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Lovable Coward
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The flip side of the Dirty Coward is the Lovable Coward. Not quite a hero, completely lacking in heroic impulses, but even as he shamelessly runs and hides we somehow still find ourselves rooting for him. His cowardice is sometimes played for comedy, sometimes portrayed as simply the most sensible course of action; it seldom if ever endangers innocents. The Lovable Coward never (or hardly ever) puts Honor Before Reason - and considers this a point of pride. The Lovable Coward is often The Trickster, specializing in weaseling his way out of dangerous situations. He may be a Cowardly Sidekick; if he is the main hero, he may find himself an Accidental Hero for all the wrong reasons. Generally, what distinguishes the Lovable Coward from his far more vicious cousin is honesty. While the Dirty Coward acts intimidating and cruel when in control of the situation, only revealing his true yellow streak when he realizes the possibility of being injured or killed, the Lovable Coward admits up front he's not the person you want watching your back in a dangerous situation, and tries to avoid being forced into a situation where others have to suffer for his lack of valor. If his friends get set on going to the Doomed Valley of the Eternal Torment, he advocates that maybe it's a good plan to avoid anywhere in the same country from then on and, if critical that he goes, will actually tag along (heavily armored, and grumbling). Alternately, the Lovable Coward could have standards. If offered the opportunity, he may demonstrate his loyalty outweighs his fear of the situation, terrified but still helping anyway. If he becomes renowned for his "heroism", the pride never goes to his head, and even if he only admits it internally, he's the first one to openly sing the praises of the actual heroes and may even grow depressed they're not the ones enjoying his fame. Ultimately, the Lovable Coward is never a bully; whereas the Dirty Coward gleefully takes any opportunity to flaunt and abuse any security he has, the Lovable Coward generally takes the opportunity that safety provides to breathe a sigh of relief and enjoy the sensation of death being something very, very far away. The Dirty Coward will do anything to escape the situation once the odds are against him and would never face his fear, while the Lovable Coward may take that opportunity to reveal himself as a Cowardly Lion and brave the situation despite everyone knowing just how scared his is, because his friends mean more to him than his own self-security when push comes to shove. Contrast: Dirty Coward, The So-Called Coward, and Miles Gloriosus. |
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Papageno in Mozart's The Magic Flute. | |
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The error-prone inept and immortal wizard Schmendrick from The Last Unicorn was not only a Lovable Coward but found himself in the role of the Accidental Hero, until the more conventional hero and Knight in Shining Armor Prince Lir turned up in the latter half of the story. Both Schmendrick and Lir were uncommonly Genre Savvy; they knew what roles fate had destined them to play, to the point of Lir's Heroic Sacrifice to save the unicorn from King Haggard's monstrous Red Bull. | |
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In The Swan Princess, Derek's friend Bromley is not nearly as courageous as he pretends to be, but comes through in the end. Jean-Bob, the frog who thinks he's a prince, has shades of this as well. | |
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In Zootopia, Nick Wilde is a Downplayed example. This aspect of his personality is not prominent most of the time, but is notable in the scene where he and Judy are investigating the secret facility in the abandoned Cliffside Asylum, where first he is too scared to open the door and makes Judy go through first, then shortly afterward reacts to the sight of an savage tiger by running behind her. This is all Played for Laughs in a way that is clearly meant to be endearing and was likely introduced to offset the rather dark and creepy atmosphere of the asylum. | |
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The entire Boxtroll species. They’re completely unwilling to fight back against Snatcher. Eggs helps them grow out of it. | |
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Taako of The Adventure Zone: Balance is much more cautious about rushing into danger than Magnus. His motto is "Taako's Good Out Here." It is revealed Taako is naturally cautious due to him believing he was isolated and didn't have anyone to protect him for most of his teenage years. | |
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Cheating Death: Those That Lived: Platinum is a rare Played for Drama example, being a mediocre Career trainee who goes into the Hunger Games after an unwanted Disqualification-Induced Victory in the academy ranking system. She spends quite a bit of time during or before the Games vomiting, crying, screaming, or running, but she is a kind person who has a lot to be genuinely afraid of, feels terrible about her one kill, and perseveres through a brutal six weeks of isolation, injury, and near-starvation before her Victory by Endurance. | |
