History Main / IncorruptiblePurePureness

-->'''Professor X''': (taking off his soulless Cerebro helmet) Do you think I’ve completely given up my dream of mutants and humans coexisting peacefully? Do you think I don’t love you? Because I do. I do... I want you to always remember that. Someone once told me I’ve been spent my whole life believing the wrong dream... and I’ll admit the last few months — have been something of an education — but there’s a small part of me that will never stop believing in that dream. There’s a part of me that will never stop believing in you.

* ComicBook/BlackPanther, at his absolute best T’Challa is this. Yes, he has faltered e.g being an isolationist and divorcing his wife ComicBook/{{Storm}} over the actions of other mutants who hurt Wakanda and T’Challa is fully aware of his faults, but he’s still a man who will do anything for his beloved people and will extend his hand to others outside his country when he can. This is epitomized when he’s the one to wield the Infinity Gauntlet in ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'' with Namor himself admitting compared to T’Challa he is definitely not worthy of wielding such power. Or the time he punched Mephisto in the face.
* The third ComicBook/BlueBeetle, Jaime Reyes, is often shown to be the most pure of heart hero of his entire generation. A future Lex Luthor managed to corrupt most of the Teen Sidekicks and Legacy Heroes and came back in time to kill him because Jaime was one of the few heroes Lex couldn't corrupt, no matter what he did to the timeline. Also, Eclipso once tried to manifest Jaime's dark side by turning him into his darkest fantasies of power. Jaime turned into... a dentist. It helps that, unlike [[DysfunctionJunction many of the other heroes of his generation]], he's always had a loving and supportive family and network of friends.

* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, who stands out as one of the few truly idealistic heroes in the Franchise/MarvelUniverse. Indeed while most Marvel heroes have stories in which they need to fix themselves to find their place in the world, Cap comics on the flip side concern him ''seeing the world as broken and putting it upon himself to fix it [[{{Determinator}} no matter what]]''. He’s also one of the few mortals capable of wielding Mjölnir. While no, Cap hasn’t technically been as flawless as most claim (thanks to DependingOnTheWriter) e.g arresting and antagonising ComicBook/HopeSummers and other mutants as well as doggedly refusing to listen to the other side in ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006'', he’s still ultimately a good and humble man.
* Likewise, one of the major themes of ''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}'' is invoking, subverting and playing with this trope. Matt Murdock created the Daredevil persona in order to rectify his Catholic faith with the fact that he saw evil to be fought against, distancing the actions from his "real" self. Every writer of the character since Creator/FrankMiller likes to put Murdock through hell just to show that while someone pure of heart may bend when confronted with the evils of the world, ''he won't break''.
* In the ''ComicBook/DoctorWhoTitan'' Third Doctor miniseries, the Doctor telepathically enters Jo Grant's mind to help her [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind fight off]] a nanobot swarm attempting to take her over, and is surprised to discover that she has no inner darkness whatsoever.
* [[Characters/FantasticFourTheFantasticFour Reed Richards aka Mr Fantastic]] is this at the end of the day. Although much like his fellow scientist [[ComicBook/IronMan Tony Stark]] he’s definitely had his rough patches along the way. What really shows why Reed is the true pure BigGood of the Marvel universe, is that for all his arrogant and morally questionable moments, Reed will do anything for his family, his planet and his universe. His goodness and forgiveness is most apparent in in ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'' as a PhysicalGod ComicBook/DoctorDoom finally concedes Reed in mighty a VillainousBreakdown that Reed is a good person who would be better suited with the Beyonder’s powers. [[spoiler: This is confirmed (when despised the enmity between them, the fact Victor took Susan and Valerie from him), Reed when having god-like power repairs Victor's face, proving that he is not only is a better god than Victor, he's a better man.]]
* ''Franchise/TheFlash'': The second and current Flash, Barry Allen is legitimately one of the nicest heroes in the whole DC universe and serves as a beacon of hope to you, his successors, and his city. He has a museum, for God’s sake. Wally West, his successor was also this, but due to NiceGuy Barry being brought back DC remixed Wally as a mentally troubled hero instead.

