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* ''JadeEmpire'' with several of its quests (and the good ending, for that matter). Especially the drowned orphan ghosts one...

* If you helped people in ''MassEffect1'' and transferred your save file, in ''MassEffect2'' you will get e-mails from people you helped. It really makes you feel good to see those e-mails from those grateful people. The stand-out is Talitha if you had the Colonist backstory.

May lead to a RedemptionDemotion because GoodIsDumb, and while good feels good, its selling point is not predicated on giving out power. No less often, the bad guy will [[IgnoredEpiphany "resist" the temptation of good]], or find [[ChronicVillainy he can't quit]] the PsychoSerum that is capital E [[EvilTropes Evil]], much to his own dismay. May also lead to a RedemptionPromotion because ThePowerOfTrust facilitates teamwork and ThePowerOfFriendship aids [[GoodFeelsGood Motivation]].

* Recently, an event in LA had booths with [[{{Halo}} Halo: Reach]] up to play. It also had celebrities playing. Well, Justin Beiber comes in with a few of his security guards and intimidates a few to leave. Then he [[OhCrap tries this]] on NathanFillion. Nathan Fillion stays his ground and then plays Beiber in a game of Halo: Reach. Then he posted on Twitter "Spanked Justin Beiber in Halo Reach. Felt good."

** In a later comic, though, he's bitter and isolationist again, because he tried to do good and be good and failed, because that's edgier. [[DisContinuity We don't like what happened there.]]

* In ''{{Charmed}}'', Phoebe mentions how good it feels to actually do good deeds, in her case saving a man's life.

* Recently, an event in LA had booths with [[{{Halo}} Halo: Reach]] up to play. It also had celebrities playing. Well, Justin Beiber comes in with a few of his security guards and intimates a few to leave. Then he [[OhCrap tries this]] on NathanFillion. Nathan Fillion stays his ground and then plays Beiber in a game of Halo: Reach. Then he posted on Twitter "Spanked Justin Beiber in Halo Reach. Felt good."

* Team Rocket from ''{{Pokemon}}'' take pretty much every chance they can get to help save the world (mostly in the movies).

Compare ForHappiness and GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex. See also PowerOfTrust and RousseauWasRight. Contrast BeingGoodSucks.

* Abe Lincoln: "When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad. That’s my religion."

TheMole may end up BecomingTheMask from [[HundredPercentHeroismRating the cheering crowds]], the feeling inside that [[LoveRedeems he is loved]], and have made one or more others safe (and not having to worry about jail time!). Good can be headier than any [[EvilTastesGood evil banquet]] or [[AGlassOfChianti wine]], and won't leave [[BeingEvilSucks a horrible aftertaste]]. ThePowerOfFriendship itself can make a normally [[{{Villain}} evil]] [[CharacterAlignment aligned character]] [[HeelRealization question]] (and [[MookFaceTurn outright change)]] [[HeelFaceTurn his allegiances and alignment]] when [[TheReveal he knows]] [[HelpFaceTurn his boss cares less for him]] [[ItsAllAboutMe than his black cape]], while [[CharacterMagneticTeam his new friends]] [[AFriendInNeed will risk life and limb for him]].

Usually results in a HeelFaceTurn, and if part of an evil team, a falling out/[[EnemyCivilWar civil war]]. Of course, this results in VillainDecay because GoodIsDumb, and while good feels good, its selling point is not predicated on giving out power. No less often, the bad guy will [[IgnoredEpiphany "resist" the temptation of good]], or find [[ChronicVillainy he can't quit]] the PsychoSerum that is capital E [[EvilTropes Evil]], much to his own dismay.

** Slightly subverted in the sequel, ''Making Money''. Moist's job has become boring and his mood has deteriorated to the point where he is breaking into his own building because he can, and even carrying around a blackjack despite the fact the he loathes weapons. Vetinari also implies that he has been embezzling. He starts acting heroically again after being tricked and cocerced into a new job as the head of a bank. Seems that Moist would rather be a bad guy with an interesting life than a good guy with a boring one, but being a good guy with an interesting life is even better.

Compare GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex. See also PowerOfTrust and RousseauWasRight. Contrast BeingGoodSucks.

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* "The Patient" by[[Tool]] seems to be about this trope, its lyrics suggesting that being a kind and loving person is its own reward, even if it isn't easy.

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* Lara, TheMole in the XWingSeries, finds this and the PowerOfFriendship surrounded by the pilots of Wraith Squadron, and very quickly starts BecomingTheMask.

* As of the fifth volume finale of ''{{Heroes}}'', [[spoiler:a freshly-turned Sylar seems to have finally settled on this -- subduing Eric Doyle and tying him up for the police really did feel better than going the extra mile and killing him.]]

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-->'''He-Man:''' ''He'' saved ''you''?

-->'''Skeletor:''' I don't ''want'' to feel good! I like to feel ''evil''!

* In ''SalvationWar'' a demon herald Memnon, after his defection to humans, contemplates on how nice it feels to have superiors who care about him, appreciate his abilities and praise him for his achievements instead of constant cavils, threats and general neglect he recieved from his masters in Hell.