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* Creator/DakariKingMykan, the author of ''FanFic/MyBravePonyStarfleetMagic'', [[InformedAttribute claims that the]] [[SuperiorSpecies Unicornicopians are this.]] [[MoralEventHorizon Their actions,]] [[MindRape particularly their treatment of Ace Ray,]] [[DesignatedHero prove otherwise.]]

* The Mystics in ''Film/TheDarkCrystal''. [[spoiler: Justified in that they're the innocent, non-violent spiritual half of a species that became divided into two races, the other being the AlwaysChaoticEvil Skeksis.]]

** For many editions, ThePaladin class ''had'' to be Lawful Good, and losing that alignment meant losing several class abilities. 4th Edition changed this so a Paladin could be any alignment so long as it matched their patron deity, allowing for Chaotic Good paladins of liberation and Lawful Evil paladins of tyranny.
** The elves in ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' are also referred to as mostly Chaotic Good. But just as there are occasionally good [[EvilCounterpartRace drow (dark elves)]], occasional elves can also be neutral or evil, that depends on the individual. But in general, their alignment is chaotic good.

* ThePaladin is by default always lawful good, with an emphasis on ToBeLawfulOrGood.

* ThePaladin and his [[TheOrder Order]], if they exist, will almost always be some variant of Good, with an emphasis on Lawful.

* MotherNature, usually even during moments of GaiasVengeance.
* [[OurElvesAreBetter Elves]] if they are close to Tolkien's original conception. His original idea behind them was to depict a people not corrupted by the Original Sin. The exceptions are settings which say ScrewYouElves, have elves being another name for TheFairFolk, or feature [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Dark Elves]] instead or along with the Lawful ones.

* Snarf's race in ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats'' are incapable of having evil in their hearts. This makes them immune to MindControl and other snares without making them unwilling to fight.

** [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience Metallic]] [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons]] in the first several editions had to be lawful good. non-metalic dragons were the evil kind. They're also a TropeCodifier.
** Paladins are a literal example because a paladin who is ''not'' lawful good ceases to be a paladin. This changes in the fourth edition, where they were allowed to be any alignment so long as it matched their patron god.

** Though Eberron mixed up most of the usual alignment codings (e.g. metallic dragons aren't necessarily good there, or even more likely to be good), it added the kalashtar PC race, who *are* mostly lawful good, and unusually added a justification: kalashtar exist from birth in psionic symbiosis with one of 66 good quori (who are kind of smeared around the larger population). You're partly human with the usual genetic randomness, part a specific immortal good creature.
** ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}'' helped codify the Archons, the native denizens of [[{{Heaven}} Mount Celestia]] who are [[MadeOfGood Made of Lawful Good]]. There are also the Always NeutralGood Guardinals of Bytopia, and the Always ChaoticGood Eladrin of Arborea. As well as the [[LawfulNeutral Always]] [[TrueNeutral Neutral]] [[ChaoticNeutral counterparts]], and the [[AlwaysChaoticEvil various]] [[MadeOfEvil Evil]] fiends. ''Planescape'' is big on thematic symmetries.
** The elves in ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' are also referred to as mostly [[ChaoticGood Chaotic Good]]. But just as there are occasionally good drow (dark elves), occasional elves can also be neutral or evil, that depends on the individual. But in general, their aglinment is chaotic good.

** The [[HerbivoresAreFriendly Hork-Bajirs]] qualify for this. They are a peaceful species that did not even know the concept of attacking each other until the [[PuppeteerParasite Yeerks]] conquered their planet. After the Animorphs have freed the first Hork-Bajirs from the Yeerks who rule them, they realize how good-natured they are.

* TheSmurfs. They have petty emotions (greed, selfishness, pride, and so on), but they'll end up doing the right thing - even an artificial smurf (like Smurfette.)

** The intelligent people from the dimension in "Anima", regardless of race, are mostly very benevolent, trusting and honest, and they live in a benevolent, non-ideologically Communist state that helps everyone and where the leaders are accountable to the people. This is because in this world, due to [[spoiler: the abundance of psi-energy]], everyone has a small spirit-projection (anima) that keeps near them and shows their true emotions, making honesty and trust easy and downright unavoidable. The only exceptions are the Outsiders -- those individuals who are so anti-social they won't contribute to even a society as nice as this, being something like "Always ChaoticNeutral" as a group -- and the Bedeviled, who have lying animas and are AlwaysChaoticEvil.

** The intelligent people from the dimension in "Anima", regardless of race, are mostly very benevolent, trusting and honest, and they live in a benevolent, non-ideologically Communist state that helps everyone and where the leaders are accountable to the people. This is because in this world, due to [[spoiler: the abundance of psi-energy]], everyone has a small spirit-projection (anima) that keeps near them and shows their true emotions, making honesty and trust easy and downright unavoidable. The only exceptions are the Outsiders -- those who are so anti-social they won't contribute to even a society as nice as this, being something like "Always ChaoticNeutral" as a group -- and the Bedeviled, who have lying animas and are AlwaysChaoticEvil.

** The Dimension of Lame is filled with people like this. They consider littering and food fighting to be the most horrific crimes imaginable, not because AllCrimesAreEqual, but because [[StupidGood they can't imagine anything worse]].

* The Dimension of Lame from ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' is filled with people like this. They consider littering and food fighting to be the most horrific crimes imaginable, not because AllCrimesAreEqual, but because [[StupidGood they can't imagine anything worse]].

