| 1 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Wyeth_knight_6581.JPG]] |
| 2 | [[caption-width-right:350:Escort duty is one]] |
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| 4 | This is the set of tropes that cluster around KnightTemplar: the forces of light in hardcore mode, excessively or otherwise. This mentality is all the way over on the Idealistic side of the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism -- but it has ''nothing'' in common with modern idealism of the GranolaGirl and CloudCuckooLander variety. |
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| 6 | The {{Trope Codifier}}s are the {{Chivalric Romance}}s of the medieval Matters of Britain (Myth/ArthurianLegend) and of France (Charlemagne) -- especially the innumberable [[OlderThanTheyThink fantasy novels]] and verse epics of the 15th through 17th centuries which were based on, set in, or [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_Delivered vaguely inspired by]] the older Carolingian myths. The Arthurian myths have a less militantly idealistic style than the Carolingian ones; the Arthurian work most completely of this style is ''Literature/SirGawainAndTheGreenKnight''. |
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| 8 | This pattern is rarer outside of Europe (and before the Middle Ages) than within it. The closest analogue to European chivalry was ''[[BushidoIndex bushido]]'', the code of the Japanese ''{{samurai}}'', but the Japanese code emphasized [[MyMasterRightOrWrong loyalty to one's lord, even to the point of doing evil]], while the European one emphasized loyalty to one's conscience, even to the point of treachery. |
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| 10 | Of course, that doesn't mean that non-European heroes can't act like this--and it doesn't mean that European heroes always do, either. The Roman-derived tradition of "MyCountryRightOrWrong" was always present in Europe... |
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| 12 | See also HeroTropes, to an extent. A particular variety of IdealismTropes. A civilization that embraces this is a variety of MartyrdomCulture. |
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| 14 | |
| 15 | !!Tropes |
| 16 | [[index]] |
| 17 | * AllAPartOfTheJob |
| 18 | * AristocratTeam |
| 19 | * AttackAttackAttack: A character's strategy consists of nothing but attacking the target mindlessly. |
| 20 | * BlackKnight |
| 21 | * TheCape |
| 22 | * TheChampion |
| 23 | * ChurchMilitant |
| 24 | * DeclarationOfProtection |
| 25 | * DragonsVersusKnights |
| 26 | * TheExtremistWasRight |
| 27 | * AFatherToHisMen |
| 28 | * TheFettered |
| 29 | * GoodIsBoring (but it beats the alternative) |
| 30 | * GoodIsNotDumb: Being the good guy does not mean you are stupid. |
| 31 | * GoodIsNotNice: Being the good guy does not mean you are not a jerk. |
| 32 | * HarmonyVersusDiscipline (Discipline) |
| 33 | * HeroAntagonist: The antagonist of the work is a good guy. |
| 34 | * HeroicSacrifice: A hero lets themselves get killed for the greater good. |
| 35 | * HolyHandGrenade |
| 36 | * HonorBeforeReason: Doing the honorable thing even if it's not the sensible action to take in the current situation. |
| 37 | * HumongousHeadedHammer: War hammers tend to be associated with knights and especially paladins. |
| 38 | * IdealHero |
| 39 | * IncorruptiblePurePureness: A character who is so honest and good that it is impossible for them to go bad. |
| 40 | * InspectorJavert: A law enforcer is obsessed with turning in a wanted criminal, regardless of whether the person is truly guilty or not. |
| 41 | * JumpingOnAGrenade: Jumping onto a grenade about to detonate so that only you get killed by it. |
| 42 | * KeepTheReward |
| 43 | * TheKindnapper: both the Heroic variant and the Obviously Misguided type |
| 44 | * KnightErrant: The hero wanders the earth helping anyone they come across. |
| 45 | * KnightInShiningArmor: The classic original recipe. |
| 46 | * KnightInSourArmor: A CrapsackWorld (or their own JadeColoredGlasses) may have rusted their armor, but their HeroicSpirit still shines. |
| 47 | * KnightlySwordAndShield |
| 48 | * KnightKnaveAndSquire |
| 49 | * KnightTemplar (what happens when they get fully blinded by their zeal) |
| 50 | * TheLadysFavour |
| 51 | * LawfulGood (although not interested in ''secular'' law) |
| 52 | * LawfulStupid (more or less common, depending on the work) |
| 53 | * LightEmUp |
| 54 | * LightIsGood: Positive alignment = brighter atmosphere |
| 55 | * LightIsNotGood |
| 56 | * LordErrorProne |
| 57 | * MachiavelliWasWrong |
| 58 | * MagicKnight |
| 59 | * MartyrdomCulture |
| 60 | * MartyrWithoutACause |
| 61 | * MoreHeroThanThou |
| 62 | * NobleDemon: They might be acting toward an evil goal, but at least they're chivalrous about it. |
| 63 | * OrderVersusChaos (Order) |
| 64 | * ThePaladin |
| 65 | * TheParagon |
| 66 | * PragmaticHero |
| 67 | * ProudWarriorRaceGuy |
| 68 | * SaintlyChurch |
| 69 | * ScaryDogmaticAliens |
| 70 | * ScrewTheMoneyIHaveRules: Showing your integrity by refusing to accept a bribe. |
| 71 | * ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight |
| 72 | * SelfProclaimedKnight |
| 73 | * SirVerbALot |
| 74 | * SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism (Idealistic) |
| 75 | * SmallStepsHero |
| 76 | * TheSoftHeartedWarrior |
| 77 | * TheStoic |
| 78 | * TakingTheBullet: Jumping in front of a firing gun so that you get shot instead of the intended target. |
| 79 | * ThinkNothingOfIt |
| 80 | * ToBeLawfulOrGood |
| 81 | * VillainousValor |
| 82 | * WarriorMonk |
| 83 | * WhatYouAreInTheDark: A character shows their true colors in private. |
| 84 | * WorthyOpponent: Someone respects the person they do battle with as an honorable adversary. |
| 85 | [[/index]] |
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