* The premise of ''Incorruptible'' is that the supervillain Max Damage has decided to become an example of this after seeing the Plutonian become a [[BewareTheSuperman monster]] in ''ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}}''. He realizes that the world will fall apart without a BigGood like the Plutonian (before he went evil), and Max figured he might as well step up and fill the void.
* Played for laughs in a story in ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'', where the titular Judge is kidnapped by a fiend-worshipping cult who need to sacrifice a pure soul. An incredulous Dredd asks why they would target ''him'' for the role, as he's well aware that he's a brutal enforcer for a neo-fascist authoritarian regime and an all-around asshole besides. They reply that his absolute dedication to enforcing the law fairly and aversion to corruption marks him as "an acceptable substitute", given the CrapsackWorld they live in.
* In ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfWonderWoman2016'' ComicBook/SteveTrevor being purely kind and good is why he crashed on Themyscira at all, he was drawn there by a ritual designed to bring in and kill an innocent outsider to ruin the magical protections cutting the place off from the rest of the world. This is also the foundation of his relationship with Diana and part of, in addition to his good looks, the reason for his ChickMagnet status.
* In ''ComicBook/{{Lumberjanes}}'', [[WildChild Ripley]] of all people falls under this. [[spoiler: When she's granted the power of the Greek gods, she uses it to give Bubbles the raccoon a funny hat, free the Scouting Lads from [[JerkassGods Apollo]]'s mind control, give everybody a kitten, and make sure that nobody will ever have the power again]].
* ComicBook/MartianManhunter, despite his stoic and often aloof attitude, has a warm and caring soul. He is naturally empathetic, due to his telepathic abilities. Considering how powerful he is, he shows a large amount of restraint. His real name, J'onn J'onzz, means "Light to The Light" in Martian.
* ComicBook/TheMightyThor: Thor Odinson although HotBlooded is often shown in this light as well, in one comic he actually visits and comforts a man on DeathRow just because he wanted to. In ''ComicBook/ThorGodOfThunder2012'', Thor actively defies the GodIsInept trope by happily visiting the countless species that have prayed to him. Only the purest and bravest of heart are able to wield his hammer. The list of people able to do so is “relatively” small so far: Beta Ray Bill, Storm, Captain America, Jane Foster, Adam Aziz, Iron Man [although Mjölnir was having issues when Tony and Adam lifted it], Wonder Woman, Superman [the latter only sometimes] and a [[TheRealHeroes random paramedic]] who handed it to Thor before vanishing into the crowd. [[WordOfGod Dan Slott]] has claimed that, in the future, [[ComicBook/{{Venom}} Eddie Brock]] will wind up bearing the mantle as a ''What-If?''-type story). [[spoiler: In ''ComicBook/KingInBlack'' Eddie is able to wield Mjölnir to finish off GodOfEvil Knull.]]

* ComicBook/SheHulk is traditionally an amazingly kind, moral, altrustic, idealistic, and philanthropic individual, including [[AllLovingHero systematically helping even dangerous criminals to be treated decently via her legal work, creating her own disaster relief organisation]], and being as good as impossible to corrupt, even after weeks of systematic torture and brainwashing at the hand of the Winter Guard. She is usually up there with ComicBook/CaptainAmerica as [[TheParagon the most purely heroic Marvel Comics character]], and is always very kind, friendly, helpful, and inspirational to regular people, rather than considering herself above them.
* In the second story-arc of ''ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW'' Spike is unaffected by the Nightmares period and quickly breaks free of the LotusEaterMachine [[spoiler:Nightmare Rarity]] traps him in.
* ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'' / Richard "Dick" Grayson is a [[IdealHero compassionate idealist]] to the degree that even ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' admires him. During ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis'', Earth-Two's Kal-L claims that New Earth is a corruption of his world and that none of its heroes is worth protecting. But when Batman asks if that's true of [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Dick Grayson]], Kal-L says no. Even the person wanting to merge the worlds together has to admit that Dick Grayson is just as wonderful in the "corrupted world".
* ComicBook/RomSpaceknight is portrayed this way. Although most humans fear him upon first seeing him, anyone who gets to know him at all will end up marveling at his nobility and self-sacrifice. Even Namor, [[{{Jerkass}} who tends to dislike everyone he encounters]], thought Rom was the most honorable man he'd ever met. Galactus claimed Rom was the only being he'd ever encountered who was as pure of heart as the Silver Surfer.
* [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel]] from Fawcett[=/=]Creator/DCComics.

* Oddly enough, of all people Norrin Radd, aka the ComicBook/SilverSurfer, often has this trait. Despite being the herald of a [[PlanetEater world-eating]] EldritchAbomination. One of the reasons they call him Space Surfer Jesus.

