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"That's a nasty idea. Still - a robin, you know. They're good birds [[Genre Savvy|in all the stories I've ever read]]. I'm sure a robin wouldn't be on the wrong side."''|''[[The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe]]''}}
A [[Planet of Hats|whole race or culture]] of fair and benevolent beings. Obviously, inverted [[
This alignment is often justified by the race being somehow "close to Light".
This trope is certainly [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism|very idealistic]] and is used mostly in shows with [[Black and White Morality]]. The more cynical shows love to [[Light Is Not Good|subvert it]].
In more recent media, both this trope and [[
'''Note that before adding examples to this list, just like [[
Often a whole race of [[The Beautiful Elite]], since [[Beauty Equals Goodness]]. Compare [[Noble Profession]]. May be employed with [[Alike and Antithetical Adversaries]]. This is a [[Planet of Hats]] where the "hat" is being good. For this trope applied to humanity, see [[Humans Are Good]].
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* [[Our Elves Are Better|Elves]] if they are close to Tolkien's depiction (high elves). His idea behind them was to depict a people not corrupted by the Original Sin.
** Subverted by Tolkien with characters such as Maeglin and Feanor (and his sons).
** Indeed, nowadays, this trope is subverted more than played straight for elves, due to people playing up their arrogance or pride. There is a reason there exists drow and dark elves in many settings these days that are purely the [[
* Archons in ''[[Age of Wonders]]''.
* The Hazers from [[Clifford Simak]]'s ''[[Way Station]]''.
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* The eledhel (“elves of light”) in ''[[The Riftwar Cycle]]'' live in a perfect [[Hidden Elf Village]] Utopia with no internal strife. All named eledhel to date have been unfailingly wise, noble and heroic. Notable because in this world, they are the same race as the dark elves (moredhel), who are war-like and hostile, differing only in their mentality and lifestyle. Though it is possible for a moredhel to embrace the eledhel way of thinking and thus Return and ''become'' eledhel, the reverse does not happen. Ever. Making this a case of [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]].
* In ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'', the Nox definitely qualify, the Asgard usually do, and the Ancients occasionally do (when they're not [[Neglectful Precursors|Always]] [[Lawful Stupid|Lawful]] ''[[Lawful Stupid|Stupid]]'', at least), depending on which episode in which series you're watching. Well, the Nox might be more Chaotic Good. Or Lawful Neutral.
* The Dimension of Lame from ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' is filled with people like this. They consider littering and food fighting to be the most horrific crimes imaginable, not because [[All Crimes Are Equal]], but because [[Stupid Good|they can't imagine anything worse]].
* Mormons in ''[[South Park]]'', although this tends to make them incredibly annoying for everybody else.
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience|Metallic]] [[Our Dragons Are Different|dragons]] in older versions of, what else, ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]''.
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* The Toads and Yoshis in [[Super Mario Bros.|Mario games]].
** Though the RPGs have introduced exceptions.
* ''[[Animorphs]]'': Deconstructed with Pemalites, a highly developed and joyful race that praised life and abhored violence, so much that when [[
* The Houyhnhnms of [[Gulliver's Travels]]. They are incredibly [[Can't Argue with Elves|honourable]], [[Intellectual Animal|intelligent]] [[Superior Species|horses]] that live alongside feral, [[Humans Are Bastards|deformed humans]] (called "Yahoos") that appear to be [[
* [[Wedding Peach]] have the angels fill this role. Even the worst of them is a [[Knight Templar]] who thinks the angels aren't doing enough to ''help'' the humans.
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