History Main / GoodVersusGood

* The ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur'' series. With the exception of three or four characters, they're mostly heroes who will battle whomever it takes to obtain Soul Edge.
** It's more complicated that than that. There are straight examples, such as in III Ivy fighting Sigfried (with a unique pre-battle story), as both characters only seek the destruction of the sword but for different reasons and in different ways. Ivy believed the destruction of both swords would be the end of the conflict, but Sigfried wanted to use Calibur to destroy Edge. Depending on the fight it, can be any shade of conflict there, from Tali's white to Maxi's grey to Nightmare's black.

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* This trope is demonstrated in a lot of forum games where players may be in charge of a fictional faction or nation; there will be a few players who, if they do not merely make their faction/characters a front piece for their sociopolitical views, try to make them as lawful good as possible with regards to their in-game culture. The aim is to make it that, roleplay-wise, most good people in the game world would see that faction as mostly good on top of the faction seeing itself as good. Of course, this does not mean that the liberal paradise republic that legalizes prostitution is going to get along well with the highly religious absolute monarchy next door which abhors slavery and has strict privacy and civil rights laws, and it is not uncommon that this trope will soon occur for one reason or another.
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* In ''Rolling in Beaches'' from series ''[[FanFic/PoniesOfOlympus]]''. The hippocampi/Scaly Back River Clan conflict is best described as this, as neither side is evil; however, a major misunderstanding on the dragons' side, and a bit of FantasticRacism on the sea ponies' part, has them at each other's throats. [[spoiler:Luna also suspects that [[BigBad Erebos]] was manipulating events.]]

* In ''[[FanFic/PoniesOfOlympus Rolling in Beaches]]'', the hippocampi/Scaly Back River Clan conflict is best described as this, as neither side is evil; however, a major misunderstanding on the dragons' side, and a bit of FantasticRacism on the sea ponies' part, has them at each other's throats. [[spoiler:Luna also suspects that [[BigBad Erebos]] was manipulating events.]]

* ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' pictured above, focuses on a battle between superheroes, with Captain America's Anti-Registration Team clashing with Iron Man's Pro-Registration Team. Unlike the Civil War comic [[spoiler: the Pro-Registration debate becomes a secondary concern as the conflict shifts to a personal conflict over Bucky Barnes, and his murder of Iron Man's parents.]] The climax of the film whittles down to just Captain America vs. Iron Man.

* ''In A Dark Wood'' by Michael Cadnum is a retelling of Myth/RobinHood from [[PerspectiveFlip the perspective]] of the Sheriff of Nottingham, a [[LawfulGood good man]] who distastefully upholds brutal laws, yet is eventually able to recognize that his outlaw adversary is also a [[ChaoticGood good man]].

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* ''Manga/CatsEye'' is a story about eponymous trio of art thieves and their antagonists from police. The cops are unambiguously heroic, while the thieves have good intentions, and frequently act genuinely heroic, for example, they once rescued children from burning house, and also, they saved the detectives from truly evil criminals a few times.

* While ''Anime/DogDays'' does have evil creatures, the story is generally about the Good Guys fighting a war with other Good Guys, where "war" means [[LighterAndSofter Playground Olympics]]. There are demons however the only one seen was possessed by a sword though there is stuff going on...offscreen.

* It has been said by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki that no Creator/StudioGhibli film is intended to have a specific "bad" guy as a villain but rather characters who are good or at the very least is capable of change and whose wants run counter to our protagonists in some way, if there is a specific antagonist which can be defined (see ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'', ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'' and ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle'' where there is NoAntagonist or what bad there is is nebulous in nature). Some of his earlier works did have very defined evil characters (such as Muska in ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'' and the Torumekians in ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'') however though this has lessened over time to be more Good Versus Good.

* The ''Comicbook/CivilWar'' crossover in the MarvelUniverse, where superheroes fought each other over a SuperRegistrationAct. (At least, this trope was the intention - there's a lot of DependingOnTheWriter involved as to "who's right" and if/how much the other side gets demonized. When all was said and done, fans concluded that the pro-registration heroes crossed a few too many lines to be considered the "good guys".)

* Since this ''generically'' is a so beloved comic trope, Marvel What-The? parodied it to hell and back.
-->GenreSavvy Team Leader 1: "Everybody be on the alert, this may be a hackneyed misunderstanding plot!" (Ten seconds later, mass brawl.)
* Franchise/WonderWoman gets this a lot, since her post-ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis [[ComicBook/WonderWoman2006 incarn]][[ComicBook/WonderWoman2011 ations]] explicitly have no code against killing and this occasionally brings her into conflict with Superman and Batman. A prime example is the graphic novel ''The Hiketeia'', in which Batman is the primary antagonist. Pre-Crisis this was reversed, as she was the only one of DC's big three to start out with a no killing code and felt to do so would cheapen her efforts, betray her culture and be the lazy way out while Bats and Supes slowly developed their own no kill codes of which Supes' had always been the most flexible in extreme circumstances.

* Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi has [[Anime/SailorMoon Sailor Mercury]] forced into the role of a [[EvilOverlord Keeper]]. Despite being one of the most compassionate and principled people in the world, this still makes her public enemy number one from the perspective of the surface heroes. Particularly notable with [[GodOfGood the Light]], who are aware of her true nature, sympathetic to her plight, and even helpful where they can afford to be, but are still trying to imprison her for the sake of the world. This does not prevent them from occasionally [[EnemyMine cooperating with Mercury against bigger threats]].
* Fanfic/FateStayNightUltimateMaster has [[WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien Ben Tennyson]] taking part in the [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Holy Grail War]]. Since the Holy Grail War follow the ThereCanBeOnlyOne system, he inevitably ends up clashing with ''Fate/Stay Night'' protagonists [[KnightInShiningArmor Shirou]] and [[{{Tsundere}} Rin]], despite their goals being the same (prevent the Holy Grail from falling into the wrong hand). While later chapters suggested this would change, the fic died long before it could get that far.

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* ''In A Dark Wood'' by Michael Cadnum is a retelling of RobinHood from [[PerspectiveFlip the perspective]] of the Sheriff of Nottingham, a [[LawfulGood good man]] who distastefully upholds brutal laws, yet is eventually able to recognize that his outlaw adversary is also a [[ChaoticGood good man]].
* ''Literature/LesMiserables'': Valjean and Javert. [[TheAtoner One]] is a guy trying to atone for his past sins by showering kindness and mercy on everyone who crosses his path, occasionally risking even his life to do so. [[InspectorJavert The other]] is a policeman trying to recapture a convicted thief who violated his parole.

--> '''King Stannis''': Good men and true will fight for Joffrey, wrongly believing him the true king. A northman might even say the same of Robb Stark. But these lords who flocked to my brother's banners knew him for a usurper. They turned their backs on their rightful king for no better reason than dreams of power and glory, and I have marked them for what they are. Pardoned them, yes. Forgiven. But not forgotten.

* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': The fight between Angel and Spike in the Season Five episode 'Destiny'. Both have a soul, both want to drink from the cup of perpetual torment-whoopsie, someone got staked.

* Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer:

* ''Series/Daredevil2015'': Since Matt Murdock is a vigilante, he is often at odds with the NYPD.

* The conflict between Team Flash and [[HeroAntagonist Gypsy]] in ''Series/TheFlash2014''. Gypsy is interdimentional cop who was trying to catch a criminal that just happened to be friends with Team Flash. No one in the story was really evil and conflict was ultimately resolved peacefully.

* In the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "Timeless," Harry Kim is trying to alter the timeline to make sure ''Voyager'' wouldn't crash, while [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Captain LaForge]] is trying to stop him, partly to protect his own crew, and partly because messing with time travel does not tend to end well in the Star Trek Universe.

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* When a non-evil party goes up against non-fallen celestials in ''Tabletopgame/DungeonsAndDragons'', it's this trope.
** Discussed in ''[[TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms Champions of Valor]]''. To paraphrase the author, good-on-good violence is unlikely to occur in FR since good-aligned characters and nations are likely to have bigger fish to fry.
** A common source of this trope in ''Dungeons and Dragons'' is for the party to need to retrieve an important artifact from a tomb or other dungeon where it is guarded by a Deathless (good-aligned, positive energy version of undead) or other good-aligned guardian who is magically bound not to let anyone take it, regardless of their "good" credentials.
** Somewhat oddly, the creators deleberately tried to avert this trope in 4th edition, making several creatures that were AlwaysLawfulGood in past editions "unaligned" (basically 4th edition's version of TrueNeutral), most notably, metallic dragons, angels, and couatls. The [[WordOfGod creators themselves]] stated the reason was they figured most players would play good or unaligned with a tilt towards good characters, and thus would be unlikely to want to fight good monsters, even though obviously good people can fight and disagree. Thankfully, they changed them all back in 5th edtion.

* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
** [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney The first two games]] did this with Phoenix versus Edgeworth. Of course, at the beginning, Edgeworth was fairly unscrupulous as a prosecutor, willing to do anything to win a case.
** ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'' gives us Apollo versus Klavier. Both have dedicated their lives to uncovering the truths in the cases their involved in, but just happen to be on opposite sides of the court as a defense attorney and prosecutor. The two occasionally even share information or help each other out in the interest of finding the true guilty party, [[spoiler:including when Klavier's own bandmate and, later, brother are on the stand.]]
** ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'' has one case where [[spoiler: Apollo has to face against Phoenix in civil court where they debate over whose client should get the MacGuffin. The two argue their cases to the Judge, although Phoenix starts acting more and more desperate to win his case and Apollo notices. It turns out that Phoenix's client is blackmailing him over Maya's safety.]]

* ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' has the heroes fighting each other (either to test themselves or to settle points of conduct) just as often as they fight the villains.
** This actually only happens a handful of times in the main story, but then comes Duel Colosseum, Distant Glory (where you must fight EVERY HERO), and Inward Chaos. Depending on how much of a completionist you are, everyone will fight everyone.