* Franchise/{{Tintin}}, after the first two [[ExecutiveMeddling altered]] and [[CanonDisContinuity unpopular]] books, becomes this, with a side of ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules. In the rest of the books, Tintin is characterized by his selfless and kind nature, even coming to the defense of multiple minorities hurt by racism. Which considering the time in which he was written makes Tintin very progressive.
* Similar to Superman, Franchise/WonderWoman is usually written as this (especially during the [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Golden Age]]), being the chosen Amazon to lead humanity to a better place, since ([[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 Post-Crisis]]) she’s only one of her [[LadyLand people]] who saw good in mankind. Diana is also a friend and [[MamaBear protector]] of all [[FriendToAllChildren children]] and frequently frees women from [[FeministFantasy oppression]] even literally breaking them free from chains. This characterization started to slip when she killed Max Lord, and was tossed out entirely for the [[ComicBook/WonderWoman2011 New 52]], but ''ComicBook/WonderWomanRebirth'' brought Diana back to her roots as an idealized pure hero.
* With most of the ''ComicBook/XMen'' being a lineup of {{Anti Hero}}es, one exception stands out in the form of Colossus, a genuine NiceGuy and [[TheCape all 'round hero]]. His spirit is so pure that it (and the steel in his body) actually cause harm to most evil supernatural forces the X-Men fight. Just... don't tick him off. [[BewareTheNiceOnes Seriously, don't]]. His goodness is so strong that he's still a pretty nice guy even after [[spoiler:becoming the new Juggernaut]].
** Same with his good friend Nightcrawler, a deeply religious and good mutant who looks like a demon, who actually attempted to become a priest, and when faced with a DealWithTheDevil punched said devil in the face. He even makes friends with the incredibly [[AntiHero anti-heroic]] ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}.

** It’s ridiculous to talk about good morally upright X-Men without mentioning the good goddess of nature ComicBook/{{Storm}}. Storm in first appearance actually willingly sacrificed being worshiped as a living goddess by her tribe in Kenya, in favor of living in a society that actively hates people like her, simply for the sake of protecting mutantkind. Ororo has even managed to bring someone like Wolverine to heel and made him agree to forswear lethal force as much as possible when she was leader of the X-men. The weather witch is truly one pure woman. Naturally Ororo can use Mjölnir (having used it to summon lightning to Thor’s shock), being the only mutant in 616 universe so far to wield it.

Often, this is a key element of IdealHero, AllLovingHero, BadassPacifist, TheCape, ThePollyanna, MartialPacifist. and TheRedeemer. Heroes like these are often [[EvilCannotComprehendGood sneered at]] as being [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids unrealistic]], [[GoodIsOldFashioned old-fashioned]] or [[GoodIsDumb naive]] when compared to {{Anti Hero}}es - and [[EvilCannotComprehendGood regardless of whether they actually are]]. They are likely to respond that [[SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers it's better than giving up]].

* In the Season 2 premiere of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', [[BewareTheSillyOnes Discord]] goes out to [[CorruptTheCutie corrupt the mane six]]. He easily brainwashes four of them into becoming the opposite of their respective Elements of Harmony (for example, Applejack, the Element of Honesty, becomes a compulsive liar). [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicFluttershy Fluttershy]], however, is ''so'' pure and nice that he has to [[RageQuit brainwash her with brute force]]. [[spoiler:Though she is [[TookALevelInJerkass "corrupted"]] into a Jerkass in "Putting Your Hoof Down," proving that even Fluttershy has her limits.]] [[spoiler:This also extends to her being able to befriend Discord and allow the latter to perform a HeelFaceTurn.]]
** [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicPrincessCelestia Princess Celestia]]. We've only seen her get even slightly angry five times, and all were rather extreme circumstances: the return of a [[RealityWarper reality-warping]], AnthropomorphicPersonification of [[OrderVersusChaos chaos]] who wanted to [[SugarApocalypse make existence a living hell for all her subjects]]; her favorite student inadvertently brainwashing the whole town into a brawl simply so she could complete a school assignment; [[spoiler: Twilight's failure -- from Celestia's perspective -- to apply her friendship lessons when the former drives Princess Cadance (really [[VoluntaryShapeshifter an impostor]]) to tears [[MadeOutToBeAJerkass by accusing her of being evil]]]]; [[spoiler: [[VileVillainSaccharineShow said shapeshifting imposter]] having attempted the murder of her niece and favorite student, and currently menacing [[MamaBear the rest of Celestia's beloved subjects]] with the threat of a kingdom-wide invasion]]; and Twilight admitting she spent the greater part of an episode lying to Celestia's face about her lack of acting talent to preserve her feelings. All other times, Celestia has shown the patience and virtue of a saint, been presented as infallible in her wisdom, and demonstrated a great capacity for forgiveness whenever Twilight was concerned. ''Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E10ARoyalProblem'' shows that Luna at least is able to get under her skin. Celestia acts uncharacteristically petty and mean-spirited when she perceives Luna to be ungrateful and unappreciative of how easy she (thinks) Luna has it.

* Alexis, [[Creator/NathanFillion Castle's]] daughter in ''Series/{{Castle}}''. In one episode, Castle gets paranoid about his teenage daughter having done something illegal, like drugs. Alexis assures him that she's not and hasn't been in any kind of trouble. The next morning, Alexis wakes him up, tearful and guilt-ridden about having lied to him in their earlier heart-to-heart, and painfully forces herself to confess the truth... she jumped a subway turnstile without paying when she had a desperate need to catch the train. (The next day she swiped her card twice and didn't ride to make up for it.) He punishes her... with mandatory ice cream for breakfast. She has to punish '''herself''' with being grounded for a week. In another episode, she admits to her dad that she'd gone back to a store and secretly paid after some of her friends used a FiveFingerDiscount, despite the fact that ''she hadn't stolen anything herself.''

