Line #35 MoralityPet/VideoGames


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9	* In most single-player video- or computer-game [=RPGs=], [[NonPlayerCharacter NPC]] party members aren't so much Morality Pet as they are Moral Compasses -- good characters will approve of good actions and deride evil ones, and vice-versa -- but the fact that, for example, the option remains for the PlayerCharacter's old friend from childhood to still be treated like a favorite sister even after they've taken down a kidnapping ring and set themselves up in its place probably makes many players feel warm and fuzzy inside.
10	* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
11	** Fanon likes to make [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney Adrian Andrews]] into a Morality Pet for Franziska von Karma. In the actual games, she does latch onto Von Karma because of her dependency issues, but the main reason Von Karma is any nicer to Andrews than she is to anyone else is that at this point in continuity, she's still dedicated to her win records and knows that this is the best way to get Andrews to work with her in court. Later on, when Von Karma is less of a royal bitch and doesn't need a Morality Pet so much, Andrews is learning to stand on her own, without the aid of the strong mentor figures she relied on.
12	** To some extent Trucy acts as a sort of Morality Pet for [[spoiler:Phoenix]] after he is [[spoiler:disbarred]], ''and'' as we see that he becomes totally badass (and [[spoiler:[[GuileHero quite the trickster]]]]) after being [[spoiler:disbarred]], if he hadn't had a Morality Pet...
13	** Mia and later Maya as a Morality Pet for [[spoiler:Godot]]. It's his prime motivation for why [[spoiler:he killed Elise Deauxnim, who had the spirit of Dahlia Hawthorne inhabiting her body]]. [[spoiler:Maya even tries to take the heat for him.]]
14	* [[MadScientist Caustic]] of ''VideoGame/ApexLegends'' is the TokenEvilTeammate of the roster. A wacko chemical weapons maker who quite enjoys testing out his concoctions on humans. But when the father of fellow champion Wattson died, he was one of the first to offer his condolences and according to lore, has been acting as a surprising ParentalSubstitute to her.
15	%%* ''VideoGame/ArcanaHeart'':
16	%%** Heart Aino to Saki Tsuzura.
17	%%** Yoriko Yasuzumi to Lilica Felchenerow.
18	%%** Catherine Kyohbashi to Kira Daidouji.
19	* Subverted in ''VideoGame/BaldursGate II'': Irenicus ''tries'' to use his old lover as a Morality Pet, but since he's been exiled and stripped of emotional response (aside from thundering rages), every attempt he makes ends up being both misguided and just plain creepy. To wit: he ''clones'' her, but the clones are insane and/or desperate not to be controlled by him (he can't actually feel anything for them, after all); he kidnaps dryads in an attempt to kindle the fires of passion, but then treats them more like (implied) sex slaves; he ''strips out the soul of a godling'' in an attempt to replace his own. And through all that, when he ''finally'' gets the chance at redemption and love with his old lover, he's so far gone down his path that he opts instead to try to kill her.
20	* From the ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' games, Banjo is this for the otherwise GoodIsNotNice DeadpanSnarker Kazooie.
21	* In ''VideoGame/BetrayalAtKrondor'', whenever the dark elf Gorath does something that shows off his softer side, it usually involves his plucky young human companion Owyn.
22	* ''VideoGame/BeyondTwoSouls'': The protagonist, Jodie, acts as one for [[{{Poltergeist}} Aiden]]. When she was a little girl, the entity actually did many nice things for Jodie, including entertaining her with shadow puppets and fetching her a cookie from that out-of-reach cookie jar. Aiden also [[GuardianEntity protects her using its powers]]. Unfortunately, the entity isn't so hospitable to other people. Usually, they never go beyond [[{{Jerkass}} dickish]] [[{{Troll}} but otherwise harmless pranks]], but if you harm or threaten Jodie, he can [[AxCrazy turn extremely nasty]]. Case in point: [[spoiler:after Jodie is mistreated rather horribly by the attendants at a birthday party, Aiden locks them in a room and the retribution he can potentially reap onto them can include smashing windows in their faces as they frantically try to escape, throwing furniture at them, stabbing one of them with a kitchen knife, and even trying to burn the entire room. The bullies ''[[AssholeVictim did]]'' [[LaserGuidedKarma partly have it coming]], but even then, this is a [[DisproportionateRetribution horrifically disproportionate response]]. Jodie can even be heard frantically telling him to stop, depending on how far he goes during his rampage]].
23	%%* ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'': Elizabeth is this to Booker in a fashion.
24	* Most Creator/BioWare games with romance plots give you [[VideoGame/NeverwinterNights Good]], [[Franchise/MassEffect Paragon]], [[VideoGame/JadeEmpire Open Palm]], or [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic Light Side]] points for doing things that advance the romance. So, to play an evil character with a LoveInterest, you have to turn back from the Dark Side at least a little bit, making Aribeth, Aarin, Ashley, Kaidan, Liara, Dawn Star, Sky, Carth, Bastila, [[Videogame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic Ashara, Mako, Vette]] and all the others all count as Morality Pets for the player.\
25	This effect is noticeably absent in cases where the {{Love Interest\|s}} is at least somewhat evil; see the Closed Fist option with Silk Fox, the Dark Side option with Bastila, and [[FaceHeelTurn Evil!Aribeth]]. The Male Sith Warrior and a corrupted Jaesa is also a ''very'' twisted case of UnholyMatrimony, as is a female Inquisitor and the pirate captain Revel. It's also subverted with some of the Republic classes (especially the Jedi Knight, the male Jedi Consular, and the Republic Trooper), as romantic options can actually net you ''Dark Side'' points.
