History HonorBeforeReason / WesternAnimation

* The 2013 ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' video feature "WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooStageFright" has [[spoiler: Fred and Daphne winning the top prize on a show called "Talent Star" via popular vote. However, they deliberately throw the contest so Emma Gale, a sweet little girl who was a contestant on the show, could win the prize and save her family's farm]].

* Brick from ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' 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.]]

** Another is when Omi doesn't look up the secret to destroying all evil.... because he promised not to. And actually it's worse than that, because he DOES break the promise and looks it up... but now to feebly try to keep the now BROKEN promise he refuses to USE the secret. Sure, things work out in the better in the end, but it's still horrific use of this trope since as far as Omi was concerned, he was playing it painfully straight. [[spoiler: Though it turns out the secret was really the secret to destroy all good. Chase gives up that little tidbit. Omi then uses Chase's own words against him.]]

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{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. Subverted, since as a result, Xanatos then feels he [[IOweYouMyLife 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.
** Likewise Owen's participation in that battle, since he knew [[spoiler:Oberon would not be happy he was missing the Gathering]].

** ComicBook/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. ComicBook/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.
** Because she was too stubborn. In the first episode, she even told Diana they shouldn't be concerned about the alien invasion. Or it could be that the 'no men' law was laid down by the Greek gods, and they don't ''like'' being disobeyed.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', Korra publicly challenges Amon to a one-on-one duel, alone; [[MagnificentBastard Amon]] does not have the same moral qualms. And yet...

* WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic: Applejack.

* Subverted in a strange way in a ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode. Mojo has Blossom in a bind by having the Professor and her two sisters hostage. He demands Blossom's fealty and tries to use her honesty against her.
-->'''Blossom:''' What do you want?\\

** Another example would be from the episode where she first gets her "ice breath" power. After inadvertently causing the escape of a trio of robbers, she promises never to use her ice powers again. She has the timing to make this promise as a giant meteor is headed straight for Townsville. She's the only one that can stop it, yet she's insistent on maintaining her promise despite the fact that the promise won't ''matter if she doesn't do something''. Buttercup manages to snap her out of it, though.

* {{ZigZagged}} in ''WesternAnimation/{{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 2013 ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' video feature "WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooStageFright" has [[spoiler: Fred and Daphne winning the top prize on a show called "Talent Star" via popular vote. However, they deliberately throw the contest so Emma Gale, a sweet little girl who was a contestant on the show, could win the prize and save her family's farm.]]

** In one episode, the town trick Lisa. She had cheated in a test (no, really) and her ill-gotten A got the school in a position to be granted government funds. When Comptroller Atkins showed up at a public conference to deliver the check, Lisa confessed and Comptroller Atkins decided to let them keep the money anyway. After WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons left, it's revealed to the viewers that, knowing Lisa would have confessed, the entire town had an imposter disguised as Comptroller Atkins to lure Lisa away and, when the real Comptroller Atkins showed up, they used a false Lisa to trick him.

* In the third season finale of ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'', the Shredder decides that the perfect time to take revenge on Splinter is [[spoiler:seconds before [[{{ItMakesSenseInContext}} an army of extradimensional Tricertops]] [[{{EarthShatteringKaboom}} destroy the Earth]] in order to prevent the Kraang from using it as a foothold in the show's main universe]].

* In the original ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats'' episode "The Slaves of Castle Plundarr", the mutants enslave humanoids resembling cattle. Lion-O, being Lion-O, wants to free them, and he and the elder [=ThunderCats=] do so. The mutants use "warp gas", an anger and aggression-inducing substance, to turn the freed slaves against their rescuers. Lion-O refuses to retreat, saying the Lord of the [=ThunderCats=] ''can't'' run. Cheetara tells him "pride carried too far is ''foolishness''."

* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Brian Goes Back To College", Brian goes on a guilt trip after Stewie convinces him to cheat on a test and pass. After some internal conflict, Brian decides not to cheat on his final exam and he fails, but at least he feels good for being honest. The Griffins all say he should have cheated.
-->'''Chris:''' I HATE YOU!!!

* Finn from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' occasionally falls into this. He nearly has a nervous breakdown in "Memories of Boom-Boom Mountain" trying to make everyone happy because he made a vow to always help someone in trouble, and in "Videomakers" he insists on [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil obeying the FBI warnings]] on all their pre-Mushroom War video tapes.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{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. [[Subverted]] since as a result, Xanatos then feels he [[IOweYouMyLife 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.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{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.

