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* Cordelia Chase shows her kinder side in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10204239/ Mirror, Mirror]]'' when she's in a mirror-verse. According to her, she has to act like a RichBitch or her parents give her hell. The same applies to the Cordettes and all of them have to snitch on the others. In the mirror-verse, it's only Xander and whoever he brings with him so she's free to act like a slob, drive like a maniac, and generally be a friendly though rather destructive girl (such as unlocking her own house by kicking down a door then smashing the alarm system).

* In ''FanFic/TheVow'', an AlternateUniverseFic about the life of [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2 Lord Shen]], he starts out as this. Being in his early twenties, the young peacock noble is the prideful and short-tempered perfectionist he's known as in canon, but he doesn't doubt the love his parents and old nanny have toward him. His condescending attitude is born from being scorned by almost everyone as an abomination and a bad omen due to his white coloring, no matter what he did to please people. [[FreudianExcuse Eventually he stopped trying to win people's acceptance and decided give them the monster they were determined to see]]. However, he was the only noble in general to show any shred of kindness toward his family's wolf guard, winning their {{undying loyalty}}. While he initially treats his might-be-fiancée Lady Lianne with disdain, her gentle nature and [[ParentalNeglect vulnerability]] behind her regal lady's facade win his heart. Unfortunately, as his [[AmbitionIsEvil ambition]] and attempts to prevent his fate corrupt him like in canon, [[TookALevelInJerkass his heart of gold has eroded]] by the time of the movie's happenings to the point that it's barely visible anymore. Fortunately, [[LoveMartyr Lianne's]] love eventually sets him more or less on the right path to the point that he [[spoiler:[[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy stops his attempt]] to [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe force her into marriage with him]], prompting her to marry him anyway]]. He also [[spoiler:sends [[TheDragon the Wolf Boss]] and the wolf pack away before his final confrontation with Po, [[SparedByTheAdaptation sparing them from their canon fates]]]]. Following [[spoiler:his return to Lianne after avoiding his canon ending, he retains many of his negative qualities, but resigns himself to live the rest of his life in secret imprisonment of his wife's home so that he can stay and protect her and [[PapaWolf their son]]]].

* Pretty much every single one of the Night Guards in ''FanFic/WeRentTheNight'' is this, except the NaiveNewComer.

* In ''Fanfic/OldWest'', [[WesternAnimation/{{Rango}} Rattlesnake Jake]] is this with a dose of AdaptationalHeroism. The [[TheDreaded Grim Reaper]] of the Mojave Desert is intimidating, brusque, violent and a remorseless killer. While he's initially indifferent of [[DeterminedHomesteader Grace Glossy]] and her son Teddy, he slowly comes to care for them while having to keep them safe. He helps Teddy in overcoming his sight problem and devotes himself to Grace when she confesses her feelings toward him.