26	* Averted in ''VideoGame/BlackAndWhite'': the player's pet is a representation of the player and acts according to the player's desires. (Well, most of the time.) Of course, the player's desires can include pooping all over one's followers?
27	* ''Franchise/BlazBlue'':
28	** [[LadyOfWar Tsubaki Yayoi]] is the Morality Pet of both Jin Kisaragi and Hakumen. The former is an AxCrazy {{Yandere}} {{Jerkass}} with [[AnIcePerson ice powers]] (though he begins to [[DefrostingIceQueen thaw out]] from ''[[VideoGame/BlazBlueContinuumShift Continuum Shift]]'' onward), and the latter is a vaguely [[KnightTemplar Knight Templar-ish]] HeroAntagonist who ''exemplifies'' GoodIsNotNice. However, both of them are extremely warm and friendly to her, and woe betide the man who [[BerserkButton harms her in any way]], for ''[[ImplacableMan they will hunt him down]]''. Hakumen can be seen giving Tsubaki heartfelt advice during a moment of uncertainty in ''CS'', and Jin even puts his incredibly violent SiblingRivalry with [[TheHero Ragna]] on hold during [[VideoGame/BlazBlueChronophantasma the third game]] so he can aid the heroes' plan to snap Tsubaki out the MindControl spell she's under. This makes sense, as [[spoiler:Jin and Hakumen [[MyFutureSelfAndMe are the same person]]. In fact, Hakumen takes this further than the ChildhoodMarriagePromise between Jin and Tsubaki, as the Tsubaki of his timeline perished in a HeroicSacrifice and became his [[TheLostLenore Lost Lenore]].]]
29	** Although non-romantic and to a much lesser extent, [[LittleBitBeastly part-squirrel]] PluckyGirl Makoto is also one for Jin. Jin [[TallDarkAndSnarky snarks]] at her a lot, but he cares about her well-being, and saves her life when [[BigBad Hazama]] attempts to kill her.
30	* In ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIV'', CountryMouse Mami is at least this to Fou-Lu, and possibly much more. [[spoiler:In turn, it becomes a KickTheDog moment for the Empire, when they use Mami as the "ammo" in a cannon that runs on emotions. Fou-Lu, who had started becoming an extremely sympathetic character, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge doesn't take it well]]. [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Not well at all.]]]]
31	* A few odd versions of this in ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'':
32	** One of the main heroes, Manticore, would really like to ''not'' let hardcore killers off with jail time, his late father's old sidekick Back Alley Brawler acts as a reminder his father would not want Manticore to avenge him if a body count is involved; and in addition to this is Manticore's later wife, Sister Psyche', who while snide as hell, very firmly keeps her husband's angst in-check with mass amount of levity... until a villain forces him to kill her or have her involuntarily set-off a psychic-booby trap... With her gone and Manticore forced to pull the bow, nothing in the world was going to keep him from shooting the son of a bitch who forced him to mercy-kill his wife... except being beaten to it by our next example.
33	** [[BigBad Lord Recluse]] is a very odd version of this -- revive his deceased girlfriend for the Valentine's Day event, and she reminds him that they didn't start off trying to destroy the forces of good, but conquer the world. That may not sound like much, but if ''all'' the immortal super genius with access to nukes and an country of villains at his disposal is trying to do is conquer the world, it's a tame day.
34	** And we have the now deceased Sister Psyche' as well acting as this to one of her two sidekicks, Malaise. Malaise has split personalities, and while Psyche' can give him hypnotherapy if he goes off the deep end, while he is sane she is the one who gently reminds him to keep taking his anti-psychotics. [[OhCrap He eventually stops listening.]]
35	* Subverted with Sachiko Shinozaki in ''VideoGame/CorpseParty''. She repeatedly displays a genuine fondness for Yuka, the youngest of the main protagonists. For the most part, however, this does nothing to protect Yuka, and Sachiko will still hunt her down and kill her like anyone else. The only exception is in the true ending route, in which she saves Yuka from being brutally murdered by a fellow survivor...[[KickTheMoralityPet only to then threaten to murder Yuka herself]].
36	* The ''VideoGame/{{Crusader}}'' games don't really show how the Silencer reacts around his fellow Rebels, but the fact that he's apparently willing to stop by the bar and talk with them, or at least listen to them, makes for a nice contrast with his being a sociopathic killing machine.
37	* In ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'', PlayerCharacter V becomes this for their AntiHero MentorInSourArmor Johnny Silverhand. Johnny starts out as an abrasive JerkWithAHeartOfGold, but most of his character development stems from watching V and bonding with them. It's especially visible if the player [[spoiler:chooses the "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" dialogue path during the grave scene, where V tells Johnny that they don't trust him, but decide to give him a second chance]]. Johnny's attitude noticably softens after that, with some of his voicelines in subsequent quests showing much more concern over V's health and well-being than before, being more open about his past and even encouraging them instead of negging. He's still sarcastic, mean, and rough sometimes, but it's clear that he's trying his best to be kinder to them and wants V's approval and praise.
38	* ''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'':
39	** Flonne to both Laharl and Etna (again) in [[VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness the first game]].
40	** ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 2\|CursedMemories}}'':
41	*** Taro acts as one to Rozalin. [[LoveInterests Adell]] as well.
42	*** Etna's a lot nicer to Hanako than she is to the rest of the party.
43	** Almaz and Raspberyl to Mao in [[VideoGame/Disgaea3AbsenceOfJustice the third game]]. Beryl becomes a MoralityChain in the bad ending.
44	** While Fenrich in ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 4\|APromiseUnforgotten}}'' may be a conniving ManipulativeBastard willing to exploit foes and allies alike, he has nothing but UndyingLoyalty towards Valvatorez, and all the care he shows towards him is entirely genuine.
