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** When the Mane 6 are tasked with reforming [[Characters/MiraculousLadybugMarinetteDupainCheng Marinette Dupain-Cheng]], [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicFluttershy Fluttershy]] believes the best way is to befriend him. After hearing her call him her friend, Discord even says that he has never had a friend before. This ends up being what aids in Discord's HeelFaceTurn later on. While Discord intended to take advantage of Fluttershy to ensure he could be free to deliver chaos to Equestria, he realizes that doing so would mean losing the only friend he ever had in his life.

** [[Characters/MiraculousLadybugAdrienAgreste Adrien Agreste]], budding reporter, is this to [[Characters/MiraculousLadybugMarinetteDupainCheng Marinette Dupain-Cheng]], Paris' heroine. Marinette previously was bullied and thus saddened with a FriendlessBackground until Alya stood up for her against her bullies and gave her the confidence to fight back.

** Chloé Bourgeois, the Mayor's daughter, is this to Adrien Agreste, the son of a renowned fashion mogul. The latter suffered from a lonely childhood where he was isolated from his peers out of his parents' unhealthy overprotectiveness.
** Alya Césaire, budding reporter, is this to Marinette Dupain-Cheng, Paris' heroine. Marinette previously was bullied and thus saddened with a FriendlessBackground until Alya stood up for her against her bullies and gave her the confidence to fight back.

** When the Mane 6 are tasked with reforming Discord, Fluttershy believes the best way is to befriend him. After hearing her call him her friend, Discord even says that he has never had a friend before. This ends up being what aids in Discord's HeelFaceTurn later on. While Discord intended to take advantage of Fluttershy to ensure he could be free to deliver chaos to Equestria, he realizes that doing so would mean losing the only friend he ever had in his life.
** Spike would become this to Ember and Thorax, the future Dragon Lord and Changeling King respectively. Spike's kindness and offer of friendship would end up helping them become the rulers their people needed, allowing them to establish stable bonds with the rest of Equestria.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': Surprisingly, Mr. Krabs and Plankton of all people ended up being this to one another, having been friends since birth. They worked together on a burger recipe to finally earn the kid's respect after being bullied for so long, only for their first burger to GoHorriblyWrong, causing their friendship to fall apart and become the [[ArchEnemy arch-enemies they are today]].
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': The titular protagonist ends up being this to a lot of characters with {{Friendless Background}}s. Steven would become an important figure in these characters, and his friendship with those characters helps them to grow as people.
** Connie Maheswaran, Steven's ImpliedLoveInterest, didn't have any friends until she met him. After their first adventure together, the two become inseparable best friends, which allows Connie to grow more confident and assertive throughout the series.
** Lapis Lazuli was trapped in a mirror for 5,000 years, treated as a tool until she met Steven who was the first to talk to her as a person. Ever since he freed her and healed her gem, Steven served as Lapis's MoralityPet and she becomes fiercely protective of him.
** Peridot was originally an enemy of the Crystal Gems, but when she is left stranded on Earth and forced to cooperate with the Crystal Gems to stop the Cluster from forming, Steven became the first to treat her with kindness and shows her the beauty of Earth, which causes Peridot to have second thoughts about the Earth's destruction. When she sees Yellow Diamond will not change her mind about destroying Earth, her HeelFaceTurn is solidified. These events would never have happened had Steven not reached out to her, and he becomes the first person Peridot expresses concern for besides herself.
* Fry to Bender in ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''.

* ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'': Harley is the first human being Ivy ever opened up to and wanted to trust after a lifetime of being rejected by humanity. As Harleen Quinzel, she was able to break through to an imprisoned Ivy by showing her kindness and trust by gifting her a plant cutting, extremely risky given Ivy's [[GreenThumb powers]].

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* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':

* Usagi Tsukino from Sailor Moon is Ami Mizuno's and Rei Hino's first friend of their own age. Ami (in the anime) had an old gardener as a friend and Rei had an older relative, but otherwise they were almost entirely isolated due to Ami's intelligence and Rei's supernatural powers. Makoto Kino had a couple of friends before the series proper but Usagi is her first friend at their shared school since everyone else is afraid of Makoto. It's actually brought up in the first season finale and the R movie that Usagi approached them and didn't shy away from them despite various misconceptions and rumors.

