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6[[caption-width-right:254: He's probably wishing he could [[PowerIncontinence control his]].]]
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8->''"This power that we have comes from a dark place, but it's not who we are. And we can use it to help people."''
9-->-- '''Johnny Blaze''', ''Film/GhostRiderSpiritOfVengeance''
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11You've heard of BadPowersBadPeople, where people got [[BlessedWithSuck powers that only seemed to have evil uses]] and went evil. You've heard of GoodPowersBadPeople, where bad people used their good-themed powers to do evil, but what about the good people who got cursed with evil powers and try to use those powers for good? Some folks are able to turn this to their advantage, others find that they can't do it. Which is prime angst material.
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13Goes hand-in-hand with DarkIsNotEvil. {{Friendly Neighborhood Vampire}}s also often exhibit this trope. If a character's "good" use for their bad powers is that they only use them against villains, then it counts as GoodIsNotSoft or even PayEvilUntoEvil (depending on the nature of the Bad Powers).
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15Naturally, given how the danger of their abilities clashes with their moral alignment, such characters often get burdened with a NoHarmRequirement and have to figure out how to save the day [[AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength without causing too much damage or death]].
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17Contrast MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch; that's when it's a matter of a member of a (commonly thought to be) AlwaysChaoticEvil species decides to cowboy up for the good guys. A subtrope is FaustianRebellion, where powers the BigBad granted to a former minion are used this way. Also see PhlebotinumRebel, where good guys use powers made by the bad guys but they're not "bad powers" per se. Compare to MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds, AntiAntichrist, CreepyGood, and MindOverManners. See also PowerStereotypeFlip, for when it's the personality, not morality, at odds with the powers, although there could be overlap.
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21[[index]]
22* BadPowersGoodPeople/AnimeAndManga
23* BadPowersGoodPeople/ComicBooks
24* BadPowersGoodPeople/{{Literature}}
25* BadPowersGoodPeople/VideoGames
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28!!Other Examples:
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34[[folder:Comic Strips]]
35* ''ComicStrip/TheBoondocks'' -- When Caesar asks Huey, "If you could have any superpower then what would it be?" he responds with:
36-->'''Huey:''' [[MindOverMatter I'd crush the throats of the insolent]] like [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]].\
37'''Caesar:''' [[WellIntentionedExtremist You know how I say you go too far sometimes?]]\
38'''Huey:''' Hey, I never said I wouldn't use it for good!
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41[[folder:Fan Works]]
42[[AC:CrossOver]]
43* ''Fanfic/AllForLuz'' (''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' & ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'') Being a PowerParasite isn't usually a power that you would associate with a NiceGirl like Luz, is it? Luz especially hates the idea of having such a power, partly because she's always wanted to be special, and All for One revolves ''taking'' what makes ''other'' people special as she explains to Shigaraki.
44* ''Fanfic/AmazingFantasy'' (''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' & ''ComicBook/SpiderMan''): Izuku discovers that his [[ShockAndAwe Venom Strike]] power is [[PsychoactivePowers activated by his desire to lash out]] at others for mistreating him for years. He's disgusted with himself after he realizes this, but Peter says that he's been there and it doesn't matter as long as he channels those feelings toward helping others.
45* ''Fanfic/TheBridge'':
46** The fic gives us a lot of time with the grown-up Godzilla Junior from the 1990s Heisei series. He's easily one of the most powerful kaiju, with nuclear-based powers that could wipe out a large city and render it uninhabitable if he went all-out. Fortunately, he's a GentleGiant who plays the role of protector rather than destroyer. He's also ''less'' of this trope in Equestria, as due to ambient magic the natives are all immune to radioactivity.
47** [[spoiler:Eventually the case with Destroyah following her HeelFaceTurn. Her power set still consists of death-causing abilities, but she's a good guy now due to [[MoralityPet the Cutie Mark Crusaders]].]]
48* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2269805/1/The-Coven-of-Reformed-Supernaturals The Coven of Reformed Supernaturals]]'' and its sequels is about a team composed of people like this: [[Series/{{Angel}} Angel, Spike, Illyria]], [[Series/Charmed1998 Leo, Cole]], ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}, [[ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}} John Constantine]], ComicBook/{{Blade}}, and the [[ComicBook/BatmanVampire vampire version of Batman]]. The first sequel adds ComicBook/{{Spawn}}, and the third and final installment adds a boatload of temporary members.
49* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'' (''Anime/SailorMoon'' & ''VideoGame/DungeonKeeper''): A heroic MagicalGirl gets given all the powers (and landscape-corrupting effects) of Sauron. She proceeds, among other things, to devise a spell that eats evil curses, figure out how to turn the ominous weather into electricity, and kill infections with a {{Necromanc|er}}y spell.
50* ''Fanfic/JauneArcLordOfHunger'': Deconstructed by Jaune's use of the Dark Side. The Dark Side is fueled by embracing negative emotions and is ineffective without them. In order to use the Dark Side to its full potential, Jaune ''has'' to use it for evil. And because EvilFeelsGood, Jaune quickly gets addicted to using the Dark Side without restraint.
51* ''Fanfic/JusticeLeagueOfTheRebellion'' (''Anime/CodeGeass'' & Franchise/TheDCU): Lelouch Lamperouge / Batman eventually goes from a BadassNormal to an EmpoweredBadassNormal with the same MindControl powers he had in ''Anime/CodeGeass''. Though instead of a Geass, [[spoiler:it’s derived from the Anti-Life Equation, the power to control all sentient life that Darkseid seeks to harness]].
52* ''Fanfic/MLPNextGenerationKnowFear'' (''Franchise/GreenLantern'' & ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''): Twilight's daughter Starburst is chosen as a bearer by a Yellow Ring, granting her the power of Fear. Every other being to ever wield one of these has been a lunatic who liked using the power to torment others. Star, on the other hand, is using it to defend her homeland in a war with the genocidal Griffon Empire.
53* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'' (''VideoGame/BloodBorne'' & ''Kuroinu: Kedakaki Seijo wa Hakudaku ni Somaru''): {{Downplayed}} for Kyril Sutherland, a GoodIsNotNice KnightInSourArmor. He uses [[ThePowerOfBlood blood-related, blood-powered]] arsenal yet fights against enemies who RapePillageAndBurn. In the original version, he also has the ability to [[spoiler:MindRape anyone to a FateWorseThanDeath by tapping into his powers as a [[EldritchAbomination great one]]]], but it is never used en masse, only reserving it for the JackBauerInterrogationTechnique and the elimination of an AxCrazy foe who would cause an ApocalypseHow should he be left alive.
54* ''Fanfic/{{Origins}}'', a ''Franchise/MassEffect''[=/=]''Franchise/StarWars''[[spoiler:[=/=]''[=Borderlands=]''[=/=]''[=Halo=]'']] MassiveMultiplayerCrossover gives us Sarah, a [[spoiler:Force-sensitive]] Siren who can tap into all aspects of her available powers regardless of her current moral alignment. Though she's been [[HeelFaceTurn moving away from villainy]], some usages of her powers have been less-than-heroic [[spoiler:as using the Dark Side of the Force for good has always been a dicey proposition]].
55* ''Fanfic/SonOfTheWarp'' (''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'' & ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''): Joseph Regent is a fairly nice, reasonable young man. He's also the demigod son of [[EldritchAbomination Tzeentch]], and one of his powers includes command over daemons of Tzeentch.
56* ''Fanfic/ASubtleKnife'' (''Literature/{{Worm}}'' & ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010''): Edge is only able to [[SwordBeam project his knife's cutting edge]] as his main offensive ability, while his most powerful is mind-bending people to make them follow his agenda. He joins the Justice League to channel his powers into constructive pursuits -- such as manipulating his team into closeness and friendship.
57* ''Fanfic/SwitchTheColors'' (''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' & ''VideoGame/InFamousSecondSon''): [[PowerCopying Copy Quirks]] have developed a reputation in society for being a quirk for weaklings, cowards, and thieves, certain laws put in place to keep Izuku from actually using "Verbatim" under the pretense of it being "theft". This can also apply to the quirks that Izuku gains along the way, both his Smoke and Neon powers having been taken from villains he has encountered. With that said, Izuku still aspires to be a pro-hero regardless.
58* ''Fanfic/ThievesCanBeHeroes'' (''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' & ''VideoGame/Persona5''): The Phantom Thieves steal use their ability to enter the Metaverse to the Treasure that embodies the distorted desires of people, forcing them to undergo HeelFaceBrainwashing to make them repent for their crimes. It's also pointed out that they could just as easily use this ability to murder people or [[AndIMustScream turn them into vegetables]] with little chance of being traced or caught, but the Thieves, especially their leader Izuku, refuse to use their powers for anything except stopping wicked people outside of the reach of traditional law enforcement or Heroes.
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61* ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestria'' (''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'' & ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''):
62** Littlepip has several powerful BloodMagic spells implanted into her head after being {{Mind Rape}}d by the [[TomeOfEldritchLore Black Book of Zebrica]]. She uses one of them to save Xenith's life after a [[DeathByIrony Killing Joke]] plant turns her zebra stripes into gaping wounds, leaving her in danger of bleeding to death, by magically turning the blood into clots.
63** Rarity had the book long before Littlepip and used its spells for even more good. The book expected her to be TheCorruptible, but she was able to use it for ''years'' without being corrupted at all. Her biggest accomplishment with the book was the Ministry Mare statuettes: forty-two figurines of herself and her friends (seven sets of six ponies), each [[spoiler:infused with a sliver of her soul and enchanted to give strength to the owner. Littlepip's set even protects her from the Black Book's corruption]].
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65[[AC: ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'']]
66* ''Fanfic/TamersForeverSeries'': Takato Matsuki is one of the nicest people you will ever meet. Unfortunately, he is ''also'' the [[spoiler:Vessel of Chaos]] and could potentially wreak untold havoc upon reality.