* In ''FanFic/TheVow'', an AlternateUniverseFic about the life of [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2 Lord Shen]], he starts out as this. Being in his early twenties, the young peacock noble is the prideful and short-tempered perfectionist he's known as in canon, but he doesn't doubt the love his parents and old nanny have towards him. His condescending attitude is born from being scorned by almost everyone as an abomination and a bad omen due to his albinism, no matter what he did to please people. [[FreudianExcuse Eventually he stopped trying to win people's acceptance and decided give them the monster they were determined to see]]. However, he was the only noble in general to show any shred of kindness towards his family's wolf guard, winning their UndyingLoyalty. While he initially treats his might-be-fiancée Lady Lianne with disdain, her gentle nature and [[ParentalNeglect vulnerability]] behind her regal lady's facade win his heart. Unfortunately, as his [[AmbitionIsEvil ambition]] and attempts to prevent his fate corrupt him like in canon, [[TookALevelInJerkass his heart of gold has eroded]] by the time of the movie's happenings to the point that it's barely visible anymore. Fortunately, [[LoveMartyr Lianne's]] love eventually sets him more or less on the right path to the point that he [[spoiler:[[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy stops his attempt]] to [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe force her into marriage with him]], prompting her to marry him anyway]]. He also [[spoiler:sends [[TheDragon the Wolf Boss]] and the wolf pack away before his final confrontation with Po, [[SparedByTheAdaptation sparing them from their canon fates]]]]. Following [[spoiler:his return to Lianne after avoiding his canon ending, he retains many of his negative qualities, but resigns himself to live the rest of his life in secret imprisonment of his wife's home so that he can stay and protect her and [[PapaWolf their son]]]].
** Lianne's father Lord Chang comes off as a pure {{Jerkass}} for most of the story until his final appearance. He tried to [[ParentalNeglect make his only child a carrier of his legacy, didn't show affection towards Lianne for her entire life]] and attempted to push her into marriage so that [[IWantGrandkids she'd give him a grandson]]. He says that all of this was to secure the future generations' fortune. He did love Lianne's mother and won her heart by [[spoiler:giving her the choice of not having to choose between him and his brother]]. When he heard that Shen had overtaken Gongmen City and imprisoned Lianne, [[PapaWolf he was determined to do everything needed to raise an army to storm Gongmen City and free his daughter]], with only [[spoiler:the stroke he suffered]] preventing him. After thirty years of estrangement, he asks Lianne's forgiveness even though he doesn't expect it to come. When Lianne tells him that [[spoiler:she's pregnant with Shen's child]], he gives [[WhenHeSmiles a true smile]] for her [[SoProudOfYou for the first time]] and [[spoiler:passes away contently]].

** Carol Danvers is a downplayed variant, a StepfordSnarker and a BrokenAce who is actually very nice once you get past the understandably spiky outer shell, and Harry almost invariably sees the heart of gold. However, the narrative makes mention of a pre-Spidey Peter Parker, who so happened to be unfortunate enough to catch her on a bad day.

* Sunset Shimmer starts out as this in ''Fanfic/TheWitchOfTheEverfree'', although the "jerk" part [[CharacterDevelopment fades out over time]].

* In ''FanFic/TheVow'', an AlternateUniverseFic about the life of [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2 Lord Shen]], he starts out as this. Being in his early twenties, the young peacock noble is the prideful and short-tempered perfectionist he's known as in canon, but he doesn't doubt the love his parents and old nanny have towards him. His condescending attitude is born from being scorned by almost everyone as an abomination and a bad omen due to his albinism, no matter what he did to please people. [[FreudianExcuse Eventually he stopped trying to win people's acceptance and decided give them the monster they were determined to see]]. However, he was the only noble in general to show any shred of kindness towards his family's wolf guard, winning their UndyingLoyalty. While he initially treats his might-be-fiancé Lady Lianne with disdain, her gentle nature and [[ParentalNeglect vulnerability]] behind her regal lady's facade win his heart. Unfortunately, as his [[AmbitionIsEvil ambition]] and attempts to prevent his fate corrupt him like in canon, [[TookALevelInJerkass his heart of gold has eroded]] by the time of the movie's happenings to the point that it's barely visible anymore. Fortunately, [[LoveMartyr Lianne's]] love eventually sets him more or less on the right path to the point that he [[spoiler:[[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy stops his attempt]] to [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe force her into marriage with him]], prompting her to marry him anyway]]. He also [[spoiler:sends [[TheDragon the Wolf Boss]] and the wolf pack away before his final confrontation with Po, [[SparedByTheAdaptation sparing them from their canon fates]]]]. Following [[spoiler:his return to Lianne after avoiding his canon ending, he retains many of his negative qualities, but resigns himself to live the rest of his life in secret imprisonment of his wife's home so that he can stay and protect her and [[PapaWolf their son]]]].

