History MoralityPet / VideoGames

%% * Amy Rose from ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' towards E-102 Gamma, Silver, and to a lesser extent Shadow (heavy influence on his HeelFaceTurn due to reminding him of Maria).

* Clementine serves as this for Lee Everett in ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead.'' [[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2012/12/26/creating-clementine.aspx And this goes for the players, too.]] She continues to be this in Season 2, despite becoming the PlayerCharacter; almost all members of the group are willing to do almost anything in order to protect and/or save her, to the point that Clem is able to provoke a ChangedMyMindKid scenario from the resident PragmaticHero. She is also one to several other characters in the first three seasons, as seen with characters changing their minds simply because she's there. Heck, the only character Gabe is always nice to is Clem, which can be explained by the huge crush he has on her. Her status as the MoralityPet actually gets [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] in [[spoiler:the finale of Season 2, in which it points out that being the MoralityPet to two opposing people means that if they fight, it's up to Clem to choose which one survives.]]

** In ''VideoGame/PokemonColosseum'', ex-Team Snagem member Wes (also the main character) has Rui. He actually decided to flatten the first evil gang in the game before meeting her, having apparently decided that he just didn't like them anymore, but didn't decide to actually help save Orre until she showed up.
*** Wes also has an Espeon and Umbreon at the very beginning of the game, both of whom evolve through happiness like Crobat. Eevee also knows Return which deals the maximum damage possible, indicating it is very close to Wes.
** Subverted by Ghetsis of ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', whose Hydreigon has Frustration, a move deals more damage the more the Pokémon hates its user. Ghetsis's Hydreigon uses Frustration with maximum power, implying that he's actively abusing it to maximize its power.

* In ''VideoGame/Hyrule WarriorsAgeOfCalamity'', Teba's son, Tulin ends up becoming this for Revali, who had been such a petty jerk that even Teba was taken aback by it. But Tulin's cheerful demeanor and idolization of Revali ends up bringing out the heart of gold within the proud Rito, much to Teba's delight.

%%* In ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'', Ghost Widow has Wretch.

* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' provides an amazing example of this for [[spoiler:''you'', the player. The game employs a SlowlySlippingIntoEvil mechanic where you're free to kill as many monsters as you like, and won't realize how bad you actually are [[HeelRealization it's too late]]. However, when you encounter Papyrus, the second boss, he is just so damned nice, lovable, good-natured, and innocent, that he's the one who pushes many people to abandon what would be a [[KillEmAll Genocide Run]] and instead begin sparing monsters]].

* Volgin's care for [[DepravedBisexual his lover, Raikov]], in ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear Solid 3|SnakeEater}}''. It's pretty much his only redeeming feature. The End also has his own literal Morality Pet, his parrot. If you shoot her, he will make a lot of noise about it. And heaven help you if you eat it...

* When twin sisters Hsien-Ko and Mei-Ling from ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' became [[ChineseVampire Jiangshi]], Hsien-Ko was transformed into the body while Mei-Ling turned into the soul placed inside the warding talisman on her NiceHat. If the hat ever was taken away and thus the twins were separated, a Hsien-Ko without Mei-Ling's calming influence [[FaceHeelTurn would turn straight-up evil]].

* The ''VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries'' has [[ActionGirl Ellie]] [[FieryRedhead Rose]] for [[VillainProtagonist Henry]] [[WildCard Stickmin]]. She's the only person Henry is consistently nice to compared towards the other characters. But seeing as the series has multiple endings, it entirely depends on the endings where he helps her escape the Wall.

* The ''VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries'' has [[ActionGirl Ellie]] [[FieryRedhead Rose]] for [[VillainProtagonist Henry]] [[AntiHero Stickmin]]. She's the only person Henry is always nice to. But seeing as the series has multiple endings, it entirely depends on the ending.

*** Wes also has an Espeon and Umbreon at the very beginning of the game, both of whom evolve through happiness like Crobat.
** Subverted by Ghetsis of ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', whose Hydreigon has Frustration, a move that can only be used if the Pokémon hates its user, implying that he's actively abusing it to maximize its power.