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68[[AC:''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' / ''Franchise/KingKong'' / Franchise/MonsterVerse]]
69* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonMonsterX Monster X]]'s powers such as bio-electricity and a powerful HealingFactor are derived from Ghidorah (and [[spoiler:Ghidorah itself]] notes that this should make them as unnatural to Earth's biosphere as Ghidorah is); but this incarnation of Monster X is heroic and can choose how to use their power, something which is explicitly pointed out by Mothra.
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71[[AC: ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'']]
72* Alcor/Dipper in ''Fanfic/TranscendenceAU''. He's a demon, with all the darkness that implies, but he's still Dipper. Doesn't keep the family from getting a reputation, though. Most of Mabel's descendants get seen as a CreepyChild at some point or another because many of them know how to summon and make a deal with him before they graduate elementary school.
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74[[AC:''Franchise/HarryPotter'']]
75* In ''Fanfic/GinnyWeasleyDoubleLife'', Ginny is hypnotised by Milikan, a serpent with HypnoticEyes who can talk to humans and even implant [[FakeMemories false memories]] with her abilities. However, Milikan only uses this power to make Ginny perceive Milikan as her 'Mistress' and best friend, adding memories of a childhood friendship but doing nothing to compromise Ginny's marriage to Harry or her relationship with her children.
76* ''Fanfic/HarryRiddle'': Harry uses the Cruciatus curse on the troll attacking Hermione.
77* In ''Fanfic/{{Tormentor}}'' Harry/Ajas uses his [[HalfHumanHybrid Dementor powers]] and dark curses to save a little girl from a gang of Death Eaters.
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79[[AC:''Literature/HighSchoolDXD'']]
80* ''Fanfic/HighSchoolDxDInheritorOfMalevolence'': Although his Sacred Gear contains [[spoiler:the souls of the seven most powerful Evil Dragons in history, who are determined to either drive their host insane or destroy their body]], the story's main character, Takeshi Ryuugamine, remains a heroic individual who uses his powers to assist his friends, defeat various villains and help others.
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82[[AC:''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'']]
83* ''Fanfic/BloodForTheBloodGod'': Izuku's quirk gives him vampire powers (including a thirst for blood), he can weaponize his own blood as weapons and is even able to copy the quirks of those who he feeds directly from to a minor extent, but Izuku is hellbent on becoming a hero.
84* ''Fanfic/CursedBlood'': Izuku is a {{Necromancer}} with a HealingFactor with a zombie girl as a familiar/pet. It's later revealed that anyone healed by his Quirk is also turned into a thrall who can't disobey him and wants nothing more than to please him, at least until his blood is out of their body. Even in-universe, he's described as a cinnamon roll and a KnightInShiningArmor.
85* In ''Fanfic/FromMuddyWaters'', Izuku is the son of and has the same Quirk as All For One, the most dangerous villain in all of Japan. He can obtain any other Quirk by [[CannibalismSuperpower consuming bits of DNA such as hair or blood]] and even steal Quirks from other people, but he hates doing either of those things and wants nothing more than to become a hero like All Might.
86* In ''Fanfic/{{Juxtapose}}'', Izuku's Quirk, "Minor Banishment", is initially derided as being so useless that he's effectively Quirkless, as he can only delete 10 g of whatever he's touching at a time with an upper limit of 2 kg over a short period, but everyone is thankful that it's in his hands and not anyone else's after he realizes that [[spoiler:he can banish pieces of people's vital organs from existence, allowing him to slowly cripple a villain who was about to murder him and his friends]].
87* ''Fanfic/TheNorseHeroFenrir'': To say that Izuku's powers are terrifying at first glance would be an understatement. He basically has the ability to shift between a human and {{Hellhound}} wolf-man form and can sometimes be overwhelmed by his more animalistic instincts, his Ragnarök form becoming famous as the "Demon Werewolf". He has powers over [[SuperSmoke smoke]] and [[PlayingWithFire embers]], is strong enough to decimate the Zero-Pointers, and let's not forget he was based on a BeastOfTheApocalypse. With that in mind, he is still Izuku, with all of the idealistic heroic qualities you would expect from him, not that Bakugo will ever acknowledge it.
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89[[AC:''Franchise/MyLittlePony'']]
90* ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'':
91** Havoc is the AnthropomorphicPersonification of Fear and the Ruler of Hell. Though he subscribes to BlueAndOrangeMorality, he's actually a pretty nice guy as long as you don't anger him. For one thing, he seeks to punish people who actually deserve to go to Hell, not harm the innocent. It's notable that the survival instinct comes from him, and he becomes happy when people's fear motivates them to fight and save their own lives and the lives of others.
92** Trixie's mother Morgan's Special Talent is [[PersonOfMassDestruction Destruction]]. While others fear her for it, Morgan herself is a loving mother and good person all around.
93* ''Fanfic/ThePowersOfHarmony'':
94** Libra and [[spoiler:his Echo]] Blair are classic heroic knights, but in an [[GodzillaThreshold act of desperation]] against [[spoiler:Nightmare Moon's undying army]], broke taboo and used Lifeforce magic, which turns the user into a nigh-uncontrollable addict who's as likely to kill his own comrades as his enemies.
95** Fluttershy is, as per canon, one of the nicest ponies you'll ever meet. However, the most powerful ability granted to her by the Element of Kindness is Fearsense, which forces the person on the receiving end to experience a vision of their worst fear, basically {{Mind Rap|e}}ing them.
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97[[AC:''Franchise/{{RWBY}}'']]
98* ''Fanfic/JauneArcLordOfHunger'': {{Deconstructed}}. Jaune's Force abilities are the result of Nihilus' mask [[spoiler:amplifying Jaune's midi-chlorian count]], and although Jaune aims to use his abilities for selfless motives and protecting his team, those motives grow increasingly skewed after he resorts to using the Dark Side of the Force, since the Dark Side by its very nature requires malevolent intentions and negative emotions to work.
99* ''Fanfic/ThroughHerEyes'': Basically the entire premise of the Alternate Universe fic, which replaces Ruby's canon abilities with Grimm-related powers, strongly implied to be connected to [[BigBad Salem]]. Her entire motivation to become a huntress here is to hopefully accomplish more good than the damage her abilities could possibly do. Ruby is also more shy and timid than canon, due to having a FriendlessBackground.
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101[[AC: ''Franchise/TalesOfArcadia'']]
102* ''Fanfic/TheWizardAndTheHuntress'': Barbara is adept at BloodMagic, which she uses to great effect as a healer.
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104[[AC:''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'']]
105* An AlternateUniverse called [[http://theatomicpumpkin.tumblr.com/post/136348317337/fantasytale-au Fantasytale]] casts the human protagonist as a silent but good-natured {{Necromancer}}--though they're still raising skeletons, zombies, and ghosts, they're using their power to bring fallen heroes and innocents back from the grave so that they're "given a second chance at living," as Papyrus puts it.
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107[[AC: ''Literature/{{Worm}}'']]
108* ''Fanfic/HereComesTheNewBoss'': Taylor has inherited the Butcher's powers, which come attached to a bundle of voices in the back of her head, all the previous Butchers urging her toward ruthlessness and violence. She can push them down, but she needs to let them closer to the surface in order to access their powers, leaving her with a precarious balancing act between using their powers for good, vs losing herself to indiscriminate violence and slaughter as they want her to do.
109* ''Fanfic/MaulingSnarks'': Slaughterhouse Nine are [[AdaptationalHeroism overall good people]], whose powers drive them to murder and violence, which is something they can't really stop, so much as take out their urges on the criminals who arguably [[PayEvilUntoEvil have it coming]] and try to minimize collateral damage. Even outside their villainous identities they try to do good: Jack Slash is a renowned therapist, Bonesaw is a medic who both heals injuries and grants enhancements, and Shatterbird is a Protectorate hero.
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111[[AC:''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'']]
112* ''Fanfic/RiskItAll'': Soul-Crushing Strike is guaranteed to smash bone is such a way that it will never heal properly. It can't be blocked properly through martial arts and is delivered with a simple punch. Ren only ever uses it to incapacitate mobsters who don't think twice about murdering others. Even then, he purposefully avoids hitting the legs, chest, and head to avoid turning them into vegetables or preventing them from walking.
113* ''Fanfic/WithThisRing'': The SI is a bearer of an [[Franchise/GreenLantern Orange Lantern Ring]], which utilizes the Orange Light of Avarice, and is powered by the user's greed. Its only other user is an insane immortal that lives in a cave, killing and devouring anything that enters, enslaving their souls in the process. He uses it to be a superhero, and fix the environment.
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117* Ling-erh from ''Film/TheBattleWizard'' is a sorceress who controls snakes, and has the ability to fire live, poisonous snakes as projectile, as well as teleporting vicious serpents into her enemies' flesh, burrowing through their bones and causing several unfortunate mooks to die horribly with plenty of BodyHorror to boot. But she's one of the heroes of the film.
118* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
119** Luke Skywalker uses the Force Choke on a pair of guards in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', which Darth Vader does throughout the series. Luke just chokes them into unconsciousness rather than strangling them, though. He uses the stronger variant called Force Crush in ''Series/TheMandalorian'', but only on a Dark Trooper droid. Jedi all seem to have the same powers, with the difference being how and when they choose to use them.
120** In ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', Palpatine argues that the Sith are all examples of this (or that they can choose to be) but that the Jedi refuse to believe it and tried to persecute them into extinction for exploring powers the Jedi considered "unnatural". The fact that he's a lying, manipulative psychopath responsible for a galactic war that caused billions of deaths to secure his rise to power [[UnreliableNarrator casts doubt on his claim]]. In ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' it's shown that [[DrunkOnTheDarkSide overuse of the Dark Side]] is [[ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil comparable to hard drugs]] and while it's possible for Sith to take the Dooku approach and be {{Noble Demon}}s, [[AlwaysChaoticEvil the vast majority just become murderous lunatics]].
