History HonorBeforeReason / WesternAnimation

* In ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', [[DarkActionGirl Shego's]] brother [[GoodisDumb Hego]] is this when she used to be a hero. For example: He lets the enemy strike first and letting them know their presence became too much for his sister, and became one of the many reasons, if not '''THE''' reason for her FaceHeelTurn.

** Because she was too stubborn. In the first episode, she even told Diana they shouldn't be concern about the alien invasion.

* AntiVillain Prince Zuko of ''[[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' desperately wants the "honor" he believes only [[CompleteMonster his father]] can restore to him, and when the SnipeHunt he was sent on turns into an actual hunt for TheHero, Zuko becomes [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain something of]] a {{Determinator}}, and does a great many [[AndThenWhat foolish and ill-thought-out things]]. The second and third seasons feature [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor much internal conflict]] about what the nature of honor is, [[spoiler:culminating in a HeelFaceTurn for good,]] but he arguably never loses his focus on honor itself at any cost.

* In ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', [[DarkActionGirl Shego's]] brother [[GoodisDumb Hego]] is this when she used to be a hero. For example: He lets the enemy strike first and letting them know their presence became to much, and became one of the many reasons for her FaceHeelTurn.

* Elisa from ''DeadSpaceDownfall'' was more so worried about helping the survivors (whom might already be infected) then quarantining the ship. Her captain might have been nuts but he actually made SOME sense. Could also be a case of Compassion Before Reason.

-->'''Chris:''' I HATE YOU!!!

* Brick from ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaIsland'' believed highly in his code as a cadet. So strong was his honor, that he sacrificed winning a challenge for his team to save the lives of Mike, Zoey, and Cameron, who were on the ''other'' team. [[spoiler: This resulted in his elimination, but those he saved saluted him good-bye.]]

* Zeta from ''TheZetaProject'' is like this once he's grown a conscience and done a HeelFaceTurn against his creators. Ro notes that it would easier for him to escape the NSA's agents tailing him if he'd fight back, but his code of nonviolence is not negotiable for him. And on the odd occasions he ''will'' fight, he won't kill. Ever. The weird thing is that all of this actively goes against his programming and nature, unlike many of the examples on this page.

* SamuraiJack insists on defending others from evil, even when it means passing up a chance to [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong return to the past]] and undo the original ''cause'' of the evil.

* ''HeyArnold'' Honorable: Refusing to sign [[CelebrityIsOverrated a lucrative advertising contract]] after overhearing the advertisers insulting you behind your back. Reasonable: Refusing to sign... while exposing their misdeeds so that you won't be branded an idiot for not signing.

* {{ZigZagged}} in ''{{ReBoot}}''. Enzo has returned home to Mainframe, all grown up, big, strong and gunning for Megabyte, both literally and figuratively. When confronted by Enzo's gun, Megabyte taunts him into fighting like a "real sprite". Enzo puts away his gun...but then proceeds to send Megabyte flying with a punch hard enough to dent his chest, ''before'' Megabyte has a chance to prepare. And he then proceeds to do it ''again'' while Megabyte is still recovering from the first attack. When Megabyte inevitably cheats, he takes him on with a spear, then at the end of the fight, spares Megabyte... despite Megabyte enslaving the population of Mainframe, torturing his friends, and killing countless binomes.

* The DoomPatrol in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' are made of this trope; so much so that they come across as arrogant when they refuse to let the title characters join them on a potential suicide mission. This trope is also subverted in that the Teen Titans end up undoing all the {{Heroic Sacrifice}}s the Doom Patrol made offscreen.

* ''TheSimpsons'': Lisa turning down a fortune after finding out what Mr Burns had turned the recycling company he and Lisa had started into. What she could've done with twelve million.

* ''JusticeLeague'' had this during the Justice Lords arc. It's pointed out that the Lords are every bit as smart, strong, fast, and skilled as the League, except that they're willing to KILL. Superman insists that he won't cross that line, to which Batman replies they'll have to cross SOME kind of line. So they end up getting [[BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork Lex Luthor's]] help.

* In KimPossible, [[DarkActionGirl Shego's]] brother [[GoodisDumb Hego]] is this when she used to be a hero. For example: He lets the enemy strike first and letting them know their presence became to much, and became one of the many reasons for her FaceHeelTurn.

