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* Sadrao from BlackDogs is probably the kindest, politest, most caring and definitely the most loyal character in the whole series. [[BerserkButton Don't ever threaten any of his wards or former wards, though...]] In the act of defending and protecting Lyra, he literally bites off a bandits face, tears apart an entire church and is completely unapproachable by anyone, even the person he's trying to protect has to take caution not to get caught in his berserker rage.

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* Sadrao from BlackDogs ''Literature/BlackDogs'' is probably the kindest, politest, most caring and definitely the most loyal character in the whole series. [[BerserkButton Don't ever threaten any of his wards or former wards, though...]] In the act of defending and protecting Lyra, he literally bites off a bandits face, tears apart an entire church and is completely unapproachable by anyone, even anyone. Even the person he's trying to protect has to take caution not to get caught in his berserker rage.
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* Ryo, the namesake of {{The Longing of Shiina Ryo}}, wishes to inform you that it is unwise to ignore her. She will use an ASCII weapon of mass destruction if you do. And that's just her warm up. Gravity is her friend, not yours.

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* Ryo, the namesake of {{The Longing of Shiina Ryo}}, wishes to inform you that it is unwise to ignore her. She will use an ASCII weapon of mass destruction if you do. And that's just her warm up. Gravity is her friend, not yours.yours.
* [[spoiler:The Mule]] from ''Foundation and Empire''
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** That's not really a case of Roaring Rampage of Revenge. He did control himself, after all. A better example for Luke would be after [[spoiler:Mara is killed by Jacen]]. Luke thinks Lumiya killed her and proceeds to mercilessly hunt her down and kill her, very nearly falling to the DarkSide in the process.

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** A special mention must go to Shannon Folker. Kills 10,000+ mooks with the word Ooops.

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** A special mention must go to Shannon Folker. Foraker. Absent-minded tactical officer who consistently forgets to use the [[InsistentTerminology approved Revolutionary titles]] when addressing her superiors, and mostly goes unpunished because she's good at what she does, and she's ''adorable''. [[spoiler: Kills 10,000+ mooks in the blink of an eye with a keystroke and the word Ooops."[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Oops.]]"]]


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*** On a small-scale basis, definitely, but humans have Treecats beat in that Treecats have not taken any interest in nuclear warheads or sabotage.
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That was Gaspode, not Carrot\'s thinking.


*** Carrot is also scary for one very particular reason: There is exactly one scene, lasting all of a single page, which is written from his point of view. That nobody knows what he's really thinking is an important part of his overall character.
**** Could you specify that scene please?
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* Ryo, the namesake of {{The Longing of Shiina Ryo}}, wishes to inform you that it is unwise to ignore her. She will use an ASCII weapon of mass destruction if you do. And that's just her warm up. Gravity is her friend, not yours.
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* [[TheBible The New Testament]] has Jesus, who is willing to forgive all the sins of humanity. But, when you reject God, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmnmVp-ifBs#t=54m00s turn the temple into a black market bazaar]], and in this way prevent believers from worshipping God...I'd say "God help you," but I doubt He will. And guess who'll be leading the armies of heaven on Armageddon?
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* Two notable examples within ''[[http://thelonelywinds.com/library.php The Lonely Winds]]'': George Manor and Nails. Nails, while generally laid-back, gentle and amiable in spite of his nickname, has had several instances of hitting a berserk button when he sees others being hurt or abused, up to and including a CrowningMomentOfAwesome. George, [[TheDumbledore the ordinarily loopy and silly-seeming mentor]], has on occasion been observed to break bones and in one instance [[spoiler: to ''immolate an opponent with magic'']] when his charges or other innocents are threatened or hurt.
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* [[TheBible The New Testament]] has Jesus, who is willing to forgive all the sins of humanity. But, when you reject God, turn the temple into a black market bazaar, and in this way prevent believers from worshipping God...I'd say "God help you," but I doubt He will. And guess who'll be leading the armies of heaven on Armageddon?

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* [[TheBible The New Testament]] has Jesus, who is willing to forgive all the sins of humanity. But, when you reject God, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmnmVp-ifBs#t=54m00s turn the temple into a black market bazaar, bazaar]], and in this way prevent believers from worshipping God...I'd say "God help you," but I doubt He will. And guess who'll be leading the armies of heaven on Armageddon?
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*** "Damn decent wizard" doesn't really cover it. He says in one book that as far as pure power, he's one of the Top 20 wizards in the world. He lacks subtlety, which makes it worse (He's not only powerful, but he's also a little unstable). Also, his specialty seems to be the use of ''fire magic.''


