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1->''"Side? I am on nobody's side, because nobody is on my side, little orc."''
2-->-- '''Treebeard''', ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''
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4This index is neither good nor evil and it is willing to never choose any side but its own (maybe it will, maybe it won't). Here's an index about neutrality.
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6Contrast GoodnessTropes and EvilTropes.
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8!!Tropes:
9[[index]]
10* AboveGoodAndEvil: Character does their own thing without regard for good or evil.
11* AdoptTheDog: Morally ambiguous character performs a good deed.
12* ApatheticCitizens: The townspeople refuse to get involved in affairs that don't concern them.
13* ApatheticClerk: Doesn't care about who they sell they products to, even if they might use them for nefarious purposes.
14* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant: Neutrality doesn't prevent this character from lashing out at those who antagonize them.
15* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Type of morality that lacks a grasp of good and evil.
16* BystanderSyndrome: Character refusing to get involved in a crisis that doesn't concern him.
17* ChaoticNeutral: Character who is not only neutral but also rebellious and quite selfish depending on their personality.
18* ChoosingNeutrality: A good or evil character chooses the side of neutrality.
19* DefaultToGood: A neutral character decides to side with the good guys when it comes down to it.
20* GodIsNeutral: The supreme deity is neither good nor evil.
21* GreyAndGrayMorality: Nobody in this conflict is completely good or completely evil.
22** GreyAndGrayInsanity: Believing that everyone in a conflict is just as bad as one another, when it's far from the case.
23* HazyFeelTurn: A morally ambiguous character switches sides to another morally ambiguous faction.
24* HeroicNeutral: They want to be left alone, and only get involved in the conflict when they are threatened by the villains.
25* ImpartialPurposeDrivenFaction: A faction, group, or organization that ignores taking sides in favor of pursuing their own non-political agenda.
26* LawfulNeutral: Character who is not only neutral but more focused on their own version of law and order than the greater good.
27* MoralityKitchenSink: A work with various facets of morality.
28* NeutralInNameOnly: A group professes neutrality but in practice is heavily aligned to one side.
29* NeutralNoLonger: A neutral character chooses a side either good or evil.
30* TheNeutralZone: A place owned by neither side of a conflict between waring factions. It's fair game what happens here.
31* NeutralityBacklash: A character refusing to choose a side rallies both sides against them.
32* NeutralitySue: Because they're neutral, they can do whatever they want.
33* NoPointsForNeutrality: Neutral character receives nothing due to being on nobody's side.
34* NotAlwaysEvil: The mooks are revealed to not be inherently evil by nature.
35* NotInThisForYourRevolution: They fight the fight, but for their own reasons.
36* OmnicidalNeutral: Neutrality allows a character to [[LeaveNoSurvivors kill everyone]].
37* PlayingBothSides: One organization or person plays two sides against one another.
38* RunningBothSides: Both sides of a conflict are secretly being run by the same organization or person.
39* StupidNeutral: When neutrality makes a character do stupid things.
40* TeamSwitzerland: A third party refuses to take any side.
41* TrueNeutral: The character is neither good, evil, lawful, or chaotic. They're simply the ultimate alignment of neutrality.
42* {{Ubermensch}}: A character who lives by a personal code rather than a societal or divine moral code.
43* WildCard: Character who is inconsistent with their moral alignment.
44* WithUsOrAgainstUs: Treating neutrality as at least as bad as choosing evil.
45[[/index]]

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