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  • Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.:
    • Phil Coulson. A Team Dad and Father to His Men who fanboys over the Avengers and still believes in the ideals of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the Avengers Initiative.
    • Fitz, probably moreso than Coulson. Besides the time he became a resentful and snappy while recovering from brain damage, he's typically an unassuming, nerdy, submissive, surrogate younger brother to the team.
  • Amber Brown (2022): Amber and Brandi are both kind, sweet girls.
  • Arrow:
    • Walter Steele to an almost comical degree. He is polite and gentlemanly to everyone. It's almost as though he doesn't realize he's in a Darker and Edgier version of the DCU.
    • Felicity Smoak. One of her defining traits is her kind, empathetic nature. She’s often seen giving advice to many of the heroes of the Arrowverse including Oliver, Barry, Cisco, Laurel, John Diggle and other characters.
    • John Diggle. While stoic and a bit on the snarky side, he’s one of the most righteous and moral characters in the show. He never fails to be polite, honorable, loyal, and compassionate towards his friends and allies.
  • Ashes of Love: Despite being a general and hailed as the "God of War", this is Xu Feng's true nature in the series. He is the only person in the Heavenly Realm who is both kind enough to consistently look out for Run Yu and powerful enough that he doesn't have to worry too much about his mother's disapproval over it. He even forgives him in the finale.
  • Austin & Ally: Austin. Even if he screws up sometimes, he is nice to a fault. He's sweet, gentle and when he comes to understanding the feelings of others if he has hurt them, he will try his hardest to make up for it. Go look at the Heartwarming page for examples.
  • Bear in the Big Blue House gives us the titular Bear, who like Big Bird is a Gentle Giant and a Friend to All Children who never gets angry.
  • The Big Bang Theory:
    • Penny's ex Zack. Dumb as a rock, but infallibly good-natured.
    • Stuart is the only genuinely nice main character on the show.
    • Leonard.
    • Raj, until later on when he Took a Level in Jerkass.
    • Sheldon's mother Mary, brother George, and twin sister Missy.
    • Penny's father Wyatt and brother Randall.
    • Leonard's father Alfred.
  • Black Mirror: Cooper from "Playtest". For once, we get a Black Mirror protagonist who isn't a Villain Protagonist or an awful person in need of a lesson, but instead we get a quirky, friendly and well-adjusted guy who's only flaw is not checking back with his mother. This makes his horrific fate by technology-induced Mind Rape all the more tragic.
  • The Boys (2019): Starlight, who is all around sweet, kind and everything a superhero is expected to be. Hughie even calls her this to her face.
  • Buffy the Vampire Slayer:
    • Xander. A friend to pretty much everyone who is not a vampire, his Undying Loyalty is pretty much a superpower to someone who is just a Badass Normal in a World of Badass. Indeed, he was The Heart to a spell to possess Buffy, and had this trait in the series as a whole, trying to reach out to any human person in their time of need, even Faith after she kills someone and shows no remorse for pinning the blame on Buffy.
    • Riley gets something of a Deconstruction — he was a prime example of how to not do this character since he ended up being regarded as a bland Replacement Scrappy for Angel. However, Riley comes back to the show Happily Married and his nice guy persona is much better executed. When he finds Buffy working in a dead-end job and sleeping with Spike, Riley refuses to condemn her for it, instead giving Buffy the encouragement to start pulling her life back together. His wife, Sam, is really really nice and supportive, even when Buffy kills a demon they were tracking.note 
    • Tara McClay is most definitely one of the nicest people in the series and — after overcoming her Shrinking Violet phase — she proves to be the most morally well-adjusted of the main cast, dispensing advice to the others on coping with grief after Joyce died. She's also a very understanding and forgiving (without being a doormat about it) lover to Willow, and becomes the group's Cool Big Sis and Team Mom (especially to Dawn).
    • Principle Flutie; he was well-meaning, but bumbling. Still, he gave Buffy a fair shake, which is more than can be said for most Sunnydale adults who aren't an English librarian.
    • Detective Dowling in the comics. He clears Buffy's name, then has Spike show him the world of vampires; Spike takes a liking to him and when asked about Buffy suggests she should be with him. After he tries to take on a vampire nest and is abandoned Buffy does seek him out, but thinks she has nothing to apologize for and his willingness to be Just Friends is enough to upset Spike and Willow over his Angst? What Angst?.
    • Clem is easily one of the friendliest characters in the series.
  • Chuck:
    • A large part of the plot' is derived from the conflict between the moral greyness of the spy world and the relentlessly good-natured attitude of Chuck.
    • Chuck's friend, the aptly-named Captain Awesome is definitely a good-natured guy.
  • Community:
    • It has Dr. Rich. A Nice Guy who can't hold a grudge. He volunteers once a month in Central America to fix cleft palates, cleans up rivers, and teaches seeing-eye dogs. In his free time he makes kettle corn and takes pottery classes to unwind from the pressures of his job, he hasn't lost a patient in five years. Oh, and he'll also show you how to check for breast lumps.
    • Season 3 gives us Todd, a loving father and retired Marine whom everyone hates.
