Shepard: You two have been with me longer than most. You believed in me when nobody else did. Thanks.
Tali: We'll finish this the way we started it... together.
Garrus: Damn right!
Tali: We'll finish this the way we started it... together.
Garrus: Damn right!
Tropes about being loyal to someone or something and the reasons behind said loyalty.
Compare A Trusting Index. Contrast Betrayal Tropes.
Tropes:
Also see:
- Allegiance Affirmation: A character confirms where their loyalties lie.
- Anti-Mutiny
- Attack on One Is an Attack on All: Attacking a member of a group is considered the same as attacking the group itself.
- Because You Were Nice to Me: Someone shows loyalty towards a person in gratitude of showing them kindness.
- Black Shirt: A member of the team who secretly wishes for the enemy to win so they can side with them.
- Blind Obedience: Following a superior's orders without question.
- Blood Brothers
- Blood Oath
- Broken-System Dogmatist: Someone continues to follow an irreparably-broken system.
- Captain Patriotic: A superhero who serves the ideals of their nation.
- The Caretaker
- The Cavalry
- The Champion
- Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: An associate of a dumb or eccentric person whose purpose is to prevent their stupid or loony friend's antics from causing too much trouble.
- Conflicting Loyalty
- Criminal Found Family
- Declaration of Protection
- Desperately Needs Orders: Someone who is so dependent on following the lead of others that they struggle to act on their own initiative.
- The Dutiful Son
- Failure Knight
- Family of Choice
- Financial Test of Friendship
- Fire-Forged Friends: Allies who are brought together by difficult times.
- Happiness in Mind Control
- Happiness in Slavery: A person who is content with being a slave.
- Heroic Vow: The hero makes a promise that they intend to keep at all costs.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: Two friends of the same gender who are so close that it would be understandable to mistake them for lovers.
- Honor Before Reason: Doing the honorable thing even when it wouldn't be the sensible thing to do.
- I Am Spartacus: When the villain comes looking for the hero, everyone else claims to be the hero to protect their savior.
- I Control My Minions Through... Loyalty variant
- I Gave My Word: Honoring a promise you made.
- Immigrant Patriotism: An outsider who adopts a new culture and favors it over his original culture.
- I Owe You My Life: Swearing a debt of loyalty to another person who helped you out when you needed it most.
- In Its Hour of Need
- Instant Allegiance Artifact
- The Jeeves
- Just Following Orders: The subordinates try to excuse that they don't deserve punishment on the grounds that their actions were instructed and it was their job to do as they were told.
- Just Giving Orders: The one in charge tries to shift the blame for their actions onto the subordinates who followed their orders.
- Lawful Evil
- Lawful Good
- Lawful Neutral
- Lawful Stupid
- Legacy of Service (in the case of servants)
- Let the Bully Win: Staying on your superior's good side by letting them win whenever the two of you are in a competition.
- Loyal Animal Companion
- Loyal to the Position
- Loyalty Mission
- Martyrdom Culture: A culture that values loyalty to the point members are willing to die for it.
- Morality Chain
- Morality Chain Beyond the Grave
- Muggle in Mage Custody
- My Country, Right or Wrong
- My Master, Right or Wrong
- Nested Ownership: Servants have their own servants.
- Ordered to Die: A person is instructed to kill themselves.
- Overzealous Underling
- Patriotic Fervor
- Platonic Life-Partners: Two friends of the opposite gender who are so close that it would be understandable to mistake them for lovers.
- Principles Zealot: A person won't recant their principles, even when it's better to do so.
- Professional Butt-Kisser
- Psycho Supporter
- Rash Promise
- Recruited from the Gutter
- Releasing from the Promise
- The Reliable One
- The Remnant: A group that continues fighting even though their side has already lost the war.
- The Renfield: A vampire's loyal human servant.
- Sarcastic Devotee
- Screw the Money, I Have Rules!: A character shows their integrity by refusing to accept a bribe.
- Seduction-Proof Marriage: A married person refuses to cheat on their spouse no matter how much they may be tempted to do so.
- Sergeant Rock
- Servile Snarker: A servant who isn't above making remarks at their boss's expense.
- Sour Supporter: An ally who helps out in spite of making no effort to hide their contempt for the people they're assisting.
- Species Loyalty
- Subordinate Excuse
- Supporting the Monster Loved One
- Sycophantic Servant
- Thicker Than Water
- Treachery Is a Special Kind of Evil
- True Companions: Close friends who strongly value their loyalties to each other.
- Undying Loyalty: Staying absolutely devoted and faithful to someone or something to the bitter end.
- Villainous Friendship: Villains who are the best of friends.
- War Comes Home War has come to their homeland and they will give their lives for it.
- Yes-Man: A subordinate who agrees with everything their boss says.