* Every Darcsen character in ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' is depicted as almost saintly. While there are plenty of flawed non-Darcsen characters, and admittedly there's only 6 named Darcsen in the entire game, every one is depicted as nice, patient, hard-working, intelligent, willing to turn the other cheek, close-knit with their fellow Darcsen, and with their only flaws being minor ones revolving around not liking certain terrain (and in the case of [[spoiler: Princess Cordelia]], being haunted by the AwfulTruth of [[spoiler: how her royal bloodline came to power]] to the point of inaction. [[spoiler: Even the Darcsen Calamity turned out to be nothing but propaganda. The only sin committed by any Darcsen during the game is Cordelia's family selling out the other Darcsen for their own benefit after the Darcsen Calamity hoax was created.]] It isn't until ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChroniclesII'' that Darcsen characters with actual major flaws start to surface.

* Every Darcsen character in ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' is depicted as almost saintly. While there are plenty of flawed non-Darcsen characters, and admittedly there's only 5 named Darcsen in the entire game, every one is depicted as nice, patient, hard-working, intelligent, willing to turn the other cheek, close-knit with their fellow Darcsen, and with their only flaws being minor ones revolving around not liking certain terrain. It isn't until ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChroniclesII'' that Darcsen with actual major flaws start to surface.

* Every Darcsen character in ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' is depicted as almost saintly. While there are plenty of flawed non-Darcsen characters, and admittedly there's only 5 named Darcsen in the entire game, every one is depicted as nice, patient, hard-working, intelligent, willing to turn the other cheek, close-knit with their fellow Darcsen, and with their only flaws being minor ones revolving around not liking certain terrain. It isn't until ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles2'' that Darcsen with actual major flaws start to surface.

* Every Darcsen character in ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' is depicted as almost saintly. While there are plenty of flawed non-Darcsen characters, and admittedly there's only 5 named Darcsen in the entire game, every one is depicted as nice, patient, hard-working, intelligent, willing to turn the other cheek, close-knit with their fellow Darcsen, and with their only flaws being minor ones revolving around not liking certain terrain.

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* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', the [[BlueBlood Cousland]] family, firm believers in [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething noblesse oblige]], are this to Ferelden. They leard the teyrnir[[note]]A Duchy more or less[[/note]] of Highever, and are ardently loyal to the Fereldan crown. Teyrn Loghain's claim that they were secretly [[ArchNemesis Orlesian]] collaborators is met with suspicion and disbelief by much of the rest of the Fereldan nobility in the first game (and their suspicion is well-founded).

* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', the [[BlueBlood Cousland]] family, firm believers in [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething noblesse oblige]], are this to Ferelden. They leard the teyrnir[[note]]A Duchy more or less[[/note]] of Highever, and are ardently loyal to the Fereldan crown. Teyrn Loghain's claim that they were secretly [[FrenchJerk Orle]][[ArchNemesis sian]] collaborators is met with suspicion and disbelief by much of the rest of the Fereldan nobility in the first game (and their suspicion is well-founded).

* In the ''Lorwyn'' Block of ''MagicTheGathering'', every race aside from the [[PuttingOnTheReich elves]] and [[TheFairFolk fairies]] is generally benevolent on the majority, including the [[DarkIsNotEvil black aligned]] boggarts (though there are a few exceptions here and there, of course, like the kithkin [[AntiVillain Gaddock Teeg]]). Come ''Shadowmoor'', and everyone becomes AlwaysChaoticEvil, with the exception of the elves, which pull a 180º and become the most benevolent race around.[[note]]Incidently, the page image is inaccurate, as Magic's angels can and often are [[LightIsNotGood pretty evil]][[/note]]

* It is said that {{God}} Himself is [[GodIsGood always good and righteous]] [[GoodIsNotNice even if it seems unpleasant to others]].

* The Devas, Archons and related [[ShapedLikeItself Lawful Good]] entities in ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''. They even ''point out'' that LawfulStupid is the StupidestThingIveEverHeard. Entities such as them exist in a state of grace that is literally impossible for mortals to reach, meaning they forgive and tolerate mistakes made by Lawful Good characters - even to the point of such characters embracing Chaos in the form of being TheSnarkKnight or even a KnightInSourArmor - as long as they are consistently '''trying''' to be Lawful Good.
-->'''Roy's Deva''': ''[[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0490.html People forget how crucial it is to keep trying, even if they screw it up now and then. They figure that if they can't manage it perfectly every waking second, then they should just pick some other alignment because it'll be easier. But it's the struggle that matters. It's easy for a being of pure Law and Good to live up to these ideals, but you're a mortal. What matters is that when you blow it, you get back up on the horse and try again.]]''
** Best part? This is a high quality RealLife Aesop - good people screw up. [[PerfectSolutionFallacy Doesn't mean we shouldn't stop trying to be as good as we can be.]]

** This is deconstructed with the Andalites. At first, all we know about them is that they're fighting the yeerks, so the Animorphs assume that all of them are good - Jake even describes them as "the good guys of the galaxy" in an early book. Starting in ''The Hork-Bajir Chronicles'', we see that the Andalites are just as bad as the yeerks, (who were a deconstruction of Always Chaotic Evil), just in different ways.
** Played straight with the Pemalites, a highly developed and joyful race that praised life and abhored violence, so much that when the AlwaysChaoticEvil Howlers arrived, Pemalites failed to muster any defence and were exterminated.

* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' and its SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', nearly all [[BlowYouAway airbenders]] are ChaoticGood, favouring peace and freedom in equal parts. The exceptions is Tenzin (who is in fact LawfulGood); even Zaheer, the BigBad of the 3 season, was motivated entirely by altruism and wanted for humanity to leave in freedom, [[KnightTemplar though he was ruthless about his goals]].