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->'''Harumi:''' [[UnknownRival You]] uh... You like [[TheDulcineaEffect him]]?
->'''Mikoto:''' W-What?
->'''Harumi:''' You know, when a girl behaves all cold towards the guy she likes. It was popular a while back... Tsun... Tsun... Tsundara? No... Tsunjire?
->'''Mikoto:''' '''''[[ShockAndAwe Not a chance!]]'''''
-->--''{{To Aru Kagaku no Railgun}}''
->''Oh, Arnold, how I love you. And yet I hate you! And yet I love you. And yet I hate you! And yet I love you.''
->--'''Helga''', ''HeyArnold''
A character (usually female) who runs 'hot and cold', [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/FSN_rin_tsuntsun_deredere.jpg flipping between]] aggressive or [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYofkxAVg7s confrontational]] (tsuntsun, meaning "aloof" or "cranky" in Japanese) and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBFXUospjjk affectionate and sentimental]] (deredere, meaning "lovestruck"). The distinct moods usually aren't subtle, especially with the latter ranging from 'simple teasing' to 'lovestruck kindergartener who pushes you into the sandbox'. The reasons behind a Tsundere's behavior vary, but typically rise from the conflict between her feelings about the object of her affections and her reactions to having them. This can be as simple as embarrassment or frustration at being so attracted to ''that'' boy, particularly if he has certain personality quirks or behaviors that infuriate her. She may [[ObliviousToLove not even realize that she is attracted to him]], and conversely [[ComplimentBackfire reject his compliments of her]].
There are two main types of Tsundere, depending on their [[ShapeshifterDefaultForm default mood]]:
'''Type A''' (alias Type Tsun): These Tsundere are tsuntsun (cranky) as their default mood. It takes something special to trigger their deredere side. The intensity of the tsuntsun can range from a "I must glare and fight my way through life" (Louise of ''ZeroNoTsukaima'') to a grumpy pessimist (Kagami of ''LuckyStar'', possibly Rin of YesPrecure5). It's not about intensity, it's just about what part of the tsundere personality is the public face and which one the hidden. If the Tsundere is TheRival, she is more likely to be Type A. When she does help her rival out, expect her to say something along the lines of "Don't get me wrong, [[IWasJustPassingThrough I'm not doing this for you.]]" This is usually accompanied by [[LuminescentBlush ferocious blushing]]. While she usually cuts down on the beatings and insults and shows more signs of mushiness as the series progresses, she will not be fully converted to "dere" in contrast to the DefrostingIceQueen (which, ironically, was the original definition of Tsundere). Compare JerkassWoobie.
'''Type B''' (alias Type Dere): These Tsundere have deredere as their default mood. They are [[YamatoNadeshiko sweet, kind and generous]], but just happen to have a hidden violent side as well. In this case, her temper is almost always triggered by someone else, usually the male LoveInterest. Either they're a TakahashiCouple, or the guy is an [[IdiotBall idiot]] or an AccidentalPervert, or she just has no idea how to [[{{Tomboy}} handle feelings]] of love and attraction and thus is sweet to everyone ''except'' the man she's interested in. Unwanted suitors such as {{Dogged Nice Guy}}s might also trigger the tsuntsun. Very often the male LoveInterest will be very frustrated as everybody else keeps telling him how sweet the Tsundere is and wonders how they can possibly be describing the same girl. Might lead to an InformedAttribute if we never actually ''see'' the sweet side as default, since the Tsundere and her irritant are always together on screen. Type B Tsundere are often subject to AdaptationDecay, CharacterExaggeration and {{Flanderization}} that turns them into a Type A.
Type B should not be confused with a {{Yandere}}. If a Type B Tsundere was really convinced that her LoveInterest didn't want her, she would revert back to her deredere side and probably enter a IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy phase. A Yandere would calmly tolerate a lot of the things that a Tsundere goes bonkers over, but if a Yandere decides that her LoveInterest really doesn't want her, she's likely to snap and MurderTheHypotenuse.
A common way of showing a Tsundere has mellowed or has had her heart won over by the LoveInterest is to have her shift from Type A to Type B.
The Tsundere is also often complex. If she always lashed out, or always lashed out at what we think of as the obvious or in-series triggers, she could not hold the reader/viewer's interest. The exception is always there. The love interest could 'man up' by 'taking charge' causing the Tsundere to become submissive, with UnfortunateImplications as always. In ElfenLied, the one tiny slap Kouta ever landed on Yuka was followed by an expression of absolute love and disgust that she would endanger herself, enough so that she simply falls into his arms. The tsundere could view a certain situation as not falling within her anger zone. One example from LoveHina had Naru basically shrugging off Keitaro's porn collection as normal for guys.
Tsundere have three different tsuntsun tactics to choose from. Most of them apply a combination of the below, but some tend to favor one over the other:
# '''[[{{Kuudere}} The Cold Shoulder]]:''' In employing this tactic, the tsundere resolves to not give the man in question the time of day. If she does talk to him, responses will be monosyllabic. Pointedly ignoring him in conversation and disdainful looks round out the total freeze she will lay on the dude. Example of a tsundere who favors this tactic: ''{{Genshiken}}'''s Chika Ogiue.
# '''[[{{DomesticAbuse}} The Violent Approach]]:''' Things get physical, and not in the good way. The tsundere, in a bad mood by this point, will punctuate verbal abuse with plenty of good old fashioned violence. [[GroinAttack Kicks]], [[MegatonPunch punches]], [[ArmorPiercingSlap slaps]], and other painful forms of beatdown will follow. Heaven help you if she's got a [[PaperFanOfDoom Paper Fan]] or a HyperspaceMallet. Example of a tsundere who favors this tactic: ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]'''s Akane Tendo.
# '''[[IShallTauntYou The Smirk]]:''' Not as common a tactic, but effective in its own right, is for the tsundere to constantly belittle the love interest with [[DeadpanSnarker sarcasm]] and putdowns. Favorite expressions include "{{Baka}}!", and "Urusai!" ("Shut up!"). Tsundere who know the guy's point of pride will not hesitate to insult him on that account, and when this tactic is employed nothing the guy can do will be good enough to impress her. If they are a TakahashiCouple, VolleyingInsults often occur. This kind of tsundere might be vulnerable to a ShutUpKiss. Example of a tsundere who favors this tactic: ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'''s Asuka Langley Soryuu, though she's got more than a trace of The Violent Approach to her.
# '''All Of The Above''': The tsundere's reactions will ''heavily'' depend on the situation she and the guy are placed in. Example of a tsundere who favors this tactic: ''KimagureOrangeRoad'''s Madoka Ayukawa.
Deredere tactics vary, a lot, she can give Valentine's Chocolate to her love interest saying "Because I felt pity for you", help him with his chores ([[ThroughHisStomach cooking for him]] is a favorite tactic (that she won't admit to)), or even beat him in a session of TrainingFromHell. If her motivations are inquired she will often engage in a SuspiciouslySpecificDenial with a LuminescentBlush and total evasion of eye contact (cue the squeeks of MoeMoe). Further inquires however, ensure a a trigger of the tsuntsun.
Most {{Tsundere}}s deny their behavior, although a few glory in it. Type B Tsundere in particular often aspire to become a YamatoNadeshiko, perhaps following the example of an older sister or her mother. When she fails in these attempts (usually directed at her LoveInterest) expect her to either release her tsuntsun half on a convenient target (often her LoveInterest), or to show off her deredere by [[CryCute breaking down and crying]], (often in the LoveInterest's arms). The loss of her LoveInterest is a common method for changing a Tsundere into a YamatoNadeshiko. If her {{Tsundere}} personality re-emerges, it's probably a sign that she's learned to love again.
A Tsundere's attractiveness is two-fold: on one hand, she is an [[PluckyGirl independent, strong-willed girl]], determined to do everything well. On the other, she has major [[MoeMoe endearing traits]] such as awkwardness with relationships (particularly, romance) or {{tomboy}}ish tendencies, which she perceives as "weakness". However, where another girl would start {{wangst}}ing about these, a Tsundere just blushes and [[JerkassFacade covers them up with aggressive attitude]]. Furthermore, she's much less likely to suffer from {{Chickification}}, since her less-than-doting personality facet is her major appeal. For Type A, it's assumed that she only acts mean to hide her good heart or deal with romantic attraction. For Type B, her hidden tsuntsun side shows that she's more than just [[TheChick the sweet girl]].
If a series doesn't have a explicitly romantic bent, a {{Tsundere}} can still come in the form of TheRival who acknowledges that the lead is a WorthyOpponent but remembers just in time that she's supposed to dislike the competition. Even then, many fans will see a [[SlapSlapKiss romantic attraction]] between her and her preferred target, especially if said target is TheDitz.
Whether Type A or Type B, Tsundere differ from a JerkWithAHeartOfGold in that Tsundere moods tend to switch in reaction to the actions of select people. A JerkWithAHeartOfGold is jerkish in general regardless of whether the other person is mean or nice, and shows his Heart of Gold at the appropriate times regardless of how the other person is treating them.
Compare with WellExcuseMePrincess. May overlap with MoodSwinger and evince DontYouDarePityMe and FearLeadsToAnger. AloofAlly may show the same hot-and-cold behavior but for differing reasons. {{Kuudere}} is a similar but distinct trope where confrontation is created by being "cool and emotionally undemonstrative" rather than aggressive behavior. Contrast with {{Yandere}} and {{Yangire}}, which rather than being angry outside but sweet inside, is sweet outside and ''nucking futs'' inside. Can grow up to become a [[MistressAndServantBoy Mistress to a Servant Boy]]. Tsundere will often sport {{Twintails}}.
When paired with a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, together they form a TakahashiCouple. Also see JerkSue for when a MarySue has elements of this.
If this character is from modern anime, is in her early-to-mid teens and is a Type A {{Tsundere}}, it's more than likely that she'll be voiced by RieKugimiya. However, if a similar character is actually in her mid to late teens, SatsukiYukino is likely to take up the role, regardless of her Type (compare the Type A [[FullMetalPanic Kaname]] and the Type B [[InuYasha Kagome]]).
For the [[SpearCounterpart male equivalent]] of this trope, please see {{Oranyan}}
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* Despite general assumption, ''[[SuzumiyaHaruhi Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' herself doesn't fit this trope well, but that's up [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation to your interpretation]]. She's mostly just a [[JerkAss sociopathic]] GenkiGirl. A slight {{tsundere}} side towards Kyon gradually builds up over time, to the point where even Itsuki is calling out Kyon for his SelectiveObliviousness. Although many argue she has merely moved from being a {{Jerkass}} to being a JerkWithAHeartOfGold
** [[DeadpanSnarker Kyon]] has some tsundere tendencies towards Haruhi. Tsundere tactics 1 and 3 come into play often, and on at least one occasion he has almost resorted to violence. Some view the pair as an inverted TakahashiCouple.
** In the 4 book, she is sorta one, with saying almost the same things that are in the quote above.
* Aoba in ''CrossGame''
* {{Bleach}}'s primary female protagonist Rukia Kuchiki is a prime example (though the attraction is hinted at rather than implied) of a Type A Tsundere. Strange in that this involves ''two'' people ([[{{UnluckyChildhoodFriend}} Renji]] and [[{{ChasteHero}} Ichigo]]). [[{{BreakTheCutie}} And don't get us started on Kaien...]] or, if you like your LesYay, on Orihime and their NotSoDifferent bond.
** Lisa Yadomaru from the Vaizards is seemingly one of these, too. Specially towards her ex-leader, [[spoiler: Shunsui]], whom he rushes towards when he's laying injured on the ground... and then promptly kicks on the head for pretending to be almost dead.
** Soifon is cold and aloof to everybody except Yoruichi. In fact, Soifon's admiration of her tends to border on a [[LesYay lesbian crush]].
** Tatsuki Arisawa is another prime example of a Type A Tsundere towards the protagonist, Ichigo. She acts more like a Type B towards [[LesYay Orihime]]
** In contrast of her mistress, [[{{Yandere}} Hinamori]], Zanpakutou spirit Tobiume seems to be a bit of a {{Tsundere}}. Most of the time she's self-assured, tends to argue with her pal Haineko, and insults Hinamori over her obsession on Aizen. When she's alone, however, she is fiercely defendant over Haineko's insults over Hinamori, and proceeds her dere-dere mode: Describing Hinamori as if she's a MarySue.
* Ran Mouri from DetectiveConan is a type B, although her tsun generally only comes out on rare occasions when Shinichi's being annoying. Kazuha Touyama is more of a type A thanks to her [[TakahashiCouple constant bickering]] with Heiji, and Aoko (from the Magic Kaitou overlapping series) is a pretty straight draw between the two of them, generally being a nice girl but also capable of chasing Kaito around the classroom with mops.
* Soryu Asuka Langley of ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' is another particularly extreme and famous example, as most ''Evangelion'' characters are for [[{{Deconstruction}} their particular role]]. Asuka saves her deredere for Kaji, who she crushes on like there's no tomorrow. There's also the memorable scene where she flirted with Shinji to get a reaction out of him and kissed him once claiming it was out of sheer boredom.
** Asuka flirts ''at'' Shinji fairly frequently. Part of the tragedy of their relationship is that Shinji isn't a very open person (neither is Asuka but she tries harder), and can't believe in the possibility of Asuka being interested in him. So, she gets frustrated, and tsun is back in town. Shinji/Asuka is the mating dance of the hedgehogs.
*** Exactly. If you're looking for the "deredere" part, you might also find it in the extended version of [[spoiler:Asuka's mind rape]] in the director's cut of episode 22', in which [[spoiler:as images depicting Shinji flash up on screen, she cries "you won't even hold me!"]]
*** And let's not forget her reaction to [[spoiler: Shinji and the Eva 01 saving her from falling into a volcano in episode 10. She says "You... you always have to steal the spotlight, don't you?", and smiles sweetly in relief. Then next episode "now we're even". ]]
*** Then there's the fantasy sequence in episode 26 (which hints at what the characters' personalities would be like if they weren't so royally screwed up), where Asuka acts like a classic type A tsundere.
*** Arguably, you could lump the last couple minutes of ''End of Evangelion'' in here as well...
** Asuka does show her more gentle side [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl in her relationship with the Class Rep]], Hikari, even if Asuka doesn't think much of her taste in boyfriend.
** In the manga, she acts like a Type B when adults are around, at least at first. Toji in particular is annoyed that the adults can't see past Asuka's fake sweet persona.
** It's arguable whether the class rep Hikari is a Type B tsundere, or a full-fledged YamatoNadeshiko and Toji's just ''that good'' at irritating people.
*** That argument would have more weight if Hikari were generally nice to Shinji, Kensuke, Misato, or, well, anyone at all other than her teachers and her best friend Asuka.
**** She's never mean to Misato, and especially in the Manga she's quite nice to Shinji when he isn't being led into misbehaving by the object of her affections.
* Akira Koizumi from ''Iketeru Futari'' is usually violently Tsundere towards her "boyfriend" Saji Keisuke. Since Saji is a completely over-the-top idiotic pervert this is initially understandable, but she softens up a lot as she comes to appreciate how much he loves her for who she really is, since she's actually quite a lonely girl. He's also aparently pretty good in bed.
* In {{Bakemonogatari}}, Hitagi Senjōgahara calls herself a Tsundere.
** Except that Senjogahara wouldn't know deredere if it slapped her upside the head making her more of an [[IceQueen Ice Queen]].
** Not to mention that instead of beating around the bush for a hundred episodes, she looks the main character straight in the eye and tells him she loves him IN EPISODE 5!
*** That said confession doesn't [[DefrostingIceQueen defrost]] her in the slightest should prove that she was carved out of a block of pure tsuntsun.
* Lina Inverse from TheSlayers displays some Tsundere-ish traits. Most of the time, though, she is pure tsun-tsun, but does indeed have dere-dere moments in NEXT and Revolution
** Deconstructed tragically in the case of Milina. [[spoiler:She never gets around to telling Luke she loves him, even as she dies slowly from a poison. Not like that prevented a roaring rampage of revenge, or anything...]]
