Black and White Morality: Difference between revisions

== Anime and Manga ==

* ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' and its sequels (''[[Great Mazinger]]'' and ''[[UFO Robo Grendizer]]''). Except Shin Mazinger, where the good guys include various criminals, and the bad guy {{spoiler|is a bad guy, but holding back a bunch of even worse guys.}} Which is still within "black and white", but with a small twist.

** Even if the heroes are mostly good guys and the villains tend to be [[Complete Monster|CompleteMonsters]], the morality in these series is more greyish than it seems. [[Mad Scientist|Dr.]] [[Big Bad|Hell]] [[Freudian Excuse|became mad after having endured years of abuse, insults and mockery from everybody -including his parents- since he was a little kid, and even when he made a good action, he usually got beaten and scorned]]. [[Great Mazinger|Great General of Darkness]] wanted taking over the surface world because the Mykene civilization had been forced to live underground for millennia and he wanted his people enjoyed again things humans take for granted -such like seeing sunlight and breathing fresh air-. [[UFO Robo Grendizer|Emperor Vega]] began invading other planets because his own homeworld was dying, and several of his henchmen were [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|WellIntentionedExtremists]] wanted establishing a benevolent dictatorship because they genuinely believed Earth people would be better off. And, frankly, humans in [[Mazinger Z|the]] [[Great Mazinger|Mazinger]] [[UFO Robo Grendizer|trilogy]] often acted like [[Ungrateful Bastard|utter]] [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|bastards]] and forced the heroes to ponder why they bothered.

* ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman]]'': The heroes are (almost) completely good, while the villains are absolutely evil.

 

== Tabletop Games ==

** Playable races (such as humans, elves, dwarves, and such) tend to be good, while orcs, goblins, and other 'monstrous' humanoids tend to be [[Exclusively Evil]]. There are plenty of exceptions, though, with a number of villains from PC races showing up from time to time. The occasional good orc or goblin may make an appearance as well (especially in ''[[Eberron]]'', which subverts a lot of the common expectations about alignment and race).

** There is a Succubus Paladin created on the Wizards site a while ago that detects as Lawful, Good, Evil and Chaotic via the sundry detect spells. This is because Demon are [[Made of Evil]] and Chaos, while Paladins are philosophically Good and Lawful.

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