* Brick from TotalDramaIsland believed highly in his code as a cadet. So strong was his honor, that he sacrificed winning a challenge for his team to save the lives of Mike, Zoey, and Cameron, who were on the ''other'' team. [[spoiler: This resulted in his elimination, but those he saved saluted him good-bye.]]

* Brick from TotalDramaIsland believe highly in his code as a cadet. So strong was it, that he sacrificed winning a challenge for his team to save the lives of Mike, Zoey, and Cameron, who were on the other team. [[spoiler: This resulted in his elimination, but those he saved saluted him good-bye.]]

---> '''Shego''': (Annoyed) Why do you think I left?!

* Omi in ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'' actually pulls a FaceHeelTurn ''because of this trope.'' I mean, just... what the hell was that?

* In KimPossible, [[DarkActionGirl Shego's]] brother [[GoodisDumb Hego]]is this when she used to be a hero. For example: He lets the enemy strike first and letting them know their presence became to much, and became one of the many reasons for her FaceHeelTurn.

* In KimPossible, [[DarkActionGirl Shego's]] brother [[GoodisDumb Hego]]is this when she used to be a hero. For example: He lets the enemy strike first and letting them know their presence became to much, and became one of the many reasons for her FaceHellTurn.

* Played straight and then subverted during an episode of the ''Series/IronMan'' animated series. Tony Stark agrees to get an artifact from a booby-trapped tomb if Madame Masque will release his kidnapped workers. She releases Julia Carpenter (Spiderwoman) who will send the Iron Man armor but keeps the other workers captive. Julia says that she will send down the armor "and a lot more", but Tony stops her because he has given his word. The trope is subverted almost immediately afterward. Once, Iron Man has entered the tomb, Julia convinces Jim Rhodes (War Machine) to attack Madame Masque and her minions anyway, arguing that the only chance the hostages have is if they attack their captors off guard.

* MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic: Applejack. Particularly in the episode ''Applebuck Season'', where she promises to do a few too many things while ''also'' harvesting her family's entire apple orchard by herself. It takes most of the episode, severe sleep deprivation and overwork, and accidentally causing several disasters to finally convince her that maybe she should admit she's overextended herself and ask for some help.

* ''[=~101 Dalmatians~=]: The Series'': The pups are competing in an "Obstacle course of unspeakable pain and agony". Lucky and his rival, Tripod, are in the lead, but Rolly is about to fall off the cliff they climbed. And instead of winning against Tripod, Lucky goes to save him.

* Omi in ''XiaolinShowdown'' actually pulls a FaceHeelTurn ''because of this trope.'' I mean, just... what the hell was that?

** WonderWoman is banished by her mother from [[LadyLand Themyscira]] for bringing men to the island and breaking the law. If she hadn't worked with the HostageForMcGuffin scenario, the Amazons would [[TakenForGranite remain in stone]]. If she hadn't received help from her teammates, Hades could have taken over. TheFlash points out this is ridiculous since she risked her life to save everyone. When the Gods have her return in "The Balance", she says she should leave after completing the task. Hippolyta asks her to stay and when she points out her exile, her mother explains that the Gods will have to deal with her if they have a problem with that. One wonders why she didn't say this the first time other than to have a BittersweetEnding.

* AntiVillain Prince Zuko of ''[=~Avatar: The Last Airbender~=]'' desperately wants the "honor" he believes only [[CompleteMonster his father]] can restore to him, and when the SnipeHunt he was sent on turns into an actual hunt for TheHero, Zuko becomes [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain something of]] a {{Determinator}}, and does a great many [[AndThenWhat foolish and ill-thought-out things]]. The second and third seasons feature [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor much internal conflict]] about what the nature of honor is, [[spoiler:culminating in a HeelFaceTurn for good,]] but he arguably never loses his focus on honor itself at any cost.

* In the ''{{Gargoyles}}'' episode "The Gathering", Goliath decides to have himself and his clan help their enemy, David Xanatos, stop the godlike Oberon from abducting his child on pure principle, considering they owe the billionaire absolutely nothing. Although it's obviously a difficult and dangerous task, Goliath is instrumental to making Oberon compromise to allow the child to stay. As a result, Xanatos then feels he owes the clan big time, which leads him to inviting them back to the castle to live safely after they are exposed to the public.

