History LovableCoward / Literature

* Piglet of ''Literature/WinnieThePooh'' is almost certainly this, a timid stammering NeatFreak who fears every superstition and mythical animal his friends make up. The Disney adapted version dials this UpToEleven (along with adding [[CanonForeigner Lumpy]] to the list as well).

* ''Literature/{{Edgedancer}}'' (a novella of ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive''): Wyndle is always on the verge of nervous breakdwon and often argues that he and Lift should really just leave town and the BigBad behind so that they won't have a ton of nasty stuff happen to them. That being said, his pestering is oddly adorable, and he acts as Lift's MoralityPet one he realizes they're not leaving.

* ''Literature/{{Edgedancer}}'' (a novella of ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive''): Wyndle is always on the verge of nervous breakdwon and often argues that him and Lift should really just leave town and the BigBad behind so that they wouldn't have a ton of nasty stuff happen to them. This being said, his pestering is oddly adorable, and he acts as Lift's MoralityPet one he realizes they're not leaving.

* Wyndle of ''Literature/{{Edgedancer}}'' is always on the verge of nervous breakdwon and often argues that him and Lift should really just leave town and the BigBad behind so that they wouldn't have a ton of nasty stuff happen to them. This being said, his pestering is oddly adorable, and he acts as Lift's MoralityPet one he realizes they're not leaving.

* The space opera ''BALADA:Literature/ASymphonyOfEternity'' series has Metternich per Pelasgiamus, he's a coward more in a sense that he's a civilian who was drafted into the fleet against his will and is just trying to survive, the only problem is that when he survives a battle, he looks like a great hero and so is forced into even nastier scraps.

* Literature/CiaphasCain definitely counts.

* The title character of ''TheBartimaeusTrilogy''.
* The Humbug in ''ThePhantomTollbooth''.

* The space opera ''BALADA:Literature/ASymphonyOfEternity'' series has Metternich per Pelasgiamus, he's a coward more in a sense that he's a civilian who was drafted into the fleet against his will and is just trying to survive, the only problem is that when he survives a battle, he looks like a great hero and so is forced into even nastier scraps.

* The space opera ''BALADA:ASymphonyofEternity'' series has Metternich per Pelasgiamus, he's a coward more in a sense that he's a civilian who was drafted into the fleet against his will and is just trying to survive, the only problem is that when he survives a battle, he looks like a great hero and so is forced into even nastier scraps.

* ''{{Flashman}}''... maybe. On a good day. Usually a pretty shameless DirtyCoward, but he has his moments.

* The space opera ''SymphonyofEternity'' series has Metternich per Pelasgiamus, he's a coward more in a sense that he's a civilian who was drafted into the fleet against his will and is just trying to survive, the only problem is that when he survives a battle, he looks like a great hero and so is forced into even nastier scraps.

* CiaphasCain definitely counts.

* The title character of the story "Philbert the Fearful" in ''The Practical Princess and Other Liberating Fairy Tales'', whose CatchPhrase is "I'm the only one of me I have", and who is much more sympethetic than the other knights, all portrayed as {{Fearless Fool}}s.

* Horace Slughorn of ''HarryPotter'' prefers to take the easy option over a direct confrontation with the enemy, but proves his inner bravery when he rallies reinforcements in Hogsmeade during the Battle of Hogwarts and leads the Slytherins into battle after previously evacuating them, not to mention going toe to toe with LORD FREAKING VOLDEMORT (albeit with the help of two other powerful wizards). And even before that, he's still a likeable guy.

* Piglet of ''WinnieThePooh'' is almost certainly this, a timid stammering NeatFreak who fears every superstition and mythical animal his friends make up. The Disney adapted version dials this UpToEleven (along with adding [[CanonForeigner Lumpy]] to the list as well).

* Yossarian in ''{{Catch-22}}''.

* Horace Slughorn of ''HarryPotter'' prefers to take the easy option over a direct confrontation with the enemy, but proves his inner bravery when he rallies reinforcements in Hogsmeade during the Battle of Hogwarts and leads the Slytherins into battle after previously evacuating them, not to mention going toe to toe with LORD FREAKING VOLDEMORT (albeit with the help of two other Hogwarts teachers). And even before that, he's still a likeable guy.

* Horace Slughorn of ''HarryPotter'' prefers to take the easy option over a direct confrontation with the enemy, but proves his inner bravery when he rallies reinforcements in Hogsmeade during the Battle of Hogwarts and leads the Slytherins into battle after previously evacuating them. And even before that, he's still a likeable guy.