    • In the main cast, Troy is the only one who's never been given any serious social flaws, and has never been cast in a villainous role.
  • Control Z: Sofia is pretty aloof starting out due to her trauma issues, but also genuinely kind and concerned with other people's welfare, while almost alone in the student body for showing compassion toward the outcasts whom most pick on. Of course, as she's a bit of an outcast herself to start with, it's not surprising.
  • Conversations with Friends: Nick is a kind man who's very understanding of any vulnerability Frances has, while being sure she's comfortable.
  • Covert Affairs: Auggie. His Big Brother Instinct for Annie is touching.
  • Criminal Minds: Doctor Spencer Reid is brilliant, sweet, and surprisingly innocent considering his job.
  • The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance: Deet is sweet, gentle to a fault and seemingly incapable of any ill intent.
  • Dates: Erica is a kind and polite woman who's very tolerant even when other people act like asses toward her.
  • Deadwood: Despite the fact that the titular town is mainly comprised of drunks, slime balls, gamblers, thieves, and murders it has its fair share of nice guys. Chief amount them being Sol Star who manages to be nice to just about everyone in the camp (no easy feat) and to be Heterosexual Life-Partners with the perpetually short tempered Seth Bullock. Other nice guys include Ellsworth, Blazanov, Merrick and Reverend Smith.
  • Jimmy from early Degrassi: The Next Generation — he's almost like a medieval knight, in being both a perfect gentleman and somewhat clueless and stiff. He loses his girlfriend to a sensitive Emo Teen who understands emotions better, and his honor code means that he refuses to participate in gang bullying, but is utterly ineffective at stopping the bullying.
  • Deputy: Hollister, Cade, Paula, Bishop and Joseph are all very compassionate people who genuinely want to help others, even when some put up a tougher exterior (mostly to scare bad guys).
  • Doctor Who: Rory Williams. A nurse who became the Victorious Childhood Friend to the Doctor's companion, Amy Pond. Of course, his nice guy attitude allows him to act as an interesting foil for the Doctor. Besides, if you hurt his wife you better Beware the Nice Ones, because you've now got the 2,000 year old Last Centurion on your tail.
  • Dracula (2013): Mina is a sweet young woman who's usually kind to everybody else.
  • Due South: Benton Fraser of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. He's so friendly that he will miss elevators so that he can allow others to ride first (which made the opening credits) and his tenement neighbors are immediately suspicious of him since he smiles and goes out of his way to know all of their names. His trademark response is to treat even people who are in his face yelling at him in anger with such incredible curtesy that their anger is defused.
  • Euphoria: For all her hedonistic and self-destructive behavior at times, Jules is a kind and sweet young lady.
  • Family Matters: Steve Urkel is a klutzy, awkward, annoying nerd who can never take a hint that he isn't wanted around (which he never is). In spite of all of that, he's one of the most genuinely kind, caring, positive, and unflappable people in the world, and would do anything for the Winslow family.
  • Firefly:
  • First Day:
    • Hannah is a very sweet, kind girl who just wants to have friends and live like her peers. She never bears any grudge toward her bully Isabella, and expresses concern about Isabella's bruises, knowing this means she's being abused by someone. Isabella is eventually even won over by her kindness too.
    • Olivia and Natalie, Hannah's friends, also show her great compassion. Neither rejects Hannah after learning she's transgender, accepting it without hesitation, and Olivia even sets up a notification which shows all the positive comments about her online, as a way of offsetting the negative ones. When a girl gets her period suddenly at camp, Natalie also helps her at once, reassuring her that it's fine.
  • The Flash (2014):
    • Barry Allen is empathetic and friendly for the most part, and will protect his friends and strangers alike. However, that doesn't mean you should cross him.
    • The real Earth-1 Harrison Wells was very kind. He wanted to create a government-free laboratory that helped all mankind. Then Eobard Thawne steals his identity.
    • H.R. Wells is annoying to the team, but he never takes offense at the team's insults, is always pleasant to them and even offers to mentor Wally West.
  • A French Village: Jules is a cheerful, friendly man whose compassion drives him to help Lucienne by marrying her, join the Resistance and aid imprisoned Jews in escaping. Lucienne, who he marries, is also (mostly) very sweet (though she has bad moments). They fit well together.
  • Friends:
    • Ross is romantic. He also becomes a good father to his son Ben and his daughter Emma and he manages to get on well with his ex-wife Carol.
    • Joey is incredibly loyal and a great friend. He manages to be a good guy despite his womanizing ways.
    • Chandler, despite his sarcastic defence, is a total sweetie, constantly puts his friends and later girlfriend ahead of himself, and comes out with some of the most thoughtful moments in the series.
    • Phoebe's husband Mike is a sweet generic guy who loves Phoebe and enjoys taking care of her. He doesn't mind that his upper-class family frowns upon their relationship.
    • Phoebe's first serious love interest, David "the Scientist Guy". He's a cute geeky guy who is crazy about Phoebe and would do anything for her. Too bad his career takes him to Minsk and they are separated.
