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{{quote|''"Shepherd Book always said, 'If you can't do something smart, do something right.'"''
|'''Jayne Cobb'''|''[[Serenity]]''}}
Being a good and honorable person is [[Being Good Sucks|anything but easy]]; it requires personal sacrifice that most "normal" people aren't willing to make, either out of self-interest, self-preservation, selfishness or [[The Dulcinea Effect|any other number of reasons]].
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Heroes who abide by this trope more often than not act in a manner that, while morally sound and honorable, is far from the most practical solution. Quite often this kind of decent, chivalric behavior will come at [[Heroic Sacrifice|a great cost to the hero's happiness, kill him outright, or similarly leave him a destroyed human being]]. A villain aware of such a gallant hero is bound to use [[Flaw Exploitation]] against him as well.
In stories on the idealistic end of the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]], the more the insistence of honorable behavior seems impractical, or even insane, the greater the chance that it becomes the thing that turns a hopeless situation into victory. As a result, the honorable hero is vindicated and the cynics are left completely stunned at what happened.
In stories on the cynical end... well, [[Game of Thrones|not so much.]]
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See also [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]], [[Good Is Old-Fashioned]], [[Martyrdom Culture]], [[Revenge Before Reason]]. Contrast [[No-Nonsense Nemesis]].
{{noreallife|when real human lives are on the line, [[Sadistic Choice|honor and reason are not so clear-cut]].}}
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[[Category:Knight in Shining Tropes]]
[[Category:Bushido Index]]
[[Category:Good Is Dumb]]
[[Category:Morality Tropes]]
[[Category:The Only Righteous Index of Fanatics]]
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[[Category:Truth in Television]]
[[Category:Older Than Feudalism]]
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