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* CombatPragmatist: Does whatever possible to win a fight—rules and honor be damned.

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* CombatPragmatist: Does whatever possible to win a fight—rules and honor be damned.
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* Playing Fair Is Important/ Doesn't Like Cheating/Treachery Broadly: 10 (26%)
* Honor broadly/Being honorable generally: 4 (10%)
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* Characters/Sanctuaryverse - Miyamoto: Unlike her canonical version which is ready to use all dirty tricks to win a fight, this version of her has a [[CodeOfHonor code of honor]] and does not support trickery.
* Characters/PlanescapeFactions - Brotherhood of Glory: They don't have much in the way of moral scruples otherwise, but since their whole ethos is about proving themselves in battle, they're averse to unfair fights -- they'll rarely gang up on an outnumbered target, nor will they ambush an opponent unawares without giving them the chance to arm themselves and fight back.
* Characters/ArjunTheWarriorPrince - Acharya Drona: He gives Arjun a fair chance to display his skills on the battle field to see what he had learned all these years. And whenever Arjun loses a weapon, instead of taking advantage of the opportunity to kill him, he lends him the exact same weapon as the one he wields so the fight would be equal and fair.
* In ''Literature/CaptivePrince'', this is a point of CultureClash between the Akielon ProudWarriorRace, who believe in honorable combat, and the Veretians, who don't. Laurent is bewildered when Damen, an Akielon, informs an enemy Akielon general when to expect their attack, but the gesture helps them win Akielon allies later. The Veretians' attitude also trips them up, since their willingness to attack under a flag of truce leads Akielons to assume bad faith in anything they do.
* In ''Franchise/StarTrek'' this is a common plot point when dealing with Klingons. A lot of human characters subscribe to honor of this type, and Klingons follow the traditional sort of honor (particularly through their love of ambush tactics). What throws a lot of characters off is that their main exposure to Klingon culture is Worf, and Worf as a ChildOfTwoWorlds goes considerably out of his way to try and follow ''both'', usually ending up on the side of this trope when there's a conflict. This eventually leads to [[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS04E01E02TheWayOfTheWarrior a scene]] where Worf is forced to accept being stripped of his "official reputation" honor to preserve his "internal code of conduct" honor; he doesn't bother to clarify that [[FourTermsFallacy he's using the word differently]] and it comes of as pure gibberish to the other Klingons.
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. The 1st Edition cavalier class was based on King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. They would not use missile weapons (e.g. bows or crossbows) and could not use burning oil against opponents in melee combat. In addition they had to follow a chivalrous code of honor, which forbade (among other things) sneaking around in disguise.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Champions}}''. The super villain Firewing had a code of honor that prohibited attacking by surprise, attacking from behind, or gaining an advantage (beyond his own abilities) that isn't also possessed by his opponent.


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* Characters/TheAmazingRaceAsia2 - Marc & Rovilson: They said that when they finished they race, they wanted to be proud of the way they had played, which was not dirty.
* Characters/TheAmazingRaceAllStars2014 - Jet & Cord: They again made comments about leaving with their integrity intact after getting eliminated. Further expanded on in elimination interviews, where they noted that they would not have U-Turned Caroline & Jennifer, even if they had beaten the country singers to the mat.
* Characters/TheAmazingRace16 - Jet & Cord: They took it far too personally when Jordan cut in line, and made comments at the Finish Line about how, though they lost, they kept their integrity intact.
* Characters/GrandTheftAutoIVOtherCharacters - Malc & DeSean: They are pragmatic when it comes to DirtyBusiness, but race against them, and they expect [[SeriousBusiness fair play]]. When [=DeSean=] asks Malc and Johnny to help him take revenge on a rival biker who shot at him during a race, Johnny points out that he was barely hurt. [=DeSean=] insists that ItsThePrincipleOfTheThing and that the rival should have used [[BatterUp a bat]] as per race rules.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'': the WarGod Ulric hates subterfuge and ranged weapons (except for ambushes).
* In ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'', Space Marines, as a rule, hate camouflage, stealth, or hiding (they prefer shock and awe, which was very effective during the Great Crusade, but less so in the 41st millennium where many enemies can't be shocked or awed), with the exception of the non-canon Reasonable Marines, who are sporting in that they will give diplomacy a fair shot, and cut fair deals, but who, once you leave them no other choice, will kill you, unceremoniously and anticlimactically, and the canonical Raptors chapter.


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* Characters/DeathBattleSeasonTwoPart1 - Gundam Epyon: Treize has a sense of honor, and this is reflected in Epyon's fighting style, being a close-ranged Gundam.