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*** What about his wife Charity. She's even more pacifist than Michael, but she's his sparring partner, making her at least as tough as him.
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** [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Neville]]. Just...[[TookALevelInBadass Neville]].
** And let's not forget that [[TheDumbledore Dumbledore]] is about the nicest old professor you could hope to meet as well as being the single most powerful wizard on Earth.
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*In ''Princess of the Midnight Ball'', we get 12 princess, all very nice( although the eldest and love interest/ main character(sometimes) is snarky at time.) but I'm not talking about Rose. no, I'm talking about her sister, Lily. Lily is the second oldest- never complains about her lot in life, never gets snappy, very, very sweet- never violent in the least. And then she and her sisters get taken to the World Under Stone, with arranged marriages ( with half demons) in mind. during Rose's one true love's rescue attempt, Lily gets her hands on a gun. turns out her own one true love taught her how to shoot. things don't end well for the attackers.
**Galen himself( the real main character) counts as well- he just wanted to be done with war, and is one of the nicest guys ever- even giving up his last bit of food to an old beggar. then Rose goes missing, and he's ready, armed with magic, a gun, and pure BadAss-ery.
*Daphne of Sisters Grimm is a a sweet little 7 year old, who loves everybody( even the big bad wolf.) she doesn't have an evil or violent bone in her body. but if you mess with your family, she will try her darndest to end you, and she's not the keeper of a ton of magical items for no reason. she causes a tornado. 'nuff said.
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*** Technically, he only gravely wounded the GiantSpider, he didn't kill it. Still, he is pretty badass.



* Talia of Sensholding, [[HeraldsOfValdemar Royal Advisor/Confidant/Babysitter]] and generally softhearted little YamatoNadeshiko sort complete with empathic powers. Sure she has had some self-defence training as a Herald, but one would think that her [[CoolHorse Companion]] is a bigger threat than she is, right? Well, those who have pushed her too far would be glad to inform you otherwise... [[MindRape if they stop screaming long enough]].

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* Talia of Sensholding, [[HeraldsOfValdemar Royal Advisor/Confidant/Babysitter]] and generally softhearted little YamatoNadeshiko sort complete with empathic powers. Sure she has had some self-defence self-defense training as a Herald, but one would think that her [[CoolHorse Companion]] is a bigger threat than she is, right? Well, those who have pushed her too far would be glad to inform you otherwise... [[MindRape if they stop screaming long enough]].
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** She also suggested [[SixthColumn David's]] FateWorseThanDeath, being {{Mode Lock}}ed as a rat and stranded on a small island.

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** She also suggested [[SixthColumn [[SixthRangerTraitor David's]] FateWorseThanDeath, being {{Mode Lock}}ed as a rat and stranded on a small island.
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* In the ''[[NightsDawn Night's Dawn]]'' trilogy by Peter F. Hamilton, the always polite and civilised Edenists go to great lengths to avoid killing, but when Al Capone sends a force to conquer a nearby Edenist habitat it gets wiped out. To the man.

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* In the ''[[NightsDawn ''[[{{Literature/ptitleeiku6qu3}} The Night's Dawn]]'' trilogy Dawn Trilogy]]'' by Peter F. Hamilton, the always polite and civilised Edenists go to great lengths to avoid killing, but when Al Capone sends a force to conquer a nearby Edenist habitat it gets wiped out. To the man.
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** Despite all that Harry went through he is still a nice guy, just don't call his deceased Mom a bitch or you will end up like his aunt Marge.
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** Special mention must be made of Sam, who is a slow, unassumingly loyal every-Hobbit who kills an EldritchAbomination GiantSpider when it threatens his master.
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*** The reason was that his sister Valentine couldn't pronounce Andrew.
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*** Magrat's solution to the new king who does not respect witches? "We should replace his bones with hot lead!"

