History Main / JerkassFacade

--> -- ''ThePrince'', Niccolo Machiavelli

--> -- '''ThePrince''', Niccolo Machiavelli

* [[LoveableRogue Han Solo]] from {{StarWars}} embodies this trope. He pretends to be OnlyInItForTheMoney ... until he [[ChanegdMyMindKid arrives]] [[BigDamnedHeroes at the last second]] and saves Luke from Vader. This also shows in his BelligerentSexualTension with [[DefrostingIceQueen Leia]], leading to SlapSlapKiss later on.

*** Arsenal has the whole jerk facade but he does that to hide his insecurities and even when he is a jerk he is still not that bad.

** Batman seems to keep up his JerkassFacade because he is aware of his own mortality. The less people who are attached to him, the less people will mourn when he finally messes up. This is, after all, the [[{{BadassNormal}} guy in the bat-themed combat suit]] facing off against sadistic, intelligent psychopaths on his ''safest'' nights. You know, when he's not helping ''friggin' Superman'' deal with threats that Big Blue can't handle alone.

Not to be confused with [[{{Mother3}} The Jerkass known as Fassad.]]

See also [=~It's Not You, It's My Enemies~=], DefrostingIceQueen, ThinkNothingOfIt, [=~Don't You Dare Pity Me~=]. May secretly be a ZeroApprovalGambit.

Might or might not overlap with JerkWithAHeartOfGold. Basically, the character tries to act like either a heartless bastard or otherwise obnoxious {{jerkass}} when he really isn't. The distinction comes in when the the motivations come to light: The JerkWithAheartOfGold really ''is'' a jerk, naturally rude and offensive, but also cares more deeply than it appears. A Jerkass Facade comes in when a character is ''not'' a jerk, is naturally caring and pleasant, but makes a deliberate decision to act in a jerkish manner to achieve some sort of goal.

* Great in ViolinistOfHamelnShchelkunchik keeps complaining that everything is a pain, is a DeadpanSnarker to the Nth degree, taunts a foot tall fairy for being [[Pettanko flat]] and goes so far as to slap a classmate for being "too friendly" to him. Dig in a little deeper, and you have one of the most dependable, trustworthy and mature(!) characters in the setting.

* Leorio in HunterXHunter actively cultivates an image of greedy lechery (well, he ''is'' a HandomeLech...), because he doesn't want people to think of him as soft. However, the reason he always insists on the best prices and payment for everything? He wants to become so rich that he can afford to give any patient treatment (no matter how expensive) for free.

** Shichibukai Boa Hancock seemed like a [[KickTheDog puppy-kicking]] VainSorceress with no redeeming qualities whatsoever, even [[TakenForGranite turning her own subjects into stone]] for allowing a man (Luffy) onto her island. However, when she saw Luffy protect her sister's brand, and thus their shared secret, as well as make the choice ''not'' to leave the island, but see his petrified friends revived, she allowed him into her castle and showed her brand. She explained that the [[AristocratsAreEvil Celestial Dragons]] who bought them as slaves when they were children burnt it into she and her sisters' backs to show them they were "less than human". Given what the Celestial Dragons were shown as capable of, spending four years with them as slaves would be no picnic, and this had lasting psychological effects on the three. The middle sister, Sandersonia, had a freak-out from just remembering. Thus, Hancock decided that she would no longer show weakness to anyone, including her own subjects. Nyon implied her crying to Luffy was the first time she showed any warmth in her. Naturally, Luffy understood and forgave her. [[spoiler:Of course she no longer has to pull this facade on Luffy, [[AllAmazonsWantHercules as she now loves him.]]]]

* What [[spoiler: FallenPrincess Sansa Stark]] has learnt to put on, thanks to [[spoiler: her mentor, Petyr Baelish aka Littlefinger]], as self-defense against the noblemen in [[spoiler: her]] surroundings in ''{{A Song of Ice and Fire}}.

* ''MagicalProjectS'': Pixy misa, though she is apparently a villain, was unable to harm her parents in episode 20 and even [[spoiler: repented to become one of the good guys later on.]]

** He didn't date-rape them, he just [[ImportedAlienPhlebotinum used some sort of alien perfume]] [[LovePotion to increase his sex appeal.]] Still, as to the moral {{Unfortunate Implications}} this carries, I cannot speak.

Might or might not overlap with JerkWithAHeartOfGold. Basically, the character tries to act like either a heartless bastard or otherwise obnoxious {{jerkass}} when he really isn't.

* Oogami Rei from ''[[CodeBreaker Code: Breaker']]' certainly acts like a cold-hearted bastard, doing things like snapping a dog's neck, burning a group of policemen to death to elimiate all witnesses, killing a man in front of his LittlestCancerPatient daughter, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking torching the helpful, handcrafted guide his classmates made for him in order to help him remember their names.]] Actually [[spoiler: the dog was dying after getting beaten up by thugs, the policemen were wholly corrupt (as was their chief), giving the little girl an excuse for a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against Oogami also gave her a reason to live, and Oogami had already memorized their names ("I don't like 'things', they disappear too easily. I don't need 'things' to remember ''people''." (basically)) -- the first time he ever bothered to learn the names of, essentially, innocent bystanders.]]

* [[spoiler:Eva]] in ''UminekoNoNakuKoroNi''.

* [[GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe Liara T'Soni]] of MassEffect adopts one of these between games both to operate in the galactic underworld and [[spoiler: due to guilt over handing Shepard's body over to Cerberus]].

* Shinjiro Aragaki in {{Persona 3}}. Played almost humorously when he's unsuccessful, but becomes rather tragic when you realize just how far he's willing to go for those he cares about.
* [[spoiler:Eva]] in UminekoNoNakuKoroNi.

*** Batman seems to keep up his JerkassFacade because he is aware of his own mortality. The less people who are attached to him, the less people will mourn when he finally messes up. This is, after all, the [[{{BadassNormal}} guy in the bat-themed combat suit]] facing off against sadistic, intelligent psychopaths on his ''safest'' nights. You know, when he's not helping ''friggin' Superman'' deal with threats that Big Blue can't handle alone.

* Yes, he constantly risks his well being for the good (doing illegal medical procedures that would risk his career) of others, especially Wilson. And he even shows the truth to his colleagues (tough in a rude way) to make them see the errors in ther ways. Plus, he has showed his softer when speaking of philosophical matters (like religion) to other people(in one episode he did this to an ex-Christian) .