* Stan Smith from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' operates on this almost every episode he stars in. He believes helping people instead of letting them resolve their issues won't make them tougher but helpless, tried to keep Roger from becoming somebody so he wouldn't overshadow him (which was incredibly stupid), tried to toughen up Steve and his geeky friends for not being men by herding cows that were infected with sickness, actively tried to make sure his wife Francine wouldn't tell him to his face "I told you so" for the boneheaded decisions he believed were right, and tried to stay in the good side of his boss to be his number one man while forcing his family to look after his deranged wife and ''then'' an Asian prostitute (the latter he looked out for behind Francine's back). He has many to list.

** In one episode, the town was GenreSavvy enough to trick Lisa. She had cheated in a test (no, really) and her ill-gotten A got the school in a position to be granted government funds. When Comptroller Atkins showed up at a public conference to deliver the check, Lisa confessed and Comptroller Atkins decided to let them keep the money anyway. After WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons left, it's revealed to the viewers that, knowing Lisa would have confessed, the entire town had an imposter disguised as Comptroller Atkins to lure Lisa away and, when the real Comptroller Atkins showed up, they used a false Lisa to trick him.

* Brick from ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' 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.]]* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Brian Goes Back To College", Brian goes on a guilt trip after Stewie convinces him to cheat on a test and pass. After some internal conflict, Brian decides not to cheat on his final exam and he fails, but at least he feels good for being honest. The Griffins all say he should have cheated.

--> '''[[WhoWouldWantToWatchUs Actor!Zuko]]''': Honourrrrr!\\

*** In [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderAvatarDay the season two episode "Avatar Day"]], Aang insists on undergoing an unfair trial by the Avatar-hating Chin Village for something he did in a former life.

* Zeta from ''WesternAnimation/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.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', Korra publicly challenges Amon to a one-on-one duel, alone; [[MagnificentBastard Amon]] does not have the same moral qualms. And yet...
** A weakened Korra challenges Kuvira but refuses to go into [[SuperMode the Avatar State]] from the start, allowing the more highly-skilled and experienced Metalbender Kuvira to dominate the fight. By the time Korra finally relents and goes full Avatar, her EnemyWithin rears up and [[DiabolusExMachina forces her back to normal.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/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.

* Optimus Prime in ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'' always was an honorable fighter. Particularly in the episode "Heavy Metal War", when Megatron challenged Prime to single combat. Megatron, of course, cheated by transferring all of the special abilities of the Deceptions to himself. Even though Megatron was ''clearly'' doing things he could not possibly do (teleport, fire null rays, etc.) Prime accepted defeat. At least, until Teletraan-1 pointed out what a cheating bastard Megatron was.
** Many of the older comics and some of the new ones use this to mark the difference between Optimus Prime and other Autobot leaders such as Grimlock, who's not as honor bound, more ruthless and willing to do whatever is necessary for a victory. Yet that same honor, similar to Captain Carrot (see Literature, above) is what allows Prime to make things work that others simply wouldn't. Through patience, a few [[PatrickStewartSpeech Peter Cullen Speeches]], and honorable behavior throughout, Prime manages to convince a Decepticon commander that his surrender to the Earthbound Deceptions is ''not'' a sign that the "great Optimus Prime" actually is and always was a coward or a weakling, but rather that he genuinely believes that only by uniting can they stop a greater threat.
* {{ZigZagged}} in ''WesternAnimation/{{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.
* Alissa from ''WesternAnimation/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.
** You have to be dead in order to be infected, but still there was at most ''20 people out of 2000'' left alive and going crazy.
*** You don't have to be dead for the marker to drive you batshit insane though.

* The Comicbook/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.
* Omi in ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'' actually pulls a FaceHeelTurn ''because of this trope.'' Omi lost his good side temporarily becoming evil. The main villain of the season then had Omi pledge loyalty to him. After he returned to normal, Omi decided to stay with the villain SOLELY to keep a promise he made when he wasn't in his right mind.
** Another is when Omi doesn't look up the secret to destroying all evil.... because he promised not to. And actually it's worse than that, because he DOES break the promise and looks it up... but now to feebly try to keep the now BROKEN promise he refuses to USE the secret. Sure, things work out in the better in the end, but it's still horrific use of this trope since as far as Omi was concerned, he was playing it painfully straight. [[spoiler: Though it turns out the secret was really the secret to destroy all good. Chase gives up that little tidbit. Omi then uses Chase's own words against him.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/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.