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* In ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryII'', a Fighter player will end up getting into a duel with TheDragon Khaveen during the endgame. At one point you'll knock Khaveen's sword out of his hands; if you want to be able to become a Paladin, you have to let him retrieve his sword rather than just killing him then and there. The situation is reversed earlier in the duel, and Khaveen is shown to be a royal slimeball because he absolutely ''will'' kill you while you're defenseless, meaning you have to dodge his attack and retrieve your sword in the same motion.
* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Khorne zigzags this: on the one hand, any blood spilled in battle is his, be it from enemies, allies, yourself, or defenseless civilians. On the other hand, his throne sits upon a mountain of skulls taken from warriors- again, yours or your enemies, but ''not'' defenseless enemies. Decapitating an entire orphanage or hospital ward and claiming their skulls as trophies is a surefire way to get his hellhounds after you.
* In ''TabletopGame/{{Ironclaw}}'' the Overconfidence Gift allows you to offer an opponent a bonus d12 to their roll against you, if they accept you take a bonus d12 as well.
* In ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'', the nobility/officer class have a tendency towards military flashiness and believing that a victory consisted in having less casualties than your opponent; the more total dead, the better. Tacticus, Vimes and Vetinari all avert this, preferring ambush tactics, psychological warfare, camouflage and stealth. Understandable since Tacitus only cared about conquest, Vimes is a policeman and a former street urchin, and Vetinari is an Assassin and political genius; neither of them is interested in fair play.
* Characters/TheAmazingRace10 - Erwin & Godwin: They said it was more important for them to be able to look at themselves in the mirror after the race than it was to win it.
* Characters/TheAmazingRace32 - Kaylynn and Haley: Their viewpoint of the race.


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* Wrestling/RingOfHonor's initial {{code|OfHonour}} was a mix of fair play and mandatory, unconditional, respect given to all competitors. Later variations of the code are more like CharacterAlignment. Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels and his [[PowerStable Prophecy]] were the most infamous wrestlers to vocally subscribe to a very different definition of honor, being hostile to the ideals of mandatory respect and level playing fields. Wrestling/TaelerHendrix would also declare in a MotiveRant that sneak attacks against people you despise were very honorable, even if they disrupted the show and violated the ROH code. -- [[red:is this not just outlining Code of Honor?]]

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* KnightInShiningArmor: When EMLL became the more internationally diverse Wrestling/{{CMLL}}, few of the new luchadors were better received than [[Wrestling/ValVenis Steele]], the large, powerful, (HonorIsFairPlay) [[purple:honorable, fair playing]] knight in his shiny face plate looking mask.
* Recap/ALZIProductionWonderWoman: Giganta tells Wonder Woman that she's not only here for the money but also, for the honor. [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou Defeating]] Wonder Woman would therefore, by the greatest achievement for her.
* Fridge/RomanReigns - Also related to his leukemia is the fact that Roman Reigns took ''years'' to turn heel. If someone is powering through a history of cancer to become a multiple-time [=WrestleMania=] main eventer, world heavyweight champion, and crowned face of the biggest professional wrestling promotion in the entire world, of course, little things like "half the crowd don't like me" wouldn't cause him to change his ultimately successful ways. However, taking time off to keep himself and his newborn kids safe only to find that same promotion making a halfhearted attempt to forgo acknowledging his existence for the convenience of a locker room he led resolutely, less than a year after his family members outside the company had already made a takeover statement? By Roman's standards, possibly shared by Wrestling/TheWildSamoans, the company had declared him and his bloodline disposable, an insult which could not stand if he was truly its flagbearer. HonorIsFairPlay no more; now it's time to rule through fear.

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\n[[folder:Honor broadly/Being honorable generally]]\n* KnightInShiningArmor: When EMLL became the more internationally diverse Wrestling/{{CMLL}}, few of the new luchadors were better received than [[Wrestling/ValVenis Steele]], the large, powerful, (HonorIsFairPlay) [[purple:honorable, fair playing]] knight in his shiny face plate looking mask.\n* Recap/ALZIProductionWonderWoman: Giganta tells Wonder Woman that she's not only here for the money but also, for the honor. [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou Defeating]] Wonder Woman would therefore, by the greatest achievement for her.\n* Fridge/RomanReigns - Also related to his leukemia is the fact that Roman Reigns took ''years'' to turn heel. If someone is powering through a history of cancer to become a multiple-time [=WrestleMania=] main eventer, world heavyweight champion, and crowned face of the biggest professional wrestling promotion in the entire world, of course, little things like "half the crowd don't like me" wouldn't cause him to change his ultimately successful ways. However, taking time off to keep himself and his newborn kids safe only to find that same promotion making a halfhearted attempt to forgo acknowledging his existence for the convenience of a locker room he led resolutely, less than a year after his family members outside the company had already made a takeover statement? By Roman's standards, possibly shared by Wrestling/TheWildSamoans, the company had declared him and his bloodline disposable, an insult which could not stand if he was truly its flagbearer. HonorIsFairPlay no more; now it's time to rule through fear.[[folder: Playing Fair Is Important/ Doesn't Like Cheating/Treachery Broadly]]



* Characters/TheAmazingRaceAustraliaVNewZealand - Daniel & Ryan: They repeatedly said that it was more important for them to have fun and run the race with integrity than it was for them to win.




