History Main / TerrifyingRescuer

** {{Lampshaded}} by Sanakan during Chapter 6 of the original, when she takes out some hobgoblins trying to smoke out a nun guarding children in a hut. She notes that, from the look of fear the nun gave her, she probably looked menacing when swinging a [[DropTheHammer large hammer]] that [[BifurcatedWeapon has a sword as its haft]].

** When Quanxi thwarts a mass killing at a mall [[spoiler:by the other Weapons working for the Chainsaw Man Church]], she succeeds so well that ''she'' appears to onlookers to have just murdered three people out of the blue. The child who would have been the first victim otherwise even freezes in fear looking at Quanxi and she weakly grows at him so he'll go away.

* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman1987'': Ares rescues [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Cassie]] and Ferdinand from the furies, which they are understandably unsettled by. His rescue of the two and Diana from the recently unhinged Hades horrifies them even further since he captures them and his words make it sound like he's going the murder them, though Diana knows exactly what his carefully chosen words imply and is more resigned to him rescuing them by murdering Hades once she realizes her words can't get through to Hades.

** Flash Thompson averts this for the most part, as he's far more mentally stable and composed then Eddie; resultantly, his default Venom form is more like "black ops Spider-Man" and he can engage with endangered innocents much more effectively. But during particularly stressful moments, he can lose control of the symbiote and succumb to it's more violent urges, taking on the classic scary-ass Venom form and attitude. He learns of this problem on his first mission as Venom when a carelessly thrown grenade hits his TraumaButton by triggering memories of losing his legs, causing him to transform in a rage-and-terror-fueled panic attack and [[MookHorrorShow horrifically slaughter every terrorist in the building]] and traumatize the hostage he was meant to rescue.

* {{Deconstructed|Trope}} in ''[[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Pokémon: Sun and Moon]]''. [[spoiler:When Lillie was a little girl, a Silvally rescued her from being taken to Ultra Space by a Nihilego. However, its ferocious expression was so terrifying that it caused her to [[TraumaInducedAmnesia block out the memory]] and develop a fear of touching all kinds of Pokémon. When she meets the same Silvally again years later, this time wearing an even more terrifying mask as a Type: Null, she only recalls a faint image of it lunging at her and unfairly blames it for attacking her. It's only when Silvally reveals its true form and rescues her a second time that she fully remembers what happened, and her gratitude for Silvally finally helps her overcome her fear.]]

* In ''Webcomic/BatmanWayneFamilyAdventures'', Jason Todd is a hulking guy in a leather jacket and a terrifying red mask. This does ''not'' help him in the comic "Mask Off" when he's trying to get a little girl to leave a building that's about to explode and she can't trust him due to his looks. It's only when he removes his mask that she trusts him.

* In his true form as the Hero of Hell, Pochita of ''Manga/ChainsawMan'' was a terrifying figure who often killed the very devils who called out to him for help. [[spoiler:[[AndCallHimGeorge Turns out having chainsaws for arms makes hugging people very difficult.]]]]