Hero with an F In Good: Difference between revisions

Like the [[Minion with an F In Evil]], the '''Hero With an F in Good''' almost always is basically a nice person deep down, but. whileWhile the Minion with an F in Evil became a [[Punch Clock Villain]] because [[Evil Is Cool]], but his [[Pet the Dog]] personality [[Spanner in the Works|foils]] his bosses' plans, thisthe characterHero With an F in Good sometimes daydreams of becoming one of [[The Hero]]'s [[True Companions]], or being the hero by himself, but serious character flaws make it a poor career goal. He doesn't have a problem with doing heroic things, but he does have trouble when it comes to other aspects of being good.

* The '''Hero with an F In Good''' has redeeming qualities that make part of him want to be a hero out of a desire to do good or the right thing, in other words a [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]] or [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] rather than a [[Jerkass]]. They can be a [[Jerkass Woobie]].

* The '''Hero with an F In Good''' tends to get themselves kicked out of the [[Justice League]], [[Star Wars|Rebel Alliance]], etc. for 'minor' offensesoffences (theft, destruction of property, etc.).

* [[Misunderstood Loner with a Heart of Gold]]: both have a bad reputation, but only the '''Hero with an F In Good''' deserves it.

* [[Designated Hero]]: both want to be seen as good, but the '''Hero with an F In Good''' honestly tries and fails. The main difference is while the [[Designated Hero]]'s flaws are only obvious to the audience, the '''Hero with an F In Good''''s flaws are readily apparent to the other characters.

* [[Mr. Vice Guy]]: the '''Hero with an F In Good''''s flaws directly interfere with his status as a hero, and he's not excused for them.

* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: for the '''Hero with an F In Good''', evil isn't just a job. It's a job they hate, but sometimes the only job that pays the bills.

* [[Villain Ball Magnet]]: it isn't the universe that paints the '''Hero with an F In Good''' as a villain, it's his own flaws.

* ''[[You're Under Arrest]]'': TheStrike StrikerMan, the self[[Wrong Genre Savvy]] self-proclaimed hero, only causes more damage than good onany time he anythingappears.

* {{spoiler|Itachi}} from ''[[Naruto]]'' might not be the [[Complete Monster]] he appeared to be at the outset, but there's still the fact calling him "one of the good guys" is quite a stretch. {{spoiler|While Itachi killed the Uchiha family to prevent a devastating civil war rather than simply as a way to test his own powers, he made some rather ''complicated'' decisions regarding sparing his little brother Sasuke; rather than simply kill him, Itachi decided to spare his life and try and make Sasuke hate him enough that he could commit [[Suicide by Cop]] later to turn Sasuke into a hero and let him live free of the shadow-conflict that consumed their family. Unfortunately, he did this by inflicting '''horrific''' [[Mind Rape]] upon Sasuke on the night of the massacre and later on, emotionally crippling Sasuke for the rest of his life, and Itachi's eventual suicide at Sasuke's hands was implied to be just as much for Konoha's sake and his own self-loathing as it was out of any affection for Sasuke. Unsurprisingly, a lifetime conditioned into obsessive hatred for his brother to the exclusion of all else means Sasuke goes completely batshit insane once Itachi's gone and Madara gives him a slanted account of Itachi's life, but Itachi turns out to have had a plan for this; using Sasuke's erstwhile best friend Naruto as the delivery system, if Sasuke failed to become the hero Itachi wanted him to be, Itachi left behind a posthumous genjutsu that would ''brainwash'' Sasuke into protecting Konoha with his dead best friend's mind-controlling eye.}} While he is depicted as a man who made many sacrifices and tough choices, {{spoiler|Itachi}} is still dangerously close to just being a [[Manipulative Bastard]] with an [[Omniscient Morality Licence]].

* ''[[Amya]]'': [https://web.archive.org/web/20130513225946/http://www.amyachronicles.com/archives/442 Vincent] does his job because he needs to get paid - but when things start to go badly he doesn't hesitate to let his abductees loose.

* ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]''.* Belkar is a subversion. Being the [[Token Evil Teammate]], he finds a way to do what the rest of the party expects of him, but in the most evil - usually violent - way possible. Elan plays the Trope more straight, sometimes because he's [[The Ditz]] (to the point at which Roy briefly abandons him to his fate) and sometimes because he's ''too'' [[Genre Savvy]].

'''Bender:''' Wow, crime-fighting. Cool. You say you're a duo? Yeah duos are good. Of course sometimes they're a little short -handed. See ya. With two humans you'd think there'd be a robot in there... to balance things out. But, whatever. I have these three costumes you could use. But, I guess I'll just throw one away.

'''Leela:''' We'd love to have you on the team Bender. But aren't you more on the supply side of crime? }}

** This sort of action was [[Looney Tunes|played for laughs]] in the [[Daffy Duck]] cartoon "Stupor Duck." Daffy, as mild-mannered Cluck Trent mistakes dialogue from a TV drama as a villain's arch plans, so as Stupor Duck, he rights a to-be-demolished building, stops a staged-for-filming railroad demolition, surfaces a legalsubmerging submarine, and gets sent to the moon on a rocket.

* Plastic Man in ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]''. Recently redeemed and enthusiastic about being a hero, but frequently exasperates Batman with his difficulties being competent and not stealing stuff.

* In [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]], Princess Luna turns out to be this. She's a genuinely sweet and nice pony, but she's thin skinned and her aggressive awkwardness comes off as creepy or threatening. When she's rejected, she has a tendency to lash out with hordes of spiders and lightning storms, then desperately try to cover it by joking about [[It Makes Sense in Context|getting the spiders in the net.]] She later decides to embrace [[Evil Is Cool]] and [[Rule of Scary]] by playing herself up as a fake, pretend villain. Because [[The Nightmare Before Christmas|life's no fun without a good scare.]]