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* Fluttershy from WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic. She is the ONLY adult character to be bullied effectively, but is still capable of TalkingTheMonsterToDeath with her verbal and body-language-based shaming, known as The Stare.

* In the Jetlag Productions version of ''SleepingBeauty'', the tomboyish good fairy Primrose comes across as this despite seeming to be somewhat clumsy. While she couldn't fully remove the evil Odelia's death curse on princess Felicity, she was strong enough to not only ensure Felicity would just fall asleep, she swore Odelia herself would be the one to die when Felicity woke up. To that end, the film is no longer about a prince vanquishing Odelia, but Odelia trying to save herself from ''Primrose's'' death spell. When Felicity inevitably pricks her finger on a spindle and falls to sleep, Primrose then exhausts her magic freezing the entire kingdom in time until Felicity awakens until her physical body is reduced to a flower. [[AndIMustScream She then spends the next century waiting for Felicity's prince to finally arrive so she can serve as a]] SpiritAdvisor. When it finally comes down to Odelia versus the prince, all the prince has to do is toss Primrose's flower form at Odelia to hold her off long enough for him to waken Felicity as her HeroicSacrifice.

* Pick on ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'''s Jacuzzi Splot, and he'll lie down and take it. Beat the crap out of him, and he'll insist it was [[SorryIFellOnYourFist his fault]]. Kill him, and he'll probably have it stipulated in his will that no harm shall come to you. Hurt any of his TrueCompanions and, well, [[BewareTheNiceOnes you're]] ''[[RoaringRampageOfRevenge fucked]]''.[[note]]Jacuzzi feels the same way about [[TheMessiah everyone,]] actual affiliations be dammed.[[/note]]

* ''KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' is essentially defined as someone who is a coward on his own but will ''not'' stand for slights or attacks against his friends. [[TheMessiah Or enemies.]]

* Phoenix Wright, of the ''AceAttorney'' series, is a perpetual ButtMonkey who gets [[DudeWheresMyRespect no respect at all]] from the witnesses, prosecution, and even occasionally his own clients, assistants, and the flipping ''judge''! While he doesn't really like this, he basically takes it in stride. But he will go to ''insane'' lengths to prove the innocence of his clients and to get the truly guilty parties behind bars.

* In the Jetlag Productions version of ''SleepingBeauty'', the tomboyish good fairy Primrose comes across as this despite seeming to be somewhat clumsy. While she couldn't fully remove the evil Odelia's death curse on princess Felicity, she was strong enough to not only ensure Felicity would just fall asleep, she swore Odelia herself would be the one to die when Felicity woke up. To that end, the film is no longer about a prince vanquishing Odelia, but Odelia trying to save herself from ''Primrose's'' death spell. When Felicity inevitably pricks her finger on a spindle and falls to sleep, Primrose then exhausts her magic freezing the entire kingdom in time until Felicity awakens until her physical body is reduced to a flower. [[AndIMustScream She then spends the next century waiting for Felicity's prince to finally arrive so she can serve as a]] SpiritualAdvisor. When it finally comes down to Odelia versus the prince, all the prince has to do is toss Primrose's flower form at Odelia to hold her off long enough for him to waken Felicity in a HeroicSacrifice.

* Subaru in ''DotHackSign'', who founded the [[KnightTemplar Crimson Knights]] to help the admins uphold peace in The World but is nearly scared into submission by a single stalker like fan. [[BewareTheNiceOnes And then she kills said stalker]] -- despite being under-leveled -- so she can get to Tsukasa.

--> '''Nijima:''' ''"So, there are two people. Both are very strong, but one puts out a more intimidating image. Bullies, not wanting to fight him, attack the other, who proves to be just as strong. So, while the big guy is scarier, the other is the one with his fists soaked in blood.
-->-- [[DirtyCoward Nijima]] from ''KenichiTheMightiestDisciple''

* Pick on ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'''s Jacuzzi Splot, and he'll lie down and take it. Beat the crap out of him, and he'll insist it was [[SorryIFellOnYourFist his fault]]. Kill him, and he'll probably have it stipulated in his will that no harm shall come to you. Hurt any of his TrueCompanions and, well, [[BewareTheNiceOnes you're]] ''[[RoaringRampageOfRevenge fucked]]''.[[hottip:*:Jacuzzi feels the same way about [[TheMessiah everyone,]] actual affiliations be dammed.]]

* Chad in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', though this is not because he is afraid to fight so much as because of a promise with his grandfather and to himself that he would not fight for himself. Presumably he fears becoming too violent and wild again.\\
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Chad used to be a bully himself when he was younger, until he saw the example of his grandfather who took a beating for him by vengeful parents/guardians of the children he tormented. Chad's grandfather is now dead, and to in respect to his memory, he promised never to fight for himself.

* Chad in ''{{Bleach}}'', though this is not because he is afraid to fight so much as because of a promise with his grandfather and to himself that he would not fight for himself. Presumably he fears becoming too violent and wild again.\\

* Pick on ''{{Baccano}}'''s Jacuzzi Splot, and he'll lie down and take it. Beat the crap out of him, and he'll insist it was [[SorryIFellOnYourFist his fault]]. Kill him, and he'll probably have it stipulated in his will that no harm shall come to you. Hurt any of his TrueCompanions and, well, [[BewareTheNiceOnes you're]] ''[[RoaringRampageOfRevenge fucked]]''.[[hottip:*:Jacuzzi feels the same way about [[TheMessiah everyone,]] actual affiliations be dammed.]]

