History Main / SurprisinglyNormalBackstory

One's backstory could be [[DarkAndTroubledPast full of tragedy]] and [[CynicismCatalyst molded them]] [[FreudianExcuse to who they are now]]. One could be a simple OriginStory. It could be something triumphant or uplifting like [[SportsHeroBackstory a sports hero rising up]] or [[PreInsanityReveal showing how pleasant the maniac used to be]]. It also could be a [[MysteriousPast total mystery]] or [[MultipleChoicePast riddled with different leads]] that makes the moment when the full backstory is revealed all the more satisfying. Whatever the case, a larger cast theoretically means an infinite number of possible backstories to create a whole fleshed-out cast.

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice:'' [[Comicbook/TheFlash Wally]]. No evil parents, no dead parents, and he wasn't raised on another planet or under the sea. Granted, purposefully giving himself superpowers with a chemistry set is an impressive feat, but not an especially dramatic one.

* ''WesternAnimation/HouseBroken'': In the episode, "Who's Obsessed (A Lifetime Original)" Ruby/Cherry tells Honey that she wants to kill her and take Chief on account of all the 'suffering' she went through, like being taken from her mother and siblings and taken in by owners who made her sleep in a cage and having to beg for food. Honey lampshades that all of that is just a typical dog life.

* ''WesternAnimation/HouseBroken'': In the episode "Who's Obsessed (A Lifetime Original)" Ruby/Cherry tells Honey that she wants to kill her and take Chief on account of all the 'suffering' she went through, like being taken from her mother and siblings and taken in by owners who made her sleep in a cage and having to beg for food. Honey lampshades that all of that is just a typical dog life.

* ''WesternAnimation/HouseBroken'': Ruby/Cherry tells Honey that she wants to kill her and take Chief on account of all the 'suffering' she went through, like being taken from her mother and siblings and taken in by owners who made her sleep in a cage and having to beg for food. Honey lampshades that all of that is just a typical dog life.

* ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'': A good majority of the heroes, and even the villains have a DarkAndTroubledPast from losing loved ones in brutal fashions to dealing with physically and mentally abusive people. Then there's the Love Hashira, [[BadassAdorable Mitsuri Kanroji]]. The only trauma she sustained was personal insecurity, [[NoGuyWantsAnAmazon as the rejections she received from potential suitors resulted in her dying her hair and looking weak just to appeal to men in hopes of marriage]]. However, she was uplifted not only by the kind leader of the Demon Slayer Corps, [[BenevolentBoss Kagaya Ubuyashkii]] but her loving and supportive [[GoodParents parents]], who '''''didn't''''' have to die for her to take on her very dangerous career.

* Nanoha from ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''. Considering her MasterSwordsmen older siblings, super rich childhood friends, SuperPrototype "[[HideYourLesbians best friend]]", CloneJesus adopted daughter, her other friend who is TheChosenOne, and all the other various {{Living Weapon}}s, SuperSoldiers, and {{Cyborg}}s she interacts with on a regular basis, the fact that her backstory can be summed up as "youngest daughter of two cafe owners [[SuperpowerLottery who just happened to be born with a massive potential for magic]] and her father spent several months in the hospital" comes off as downright mundane by comparison.
* Outside of being shorter than most of his same-age peers and being born premature, Koichi Hirose from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'' has a pretty normal background of being the youngest child in a nuclear family. This is especially in contrast to his friends [[note]]Josuke is the HeroicBastard of the Joestar family, Okuyasu got involved because his father worked for Dio and his brother Keicho was trying to make a Stand user to MercyKill him, and Rohan is a famous mangaka that [[spoiler:was traumatized by the murder of his beloved babysitter as a child]][[/note]].

* [[Characters/HarryPotterHermioneJeanGranger Hermione Jean Granger]] of ''Literature/HarryPotter'' has a very simple background compared to other main characters of the series to reflect her Muggle-born status. She grew up with two alive and well-off parents who work as dentists. That's it.
** [[Characters/HarryPotterRonBiliusWeasley Ron Bilius Weasley's]] isn't much more dramatic--his family are magic, but they're fairly normal by wizard standards, at least if you compare him to Harry or Neville. His main hangups are that they're kind of poor and he has [[MassiveNumberedSiblings six]] talented siblings to stand out from.

* Outside of being shorter than most of his same-age peers and being born premature, Koichi Hirose from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'' has a pretty normal background of being the youngest child in a nuclear family. This is especially in contrast to his friends [[note]]Josuke is the Heroic Bastard of the Joestar family, Okuyasu got involved because his father worked for Dio and his brother Keicho was trying to make a Stand user to Mercy Kill him, and Rohan is a famous mangaka that [[spoiler:was traumatized by the murder of his beloved babysitter as a child]][[/note]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TrollsBandTogether'': When Veneer starts feeling guilty about him and his sister Velvet siphoning the life energy of an innocent troll in order to be a successful pop-star, Velvet tries to convince him to stay the course by reminding him of the "dark place where they had nothing" before they were famous. It cuts to them as small, dirty orphans begging for gruel in a scene out of ''Literature/OliverTwist''. Veneer reminds her that there was no "dark place", they had normal childhoods growing up in the suburbs and their parents were well-off.