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* ''Fanfic/BurningSecret'':
** When Mrs. Johnson and Cristina piece together the events surrounding the fire, he thinks they've concluded he started it and are going to penalise him. Instead, they've discovered he apparently pulled the alarm, and thus hail him as a hero.
** When Lori slaps Lincoln after he admits he started the fire, he thinks she's going to give him the evils, but she instead assures him that she and the others still love him.
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* ''Literature/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'': It's mentioned in the original novel that multiple girls had invited Sophia to their homes prior to Catarina, only for them to turn it into a cruel joke by refusing her entry at the front gates. Both she and her older brother are spending pretty much the entirety of their first trip to the Claes household waiting for the other shoe to drop, only to be taken aback when Catarina expresses a genuine desire for Sophia to be her friend and compliments her white hair ([[AlbinosAreFreaks which everyone else had always scorned her for]]).
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* ''Fanfic/ThePlantarFamilyPet'': [[spoiler:Marcy has been abused by Andrias and the various newts and toads of Amphibia for months, ending up hurt, starved, and (via a special collar) mute. So when a small frog girl named Maddie starts helping her (healing her injuries and giving her food), she's suspicious. Once she realizes that Maddie is helping her purely because it's the right thing to do, she cries in relief.]]
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* ''Fanfic/OnTrial'': After everything she's already been through, Cassandra has no reason to believe that anyone she meets will be kind to her. So it's a surprise (and a much-needed relief) when she meets the kindly Madeline (a cook and server at the prison), who knows that Cassandra's done terrible things but also knows that she's still a human who's been through something terrible. [[LaserGuidedKarma Madeline stays with Cassandra through the rest of her ordeal, which leads to the Queen, Rapunzel, and Eugene befriending her and giving her a place to stay at the castle.]]
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It can be played alongside BaitAndSwitch or StabTheSalad if the audience is fooled as well, DramaticIrony if they're not, KindnessBall or PetTheDog if it's out of character, UngratefulBastard if the person on the receiving end is ungrateful, ConfoundThemWithKindness if they're trying to confuse someone, and ArsonMurderAndAdmiration if they're still told off, but ultimately rewarded. Also compare SheepInSheepsClothing, ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe, NotMeThisTime, ArsonMurderAndLifesaving, FakeDefector, and ChewOutFakeOut. If the kindness turns out to be too good to be true, it can overlap with OOCIsSeriousBusiness, and if it's flat-out subverted, the character may be a JerkWithAHeartOfJerk, EvilAllAlong, FalselyReformedVillain, NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist, or BitchInSheepsClothing, or the second character may be ProperlyParanoid. Contrast BaitTheDog, BrokenPedestal, HeelFaceDoorSlam, TheMole, and SubvertedSuspicionAesop.

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It can be played alongside BaitAndSwitch or StabTheSalad if the audience is fooled as well, DramaticIrony if they're not, KindnessBall or PetTheDog if it's out of character, UngratefulBastard if the person on the receiving end is ungrateful, ConfoundThemWithKindness if they're trying to confuse someone, and ArsonMurderAndAdmiration if they're still told off, but ultimately rewarded. Also compare SheepInSheepsClothing, ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe, NotMeThisTime, ArsonMurderAndLifesaving, FakeDefector, and ChewOutFakeOut. If the kindness turns out to be too good to be true, it can overlap with OOCIsSeriousBusiness, and if it's flat-out subverted, the character may be a JerkWithAHeartOfJerk, DoWrongRight, EvilAllAlong, FalselyReformedVillain, NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist, or BitchInSheepsClothing, or the second character may be ProperlyParanoid. Contrast BaitTheDog, BrokenPedestal, HeelFaceDoorSlam, TheMole, and SubvertedSuspicionAesop.
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* ''Fanfic/ALumpInMyThroat'': Bubbles thinks Buttercup will make fun of her for her fears, but Buttercup comforts and relates to her instead.
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* ''Fanfic/LucysSecret'': When Lucy tells Lynn and Lincoln about her bedwetting problem, she half-expects them to laugh, but they hug her instead.
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* In the final scene of ''Film/AboutLittleRedRidingHood'', the wolves fully expect Red Riding Hood to let them get killed or at least captured by the villagers, and she also says that she doesn't want to protect them after they deceived her so much. [[spoiler:Then she changes her mind and lets both of them leave unharmed]]. They are so shocked that they are left speechless and can only look at her questioningly to make sure she does mean it.

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* In the final scene of ''Film/AboutLittleRedRidingHood'', ''Film/AboutTheLittleRedRidingHood'', the wolves fully expect Red Riding Hood to let them get killed or at least captured by the villagers, and she also says that she doesn't want to protect them after they deceived her so much. [[spoiler:Then she changes her mind and lets both of them leave unharmed]]. They are so shocked that they are left speechless and can only look at her questioningly to make sure she does mean it.
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** Summed up nicely in the ''Literature/BookOfRomans'': "Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us."
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* In the ''Series/{{Community}}'' episode "Herstory of Dance", Britta organizes a Sadie B. Hawkins dance when she was actually planning a dance honoring feminist icon Susan B. Anthony, but fails to account for the fact that the audience will actually expect Sadie B. Hawkins to show up. Just when it seems that all hope is lost for her, Hawkins shows up and starts singing. To Jeffs surprise, it turns out that resident bigot and {{Jerkass}} Pierce Hawthorne reached out to her and asked her to come for the dance, because he admired how Britta didn't back down in the face of adversity and didn't like how Jeff was relishing in her impending failure.
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* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' has the episode "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E23ComfortAndJoy Comfort and Joy]]". After a fight with the Ultra-Humanite trashes a toy that Flash had procured for a group of orphans, Ultra-Humanite knocks out the Flash after he tells him he may as well use his ray gun on him. Flash wakes to find Ultra-Humanite repairing the toy, saying that trite as the Flash's sentiments were, he appreciated the sentiment behind them. He even comes with the Flash to deliver the toy, and willingly goes back to his cell. Flash reciprocates with the kindness by arranging for an AluminumChristmasTree to be waiting in the Humanite's cell. Humanite briefly goes maudlin, saying he had one like it as a child.

