxen Hair''), from the ''First Book of Preludes''. |
| 243 | * ''Music/{{Communications}}'': Stephanie Glass, who has platinum blonde hair and is genuinely nice. |
| 244 | * Princess Riliane from ''Music/EvilliousChronicles'', though starting out as the opposite trope, becomes this after [[spoiler: losing her brother, kingdom, and everything she valued, becoming a kind-hearted nun who spent her life raising orphans]]. |
| 245 | [[/folder]] |
| 246 | |
| 247 | [[folder:Musical Theater]] |
| 248 | * Kendra from ''Theatre/{{Thirteen}}'' fits this because she's very trusting, [[spoiler:though it doesn't work out for her]], [[DumbBlonde although she can be quite ditzy at times...]] |
| 249 | * [[TheIngenue Philia]] from ''Theatre/AFunnyThingHappenedOnTheWayToTheForum'' is beautiful, innocent, friendly, and a DumbBlonde. |
| 250 | * In ''Theatre/JasperInDeadland'', Agnes [[NamesToTrustImmediately Fairchild]] refers to her hair as "hair dyed mellow yellow". |
| 251 | * Audrey from ''Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors'', a lovable DumbBlonde. |
| 252 | * Johanna from ''Theatre/SweeneyTodd'' has beautiful blonde hair [[spoiler: like her mother]], and is an archetypal Victorian-era [[TheIngenue ingenue]]. |
| 253 | [[/folder]] |
| 254 | |
| 255 | [[folder:Myths & Religion]] |
| 256 | * Demeter in Myth/ClassicalMythology is one of the few non-JerkassGods in the Olympian Pantheon. And explicitly described as a blonde. (Wheat-blond; after all, she's the wheat goddess) |
| 257 | * Lady Sif in Myth/NorseMythology has beautiful blonde hair in the Norse Myths which may come as a surprise to those familiar with the brunette [[ComicBook/LadySif Marvel Universe portrayal]]. Sif's hair appears to represent fields of golden wheat, that she may be associated with fertility, family and wedlock... so of course Loki shears Sif's curls off. |
| 258 | * Inverted in Heinrich Heine's ballad "Literature/TheLoreley": Loreley sits at the top of her cliff combing her golden hair (with a golden comb to boot), and this is one of the reasons why the hapless skippers cannot take their eyes off her. Unfortunately, Loreley is not as innocent or kind as she looks, because the ships which shatter on the river below seem not to bother her at all. |
| 259 | [[/folder]] |
| 260 | |
| 261 | [[folder:Puppet Shows]] |
| 262 | * Naive, innocent Wembley, the youngest member of ''Series/FraggleRock'''s FiveManBand, has yellow hair. |
| 263 | * Janice from ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' can fit under here as well, as she is kind and laid back. |
| 264 | [[/folder]] |
| 265 | |
| 266 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 267 | * The Primarch Sanguinius from ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' is a male example. The [[LongHairedPrettyBoy long-haired blonde]] is one of the most unambiguously good people in the otherwise morally dark grey {{crapsack|World}} galaxy of ''Warhammer 40,000''. He is even known in-universe as "The Pure One", and naturally he [[HeroicSacrifice gives up his life]] to save humanity. |
| 268 | [[/folder]] |
| 269 | |
| 270 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 271 | * ''Theatre/WhichWitchTheMusical'': In most productions Maria has either blonde or strawberry blonde hair. |
| 272 | [[/folder]] |
| 273 | |
| 274 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 275 | * ''Franchise/AceAttorney'': |
| 276 | ** Regina Berry is so sweet and innocent that [[spoiler:she actually doesn't understand the concept of death or the consequences of her naive but dangerous actions]]. |
| 277 | ** Colias Palaeno in ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth'' has a near-constant smile and is ridiculously friendly to everyone he meets. [[spoiler:This is why Manny Coachen is able to manipulate him so easily.]] |
| 278 | * ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' |
| 279 | ** Sonia Nevermind is one of the kindest students in the series and is willing to befriend just about everyone in the cast, even her StalkerWithACrush Kazuichi (although she ''does'' wish he would tone it down and she does run out of patience with him sometimes). She even attempts to defend two other students who are convicted of murder simply because they were her friends. |
| 280 | ** Kaede Akamatsu has blond hair and is kind to fault, even becoming friends with Shuichi simply because she can tell he has low self esteem. When Monokuma shows up to start the Killing Game, she is adamant that no one will kill anyone else. [[spoiler:She seems to subvert this when she's revealed to have killed Rantaro, but she was actually attempting to kill [[BigBad The Mastermind]] of the game in hopes of stopping it before it could begin. And then it turns out she was [[FrameUp framed]], meaning she didn't even kill anyone.]] |
| 281 | * ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'': Averted with Gilgamesh who is only "Pure" in the sense that [[PureIsNotGood he has zero inhibitions]]. |