** The multiplayer primarily consists of Spartans (who are all on the same side in the lore). ''VideoGame/{{Halo 2}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}'' adds the alien Elites, but only after they've already done a HeelRaceTurn.

* Very common in the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'', although the good side not controlled by the player is generally more "[[ShootTheDog ends justify the means]]," and willing to employ genuinely evil in their pursuit of noble goals. Usually if both sides are completely good, the LawfulGood faction is, uniquely for an RPG series, the one in the right, though most times both factions already are LawfulGood at their core.

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' games have never had any true villains. Just a lot of spoiled, lonely, stir-crazy, lazy, playful and/or protective characters and bad things in ''Touhou'' happen when any of these categories overlap. The only real life-threatening situation in a long time has been the last stage of ''Subterranean Animism'' where defeat would have cause the protagonist to fall into the Hell of Blazing Fires, only because the final boss (Utsuho Reiuji) [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity went temporarily crazy]].

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* The ''Kings War'' arc of ''{{Webcomic/Roommates}}'' is this centered around the SlidingScaleOfUnavoidableVersusUnforgivable. The Goblin Regent (who believes in [[HeelFaceTurn redemption]], the [[RousseauWasRight good in people]], and that [[SmallStepsHero every person's life matters]] -- Unforgivable) versus Glinda (who is a KnightTemplar, and deeply believes in TheNeedsOfTheMany -- Unavoidable). Yeah, the regent was an ''evil'', ''greedy'', etc. villain once, if we count {{Hero Antagonist}}s, which Glinda does as [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity her worldview is way to rigid for even that small gray]].

* Candace's constant attempts to bust the eponymous stepbrothers in ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' although it can also be viewed as OrderVersusChaos or ChaoticNeutral versus Good [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation depending on one's perspective of Candace and the boys]]. It helps that if in real life, she'd be a responsible older sister trying to stop kids from hurting themselves with power tools and massive and dangerous projects. Only problem is, their world runs on RuleOfFun. Though the occasional implication that she's developing an AmbiguousDisorder blurs things. Candace does ultimately have good intentions, but she is pretty high-strung and neurotic in her approach along with the typical teenagerly attitude.

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* This trope is demonstrated in a lot of forum games where players may be in charge of a fictional faction or nation; there will be a few players who, if they do not merely make their faction/characters a front piece for their sociopolitical views, try to make them as lawful good as possible with regards to their in-game culture. The aim is to make it that, roleplay-wise, most good people in the game world would see that faction as mostly good on top of the faction seeing itself as good. Of course, this does not mean that the liberal paradise republic that legalizes prostitution is going to get along well with the highly religious absolute monarchy next door which abhors slavery and has strict privacy and civil rights laws, and it is not uncommon that this trope will soon occur for one reason or another.

* ''Literature/ABrothersPrice'' Good characters are frequently of different opinions when it comes to the question of marriage. As all sisters in a family usually have to share one husband, the selection of said husband is a matter on which there can be various valid opinions.

Compare with BothSidesHaveAPoint, YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters and UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans, FightingYourFriend (assuming both are good) and LetsYouAndHimFight. Contrast to BlackAndWhiteMorality and EvilVersusEvil.

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' addresses this in the second season arc involving Gordon Walker. He is a hunter, a relentless one, but only interested in killing vampires/demons-at first. However he crosses over into Grey or Black Morality, when he doesn't relent from trying to kill a group of vampires who have abstained from feeding and are trying to just live their lives, and it is also implied he kills supernatural creatures solely out of hate for turning his sister and ruining his life.

* Early in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'', while the overall conflict was grey and gray, the conflict between former friends Kira Yamato and Athrun Zala was very much this. Kira has no interest in the war, and just wants to protect the ship his friends are on. Athrun's a dedicated soldier, who has orders to sink the ship, but would like Kira to come over to his side of the war. It culminates in the two of them engaging in an apparent DuelToTheDeath, only to later find themselves on the same side, when [[EvilVersusEvil both their respective leaders]] turn out to be [[AxeCrazy insane]], at which point things take a turn to the BlackAndWhiteMorality.

* Candace's constant attempts to bust the eponymous stepbrothers in ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' although it can also be viewed as OrderVersusChaos or ChaoticNeutral versus Good [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation depending on one's perspective of Candace and the boys]]. It helps that if in real life, she'd be a responsible older sister trying to stop kids from hurting themselves with power tools and massive and dangerous projects. Only problem is, their world runs on RuleOfFun. Though the occasional implication that she's developing an AmbiguousDisorder blurs things. Candace does ultimately have good intentions, but she is pretty high-strung and neurotic in her approach along with the typical teenagerly attitude.