* TypeMoon seems to have a thing for Type Tsun (pun intended):
** Tohno Akiha in ''{{Tsukihime}}'' is this, but being the {{Ojou}}, she shows her tsun-tsun side far more often outside her own route [[spoiler:and dips into outright {{Yandere}} in Kohaku's, thanks to a partial possesion by an evil ghost and her own demon blood getting riled]].
*** Shiki himself towards Arcueid as a type two. Lampshaded when she notes that he isn't nearly as mean to anyone else as he is to her.
** Rin Tohsaka in ''[[FateStayNight Fate/stay night]]''. She's heavily on the tsun side in "Fate"; it's in "Unlimited Blade Works", where she's the main love interest, that her dere side comes out (in the last scenario, "Heaven's Feel", she again plays WorthyOpponent-turns-TheLancer role). A perfect example (which made it into the anime) is the scene where she goes from ''trying to blast Shirou senseless'' to tending his Rider-inflicted wounds in the space of a few minutes.
*** Well, he ''did'' just [[TakingTheBullet save her life]]...
** Shiki Ryougi from ''KaraNoKyoukai'' is a hardcore Type Tsun, bordering the HeroicSociopath zone, but softens considerably in Mikiya Kokutou's presence.
* [[OtakuSurrogate Konata]] in ''LuckyStar'' outright designates her friend Kagami as one, complete with the explanation that it's appropriate for [[NeonGenesisEvangelion girls with twin pigtails.]] This reference is probably due to the prevelance of tsundere with pigtails at a time when the term started to come into general usage.
** Kagami and Konata ''are'' a really good example of how a Tsundere doesn't have to be romantic, as their relationship has a sense of [[TheRival rivalry]]. Doesn't stop people from interpreting it all as LesYay though.
*** Konata's actual LesYay comments don't help much with that. (Not to mention Kagami's dream in the OVA). Although since LuckyStar is targeted at otakus, the LesYay is probably an intentional invocation of the trope.
*** In Kagami's dream in the OVA, Konata [[InstantCosplaySurprise transformed her]] (for two seconds) into Rin Tohsaka from ''FateStayNight''.
** The ''[[ShowWithinAShow Lucky Channel]]'' segment of ''LuckyStar'' even includes an extended rant over the term ''tsundere'' and how it has evolved over time, from a [[DefrostingIceQueen transitional personality process]] to someone who switches back ''and'' forth constantly.
*** Also, the main "joke" behind ''Lucky Channel'' is that the host constantly flips between saccharine sweet MoeMoe to [[TheKrusty jaded, cynical pro]]; although that's not so much to do with her personality being bipolar, and more to do with her being an "[[AnimatedActors actor]]" who jumps from her "stage" personality to her "true" personality when provoked (and she's ''easily'' provoked).
* Revy of ''BlackLagoon'' is a borderline psychotic version of this. When she's being angry and confrontational she's bad enough, but when she lapses into [[AxCrazy Whitman Fever]] during the Nazi arc, she's even ''worse''. She has tried to shoot Rock on two different occasions during the first season, with her "dere-dere" side surfacing during the "Fujiyama Gangsta Paradise" arc from the second season (though there was that time she saved Rock at the end of the first season, something she swore she would never do).
** Other dere-dere moments include: inviting Rock to join the Lagoon Company at the end of Episode Two, the infamous "Cigarette Kiss" in Episode Seven, threatening to kill Gretel if she ever fucks with Rock again (hey, we did mention that Revy was [[AxCrazy psychotic]]), and trying to stop Rock from watching [[spoiler: Yukio's]] suicide.
* Kyou Fujibayashi in ''{{Clannad}}''. All around displayed as a spunky girl who goes into scary mode if you ever insult her, or maybe her twin sister Ryou, is known as violent, is not afraid to throw a dictionary to the head of anyone who pisses her off or endanger her pet boar (and also throw in a swift DynamicEntry for good measure). But then, Episode 17 rolls in... [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKgqrmlKbrY she gets locked with the protagonist in a gym locker room]] and instantly goes deredere to the max.
** Speaking of the protagonist Tomoya, it's also arguable that's he's a tsundere as well, particularly regarding his relationship with [[YamatoNadeshiko Nagisa]].
* Mika Seido in ''Geneshaft'' who throughout the series yells pretty much everyone at one time or another especially [[spoiler:her captian Hiroto Amagiwa whom she hold personally responsible for the death of her friend punching him in the first episode only to be one who is always by his bed when he's greatly injured, although claiming it's a ''TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou'']]
* Kirai in ''GirlsBravo'', who is also his childhood friend. Particularly weird as she may be partly the reason Yukinari is afraid of girls.
* Triela from ''GunslingerGirl'' definitely has some Tsundere-ish traits... starting with the twin-tail hairstyle.
* Sawatari Makoto from ''{{Kanon}}'' is one of the rare female examples who eventually becomes a DefrostingIceQueen. In the last few episodes where she appears, she doesn't say one mean word. [[spoiler: Knowing you're going to die]] will do that to you.
* Naru Narusegawa in ''LoveHina'' is SUCH a violent Type A that she is famous for her "[[MegatonPunch Naru punch]]".
* Vita in ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', and Teana (towards [[{{Bokukko}} Subaru]]) in the third season. Also, Alisa from the first season.
* Yoshino in ''MariaSamaGaMiteru'', especially whenever Rei teases her about [[SchoolgirlLesbians being clingy]].
* As mentioned above, voice actress RieKugimiya [[PigeonholedVoiceActor is becoming famous for these]], originally with Shana in ''ShakuganNoShana'' (shown above), along with her more violent {{Expy}} Louise in ''ZeroNoTsukaima''. She also plays Nagi in ''HayateTheCombatButler'', who has [[SubordinateExcuse the excuse that Hayate is her servant]] (it's okay if she's gushy about having a cute boy doting on her... but only in private).
** Now we have Taiga Aisaka from ''{{Toradora}}'', who almost seems to have been tailor made for RieKugimiya (even though she's not). Taiga is a classic Tsun type, exhibiting The Violent Approach with Ryuuji, slowly tapering off of violence as they become friends, switching to The Cold Shoulder when she resists their coming together, and ending with The Smirk. [[spoiler:Yes, complete with a [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Shut Up Kiss.]] ]]
** Add Yuuhi of ''{{Akane-Iro ni Somaru Saka}}''.
** And Alisa from ''MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'', mentioned above.
** And Mika from ''{{Kanamemo}}''.
* Takako from ''OtomeWaBokuNiKoishiteru'', to the point that in the BakersDozen {{OVA}}, [[FracturedFairyTale she plays the part]] of "Tsunderella".
* Mayo Mitama from ''SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' is described as a {{Tsundere}} by another character, but parodies the type by having a barely evident "dere" side, and a "tsun" side so outright psychopathic that no amount of "dere" could counterbalance it.
** In episode 5 of the second season, the apologetic Ai Kaga briefly "becomes a tsundere character" for all the wrong reasons... Which prompts Itoshiki to wonder if a tsundere without the dere side is possible nowadays. Manga FanGirl Harumi Fujiyoshi is quick to reply that it is, since the dere side can be "[[AlternateCharacterInterpretation filled in by imagination]]". So true, indeed.
* Mion Sonozaki from ''HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'' is a closet tsundere over Keiichi. Closet because, whenever her "dere" side appears, she's usually [[TwinSwitch impersonating her twin]]. Satoko also presents some tsundere-like characteristics.
** This troper finds this less appropriate as far as Mion. She makes no effort to hide that she's fond of Keiichi in any way. She just hides the fact that she likes him more than a friend. Her confrontational personality usually only comes out in the 'club activities', more from wanting to win than to hide her feelings for K1.
** Though Mion's tsundere-ness is in debate, one of the TIPS from the VN pegs another Sonozaki as having the attitude of one: ''Oryou.'' Mion speculates this due to Oni-baba's decision to sell off land in an attempt to get new people to come to Hinamizawa and help erase the extreme prejudice against the Houjous, rather than work against it directly.
*Jessica Ushiromiya, from {{Umineko no Naku Koro Ni}} is a tsundere as well - though more 'dere' than 'tsun'. However, she does have her tsuntsun moments...
**[[spoiler:Battler and Beato are tsundere for each other, as well.]]
* Natsuki Kuga from MaiHime fits the description, displaying an abrasive exterior, but hiding a sensitive side that [[PetTheDog loves puppies]] and collecting lingerie.
** Minor character Akira Okuzaki is also a textbook example, keeping up a rough facade but slowly opening up to her roommate, [[CuteShotaroBoy Mai's brother Takumi]].
* Kagero the Ninja-Girl of ''NinjaScroll'' is a rare example of this trait played for ''tragedy,'' as she could not learn to [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove express love and tenderness]] until it was too late.
* An early example would be Kasha Imhof (towards Cosmo Yuki) from ''SpaceRunawayIdeon'', though she is definitely more on the tsun-tsun side throughout the series. The closest she comes to dere-dere is during the Kitty Kitten arc, [[spoiler:but she finally acknowledges her feelings for Cosmo half-way through the ''Be Invoked'' movie... only to ''die'' shortly afterwards. [[KillEmAll And then, everyone else dies]].]].
* Kallen Stadtfeld/Karen Kouzuki from CodeGeass. Tough and badass ActionGirl at one moment, sweet and vulnerable at the other. At first she thinks Lelouch is an arrogant {{Jerkass}}, but [[{{LovesMyAlterEgo}} adores his alter ego Zero as a brave freedom fighter]]. After learning his identity, it takes her a while to get adjusted to the concept, but eventually she ends up falling for the man behind the mask.
* Temari from ''{{Naruto}}''. She's very aggressive (borders on AxCrazy in her initial appearance) and is definitely ''[[CatchPhrase troublesome]]'', but she also possesses a softer, more gentle side, and even forms a [[SheIsNotMyGirlFriend sort-of relationship]] with her Chunin exam opponent, [[BrilliantButLazy Shikamaru]]. And when they say she has a PaperFanOfDoom, they aren't kidding. Also, Shikamaru's mother Yoshino is quite tsundere-ish, which just goes to show that Nara men have a thing for troublesome women.
** Tsunade as well. Arguably, she ''had'' mellowed with age - then un-mellowed after becoming Hokage with the pressures of high office. Not to mention the pressures of dealling with Naruto every day.
** Sakura used to be a HUGE Type A Tsundere over Sasuke AND Naruto (deredere towards the first, tsuntsun towards the latter) when younger. Though she ''has'' mellowed out a bit thanks to CharacterDevelopment, she still keeps quite the flashy temper. Take in consideration that Tsunade is her mentor figure, too, so...
** Ino, like Sakura, was a big one until she mellowed out after the time skip.
** Karin, too. Tsuntsun toward just about everyone ''except'' Sasuke. Then again, [[FetishFuelStationAttendant what do you expect?]]
* Aoba from ''{{CrossGame}}'' is a tough and somewhat tomboyish {{Tsundere}}, though more on the "tsun" side. Most of the plot focuses on her DefrostingIceQueen process over more than six years.
* Nagisa in the manga ''Yume de Aetara'' is Tsundere all the way, her tsun-tsun side suffered by her suitors (specially Masao Fuguno), with her dere-dere exposed with her first love (in the manga) or when Fuguno is genuinely honest with her.
* [=ChiChi=], Goku's VictoriousChildhoodFriend from ''DragonBall''.
** Also, Launch. This was due to a physical split personality disorder, where sneezing would cause her to shift personalities. Dere-dere side is sweet and has blue hair, tsuntsun side is a trigger-happy blonde (unless she's near to Tien, where she acts more deredere)
** Also Videl at the end of DragonballZ (She mellows out a little after getting the crap beat out of her), and, to a lesser extent, Android #18 after she marries Krillin.
* Yoko Littner from ''TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' fits this trope in the early episodes with her behavior towards Kamina--initially yelling at and chastising him, then softening towards him and kissing him. After [[spoiler:his death]], she largely outgrows this trope and becomes a full-fledged CoolBigSis.
* Kyouyama Anna from ''ShamanKing'' serves as a good example of Tsundere, though more of the tsuntsun than the deredere. In the flashback chapters when we witness Yoh and Anna's first meeting, young Anna is very cold to Yoh, saying he's lame and that she cannot believe he's her future husband. [[spoiler: It is later revealed that Anna is being followed by an oni of her own creation, who attacks anyone who tries to get close to her, which is part -but not all- the reason [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies why she pushes Yoh away]].]] When Yoh promises to become the Shaman King for her, Anna begins to warms up to him. However, she never lets herself go very much into deredere, maintaining that tsuntsun with Yoh by forcing him through [[TrainingFromHell incredibly difficult training]] and often refusing to help him out of near-death situations. However, her affections for him are seen now and again, and it's easy to see in those moments how much Yoh means to her. [[spoiler: Like when she briefly broke down crying when Yoh was possessed by Tokagerou to save Ryu, her reaction to Yoh's EvilTwin Hao trying an IHaveYouNowMyPretty on her, or her serious HeroicBSOD when Yoh almost dies at the hands of Hao.]]
* Cleao Everlasting from ''SorcererStabberOrphen'', starting out ''extremely'' tsun-tsun and childish but showing quite the strength and gentleness when she reaches her peaks of dere-dere, specially towards the end of the first series and the second half of the Revenge series, when she takes the [[{{Meganekko}} Licorice]] under her wing.
** In the Revenge series, Eris also fits in the Tsundere archetype, going all googly-eyed for her best friend Majik and yet acting very snarky and tsuntsun towards her BunnyEarsLawyer instructor Hartia, specially when they go in their... very "special" exploits as super heroes (sorta).
* ''TrinityBlood'''s Astharoshe "Asta" Asran. Her relationship with Abel Nightroad, though not romantic (at least, [[{{Shipping}} not in canon]]), has strong elements of this. At first she violently threatens him (and does so again each time they meet), but comes to see him as one of her closest comrades. And that word [[{{Nakama}} is extremely meaningful to Asta]].
* Satomi Ozawa from ''NaruTaru'' is a quite dark version of this; apart from being one of the main villains, her relationship with her (ex-)boyfriend Bungo Takano is more screwed up than usual. [[spoiler:In the manga, she only softens up to him again after a rather severe case of BreakTheHaughty.]]
* Ryoumou Shimei from ''IkkiTousen'' starts as an HeroicSociopath with {{Yandere}} traits, but slowly mellows out as she befriends main character Sonsaku Hakufu and gets into a SlapSlapKiss dynamics (only darker) with the local HandsomeLech, Sunpo Saji.
* [[spoiler:Soma/Marie]] from {{Gundam 00}} could count as a Tsundere, thanks to [[spoiler: a literal split personality. Marie likes Allelujah, Soma... doesn't.]]
* From ''HanaYoriDango''. Tsukushi... Just Tsukushi.
* May Wong from ''KaleidoStar'' mixes this with SpoiledBrat and some traits of TheAce, making her dangerously close to a TsundereSue. [[spoiler: Mid-way through the second season, though, she's [[BreakTheHaughty brutally]] BroughtDownToNormal, gradually learning to embrace her deredere side.]]
* Maam and to a lesser extent Leona from ''DragonQuest: Dai's Great Adventure''.
* Casca of ''{{Berserk}}'' is a type A tsundere. At the beginning of the series, she wants nothing to do with Guts, won't even give him the time of day, and doesn't understand what the hell Griffith, who she has something of a thing for, sees in him. She's not too shy about the hostility either, even punching Guts at one point. The deredere comes later on in the saga as the two of them learn more about each other's pasts and they get a bit closer, eventually becoming lovers about the time that Griffith gets himself captured and put to the torture. And then [[ItGotWorse the Eclipse goes down]].
** [[SarcasmMode Oh yeah, because Tsundere describes a character change in time, sure.]] FacePalm.
*** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAtaLTDrHXM
* [[BreakTheCutie One]] [[TearJerker extremely tragic]] Type A Tsundere is LadyOfWar Oscar from ''RoseOfVersailles''.
