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What is morality? Morality is the system of good and evil and all the shades of gray that come in between.
[[The Good Guys Always Win|Good always triumphs in the end, right]]? [[The Bad Guy Wins|Well, not always]]. The [[Balance Between Good and Evil]] gives many villains loopholes to slip through and make their grand return. Furthermore, the presence of the [[Anti
But what is especially interesting about the media is how it appears to ''favor'' evil in its works. Squeaky-clean heroes are either prone to stretches of unendearing, [[Knight Templar]]-style ruthlessness or [[Good Is Boring|hopelessly boring]], while the villains inevitably have [[Evil Is Cool|cooler costumes and powers]]. If they do a [[Heel Face Turn]], that coolness factor often goes bye-bye thanks to [[Redemption Demotion]] -- not to mention that once they turn good, they usually [[Redemption Equals Death|don't get to live very long]]. No wonder why, for many [[Face Heel Turn|good-turned-evil]] characters, [[Evil Feels Good]].
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* [[Even Mooks Have Loved Ones]]
* [[Exceptionally Tolerant]]
* [["Failure to Save" Murder]]
* [[Faith Heel Turn]]
* [[Family Honor]]
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* [[Good Is Not Nice]]
* [[Good Is Not Soft]]
* [[Good Is Old
* [[Good Old Ways]]
* [[Good Running Evil]]
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* [[Ignore the Fanservice]]
* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]
* [[
* [[
* [[Jerk Justifications]]
* [[Just Like Us]]
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* [[Karmic Protection]]
* [[Know When to Fold Em]]
* [[Laser
* [[Last Second Chance]]
* [[Lesser of Two Evils]]
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* [[Moral Dilemma]]
* [[Moral Dissonance]]
** [[What Measure Is a Mook?]]
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]
* [[Moral Myopia]]
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* [[Order Versus Chaos]]
* [[Ordered to Cheat]]
* [[Out, Damned Spot!]]
* [[Pay Evil Unto Evil]]
* [[Peer Pressure Makes You Evil]]
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* [[Principles Zealot]]
* [[The Promise]]
* [[Protagonist
* [[Protected By a Child]]
* [[Prove I Am Not Bluffing]]
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* [[The Sacred Darkness]]
* [[Sacred Hospitality]]
* [[Safe, Sane, and Consensual]]
* [[Saintly Church]]
* [[Samaritan Syndrome]]
* [[Satan Is Good]]
* [[Save the Villain]]
* [[Scare
* [[Scoundrel Code]]
* [[Screw the Money, I Have Rules]]
* [[Screw the Rules, I'm Beautiful]]
** [[Cuteness Equals Forgiveness]]
* [[Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right]]
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections]]
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]
* [[Screw the Rules, I Make Them]]
* [[Self-Disposing Villain]]
* [[Selfish Good Selfish Evil]]
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** [[The Dog Shot First]]
* [[Shouldn't You Stop Stealing]]
* [[Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids]]
* [[Skewed Priorities]]
* [[Slave to PR]]
* [[Sliding Scale of Anti
* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]
** [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]
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* [[Violence Really Is the Answer]]
* [[Warts and All]]
* [[Was It Really Worth It?]]
* [[What Do You Mean
* [[What If God Was One of Us]]
* [[What Is Evil?]]
* [[What Is One Mans Life in Comparison]]
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]
* [[What You Are in The Dark]]
* [[Wife Basher Basher]]
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