* In ''FanFic/TheVow'', an AlternateUniverseFic about the life of [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2 Lord Shen]], he starts out as this. Being in his early twenties, the young peacock noble is the prideful and short-tempered perfectionist he's known as in canon, but he doesn't doubt the love his parents and old nanny have towards him. His condescending attitude is born from being scorned by almost everyone as an abomination and a bad omen due to his albinism, no matter what he did to please people. [[ThenLetMeBeEvil Eventually he stopped trying to win people's acceptance and decided give them the monster they were determined to see]]. However, he was the only noble in general to show any shred of kindness towards his family's wolf guard, winning their UndyingLoyalty. While he initially treats his might-be-fiancé Lianne with disdain, her gentle nature and [[ParentalNeglect vulnerability]] behind her regal lady's facade win his heart. Unfortunately, as his [[AmbitionIsEvil ambition]] and attempts to prevent his fate corrupt him like in canon, [[TookALevelInJerkass his heart of gold has eroded]] by the time of the movie's happenings to the point that it's barely visible anymore. Fortunately, [[LoveMartyr Lianne's]] love eventually sets him more or less on the right path to the point that he [[spoiler:[[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy stops his attempt]] to [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe force her into marriage with him]], prompting her to marry him anyway]]. He also [[spoiler:sends [[TheDragon the Wolf Boss]] and the wolf pack away before his final confrontation with Po, [[SparedByTheAdaptation sparing them from their canon fates]]]]. Following [[spoiler:his return to Lianne after avoiding his canon ending, he retains many of his negative qualities, but resigns himself to live the rest of his life in secret imprisonment in his wife's home so that he can stay and protect her and [[PapaWolf their son]]]].
** Lianne's father Lord Chang comes off as a pure {{Jerkass}} for most of the story until his final appearance [[spoiler:in his deathbed]]. He tried to [[ParentalNeglect make his only child a carrier of his legacy and didn't show affection towards her for Lianne's entire life]] and attempted to push her into marriage so that [[IWantGrandkids she'd give him a grandson]]. He says that all of this was to secure the future generations' fortune. He did love Lianne's mother and won her heart by [[spoiler:giving her the choice of not having to choose between him and his brother]]. When he heard that Shen had overtaken Gongmen City and imprisoned Lianne, [[PapaWolf he was determined to do everything needed to raise an army to storm Gongmen City and free his daughter]], with only [[spoiler:the stroke he suffered]] preventing him. After thirty years of estrangement, he asks Lianne's forgiveness even though he doesn't expect it to come. When Lianne tells him that [[spoiler:she's pregnant with Shen's child]], he gives [[WhenHeSmiles a true smile]] for her [[SoProudOfYou for the first time]] and [[spoiler:passes away contently]].

** Nick Fury is a grumpy, ruthless man, more than willing to use intimidation and coercion to get his way. He was also once a nice young man who ended up massively disillusioned after going twelve underfunded and undersupported rounds with Lucius Malfoy and [[ILetGwenStacyDie lost the closest thing he had to a little sister]] [[LostLenore Lily Potter.]]

** The rewrite makes ''Tsali'' of all people into this. Under all his genocidal AxeCrazy psychopathy, he has quite a few HiddenDepths. He considers his Tsali Endoskeletons as his children and shows remorse that most of them are gone. Likewise, when he hired a group of mercenaries to help him hunt down the Seedrians, he became quite fond of them [[spoiler: and was utterly devastated when they betrayed him]] - it actually causes him to consider whether getting revenge was really worth it in the end. [[spoiler: The fact that one of them was his little sister probably didn't help.]]

* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm has a number:

* Pretty much every single one of the Night Guards in "FanFic/WeRentTheNight" is this, except the NaiveNewComer.

* Petty much every single one of the Night Guards in ''FanFic/WeRentTheNight is this, except the NaiveNewComer.

