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* All of Earth's PreCrisis superheroes to the current DC Universe especially the Monitor. They fought and defeated the Anti Monitor and sealed a single universe inside the essence of the Monitor. Then the universe was restarted twice with big bangs. None of the PostCrisis stories would have happened without the PreCrisis heroes.
** InfiniteCrisis then turns this into a strange case of the BenevolentPrecursors ''becoming'' the SealedEvilInACan.

* In the novelisation of the film ''Alien'', [[spoiler:Science Officer Ash]] ''explicitly'' states that the Space Jockey aliens (in whose ship the alien eggs are first found) set up the transmission the ''Nostromo'' received as a warning to other ships to stay away (a fact that [[spoiler:Ripley]] discovered only too late to avoid disaster), and refers to them as "a noble people" for leaving said warning. Given what we have seen of the trailers for ''Prometheus'', it is possible (even probable) that this 'canon' statement could end up being {{Jossed}}.

* ''StarTrek'' has the unnamed ancient humanoids from "The Chase" who seeded planets with their DNA, thus being responsible for all humanoid life. They also encoded a map in this DNA that led not to a superweapon, or a species of {{Omnicidal Maniac}}s, but to a recorded message expressing the hope that their "descendants" would cooperate with each other to discover the message. Leads to a rather epic guilt trip for Picard and (apparently) the Romulan commander.
** Also qualifying are the Preservers, who transported endangered cultures to pristine worlds.

** To be more specific, if the only evidence you have is the first and part of the second ''{{Halo}}'' games, they do appear either neglectful or outright abusive. Once you learn more, it brings their actions into a fresh light.
** TheForerunnerTrilogy makes it clear that they were [[spoiler: downright abusive. They displaced hundreds of native alien species just so that they could have better inhabitable systems to live in, wiped out ancient humanity's empire (though to be fair, humans did strike first and were possibly just as bad), were TooDumbToLive about the Flood and committed genocide against the Precursors.]]
*** To be fair, the second book implies that [[spoiler:the Precursors [[AbusivePrecursors struck first]]]].

** This subversion is debatable, given that this understanding is based on a ProudWarriorRaceGuy born 50 years into the war with [[AbusivePrecursors aforementioned Reapers]] and admitted to being a product of his time.
*** Depending on what AlternativeCharacterInterpretation you buy into about the Protheans, given the new information on them [[spoiler:it could easily be argued that the Protheans were AbusivePrecursors themselves, and that their conflict with the Reapers was EvilVersusOblivion.]]

* Most of the upgrades in ''{{Metroid}}'' Samus Aran finds during her adventures have been left there by the Chozo, who foresaw that she would be needing them in the future. Of course, with Samus' [[ParentalSubstitute relationship with the Chozo]] taken into account, this could almost count as an inversion of AbusiveParents.

*** Some scientists have joked about hiding the nuclear waste behind multiple layers with multiple signs to remind the person trespassing to not go any further. They joke that if one of humanity's descendants are dumb enough to go past that many signs then it will just be natural selection doing its job to rid the world of that idiot. Hopefully that won't happen as funny as it may sound now.
*** It's worth noting that nuclear waste lasts for millions of years. We might well have died of plague, global warming, war or anything else. Whatever comes AFTER us wouldn't necessarily understand any language spoken today. Even if you include the idea that perhaps a circle with a slash through it universal the creature might be sufficiently non-human to view those warnings as not applying to whatever it is.

* In the new ''Series/DoctorWho'' two-parter "The Impossible Planet"/"The Satan Pit", the MonsterOfTheWeek, who just-so-happens to be Satan is [[spoiler: [[SealedEvilInACan chained far, far underground]] on a planet orbiting a black hole (hence 'The ''Impossible'' Planet'. Should he ever be released, the planet will go spiraling into a black hole, killing The Beast.]]

** Slightly subverted in ''MassEffect3''. [[spoiler:The Prothean party member]] reveals that the Protheans were actually a ProudWarriorRace that dominated the galaxy before the Reapers arrived, and they were mainly trying to preserve their empire.

*** Depending on what AlternativeCharacterInterpretation you buy into about the Protheans, given the new information on them [[spoiler: It could easily be argued that the Protheans were AbusivePrecursors themselves, and that their conflict with the reapers was EvilVersusOblivion.]]

* The Jjaro of ''{{Marathon}}''. After the Jjaro's disappearance, [[spoiler: they either returned from hiding to help, or left an automated system to help the player defeat an {{Eldritch Abomination}} and save the universe.]]

* Those Who Came Before in the ''AssassinsCreed'' series started out pretty abusive what with creating and enslaving humanity with their Pieces of Eden. The combination of a slave revolt and a solar flare that nearly destroyed all life on Earth changed that. Before dying off, Those Who Came Before worked together with humanity to rebuild the world, and they left behind tools and knowledge (in the form of the Pieces of Eden) to give humanity a fighting chance when the next solar flare hits Earth.