* The ''VideoGame/SoulCalibur'' series. With the exception of three or four characters, they're mostly heroes who will battle whomever it takes to obtain Soul Edge.
** It's more complicated that than that. There are straight examples, such as in III Ivy fighting Sigfried (with a unique pre-battle story), as both characters only seek the destruction of the sword but for different reasons and in different ways. Ivy believed the destruction of both swords would be the end of the conflict, but Sigfried wanted to use Calibur to destroy Edge. Depending on the fight it, can be any shade of conflict there, from Tali's white to Maxi's grey to Nightmare's black.
* The ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series, especially the N64 installment. Not a single evil character. In ''Brawl'''s [[VideoGame/TheSubspaceEmissary story mode]], even the villains pull a HeelFaceTurn at the end and then everyone gangs up on the EldritchAbomination EnergyBeing.
* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', the main conflict between Alliance and Horde is GreyAndGrayMorality, but it contain pockets of Good Versus Good as well as EvilVersusEvil. When it's BlackAndWhiteMorality, the "white" side is sometimes the Alliance and sometimes the Horde.
* Very common in the ''VideoGame/TalesSeries'', although the good side not controlled by the player is generally more "[[ShootTheDog ends justify the means]]," and willing to employ genuinely evil in their pursuit of noble goals. Usually if both sides are completely good, the LawfulGood faction is, uniquely for an RPG series, the one in the right, though most times both factions already are LawfulGood at their core.
** ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'' features two unambiguously good kingdoms with Kimlasca and Malkuth. Both kingdoms are full of genuinely good people, each one has [[TheGoodKing a kind-hearted, well-meaning ruler whom the citizens respect]], and they do go to war, but only because they're being manipulated by someone else, and believe that YouCantFightFate. Once they're proven wrong about that, the war immediately stops.
* The conflict between Thorndyke and the Nereids in ''VideoGame/SoulNomadAndTheWorldEaters''. Thorndyke wants Feinne undisturbed to prevent the situation from potentially getting much worse. The Nereids want to kill Feinne to solve the crisis of the World Eaters.

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' games have never had any true villains. Just a lot of spoiled, lonely, stir-crazy, lazy, playful and/or protective characters and bad things in ''Touhou'' happen when any of these categories overlap. The only real life-threatening situation in a long time has been the last stage of ''Subterranean Animism'' where defeat would have cause the protagonist to fall into the Hell of Blazing Fires, only because the final boss (Utsuho Reiuji) [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity went temporarily crazy]].
** The only character stated to be evil (Seiga) wasn't actually up to anything when she was fought.
** Touhou 7 does have a tree EldritchAbomination, the Saigyou Ayakashi, which kills people by forcing them to sleep until they die. It would have been released from the seal keeping it in check if the "BigBad", Yuyuko, had succeeded with her plan to lift said seal. However, Yuyuko herself avoids being evil despite her goal: she didn't know the tree to be evil (she just wanted to see its legendary beauty), and lifting the seal would have killed her permanently (she's a CuteGhostGirl) since she happens to be the key. When she realizes exactly what the Saigyou Ayakashi is as well as why and how it was sealed, she immediately calls the plan off.
* Played fairly straight in the first ''VideoGame/AdvanceWars'' game. The vast majority of the Commanding Officers are all morally upright people who are convinced that they're fighting for justice. This does not stop them from getting in drawn out territorial conflicts throughout most of the campaign.

* Metaphysically, the introduction to ''VideoGame/UltimaIV'' has ''you'' doing this, having to pick between eight perfectly moral and virtuous options in a series of hypothetical moral dilemmas in order to choose a starting class (assuming you answer truthfully instead of just picking the virtue that corresponds to the class you want to play).

* ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'' has the heroes fighting each other (either to test themselves or to settle points of conduct) just as often as they fight the villains.
** This actually only happens a handful of times in the main story, but then comes Duel Colosseum, Distant Glory (where you must fight EVERY HERO), and Inward Chaos. Depending on how much of a completionist you are, everyone will fight everyone.
* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins,'' the Warden can end up fighting Ser Cauthrien twice, though on both occasions it can be avoided with the right dialogue choices and high persuasion. The Warden is the commander of the forces battling the [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Darkspawn]], and Cauthrien is an unambiguously heroic and honorable knight who just happens to be [[MyMasterRightOrWrong in the service of]] the main human antagonist, the usurper Teyrn Loghain.
* ''Franchise/AceAttorney'':
** [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney The first two games]] did this with Phoenix versus Edgeworth. Of course, at the beginning, Edgeworth was fairly unscrupulous as a prosecutor, willing to do anything to win a case.
** ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'' gives us Apollo versus Klavier. Both have dedicated their lives to uncovering the truths in the cases their involved in, but just happen to be on opposite sides of the court as a defense attorney and prosecutor. The two occasionally even share information or help each other out in the interest of finding the true guilty party, [[spoiler:including when Klavier's own bandmate and, later, brother are on the stand.]]
** ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'' has one case where [[spoiler: Apollo has to face against Phoenix in civil court where they debate over whose client should get the MacGuffin. The two argue their cases to the Judge, although Phoenix starts acting more and more desperate to win his case and Apollo notices. It turns out that Phoenix's client is blackmailing him over Maya's safety.]]
* ''VideoGame/MarioVsDonkeyKong''. The antagonist Donkey Kong is by no means evil; the only reason players are pitted against him is that he steals the toys from Mario's factory, which Donkey Kong fell in love with, and Mario is trying to take them back.
* ''VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse'' has examples of both this and EvilVersusEvil, since Dark Kahn (Darkseid and Shao Kahn fused together) is pitting both 'verses against one another, and each side is convinced the other is an invading army. Thus, we have match-ups like Superman vs Raiden.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}'', on one side you have the titular character and his brother Mugman caught in a DealWithTheDevil and forced to hunt down and claim the contracts of all the souls who owe him. On the other side you have the bosses: good and decent folk (save for a few which are possibly debatable) just trying to defend their very souls against the Devil's debt collectors. Really the only genuinely evil characters are [[TheDragon King Dice]] and his QuirkyMinibossSquad, and of course [[BigBad The Devil]] himself. [[spoiler:Unless you choose to side with the Devil in the end, earning yourself a NonStandardGameOver for your troubles, you stick it to both of them, destroy all the contracts, and all the now freed bosses laud Cuphead and Mugman as heroes]].
* ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireIII'' has the conflict between Ryu and [[spoiler:Myria.]] Ryu is the protagonist and an all-around heroic sort who is generally a positive force in the world. [[spoiler:Myria is a goddess who uses chrysm and the Black Ships to give her magical and technological power to humanity in carefully-rationed doses, while defending humanity and life itself from the dangers of the Desert of Death, uncontrolled technological development and dragons with the power to destroy the world. And Ryu is a dragon, and he is [[PersonOfMassDestruction indeed that powerful]], so Myria is determined to either seal him away or kill him regardless of his personal ethics. Furthermore, Yggdrasil argues that keeping humanity away from the Desert of Death prevents life from colonizing and restoring it.]]

* That awesome boss fight against [[spoiler:Julius Belmont]] in ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaAriaOfSorrow''. [[spoiler:When Julius realizes Soma Cruz bears the soul and power of Dracula, he figures out he has the potential of becoming the villain. Unlike his ancestor Richter, he's not possessed; he's legitimately trying to deter a possible catastrophe, even if it means having to kill the hero. The fight is badass, as when you damage him enough he uses a Grand Cross powerful enough to pull you towards it and cause the background to partially crumble. But as pointed out by Soma Cruz, Julius wasn't even using his full power. And they ultimately agree that if Soma does become corrupted, Julius would need to kill him.]]

* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': The fight between Angel and Spike in the Season Five episode 'Destiny'. Both have a soul, both want to drink from the cup of perpetual torment-whoopsie, someone got staked.
* In the second season of ''Series/TheXFiles,'' we finally learn that Skinner is not as cold-blooded and ignorant as he appeared to be at the end of the first season, but that he is merely forced by the CSM/the Man to give Mulder a hard time.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' addresses this in the second season arc involving Gordon Walker. He is a hunter, a relentless one, but only interested in killing vampires/demons-at first. However he crosses over into Grey or Black Morality, when he doesn't relent from trying to kill a group of vampires who have abstained from feeding and are trying to just live their lives, and it is also implied he kills supernatural creatures solely out of hate for turning his sister and ruining his life.
* The re-imagined ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' has the conflict(s) between Commander Adama and President Roslin, Starbuck vs. Kat, Starbuck vs. Apollo, Everyone vs. Helo, and a lot more. Most of them take place between two parties who want the best for the fleet.
* For the first half of ''Series/PersonOfInterest's'' first season, the two sides were John Reese and Harold Finch, vigilantes stopping violent crimes before they happened, and NYPD Detective Carter, their SympatheticInspectorAntagonist. [[spoiler:Then when Reese is shot by his former associates in the CIA, Carter joins up with him and Finch because she wanted to catch them, not kill them.]]
* In the ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' episode "Timeless," Harry Kim is trying to alter the timeline to make sure ''Voyager'' wouldn't crash, while [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Captain LaForge]] is trying to stop him, partly to protect his own crew, and partly because messing with time travel does not tend to end well in the Star Trek Universe.

