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Either way, however, the effect is basically the same: you have a [[Knight in Shining Armor]] wearing [[Jade-Colored Glasses]]; the difference between the first and second types is which comes first.
These characters show up often in [[Film Noir]] and in [[Low Fantasy]]. Law enforcement is a particularly attractive career, but the [[Knight in Sour Armor]] will usually hold back from becoming a [[Cowboy Cop]]. Very frequently, they end up as [[The Obi-Wan]], a [[Grumpy Bear]] with [[Jade-Colored Glasses]], [[The Last DJ]], or a [[Cool Old Guy]] if they last long enough. As teammates, they are often the [[Sour Supporter]]. They also frequently end up as [[Hero Antagonist|Hero Antagonists]] and extreme [[The Woobie|Woobies.]] This is often the final state of [[The Atoner]] post [[Heel Face Turn]]. Despite their cynicism, they behave like [[The Anti
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**** By the end of the series Ivanova
* Most people involved with the government in ''[[Twenty Four]]'' seem to believe this. Despite their constant sacrifices to save America, even Redshirt agents seem to realize that their victories are Pyrrhic at best, and rarely make attempts to mask how jaded they are.
* Lee Adama is this at times in ''[[
** It's possible lawyer Romo Lampkin is also this way, as he has the cynicism of the disillusioned idealist. We never get to hear why he hated Lee's grandfather, a famous criminal defense attorney, so it's difficult to say.
*** Said grandfather was revealed in ''Caprica'' to have gotten through law school funded by the Tauron mafia and in the very first episode bribes a judge to get off mobsters, among other things. He apparently got a lot better, but there were probably lots of reasons to dislike him.
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* James "Sawyer" Ford {{spoiler|and also, ultimately, Benjamin Linus}} from ''[[Lost (TV)|Lost]]''.
* Andy Sipowicz from ''[[NYPD Blue]]'', as an intersection of [[Noble Bigot With a Badge]] and [[Rabid Cop]], with a decent dose of [[Deadpan Snarker]] and a surprisingly large amount of [[The Woobie]].
* In ''[[
** In fact, every incarnation of the Doctor has been this to some extent or another, but it's become much more evident in the revival, he usually manages to hide it well with his humour and childlike excitement. This is a man who has seen all of time and space, he knows full well that there is no final victory, and that evil will never be totally stamped out, but he keeps fighting all the way, because he's the Doctor, and it's what he does.
* ''[[Sirens]]'' has Stuart (and possibility Ash) who after years of dealing with drunks fighting every Saturday in the street and the general lowest ebb of the human condition are fed up with the world. But given half the chance they'll crawl through broken glass or climb the side of a building to help those that need it.
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* [[Daria]] may occasionally cause some mischief and often doesn't like to get involved, but she deeply values her personal integrity and any slip maintaining it is deeply upsetting to her.
* In ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' {{spoiler|Prince Zuko becomes this after his [[Heel Face Turn]] and becoming the [[Sixth Ranger]] and [[The Atoner]]. And while he's on the side of good now, he's still as grumpy and [[Emo Teen|emo]] as ever and still firmly believes that Aang's silly ideas about pacifism [[Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids|should remain in air temple preschool where they belong]]. }}
* Benson on ''[[Regular Show]]'' is the [[Grumpy Bear|grouchy]], [[High
* Six from [[Generator Rex]]. Despite looking and sounding like a unemotional [[The Men in Black]] agent, he has principles he won't compromise; Rex is in fact alive thanks to him, and he has admitted that he stopped being a mercenary [[Morality Pet|*because* of Rex]].
* In ''[[Moral Orel]]'', Reverend Rod Putty eventually becomes this, being one of the few characters not utterly blinded by hypocrisy and actually caring about the well-being of the main character.
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== Real Life ==
* [[Jonathan Swift]], despite being a self-proclaimed [[Misanthrope Supreme]] who wrote entire books dedicated to proving ([[Black Humor|quite hilariously]]) that [[Humans Are Bastards]], nevertheless spent much of his life trying to help the powerless and dispossessed. He particularly tried to help the [[Once
** Worth spelling out that Swift was the Dean of Dublin Cathedral, thus a high official in the Episcopalian church, which at the time believed that ''all Catholics would go to hell.'' (And it gets better - the Deanship was really a political appointment, so he was not just going against the policy of the Church, but of the State as well.)
* The official philosopher of this view must be Joseph de Maistre, who wrote in his ''St. Petersburg Dialogues'':
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