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''Some characters have such strong principles that they will seek vengeance for a wrong done to someone else even when that someone else knows it isn't serious.''
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In the ''[[Doug]]'' Episode "Doug Takes the Case," The [[Rich Bitch]] Beebe Bluff's radio is stolen, and her father wants the criminal found, even though she could easily afford a new one, because "
* Reversed by [[Daffy Duck]] in "My Little Duckaroo": "After all, it isn't the principle of the thing, it's the money."
* A ''[[Garfield and Friends]]'' episode featured a {{spoiler|phony}} police officer giving Jon a speeding ticket. Consideirng the size of the speed limit sign, Jon refused to pay and told Garfield and Odie it was not for the money but for the principle. Garfield told Odie that, whenever somebody says something like that, it's for the money.
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