* Yui Kotegawa of {{To Love Ru}} spends much of her time scolding the other cast members for their ([[AccidentalPervert mostly unintentional]]) indecent behavior, but as the series goes on she finds herself in love with Rito.
* From ''Watashitachi no Tamura-kun'': Hiroka Souma
* In ''HidamariSketch'', Natsume, Sae's {{Unknown Rival}}, keeps going up to Sae as if trying to pick a fight, then runs off flustered for some reason. Her actions are enough to put identify her as a [[SchoolgirlLesbians Schoolgirl Lesbian]]. Sae's [[CannotSpitItOut failure]] to mention her sisterly feelings feelings for Chika and (probably [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship romantic]]) affection for Hiro also often make her fit this trope.
* Tachibana from ''Otomen'' identifies (male) Tonomine as a tsundere/oresama (portmanteau: tsunsama) type (and Tachibana knows his stuff, being himself a mangaka).
* Shiho Nagaoka from ''{{To Heart}}'' qualifies as a Type A Tsundere, especially when she develops feelings for Hiroyuki in the last two episodes of the anime.
** As well as Yuma Tonami from ''{{To Heart 2}}'', who finally admits to herself she likes the male lead in the second episode of the 2 part OVA ''To Heart 2: Another Days''.
** Ruri Himeyuri could also be classified as a Tsundere, given the way she treats Takaaki and how overprotective she is of Sango.
* The most straight-up Tsundere in SchoolDays is the local UnluckyChildhoodFriend, the bossy and no-nosense [[TheLibby Libby]] and sportswoman Otome Katou. Her deredere side is more evident in the games, though.
* Atan Hadas from the manhwa ''ThreadsOfTime'' qualifies as both a Type A and a Type B Tsundere. She's pure tsuntsun towards BigBad Sali Tayi, and (almost) pure deredere towards protagonist Moon-Bin. The only time she showed tsuntsun towards Moon-Bin was when he mentioned another woman (who was his first crush).
* Due to AdaptationDecay, Rinslet from ''BlackCat'' became a Type A Tsundere. She is always negative about whatever Sven or Jenos says, frequently screaming things like "That won't work!" or "You idiot!" Unlike in the manga where she was dere about Train, in the anime, she has a few (very very rare) instances where she is slightly dere towards Sven.
*''OnePiece'': Most of the crew members fit the platonic version of this trope. They can quickly go from [[ThePowerOfFriendship being intensely loyal and dedicated to one another to the point of absolute supreme sweetness]] to [[VolleyingInsults contemptuous and violent]] (or both at the same time.)
* AsuNoYoichi has both types. Older sister Ibuki is a very kind, sweet girl who pounds anyone into oblivion when they cross her, specifically Yoichi whenever he shows signs of being an AccidentalPervert. Younger sister Ayame tries to play it cool all the time, but can't always hide her attraction to the samurai.
* The song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JjqyJm198c "Not so Fast, Sexy Girl"]] featured as an SD video clip on the ''DevilHunterYohko'' music video collection, starts of as a slow-paced ballad describing a sexy girl. A guy makes a move on her, she just shrugs her shoulders and smiles... and then, the music suddenly switches to rock as she decides to kick him in the crotch. Yes, even the ''tune'' is tsundere.
* Mikoto Misaka from ''{{To Aru Majutsu No Index}}'' can be classified as a Type A tsundere when it comes to Touma. She follows him around with the excuse of challenging him to a fight.
** Practically outright called one in ''Railgun''.
--->(Paraphrased)'''Harumi'''People can be cold to those they like. What's that called again, Tsun...jire?
**Might be better placed as a Type B, as she is shown in ''Railgun'' to be generous to everyone that ISN'T Touma (and Kuroko, but that's a different story).
* Kaname Chidori in ''FullMetalPanic!''. Her dominant 'tsun' side is mostly because Sousuke is more commonly detonating parts of the school building and traumatizing her fellow students than doing anything worth going 'dere' over.
** In the novels, Nami is a Type A with everyone else, but very much a Type B, pure dere-dere when with Sousuke. Originally shown to be going towards being a Type A with him by being exceedingly rude and hot-tempered, he manages to get her to fall for him and become completely dere-dere by being extremely polite and respectful to her (something no one else had really done).
** Kaname's backstory suggests this is due to her American upbringing which made her too outspoken and aggressive to fit into Japanese culture. Apparently American women are considered Tsundere by default.
**Arguably, Melissa Mao is [[LesYay Lesbi Tsun]] towards Captain Testarossa.
* Sousuke from ''FullMetalPanic'' isn't exactly exempt from Tsundereness, as he sometimes actually shows rare moments where he acts like one, [[TheStoic unbelievable as it is]]. One particular instance that stands out is during the party on the Tuatha De Dannan, where Kurz tries to tease and get Sousuke to admit he's attracted to Kaname. It goes something like this:
--> '''Kurz:''' She's pretty, cute, and has a nice sense of style. ''Any'' man would fall for her in an instant.\\
'''Sousuke:''' (quickly and coldly, not looking Kurz in the eye): I wouldn't know. I'm not interested.\\
'''Kurz:''' Then why are you sighing and staring at her?\\
'''Sousuke:''' I'm merely annoyed that they're partying and relaxing on the job.
* Kafuko from SpacePirateMito is Type A who usually uses The Smirk on Aoi, the protagonist, to try and hide her crush on him. She also tries to discourage another girl that she notices getting close to Aoi by listing off all his faults, but only ends up revealing her crush and encouraging the girl instead.
*Utau Hoshina of ''ShugoChara''. Towards ''[[LesYay Amu Hinamori]]'' of all people.
* In ''BlackJack'' there is Watou, a female KendoTeamCaptain and the older sister of Pinoko's DoggedNiceGuy Sharaku.
* Sayaka Yumi from the ''MazingerZ'' series, Kouji's hot-tempered and often downright [[SlapSlapKiss slap-happy]] partner and girlfriend, is one of the first Tsundere girls given a ''major'' role in almost any anime/manga. Her Type varies: she's a Type A in the anime, but a Type B in the manga.
** Apart of Sayaka, several main female characters created by GoNagai have strong Tsundere traits. The newest one is [[{{Miko}} Tsubaki]] [[PaleSkinnedBrunette Tamashirou]] from ''[[KoutetsuJeeg Koutetsushin Jeeg]]'', who acts rather similar to Sayaka in regards to her best friend and possible love interest, Kenji Kusanagi.
*** Justified with Jun Honou from [[MazingerZ Great Mazinger]], in that being [[ButNotTooForeign half-African]], there are feelings of frustration that make her irritable at times and aren't related to her relationship with [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Tetsuya Tsurugi]].
* Kasumi/Misty from ''{{Pokemon}}'' is one. She can be violent and furious, complete with wielding a frying-pan-of-doom (especially in the beginning or when you mention the word "bike" around her) or motherly, caring and romantic (especially after obtaining Togepi). Early seasons seem to hint that this is because of the lead-character of the show, Satoshi/Ash, yet later seasons make it less obvious and let her become more deredere than tsuntsun.
** Musashi/Jessie is a more extreme version of the Tsundere.
** The first line of Diamond and Pearl's third opening is "Fight, make up, and fight some more. I have so many things I'd like to say to you, but more than anything, thank you for being here." The song is a duet between Dawn/Hikari and Satoshi/Ash.
* Yuriko Star from ''IrresponsibleCaptainTylor''.
* Moka of ''[[RosarioToVampire Rosario + Vampire]]'' is an interesting take on the concept; Inner Moka is very tsuntsun, but when she wears her [[PowerLimiter rosario]] she becomes the deredere Outer Moka. One of protagonist Tsukune's major hurdles is that if he wants to date Moka he has to convince her cold and proud inner personality that he's good enough for her.
** [[http://www.onemanga.com/Rosario-Vampire_II/16/18/ It]] [[http://www.onemanga.com/Rosario-Vampire_II/23/38/ is]] [[http://www.onemanga.com/Rosario-Vampire_II/23/39/ working,]] with Inner Moka actually showing her own deredere side, independent of Outer Moka. {{Moe}} ensues.
* Chiharu Mihara from CardCaptorSakura, who flips between slapping her crush Yamazaki around for his outrageous lies or acting very sweet and awkward when they're in private. Only to slap him again when he completely misses the point of her advances.
*Alice from ''PandoraHearts''.
**Elliot Nightray counts towards this as well.
* Aki Izayoi from ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds}}'' combines this with DefrostingIceQueen, starting off ([[AllOfTheOtherReindeer quite justifiably]]) tsuntsun toward just about ''everyone'', but eventually seemingly warming up to Yuusei.
** Mai Kujaku/Valentine from the original ''YuGiOh'' had a similar transformation, only far more believable, going from a Type A to a Type B.
*** Jou is also one.
* In the SailorMoon manga, Rei Hino/Sailormars is a TallDarkAndBishoujo DefrostingIceQueen. In the anime, however, she's more outspoken and HotBlooded, fitting as a Type A Tsundere quite well. She starts out ''very'' tsuntsun, switching a bit more to deredere as time passes; she specially acts like this towards Mamoru (first season only; she backs off as soon as he and Usagi are revealed to be each other's true loves), Yuuichirou, and ''specially'' towards [[LesYay Usagi]].
* Roger Smith from ''TheBigO'' is a good example of a male tsundere.
*Ishida Yamato from DigimonAdventure and DigimonAdventure02 is a male example. This is confirmed by his seiyuu, Kazama Yuuto, and Gabumon's seiyuu, Yamaguchi Mayumi, in an interview included with the Japanese DVD boxset of the series.
--->'''YK''': He’s the type that can’t express friendship very well. It’s hard for him to just come out and say things like thank you.\\
'''MY''': He’s tsundere.\\
'''YK''': Yeah, that’s the word we use now to describe people like him. (laughs)
* Gareki from ''{{Karneval}}'' is a Type A male version, especially when Yogi teases him.
** In fact, both Yogi and Tsukumo are awestruck at his surprising [[strike:deredereness]] innocence regarding snow (which he had never seen) at one point in the manga.
* Faye Valentine from Cowboy Bebop starts the series as a Jerk Sue angry con artist who continually cheats and insults the people around her. But for most of the series she is a Type A Tsundere as her tough veneer is punctuated by moments of childlike openness.
* Wolfram in ''KyouKaraMaou'' complains about Yuuri about as much as he's grouchily possessive of him, and despite being quasi-'dominant', looks more girly than him. In one OVA episode, another character actually uses the word tsundere to describe him.
** He mellows down in season three... unless, of course, Yuuri [[MistakenForCheating has done something wrong]].
*** Even then, Wolfram never seemed terribly jealous of [[spoiler:Saralegui]], and even accepted him, even though Yuuri seemed to get way too close to him by Wolfram's standards.
* Lelouch Lamperouge from ''{{Code Geass}}''. Normally he's a snarky MagnificentBastard who calls concepts such as "justice" and "honor" jokes and talks down to most people. Despite this, he goes out of his way to protect and look after those close to him, even his best friend-turned-[[TheRival rival]] and his {{Kuudere}} MysteriousWaif partner.
* Tsuyukusa from ''{{Amatsuki}}'' is pretty much the epitome of an Tsundere; he becomes easily flustered when either Heihachi or Toki is involved, and has used pretty much every stock tsundere expression in the book at least once. The series also has several other examples of tsundere in its cast, the most notable being Kuchiha and Tsuruume.
* ''AxisPowersHetalia'' has ''several'' characters that fit this character type:
** England is the embodiment of this trope. He's heavy on The Smirk, [[HoYay especially when around America]]. When he's in deredere mode, though, he sometimes shows such vulnerability that he qualifies as TheWoobie.
*** America is a bit of an unusual case in that his 'default' personality doesn't neatly fit into the tsuntsun or deredere classifications - he borders on JerkWithAHeartOfGold at times, but seems honestly unaware of how his actions done out of pure eagerness or goodwill can be off-putting or irritating to others; i.e. he isn't a ''deliberate'' jerk. England, however, seems to be the one person he ''deliberately'' acts jerkish towards, even appearing to have fun shooting down his deredere advances...but at the same time, his most contemplative and subdued moments are directly linked to England and their history together. Of course, he never shows this side to England, although England falling ill does provoke him into showing awkward but genuine concern for him.
** Switzerland is a combination of this and [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend He Was Never My Heterosexual Life Partner]] to Austria. TheGunslinger is especially fond of The Violent Approach (duh).
** [[WordOfGod Himaruya]] actually calls Germany a Tsundere [[AllThereInTheManual in the notes]]. It's hard to tell his exact type given his usually [[GermanicDepressives staid demeanour]].
*** Germany seems to be a Type A fond of a mix between Cold Shoulder and Smirk (less about merely throwing insults around or having mood swings, more about being grumpy and a DrillSergeantNasty to Italy). He's usually a 'take no guff' guy around everybody, but you can just tell he's making exceptions for Italy. To hammer on the point, the Valentines strip has Germany going pretty much into full-blown deredere mode.
** South Italy is a fierce mix of ''all'' Tsun Type A varieties, partially out of insecurity that Spain only wants him for his inheritance, and partially because he's not a good cook/housekeeper like his younger brother. And yep, Romano's Tsundere side is specially strong [[HoYay when around Spain]].
** Korea, of course, claims to have invented tsundere (''all'' types, presumably). ''Not'' one himself, more like an AnnoyingYoungerSibling with traits of DoggedNiceGuy towards China and Japan.
** It's speculated that the Holy Roman Empire was a tsundere (or maybe {{kuudere}}) for Chibitalia. [[spoiler: This might be confirmed if Germany ''is'' really a grown-up, amnesiac HRE.]]
** In {{fanon}}, Norway is often portrayed as a ''really'' violent tsundere towards Denmark.
* Tachibana from ''Otomen'' identifies (male) Tonomine as a tsundere/oresama (portmanteau: tsunsama) type (and Tachibana knows his stuff, being himself a mangaka).
*Dojo from ''Toshokan Sensou'' (Library War) is a textbook example of a Type A {{Tsundere}}, utilizing mostly tactics 2 and 3. He's gruff and businesslike towards everyone, but he takes it to an extreme when he's around Kasahara. At the beginning of the series she complains that he works her hardest during training. He protects her because he secretly does care, but then he brushes it off as just part of his job and often shouts at her. Their flirting begins as awkward shouting matches and snide comments, but towards the end of the series Dojo makes some sweet gestures that he then ruins [[spoiler:like trying to comfort Kasahara by patting her on the head, and then getting angry because he can't reach and demanding to know why she is wearing high heels. Total mood killer]].
* Kyo Sohma from ''FruitsBasket'' acts this way with Tohru. He starts out being grumpy with her, but then will try to be nice, while being embarrassed about it. Or else he'll do something nice but deliver it in a grumpy manner; a good example of this is [[ThroughHisStomach when he serves her leek soup]] ([[PickyEater his most loathed food]]) when she's sick.
* In ''{{xxxHolic}}'', Kimihiro Watanuki is most often this towards [[HoYay Shizuka Doumeki]] (with occasional instances where he shows his dere-dere side). [[http://onemanga.com/xxxHolic/123/04/ Especially noticeable in this instance]]. Towards beautiful women, however, he's pure deredere.
* Dr. ''BlackJack'' apparently was a Tsundere when in medical school, according to his ex-girlfriend Megumi.
* Li Syaoran from ''CardCaptorSakura''. Grumpy and tsuntsun towards lots of people, but simply ''adorable'' and VERY deredere if you're Yukito or Sakura.
** Syaoran's [[spoiler: [[IdenticalGrandson Identical Son's]]]] tsundere-ness is even more evident [[spoiler: than his father's]] in ''TsubasaReservoirChronicle'', where he is eventually joined in this by ''yet another'' male Tsundere: the ninja Kurogane, who starts out pure tsuntsun but eventually reveals a deredere side first when he meets a lookalike of his princess (Tomoyo-hime) in Piffle World (and Fai teases him about this -- but then again, Fai teases him about ''everything''), and then [[spoiler:when he unflinchingly offers to give up his own blood to save Fai -- almost a direct parallel with Syaoran offering to pay Yuuko's price before she even names it in order to save Sakura. A crowning moment for the Kuro/Fai ship, which had until that point looked like [[AllLoveIsUnrequited unrequited love]] on Fai's part,]] and a great display of "Kuro-rin"'s "deredere" side.
