-> '''Shepard:''' You two have been with me longer than most. You believed in me when nobody else did. Thanks.\\
'''Tali:''' We'll finish this the way we started it... together.\\
'''Garrus:''' Damn right!
-->-- ''VideoGame/MassEffect3''

Tropes about being loyal to someone or something and the reasons behind said loyalty.

Compare ATrustingIndex. Contrast BetrayalTropes.

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!!Tropes:
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'''Also see:'''
+ BetrayalTropes
+ FamilyTropes
+ FriendshipTropes
+ LoveTropes
+ PatrioticTropes
+ PromisesAndVowsIndex
]
* AbandonmentInducedAnimosity: A character severs ties with their former friends/allies after they left them behind.
* AllegianceAffirmation: A character confirms where their loyalties lie.
* AntiMutiny
* AttackOnOneIsAnAttackOnAll: Attacking a member of a group is considered the same as attacking the group itself.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Someone shows loyalty towards a person in gratitude of showing them kindness.
* BlackShirt: A member of the team who secretly wishes for the enemy to win so they can side with them.
* BlindObedience: Following a superior's orders without question.
* BloodOath
* BrokenSystemDogmatist: Someone continues to follow an irreparably-broken system.
* CaptainPatriotic: A superhero who serves the ideals of their nation.
* TheCaretaker
* TheCavalry
* TheChampion
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: An associate of a dumb or eccentric person whose purpose is to prevent their stupid or loony friend's antics from causing too much trouble.
* ConflictingLoyalty
* CriminalFoundFamily
* DeclarationOfProtection
* DesperatelyNeedsOrders: Someone who is so dependent on following the lead of others that they struggle to act on their own initiative.
* TheDutifulSon
* FailureKnight
* FamilyOfChoice
* FinancialTestOfFriendship
* FireForgedFriends: Allies who are brought together by difficult times.
* HappinessInMindControl
* HappinessInSlavery: A person who is content with being a slave.
* HeroicVow: The hero makes a promise that they intend to keep at all costs.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Two friends of the same gender who are so close that it would be understandable to mistake them for lovers.
* HonorBeforeReason: Doing the honorable thing even when it wouldn't be the sensible thing to do.
* IAmSpartacus: When the villain comes looking for the hero, everyone else claims to be the hero to protect their savior.
* IControlMyMinionsThrough Loyalty variant
* IGaveMyWord: Honoring a promise you made.
* ImmigrantPatriotism: An outsider who adopts a new culture and favors it over his original culture.
* IOweYouMyLife: Swearing a debt of loyalty to another person who helped you out when you needed it most.
* InItsHourOfNeed
* InstantAllegianceArtifact
* TheJeeves
* JustFollowingOrders: The subordinates try to excuse that they don't deserve punishment on the grounds that their actions were instructed and it was their job to do as they were told.
* JustGivingOrders: The one in charge tries to shift the blame for their actions onto the subordinates who followed their orders.
* LawfulEvil
* LawfulGood
* LawfulNeutral
* LawfulStupid
* LegacyOfService (in the case of servants)
* LetTheBullyWin: Staying on your superior's good side by letting them win whenever the two of you are in a competition.
* LoyalAnimalCompanion
* LoyalToThePosition
* LoyaltyMission
* MartyrdomCulture: A culture that values loyalty to the point members are willing to die for it.
* MoralityChain
* MoralityChainBeyondTheGrave
* MuggleInMageCustody
* MyCountryRightOrWrong
* MyMasterRightOrWrong
* NestedOwnership: Servants have their own servants.
* OrderedToDie: A person is instructed to kill themselves.
* OverzealousUnderling
* PatrioticFervor
* PlatonicLifePartners: Two friends of the ''opposite'' gender who are so close that it would be understandable to mistake them for lovers.
* PrinciplesZealot: A person won't recant their principles, even when it's better to do so.
* ProfessionalButtKisser
* PsychoSupporter
* RashPromise
* RecruitedFromTheGutter
* ReleasingFromThePromise
* TheReliableOne
* TheRemnant: A group that continues fighting even though their side has already lost the war.
* TheRenfield: A vampire's loyal human servant.
* SarcasticDevotee
* ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: A character shows their integrity by refusing to accept a bribe.
* SeductionProofMarriage: A married person refuses to cheat on their spouse no matter how much they may be tempted to do so.
* SergeantRock
* ServileSnarker: A servant who isn't above making remarks at their boss's expense.
* SourSupporter: An ally who helps out in spite of making no effort to hide their contempt for the people they're assisting.
* SpeciesLoyalty
* SubordinateExcuse
* SupportingTheMonsterLovedOne
* SwornBrothers
* SycophanticServant
* ThickerThanWater
* TreacheryIsASpecialKindOfEvil
* TrueCompanions: Close friends who strongly value their loyalties to each other.
* UndyingLoyalty: Staying absolutely devoted and faithful to someone or something to the bitter end.
* VillainousFriendship: Villains who are the best of friends.
* WarComesHome War has come to their homeland and they will give their lives for it.
* YesMan: A subordinate who agrees with everything their boss says.
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