History Main / HumbleHero

* In ''TigerAndBunny'', Kotetsu T. Kaburagi/Wild Tiger is considered to be [[ButtMonkey mostly a joke]] of a superhero by his bosses and by people who watch [[ShowWithinAShow HeroTV]]. Nonetheless, not only does he refuse to quit, but he insists on putting his heart and soul in superheroics, to the point that he gets a bit irritated when others don't show the same devotion to their jobs. When Karina/Blue Rose is [[RedPillBluePill struggling over her own priorities]], she decided to ask him what makes him stick to it despite the frustrating, thankless nature of the job. His answer?

* In ''[FireEmblemTellius Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn]]'', Ike is the poster boy for this trope.

** Celice from ''[[fireEmblemJugdral Fire Emblem Seisen No Keifu]]'' is this too. He's always kind and almost a little shy when not fighting, and openly wonders if he's truly fit and strong enough to bring down TheEmpire. His cousin Leaf from ''Thracia 776'' is pretty similar, too.

* Miles "Tails" Prower is more humble than his speedy, blue friend.

** Celice from ''[[fireEmblemJugdral Fire Emblem Seisen No Keifu]]'' is this too. He's always kind and almost a little shy when not fighting, and openly wonders if he's truly fit and strong enough to bring down TheEmpire. His cousin Leaf from ''Thracia 776'' is pretty similar, too
** Even more so, [[spoiler: Morva]] from ''The Sacred Stones''. He both [[spoiler: led the Five Heroes]] and [[spoiler: dealed the fatal strike to Fomortiis the Demn King]], but refused to take credit for his heroic actions and instead of [[spoiler: founding his own nation]] he led a quiet life, taking care of [[spoiler: both Caer Pelyn and the Darkling Woods.]]

* In ''Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn'', Ike is the poster boy for this trope.

** Celice from ''FirEmblem Seisen No Keifu'' is this too. He's always kind and almost a little shy when not fighting, and openly wonders if he's truly fit and strong enough to bring down TheEmpire.
** Even more so, [[spoiler: Morva] from ''The Sacred Stones''. He both [[spoiler: led the Five Heroes]] and [[spoiler: dealed the fatal strike to Fomortiis the Demn King]], but refused to take credit for his heroic actions and instead of [[spoiler: founding his own nation]] he led a quiet life, taking care of [[spoiler: both Caer Pelyn and the Darkling Woods.]]

* [[TheParagon Paragon]] [[MassEffect Shepard]] is like this. A sufficiently noble Shepard will eventually get a mission to rescue drugged hostages wandering among the terrorists. If you manage to save every one of them, when [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Admiral Hackett]] calls back to thank you, you can tell him you were "just doing your job." Given what a ScrappyLevel this mission is, that's ''one humble hero.''

* Tenma in ''{{Monster}}'', who never takes credit for his good deeds and maintains that all people are equal despite conspicuously being better than everybody else in every imaginable way.

* The titular gunfighter in ''Shane'' refuses to be held up as a hero by the people he helps, and outright tells young Joey Starrett that the real heroes are people like the boy's parents, who are struggling to make a new life on the prairie.

* Jake from {{Animorphs}}. From the very start of the series his friends look to him as their de facto leader, even though he is reluctant and sees nothing special about himself. He assumes command because the group needs and expects him too. [[spoiler: After the war, the world looks to him as a famed hero, showering him with praise and admiration, but he doesn't see himself as a hero.]]

* The Samaritan, a Superman [[CaptainErsatz equivalent]] from AstroCity accepts awards for his deeds only because he doesn't want to hurt the feelings of the people who give them to him.

This is a special kind of hero who just doesn't care about their great power, or the fact that they're a world famous adventurer, or the idol of millions, and so on. Despite the great power they possess, they always defer to their friends or allies, and rarely want to take the spotlight, even when their friends encourage them to do so. This isn't caused by low self-esteem or a guilt. The character honestly and truly doesn't think of himself as any better than anyone else, despite the great deeds they've done, or the inspiration they've become. In fact, such praise usually just embarrasses them.

This is often a main characteristic of TheCape. See also HeroicSelfDeprecation, where the hero acts humble because he thinks he's a loser. Can turn into MartyrWithoutACause when taken to ridiculous extremes.