121** ExpandedUniverse materials, especially video games, have some Force powers, such as lightning, slated as explicitly belonging to TheDarkSide, because they can only be used to harm. However, it's apparent that a sufficiently knowledgeable Jedi master understands these powers, even if they choose not to use them- when Dooku threw lightning at Yoda, the little guy [[NoSell just absorbs it]]. [[DependingOnTheWriter Other stories disagree with this]], and have good Jedi such as Master Plo Koon using powers such as Force lightning (although in Plo's case he invented a Light side variant that wasn't fueled by ThePowerOfHate like normal Force lightning).
122** Jedi Master Mace Windu created his own variant of [[FantasticFightingStyle the seventh lightsaber form, Juyo,]] known as Vaapad. Juyo was considered to be taboo among the Jedi as it drew on the user's aggression, linking it to the DarkSide. Vaapad was functionally the same, but according to Windu it was more of a state of mind than a combat style and allowed the user to [[GoodIsNotSoft channel their inner darkness into a weapon of the light]].
123** The Creator/{{Disney}} ''Star Wars'' [[ContinuityReboot films]] fall back on the side of all Force users having access to the same set of powers, mostly so that they can avoid the traditional infinite pretzel of rationalizations previous novels and games have needed to justify MindRape being a light side power in the original trilogy (''Film/TheForceAwakens'' actually frames it with a lot of implicit horror even when used by the hero and ''Film/TheLastJedi'' explicitly makes it part of the movie's theme).
124* Deadly Girl in ''Film/TheSpecials'' can summon demons. She is a hero.
125* In ''Film/DraculaUntold'', Vlad III Dracula gains his supernatural powers for good reasons but even though he uses them for such they are still considered evil, since they did originate from [[TheLegionsOfHell demons]] and include an insatiable thirst for human blood.
126* ''Film/TheShadow'' casts the Shadow's [[ComboPlatterPowers considerable collection of powers]] in this light: Lamont Cranston is actually "Ying Ko", a warlord of the orient, master of Opium, with hideous and largely vague powers. After a FaithHeelTurn involving a tulku, Lamont Cranston returned to the den of evil known as New York to use his MindRape abilities and vast resources and enormous web of contacts to [[ReedRichardsIsUseless wage war against organized crime]]. The various other sources have different takes on the same concept, but generally the Shadow is somewhere between TheCowl and TheScourgeOfGod, so it's by-and-large "scary powers, scary guy, bad victims who [[PayEvilUntoEvil had it coming]]".
127* ''Film/{{Mythica}}'': Marek has {{Necromanc|er}}y, which here means she's capable of draining others' life force to empower her magic along with calling up the dead but is a very good person. In the films, she continually struggles since her power is apparently both [[AddictiveMagic addictive]] and [[TheCorruption corrupting]].
128* ''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'':
129** Wanda Maximoff's abilities include mind control, telekinesis, and outright reality warping as of ''Series/WandaVision''. Most of her magic comes off as creepy and red looking when she performs it, but she's on the side of the heroes... [[HeroWithAnFInGood sort of]].
130** Scott Lang is also capable of mind control, but to a lesser extent since his mind control only works on creatures in the ''Formicidae'' taxonomic family, which includes all known ant species.
131** ''Film/DoctorStrange2016'': The Ancient One uses the power from the Dark Dimension to keep herself alive, and fight Dormamu, Lord of the Dark Dimension. Baron Mordo cannot reconcile this and leaves at the end of the movie, [[FaceHeelTurn seeing all users of Dark Magic as evils to be fought]].
132** ''Film/{{Eternals}}'': Druig's superpower par excellence is mass mind control, but he primarily wants to (and does) use it to stop wars and prevent genocides. It's worth noting that the MCU version of this character is a case of AdaptationalHeroism and AdaptationalNiceGuy; the original in the comics '''does''' use his mind control powers for nefarious purposes.
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135[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
136* Thoros of Myr from ''Series/GameOfThrones'' is affable, polite, and generally a good man, but his primary ability is necromancy.
137* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'':
138** Mostly played straight with Sam Winchester. His powers are demonic in nature, and he uses them to hunt demons. While he did [[spoiler:[[NiceJobBreakingItHero jump-start the Apocalypse]]]], he was actually intending to stop it, but his addiction to demon-blood has led to some decisions that can charitably be described as "questionable". He spent quite some time worried about [[TheDarkSide "going dark side,"]] and Dean's final wish at the end of season three was that Sam not use his demon powers. Knowing Dean would disapprove, Sam lied about it when Dean [[DeathIsCheap came back]], and things got worse from there. It was never entirely clear how much of the problem was TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget or ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil, how much straight addict behavior from the [[PsychoSerum blood]], and how much Sam being an ass of his own free will due to [[BreakTheCutie trauma]] and pride. Still, he ''was'' trying to save the world and save people, even at his worst. And he [[MustMakeAmends got better]].
139** Played straight with Andrew Gallagher, the [[TokenGoodTeammate only one]] of Azazel's Special Children who doesn't succumb to WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity.
140** Subverted with [[spoiler:Jake Talley and Ava Wilson]], both of whom also appear to be good Special Children at first, but are then corrupted by Azazel.
141** Played straight with a couple of other monsters encountered throughout the series who managed to resist the urge to kill humans.
142* On ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'', [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor Cole]] attempted this. He succeeded for a while, but then [[PowerCopying got even more evil powers]]. That... did [[LoveMakesYouCrazy not turn out well]].
143* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''
144** Clem, a ''demon'', can manifest fangs, tentacles, and poison. The only times he seems willing to fight are when he sees a friend hurt, or to protect a threatened teenager. (He [[EatTheDog eats kittens]], though.)
145** Angel and Spike are vampires, which in the Buffyverse is just an evil demon possessing a corpse, but manage to be good guys ([[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor some of the time]]) nonetheless.
146** Anya, who is a demon as well. A ''vengeance'' demon -- or at least she is for the start of her stay in the series. When she [[spoiler:temporarily got her powers back]], we see why this is a ''Bad Idea''.
147* Ned on ''Series/PushingDaisies'' has necromancy powers, but attempts to use them as little as possible and generally only to solve murders, with a few glaring exceptions: his childhood girlfriend and former murder victim Chuck, his dog Digby, and [[spoiler:Chuck's father Charles Charles]], although he was not aware of his powers when he revived Digby. He remains the protagonist and a thoroughly good guy throughout the series. However, it's still unnerving that every time he "alive agains" someone for more than a minute, someone else dies through random proximity.
148* Joshua from ''Series/NoOrdinaryFamily'' after his HeelFaceTurn.
149* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'':
150** Maya, whose power is that she [[WalkingWasteland releases an invisible cloud of lethal poison]] whenever she gets upset. And the world seems hellbent on giving her good reasons to get ''really'' upset on a regular basis.
151** Similarly, Ted Sprague, who emits nuclear radiation. He learned to focus and control it after accidentally giving his wife cancer. When he gets arrested, despite being innocent, his first insistence is that he be contained in a radiation-proof cell so as not to pose a danger to his guards.
152* This is one of the core tenets of the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' franchise. The original was meant to be a cyborg superweapon created by the BigBad to TakeOverTheWorld, but he kept his free will and escaped. His powers were meant to cause havoc and destruction, but he only uses them to destroy the monsters that he was supposed to serve. The heroes ultimately draw power from the same source as the villains they fight, but they use that power to save people. Several seasons have Riders as the primary antagonists as well as protagonists. This concept comes to a head in the post-finale epilogue of ''[[Series/KamenRiderWizard Wizard]]'', where it's revealed that all Kamen Riders are united by a metaphysical power called the 'Cross of Fire', which binds Riders to the sin they were born from.
153* ''Series/LostGirl'' features several examples.
154** Bo, the main character, is the best example. Her succubus powers, which drain life energy from people she has sexual contact with, are so strong that she has killed people just from ''kissing'' them. Even so, she's one of the most unambiguously good people in the show, and has learned how to transfer life energy ''into'' people.
155** The Light Fae, who are gray in the show's BlackAndGrayMorality, have corpse-eaters and harpies as members. The corpse-eaters, called Aswang, are depicted as saintly old women, eating only the corpses without family and acting as a sort of supernatural sanitation service to keep diseased corpses from contaminating both the soil and the living.
156* Todd the Wraith from ''Series/StargateAtlantis'' might look VERY evil (plus, he can suck life out of other people to feed himself), but he's probably the only member of his race who doesn't backstab the team when he allies with them. Of course, he did it once, but only because he thought he had been double-crossed. As much as he likes to threaten everyone by feeding on them, he doesn't seem to actually enjoy doing it except when hungry. The only occasion when he did feed on Sheppard, he did so under duress. And even when Sheppard expired, Todd cleared the area first, fed on the attacking soldiers then revived him by giving back what he took.
157** To a lesser extent, Replicators. They may be universally evil, but when Weir became one herself, she didn't go wacko; instead, she attempted to make an organic body for her peers so that they can ascend. When that didn't work, she worked with her old team to set up a trap for the remaining Replicators, sacrificing herself in the process.
158*** Niam. Despite being a Replicator, all he wanted was to learn ascension. Too bad he got reset by Oberoth into his default violent nature.
159** Plus the team themselves when they got copycat cloned by rogue Replicators, complete with rapid regeneration and everything. The part-human-part-Replicator clones even set up a distraction so that the real team can escape.
160%%* Cassie from ''Series/TheSecretCircle'', though Diana fits this more now.
161* In ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', the Medusans were introduced as having forms so hideous that [[BrownNote they turn most people into gibbering madmen before causing complete organ failure.]] The one Medusan we meet is a nice guy who is courteous enough to stay in his tiny sealed box and only opens it up for people he knows can't view him, people trying to kill him, or that one accident with Spock.
