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** But I have scoliosis. I can't keep my back straight.
*** Then let your words stand so straight that others always remember your back as being straight regardless of the physical facts.
** [[http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/the_peril_of_positive_thinking_-_why_positive_messages_hurt.php You don't know me.]] Maybe I'm worse than I think I am. ''You'' don't know.
*** That doesn't mean we don't ''care''.
*** Well, I didn't say ''that''.
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* Often said by Michael and the other Knights of the Cross to [[TheDresdenFiles Harry Dresden]]. Dresden thinks of himself as more of an antihero, but his friends all know that he is a good man.
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*** Arguably Red's CharacterDevelopment meant that he didn't someone like John anymore.

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*** Arguably Red's CharacterDevelopment meant that he didn't need someone like John anymore.
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* ''{{Angel}}'' gets several of these from Buffy, Wesley and others across the course of his run on ''{{Buffy The Vampire Slayer}}'' and his own show. A notable one comes in ''Somnambulist'', when Cordelia convinces him he's better than Angelus or Penn, while cheerfully agreeing to "kill [him] dead" if he ever does become Angelus again.

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* ''{{Angel}}'' gets several of these from Buffy, Wesley and others across the course of his run on ''{{Buffy The Vampire Slayer}}'' and his own show. A notable one comes in ''Somnambulist'', when Cordelia convinces him he's better than Angelus or Penn, while cheerfully agreeing to "kill [him] dead" if he ever does become Angelus again.
again.
** A rather dark version comes from Wesley when he assures Angel that he's a man with a demon inside him, not the other way around, and can come back from the transformation he'll need to make to win the fight Wesley is sending him into (due to the dimension they're in he becomes the demon itself instead of just getting a GameFace). Once Angel is gone Gunn asks him if he's really sure about that, and Wesley replies that he "needs him to think it." It's true though.
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*[[WinnieThePooh Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin]]: "Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think."
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* In [[http://megatokyo.com/strip/722 these]] [[http://megatokyo.com/strip/723 two]] consecutive ''{{Megatokyo}}'' strips, Piro finally gets some sense talked into him.
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* ''KungFuPanda'', when Shifu realizes the way to train Po, he all but says "You ''will'' become better than you think you are."
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* When Usopp was going through an emotional crisis because he saw himself as the weakest Straw Hat in OnePiece, Sanji, who was known not to hand out compliments to the male crew mates, was quick to point out that everyone had something that only they could do and cannot do. And when Usopp shoot Spadam, giving Robin a chance to escape, Sanji shouted out "Look! Our sharpshooter rules!"

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** You don't know me. Maybe I'm worse than I think I am. ''You'' don't know.
*** That doesn't mean we don't ''care''.

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** [[http://scienceblogs.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/the_peril_of_positive_thinking_-_why_positive_messages_hurt.php You don't know me. me.]] Maybe I'm worse than I think I am. ''You'' don't know.
*** That doesn't mean we don't ''care''. ''care''.
*** Well, I didn't say ''that''.
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* When [[Squick swimming through excrement,]] keep your chin up.

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* When [[Squick swimming through excrement,]] excrement, keep your chin up.

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* When swimming through excrement, keep your chin up.

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* When [[Squick swimming through excrement, excrement,]] keep your chin up.up.
* [[StockBritishPhrases Stiff upper lip!]]

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** Near the end of the series in ''Deathly Hallows'', Harry returns the favor when he meets Dumbledore again in a place between life and death. When Dumbledore bitterly states that his search for the Deathly Hallows in his bid to become a Master of Death meant that he was ultimately NotSoDifferent from [[BigBad Voldemort]], Harry quickly refutes the claim. He mentions that at least Dumbledore didn't consider using Horcruxes. Dumbledore is able to draw a small measure of comfort from that.

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* In ''BrightestDay'', Dove tells Boston Brand (the now alive {{Deadman}}) this after he deflects her questions about his past life with claims that he wasn't anyone special.
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* In ''TheLionKing'', Simba is reminded by the ghost of his late father that "you are more than what you have become."
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*** Arguably Red's CharacterDevelopment meant that he didn't someone like John anymore.
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*** That doesn't mean we don't ''care''.
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** You don't know me. Maybe I'm worse than I think I am. ''You'' don't know.