45	** Killia of ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 5\|AllianceOfVengeance}}'' has this in the form of his allies, the Rebel Army, [[spoiler:as he's struggling with keeping his [[SuperpoweredEvilSide superpowered]] EnemyWithin suppressed. His most prominent one would be [[TheLostLenore Lieze]], who gave him his heart, to begin with.]]
46	** Bieko in ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 6\|DefianceOfDestiny}}'' is this to Zed, who vows to be the best [[BigBrotherInstinct big brother]] he can ever be. [[spoiler:Despite wanting to kill Cerberus for what he did, he gets held by Bieko, who wants the two to just make up.]]
47	* When twin sisters Hsien-Ko and Mei-Ling from ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' became [[ChineseVampire Jiangshi]], Hsien-Ko was transformed into the body while Mei-Ling turned into the soul placed inside the warding talisman on her hat. If the hat ever was taken away and thus the twins were separated, a Hsien-Ko without Mei-Ling's calming influence [[FaceHeelTurn would turn straight-up evil]].
48	* [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Merrill]] in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'' serves as this for most of the cast; no matter how stoic, arrogant, or generally jerkish the character, everyone's got a soft spot for Merrill. At one point Isabela, a pirate captain, cheats her at cards, notices that one of the things Merrill bet was a clan heirloom, and [[PetTheDog immediately gives it back]].
49	** Except for [[JerkassWoobie Anders]] and Fenris, and even then Anders shows more concern for her use of Blood Magic than actual hatred... Whilst Fenris tells her [[KickTheDog he wishes she died with her mentor]].
50	*** In fact, this is subverted rather nastily with Anders: [[spoiler:he continually insists Hawke's been a better friend that he deserves, and if romanced he says Hawke is the only thing keeping him sane. In Act 3, [[KickTheMoralityPet he uses that affection to manipulate Hawke into helping with the bomb that blows up the Chantry]], and outright says to Hawke's face that his "mission" is more important that their friendship/romance.]] [[MemeticMutation Goddamn Anders.]]
51	** It doesn't even ''have'' to be a RomanceSidequest. Some characters, like Merrill (above), Areie, Deekin, Blizz, Nadia Grell (for a female Consular or a male not romancing her), Wild Flower, Mission Vao, Bethany (or Carver) tend to bring out BigBrotherInstinct or MamaBear reactions instead. They're just as good at putting the brakes on a dark-side action because you'd rather be a good example because of LittleBrotherIsWatching. [[spoiler:More than a few gamers have immediately noped out of the Dark Side ending of ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' because you have to kill Mission in it.]]
52	* The player character can act as this for [[spoiler:Solas]] in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition''. He admits to a befriended or romanced Inquisitor that, prior to meeting them, [[spoiler:he didn't even see the inhabitants of modern Thedas as people, because they were so different from the elves of the pre-Veil world. Getting to know the Inquisitor and the other members of the inner circle changed his mind, and made him see that there were things in this world worth saving. It isn't quite enough to sway him from his path, but he does show a willingness to aside his plans if the Inquisitor can find some sort of alternative.]]
53	* ''VideoGame/DragonQuest'':
54	** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV'' gives [[BigBad Psaro]] one in the form of Rose. Her influence is the only thing that keeps him from completely and utterly wiping out the human race. [[spoiler:The second she's killed, he loses his mind and initiates a transformation so that he can destroy all mankind in retaliation. In the remakes, one can bring Rose back to life with through a sidequest. Bringing her to the location of the final boss fight causes Psaro to regain his sanity, transform back, and join the party to exact revenge on TheDragon for planning her death.]]
55	** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestV'': Maria to Joshua, a soldier of the evil Order of Zugzwang who finds himself torn between his loyalty to the order and his love for his sister.
56	** ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIX'' plays with this in Coffinwell: [[{{Hikikomori}} Doctor Phlegming]] is very antisocial, and his cheerful wife Catarrhina appears to be the only other person he cares about... yet he still neglects her in favor of his research. [[spoiler:In fact, it's actually her ''death'' that spurs him to change his ways for the better, effectively inverting the usual trope.]]
57	* ''VideoGame/DynastyWarriorsGundam'' and its sequels have a few examples.
58	** In the first game, [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Judau Ashta]] becomes one of these for [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Paptimus Scirocco]]. Not only does he convince ''Zeta''[='s=] BigBad to pull a HeelFaceTurn in the story they share with Judau's {{Love Interest\|s}} Roux Louka, but in the Heero/Jerid/Master Asia story, Scirocco immediately reverts to his treacherous his nature in the final mission, but ''only'' [[MoralityChain after Judau is killed in battle]] with one of your three VillainProtagonist characters.
59	** In the third game, [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Princess Minerva]] acts as one of these for [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Haman]] [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Kahn]] as part of her AdaptationalHeroism. This is significant because it's subverted in both of the canons they appear in, with Haman using Minerva as a PuppetKing figurehead so that she herself may rule Zeon.
60	* ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'':
61	** Sheogorath, the Daedric Prince of [[MadGod Madness]], has one in Haskill, his OnlySaneMan[=/=]ServileSnarker chamberlain. Given that Haskill's origins are unknown, and Haskill himself claims to have been in the service of Sheogorath "since the beginning", this has led to the theory that Haskill is an external part of Sheogorath, similar to what Barbas is to Clavicus Vile. Haskill [[CloudCuckoolandersMinder reins in Sheogorath's madness]] ''just enough'' to keep him and the [[EldritchLocation Shivering Isles]] functional.