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*** Magrat's solution to Magrat, on learning the new king who does not doesn't respect witches? witches has commissioned a play discrediting them, suggests "We should replace fill his bones with hot lead!"
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*** [[AC:What's that? You liked [[KickTheDog torturing cats]]?]]
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* DavidEddings seems to enjoy this one. [[TheBelgariad Belgarion]] is a generally nice guy who tries to do the right thing, and if you go after his family or murder some farmers, "the right thing" tends to involve you, his {{BFS}}, and a demonstration of why he's allowed to put "Godslayer" on his official letterhead. Polgara has spent most of her life as a doctor and taking care of children, but can give you a matinee of your worst nightmare or turn you into a snake, and she isn't afraid to ShootTheDog. But for the gold, there's Aphrael and Sephrenia in ''The Tamuli'': upon learning that [[spoiler: Zalasta had been plotting to kill Aphrael for several centuries]], Aphrael begins planning to eat his heart, and Sephrenia enjoys breaking his spells (which hurts, oh sweet Edeamus it hurts) just a bit too much.

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* DavidEddings seems to enjoy this one. [[TheBelgariad Belgarion]] is a generally nice guy who tries to do the right thing, and if you go after his family or murder some farmers, "the right thing" tends to involve you, his {{BFS}}, and a demonstration of why he's allowed to put "Godslayer" on his official letterhead. Polgara has spent most of her life as a doctor and taking care of children, but can give you a matinee of your worst nightmare or turn you into a snake, and she isn't afraid to ShootTheDog. But for the gold, there's Aphrael and Sephrenia in ''The Tamuli'': upon learning that [[spoiler: Zalasta had been plotting to kill Aphrael for several centuries]], Aphrael begins planning to eat his heart, and Sephrenia enjoys breaking his spells (which hurts, oh sweet Edeamus Edaemus it hurts) just a bit too much.
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** In Discworld, [[TheGrimReaper Death]] (or rather, [[AC:[[PaintingTheFourthWall Death]]]]) is actually [[DontFearTheReaper a very nice guy]]. Unless you manage to upset him. The Auditors have managed it several times, and the results tend to be rather spectacular.
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* In [[JohnCWright War of the Dreaming]], [[CrossoverCosmology Titania]] is one of the few characters unreservedly on the side of humans, and who respects them for their own merits, rather than seeing them as pawns or PunyEarthlings. She's behind many of the historical human victories over the Fae (even though some of those victories hurt her as well). She's also the Queen of Nemi James Fraser was talking about in ''The Golden Bough.'' The one annual kings were sacrificed to.

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* In [[JohnCWright War of the Dreaming]], [[CrossoverCosmology Titania]] is one of the few characters unreservedly on the side of humans, and who respects them for their own merits, rather than seeing them as pawns or PunyEarthlings. She's behind many of the historical human victories over the Fae (even though some of those victories hurt her as well). She's also the Queen of Nemi James Fraser was talking about in ''The Golden Bough.'' The one annual kings were sacrificed to.to.
* In the StarWarsExpandedUniverse, Luke Skywalker's characterization varies pretty significantly DependingOnTheWriter. But his characterization in ''LukeSkywalkerAndTheShadowsOfMindor'' is very much this. When he has any choice at all, he resolves things peacefully. He will forgive anything, if you try to make up for what you've done. He gives you a lot of ''chances'' to be reasonable, and will wholeheartedly regret the loss of life if you don't take them. After Luke lets himself get captured, he asks too many questions and a stormtrooper clubs him with a blaster rifle, telling him to be quiet. Luke says "Please don't hit me" and is smacked again while the stormtrooper says "Didn't you ''hear'' me?" Luke says he did, but didn't see any particular reason to obey. The stormtrooper tries to hit him a third time, and Luke catches the blaster rifle and shatters it. Another stormtrooper tries to shoot him; Luke catches the blaster bolts.
--> "Please don't shoot me, either." He turned the palm upward in a friendly shrug and let the astonished troopers stare at the only effect of the Force-blunted blasterfire: a faint curl of steam that trailed upward from his unmarked palm. "Let's try to end the day with nobody else dying, shall we?"
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* Yumiko Shirasagi of {{Digital Devil Story}} is very sweet and mischievous, a fun girl, really. She's also [[spoiler: the {{reincarnation}} of the goddess Izanami, and she teaches Loki a thing or two about the efficacy of fire.]]

