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* In [[Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions]] {{spoiler|Mysterio used the power of light on the first phase of the final battle}}

* Taken literally in ''[[The Path]]'', where a light at the edge of the forest means that you are approaching some infinitely creepy tableau {{spoiler|if not your character's metaphoric psychosexual death}}.

* The [[Evil Empire]] of ''[[Xenogears]]'' is the Sacred Empire of Solaris. Despite being populated mostly by slave labor and an upper-class of unrepentant douchebags, native Solarians are mostly light-haired, most wear white clothing, their military Gears and vehicles tend to be white. Solaris ''itself'' is white. White is also a major motif of the [[Big Bad]] and his component parts. Save for a few notable exceptions, you might almost say that this game plays the trope straight.

* Solaris, the final boss of ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' for the [[Xbox 360]] and [[Play Station 3]], is a solar deity who is literally made of light energy. He fights by shooting white laser beams at the player. Ironically, according to Solaris' character backstory, he's actually a combination of two lesser beings of different elements; Iblis, a giant lava/fire creature, and Mephiles, a bizarre shadow being.

** In fact, Solaris was the original being. Iblis was the embodiment of his pure unrestrained power and Mephiles was his consciousness, which was probably shadowy and dark due to how ''supremely pissed off'' Solaris was at being experimented on.

* [[Fatal Fury|Kain R. Heinlein.]]

* One of the major plot points in ''[[Tales of Symphonia]]''. The major villain, {{spoiler|Mithos, is a [[Fallen Hero]], and his main form of attack carries over into his villainous style}}. Appearing as a [[Bishonen]] angel with wings of multifaceted crystal, he uses mainly Light based attacks, and has a very specific vulnerability. What is it? Why, darkness! In fact, all the angels {{spoiler|except Kratos and Yuan}} have that weakness.

** Sir Zeliek. He's a paladin with phenomenal Light powers. And he serves the Lich King. Granted, he's pretty much [[People Puppets|a prisoner of his own body and the Lich King controls him like a puppet]], so he's somewhat a subversion of this trope.

** Some skeleton paladins in Icecrown have their own interesting variation on the Light.

** The Elven priest's attack quote sums it up best: "By the power of The Light, burn!"

* Mildred Avalon, the [[Big Bad]] of the first ''[[Arcana Heart]]'' game, uses a light-elemental arcana, wears [[Woman in White|white clothing,]] is incredibly beautiful, and has shiny, beautiful blonde hair. She's also an angel bent on tearing down the barrier between the human and Elemental worlds, [[Utopia Justifies the Means|regardless of how many people she kills in the process]].

** In ''[[Strange Journey]]'', Metatron's ''Judgment Light'' insta-kills with 80% efficiency, for those not weak to Light.

*** Also plot-wise, {{spoiler|Zelenin}}'s transformation into an angel practically turns {{spoiler|her}} into a walking demon-slaugthering human-brainwashing machine.Who ''enjoys'' the whole thing.It is creepy even if you're going for the Law ending...

* All of the Totema bosses of ''[[Final Fantasy Tactics Advance]]'' use are healed by Holy, and some use it too. One of the game's most powerful swords does Holy-elemental damage, much to the dismay of many players who went into the final battle with it equipped.

* ''[[Phantasy Star IV]]'' has this as a major theme toward the end of the game. {{spoiler|The Great Light, the creator god of Algo, is not shown to be good, just not straight-up evil. The main character, Chaz, has a moral objection to the expectation that he and his companions should do the Great Light's bidding, being that the Great Light itself abandoned the solar system ages ago, and that doing so would make them no different from Zio, the cult leader/evil wizard who killed his mentor figure. More directly, though, the elemental Light creatures are few in number, live in idyllic, magical crystal castles, are immortal figures made of glowing fire. De-Vars, Sa-Lews, and Re-Faze embody Strength, Courage, and Anger respectively, and while they're all pleased that that the heroes triumph over them, they do make a point of trying to crush them in order to make sure they're worthy of the task of saving the universe. Re-Faze in particular is willing to isolate, trick, traumatize, and insult Chaz in order to test his mettle.}} In the end, only good can truly triumph over evil, and good can only exist in the human heart.

* Destroyman in ''[[No More Heroes]]'' appears to be a [[Superhero]] and claims to fight with honour...but it's not hard to see that he's one of the most dirty fighting, [[Ax Crazy]] assassins that Travis has to fight.

* The Angels in ''[[Bayonetta]]'', which are best described as "grotesque monstrosities with marble-colored skin, stereotypical Greekish clothing, wings, and halos."

* ''[[Jak 3]]'':

** Count Veger is a [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] and [[Knight Templar]] who seeks to become "the glorious light that burns away the shadows". This includes [[Dark Is Not Evil|Jak himself]], who has already saved the world two times.

* Tabuu, the [[Big Bad]] of [[Super Smash Bros.|''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'']], actually resembles an angel.

* In ''[[Saya no Uta]]'', Fuminori sees everything and everyone around him as horrific [[Eldritch Abomination]]s. The only exception is the titular Saya, who appears to him as a [[Woman in White|beautiful girl in white]] and becomes his main reason to keep on living. {{spoiler|She's the ''true'' [[Eldritch Abomination]] that his warped senses see as perfectly normal.}}

* [[BioShock (series)]]: Sofia Lamb, with her [[Blondes Are Evil|blonde hair]], [[Totalitarian Utilitarian|altruism]] and [[Path of Inspiration|evil cult]].

* [[Viewtiful Joe|Viewtiful Joe 2]] has {{spoiler|Jet, Joe's father}}. At first, he's the [[Dark Is Evil|Black Emperor]], but after absorbing the power of the [[Applied Phlebotinum|7 Rainbow Oscars]], he becomes {{spoiler|Dark Hero Jet Black}}, who wears an all-white outfit. [[Genius Bonus|Fitting, because white is made up of a full spectrum of colors.]]

* [[Wii Ware]] title The Magic Obelisk has the main character as a tree spirit who must remain in the shade, or else he will turn into a tree, resulting in [[Game Over]].

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