62	** In ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]]'', Morthal's CourtMage is a sketchy, highly unpopular wizard by the name of Falion. He's abrasive, sells [[YourSoulIsMine Black Soul Gems]], and sneaks off at night to perform uncouth rituals in the nearby swamp, most likely related to {{necromancy}}. The entire town (minus his own sister and the already-crazy Jarl) knows he's up to something. However, he has also taken in a young orphan girl and is motivated by a desire to keep her safe. In turn, she adores him.
63	%%** Barbas for Clavicus Vile is better covered under MoralityChain.
64	* In ''VideoGame/EnsembleStars'', Souma served as this for Akatsuki, and in particular for Keito. The unit was founded solely to carry out Eichi's will in sabotaging the five oddballs, but because Souma truly believed that Akatsuki could be great and that they could make people happy as idols, Akatsuki did eventually become that. In the present year, Keito's affection for Souma is his primary source of PetTheDog moments showing he isn't always strict and cold. However, Souma didn't have it as easy as some other morality pets -- Keito dragged him into Akatsuki's less than wholesome work as well, and when Souma became very upset and actively argued against their sabotage of Kanata, who he genuinely really cared about, Keito yelled back some awful things at him and expelled him (temporarily) from the unit. Eventually, Souma's vision wins out, but for a while there, it wasn't clear it would end that way.
65	* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
66	** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'': Shadow's devotion to his dog Interceptor is one of the chief things that humanizes him, despite the fact that the dog is a rabid killing machine that, according to his owner, feeds on strangers. Although the "feeds on strangers" thing could be a lie.
67	*** [[spoiler:Relm for Interceptor.]]
68	*** [[spoiler:Relm for Shadow.]]
69	** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'':
70	*** Barret Wallace has a daughter named Marlene to remind the audience that there's a soft heart beneath his [[PerpetualFrowner perpetually angry]] exterior.
71	*** In the sequel spin-off, ''VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus'', Vincent Valentine has both Yuffie Kisaragi and Shelke Rui.
72	*** In ''[[Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren Advent Children]]'', Cloud gets Denzel and Marlene.
73	*** Cloud ''himself'' is a MoralityPet for the majority of the cast, [[spoiler:since he's gone through so much and keeps the cast going even when things seem hopeless]].
74	*** Cloud in ''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake Remake]]'' has both of his {{Love Interest}}s' [[GirlNextDoor Tifa]] and [[ManicPixieDreamGirl Aerith]] acts like this when Cloud is about to do a violence option or being rude to people.
75	** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' has Larsa as MoralityPet towards his brother who is also BigBad Vayne. Where he gladly does all the dirty work so Larsa doesn't have to do it.
76	** In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII'', Serah and Hope demonstrate that Lightning has [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold the heart of gold inside the jerk]].
77	*** Vanille is the MoralityPet that Fang is willing to go along with saving Cocoon for...and also the one that she'd destroy it for.
78	* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
79	** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'', Nino is Jaffar's Morality Pet, changing him from a soulless Angel of Death to someone with actual feelings.
80	** In ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemPathOfRadiance Path of Radiance]]'', the main character Ike is very much one for Soren, who has a tendency to be amoral and callous at the best of times. Played with in that ''Ike's'' the big, imposing one.
81	** The player character can be one for [[spoiler:Gangrel and Walhart]] in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening.''
82	** Rinea from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden'' is one to her fiancé and reoccurring antagonist Berkut. [[spoiler: [[KickTheMoralityPet This does not end well for her.]]]]
83	** In ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Three Houses]]'', [[spoiler:Byleth]] fills this role for [[spoiler:Edelgard on the Black Eagle route]].
84	*** In the same game to a lesser extent, [[TheCutie Annette]] acts as one to [[BloodKnight Felix]], being one of the few students he's not openly rude and/or hostile to. [[spoiler:On any paths besides Azure Moon, pairing Felix with Annette results in one of the few happy endings for the former.]]
85	*** Seteth starts the game as a stiff, suspicious stick-in-the-mud, and is notably the only eventually-playable character who acts almost hostile to the player, compared to the students and other faculty, who are, if not all welcoming, at least open to Byleth as the new professor. He makes several snide remarks about Byleth, both to their face and in private to his sister Flayn, which she gleefully recounts at one point. While you ''can'' see Seteth's real nature if you deliberately try to raise his support with the students in the early game, why would you at that point? He is a jerk and you can't get any in-battle benefit from it, since he isn't (yet) playable. But then comes chapter six, when Flayn goes missing. Seteth is absolutely distraught, and all of his hostility vanishes because he loves Flayn more than anything else, and the player is trying to help find her. Once that's accomplished, he effusively thanks you, and she'll convince him that being Byleth's student is the best way for her to stay safe, which he agrees with. His zealous vetting has convinced him Byleth is a trusted ally, which he reiterates in his now-unlocked C Support conversation, even as he says that Byleth's circumstances and oddities are still very suspicious. Just to hammer the point home, in the following chapter, his elation at Flayn's safety means he's decided to "give her whatever she wants," and he ends up starting a fishing tournament for her as a way for everyone to unwind after such a tense crisis. At this point, it becomes clear that while Seteth is still very stern, serious, and prudent, it comes from a place of concern for others.
86	* One of the more shocking twists in ''VideoGame/GhostTrick'' is that BigBad [[spoiler:Yomiel]] had one of these... and it's [[spoiler:the main character. Sissel's GhostAmnesia made him forget that he was a stray cat who became Yomiel's sole companion during ten years of undead isolation from humanity.]]