* In ''FanFic/TheVow'', an AlternateUniverseFic about the life of [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2 Lord Shen]], he starts out as this. Being in his early twenties, the young peacock noble is the prideful and short-tempered perfectionist he's known as in canon, but he doesn't doubt the love his parents and old nanny have towards him. His condescending attitude is born from being scorned by almost everyone as an abomination and a bad omen due to his albinism, no matter what he did to please people. [[ThenLetMeBeEvil Eventually he stopped trying to win people's acceptance and decided give them the monster they were determined to see]]. However, he was the only noble in general to show any shred of kindness towards his family's wolf guard, winning their UndyingLoyalty. While he initially treats his might-be-fiancé Lianne with disdain, her gentle nature and [[ParentalNeglect vulnerability]] behind her regal lady's facade win his heart. Unfortunately, as his [[AmbitionIsEvil ambition]] and attempts to prevent his fate corrupt him like in canon, [[TookALevelInJerkass his heart of gold has eroded]] by the time of the movie's happenings to the point that it's barely visible anymore. Fortunately, [[LoveMartyr Lianne's]] love eventually sets him more or less on the right path to the point that he [[spoiler:[[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy stops his attempt]] to [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe force her into marriage with him]], prompting her to marry him anyway]]. He also [[spoiler:sends [[TheDragon the Wolf Boss]] and the wolf pack away before his final confrontation with Po, [[SparedByTheAdaptation sparing them from their canon fates]]]]. Following [[spoiler:his return to Lianne after avoiding his canon ending, he retains many of his negative qualities, but resigns himself to live the rest of his life in secret imprisonment in his wife's home so that he can stay and protect her and [[PapaWolf their son]].]].
** Lianne father Lord Chang comes off as a pure {{Jerkass}} for most of the story until his final appearance [[spoiler:in his deathbed]]. He tried to [[ParentalNeglect make his only child a carrier of his legacy and didn't show affection towards her for Lianne's entire life]] and attempted to push her into marriage so that [[IWantGrandkids she'd give him a grandson]]. He says that all of this was to secure the future generations' fortune. He did love Lianne's mother and won her heart by [[spoiler:giving her the choice of not having to choose between him and his brother]]. When he heard that Shen had overtaken Gongmen City and imprisoned Lianne, [[PapaWolf he was determined to do everything needed to raise an army to storm Gongmen City and free his daughter]], with only [[spoiler:the stroke he suffered]] preventing him. After thirty years of estrangement, he asks Lianne's forgiveness even though he doesn't expect it to come. When Lianne tells him that [[spoiler:she's pregnant with Shen's child]], he gives [[WhenHeSmiles a true smile]] for her [[SoProudOfYou for the first time]] and [[spoiler:passes away contently]].

* In ''FanFic/TheVow'', an AlternateUniverseFic about the life of [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2 Lord Shen]], he starts out as this. Being in his early twenties, the young peacock noble is the prideful and short-tempered perfectionist he's known as in canon, but he doesn't doubt the love his parents and old nanny have towards him. His condescending attitude is born from being scorned by almost everyone as an abomination and a bad omen due to his albinism, no matter what he did to please people. [[ThenLetMeBeEvil Eventually he stopped trying to win people's acceptance and decided give them the monster they were determined to see]]. However, he was the only noble in general to show any shred of kindness towards his family's wolf guard, winning their UndyingLoyalty. While he initially treats his might-be-fiancé [[OriginalCharacter Lianne]] with disdain, her gentle nature and [[ParentalNeglect vulnerability]] behind her regal lady's facade win his heart. Unfortunately, as his [[AmbitionIsEvil ambition]] and attempts to prevent his fate corrupt him like in canon, [[TookALevelInJerkass his heart of gold has eroded]] by the time of the movie's happenings to the point that it's barely visible anymore. Fortunately, [[LoveMartyr Lianne's]] love eventually sets him more or less on the right path to the point that he [[spoiler:[[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy stops his attempt]] to [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe force her into marriage with him]], prompting her to marry him anyway]]. He also [[spoiler:sends [[TheDragon the Wolf Boss]] and the wolf pack away before his final confrontation with Po, [[SparedByTheAdaptation sparing them from their canon fates]]]]. By the time [[spoiler:he returns to Lianne after avoiding his canon ending, he has been humbled significantly]].