162* ''Series/TheGifted2017'': Sonia, codename Dreamer, can manipulate and read memories. She is ''not'' a classical telepath though, and if she does not have enough time to act or is forced to quit the process before it is finished, then her subjects might either see their memory scrambled or realize their thoughts have been manipulated, which verges or outright qualifies as MindRape. She does ''not'' like to use her powers but will do so if there is no other option.
163* ''Film/LooksThatKill'' is about a boy who has the ([[PowerIncontinence incontinent]]) [[BrownNote power to kill anyone with his handsomeness]], and his attempts to literally keep it under wraps.
164* ''Series/GenV'': Series protagonist Marie Moreau has the power to [[BloodyMurder manipulate blood]], a power usually more associated with villains than heroes. When her powers were first activated it leads to the AccidentalMurder of her parents. However, Marie gives her best to be a true hero. Given that the main goal of the Godolkin University is to create {{Celebrity Superhero}}es, she actually gives her superiors a hard time making her look marketable.
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168* The video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPOM0IUsd_0 "Dance In The Graveyards"]] by Music/DeltaRae shows the most cheerful and kindly necromancers (or death spirits) and the most benevolent use of necromancy you will ever see.
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172* Kravitz of ''Podcast/TheAdventureZoneBalance'', who is literally a Grim Reaper - with the skeletal form and scythe-y powers that entails - but he's actually a pretty nice guy. Also applies to [[spoiler:Barry and Lup, two Necromancers/[[OurLichesAreDifferent Liches]]/Grim Reapers who are firmly on the side of Good]].
173* In ''Podcast/TheMagnusArchives'', [[spoiler:Jonathan Sims]] gets these in later seasons. Having [[spoiler:a CompellingVoice that forces people to tell the truth]] sounds cool... until you realize it also comes with [[spoiler:the ability to rip information out of people's heads via MindRape, the ability to give people recurrent nightmares of their trauma and then [[DreamWalker watch their dreams]], and a HorrorHunger for other people's fear]]. [[spoiler:Jonathan Sims]] tries to use these powers for good, although he begins to stray into AntiHero territory during season 4.
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177* ''Roleplay/{{Glowfic}}'' has Corbelan, who has a magic system that eats worlds and can only be used to destroy things. He uses it to destroy Elves' oaths and destroy illness and weeds and such. [[spoiler:Also Melkor and Sauron but this totally counts as being good, those two are basically horribleness maximizers.]]
178* ''Roleplay/DawnOfANewAgeOldportBlues'':
179** One of the main characters, Sebastian, is [[PowersViaPossession possessed]] by an eldritch spirit that grants him control over his [[CastingAShadow shadows]]. In spite of his dark power and its dubious origin, he's a NiceGuy who tries to use it for good.
180** Another main character, Irene, is granted the power to [[{{Biomanipulation}} manipulate people's flesh]] in a way that's borderline BodyHorror. Irene, however, is a polite OnlySaneWoman who doesn't wish to abuse her power.
181** Benjy is given a superpower that transforms him into a giant, monstrous bug with razor-sharp teeth and acidic mucus. However, he retains his kind-hearted personality from when he was a human.
182* In ''Roleplay/RubyQuest'', Ruby's third eye qualifies. The eye can see things that her normal eyes can't, which did come in useful on a couple of occasions, but it also hurt like a motherfucker and bled rather nastily each time she used it. When it started to feel good, the genre-savvy players wisely decided to avoid using it.
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186* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': [[http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=423741 Yahenni,]] a character from the Kaladesh Saga, is an Aetherborn, who all possess incredibly short lifespans. However, Yahenni is one of the few "Gifted" Aetherborn who can extend that lifespan... by [[VampiricDraining draining people's life energy]], killing them painfully.[[note]]Their card actually lists them as "Aetherborn Vampire".[[/note]] Yahenni only uses said power to stay alive long enough to aid [[LaResistance the Revolt]], and afterwards they live out their last few days naturally. This makes them one of the few [[DarkIsNotEvil Mono-Black heroes]] in ''Magic'' history, and unlike [[{{Necromancer}} Liliana]] or [[GoodIsNotNice Sorin]], they're not an AntiHero.
187--> '''Yahenni:''' I get to decide who I am, on my terms. And I am not a killer.
188* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' has a few ways of reflecting this character concept, particularly since 3[[superscript:rd]] edition.
189** In the core of 3[[superscript:rd]] edition, only one spell from the Necromancy school is explicitly Evil: ''animate dead''. If you can find a Lawful Good use for ''circle of death'' or ''soul bind'', go right ahead.
190** However, a few splatbooks introduced spells that have the Evil descriptor tag, which [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin makes casting them an inherently evil action.]] Of course, depending on what else you do that still might not be enough to drop you ''all'' the way to the deep end of the alignment pool -- there were canonically Neutral characters who explicitly were in the habit of casting specific evil spells on a relatively regular basis.
191** Among the gods in TabletopGame/{{Greyhawk}} is Wee Jas, Goddess of Death and Magic. She is LawfulNeutral. That's right, the goddess of necromancy is not explicitly evil, and it's within the rules to have a LawfulGood cleric with the Death domain. Plus, a LawfulNeutral goddess of death wouldn't consider necromancy necessarily evil, and wouldn't find her clerics casting "evil" spells a deal-breaker anyway since she accepts both good and evil followers. Supplementary material notes that while she isn't opposed to necromancy on principle, she's still a goddess of order, and expects any necromancy done on her behalf to be within the bounds of law and with respect to the dead: turning someone into a zombie when their corpse was donated to the church by their surviving family is perfectly fine, but sneaking into a graveyard in the middle of the night, digging up a random coffin, and exhuming its inhabitant to fight for you is another story.
192** The Malconvoker prestige class summons evil outsiders to fight against evil; one of the requirements is a non-evil alignment.
193** The supplement ''Lords of Madness'' includes the Fleshwarper class, which is based around turning yourself into a [[HumanoidAbomination Humanoid]] (or not so humanoid) [[HumanoidAbomination Abomination]] through grafts. The class's only alignment restriction is that you cannot be Lawful, so there can be as many good ones as evil.
194** The same book also includes a race of [[EldritchAbomination Aberrations]] that can split into a swarm and have a MadScientist feel but are generally good enough folk.
195** The Ardent class gains its power from various "mantles" that represent metaphysical ideas. Several of the mantles listed are clearly malevolent in feel: Corruption and Madness, Consumption, Conflict, Death, Destruction, Pain and Suffering, or just flat-out Evil. Despite this, mantles do not have an alignment requirement, and it's specifically called out that Ardents can draw power from all these mantles (even Evil!) and still be good. After all, Ardents are meant to be philosophers, and it's quite reasonable for a philosopher to be fascinated by the nature of pain and death without believing that pain and death are good. In fact, the book throws out the idea that an Ardent could use both Good ''[[YinYangBomb and]]'' Evil mantles while being neither (there would be little in-game reason to do this, though), as a way of understanding both parts more effectively.
196** The supplement ''Libris Mortis'' is all about undead, not all of which are necessarily evil. It also adds a deity called "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Eternal Lover]]", a minor TrueNeutral god dedicated to ThePowerOfLove and [[{{Necromantic}} helping lovers stay together even after death]].
197** The Warlock class in 3[[superscript:rd]] edition specifically must be either chaotic or evil to gain their powers. It's a safe bet that most Warlock players chose to be ChaoticGood. And, due to an oversight, it's actually possible for a Warlock to be LawfulGood. Wizards of the Coast realized this late in 3[[superscript:rd]] Edition's lifespan and created a prestige class where the sample NPC is a LawfulGood Warlock.
198** The 4[[superscript:th]] edition Warlock is loosened up a bit -- only some of their powers can be called "evil," and at the same time, there's no alignment restrictions, so it's not uncommon to find LawfulGood player Warlocks using hellish powers.
199** Thanks to there being no "evil" powers in 4[[superscript:th]] Edition, you can actually be a Good necromancer using the powers found in the book ''Heroes of Shadow''. Albeit, the powers are pretty brutal, but as long as you don't use them against anyone who's not evil...
200** The 3.5 Shadowcaster class is described as dealing with dark powers ([[DarkIsEvil "magic often associated with evil"]]) and living with a skewed, alien perspective of the world to master their branch of magic, resulting in good shadowcasters being exceedingly rare. However, the key word there is ''rare'' -- they explicitly ''can'' be of any alignment, and indeed there are no mechanical limitations indicated on alignment for them.
201** Hailing from the same book as the Shadowcaster, the Binder is a WillingChanneler who calls upon the long-dead spirits of beings trapped beyond the reach of the world and makes pacts with them. Notable vestiges include demons, undead, and deceased gods of evil (and one of them, Tenebrous, is technically all three), and most of them did at least some kind of terrible thing in life. Many of their powers are also somewhat malevolent-looking, such as summoning shadow, calling forth beings from the Far Realm, growing long black talons, a poisonous bite, terrifying others, or forcing enemies to attack each other. Despite this, no vestiges have any kind of alignment requirement; a Binder can be Lawful Good and utilize all of the above without any compunction.
202** The Shadow Sun Ninja from the ''Tome of Battle – Book of Nine Sword'' is a PrestigeClass heavily versed in the power of darkness; one of the first power gained is to drain the lifeforce of living beings. They must be non-evil. It is somewhat implied this is a safety measure for members of the class, so that they don't find the darkness ''too'' attractive and get corrupted by it.
203** The 2[[superscript:nd]] Edition ''Complete Book of Necromancers'' offered new kits (variant classes) for necromancers who wanted to do good -- or at least neutral -- instead of rampantly evil. These included the Anatomist, who studied the dead to better learn how to heal the living, or the Deathslayer, who uses the powers of necromancy against the undead. The heroic example Deathslayer even uses magic to [[ActuallyADoombot puppeteer corpses]] to keep himself safe while he hunts.