87	* Even Kratos of ''VideoGame/GodOfWar'' has one in his daughter Calliope. While for the most part a SociopathicHero, invoking his PapaWolf nature can lead him into acts of heroism and selflessness, as seen in ''[[VideoGame/GodOfWarChainsOfOlympus Chains of Olympus]]'', where [[spoiler:he gives up the chance to remain with his beloved daughter in the Elysium Fields in order to save her and the world, including a [[PlayerPunch button-mashing sequence]] where [[PleaseDontLeaveMe he must push her away]]]].
88	** In [[VideoGame/GodOfWarIII the third game]], he gains another one in the form of [[spoiler:Pandora]]. It doesn't stick, but her influence changes the ending.
89	** Kratos gains another such pet in [[VideoGame/GodOfWarPS4 the PS4 reboot/sequel]] in the form of his son Atreus, whom Kratos mentors to survive.
90	* [[PlayerCharacter Gran and Djeeta]] from ''VideoGame/GranblueFantasy'' are known for their role as TheHeart, even characters who have shown antagonistic sides (such as Sandalphon and Olivia) become friendly towards the protagonists. The former, thanks to a HeelFaceTurn now treats them as a friend, while the latter slowly opens up to them in some event scenarios.
91	* Roman Bellic is this for his cousin Niko in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV''.
92	* ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'': I-no, the HotWitch and [[{{Jerkass}} hot bitch]] (and [[CardCarryingVillain proud of it]]), absolutely loves being provocative and awful to everyone she meets, ''especially'' Dizzy. The only time she shows anything ''resembling'' kindness or compassion is her calmly giving some advice to Axl [[spoiler:as he faces a SadisticChoice between going home to his girlfriend Megumi, or sacrificing any chance at returning to his own time to save Sol and co. [[{{Foreshadowing}} Of course, this sets up]] TheReveal that I-no is Axl's [[TheLostLenore Lost Lenore]] Megumi, or at least an older BrokenBird version of her. Makes sense that even as a horrible villain, that she'd still harbour a subconscious soft spot for her old boyfriend and want what's best for him.]]
93	* In ''VideoGame/{{Gungrave}}'', player character Grave's young protectee Mika is one the few things that keeps him from being a completely mindless killer, as she is a memento of the people he held near and dear when he was still Brandon Heat. She is something he can "live" for, the one good thing left in his "life."
94	* ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians'', played with in regards to how [[spoiler:Cortana]] treat Master Chief and Blue Team. The former holds Blue Team in high regard and protects them from dangers but this behavior does nothing for their mortality as Master Chief accurately identified that this was a psychological tactic to keep him and Blue Team on [[spoiler:Cortana]]'s side.
95	* ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonDS'' has Daryl, the creepy MadScientist living in the southern part of the valley. In previous games, he was known for wanting to experiment on your cows and accusingly discussed the effects of methane produced by cows on global warming. In this game, he [[StalkerWithACrush stalks]] archaeologist [[{{Meganeko}} Flora]]. However, if you decide that you actually ''want'' to befriend him... You discover that he rescued an injured [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent mermaid]] girl named Leia after she washed up on the beach, and has been diligently caring for her ever since. She's so grateful to him, she helps him cook, and despite her being an anomaly of science, he [[TheyWouldCutYouUp never once experiments on her]]. In fact, when she's all better, he sets her free into the ocean, and she's forever grateful.
96	* The ''VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries'' has [[ActionGirl Ellie]] [[FieryRedhead Rose]] for [[VillainProtagonist Henry]] [[WildCard Stickmin]] as she's the only person Henry is consistently nice to compared to the other characters. But seeing as the series has multiple endings, it entirely depends on the endings where he helps her escape the Wall.
97	* In the HGame ''Idols Galore'', the protagonist would otherwise be a {{Jerkass}} at best, if it wasn't revealed that it's mostly a HiddenHeartOfGold. In fact, if he gets the ending with his Morality Pet, it is revealed he's actually a fairly decent and even noble person who was hiding under several layers of an asshole because he didn't want his inner decency to show.
98	* Arguably, Melissa Woodward, in ''VisualNovel/HotelDuskRoom215''. The main character Kyle Hyde normally looks, sounds, and acts like a washed-up FilmNoir detective, but his actions with Melissa (including acting as her nanny, getting her out of a locked room 20 minutes later, giving her a stuffed rabbit doll, and getting an entire Christmas tree out of storage because she was complaining she didn't get anything for Christmas) prompts Hyde to note that he acts like "a sap."
99	* In ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'', Teba's son, Tulin ends up becoming this for Revali, who had been such a petty jerk that even Teba was taken aback by it. But Tulin's cheerful demeanor and idolization of Revali ends up bringing out the heart of gold within the proud Rito, much to Teba's delight.
100	* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'': The title character's rival, King Dedede, is known for being a greedy, lazy, self-proclaimed monarch who usually messes with Kirby and stuffs his face with food all the time. However, he cares deeply for his Waddle Dee servants, stating in ''VideoGame/KirbysEpicYarn'' that [[HypocriticalHeartwarming only he can be mean to them]], and he even [[spoiler:sacrifices himself for the sake of one Waddle Dee near the end of ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand''.]]
101	* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'': Though not exactly inspiring Joel to greater heights of moral fiber, Ellie does give him a reason to live for, rather than simply survive.
102	* ''VideoGame/MetalGear'':
103	** Snake pours scorn on the very idea in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', and mocks Otacon for believing that [[FriendToAllLivingThings liking dogs]] proves that Sniper Wolf is a good person.
104	** Volgin's care for [[DepravedBisexual his lover, Raikov]], in ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear Solid 3\|SnakeEater}}''. It's pretty much his only redeeming feature. The End also has his own literal Morality Pet, his parrot. If you shoot her, he will make a lot of noise about it. And heaven help you if you eat it...