| 282 | ** Played straight with Saber, the heroic knight and selfless king. |
| 283 | ** Averted with Illya, assuming you accept the WordOfGod that says her hair is platinum blonde, not white. |
| 284 | * ''VisualNovel/TheLetter'' has Hannah Wright, a blond and beautiful woman who is nice to pretty much everyone (at least initially). [[spoiler:Averted with Lady Charlotte, who, while also blond and beautiful, was a horrible person and whose actions were the very reason the mansion became haunted in the first place.]] |
| 285 | * ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'': Komari has short blonde hair with side [[GirlishPigtails twintails]] and is extremely innocent, cheerful, and childlike. [[spoiler:she is innocent mainly because her brother invoked this trope. He tried to shield her from anything painful, meaning that she cannot encounter things like death without breaking down entirely.]] She also has a bit of DumbBlonde to her, too. |
| 286 | * Laefe Frega from ''VisualNovel/TyrionCuthbertAttorneyOfTheArcane'' is one of the nicest and truly good people in the game, and she has bright blonde hair. Compare with her blue-haired sisters who have qualities that bring them down in terms of likability and/or morality. |
| 287 | * In ''VisualNovel/War13thDay'', Arsenik is both a PrincelyYoungMan and a well-meaning gentleman, who definitely [[http://askdreamgazer.tumblr.com/post/138162110667/name-arsenik-clan-hulder-mythological-origins has the look down pat.]] |
| 288 | [[/folder]] |
| 289 | |
| 290 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 291 | * ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' has a bunny called Cuddles; he has bright yellow fur and is very kind and sweet, always wanting to help his friends and hang out with them. |
| 292 | * ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' has platinum-haired [[BadassCrew Freelancer]] Agent North Dakota, who's the closest thing the CrapsackWorld of ''[=RvB=]'' has to a 100% genuine hero. He's such a kindly and nurturing TeamMom that he even gets given the most childlike of the project's AIs, which he acts like a proud parent towards. All of this is a deliberate contrast to [[BrotherSisterTeam his twin sister]], who turns out to be [[spoiler:an evil blonde with ChronicBackstabbingDisorder that leaves him and other Freelancers to die in various circumstances]]. |
| 293 | * {{Subverted|Trope}} by Yang Xiao Long in ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''. She's actually a tough-as-nails [[GoodBadGirl Good Bad]] ActionGirl, or at least as close as you can get in a PG-13 show. In her introduction trailer she plays the part of an innocent underage blonde girl wandering into a BadGuyBar, and then interrogates a mob boss by [[GroinAttack clenching his crotch]] and then beating the hell out of him and all his goons on her own. However there is no question she is firmly on the side of good. |
| 294 | * ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': Autmn has orangish-blonde hair, and there isn't a mean bone in her body. |
| 295 | * ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel'' gives us Charlie Magne, the Princess of Hell, who has long gold hair and is the nicest, sweetest character on the series. |
| 296 | [[/folder]] |
| 297 | |
| 298 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 299 | * Lizzie and Yuri from ''Webcomic/DeadWinter'' are both blonde and are definitely good people. Lizzie is TheHero of the story and while has her moments of being mean, genuinely tries her best to be pacifistic even in the face of [[BewareTheLiving hostile humans]], gets along well with other survivors and children. Yuri Kashnikov could probably take the cake for the HitmanWithAHeart trope, he's a kind [[BoisterousBruiser Boisterous]] HuskyRusskie whom decided to put the whole BloodSport he was hired to take part in, on hold to help out local [[BadassPreacher Badass Reverend]] Phillip save fellow survivors. |
| 300 | * Rolan and Zalanna of ''Webcomic/EarsForElves'' have this. In the former case, it shows that he's a ''high'' elf, as well as being innocent and such. For Zalanna, straight blonde hair symbolises her status and how she embraces it, and provides contrast with the RebelliousPrincess Tanna's messy and short(er) brown hair. |
| 301 | * His rare moments of [[spoiler:SuperpoweredEvilSide Mad Scientist]] aside, Franken from ''Webcomic/{{Noblesse}}'' is very kind and patient. |
| 302 | * In ''Webcomic/MKsTheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'', Mr. Hyde is a blonde and good unlike most adaptations of Jekyll and Hyde. |
| 303 | * [[SpoonyBard Elan]] in ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' is apparently extremely attractive, although it's hard to tell from the stick-figure art. He is the sweetest and most innocent major character in the comic. |
| 304 | * The hero of ''Webcomic/TheNoordegraafFiles'', Theo, is a seventeen year old WideEyedIdealist with bright blonde hair. He's stated to be a really NiceGuy but overly trusting and naive. |