* In the two-part ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'' episode "The Synthoid Conspiracy", Cobra Commander got a little tired of Destro's complaints, and in an attempt to put him in his place, made a Synthoid of Destro, simply to prove to him that he could be replaced. Destro would have none of that, and to show the Commander he did ''not'' like being insulted, betrayed the plans to the heroes (who were floundering and almost beaten at the moment; if this had not happened, Cobra likely would have won).
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''
** 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.
** 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.
** Because she was too stubborn. In the first episode, she even told Diana they shouldn't be concern about the alien invasion. Or it could be that the 'no men' law was laid down by the Greek gods, and they don't ''like'' being disobeyed.
* WesternAnimation/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.
** She does it again in "The Last Roundup," where her failure to win a contest whose prize she had promised to donate to Ponyville led her to ''run away from home and go out West'' intending to work off the debt. She was too ashamed to face her friends and family, despite the fact that nobody ''else'' actually blamed her for losing the contest.
* In ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'', [[DarkActionGirl Shego's]] brother [[GoodisDumb Hego]] is this in the ep where it's revealed she used to be a hero. For example: His letting the enemy strike first and revealing their presence became too much for his sister, and became one of the many reasons, if not '''THE''' reason for her FaceHeelTurn.
--> '''Shego''': (Annoyed) Why do you think I left?!
* Brick from ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' 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.]]
* In the ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' episode "Brian Goes Back To College", Brian goes on a guilt trip after Stewie convinces him to cheat on a test and pass. After some internal conflict, Brian decides not to cheat on his final exam and he fails, but at least he feels good for being honest. The Griffins all say he should have cheated.
-->'''Chris:''' I HATE YOU!!!
* In ''WesternAnimation/HellboyAnimated: Sword of Storms'', a Japanese daimyo kills his own daughter, rather than breaking a promise. A promise he made to demons.

* Finn from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' occasionally falls into this. He nearly has a nervous breakdown in "Memories of Boom-Boom Mountain" trying to make everyone happy because he made a vow to always help someone in trouble, and in "Videomakers" he insists on [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil obeying the FBI warnings]] on all their pre-Mushroom War video tapes.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' movie ''Into the Wild Green Yonder'', the last Encycolopod tries (albeit reluctantly) to preserve the genetic material of the recently deceased last Dark One. The Encyclopod preserves extinct species by carrying recreations of them on its back using genetic material. The Dark Ones have been trying to exterminate the Encyclopods ever since the two species existed. [[spoiler:If the Dark One's remains hadn't been completely destroyed before the Encyclopod could reach them]], the Encyclopod's honor would have forced it to carry its own mortal enemy on its back.
* In "[[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Phineas and Ferb]]'s Quantum Boogaloo", when Doofenshmirtz took over the Tri-State Area in the BadFuture, he got everyone (including the O.W.C.A.) to swear obedience to him. All he had to do to stop whatever plans they had to dethrone him was reminding them of the oath.
* The 2013 ''ScoobyDoo'' video feature "WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooStageFright" has [[spoiler: Fred and Daphne winning the top prize on a show called "Talent Star" via popular vote. However, they deliberately throw the contest so Emma Gale, a sweet little girl who was a contestant on the show, could win the prize and save her family's farm.]]
* ''ThomasTheTankEngine'' has gained a heavy case of this in later seasons. While usually hard working and loyal, he will very quickly disobey an order or ignore duties if he believes someone else is remotely unhappy or needs help. He is usually reprimanded for this, though the Fat Controller occasionally lets it slide if it truly is for the better rather than just causing confusion and delay. Other engines occasionally have bouts of this too.
* In the third season finale of ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'', the Shredder decides that the perfect time to take revenge on Splinter is [[spoiler:seconds before [[{{ItMakesSenseInContext}} an army of extradimensional Tricertops]] [[{{EarthShatteringKaboom}} destroy the Earth]] in order to prevent the Kraang from using it as a foothold in the show's main universe]].
* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' runs on this trope, with a typical episode revolving around its IdealHero's [[ChronicHeroSyndrome inability to stop doing minor good deeds for random passerby despite the fact that he and his friend are being hunted down by the villain's henchman]], or his need to venture on an increasingly complicated and dangerous quest in the hope of ''personally'' returning a lost sock to its owner rather than risk leaving it in the lost and found.

* ''WesternAnimation/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.

* 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.]]

* AntiVillain Prince Zuko's catchphrase in ''[[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''; he begins the series believing he's a disgrace and only his father can restore his honour, with his rightful place, but his desperation puts his crew and him at risk. His tendency to put his quest for honour over his safety culminates with [[AndThenWhat AndThenWhat]]. The second and third seasons feature [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor much internal conflict]] about what the nature of honour is, [[spoiler:culminating in a HeelFaceTurn for good,]] but he arguably never loses his focus on honour itself at any cost.
--> '''[[WhoWouldWantToWatchUs Actor!Zuko]]''': Honorrrrr!\\

* AntiVillain Prince Zuko of ''[[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' desperately wants the "honor" he believes only 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.

