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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* In the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episode "The Savage Curtain", Surak, Spock and President Lincoln have a hard time understanding the motives and actions of the opposing "evil" side. Only Kirk seems to have a grasp of their potential for deceptiveness and duplicity.
* In ''[[Power Rangers Wild Force]]'', Cole starts out as this, refusing to believe any creature is inherently evil and hoping to find a peaceful solution to the conflict with the Orgs. Sadly, his assumption that Orgs have anything in common with predatory animals hunting to feed themselves proves wrong - they are heartless beings and are literally [[Made of Evil]]. Fortunately he catches on fast, but he still [[Badass Pacifist|refuses to find any pleasure in fighting them]] or reacting to their leader out of anger or revenge {{spoiler|even after discovering he is the one who killed his parents.}}
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* ''[[The Batman]]'' has one episode where [[Batman]] actually tries to make sense of [[The Joker]]. By the end, it is safe to say that Batman figures out that doing this is an exercise of futility and madness.
* [[Avatar: The Last Airbender|Aang]] holds this view for the majority of the first season, in keeping with his pacifistic views. Even at the end, when he's facing a [[Complete Monster]] like Ozai, he can't bring himself to kill him until {{spoiler|the lion-turtle gives him an [[Eleventh-Hour Superpower]]}}.
* Henry Pim in ''[[The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes]]'' will often try to reason with enemies first, especially if they used to be his villainy-rehab patients. In his defense, it almost works on Wonder Man before Iron Man brings down an [[Interrupted Cooldown Hug]].
* ''[[Samurai Jack]]'': Up to Season 5, everything Jack has seen regarding Good and Evil has been [[Black and White Morality|black and white]], and while he clearly believes humans have free will, he overestimates the power of such a concept. The idea that anyone could be indoctrinated from birth to have [[Evil Virtues|outstanding virtues like loyalty and dedication]] while simultaneously being [[Ax Crazy|psychotic killing machines]] (as the [[Tyke Bomb|Daughters of Aku]] clearly have been) is new to him, and until he actually manages to talk to Ashi, he's almost as bad at understanding how it works [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good|as she is.]]
== [[Real Life]] ==
* [[Ulysses S. Grant]]'s presidency was one of the most corrupt in American history. Historians often attribute this to Grant's political naivete - he himself was so morally upright that he couldn't see the shady dealings around him.
** Or maybe he's not upright, [[It's All About Me|he's just too arrogant to know that he shouldn't trust so many people?]]
* Churchill assumed that Hitler's orders to "stand and die" were to
* Livia Bitton-Jackson, a Jewish immigrant from Europe got a job teaching in America. One of her students asked, "What is [[The Holocaust|that number]] on your arm."
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