    • Ross and Monica's father Jack Geller is a good man who loves his family. His only fault is that he did not notice his wife Judy definitely favoured Ross over Monica.
    • Monica's Season 2 boyfriend Richard Burke is one of the nicest characters on the show. It's lampshaded by Chandler, who tells him that he's a good guy. Richard replies that he hates that.
  • Game of Thrones:
    • Renly Baratheon is the only man who has treated Brienne of Tarth with kindness and respect, and he's probably the only king who has accepted a woman into his Kingsguard. He does this despite knowing full well that it would shock his bannermen, annoy his wife, and piss off his lover. He himself understands how painful it is to be frequently mocked for not adhering to rigid gender roles (his older brothers Robert and Stannis have bullied him for his lack of combat experience), so his empathy towards Brienne's situation allows him to be accepting of her masculinity. Renly praises Brienne's martial skills and her devotion when his boyfriend Ser Loras Tyrell confronts him about it. Margaery Tyrell describes her husband as "brave and gentle" in "Dark Wings, Dark Words." This is a notable deviation from the books. Some people question if Renly is really that nice in the show, considering his mocking behavior towards his brother and his willingness to kill them so he can win the throne and his hypocritical claims to Catelyn that he is a natural ally to the Starks, despite him leaving Ned Stark to be killed by the Lannisters.
    • Amidst the many characters on the show, you could count the number of openly genuine Nice Guys and Girls on one hand (that has several fingers missing). However, Davos Seaworth passes muster — a down-to-earth, moralistic smuggler-turned-knight who stands out among Stannis and his supporters for being able to relate amiably to nearly everyone from king to commoner.
    • Brienne of Tarth, who can be surly at times, but adheres to a high code of honor and is very compassionate, also passes. However this is debatable considering her unpleasant behavior towards Davos, treating him as untrustworthy on very flimsy grounds, and her taking obvious glee in murdering Stannis, even mocking his former retainers about it. This is a departure from the much kinder and less violent Brienne from the books.
    • There's also Gendry, an unambiguously heroic person.
    • Most of the Stark family, be it Ned, Robb, Bran, or Jon Snow. Ned is shown to be greatly respected and admired by the smallfolk under his care, many of whom are still loyal to the Starks, long after most of them have been wiped out. He was so nice that he even tried to protect Cersei's children, despite them being incest born and their family being enemies to the Starks. Ned is easily one of the most honorable characters in the series. Robb is an overall warm, righteous and compassionate man, rare traits for the leaders of The War of the Five Kings. Jon is definitely a Stark in all but name and is widely considered one of the most compassionate and moral characters in the Crapsack World that is Westeros, though not without his prideful moments. Bran is following the footsteps of Robb, Jon, and his father in terms of how nice he is.
    • Jon's best friend Samwell Tarly also qualifies. He never so much as raises his voice to another character until he really wants Pyp to open the fucking gate in "Watchers on the Wall," which Pyp immediately lampshades.
      Pyp: I never heard you curse before.
    • Most of the (living) characters in Daenerys Targaryen's court are pretty damned decent and friendly people, which should indicate the kind of leader Daenerys is (though she's not above some brutal retaliation against her enemies, she has this for her default setting, making her one of the nicer characters in the series) and treats her household almost like family. Even Daario Naharis mellows out a lot, and Tyrion settles into full hero protagonist mode (after previously being an anti-hero) once he enters her service. Ser Barristan Selmy is an upstanding knight who proves polite enough to give the accused spy Jorah a heads-up before informing his queen about the pardon from King Robert.
    • Talisa is an all-round pleasant, if snarky, person who has a very low opinion of warfare, because of how it causes nothing but misery as she points out to Robb during their first meeting. Her altruistic need to help others is one of the reasons why Robb falls for her.
    • Pod is one of the few unambiguously good-hearted and loyal characters viewers meet in all of Westeros.
    • Fat Walda extends some sympathy toward Sansa for her predicament. However, Walda isn't particularly known for her ability to choose words carefully, so her attempts of sympathy still feel somewhat gloat-y, like reminding that Winterfell is not Sansa's home territory anymore.
    • While at first glance a Creepy Child, Jojen quickly shows himself to be a friendly and down to earth kid, if a bit mysterious thanks to also being a Psychic Child.
    • Meera is friendly, patient, and calm, though these tendencies are stretched a little thin around Osha.
    • Kevan Lannister is much more mild-mannered than his elder brother, though definitely not a pushover.
    • Myrcella Baratheon loves her uncle Tyrion and "uncle" Jaime, as well as her brother.
    • Tommen is a genuinely kind person who doesn't share Joffrey's sadistic streak whatsoever, and Tywin says that this temperament will make him a good king; at the very least, he can be counted on not to be Stupid Evil. This is presented as a questionable virtue for the King of Westeros, given he lacks the inherent ruthlessness needed to rule and nobody has any interest in Tommen developing a backbone.
    • A literal lifetime of slavery, senseless brutality, and combat training hasn't stopped Grey Worm from being cuddly.