* The conflict between Team Flash and [[HeroAntagonist Gypsy]] in ''Series/TheFlash2014''. Gypsy is interdimentional cop who was trying to catch a criminal that just happened to be friends with Team Flash. No one in the story was really evil and conflict was ultimately resolved peacefully.
* Several cases on ''Series/ForThePeople'' end up looking like this, since often both the prosecution and defence believe they're doing what's right and plenty of plots are built on BothSidesHaveAPoint.
* ''Series/FearTheWalkingDead'': Season 4 features a conflict between Alicia, Luciana and Strand against Naomi, John Dorie, Althea and Gordon, who we know are all good people. Due to the AnachronicOrder of the season, we don't learn everything about what set them against each other until the midseason finale.
* ''Series/Daredevil2015'': Since Matt Murdock is a vigilante, he is often at odds with the NYPD.
** Season 3 sees this happen when Fisk tricks Ray Nadeem into going after Matt by convincing him that Matt used to worked for him [Fisk] as an accomplice. This puts Nadeem at odds with Matt, Karen, and Foggy until Matt comes into evidence that Fisk's imposter Daredevil works for the FBI, and uses this plus the death of Jasper Evans to convince Nadeem that Fisk is playing him.
* ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'': During the first half of the series, the primary conflict is between Kouta, the title character and Takatora Kureshima. While both characters are bent on saving humanity from an impending apocalypse, their conflict largely stems from a clash between Kouta's idealism and Takatora's cynism. Once Takatora realizes there might be a less costly option to reach his goal, he quickly decides to work with Kouta.

* ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'', with Elizabeth trying to get her sister together with Mr. Bingley, and Mr. Darcy trying to separate them. Both of the characters just want their sister/friend to be happy, and have only good intentions.

* ''Literature/HonorHarrington'' has this between the fall of the Committee and the Battle of Manticore (imagine the United States and the United Kingdom locked in a total war). It eventually gets ''really frustrating'' (and [[TearJerker tear jerking]]) to watch good, sympathetic characters killing each other (especially [[spoiler:the death of Javier Giscard, ''de facto'' husband of President Eloise Pritchart and one half of one of the most touching love stories in the series, which happens while defending a vital industrial node from Honor's raids]]). When [[spoiler:Manticore and Haven ally against the Solarian League]], reader response is half "Thank ''God!''" and half grief for all those who died because it didn't happen sooner.
* ''Literature/EndersGame''. [[PoorCommunicationKills Poor communication eradicates.]]
* ''Literature/LesMiserables'': Valjean and Javert. [[TheAtoner One]] is a guy trying to atone for his past sins by showering kindness and mercy on everyone who crosses his path, occasionally risking even his life to do so. [[InspectorJavert The other]] is a policeman trying to recapture a convicted thief who violated his parole.
* The majority of the Kings featured in ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', and the accompanying ''Series/GameOfThrones'' TV adaptation, are a murky shade of good at worst. Robb Stark and, to a lesser extent, Stannis Baratheon are portrayed this way. Renly tries to [[VillainWithGoodPublicity convey this image]], but is more a deconstruction of TheGoodKing, coming across more as TheEvilPrince with his scheming to take power for no real reason other than that he has a large army and a very high opinion of himself.
--> '''King Stannis''': Good men and true will fight for Joffrey, wrongly believing him the true king. A northman might even say the same of Robb Stark. But these lords who flocked to my brother's banners knew him for a usurper. They turned their backs on their rightful king for no better reason than dreams of power and glory, and I have marked them for what they are. Pardoned them, yes. Forgiven. But not forgotten.
* In ''Lord Valentine's Castle'' from Robert Silverberg's ''Literature/MajipoorSeries'', the titular king is secretly deposed via a GrandTheftMe and placed into another body, while another usurps his; the story details his journey of restoring his memories and forming friendships and alliances to prepare to battle the impostor and regain the throne. Valentine's new forces are opposed by his former armies and companions, all of whom are unaware of the switch and fully believe that they are defending the real Lord Valentine.

* In ''Film/{{Suffragette}},'' the main conflict is against the government, but the suffragists disagree among themselves about the methods used, and close to the end of the movie, [[spoiler:the otherwise supportive husband of the pharmacist, who is the head of the local movement, tricks her into entering a closet and then locks her inside to prevent her from going to a planned demonstration; he fears that her weak heart might not survive another beating by the police. She is ready to die for the cause and furious at her husband, but saving someone's life is usually seen as a good thing.]]

* ''Film/{{Warrior}}''. Both brothers have equally compelling reasons for wanting to win the MMA championship, [[spoiler:one to keep his family home from foreclosing and the other to honor his fallen war buddy by taking care of his friend's family]].

* Fanfic/FateStayNightUltimateMaster has [[WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien Ben Tennyson]] taking part in the [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Holy Grail War]]. Since the Holy Grail War follow the ThereCanBeOnlyOne system, he inevitably ends up clashing with ''Fate/Stay Night'' protagonists [[KnightInShiningArmor Shirou]] and [[{{Tsundere}} Rin]], despite their goals being the same (prevent the Holy Grail from falling into the wrong hand). While later chapters suggested this would change, the fic died long before it could get that far.
* Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi has [[Anime/SailorMoon Sailor Mercury]] forced into the role of a [[EvilOverlord Keeper]]. Despite being one of the most compassionate and principled people in the world, this still makes her public enemy number one from the perspective of the surface heroes. Particularly notable with [[GodOfGood the Light]], who are aware of her true nature, sympathetic to her plight, and even helpful where they can afford to be, but are still trying to imprison her for the sake of the world. This does not prevent them from occasionally [[EnemyMine cooperating with Mercury against bigger threats]].
* The ''Fanfic/TheDarkLordsOfNerima'' storylines have this between the [[Anime/SailorMoon Sailor Senshi]] and the [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Nerima Wrecking Crew]] who are both manipulated by outside parties into fighting each other. The Wrecking Crew later learns about the manipulation and use it to their advantage to string everyone along before people get hurt. This comes back to bite them in the sequel when the Senshi discovers that they are still alive and are still convinced they are the enemy.
* ''Fanfic/OfState'' is a WarFic about this happening between the [[HornyVikings United Norse Kingdom]], led by [[WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon Hiccup]], and Arendelle, led by [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Elsa]]. Neither side is evil (with the exception of the Northern Alliance). The UNK ultimately just want to be left alone and are invading to rescue the Vikings that were taken to Uttland by Drago's army and MadeASlave. As for Elsa, she's only warring with the UNK because from her perspective, they're invading one of Arendelle's vassal states.

