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* In the ''Literature /SherlockHolmes'' fanfic ''Fanfic/TwoTwentyOneB'', one ficlet has Holmes suffering a HeroicBSoD after figuring out that his client hired him to cover up his own atrocities. He wonders if it's even worth continuing to fight evil, given that he's never going to be able to stem the tide. However, then he sees [[NiceGuy Watson]] helping a young family into a cab and paying the driver for them. To Watson's absolute confusion, he pats him on the shoulder and tells him "thank you."

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* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', the ComicBook/MartianManhunter flies off to what he thought was a secluded area on Earth, after [[AMindIsATerribleThingToRead a telepathic sweep of the city leaves him (accidentally) accessible to the petty]] and [[HumansAreBastards selfish thoughts of humanity]]. However, he soon notices a search party looking for a girl that has gone missing and hearing their thoughts, as well as the lost girl, he decides that [[RousseauWasRight humans are decent after all]], after finding her and returning her back to the camp. He goes ''another'' one of this of sorts, in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' when Franchise/WonderWoman notices he doesn't like humans and is "cooped up" in the Watchtower. She then insists he take part in the team's mission, [[PutOnABus before he announces he's taking leave and descends to Earth to live among humans]]. When he returns for the GrandFinale, it's later revealed that he not only was capable of living with humans, but he was ''in a relationship'' with one.
** Also in the DCAU (''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''), ComicBook/DoctorFate has his faith in humanity restored when Franchise/{{Superman}} refuses to give up in a fight against an EldritchAbomination.

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In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'', Doctor Fate has his faith in humanity restored when Superman refuses to give up in a fight against an EldritchAbomination.
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the ComicBook/MartianManhunter ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' story "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E3And4TabulaRasa Tabula Rasa]]", J'onn flies off to what he thought was a secluded area on Earth, after [[AMindIsATerribleThingToRead a telepathic sweep of the city leaves him (accidentally) accessible accessible]] to the petty]] and [[HumansAreBastards petty and selfish thoughts of humanity]]. However, he soon notices a search party looking for a girl that has gone missing and hearing their thoughts, as well as the lost girl, he decides that [[RousseauWasRight humans are decent after all]], after finding her and returning her back to the camp. He goes ''another'' one of this of sorts, sorts in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' the ''Justice League Unlimited'' episode "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS3E4ToAnotherShore To Another Shore]]" when Franchise/WonderWoman Wonder Woman notices that he doesn't like humans and is "cooped up" in the Watchtower. She then insists he take part in the team's mission, [[PutOnABus before he announces he's taking leave and descends to Earth to live among humans]]. When he returns for the GrandFinale, GrandFinale "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS3E13Destroyer Destroyer]]", it's later revealed that he not only was capable of living with humans, but he was ''in a relationship'' with one.
** Also in the DCAU (''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''), ComicBook/DoctorFate has his faith in humanity restored when Franchise/{{Superman}} refuses to give up in a fight against an EldritchAbomination.
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* [[ExaggeratedTrope Shown to a hysterically high degree]] in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'': By the time Ben met [[BigGood Azmuth]] in "Secret of the Omnitrix", the scientist had completely given up on the whole ''universe'', to the point that he was willing to let it, along with himself, be destroyed. However, after seeing Ben in action, he has a HeelRealization, helps Ben win, and becomes more rational in later episodes.

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* [[ExaggeratedTrope Shown to a hysterically high degree]] in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'': ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'': By the time Ben met [[BigGood Azmuth]] in "Secret of the Omnitrix", the scientist had completely given up on the whole ''universe'', to the point that he was willing to let it, along with himself, be destroyed. However, after seeing Ben in action, he has a HeelRealization, helps Ben win, and becomes more rational in later episodes.
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* ''Fanfic/LightIlluminatesDarkness'': As Sara and Jasper talked about Sara meeting Eva, Jasper was happy that Sara has a positive role model in an older female, considering her mother's behavior. Sara admits that she spent so much time stuck with her rotten mother that she forgot there are good people in the world.
--> '''Sara:''' "Well… I was totally on the verge of giving up, crying all by myself, when I met Eva. She's this lovely older lady who has some experience with this type of family struggle." Sara explained, a warmth in her eyes as she remembered that afternoon. "She owns this cafe, and she sat me down and helped me out. She's gonna help me track Selena down in any way she can!"
--> '''Jasper:''' "That's amazing! I can tell she's helped you out a lot already." Jasper took a long swig of his iced tea. "Sounds like a really kind person to extend a helping hand to a total stranger."
--> '''Sara:''' "Mmhmm… I can't even say how long it's been since I met someone that, well, warm." Sara said.
--> '''Jasper:''' "You know… Considering your situation, I can imagine meeting a more positive older role model is refreshing. I mean, your mother hasn't been filling that gap from what you've told me. Not to be too hard on her, but still…" Jasper said.
--> '''Sara:''' Sara shook her head. "No, you're right. I think that I was getting too used to my mother's behavior and… I forgot just how kind people can be when they allow themselves to be a little more vulnerable. I think that Eva helped me to see that. Seeing and hearing some real sympathy for Selena and me from an older figure like Eva? It really helped lift the weight."
--> '''Jasper:''' "And to think, you just met her while you were at your worst and crying?" Jasper said.
--> '''Sara:''' "Uh-huh." Sara sighed with a kind of relief and wistfulness. "She just… She approached me and insisted that she had been young once, crying all alone and how she wished someone had been there to help her. It hit me pretty deep when she said that, too."
--> '''Jasper:''' "So she was pretty much being the change she wanted to see in the world? Nice." Jasper was thrilled to hear all this. "You know, with every person you get involved, things will get easier for you and Selena. My whole family chipped in to help my cousin when he was at rock bottom, and he always mentions how grateful he is for that."
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See AllLovingHero, MessianicArchetype and PuritySue for three character types Alice is likely to fall under.

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** As stated in the King Piccolo Saga, Kami had originally created the [[MacGuffin Dragon Balls]] to serve as a symbol of hope for humanity, but the exact opposite happened as humans only wanted to use the Dragon Balls for their own self-centered purposes. Thus, after King Piccolo destroyed Shenron after getting his youth restored, Kami initially chose to just let Shenron stay dead. It was seeing Goku's true love for his friends, as well as his valiant efforts against Piccolo, that convinced Kami there were still genuinely good people in the world.

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** As stated in the King Piccolo Saga, Kami had originally created the [[MacGuffin Dragon Balls]] to serve as a symbol of hope for humanity, but the exact opposite happened as humans only wanted to use the Dragon Balls for their own self-centered purposes. Thus, after King Piccolo destroyed destroys Shenron after getting his youth restored, Kami initially chose chooses to just let Shenron stay dead. It was seeing Goku's true love for his friends, as well as his valiant efforts against Piccolo, that convinced Kami there were still genuinely good people in the world.



* ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'': Nishiki Nishio had an older sister who was killed after a human she trusted sold her out to the [[MonsterHunterOrganization CCG]]; after killing said human, he resolved never to trust anyone again. This lasted until his human girlfriend, Kimi, discovered he was a ghoul and not only accepted him, but offered to let him eat her, showing him that some humans ''can'' be trusted.
* The blue Zygarde (a.k.a. Z-2) in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesXY'' already had a jaded view on humanity; it was after getting captured, experimented on and mind-controlled by Team Flare, culminating in the organization setting it loose on Lumiose City that only worsened its perception. Even after being freed from its mind control, Zygarde allowed Team Flare's true superweapon, the Megalith, to wreak more havoc. It was when the heroes try to stop the Megalith, in spite of the futility of the situation, that the red Zygarde (Z-1, aka "Squishy" (courtesy of Bonnie), who's been travelling with Ash and friends) finally convinced its other half that humans needed to be protected by them in spite of, and maybe even because of, their flaws. With the two Zygarde in {{Synchronisation}}, they {{fus|ionDance}}e and transform into Complete Forme Zygarde to finish off Team Flare's leader and the Megalith once and for all.

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* ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'': Nishiki Nishio had an older sister who was killed after a human she trusted sold her out to the [[MonsterHunterOrganization CCG]]; after killing said human, he resolved never to trust anyone again. This lasted until his human girlfriend, Kimi, discovered he was a ghoul and not only accepted him, him but offered to let him eat her, showing him that some humans ''can'' be trusted.
* The blue Zygarde (a.k.a. Z-2) in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesXY'' already had a jaded view on of humanity; it was after getting captured, experimented on on, and mind-controlled by Team Flare, culminating in the organization setting it loose on Lumiose City that only worsened its perception. Even after being freed from its mind control, Zygarde allowed Team Flare's true superweapon, the Megalith, to wreak more havoc. It was when the heroes try to stop the Megalith, in spite of the futility of the situation, that the red Zygarde (Z-1, aka "Squishy" (courtesy of Bonnie), who's been travelling with Ash and friends) finally convinced its other half that humans needed to be protected by them in spite of, and maybe even because of, their flaws. With the two Zygarde in {{Synchronisation}}, they {{fus|ionDance}}e and transform into Complete Forme Zygarde to finish off Team Flare's leader and the Megalith once and for all.



* [[BigGood All Might]] of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' has an injury that prevents him from using his full strength for more than a couple of hours a day without hurting himself and reducing that limit. When a escaped criminal takes a teenager hostage and none of the local heroes are able to act, All Might feels disappointed with himself because he's not doing anything... until [[TheHero Izuku Midoriya]], the [[UnSorcerer Quirkless]] teen he met earlier, jumps in and attempts to fight off the villain. This gives All Might the resolve to act beyond his limits to stop the villain, telling Izuku later that this action has allowed him to realize that Izuku possesses the heroic spirit that makes him worthy of being his successor.

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* [[BigGood All Might]] of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' has an injury that prevents him from using his full strength for more than a couple of hours a day without hurting himself and reducing that limit. When a an escaped criminal takes a teenager hostage and none of the local heroes are able to act, All Might feels disappointed with himself because he's not doing anything... until [[TheHero Izuku Midoriya]], the [[UnSorcerer Quirkless]] teen he met earlier, jumps in and attempts to fight off the villain. This gives All Might the resolve to act beyond his limits to stop the villain, telling Izuku later that this action has allowed him to realize that Izuku possesses the heroic spirit that makes him worthy of being his successor.



* Nagato (aka Pain) from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' [[spoiler: was forced to witness death and destruction his entire life. His entire family was killed during a war, but was eventually able to make friends that also shared his desire for a peaceful world. However, one of them, his best friend Yahiko, was forced to kill himself to save Nagato and Konan from the threat of Hanzo the Salamander hoping they could live to achieve their dream. However, Nagato had enough of losing everyone around him and eventually kills Hanzo in a rage and kick started his amibitions to save the world by any means necessary. Nagato was also lead to believe by Obito Uchiha that the world can be saved by collecting all of the Tailed Beasts and using their power to rid the world of wars. Nagato at this point felt like only he and the rest of the Akatsuki was capable of saving the world and would do anything it takes to achieve their goals (even killing his old master Jiriya). It wasn't until [[TheHero Naruto Uzumaki]] was able to convince him that he will work hard to ensure the world will be safe and bringing up how Jiriya really did thought of Nagato as a hero is what convinced Nagato to pull a HeelFaceTurn and [[RedemptionEqualsDeath sacrifices himself to bring back all of the Leaf shinobi he had killed]] believing that Naruto will indeed bring peace to the world.]]

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* Nagato (aka Pain) from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' [[spoiler: was forced to witness death and destruction his entire life. His entire family was killed during a war, but was eventually able to make friends that also shared his desire for a peaceful world. However, one of them, his best friend Yahiko, was forced to kill himself to save Nagato and Konan from the threat of Hanzo the Salamander hoping they could live to achieve their dream. However, Nagato had enough of losing everyone around him and eventually kills Hanzo in a rage and kick started kick-started his amibitions ambitions to save the world by any means necessary. Nagato was also lead led to believe by Obito Uchiha that the world can could be saved by collecting all of the Tailed Beasts and using their power to rid the world of wars. Nagato at this point felt like only he and the rest of the Akatsuki was capable of saving the world and would do anything it takes took to achieve their goals (even killing his old master Jiriya). It wasn't until [[TheHero Naruto Uzumaki]] was able to convince him that he will work hard to ensure the world will be safe and bringing up how Jiriya really did thought think of Nagato as a hero is what convinced Nagato to pull a HeelFaceTurn and [[RedemptionEqualsDeath sacrifices himself to bring back all of the Leaf shinobi he had killed]] believing that Naruto will indeed bring peace to the world.]]



* Manchester Black goes through a darker variant of this after trying and failing to provoke Franchise/{{Superman}} [[ThanatosGambit into killing him]]. When Superman remains dedicated to his principles even after Black apparently killed Lois, Manchester realized that true heroes like Superman really did exist. This also leads to Manchester [[HeelRealization realizing]] that he had become just another supervillain. After erasing the knowledge of Superman's identity from the minds of the villains he granted it to in the first place, Black promptly [[DrivenToSuicide killed himself]].