** In ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', a rather extreme example of this is [[JeanneDArchetype Jeanne D'Arc]] from ''Literature/FateApocrypha''. It is said that she's so holy, any attempt to copy her is fated to fail because the copy is notably a downgrade to her true martyr spirit. [[EvilKnockoff Jeanne Alter]] is the result of such an attempt, and her personality is so horribly mangled compared to the real Jeanne that many of her allies feel compelled to comment on it during the Orleans chapter. Dantes later attempts to provoke her the old fashioned way, and that too fails because Jeanne is just too nice to be angered. In her NP rank-up interlude, Mephistopheles tries to corrupt her through a test. It doesn't work either. Her third interlude reveals all past three interludes have been Jeanne Alter's attempts to find any darkness in Jeanne, and the best she found is Jeanne would rather not be burned at the stake (a rather mundane thing most anyone would want to avoid).

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': In "Huntsman", [[BigGood Professor Ozpin]] explains that Huntsmen are expected to be "noble warriors" who protect the people without ever being corrupted, but ominously implies that this is difficult to uphold in practice. Blake's Volume 8 confession that Ruby symbolises purity and restored her faith in the world reiterates Ozpin's Volume 5 warning to Oscar that, while Ruby possesses an "[[TheParagon indefinable quality]]" that [[HopeBringer inspires others]] even in the darkest times, it's a terrible burden for her to shoulder. Salem's Volume 3 speech reveals her path to victory lies in [[HopeCrusher tearing down Ruby]] to [[DespairGambit crush Ozpin's will]] and faith in humanity. He reflects in Volume 7 on fear's power to corrupt even the best, something [[LivingLegend Maria]] admits in Volume 6 had ended her Huntress career after an assassin blinded her. The Atlas Arc (Volumes 7-9) explores the burden of being Huntsmen on the characters and how failure impacts their lives and mental health.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': DiscussedTrope. In the World of Remnant episode "Huntsmen", [[BigGood Professor Ozpin]] mentions that every Huntsman is expected to live up to the ideal of the noble warrior who is motivated solely to protect the people, and who ''never'' succumbs to any darkness that could sway them from this path. In Volume 8, Blake admits that Ruby is her symbol of purity who restored her faith in the world, which reiterates Ozpin's Volume 5 message to Oscar that Ruby possesses an "[[TheParagon indefinable quality]]" that [[HopeBringer inspires others]] even in the darkest times. However, Ozpin's narration about Huntsmen ominously implies Huntsmen may struggle to uphold the ideal in practice; he reflects in Volume 7 on fear's power to corrupt even the best, something Maria previously acknowledged in Volume 6 when admitting that, while a Huntress should fight to the bitter end, she failed to do so when she went into hiding after an assassination attempt blinded her. Ozpin warns Oscar that being TheParagon is a terrible burden for Ruby to shoulder, and Salem's Volume 3 speech makes it clear that the path to her victory lies in [[HopeCrusher tearing down Ruby]] to [[DespairGambit crush Ozpin's]] faith in humanity and will to keep fighting. The Atlas Arc (Volumes 7-9) puts the discussion into action by exploring the burden of being Huntsmen on the characters and the consequences for their lives and mental health when they fail.

* {{Wrestling/Naomi}} is another woman who has rarely been a heel. She started as one in FCW and reverted a couple of times, but fans just loved her too much -- and her natural likability and impressive athleticism made her a perfect face. WWE tried to turn her heel in 2015 but she came across as a DesignatedVillain and eventually turned back face. WordOfGod is that she knew the heel turn wouldn't work but went along with it for the sake of a title opportunity. ''Series/TotalDivas'' portrayed her as the OnlySaneMan among the other women.

* ''WebAnimation/AnimatorVsAnimation'': After its escape, TheChosenOne lives up to its name by turning against The Dark Lord and its army of [=ViraBots=] and teaming up with the redeemed Animator and his new creations to defeat The Dark Lord.

* The third ComicBook/BlueBeetle, Jaime Reyes, is often shown to be the most pure of heart hero of his entire generation. A future Lex Luthor managed to corrupt most of the Teen Sidekicks and Legacy Heroes and came back in time to kill him because Jaime was one of the few heroes Lex couldn't corrupt, no matter what he did to the timeline. Also, Eclipso once tried to manifest Jaime's dark side by turning him into his darkest fantasies of power. Jaime turned into... a dentist.