** The rewrite makes ''Tsali'' of all people into this. Under all his genocidal AxeCrazy psychopathy, he has quite a few HiddenDepths. He considers his Tsali Endoskeletons as his children and shows remorse that most of them are gone. Likewise, when he hired a group of mercenaries to help him hunt down the Seedrians, he became quite fond of them [[spoiler: and was utterly devastated when they betrayed him]] - it actually causes him to consider whether getting revenge was really worth it in the end.

* In ''FanFic/TheVow'', an AlternateUniverseFic about the life of [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2 Lord Shen]], he starts out as this. Being in his early twenties, the young peacock noble is the prideful and short-tempered perfectionist he's known as in canon, but he doesn't doubt the love his parents and old nanny have towards him. His condescending attitude is born from being scorned by almost everyone as an abomination and a bad omen due to his albinism, no matter what he did to please people. [[ThenLetMeBeEvil Eventually he stopped trying to win people's acceptance and decided give them the monster they were determined to see]]. However, he was the only noble in general to show any shred of kindness towards his family's wolf guard, winning their UndyingLoyalty. While he initially treats his might-be-fiancé [[OriginalCharacter Lianne]] with disdain, her gentle nature and [[ParentalNeglect vulnerability]] behind her regal lady's facade win his heart. Unfortunately, as his [[AmbitionIsEvil ambition]] and attempts to prevent his fate corrupt him like in canon, [[TookALevelInJerkass his heart of gold has eroded]] by the time of the movie's happenings to the point that it's barely visible anymore. Fortunately, [[LoveMartyr Lianne's]] love eventually sets him more or less on the right path to the point that he [[spoiler:[[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy stops his attempt]] to [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe force her into marriage with him]], prompting her to marry him anyway]]. He also [[spoiler:sends [[TheDragon the Wolf Boss]] and the wolf pack away before his final confrontation with Po, [[SparedByTheAdaptation sparing them from their canon fates]]. By the time [[spoiler:he returns to Lianne after avoiding his canon ending, he has been humbled significantly]].

* In ''FanFic/TheVow'', an AlternateUniverseFic about the life of [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2 Lord Shen]], he starts out as this. Being in his early twenties, the young peacock noble is the prideful and short-tempered perfectionist he's known as in canon, but he doesn't doubt the love his parents and old nanny have towards him. His condescending attitude is born from being scorned by almost everyone as an abomination and a bad omen due to his albinism, no matter what he did to please people. [[ThenLetMeBeEvil Eventually he stopped trying to win people's acceptance and decided give them the monster they were determined to see]]. However, he was the only noble in general to show any shred of kindness towards his family's wolf guard, winning their UndyingLoyalty. While he initially treats his might-be-fiancé [[OriginalCharacter Lianne]] with disdain, her gentle nature and [[ParentalNeglect vulnerability]] behind her regal lady's facade win his heart. Unfortunately, as his [[AmbitionIsEvil ambition]] and attempts to prevent his fate corrupt him like in canon, [[TookALevelInJerkass his heart of gold has eroded]] by the time of the movie's happenings to the point that it's barely visible anymore. Fortunately, [[LoveMartyr Lianne's]] love eventually sets him more or less on the right path to the point that he [[spoiler:[[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy stops his attempt]] to [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe force her into marriage with him]], prompting her to marry him anyway]]. He also [[spoiler:sends [[TheDragon the Wolf Boss]] and the wolf pack away before his final confrontation with Po, [[SparedByTheAdaptation sparing them from their canon fates]]. By the time [[spoiler:he returns to Lianne after avoiding his canon ending, he has been humbled significantly.]]
** Lianne father Lord Chang comes off as a pure {{Jerkass}} for most of the story until his final appearance. He tried to [[ParentalNeglect make his only child a carrier of his legacy at the cost of her happiness]] for Lianne's entire life and attempted to push her into marriage so that [[IWantGrandkids she'd give him a grandson]]. He says that all of this was to secure the future generations' fortune.

