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-->--'''The Jedi Mantra''', ''Franchise/StarWars''

-->--'''The Sith Mantra''', ''Franchise/StarWars''

->"Peace is a lie,"
->"There is only [[HotBlooded passion.]]"
->"Through passion I gain [[TheDeterminator strength]],"
->"Through strength [[AmbitionIsEvil I gain power]]."
->"Through power [[MightMakesRight I gain victory]],"
->"Through victory my chains are broken."
->"The Force [[TheUnfettered shall set me free.]]"

->"Through power I gain victory,"

* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', it is later revealed that [[spoiler:the Kyuubi (Nine-Tails) gains his power from Naruto's hatred and despair. Or rather, those emotions make it easier for him to take control. Even later, it's revealed that strong emotions are the "curse" of the Uchiha clan, and that feeling strong emotions, then suddenly losing them, is what creates the Sharingan.]]

* [[CharacterizationMarchesOn In it's early days]], ''MagicTheGathering'' pitted the wise, intellectual Blue colour with the passionate and excessively aggressive Red. Nowadays, while Red still suffers from depictions as a bully, [[DiscreditedTrope it is definitely by far depicted more heroically]] thanks to positive emotions like empathy, while Blue's sociopathic and deceptive side is played up.

-->--'''The Jedi Mantra''', ''Franchise/StarWars''(Based on the meditations of Odan-Urr)

There is no emotion, there is peace.
There is no ignorance, there is knowledge.
There is no passion, there is serenity.
(There is no chaos, there is harmony.)(*)
There is no death, there is the Force.

--->"Peace is a lie,"
--->"There is only [[HotBlooded passion.]]"
--->"Through passion I gain [[TheDeterminator strength]],"
--->"Through strength [[AmbitionIsEvil I gain power]]."
--->"Through power I gain victory,"
--->"Through victory my chains are broken."
--->"The Force [[TheUnfettered shall set me free.]]"
-->--''Franchise/StarWars: Sith Mantra''

->'''Yoda:''' Anger, fear, aggression...The dark side of the Force are they. Easily they flow, quick to join you in a fight. [snip]
->'''Luke:''' How am I to know the good side from the bad?
->'''Yoda:''' You will know. When you are calm, at peace, passive. A Jedi uses the Force for knowledge and defence. Never for attack.
-->--''Franchise/StarWars: Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''

--->"There is no emotion; there is peace."
--->"There is no ignorance; there is knowledge."
--->"There is no passion; there is serenity."
--->"There is no death; there is the Force."
** Sith on the other hand, had this ([[DarkIsNotEvil not at first glance evil]]) counterpart mantra that exalted emotions.

* [[CharacterizationMarchesOn In it's early days]], ''TabletopGames/MagicTheGathering'' pitted the wise, intellectual Blue colour with the passionate and excessively aggressive Red. Nowadays, while Red still suffers from depictions as a bully, [[DiscreditedTrope it is definitely by far depicted more heroically]] thanks to positive emotions like empathy, while Blue's sociopathic and deceptive side is played up.

* [[CharacterizationMarchesOn In it's early days]], ''MagicTheGathering'' pitied the wise, intellectual Blue colour with the passionate and excessively agressive Red. Nowadays, while Red still suffers from depictions as a bully, it is definitely by far depicted more heroically thanks to positive emotions like empathy, while Blue's sociopathic and deceptive side is played up.

* In it's early days, ''MagicTheGathering'' pitied the wise, intellectual Blue colour with the passionate and excessively agressive Red. Nowadays, while Red still suffers from depictions as a bully, it is definitely by far depicted more heroically thanks to positive emotions like empathy, while Blue's sociopathic and deceptive side is played up.

In SpeculativeFiction, whenever there are two innate [[TheForce forces]] at work (usually GoodVersusEvil or OrderVersusChaos), the "Light" side (that is, the heroic side) will be transcendent and calm; the "Dark" side (the antagonistic side) will be passionate and impulsive. Rarely are the two inversed, with the good side being the emotional one and the evil side being the indifferent.

* ''{{Warhammer}}'' and ''Warhammer40K'': The Chaos Gods are the sum of every sentient being's rage, hope, lust and love. Worshipped via mass slaughter and warfare, mutation and ChronicBackstabbingDisorder, rape and torture, and spreading disease and pestilence like a demented SantaClaus. The only workable alternative is to cut off the emotions, either by turning the entire world undead ([[WellIntentionedExtremist which was one vampire's plan]] in {{Warhammer}}) or by killing everything down to the last bacterium (the Necrons in Warhammer40K).

* In ''TheElderScrolls'' series, you have deities called the Aedra and Daedra. The Aedra represent aspects such as Time, Life, Beauty, Commerce and Air--all natural things which have little to do with emotions. The Daedra, however, represent things like Deceit, Desires, Knowledge, Competition, The Spurned, Ambition, Manipulation, Madness, Domination, etc--or things sparked or perpetuated by emotions.

* In it's early days, ''MagicTheGathering'' pitied the wise, intellectual Blue colour with the passionate and excessively agressive Red. Nowadays, while Red still suffers from depictions as a bully, it is defenitely by far depicted more heroically thanks to positive emotions like empathy, while Blue's sociopathic and deceptive side is played up.

* In it's eary days, ''MagicTheGathering'' pitied the wise, intellectual Blue colour with the passionate and excessively agressive Red. Nowadays, while Red still suffers from depictions as a bully, it is defenitely by far depicted more heroically thanks to positive emotions like empathy, while Blue's sociopathic and deceptive side is played up.

* ''Comicbook/{{X-Men}}'': This is the explanation for Dark Phoenix--the result of the Hellfire Club feeding decadent and hedonistic desires to the Phoenix Force.
* A frequent theme in the ''GreenLantern'' mythos. Especially when the Guardians became despotic and started condemning emotions and the other Lantern Corps turned up as {{Foil}}s. Essentially, the Green Lanterns are in the "center" of the light spectrum (Willpower) and so they're the most stoic. Red Lanterns and Star Sapphires represent Rage and Love, specifically, and since their colors are on the far ends, their emotions control them.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'', of course. The Light and Dark sides of the force tend to play this trope completely straight, although how true this plays out is a case of DependingOnTheWriter. According to several sources (including [[WordOfGod George Lucas himself]]), the Light Side is not merely dull apathy and cold indifference; it's supposed to be all positive synergy and symbiosis that makes the galaxy a better place. Things like love, romance, friendship, and peaceful ambitions are supposed to embody the Light Side just as much as hatred, lust, competition, and violence embody the Dark. This is ''not'' how it plays out, normally.
* Vulcans in ''Franchise/StarTrek'' definitely believe this. Their race happens to have vast emotions which they must completely clamp down, lest they all become raging psychotics.

* ''GurrenLagann'' inverts this. The villains are stoic and depressed. The heroes are HotBlooded. That is a very understated way of saying it.

* Vulcans in ''StarTrek'' definitely believe this. Their race happens to have vast emotions which they must completely clamp down, lest they all become raging psychotics.

-->--''StarWars: TheEmpireStrikesBack''

* ''StarWars'', of course. The Light and Dark sides of the force tend to play this trope completely straight, although how true this plays out is a case of DependingOnTheWriter. According to several sources (including [[WordOfGod George Lucas himself]]), the Light Side is not merely dull apathy and cold indifference; it's supposed to be all positive synergy and symbiosis that makes the galaxy a better place. Things like love, romance, friendship, and peaceful ambitions are supposed to embody the Light Side just as much as hatred, lust, competition, and violence embody the Dark. This is ''not'' how it plays out, normally.