    • Rakharo is the first well-meaning Dothraki shown in the series. He is friendly and personable by any standard, but especially when compared to the other Dothraki warriors.
    • Despite her disfiguration and spending her days hidden in her dark tower chambers, Shireen is a massive sweetheart who loves her father and Ser Davos dearly.
    • Lord Selwyn decided not to force Brienne into a life of political marriage, and helped her achieve her goal of becoming a knight, or as close thereto as a woman could manage.
    • Theon who started as a big time jerk and even murdered children during the second season surprisingly becomes after his torture at Ramsay's hands with him becoming genuinely repetnant and being incredibly protective of and loyal to the Starks who he previously betrayed.
  • Glee:
    • Brittany S. Peirce is truly one of the sweetest members of New Directions.
    • Marley Rose is unfailingly nice to just about everyone she meets, even when those people have blatantly insulted her and willingly talked her into an eating disorder out of spite. She does, however, have a breaking point. The girl who stole her boyfriend gets treated with liberal doses of deadpan snark.
    • Sam Evans is also one of the genuinely nicest guys in the show, particular in Seasons 2 and 3.
    • Surprisingly, Finn Hudson is exceptionally kind despite having a stereotypical jock written all over him at first glance.
  • Hap and Leonard: Hap is a kind, mellow, and all around friendly man who does his best to get along with everyone and is deeply loyal to the people close to him. Unfortunately, his naturally trusting demeanor makes him easy to manipulate, especially by the people close to him.
  • High Fidelity: Clyde is pretty much defined by being a friendly, kind man. Even when he's telling Rob off he stays polite and has a level tone.
  • Home Improvement:
    • Al has virtually no malice towards others and even his only real snark is towards Tim on Tool Time... who thoroughly deserves it.
    • Wilson is patient to a fault to the troubles of his neighbours and in return they basically treat him like just another part of their own family.
  • Horatio Hornblower:
    • Midshipman Clayton was very nice when he took care of sea-sick Horatio who threw up as he came aboard Justinian, tucking him in a hammock. Later he would bring him a cup of tea, or a Spot of Grog, actually, when Horatio had a watch or some responsibilities on deck in the rain. Clayton suffers a fate of many a Mr Nice Guy by becoming... Mr Dead Guy. He fought in Hornblower's stead in Duel to the Death when he felt shamed by Hornblower's bold challenge.
    • Mariette in "The Frogs and the Lobsters" was such a Nice Girl. She would always hold or cuddle a child to emphasise how sweet and nice she was. How else should viewers know?
  • House of Anubis:
    • Fabian is kind to the point of being an Extreme Doormat. He is always the one to feel bad for someone being hurt and tries his hardest not to make anyone get hurt. He gets sarcastic and angry at times, but is always a good friend and puts others before himself constantly.
    • Mick, the series' Lovable Jock. He does have an aggressive streak, but has proven to be a sweet guy who really does care for others deep down. He's also good-natured and supportive, if oblivious at times.
    • Willow is possibly the nicest person in the house. She's very empathetic and though she's a Cloud Cuckoo Lander, she does pay attention to when people are hurting and tries to help them. She loves animals as well and even tried to make Victor happy.
    • Trudy. She's a very motherly and sweet person who takes care of everyone in the House and genuinely tries to help them when she can. She defends them from Victor as well.
  • How I Met Your Mother:
    • Ted, the protagonist. Although he has his Jerkass moments like the rest of the characters, he's almost ridiculously hospitable and helpful towards his friends (to the point of once selling his new car to loan Marshall money after the latter loses his job, giving Barney and Robin scads of relationship advice despite the latter being his ex-girlfriend, and giving Marshall and Lily his own apartment as a baby shower gift, complete with a handmade crib, when he realizes they are miserable in the suburbs). He's also a hopeless romantic and sentimental sap, which is frequently highlighted by the show's penchant for gender-flipping tropes. One of the foremost examples: to dissuade her from having sex, he regales Robin's teenage sister with a story about how back in high school, he said "I love you too" to his girlfriend after she said she loved him to get in her pants, ran off the moment he finished banging her, and never called her back. He says that all teenage boys are like this, even the 'nice' ones like him. However, Ted later confesses that the roles were reversed — he was in love with the girl, who lied about being in love with him back to make him put out and never called him back.
    • Ted's best friend Marshall is pretty much the poster-child for this trope. He's sweet, sensitive, innocent, good-natured, idealistic, romantic, and can't bear to hurt anyone (which is why it's such a shock when he beats a guy unconscious in retaliation for punching Ted). Also puts him into Gentle Giant territory given that Jason Segel is about 6'4.
  • I Dream of Jeannie:
    • Major Healey is made of this trope. He treats Jeannie a lot better than Major Nelson does, and is always going out of his way to support and cheer on the other characters.
    • Most of the other characters are unfailingly polite and fit into this trope. The older male authority figures are stern but very polite and supportive (especially considering all the hijinks that the Majors and Jeannie pull, and are surprisingly forgiving and fair (if somewhat by-the-book). When the psychologist found out that Major Nelson was being investigated as a tax cheat, he was quick to defend him. And Major Nelson might be somewhat uptight and exasperated by all of Jeannie's stunts, but he clearly cares a lot about her, too, and will often go out of his way to do nice things for her and Major Healey.
