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[[File:true neutral embassy 1933.jpg|link=Futurama|frame|[[General Failure|"What makes a man turn neutral? Lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality?"]]]]
{{quote|''"I stick my neck out for nobody."''
|'''Rick Blaine''', ''[[Casablanca]]''}}
The best known [[Character Alignment]] system has two axes: Good—Evil and Lawful—Chaotic. But some characters just don't fit either end of either axis: they're not selfless enough to be Good,
A '''True Neutral''' character or organization can be introduced as a [[Wild Card]], neither aligned with the Hero nor the [[Big Bad]]. On the other hand, they may well be on one side or the other, at least nominally. Perhaps they care little for the conflict and have their own goals, which are neither particularly good or evil. A True Neutral scientist may work for the good guys because it furthers their research, but they may also work for the bad guys for the same reason. They could also be on whichever side their friends are, just because of that. True Neutral characters can seem somewhat selfish, but they can also seem rather happy-go-lucky in comparison to more responsible characters.
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Compare [[Crowning Moment of Indifference]]. For the different types in which this alignment may manifest, check [[True Neutral/Analysis]].
{{noreallife|this is a trope about how characters are depicted in media. Real people are far more complex than fictional characters, and cannot be pigeonholed this way. (For that matter, many if not most fictional characters cannot be pigeonholed this way, either; see below for the standards on whether to use this trope at all.}}
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'''When dealing with the examples of specific characters, remember that assigning an alignment to a character who doesn't come with one is
'''On works pages: Character Alignment is only to be used in works where it is canonical, ''and only for characters who have alignments in-story''. There is to be no arguing over canonical alignments, and no Real Life examples, ever.'''
== Anime and Manga ==
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* Genkai of ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' holds a tournament to determine her successor, and is willing to train whoever wins, even if it is an assassin or a demon. In the Dark Tournament, she admits that she is not a champion of justice, but she fights against those she dislikes, which includes {{spoiler|her former teammate Toguro}}.
* In ''[[Code Geass]]'', there's [[Mad Scientist|Lloyd]] [[Bunny Ears Lawyer|Asplund]], C.C and [[Going for the Big Scoop|Diethard Reid]].
* Nathan Mahler from ''[[Blood
* ''[[Golgo 13]]''. Duke Togo seems to live by one single rule: if someone meets his hefty fee and explains their motives for wanting another person dead, Golgo 13 will put a bullet in said person's head in a laughably improbable manner. [[Contract on the Hitman|As long as you do NOT double-cross him, of course]]
* Benny from ''[[Black Lagoon]]''. Ultimately, he isn't willing to cross the line entirely into the villain territory occupied by most of the rest of Roanapur, but he's certainly no charity case either and merely ''associating'' with Revy is probably soul-staining enough to keep him off the straight and narrow.
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* Charden Flamberg of ''[[Black Cat (manga)|Black Cat]]''. Unlike his comrades, he has genuine reasons for hating Chronos and follows the [[Big Bad]] to do so. But, he leaves when he realizes that Creed's ego has taken over.
* Papillion of ''[[Busou Renkin]]''. He doesn't want to kill humans and burn the world to ash, but, he's not going to help anyone out unless he gets something out of it.
* Yuko Ichihara, the Dimension Witch of ''[[
* [[Wild Card]] Kai Hiwatari of ''[[Beyblade]]''.
* In ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'', {{spoiler|Kyubey is one of these. Despite behaving in an extremely creepy manner at all times, he's only watching for the wellbeing of the universe, even though during the main plot that causes a huge amount of death and suffering. After the finale it can be seen that he keeps the same personality, but behaves in a much friendlier manner. But that's not because he changed, he still has the same goal, it's just that in the new universe the most straightforward way of achieving it looks friendlier.}}
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* Deb from ''[[Drop Dead Diva]]'' is an airhead model who [[First-Episode Resurrection|dies in the pilot episode]]. The angel who evaluates her status as a "good person" tells her that "you've never done a single good deed or bad action in your life, [[Brainless Beauty|you're just shallow]]."
* The Observers in ''[[Fringe]]'' seem to clearly fall into this category. True to their name, they merely observe and refuse to interact except under very specific conditions, in which case the goal also appears to be unknown.
* Gaius Baltar in 21st-century ''[[Battlestar Galactica
* The Cleaners in ''[[Charmed]]'' are this alignment as their sole objective is to clean up any mess created by other magical beings in order to prevent the existence of magic from being revealed to the mostly unaware human population. They will not hesitate to take any and all measures they deem necessary to pursue this objective regardless of who they come into conflict with or what alignment those others might be. [[Fridge Logic|Not that they did anything before their formal introduction to the series, even in situations where their intervention would have been warranted...]]
* Edmund [[Blackadder]] in his
* Captain Jack Harkness of ''[[Torchwood]]''.
* The Replicators of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' are a rare example of a True Neutral [[Big Bad]]. One can quite easily classify them as Type 4, as their only concern is self-replication. Unfortunately, they're so good at it (and at improving on existing technology) that they become a bigger threat than the [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence|half-ascended]] [[Omnicidal Maniac]] Anubis ever was.
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