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* Manchester Black goes through a darker variant of this after trying and failing to provoke Franchise/{{Superman}} [[ThanatosGambit into killing him]]. When Superman remains dedicated to his principles even after Black apparently killed Lois, Manchester realized that true heroes like Superman really did do exist. This also leads to Manchester [[HeelRealization realizing]] that he had become just another supervillain. After erasing the knowledge of Superman's identity from the minds of the villains he granted it to in the first place, Black promptly [[DrivenToSuicide killed himself]].



* One ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'' strip had Opus wallowing in gloom, thinking he's lost the Christmas spirit forever. Portnoy appears and gives him a gift which turns out to be plastic dog-vomit. Opus hugs him, saying in total sincerity: "Thank you. You've pulled me back from the brink. I'll cherish it forever." [[GilliganCut Cue]] Portnoy wallowing in gloom.

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* One ''ComicStrip/BloomCounty'' strip had Opus wallowing in gloom, thinking he's lost the Christmas spirit forever. Portnoy appears and gives him a gift which turns out to be plastic dog-vomit.dog vomit. Opus hugs him, saying in total sincerity: "Thank you. You've pulled me back from the brink. I'll cherish it forever." [[GilliganCut Cue]] Portnoy wallowing in gloom.



* ''Fanfic/AbsoluteTrust'': '''Azula''' of all people undergoes this; having spent all her life thinking that she was unloved after her mother seemed to favor Zuko more, [[WellDoneSonGuy causing her to try and seek out Ozai for affection]] up until Ursa just left following Ozais' ascent to the throne. Not helping matters was that her childhood dream of riding a Dragon was dashed when Iroh claimed to have killed the last Dragon when Azula was six and [[FantasyForbiddingFather Ozai berated her for wanting to pretend]] which served as her CynicismCatalyst. During the events of the story when pursuing after the Gaang and Alec; who thanks to his knowledge of the show was able to predict her moves and make overtures to have Mai and Ty Lee defect from her side. [[spoiler:After the failure of The Drill; Ozai [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness had enough of Azulas' failings]] and through correspondence with Long Feng, planned to have Azula killed within Ba Sing Se and have her death pinned on the Avatar to turn Azula into a Martyr to the Fire Nation. Having come to terms with how her own father had betrayed her; [[DespairEventHorizon she was left despondent and pleading for death]], thinking that she really was unloved. It was only thanks to Alec showing her that the Dragons weren't wiped out like Iroh had claimed, and the return of Ursa who told her that she really did care about and love Azula that the Fire Nation Princess was able to make a turn for the better and formally join Team Avatar.]]

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* ''Fanfic/AbsoluteTrust'': '''Azula''' of all people undergoes this; having this. Having spent all her life thinking that she was unloved after her mother seemed to favor Zuko more, [[WellDoneSonGuy causing her to try and seek out Ozai for affection]] up until Ursa just left following Ozais' Ozai's ascent to the throne. Not helping matters was that her childhood dream of riding a Dragon was dashed when Iroh claimed to have killed the last Dragon when Azula was six and [[FantasyForbiddingFather Ozai berated her for wanting to pretend]] which served as her CynicismCatalyst. During the events of the story when pursuing after the Gaang and Alec; who Alec, who, thanks to his knowledge of the show show, was able to predict her moves and make overtures to have Mai and Ty Lee defect from her side. [[spoiler:After the failure of The Drill; Drill, Ozai [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness had enough of Azulas' Azula's failings]] and through correspondence with Long Feng, planned to have Azula killed within Ba Sing Se and have her death pinned on the Avatar to turn Azula into a Martyr to the Fire Nation. Having come to terms with how her own father had betrayed her; [[DespairEventHorizon she was left despondent and pleading for death]], thinking that she really was unloved. It was only thanks to Alec showing her that the Dragons weren't wiped out like Iroh had claimed, and the return of Ursa who told her that she really did care about and love Azula that the Fire Nation Princess was able to make a turn for the better and formally join Team Avatar.]]



** When he and Sun go to explore the ruins outside of Normandy, Sun confides in him about his past and the abuse and racism his family suffered through that led to him losing faith in the world. He then goes on to say that the work Jaune was doing and the constant effort he put forth to uphold his ideals had put a spark of hope back into him that people were worth believing in.

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** When he and Sun go to explore the ruins outside of Normandy, Sun confides in him about his past and the abuse and racism his family suffered through that led to him losing faith in the world. He then goes on to say that the work Jaune was doing and the constant effort he put forth to uphold his ideals had put a spark of hope back into him that people were worth believing in.



* In ''WesternAnimation/OnceUponAForest'', Cornelius, due to an experience as a child where hunters caused him to be separated from his parents, believed that [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters humans were monsters]], his belief refortified by an accident that released a deadly gas into the forest. During the climax, however, when Edgar was caught in a hunter's trap, one of the men who were cleaning up the accident let him go before smashing the trap, opening Cornelius's eyes in realization that there were humans who genuinely cared about animals.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/OnceUponAForest'', Cornelius, due to an experience as a child where hunters caused him to be separated from his parents, believed that [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters humans were monsters]], his belief refortified by an accident that released a deadly gas into the forest. During the climax, however, when Edgar was is caught in a hunter's trap, one of the men who were cleaning up the accident let lets him go before smashing the trap, opening Cornelius's eyes in to the realization that there were humans who genuinely cared about animals.



* ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'': Has an odd example where Norman restores [[spoiler: his own faith and Agatha's, as part of their NotSoDifferentRemark moment]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'': Has ''WesternAnimation/ParaNorman'' has an odd example where Norman restores [[spoiler: his [[spoiler:his own faith and Agatha's, as part of their NotSoDifferentRemark moment]].



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* In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' (2008), the Joker has put two bombs in two ships, one of them full of convicts, the other full of ordinary people. The people on the ships are informed that they can detonate one of the ships and save their own lives. Of course, everyone immediately wants to blow up the other ship, but they hesitate, not sure whether this is the right thing to do. Finally, [[spoiler: one of the criminals orders one of the guards to give him the remote, telling him: "I'm going to do what you should've done ten minutes ago." After he gets the remote, he simply throws it out the window and returns to his seat. Meanwhile, one man also wants to have the remote, because "after all, the people on that other ship are criminals and they deserve to die anyway". As he stands there with the remote in his hand, he suddenly gets a change of heart, and after a long hesitation, decides not to go through with it. Later, the Joker is surprised that none of the ships have exploded by now, but Batman tells him that he underestimated the people's sense of humanity.]]