* ''LightNovel/DateALive'': [[TheHero Shido Itsuka]] would end up being this to Tohka Yatogami, the first Spirit in the series he would seal the powers of. Before, Tohka had no memories of before she first awakened, describing it as if she just popped into existence, and didn't even have a name. She was hunted down by the Anti-Spirit Team for unknowingly causing the spacequakes that destroyed the area around her, causing her to believe the world was out to get her. Meeting Shido, a person who didn't want to kill her at all, changed her perpesctive of the world, and hearing Shido promise to help her no matter what it takes causes her to view him as her LivingEmotionalCrutch.

* ''WebComic/StandStillStaySilent'': Lalli is incredibly anti-social, due in no small part to his role as a mage and appears to have an AmbiguousDisorder. However, he slowly warms up to Emil, despite the fact that they don't even speak the same language. Lalli eventually admits to Onni that he considers Emil to be his only friend.

* In ''LightNovel/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'', Catarina is this to several characters, and this is why she (unwittingly) resolved the cast's [[DysfunctionJunction problems]]. The list include:
** Mary, as Catarina was the first person to approach her with kindness as her half-siblings treated her like crap, mostly because her mother is of a lower class than theirs.
** Sophia, as Catarina becomes the first person besides her brother to look past her "[[AlbinosAreFreaks shameful]]" appearance and see her as the [[NiceGirl gentle soul]] she really is.
** In Catarina's past life as the "[[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname wild monkey]]", she was Atsuko's first friend, and helped her leaving her FriendlessBackground caused by Atsuko having NoSocialSkills. [[spoiler:What's [[ReincarnationFriendship probably not coincidential]] is that the aforementioned Sophia is Atsuko's reincarnation.]]
** Slightly {{Downplayed}} in Maria's case, since Catarina isn't her first friend in her entire life, but pretty much any friends she may have was more than ''ten years'', when the discovery of her [[MageBornOfMuggles light magic]] caused her to be isolated from her peers.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': When the Mane 6 are tasked with reforming Discord, Fluttershy believes the best way is to befriend him. After hearing her call him her friend, Discord even says that he has never had a friend before. This ends up being what aids in Discord's HeelFaceTurn later on. While Discord intended to take advantage of Fluttershy to ensure he could be free to deliver chaos to Equestria, he realizes that doing so would mean losing the only friend he ever had in his life.

* Zenos from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' declares the Warrior of Light to be his First and OnlyFriend [[spoiler:in what he intended to be his FamousLastWords]]. It showcases how obsessed with war he's become that he considers his WorthyOpponent and friend to be one and the same.

* ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave'': Marona, due to her powers, was feared and hated by most of the populace throughout her career as a Chroma. Up until she met [[IllGirl Castile]], Marona's only companion was her spiritual guardian, Ash. So when Castile shows Marona kindness, admires her powers instead of fearing them, and asks to be her friend, Marona eagerly accepts and becomes all the more determined to protect Castile as both a Chroma and her best friend.

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** Spike would become this to Ember and Thorax, the future Dragon Lord and Changeling King respectively. Spike's kindness and offer of friendship would end up helping them become the rulers their people needed, allowing them establish stable bonds with the rest of Equestria.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': Surprisingly, Mr. Krabs and Plankton of all people ended up being this to one another, having been friends since birth. They worked together on a burger recipe to finally earn the kid's respect after being bullied for so long, only for their first burger to GoHorriblyWrong, causing their friendship to fall apart and becoming the [[ArchEnemy arch-enemies they are today]].
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': The titular protagonist ends up being this to a lot of characters with a FriendlessBackground. Steven would become an important figure in these characters, and his friendship with those characters helps them to grow as people.

* ''WesternAnimation/MollyOfDenali'': In the episode "Culture Clash" Tooey notes that he and Molly had been friends long before anyone else. He says, "Yeah, remember? We did it with Oscar, and Vera?" [[note]]Attempt to welcome them to Qyah.[[/note]]

->''"That Swede is the first person he's managed to make friends with. I need you to make sure Lalli sticks with him when they leave Iceland, I don't want him to be alone."''
-->-- '''Onni''', ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent''

* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'': Due to being the heir of a family line of assassins, Killua Zoldyck never had any friends until he met Gon Freecss in the Hunter Exam. The two bonded pretty quickly and when Gon learned that Killua is a child asssassin, he doesn't seem to be afraid of it and still wants to be friends with him. The two have become best friends ever since, becoming inseperable [[spoiler:until they are forced to part ways after Killua saved Gon from his death by rescuing Alluka/Nanika and using her wish-granting abilities]].