History Main / MeanCharacterNiceActor

See also ScaryMusicianHarmlessMusic, and compare FunnyCharacterBoringActor.

* Ibiki Morino in ''Fanfic/IAmNotGoingThroughPubertyAgain''. This results in the time travelers failing to find any of his threats the least bit intimidating during the first phase of the Chuunin exams (since they're all personally acquainted with him in the future). Well, that and they know that he's bluffing. Sakura, in particular, describes him as "a great big fluffy teddybear when he wasn't on duty".

** Also PlayedWith with Laguna, a MasterActor introduced as a member of Drakken Joe's QuirkyMinibossSquad but [[HeelFaceTurn joins the heroes afterwards]]. He only joined Drakken Joe in hopes that he'll be strong enough to defeat Poseidon Nero and thus free his homeworld Oasis from TheEmpire's control, and he considers his time there as a role to play for his own agenda. That said, he still acted as a TokenGoodTeammate, which let's Rebecca vouch for him when Witch recruits his help. [[spoiler:This is much more played straight in Universe Zero, where Shiki and the others [[MistakenForMurder witness Laguna ruthlessly killing a woman ruthlessly, which turns out to be a scene for a movie the Oasis resistance is filming and said woman is perfectly fine]]. Universe Zero Laguna is one that never lost faith in the Resistance and continues to fight alongside them against the Nero Empire, rising up to become their leader in place of Goodwin]].

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* PlayedWith in ''Manga/EdensZero.'' Protagonist Shiki was RaisedByRobots in an abandoned amusement park. His kindly, adoptive grandfather was the Demon King in the park's fantasy setting (in fact, that [[HisNameReallyIsBarkeep also seems to have been his name]]). [[spoiler:Then again, he winds up [[CameBackWrong coming back from the dead]] as the BigBad]].

** Nearly every villain member of the roster is this with the exception of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]]. Even Bowser is willing to put his life on the line when Sephiroth threatens to destroy the rest of the deceased fighters' bodies so that they can't be revived.

** [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Ganondorf]] counts as well. In [[https://www.woodenplankstudios.com/comic/yiga-knockout-everyone-is-home/ Yiga Knockout]], the Yiga Clan give him [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]], Sheik, [[VideoGame/IceClimber The Ice Climbers]], and DK to feast on after he is revived. Ganondorf swiftly takes care of Kohga and the rest of the clan, and he and the others leave.
** Nearly every villain member of the roster is this with the exception of [[FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]]. Even Bowser is willing to put his life on the line when Sephiroth threatens to destroy the rest of the deceased fighters' bodies so that they can't be revived.

** [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Ganondorf]] counts as well. In [[https://www.woodenplankstudios.com/comic/yiga-knockout-everyone-is-home/ Yiga Knockout]], the Yiga Clan give him [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]], Sheik, [[VideoGame/Ice climber The Ice Climbers]], and DK to feast on after he is revived. Ganondorf swiftly takes care of Kohga and the rest of the clan, and he and the others leave.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'': Deconstructed in "Caught in the Crosswires" where the Crosswires are cast in a reality show and the TV crew gets [[LovableAlphaBitch Muffy]] to act like a SpoiledBrat who abuses her butler Bailey, whom she is [[NiceToTheWaiter very close to]] in reality. At first, Muffy is aware it's just an act, but after being told by her friends what she is coming across as, she starts to worry.

* ''Literature/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'' uses this trope for both comedy and DramaticIrony. During the Magical Academy Festival, Catarina ends up getting roped in to act out a part in the school play after the original actress became ill. Ironically, Catarina's character in the play is an evil step-sister who bullies the story's main heroine played by Maria, mirroring their original roles in the ''Fortune Lover'' game. When Catarina forgets her lines during her character's introduction, she improvises by using some lines from the game. Given that Catarina in this timeline is LovedByAll, it's hilarious that pretty much everyone among her admirers, including Maria herself, [[EvilIsSexy found the villainous persona that Catarina was putting on to be rather attractive]].

* In ''Film/OnceUponATimeInHollywood'', [[Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio Rick Dalton]] suffers TypeCasting as the bad guy in other rising stars' film productions, much to his chagrin. But on the set of ''Lancer'', after flubbing many of his villainous character's lines initially, a chance meeting with a pre-teen co-star helps to motivate him to make the most of his next scene... involving him kidnapping and threatening the life of said co-star. His resulting demonic performance--in which he not only graphically threatens the life of his co-star, but also violently throws her to the ground in his villainous monologue (complete with requisite padding for the girl)--earn his aplombs from the director, and even his co-star admits that it's the best acting she's ever seen from another person.