* Arguably, Domon Kasshu from ''GGundam'' develops some Tsundere traits as a part of his CharacterDevelopment in the second part of the series. Some of his scenes with [[BattleCouple his partner]] [[HotScientist Rain]] [[MsFanservice Mikamura]] [[IUhYouToo mark the point]] [[TwiceShy very nicely]].
* If you like your HoYay and are a ''RomeoXJuliet'' fan, you're likely to see the [[AnAxeToGrind axe fighter]] [[NotSoStoic Curio]] as an Tsundere towards his partner Francisco. Hence why the FanNickname "Fye and Kurogane" is so popular within fandom.
* Souichi from ''TheTyrantFallsInLove'' is antisocial and ill-tempered to pretty much everyone, but doles out most of his punches, kicks, and verbal abuse to Morinaga. Except for when he accidentally lets slip signs that he cares for Morinaga more than he'd like to admit, upon which he's reduced to furious blushing and stammered-out denials. It certainly doesn't help that Souichi's [[PretendPrejudice supposed]] to be a homophobe, which severely hinders him from accepting the idea of him being in love with another man, much less being affectionate towards one.
* Yuichi Kazuki of ''Only the Ring Finger Knows'' is kind, polite, and friendly to everyone he meets... except to Wataru Fujii, the guy he likes, because he doesn't know how to deal with his feelings for another male. His uncharacteristically cold and snarky (The Cold Shoulder tactic) behavior towards Wataru provokes the latter into employing his ''own'' type of Tsundere tactic ([[ArmorPiercingSlap The Violent Approach]]) upon him out of frustration. Yuichi grows out of this somewhat in the sequel novels following their RelationshipUpgrade, but still has occasional bouts of Tsundere-ness.
* Ichigo from ''{{Bleach}}'' is this to Rukia and Ishida, but is nicer to Orihime and Chad. Er, obviously he's the Tsundere ''without'' the romantic implications. [[WillTheyOrWontThey May]][[ShipTease be]]. [[HoYay I]] [[EvenTheGuysWantHim guess.]]
* Hibiki Tokai from ''{{Vandread}}'', having grown up in a world where men and women were raised separately and conditioned to view each other as mortal enemies, is completely clueless as to how to act around girls. Even once he starts to open up to Dita, he [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend fiercely denies]] becoming close to the opposite gender. ''Definitely'' the "doesn't believe that men should show weakness" variety.
* NaruTaru has a ''possible'' male Tsundere in Norio Koga, the resident gay character. He's usually a ''very'' grouchy guy who likes to tell [[{{Casanova}} Takeo Tsurumaru]] that he hates him (though to be fair, Takeo can be [[ManipulativeBastard quite an ass]]) but secretly has romantic feelings for the guy that go as far as [[spoiler:wanting to have his baby.]] His deredere side doesn't show much, and when it does, it's fairly downplayed.
* In the [[ThePrinceOfTennis Seigaku team]], one of the regulars can be seen as a Type A Tsundere: Kaoru Kaidoh. He is very antisocial and skittish, yet also is incredibly naïve when it comes to relationships (and blushes often about that) and [[FriendToAllLivingThings adores animals]]. If you want to add romance of the HoYay kind, his relationships with either of his doubles partners (Momoshiro and Inui, more tsun-tsun towards the first and slightly more dere-dere towards the latter) can ([[YourMileageMayVary arguably]]) count. If you want het, remember him being VERY dere-dere towards the girls of the [[DatingSim dating sim games]].
** In the platonic sense, Yuuta Fuji can be seen as a male Type A too, specially towards his older brother Shuusuke.
* After being [[DefrostingIceQueen more or less defrosted]], Tieria Erde from ''{{Gundam 00}}'' can be arguably counted as a Type A Tsundere. The [=PS2=] game even features some dialogues where he looks borderline embarrassed to ask his friend Lockon to join him for lunch after a battle, and a scene where he ''cries'' when he thinks Lockon has been shot down.
* [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Hidden heart of gold]] Takuto Kira from FullMoonOSagashite is probably the best example of the male type A, having all the traits of your average tsundere characters, showing all the tsuntsun traits 1 through 3, yet shows a very deredere side mostly through physical actions of kindness. He is prone to blushing and changing the subject whenever given a compliment or a "thank-you", especially from Mitsuki, the girl of his affections. His tsun-tsun side gradually fades to the more dere-dere side, especially towards the end of both the manga and the anime.
* Zero from ''Save Me Lollipop'' is a Tsundere with most of the characters except his [[HeterosexualLifePartners partner]] Ichii. His tactics changes based on whether he is dealing with Nina (The Smirk), one of the rival teams(The Violent Approach), or the hordes of Squeeing girls at their school (The Cold Shoulder).
* In a BoysLove example, Randy "Ryo" Mc Laine from ''{{FAKE}}'' can be seen as Tsundere towards [[BattleCouple his partner and love interest]] Dee Latener. Doesn't help that Dee is not only an ex-Casanova, but quite the HandsomeLech who is often chased around by male ClingyJealousGirl JJ.
* CloudCuckoolander Umino Masachika from ''SatouKashiNoDanganWaUchinukenai'' fits this at times. When asked why she told her new "good friend" to go to hell in the middle of class, she responded that it was ''"an expression of love!"''
* NininGaShinobuden has [[TokenLoli Miyabi]].
* Shinichi Chiaki in {{Nodame Cantabile}} is a male Type A towards Nodame, showing his mild deredere side quite infrequently, and only when they are alone.
* [[SeitokaiNoIchizon Minatsu]] is now confirmed as having a [[strike:dere]] not tsun side, so now we can list her.
* [[NyanKoi Nyan Koi:]] Both Akari Kirishima and Kanako Sumiyoshi are Type A tsunderes.
* EurekaSeven: [[spoiler: Anemone, toward Dominic.]]
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* Marion Ravenwood, love interest of AdventurerArchaeologist extraordinaire IndianaJones.
* Probably the straightest-played Western example this troper has ever seen: Helvetica Black from the RobertRodriguez kids' film ''Shorts''. Let's see: female bully whose main target is her love interest? Check. "I'm not helping you because I like you or anything"? Check. Freakin' ''[[GirlishPigtails twintails]]''? Check, check, check.
* [[StarWars Princess Leia]].
* Margaret Tate in ''The Proposal''. Known as the "Witch" around her publishing house for being a crazy, defensive, angry bitch, but later on switches to total deredere in regards to her male secretary.
* Tracy Lord in ''ThePhiladelphiaStory''.
* Kat (oh so very much Type A) in ''TenThingsIHateAboutYou''.
* The Spirit of Christmas Present as played in ''Scrooged'' by Carol Kane.
* Reiji (nicknamed "Rage") from ''Gravitation'' is an amazing example. In the same page she goes from shooting Shuichi with a bazooka to declaring her love for him.
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* Holly Jones from the Robert A Heinlein short story [[http://www.webscription.net/chapters/0743498747/0743498747___2.htm "The Menace from Earth"]]. Generally bossy demeanor, repressed attraction to love interest which is constantly denied, with her softening at the end.
* Ce'Nedra from David Eddings' ''{{Belgariad}}'' is apparently generally regarded by Japanese readers as one of the clearest Western examples of the trope.
* Aravis Tharkeena from CSLewis's ''[[{{Narnia}} The Horse and His Boy]]''. Her Tsundere-ness is lampshaded at the end of the book, when it's mentioned that [[spoiler: she and Shasta/Prince Cor got married because they were so used to their SlapSlapKiss that they wanted to be comfier while fighting and then making out.]]
* In SandyMitchell's {{Warhammer40000}} novel ''[[DarkHeresy Scourge the Heretic]]'', Keira's normally not personable manner is considerably worse toward Mordecai Horst, being [[ObliviousToLove blind to it herself]]. It doesn't help that she was raised in a SexIsEvil cult. But when she accuses Danuld of wanting to sin with her, and he says it's obvious that he has no chance because of Mordecai, she reacts badly but later returns to question him about what he meant, and then, with obvious difficulty, attempts to temper her behavior toward Horst. (And she resolves to consult another woman in the Inquisitor's retinue about whether sex really is so evil.)
* Adora Belle Dearheart from TerryPratchett's ''Discworld/GoingPostal'', though she's more ''dere-dere'' towards the golems with which she works at the golem trust.
* As illustrated by the page quote, pregnant o'rants in the DragonKeeperChronicles are like this.
*Clarrise from PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians takes the "fight through life" portion of this to heart, (since she's the daughter of Ares) and we only see her kind side after she [[spoiler:saves Chris Rodriguez from the Labyrinth and attempts to nurse him back to sanity.]]
* [[StarWars Mara Jade]]. She's a Type A MamaBear; [[AchillesHeel baiting]] her is hideously risky at best, and suicidal at worst.
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* Miss Piggy from ''TheMuppets''. In ''MuppetBabies'', she's basically Asuka Soryuu in pink and lace.
* Mindy of ''DrakeAndJosh'' in her second appearance only. The animosity she had towards Josh in her first appearance had more of a MagnificentBastard vibe then Tsundere, but her second appearance they realized they were evoking SlapSlapKiss. After that she was a rather loving girlfriend.
* ''MurphyBrown''. Murphy is, of course, usually incredibly cranky and prone to violence, but exhibits some tsundere tendencies with all three of her main love interests:
** With Jake Lowenstein, she insists that she "becomes a different person" when she's with him, and they fight almost constantly.
** Both she and FYI's sworn enemy Jerry Gold quickly made it apparent that they loathed one another. Eventually (and to their initial horror), they realized that they did indeed have feelings for each other. (Jerry could also be considered one of the rare examples of a male tsundere.)
** When she first meets Peter Hunt, she actually goes so far as to [[spoiler:punch him in the face seconds before show time]]. They bicker, call each other names and play pranks on each other until a later episode in which Corky suggests that Murphy has some interest in him. She's absolutely appalled at the thought, but a few episodes and one more fight later, they're both making out in her office.
* Major Margaret Houlihan of ''[[{{MASH}} M*A*S*H]]''. Definitely favored the violent side, especially towards [[{{Casanova}} Hawkeye]], but showed a softer side with [[{{Jerkass}} Frank]], [[ThePaolo Donald]], and ocassionally [[AFatherToHisMen Col. Potter]] and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Winchester]].
* Jessica Devlin of ''Shark'' liked to combine the cold shoulder with the smirk, especially in her dealings with longtime [[FoeYay rival]] Sebastian Stark.
* Soo from ''Sooty and Co'' and ''Sooty Heights''.
* Jackie Burchardt of That70sShow is a classic Type A {{Tsundere}} during the early seasons, when she was dating Kelso. She's naturally bossy and likes to feel in control of the relationship, whereas Kelso likes "doing it", making him easily exploitable, and him being TooDumbToLive doesn't help much. She mellows out once she starts dating Hyde after Kelso flees to California to avoid getting married to her.
* Arguably, Dr. Cuddy of {{House}} fits this. A bit justified given all the crap she has to go through.
** Not exactly. Cuddy's actually pretty good at dealing with House without losing her head, which makes her more of a {{Kuudere}}. Now, if you had suggested ''[[HoYay Wilson]]''... (Although that would be more of a Type B.)
** House himself probably qualifies. After all, he ''claims'' to only act towards his own interests, but occasionally will do something genuinely nice for someone else--usually Wilson. No wonder they're the FanPreferredCouple.
* Maggie from ''{{Sliders}}''. Leans tsun in season 3 (to contrast with Wade), dere in season 4 (to ''replace'' Wade), and reaches equilibrium in season 5.
* Both Mia (type B) and Marizza (type A) from RebeldeWay.
* Both Maddy Magellan and Carla Borrego from JonathanCreek.
* Alex Drake of AshesToAshes.
* Robin of HowIMetYourMother, to Ted.
* HowDidWeMissThisOne: [[Characters/DoctorWho Donna Noble]] of ''DoctorWho''. Over-the-top ''tsuntsun'' in her first appearance and is her default mood, but she can be ''dere''.
* Sam Puckett of {{iCarly}}. ''Very'' much Type A, especially towards Freddie. Only [[LesYay Carly]] can usually bring out her "dere" side.
* Sonny is a Type B, though usually only with Chad and Tawni. Make of that what you will.
* [[GossipGirl Blair Waldorf]] to Chuck Bass.
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[[folder:Theatre]]
* Kate from Shakespeare's play ''TheTamingOfTheShrew'' may count if you're [[TheZerothLawOfTropeExamples one of those people who insist on believing that Shakespeare did everything first]], although she was more of the DefrostingIceQueen.
** Some more modern interpretations of the play never have her lose her edge. However, Lilli Venessi, who plays Kate in the play-within-a-play in ''Kiss Me Kate'' definitely exhibits tsundere traits. Same goes to Catalina (played by Claudia Di Girolamo)from "La Fiera", a Chilean Telenovela also based in the play, though she's older than the standard.
*** And Kat in ''10 Things I Hate About You'', which is also based on the play.
* {{Shakespeare}} has some more straightforward examples of a Tsundere than Katherine -- [[AMidsummerNightsDream Hermia]], for example, who gets very fiery when roused, and Katherine Percy and Hotspur of ''HenryIV, Part 1'', who are a Tsundere ''married couple''. He constantly insults and belittles her while she threatens him with violence. And they are ''adorable''.
* Beatrice from ''MuchAdoAboutNothing'' defrosts to a certain extent, but her relationship with Benedick races up and down the temperature scale throughout.
* Penelope Pennywise from ''{{Urinetown}}'' is a rare Western example of a Type A {{Tsundere}}. Her 'dere trigger' is anything to do with Hope, [[spoiler: since she is her daughter, and/or being reminded of her past with Cladwell]]. She has even been known to get violent at times, and is particularly good with a plunger...
* In ''Mary, Mary'', Mary alternates between being a cynical DeadpanSnarker and acting helplessly romantic, particularly around her ex-husband Bob.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* Rutee from TalesOfDestiny. ([[spoiler:Wow, she and Leon must've been real {{Tsundere}} siblings]]), who continuallys bicker with Stahn, but still ends up as his wife in the sequel. And in the said sequel, there's [[StraightArrow Nanaly Fletch]], who constantly delivers Loni a [[ArmorPiercingSlap backbone crusher]] if he pisses her off, especially about her tomboy nature, but in another second, she gets... a bit gushy on him. She even cried on his shoulder once.
** This is par for the course in the {{Tales Series}}, really. You've got ''both'' Tear and Natalia in {{Tales of the Abyss}}, Farah in {{Tales of Eternia}}, Sheena in {{Tales of Symphonia}}, Chloe in {{Tales of Legendia}}, Iria in {{Tales of Innocence}}...
*** ''TalesOfPhantasia'' is a subversion of this trend only in that the {{tsundere}} did not get paired up with the lead. There was an awkward love triangle for a while, but it was mercifully dropped the moment said tsundere [[CuteWitch Arche]] met [[TheLancer Chester]]. It also came before there was a trend to be established; the first tsundere lead was [[TalesOfDestiny Rutee Katrea]].
*** Oh, and [[TalesOfVesperia Rita Mordio]]. Although it's another slight subversion in that, well, her deredere side? Comes out with ''[[LesYay Estelle]]''.
*** ''TalesOfHearts'' presents another subversion to the "Hero x Tsundere" pattern. While it initially looks like love interest Kohak is going to be a tsundere, she's pretty mild, and TokenLoli Beryl Benito soon turns out to be a much more advanced case, nursing a crush on Shing for about 70% of the game. And on the distaff side, [[TheLancer Hisui]] can be found struggling this way over his burgeoning 'ship with [[MysteriousWaif Richea]].
