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Advertising
- Unlike a lot of cereal commercial characters, Toucan Sam is nothing if not a nice guy. Special mention goes to the end of the Alice Allusion Arc where, after he manages to take back his cereal from the Queen and add a new flavor, he gives the Queen a bowl as a show of good faith. This act not only gives her a cherry-theme makeover, but she also shares this new cereal with her subjects.
Asian Animation
- The eponymous Lamput is genuinely kind even to the scientists who pursue him, occasionally doing things such as turning into an umbrella to shelter one of them from the rain, for example.
- Noonbory, a Korean advertising mascot-turned-children's cartoon character, who has the kindest heart in Toobalooba. He's justice-minded, understanding, and an all-around All-Loving Hero.
Manhwa
- I Wish has Byeong-Hui Park. He is nice to a fault. He can't say no to a person that needs help, including giving them large amounts of money, because he can't get himself to turn someone down. Byeong-Hui also hates hurting people's feelings, so even if rejecting someone would be the better thing to do, he doesn't. Case in point, Lyu-Jin gave him chocolates for Valentine's Day once and Byeong-Hui ate them, despite being allergic to chocolate, just so she wouldn't be hurt. That's also why she's so scared of confessing her feelings to him.
Multiple Media
- Pohatu, Toa of Stone in BIONICLE. While the rest of his team have wildly diverging personalities, Pohatu keeps them together by being an upbeat, reliable friend whose only faults are being perhaps too social and always openly speaking what's on his mind. After a rough start, he even manages to thaw the cold heart of Kopaka, Toa of Ice. During the Toa's fight with the Shadow Toa, Pohatu is the only one not fazed by his evil counterpart who comments that he is the least notable member of his team. Pohatu agrees because he'd rather fit in with everyone than stand out from the crowd. This is in contrast to his predecessor Toa of Stone, Onewa, who was a major jerkass, and Generation 2 Pohatu from the franchise reboot, who was brooding, edgy and miserable before he managed to open up.
Music
- Alice Cooper's "No More Mr. Nice Guy" is about Cooper throwing down the gauntlet after his mother's church group reacted with disgust to his onstage antics. He contends he was actually a Nice Guy... but not anymore.
- Subverted in Kid Cudi's "Man on the Moon (The Anthem)":
- Kid Cudi: Maybe if I was a jerk to girls,Instead of being nice and speaking kind words,Then maybe it would be okay to say then,I wasn't a good guy to begin with."
- Gordon Lightfoot's "Rainy-Day People" (you know, to contrast "fair-weather friends") is about compassionate people willing to help anyone, no matter how the other party may behave.
Roleplay
- Dawn of a New Age: Oldport Blues:
- Ciro is an amicable, compassionate, and morally upstanding guy, to the point that it's convinced some other characters that he has to have a darker side to him. He really is just that nice, due in large part to having raised his younger siblings in his mother's absence.
- Marko, who serves as a Foil to Ciro, is also a swell guy who's decent all-around. He cares deeply about his friends and always makes sure to look out for them- which, unfortunately for him, causes a conflict in their group when Daigo starts to get murderous with his powers.
- Thanks in part to his lack of voice, Ivan is a quiet friend and a good listener. He has a tolerant outlook and is loyal to those who help him in turn.
- Mirielle's defining trait is that she's very kind and cheerful, and always has food and compliments on hand for everyone.
- In contrast to his shadow powers, Sebastian is a naturally warm person who is quick to befriend others and accommodates them without a thought.
- Amy is a chipper and kind-hearted girl, in contrast to the jerkish Finn and uptight Katheryn. She's always looking for a solution that can please both sides of an issue.
- Despite his new, monstrous bug form, Benjy retains his gentle personality. In fact, gaining a power has only encouraged him to become a superhero who can help others.
- Many of Dino Attack RPG's main characters can be considered Nice Guys. This is especially true of primary characters, Ideal Heros, and medics. Some notable examples include Andrew, Hertz, Zenna, David, Pierce, Frozeen, and Montoya.
- Quite a few characters in Survival of the Fittest, but one character who plays this to a tee is Reika Ishida, in contrast to her sister. One of her defining traits was that she was nice and friendly, always trying to help out. However, true to the stereotype, she literally gets killed within two posts once she gets to the island. Danya in the following announcement then called her "the less interesting of the Ishida sisters" for this reason.
Theatre
- Bob McKellaway in Mary, Mary. Subverted in the end, when he prevents Mary from going away with Dirk by seizing her and shutting her in his closet.
- Paris from Romeo and Juliet. The poor guy legitimately has no idea that his betrothed, Juliet, is in love with another man, and when she fakes her death, he visits her grave, intending to return every night. Even Romeo feels sorry for him after he kills him in desperate self-defense.