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* In ''[[{{Fanfic/Ptitle0028gzjm}} Kyon: Big Damn Hero]]'' Haruhi learns about her powers, meaning she also learns about the world is in constant threat of destruction because of closed space and how hard times has Kyon lived because of her. All of this makes her worry if she's forcing Kyon against her will if not outright breaking him. Kyon counters by mentioning her own growth and whatever trouble she's causing, it isn't intentional on her part.
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[[caption-width-right:300:You should trust him. After all, he's {{Superman}}.]]
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** Also from ''Avatar'', we have two examples from "The Firebending Masters," known by some as one of the series' Crowning Episodes of Heartwarming.
-->'''Aang''' (holding some fire): But what if I can't control it?
-->'''Zuko''': You can do it. I know you can. You're a talented kid.
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-->'''Aang''': You know, Zuko, I don't care what everyone else says. You're pretty smart.
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* The player can say this to [[BrokenBird Visas]] in ''KnightOfTheOldRepublic 2''.

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* The player can say this to [[BrokenBird Visas]] in ''KnightOfTheOldRepublic ''KnightsOfTheOldRepublic 2''.
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*When swimming through excrement, keep your chin up.
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*** "Believe in the me who believes in you!" Basically, he's trying to Simon that Simon needs to believe Kamina sees something in him that even Simon doesn't. And, using the flipped versions of the Cave-In story, told first from Simon's POV and then from Kamina's POV, Kamina clearly takes this as fact.

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*** "Believe in the me who believes in you!" Basically, he's trying to tell Simon that Simon needs to believe Kamina sees something in him that even Simon doesn't. And, using the flipped versions of the Cave-In story, told first from Simon's POV and then from Kamina's POV, Kamina clearly takes this as fact.
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*** "Believe in the me who believes in you!" Basically, he's trying to Simon that Simon needs to believe Kamina sees something in him that even Simon doesn't. And, using the flipped versions of the Cave-In story, told first from Simon's POV and then from Kamina's POV, Kamina clearly takes this as fact.
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* In ''{{Escape Velocity}}: Nova'', the entire Mu'hari caste among the Polaris are this. They train for decades to gain aptitude in all forms of combat, commerce, sciences, engineering, diplomacy, espionage and more; their chief jobs (beside all-round assistants) are as elite covert operatives and judges. However, they are culturally conditioned to feel great shame about their failure to specialize (with the Mu'hari acting as a sort of "caste-less" caste). This may be an intentional way to prevent them from rising above their peers.
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* Shizuo's main character arc throughout ''{{Durarara}}'' (particularly in the LightNovels) is learning that, while he may be a [[HairTriggerTemper very]] [[UnstoppableRage messed-up]] [[HeroWithAnFInGood individual]], he isn't quite the inhuman monster he's [[IAmAMonster resigned himself to be]]. Once that actually gets through his head, Shizuo starts gradually learning how to restrain himself and channel his violent impulses in more heroic ([[DestructiveSavior if still destructive]]) ways.

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For the opposite, see HeelRealization. When a character has to be constantly reminded of this, they usually suffer from HeroicSelfDeprecation.

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For the opposite, see HeelRealization. When a character has to be constantly reminded of this, they usually suffer from HeroicSelfDeprecation.
HeroicSelfDeprecation. Compare YouAreNotAlone.


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** Also, in the last episodes, after Fate nearly suffers a HeroicBSOD at the hands of the BigBad (who attempts to prove that she is NotSoDifferent from her EvilMatriarch mother), her adoptive kids Erio and Caro explain to her just what exactly makes her awesome, putting her right back into the fight.
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* In ''HowToTrainYourDragon'', Astrid says this in a roundabout way to Hiccup when she explains why she asked her ArmorPiercingQuestion, " Because I want to remember what you say, RIGHT NOW." Translated: "Because you are a powerful viking warrior of legend in your own way, and what you say now is likely going to be the stuff of a great saga."

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* In ''HowToTrainYourDragon'', Astrid says this in a roundabout way to Hiccup when she explains why she asked her ArmorPiercingQuestion, " Because I want to remember what you say, RIGHT NOW." Translated: "Because you are a powerful viking Viking warrior of legend in your own way, and what you say now is likely going to be the stuff of a great saga."
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* ''ElGoonishShive'': Grace is a Genius, but when things go wrong, she always blames herself, and she thinks she's stupid.

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* ''ElGoonishShive'': Grace is a Genius, genius, but when things go wrong, she always blames herself, and she thinks she's stupid.
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**Also in between he told him: "Belive in yourself, who belives in me"

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**Also ** Also in between he told him: "Belive "Believe in yourself, who belives believes in me"

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