*** There's also a mild, subverted case in ''TalesOfRebirth'', but not about TheHero, though. [[TheMedic Annie Barrs]] ''really'' hates [[BigBadassWolf Eugene Gallardo]], but she always does help him. When asked why, she usually replies like "I-it's not that I have forgiven him..." Unlike other Tsunderes, though, Annie is not very violent with the other members, and after she forgives Eugene, she stops being a Tsundere, and their relationship were strictly non-romantic.
* [[{{WordOfGod}} The lead designer]] of ''TheLegendOfZelda: Twilight Princess'' has [[http://www.gameinformer.com/News/Story/200703/N07.0309.1142.57468.htm openly admitted in an interview]] that Midna was designed with the Tsundere concept in mind.
** Midna even falls victim to the classic Tsundere line; "Don't think for a second that I care about you, I'm helping you because I have to" or something to that effect.
** Tetra from ''Zelda: The Wind Waker'' would arguably qualify too. She even gives a Tsundere-line, pretty simmilar to the one Midna gave, early in the game.
*** She would be a straight example, wouldn't she randomly revert back to [[spoiler: [[PrincessClassic the usual Princess Zelda from the older games]]]]
** As would Ruto from ''Ocarina of Time''.
** Tatl from Majoras Mask probably started the trend of Link having a Tsundere-girl for a friend and helper. She too gives the "I don't care about you, but I have to help you" line, just like Tetra and Midna.
* Angel Starr from PhoenixWrightAceAttorney goes from angelic to demonic and back again frequently in the course of the case she appears in.
** Franziska von Karma in the ''AceAttorney'' series, a young woman with an absolutely vile temper, a tendency to WhipItGood at the slightest provocation, and a fixation on perfection, but a terrific soft spot for the painfully codependent Adrian Andrews, who she eventually helps train into being able to stand on her own two feet. She [[spoiler:finally cracks at the end of ''Justice For All'' and bursts into tears at a display of affection from Miles Edgeworth, her unrelated and older 'little brother']]. By ''Trials and Tribulations'' she's acting hostile more out of habit than anything else, and shows a soft side around children, being genuinely heartbroken when little Pearl Fey yells at her. Phoenix even thinks to himself that her outright hostility is what makes her "cute."
**He also notes that it may be a reaction to the severe fever from which he's suffering. However, since this troper found the "cute" remark funny enough to make him chortle, he thinks it was more than the fever talking.
* Lili from ''{{Psychonauts}}.'' She spends roughly the first half of the game belittling Raz in various ways, but is much sweeter to him in the second half--she's still feisty, though. To be fair, though, she ''is'' [[ToyShip ten]]. [[GirlsHaveCooties Cooties]] might have something to do with it.
* StaffChick Serra from FireEmblem 7 is very much a Type A Tsundere in her supports with Erk and Matthew, though more pronunciated since she also exhibits RichBitch traits despite not being one ([[spoiler: She's actually a StepfordSmiler orphan who ''created'' the RichBitch persona to cope with her ParentalAbandonment issues ]]) and acting more dere-dere towards Oswin, [[WellDoneSonGuy whose approval she seems to crave for]] (And dude, does she have an HeroicBSOD when she thinks he hates her).
** Farina, the tomboyish and money-grubbing Pegasus Knight, also counts as a Type A Tsundere since she's got the SlapSlapKiss with ''two'' males, Hector and Dart the Pirate.
** DragonRider Vaida can be seen as an [[LadyOfWar older]], [[BrokenBird more scarred Tsundere]] in her supports with her ex-[[TheLancer Lancer]] Heath and her confident Harken.
** The ''Ninth'' game set this up as well in the CatGirl Lethe and her various interactions with people (especially Ike, the leading male of this story). A lot more with the violent aspects than the nice aspects (to show how feral and feline she is). [[spoiler: However, the Tenth game shattered all thoughts of her ending up with anyone.]]
*** Must be genetic. Look at [[http://serenesforest.net/fe10/support/64.html this]] list for the overly generic support conversations in the tenth game and tell me that Lethe's twin sister Lyre isn't the same way. (specifically, the level A conversations.) She's deredere towards Captain Ranulf, tsuntsun towards pretty much everyone else.
** And in the ''Fourth'' one, there's one Type A Tsundere: Tiltyu the thunder mage. Sure, she acts really cheerful, pushy, spunky, [[RebelliousPrincess rebellious]], and even speaks TOO casually for a Princess, especially when her predestined is the rather timid [[BadassBookworm Azel]], she looks just about ready to be REALLY pushy on him. But in truth, beneath that, she shows great insecurity and loneliness, when you do actually get her to a love-improving conversation with Azel, you get to see that despite her outlook, she is really scared that nobody will trust her by being 'an enemy's daughter'. Then you see how scared she is when facing her father (justified, though, her father has a Holy Weapon that can possibly kill her in one hit). And then there's all those [[BreakTheCutie misfortunes she suffered right after]].
** The more straight out Tsundere in the fourth game would be Princess Ayra of Isaac. Sure, she can be one hell of a scary ActionGirl, killing men with ease using the Ryuuseiken and being a sort of [[MamaBear Auntie Bear]] to little Shanan. But then, she can get a bit gushy when she's paired with Holyn... or have a SlapSlapKiss romance with Lex. If you ''really'' want gushy, though, [[TastesLikeDiabetes try pairing her with Arden]]...
*** For bonus points, [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Ayra's]] name can be romanized as Ira. Which can [[MeaningfulName is latin for]] one of the 7 deadly sins... guess which one.
** Let's not forget Princess L'Arachel from FireEmblem 8, shall we? Qutie tsuntsun towards either Innes, Rennac or Ephraim, more deredere when with [[LesYay Eirika]].
* Sue Sakamoto from CaveStory is a DistressedDamsel Type A {{Tsundere}}. She'll bluster and threaten right up until she's captured (and after!), then yell at you for saving her. She warms up to you as time goes by, though, probably since you end up saving her no less than three times.
* AntiVillain Millenia in ''{{Grandia}} II'' starts off as an aggressive [[BettyAndVeronica Veronica]], overly sexual in her advances towards [[TheHero Ryudo]] (and plain bitchy towards everyone else). It is later revealed, however, that she only hides her insecurity this way, since she is an AnthropomorphicPersonification of the [[BigBad evil god Valmar]]'s wings and as such, has very little experience with strong feelings towards anybody. In the end of the game, [[spoiler:she starts showing her dere side more often, gets a job at an orphanage, and [[IWillWaitForYou keeps waiting for Ryudo, who, she is sure, will some day return to her]].]]
** [[BettyAndVeronica Elena]] from II is also a {{Tsundere}}, if not an even more classic case. She constantly yells and gets angry at Ryudo (normally for his [[DeadpanSnarker sarcastic comments]]), but has those few moments where she blushes and feels dere dere towards him. She's also much more reluctant than Millenia to admitting her feelings for him.
* CuteMonsterGirl Annah from PlanescapeTorment is classic type A, primarily demonstrated in verbal jibes and threats, though not so much physical toward the Nameless One (who in the beginning of the game only has levels in BadAss, and it shows,) but she's less shy about slapping Morte around. Her dere side [[spoiler:doesn't even reveal itself when the man she'd known as her father is found dead, but eventually emerges in some steamy flirtations with Nameless, which become completely realized by the end of the game.]]
** Since we're talking Bioware, how could Viconia of [[BaldursGate Baldur's Gate series]] not be mentioned? At least in BGII, her violent leaps between desperate-for-affection and [[DoesNotLikeMen misandrist bitch]] would be quite pathetic if it wasn't depressingly [[DarkAndTroubledPast well-justified]].
*** But we weren't talking about Bioware.
* Cloche Leythe Pastalia, in ''ArTonelico 2'', is actively described as this by one of her rival's attacks, ending in a rant about [[HypocriticalHumor being honest]].
* Tsugumi of {{Ever17}} is straddling the line between this and {{kuudere}} and it's towards everyone except Coco. And Sara, but she ignores her anyway. Obviously, she mellows by the end. Type A, uses violence, (punches Takeshi at least once) cold shoulder (default. She doesn't answer meaningless questions in her own words) and also the smirk! Actually, she comes off as a bit of a {{jerkass}} a lot of the time so they gave her a {{morality pet}} before letting her officially act dere towards Takeshi.
* Jessica D'Alkrik from the first {{Lunar}} game ([[VideoGameRemake and it's remake]]) is most definitely this.
* Melissa from the visual novel ''SongsOfAraiah''
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* Fio from ''[[http://www.revenant-braves.schala.net Circumstances of the Revenant Braves]]'' is a soft example of Type A.
* Faye in ''QuestionableContent''.
** She's also a bit of a subversion, as she's aware she has "issues" and is currently seeking professional help for them. (Even if she agreed to seek that help in order to avoid the ''other'' elephant in the room (Marten's feelings towards her))
*** The Tsundere attitude itself is lampshaded and deconstructed when Raven points out that [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=444 these things may have consequences.]]
** Dora is arguably a Type B herself.
*** Particularly as shown [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1323 here]], when finding out that Marten had a girl flirt with him.
** Hell, Type A is essentially the selling point of ''[[DoomyDoomsOfDoom Coffee of Doom]]'' the coffee shop Dora owns, as its customers seem to enjoy being served by the tsuntsun Faye.
** Who would have thought Hanners could be so GenreSavvy? [[http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1525]]
* Kate in {{Misfile}} alternates between this and {{Kuudere}}. She's not in love with the protagonist and treats [[GenderBender him/her]] as a little sister. But Ash is still one of the three people in the comic who can draw out anything resembling deredere from Kate. [[spoiler: We could assume she's softened up for Harry a little, since she acts as his secretary without complaint. For the most part she her face is blank now that her sister isn't haunting her, but the temper Kate had? All natural.]]
* Audrey started out as this in SomethingPositive, but she's gotten to the point where she uses words before her fists. She still has a sharp tongue though.
* Annys in ''Magichero''.
* Dree from ''[[http://community.livejournal.com/dante_res_comic Dante Residential]]''.
* Gwynn from ''SluggyFreelance''. In almost all her relationships, not just the romantic one(s), although her friendships with other women can be a bit less like this.
** Kada Jansen, too. Well, except for the part about friendships with other women, because the only other females in the "Oceans Unmoving" saga are either flashback-only characters or enemies.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* Helga Pataki in ''HeyArnold'' goes all ''dere-dere'' on Arnold in private and even has a shrine devoted to him, yet she can only act ''tsun-tsun'' and bully him in public. In fact, she could easily [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRQsO8LH2MQ&fmt=18 out-tsundere]] even the most extreme Anime tsunderes.
* Linka from ''CaptainPlanet''. No, she doesn't like [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Wheeler]] ''that way'' or so she says, but she's been [[AlmostKiss close to kiss him several times]] and is his ClingyJealousGirl whenever a female expresses interest in him, so...
--> '''Wheeler''': "Love your accent. You Russian?"
--> '''Linka''': "Soviet!"
* Cindy Vortex from ''TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutron.'' She's far more "Tsun" than "dere," but there are a few times she lets her true feelings for Jimmy slip through.
* Gwen from ''TotalDramaIsland''. She starts out acting Tsun, takes awhile to warm up to people, but in the end she agrees to go out with Trent. By the second season she acts more dere.
* Murderface from ''{{Metalocalypse}}''. Oftentimes he is rude, crude, and disrespectful to his band mates and the world around him, but occasionally becomes emotional and insecure of himself (especially in [[spoiler:Performanceklok]] and [[spoiler:Birthdayface]]). Creator Brendon Small describes Murderface as, "a self-hating bass player [...] thin-skinned and incredibly sensitive and just wants to be accepted constantly but can’t get that because he’s such a dick and pushes people away".[[http://www.synthesis.net/music/interview/item-7111/2008-07-17-metalocalypse]]
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[[folder:Music]]
* The Gomez song "Girlshapedlovedrug" ([[http://www.lyricsmania.com/lyrics/gomez_lyrics_2476/how_we_operate_lyrics_26932/girlshapedlovedrug_lyrics_294314.html lyrics]]) seems to be a love song to a tsundere.
* "She's Always A Woman" by Billy Joel.
* These lyrics come to mind: 'Cause you're my lady/I'm your fool/it makes me crazy when you act so cruel. From the song ''Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go'' by Wham!
* Although its music video seems more geared towards {{Yandere}} girls, the lyrics of P!nk's ''Please Don't Leave Me'' are from the perspective of a Type-A Tsundere.
* The song "Loco (Tu forma de ser)" by the Argentinian group ''Los Auténticos Decadentes'' is pretty much a love theme dedicated to a ''hardcore'' Type A Tsundere.
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[[folder:Real Life]]
* There are some things that man was [[http://www.darkmirage.com/2007/01/02/the-perfect-cd-for-your-masochistic-self/ never meant to know]].
* Recently, Tsundere Cafes have been opening in the Otakuland of Akihabara. Similar to {{Meido}} Cafes, the waitresses there are young attractive women, each acting {{tsundere}}-ish towards their patrons: very rude and impatient at the beginning ("Here, sit." "Am I supposed to wait for you, or what?" "Have you decided on your order yet?!") but getting increasingly more apologetic and ''dere'' when they are about to leave ("I'm sorry I said all those things to you... you will come again, won't you?.."). Witness reports say that this change is irresistible. The waitresses apparently enjoy their jobs immensely, too, but, heck, getting paid for being rude to customers? A dream job.
** This is sort of the gimmick of the American restaurant Ed Debevicks where both male and female waitstaff are deliberately rude to customers.
**Dick's Last Resort in San Diego does the same thing, among other things hanging the ties of patrons on the walls is part of the schtick and it's a highly recommended spot to go to not just for the food.
**The restaurant Durgan Park (motto: "Established before you were born") in Boston is well known for their "sharp tongued" waitstaff, but they're more the "cranky aunty" types than regular Tsundere. It's well known in Boston just for the experience.
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[[folder:Folklore]]
* The Lady Linnet (or Lynette, or [[SpellMyNameWithAnS whatever variation you fancy]]) of the [[KingArthur Arthurian myths]] would be a straight example; initially hostile to KnightInShiningArmour Sir Gareth and frequently insulting him, but eventually a softer side comes out as well. [[http://www.lib.rochester.edu/camelot/idyl-gar.htm Tennyson's interpretation]] is particularly well done.
**Also worth mentioning is Queen Guinevere herself in regards to Lancelot in Sir ThomasMalory's ''Le Morte Darthur''. She can be very tender and affectionate toward him, but she's been known to banish him from the kingdom (and then yell at his relatives in his absence) when she's angry with him (usually for some real or imagined infidelity on Lancelot's part).
** It's not just Malory. In ''The Knight of the Cart'', Lancelot hesitated before getting in a cart to get new of Guinevere, because it is considered disgraceful. Many other characters regard him as disgraced by doing it and abuse him for it. Guinevere freezes on him, until he finally learns that it was the momentary hesitation; he should have moved instantly.
* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pele_(mythology) Pele]], the Hawaiian volcano goddess, is just not someone to be trifled with in general but she's very protective and loving to her sisters and her lovers - at least, until her "favorite" sister Hi'iaka fell in love with one of her lovers. [[spoiler: Hi'iaka, being a goddess, got better; the lover, being human, did not.]] Additionally, this goddess of volcanoes and fire has a love-hate relationship with Kamapua'a, a demi-god of rain and vegetation.
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[[folder:Other]]
* ''DeptHeavenApocrypha'' has Meria (though she's ''tsungire'' rather than tsundere and she's like this to everyone around her instead of just love interests), who prefers to insult people and be insufferable but is also capable of loving devotion to her friends.
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'''Type B:'''
[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* [[YuYuHakusho Keiko Yukimura]]
* Akane Tendo, and to some degree also Ukyou Kuonji in ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]''.
-->'''Kasumi:''' "She's really a very sweet girl. She's just a violent maniac."
** However, Ukyou can be argued as a minor {{Yandere}} after her initial introduction -- being publically friendly and affectionate, but violent and sometimes disturbingly underhanded when things don't go her way.