105	* The Magypsies in ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER 3}}'' all have pets to show their caring side, but Locria's pet mouse is the best example, being the only hint that he wasn't totally evil.
106	* In ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'', Travis owns a kitten called Jeane that you can feed and play around with. This has no gameplay purpose except to show that Travis isn't such a bad guy.
107	** In [[VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes2DesperateStruggle the sequel]], helping your (now) overweight cat get back into shape unlocks a special move.
108	* In ''VideoGame/OdinSphere'', Gwendolyn serves as one for Oswald. His treatment of her is in large part what spurs him into being a more heroic character.
109	* ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'':
110	** Nanako Dojima in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 4}}'', to the point where [[spoiler:when she apparently dies in the hospital after having been kidnapped a month prior, the Investigation Team can [[HoistByHisOwnPetard push the one responsible into the TV World]], but [[PlayerPunch this "rewards" the player with]] [[MultipleEndings the worst ending]], where she's [[TearJerker gone for good]].]]
111	** ''VideoGame/Persona5'':
112	*** Invoked in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 5}}''; when FunnyAnimal Morgana moves in with you, Sojiro allows it because he figures having a pet to take care of will keep you on the straight and narrow. (Also, he thinks it's an adorable little kitty cat.)
113	*** In ''Royal'', both [[PlayerCharacter Joker]] and new character Kasumi act as grounding forces to [[TokenEvilTeammate Goro Akechi]] throughout the game:
114	*** Though Akechi may be [[spoiler:a psychotic murderer]], Joker's [[NiceGuy kind nature]] and FriendlyRivalry eventually inspires him to pull a HeelFaceTurn and join the Phantom Thieves for real.
115	*** While he's certainly not ''friendly'' to Kasumi, several of Akechi's PetTheDog moments only come out around her: he's noticeably concerned whenever she's hurt in battle, he actively withdraws rather than [[spoiler:risk hurting her when she's driven to attack Joker]] and prevents her from [[spoiler:risking her life to [[SaveTheVillain save Maruki]] during the FinalBoss.]]
116	* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
117	** In ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'' and ''[[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Diamond and Pearl]]'' there is a subtle example. The criminal leaders of Team Aqua, Team Magma, and Team Galactic (Archie, Maxie, and Cyrus respectively) had a Golbat the first time you fight them. In the later encounters, they have a ''Crobat'', a Pokémon which evolves from a Golbat that has reached maximum happiness with its Trainer.
118	*** Cyrus raising a Crobat is pretty much the ''exact opposite'' of his StrawNihilist philosophies, emphasizing its Morality Pet status due to the hypocrisy.
119	** Another noted Trainer of a Crobat is Silver in ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'' and the remakes, where it represents his CharacterDevelopment from a power-hungry {{Jerkass}} to a JerkWithAHeartOfGold.
120	** In ''VideoGame/PokemonColosseum'', ex-Team Snagem member Wes (also the main character) has Rui. Although he opens the game by flattening Team Snagem for reasons unknown, he didn't decide actively to help save Orre until he rescues her from kidnapping and she tags along.
121	*** Wes also has an Espeon and Umbreon at the very beginning of the game, both of whom evolve through happiness like Crobat. They start with maximum friendship, implying they are very close to Wes, and Espeon even knows Return to utilize it with.
122	** Inverted by Ghetsis of ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', whose Hydreigon has Frustration, a move that deals more damage the more the Pokémon hates its user. Ghetsis's Hydreigon uses Frustration with maximum power, implying that he's actively abusing it to maximize its power.
123	** Lysandre in ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' might not have a Pokémon what evolves through happiness, but he has a Mega Gyarados in his team. Story-wise, Mega Evolution can only be achieved if the trainer and the Pokémon have deep enough of a bond with each other. Shauna even says that the two of them must work close together for them to share such power.
124	** [[spoiler:Gladion]] in ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' has ''three'' of these. [[spoiler:His Zubat and Type: Null evolve into a Crobat and Silvally by the end of the game, and he also obtains a Lucario at some point between the point where you storm Aether Paradise with him and when you meet him again at the Pokémon League.]]
125	** Giovanni in ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndMoon'' has a Mewtwo that can Mega Evolve and as stated above, Mega Evolution requires a strong bond between a trainer and their Pokémon to be achieved.
126	* [[CheerfulChild Sweet, kindly Applebloom]] plays this for [[TheMagnificent THE GREAT AND POWERFUL TRIXIE]] in ''VideoGame/PonyFantasyVI''.
127	* ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}'' gives us Cave Johnson, the [[PointyHairedBoss CEO of Aperture Science]] and his assistant Caroline. Cave may have been hilariously insane and disregarding of his employees' safeties, but he had lots of respect for his assistant, who were one of the few people who could restrain him when he lost his temper. While he eventually [[spoiler:forced her to be uploaded unto [=GLaDOS=] later on against her will]], it is still obvious he still has some ounce of respect for her, in that [[spoiler:he does it not out of maliciousness, but due to wanting her to run the facility after his death due to his high regards of her]].
128	* In ''VideoGame/PrinceOfPersiaTheTwoThrones'', the eponymous Prince is initially just concerned about reaching and killing the BigBad who has invaded his kingdom, a mindset encouraged by [[SuperPoweredEvilSide the]] [[TheCorrupter Dark]] [[EnemyWithin Prince]]. However, when he teams up with his long-lost love Farah, she reminds him -- [[WhatTheHellHero sternly if need be]] -- that he has the responsibility to save his people, even if it hinders his efforts to locate the BigBad. He also begins to wonder through her reprimands if listening to the Dark Prince is doing any good. At one point, she storms off to rescue people when the Prince wants to press forward. He almost instantly runs after her, concerned for her safety. [[PosthumousNarration Kaileena]] lampshades this by saying that now the Prince was caring for someone else than himself, even if just for one person. [[spoiler:When the Prince is trapped [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind in a mental battle]] with the Dark Prince, he's able to get rid of his dark alter ego only when a manifestation of Farah advises him to [[SheatheYourSword just abandon the fight]] and follow her to the light.]]
