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[[Tabletop Games]] have a special relationship with the paladin, particularly [[Dungeons & Dragons]], which [[Trope Codifier|codified]] many paladin tropes. Tabletop paladins are stereotypically exceptionally prone to being [[Lawful Stupid]] or [[Stupid Good]], and [[Killer Game Master|Jerkass DMs]] are extremely fond of encouraging this by setting up [[Sadistic Choice]]s invoking [[To Be Lawful or Good]]. As noted above, the correct answer is "Good," but don't expect that to make much difference against [[Screw the Rules, I Make Them|determined GMs]]. Ideally a Paladin's fall from grace should be a terrible punishment for choosing to perform either a genuinely Disorderly or Evil act, not the result of forcing a sadistic choice.
The [[Trope Namers]] were the Paladins, the Twelve Peers of Charlemagne's court in the eighth century AD, a set of legendary knights who were continental Europe's answer to [[King Arthur|the knights of the Round Table]], led by [[The Song of Roland|Roland]].
Compare [[Magic Knight]] (the more generalized and/or offensively-oriented counterpart to this trope), [[Combat Medic]] (who has healing as first priority and combat second), and [[The Paragon]] (the archetypical personality for a paladin).
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== Anime
* ''[[Hellsing]]''
** Father Alexander Anderson of the Vatican's Special Section XIII is almost always referred to as "''Paladin'' Anderson" or [[I Have Many Names|somesuch variant]]. Interestingly he's a rare [[Hero Antagonist]] variant, as the [[Designated Hero]] is both an [[Axe Crazy]] [[Blood Knight]] Protestant-enslaved vampire and a [[Sociopathic Hero]]. [[Not So Different|Not that they're all that different in that respect.]]
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* The Royal Knights of the wider ''[[Digimon]]'' canon are this, an order of immensely powerful knight Digimon convened to serve the god of the Digital World ([[Multiverse|whoever that may be in that particular universe]]); the order was founded by, appropriately enough, [[Digimon Adventure 02|Imperialdramon]] [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Paladin]] [[Digimon Adventure 02|Mode]]. All members of the Royal Knights are very different from each other and have very different sets of powers, so they fit the related powers tendency only to varying degrees. The most prominent members of the order include [[Digimon Adventure|Omegamon]], [[Digimon Adventure 02|Magnamon]], [[Digimon Tamers|Dukemon]], [[Digimon Frontier|Dynasmon and LordKnightmon]].
* Saddler from ''[[How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord]]'' claims to be one, but in truth, he's a [[Knight Templar]] of a [[Corrupt Church]] and a cruel man who believes himself to be [[God Complex| a physical embodiment of the god he worships.]] He's not truly a paladin at all, his "holy" powers derived from alchemy. {{spoiler|It was indeed rather satisfying to everyone when his faith in his non-existent divine powers [[Karmic Death| cause him to be crushed like a grape, literally]].}}
** Later episodes show [[Light Is Not Good| this church has a ''lot'' of members like this.]]
== Comic Books ==
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== Fan Works ==
* Balian of Ibelin in the ''[[Chance Encounter]]'' series pretty much is this trope. Considering one of his nicknames is "The Perfect Knight" and going down to hell to fight the Devil for the soul of his dead wife (while he does get smashed around by Satan with ease, he is assisted by the {{spoiler|recently canonized by the Archangel Gabriel Prince Hector of Troy.}} Yes it is very strange) this is hardly surprising. He is also something of a Woobie, as it is pretty much guaranteed that he will be maimed at least once every 4-6 chapters. As well as being {{spoiler|possessed by a dark version of himself}}.
* In
* In ''[http://www.eyrie.net/UF/FI/SOS/wounded-rose.txt Wounded Rose]'', the very first story of the "Symphony of the Sword" from ''[[Undocumented Features]]'', [[Broken Bird]] [[Revolutionary Girl Utena|Utena Tenjou]] ends up joining a ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' campaign as part of her growing socialization...
{{quote|...and shortly became renowned in certain circles for being the only player any of them had ever seen who could make a paladin interesting.}}
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* In ''[[Star Wars]]'', the Jedi are [[Samurai]] Taoist Buddhist [[Space Police]] keepers of the peace <small>[[Recycled in Space|IN SPACE!]]</small> The best example is wise Master Yoda.
* [[Tron]]: Alan hadn't ''intended'' to [[Creating Life Is Awesome|create a de-facto holy warrior]] who fights for the oppressed User-believers, but his creation turned out that way. {{spoiler|Too bad about the sequel...}}
* Xenk from ''[[Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves]]'' is confirmed to be this class, and is certainly a [[Hero of Another Story]]. When the main group of protagonists first encounter him, he is saving a baby tabaxi from a giant fish, and later he beats up a squad of Thayan assassins ''by himself'', prompting Holga to remark that she's "glad he's on our side". Probably fortunate that this is ''not'' his story and that Xenk has to part ways with them after a short time, as [[Helping Would Be Killstealing|there'd be very little for the main cast to do]] if he went with them.
== Literature ==
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** Paladin is one of the paths that can be taken by Explorer Warriors. They specialize in [[Drop the Hammer|blunt weapons]] and have both elemental and light-based Skills.
** Mihile of the [[Praetorian Guard|Cygnus Knights]] fits the Trope too, being the typical Knight in Shining Armor with potent holy power within.
* Paladins in the ''[[Might and Magic]]'' franchise are similar to the ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'' version, but are not required to be Good-aligned.
== Web Comics ==
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