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* ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' and its sequels (''[[Great Mazinger]]'' and ''[[UFO Robo Grendizer]]''). Except Shin Mazinger, where the good guys include various criminals, and the bad guy {{spoiler|is a bad guy, but holding back a bunch of even worse guys.}} Which is still within "black and white", but with a small twist.
** Dr. Hell is also consistently shown to not be the kind of [[Bad Boss]] [[You Have Failed Me|who punishes his subordinates for being unable to beat the heroes]]. The only reason he locks up Baron Ashura in the Mazinkaiser [[OVAs]] is because he went over the Doctor's authority on a matter, and he still was willing to let him fight when Ashura ''begged'' him to let him.
** Even if the heroes are mostly good guys and the villains tend to be [[Complete Monster|CompleteMonsters]], the morality in these series is more greyish than it seems. [[Mad Scientist|Dr.]] [[Big Bad|Hell]] [[Freudian Excuse|became mad after having endured years of abuse, insults and mockery from everybody -including his parents- since he was a little kid, and even when he made a good action, he usually got beaten and scorned]]. [[Great Mazinger|Great General of Darkness]] wanted taking over the surface world because the Mykene civilization had been forced to live underground for millennia and he wanted his people enjoyed again things humans take for granted -such like seeing sunlight and breathing fresh air-. [[UFO Robo Grendizer|Emperor Vega]] began invading other planets because his own homeworld was dying, and several of his henchmen were [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|WellIntentionedExtremists]] wanted establishing a benevolent dictatorship because they genuinely believed Earth people would be better off. And, frankly, humans in [[Mazinger Z|the]] [[Great Mazinger|Mazinger]] [[UFO Robo Grendizer|trilogy]] often acted like [[Ungrateful Bastard|utter]] [[Humans Are
* ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman]]'': The heroes are (almost) completely good, while the villains are absolutely evil.
* This trope is played straight in ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'': While the kids and their Digimons represent virtues (Courage, Friendship, Love, etc.) their enemies (Such as Devimon, Myotismon and the Dark Masters) are evil incarnate.
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