History Main / NeutralGood

* This seems to be the default alignment for members of the [[{{Batman}} Bat-Family]]. Dick Grayson, Barbara Gordon, and Tim Drake all potentially qualify, motivated most by a desire to help people. Some, though, tend to veer off elsewhere, as with LawfulGood Cassandra Cain, ChaoticGood Stephanie Brown, ChaoticNeutral post-FaceHeelTurn Jason Todd, and TrueNeutral / ChaoticNeutral Damien Wayne, and these ones tend to be noticeably more arms-length (and, [[UnfortunateImplications coincidentally,]] are all the offspring of villains). Bats himself swings between LawfulGood and ChaoticGood, DependingOnTheWriter.

* Michael on ''BurnNotice'' definitely fits this alignment. He'll break laws and hurt people (innocent or no) if it means his goal of overall good can be accomplished. He only directly kills if he absolutely has to but he'd never kill an innocent person.

* This seems to be the default alignment for members of the [[{{Batman}} Bat-Family]]. Dick Grayson, Barbara Gordon, and Tim Drake all potentially qualify, motivated most by a desire to help people. Some, though, tend to veer off elsewhere, as with LawfulGood Cassandra Cain, ChaoticGood Stephanie Brown, ChaoticNeutral / ChaoticEvil post-FaceHeelTurn Jason Todd, and TrueNeutral / ChaoticNeutral / NeutralEvil Damien Wayne, and these ones tend to be noticeably more arms-length (and, [[UnfortunateImplications coincidentally,]] are all the offspring of villains). Bats himself swings between LawfulGood and ChaoticGood, DependingOnTheWriter.

* This seems to be the default alignment for members of the [[{{Batman}} Bat-Family]]. Dick Grayson, Barbara Gordon, and Tim Drake all potentially qualify, motivated most by a desire to help people. Some, though, tend to veer off elsewhere, as with LawfulGood Cassandra Cain, ChaoticGood Stephanie Brown, ChaoticNeutral/ChaoticEvil post-FaceHeelTurn Jason Todd, and TrueNeutral/ChaoticNeutral/NeutralEvil Damien Wayne, and these ones tend to be noticeably more arms-length. Bats himself swings between LawfulGood and ChaoticGood, DependingOnTheWriter.

Others, such as TheMessiah and FriendToAllTheLivingThings, can vary between LawfulGood, NeutralGood and ChaoticGood.

* GentleGiant

* Some {{Nice Guy}}s.

* LoveFreak

* The "ego" in a good-aligned {{Power Trio}}.

Others, such as TheMessiah, can vary between LawfulGood, NeutralGood and ChaoticGood.

** Allelujah Haptism from {{Gundam 00}}. By the time of season 2, his other comrades from the formerly NecessarilyEvil organization Celestial Being shifted to this alignment.

** With the exception of [[{{Gundam 00}} Allelujah Haptism]] (who is Neutral Good since season 1), most members of the former NecessarilyEvil organization Celestial Being shifted to this alignment in season 2.

* Euphemia li Britannia and Nunnally vi Britannia of ''CodeGeass'', two WideEyedIdealist [[DefectorFromDecadence rebellious]] [[RebelliousPrincess princesses]] of the LawfulEvil Holy Britannian Empire. Two of the few indisputably good-aligned characters in a [[BlackAndGrayMorality black-and-gray]] series. [[spoiler: Both are hit especially hard by the show's penchant for BreakTheCutie.]]

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* Tropers who don't want to start an edit war but bend the moderators' rules occasionally. Anyone who makes a shy apologetic "IMHO" entry here, calling a real life person Neutral Good is Neutral Good.
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** With the exception of Allelujah Haptism (who is Neutral Good since season 1), most members of the former NecessarilyEvil organization Celestial Being shifted to this alignment in season 2 of ''{{Gundam 00}}''.

** In ''{{Gundam 00}}'', with the exception of Allelujah (who is Neutral Good since season 1), most members of the former NecessarilyEvil organization Celestial Being shifted to this alignment in season 2.