| 305 | * In ''Webcomic/ThistilMistilKistil'', while she is a trifle uncanny, [[http://tmkcomic.depleti.com/comic/ch06-pg03/ Sigyn is still a gentle and generous woman]]. |
| 306 | * ''Webcomic/MagickChicks'': [[PurityPersonified Skye]] is a shy young animal telepath, who was formerly so pure of heart that [[spoiler: Hecate]] was astonished to find [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/impressive_for_a_human her soul was utterly devoid of any malice.]] Which changed when she willingly tainted her soul in order to [[spoiler: [[http://www.magickchicks.com/strips-mc/consumed_by_her_power save Cerise's life]]]] -- [[EasilyForgiven despite having been manipulated by her.]] |
| 307 | * Varden of ''Webcomic/{{Inverloch}}'' is secretly this (he dyes his hair so it doesn't show up in the dark). Although he starts off making a big deal about how he's only with them for his own convenience, he quickly comes to care about the group as friends, goes out of his way to save Acheron from a fighting ring, encourages Lei'ella to stand up to the FantasticRacism, and can get very sentimental. Notably, his transition into this comes ''with'' the reveal that his hair is really blond. |
| 308 | * Alice of ''Webcomic/AliceAndTheNightmare'' has blonde hair and is the sweetest, nicest person in the entire comic, being kind to people and refusing to participate in FantasticRacism upon hearing about it for the first time. |
| 309 | * Hannelore in ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' is the kindest soul in the strip, and despite her weird OCD, maybe the emotionally healthiest main character after Marten. She even forgives an obsessive stalker because his story breaks her heart. |
| 310 | * ''Webcomic/SandraOnTheRocks'' demonstrates the trope by its loss. When she first appears, Marie, a natural blonde, is a cheerful, likable girl; after her FaceHeelTurn, she apparently dyes her hair black. |
| 311 | * ''Webcomic/MyDeepestSecret'': The main character, Emma has blonde hair and is incredibly kind and helpful to those around her. |
| 312 | * Subverted in ''Webcomic/{{Rebirth}}''. There's Parish, Noah's wife, who's revealed to be a BitchInSheepsClothing [[spoiler: who had an affair with Ian, resulting in Neo]] and who doesn't care about Noah. It's implied in regards to Abel, who has made less than kind remarks about Neo and also betrayed Noah alongside Parish in the other timeline, but is also really young and it's uncertain how much of his choices are influenced by others. |
| 313 | * ''Webcomic/PrincessPrincess'': Sadie is blonde and has the kindly personality to match. |
| 314 | * In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Sarah is blonde, and she's willing to help whenever she can, deeply loyal to her friends, and empathetic enough to offer even an unstable, potentially dangerous Immortal comfort and encouragement. |
| 315 | [[/folder]] |
| 316 | |
| 317 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 318 | * Janine from ''WebVideo/{{Animerica}}'' symbolizes this in the purest form imaginable, making her a direct contrast not just to her LoveInterest, but to the black-haired [[ActionGirl Lita]] and the red-headed [[TheRival Malin]]. In fact, just about every blonde (except for Takuya and Shirogane) in the series symbolizes this. |
| 319 | * Apollo, Artemis, Aglaea, and Eros in ''Literature/ThaliasMusings''. Apollo, though hardly a ChasteHero, is one of the more moral gods in the Pantheon and renowned as a champion of moderate living. His twin sister, Artemis, is a sworn virgin. Both have healing powers, as does Aglaea, Apollo's granddaughter, who is a dedicated physician. Eros can make life difficult for his "victims", but he ultimately just wants everyone to find true love, [[{{moe}} something his parents never had]]. |
| 320 | * Mega-Girl of the Literature/WhateleyUniverse. Not only is she a beautiful Exemplar with flight and super strength, but she's extremely feminine and bubbly. She's also a virgin (she's only a high school sophomore) mainly because [[spoiler:she doesn't have a vagina yet]]. |
| 321 | * Malachy in ''Literature/{{Moonflowers}}''--he's polite and friendly, is [[PromotedToParent taking care of his little brother]] due to their parents' deaths, and he makes friends easily with the female lead Alima. He's also Christian, making him a member of the SaintlyChurch. This contrasts with his friend Owen, a TallDarkAndSnarky pagan who's extremely bitter from nearly getting killed by a homophobic mob. Brighid Brennan is another friend, who's also very friendly and works as both a veterinary and a human nurse. Later on, [[Myth/GreekMythology Persephone]] appears and is very firmly this as well. |