'''[[spoiler:Fire Lord]] Zuko''': I promised [[ParentalSubstitute my uncle]] that I would restore the honor of the Fire Nation, and I will.
** 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 a way [[TakeAThirdOption out of this though]]]]
*** Earlier on, in [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/AvatarTheLastAirbenderAvatarDay the season two episode "Avatar Day"]], Aang persist in staying in the psychotic Chin Village because they hate the Avatar due to Kyoshi, Aang's incarnation from almost 500 years ago, supposedly murdering "Chin the Great". This is despite the fact that they have much bigger concerns and, as becomes increasingly clear, the whole process is blatantly unfair. Not to mention how ridiculous the whole "crime" is. [[spoiler:Aang is able to happily resolve everything once his sentence of being boiled in oil gets commuted to "community service."]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', Korra has this in the 4th episode when she publicly challenges Amon to a one-on-one duel, alone. [[MagnificentBastard Amon,]] however, [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy does not fall victim to this]] and when the time for the duel comes, has ''dozens'' of his [[EliteMooks chi-blockers]] attack her at once, subduing her in seconds.
** She does it again in Season 4, when she challenges Kuvira, despite the fact that she's not at 100%. She refuses to go into [[SuperMode the Avatar State]] from the start, allowing the more highly-skilled and experienced Metalbender Kuvira to dominate the fight. By the time Korra finally relents and goes full Avatar, her EnemyWithin rears up and [[DiabolusExMachina forces her back to normal.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/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.

* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' runs on this trope, with a typical episode revolving around its IdealHero's [[ChronicHeroSyndrome inability to stop doing minor good deeds for random passerby despite the fact that he and his friend are being hunted down by the villain's henchman]], or going on an increasingly complicated and heroic quest in the hope of ''personally'' returning a lost sock to its owner rather than risk leaving it in the lost and found.

* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' runs on this trope, with a typical episode revolving around its IdealHero's [[ChronicHeroSyndrome inability to stop doing minor good deeds for random passerby despite the fact that he and his friend are being hunted down by the villain's henchman]], or going on an increasingly complicated quest in the hope of ''personally'' returning a lost sock to its owner rather than risk leaving it in the lost and found.

* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' runs on this trope, with a typical episode revolving around its IdealHero's [[ChronicHeroSyndrome inability to stop doing minor good deeds for random passerby despite the fact that he and his friend are being hunted down by the villain's henchman]], or going on an increasingly complicated quest in the hope of ''personally'' returning a lost sock to its owner rather than leave it in the lost and found, thereby running the risk that it will be stolen.

* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' runs on this trope, with a typical episode revolving around its IdealHero's [[ChronicHeroSyndrome inability to stop doing minor good deeds for people despite the fact that he and his friend are being hunted down by the villain's henchman]], or going on an increasingly complicated quest in the hope of ''personally'' returning a lost sock to its owner rather than leave it in the lost and found, thereby running the risk that it will be stolen.

* In the third season finale of ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'', the Shredder decides that the perfect time to take revenge on Splinter is [[spoiler:seconds before [[{{ItMakesSenseInContext}} an army of extradimensional Tricertops]] [[{{EarthShatteringKaboom}} destroy the Earth]] in order to prevent the Kraang from using it as a foothold in the show's main universe]].

* Subverted in a strange way in a ''ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode. Mojo has Blossom in a bind by having the Professor and her two sisters hostage. He demands Blossom's fealty and tries to use her honesty against her.

* In the third season finale of ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'', the Shredder decides that the perfect time to take revenge on Splinter is [[spoiler:seconds before [[{{ItMakesSenseInContext}} an army of extradimensional Tricertops]] destroy the Earth in order to prevent the Kraang from using it as a foothold in the show's main universe]].

* ''ThomasTheTankEngine'' has gained a heavy case of this in later seasons. While usually hard working and loyal, he will very quickly disobey an order or ignore duties if he believes someone else is remotely unhappy or needs help. He is usually reprimanded for this, though the Fat Controller occasionally lets it slide if it truly is for the better rather than just causing confusion and delay. Other engines occasionally have bouts of this too.

* In "[[PhineasAndFerb Phineas and Ferb]]'s Quantum Boogaloo", when Doofenshmirtz took over the Tri-State Area in the BadFuture, he got everyone (including the O.W.C.A.) to swear obedience to him. All he had to do to stop whatever plans they had to dethrone him was reminding them of the oath.