History PlayingWith / NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished

* '''Exploited''': ???

* '''Inverted''': LaserGuidedKarma

** Alternatively, Marcy finally turns on society for spurning her good deeds, [[AxCrazy letting the ingrates know]] [[OmnicidalManiac just how screwed they are.]]

* '''Played For Drama''': Marcy has been hiding people of an ethnicity that Emperor Evulz has declared AlwaysChaoticEvil [[BlatantLies and In Desperate Need Of Total Extermination]], and some of Evulz' {{Mooks}} have discovered that she's saving lives.

* '''Downplayed''':[[VirginSacrifice Marcy rescues a maiden from being sacrificed by an evil cult]]. Said "victim" bursts into tears and kicks her in the shin because [[WeddingSmashers Marcy crashed her "wedding"]].

* '''Straight''': [[BlackMagicianGirl Marcy]] rescues a DistressedDamsel from a monster. Unfortunately, this grabs the attention of the monster's master, who decides to punish her for her defiance...

** Marcy rescues a DistressedDamsel and escorts her home... only to learn that the village was ''trying'' to sacrifice her to protect themselves, and they aren't too pleased with her interference. She's attacked and arrested, and they plan to sacrifice ''her'' instead. Before they get the chance, however, the monster attacks first -- along with his master, looking for the one who defied him.

* '''Exaggerated''': Marcy rescues a DistressedDamsel and escorts her home... only to learn that the village was ''trying'' to sacrifice her to protect themselves, and they aren't too pleased with her interference. She's attacked and arrested, and they plan to sacrifice ''her'' instead. Before they get the chance, however, the monster attacks first -- along with his master, looking for the one who defied him.

* '''Justified''': Marcy had good intentions, but wasn't aware of the full situation before acting, and has to deal with the consequences.
** "ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight!"

* '''Deconstructed''': After suffering severe consequences for all her good deeds, Marcy finally gives up on the whole heroism thing, as it's just too hard and thankless.
** The sense of morality and empathy itself was installed into the human psyche, so that their souls would be easier to be collected and tortured by the EldritchAbomination who had been farming them.
* '''Reconstructed''': Marcy deals with the unfair consequences, reasoning that doing good is its own reward, and eventually [[EarnYourHappyEnding earns her happy ending]], but she still become [[GrumpyBear cynical]] and [[KnightInSourArmor bitter]] about the thanklessness.
** Marcy realizes that, if heroes get punished, [[LaserGuidedKarma villains get rewarded,]] and thus pulls a FaceHeelTurn.

* '''Played For Laughs:''' Marcy saves a kitten from a tree, only to realize that the tree is the cat's home, and gets rewarded by getting scratched in the face.
* '''Played For Drama:''' Marcy has been hiding people of an ethnicity that Emperor Evulz has declared AlwaysChaoticEvil [[BlatantLies and In Desperate Need Of Total Extermination]], and some of Evulz' {{Mooks}} have discovered that she's saving lives.

NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished...[[Theatre/{{Wicked}} no act of charity goes unresented]].
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* '''Downplayed''':Marcy rescues a maiden from being sacrificed by an evil cult. Said "victim" bursts into tears and kicks her in the shin because [[WeddingSmashers Marcy crashed her "wedding"]].

* '''Downplayed''':Marcy rescues a villaige maiden from being sacrificed by an evil cult. Said "victim" bursts into tears and kicks her in the shin because Marcy [[WeddingSmashers crashed her "wedding"]].

* '''Downplayed''':Marcy rescues a villaige maiden from being sacrificed by an evil cult. Said "victim" bursts into tears and kicks her in the shin because Marcy crashed her "wedding".

** The sense of morality and empathy itself was installed into the human psyche, so that their souls would be easier to be collected by the EldritchAbomination who had been farming them.

NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished...[[{{Wicked}} no act of charity goes unresented]].

* '''Played For Drama:''' ???

* '''Played For Laughs:''' ???

** Marcy realizes that, if heroes get punished, [[LaserGuidedKarma villains get rewarded,]] and thus pulls a HeelFaceTurn.

** ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight

** ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight!

** Marcy ends up sick of ungrateful people and she starts threatening, robbing, murdering and abusing every person she sees, transforming into a horrible CompleteMonster

* '''Lampshaded''': "Why is it that whenever I do something right, someone wrong always takes offense?"
* '''Invoked''': ???
* '''Defied''': ???
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???

* '''Reconstructed''': Marcy deals with the unfair consequences, reasoning that doing good is its own reward, and eventually [[EarnYourHappyEnding earns her happy ending]], but he still become [[GrumpyBear cynical]] and [[KnightInSourArmor bitter]] about the thanklessness.