*** Ukyou seems to act most like a Tsundere around Ryoga, which is probably why that pairing is so popular in fanfiction. It's also often Lampshaded with Akane and Ranma commenting on how the new bickering couple is "just like we were".
** Akane is suject to a lot of debate with Fanfiction commonly depicting her as Type A. Many feel Akane was a Type B in the beginning, but as time went on she begin to act more like a Type A. Either because Ranma's constant verbal abuse put her in a permanently irritated state, or possibly because writing her as Type A became easier once the focus shifted from martial arts wackiness to the romance. Still others argue for AdaptationDecay from the manga as the cause for her shift. However, from Kasumi's description of Akane it's pretty obvious that Akane was ''intended'' as a Type B. Also, it should be noted that her "Tsundereness" mainly comes out in regards to ''Ranma'' himself - when dealing with just about everyone else, including her (technically) bitter enemies, she is usually very patient, understanding and willing to help. While she does get a little better at being more patient with Ranma towards the very end of the manga, she is still quick to yell at or hit him if he ticks her iff.
** Ukyo and Shampoo, the two most prominent female characters beside Akane, display some tsundere characteristics. Mainly because they both are also know to beat on Ranma.
* Another Takahashi example: both Lum and Shinobu Miyake from ''UruseiYatsura''. Yeah, try managing an UnwantedHarem with two Tsundere as the main contenders. Of course, Ataru wants the ''harem'', so he deserves what he gets.
** It could be argued that Lum is the seminal tsundere (albeit Type B).
* Yet ''another'' Tsundere by Rumiko Takakashi (wow, [[AuthorAppeal she seems to really love the trope]]) is Kagome Higurashi from ''InuYasha''. Note that she warmed up to Inuyasha quite faster than the other Takahashi Tsundere towards their love interests, though. Kagome's friend Sango might have two or three traits of Tsundere-ness as well, though when not provoked (principally by her love interest, HandsomeLech Miroku), she's more of a Yamato Nadeshiko.
** The original lead female for her first popular work, ''UruseiYatsura'', was suppose to be the childhood friend/YamatoNadeshiko until Lum became insanely popular. This could be why all the heroines after that diverge in that direction.
* Kyoko Otonashi from ''MaisonIkkoku'' expresses Tsundere qualities as a ''subversion'' of the YamatoNadeshiko personality: basically, her outwardly [[YamatoNadeshiko perfect Japanese housewife]] persona hides her childish, almost bipolar bouts of tsundere-ness.
** All of Takahashi's female leads appear to be {{Tsundere}}s. This is half the reason {{Takahashi Couple}}s never seem to get together (the other half being that they CantSpitItOut).
** Kyoko is interesting in that when we meet her parents, we discover that her mother is a {{Tsundere}} and in flashbacks, that Kyoko was even more openly a Tsundere in her youth. (Interacting with her parents seems to bring this out in her). It's as if Kyoko is the mascot for teenage {{Tsundere}}s who manage to grow-up and become the YamatoNadeshiko that most of them want to be. However, her old TsunDere behavior is still there, ready to breakout if she relives old childhood experiences.
*** Notable in that she is a ''widow'', and in FanFiction the lost of her LoveInterest is a common method for changing a TsunDere into a YamatoNadeshiko. If her Tsundere personality re-emerges, it's probably a sign that she's learned to love again.
* Another possible "matured" Tsundere is Princess Ayeka of ''TenchiMuyo'' fame. She attempts to put on a YamatoNadeshiko personality, but is certainly suppressing violent tendencies (even in the OVA, where she has a much sweeter personality). The trigger for her adoption of the YamatoNadeshiko personality? The loss of her LoveInterest [[BrotherSisterIncest and half-brother]], Yosho. Of course, she targets her violence out on to her rival rather then her LoveInterest.
** This seems to be the main LesYay argument put forward for Ryoko and Ayeka.
** Kiyone sometimes is interpreted as one as well. Particualrly in her relationship with Mihoshi (who from Kiyone's perspective might be considered a weird form of TheRival combined with TheLoad). Since Mihoshi is a GeniusDitz, the constant clash is widely interpreted as LesYay.
* LittleHouseWithAnOrangeRoof - Natsumi Tachibana is one of these, though her ex-husband's rampant infidelity is more reason than a Tsundere usually has.
* Liz Ricarro from ''[[{{IGPXImmortalGrandPrix}} IGPX]]'' is a more muted tsundere - her arguments with Takeshi don't always extend to violence; most of the time they get along more or less fine, she usually has a concrete reason for berating or attacking him (Takeshi does kind of have an ego), and both are trained martial artists anyway. Takeshi puts it best in episode 2: "If you're not screaming, you're not happy.
* ChineseGirl Fa Yuiri from ''[[MobileSuitGundam Zeta Gundam]]'' also qualifies as Type B Tsundere in regards to her neighbor and partner Kamille Vidan, specially when Sarah Zaviaroff or Rosamia Badam are nearby. In the sequel Gundam ZZ, where the more mature Fa is the TeamMom, Elle Vianno and later Roux Rouka (though she's a bit more of a DefrostingIceQueen) become the local Tsundere.
* Ran Mouri in ''DetectiveConan''. Since she's a national-ranked karate girl, her violent tendencies come in handy more than once, though.
* Seigaku {{Fangirl}} and local {{Shorttank}} Tomoka "Tomo-chan" Osakada from ''ThePrinceOfTennis'', [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl contrasting with her girly best friend]] [[ShrinkingViolet Sakuno Ryuzaki]]. Tomoka is very open about her crush-like admiration for "Ryoma-sama", acts very sweet and protective of Sakuno, behaves cheerful and tomboyish towards others in general *and* has a borderline SlapSlapKiss relationship with another of Ryoma's friends, local ChewToy Satoshi Horio.
** The manga and the anime show Ryoma's mother, Rinko Echizen née Takeuchi, as being quite the Tsundere towards her boyfriend and later husband Nanjiroh, before their marriage. Nanjiroh seems to like his girls feisty, too, since he teases Rinko a lot about her [[{{Pettanko}} rather flat chest]] in the first stages of their relationship.
* Mai Tokiha from ''{{Mai-HiME}}'' flips back and forth between "hot" and "cold" around Yuuichi Tate, as she occasionally has to deal with his practical jokes and moments of perversity ([[AccidentalPervert accidental]] and otherwise), and the ClingyJealousGirl who always hangs around him. Being the [[NaiveNewcomer new girl in town]], she still wants to do right by everybody... even him.
* Kagura Sohma from ''FruitsBasket'' is a rather curious mix of Tsundere and ''{{Yandere}}'', having the temper of the first type and some bits of the latter's insanity.
* Jun "The Swan" from ''ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' is a kind and dedicated girl who cares deeply for her teammates, but she has quite a temper on her as well. Odd example in that her temper is usually set off by adopted little brother [[MouthyKid Jinpei]] or DumbMuscle Ryu's wisecracks rather than her crush Ken.
* Kazuki from TonaGura is shown in the beginning to be a nice girl who is looking to her childhood sweetheart moving back next door. Her "tsun-tsun" side emerges upon discovering that said childhood sweetheart had grown up to become a pervert.
** Later, though, she [[spoiler: remembered that he had always been somewhat like this, even as a little boy, which he largely still acts like. She also finds that she has become somewhat more uptight than she was. Mind you, this hardly solves everything. The indication at anime's end is that he will try to be more playful but respectful than perverted, and she will try to be just serious, rather than angrily decrying his nature at every turn]].
* In TheKingOfFighters manga and games "[=KoF=]: KYO" by Masato Natsumoto, which centers specifically around Kyo Kusanagi's story, Kyo's girlfriend Yuki is re-written as a Type B Tsundere who can alternate between being genuinely kind to her friends (specially Athena and Shingo), hitting Kyo with schoolbooks for being LateForSchool before smiling sweetly at him, yelling at Iori Yagami for wreacking havoc and [[SheCleansUpNicely dress up very cutely]] for an arranged date with a DoggedNiceGuy...
* Emina Kusunoki from {{Inumimi}}. Let's just say she does ''not'' take lightly the fact that Yuichiro [[SleepCute Sleep Cutes]] with his dogs-turned-human.
* Sekai Saionji from ''SchoolDays'' ''starts'' as a Type B Tsundere... [[spoiler:She later shows {{Yandere}} traits and murders her love interest]].
* Oddly, the main Shaymin of the newest {{Pokemon}} movie (Giratina and the Sky Warrior) was quite {{tsundere}}, not to mention cocky and snobby too. For people who don't know...[[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Shaymin_(anime) Shaymin]] are a species of Pokemon, not a human.
** It wouldn't be the first time a Pokemon acted like a tsundere. That award goes to the shiny Celebi from ''PokemonMysteryDungeon'', towards her [[BodyguardCrush loyal knight Grovyle]]. (Okay, technically Celebi are gender-neutral, but trust me, this one was female.)
** Also from the anime: Haruka/May. ''Seemed'' awfully sweet compared to the aforementioned Type A tsundere Kasumi/Misty being Satoshi/Ash's previous companion, but had more than enough tsuntsun to go around--particularly for rival coordinator [[{{Bishonen}} Shuu/Drew]]. [[BerserkButton And stay clear of her food. Even Type Bs can become killbots when their buttons are pressed.]]
* In {{FAKE}}, [[VictoriousChildhoodFriend Carol]] fits a bit more as your typical Tsundere towards her best friend and later boyfriend, Ryo's adoptive son Bikky.
* Ai Amano from ''VideoGirlAi''. Note that she was ''not'' supposed to be a Tsundere, but a YamatoNadeshiko - until Youta played her video in a broken VCR. Len Momono from ''Video Girl Len'' fits a bit more, though.
* Winry Rockbell in ''FullMetalAlchemist'', especially towards Ed. Come to think about it, Ed also qualifies, although there is a different gender issue involved (as a result of the superposition of his bad temper and incredible trials, he has a bit of a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold macho complex]]...).
* In RomeoXJuliet, whereas Curio's Type A male Tsundere tendences are a bit arguable depending on how you see [[HoYay his]] [[HeterosexualLifePartners relationship]] with [[StraightArrow Francisco]], TeamMom Cordelia is definitely a Type B Tsundere towards [[spoiler: Benvolio]].
* Both Misao Makimachi and Kaoru Kamiya in ''RurouniKenshin'', despite the latter having the looks and garb of a YamatoNadeshiko.
** In Kaoru's defense, she has to deal with [[BrattyHalfPint Yahiko]] [[KidSamurai Myoujin]] and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Sanosuke]] [[HotBlooded Sagara]] on a daily basis, and neither of them ever have anything nice to say. Kenshin is genuinely nice to her and is therefore much less of a pain in the ass for her to deal with, but he DOES has a bad habit of saying the wrong things at the wrong times, which brings out Kaoru's tsuntsun side like nothing else.
* In the ''AxisPowersHetalia'' Highschool AU mini-game, ''Gakuen Hetalia'', the main character Seychelles is a Type B. She's mostly sweet and demure, but as soon as England or France get pushy on her, she goes ''very'' tsuntsun.
* Mishima Akane from ''Kampfer'' is {{Tsundere}} as a result of her TransformationSequence. She transforms from a shy MegaNekko librarian to an AxCrazy [[TheGunSlinger gun nut]]
* Sawachika Eri, TheOjou from ''SchoolRumble''. She only shows her Tsun-Tsun side to her friends, and Harima.
* Akira Kogami from ''LuckyStar''. Her ''dere'' side is just a facade she puts up on ''[[ShowWithinAShow Lucky Channel]]''. Her ''tsun'' side is TERRIFYING; it's no wonder that [[spoiler:her co-host Minoru completely snaps in episode 21.]]
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* [[CalvinAndHobbes Susie Derkins]] is generally a very sweet and mild-mannered girl, but is still perfectly willing to retaliate violently at whatever Calvin (see type A) is up to. (Not that that's not a wise way to deal with Calvin.)
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* Princess Eilonwy from LloydAlexander's ''[[PrydainChronicles The Chronicles of Prydain]]'' says "Taran, I'm not speaking to you" about five times a novel, and as the last line of at least the first three. Taran himself is a male version.
* In the NightWorld book, ''Daughters of Darkness'', Mary-Lynnette is dere dere, but when Ash is around her automatic reaction [[spoiler: at first]] is to kick him in the shins. Doesn't help that he's sexist and [[FantasticRacism speciesist]].
* Hermione Granger from HarryPotter. She's a good friend who is sensible and restrained a lot of the time, but DO NOT tick her off. She will show no mercy. Just ask Rita Skeeter, Draco Malfoy or even her love interest, Ron Weasley.
** Teenager Lily Evans seems to be interpreted this way by the fans, especially in [[StalkerWithACrush James Potter's]] presence.
** As well as her {{Expy}} [[FieryRedhead Ginny Weasley]].
* Arguably, Luke Skywalker becomes a Type B Tsundere in the StarWars novels.
* Mel from ''Crown Duel'' is a type B to such an extent that [[spoiler: Shevraeth]] has to resort to wooing her through anonimous letters.
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* Lyndis from ''FireEmblem'' 7 can be seen as a Type B Tsundere through her SlapSlapKiss (tsuntsun) interactions with Hector of Ostia and her awkward, gentler reactions (deredere) towards either Eliwood of Pherae, her vassal Kent or the StraightArrow Rath. If you like your LesYay, there's her adorable and dere-dere dynamic with the ShrinkingViolet Florina...
** And the StraightArrow [[{{Shorttank}} Rebecca]] is VERY tsuntsun towards her childhood friend Wil and ChivalrousPervert Sain, yet in presence of BigEater and fellow cook Lowen she goes all deredere (well, he ''[[RescueRomance did]]'' [[RescueRomance rescue her once]]...). Her deredere side also shows in her supports with Louise, whom [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer she fangirls shamelessly]], and both [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship Nino and Florina]].
** Dorothy from the sixth game is also a bit of a Type B Tsundere. She tends to nag and is very harsh with her ChivalrousPervert charge Saul (despite kinda [[BodyguardCrush crushing on him]]), but also seems to have problems with her self-esteem and [[{{Shorttank}} appearance]], at least until you support her with [[WellExcuseMePrincess Claine of Reglay]].
* Chihiro Fujimi in ''{{Persona 3}}'' is a ''very'' mild Type B tsundere. Normally the ShrinkingViolet, her social link reveals that she can snap and get very confrontational when protecting things she cares about (the subject in question beig the main character).
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* Kei's mother from ''[[http://www.revenant-braves.schala.net Circumstances of the Revenant Braves]]'' is a fairly extreme case of Type B.
* Emily from ''{{Misfile}}'' is quite capable of turning into the ClingyJealousGirl anytime someone else puts the moves on Ash, but fond of giving Ash the cold shoulder or verbal smackdown if Ash makes a move on her. This is because Ash is [[GenderBender currently a girl]] and Emily [[TransparentCloset is not gay at all]].
* [[SomethingPositive Pee-Jee]] is a type B. She's a genuinely nice person, who happens to have a violent temper. And when she snaps, blood splatters.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* [[XMenEvolution Miss Jean Grey, so much]]. She normally acts like a sweet and cheerful CoolBigSis towards the younger kids, but goes cranky when Scott was around. And there's her hidden jealousy at Rogue or Taryn...
*Wanda from FairlyOddparents, who tends to do all the {{Tsundere}} methods. A fan wrote this in a review of FanFiction about Cosmo and Wanda's failing relationship:
-->Wanda is not an instigator. The only time she takes to lashing out at Cosmo is after he has done something to insult or offend her. That is self defense - It is NOT nagging. Wanda reminds me much of C-4 explosive. Quite stable unless you put a fire under it. Fact of the matter is (9 times out of 10), Cosmo is the match lighting her fuse.
**Also in a series of FanFic by AmandaArtiste, [[GenieInABottle Norm the Genie]] got paired up with one named Desmona. Her preferred method is the Smirk. Also, she seems to hate him or have an extreme case of WellExcuseMePrincess. They are TakahashiCouple.
