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'''Han Solo''': What're you lookin' at? I know what I'm doin'.|''[[Star Wars]] : A New Hope''}}
Fairly often in fiction, [[I Work Alone|a Dedicated Loner]] character will appear. He (or more rarely, she) is [[Ineffectual Loner|pretty useless]], evil, or just [[Loners Are Freaks|a little strange]]. However, sometimes these Switzerland types are in possession of just enough power to sway the final battle, should they choose to get involved. If they do, the chances are excellent that they'll end up [[Neutral No Longer|throwing in with the Good Guys]] [[Changed My Mind, Kid|at the very last minute]] and providing the decisive element in the victory over evil. [[Awakening the Sleeping Giant|Sometimes they provide a little more decisive element than necessary]].
[[I Work Alone|These unaffiliated loners may initially refuse to join a side for many reasons]]. They may not care about the conflict in question ("Eh, meet the new boss, same as the old boss"), or may not care enough to consider it worth risking their own precious skins ("I'm not stupid, [[Red Shirt|I'm not expendable]], and I'm not going,") or may have reasons to hate both sides of the fight equally ("A plague on both your houses; I hope you annihilate each other completely and leave the world a better place.") Generally, they relish their uninvolved status, although you may see them randomly helping out the Good Guys (or even the Bad Guys) once or twice just because it livens up a dull day.
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Note that this is '''not''' the same as either a [[Heel Face Turn]] or a [[Face Heel Turn]]. Someone who Defaults To Good was neither a Heel nor a Face to begin with; they are affiliated with neither of the main sides until some critical point very late in the story. For most of the tale, they are only on their ''own'' side, although they may have an affiliation with a [[Hidden Elf Village|third]] [[Hufflepuff House|group]] that is not taking an active part in the main conflict.
[[Default to Good|Defaulting To Good]] is sometimes a [[Changed My Mind, Kid]] moment.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Subverted, then played straight by Rabat in ''[[Vandread]]'' flees before the final battle at the end of season 1. Despite pleas from the crew of the Nirvana, he never comes back. {{spoiler|Then at the end of season 2, he not only fights in the final battle, but brings a whole ''fleet'' with him!}}
* Averted like hell with Amon Garam in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh GX]]''. After being neutrally helpful (but manipulative!) throughout the first arc of season three and then showing his own goals in the second (but still a bit helpful, if distant), you get to {{spoiler|the spot right after Haou has been defeated, where he steps up and sacrifices the woman who loves him and that he loves back in order to control Exodia.}} Then, he starts his plan to become king of the world. {{spoiler|But then it's double subverted (without being subverted in the first place, get over it) when he reveals himself as a [[Well
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