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* KnightInShiningArmor: When EMLL became the more internationally diverse Wrestling/{{CMLL}}, few of the new luchadors were better received than [[Wrestling/ValVenis Steele]], the large, powerful, (HonorIsFairPlay) [[purple:honorable, fair playing]] knight in his shiny face plate looking mask.
* Recap/ALZIProductionWonderWoman: Giganta tells Wonder Woman that she's not only here for the money but also, for the honor. [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou Defeating]] Wonder Woman would therefore, by the greatest achievement for her.
* Fridge/RomanReigns - Also related to his leukemia is the fact that Roman Reigns took ''years'' to turn heel. If someone is powering through a history of cancer to become a multiple-time [=WrestleMania=] main eventer, world heavyweight champion, and crowned face of the biggest professional wrestling promotion in the entire world, of course, little things like "half the crowd don't like me" wouldn't cause him to change his ultimately successful ways. However, taking time off to keep himself and his newborn kids safe only to find that same promotion making a halfhearted attempt to forgo acknowledging his existence for the convenience of a locker room he led resolutely, less than a year after his family members outside the company had already made a takeover statement? By Roman's standards, possibly shared by Wrestling/TheWildSamoans, the company had declared him and his bloodline disposable, an insult which could not stand if he was truly its flagbearer. HonorIsFairPlay no more; now it's time to rule through fear.
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[[folder:Being honorable = fighting fair]]Launch Definition: "When you see a character or culture, especially a ProudWarriorRaceGuy and the culture he came from, be known for being "honorable" then you will see an aversion to using ambushes, ranged weapons, attacks on the unaware, etc." == characters and societies that prioritize honor will demonstrate an aversion to underhanded tactics in combat and fighting

* CombatPragmatist: Does whatever possible to win a fight—rules and honor be damned.

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* Characters/WWETagTeams, Indus Sher - NobleDemon: Between their Indian roots and Sanga's brief babyface stint, their characters are informed by a form of VillainRespect for formidable rivals...which does nothing to stop them from assaulting said rivals unprovoked because Veer and especially Jinder do not subscribe to the notion that HonorIsFairPlay.



* Characters/TheAmazingRaceChinaRush2 - Mary & Cecilia: Their general outlook on the race given their loyalty to their allies and refusal to use the U-Turn or Yield except for revenge.
* Characters/TheAmazingRaceCanada6 - Martina and Phil: They ran a clean run throughout the race, without resorting to any schemes to undermine the other racers.
* Characters/TheAmazingRaceCanada3 - Simi and Ope: They eventually gave up the cab they called to Nick & Matt when the latter team was in the process of stealing it from them. They discussed that they would try to play cleanly and fair, only to be eliminated that leg.
* Characters/TheAmazingRaceCanada2 - Natalie & Meaghan:
** Why Meaghan was so upset at Sukhi & Jinder for trying to send them the wrong way in leg 10.
** This was also likely the reason why Meaghan allowed Sukhi & Jinder to look at the copy of the Signal Flag Detour instructions.



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* Laconic.LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Combatants lay down ground rules before fighting.
* AnIndexOfLadiesAndGentlemen: Before two characters brawl it out, they lay down some fair ground rule
* HarbingerOfAsskicking: Combatants lay down ground rules before fighting.
* ThisIndexIsNotAnExample: Combatants lay down ground rules before fighting. The Trope Namer is ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' character [[CulturedBadass Dudley]], who offers this line but no actual ground rules, and very much does ''not'' [[ThisIndexFightsDirty fight like a gentleman]].

From the Archived Discussion: "It's about following the rules during a fight."

