List of fictional characters who lack bravery
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This is a list of fictional characters noted for a lack of bravery. Few of these characters suffer from actual cowardice, but all have an excessive amount of fear in most situations.
Many of these characters have done brave things, but only when they have felt themselves to be out of options. The defining nature of these characters is a lack of confidence, meaning that even once they have done brave things, they refuse to believe they could do it again.
Such characters are staples of many comedy situations. A popular cliché is for the character, having done something brave, to immediately panic or faint, as (s)he realises what might have happened.
Because their defining characteristic is a flaw (bordering on a vice), these characters might be considered anti-heroes. Often they are the sidekick to a braver character.
- Alexander Cabot III, from the TV series Josie and the Pussycats
- Boober Fraggle on Fraggle Rock.
- Courage, the Cowardly Dog
- Ciaphas Cain, the Cowardly Commissar
- Cowardly Lion, from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
- Dave the Barbarian, from the animated series of the same name
- Antoine D'Coolette, from Sonic the Hedgehog's Saturday morning TV series and US comic series
- Eduardo, from the animated series Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
- Choji Akimichi from Naruto
- Chuckie Finster, from Rugrats and All Grown Up!
- Harry Paget Flashman, lead character in a series of novels by George MacDonald Fraser
- Xander Harris, from Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Jamie, from Megas XLR
- Major Lebedeen of the US Marines in One of the Guys by Robert Clark Young
- Luigi, from the Super Mario Bros. series
- Penfold, from the animated series Dangermouse
- Caspar Milquetoast, lead character of the comic strip The Timid Soul, by Harold T. Webster.
- Piglet, from Winnie-the-Pooh
- Pittypat Hamilton, from Gone with the Wind
- Arnold Rimmer, from the comedy series Red Dwarf
- Rincewind, from the Discworld novels
- Sir Robin the Not-Quite-so-Brave-as-Sir-Lancelot, from Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- Scooby-Doo and Shaggy, Scooby-Doo cartoons
- Mickey Smith from Doctor Who (initially)
- Ron Stoppable, from the cartoon Kim Possible
- Minagawa Takurou, from the anime Di Gi Charat
- Samwell Tarly, from the A Song of Ice and Fire novels by George R. R. Martin.
- Usopp from One Piece
- Vila Restal, from Blake's 7
- Wade Duck from U.S. Acres
- Wobbler, from the Johnny Maxwell novels
- Yaya Higuchi from 'Othello(manga)'
- Cringer from the Masters of the Universe animated series
- Maram from David Zindell's Ea cycle.