* Subverted with Sachiko Shinozaki in ''VideoGame/CorpseParty''. She repeatedly displays genuine fondness for Yuka, the youngest of the main protagonists. For the most part, however, this does nothing to protect Yuka, and Sachiko will still hunt her down and kill her like anyone else. The only exception is in the true ending route, in which she saves Yuka from being brutally murdered by a fellow survivor...[[KickTheMoralityPet only to then threaten to murder Yuka herself]].

** Killia of ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 5|AllianceOfVengeance}}'' has this in the form of his allies, the Rebel Army, [[spoiler:as he's struggling with keeping his [[SuperpoweredEvilSide superpowered]] EnemyWithin suppressed. His most prominent one would be [[TheLostLenore Lieze]], who gave him his heart to begin with.]]

** It doesn't even ''have'' to be a RomanceSidequest. Some characters, like Merrill (above), Areie, Deekin, Blizz, Nadia Grell (for a female Consular or a male not romancing her), Wild Flower, Mission Vao, Bethany (or Carver) tend to bring out BigBrotherInstinct or MamaBear reactions instead. They're just as good at putting the brakes on a dark-side action because you'd rather be a good example because LittleBrotherIsWatching. [[spoiler:More than a few gamers have immediately noped out of the Dark Side ending of ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic'' because you have to kill Mission in it.]]
* The player character can act as this for [[spoiler:Solas]] in ''VideoGame/DragonAgeInquisition''. He admits to a befriended or romanced Inquisitor that, prior to meeting the them, [[spoiler:he didn't even see the inhabitants of modern Thedas as people, because they were so different from the elves of the pre-Veil world. Getting to know the Inquisitor and the other members of the inner circle changed his mind, and made him see that there were things in this world worth saving. It isn't quite enough to sway him from his path, but he does show a willingness to aside his plans if the Inquisitor can find some sort of alternative.]]

*** Cloud ''himself'' is a Morality Pet for the majority of the cast, [[spoiler:since he's gone through so much and keeps the cast going even when things seem hopeless]].

%%Barbas for Clavicus Vile is better covered under MoralityChain.

*** In the same game to a lesser extent, [[TheCutie Annette]] acts as one to [[BloodKnight Felix]], being one of the few students he's not openly rude and/or hostile too. [[spoiler:On any paths besides Azure Moon, pairing Felix with Annette results in one of the few happy endings for the former.]]
*** Seteth starts the game as a stiff, suspicious stick-in-the-mud, and is notably the only eventually-playable character who acts almost hostile to the player, compared to the students and other faculty, who are, if not all welcoming, at least open to Byleth as the new professor. He makes several snide remarks about Byleth, both to their face and in private to his sister Flayn, which she gleefully recounts at one point. While you ''can'' see Seteth's real nature if you deliberately try to raise his supports with the students in the early game, why would you at that point? He is a jerk and you can't get any in-battle benefit from it, since he isn't (yet) playable. But then comes chapter six, when Flayn goes missing. Seteth is absolutely distraught, and all of his hostility vanishes because he loves Flayn more than anything else, and the player is trying to help find her. Once that's accomplished, he effusively thanks you, and she'll convince him that being Byleth's student is the best way for her to stay safe, which he agrees with. His zealous vetting has convinced him Byleth is a trusted ally, which he reiterates in his now-unlocked C Support conversation, even as he says that Byleth's circumstances and oddities are still very suspicious. Just to hammer the point home, in the following chapter, his elation at Flayn's safety means he's decided to "give her whatever she wants," and he ends up starting a fishing tournament for her as a way for everyone to unwind after such a tense crisis. At this point, it becomes clear that while Seteth is still very stern, serious, and prudent, it comes from a place of concern for others.

