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* ''[[Black Lagoon]]'': Rock has this as his hobby. The rest of the cast thinks he's out of his mind, but they also think it's enough reason to let him live.

* ''[[Trigun]]'': Vash The Stampede LOVE AND PEACE!

* Although he initially seems little more than a self-absorbed [[Upper Class Twit]], [[Bishounen|Tama]][[Cloudcuckoolander|ki]] from ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'' actually subscribes to this philosophy. He wants to have fun, but he wants everyone else to have fun too.

* In ''Prime Baby'', the sluglike aliens turn out to be "missionaries of smiles and happy feelings". They hold sing-alongs and knit socks for the homeless.

* [[Superman]] is a rare [[Lawful Good]] example of this trope, at least with regards to his treasured home city of Metropolis. For the rest of the world, he usually takes a more low-profile [[For Great Justice]] route.

* In the ''[[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]'', the Zeltron [[Planet of Hats|hat]] is this...mostly. Justified as they're a race of empaths. If someone's unhappy, the whole block knows it and can feel it. The sociopaths of their species usually travel off-world to get away from the good cheer.

* [[Amelie]], who decides her destiny is to bring happiness and beauty to the lives of others - though she's not above cheating, fabricating, or deceiving to do so.

* In ''[[Happy-Go-Lucky]]'', Poppy just wants to share the joy and that everyone is happy. That goes so far as trying to cheer up even the grumpiest of people she meets.

* Giselle in ''[[Enchanted]]'' pretty much acts on this as her life philosophy, up to and including impromptu (delightful) musical numbers.

* ''[[Kushiel's Legacy|Kushiel's Mercy]]'' has Ptolmey Solon, the world's probably smartest man, who holds that happiness is the highest form of wisdom.

* Vianne from the novel ''[[Chocolat]]'' doesn't believe in God or sin or forgiveness. She believes that "The only important thing is to be happy" - and does her best to make it happen with amazing gourmet chocolates. [[Everything's Better with Chocolate|Sounds like a solid strategy to me!]]

* ''[[Wicked Lovely]]'' has the Summer court, who are described as 'happy by nature' and 'frivoulous and passoionate'. They oftentimes tell others to 'choose happiness'. However, due to their nature as part of [[The Fair Folk]], they often put happiness before things like morality and loyalty, on one occaision telling [[Badass Normal|Seth]] to leave [[Interspecies Romance|Aislinn]] because he'll be happier that way.

* [[Jeeves and Wooster (novel)|Bertie Wooster]] is [[Upper Class Twit|rolling in the right stuff]], [[Lazy Bum|unashamed of his useless lifestyle]], and spends all his time either going to clubs and golf courses or [[The Dandy|shopping for clothes]]. He'll let his exuberant way of life get interrupted for one reason only--[[Spoiled Sweet|if he has to help a pal in distress]]. As far as that goes, [[Extreme Doormat|he's willing to survive anything]].

* ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'': As the self-appointed "Morale Officer", the character Neelix is constantly trying to live up to this trope.

* Yuusuke Godai, the hero of ''[[Kamen Rider Kuuga]]'' fights to protect people's smiles; likewise his [[Alternate Universe]] [[Expy]] Yuusuke Onodera from ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]''.

* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' serial ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S3/E10 The War Machines|The War Machines]]'', the bartender asks Polly to help cheer up Ben. Polly comments on how reliably she is called on for such measures.

* In the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' setting [[Scarred Lands]], the titan Gulaben held the powers of granting happiness. The mortal peoples believed her to be For Happiness, and her popularity made her a threat to the God's reign over the world. Claiming that her power was merely a sinister kind of [[Getting Smilies Painted on Your Soul]], the Gods captured her and destroyed all memories of her so that no one would try to set her free. The official truth is that she was a fickle and cruel titan, she might kill you even as she induces pleasure beyond imagination. The gods simply [[I Did What I Had to Do|did what they had to do]]. And since no longer remember the real truth about Gulaben, we'll just have to take their word for it.

* This is the rallying cry of Hayama Mizuki from ''[[Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two.]]''.

* This is pretty much [[Darkstalkers|Felicia's]] outlook on life—pursue happiness, and try to make as many other people happy as possible along the way.

* In ''[[Bob the Angry Flower]]'', Bob realizes that he owes a lot of kharma. Since being nicer to people would be to much work, he decides to just dump fifty pounds of Ecstasy in the water supply.

* One ''[[Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]]'' [http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2569#comic strip] start out with featuring a [[Straw Character]] version of For Happiness. He soon becomes a [[Totalitarian Utilitarian]], however.

{{quote|'''plumber''': 4U City's primary goal is happiness, and plastic flange gaskets make us pipe-works guys very happy.}}

* The [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|aptly named]] Maximum Fun-Fun Ultra Super Happy People from ''[[Three Worlds Collide]]''.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20171124092657/http://owlturd.com/post/167461344084 This] ''Owl Turd'' had many responses, thus creating an Utilitarianism [http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1315695-my-bike-got-stolen-recently internet meme].

* ''[[Care Bears]]'' more or less revolves around this trope.

* Iroh from ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''.

* [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|Pinkie Pie]]'s talent is making people happy, often via parties. Her song [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNrXMOSkBas "Smile Smile Smile"] (from the episode "[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic/Recap/S2/E18 A Friend in Deed|A Friend In Deed]]") could be the anthem of this trope.

* This ethical position is an important form of utilitarian philosophy, and has been consistently popular among moral philosophers since the Enlightenment. Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill were both major developers of the theory, although "happiness" may sometimes be replaced with a more generally defined "good" or "well-being", or something else altogether like "freedom" or "beauty".

* The United States' Declaration of Independence includes "the pursuit of Happiness" as one of man's inalienable rights.

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[[Category:Happiness Tropes]]

[[Category:Idealism Tropes]]

[[Category:Hero Tropes]]

[[Category:Philosophy Tropes]]