* Kira Yamato from ''GundamSEED'', particularly after he becomes an [[TheMessiah almost saintly]] MartialPacifist.
** In the same series, Murrue Ramius recognizes the value of the law and tries to abide by it as much as she can, but follows her own conscience first, even if it means breaking laws or military regulations in the name of the greater good.
* [[The08thMSTeam Shiro Amada]] probably falls into this moral category.
* In ''{{Gundam 00}}'', the former NecessarilyEvil organization Celestial Being shifted to this alignment in season 2.

* Somewhere between "Literature" and "Comics", there are the protagonists of the XWingSeries. Wedge Antilles might seem LawfulGood but will disobey orders, frequently citing TunnelOfAvoidance, if he sees the need. He's a [[MildlyMilitary Mildly]] MilitaryMaverick who gets enough success that the New Republic loves him. He also leaves the New Republic when he finds that the Rogues can't get back at a traitor due to diplomatic immunity, and all of his subordinates follow.

** [[{{Tsundere}} Akane Tendo]] generally leans towards NeutralGood behavior (vainly striving to emulate both her fathers samurai heritage and her eldest sister's kindness and traditionally femininine skills), and being respectful of authority figures until they prove unworthy of that respect or willing to bend rules if she absolutely must, but whether this gives her this alignment, or she is more ChaoticNeutral or a possible "average" of ChaoticGood is a BaseBreaker issue. On one hand, she is a generally pleasant, helpful, compassionate, naive, hard-working, idealistic, and very heroic person, admired by her peers for her general demeanor, who is willing to forgive extreme wrongdoings (for example, return unprovoked attempted murder with saving Shampoo's life, or similarly helps and is compassionate towards Taro after he holds her hostage) and she has regularly been willing to sacrifice herself for the safety of others, most frequently Ranma himself, such as putting her life at risk to find a cure for Ranma's ModeLock, or even consciously trading her own for his through magical items when he had been lethally poisoned. On the other hand, she can also be stubborn, self-centered and quite volatile. After Ranma and her big sister Nabiki each separately makie fun of or belittling her, Akane unthinkingly destroys the balcony, and Ranma saves Nabiki from the fall, whereas his fiancee sprains her ankle. Akane had been very afraid for Nabiki's safety, but still felt sore from feeling like an unwanted joke, and makes a careless insincere statement that 'he could take Nabiki instead if he liked her so much', which Nabiki uses as manipulation to transfer the engagement instead. The biggest contention is that she is easily set off when Ranma is either found in extremely compromising NotWhatItLooksLike scenarios, or he repeatedly stomps on her sense of self-worth and exertions by insensitively, arrogantly, or gloatingly insulting her most sensitive spots and manic efforts over and over. It is understandable that she gets upset about this, and she does seem to have some form of autistic awkwardness with figuring out or difficulty managing her feelings combined with a mood-disorder, as her volatile feelings are quite genuine and not so easy to dismiss as 'spiels' or tantrums, but the [[JerkAss extremely violent reactions]] usually definitely [[UnderStatement seem excessive]]... although it is a comedy setting with superhumanly strong characters so it is exaggerated for [[RuleOfFunny comedic effect]]. Hence instead of a slap it's a fridge in the face or punching him towards the horizon, but she also has a tendency to unthinkingly lash out verbally when this happens, and then recurrently feels ashamed and apologises if she is shown to have been wrong. She also makes an extreme effort with her cooking, but as with various other things Akane gets so worked up about succeeding with everything, living up to high standards, and stop feeling worthless that she turns too tense to develop any skills or managing to focus on and understand the recipes , so it's usually [[LethalChef very]] [[CordonBleughChef inedible]]. Ranma's consistent means of dealing with it is not exactly to "politely encourage her to relax, help her to learn to do better, and better luck next time", it's usually in the vein of calling it uneataable slop or toxic waste, and rudely running away. However, after some humiliating instruction from Ranma's mother Nodoka, the particular problem of not tasting her food and making it downright horrible is actually something Akane has worked off by the Ryugensawa forest arc. She is here very aware of her shortcomings, does taste her food, can make simple dishes such as curry, tofu, or tea, and is surprised and overjoyed if anyone likes it. She is still not a good cook but no longer a dangerous one. Regardless, [[EpilepticTrees some]] [[FanDumb fans]] consider her an inverted JerkWithAHeartOfGold, meaning someone who is only faking all of her good intents and displays her true nature only when thoroughly upset. The BelligerentSexualTension in combination with his constant belittling insults also make her behave much worse towards her fiance, Ranma Saotome, than anyone else. For comparison, in the storyline covering Mousse's return to Japan, she forgives him in a matter of moments and offers to help him try and get Shampoo to fall in love with him -- despite the fact he just kidnapped her and threatened to give her a [[BalefulPolymorph Jusenkyo duck curse]] a few minutes ago. Later that storyline, when Ranma dislikes the idea of throwing a fight to let Mousse seem strong enough for Shampoo (who Ranma considers as a murderous pest) to accept him, she reminds Ranma that he might get rid of of Shampoo's cat form following him around, which is extra bothersome given his intense ailurophobia, and he goes along with it until Mousse decides to to use killing combat. Whether Akane's argument qualifies as [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking morally offensive]] or not is a YourMileageMayVary. Others simply don't like her emotional naivete.