204** There is [[https://i.redd.it/8j68feoo6rp01.png this story]] about a player in a solo campaign where he played a heroic necromancer travelling a war-torn land ruled by cruel tyrants. He would teach the people necromancy as a force for good, help them overthrow the tyrants and leave behind prosperous nations where the people would use their undead thralls for manual labour to leave the living free to pursue their passions and grow fat in post-scarcity democracies. The heroic Necromancer grew old in time and on his deathbed, used a scrying scroll to see over his realm... and to his horror had found that a band of adventurers had been moving around behind him, "freeing" these people from the "evil necromancer" and reinstating the old kings and feudal systems. They also called him the "Arch-Lich", which offended the Necromancer because he had no intention of becoming one. When the [[NiceJobBreakingItHero "heroes"]] broke into the Arch-Lich's sanctum expecting a fight with a cackling EvilOverlord, they instead found a heartbroken old man who tearfully explained what he did, why he did it, and how they had ruined everything and cast the land back into the hands of evil based on their own ignorance and bigotry. Turns out the Necromancer was actually being used as the BigBad in another campaign without either party's knowledge. [[UnwittingPawn The DM said he played his role beautifully.]]
205* In 1[[superscript:st]] edition ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', all sorcerers have a bloodline. There are some evil-themed bloodlines (such as demonic or infernal), but your bloodline doesn't require you to be a certain alignment.
206** The Sorcerer pales next to the Witch for having powers that range from horrifying to holy, but plenty of the creepy witch hexes (like Child Scent, the literal ability to sniff out children) can be used by good characters (the better to rescue you, my dear!)
207** Pharasma, the goddess of death in Pathfinder, is absolutely neutral and includes healing in her domains. She also is the goddess of ''birth'' and judgment; she is the one who decides the fates of mortal souls sent before her. "Pharasma makes cradles for us all."
208** Clerics have the power to cause a wave of healing or antilife energy to harm their enemies. Generally, good gods channel the power to heal and ReviveKillsZombie. Evil gods let you destroy the living and heal the undead. Neutral gods let neutral followers choose which power they want, allowing casters who despise the undead to still use the negative energy channel feature to damage living wrongdoers.
209** Spells in Pathfinder First Edition have alignment descriptors, but as long as casting those spells doesn't make a divine character offend their deity too much, they can be used. Frequent or flagrant use, or uses that cross the MoralEventHorizon, will cause alignment shift, but for many characters that doesn't really mean much mechanically.
210** Pathfinder Second Edition now links the Sorcerer's magical tradition to their bloodline, and infernal and demonic grant divine spells. This means that a demon-blooded sorcerer could load up on holy and healing magic due to their demonic influence. Or they could take all the darkest divine spells. Either way, if they keep their moral footing, it's this trope. The witch is similar.
211* In ''TabletopGame/{{Deadlands}}: Hell on Earth'', there are the Anti-Templars, who draw upon the powers of the [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse Reckoners]] to perform horrific acts of BlackMagic. However, these individuals typically not only use their powers because they believe they are weakening the Reckoners by stealing their energy, their usual purpose for becoming Anti-Templars is to ''save as many people as possible'', even if they must sacrifice their souls to do so, whereas their Templar counterparts [[KnightTemplar/TabletopGames feel that only the "worthy" should be saved, and all else condemned]]. The authors [[AuthorTract strongly disagree]] with this PayEvilUntoEvil approach, and consequently an Anti-Templar is by default a TragicVillain and/or WellIntentionedExtremist in the making since the rules support that overusing their power will slowly corrupt them and turn them evil, but many fans feel that the Anti-Templars are the more heroic force.
212* ''TabletopGame/WorldOfDarkness'':
213** In ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' you're a freaking vampire! Sure, powers like super strength, speed, and invisibility aren't necessarily evil sounding, but being able to rip the blood out of someone? Manipulate shadows? Control people's minds? Transform into horrible beasts and control bats and rats? Of course, it doesn't help that all powers are fueled by the blood of your prey. The good people part of this comes from how the standard vampire is someone following the "Path of Humanity" trying to keep themselves from giving in to the beast within and hold onto human morals.
214** The Lucifuge from ''TabletopGame/HunterTheVigil'' are ''children of Satan'' who said [[AntiAntiChrist "screw you dad"]] and now go around using their powers to fight monsters such as vampires and werewolves. Said powers include summoning demons, throwing Hellfire, making someone bleed out of their skin so that tracking them is easier, etc, etc. Not only do they use these powers to protect humanity, but they're actually one of the nicer conspiracies, in that they're actually willing to investigate the monsters beforehand in order to see if they merit destroying. Unfortunately, there's explicitly a very good chance that having TheDarkSide as a VillainousLineage and using it eats away at any goodness you may have, given enough time.
215** Played straight and {{subverted|Trope}} in ''TabletopGame/LeviathanTheTempest''. According to the Tribe's origin myth, Marduk was a man who drew power from humanity's despair, which he then used to fight and kill the [[AbusivePrecursors Progenitors]], freeing humans in the process. Unfortunately, when he tried to then spread hope around the world, his [[APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil disciples]], realizing that would weaken their powers, murdered him and founded a society dedicated to make sure there is plenty of despair in the world, [[VillainWithGoodPublicity all while still pretending to be good guys]].
216** ''TabletopGame/PrincessTheHopeful'' has some Darkened called [[VigilanteMan Deluded Vigilantes]], who received powers from [[TheCorruption the Darkness]] but try to use them for good, fighting crime and other Darkspawns. Since they use powers that are evil by their very nature, they usually end up becoming ruthless {{Knight Templar}}s with a warped perception of what a crime is, but because they still are motivated by good intentions, this means [[MagicalGirl Princesses]] can actually try to reason with them and solve the situation peacefully, typically by offering them new, safer powers (typically by making them [[SuperEmpowering Sworn]]). It's also mentioned there are very rare cases of such Darkened who ''do'' have [[HeroicWillpower enough willpower to keep control over their abilities]], and [[FaustianRebellion can become valuable allies to Princesses while still keeping them]].
217* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'': Any heroic Abyssal or Infernal Exalt. Drawing power from the beings who created the Underworld with their passing and defined Hell with their imprisonment will do that to you. An Abyssal's powers are 90% about killing things, while Infernal powers are the actual abilities of their insane Primordial patrons. This makes heroism difficult for Infernals with the Ebon Dragon's charms, as he's pretty much the ''living embodiment of the concept of Villainy''. \
218That said, all is not lost. With a bit of reading between the lines, Infernals have Charms that help defend their loved ones, enable eternal unsleeping defence of your realm, create food, bestow useful mutations, cause injuries to regenerate, force corrupt gods to do their jobs, and rip the password to turn off the ticking soulbreaker orb right out of the bomber's mind. Even the Ebon Dragon's stuff can be used benevolently on the condition that one is being spiteful and malevolent towards ''worse people than yourself''. Abyssals work on the same principle: no one said you could only kill ''decent'' people.
219* In the tabletop game ''TabletopGame/MutantsAndMasterminds'', more evil powers are not restricted to evil guys, but just asking to be used. Who doesn't want the ability to sicken people by altering their nerve impulses with a touch (granted, it's the same power to sicken them any other way, but considering how many elemental-themed superheroes there are, this is pretty much going to occur to everyone)?
220** One fan expansion of ''TabletopGame/FreedomCity'' has the character Horrorshow, who has the power to sense someone's greatest fear and project an illusion of it so realistic the victim experiences actual injury. He only does this on criminals and never causes permanent damage, believing in ScareEmStraight, rather than [[FrightDeathtrap Scare 'Em To Death]].
221* ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} Psionics'' rounds out its discussion of Psychic Vampirism by pointing out that one can use it to do things like leech away negative emotions (calming angry characters, soothing depressed ones, etc.) and remove debilitating nightmares--as well as attack villains, of course.
222* In ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', having the ability to MindRape or kill in unbelievably horrible ways is generally grounds for immediate execution or corruption by Chaos, but conversely, it also makes one an attractive prospect for recruitment by the Inquisition.
223** Then again, using "Good" to describe ''anyone'' in 40K is ''really'' overselling it at the best of times.
224* Non-evil Necromancers in ''{{TabletopGame/Rifts}}'' are possible, though a "Selfish" alignment is the best they could hope for, and it's doubtful that even the most well-intentioned Necromancer is going to be palling around with the forces of good. And any Necromancer who has moral qualms about messing with the dead is going to be forfeiting a lot of his power when it would be much easier to choose a less morally-ambiguous discipline in the first place. Good Shifters (wizards who specialize in summoning creatures and dimensional travel) are possible, but there's nothing inherently evil in their powers. It's just that the evil ones, using their powers to unleash demons and monsters on the land for nefarious purposes, get all the press.
225* One of the sample [[PowerBornOfMadness Madness Talent]] in ''[[TabletopGame/DontRestYourHead Don't Lose Your Mind]]'' is the Knife. It's a knife that can kill ''anything''; mortals, ghosts, immortals ''[[YouCannotKillAnIdea ideas]]'' and other abstract concepts... but the knife can also be used to cut off flaws, sever unhealthy relationships, and kill personal demons.
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229* Matoro in ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'', who has AnimateDead as his [[MaskOfPower mask power]]. This turns out to be a SecretTestOfCharacter from the [[LivingMacguffin Mask of Life.]]
230** Surprisingly, the Makuta were originally this. They were always beings of shadow, but the Brotherhood's original purpose was to create the wildlife of the world. In fact, the Brotherhood's original leader, Miserix, helped the Toa Hagah in their attempts to hunt down Teridax, the evil being [[WithholdingTheirName most commonly known simply as]] ''[[RaceNameBasis The Makuta]]''.
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234* ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'': Some of the characters have talents that seem to imply moral ambiguity or outright villainy, but the characters themselves are decent people.