* Clementine serves as this for Lee Everett in ''VideoGame/TheWalkingDead.'' [[http://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2012/12/26/creating-clementine.aspx And this goes for the players, too.]] She continues to be this in Season 2, despite becoming the PlayerCharacter; almost all members of the group are willing to do almost anything in order to protect and/or save her, to the point that Clem is able to provoke a ChangedMyMindKid scenario from the resident PragmaticHero. Her status as the MoralityPet actually gets [[DeconstructedTrope deconstructed]] in [[spoiler:the finale of Season 2, in which it points out that being the MoralityPet to two opposing people means that if they fight, it's up to Clem to choose which one survives.]]

* Subverted in ''VideoGame/WarioWare''. Wario's self-proclaimed biggest fan is Mona, a high-school student who has a PrecociousCrush on him and can occasionally be found gushing about the man's fashion sense, glorious mustache, and treasure hunting prowess (much to the confusion of everyone). Wario even likes her enough to take her treasure hunting with him sometimes. This doesn't stop him from being a greedy, selfish prick even to her though, and every game has Mona right alongside the other [=WarioWare=] Inc. employees chasing down the man down for their cut of the profits or just telling him off for his shitty behavior. How the pedestal she has for Wario remains unbroken, [[NoAccountingForTaste we'll never know.]]

* Subverted in ''VideoGame/WarioWare''. Wario's self-proclaimed biggest fan is Mona, a high-school student who [[NoAccountingForTaste has a huge crush on him]] and can occasionally be found gushing about the man's fashion sense, glorious mustache, and treasure hunting prowess (much to the confusion of everyone). Wario even likes her enough to take her treasure hunting with him sometimes. This doesn't stop him from being a greedy, selfish prick even to her though, and every game has Mona right alongside the other [=WarioWare=] Inc. employees chasing down the man down for their cut of the profits or just telling him off for his shitty behavior. How the pedestal she has for Wario remains unbroken, we'll never know.

* Subverted in ''VideoGame/WarioWare''. Wario's self-proclaimed biggest fan is Mona, a high-school student who has a huge crush on him and can occasionally be found gushing about the man's fashion sense, glorious mustache, and treasure hunting prowess (much to the confusion of everyone). Wario even likes her enough to take her treasure hunting with him sometimes. This doesn't stop him from being a greedy, selfish prick even to her though, and every game has Mona right alongside the other [=WarioWare=] Inc. employees chasing down Wario for their cut of the profits at the end. (Yes, she's fully aware that her idol is a pretty awful person; it's just that, for whatever reason, [[NoAccountingForTaste his rude and selfish nature doesn't break the pedestal]].)
* In the ''VideoGame/WhatDidIDoToDeserveThisMyLord'' series, Badmella, Badman's teenage daughter, is this for Badman. Both of the first two games include a mission where Badmella is deathly sick and Badman demands a remedy made of [[BlobMonster Slimmando Mosses]] in order to cure her, with his usual talkative and flippant demeanour gone in favour of frankness and desperation.

* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIV'' gives [[BigBad Psaro]] one in the form of Rose. Her influence is the only thing that keeps him from completely and utterly wiping out the human race. [[spoiler:The second she's killed, he loses his mind and initiates a transformation so that he can destroy all mankind in retaliation. In the remakes, one can bring Rose back to life with through a sidequest. Bringing her to the location of the final boss fight causes Psaro to regain his sanity, transform back, and join the party to exact revenge on TheDragon for planning her death.]]
* ''VideoGame/DragonQuestIX'' plays with this in Coffinwell: [[{{Hikikomori}} Doctor Phlegming]] is very antisocial, and his cheerful wife Catarrhina appears to be the only other person he cares about... yet he still neglects her in favor of his research. [[spoiler:In fact, it's actually her ''death'' that spurs him to change his ways for the better, effectively inverting the usual trope.]]

*** While he's certainly not ''friendly'' to Kasumi, several of Akechi's PetTheDog moments only come out around her: he's noticably concerned whenever she's hurt in battle, he actively withdraws rather than [[spoiler:risk hurting her when she's driven to attack Joker]] and prevents her from [[spoiler:risking her life to [[SaveTheVillain save Maruki during the FinalBoss.]]