** Akane Tendo's status as NeutralGood or ChaoticNeutral is a BaseBreaker issue. One one hand, she is a generally pleasant, helpful, compassionate, naive, hard-working, idealistic, and very heroic person, admired by her peers for her general demeanor, who is willing to forgive extreme wrongdoings (return unprovoked attempted murder with saving Shampoo's life) and she has regularly been willing to sacrifice herself for the safety of others, most frequently Ranma himself, such as putting her life at risk to find a cure for Ranma's ModeLock, or even consciously trading her own for his through magical items when he had been lethally poisoned. On the other hand, she can also be stubborn, self-centered and quite volatile. After Ranma and her big sister Nabiki each separately makie fun of or belittling her, Akane unthinkingly destroys the balcony, and Ranma saves Nabiki from the fall, whereas his fiancee sprains her ankle. Akane had been very afraid for Nabiki's safety, but still felt sore from feeling like an unwanted joke, and makes a careless insincere statement that 'he could take Nabiki instead if he liked her so much', which Nabiki uses as manipulation to transfer the engagement instead. The biggest contention is that she is easily set off when Ranma is either found in extremely compromising NotWhatItLooksLike scenarios, or he repeatedly stomps on her sense of self-worth and exertions by insensitively, arrogantly, or gloatingly insulting her most sensitive spots and manic efforts over and over. It is understandable that she gets upset about this, and she does seem to have some form of autistic awkwardness with figuring out or difficulty managing her feelings combined with a mood-disorder, as her volatile feelings are quite genuine and not so easy to dismiss as 'spiels' or tantrums, but the [[JerkAss extremely violent reactions]] usually definitely seem excessive... although it is a comedy setting with superhumanly strong characters so it is exaggerated for comedic effect. Hence instead of a slap it's a fridge in the face or punching him towards the horizon. She also makes an extreme effort with her cooking, but as with various other things Akane gets so worked up about succeeding with everything, living up to high standards, and stop feeling worthless that she turns too tense to develop any skills or managing to focus on and understand the recipes , so it's usually [[LethalChef very]] [[CordonBleughChef inedible]]. Ranma's consistent means of dealing with it is not exactly to "politely encourage her to relax, help her to learn to do better, and better luck next time", it's usually in the vein of calling it uneataable slop or toxic waste, and rudely running away. However, after some humiliating instruction from Ranma's mother Nodoka, the particular problem of not tasting her food and making it downright horrible is actually something Akane has worked off by the Ryugensawa forest arc. She is here very aware of her shortcomings, does taste her food, can make simple dishes such as curry, tofu, or tea, and is surprised and overjoyed if anyone likes it. She is still not a good cook but no longer a dangerous one.