129	* From the ''[PROTOTYPE]'' games:
130	** In a city of twelve million people, there's only one person Alex Mercer from ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' gives a damn about: his sister, Dana. In fact, ultimately it turns out that [[spoiler:the Blacklight Virus cares more about her than the ''real'' Alex Mercer ever did]].
131	** In ''VideoGame/{{Prototype 2}}'', when Alex has [[spoiler:[[RogueProtagonist gone completely bugfuck insane and is trying to destroy humanity]], he still seems to possess ''some'' affection for his sister Dana; as when he catches her he doesn't kill her, despite her role in thwarting his plans (he previously quickly killed off Heller's other contact).]]
132	* In ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryIV: Shadows of Darkness'', [[spoiler:Tanya fills this role towards Katrina, who wants to resurrect the local EldritchAbomination. Boy, do you feel like a jerk when do the right thing by returning Tanya to her rightful parents. Fortunately for you, by the time this happens in the game, ''you've'' become Katrina's new morality pet, even though she doesn't realize it until [[HeroicSacrifice it's too late]].]]
133	* A non-villainous example is explored in the ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank Future'' saga, where Clank is this for Ratchet. Ratchet is a Lombax, [[PlanetOfHats whose hat]] includes an outlook summed up as "Reward over Consequence." While Clank is normally the one to offer a rational outlook and approach in all the games, it's brought out fully when Ratchet is separated from Clank and spends time with fellow Lombax Alister Azimuth. As soon as the two reunite, Ratchet follows Clank's more rational advice, which puts him at odds with Azimuth.
134	* Leon is this for [[FemmeFatale Ada Wong]] in the ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil'' series. It's ''very'' strongly implied (and confirmed in the non-canon S.D. Perry novelization) that her relationship with him is what pushed her out of being a heartless secret operative to an AntiVillain[=/=]AntiHero with heroic tendencies.
135	* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''
136	** [[TheHeart Amy Rose]] serves as this towards two different characters E-102 Gamma in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' and Shadow the Hedgehog in [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure it's sequel.]] In particular, the latter is usually pretty aloof and harsh with everyone else, but tends to be much nicer to Amy, due in part to her being the first one to reach out to Shadow's sense of morality and reminding him of his ''true'' promise to his late surrogate sister of being a protector of humanity.
137	** [[BigBad Eggman]] himself would get one with Sage in ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers.'' Eggman is usually a BadBoss of the highest degree, often mistreating and being horribly abusive towards his creations (In fact, this is partially what caused the aforementioned Gamma's defection). Sage is the first creation Eggman seems to have developed a sincere fondness for, to the point of even considering her [[ArtificialFamilyMember his own daughter.]] Eggman still wants to TakeOverTheWorld, but Sage has brought out a much more humanized side of the Doctor.
138	* Raphael from the ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'' would seem more like a villain instead of an AntiHero if it wasn't for his foster daughter, Amy, being the driving motivation behind his actions. These actions include trying to start a bloody civil war, and later trying to turn the entire world into vampires. This may be more an example of LoveMakesYouEvil and/or KnightTemplarParent.
139	* ''VideoGame/StarCraft'':
140	** In the later missions of ''VideoGame/StarCraftI'', Jim Raynor might be seen as the Morality Pet for Tassadar and the other Aiur-dwelling Protoss.
141	** Matt Horner serves as one for Raynor in ''VideoGame/StarCraftII'', stopping him from getting [[ItsPersonal carried away.]]
142	* ''Franchise/StreetFighter'':
143	** [[VideoGame/StreetFighterI Gen]] is one of the most merciless and skilled assassins in the world. However, there is one person whom he shows a somewhat softer side to: [[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Chun-Li]], the daughter of an old friend of his, as well as his favorite disciple. Further expanded in [[ComicBook/StreetFighter the UDON comics]], where one of the reasons why Gen stops being a hitman is having been forced to kill an opponent in front of a very young Chun-Li.
144	** Sometimes, [[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Sakura Kasugano]] is this to Ryu. The biggest example is in ''Alpha 3'': [[spoiler:after Sakura attempts a GoThroughMe to protect a knocked-out Ryu from Bison and he just swats her away, Ryu temporarily goes berserk and tears Bison a new one. And this is ''after'' Ryu had been BrainwashedAndCrazy.]] She does it again (via CooldownHug) in ''[[Anime/StreetFighterIVTheTiesThatBind The Ties That Bind]]'' when Ryu [[spoiler:loses himself to the [[KillingIntent Satsui no Hadou]] after Cammy is brutalized by C. Viper]]. It takes a crying, pleading Sakura to calm him back into sanity.
145	* Luca Blight from ''VideoGame/SuikodenII'' may be an AxCrazy OmnicidalManiac, but he really does care for his sister, Jillia. Which he then subverts by promising her that if it wasn't for the way she looks, he would have murdered her a long time ago for the hell of it.
146	* In ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsX'', [[Anime/MashinHeroWataruSeries Wataru]] becomes one for both [[Anime/CodeGeass Lelouch]] and [[Anime/CrossAnge Ange]]. Ange even states more than once that she just can't say no to him. In fact, Ange's interactions with Wataru play a role in making her character more benevolent and reasonable. [[spoiler:So much that when she finds Sylvia walking on her own, she offers her a hand to restore order to Misurugi and establish Cafe Ange in her old home.]]
