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Let's, for example, say that [[For the Evulz|Alice is having a great time hurting Charlie]]. Bob disapproves: It's a good thing that she's doing something she enjoys, but it's not cool that she's doing it at his expense. Bob has no desire to punish her for her misdeeds, but might do so if that's the most efficient way to make her stop and to help Charlie get his self-esteem back.
 
While Bob might be any average guy, his desire to make happiness possible - and especially the fight against needless suffering that comes with it - might drive him to become a hero. In some interpretations of Order vs Chaos, Bob is a [[Chaotic Good]] kind of character who might clash with a [[Lawful Good]] hero who disregards [['''For Happiness]]''' in favor of having [[For Great Justice]] as his only driving principle. A hero who in such a setting embrace BOTH [['''For Happiness]]''' and [[For Great Justice]], keeping a balance between them when they clash, is [[Neutral Good]].
 
If the character is also promiscuous or such, he is it in an [[Ethical Slut]] kind of way. One way of maximizing happiness while keeping the risks of suffering minimal is to make sure that your play (sexually and otherwise) is [[Safe, Sane, and Consensual]].
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== Tabletop Games ==
 
* In the ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' setting [[Scarred Lands]], the titan Gulaben held the powers of granting happiness. The mortal peoples believed her to be [[For Happiness]], and her popularity made her a threat to the God's reign over the world. Claiming that her power was merely a sinister kind of [[Getting Smilies Painted on Your Soul]], the Gods captured her and destroyed all memories of her so that no one would try to set her free. The official truth is that she was a fickle and cruel titan, she might kill you even as she induces pleasure beyond imagination. The gods simply [[I Did What I Had to Do|did what they had to do]]. And since no longer remember the real truth about Gulaben, we'll just have to take their word for it.
 
== Video Games ==
 
* This is the rallying cry of Hayama Mizuki from ''[[Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two.]]''.
* This is pretty much [[Darkstalkers|Felicia's]] outlook on life -- pursuelife—pursue happiness, and try to make as many other people happy as possible along the way.
 
== Web Comics ==
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* In ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'', Elan and his mother both always try their best to live up to this trope.
* In ''[[Bob the Angry Flower]]'', Bob realizes that he owes a lot of kharma. Since being nicer to people would be to much work, he decides to just dump fifty pounds of Ecstasy in the water supply.
* One ''[[Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal]]'' [http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2569#comic strip] start out with featuring a [[Straw Character]] version of [[For Happiness]]. He soon becomes a [[Totalitarian Utilitarian]], however.
 
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