History Main / GoodHurtsEvil

** It also happened again when he tried to make a deal with [[ComicBook/TheFlash Wally West]]. Wally has to sell his love for Linda Parks (if you're thinking a certain ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' story, it was before [[ComicBook/OneMoreDay that story]]). Neron wins it but because it was for good intentions (it was for saving people and the city), the love was still pure and Neron became nicer. It nearly kills him and he has to make another deal with Wally West to get out of this.

** It also happened before when he tried to make a deal with [[ComicBook/TheFlash Wally West]]. Wally has to sell his love for Linda Parks (if you're thinking a certain ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' story, it was before [[ComicBook/OneMoreDay that story]]). Neron wins it but because it was for good intentions (it was for saving people and the city), the love was still pure and Neron became nicer. It nearly kills him and he has to make another deal with Wally West to get out of this.

** It also happened before when he tried to make a deal with [[ComicBook/TheFlash Wally West]]. Wally has to sell his love for Linda Parks (if you're thinking a certain ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' story, it was before [[ComicBook/OneMoreDay that story]]). Neron wins it but because it was for good intentions (it was for saving people and the city), the love was still pure and Neron became nicer. It nearly kills him and he has to make another deal with Wally West to get out of this.

* Both crosses and stars of David annoy vampires in ''Series/{{Being Human|UK}}.''
* Gloriously revised in the ''Series/DoctorWho'' story ''The Curse of Fenric'', set during World War II: In this story it's not the ''symbol'' that's important, it's the bearer's ''faith in the good that that symbol represents.'' As a result, the vampire/zombie haemovores are untroubled by a priest holding up a cross, because the horrors of war have eroded the priest's faith. But the Doctor is able to repel a mob of them by reciting all his companions' names (from Susan up through Ace), and a patriotic Soviet soldier fends off some more by holding up the hammer-and-sickle badge from his uniform!

* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Doom}} Doom 3]]'' hell starts leaking into our world (or Mars in this case) causing insanity and other problems. It is suggested this is also happening in reverse, although for them it's probably not so much hurt as mildly annoy.

* In ''Anime/DragonBallZFusionReborn'' [[TwoBeingsOneBody Gogeta]]‘s “Stardust Breaker” or “Soul Punisher” obliterates the demonic villain Janemba by literally [[MoralityGuidedAttack targeting]] all the evil energy within Janemba, causing him to disintegrate.

* A secularized version is played for laughs in ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'' when Lina turns LoveFreak Amelia loose on Xellos. Since Mazoku in the slayerverse feed on negative emotions the [[GenkiGirl full unbridled effect of Amelia's sheer perkiness]] (backed up by a rather insincere-sounding Gourry and Zelgadis) is enough to completely debilitate one of the most powerful evil characters in the series.

* In ''Anime/TheSnowQueen1977'', the Snow Queen is burned alive when Gerda and Kai pray.
* PlayedForLaughs in ''Literature/HighSchoolDXD''. Praying to God, or being the target of a benevolent prayer, causes demons sharp headaches. Even after becoming demons, Asia and Xenovia remain devout, and [[AmusingInjuries frequently forget this]]. Until Issei asks ArchangelMichael to let them pray without the pain.

* Deconstructed in the ''Literature/NightWatchSeries'', where the "White Blade" spell is ''supposed'' to harm only Dark Ones and "evil beings". Too bad its criteria of evil is so stringent that "you'd have to be a Tibetan monk who'd spent decades meditating and subduing his passions for the blazing blade to spare you". A young Light One strikes some brainwashed human mercenaries with the White Blade, only seeking to destroy their weapons, but it slices them in half instead. The Light One cannot bear the brunt of his deed and self-terminates.

* ''The Devil's Eye'' is a Creator/IngmarBergman film, in which a woman's virginity causes a sty in the Devil's eye, so he sends Don Juan to seduce her.

* Giygas is defeated by way of this trope in both ''[[VideoGame/{{Mother1}} Earthbound Zero]]'' and ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994''. In the first game, [[spoiler:he's overwhelmed by the love bound inside a song his adopted mother used to sing to him,]] and after he's become too powerful, it takes [[spoiler:the combined prayers of everyone in the game universe, as well as those of ''the player'']], to defeat him once and for all.

** Subverted with blanks, who also hurt daemons and warpspawn through their mere presence... and who inspire UncannyValley in normal humans and unspeakable horror in psykers, because they have negative Warp presence, thus feeling inherently "wrong" to human senses.