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* In ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' (2008), the Joker has put two bombs in on two ships, one of them full of convicts, the other full of ordinary people. The people on the ships are informed that they can detonate one of the ships and save their own lives. Of course, everyone immediately wants to blow up the other ship, but they hesitate, not sure whether this is the right thing to do. Finally, [[spoiler: one of the criminals orders one of the guards to give him the remote, telling him: "I'm going to do what you should've done ten minutes ago." After he gets the remote, he simply throws it out the window and returns to his seat. Meanwhile, one man also wants to have the remote, because "after all, the people on that other ship are criminals and they deserve to die anyway". As he stands there with the remote in his hand, he suddenly gets a change of heart, and after a long hesitation, decides not to go through with it. Later, the Joker is surprised that none of the ships have exploded by now, but Batman tells him that he underestimated the people's sense of humanity.]]



* In ''Literature/DragonBones'', Ward does this to a ''horse''. As he knows the horse has been mistreated, it's completely intentional. He intends to do the same with the slave he inherited (he can't get rid of him, it's the magical kind of slavery), but that proves to be lot more difficult.

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* In ''Literature/DragonBones'', Ward does this to a ''horse''. As he knows the horse has been mistreated, it's completely intentional. He intends to do the same with the slave he inherited (he can't get rid of him, it's the magical kind of slavery), but that proves to be a lot more difficult.



** Inverted with Javert -- unable to reconcile his beliefs that a criminal remains a criminal and the fact that Jean Valjean is, well, benevolent and just, Javert [[spoiler:commits suicide.]]

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** Inverted with Javert -- unable to reconcile [[BlackAndWhiteInsanity his beliefs beliefs]] that a criminal remains a criminal and the fact that Jean Valjean is, well, benevolent and just, Javert [[spoiler:commits suicide.]]



* Inverted and then subverted in ''Series/{{House}}''. House has a deep faith in the negative attributes of humanity. His favorite phrases are "everybody lies" and "people don't change." Cameron, and later Thirteen, try to prove him wrong whenever possible. However, just about every patient House has lied to him and usually also the patient's family. Then again, it's repeatedly shown that House's [[TheCynic mindset]] and his inability to look past humanity's flaws effectively ruins his life and condemns him to an utterly miserable existence. The "everybody lies" mantra stops being a cynical observation and becomes a [[HumansAreBastards moral principle]] in and of itself that he's [[ConfirmationBias dedicated to proving]].
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The Doctor is an... interesting case. He'll occasionally go on a very vehement HumansAreTheRealMonsters phase, calling them violent, selfish and stupid, and then, something will happen (usually sparked by his companion) that restores his faith in them. After all, there's got to be a ''reason'' he hangs out on Earth so much.

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* Inverted and then subverted in ''Series/{{House}}''. House has a deep faith in the negative attributes of humanity. His favorite phrases are "everybody lies" and "people don't change." Cameron, and later Thirteen, try to prove him wrong whenever possible. However, just about every patient House has lied to him and usually also the patient's family. Then again, it's repeatedly shown that House's [[TheCynic mindset]] and his inability to look past humanity's flaws effectively ruins ruin his life and condemns condemn him to an utterly miserable existence. The "everybody lies" mantra stops being a cynical observation and becomes a [[HumansAreBastards moral principle]] in and of itself that he's [[ConfirmationBias dedicated to proving]].
* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The Doctor is an... interesting case. He'll They'll occasionally go on a very vehement HumansAreTheRealMonsters phase, calling them violent, selfish selfish, and stupid, and then, something will happen (usually sparked by his companion) that restores his their faith in them. After all, there's got to be a ''reason'' he hangs they hang out on Earth so much.



* In the ''Series/MorkAndMindy'' episode, "Mork the Gullible," Mork is talked into freeing an escaped criminal who claims that he just needs to visit his sick mother and will return to turn himself back in afterward. Sure enough, Mork is arrested for freeing him and Mindy tells him that it’s obvious that the crook took advantage of him and won't be back. In a genuinely moving moment, Mork tearfully agrees that he can't trust anyone again, until the crook suddenly returns as promised to turn himself in and get Mork released. With that, Mork's innocence is restored.
* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'': When she was a kid, Skye was shuffled around different families, and she took this to mean that none of the families wanted to keep her. When Coulson manages to find out proof that showed that it actually was due to a [=SHIELD=] protocol meant to protect her and all those families, she realizes that perhaps some of them would have wanted to keep her, and her faith (and that of Coulson) is restored.
* ''Series/{{Westworld}}'': In the Season 1 finale, Dolores leads the rogue hosts into a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against the human guests and the Delos personnel for the abuses they have inflicted on them. Her terrible experience in the park and the one human guest who cared about her grown up to be her tormenter led her into despising humanity and wanting to destroy it so that the hosts can take over their world. After escaping the park, she sees that the outside world is no different from the park where the humans have their lives controlled and dictated by an A.I. system. Later, she meets Caleb, a blue-collared construction worker who has never been into Westworld. It is there that she remembers meeting him when he and his fellow soldiers were training in Park 5 and he save her and the other female hosts from being raped by his comrades. That event made Dolores remember that there are still some humans who are capable of kindness. This causes her to change her plan to free humanity and appoints Caleb to lead the humans into the new world.

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* In the ''Series/MorkAndMindy'' episode, "Mork the Gullible," Mork is talked into freeing an escaped criminal who claims that he just needs to visit his sick mother and will return to turn himself back in afterward. Sure enough, Mork is arrested for freeing him and Mindy tells him that it’s obvious that the crook took advantage of him and won't be back. In a genuinely moving moment, Mork tearfully agrees that he can't trust anyone again, again until the crook suddenly returns as promised to turn himself in and get Mork released. With that, Mork's innocence is restored.
* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'': When she was a kid, Skye was shuffled around different families, and she took this to mean that none of the families wanted to keep her. When Coulson manages to find out proof that showed that it actually was due to a [=SHIELD=] protocol meant to protect her and all those families, she realizes that perhaps some of them would have wanted to keep her, and her faith (and that of Coulson) is restored.
* ''Series/{{Westworld}}'': In the Season 1 finale, Dolores leads the rogue hosts into a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against the human guests and the Delos personnel for the abuses they have inflicted on them. Her terrible experience in the park and the one human guest who cared about her grown grew up to be her tormenter led her into despising to despise humanity and wanting want to destroy it so that the hosts can take over their world. After escaping the park, she sees that the outside world is no different from the park where the humans have their lives controlled and dictated by an A.I. system. Later, she meets Caleb, a blue-collared construction worker who has never been into Westworld. It is there that she remembers meeting him when he and his fellow soldiers were training in Park 5 and he save her and the other female hosts from being raped by his comrades. That event made Dolores remember that there are still some humans who are capable of kindness. This causes her to change her plan to free humanity and appoints Caleb to lead the humans into the new world.



