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* ''[[Elemental Gelade]]'' |
* ''[[Elemental Gelade]]'' |
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* ''[[Deadman Wonderland]]'' |
* ''[[Deadman Wonderland]]'' |
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** It should be noted though that ''because'' it is [[Deadman Wonderland]], any organization that doesn't involve actively torturing someone can be considered a good thing. I'm really not kidding. No, seriously. Even use of anaesthetic puts you on 'the good guys' side. |
** It should be noted though that ''because'' it is [[Deadman Wonderland]], any organization that doesn't involve actively torturing someone can be considered a good thing. I'm really not kidding. No, seriously. Even use of anaesthetic puts you on 'the good guys' side. |
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* ''[[Claymore]]'': most of the Warriors of the Organization believe that they are trained to defend humanity from the yoma. They generally run the gamut from the more idealistic (like Jean and Deneve) to those who simply regard it as a job (Galatea and Theresa) with a few psychopaths like Ophelia in the mix. {{spoiler|Most Warriors are ignorant of the fact that they are essentially a biological weapons experiment and that the Organization itself creates the yoma. Some of them who find out decide to take the Organization down for this and other personal reasons.}} |
* ''[[Claymore]]'': most of the Warriors of the Organization believe that they are trained to defend humanity from the yoma. They generally run the gamut from the more idealistic (like Jean and Deneve) to those who simply regard it as a job (Galatea and Theresa) with a few psychopaths like Ophelia in the mix. {{spoiler|Most Warriors are ignorant of the fact that they are essentially a biological weapons experiment and that the Organization itself creates the yoma. Some of them who find out decide to take the Organization down for this and other personal reasons.}} |
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* Chronos in ''[[Black Cat (manga)|Black Cat]]''. |
* Chronos in ''[[Black Cat (manga)|Black Cat]]''. |
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* ''[[Witch Hunter Robin]]'' does it. Solomon has national branches all over the world, and as a whole is fairly draconian since it kills witches, rather than capturing them like the Japanese branch (SNT-J). {{spoiler|However, Solomon will not use inhumane experiments or genetic engineering, both of which the Japanese branch is heavily involved in. This is particularly subversive, since it seemed more humane, but its experiments on the witches it captures are [[Aesoptinum|cruel and madness inducing.]] In a variation, Robin is never truly acquitted by the organizations, but her father figure and leader of Solomon does forgive her, while asking for her forgiveness.}} |
* ''[[Witch Hunter Robin]]'' does it. Solomon has national branches all over the world, and as a whole is fairly draconian since it kills witches, rather than capturing them like the Japanese branch (SNT-J). {{spoiler|However, Solomon will not use inhumane experiments or genetic engineering, both of which the Japanese branch is heavily involved in. This is particularly subversive, since it seemed more humane, but its experiments on the witches it captures are [[Aesoptinum|cruel and madness inducing.]] In a variation, Robin is never truly acquitted by the organizations, but her father figure and leader of Solomon does forgive her, while asking for her forgiveness.}} |
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* ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'', in which the Nadesico crew gets jerked around by factions within both Nergal and the UEDF. |
* ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'', in which the Nadesico crew gets jerked around by factions within both Nergal and the UEDF. |
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* This is almost exactly what happens to NERV in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', except that Shinji, Misato and other initially-clueless-but-generally-good members do ''not'' prevent the higher-ups from completing their plans of questionable morality (well, at least Ritsuko tried to). |
* This is almost exactly what happens to NERV in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', except that Shinji, Misato and other initially-clueless-but-generally-good members do ''not'' prevent the higher-ups from completing their plans of questionable morality (well, at least Ritsuko tried to). |
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* In ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', we eventually learn that {{spoiler|the entire state military is in fact a tool for the evil Homunculi, one of whom is in fact the ''head'' of the military. [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Though really,]] he is called ''[[Putting on the Reich|the Führer]]''.}} In both the manga and the anime adaptation, idealistic members try to stop them from succeeding. |
* In ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'', we eventually learn that {{spoiler|the entire state military is in fact a tool for the evil Homunculi, one of whom is in fact the ''head'' of the military. [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Though really,]] he is called ''[[Putting on the Reich|the Führer]]''.}} In both the manga and the anime adaptation, idealistic members try to stop them from succeeding. |
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* A somewhat darker variant appears in ''[[Darker Than Black]]'' -- [[The Syndicate]] employs Contractors, but it ruthlessly uses those under its control to do all manner of dirty work for its own inscrutable benefit (and the Contractors are under no illusions concerning their work). Ultimately, the syndicate turns out {{spoiler|to have an agenda involving exterminating the contractors as a whole by closing Hell's Gate ([[La Résistance|Evening Primrose]] beat them to Heaven's Gate). Both Hei, his [[True Companions]], and November 11 become examples of this trope when they find out, and in the latter cases Conspiracy [[Redemption Equals Death]].}} |
* A somewhat darker variant appears in ''[[Darker Than Black]]'' -- [[The Syndicate]] employs Contractors, but it ruthlessly uses those under its control to do all manner of dirty work for its own inscrutable benefit (and the Contractors are under no illusions concerning their work). Ultimately, the syndicate turns out {{spoiler|to have an agenda involving exterminating the contractors as a whole by closing Hell's Gate ([[La Résistance|Evening Primrose]] beat them to Heaven's Gate). Both Hei, his [[True Companions]], and November 11 become examples of this trope when they find out, and in the latter cases Conspiracy [[Redemption Equals Death]].}} |
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== [[Video Games]] == |
== [[Video Games]] == |
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* UNATCO in ''[[Deus Ex]]'' follows this trope to a tee. JC Denton is recruited in from the start of the game under the impression he is stopping terrorists from stealing Ambrosia, a medicine for a wide spread virus. It turns out that the government is purposefully spreading the virus for their own agenda, and are withholding the cure for those who follow them, leaving the rest to die. The supposed terrorists are simply trying to spread the cure. JC is later captured and [[Cardboard Prison|he escapes]], and all his old friends join him if you talk to them on your way out. |
* UNATCO in ''[[Deus Ex]]'' follows this trope to a tee. JC Denton is recruited in from the start of the game under the impression he is stopping terrorists from stealing Ambrosia, a medicine for a wide spread virus. It turns out that the government is purposefully spreading the virus for their own agenda, and are withholding the cure for those who follow them, leaving the rest to die. The supposed terrorists are simply trying to spread the cure. JC is later captured and [[Cardboard Prison|he escapes]], and all his old friends join him if you talk to them on your way out. |
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* Gabriel Logan from ''[[Syphon Filter]]'' ends up killing half the top brass of the Agency, witnesses the deaths of the other half, and becomes the new head honcho, giving him authority to reform it into the more benign International Presidential Consulting Agency. |
* Gabriel Logan from ''[[Syphon Filter]]'' ends up killing half the top brass of the Agency, witnesses the deaths of the other half, and becomes the new head honcho, giving him authority to reform it into the more benign International Presidential Consulting Agency. |
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* Happens to Balamb Garden in ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]''. Well, when your higher-ups are trying to sell you to [[Obviously Evil]] Sorceress Edea to save their own arses after a failed assassination attempt against her, it's only right that you kick their sorry butts. |
* Happens to Balamb Garden in ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]''. Well, when your higher-ups are trying to sell you to [[Obviously Evil]] Sorceress Edea to save their own arses after a failed assassination attempt against her, it's only right that you kick their sorry butts. |
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