History BewareTheNiceOnes / Literature

* [[EndersGame Ender Wiggin]] isn't "a sweet little kid", he's ''even sweeter''. He doesn't want to hurt anyone. He loves everyone he meets the way they love themselves. And if he determines someone should no longer be able to cause harm, he makes sure that someone will ''never'' be a threat, ''ever''. [[spoiler:[[{{understatement}} He wasn't called the Xenocide, in the following novels, because he was the Formics' drinking buddy during the first book, after all]].]]

* Nick Chopper (the TinMan) in [[TheWonderfulWizardOfOz Baum's Oz]] novels. He is, hands-down, the sweetest, kindest guy you will ever encounter. He cried himself rusted after accidentally stepping on a bug because he regretted taking innocent life. When it comes to creatures ''threatening'' innocent lifes, or those of his TrueCompanions? The axe comes out and heads start rolling. Baum even lampshades it in the second book by stating that Nick "fights like a Roman Gladiator."

* Nick Chopper (the TinMan) in [[TheWonderfulWizardOfOz Baum's Oz]] novels. He is, hands-down, the sweetest, kindest guy you will ever encounter. He cried himself rusted after accidentally stepping on a bug because he regretted taking innocent life. When it comes to creatures ''threatening'' innocent lifes, or those of his {{TrueCompanion}}s? The axe comes out and heads start rolling. Baum even lamshades it in the second book by stating that Nick "fights like a Roman Gladiator."

* ''HonorHarrington'' in the eponymous series. Even though warfare is her business, when she's ''not'' doing that, she pours her personal resources into public and charitable works. She'll even [[TheStoic take it]] when abuse gets heaped on her head. But harm somebody she considers to be [[MamaBear under her protection]], and you unleash an UnstoppableRage that ''will'' [[{{Determinator}} run you to the ground]].

** None of the humans in the setting hold a candle to bonded treecats. Treecats are cute, and make wonderful companions, especially for children. But if you even ''think'' about hurting their human, they will turn into flying furry buzzsaws aimed directly at your face.
*** On a small-scale basis, definitely, but humans have Treecats beat in that Treecats have not taken any interest in nuclear warheads or sabotage.

** Two words: ''Badger Lord.'' Once they get the bloodlust, the best thing to do is accept your fate.

** 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.

* In ''WearingTheCape'', Hope Corrigan, who at the age of 18 stands less than 5 feet tall and is self-described as an "underdeveloped teenage Tinkerbell", is one of the [[FlyingBrick strongest superheroes on the planet]] (in the top 10%, anyway). Also, though she spends a good deal of time worrying about accidentally hurting anyone, she opens an alarming can of Whupass at the end of the story.

** She also suggested [[SixthRangerTraitor David's]] FateWorseThanDeath, being {{Mode Lock}}ed as a rat and stranded on a small island.

* Karl Sadeghi, from the DoctorWho EighthDoctorAdventures book ''The Year of Intelligent Tigers'', is a shy male {{Meganekko}}, who occasionally [[SpeechImpediment stutters]]. He's a musician and a generally sweet guy, and although the Doctor knows how to annoy him (because they're [[HoYay so close]], and the Doctor really is very annoying), it seems his record for getting angry is a [[SarcasmMode whopping]] page and a half. Then he gets kidnapped and mistreated by [[TalkingAnimal talking tigers]]. So [[spoiler:he intentionally opens up a dam to drown a whole bunch of the poor, sapient tigers. To be fair, the tigers killed several people, but not all the ones he killed were dangerous]].

*** 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 Summoning Dark in ''Thud''), 3 of which are werewolves, and 2 or which he did in with his bare hands, after going over a waterfall.
** There's also a rare male example of this trope in Carrot Ironfoundersson, a six-foot-six tall dwarf (adopted human, of course). [[TheCape He is perfectly kind, lawful, and incorruptible in a city that is far from any of the above, always sees the bright side of things, and is friendly to everyone he meets]]. He can convince bloodthirsty desert tribesmen ''not'' to charge (or, as one who knows said tribesmen says, "Make water run uphill"), get rival street gangs to play football, and have a friendly chat with a dictatorial if cultured tyrant. He's also strong and skilled enough to fight hand-to-hand with an alpha male werewolf and survive (in ''Discworld/TheFifthElephant''), has a punch that will knock out a troll (those are guys made of solid rock, for those keeping score), and along with having a sword sharp and strong enough to do it, push a sword through a stone pillar like a knife through butter (in ''Discworld/{{Men at Arms}}''). It is ''not'' a good idea to give him a reason to take the gloves off, as the man standing between Carrot and said pillar found out.

--->'''Molly Weasley''': [[spoiler:Not my daughter, you ''[[PrecisionFStrike bitch]].'' ''[fires an AK-666 at Ginny's would-be assassin]'']]

* In ''WearingTheCape'', Hope Corrigan, who at the age of 18 stands less than 5 feet tall and is self-described as an "underdeveloped teenage Tinkerbell". Is one of the [[FlyingBrick strongest superheroes on the planet]] (in the top 10%, anyway). Also, though she spends a good deal of time worrying about accidentally hurting anyone, she opens an alarming can of Whupass at the end of the story.

* Mild-mannered science fiction author Peter Frigate of ''To Your Scattered Bodies Go'' by Philip José Farmer is not afraid to fight, he's afraid to unleash the rage within. People die when that happens.

** Annabeth's dad, too. One moment, he's an eccentric bookworm who wears an aviator's hat around the house; the next, he's flying a Sopwith Camel into battle and spraying celestial-bronze bullets ''while wearing the same aviator's hat.''

* ''Farmer Boy'' by Laura Ingalls Wilder. A 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... courtesy of a blacksnake ox-whip with a '''15-FOOT''' reach!

* PercyJackson's mother Sally is the ideal mom. She always makes him feel good, and both of them find it impossible to stay angry at the other for long. But just about anyone would snap from year after being married to an abusive asshole like Smelly Gabe. And when she gets her hands on Medusa's head...well, you can pretty much guess what happens. She goes back to her normal self after this, though. But in Book 5, she (and her second husband, Paul Blofis) fight ferociously to defend New York from Kronos and his armies.

* PercyJackson's mother Sally is the ideal mom. She always makes him feel good, and both of them find it impossible to stay angry at the other for long. But just about anyone would snap from year after being married to an abusive asshole like Smelly Gabe. And when she gets her hands on Medusa's head...well, you can pretty much guess what happens. She goes back to her normal self after this, though. But in Book 5, she (and her second husband, Paul Blofis) fight ferociously to defend New York from Kronos and his armies.

* [[spoiler:The Mule]] from ''Foundation and Empire''

*** 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.