  • iCarly: Freddie Benson. Unfortunately, he is such an Extreme Doormat that the abuse he endures crosses into Dude, Not Funny! territory.
  • It's a Big Big World: Snook is similar to Bear. He too is a Gentle Giant and very laid-back and easygoing.
  • While all the cast from JAG would qualify, Bud Roberts stands out from the rest as an all-around nice and humble guy.
  • Jejak Suara Adzan: Putra, who offers to help Dimas despite barely knowing him simply because he wants to help. Even when jealous that Putra seems to be more liked by Zahra's family, Dimas admits that he should have expected it considering how nice Putra is. The angriest he has ever been is when ordering Dimas to stop helping him, which he did rather calmly considering what Dimas' mistake cost him and he even regrets it quickly.
  • Bob Ross, host of The Joy of Painting, was well-known for his soft voice and calm, gentle demeanor.
  • Keep Breathing: Danny is a very nice man who wants a relationship with Liv, but she continually pushes him away due to being afraid of intimacy. The hallucinations she has near the end, including showing the two with her having their baby, indicates Liv does care for him, she's just afraid to get close.
  • The Last Detective: Dangerous Davies. If it wasn't based on a novel series and previously played 30 years ago in a one shot film by Bernard Cribbins, it wouldn't be farfetched to think that this role was created exclusively with Peter Davison in mind. D.C. Davies is called Dangerous because he's anything but. He's called the Last Detective because he's the last one anyone thinks of to send on an important case. He's honest, fair, non-assertive, and generous. These are the sort of things that apparently make a bad cop. This is true since all the other coppers are portrayed as cynical, hardened, insensitive, and borderline corrupt.
  • LazyTown:
    • Stephanie is friendly to everyone, even Robbie.
    • Sportacus always helps those who need it and is generally very friendly to citizens of LazyTown. He even helps Robbie sometimes.
  • Legend of the Seeker: Jennsen is a quiet, kind young woman, though she'll grow angry when pressed.
  • Let the Right One In: Isaiah is a cheerful boy who's always kind to everyone.
  • Legion: Charles Xavier is kind-hearted, polite and soft-spoken. It's his compassion which coaxes Gabrielle out of her catatonic state, and it's his tenderness which leads her to fall in love with him.
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power:
    • Elrond is among the nicest Elvish characters in the show. While he did missed 2 decades of his best friend life, it was not intentional, as he did not take into account how time passes for mortal beings. He apologizes for it and tries to make amends with Durin. He also holds no ill intentions towards the Dwarves, unlike many of his kin.
    • Prince Durin IV himself, when not upset, is a cordial and personable man. Much like Elrond, he doesn't hate the Elves, despite the rivalry between the two races. In fact, he is willing to risk his own people's safety to save Elrond's kin. He is also shown to actively look after his subjects.
    • Arondir himself is emotionally reserved Elf, but also benevolent, and doesn't resent the Southlanders for their anti-Elf Fantastic Racism. He can be prone to say some Innocently Insensitive stuff though.
    • Elendil is the only Numenorian shown to be friendly to Galadriel, and not resenting her for being an Elf.
  • Lovecraft Country: Leti's very nice, despite having to deal with constant racism as a young black woman in the '50s.
  • The L Word: Max is too nice for his own good, probably. Aside from briefly turning into a real jerk due to his testosterone dose being too high, Max is extremely nice to everybody, even transphobic family and colleagues, reacting at most with quiet sadness.
  • Manhattan Love Story: Dana is always sweet and caring, beating up on herself when she does anything even slightly bad while letting other people get their way often to the point where it's also detrimental.
  • Merlin: Merlin, Guinevere, Freya, Lancelot and Mithian are all genuinely nice, sweet-natured people. (Though Merlin grows darker as the series goes on and becomes more and more liable to throw people under the bus in order to preserve his personal vision of the future).
  • Midsomer Murders: Detective Inspector Tom Barnaby stands out from characters like Detective Elliot Stabler by being a kind and honest man who never resorts to the Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique when interrogating suspects.
  • Mister Rogers' Neighborhood: Fred Rogers built his entire career around being a genuinely Nice Guy as well as a Friend to All Children. By all accounts this was definitely Truth in Television as well.
  • Mohawk Girls:
    • Anna is always friendly and nice to everyone at first, but gets dumped on nonetheless. She adopts the more tough manner of other Mohawk women to fit in.
    • Thunder is unreservedly polite, kind and the only one to publicly defend Anna from other people.
    • Ohserase is extremely kind and understanding, almost instantly forgiving Zoe after she had publicly been exposed as having cheated on him repeatedly. He's also the only one who stands with Bailey when she's denounced in the cafe for dating James, who's white.
  • Motherland: Fort Salem: Tally is a sweet girl at heart. Even her motivation for joining the army is pure — she wants to do her duty for her country.