* In ''FanFic/TheVow'', an AlternateUniverseFic about the life of [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2 Lord Shen]], he starts out as this. Being in his early twenties, the young peacock noble is the prideful and short-tempered perfectionist he's known as in canon, but he doesn't doubt the love his parents and old nanny have towards him. His condescending attitude is born from being scorned by almost everyone as an abomination and a bad omen due to his albinism, no matter what he did to please people. [[ThenLetMeBeEvil Eventually he stopped trying to win people's acceptance and decided give them the monster they were determined to see]]. However, he was the only noble in general to show any shred of kindness towards his family's wolf guard, winning their UndyingLoyalty. While he initially treats his might-be-fiancé [[OriginalCharacter Lianne]] with disdain, her gentle nature and [[ParentalNeglect vulnerability]] behind her regal lady's facade win his heart. Unfortunately, as his [[AmbitionIsEvil ambition]] and attempts to prevent his fate corrupt him like in canon, [[TookALevelInJerkass his heart of gold has eroded]] by the time of the movie's happenings to the point that it's barely visible anymore.

* Pretty much every single member of Eric's crew in ''FanFic/SonicXDarkChaos'' follows this trope, especially Sonya. They often fight, make fun of each other, and make cruel jokes, but they're all firmly on Sonic's side and are willing to help others even at great cost.

* In ''FanFic/TheVow'', an AlternateUniverseFic about the life of [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2 Lord Shen]], he starts out as this. Being in his early twenties, the young peacock royal is the prideful and short-tempered perfectionist he's known as in canon, but he doesn't doubt the love of his parents and old nanny have towards him. His condescending attitude is born from being scorned by almost everyone as an abomination and a bad omen due to his albinism, no matter what he did to please people. [[ThenLetMeBeEvil Eventually he stopped trying to win people's acceptance and decided give them the monster they were determined to see]]. But he was the only noble in general to show any shred of kindness towards his family's wolf guard, winning their UndyingLoyalty. And while he initially treats his might-be-fiancé [[OriginalCharacter Lianne]] with disdain, her gentle nature and [[ParentalNeglect vulnerability]] behind her regal lady's facade win his heart. Unfortunately, as his [[AmbitionIsEvil ambition]] and attempts to prevent his fate corrupt him like in canon, [[TookALevelInJerkass his heart of gold has eroded]] by the time of the movie's happenings to the point that it's barely visible anymore.

** The rewrite makes ''Tsali'' of all people into this. Under all his genocidal AxeCrazy psychopathy, he has quite a few HiddenDepths. He considers his Tsali Endoskeletons as his children and shows remorse that most of them are gone. Likewise, when he hired a group of mercenaries to help him hunt down the Seedrians, he became quite fond of them [[spoiler: and was utterly devastated when they betrayed him]].

* In ''FanFic/TheVow'', an AlternateUniverseFic about the life of [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2 Lord Shen]], he starts out as this. Being in his early twenties, the young peacock royal is the prideful and short-tempered perfectionist he's known as in canon, but he doesn't doubt the love of his parents and old nanny have towards him. His condescending attitude is born from being scorned by almost everyone as an abomination and a bad omen due to his albinism, no matter what he did to please people. [[ThenLetMeBeEvil Eventually he stopped trying to win people's acceptance and decided give them the monster they were determined to see]]. But he was the only noble in general to show any shred of kindness towards his family's wolf guard, winning their UndyingLoyalty. And while he initially treats his might-be-fiancé [[OriginalCharacter Lianne]] with disdain, her gentle nature and [[ParentalNeglect vulnerability]] behind her regal lady's facade win his heart. Unfortunately, as his [[AmbitionIsEvil ambition]] and attempts to prevent his fate corrupt him like in canon, [[TookALevelInJerkass his heart of gold has eroded]] by the time of the movie's happenings to the point that it's barely visible anymore.

---> '''Annie:''' Whoa, bitch has a heart after all.