History Main / NamesToTrustImmediately

* Kairi in Kingdom Hearts. Also something of a MeaningfulName
* Kairi in Digimon. Very much a MeaningfulName

* Trevor Goodchild, the self-appointed ruler with a varying morality, from AeonFlux.

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* Big Brother in [[1984]] uses this for manipulative purposes.

* There are two notable examples in Thomas Hardy's ''TessOfTheDUrbervilles'', though they are both [[SubvertedTrope subversions]]: Angel Clare and Mercy Chant [[spoiler: are both [[{{Understatement}} less forgiving]] than their names might suggest. Angel improves eventually.]]

* Tod Friendly in ''Time's Arrow''. Played straight as he is a great guy in his old age, then subverted [[spoiler:as he is revealed to have been a concentration camp doctor.]] Also, [[spoiler: his real last name is Unverdorben: "unspoilt" in German.]]

** Also, uh, ''Squall Leonhart''.

*** ''{{Firefly}}'': Shepherd Book. Arguably an InvokedTrope, since Shepherd is simply a title given to missionaries in this [[TheVerse Verse]].

* Dr. Thomas Light from the [[MegaMan Mega Man series]]. Of course, [[SpellMyNameWithAnS this is only in the North American versions]]. In the original Japanese games, his name is Dr. Right... Which is still a much nicer name than, say, "Dr. Wrong". Of course, the L/R thing makes it hard to know what they truly mean his name to be. Either way, he's a nice guy.

** Not to mention the Rev. Farebrother in GeorgeEliot's ''{{Middlemarch}}.''

* Dr. Thomas Light from the [[MegaMan Mega Man series]]. Of course, [[SpellMyNameWithAnS this is only in the North American versions]]. In the original Japanese games, his name is Dr. Right... Which is still a much nicer name than, say, "Dr. Wrong".

* Peter Perfect from ''WackyRaces'' is the opposite number of Dick Dastardly.

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* There are two notable examples in Thomas Hardy's ''TessOfTheDUrbervilles'', though they are both [[SubvertedTrope subversions]]: Angel Clare and Mercy Chant [[spoiler: are both [[{{Understatement}} less forgiving]] than their names might suggest. Angel improves eventually.]]

* Any character named 'Shepherd'. Plenty of them in the military, for some reason.

* The Joy was the The Boss's old special forces name in MetalGearSolid3. She is a hero of the United States and Naked Snake's mentor of 10 years. Subverted because she defects to the enemy's side shortly after the game begins. [[supersecretspoiler:Double subverted because she's a double agent and has to sacrifice herself when things don't go as planned for the U.S.]]

* The Joy was the The Boss's old special forces name in MetalGearSolid3. She is a hero of the United States and Naked Snakes mentor and partner of 10 years. Subverted because she defects to the enemy's side shortly after the game begins. [[supersecretspoiler:Double subverted because she's a double agent and has to sacrifice herself when things don't go as planned for the U.S.]]

*** Command and Conquer: General Sheppard.
*** Half-life, Opposing Force: Corporal Shepherd
*** Mass Effect: Commander Shepard (more Paragon Shepard. S/he you can trust with your life, and if you're a member of her/his crew, she/he will unhesitatingly slaughter a thousand mooks to rescue you if you're captured)
*** Modern Warfare: General Shepherd [[spoiler:although that's a subversion, since he betrays you.]]
*** Stargate Atlantis: Colonel Shepherd

*** [[{{Firefly}} Shepherd Book]]. Arguably an InvokedTrope, since Shepherd is simply a title given to missionaries in this [[TheVerse Verse]].
*** [[{{Lost}} Jack Shepherd]], YourMileageMayVary on that one though.

*Any character named 'Shepherd', bonus points if he's in the military, for some reason:
**Military Shepherd's:

**Non-military Shepherd's: