I tend to snap at people, cause them death by snarkiness, and yell at them when they are undeserving of it, but most of my friends agree that I am a sweet girl. I tend to apologize endlessly for this, which annoys half of them as much as the yelling does, and am a Tsundere. It depends on how well you know me of which type.

This troper's sister is totally this. She's a jerk most of the time, but I know that deep down (deep DEEP down) she's a very good person, with a HiddenHeartOfGold. Whenever she shows that heart of gold, everybody just stops and stares for a while, to make sure it is actually happening. She's also a Tsundere. Go figure.

Weird, I don't recall writing this...

This troper is irritating, opinionated, and isn't afraid to straight up tell you he hates your guts, but he genuinely cares about the physical and emotional well being of decent people, and is overly polite around people he doesn't know well enough to judge their character and behave appropriately.

I think I know you. You don't happen to be me do you?

I berate people for minor annoyances. I make mean jokes. I'm always scowling. I get joy of scaring people. The ButtMonkey status that I sometimes have doesn't sweeten the pot of bad attitude at all. I like animals, compliment people that I like, will do anything for you if you say please and will defend you if you're receiving flack from some idiot for a dumb reason.

Definitely this troper. He's abrasive, rude, and unlikeable in public, but enjoys kittens and puppies and actually cares about how people feel.

I know this guy (Coincidently, his name is "Guy", but anyway) he is tall, gruff, and very imposing; he works as an auto mechanic. He cusses a lot, too. But he is the nicest person you'd ever know -- He fixed my car for free all the while cussing like a sailor at it. Heh.

My guardian, Lightning, is one of these. When she's not talking about punching things, spewing out obsceneties at random, or harassing her sister and her sister's boyfriend (in joke, of course) she is telling me I look like the night sky, and spewing out deep philosophies about nature and life.

So, um... that would make you, Hope?

This Troper's physics professor definitely counts. He will humiliate you for making errors, is ruthless in his grading, and has no patience for slackers. And yet, he starts every class with a MontyPython clip (or something just as funny), walks around wearing a bicycle helmet with an arrow sticking out of the front to demonstrate vector addition, and popped an ''inflatable Barney doll'' to demonstrate gravity. Great guy.

This Troper combines {{Jerkass}} with GrammarNazi. It's quite possibly the worst combination one could get. I've been known to punch my best friends in the stomach over a tense error or for no reason at all. My standard greeting is either a glomp with bonus pressure or just a standard mauling. However, when their grammar is correct, or I just don't feel like it, I'm a pretty likable guy. My friends say I'm a nice guy even when I'm mauling them though.

Cor, you sound like a nice bloke.

My grandfather, who combines this with GrumpyOldMan. He's big and gruff, a Vietnam veteran, cusses a lot, and constantly fights with my grandmother. He also nicknamed his old dog "precious", held my kitten like a baby, and bought his new cat a bunch of little toys (while complaining about it, of course), all while claiming that he hates animals. I myself could be considered this, being a {{Kuudere}} DeadpanSnarker on the outside, and being very compassionate and idealistic on the inside and having sympathy for even the worst human beings, to the point of being a borderline-Messiah.

It's hard to appreciate a brother who does a lot for you when he always does it in the background then likes yelling in your face.

In high school, this troper once witnessed a JerkAss wait outside a classroom while a girl got chewed out by a teacher. To this troper's great surprise, said JerkAss made no evil comments upon the girl's exit, but instead offered her chocolate and a hug. The girl's exact words were "You're an ass most of the time, but when the world's falling down around me, you're there." This troper still isn't over the shock.

A work colleague of this troper certainly counts. While he mercilessly teased a fellow, wheelchair-bound colleague about being disabled, couldn’t seem to get out a sentence without having at least one swear word in it and hurled insults at people in passing, he also helped the previously mentioned disabled colleague take on and off his jacket and had plenty {{pet the dog}} moments. Literally for the most part, seeing as it was an Animal’s Home we were working in.

Me. Straight up.

This troper's boyfriend, straight up. He doesn't fool me, though.

Is your boyfriend the above troper?

This troper thinks of himself as one. I'm rude to strangers, love to troll on forums, somewhat anti-social, not afraid to punch someone, and laughs at others misery sometimes. But I'm deeply close to my family, and I love most animals, particularly reptiles and kittens. If you really get to know me, you'll see how much of a nice guy I truly am, though I'll still show instances of a jerk.

This troper is in a very good school, and his favorite weapon is the ClusterFBomb, followed by the PrecisionFStrike, followed by IfYouKnowWhatIMean jokes. Just like his {{Nakama}}, which basically embodies the whole WithFriendsLikeThese trope. Still, this troper and his buddies are all very nice people unless you hit the BerserkButton. That's when you see that we're BadassBookworm and GeniusBruiser.

This troper is one of these people just because his personality is twisted beyond belief. Im rude to most people that know me well, but I do have a nice side to me.

This troper was one of these in high school mainly because of the {{JerkJock}}s, but I was only a jerk to those who deserved it and I kindly helped out others who needed it.

This troper is a pessimist, a Deadpan Snarker to people who don't really deserve it, bickers constantly with his family, and gleefully referred to himself as "the Antichrist" on the internet forums he used to troll. He also loves cute things, cannot hold a grudge even if he tries, and gets choked up at sad movies.

This troper is a a master of yelling at people to the point where she's become her dojo's resident DrillSergeantNasty, complains about her job and father non stop and even acts like a jerk to her {{Nakama}}. Her mere presence in class is steadily becoming enough to scare children into obedeince. She is also perpetually grateful to her father and loves her {{Nakama}} to bits, and if anyone ever tells them that "[This troper] will personally rip your lungs out."

This troper tends to speak in tersely worded sentences, and is known for being very irritable and completely unwilling to suffer fools. He would, however, go through hell and back multiple times for the few real friends he does have, and has been known to completely Proximity}} dissolve at the sight of puppies, kittens, and little children.

Having tried and failed many times to abandon being cruel and sarcastic to people who may only slightly deserve it, it seems the only way I can maintain friendships is by being capable of "offending and complimenting in the same breath" (their own wording), since it "makes it hard to stay mad at [me]".

This troper could be considered this. My default personality is quite jerkish because I have an extreme lack of empathy for most people. However, I care about my friends more than almost anything and would genuinely kill myself if I lost them. I'm also polite to strangers without even thinking about it. It's subverted somewhat, though, in that I make a concerted effort to suppress my jerkiness (except for the purposes of humour) and be nice to people, because I know from experience that brief lapses in this can cause biiig problems.

A good friend of mine from sixth form. He was sarcastic, funny borderline offensive, straight to the point on his extreme beliefs and laughed at misery (This is the way everyone saw him, yet still liked to an extent). I'm the only friend who has seen the real heart of gold because in truth he's soft spoken, kind and thoughtful, within this hard nut shell so he doesn't get emotionally hurt/reveal a weakness.

It also turns out he chose me in revealing his inner self to because I'm the only friend he's never argued with, I recognised and accepted his reasons for jerk nature... and he always liked me IfYouKnowWhatIMean

This troper's father used to be one, but due to {{Flanderization}}, has become a complete {{Jerkass}} at times.

Is your father Peter Griffin?

As a kid, this troper knew a girl who said nothing but insults to him. She would always call me a crybaby whenever catching me cry, she would tell everyone I was talking to my "imaginary friend" whenever catching me talking to myself, she helped spread rumours about me, etc... yet one day, when I accidentally tied myself to my chair with my bookbag straps (don't ask how) she got some scissors and cut the straps... I don't recall her responding when I thanked her, though.

This troper, despite almost making a career out of being a jerk, is actually quite a caring person in some respects, and is also extremely sentimental when it comes to things like puppies and that sort of thing. Who knew?

This troper isn't sure whether she's a jerk (more like a part-time deadpan snarker who's really rude), and she doesn't have a fiction-level heart of gold, but she's emphatic to rediculous levels. To the point of getting more offended when other people are being insilted. Even if those people aren't her friends. Even when those people actually enjoy bullying her. She tends to go out of her way to help people for no reason, but will certainly not let them know that she cares. Never.

This troper's father is definitely this trope. Looks like a retired, baby-eating badass, rides a Harley, almost never smiles, is a stubborn, cynical asshole who doesn't take bullshit from anyone... who goes gaga over the family corgi, smiles almost every time he's around his wife, and will go berserk if one of his children comes to harm.

This troper comes off like this at times, but it's not because I do anything dickish on purpose. I love my family more than life itself. I just have a slightly abrasive way of showing people that I care, plus I have a short temper and I'm not very good at compromising.

This troper. In spades. I walk around with a perma-pissed off face (I do have my reasons for that), and I'm snarky to people who don't know me. However, imagine the surprise of those same people when they do get to know this troper, and discover he loves animals, is a poet and deep thinker, and acts as a big brother to all his friends.

One of my college professors is a shining example of this trope. In class, he's a total hardass who's not afraid to make you feel like a total dumbass at least twice a day. But outside of class he's one of the nicest, funnest people you'll ever hope to meet.

This troper views himself as cynical Jerkass who acts nice for his owns reasons. He sees himself and has been described as very cold, secretive and aloof, and is rather snarky and abrasive to people he doesn't know or like. However, everyone around him describes him as very kind, compassionate, articulate, and a generally stand up human being who they're glad to know. Even his deceased (and beloved..)girlfriend, a diehard loudmouth Tsundere who generally got along with no one, consistently described him as a very nice and caring guy under the cold snarky exterior who doesn't give himself near enough credit. He has yet to convince them that he's really a bastard who forces himself to act nice, but is hopeful they'll come around one day.

This troper is a very weird variant of this: If you're first meeting me or if we're simply acquaintances, I'll probably end up coming off as a timid and super nice guy. Then, if you're around me a fair amount of time and/or we're good friends, I'll probably end up seeming like a Tsundere Type B with a continually rising use of sarcasm mode the closer we get. Finally, if you ''REALLY'' know me (and I can literally only count '''4''' people who see this side; and even so, one of them is stuck somewhere between the second and third phase)), I come off as this trope, overlapping with Tsundere Type A and {{Moodswinger}}. Needless to say, living with this troper can be pretty aggravating. Be thankful you aren't one of those 4. (However, I should also note that thanks to an increasingly better quality of life and self esteem, as well as new medicines, the Jerk part of my Jerk With a Heart of Gold-ness is less extreme that it once was)

One of my friends is like this. When I first met him I thought he was a complete ass, but he's a teddy bear on the inside.

In my junior year of high school, my religion teacher - young guy, very clean-cut - had a real sarcastic sense of humor, very harsh and black. It put a lot of the kids in the class off; a lot of us thought he was just a dick. It took us a little while to realize that, in addition to having a cutting sense of humor, he was deeply passionate about social issues, incredibly smart, and really cared about teaching and about all of us. Unfortunately our high school had teacher evaluations (for some reason) a couple of months into the year. I don't think any of us realized how much our opinions of him had changed until he received his teacher evaluations (written at the beginning of the year and therefore very, very negative) and came to class nearly in tears, distraught over the possibility that he was too harsh or that his teaching style wasn't working. It took us a while to convince him that none of us still felt that way, and God, did we feel terrible.

This troper's father combines JerkWithAHeartOfGold with InsufferableGenius. He may be emotionally distant and he often thinks he knows everything, but he is a well-meaning person who really cares about people around him. This troper herself may be bossy, sarcastic and stubborn, but underneath her tough exterior lies a compassionate, understanding individual who's always ready to help other people.

My cousin fits this trope quite nicely. While he can be selfish and obnoxious to the point of beating his older brother with a pool cue, he's actually a good kid- albeit being a JerkAss to certain people. He's actually very caring and considerate to me and my mom when we're around. You're not fooling anybody with that JerkWithAHeartOfGold act, you know, so you might as well go back to the main page.