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== Anime & Manga ==
* It's difficult to decide which lead from ''[[Legend of the Galactic Heroes]]'' better qualifies. While Reinhard continuously rises through the ranks and spends most of the series pretty much being the driving force of the Empire, he is much more morally flawed compared to Yang, who never attempts to rise past the rank of Admiral.
* Kamina, and later on (to a [[Took a Level Inin Badass|greater]] extent) Simon, from ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]''.
** Kittan fills Kamina's role while Simon is having his [[Heroic BSOD]], and continues to be a secondary Big Good while Simon has the helm.
* Alex Row from ''[[Last Exile]]''.
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== Tabletop [[RPGs]] ==
* The Unconquered Sun of ''[[Exalted]]'' was created to be an ultimate hero-type being in order to give the Cosmic Principle of Villainy, the Dragon's Shadow (eventually the Ebon Dragon) something to compare himself against and therefore the ability to actually do stuff.
* [[Warhammer 4000040,000|The Emperor of Mankind]] (almost) died for our sins and remains humanity's only defense against being snuffed out like a candle in a hurricane. Of course, as he's a near-corpse on a chair that eats humans, whose only real input on the Imperium is psychic landing lights through the warp, whether he's the actual "leader" as opposed to the figurehead whose will is interpreted by legions of bureaucrats and spread around the galaxy as literal gospel (as well as whether the Imperium itself is not the "Big Bad" itself) can be debated. Except in the presence of the [[Commissar]].
* The leaders of the three POV organisations (Boris Ivanov for the [[The Men in Black|Institute]], Buran for [[Private Military Contractors|DEFENDER]], and Akela for [[Mad Scientist|Utopists]]) in [[Age of Aquarius]]. [[The Archmage|Semyon Nikolaev]] may count as the overall Big Good.
** Note that this is a universe where gods and even [[God]] definitely exist and are active. No, they are not any kind of Big Good.
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* Yukari Yakumo serves this role in the ''[[Touhou]]'' series after she's introduced, being the creator and maintainer of Gensokyo. Often, she would prod [[The Hero|Reimu]] to get off [[Brilliant but Lazy|her lazy butt]] and go into action, and woe betide you if you should endanger Gensokyo to the point where [[Reality Warper|she herself would intervene]].
** Calling Yukari a Big Good is a little farfetched. She's a [[Chaotic Neutral]] [[Trickster Archetype]] who serves her goals and hers alone, but she definitely doesn't want to see Gensokyo destroyed.
* In ''[[StarcraftStarCraft]]'' {{spoiler|it is the Overmind, of all characters. He is revealed in the sequel to have seen a vision of the future and that he orchestrated all of the events of the first game so that all of the races in the sector may have a fighting chance against the Xel'Naga when they return and that the Zerg may be free from the corruption of The Void}}
** For the Protoss its Tassadar and Zeratul.
** And on the Terran side we have Jim Raynor.
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** Elder Lyons in ''[[Fallout 3]]'' fits the role more closely, especially in his Optimus Prime-esque tendency to put [[Honor Before Reason]], as seen in how he runs the Capital Wasteland in the ''Broken Steel'' add-on.
* Various [[The Order|Onikiribe]] leaders (there are many, many groups) in [[Girls Love]] [[Visual Novel]] ''[[Akai Ito]]'' and ''[[Aoi Shiro]]''. {{spoiler|Wakasugi Tsudura from ''[[Akai Ito]]'' is the biggest good by the time of events in ''[[Aoi Shiro]]''.}}
* ''[[Little Big PlanetLittleBigPlanet]] 2'' has Larry Da Vinchi, the leader of [[The Alliance]].
* Daniel Carrington, founder and head of the Carrington Institute in ''[[Perfect Dark]]'' fits this. Although, apart from opposing dataDyne, one has to wonder what it is they actually ''do''.
** The Carrington Institute develops advanced computer software, hardware, and weaponry (all of which is put to good use by their agents). They are also the creators of the "null-g" technology, which lead to the development of hovercars. As a diplomatic party, they maintain peaceful relations with the Maians.
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