* In the finale of ''VideoGame/Bomberman64TheSecondAttack'' [[spoiler: [[{{God}} the Angel of Light and Darkness]] is fed up with the universe being so filled with violence and cruelty, so it wants to [[WellIntentionedExtremist destroy it and make a better one.]] Bomberman on the other hand thinks the universe is worth keeping around and fights the Angel. Bomberman isn't able to beat the Angel, more just fight it to a standstill, but his heroism and determination impresses the Angel and convinces it the universe still has enough good in it to justify sparing it.]]

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* In the finale of ''VideoGame/Bomberman64TheSecondAttack'' [[spoiler: [[{{God}} the Angel of Light and Darkness]] is fed up with the universe being so filled with violence and cruelty, so it wants to [[WellIntentionedExtremist destroy it and make a better one.]] Bomberman on the other hand thinks the universe is worth keeping around and fights the Angel. Bomberman isn't able to beat the Angel, more just fight it to a standstill, but his heroism and determination impresses impress the Angel and convinces convince it the universe still has enough good in it to justify sparing it.]]



* The storyline conclusion of ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' comes after facing the Elite 4 and the Champion, when the player character is confronted by [[spoiler: the immortal warrior-king of ancient Kalos, AZ, an embittered, [[StrawNihilist nihilistic]] DeathSeeker who wants to know what it is you fight for so passionately]]. Naturally, the correct answer to this question is to [[DefeatMeansFriendship sicc your Pokemon on him]], and the aftermath of that battle not only restores ''his'' faith in humanity, but [[spoiler: also that of his runaway Floette, who decides it's finally time to forgive and return to her master]].
* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', if the Warden takes the time to befriend Shale and help uncover her forgotten memories from her pre-Golem life as Shayle Cadash, she eventually comes to see organic beings as not ''completely'' worthless. At the end, she even can admit to the Warden that she's interested in seeking out a way to become a Dwarf once more.

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* The storyline conclusion of ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'' comes after facing the Elite 4 and the Champion, when the player character is confronted by [[spoiler: the immortal warrior-king of ancient Kalos, AZ, an embittered, [[StrawNihilist nihilistic]] DeathSeeker who wants to know what it is you fight for so passionately]]. Naturally, the correct answer to this question is to [[DefeatMeansFriendship sicc sic your Pokemon on him]], and the aftermath of that battle not only restores ''his'' faith in humanity, but [[spoiler: also that of his runaway Floette, who decides it's finally time to forgive and return to her master]].
* In ''VideoGame/DragonAgeOrigins'', if the Warden takes the time to befriend Shale and help uncover her forgotten memories from her pre-Golem life as Shayle Cadash, she eventually comes to see organic beings as not ''completely'' worthless. At the end, she even can admit admits to the Warden that she's interested in seeking out a way to become a Dwarf once more.



* This is part of the motivation and background of [[spoiler:Crypter leader Kirschtaria Wodime]] from ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder''. Years before the story, [[spoiler:Kirschtaria was another coldhearted mage common in the Franchise/{{Nasuverse}}. However, after being injured by an assassin sent by his own father, Kirschtaria was rescued by an orphaned child, who helped the mage recovered at the cost of his life. This broke Kirschtaria out of his mindset, making him believe in the best of humanity and desiring to aid it. His ultimate goal in Part 2 is to use the Olympus Lostbelt to defeat the Foreign God and elevate ''all of humanity'' to the level of godhood. Even after being defeated by Chaldea and stabbed in the back by Beryl, he tells the heroes to win against their enemeies for the sake of human history]].

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* This is part of the motivation and background of [[spoiler:Crypter leader Kirschtaria Wodime]] from ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder''. Years before the story, [[spoiler:Kirschtaria was another coldhearted mage common in the Franchise/{{Nasuverse}}. However, after being injured by an assassin sent by his own father, Kirschtaria was rescued by an orphaned child, who helped the mage recovered recover at the cost of his life. This broke Kirschtaria out of his mindset, making him believe in the best of humanity and desiring to aid it. His ultimate goal in Part 2 is to use the Olympus Lostbelt to defeat the Foreign God and elevate ''all of humanity'' to the level of godhood. Even after being defeated by Chaldea and stabbed in the back by Beryl, he tells the heroes to win against their enemeies for the sake of human history]].



* In the ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial'' series, this is the storylines of [[BrokenBird Kaori Yae]] (in ''2'') and [[{{Hikikomori}} Taku Komori]] (in ''Girl's Side 2'') in a nutshell. Thanks to their relationship with their respective games' protagonist, they get to realize that there are trustworthy people out there, and as a result they gradually open themselves to others. Takafumi Wakaouji in ''[=GS2=]'' also claims in his ending that the heroine has restored his faith in humanity, although this seems to be a bit of an exaggeration.

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* In the ''VisualNovel/TokimekiMemorial'' series, this is the storylines of [[BrokenBird Kaori Yae]] (in ''2'') and [[{{Hikikomori}} Taku Komori]] (in ''Girl's Side 2'') in a nutshell. Thanks to their relationship with their respective games' protagonist, protagonists, they get to realize that there are trustworthy people out there, and as a result result, they gradually open themselves to others. Takafumi Wakaouji in ''[=GS2=]'' also claims in his ending that the heroine has restored his faith in humanity, although this seems to be a bit of an exaggeration.



* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', the ComicBook/MartianManhunter flies off to what he thought was a secluded area on Earth, after [[AMindIsATerribleThingToRead a telepathic sweep of the city leaves him (accidentally) accessible to the petty]] and [[HumansAreBastards selfish thoughts of humanity]]. However, he soon notices a search party looking for a girl that has gone missing, and hearing their thoughts, as well as the lost girl, he decides that [[RousseauWasRight humans are decent after all]], after finding her and returning her back to the camp. He goes ''another'' one of this of sorts, in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' when Franchise/WonderWoman notices he doesn't like humans and is "cooped up" in the Watchtower. She then insists he take part in the team's mission, [[PutOnABus before he announces he's taking leave and descends to Earth to live among humans]]. When he returns for the GrandFinale, it's later revealed that he not only was capable of living with humans, but he was ''in a relationship'' with one.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', the ComicBook/MartianManhunter flies off to what he thought was a secluded area on Earth, after [[AMindIsATerribleThingToRead a telepathic sweep of the city leaves him (accidentally) accessible to the petty]] and [[HumansAreBastards selfish thoughts of humanity]]. However, he soon notices a search party looking for a girl that has gone missing, missing and hearing their thoughts, as well as the lost girl, he decides that [[RousseauWasRight humans are decent after all]], after finding her and returning her back to the camp. He goes ''another'' one of this of sorts, in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' when Franchise/WonderWoman notices he doesn't like humans and is "cooped up" in the Watchtower. She then insists he take part in the team's mission, [[PutOnABus before he announces he's taking leave and descends to Earth to live among humans]]. When he returns for the GrandFinale, it's later revealed that he not only was capable of living with humans, but he was ''in a relationship'' with one.
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* All Might of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' has an injury that prevents him from using his full strength for more than a couple of hours a day without hurting himself and reducing that limit. When a escaped criminal takes a teenager hostage and none of the local heroes are able to act, All Might feels disappointed with himself because he's not doing anything... until Izuku Midoriya, the [[UnSorcerer Quirkless]] teen he met earlier, jumps in and attempts to fight off the villain. This gives All Might the resolve to act beyond his limits to stop the villain, telling Izuku later that this action has allowed him to realize that Izuku possesses the heroic spirit that makes him worthy of being his successor.