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* Yumiko Shirasagi of {{Digital Devil Story}} is very sweet and mischievous, a fun girl, really. She's also [[spoiler: the {{reincarnation}} of the goddess Izanami, and she teaches Loki a thing or two about the efficacy of fire.]]]]
* In [[JohnCWright War of the Dreaming]], [[CrossoverCosmology Titania]] is one of the few characters unreservedly on the side of humans, and who respects them for their own merits, rather than seeing them as pawns or PunyEarthlings. She's behind many of the historical human victories over the Fae (even though some of those victories hurt her as well). She's also the Queen of Nemi James Fraser was talking about in ''The Golden Bough.'' The one annual kings were sacrificed to.
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*** Magrat's solution to the new king who does not respect witches? "We should replace his bones with hot lead!"
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*** In the same vein as it were is Vimes, who's not nice at the best of times, but who's kill-count stands at at least 6 on page (not including those he killed while under the influence of The Following Dark in ''Thud''), 3 of which are werewolves, and 2 or which he did in with his bare hands, after going over a waterfall.


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** Apart from those already mentioned, add in Angua, Detritus, A.E. Pessimal, and ooh, probably many of the rest of the watch.
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* ''Farmer Boy'' by Laura Ingalls Wilder. A gang of bullies was wanting to give the teacher [[CurbStompBattle a one-sided beatdown]] like they did with the other teachers before him, killing one of them. Those boys from Hardscrabble Hill didn't think that ''one [[BadassTeacher teacher]]'' wasn't [[CrazyPrepared ready for them]], and handed out a ''literal'' ass-whipping to them... with a blacksnake ox-whip with a '''15-FOOT''' reach!

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* ''Farmer Boy'' by Laura Ingalls Wilder. A gang of bullies GangofBullies was wanting to give the teacher [[CurbStompBattle a one-sided beatdown]] like they did with the other teachers before him, killing one of them. Those boys from Hardscrabble Hill didn't think that ''one [[BadassTeacher teacher]]'' wasn't [[CrazyPrepared ready for them]], and handed out a ''literal'' ass-whipping to them... with courtesy of a blacksnake ox-whip with a '''15-FOOT''' reach!
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* ''Farmer Boy'' by Laura Ingalls Wilder. A gang of [[Jerkass bullies]] was wanting to give the teacher [[CurbStompBattle a one-sided beatdown]] like they did with the other teachers before him, killing one of them. Those boys from Hardscrabble Hill didn't think that ''one [[BadassTeacher teacher]]'' wasn't [[CrazyPrepared ready for them]], and handed out a ''literal'' ass-whipping to them... with a blacksnake ox-whip with a '''15-FOOT''' reach!

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* ''Farmer Boy'' by Laura Ingalls Wilder. A gang of [[Jerkass bullies]] bullies was wanting to give the teacher [[CurbStompBattle a one-sided beatdown]] like they did with the other teachers before him, killing one of them. Those boys from Hardscrabble Hill didn't think that ''one [[BadassTeacher teacher]]'' wasn't [[CrazyPrepared ready for them]], and handed out a ''literal'' ass-whipping to them... with a blacksnake ox-whip with a '''15-FOOT''' reach!
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* ''Farmer Boy'' by Laura Ingalls Wilder. [[Jerkass A gang of bullies]] was wanting to give the teacher [[CurbStompBattle a one-sided beatdown]] like they did with the other teachers before him, killing one of them. Those boys from Hardscrabble Hill didn't think that ''one [[BadassTeacher teacher]]'' wasn't [[CrazyPrepared ready for them]], and handed out a ''literal'' ass-whipping to them... with a blacksnake ox-whip with a '''15-FOOT''' reach!

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* ''Farmer Boy'' by Laura Ingalls Wilder. A gang of [[Jerkass A gang of bullies]] was wanting to give the teacher [[CurbStompBattle a one-sided beatdown]] like they did with the other teachers before him, killing one of them. Those boys from Hardscrabble Hill didn't think that ''one [[BadassTeacher teacher]]'' wasn't [[CrazyPrepared ready for them]], and handed out a ''literal'' ass-whipping to them... with a blacksnake ox-whip with a '''15-FOOT''' reach!
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* ''Farmer Boy'' by Laura Ingalls Wilder. [[Jerkass A gang of bullies]] was wanting to give the teacher [[CurbStompBattle a one-sided beatdown]] like they did with the other teachers before him, killing one of them. Those boys from Hardscrabble Hill didn't think that ''one [[BadassTeacher teacher]]'' wasn't [[CrazyPrepared ready for them]], and handed out a ''literal'' ass-whipping to them... with a blacksnake ox-whip with a '''15-FOOT''' reach!

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