| 322 | * Diane, Duchess Tremontaine from ''Tremontaine'' [[ExploitedTrope exploits this trope]] to her advantage; she plays the role of a gentle, innocent ProperLady [[spoiler: eventually forced into power by her husband's tragic madness]], but she's actually a MagnificentBastard who [[FemmeFatale also uses her beauty and sexuality to her advantage more discreetly]], [[spoiler: drove her husband insane by poisoning him with hallucinogens]], and [[spoiler: is actually an impostor who pulled a KillAndReplace on the real Diane years ago]]. |
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| 326 | * ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': [[CompressedHair Underneath his hat]], [[Characters/AdventureTimeFinn Finn]] has a glorious head of long, beautiful, shimmering golden hair. BilingualBonus as "finn" means "fair-haired". |
| 327 | * Courtney Gripling from ''WesternAnimation/AsToldByGinger'' counts as this, despite being the most popular girl in school, and despite being shallow, ditzy, and attention-hogging, which are more due to her rich, sheltered upbringing. Courtney feels real sympathy for people in less-than-enviable situations and is genuinely interested in the world outside her own, one of the reasons she befriended Ginger in the first place, and over the course of the series, becomes more and more of a friend to her. She's even proven on several occasions to be a better friend to Ginger than Dodie is. |
| 328 | * Mary Grayson is blonde and beautiful with a heart of gold in WesternAnimation/TheBatman. She dies because she's murdered by Tony Zucco. |
| 329 | * ''WesternAnimation/BeverlyHillsTeens'' has Larke who is the nicest character of the group. |
| 330 | * ''WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017'': |
| 331 | ** Lisa is exemplar of this, her mission in life is to help and heal people to point where she’s willingly to learn science from {{Dracula}} whom falls in love with Lisa and marries her and even walks the world as a man at her request while she works as a doctor. [[spoiler: However since this a DarkFantasy CrapSackWorld Lisa is burned as a witch by the CorruptChurch for her studies and Dracula as result goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge believing Lisa was TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth, well he’s not wrong]]. |
| 332 | ** Alucard takes after his mother being a compassionate individual and seeks peace. [[spoiler: Though he did want vengeance for his mother, he wanted those specifically responsible to be punished rather than the DestroyAllHumans desire of his father.]] |
| 333 | * ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'': Gadget is one of the nicest members of the cast and is a member of the team for a reason: she will never leave anyone in need. |
| 334 | * ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' gives us Numbuh 362/Rachel. While not that big of a character during the beginning of the show, from the third season on, she becomes the overarching BigGood and is loyal to the organization she leads and serves. |
| 335 | * Patty Putty is depicted this way in the ''WesternAnimation/GarbagePailKidsCartoon''. She has blonde hair as she does on her trading card and is also a very sweet girl. |
| 336 | * ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'': [[Characters/HeyArnoldArnoldShortman The lead character]] is blond and he's easily the nicest, most understanding person in the entire series and will go out of his way to help those who need it, and rarely has a bad thought about anyone. |
| 337 | * ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibleHulk1996'': Betty Ross is usually a brunette [[AdaptationDyeJob but has blonde hair in this show]]. She is still as kind as she is usually portrayed as. |
| 338 | * ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'': Jimmy's blond hair is so pure and innocent (just like him), that it even induces niceness upon Lucius Heinous VII (who is an {{Expy}} of {{Satan}}) when he takes it for himself in "A Hair-Brained Idea". |
| 339 | * Leni Loud, the second oldest sister of ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'' is the sweetest and nicest of the kids, and is a platinum blonde. She is also TheDitz, which is more likely due to [[GoodIsDumb her good nature]] rather than her being a traditional DumbBlonde, as she exhibits considerable HiddenDepths (being a skilled singer, lockpicker and carpenter) and is self-aware enough that she knows how much of an airhead she is. |
| 340 | * ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': |
| 341 | ** [[Characters/MiraculousLadybugAdrienAgreste Adrien Agreste]], despite making a bad first impression, quickly proves himself a genuine NiceGuy and manages to win over his new classmates. As [[TheLancer Chat Noir]], he's a jovial PungeonMaster and AllLovingHero (despite the occasional slip-up) who is willing to put his life on the line for the citizens of Paris. |
| 342 | ** Rose Lavillant pairs this trope with InnocentBlueEyes, just to further accentuate how much of a WideEyedIdealist she is. |