235** Mondo Owada is the [[AllBikersAreHellsAngels Ultimate Biker Gang Leader]]. While he does have a HairTriggerTemper, he's an honorable sort that cares for his gang and wants to end the killing game. [[spoiler: While he does kill Chihiro, it comes in a MomentOfWeakness and he admits he blacked out from rage and couldn't remember actually doing the deed, and he accepts his execution without a fight, being more regretful that he couldn't keep his promise to Chihiro.]]
236** Fuyuhiko Kuzruyu is the Ultimate Yakuza, and while rough around the edges, he [[WhatYouAreInTheDark doesn't have it in him to kill anyone]], [[spoiler: especially after his CharacterDevelopment.]]
237** 'Ultimate Impostor' sounds like a rather sketchy talent to have, but the guy himself is one of the sweetest characters in the series; often, the biggest clue that he's not the person he's imitating (aside from his weight) is that he's far nicer than the real deal. [[spoiler: When he's imitating Byakuya, he acts haughty but immediately tries to take charge and prevent any murders- compare that to the ''real'' Byakuya, who had no empathy for the victims, once messed with the crime scene for his own amusement, and only took action against the Mastermind after chapter 4.]]
238** V3's resident 'evil talent' is Kokichi Ouma, the Ultimate Supreme Leader. And while he's TheGadfly and his goodness is in question due to his status as a ConsummateLiar, he does play a major role in trials. [[spoiler: He's revealed as GoodAllAlong after his death.]]
239** [[spoiler: Maki is the Ultimate Assassin, but she's TheStoic at worst and gets better over the course of the game.]]
240* Shiki of ''VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}}''. With his demon assassin abilities and Mystic Eyes of Death Perception that shows him, "To kill this person cut on line / stab at point here," the only reason he isn't the '''Grim Reaper incarnate''' to anyone within his knife's reach are the migraines his powers give him while sapping his life away, but he acts just like an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent.
241** Shiki of ''Literature/TheGardenOfSinners'' has much the same issue, only she does NOT have the headaches, and doesn't bother going to school. She's still neutral at worst.
242** Also in the Franchise/{{Nasuverse}} one can make a credible argument for Rider of the Fifth Grail War. Her real identity is [[spoiler:[[GorgeousGorgon Medusa]]]] and most of her Noble Phantasms aren't that nice. Blood Fort Andromeda drains people of their energy and eventually reduces them to piles of blood and organic ooze. Summoning her mount Pegasus involves creating a spray of blood by stabbing ''herself'' in the neck and the bridle Bellerephon is used to whip the normally docile beast (which in some interpretation of the myth is her own ''child'') into insane fury and bloodlust. The only exception is her mask, Breaker Gorgon, which seals her mystic eyes. Rider herself however is actually quite a nice person and more like TheWoobie once you get to know her.
243* During her first appearance in ''VideoGame/BattleMoonWars'', [[BewareTheNiceOnes Matou Sakura]] relies exclusively on her own shadow magic to defend herself and really doesn't do a very good job of it. After she's kidnapped, nearly turned back into [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Dark Sakura]] by Zouken Matou, and subsequently rescued with ThePowerOfLove, Sakura [[TookALevelInBadass Takes a Level in Badass]] and starts using her connection to [[TheDevil Angra Mainyu]] as the power source for her attacks while still remaining a textbook example of a NiceGirl. May also be an aversion to EvilIsNotAToy.
244* The "Bad Boys Love" route of ''VisualNovel/HatofulBoyfriend'' indicates that this was true of [[spoiler:Fujishiro Nageki when he was alive; he was the carrier for a fast-acting lethal-to-humans virus, and committed suicide to stop Dr. Shuu's attempts to weaponize it]]. By the end of the storyline (assuming you get the good ending), [[spoiler:Ryouta becomes a carrier for the same virus and chooses to be isolated to prevent it from spreading, hoping only that he'll be able to be cured someday]].
245* Aoba of ''VisualNovel/DramaticalMurder'' has the ability to MindControl and MindProbe people with his voice, an ability that can [[MindRape permanently destroy people's minds]] if abused, and his powers are explicitly linked with death and destruction. He also has a SuperPoweredEvilSide that grows stronger the more often he uses his power. In spite of all of this, he's an unwaveringly good-hearted and selfless person who's horrified when he accidentally renders one of his friends comatose by entering his mind and finds a good use of his destructive powers in exorcizing the mental demons tormenting his friends/love interests.
246** The same could be said of [[spoiler:Aoba's twin brother Sei]], who has the ability to brainwash people by merely looking at them but turns out to just be a lonely and abused pawn of the BigBad who asks Aoba to MercyKill him when they finally meet.
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250* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Qrow Branwen has the ability to [[BlessedWithSuck cause bad luck of varying degrees]]. While certainly [[WindsOfDestinyChange useful in battle]], the problem is that it is [[PowerIncontinence passive and permanently active]], effecting friends, foes, and even himself; in turn, he's developed a rather sour outlook on life, not trusting himself to be around others for long periods of time lest he bring his loved ones misery. Nevertheless, he abandons the murderous bandit tribe who raised him to become a proper Huntsman when [[BigGood Professor Ozpin]] becomes the first person to see any worth in him beyond being TheJinx, prompting Qrow to give him his UndyingLoyalty. Unfortunately, when he learns [[spoiler:the AwfulTruth about Professor Ozpin's past and the mission he's been following for years, his entire world [[HeroicBSOD shuts down]], he [[DrowningMySorrows succumbs fully]] to his [[FunctionalAddict alcoholism]] and, for a while, becomes a [[AddledAddict massive burden]] to the heroes.]]
251* The White Knight in ''WebAnimation/TheCyanideAndHappinessShow'' takes this to comical extremes, being essentially a racism-themed superhero. His outfit includes a KKK hood, swastika boots, and a Confederate flag cape, and his powers include White Flight, which manifests a burning cross on his back that lets him fly, and White Sight, which allows him to identify a criminal just by looking at them (and suspiciously only seems to trigger when he's looking at black people). Despite this, he reacts with complete bafflement and disgust when [[DirtyCop a genuinely racist police chief]] complains that he isn't leaving enough black people for the regular cops, and seems [[ObliviouslyEvil utterly bewildered]] at the implication that his actions have any kind of racist intent.
252* ''WebAnimation/BattleForDreamIsland'': [[UnrealisticBlackHole Black Hole]] is, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as his name implies]], a black hole, whose suction powers are true to life in that they cause mass destruction whenever people or things get too close to him. Despite this, he's a MellowFellow who doesn't like causing damage, and is the NumberTwo of [[FunWithAcronyms Death P.A.C.T.]], a team dedicated to preventing the deaths of other people.
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256* ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'':
257** Rilian seems to embody this -- as the first Necromancer, he uses his powers to help maintain the balance between life and death. And mess with people's heads. And Kick Jacob Deegan in the head until he understands that [[DarkIsNotEvil Death Is Not Zombies]]. In conversation with Dominic, it's pointed out that there ''are'' non-villainous necromancers whose primary duties revolve around funerary rites. That said, he gets ''way'' too much mileage out of his OmniscientMoralityLicense and has a strong tendency to be a {{Jerkass}}. Of course, when we find out that a few hundred years ago he was a jolly, friendly plump guy who seriously considered calling his new form of magic 'deathomancy,' it's a little sad how completely he's become what he is today. Dark may not be evil, but evidently it wears you down. Or maybe that's the thankless centuries of world-protecting with the face of a skull.
258** The strip plays BadPowersBadPeople straight with all the infernomancers, though. They sold themselves to hell for power, and apparently it is either impossible to do that with good intentions, or impossible to hold on to good intentions for more than five minutes after doing so; "there is no such thing as an infernomancer with a heart of gold." Bulgak Adrak [[spoiler:cannot escape Hell until]] he fully accepts that he earned his place there and [[spoiler:repents. His soul then explodes. This is a ''good'' thing]].
259** WordOfGod says the demons are all fully, fundamentally evil for the same reason. They can't ''become'' demons without actively participating in the evil that is hell. Karnak has still managed to become a mystery on this score without truly approaching NobleDemon, only partly because since the war in hell he has started to get all kinds of really ''kick-ass'' SugarWiki/{{Moment|OfAwesome}}s. The mystery is resolved with TheReveal that [[spoiler:Karnak isn't a true demon, but a human mutated by the powers of Hell]]. He's still not a good person -- good people don't try to MurderTheHypotenuse or attack children -- but he isn't ''fundamentally'' evil.
260* ''Webcomic/{{Zoophobia}}'''s Damian possesses immense demonic powers and shapeshifting abilities but chooses to use them for nothing more than harmless pranks and to mess with others.
261* The image is of "The Girl with the Skeleton Hand" from ''Webcomic/JohnnyWander'', readable [[http://www.johnnywander.com/comic/girl-with-the-skeleton-hand-1 here]] with a sequel [[http://www.johnnywander.com/comic/girl-with-the-skeleton-hand-2-1 here]]. [[DontFearTheReaper Death]], a polite, awkward guy, goes on a date with Cecilia and [[KissOfDeath kisses her hand]], accidentally [[StrippedToTheBone turning it skeletal]].
262* ''Webcomic/{{Starslip}}'':
263** A comedic variant: Quine the ObstructiveBureaucrat is finally putting his dread powers of annoyance to good use, slowing down Starcon's pursuit by [[http://starslip.com/2012/04/02/in-his-element/ burying them in red tape]].
264** Just about any of Mr. Jinx's myriad and horrifying biological functions would be the basis for a particularly disturbing Xenomorph expy. Instead, he uses them to save the crew.
265* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'':
266** A ''Dragon Magazine'' comic has a Medusa who doesn't want to hurt people, so Durkon sets her up with a job where she petrifies the terminally ill, to be de-petrified when medical science advances enough to be able to cure them.