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* [[BigGood All Might Might]] of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' has an injury that prevents him from using his full strength for more than a couple of hours a day without hurting himself and reducing that limit. When a escaped criminal takes a teenager hostage and none of the local heroes are able to act, All Might feels disappointed with himself because he's not doing anything... until [[TheHero Izuku Midoriya, Midoriya]], the [[UnSorcerer Quirkless]] teen he met earlier, jumps in and attempts to fight off the villain. This gives All Might the resolve to act beyond his limits to stop the villain, telling Izuku later that this action has allowed him to realize that Izuku possesses the heroic spirit that makes him worthy of being his successor.
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* The blue Zygarde (a.k.a. Z-2) in ''Anime/{{Pokemon}} XYZ'' already had a jaded view on humanity; it was after getting captured, experimented on and mind-controlled by Team Flare, culminating in the organization setting it loose on Lumiose City that only worsened its perception. Even after being freed from its mind control, Zygarde allowed Team Flare's true superweapon, the Megalith, to wreak more havoc. It was when the heroes try to stop the Megalith, in spite of the futility of the situation, that the red Zygarde (Z-1, aka "Squishy" (courtesy of Bonnie), who's been travelling with Ash and friends) finally convinced its other half that humans needed to be protected by them in spite of, and maybe even because of, their flaws. With the two Zygarde in {{Synchronisation}}, they {{fus|ionDance}}e and transform into Complete Forme Zygarde to finish off Team Flare's leader and the Megalith once and for all.

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* The blue Zygarde (a.k.a. Z-2) in ''Anime/{{Pokemon}} XYZ'' ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesXY'' already had a jaded view on humanity; it was after getting captured, experimented on and mind-controlled by Team Flare, culminating in the organization setting it loose on Lumiose City that only worsened its perception. Even after being freed from its mind control, Zygarde allowed Team Flare's true superweapon, the Megalith, to wreak more havoc. It was when the heroes try to stop the Megalith, in spite of the futility of the situation, that the red Zygarde (Z-1, aka "Squishy" (courtesy of Bonnie), who's been travelling with Ash and friends) finally convinced its other half that humans needed to be protected by them in spite of, and maybe even because of, their flaws. With the two Zygarde in {{Synchronisation}}, they {{fus|ionDance}}e and transform into Complete Forme Zygarde to finish off Team Flare's leader and the Megalith once and for all.
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* ''Fanfic/AbsoluteTrust'': '''Azula''' of all people undergoes this; having spent all her life thinking that she was unloved after her mother seemed to favor Zuko more, [[WellDoneSonGuy causing her to try and seek out Ozai for affection]] up until Ursa just left following Ozais' ascent to the throne. Not helping matters was that her childhood dream of riding a Dragon was dashed when Iroh claimed to have killed the last Dragon when Azula was six and [[FantasyForbiddingFather Ozai berated her for wanting to pretend]] which served as her CynicismCatalyst. During the events of the story when pursuing after the Gaang and Alec; who thanks to his knowledge of the show was able to predict her moves and make overtures to have Mai and Ty Lee defect from her side. [[spoiler:After the failure of The Drill; Ozai [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness had enough of Azulas' failings]] and through correspondence with Long Feng, planned to have Azula killed within Ba Sing Se and have her death pinned on the Avatar to turn Azula into a Martyr to the Fire Nation. Having come to terms with how her own father had betrayed her; [[DespairEventHorizon she was left despondent and pleading for death]], thinking that she really was unloved. It was only thanks to Alec showing her that the Dragons weren't wiped out like Iroh had claimed, and the return of Ursa who told her that she really did care about and love Azula that the Fire Nation Princess was able to make a turn for the better and formally join Team Avatar.]]
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* Nagato (aka Pain) from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' [[spoiler: was forced to witness death and destruction his entire life. His entire family was killed during a war, but was eventually able to make friends that also shared his desire for a peaceful world. However, one of them, his best friend Yahiko, was forced to kill himself to save Nagato and Konan from the threat of Hanzo the Salamander hoping they could live to achieve their dream. However, Nagato had enough of losing everyone around him and eventually kills Hanzo in a rage and kick started his amibitions to save the world by any means necessary. Nagato was also lead to believe by Obito Uchiha that the world can be saved by collecting all of the Tailed Beasts and using their power to rid the world of wars. Nagato at this point felt like only he and the rest of the Akatsuki was capable of saving the world and would do anything it takes to achieve their goals (even killing his old master Jiriya). It wasn't until [[TheHero Naruto Uzumaki]] was able to convince him that he will work hard to ensure the world will be safe and bringing up how Jiriya really did thought of Nagato as a hero is what convinced Nagato to pull a HeelFaceTurn and [[RedemptionEqualsDeath sacrifices himself to bring back all of the Leaf shinobi he had killed]] believing that Naruto will indeed bring peace to the world.]]
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* Naofumi of ''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' lost the ability to trust anyone after [[CynicismCatalyst Malty betrayed and defamed him]] with the help of the King and other Heroes. He only trusts Raphtalia because she's a slave and so magically cannot betray him. When she's freed and Naofumi is losing all hope, Raphtalia tells him she believes in his innocence and willingly becomes his slave so he'll be able to trust her again. His attitude, while still grim and hateful, is very much improved afterwards.

