Sour Outside, Sad Inside

Sometimes, the main protagonist, anti heroes or redeemed villains is harsh and mean, but in truth they're just depressed and fearful, trying to intimidate people into leaving them alone.

This is a being introduced as a jerk that the audience hates, only for character to reveal that they're just scared of getting close to anyone and fear of social interaction due to Hero's Secret Past or Not All Bad.

Examples

 * The Grinch: He wasn't mean, but was bullied during his childhood years and run away from Whoville
 * His 2018 animated countpart: The reason he was being mean to the people of Whoville is because of his past when he was a orphan and didn't celebrate Christmas without parents or someone who care about him, so he run away after 53 years later.


 * The Beast was curse after 10 years and he did started out cruel and mean, but feel sadness in his heart since there's no one who can love a beast until Belle came to his life