267** The vampire [[spoiler:Durkon]] helps defend the Order against an attacking army with its HypnoticEyes and TouchOfDeath. [[spoiler:Subverted in that the vampiric spirit possessing Durkon is EvilAllAlong.]]
268** Melisander, who appears in a sidestory in ''Good Deeds Gone Unpunished'', is the ghost of an elven maid who gets discovered when people move into her now-deserted city. [[HappinessInMinimumWage She wants to keep up her old work]], but is stymied by the fact that being a ghost in ''D&D'' doesn't provide you with a lot of avenues to help others: she's incorporeal, so she can't do any usual custodial duties, and her main ghostly powers are possession (which is highly unpleasant for the possessed individual), an aging gaze (they try using it on fruit tree saplings and it results in cursed fruit), and a touch that puts people to sleep. This last one ends up being her saving grace, as she can use it as a cure for insomnia.
269* In ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'', Torg gains a [[EmpathicWeapon magic sword]] that can kill just about anything. This isn't so bad, since "anything" includes [[AlwaysChaoticEvil murderous, soul-stealing demons]]. The catch is that, to use this power, the sword needs to feed on the blood of the innocent before battle. Fortunately or unfortunately, Torg is usually able to find plenty of innocent people bleeding to death when he really needs it. It's worth noting that the sword can talk after coming in contact with innocent blood, and when Torg accuses it of being evil, it replies that [[DarkIsNotEvil it's only a sword, has no alignment, and will be used for good or evil depending only on the master who wields it]].
270* Capricorn from ''Webcomic/{{Zodiac|2011}}'' is demon-possessed and can willfully ([[BlessedWithSuck and sometimes unwillfully]]) transform from introverted teen to [[BreathWeapon fire-breathing]] monstrosity. She is not particularly fond of this situation and was quick to ask Aquarius to exorcise her when she found out that Aquarius was an advanced magic-user. Aquarius explained that she can't because demon possession was [[CrossoverCosmology of a different religious school.]]
271* In the webcomic ''Zom Ben'', the title character is a superhero whose power of turning into a zombie is gained from an amulet that Set gave him.
272* This is pretty much the entire premise of ''Webcomic/ZebraGirl''. It starts off with a carefree, lighthearted guy playing around with a book called the Tome of Evil. Said tome accidentally (maybe, turns out it's sentient) turns his roommate into a demon-girl, whose unique stripes and hooves makes her the titular heroine of the strip. Now SHE'S the one with the bad powers but is trying to keep as much of her life together as possible... While making things spontaneously combust when angered, having claws that can shred anything, every bodily fluid (WordOfGod says yes, ''every'' fluid) being highly corrosive, and gaining sustenance by devouring ''life force''. And coffee, which somehow is the only thing she can still taste properly given the acid-saliva. It's one long struggle to enforce this trope instead of slipping into EvilFeelsGood. [[spoiler:Then, to defeat an enemy who has completely embraced demonic power, Shandra does as well... and [[FaceHeelTurn doesn't look back]], inverting this trope for a very, very long time in-universe.]]
273* With the exception of [[spoiler:Gamzee and his dancestor Kurloz]], most of the characters in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' with apparently evil attributes use them for good purposes. Karkat, the Knight of Blood, is a surly but essentially good character, and his dancestor Kankri at least ''tries'' to do the right thing. Likewise, the two Doom players (Sollux and Mituna) are both heroic protagonists.
274* ''Webcomic/{{Chiasmata}}'':
275** Many characters from the expanded universe qualify for this, like [[AtomicSuperpower Misanthrope]], a friendly, social girl who is [[WalkingWasteland so radioactive]] that can't even be in the same room as anyone without some serious detriments to their health. There's also Saboteur, who has the ability to induce {{entropy|AndChaosMagic}} in matter. However, she is a well-meaning individual who is absolutely terrified of her abilities and the idea of hurting someone. Especially since [[SuperPowerMeltdown the combination of her powers awakening and an anxiety attack]] has already caused a lot of damage.
276** One character who plays with this trope is [[BloodyMurder The Devouring Hate]], who went on a murderous rampage after her loved ones were killed in a 564 attack, draining the blood of multiple civilians and turning it into a giant spiderlike construct, before being sedated and taken into custody by the Benefactors League. Some time and psychiatric care later she has regained most of her sanity and is [[TheAtoner genuinely remorseful]] for what she did, even though she wasn't exactly in the right mind at the time.
277* Peligroso from ''[[Webcomic/HeroesUnite Heroes Alliance]]'' gains his power from a pact struck with a devil named 'Wraith'. He has some anger management issues but uses his power to pound on the bad guys.
278* In ''WebComic/CucumberQuest'' it eventually turns out that [[spoiler:[[BigBad the Nightmare Knight]]]] is an example of this. He's actually a pretty nice guy and doesn't want to hurt anyone, but he's also an EmotionEater whose powers are based entirely around fear and despair and is secretly terrified of being seen as weak. Worse, if people aren't scared of him, [[spoiler:than [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes his children]], the Disaster Masters, will disappear because his powers are the only thing sustaining them; if he stops now, he'll kill them]].
279* In ''Webcomic/{{Earthsong}}'', Tristram's VampiricDraining proves to be this [[spoiler:after he resolves his TrappedInVillainy issues and has a HeelFaceTurn]]. Used judiciously, it lets him store LifeEnergy from [[VegetarianVampire plants]], heal others by [[LiquidAssets transferring energy into them]], and subdue people harmlessly by siphoning just a bit of their power.
280* ''WebComic/SuperStupor'': Magic Eye has the power to force a person to tell the truth. Unfortunately, his penis has to be in them for it to work - meaning that using it on an unwilling subject would be ''rape''. He prefers not to even talk about that power.
281* ''WebComic/AwfulHospital'':
282** Willis is a BloodSucker who cheerfully discusses the times he's drunk adult humans dry. He's also about the size of an Ipod and has the personality of a ten-year-old child. Fern essentially adopted him and he's quite happy to help her navigate the Hospital.
283--->'''Willis:''' ''[about his trip to the Grey Zone]'' I drank a couple things that were you-shaped but then they stopped moving and when I checked again they were just GROSS!!! Don't live there Fern! You could stop moving and get GROSS!!!
284** Maggie is a walking, talking maggot and PestController, and also one of the most kindly and likeable individuals Fern has encountered to date. [[TheWormThatWalks Magdolene]], Maggie's "daughter"[[note]] or "daughters"?[[/note]], seems to have inherited her mother's personality.
285* ''Webcomic/TwoKinds'' usually plays BadPowersBadPeople straight, the protagonist, Trace Legacy, is an avid practitioner of BlackMagic, resistant to TheCorruption of mind, body, and soul that mucking about with the stuff usually entails. However, that's because said corruption is compartmentalized into a SuperPoweredEvilSide that manifests as an EnemyWithin; visualized as a demon made out of black smoke and hellfire.
286* ''Webcomic/JoJopolis'': Murder Most Foul, Sonny Zeppeli's Stand, has the power to [[MakeThemRot induce cell death in any organism it touches]]. Sonny is also one of the main heroes, and he'd really rather not kill if it's unnecessary. He even uses his power for good, specifically killing the cells of the brain tumors in Butterfly's Dream users, freeing them of the mind-controlling effect.
287* ''Webcomic/IDontWantThisKindOfHero'': Osu is a very nice person. It's just that every part of his body is an addictive hallucinogen. He can drug people by standing in the same room as them. The number of people that can be around him without taking a special medicine can be counted on one hand.
288* The title character of ''Webcomic/{{Erma}}''. Possessing all the powers of a frightening [[{{Youkai}} onryo]]. Shapeshifting, mind control, a propensity to go OneWingedAngel when she's really angry, etc. Erma herself however is at her core your average little girl who wants to play with friends and her toys. She's also a sweetheart in general.
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292* Cody Giles, AKA "Odelarch" from ''Literature/AngelOfDeath'' is, in his true form, a large, putrid walking corpse whose powers include [[YourSoulIsMine devouring the souls of the living]] and pooping them out a slaves he can use to spy for him or animate corpses, making any material (including dead flesh) rot at hyper-speed, killing anyone with a touch, inflicting any disease on anyone with a touch, and draining all of the light out of an area around him. He wears a BlackCloak and wields a SinisterScythe. Despite all of this, he is an incredibly moral character, who is constantly concerned with doing the right thing and only devours human souls because if he did not, he would soon starve himself into a frenzy and eat hundreds of people.
293** Other Liches, though, are much less benevolent.
294* Tennyo from the Literature/WhateleyUniverse is effectively a human machine built for destruction. She's also a very shy girl firmly on the good side who likes reading and ballroom dancing.
295** Sarah Waite aka Carmilla. Daughter of the demon Gothmog, granddaughter of the [[EldritchAbomination Shub-Niggurath]], descended from Cthulhu on the other side of her family, has LovecraftianSuperpower, eats by sucking the lifeforce out of living creatures, has killed humans to survive, and is predicted to wipe humanity off the face of the earth to be replaced with her spawn. She's trying to be a hero.
296** Gotterdammerung can disintegrate matter by touching it, sometimes by accident, and his upper limit is somewhere around 700 kilograms. He's a shy WholesomeCrossdresser who just wants to be left alone.
297* In his ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'', LetsPlay, LetsPlay/{{Gronkh}} played an overall LawfulGood warrior... with the [[SoulPower Reaver]] specialization.
298* [[spoiler:John Lant]] from ''Literature/{{Phaeton}}'' tried to be this, [[spoiler:but died before he had a chance to use them]].
299* ''Website/SCPFoundation'':
300** The foundation has [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-959 SCP-959]], a nice, ordinary guy who takes the form of [[IKnowWhatYouFear whatever distresses the viewer most]]. However, he is every bit as distressed by their reaction as they are to seeing him and he is [[TheWoobie suffering from depression due to the lack of social interaction]]. Also, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking he's a diabetic]].
301** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-073 SCP-073]] is a polite, genial man who [[WalkingWasteland causes all plant life around him to wither and die]]. Considering he's implied to be [[Literature/TheBible biblical]] {{Cain|AndAbel}} (who was a farmer), this is a problem for him.
302** [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-2979 SCP-2979]], or Mr. [REDACTED], is a sapient infohazard whose name causes FalseMemories of him as their high school science teacher which will eventually cause permanent brain damage if not erased. He is very unhappy about this situation and uses the memories to try to snap the affected person out of it, or failing that alert the Foundation to what's going on.
303** Believe it or not, the occasional [[EvilIsVisceral Sarkic cult]] has popped up that are generally normal people who use their fleshcrafting for [[MundaneUtility things like farming and infrastructure]] and see their religious practices as siphoning off a DestroyerDeity's power to make sure it can't destroy worlds. They're very rare compared to the AGodAmI depraved hedonists, but they do exist.
304* [[http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Millennial_King The Millennial King]] was created by /tg/ when the board wondered why there seemed to be no good {{necromancer}}s. The titular king becomes a BenevolentMageRuler who uses his necromantic creations to destroy the need for a menial worker caste and respects his citizens' right to refuse becoming undead when they die of natural causes. This is usually not a problem, as there are [[UniversallyBelovedLeader no shortage of volunteers]].
305* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'':
306** Fjord, of the second campaign, is a sailor-turned-warlock who entered a pact with a dark being called Uk'otoa to save himself from drowning after a shipwreck. His magical powers include MindManipulation, demon summoning, necromancy, and [[LovecraftianSuperpower worse]], but Fjord himself is a relatively noble and good-hearted man. [[spoiler: Eventually, he [[FaustianRebellion rebels against Uk'otoa]] and starts taking levels in [[ThePaladin Paladin]], under the auspices of a nature goddess. While he keeps all his old warlock powers, they take on more natural and less eldritch qualities.]]
307** [[CreepyGood Laudna]] from the third campaign looks like a vampire, is indeed (maybe) dead, and her powers are generally very creepy, such as her form of dread which looks so terrible that it causes actual fear in everyone who sees it, or her message spells getting accompanied by dissonant whispers. However, as a person, Laudna is actually very friendly and caring.
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311* Marceline from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' is a vampire, and can turn into a hideous monster when upset, but certainly isn't a bad person. It helps that she doesn't need to subsist on blood. It turns out [[spoiler:she used to be a vampire ''hunter'' and successfully eradicated the evil vampires, although she got turned in the process, but retained her morality]].
312** Flame Princess burns pretty much everything she touches, and has a compulsive need to destroy things, but is still a perfectly nice girl.
313* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'':
314** Firebending is an interesting example. At the time ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' takes place, the Firebending style that most people know is fueled by rage and hate, but a few characters, like Jeong Jeong and Zuko, have been known to use this style without becoming really evil, and we are shown enough to see that even the storm-trooper-like firebending FacelessMooks are just guys (and possibly girls) who happen to have taken the standard career path of 'benders in their nation and joined the army, which happens to be conquering the world. They presumably possess a standard variety of personal moralities, although the propaganda they're raised on can't help anything. A firebender in the first season even makes fire dragon constructs to entertain the crowds. [[spoiler:And the true, original style of Firebending, which Zuko later learns, is a creative, life-giving force (like the sun) taught to mankind by benevolent dragons. Aang and Iroh have also learned this style from the dragons.]]
315*** Jeong-Jeong is a curious example in that he managed to turn firebending into something more defensive (though not entirely harmless) whilst still firmly believing that firebending was an inherently destructive ability, and envied the healing skill of waterbenders. Zuko, by contrast, needed to find the original source of firebending before turning his practice of it to a more positive use. Not that his use of it to express his feelings by turning the campfire into a pillar of flame in the BeachEpisode wasn't kind of cool, and basically harmless.
316** [[TheLancer Katara]] learns to use [[PeoplePuppets bloodbending]], and she's firmly on the side of good. Unlike any of the previous examples, bloodbending is never redeemed either during the original series or ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': indeed, its use is banned by law.
317** Lavabending, introduced in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', is also an interesting example being an ''exceedingly'' rare ability that embodies all the destructive aspects of Firebending, Earthbending, and Waterbending with ''none'' of the creative, life-giving, or constructive aspects of those powers. As things stand in the show there have only been two non-Avatar Lavabenders: the villainous Ghazan who uses it to ''terrifying'' effect like demolishing the entire Northern Air Temple and the whole mountain it stood on, and Bolin the IdiotHero who gets closer to being IncorruptiblePurePureness than any other character in the entire series. Notably, it takes Bolin's loved ones being seconds away from death for him to even realize he's capable of doing it, and after that, he tends to only use it when it's actually needed and merely default to regular Earthbending the rest of the time, unlike Ghazan who's ''first'' resort is to just wreck everything with lava.
318* WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom's [[SuperScream Ghostly Wail]]. Danny first learned of this power when he saw [[FutureMeScaresMe Dark Danny]] using it. Since its only use is for [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique total destruction]], and the fact that it severely drains him of energy, Danny only uses it as a last resort.
319* ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince:'' Dark Magic in general, which requires the body parts of magical creatures (sapient or not) to work. Practitioners believe that DarkIsNotEvil, but elves and dragons see it as an abomination. Teenage prodigy [[BlackMagicianGirl Claudia]] uses it despite [[BewareTheNiceOnes usually]] being a totally kindhearted CloudCuckooLander; her father, while certainly on the darker side of the moral alignment these days, once used it to avert a famine that would have killed thousands. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for Dark Magic's publicity, both of them start SlowlySlippingIntoEvil as events in Season 3 fall out of their control, with Claudia sacrificing a number of injured elves to resurrect Viren after his DisneyVillainDeath while Viren forcibly mutates a number of his soldiers to give his army an advantage as he goes out to kill the titular Dragon Prince, who at this point is a baby.]]
320** Epitomized by Ziard, the first human dark mage. While his first appearance in the intro has him seemingly kill magical creatures for power, the full scene shown in season 3 shows that he was doing it in order to save an entire human city from a murderous dragon.
321* ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'': It's revealed in Season 3 that [[Characters/FinalSpaceTheTeamSquad Ash]], one of the heroes, got her destructive powers from [[spoiler:[[BigBad Invictus]]]]. She's still one of the good guys [[spoiler:at first, until Invictus corrupts her]].
322* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': The Cat Miraculous bears the power of destruction, and allows its wielder to use the "Cataclysm" technique, which [[MakeThemRot causes anything to crumble to dust at a touch]]. It's hard to imagine a more "bad guy" power than that, but like every other Miraculous, it was created with the explicit purpose of empowering heroes. Its current holder, Cat Noir, is one of the show's main protagonists, 100% on the side of the angels; the only time he's even thought about using Cataclysm on a person was when he was BrainwashedAndCrazy (and once when he was still learning his powers and didn't realize that the MonsterOfTheWeek ''was'' a transformed human victim). However, in "Dearest Family", it's shown that Tikki has a dangerous addiction to sweets to the point that she creates gigantic galette as a Lucky Charm without a channeled user, which nearly destroys Paris. Plagg explicitly states "There's a reason there's also a kwami of Destruction."
323* Zigzagged in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. Both Celestia and later Twilight Sparkle were able to use the same black crystal spawning magic of King Sombra that was ''explicitly'' referred to as dark magic fueled by fear and hatred. However, the next season referred to it as "Alicorn" magic, meaning either it inherently isn't evil or Alicorns inherently ''are'' (the latter is '''highly''' unlikely). This has never been addressed any further in the series.
324* One of the spells that Luz learns how to perform in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' is [[spoiler:[[TakenForGranite Petrification]]]]. While it's not specifically stated to be evil, it does have very negetive conotations on the Boiling Isles due to [[spoiler:being used as a form of public execution (something that her mentor Eda nearly fell victim to in the season 1 finale)]]. Understandably, Luz labels it as "BAD" in her notes after learning it and never uses it again.
325* Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls were made to believe their powers were bad in [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie their movie]] because they were irresponsible with them. When they found out what responsibility meant, that changed them.
326* Zak Saturday from ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays''. His cryptid controlling powers turn out to be [[spoiler:the powers of Kur, the most evil cryptid to ever exist. Naturally, Zak fights against this dark nature within him and uses it to do good for the world. Although, unlike some cases, he doesn't fully overcome the darkness within him as his powers are taken from him by Argost (who ends up destroying himself due to already having the antimatter version of that power), leaving Zak as a [[IJustWantToBeNormal normal person]]]].
327* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': Queen Eclipsa uses taboo dark magic. That, along with abandoning her Mewman husband to elope with a Monster, got her labeled as "evil" by the Magic High Commission. While she is by no means perfect, she's not actually a bad person. [[spoiler:She is a loving wife to Globgor and a doting mother to her daughter Meteora and to her granddaughter Star[[note]]Despite not actually being one of her grandmas[[/note]], and is in truth a SympatheticAdulterer who refused to carry on Mewni's historic persecution of the Monsters. Her dabbling in dark magic was born out of her belief that there is no such thing as inherently bad or evil knowledge.]]
328* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'':
329** [[DarkIsNotEvil Raven]], daughter of the [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demonic]] Trigon and intended to serve in destroying the world. Instead, [[AntiAntiChrist she opposes him]] and fights for good with the other Titans.
330** Also [[DarkMagicalGirl Jinx]], at least after her HeelFaceTurn. It's implied that she became a villain at least in part because she assumed BadPowersBadPeople meant she had to.
331** And [[SuperSoldier Red Star]], who chooses to be an IronWoobie over WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds, when the latter is far, ''far'', easier.
332* In ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'', Dr. Orpheus is a necromancer (though he says he uses the title because it sounds cool, he has done genuine necromancy) and is not only ''a'' good guy, but possibly ''the'' nicest character on the entire show.
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