History Main / NiceCharacterMeanActor

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'':
** One episode featured a children's show hostess who absolutely hated her target audience. Angelica overheard her swearing, which led to Angelica repeating it on the show and getting the hostess fired.[[note]]Or more specifically, shocked the hostess, then goaded her into saying it and publicly revealing her distaste for her audience.[[/note]]
** Another episode features [[OnIce an Ice Show focused on Reptar]] (the main cast's iconic hero), with the guy portraying Reptar stating to his boss:
--->'''Leo:''' [...] I don't know why I took this job. I can't skate. '''I don't like kids.''' And if you want to know the actual fact, lizards give me the creeps. And that goes for your amphibians, too.

* ''VideoGame/Shipwrecked64'': Played with. The cartoon character Bucky Beaver is a cheerful, plucky fellow and a friend to just about everyone he meets. But Brandon Lester, Bucky's voice actor and theme park mascot actor, [[spoiler:is a serial killer, and also a zombie]]. Bucky, who's able to act independently in the game, is horrified and sickened to discover this.

* Sho of ''Manga/SkipBeat'' is kind and sweet to his fans, but he's a ruthless, cruel jerk the rest of the time.

* Pop idol Glitter in ''Anime/{{Hamtaro}}''. On the stage, she's a nice, bubbly GenkiGirl. Off the stage, she's a nasty, possessive bitch. Glitter's hamster Sparkle is the same way, though, unlike Glitter, Sparkle eventually gets better.
* Megumi, ''Anime/CreamyMamiTheMagicAngel'''s rival. Though she too [[DefrostingIceQueen gets better]] by the end of the series.
* Kiriri, the middle school voice actor from ''Manga/TheWorldOfNarue'' plays the bubbly and heroic Magical Girl Number 4, but outside of that, is a shallow jerk who tries to break Kazuto and Narue up.

* Raymond Spume of the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' manga plays the heroic Sparklestar for Sparkle Land but makes snide comments about his fellow employees and yells at his assistant Julie for biting her nails. [[spoiler:It turns out that he's quite attached to the role and doesn't want anyone else ruining Sparklestar, so he kills Flip Chambers when Flip is set to replace him]].
** In the ''Ace Attorney Investigations'' manga, Emi St. Cloud follows this tradition, yelling at her assistant Kara when she only did what she was told and generally acting selfish and petty when she isn't putting on a good face for the press and as her role in the movie Othello Detectives. She ends up being murdered and is an AssholeVictim, [[spoiler:but it isn't over anything she did; the killer simply wanted to stop the film from being released]].
* In episode 10 of ''Literature/{{Oreimo}}'', Kanako is quite upset that Ayase and Kyousuke tricked her into a cosplay contest. However, during the event, she gives it her all, and does such an outstanding job at playing an adorably cutesy MagicalGirl that she wins the contest, and her friend in the audience, Kirino, didn't even realize it was her. Afterward, backstage, she gives off a very vicious attitude which causes one of the younger cosplay contestants to run out of the room crying.
* In ''Manga/YuruYuri'', Chinatsu is sometimes forced to cosplay as Mirakurun, the main character of the ShowWithinAShow that Kyouko likes. She will often put on a cutesy display when entertaining a younger child, but then either break character the moment said child disappears (but is still within earshot, such as going to another room in a house), or does/says something that breaks said child's illusion/depiction of Mirakurun as a hero.

* ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'': On-screen, Barry Khan regularly plays the role of the Hero. The ''real'' Barry Khan is a complete {{Jerkass}} and SpoiledBrat who does such things as [[FatalMethodActing risk the life of his stunt double]] just to make a scene look cooler and wishes harm to others [[NotGoodWithRejection because they snub him]].
* The final three episodes of ''Anime/BloodC'' took the trope to downright depraved levels. [[spoiler: The lead's "friends" were all actors hired by the BigBad for the purpose of an experiment to see if a latent hunger for humans would be jolted awake. Most of the actors turn out to be pretty despicable people, especially the cute twins.]]
* ''The Two Sides of Seiyuu Radio'' stars two voice actresses who take part in a radio show together, but while they act like best friends on the show, [[HostilityOnTheSet they can't stand each other in real life]]. The series focuses on their real-life relationship, and how it gradually changes over time.
* ''My Favorite Idol Became My Little Sister'' is about Ichika, who is a fan of the underground IdolSinger Kanon. Ichika is thrilled when her new stepsister Akane turns out to be Kanon but is horrified when Akane reveals that the "Kanon" persona was a facade and that she's OnlyInItForTheMoney.

* Gerry Romero in ''[[VideoGame/MegaManStarForce Mega Man Star Force 2]]'' is a total jerk most of the time, but when the cameras are rolling he's just the nicest guy ''ever''...until he has the footage, at which point he disappears as quickly as possible.

* Zipper T. Bunny from ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' tries to act perky and full of catchphrases when working as [[EasterBunny the Bunny Day Rabbit]], but it doesn't much conversation with him to learn he does ''not'' like his job; while he's rarely outright rude, he's usually curt and snappish when not on the job, and [[StopPokingMe has little tolerance for player antics like talking to him repeatedly without doing anything]]. He's also [[BerserkButton weirdly defensive]] about the nature of the GoofySuit he [[AmbiguouslyHuman may or may not be wearing]], flipping out if he thinks you're looking at his suit's zipper.
* In ''VideoGame/BugFables'', Mothiva on-stage is very friendly, approachable, and fairly polite. Out of stage, however, she is an arrogant, rude, and selfish GloryHound who will be willing to attack anyone who would try to take the spotlight away from her.

* Sho of ''Manga/SkipBeat'' is kind and sweet to his fans . . . and a ruthless, cruel jerk the rest of the time.

** Yukie Fujikaze from the first movie gives a powerful and moving performance while on film, but is cold and bitchy everywhere else, to the point that she can only pretend to cry. [[DefrostingIceQueen She got better]].