Granted his moodiness becomes less visible through that ever recurring Luminescent Blush brought on by his "rival" Sakura's affectionate attitude. Similarly Syaoran Li, an Arrogant Kung Fu Guy who constantly gets his mystique destroyed by the cheery and kind spirited treatment of his team mates.Though somewhat hard to pin, his stoicism, bitterness, inability to let go, and the fact that he has no qualms about beating the ever-living daylights out of a ten-year-old girl make him rather a grumpy bear. Yue ( Cardcaptor Sakura) is another CLAMP example.In recent chapters he's even sacrificed his arm to save Fay, indicating that he's fully defrosted. While the world(s) in Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle aren't exactly clouds and rainbows, Ninja Kurogane starts out as one of these with little regard for human life and something of a temper, but as he gets closer to his True Companions this gradually fades.Later villains like Raditz and Vegeta try to replicate this effect, but they become less and less out-of-place as the story continues. He believes Goku is too soft and kind to be a true warrior. This was because he thought he was a slave to his fate pity for him that the season's theme was Screw Destiny. These traits were recycled into Edo in Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, who not only strove to be an Anti-Hero, but seemed to think he was Batman. Seto Kaiba of Yu-Gi-Oh!, the Ineffectual Loner and staunch advocate of independence, self-reliance, and individual strength, which makes a lot of sense when the only way to save the world is by winning a one-on-one match in a child's card game, but no sense when The Power of Friendship rules.This is also why they become a lot more social and friendly after that arc, when they learn that Saturn is not just a force of destruction and decide to raise her. That would pretty well explain their loner natures and pessimistic attitudes (wanting to save their home and all). When they abandoned their posts to try to find the Queen, they accidentally summoned Sailor Saturn and destroyed all of existence. In the manga, it's explained that they basically were ordered by the Queen to live alone in their individual castles at the far reaches of the solar system while the kingdom was destroyed. The idea that The Power of Love And Justice could triumph with minimal unpleasantness seems to offend them on some deep level. Sailors Uranus and Neptune believe that victory cannot be attained without some horrible angsty sacrifice that only they have the moral strength to make. Sailor Moon: Haruka Tenoh and Michiru Kaioh.This trope is a specific type of Anti-Hero.Ĭompare The Eeyore, who's miserable rather than grumpy. He will either learn An Aesop about The Power of Friendship and The Power of Love and live - well, Happily Ever After, or at least be left alone, its grumpiness being mainly used for comedy.Ī Grumpy Bear who works with the other characters despite his skepticism is a Sour Supporter. Unlike his polar opposite (who will inevitably die or get its ideals smashed and be rendered a hollow shell of its former self), the Grumpy Bear will at least get through a cynical story in one piece. Yet he's living in a world of rainbows and fluffy bunnies! This character is a Genre Blind cynic living in an ideal Happily Ever After setting the Grumpy Bear lives in a rose-colored world, is constantly frowning and is wearing Jade-Colored Glasses.Ĭan be treated as a Butt Monkey - and the audience is primed to laugh rather than worry about their misfortunes. A Grumpy Bear is grim and gritty, ready to do the most unspeakable deeds to win. The exact opposite of the Wide-Eyed Idealist.