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* Cersei Lannister and her twin brother Jaime learned everything they know about how to be scary and intimidating from their father, Lord Tywin Lannister. All three of them manage to successfully browbeat and intimidate scores of other characters. But none of them scare or intimidate their younger brother, Tyrion Lannister, who always seems to know just what to say to utterly gobstop his family and cause their intimidation techniques to look like childish tantrums.

--->'''Arthur''': I could take you apart with one blow.\\
'''Merlin''': [[DeadpanSnarker I could take you apart with less than that.]]

* ''Literature/TheCampHalfBloodSeries'': Every demigod, even his own sister Hazel, views Nico di Angelo as frighteningly powerful and at least somewhat creepy--every demigod, that is, except his boyfriend Will Solace, who's more apt to [[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple bicker]] with him. When Nico passes out from shadow-traveling in ''The Hidden Oracle'', Will merely snarks that he's "going to get the Lord of Darkness here some Gatorade."

** Having grown up as [[TheGrimReaper Death's]] adopted daughter, Ysabell was utterly unintimidated [[AC:BY HIS VOICE.]]

* Ginny Weasley shows signs of this in ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix''. Everyone, even Ron and Hermione, has no idea how to deal with Harry when his temper gets the better of him (namely, due to reaching his limit at everything that's going on). Ginny though coolly and calmly defuses him. [[FridgeBrilliance Certainly adds a good depth to when they end up together.]]

* Tom Bombadil shows this somewhat in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''. He isn't intimidated by ghostly Barrow Wights, he isn't affected by the [[ArtifactOfDoom One Ring]], and he seems completely unaware of [[BigBad Sauron]]'s impending assault on Middle-Earth. Even [[ShrugOfGod Tolkien himself didn't quite know who or what Tom was]].
** In ''Literature/{{The Silmarillion}}'', Melkor is the most powerful being ever created; of all the Valar, however, Tulkas has absolutely no fear of him and is the only one of them who can defeat Melkor one-on-one.

* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', Cersei Lannister and her twin brother Jaime learned everything they know about how to be scary and intimidating from their father, Lord Tywin Lannister. All three of them manage to successfully browbeat and intimidate scores of other characters. But none of them scare or intimidate their younger brother, Tyrion Lannister, who always seems to know just what to say to utterly gobstop his family and cause their intimidation techniques to look like childish tantrums.
** This trope also applies to the relationship between Stannis Baratheon and Davos Seaworth. While Stannis' other subjects kiss up to him and flatter, Davos speaks honestly to Stannis even if it means telling Stannis something he doesn't want to hear. Rather than punishing Davos, Stannis promotes him to higher positions in his court.
* Literature/{{Spenser}}, Robert B. Parker's HardboiledDetective, is intimidating to just about everyone he meets. But not Rachel Wallace, an author he worked with at one point. Nor his constant companion Susan Silverman. Of course, Spenser doesn't intimidate Hawk, either, but that's because Hawk is just as much of a badass as Spenser.

* ''Series/AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall2020'': Siegfried Farnon intimidates just about everybody --- except his [[HiredHelpAsFamily housekeeper]] Audrey Hall, who is [[LikeAnOldMarriedCouple totally unfazed]] by even his most bombastic and mercurial moods and is the only person he will ''always'' listen to.

SisterTrope to NoHeroToHisValet. Compare SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond.

** Lampshaded again in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' when Goten notes his mom must be the most powerful woman in the world to be able to make his dad get a job.
** Somewhat explained that both of these ladies have strong personalities in their own. Both Chichi and Bulma may not be strong fighters (well, Chichi compared to the Z-Fighters, but she is a martial artist), but they have such strong force of will, Goku and Vegeta pretty much listen to them always. Vegeta explains this that Saiyans are naturally attracted to strong people. Piccolo's reaction to this revelation is ThisExplainsSoMuch.

* ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'': When Saitama meets Blizzard, he's unfazed by her introduction:
-->'''Fubuki''': Nice to meet you, freshman. I am Blizzard of Hell... You know what that means, right?\\
'''Saitama''': Uh, nope. Who're you?\\
''(Beat)''\\
'''Eyelashes''': She is the B-class hero ranked 1st!\\
'''Saitama''': Oh, okay, good job. So?\\
'''Eyelashes''': ''(thinking)'' Argh... This guy's got some balls...

* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': In this ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' Franchise/MonsterVerse fanfiction, a lot of humans who encounter Monster X are justifiably unnerved when they see the TwoBeingsOneBody Titan get angry or upset, not helped by the fact that one half of Monster X was BewareTheNiceOnes when she was human and the other half is a former [[MultipleHeadCase Ghidorah head]]. [[spoiler:[[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonHumans Susan Graham]]]] has no such fear when she's on the receiving end of Monster X's agitation, because she's that hellbent on seeing [[spoiler:her transformed daughter again]].

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* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom'' Alfred makes this quite clear. Batman shrugs off any advice the Justice League give him on getting healed and rested after their last battle. After getting back to the cave, Alfred makes it clear he won't let Batman get back to work until he has rested and healed.

* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'': The [[Characters/GenshinImpactRaidenShogun Raiden Shogun]] is the [[GodOfThunder Electro Archon]] and Inazuma's patron deity, worshipped, respected and sometimes feared alike by ''everyone'' in the island... except for the [[{{Miko}} head priestess]] [[AsianFoxSpirit Yae Miko]], who is perhaps the only person who will happily and openly disparage or tease the Shogun without fear of punishment. In fact, on one instance, Miko does this in front of the Tenryou Commission (which includes the Shogun's NumberTwo, [[{{Tengu}} Kujou Sara]]). Miko additionally [[spoiler:criticizes the real Raiden Shogun, Ei herself, over her self-imposed exile and the damaging national policies she set forth before locking herself from the outside world. It helps that she is Ei's OnlyFriend]].