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* Fluttershy from WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic. She is the ONLY adult character to be bullied effectively, but is still capable of TalkingTheMonsterToDead with her verbal and body-language-based shaming, known as The Stare.

* Fluttershy from MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic. She is the ONLY adult character to be bullied effectively, but is still capable of TalkingTheMonsterToDead with her verbal and body-language-based shaming, known as The Stare.

* Mai in ''{{Kanon}}'', who never defends herself or explains her actions but is so kind that she's willing to ''let a dog try and eat her hand'' because she has nothing to feed it. ''After'' defending everyone around her from being attacked by it. [[UngratefulBastard Who then proceed to mock her.]]
* Nagisa in ''{{Clannad}}'', who won't even let ''Sunohara'' go undefended. The only one in the cast who tries to say nice things about him as well.
* Sakura Matou and Shirou Emiya in ''FateStayNight'', for different reasons. [[spoiler:But basically, they don't value themselves in the slightest due to immense emotional trauma in their childhoods, but won't stand for anyone trying to do so to others. Well, Sakura did until going all {{yandere}}, anyway.]]

* Ren Kannagi from KazeNoStigma is a sweet kid who never wants to hurt anyone-unless you take a swing at his friend and then he will slam a boy taller and stronger than him against a wall with a murderous expression on his face. Not to mention he's a member of the Kannagi family whose standard operating procedure for evil spirits is [[KillItWithFire Purify It With Fire]].

* Ren Kannagi from KazeNoStigma is a sweet kid who never wants to hurt anyone-unless you take a swing at his friend and then he will slam a boy taller and stronger than him against a wall with a murderous expression. Not to mention he's a member of the Kannagi family whose standard operating procedure for evil spirits is [[KillItWithFire Purify It With Fire]].

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* Subaru in ''DotHackSign'', who founded the [[KnightTemplar Crimson Knights]] to help the admins uphold peace in The World but is nearly scared into submission by a single stalker like fan.
** [[BewareTheNiceOnes And then she ganks said stalker]] -- despite being under-leveled -- so she can get to Tsukasa.

* Kohane in ''{{xxxHolic}}''.
* Chad in ''{{Bleach}}'', though this is not because he is afraid to fight so much as because of a promise with his grandfather and to himself that he would not fight for himself. Presumably he fears becoming too violent and wild again.
** Chad used to be a bully himself when he was younger, until he saw the example of his grandfather who took a beating for him by vengeful parents/guardians of the children he tormented. Chad's grandfather is now dead, and to in respect to his memory, he promised never to fight for himself.
* In the very first chapter of ''OnePiece'' (fourth episode in the anime), Luffy's pirate idol "Red-Haired" Shanks allowed Higuma, a small time mountain bandit, to thoroughly abuse him and casually laughed it off after the fact. When Higuma came back later and threatened ''Luffy'', on the other hand, he learned Shanks and his crew were not to be taken lightly.
** It's also important to note that Shanks' NumberTwo Ben Beckman stated if one makes the mistake of challenging them, they could at least have the courtesy to bring a ''battleship''.

* Pick on ''{{Baccano}}!'''s Jacuzzi Splot, and he'll lie down and take it. Beat the crap out of him, and he'll insist it was [[SorryIFellOnYourFist his fault]]. Kill him, and he'll probably have it stipulated in his will that no harm shall come to you. Hurt any of his {{Nakama}}[[hottip:*:Note: "Nakama" in Jacuzzi's mind may as well be defined as, [[TheMessiah "everyone ever,"]] actual affiliations be dammed.]] and...well, [[BewareTheNiceOnes you're]] ''[[RoaringRampageOfRevenge fucked]]''.

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* Wiccan of the {{Young Avengers}} was the target of a bully before becoming a [=YA=] and wouldn't stand up to the bully for himself, but when the bully found a new target he laid down the smackdown.

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* In ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'', [[GenkiGirl Mission Vao]] first met [[TheQuietOne Zaalbar]] as he was being harrased by a few Rodians. He ignores them until Mission yells at them and gets promptly smacked to the floor... [[BigBrotherInstinct At which point he beat them to a bloody pulp.]] The two have been best friends ever since.

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* Violet in ''WordGirl''.
* Parodied in The Simpsons with "Undercover Nerd" with Rainer Wolfcastle. Wolfcastle is a Schwarzenegger Expy, with the giant, muscular physique that entails.

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* Parodied in The Simpsons with "Undercover Nerd" with Rainer Wolfcastle.

* Mai in ''{{Kanon}}'', who never defends herself or explains her actions but is so kind that she's willing to ''let a dog try and eat her hand'' because she has nothing to feed it. ''After'' defending everyone around her from being attacked by it. [[UngratefulBastard Who then proceed to mock her.]]
* Nagisa in ''{{Clannad}}'', who won't even let ''Sunohara'' go undefended. The only one in the cast who tries to say nice things about him as well.
* Sakura Matou and Shirou Emiya in ''FateStayNight'', for different reasons. [[spoiler:But basically, they don't value themselves in the slightest due to immense emotional trauma in their childhoods, but won't stand for anyone trying to do so to others. Well, Sakura did until going all {{yandere}}, anyway.]]

** It's also important to note that Shanks' NumberTwo Ben Beckman stated if one makes the mistake of challenging them, they could at least the courtesy to bring a ''battleship''.