** It helps that, unlike [[DysfunctionJunction many of the other heroes of his generation]], he had (and still has) a loving and supportive family and network of friends.

* ''Franchise/SpiderMan'': Spider-Man is the main example of this in all of Marvel. He almost always does the morally upright thing -- for example he constantly saves his attackers from deadly situations, and in the event of a villain vs. villain fight he'll side with the losing party to prevent one from killing the other. He once defeated a villain that wanted to absorb and become him by the sheer force of his character -- after defeating Spider-Man and having him at his mercy, the villain realized that he couldn't kill him and take his place since Spider-Man had never killed anyone, even in his decade long career as a crimefighter. He promptly gave up and left. One of the driving forces of the character is that he is so strongly compelled to do what he sees as the right thing that he can't give up being a superhero, even with [[BeingGoodSucks all the misery and ruined relationships that it brings to his life]].

** In ASM issue #800, Peter ends up TakingTheBullet [[spoiler: for ComicBook/NormanOsborn (his ArchEnemy who killed his love Gwen Stacy and just killed his friend Flash Thompson) when J. Jonah Jameson tries to shoot him.]]

* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'':

* ''Manga/AkameGaKill'': Tatsumi is the only member of [[AntiHeroTeam Night Raid]] who respects others. He has faith that the team can save the Capital of the country from corruption, but unlike his [[ProfessionalKiller teammates]], he has an optimistic hope for a brighter tomorrow and sees good within his fellow assassins, encouraging them to grow into kinder people. It's also one of the reasons why many female assassins [[SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan develop an interest in him]].
* ''Manga/AngelDensetsu'': Seiichiro Kitano is the scariest character to be incorruptibly pure.

* Raki from ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'' is like that. In fact, this is his [[PowerOfLove only real ability]], in a world where humans can not do [[PunyEarthlings much against the monsters]].

** Future Trunks is another example, which is amazing in itself, since Trunks' parents are Bulma and Vegeta, two of the most selfish people in the whole series. Though considering Trunks was raised in the BadFuture where humanity's survival was the most important thing to him, becoming a polite selfless heroic NiceGuy was unavoidable. Present Trunks who had none of the aforementioned experience grew up to be a SpoiledBrat who's almost TheScrappy by comparison.

** Weed's son, Sirius, is this trope as well (perhaps even more-so).

* ''Anime/WolfsRain'': Cheza is a pure character. She does not hate or do evil.

* DependingOnTheWriter, ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' also counts as a [[GoodIsNotNice not exactly nice example]]. ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' has the Joker enjoying this fact, as the truly incorruptible Batman provides him an eternal opponent.
** Batman is sometimes depicted as being more incorruptible than Superman. The difference between them seems to be that Superman doesn't want to cross the line, where Batman ''does'' but simply can't bring himself to do it. Thus, Superman is good out of a desire to be good, while Batman is good because he is unable to be anything else, which makes him the incorruptible one.

* First and foremost, Hartigan in ''ComicBook/SinCity''. Largely a modern form of Galahad, the Perfect Knight. And he pulls it off in [[CrapsackWorld Sin City of all settings]].

* ''ComicBook/SuskeEnWiske'': Suske is so incorruptible that he is generally the blandest of all the main characters.

* In ''FNAF Crossover All Star'', Adrian Clements defeats many villains and they all try to corrupt him, but it always backfires.

* Pvt. Witt, [[MessianicArchetype the messianic protagonist]] of ''Film/TheThinRedLine''. A case of AdaptationalHeroism, since he is a fairly regular guy in the book.
* InformedAttribute of the title character in ''Film/WarriorOfTheLostWorld''.
* Sgt. Howie in ''Film/TheWickerMan1973''. A [[CelibateHero pure]] hero.

* Fraser in ''Series/DueSouth''. He's a [[AlwaysGetsHisMan mountie]], gosh darn it!

* For many of her music video clips, Music/TaylorSwift would often wear a white dress signifying this trope. But times change.

* In ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'', tears will turn bloody after damage goes over a certain value. With Sacred Heart, tears will stay white and holy no matter how, as long as Isaac shoots tears. It will also negate the [[BodyHorror aesthetic effect]] of many [[CursedWithAwesome powerups]].

* Pit and [[spoiler: Dark Pit]] from ''VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising'' have shown themselves to be this. The best example is the Mirror of Truth, which is supposed to reflect the dark side of someone who looks into it. Pandora tricked Pit into breaking it and creating Dark Pit, but Dark Pit ends up being neutral at worst. However, the game implies that [[spoiler: Dark Pit is just as pure or more pure-hearted than Pit, as shown in the Chaos Kin arc. Viridi says that the Chaos Kin only feeds on the purest of souls and the Chaos Kin idol states that Dark Pit was needed to be revived. Hades also says that Pittoo's soul is different from the rest of the souls he could eat.]] In other words, [[spoiler: Pit's darkness is also pure]], which says something about his character.