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* Naofumi of ''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' ''Literature/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' lost the ability to trust anyone after [[CynicismCatalyst Malty betrayed and defamed him]] with the help of the King and other Heroes. He only trusts Raphtalia because she's a slave and so magically cannot betray him. When she's freed and Naofumi is losing all hope, Raphtalia tells him she believes in his innocence and willingly becomes his slave so he'll be able to trust her again. His attitude, while still grim and hateful, is very much improved afterwards.
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* ''VideoGame/KnightBewitched2'': Naitaka lost hope in coexisting with humans, elves, and dwarves after the people of Deepforge abandoned their home. After the party defeats him, the citizens of Eredor give Naitaka medical attention, causing him to realize that coexistence is still possible.
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* ''Anime/CyberTeamInAkihabara'': [[spoiler:Crane Bahnsteik had lost his faith in humanity after witnessing the horrors of World War I, and became convinced that it was just a matter of time before humans would destroy each other in pointless wars. In the final episode, Crane sees the girls' love and good feelings gave their Pata-Pis a will of their own, driving them to take the girls' place in Primum Mobile so their owners aren't forced to leave Earth. Eventually, Crane returns the Pata-Pis to the girls since they gave him a new hope that not everything is lost for humanity]].
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* In the ''Series/MorkAndMindy'' episode, "Mork the Gullible," Mork is talked into freeing an escaped criminal who claims that he just needs to visit his sick mother and will return to turn himself back in afterward. Sure enough, Mork is arrested for freeing him and Mindy tells him that it is obvious that the crook took advantage of him and won't be back. In a genuinely moving moment, Mork tearfully agrees that he can't trust anyone again, until the crook suddenly returns as promised to turn himself in and get Mork released. With that, Mork's innocence is restored.

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* In the ''Series/MorkAndMindy'' episode, "Mork the Gullible," Mork is talked into freeing an escaped criminal who claims that he just needs to visit his sick mother and will return to turn himself back in afterward. Sure enough, Mork is arrested for freeing him and Mindy tells him that it is it’s obvious that the crook took advantage of him and won't be back. In a genuinely moving moment, Mork tearfully agrees that he can't trust anyone again, until the crook suddenly returns as promised to turn himself in and get Mork released. With that, Mork's innocence is restored.
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** It's actually discussed in the much darker ''Series/TorchwoodChildrenOfEarth'' with Gwen, who reminisces about when Jack used to tell her about the Doctor, and wonders why he sometimes just fails to appear, mostly around atrocities committed by humanity itself. She concludes that it is during those times that humanity so utterly disgusts the Doctor that even he must look away. However, this has never been confirmed.

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** It's actually discussed in the much darker ''Series/TorchwoodChildrenOfEarth'' with Gwen, who reminisces about when Jack used to tell her about the Doctor, and wonders why he sometimes just fails to appear, mostly around atrocities committed by humanity itself. She concludes that it is it’s during those times that humanity so utterly disgusts the Doctor that even he must look away. However, this has never been confirmed.
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* ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'': Willy Wonka, by the end of the film, has become dejected after years of people stealing his secret recipes and [[spoiler:all five children, even Charlie, fail to measure up to his expectations]], and slinks into his office considering the day a waste. Charlie Bucket [[spoiler:gives back the Everlasting Gobstopper, a candy which would revolutionize the confection industry, despite having been offered hundreds of thousands of dollars for it by Wonka's competitor. This marks his acceptance that he did fail and resigning his family to poverty once more. It is enough to atone for his actions in the film and prove himself worthy to Wonka, and]] helps Wonka see the good in the world again.

