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Sure, there might be stumbles along the way. It may take a [[Hero's Journey]] or two to [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]. Evil might [[Evil Always Triumphs in The Middle|score a few victories first]], and maybe even [[Eucatastrophe|almost win]] in the [[Darkest Hour]] before Good can [[Big Damn Heroes|save the day at the last minute]]. In the end, however, there's never any doubt that the forces of good will prevail. Even in video games that allow you to play as the bad guys, the minute the sequel comes out, [[Cutting Off the Branches|expect it to make the "good" ending the only canon one.]]
It doesn't matter how big the [[Big Bad]] is or how puny [[The Hero]]
This trope is so [[Omnipresent Tropes|omnipresent]], especially in works with [[Black and White Morality]], that attempts to [[Subverted Trope|subvert it]] can easily lead to [[Like You Would Really Do It]], and any work with a [[Downer Ending]] where [[The Bad Guy Wins]] automatically catapults itself to the cynical end of the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism]].
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