* Emily in the new ThomasTheTankEngine seasons. She's normally quite sweet until something sets her off. Usually when [[{{Mooks}} the trucks]] start giving her crap, Thomas acts like a BrattyHalfPint, James acts like a JerkAss, Gordon like an UpperClassTwit, or if she just gets [[IncrediblyLamePun ideas above her station]].
* Wilma Flintstone from ''TheFlintstones'' is a good example of a type B. She's all [[YamatoNadeshiko sweetness and light]] until her husband Fred goes from JerkWithAHeartOfGold to JerkAss. ''The Flintstones'' are probably a good example of what happens when a TakahashiCouple eventually gets their act together and finally [[CannotSpitItOut Spit It Out]].
* ActionGirl Angela from ''{{Gargoyles}}'' is also a type B tsundere. She's normally friendly and easy going, if somewhat naive. It's just that when she ''does'' gets mad, she lets them know. Things that set her off include threatening her with violence, [[AndYourLittleDogToo threatening one of her friends with violence]] or [[BerserkButton calling her "Angie"]].
* Then there's Annabelle, the angelic whippet from ''All Dogs Go to Heaven''. "Touch that watch and you can never go back...I SAID '''TOUCH THAT WATCH AND YOU CAN NEVER GO BACK!'''"
* Courtney from ''TotalDramaIsland''. Generally polite if bossy, but if you get her mad, she gets bitchy and violent, especially around Duncan, as she shows her Tsun by refusing to admit she likes him.
* Kuki aka Numbuh 3 from ''KidsNextDoor'' is [[{{Kawaiiko}} EXTREMELY cute and sweet]]... but she's very, ''very'' obstinate and prone to mood swings, especially when [[ToyShip arguing with Wally aka Numbuh 4]].
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* As implied by the title, the ''Tsuyokiss - Cool x Sweet'' anime and game take this to the natural extreme, giving the ''whole'' cast this personality type.
* Rika in ''HanbunNoTsukiGaNoboruSora''.
* Suiseiseki in ''RozenMaiden'' appears to be like this in her introduction, but after that mostly only plays at it to be mischievous. Shinku and later Suigintou both approach the [[DefrostingIceQueen original definition]] of {{Tsundere}}.
** Not Really, Suiseiseki IS a tsundere, which is explained by her flips between a caring and helpful personality and her colder side. Often ignored when she actually helps out, that is what flips her at most times. Of course, with the fact that she does tend to be mischievous at times, it is somewhat understandable how they treat her like that, even though she meant well.
* This was [[GalaxyAngelGameverse originally]] Ranpha Franboise's personality in ''GalaxyAngel''. This was modified into a general overbearing romantic and golddigging streak in the television series, probably because tsundere [[PinkBishoujoGhetto need a boy]] to emote at.
* Asuna Kagurazaka in ''MahouSenseiNegima'', although this trait has diminished in recent examples. After the first half of the series concluded, this role is taken up by Anya. In addition, Akamatsu himself describes Chisame as a borderline tsundere.
** And back in the tales of Ala Rubra, we have Princess Arika. [[spoiler:Apparently, {{tsundere}}[[BuffySpeak ...ism]] runs in the family.]]
** I think Natsumi may be [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_sensei_negima/c249/4.html starting to head in this direction]] regarding Kotaro. Just a little.
** Anya is a ClingyJealousGirl who's a Type A towards Negi.
** Evangeline occasionally lapses into this, most notably when dealing with Nagi and Albireo.
* Mika Seido in ''Geneshaft'' who throughout the series yells pretty much everyone at one time or another especially [[spoiler:her captian Hiroto Amagiwa whom she hold personally responsible for the death of her friend punching him in the first episode only to be one who is always by his bed when he's greatly injured, although claiming it's a ''TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou'']]
* Sakurako from the manga ''AiKora''.
* In ''SayonaraZetsubouSensei'', the "returnee" student Kaere Kimura falls into this category, while conflating it with bipolar. She has reconciled her Japanese heritage with her time spent in an ambiguous foreign country by splitting her personality into a stereotype for each -- the perfect Japanese YamatoNadeshiko and the [[BoisterousBruiser loud foreigner]] [[FrivolousLawsuit who threatens to sue over every problem]]. The "dere" side is in love with the teacher, while the "tsun" side threatens him most often.
** Mayo Mitama is described as a {{Tsundere}} by another character, but parodies the type by having a barely evident "dere" side, and a "tsun" side so outright psychopathic that no amount of "dere" could counterbalance it.
** In episode 5 of the second season, the apologetic Ai Kaga briefly "becomes a tsundere character" for all the wrong reasons... Which prompts Itoshiki to wonder if a tsundere without the dere side is possible nowadays. Manga FanGirl Harumi Fujiyoshi is quick to reply that it is, since the dere side can be "filled in by imagination". So true, indeed.
*[[strike:Sheryl Nome]] in ''MacrossFrontier''. She starts out as a self-important pop-star/idol but warms up to Saotome Alto, but still not too warm. Alto ''is'' the tsundere! He blows hot and cold to both love interests (Sheryl and Ranka).
* Ayano in ''KazeNoStigma''.
** And later Catherine (who has the same seiyu as Takako from Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru, above)
* Meg in ''BurstAngel''/''BakuretsuTenshi''. A FauxActionGirl, too.
* Princess Cagalli Yura Attha in ''GundamSEED'' has definite Tsundere moments, mostly when around the male leads, although she seems to have grown out of it [[BreakTheHaughty (in a way)]] by ''GundamSEEDDestiny''.
* Ryoko Subaru from ''MartianSuccessorNadesico'', whose similarities to a more mature and professional [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Asuka Langley Soryuu]] [[{{Expy}} are not entirely coincidental]]. Arguably, Akito acts this way toward Yurika, as a rare male example.
* In one episode of the second series of ''{{Genshiken}}'', the guys are taking a break together while at a major anime/manga convention and, in the course of discussing erotic games, start figuring out the plot path to Tsundere and fellow club member Chika Ogiue as if she was a character in such a game, even calling her a "Tsundere" explicitly. Said Tsundere is actually listening in all this time, and getting more and more frustrated with her conflicting desires to both confront them and to avoid being noticed, because she swore up and down that she had no intention of going to the con.
* Altezza from ''Fushigiboshi no Futago Hime''.
* Hanazono Karin from ''KamichamaKarin''.
* Meryl in ''{{Trigun}}''.
* Risa Koizumi from ''LovelyComplex'' exhibits this behavior, but that is mostly due to the [[MasterOfTheMixedMessage indecisive and hard-to-read behavior]] of her love interest.
* Nanami and Miz Mishtal in ''ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld''.
* Urumi Kanzaki in the ''[[GreatTeacherOnizuka GTO]]'' manga had a number of these moments... though a bit of a {{Yandere}} streak as well.
** Anko Uehara takes it to the extreme; Her treatment of Noboru Yoshikawa drove him to attempt ''suicide'', '''''twice'''''.
* Mayu from ''Princess Kaguya''.
* Miyabi Johou (the local StalkerWithACrush with creepy glasses) in ''High School Debut''.
* Otae and, to a certain extent, Kagura from ''{{Gintama}}'' are both examples of this. (Poor Gintoki and Shinpachi.)
* In a rare male example, Ritsuka from ''{{Loveless}}'' is something of a {{Tsundere}}, though he certainly leans more toward the tsuntsun than the deredere. There's also female examples in Nagisa, who is conspicuously tsundere for Ritsu-sensei, and maybe Kouya as well.
* Both Ami Kurimoto and Karin Aoi from ''DNA^2''.
* Rosette from ''ChrnoCrusade'' is a [[{{GenkiGirl}} super-genki]] {{Tsundere}}-cum-{{ActionGirl}}. Feeeeel the pain!
** Satella also qualifies. [[{{Catfight}} Feeeel the clash!]]
* Riku from ''DNAngel''. Through the magic of SiblingYinYang, her twin sister Risa is deredere-er than her.
** It's also implied that the main lead's mother, Emiko, was somewhat like this when she was younger: whenever a boy tried to confess his love for her, she would respond that she would go out with him on one condition: "When we're married, we have to have a boy!" When the boys got understandably flustered, she'd angrily insist on the condition.
* Lizette/Lisette, the Red Riding Hood in ''LudwigKakumei'', combines this with {{Yandere}}-ish traits, but gets better at the end of the manga.
* Hanon of ''MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'' takes the standoffish approach toward DoggedNiceGuy Nagisa.
* Karin and Soyogi from ''Umi no Misaki''... though, if you'd been brought up to sleep with some dude you don't know, you might develop a cranky side too.
* Kyohei from ''TheWallflower'' is a male example of a Tsundere. Despite being a very creepy Yandere and DarkActionGirl, Sunako also shows traits of the trope.
* Runo from ''{{Bakugan}}'' is constantly fighting with Dan, to the point that their lovers' quarrels often get in the way of the Battle Brawlers' battles. [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend Of course, neither one of them wants to admit that that's what these fights are.]]
* Hime Utsumiya from ''BrainPowerd'' is a huge Tsundere to male lead Yuu. The two of them flip-flop quite often around each other, and at first never seem to really get along, leading to Yuu's frustration over not understanding why she takes offense at things like [[spoiler:the stolen kiss during their reunion]]. Later on, however, the two built mutual respect that eventually solidifies in love.
** Higgins Saz from the same series can be considered a Tsundere as well. She usually seems aloof and antisocial, and will pointedly ignore people who haven't earned her respect, while seeming still quite distant to others who did. However, she cares about people a lot, and drops her cold facade when around her beloved or her best friends, especially Kanan.
* If you will indulge ThisTroper and his knowledge for a moment, the {{Hentai}} manga ''Boys Empire'' gives us Hitomi Mizuhara. Her initial interaction with an ill Makoto is pure tsuntsun, even when she sleeps with him (her most common reaction to his [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean "excitement"]] amounts to "God, you're hopeless"). After a SayMyName moment in the fourth volume (which according to her [[spoiler:is the first time she orgasms with him]]), her deredere side begins to come to the fore, although she never loses her barbs ([[spoiler:"NO INCEST THIS EARLY IN THE MORNING!"]]).
* Guchuko from ''Potemayo'' is completely this for Kyou. Her method of showing appreciation is to leave freshly slaughtered livestock on her desk or front porch.
* Hayate from Pretear. He's a total Tsun to Himeno throughout the early part of the series at least in the anime due to ([[spoiler:Takako falling in love with him years before and inadvertently turning her evil when he rejected her."]]) Of course he mellows towards the end of the series.
* Tsukiumi from {{Sekirei}}. At the start, she refuses to accept Minato as her Ashikabi, or master, going so far as to try to kill him once they meet. After Minato protects her and calls her his Sekirei, Tsukiumi immediately switches over to deredere, accepting Minato and deciding that she is now his wife. Of course, when she finds out that Minato has [[UnwantedHarem three other Sekirei]], who she sees as rivals in love, she flips back to tsuntsun. She's usually more tsun then dere as both the manga and anime go on, usually only going dere when she's alone with Minato.
* In addition to the aforementioned Nagi, ''HayateTheCombatButler'' has Hinagiku and Sakuya, both of whom show classic Tsundere traits--like Nagi, more "tsun" than "dere".
* Ayase from ''{{Midori Days}}'' fits Type A with the main character, Seiji. On that note, Seiji fits type A with Midori herself as well.
* AxisPowersHetalia has quite a few examples. England and South Italy are very obviously Type A's, and WordOfGod is that Germany is, too. Switzerland also shows definite signs of ([[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend past and vigourously denied]]) Type A toward Austria, and fans have speculated that America is being [[MasterOfTheMixedMessage subtly tsundere]] toward England. Then there's the aforementioned Type B Seychelles. As it's a manga about countries, and coutries go to war, there are few other Type B's.
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* This was Gwen Stacy's original personality in the ''SpiderMan'' comics, flipping between concerned and lovestruck over Peter to hating his guts for a minor transgression like him not responding to Harry Osborn's jokes. After her death, however, she was {{Flanderized}} in the minds of most readers and writers into a PuritySue.
** While both Gwen and Liz Allen have aspects of this in SpectacularSpider-man.
* [[{{Comicbook/X-Men}} Emma Frost]] sort of has this personality, toward her LoveInterest Scott. To everyone else, she's (mostly) a RichBitch, though.
* Many incarnations of [[{{Superman}} Lois Lane]] over the years could be called tsundere. Superman almost always gets the dere side and everyone else gets mostly tsun, but there's overlap; once she's known Clark for a while, she tends to be about half-and-half with him. Teri Hatcher's Lois on ''LoisAndClark'' was ''definitely'' tsundere.
* [[{{Peanuts}} Lucy van Pelt]]. As mentioned in a ''Peanuts Gallery'' TV special, she can start off very sweet, and then she boils over. And she's especially "dere" to her would-be boyfriend Schroeder, much to his displeasure.
* 99% of [[CalvinAndHobbes Calvin's]] interactions with the neighbourhood girl Susie Derkins are about him annoying her (and occasionally her violent retaliations, see Type B). WordOfGod says it's his way of dealing with his crush on her. The remaining 1% consists of the school baseball arc, during which they were just fine.
** In one comic Calvin makes a hate valentine and dumpster dives for some dead flowers. Suzie reacts as can be expected by pelting him with a snowball. As she's walking away and he's recovering their thought bubbles reveal:
--->Suzie: Flowers and a valentine! He likes me!!
--->Calvin: She noticed! She likes me!
* A non-romantic example, Power Girl in ''Justice League Europe'' definitely had elements of this. She was generally very irritable, if not outright hostile, toward most of the League, but she was great friends with Captain Atom. Justified in that much of her hostility was provoked by people constantly ogling her, which Cap did not do.
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* Another one to Pixar (probably): Brook the newt in the upcoming film ''Newt'' - [[LastOfHisKind They're the last pair of an endangered newt species]], she's wild and street smart while her "mate" has been raised in a lab his whole life. Naturally, when the two meet they hate each other. I's essentially a CGI Woody Allen sex comedy for kids. Hey, it worked for ''Antz''...
* Collette from ''{{Ratatouille}}'' is one of these in a big way. All you need to do is watch the scene where she's giving Linguini (and Remy) advice on how to be a chef, where she goes from threatening to kill him if he doesn't clean up his work space, to cheerfully thanking him for listening to her.
* EVE from ''{{WALL-E}}'' is a non-human example. She helpfully illustrates why you do ''not'' give one of these ladies a plasma cannon.
** The [[spoiler:repair]] scene at the end ([[spoiler:particularly where [[DungeonBypass she blows out the ceiling]] to get him sunlight]]) is a perfect example of the "Ohmygodhe'sintrouble[[DisproportionateRetribution GETTHEFUCKOUTOFMYWAY]]" protectiveness Tsundere can exhibit when their love interest is threatened.
** Most Tsundere girls at least WAIT for their love interest to say or do something stupid to break out the giant mallet from hammerspace. EVE uses it at their first meeting to say 'hello'.
* ''HappyGilmore''.
* The Landlady from ''KungFuHustle''. Well, more like a cranky old woman very early on, getting pissed off at the residents complaining about the lack of amenities and screaming ''really'' loud for them to all shut up (and it's later a PlotPoint), not to mention slapping the crap out of her husband whenever he hits on a bucktoothed resident lady of the complex. But, she's shown to be protective and not a jerk later on in the movie.
** Though she may have had reason for suspecting him, since he has apparently[[spoiler: spied on women in the showers, which is mentioned early on]], and the character of Rabbit-Tooth Jane, as the buck-toothed girl was known (for obvious reasons) was a [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean Lady of the Night]].
* [[StarWars C3PO]]. Think about it.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* Pretty much every female protagonist in ''TheWheelOfTime''.
* Susana Cabeza de Vaca from ''Mount Dragon''. Replace ''baka'' with ''pendejo'' and ''hijo de puta'', make her dark-skinned and smart, and you have a Mexican tsundere!
* Elinor Wylie's [[http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/11873-Elinor--Wylie-Nancy poem]] "Nancy," referenced on the quotes page, seems to be addressed to a Type A. [[OlderThanTelevision You know what that means]].