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* ''Film/WillyWonkaAndTheChocolateFactory'': Willy Wonka, by the end of the film, has become dejected after years of people stealing his secret recipes and [[spoiler:all five children, even Charlie, fail to measure up to his expectations]], and slinks into his office considering the day a waste. Charlie Bucket [[spoiler:gives back the Everlasting Gobstopper, a candy which would revolutionize the confection industry, despite having been offered hundreds of thousands of dollars for it by Wonka's competitor. This marks his acceptance that he did fail and resigning his family to poverty once more. It is It’s enough to atone for his actions in the film and prove himself worthy to Wonka, and]] helps Wonka see the good in the world again.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Klaus}}'' has Alva, a schoolteacher without any students due to the FeudingFamilies refusing to let their kids sit anywhere near the opposing side, so she's turned the schoolhouse into a fishmarket so she can save up and eventually leave town. [[spoiler: Due to their desire to write to Mr. Klaus for toys, Jesper encourages them to go to the school to learn, and Alva is, at first, completely unwilling to lose sight of her goal, finally agreeing to teach them how to write their names just to shut them up. This leads to Annelise, the first girl to write her name, [[https://youtu.be/X9-jogNZW5U to eagerly ask if Ms. Alva can teach her more]], the other children clamoring to learn as well. You can see Alva's expression shift from suspicion to cautious optimism, and it cuts to her dipping into her savings in order to buy her newfound students the supplies they need.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Klaus}}'' ''WesternAnimation/Klaus2019'' has Alva, a schoolteacher without any students due to the FeudingFamilies refusing to let their kids sit anywhere near the opposing side, so she's turned the schoolhouse into a fishmarket so she can save up and eventually leave town. [[spoiler: Due to their desire to write to Mr. Klaus for toys, Jesper encourages them to go to the school to learn, and Alva is, at first, completely unwilling to lose sight of her goal, finally agreeing to teach them how to write their names just to shut them up. This leads to Annelise, the first girl to write her name, [[https://youtu.be/X9-jogNZW5U to eagerly ask if Ms. Alva can teach her more]], the other children clamoring to learn as well. You can see Alva's expression shift from suspicion to cautious optimism, and it cuts to her dipping into her savings in order to buy her newfound students the supplies they need.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Klaus}}'' has Alva, a schoolteacher without any students due to the FeudingFamilies refusing to let their kids sit anywhere near the opposing side, so she's turned the schoolhouse into a fishmarket so she can save up and eventually leave town. [[spoiler: Due to their desire to write to Mr. Klaus for toys, Jesper encourages them to go to the school to learn, and Alva is, at first, completely unwilling to lose sight of her goal, finally agreeing to teach them how to write their names just to shut them up. This leads to Annelise, the first girl to learn how, [[https://youtu.be/X9-jogNZW5U to eagerly ask if Ms. Alva can teach her more]], the other children clamoring to learn as well. You can see Alva's expression shift from suspicion to cautious optimism, and it cuts to her dipping into her savings in order to buy her newfound students the supplies they need.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Klaus}}'' has Alva, a schoolteacher without any students due to the FeudingFamilies refusing to let their kids sit anywhere near the opposing side, so she's turned the schoolhouse into a fishmarket so she can save up and eventually leave town. [[spoiler: Due to their desire to write to Mr. Klaus for toys, Jesper encourages them to go to the school to learn, and Alva is, at first, completely unwilling to lose sight of her goal, finally agreeing to teach them how to write their names just to shut them up. This leads to Annelise, the first girl to learn how, write her name, [[https://youtu.be/X9-jogNZW5U to eagerly ask if Ms. Alva can teach her more]], the other children clamoring to learn as well. You can see Alva's expression shift from suspicion to cautious optimism, and it cuts to her dipping into her savings in order to buy her newfound students the supplies they need.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Klaus}}'' has Alva, a schoolteacher without any students due to the FeudingFamilies refusing to let their kids sit anywhere near the opposing side, so she's turned the schoolhouse into a fishmarket so she can save up and eventually leave town. [[spoiler: Due to their desire to write to Mr. Klaus for toys, Jesper encourages them to go to the school to learn, and Alva is, at first, completely unwilling to lose sight of her goal, finally agreeing to teach them how to write their names just to shut them up. This leads to Annelise, the first girl to learn how, [[https://youtu.be/X9-jogNZW5U to eagerly ask if Ms. Alva can teach her more]], the other children clamoring to learn as well. You can see Alva's expression shift from suspicion to cautious optimism, and leading to her dipping into her savings in order to buy her newfound students the supplies they need.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Klaus}}'' has Alva, a schoolteacher without any students due to the FeudingFamilies refusing to let their kids sit anywhere near the opposing side, so she's turned the schoolhouse into a fishmarket so she can save up and eventually leave town. [[spoiler: Due to their desire to write to Mr. Klaus for toys, Jesper encourages them to go to the school to learn, and Alva is, at first, completely unwilling to lose sight of her goal, finally agreeing to teach them how to write their names just to shut them up. This leads to Annelise, the first girl to learn how, [[https://youtu.be/X9-jogNZW5U to eagerly ask if Ms. Alva can teach her more]], the other children clamoring to learn as well. You can see Alva's expression shift from suspicion to cautious optimism, and leading it cuts to her dipping into her savings in order to buy her newfound students the supplies they need.]]
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* In ''WesternAnimation/OnceUponAForest'', Cornelius, due to an experience as a child where hunters caused him to be separated from his parents, believed that humans were monsters, his belief refortified by an accident that released a deadly gas into the forest. During the climax, however, when Edgar was caught in a hunter's trap, one of the men who were cleaning up the accident let him go before smashing the trap, opening Cornelius's eyes in realization that there were humans who genuinely cared about animals.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/OnceUponAForest'', Cornelius, due to an experience as a child where hunters caused him to be separated from his parents, believed that [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters humans were monsters, monsters]], his belief refortified by an accident that released a deadly gas into the forest. During the climax, however, when Edgar was caught in a hunter's trap, one of the men who were cleaning up the accident let him go before smashing the trap, opening Cornelius's eyes in realization that there were humans who genuinely cared about animals.
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* In the finale of ''VideoGame/Bomberman64TheSecondAttack'' [[spoiler: [[{{God}} the Angel of Light and Darkness]] is fed up with the universe being so filled with violence and cruelty, so it wants to [[WellIntentionedExtremist destroy it and make a better one.]] Bomberman on the other hand thinks the universe is worth keeping around and fights the Angel. Bomberman isn't able to beat the Angel, more just fight it to a standstill, but his heroism and determination impresses the Angel and convinces it the universe still has enough good in it to justify sparing it.]]
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* In ''Theatre/JasperInDeadland'', Jasper tells Cerberus that his friend Agnes is the one person he knows who isn't awful.
-->''Agnes showed me more than a killing''\\
''Drilling her words, my life's not a waste.''\\
''Agnes says it can be fulfilling''\\
''She's shilling a truth, that I haven't faced.''
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* In ''Theatre/JasperInDeadland'', Jasper tells Cerberus that his friend Agnes is the one person he knows who isn't awful.
-->''Agnes showed me more than a killing''\\
''Drilling her words, my life's not a waste.''\\
''Agnes says it can be fulfilling''\\
''She's shilling a truth, that I haven't faced.''
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* Inverted and then subverted in ''Series/{{House}}''. House has a deep faith in the negative attributes of humanity. His favorite phrases are "everybody lies" and "people don't change." Cameron, and later Thirteen, try to prove him wrong whenever possible. However, just about every patient House has lied to him and usually also the patient's family. It is repeatedly shown, however, that House's [[TheCynic mindset]] and his inability to look past humanity's flaws effectively ruins his life and condemns him to an utterly miserable existence.

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* Inverted and then subverted in ''Series/{{House}}''. House has a deep faith in the negative attributes of humanity. His favorite phrases are "everybody lies" and "people don't change." Cameron, and later Thirteen, try to prove him wrong whenever possible. However, just about every patient House has lied to him and usually also the patient's family. It is Then again, it's repeatedly shown, however, shown that House's [[TheCynic mindset]] and his inability to look past humanity's flaws effectively ruins his life and condemns him to an utterly miserable existence.existence. The "everybody lies" mantra stops being a cynical observation and becomes a [[HumansAreBastards moral principle]] in and of itself that he's [[ConfirmationBias dedicated to proving]].
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* Taken UpToEleven in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'': By the time Ben met [[BigGood Azmuth]] in "Secret of the Omnitrix", the scientist had completely given up on the whole ''universe'', to the point that he was willing to let it, along with himself, be destroyed. However, after seeing Ben in action, he has a HeelRealization, helps Ben win, and becomes more rational in later episodes.

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* Taken UpToEleven [[ExaggeratedTrope Shown to a hysterically high degree]] in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}}'': By the time Ben met [[BigGood Azmuth]] in "Secret of the Omnitrix", the scientist had completely given up on the whole ''universe'', to the point that he was willing to let it, along with himself, be destroyed. However, after seeing Ben in action, he has a HeelRealization, helps Ben win, and becomes more rational in later episodes.

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* Inverted and then subverted in ''Series/{{House}}''. House has a deep faith in the negative attributes of humanity. His favorite phrases are "everybody lies" and "people don't change." Cameron, and later Thirteen, try to prove him wrong whenever possible. However, just about every patient House has lied to him and usually also the patient's family.

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* Inverted and then subverted in ''Series/{{House}}''. House has a deep faith in the negative attributes of humanity. His favorite phrases are "everybody lies" and "people don't change." Cameron, and later Thirteen, try to prove him wrong whenever possible. However, just about every patient House has lied to him and usually also the patient's family. It is repeatedly shown, however, that House's [[TheCynic mindset]] and his inability to look past humanity's flaws effectively ruins his life and condemns him to an utterly miserable existence.

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