  • Downplayed somewhat with John from Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2024). While both of them are willing to do morally dubious things at times for the agency, out of the two, John is more likely to be nicer or take a more people-based approach to solving things than Jane is. He’s also the one who goes rogue to try and save a target, despite the risk. This characteristic can make other moments where he's cold or harsh harder to watch.
    Jane: You know, you’re a lot nicer than this. It’s something that I happen to look up to.
  • Mr. Robot: Despite his self destructive behaviour and gray morality at times, Elliot is still a genuinely sweet, selfless and kind young man who puts others' safety before himself even after all the trauma he's been through.
  • Ms. Marvel (2022): Kamala's friend Bruno is deeply supportive of her dreams, plans with her to go to AvengerCon, helps her build her Captain Marvel costume, encourages her to ask permission of her parents (who love him), and tells her that she can save the world. It is strongly implied that he has a crush on her.
  • The Muppets:
    • Fozzie is a generally friendly and upbeat bear who likes to make people laugh. Which he's not particularly good at, but still...
    • Gonzo isn't the sanest of Muppets, but he's more often than not a nice and loyal guy. The only time he's ever held the Jerkass Ball was Muppets Most Wanted, but even then, it was mainly due to the influence of the main villains.
    • Scooter is a loyal, helpful and dependable fellow.
    • Walter, as introduced in The Muppets (2011), is a friendly, soft-spoken and all in all super-nice guy.
    • Beauregard may not be the most competent janitor around, but he's still a Kindhearted Simpleton.
    • Kermit himself isn't without his Berserk Buttons and he does Take a Level in Jerkass in the first few episodes of The Muppets (2015) (though he does get better after that), but he's a generally nice frog who serves as The Heart of the Muppets.
  • My Dead Ex: Luke is always kind and never says an unkind word to anyone. Everyone admits this. He even has Ben ask Charley out, which Luke had been planning, after seeing how much Ben's trying to win her over.
  • Never Have I Ever:
    • Kamala is typically sweet and pleasant, even making Devi a lunch on her first day and talking to an outcast woman at Ganesh Puja.
    • Mohan is an understanding father who encourages Devi's fiery spirit and encouraged her to try to play the harp and tennis and he was so friendly and easy-going that even their old realtor was saddened by his death.
    • Oliver's very supportive of Eleanor's feelings, especially regarding her mother and conflict with Devi.
    • Eve's very sweet and patient, understanding even of Fabiola's argument with Devi and helping her with the fruit punch stain on her white suit.
    • Jonah is very friendly and sweet, helping Fabiola out and being her's and Eleanor's support system as they deal with Devi at her worst.
    • Aneesa's consistently charming and friendly to everyone, easily winning people over as a result, including Devi (although she's also jealous of this).
    • Mr Shapiro, though he goes over the top at times, is trying genuinely to help his students and be inclusive of everybody. E.g., his reaction upon learning Aneesa's a Muslim is immediately offering her a prayer rug and a place to pray if she wants.
    • Prashant, who is more amused and appreciative of Devi's vocal candor (when she said they were expecting an "uggo") and very enthusiastic about Kamala's career ambitions (even getting her a beaver key chain as the animal is Cal Tech's mascot) and tells Kamala he understands that she is not ready to marry.
  • Noah's Arc: Junito is probably the best example, being consistently kind, courteous, patient and understanding with Ricky (who is a promiscuous, emotionally stunted, and often times Jerkass individual).
  • Odd Squad: Agent Olympia is portrayed as this in Season 2. She's generally a sweet, kind-hearted agent who's devoted to her work, and her co-workers, including Agent Otis.
  • Once Upon a Time:
    • Dr. Archibald Hopper. He's capable of being civil and helpful to just about anyone. Just don't ask this amnesiac cricket to ignore his conscience or you'll get an earful.
    • Belle. She seems to be the only person in both worlds who is genuinely nice to Gold, and she goes out of her way to help Grumpy realize that he's in love with a fairy while she's still trying to deal with having her heart broken. Not to mention, she's willing to work with Hook and Regina despite the fact the two have kidnapped, threatened, and generally abused her (though she does call them out on it first).
    • Prince Charming/David Nolan. He's pretty much Captain America, being a humble, friendly and down-to-earth guy who's also a total badass and The Leader when there's need for one. He did cheat on his wife and cause a great deal of stress to both her and the woman he loves, but that was due to trying to be good in-spite of the effects of the curse.
    • Whereas Robin is a Deadpan Snarker Jerk with a Heart of Gold, her cursed persona Margot is more down-to-earth and kind. She seems to retain the latter personality after the curse is broken.
  • Our Miss Brooks:
    • Miss Brooks is a nice girl example, who is always trying to help others (and marry Mr. Boynton). Mr. Boynton is also a nice guy, unfortunately for Miss Brooks, he's Oblivious to Love. Miss Brooks finally marries him in the Grand Finale.
    • Mrs. Davis, Miss Brooks' landlady, is a second nice girl example.
    • Harriet Conklin also counts as a nice girl example. Her father, scheming and domineering Principal Osgood Conklin, is definitely not a nice guy. Walter Denton may be nice overall, but is too much of a prank player and troublemaker.