* A completely Paragon Commander Shepard from ''Franchise/MassEffect'' falls square in this category. Of course, being the greatest soldier in the galaxy, s/he will end up with a body count few can rival, but his/her pureness can be high enough to convince [[BrainwashedAndCrazy heavily]] [[MoreThanMindControl indoctrinated]] individuals to [[DyingAsYourself commit suicide]] instead of fighting him/her. ''Twice''. S/He also has quite the effect on various mob bosses: one of them can go from ruthless to respectable leader of a space station, while another can be convinced to ''turn to charity work instead''. However, to truly fit the trope, the player must refrain from using any Renegade Interrupt. That's right, even the blade-breaking one.

* The ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER}}'' series gives us a lot of examples, each of the protagonists; Ninten, Ness, and Lucas. ''VideoGame/EarthBoundBeginnings'' has Ana and Queen Mary, ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'' has Paula, and ''VideoGame/Mother3'' has Hinawa.

* The whole point of ''VideoGame/UltimaIV'' is for the main protagonist to become this.

* ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'': Amberlynn Weggers combines this with HairOfGoldHeartOfGold.

* Galahad in ''Webcomic/ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace'':
-->'''Morgan''': According to my scrying, you exist in a permanent state of Christian grace. It is impossible for you to do wrong, be wrong, lie, or be deceived by a lie.
-->'''Elaine''': [[http://www.arthurkingoftimeandspace.com/2910.htm Well, duh. He's Galahad.]]

* Daisy of ''Webcomic/BittersweetCandyBowl'' is perceived this way, especially by Paulo, but she isn't quite as incorruptible as it might seem, though she is very chipper and generally chipper and happy. [[http://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c63/p53.html Though in her dreams...]]

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* ''Literature/JusticeWing'': Paragon. “I lied before. I know he’s not a freak. He’s completely not a freak, or a pocket bad guy, or harboring a secret agenda. I know that, because I opposed him, for just a moment -- a terrible, horrible moment where I learned what it was to be Paragon’s opposite. He’s good through and through. He won’t ever abuse his power because he doesn’t have it in him. He won’t ever value his own life over anyone’s -- even someone we find irredeemably evil. I swear to God, it’s like someone took all the power of Captain Prestige and then gave it to Mister Rogers!” –Antonym, [[https://banter-latte.com/2018/03/14/%e2%8e%87001-justice-wing-the-excelsiors-reaching-higher/ ''The Excelsiors, Reaching Higher'']]
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* ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'': Ol' Drippy is a being made of moss who commits such kindhearted acts that not even [[JerkAss Shake]]'s insults manage to faze him.
* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
** [[Characters/AvatarTheLastAirbenderAvatarAang Avatar Aang]] aims for this. He has faltered (especially when Appa and Katara were endangered), but in the end, he achieves this.

* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes''. The entire show is about a guy who is ThePollyanna living in what is pretty much {{Hell}} by another name.

* ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, who stands out as one of the few truly idealistic heroes in the MarvelUniverse. Indeed while most Marvel heroes have stories in which they need to fix themselves to find their place in the world, Cap comics on the flip side concern him ''seeing the world as broken and putting it upon himself to fix it [[{{Determinator}} no matter what]]''. He’s also one of the few mortals capable of wielding Mjölnir. While no, Cap hasn’t technically been as flawless as most claim (thanks to DependingOnTheWriter) e.g arresting and antagonising ComicBook/HopeSummers and other mutants as well as doggedly refusing to listen to the other side in ''ComicBook/CivilWar2006'', he’s still ultimately a good and humble man.

* Cassie from ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', like the other five main characters in the fifty-four book series, experiences significant CharacterDevelopment as she goes from an animals-obsessed daydreamer to a strongly moral person who through significant strain always tries to understand the enemy not as inherently AlwaysChaoticEvil but as ''people'', who may be persuaded. Rachel explicitly tries to shield her from the worst things and agrees to subject an enemy to a FateWorseThanDeath according to Cassie's plan rather than kill him in cold blood, and so he never realizes Cassie's role in it. By series' end things are much darker and her friends become increasingly critical of her tendency to try to weigh what's right over what's expedient, but she still often does so even if it means going against them. This culminates in her taking a serious, dangerous risk quite spontaneously, which shatters their trust in her even if it winds up being the right call. In the end, while the other Animorphs who survive the war are variously depressed or occupied with shallow fame and eagerly move on to the next war, Cassie manages to move on to alien diplomacy and environmentalism instead - maintaining her old, pre-war intention to do good for the planet, but in a broader and more real form.