| 343 | ** While the third blond(e) in Miss Bustier's class, [[AlphaBitch Chloé Bourgeois]], is emphatically ''not'' this, her half-sister Zoé is a genuinely sweet girl who sincerely cares about Chloé, even if the latter [[CainAndAbel doesn't reciprocate]]. |
| 344 | * ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicApplejack Applejack]], a hardworking, honest, and dependable CoolBigSis and LovableJock who is one of the friendlier and more well-meaning ponies on the show, making her a case of Mane of Gold, Heart of Gold. |
| 345 | * Bubbles of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998''. [[FriendToAllLivingThings Friend to creatures great and small.]] |
| 346 | * ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'': Dr. Bergs is the only prominent blonde in the cast and he stands out by being one of the sweetest and most understanding characters in Boxwood Terrace, [[BunnyEarsLawyer as well as being naive and bumbling]]. |
| 347 | * In the ''WesternAnimation/RegalAcademy'' episode "Astoria and the Beanstalk," Astoria uses this trope to prove to the others that the giant is actually good, since he has long, blonde hair that he takes very good care of. |
| 348 | * ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' |
| 349 | ** [[Characters/SouthParkButtersStotch Butters Stotch]] definitely qualifies for this. He's by far one of the most innocent characters on the show. |
| 350 | ** [[Characters/SouthParkKennyMcCormick Kenny McCormick]] (who was shown to be blond in TheMovie) is an ambivalent example. Despite his perverted sense of humor, heavily swearing, drug use and being a sexually precocious 9 year old, he is also depicted as heroic (especially in [[spoiler:his Mysterion persona]]),very empathetic when it comes to his friends and sister and rather smart, both emotionally and in general. Many of his deaths have been acts of heroic self-sacrifice (like in TheMovie when he wishes for everything to be back to normal, despite knowing he'll go to hell in the process). He also parodies this trope as "[[WholesomeCrossdresser Princess Kenny]]" by using a long blonde female wig ([[StylisticSuck badly]]) to dress up as a typical example of this trope (a la [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Princess Zelda]]), but [[spoiler: turns out to be a ''villain'' in this persona]] in ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth''. |
| 351 | %% * Princess Dawn, the PrincessClassic protagonist of ''WesternAnimation/HereComesTheGrump''. |
| 352 | * Mikey and Gus from ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'', who are considerably the most innocent and pure among the main six. |
| 353 | * ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'': |
| 354 | ** GranolaGirl Bridgette is easily one of the sweetest and most kindhearted characters on the show. |
| 355 | ** Lindsay also qualifies. Although she's the epitome of DumbBlonde (but not a natural blonde apparently), she's one of the friendliest contestants. |
| 356 | ** Geoff, Bridgette's boyfriend, and quite possibly THE NiceGuy of the show. Owen too; he's probably second to Geoff in terms of friendliness towards all the other contestants. |
| 357 | ** Dawn, despite her CreepyChild tendencies, was among the kindest and gentlest of the second generation competitors. |
| 358 | ** Dakota, who underneath her rich, spoiled girl appearance, is shown to be a nice and caring person. |
| 359 | ** Samey counts too, in contrast to her EvilTwin [[BigSisterBully sister]] [[{{Jerkass}} Amy]]. |
| 360 | ** Wayne, [[BookDumb who is not very bright outside hockey]], [[LovableJock but is one of the nicest people in the series]], as shown by how supportive he is of people, [[HeterosexualLifePartners especially his buddy Raj]]. |
| 361 | ** [[Characters/TotalDramaJulia Julia]] introduces herself as a sweet GranolaGirl social media influencer who wants to share her "positive energy" with others. [[spoiler:This turns out to be a fake persona she puts on [[BadInfluencer to gain followers]], and her real personality is that of a spiteful girl who has no problem intimidating and belittling others to achieve her goals. She ends up dropping the act after MK exposes her true colors to everyone and she realizes that she enjoys being herself, especially when this gains her many new followers who are implied to love her true side]]. |
| 362 | * ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaPresentsTheRidonculousRace'' ran on this trope: Owen, Rock, Carrie and Geoff were some of the sweetest and kindest contestants competing and even Junior, though a bit more reserved, was a very mature and genuine person. Really the only exception was Jacques and even he was the less evil half of the show's BigBad pair. |
| 363 | * ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaRama'': Even as little kids, Bridgette and Owen qualify once again. Bridgette is even more friendly and considerate than her teenage self in this spinoff, while Owen remains every bit as affable and cheerful as he was in the parent show. |
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