    • Student athlete Stretch Snodgrass (and his brother Bones) also qualify.
  • Paper Girls: Tiffany is a kind girl, and her future self's like this too. Adult Tiffany's also shown to be a very popular woman with a lot of friends, quickly welcoming younger Tiffany and her friends to stay at her apartment with literal open arms. Younger Tiffany is very impressed by how nice and cool of a woman she's going to be.
  • Power Rangers. If you're going to be the Red Ranger, it's practically mandatory that you're one of these.
    • T.J.'s moment in Turbo came when he helped Bulk and Skull out of a predicament where they were being blamed for some packages disappearing, going on a stakeout with them and even helping set a trap for Divatox's minions when the Rangers found out she was behind the thefts. The whole time, T.J.'s just as concerned with clearing Bulk and Skull's names as he is with foiling the bad guys' plans.
    • Early on in Time Force, Wes' father's limo is struck by a stray baseball. Wes tosses the ball back to the boy who hit it with a smile and tells him to hit a homer. He also buys contemporary clothes for the rest of Time Force and helps them get acclimated to the 21st century.
    • In an early episode of Power Rangers Megaforce, Troy doesn't hesitate to come to the aid of a younger student who's being bullied.
  • Press Gang: Kenny is depicted as this by Lynda and by the girl from Dublin. He's pretty insulted by Lynda by saying he's nice to everyone.
  • Pushing Daisies: The "well-balanced" part doesn't apply (in fact, he has myriad issues), but otherwise Ned fits this pretty well. He may be a bit aloof, but he's just shy, not rude, and he's sincere, kind and principled.
  • Quantum Leap: Sam Beckett. He's not quite an All-Loving Hero, but he's friendly, never takes advantage of women, and well, the fact of the matter is he always wants to help people he's around, even when they annoy him.
  • Red Dwarf: Lister and Kryten both fit this trope, although Lister is quite good at standing up for himself against Rimmer or Cat, wheras Kryten has some programming to overcome in order to find a backbone.
  • Schitt's Creek has a number of nice guy characters who are not push overs or wimps:
    • Johnny Rose adores taking care of his wife Moira and puts up with a great deal of melodrama from her, but he also will stand up to her and call her out when necessary. He loved making her happy with lavish gifts, and he feels bad he can no longer afford them but Moira remains devoted to him despite his loss of wealth. They have been Happily Married for almost 40 years.
    • Initially portrayed as a weak nice guy, Ted develops a backbone after getting dumped twice by Alexis. He also develops a six-pack through his post-breakup workouts, and Alexis realizes her mistake. They become a happy couple after she works hard on herself to become worthy of him.
    • Patrick is the first nice guy David has ever dated, and David loves him all the more for it. Like Johnny to Moira, Patrick loves taking care of David and is attracted to his creativity and flamboyance, but he also will stand up to David and won't let David push him around.
    • Even after they break up, Mutt and Alexis manage to stay friendly. Mutt also invites his romantic rival Ted to his barn party after both of them have broken up with Alexis.
    • Travel blogger Emir Kaplan is portrayed as kind and understanding of Stevie and her friends' foibles, ethical in how he conducts his reviews and upset with himself for nearly standing her up.
  • Sesame Street:
    • Big Bird is best described as a Gentle Giant.
    • Elmo, while not without his character flaws, is generally a Cheerful Child and friendly individual.
    • Grover is a chipper, good-natured monster who enjoys helping people.
  • Sex/Life: Billie describes Cooper, her husband, as a very kind man who goes out of his way to help others, while explaining she still loves him although their marriage has run into trouble.
  • John Watson from Sherlock. He's reasonably polite and an all-round friendly guy. This does not, however, mean you should piss him off.
  • In Six Feet Under, Claire Fisher dates a nice boy Toby. Claire and Toby promptly break up when he criticizes Claire's attitude. He thinks she's too cynical and mistaken in believing that her life sucks. Lampshaded when Claire's brother's girlfriend Brenda comments how nice he is (and how he differs from her usual boyfriend type of Troubled, but Cute).
    Brenda: Toby seems nice.
    Claire: [sarcastic] Yes, Toby is very nice.
    Brenda: Not your type, huh?
    Claire: A deranged psychopath? No, I guess he's not.
  • Stargate SG-1 has Doctor Daniel Jackson. He's the moral center of the group, eager to learn about alien cultures and try to see things from their perspective, always advocating for finding a non-violent solution and genuinely being a great friend and good person. Beware the Nice Ones, though, because, even before he Took A Level In Bad Ass, he wasn't afraid to show the Goa'uld just how personal the whole thing was for him. Of particular note is the first season episode where he considers killing a vat full of larval Goa'uld symbiotes but Carter dissuades him with an If You Kill Him, You Will Be Just Like Him! speech. He appears to accept this, only to come back and machine gun the container, killing all of the baby Goa'uld.