* It happened again in 2012 (as ''ComicBook/AvengersVsXMen'' this time); now over Hope Summers, who was expected to become the next host of the Phoenix Force. The X-Men again want to protect one of their own, while the Avengers see the Phoenix as a potential threat ([[ComicBook/TheDarkPhoenixSaga not without cause]], mind you). However, this premise was discarded once the Phoenix actually arrived, as [[spoiler:the handful of X-Men that the Phoenix took as hosts (since Hope was incapacitated) started JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope, with even Cyclops eventually becoming a KnightTemplar. (The Avengers aren't completely innocent either, but like in ''Civil War'' they're still {{Designated Hero}}es at the very least.)]]
* Just prior to the latter scrap with the Avengers, the X-Men (mainly Cyclops and Wolverine) fought amongst themselves in ''Schism'' over whether or not the younger members should be involved when the group faces life-or-death battles.
* Franchise/WonderWoman gets this a lot, since her post-ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis [[ComicBook/WonderWoman2006 incarn]][[ComicBook/WonderWoman2011 ations]] explicitly have no code against killing and this occasionally brings her into conflict with Superman and Batman. A prime example is the graphic novel ''The Hiketeia'', in which Batman is the primary antagonist. Pre-Crisis this was reversed, as she was the only one of DC's big three to start out with a no killing code and felt to do so would cheapen her efforts, betray her culture and be the lazy way out while Bats and Supes slowly developed their own no kill codes of which Supes' had always been the most flexible in extreme circumstances.
* The inter-company crossover ''ComicBook/JLAAvengers'' featured the two teams pitted against each other to collect various powerful artifacts from each universe. The resulting competition results in several fights between members of the groups, including a long awaited battle between Superman and Thor [[spoiler:Superman wins, but is so weakened from the battle that the rest of the Avengers manage to take him down]].
* While the various people who have been the ''ComicBook/GhostRider'' could be described as having [[AntiHero varying levels of goodness]], expect any "demon hunter" or other celestial-level good-guy warrior that they have a crossover with to completely ignore the bigger threat for a while and go right after the guy with the flaming skull head on a hell-bike. This can even apply when someone comes to realize that the Rider isn't (technically) a demon, they part as non-enemies, then someone ELSE becomes Ghost Rider and the hunt starts all over.
* Since this ''generically'' is a so beloved comic trope, Marvel What-The? parodied it to hell and back.
-->GenreSavvy Team Leader 1: "Everybody be on the alert, this may be a hackneyed misunderstanding plot!" (Ten seconds later, mass brawl.)

* ''Manga/{{X1999}}'' might to some degree be seen this way. The goals of both groups are reasonable. Saving the Earth from human destruction or saving humanity from extinction. However, most of the Dragons of Earth couldn't care less about saving the Earth.
* Most arcs of ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' end up being this in some form or another, as almost every antagonist turns out to have a rather justifiably heroic motivation, although their methods are usually uncomfortably pragmatic. The exception is PsychoForHire [[CombatSadomasochist Tsukuyomi]], who's just a mercenary hired by a group who have great qualms about her but can't afford to turn down her service.

* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'' is all about this. Everyone, protagonist or antagonist is trying to do what they think is right. The most evil character in the story is merely a WellIntentionedExtremist. The resident PersonOfMassDestruction summoned in the climax is not evil and quickly befriended (and no, we don't mean [[DefeatMeansFriendship in THAT way]]). The ongoing fight between the TSAB (the protagonists) and The Wolkenritter (the [[HeroAntagonist heroic antagonists]]) could be described as LawfulGood vs. NeutralGood. With the antagonists being the former. Closest thing to "evil" is the Book of Darkness. [[spoiler:[[AIIsACrapshoot More accurately its defence program gone crazy]]. Yes, even the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Book of Darkness]] isn't evil, just unable to stop itself.]] Then again, her name ISN'T Book of Darkness to begin with--and the Book's darkness might be the result of incompetent programming, not malice.

