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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?"]]]] |
[[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?"]]]] |
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{{quote|''"I stick my neck out for nobody."'' |
{{quote|''"I stick my neck out for nobody."'' |
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|'''Rick Blaine''', ''[[Casablanca]]''}} |
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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, not exploitative enough to be Evil, not rule-abiding enough to be Lawful, and not arbitrary enough to be Chaotic. They could be described as morally bland. These characters are True Neutral, also known as "Neutral Neutral" or just "Neutral". |
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, not exploitative enough to be Evil, not rule-abiding enough to be Lawful, and not arbitrary enough to be Chaotic. They could be described as morally bland. These characters are True Neutral, also known as "Neutral Neutral" or just "Neutral". |
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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]]." |
* 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]]." |
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* 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. |
* 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. |
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* Gaius Baltar in 21st-century ''[[Battlestar Galactica |
* Gaius Baltar in 21st-century ''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', whose changes over the course of the show can be seen as maintaining a constant alignment, but becoming more philosophically conscious and compassionate as he moves from True Neutral selfish to True Neutral "philosophy of balance". |
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* 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...]] |
* 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...]] |
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* Edmund [[Blackadder]] in his |
* Edmund [[Blackadder]] in his first, second and fourth incarnations. |
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* Captain Jack Harkness of ''[[Torchwood]]''. |
* Captain Jack Harkness of ''[[Torchwood]]''. |
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* 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. |
* 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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