* The Doom Patrol in ''TeenTitans'' are made of this trope; so much so that they come across as arrogant when they refuse to let the title characters join them on a potential suicide mission. This trope is also subverted in that the Teen Titans end up undoing all the {{Heroic Sacrifice}}s the Doom Patrol made offscreen.

* ''JusticeLeague'' had this during the Justice Lords arc. It's pointed out that the Lords are every bit as smart, strong, fast, and skilled as the League, except that they're willing to KILL. Superman insists that he won't cross that line, to which Batman replies they'll have to cross SOME kind of line. So they end up getting [[BigDamnVillains Lex Luthor's]] help.

** Aang at the end of the series as he is about to fight the Fire Lord. He's unwilling to kill Ozai despite Ozai fully willing to kill him in return. Everyone, including his past lifes telling him that killing him is the only way to end the conflict for good. [[spoiler:He eventually finds away [[TakeAThirdOption out of this though]]]]

** This trope often applies to Lisa. Typically, someone will try and convince her to lie, cheat, or even just conceal the truth, because it's to everyone's advantage. In fact, the story will often go out of its way to assure us that everyone is better off with the lie. This usually leads to Lisa having a moral crisis before she decideds to tell the truth after all (usually in an overly dramatic fashion). But of course, there's always another twist at this point.

** This trope often applies to Lisa. Typically, someone will try to convince her to tells her to lie, cheat, or even just conceal the truth, because it's to everyone's advantage. In fact, the story will often go out of its way to assure us that everyone is better off with the lie. This usually leads to Lisa having a moral crisis before she decideds to tell the truth after all (usually in an overly dramatic fashion). But of course, there's always another twist at this point.

* AntiVillain Prince Zuko of ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'' desperately wants the "honor" he believes only [[CompleteMonster his father]] can restore to him, and when the SnipeHunt he was sent on turns into an actual hunt for TheHero, Zuko becomes [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain something of]] a {{Determinator}}, and does a great many [[AndThenWhat foolish and ill-thought-out things]]. The second and third seasons feature [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor much internal conflict]] about what the nature of honor is, [[spoiler:culminating in a HeelFaceTurn for good,]] but he arguably never loses his focus on honor itself at any cost.

* ''HeyArnold!'' Honorable: Refusing to sign [[CelebrityIsOverrated a lucrative advertising contract]] after overhearing the advertisers insulting you behind your back. Reasonable: Refusing to sign... while exposing their misdeeds so that you won't be branded an idiot for not signing.
** Actually, many of the "morals" in HeyArnold are Honor Before Reason tropes. Willing to have an incident Arnold didn't do go in his permanent record just to perpetuate the "stick up for your friends!" moral? The fact that the show constantly makes these morals very preachy calls into question why, considering how the vast majority of said morals falling into HonorBeforeReason territory.

* The Doom Patrol in ''TeenTitans'' are made of this trope; so much so that they come across as arrogant whe they refuse to let the title characters join them on a potential suicide mission. This trope is also subverted in that the Teen Titans end up undoing all the {{Heroic Sacrifice}}s the Doom Patrol made offscreen.

---> Homer, in a hospital bed after 4 simultaneous heart attacks: It's okay, sweetie. But we really could've used that 12,000 dollars.
---> Lisa: Actually dad, 10% of 120 million dollars ''isn't'' 12,000, it's...

* JusticeLeague had this during the Justice Lords arc. It's pointed out that the Lords are every bit as smart, strong, fast, and skilled as the League, except that they're willing to KILL. Superman insists that he won't cross that line, to which Batman replies they'll have to cross SOME kind of line. So they end up getting [[BigDamnVillains Lex Luthor's]] help.
* ''[[OneHundredAndOneDalmatians 101 Dalmatians: The Series]]'': The pups are competing in an "Obstacle course of unspeakable pain and agony". Lucky and his rival, Tripod, are in the lead, but Rolly is about to fall off the cliff they climbed. And instead of winning against Tripod, Lucky goes to save him.