* Good guys duel each other all the time in ''Franchise/YuGiOh'', but the struggle of [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds Team 5D's]] versus Team Ragnarok really stands out. They may be dueling in a tournament match during the WRGP arc, but it's a full-on conflict of genuinely good-hearted heroes chosen by their respective gods to destroy the evil antagonists in the next round. Each side believes the other fights for good, but is also unworthy and incapable of defeating the Lords of Yliaster.

* While ''Anime/DogDays'' does have evil creatures, the story is generally about the Good Guys fighting a war with other Good Guys, where "war" means [[LighterAndSofter Playground Olympics]]. There are demons however the only one seen was possessed by a sword though there is stuff going on...offscreen.
* In ''Anime/CControl'', [[spoiler:according to Masakaki's superior, everyone involved in the Financial District was a good guy who was trying to make the world a better place, and the conflict was fought between heroes with different plans and methodologies for doing so.]]

* Early in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'', while the overall conflict was grey and gray, the conflict between former friends Kira Yamato and Athrun Zala was very much this. Kira has no interest in the war, and just wants to protect the ship his friends are on. Athrun's a dedicated soldier, who has orders to sink the ship, but would like Kira to come over to his side of the war. It culminates in the two of them engaging in an apparent DuelToTheDeath, only to later find themselves on the same side, when [[EvilVersusEvil both their respective leaders]] turn out to be [[AxeCrazy insane]], at which point things take a turn to the BlackAndWhiteMorality.
* In ''LightNovel/DateALive'', Spirits occasionally come to Earth, and [[MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds create spacequakes that destroy everything at the point of arrival]]. The Ratatoskr organization aims to stop this by sealing their powers, allowing them to live normal lives. The AST organization aims to simply kill them, and they feel justified because Spirits have killed many people with their spacequakes.
* At the start, the conflict in ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato2199'' is this: the Gamilans' main objective is to unite the Milky Way and its satellite galaxies to defeat the invasion of the Comet Empire, and the only reason they're at war with Earth is [[spoiler:[[WeComeInPeaceShootToKill humans opened fire when they came for a peaceful first contact]]]] and have not surrendered (something the Gamilan second-class soldiers conducting the bombing of Earth are genuinely puzzled over), while our protagonists are merely trying to recover a device that will restore Earth and stop the invasion of what they see as a monolitic force bent on destroying Earth, and [[spoiler:don't know it was Earth that fired first]]. Then the Gamilan government crosses the line...

* ''Fanfic/OfState'' is a WarFic about this happening between the [[HornyVikings United Norse Kingdom]], led by [[WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon Hiccup]], and Arendelle, led by [[Disney/{{Frozen}} Elsa]]. Neither side is evil (with the exception of the Northern Alliance). The UNK ultimately just want to be left alone and are invading to rescue the Vikings that were taken to Uttland by Drago's army and MadeASlave. As for Elsa, she's only warring with the UNK because from her perspective, they're invading one of Arendelle's vassal states.

* ''Series/Daredevil2015'': Since Matt Murdock is a vigilante, he is often at odds with the NYPD. In season 3, we see him in a bit of conflict with the FBI as both parties work to investigate Wilson Fisk.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': The conflict between team RWBY and their allies on one side and Cordovin with her forces on the other. The protagonists seek to take the Relic of Knowledge to Atlas and, after being denied entrance through the border, decide to steal a military aircraft and fly to Atlas illegally. Cordovin, not knowing the full importance of their mission and being blinded by her hatred towards her SitcomArchNemesis Maria Calavera, tries to stop them and resorts to [[DisproportionateRetribution rather excessive means in doing so.]] [[spoiler:The resulting battle draws a horde of Grimm towards Argus, forcing both sides to set their conflict aside and fight to protect the city instead. Afterwards, Ruby apologises on behalf of her group for the trouble caused and Cordovin decides to let them leave for Atlas in peace.]]

* The 2019 rivalry between La Formula and La Potencia in WWC. "Feud" would be too strong a word, they just had a lot of fights over who would have a TagTeam title shot at Doom Patrol and or Ilegal Chicano and Xic Xavant when the disfunctional duo beat them both to Doom Patrol and won the belts. Chicano and Xavant themselves were an example, as they did not trust one another and only continued to tag because they kept winning. When Doom Patrol won the belts back Chicano and Xavant finally had the brawl and grudge match everyone knew was coming but it remained fights between good guys who happened to dislike each other with minimal cheating or even disrespect. And the whole time Formula and Potencia were going at it, much to the [[LetsYouAndHimFight amusement]] of heels La Revolucion and Wizard, who tried [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections less physical]] means to get title shots(though the baby faces still ended up involved in those matches to prevent evil versus evil, Doom Patrol also being heels).

Expect to find one or more AlwaysLawfulGood races in such stories. This can tie into the philosophical struggle of what it means to be "good".

* Related to ColorCodedMultiplayer many games with multiplayer options only let you play as the good guys or [[PaletteSwap Palette swaps]] of the main protagonist.

* Applies to every Fighting game. The results and causes may vary, but at one point or the other, good characters will battle other good characters.