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Line 1: {{trope}} {{quote\|''"God, I got more in common with these gooks than I do with my own spoiled-rotten family. Jesus. Happy birthday."''~~\|'''[[Clint Eastwood\|Walt Kowalski]]''', ''[[Gran Torino]]''}}~~ \|'''[[Clint Eastwood\|Walt Kowalski]]''', ''[[Gran Torino]]''}} The ~~noble~~'''Noble ~~bigot~~Bigot''' prides himself - and it usually ''is'' a man, since women are commonly stereotyped as being "nicer" and more sensitive - on doing the right thing, making sure that those in need are taken care of, yet in the same instance has no qualms with labeling those different from himself with [[Politically-Incorrect Villain\|unreasonably prejudiced terms]] or [[You Are a Credit to Your Race\|backhanded compliments]]. Although the noble bigot basically wallows in his own [[Jerkass]] nature, he's on the side of good as well. His bigotry might even be motivated by a misguided desire to be good and "loyal" rather than a [[Category Traitor]]. Other characters either are constantly revolted by his nature, or brush it off as it just being in his nature, in the hope that others will get used to it. It may or may not prove to be [[Pretend Prejudice]]. This character will almost always [[Heel Face Turn\|be totally redeemed in the end]] - and even if he isn't, it will still be acknowledged that he has his good qualities. Sometimes he is as sympathetic as such a character can be, only holding on to his prejudices due to a [[Freudian Excuse]] (his parents taught him to be this way, or he was once wronged by a member of the group he now despises). A distinct but closely related trope is the [[Innocent Bigot]], who honestly thinks he is ''not'' prejudiced due to [[Values Dissonance]], and is thus ignorant rather than a [[Jerkass]]. Line 9 ⟶ 10: See also [[Noble Bigot with a Badge]] and [[Boomerang Bigot]]. Compare [[Good Is Not Nice]]. May overlap with [[Wicked Cultured]] or [[Fair for Its Day]]. May come off as [[Affably Evil]] (or even [[Evilly Affable]]) to the targets of his prejudice. {{examples}} == [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == Line 35 ⟶ 37: == Literature == * ''[[Trail of Glory\|The Rivers of War]]'' portrays Andrew Jackson like this. He is highly bigoted, even by the standards of the time, and does not hesitate to call friendly Cherokees "savages", ask how Sam Houston can be so sure that his coloured teamsters won't steal his gear and sum up state militias as drunken and cowardly to a man. However, he hesitates to shoot Red Eagle (a rebel Cherokee responsible for a major massacre) because he surrendered voluntarily, promotes a coloured sergeant to commissioned rank, against regulations, and threatens to kill a man who protests against arming free coloured men, but who won't join the militia himself. Essentially, the Andrew Jackson in the book is bigoted against groups but is capable of respecting an individual who is especially heroic and or a fierce fighter. While he is a bigot, he hates fools and cowards even more. * Believe it or not, Hawkeye Pierce from the original novel ''[[MASH (novel)\|~~MASH~~MASH]]'' was very much a Noble Bigot With a Medical License (and even more so in the sequels). It's even conjectured that Richard Hooker wrote ''MASH Mania'' primarily as an attempt to "rescue" the character from Alan Alda's portrayal and have the last say. He failed. * [[Adrian Mole]]'s grandma doesn't like Indians or Pakistanis, but is otherwise [[Cool Old Guy\|sympathetic and somewhat badass]]. * Played for laughs in ''[[Good Omens]]'' with Witchhunter Shadwell. He has a (mildly) derogatory slur for everyone, belittles foreign cultures and religions, and suspects everyone of being a witch or a warlock, yet everyone is charmed by him and he fearlessly prepares to fight Satan when the Apocalypse comes. Line 87 ⟶ 89: Lincoln was not even so thoroughly anti-slavery; his support, or at least lack of opposition, toward the Corwin Amendment paints the picture of a man whose first and only interest was in the preservation of the Union, with slavery and abolition alike serving as potential means to that end. Lincoln also had a chequered history with the Indians, participating in the Trail Of Tears and imposing harsh measures on the Lakota to win support from Midwestern homesteaders in the North. **It was quite common for abolitionists to be bigots themselves. In a way there is no inconsistency. There is after all a difference between ''not liking'' black (or any other kind of) people and ''wanting them to be slaves.'' [[Winston Churchill]] was for a time a supporter of eugenics, but considered one of the great heroes of all time by many in America and Europe. ** [[Values Dissonance\|Support for eugenics was widespread across the political spectrum during the first half of the 20th century]]. To a lot of people, it was a noble, scientific way of improving the lot of the whole human race rather than just casting moral blame on "subnormals" and "defectives."