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Jerry
Since: Aug, 2013
WarJay77
(Troper Knight)
2025-10-29 07:58:34
^ nah, that's not it.
I don't think this is a trope at all so much as the characters just having principles and opposing bad or pointless rules. They're basically just not being selfish.
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Jerry
Since: Aug, 2013
2025-10-29 08:02:47
I got there from Screw the Money, I Have Rules!, which was my first thought... and which equally would fit the idea in many cases, but not the ones listed.
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A character opposes a decision even though it's quite obvious it would affect them the least or not at all, or even benefit them.