* A secularized version is played for laughs in ''{{LightNovel/Slayers}}'' when Lina turns LoveFreak Amelia loose on Xellos. Since Mazoku in the slayerverse feed on negative emotions the [[GenkiGirl full unbridled effect of Amelia's sheer perkiness]] (backed up by a rather insincere-sounding Gourry and Zelgadis) is enough to completely debilitate one of the most powerful evil characters in the series.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDxD''. Praying to God, or being the target of a benevolent prayer, causes demons sharp headaches. Even after becoming demons, Asia and Xenovia remain devout, and [[AmusingInjuries frequently forget this]]. Until Issei asks ArchangelMichael to let them pray without the pain.

* A minor version from ''[[WesternAnimation/CareBearsAdventuresInCareALot Adventures in Care-a-Lot]]'': after seeing his plan to break up a band made of a few of the female Care Bears thwarted by ThePowerOfFriendship, Grizzle comments, "This sickening display of friendship HURTS!" Trueheart asks if it isn't just the high heels he's wearing as part of his [[DisguisedInDrag drag disguise]].

* ''Fanfic/TheUltimateEvil'': In addition to the canonical [[WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures Pan'Ku Box]], we're introduced a {{Demon Slay|ing}}er who has several weapons that hurt demons on touch (like magical dust and blessed daggers). However, her crucifix [[NoSell doesn't work on]] Bai Tza.

* ''Fanfic/JWITCHSeason1'':

* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'''s god constructed Katana. Any evil that comes in ''contact'' with it is obliterated spectacularly[[labelnote:*]]Specifically the blade: Aku has, on several occasions, held the sword by the hilt and tried to use it on Jack. But LikeCannotCutLike, and Jack can't be harmed by the blade[[/labelnote]]. Its the only thing Aku ''fears'', having been nearly completely destroyed by it and Jack on multiple occasions. Also doesn't help that Jack himself is the embodiment of TheParagon with IncorruptiblePurePureness to back up the sword's strength.

* One story arc in ''WesternAnimation/RockyAndBullwinkle'' involves our heroes fighting an infestation of Pottsylvania Creepers, vicious {{Man Eating Plant}}s that shrug off every attempt to kill them or trim them back. Bullwinkle eventually quips "We've tried everything except kissing those plants goodnight!", and that [[EurekaMoment gives Rocky and idea]]; try being ''nice'' to them. It works like a charm, the Pottsylvania Creepers are so belligerent that [[WeaksauceWeakness kindness causes them to wither and die]].

* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThunderCats'', a robot is armed with a magic katana and sent out on a rampage. The katana's original user, a samurai, stops this by doing a BareHandedBladeBlock which results in the robot exploding. The samurai explains that since the machines are neither good nor evil, the katana didn't know it was being misused, but after touching samurai's skin it caught on and destroyed the robot.

* Shows up in the climax of a ''WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse'' episode wherein, due to the machinations of a deal-making demon named Slaughty, He-Man finds himself in the presence of the fiery Spirit of Evil. Trading He-Man's soul in exchange for letting one of Teela's friends out of his deal, the Spirit is horrified to discover that not only can't he claim his prize, [[IncorruptiblePurePureness He-Man's soul]] actually causes him intense pain when he tries. Forced to surrender his claim to the hero, [=SoE=] is not at all happy with his minion.

* Giygas is defeated by way of this trope in both ''[[VideoGame/{{Mother1}} Earthbound Zero]]'' and Videogame/EarthBound. In the first game, [[spoiler:he's overwhelmed by the love bound inside a song his adopted mother used to sing to him,]] and after he's become too powerful, it takes [[spoiler:the combined prayers of everyone in the game universe, as well as those of ''the player'']], to defeat him once and for all.

* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'' plays this very straight in the ending when the light of the titular power destroys the game's BigBad.

Often times, [[GoodIsImpotent the more proactive heroes were unable to have such an effect]] due to lesser purity, which left [[IncorruptiblePurePureness the local priest, nun or pure child]] to act as a DeusExMachina for when they get overwhelmed by the [[LegionsOfHell legions of darkness]]. Objects touched or blessed by objectively good characters could gain similar protective qualities, and religious sanctuaries were the mightiest of fortresses when evil was on your tail.

This injurious side of good is becoming rare as readers and viewers learn to take GreyAndGrayMorality for granted, but expect very strong showings in religious literature. A PuritySue (or any [[MarySue Sue]] in general) may have this trait, but often without the [[GoodIsBoring restricted freedom]] that traditionally comes with it.

* In ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' story ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'', [[ComicBook/{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}} Mordru]] dies when he comes in contact with a huge mass of sacred light. It's speculated The Presence -Franchise/TheDCU's supreme {{God}}- was within it.