** Slightly subverted in ''MassEffect3''. [[spoiler:The Prothean party member]] reveals that the Protheans were actually a war-like race that dominated the galaxy before the Reapers arrived.

* In ''MassEffect'' the Protheans [[spoiler: attempt to leave behind warnings about the [[EldritchAbomination Reapers]]. [[AbusivePrecursors The Reapers]] destroy most of them, but a few survive. Those survivors also subverted the Reapers' primary way to activate the Citadel relay, forcing Sovereign to use a plan the current races have a chance to stop.]]

* The Jjaro of ''{{Marathon}}''. After the Jjaro's disappearance, [[spoiler: they either returned from hiding to help, or left an automated system to help the player defeat an {{Eldritch Abomination}} that the foolhardy aliens unleashed to use as a weapon against the humans and save the universe.]]

* The Jjaro of ''{{Marathon}}''. After the Jjaro's disappearance, [[spoiler: they either returned from hiding to help, or left an automated system to help the player defeat an {{Eldritch Abomination}} that the [[Halo foolhardy aliens unleashed to use as a weapon against the humans]] and save the universe.]]

* All of Efarth's PreCrisis superheroes to the current DC Universe especially the Monitor. They fought and defeated the Anti Monitor and sealed a single universe inside the essence of the Monitor. Then the universe was restarted twice with big bangs. None of the PostCrisis stories would have happened without the PreCrisis heroes.

* ''StarTrek'' has the unnamed ancient humanoids from "The Chase" who seeded planets with their DNA, thus being responsible for all humanoid life. The also encoded a map in this DNA that led not to a superweapon, or a species of {{Omnicidal Maniac}}s, but to a recorded message expressing the hope that their "descendants" would cooperate with each other to discover the message. Leads to a rather epic guilt trip for Picard and (apparently) the Romulan commander.

* All of earth's PreCrisis superheroes to the current DC Universe especially the Monitor. They fought and defeated the Anti Monitor and sealed a single universe inside the essence of the Monitor. Then the universe was restarted twice with big bangs. None of the PostCrisis stories would have happened without the PreCrisis heroes.

* In the new ''Series/DoctorWho'' two-parter ''The Impossible Planet'' and ''The Satan Pit'', the MonsterOfTheWeek, who just-so-happens to be Satan is [[spoiler: [[SealedEvilInACan chained far, far underground]] on a planet orbiting a black hole (hence 'The ''Impossible'' Planet'. Should he ever be released, the planet will go spiraling into a black hole, killing The Beast.]]
** The Doctor himself, while the rest of his Time Lord fellows range from Benevolent to [[NeglectfulPrecursors Neglectful]] to outright [[AbusivePrecursors Abusive]].

* {{Farscape}}: As seen in the ''Peacekeeper Wars'' post-series finale, the [[SealedGoodInaCan Sealed Good in a Can]] Eidolons. They can [[CharmPerson lull any other species into]] a receptive state, and [[TheEmpath read their minds]], to construct a good arguments, and help factions co-exist. Besides being basically Super-diplomats, they are the ones that [[spoiler: transplanted and genetically engineered early-Hominids, thus creating The Peacekeepers.]] They came back to the galaxy thanks to a [[InvertedTrope reversal of their]] CriticalExistenceFailure.

* {{Farscape}}: As seen in the ''Peacekeeper Wars'' post-series finale, the [[SealedGoodInaCan Sealed Good in a Can]] Eidolons. They can [[CharmPerson lull any other species into]] a receptive state, and [[TheEmpath read their minds]], to construct a good arguments, and help factions co-exist. Besides being basically Super-Diplimats, they are the ones that [[spoiler: transplanted and genetically engineered early-Hominids, thus creating The Peacekeepers.]] They came back to the galaxy thanks to a [[InvertedTrope reversal of their]] CriticalExistenceFailure.

* {{Farscape}}: As seen in the ''Peacekeeper Wars'' post-series finale, the Eidolons. They can [[CharmPerson lull any other species into]] a receptive state, and [[TheEmpath read their minds]], to construct a good arguments, and help factions co-exist. Besides being basically Super-Diplimats, they are the ones that [[spoiler: transplanted and genetically engineered early-Hominids, thus creating The Peacekeepers.]] They came back to the galaxy thanks to a [[InvertedTrope reversal of their]] CriticalExistenceFailure.

* {{Farscape}}: As seen in the ''Peacekeeper Wars'' post-series finale,the Eidolons. There were actually two separate groups of them. They can [[CharmPerson lull any other species into]] a receptive state, and [[TheEmpath read their minds]], to construct a good arguments, and help factions co-exist. Besides being basically Super-Diplimats, they are the ones that [[spoiler: transplanted and genetically engineered early-Hominids, thus creating The Peacekeepers.]]