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Dan of Game Grumps is utterly terrified of horror games, or even games that feature jump scares. He freely admits to spending most of their playthroughs of such games wrapped in a blanket or hiding behind the couch, screams out loud at the slightest provocation, will be reduced to whimpering and crying even during the buildup to a scare, has pulled a Screw This, I'm Outta Here on many occasions, and has, on at least two occasions, claimed to have actually soiled himself during a scare. Even during Ghoul Grumps in 2017, where Arin went out of his way to find hilariously bad and unscary games like "Tungulus" and "Chicken In The Darkness", even these games manage to scare Dan on several occasions each. | |
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BuzzFeed Unsolved: Ryan is easily frightened at supposedly haunted locations, and spends the episode where he and Shane visit the Sallie House in an absolute panic. The viewers love him for it, especially since he keeps going in hopes of finding proof that the paranormal is real. | |
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Fittingly as a Shaggy Expy Arthur from Mystery Skulls Animated is a coward that has been dragged into paranormal investigations by his friends. Deconstructed as his cowardice has nearly gotten him and Vivi killed at least once when he grabbed her hand and fled with her from Lewis who responded by explosively filling the entire house they were in with fire. | |
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Veda Scott, whom the audience immediately fell in love with on her Sparkle debut but was out of her depth on SHIMMER proper, cowering away from confrontations with bigger meaner wrestlers like Melanie Cruise and Sweet Saraya. Scott remained enthusiastic despite apprehension towards wrestling, which allowed her to retain a connection to a sympathetic audience. | |
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Tyler from Escape the Night says he hates surprises and aa soon as something pops up hides behind a curtain(or other guest) and screams like a little girl. While this is true, he’s still very endearing and his cowardice is mostly played for laughs rather then drama. He also Took a Level in Badass at the end of the season. | |
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Sir Rodney from The Wizard of Id gets most of his humor out of being a complete chicken. | |
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Norman Smiley, a goofy British-born wrestler in WCW. He was loved by fans for his entertaining dance moves, but was such a coward that he'd wear heavy padding during his matches and would scream like a little girl whenever it seemed like a villain was about to get the better of him in the ring. Even when he somehow managed to win the Hardcore Championship, he was terrified of having to defend it in Hardcore Matches and kept trying to deliberately lose the title (which didn't work for a long time). | |
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Gus from Mini Monsters, a cute, shy and unfortunate ghost. He sometimes can be brave, though. | |
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Hobo Bros: Luke dips into this in the Five Nights at Freddy's: Sister Location videos. He often tries to cover his face when he's not playing, and when he is playing, Kevin often urges him to keep going. Kevin gets scared too, although not as often. | |
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J-Hope from BTS is quick to scare at all kinds of things, but "the zombie episode" of their variety show Run BTS! took the cake. | |
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DSBT InsaniT: Frog, in a kind of annoyingly endearing way. He just isn't good at anything! Not nearly as bad as Frog, but Kayla has a habit of hiding inside of a treasure chest when the going gets tough. |
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Santino Marella fluxuates between this and Suicidal Overconfidence, with the funniest moment coming when he entered the 2009 Battle Royale to be glared at by Triple H and John Cena. There's a notable pause in the action for a few seconds (with every contestant in the ring stopping to look at him) before Santino grips the bands of his singlet and throws himself out of the ring. | |
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Pirate Percy from Candle Cove is a pirate who's almost too cowardly to even go into caves to look for treasure. | |
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The Dog of Footrot Flats talks himself up (metaphorically) but tends to run away very fast from any hostile dog (and some cats) bigger than him. Although he's still a competent sheepdog. | |
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