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* Wrestling/BadLuckFale - ShadowArchetype: Is this to his mentor Yuji Nagata. Both are steadfast in their loyalty, believe in NJPW's core principles, and Fale has adopted the salute in his mannerisms since Nagata's semi-retirement. To no one's surprise, though, Fale does not subscribe to HonorIsFairPlay and is willing to enact foul plans for the sake of his covenant.
* Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS1E3CodeOfHonor - CodeOfHonor: The Ligonian idea of honor averts HonorIsFairPlay but is still fairly strict. Lutan kidnapping Lt. Yar is directly compared to counting coup; a gutsy and audacious move to increase his reputation but as long as nobody is actually hurt not a violation of SacredHospitality. Lutan directly boasts about how his following it means he's protected by it in turn.
* Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS03E03TheHouseOfQuark - HonorBeforeReason: It's also made VERY clear that Klingon honor [[DeliberateValuesDissonance is not like what the modern viewer thinks of as honor]]. It's very much in the medieval knight/Samurai vein of reputation and MightMakesRight, with no value placed on (HonorIsFairPlay) [[purple:fairness or good sportsmanship]]. Thus the fact that another house challenged D'Ghor's honor with its accusations is what mattered, not whether the evidence Quark provided is ''true''.
* PlanetOfHats/StarTrek: The Klingons are [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy all war all the time]]. They'd tell you their true hat is honor, but [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch not all Klingon puts it in practice]], to protagonist Klingon Worf's disillusionment... The problem is that the word "honor" has multiple and very different meanings (even in our world.) They actually are a perfectly reasonable representation of a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honour#Cultures_of_honour_and_cultures_of_law society that runs on honor]]. They care about reputation, face, and glory a great deal, but the modern western concept of honor (HonorIsFairPlay) [[purple: which is all tied up with ideals of chivalry, sportsmanship, and individual conscience]] means nothing to them. A prime example comes from "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS04E01E02TheWayOfTheWarrior The Way Of The Warrior]]" where humans consider waiting cloaked near a disabled enemy ship to ambush any would-be rescuers to be cheap and cowardly and thus dishonorable, but to Klingons it's laudable because "in war, nothing is more honorable than victory." Worf tries to use both systems, with limited success; when the two are in conflict he tends to go with what his human adoptive parents taught him. The Orcs from ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' are also accused of being this, but with the exception of Worf in the Klingons' case, the Orcs are usually slightly more multidimensional.



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* Recap/ALZIProductionWonderWoman: Giganta tells Wonder Woman that she's not only here for the money but also, for the honor. [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou Defeating]] Wonder Woman would therefore, by the greatest achievement for her.
* Fridge/RomanReigns - Also related to his leukemia is the fact that Roman Reigns took ''years'' to turn heel. If someone is powering through a history of cancer to become a multiple-time [=WrestleMania=] main eventer, world heavyweight champion, and crowned face of the biggest professional wrestling promotion in the entire world, of course, little things like "half the crowd don't like me" wouldn't cause him to change his ultimately successful ways. However, taking time off to keep himself and his newborn kids safe only to find that same promotion making a halfhearted attempt to forgo acknowledging his existence for the convenience of a locker room he led resolutely, less than a year after his family members outside the company had already made a takeover statement? By Roman's standards, possibly shared by Wrestling/TheWildSamoans, the company had declared him and his bloodline disposable, an insult which could not stand if he was truly its flagbearer. HonorIsFairPlay no more; now it's time to rule through fear.



* Film/BlazingSaddles - Sheriff Bart confronts Hedley Lamarr at the movie theater and tells him to go for his gun. Lamarr claims to be unarmed, so (following the Code of the West) Sheriff Bart throws away his gun and prepares to fight Lamarr with his fists. Lamarr smugly announces that he ''is'' armed and pulls out a derringer, whereupon Bart dives to grab his gun back and shoots him. -- [[red:who is the example here? is it Sherriff Bart following a CodeOfHonor or Lamarr eschewing that same CodeOfHonor?]]




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* Wrestling/TaelerHendrix - ChewingTheScenery: Her MotiveRant about the HonorIsFairPlay mindset and how good vs. evil is the greatest story ever and how she is staying on the side of evil so her story never ends qualifies.
* Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels - EvilVirtues: Daniels has ''always'' had a sense of honor. His conflicts with ROH stem from the fact Daniels does not believe HonorIsFairPlay. [[MoralMyopia He'll still complain about things that he feels are unfair to himself or his partners]], though.
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* MoralityTropes: Being honorable means giving your opponents a fair fight.

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* KnightInShiningArmor: When EMLL became the more internationally diverse Wrestling/{{CMLL}}, few of the new luchadors were better received than [[Wrestling/ValVenis Steele]], the large, powerful, (HonorIsFairPlay) [[purple:honorable, fair playing]] knight in his shiny face plate looking mask.
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* ChewingTheScenery - Wrestling/RingOfHonor: And The House Of Truth didn't forget about the women. In fact, Wrestling/TaelerHendrix's rant on the HonorIsFairPlay mindset that permeates through the promotion might have drawn as much attention to the rebranded Women Of Honor division as any match.

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