History Tsundere / ComicBooks

* ComicBook/EmmaFrost sort of has this personality, toward her LoveInterest Scott. To everyone else, she's (mostly) a RichBitch, though.

** Many incarnations of Comicbook/LoisLane over the years could be called tsundere. Superman almost always gets the dere side and everyone else gets mostly tsun, but there's overlap; once she's known Clark for a while, she tends to be about half-and-half with him.

** In ''Comicbook/SupermanVsTheAmazingSpiderMan'', Clark triggers Lois' harsh side by pretending to be a wimpy, meek coward. She admits to herself that she doesn't hate Clark. He merely drives her mad.
** Now that she's been married to Clark in the comics for decades, he, their son Jonathan--Comicbook/{{Superboy}}--her husband's cousin Kara--Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}--Perry and Comicbook/JimmyOlsen have exclusive rights to her dere side while everyone else gets her (genuinely intimidating) tsun side.

* A non-romantic example, ComicBook/PowerGirl in ''Justice League Europe'' definitely had elements of this. She was generally very irritable, if not outright hostile, toward most of the League, but she was great friends with Comicbook/CaptainAtom. Justified in that much of her hostility was provoked by people constantly ogling her, which Cap did not do.

* Franchise/SpiderMan: This might be a little bit [[ChildhoodMemoryDemolitionTeam disturbing]] for newer fans of the comic and the character, but in her earliest appearances, Gwen Stacy fit this trope quite nicely. After her death, all flashbacks have shown Gwen as more of a GirlNextDoor. [[http://www.spidermancrawlspace.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/gwen30.jpg Proof.]]

* ''ComicBook/MonetStCroix'' with ''ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}}'' in Cullen Bunn's ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen2016''. Bunn recently said they were a torturous love, confirming them as having romantic feelings for each other. However, Monet runs hot & cold when it comes to Creed. We see how she checks him out in chapter [[https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/silverfang2/29185537/1203430/1203430_900.png five]], compared to how cold she is in chapter [[https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/silverfang2/29185537/1155241/1155241_original.png six]]. As the latter shows, she usually doesn't call Creed by his first name and when he points it out, she instantly gets defensive. He briefly loses it and prepares to tear in Callisto during a fight. Monet separates them and Callisto says she could tell Monet was scared seeing what Creed really is, prompting her to dismiss Callisto as getting her psychology degree in the sewers where she lives. Creed gets protective of her when she's spooked by her brother, and tells her there is nothing wrong with it, but she sneers she didn't need him swooping in like a Knight in Tarnished Armor.
* [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Damian Wayne]] is mean and jerkish to everyone in general. But he clearly sees Dick Grayson as a BigBrotherMentor and respects him, even standing up to his mother on one occasion when she talked bad about Dick. He also treats Stephanie Brown/Batgirl III, Alfred, and Jon Kent/Superboy like this.
* Franchise/{{Batman}} himself is this. He can be ice cold and detached, but at his core he cares about protecting people, even if it means [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies staying away from relationships]].

* This was Gwen Stacy's original personality in the ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' comics, flipping between concerned and lovestruck over Peter to hating his guts for a minor transgression like him not responding to Harry Osborn's jokes. After her death, however, she was {{Flanderized}} in the minds of most readers and writers into a PuritySue.

* Franchise/{{Superman}}:

* ComicBook/{{Mera}} has had a reputation for being strident and hotheaded, but always warm and caring to her loved ones, including ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}. Who, ironically, has at times been a source of frustration for [[PoorCommunicationKills varying]] [[AngerBornOfWorry reasons]].

* Franchise/SpiderMan: This might be a little bit [[ChildhoodMemoryDemolitionTeam disturbing]] for newer fans of the comic and the character, but in her earliest appearances, Gwen Stacy fit this Trope quite nicely. After her death, all flashbacks have shown Gwen as more of a GirlNextDoor. [[http://www.spidermancrawlspace.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/gwen30.jpg Proof.]]

---> '''Pig:''' Pigita...you're a good girlfriend, but sometimes you're a little moody.
---> '''Pigita:''' I'm sorry, Piggy Wiggy.
---> '''Pig:''' You don't have to be sorry.
---> '''Pigita:''' I'll be sorry if I want to be sorry. ''[kicks him over and leaves him lying face-down]''

* Susie Derkins from ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' is generally a very sweet and mild-mannered girl, but is still perfectly willing to retaliate violently to whatever Calvin (see Harsh) is up to. (Not that that's not a wise way to deal with Calvin.)

* ''ComicBook/MonetStCroix'' with ''ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}}'' in Cullen Bunn's ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen2016''. Bunn recently said they were a torturous love, confirming them as having romantic feelings for each other. However, Monet runs hot & cold when it comes to Creed. We see how she checks him out in chapter [[https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/silverfang2/29185537/1203430/1203430_900.png five]], compared to how cold she is in chapter [[https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/silverfang2/29185537/1155241/1155241_original.png six]]. As the latter shows, she usually doesn't call Creed by his first name and when he points it out, she instantly gets defensive. He briefly loses it and prepares to tear in Callisto during a fight. Monet separates them and Callisto says she could tell Monet was scared seeing what Creed really is, prompting her to dismiss Callisto as getting her psychology degree in the sewers where she lives. Creed gets protective of her when she's spooked by her brother, and tells her there nothing wrong with it, but she sneers she didn't need him swopping in like a Knight in Tarnished Armor.

* Miss Ofelia, from Spanish comics ''ComicBook/MortadeloYFilemon'': she is most of time in a very bad mood due to the (usually) disrespectful stupidities of her colleagues at work (especially her love interest/source of annoyance Mortadelo). But in the rare occasions when she is not provoked by them, she acts in a very fluffy and girly way. Which leads readers to wonder what is her natural behavior.
* ''ComicStrip/TheWorldofLilyWong'': Lily Wong would qualify. Even after she marries her ''gwailo'' admirer, she's not above the occasional [[DeadpanSnarker zinger]].

* ''ComicBook/MonetStCroix'' with ''ComicBook/{{Sabretooth}}'' in Cullen Bunn's ''ComicBook/UncannyXMen2015''. Bunn recently said they were a torturous love, confirming them as having romantic feelings for each other. However, Monet runs hot & cold when it comes to Creed. We see how she checks him out in chapter [[https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/silverfang2/29185537/1203430/1203430_900.png five]], compared to how cold she is in chapter [[https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/silverfang2/29185537/1155241/1155241_original.png six]]. As the latter shows, she usually doesn't call Creed by his first name and when he points it out, she instantly gets defensive. He briefly loses it and prepares to tear in Callisto during a fight. Monet separates them and Callisto says she could tell Monet was scared seeing what Creed really is, prompting her to dismiss Callisto as getting her psychology degree in the sewers where she lives. Creed gets protective of her when she's spooked by her brother, and tells her there nothing wrong with it, but she sneers she didn't need him swopping in like a Knight in Tarnished Armor.

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