* Keladry of Mindelan in ''Literature/ProtectorOfTheSmall'' spends her quartet struggling against the ingrained sexism of the era, including a training master who doesn't want her becoming a knight and keeps MovingTheGoalposts. She sees at the start of the first book that she's in for a difficult time and some incredibly unfair treatment if she enters training, but after Kel [[EstablishingCharacterMoment attacks a monser with rocks to try and save some kittens]], she decides that if she can make it it will be worth it. Consistently Kel sees those with less power as still being important and worth protecting and raising up, and her dedication to those who depend on and look to her is absolute. In the second book her enemies try to exploit this, kidnapping her maid before an important appointment with the intent that if Kel goes to the appointment they'll reveal her as a {{Hypocrite}}, and if she searches for her maid she'll suffer the consequences of truancy. Kel does search for and rescue her maid and accepts the consequences, but the training master, struck and impressed by her conviction in doing what's right, makes an exception for her.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': DiscussedTrope. In the World of Remnant episode "Huntsmen", [[BigGood Professor Ozpin]] mentions that every Huntsman is expected to live up to the ideal of the noble warrior who is motivated solely to protect the people, and who ''never'' succumbs to any darkness that could sway them from this path. In Volume 8, Blake admits that Ruby is her symbol of purity who restored her faith in the world, which reiterates Ozpin's Volume 5 message to Oscar that Ruby possesses an "[[TheParagon indefinable quality]]" that [[HopeBringer inspires others]] even in the darkest times. However, Ozpin's narration about Huntsmen ominously implies Huntsmen may struggle to uphold the ideal in practice, he reflects in Volume 7 on the fear's power to corrupt even the best, something Maria previously acknowledged in Volume 6 when admitting that, while a Huntress should fight to the bitter end, she failed to do so when she went into hiding after an assassination attempt blinded her; Ozpin warns Oscar that being TheParagon is a terrible burden for Ruby to shoulder, and Salem's Volume 3 speech makes it clear that the path to her victory lies in [[HopeCrusher tearing down Ruby]] to [[DespairGambit crush Ozpin's]] faith in humanity and will to keep fighting. The Atlas Arc (Volumes 7-9) puts the discussion into action by exploring the burden of being Huntsmen on the characters and the consequences for their lives and mental health when they fail.

* [[LightIsGood Starlight]] in ''Series/TheBoys'' gradually becomes this. She starts off as a WideEyedIdealist aspiring to become TheCape who goes through a TraumaCongaLine between learning of [[EvilInc Vought's true nature]] and her StageMom's betrayal, but [[HealTheCutie grows stronger thanks to the aid of Butcher and Hughie]], [[CrisisOfFaith even rediscovering her faith in the process]]. Which is precisely the reason she butts heads with the two in Season 3 as they slide further into AntiHero territory, arguing that being a WellIntentionedExtremist is "bullshit" [[spoiler:and even goes so far as to become the one to [[TheUnmasquedWorld lift the curtain on Homelander and Vought]]]].

* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'': It's eventually revealed that [[TheHero Finn Mertens]] is pure good since he is the {{Reincarnation}} of the Blue Catalyst Comet, which incarnated as a butterfly, a symbol of rebirth. His goodness extends to the point that he tries to beat his purity into others. This is noticeable in the episode "Goliad": when the golem that Princess Bubblegum created turns evil, what does she do to stop it? Make a new one with Finn's DNA instead of her own. The original tries to invoke WeCanRuleTogether, but because of the pureness, it refuses and sacrifices itself to stop the other. On another occasion, [[BigBad the Lich]] uses Finn's innocence against him to open up a portal to the multiverse by a means Finn thought would prevent it. Throughout the series, he also has helped countless characters. Despite his BloodKnight tendencies and HotBlooded moments, Finn is still a purely good person deep down.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': Anne Boonchuy as an interesting example, as she's ''not'' this trope at the beginning of the series, but gradually grows into this trope. Although she used to be a bit self-centered, she's very loyal to those around her and will do anything to protect those she loves (i.e.: both her biological and adoptive families... '''especially''' Sprig), even putting herself in danger several times for the sake of others. She's connected to the Calamity Gem of Heart and she has aided Wartwood and Amphibia numerous times, and forgave Sasha and Marcy for their actions, telling Sasha not to be afraid of her old self, saying that it matters who they are now, understanding Marcy's plight. In the finale, she saves Earth be defeating Andrias in a duel, and plays a large role in saving Amphibia by using the Calamity Stones to destroy The Core, even dying in the process. She'd even turn down a god position.