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* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' has the episode "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E23ComfortAndJoy Comfort and Joy]]". After a fight with the Ultra-Humanite trashes a toy that Flash had procured for a group of orphans, Ultra-Humanite knocks out the Flash after he tells him he may as well use his ray gun on him. Flash wakes to find Ultra-Humanite repairing the toy, saying that trite as the Flash's sentiments were, he appreciated the sentiment behind them. He even comes with the Flash to deliver the toy, and willingly goes back to his cell. Flash reciprocates with the kindness by arranging for an AluminumChristmasTree {{Aluminum Christmas Tree|s}} to be waiting in the Humanite's cell. Humanite briefly goes maudlin, saying he had one like it as a child.
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* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' has the episode "Comfort and Joy". After a fight with the Ultra Humanite trashes a toy that Flash had procured for a group of orphans, Ultra Humanite knocks out the Flash after he tells him he may as well use his ray gun on him. Flash wakes to find Ultra Humanite repairing the toy, saying that trite as the Flash's sentiments were, he appreciated the sentiment behind them. He even comes with the Flash to deliver the toy, and willingly goes back to his cell. Flash reciprocates with the kindness by arranging for an AluminumChristmasTree to be waiting in the Humanite's cell. Humanite briefly goes maudlin, saying he had one like it as a child.

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* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' has the episode "Comfort "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E23ComfortAndJoy Comfort and Joy". Joy]]". After a fight with the Ultra Humanite Ultra-Humanite trashes a toy that Flash had procured for a group of orphans, Ultra Humanite Ultra-Humanite knocks out the Flash after he tells him he may as well use his ray gun on him. Flash wakes to find Ultra Humanite Ultra-Humanite repairing the toy, saying that trite as the Flash's sentiments were, he appreciated the sentiment behind them. He even comes with the Flash to deliver the toy, and willingly goes back to his cell. Flash reciprocates with the kindness by arranging for an AluminumChristmasTree to be waiting in the Humanite's cell. Humanite briefly goes maudlin, saying he had one like it as a child.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', when Mei and her friends discover [[spoiler: Tyler]] at the 4*Town concert he expects them to mock him but they instead embrace him and add him to their friend group.
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* In ''{{WesternAnimation/Shrek}}'', Donkey is terrified when he sees Shrek for the first time, expecting to be killed and eaten, but Shrek instead saves him from the guards who were chasing him.

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* In ''{{WesternAnimation/Shrek}}'', ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'', Donkey is terrified when he sees Shrek for the first time, expecting to be killed and eaten, but Shrek instead saves him from the guards who were chasing him.
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** Then played straight right afterwards, as despite this, Charizard does catch Ash when he falls from Aerodactyl’s grasp.
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->'''Professor [=McGonagall=]''': Is it true that you shouted at Professor Umbridge?\\
'''Harry''': Yes.\\
'''Professor [=McGonagall=]''': You called her a liar?\\
'''Harry''': Yes.\\
'''Professor [=McGonagall=]''': You told her He Who Must Not Be Named is back?\\
'''Harry''': Yes.\\
'''Professor [=McGonagall=]''': Have a biscuit, Potter.

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->'''Professor [=McGonagall=]''': [=McGonagall=]:''' Is it true that you shouted at Professor Umbridge?\\
'''Harry''': '''Harry:''' Yes.\\
'''Professor [=McGonagall=]''': [=McGonagall=]:''' You called her a liar?\\
'''Harry''': '''Harry:''' Yes.\\
'''Professor [=McGonagall=]''': [=McGonagall=]:''' You told her He Who Must Not Be Named is back?\\
'''Harry''': '''Harry:''' Yes.\\
'''Professor [=McGonagall=]''': [=McGonagall=]:''' Have a biscuit, Potter.

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->''"So shines a good deed in a weary world."''
-->-- '''Willy Wonka''', ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' [[note]]Wonka is quoting ''Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice'', but Creator/WilliamShakespeare's original words were "a naughty world."[[/note]]

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->''"So shines ->'''Professor [=McGonagall=]''': Is it true that you shouted at Professor Umbridge?\\
'''Harry''': Yes.\\
'''Professor [=McGonagall=]''': You called her
a good deed in liar?\\
'''Harry''': Yes.\\
'''Professor [=McGonagall=]''': You told her He Who Must Not Be Named is back?\\
'''Harry''': Yes.\\
'''Professor [=McGonagall=]''': Have
a weary world."''
biscuit, Potter.
-->-- '''Willy Wonka''', ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'' [[note]]Wonka is quoting ''Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice'', but Creator/WilliamShakespeare's original words were "a naughty world."[[/note]]
''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix''

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