* Ogden Nash's ''[[http://plagiarist.com/poetry/1710/ Always Marry an April Girl]]'' Might as well be called ''Ode to a Tsundere.''
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[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* An old textbook example of tsuntsun can be found in, surprisingly, the original Star Trek series. Dr. McCoy himself has been seen to be tsundere towards a few of his fellow officers, but mainly Mr. Spock. This troper specifically remembers, on more than one occasion, McCoy timidly admitting his respect/love? for Mr. Spock when he is assumed out of earshot.
* In BattlestarGalactica (the remake), Ellen Tigh is a textbook example; in her case, her rampant alcoholism probably has a lot to do with it. Also see Starbuck with Lee Adama, and ''every single female Cylon on the show'' with the exception of Athena.
* Barely averted by ''{{Farscape}}'' in the character of Aeryn Sun. She might seem to be a ''{{Tsundere}}'' at first, but is disqualified for running hot and cold at the same time, as opposed to running hot and cold alternately, resulting in a sort of permanent TheSpock exterior with passions that never ''quite'' surface; a definite lack of SlapSlapKiss due to her MegatonPunch actually hurting Crichton; and her coming by her behavior honestly as a borderline SuperSoldier trained TheSpartanWay suddenly cut adrift from her ''in no way'' MildlyMilitary lifestyle and ending up on the wrong end of a SternChase. ...ta-daa.
* Dorothy Patrillo Zbornak, from ''TheGoldenGirls''.
* Grace from ''Jack&Bobby'' was like this with her T.A.
* As does Susan from ''{{Coupling}}'' to some extent. If she uses the word "apparently", '''run'''.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjZPCo_Cf_0 This]] Monty Python sketch is a tsundere butcher with a boater hat.
* Evelyn Kwong of ''NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide''. Cookie didn't realize what he unleashed when he said that the challenge of beating him was what motivated her.
* Lynda Day from ''PressGang'' embodies this trope ''par excellence''. 'Lynda's favourite colour is obedience, folks. It's true! Hard? They had to use an industrial laser to pierce her ears!' ''Her ears aren't pierced.' 'I didn't say it worked!'.
* B'Elanna Torres from ''StarTrekVoyager'' is a unique example -- her tsun and dere halves are [[HalfHumanHybrid different species]]. Since she's not especially proud of her Klingon side, she tries to live more as a human; she's a good officer and a caring friend, and even has some "girly" habits like reading romance novels. But when B'Elanna gets mad, she gets [[UnstoppableRage MAD]]. Tom Paris has the bruises to prove it.
* Dr. James Wilson from {{House}} seems to be a Type B (pretty pleasant, until House pisses him off). Gregory House himself is speculated to be a Type A.
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[[folder:Music]]
* The Rolling Stones song "Under My Thumb", where the narrator celebrates finally gaining leverage and making it with a Tsundere.
* The Garth Brooks song "She's Every Woman", referenced on the quotes page.
* "Just The Girl" by the Click Five.
** Or maybe the guy just can't take a hint that the girl's not interested.
*** If it's about the same girl "Angel To You [Devil to Me]" is about, then she's ''definitely'' a Type B tsundere. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin So very, very much.]]
* Freedom Call's "Queen of My World" makes some reference to this trope with the "Queen" in the lyrics.
* Another male example appears to be the subject of Katy Perry's "Hot N Cold".
* "Every Other Time" by LFO.
* "Keeps Getting Better" by Christina Aguilera reads like the image song of a Type A Tsundere.
* "Bitch" by Meredith Brooks reads like the image of a Type B.
* Pink has done this not once but twice. The first time was with "Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely)", in which she can't decide whether she wants the guy around or not--[[CannotStandThemCannotLiveWithoutHim Can't Live With Him, Can't Live Without Him.]] Not exactly sure what type of Tsundere this is, but it's something. Then in her newest single, "Please Don't Leave Me", she plays a definite type A. I'm pretty sure that this is the only love song to ever refer to the beloved as "my perfect little [[MegatonPunch punching bag]]".
** The music video for "Please Don't Leave Me", on the other hand, depicts a {{Yandere}} trying to make her ex stay in her home through various violent means.
* "Puppy Love" by Japanese pop group Perfume mentions "tsunderation" (see the [[http://perfume.ekuseru.net/lyrics/84/Puppy%20Love/ translated lyrics]]).
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* Anna Lin from the continuing examples in ''BlissStage''.
-->Anna: "I've seen better men than you face worse things than you can imagine. Don't think you're a hero, and don't think I'm your friend!"
* Commander Shadowsun from ''{{Warhammer 40k}}''. Many female Eldar seem to qualify as well.
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* Monkey Pink from the ''ApeEscape'' series changes her attack patterns depending on whether she's cheery or enraged.
* Viconia [=DeVir=] in ''[[BaldursGate Baldur's Gate]]: Shadows of Amn'', if the player creates a male protagonist and engages in her romance subplot. Probably at least partly because she comes from an entire race that DoesNotLikeMen, and partly because she's just plain [[AlwaysChaoticEvil evil]].
* Etna from ''{{Disgaea}}'', though it's only particularly apparent in the "Etna's Diary" subplot.
** She ''does'' have intriguing notions on how to treat Prinnies though. (Not to mention all the weapons she ''broke'' trying to wake up Laharl.)
** Laharl himself is the real tsundere. Etna is quite a bit more open than he is, freely admitting she was concerned about Flonne. She just happens to be horribly abusive as well.
* Iori Minase from ''[[TheIdolmaster The Idolm@ster]]''.
* Tron Bonne in ''MegaManLegends''.
* Meryl Silverburgh from the ''MetalGearSolid'' series, especially in the fourth installment. Her interactions with Johnny [Akiba] in the Outer Haven Shootout are perfect examples, especially when she decides to don the ''seme'' pants.
** Meryl was one way back in ''{{Policenauts}}'', which was full to the brim with fanservice (and even used the ''TokimekiMemorial'' DatingSim engine). For most of the game, she's pretty aloof and very, very butch, but after her best friend (a {{Tokusatsu}} {{Otaku}} TechnicalPacifist) [[spoiler: is murdered]], she softens up and even cries, agreeing to use the expensive, girly designer handbag Dave brought her, gets Dave's favourite flowers imported despite hating flowers herself - but remains very manly when she isn't thinking about him. When you remember that her character was originally intended as a DistaffCounterpart-slash-{{Expy}} of ''MetalGear'''s Solid Snake, logical conclusions start [[ScrewYourself getting]] [[HoYay weird]].
***Well if you think about it, Solid Snake is pretty much a Type A himself.
** Also, Mei Ling in her cameo in ''MetalGearSolid 2'', and the bonus [[CrackFic External Gazer]] short story.
* Pick any princess from PrincessWaltz. Except for [[spoiler: Shizuka]] and maybe Lillian. But especially Angela and [[spoiler: Chris]].
* Male example: Azai Nagamasa in ''SengokuBasara''. He just HAD to keep up his [[LoveFreak Justice Freak]] in front of his introverted wife Oichi, so he tells her to shut up often when she starts moping around. But when nobody's around, he turns away and presents a flower for her.
* Seolla Schweizer in of ''SuperRobotWars'' is a textbook Type B: friendly, professional, and kind of sweet to her peers and comrades, except she's constantly infuriated by her combat partner/love interest Arado Balanga, due to him playing the {{Idiot Hero}}/{{Crouching Moron Hidden Badass}} (depending on continuity). Katina Tarask, on the other hand, ''seems'' like a Type A, but has NO occasion to be deredere...''period''. Lampshaded by the fandom for giving her the FanNickname "Angry Desu".
** Rio Mei Long and her attitude towards Ryoto Hikawa gave this editor ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' flashbacks, but it's really more the fact that Rio's HotBlooded and Ryoto...isn't. At least, not until she's had some time to work on him.
*** Not surprising; Ryoto, ''[[SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Original Generation]]''-wise, carries [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji Ikari]]-like cowardice. It takes Asuka-like levels of complaining and lectures from Rio to make him grow a pair of [[ZetaGundam Kamille Bidan]]-sized balls...IT WORKS.
* Prier from ''[[LaPucelle La Pucelle Tactics]]'' behaves this way towards just about all the men she encounters, but especially towards her brother Culotte and, to a lesser degree, Croix.
* Angie from ''TraumaCenter'' is an aloof/warm type.
* Lady Sylvanas from the ''{{Warcraft}}'' series can be seen as a tsundere. While she is the leader of the undead Forsaken and outwardly seems like a cold, uncaring person, she shows a hidden soft side during some moments in the fluff (especially towards the blood elves), and the resolution of one quest in ''WorldOfWarcraft'' shows Sylvanas mourning the loss of her sister and her "past" life when she sings ''The Lament of the Highborne''. Before that song, if you give her the necklace, she shows surprise about the memories of her sister... then realizes that she's doing fluff in front of the undeads, so she quickly displays her cold attitude back and shoos you away... then sings that song. She ''really'' runs from hot, cold, and then hot again!
* Meilin from ''{{Terranigma}}'' probably counts. A MoodSwinger in the extreme, she can ''not'' decide what she thinks about Ark. The first time they meet, she hates him for [[spoiler:spoiling her illusion of her dead parents]]. Then, she [[StalkerWithACrush kind-of-stalks]] him around the woods and follows him while trying to make him notice her romantically, before eventually [[spoiler:having a FaceHeelTurn, albeit one quickly reversed.]] Did we mention that she's [[FilleFatale quite a bit younger]] [[http://fc01.deviantart.com/fs25/f/2009/251/7/9/Terranigma__Ark_and_MeiLin_by_Karosu_Maker.jpg than Ark]]?
* Solid Snake in the first MetalGearSolid game combines this with [[DefrostingIceQueen Defrosting Ice King]].
* Leon Magnus in ''[[TalesOfDestiny Tales of Destiny]]''. Although in the original game, he was a complete jerk who never accepted his former companions as friends, the Remake rectified his personality. Although initially mistrusting and openly stating that he dislikes [[TheHero Stahn Aileron]], he eventually caves into [[DefrostingIceQueen his persistent attempts to befriend him]] and agrees to fight alongside him as a companion. [[spoiler:Of course, he then makes a HeroicSacrifice moments after agreeing to accompany [[TheHero the hero]] once more, and he STILL states that he dislikes him, and that he never accepted that he was a friend.]] Doesn't help that he looks... [[{{Bishounen}} rather girly]] despite his masculine voice and fights like a LadyOfWar.
* Laharl from ''{{Disgaea}}'' is a near-textbook case.
* Kei Nanjou/Nate Trinity from ''{{Persona}}'' has one moment of {{Tsundere}}. He's mostly a ruthlessly pragmatic, efficient boy, always offering to pick up with the SadisticChoice, and belittles Mark very often. At one point of the game, however, his ruthlessness becomes pivotal in [[spoiler:getting the Ideal Mary to regain herself]], gets thanked in result, then he suddenly goes shy/dere-dere mode to the point Mark points out that he should be glad that this is the first time somebody thanked him, which results Nate to snap back to tsun-tsun.
* Hector in ''FireEmblem: The Blazing Sword'' shows his soft side more easily around his three bridal choices and [[HoYay Eliwood]].
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* Despite what she says in [[http://www.strangecandy.net/d/20070726.html this strip]], Eri-chan in ''Okashina Okashi'' is closer to {{Yandere}} than {{Tsundere}}.
* Parodied somewhat with Chiaki in ''SparklingGenerationValkyrieYuuki'' where the character in question is left in utter bewilderment by her own jumps between happy and exceedingly depressed explaiming that she has "No idea how she should feel!" Truthfully, she's more of a genki girl, but...
* Erika Hayasaka of ''{{Megatokyo}}''.
* The Joy, in ''TheCobraDays.'' However, in a six-person QuirkyMinibossSquad with three {{HeroicSociopath}}s, her ''deredere'' moments make her one of the Cobra Unit's ''less'' potentially explosive personalities.
* Laika in ''TsunamiChannel'''s "Experimental Comic Kotone".
** To a lesser degree, Lisa, too.
* Jean Poule in ''TheInexplicableAdventuresOfBob'' is a Type B.
* Parley from ''GunnerkriggCourt'' won't stop pestering her medium class colleague Smitty with arm locks and noogies and anything that requires her to put her arms around him.
* Parodied in [[http://manga.clone-army.org/t42r.php?page=269〈= this strip]] of ''Tomoyo42's Room''. (Comic NSFW.)
* Monique from ''{{Sinfest}}'' pretty much gives equal time for her "tsun" and "dere" aspects, especially with [[TheLeisureSuitLarry Slick]]. Fuchsia, on the other hand, is either this or a {{Yandere}}.
* In [[http://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=1525 this comic]] of "{{Questionable Content}}", Faye's friends bought her a [[LampshadeHanging Tsundere T-shirt]].
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[[folder:WebOriginal]]
* Pick any Agent of the ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* Hexadecimal from ''{{ReBoot}}'' has great affection for Bob. This is probably the most extreme case in all fiction, considering we're talking about a character with transfinite power reserves who is flat out '''insane'''.
* Tasha in ''TheBackyardigans'' might be one of those. Most of the time, she's bossy and wants everything her way, but during the "Giant Problem" episode she becomes a playful GenkiGirl Giant.
* A press release for future episodes of TheSimpsons lists SarahSilverman as a girl who starts dating Bart, who, described in the press release, "alternately loves and hates Bart for no reason." It's unknown if she's a type A or a type B, but the press release DEFINITELY hints at the fact that she's a tsundere.
* Probably the only noteworthy thing about the most recent FantasticFour animated series was that Sue went from being an extreme dere (a dere-mat, actually) to almost a Type A -- although with those three guys, it's understandable. This was probably spun off from her updated profile in the comics -- she's much more aggressive with her powers, to the point where she's now regarded as the most powerful member of the team.
*Zuko from ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'', at least for most of the series. He's a lot more tender and relaxed with Mai than he is with most other people until he completes his HeelFaceTurn.
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[[folder: Other ]]
*In ''DeptHeavenApocrypha'', Nessiah started out rather violently type-A towards Milanor as the initial attraction started. As the story progressed he became more of a type-B, at least until his TraumaCongaLine got so draining that he didn't have the spunk left to ''tsuntsun'' at anyone. And then his SanitySlippage and [[ClingyJealousGirl jealousy issues]] sent him on a hard swerve into {{Yandere}} territory...
** He seems to be getting some of those type-B characteristics back as he recovers, though.
[[folder:Real Life]]
* John Lennon from TheBeatles. He could get incredibly angry, punch a man in the nose, then a few minutes later he would apologise profusely and offer a hug.
* From TheOtherWiki: Toy manufacturer Tomy Co. has come up with the world's first "tsundere" portable television set, which gives audio guidance with a harsh voice that gradually becomes kinder as the user gets used to the set.
* Catullus, the Ancient Roman Love Elegist, appears to have been one of these. This is especially apparent when you go straight from 1.5, "Give me a thousand kisses, my Lesbia, and then another thousand, and then a hundred' to Catullus 1.16, "YOU FAGGOT, I WILL RAPE YOU IN THE FACE." Unless he was only pretending to be a Tsundere for some obscure poetical reason. No-one is quite sure.
* Beethoven wrote once to his friend Johann Hummel, "You are a false dog, and may the hangman do away with all false dogs," and the very next day wrote, "Come to me this afternoon.... Kisses from your Beethoven, also called dumpling."
* Every cat in existance is either this or a {{Kuudere}}.
* Risking [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel Arse]] [[RunningGag Eels]]: Anyone who's hung out on his Whitechapel board long enough knows WarrenEllis is a type A. Cranky? Irritable? Oh, yes. And more than willing to call bull on anyone. But when someone he cares about shows up, watch the old bastard let out a manly {{Squee}}. And god help you if you [[PapaWolf mess with someone he's taken even a slight liking to.]]
* Tsundere [[http://irregularbloggers.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/tsundere-cookies-more-tsun-than-dere/ cookies]]!
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