147	* ''VideoGame/SwordOfPaladin'': [[spoiler:After Curtis Drake kills all of the Eagle Pirates and leaves Will on the verge of death, Red Rose pulls a Heel–Face Turn in order to save Will's life and give him immortality, fulfilling her promise to Captain Eagle that she would protect Will.]]
148	* A heroic example in ''VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia''. Both Yuri and Flynn need each other to function. Without Flynn to rein him in, Yuri would steadily fall into less-than-pleasant vigilante acts pushing him further down the path past an AntiHero. Without Yuri telling him so, Flynn would essentially become a lapdog for TheEmpire and be fine with committing atrocious acts that he'd normally ''never'' consider thinking of. Ironically, Flynn's subordinate Sodia [[GreenEyedMonster absolutely despises Yuri being so important to Flynn]] that she can't help taking out her sword to point it at his face without ever thinking that Flynn's faith on Yuri is for the best.
149	* Valve pulls this again in ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', giving The Medic a group of doves as pets in his "Meet The Medic" short. His favorite, Archimedes, appears to be just as morbid as he is, however... when things explode, he leans in to watch, often getting covered in blood, and he has a disturbing habit of nesting in patients' open chest cavities. That said, Medic has several moments of real humanity with the doves. He gently pets one of the doves before leaving for battle in the "Mann vs. Machine" video. In the comics, Medic is horrified when [[spoiler:Classic Heavy kills Archimedes. He spends the rest of the scene feverishly reviving the bird. Classic Heavy's insults and cruelty toward his pet drive Medic to betray the Classic Team and rejoin Team Fortress.]]
150	* ''VideoGame/TheresiaDearEmile'' subverts this. [[TortureTechnician Emile]] killed Leanne's mother when the latter was an infant, but kept her alive and raised her in an attempt to understand [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove the concept of love]]. Seeming more obsessed than truly maternal, she kept the child isolated from all other people, and sometimes kept her in chains. She never showed any love or affection towards her, but Leanne loved her anyway and considered her a mother figure, [[NightmareFetishist growing to love the smell of blood and the sound of screaming as reminders of her]]. Ultimately, [[spoiler:Emile protects Leanne from the other soldiers, but tries to kill her herself rather than let her escape to the outside world]].
151	* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' provides an amazing example of this for [[spoiler:''you'', the player. The game employs a SlowlySlippingIntoEvil mechanic where you're free to kill as many monsters as you like, and won't realize how bad you actually are [[HeelRealization until it's too late]]. However, when you encounter Papyrus, the second boss, he is just so damned nice, lovable, good-natured, and innocent, that he's the one who pushes many people to begin sparing monsters]].
152	* Clementine serves as this for Lee Everett in ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadTelltale''. [[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2012/12/26/creating-clementine.aspx And this goes for the players, too.]] She continues to be this in [[VideoGame/TheWalkingDeadSeasonTwo Season Two]], despite becoming the PlayerCharacter; almost all members of the group are willing to do almost anything in order to protect and/or save her, to the point that Clem is able to provoke a ChangedMyMindKid scenario from the resident PragmaticHero. She is also one to several other characters in the first three seasons, as seen with characters changing their minds simply because she's there. Heck, the only character Gabe is always nice to is Clem, which can be explained by the huge crush he has on her. Her status as the MoralityPet actually gets {{deconstructed\|Trope}} in [[spoiler:the finale of Season Two, as being the MoralityPet to two opposing people means that if they fight, it's up to Clem to choose which one survives]].
153	* The main character of ''VideoGame/Warhammer40000SpaceMarine'', Captain Titus, has this relationship with the Imperial Guard. While Space Marines in the 40K universe tend to be dismissive of normal humans at best and consider them mindless cattle at worst, Titus is constantly respectful of the efforts of the local garrison. He is even downright impressed that, considering everything they were up against, [[CurbstompCushion they've not only survived but have continued actively fighting throughout the invasion.]]
154	* Subverted in ''VideoGame/WarioWare''. Wario's self-proclaimed biggest fan is Mona, a high-school student who has a PrecociousCrush on him and can occasionally be found gushing about the man's fashion sense, glorious mustache, and treasure hunting prowess (much to the confusion of everyone). Wario even likes her enough to take her treasure hunting with him sometimes, so you'd think having someone with an actual moral compass around would have some effect on his behavior. Nope; Wario is a greedy, selfish prick even to her, and every game has Mona right alongside the other [=WarioWare=] Inc. employees chasing the man down for their cut of the profits or just telling him off for his shitty actions. How the pedestal she has for Wario remains unbroken, [[NoAccountingForTaste we'll never know.]]
155	* In the ''VideoGame/WhatDidIDoToDeserveThisMyLord'' series, Badmella, Badman's teenage daughter, is this for Badman. Both of the first two games include a mission where Badmella is deathly sick and Badman demands a remedy made of [[BlobMonster Slimmando Mosses]] in order to cure her, with his usual talkative and flippant demeanor gone in favour of frankness and desperation.
156	* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'':
157	** Anduin Wrynn is this to his father, Varian Wrynn.
158	** Kel'Thuzad, TheDragon to The Lich King, has a little kitten within his BossRoom named [[Film/AustinPowers Mr. Bigglesworth]]. If players kill it, he'll let out a BigNo while swearing that his armies of undead will hunt you down. Officially, it's the last of his humanity. So it really ''is'' the closest thing he has to not being pure evil.
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