  • Star Trek:
    • Star Trek: The Next Generation:
    • Star Trek: Voyager: Kes is possibly one of the nicest people in the whole franchise. She's sweet, understanding, kind but not spineless, advocating for the Doctor and wanting to learn as much as she could about the universe during her nine-year lifespan.
    • Star Trek: Picard:
      • Elnor is the most open-minded Romulan or Vulcan character in the franchise because he lacks the Fantastic Racism of either species, as his sense of superiority is limited to his battle prowess. He's also the most open-hearted (which is Zani's own description of him) because he doesn't hide his vulnerabilities in public (as Romulans do) or suppress his emotions (as Vulcans do). Elnor is the first Vulcanoid in the Trek Verse who's depicted as being a sweet, sensitive Cuddle Bug.
      • Elnor doesn't know Hugh, yet he is very protective of him and risks his life to defend a complete stranger. When he sees Hugh mourning for the xBs who were murdered by Narissa and her mooks, Elnor immediately places his hand on Hugh's shoulder, and shortly afterwards, he also holds the back of Hugh's neck as a gesture of comfort. Elnor is under no obligation to aid Hugh, and he could've easily gone back to La Sirena, but he volunteers to stay behind on the Artifact and do what he can to prevent more former Borg drones from being slain by the Romulans.
      • Hugh has a kind, compassionate heart, and he overcomes his fear of being on a Borg Cube to help the recently liberated ex-drones at the Romulan Reclamation Site with their recovery. Being an xB himself, he's one of the very few individuals in the whole galaxy who recognizes that they're people, not property or monsters. He's also a Cuddle Bug who utilizes physical touch to soothe frayed nerves (such as Picard's) or to express his nurturing side towards a patient. Picard describes Hugh as a gentle soul.
      • Enoch, the Emergency Navigational Hologram, is the most amiable of the five holograms on La Sirena; Raffi tells him that he's her favourite after he assists her with her inquiries, and she kisses him on the forehead as a thank you, much to his bashful glee. On the holodeck, he places a pillow in the center of the couch so that Mister Hospitality can sit down.
      • In Saga's very limited screen time, she is shown to be helpful because she was the one who gave Raffi the omnitool to repair La Sirena, and when Altan Soong is cradling Saga's dead body, he laments, "Poor, sweet Saga."
  • The titular heroine in Supergirl is a thoroughly sweet natured and helpful person.
    • When her more famous cousin shows up in Season 2, he's every bit the easygoing and noble hero you expect him to be, and a Cool Big Bro to Kara from the get go.
  • Taxi:
    • While most people are generally very kind, Reverend Jim Ignatowski stands out. Anyone that considers Louie not only as a friend, but a hero, is enough justification for him to fit in this trope. And that's just the beginning.
    • Zena Sherman, Louie's girlfriend qualifies by just being "Louie's girlfriend" regarding his personal problems. In spite of breaking up with him in the third season premiere, she wanted to be friends with Louie, though it's clear that he would never accept that.
  • Ted Lasso: Despite almost everyone being up against him when the show starts, the titular Ted Lasso holds no grudges and treats them with incredible kindness. His big hearted attitude proves infectious, as he repeatedly wins over his naysayers throughout the show.
  • That '70s Show: Eric Foreman is a genuinely sweet and nice guy, it's even lampshaded in one episode how he's the only one out of his group of friends to have some kind of moral core. He's even nice to people he doesn't necessarily like when they need his help, such as Jackie when she thinks she's pregnant and Laurie when Red all but disowns her.
  • True Blood:
  • Twin Peaks: Agent Dale Cooper, the main character, is very friendly and likeable, if not a bit on the eccentric side.
  • Two and a Half Men:
    • Herb Melnick. Bonus points for being what is perhaps the only nice character on that show.
    • Alan in the earlier seasons, although Flanderization turned him into a Jerkass.
    • Walden in Season 9, although in Season 10 he discovers most of Alan's gnomish qualities and threatens to kick him out of the house countless times.
  • Vagrant Queen: Amae is pretty well defined by her kind, sunny nature. She does grow more comfortable with crime (but mostly nonviolent) while with Elida and Isaac, but is still like this nonetheless.
  • Warehouse 13: Steve Jinks is a genuinely kind, good natured man who very quickly slots into the family dynamic of the show. He's barely on the show for two episodes before he and Claudia become inseparable to the point where he essentially becomes her substitute big brother.
  • White Collar: Neal Caffrey is a bizarre example. He's a notorious conman, an art thief, and a talented forger, but he's also genuinely polite to just about everyone, a Friend to All Children, a Chivalrous Pervert, and a perfect example as to how the morally ambiguous have standards.
  • Wonder Woman (1975): Steve Trevor in spades. War hero (constantly referred as such in Season 1). Fighter jock ("The New, Original Wonder Woman", "The Feminum Mystique", and others). Rose Bowl (presumably winning) quarterback ("Fausta, the Nazi Wonder Woman"). Tall, handsome, gleaming smile (literally true in the opening credits of Season 1), and will sacrifice his entire career and risk his life for Wonder Woman without hesitation ("Fausta, the Nazi Wonder Woman").

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