** Avatar Aang aims for this. He has faltered (especially when Appa and Katara were endangered), but in the end, he achieves this.
** General Iroh is living proof that even evil nations can have their silver linings. He has no desire for power and chooses to go along with Zuko when he was banished and stayed with him for three years to give him his guidance and teach him firebending. Despite initially being power-hungry and wanting the throne, being an accomplished general who appeared eager to take over Ba Sing Se, Lu Ten's death had a profound impact on him, changing him for the better and causing him to abandon his previous hunger for power. Furthermore, when retelling of his life prior to Zuko's banishment, he was fully remorseful of his attempt to annex Ba Sing Se, stating he was a "different man" back then.

* In the Season 2 premiere of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', [[BewareTheSillyOnes Discord]] goes out to [[CorruptTheCutie corrupt the mane six]]. He easily brainwashes four of them into becoming the opposite of their respective Elements of Harmony (for example, Applejack, the Element of Honesty, becomes a compulsive liar). Fluttershy, however, is ''so'' pure and nice that he has to [[RageQuit brainwash her with brute force]]. [[spoiler:Though she is [[TookALevelInJerkass "corrupted"]] into a Jerkass in "Putting Your Hoof Down," proving that even Fluttershy has her limits.]] [[spoiler:This also extends to her being able to befriend Discord and allow the latter to perform a HeelFaceTurn.]]
** [[BigGood Princess Celestia]]. We've only seen her get even slightly angry five times, and all were rather extreme circumstances: the return of a [[RealityWarper reality-warping]], AnthropomorphicPersonification of [[OrderVersusChaos chaos]] who wanted to [[SugarApocalypse make existence a living hell for all her subjects]]; her favorite student inadvertently brainwashing the whole town into a brawl simply so she could complete a school assignment; [[spoiler: Twilight's failure -- from Celestia's perspective -- to apply her friendship lessons when the former drives Princess Cadance (really [[VoluntaryShapeshifter an impostor]]) to tears [[MadeOutToBeAJerkass by accusing her of being evil]]]]; [[spoiler: [[VileVillainSaccharineShow said shapeshifting imposter]] having attempted the murder of her niece and favorite student, and currently menacing [[MamaBear the rest of Celestia's beloved subjects]] with the threat of a kingdom-wide invasion]]; and Twilight admitting she spent the greater part of an episode lying to Celestia's face about her lack of acting talent to preserve her feelings. All other times, Celestia has shown the patience and virtue of a saint, been presented as infallible in her wisdom, and demonstrated a great capacity for forgiveness whenever Twilight was concerned. ''Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E10ARoyalProblem'' shows that Luna at least is able to get under her skin. Celestia acts uncharacteristically petty and mean-spirited when she perceives Luna to be ungrateful and unappreciative of how easy she (thinks) Luna has it.

* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' isn't pure; several times it's shown he has a serious rage problem, lashing out at his surroundings when things get exceptionally bad. His [[EmpathicWeapon sword]], though, was forged by the gods out of pure righteousness and cannot harm the innocent when in the hands of evil. It's so aligned with good that it abandons Jack for fifty years when he gives in to his rage and doesn't return until he's mastered his anger and regained his good side.
* In ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'', the main protagonist Steven is a happy-go-lucky boy who just wants to help and befriend everybody he meets, he even shows some concern for enemies. Though Steven has his own flaws and insecurities about himself, he is genuinely kind-hearted, compassionate, and innocent.
** ZigZagged with his mother, Rose Quartz/[[spoiler:Pink Diamond]]. She is certainly a very compassionate gem, and whenever she does something bad, it's never out of malice. However, she has also made some pretty callous decisions and is representative of a fallen angel.

** Dhurke Sahdmadhi is the leader of the Defiant Dragons, whose goal is to put an end to the Defense Culpability Act by Ga'ran. He has also proven to be the main reason why Apollo was able to put down Ga'ran and bring her to justice, saving the entire country even after his death.

** Ryunosuke Naruhodo is always willing to put his own life in danger if it means that he can help others, along with being willing to forgive others even when they make his job harder.

* ComicBook/BlackPanther, at his absolute best T’Challa is this. Yes, he has faltered e.g being a isolationist and divorcing his wife ComicBook/{{Storm}} over the actions of other mutants who hurt Wakanda and T’Challa is fully aware of his faults, but he’s still a man who will do anything for his beloved people and will extend his hand to others outside his country when he can. This is epitomized when he’s the one to wield the Infinity Gauntlet in ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015'' with Namor himself admitting compared to T’Challa he is definitely not worthy of wielding such power. Or the time he punched Mephisto in the face.

* ''Franchise/TheFlash'': The second and current Flash, Barry Allen is legitimately one of the nicest heroes in the whole DC universe and serves as a beacon of hope to you, his successors, and his city. He has a museum, for God’s sake. Wally West, his successor was also this, but due to NiceGuy Barry being brought back DC remixed Wally as mentally troubled HurtingHero instead.