** Akane Tendo's status as NeutralGood or ChaoticNeutral is a BaseBreaker issue. One one hand, she is a generally pleasant, helpful, compassionate, naive, hard-working, idealistic, and very heroic person, admired by her peers for her general demeanor, who is willing to forgive extreme wrongdoings (return unprovoked attempted murder with saving Shampoo's life) and she has regularly been willing to sacrifice herself for the safety of others, most frequently Ranma himself, such as putting her life at risk to find a cure for Ranma's ModeLock, or even consciously trading her own for his through magical items when he had been lethally poisoned. On the other hand, she can also be stubborn, self-centered and quite volatile. After Ranma and her big sister Nabiki each separately makie fun of or belittling her, Akane unthinkingly destroys the balcony, and Ranma saves Nabiki from the fall, whereas his fiancee sprains her ankle. Akane had been very afraid for Nabiki's safety, but still felt sore from feeling like an unwanted joke, and makes a careless insincere statement that 'he could take Nabiki instead if he liked her so much', which Nabiki uses as manipulation to transfer the engagement instead. The biggest contention is that she is easily set off when Ranma is either found in extremely compromising NotWhatItLooksLike scenarios, or he repeatedly stomps on her sense of self-worth and exertions by insensitively, arrogantly, or gloatingly insulting her most sensitive spots and manic efforts over and over. It is understandable that she gets upset about this, and she does seem to have some form of autistic awkwardness with figuring out or difficulty managing her feelings combined with a mood-disorder, as her volatile feelings are quite genuine and not so easy to dismiss as 'spiels' or tantrums, but the [[JerkAss extremely violent reactions]] usually definitely seem excessive... although it is a comedy setting so it is exaggerated for comedic effect. Hence instead of a slap it's a table or punching him towards the horizon. She also makes an extreme effort with her cooking, but as with various other things Akane gets so worked up about succeeding with everything, living up to high standards, and stop feeling worthless that she turns too tense to develop any skills or managing to focus on and understand the recipes , so it's usually [[LethalChef very]] [[CordonBleughChef inedible]]. Ranma's consistent means of dealing with it is not exactly to "politely encourage her to relax, help her to learn to do better, and better luck next time", it's usually in the vein of calling it uneataable slop or toxic waste, and rudely running away. However, after some humiliating instruction from Ranma's mother Nodoka, the particular problem of not tasting her food and making it downright horrible is actually something Akane has worked off by the Ryugensawa forest arc. She is here very aware of her shortcomings, does taste her food, can make simple dishes such as curry, tofu, or tea, and is surprised and overjoyed if anyone likes it. She is still not a good cook but no longer a dangerous one.

** Akane Tendo's status as NeutralGood or ChaoticNeutral is a BaseBreaker issue. One one hand, she is a generally pleasant, helpful, compassionate, naive, hard-working, idealistic, and very heroic person, admired by her peers for her general demeanor, who is willing to forgive extreme wrongdoings (return unprovoked attempted murder with saving Shampoo's life) and she has regularly been willing to sacrifice herself for the safety of others, most frequently Ranma himself, such as putting her life at risk to find a cure for Ranma's ModeLock, or even consciously trading her own for his through magical items when he had been lethally poisoned. On the other hand, she can also be stubborn, self-centered and quite volatile. After Ranma and her big sister Nabiki each separately makie fun of or belittling her, Akane unthinkingly destroys the balcony, and Ranma saves Nabiki from the fall, whereas his fiancee sprains her ankle. Akane had been very afraid for Nabiki's safety, but still felt sore from feeling like an unwanted joke, and makes a careless insincere statement that 'he could take Nabiki instead if he liked her so much', which Nabiki uses as manipulation to transfer the engagement instead. The biggest contention is that she is easily set off when Ranma is either found in extremely compromising NotWhatItLooksLike scenarios, or he repeatedly stomps on her sense of self-worth and exertions by insensitively, arrogantly, or gloatingly insulting her most sensitive spots and manic efforts over and over. It is understandable that she gets upset about this, and she does seem to have some form of autistic awkwardness with figuring out or difficulty managing her feelings combined with a mood-disorder, as her volatile feelings are quite genuine and not so easy to dismiss as 'spiels' or tantrums, but the [[JerkAss extremely violent reactions]] usually definitely seem excessive... although it is a comedy setting so it is exaggerated for comedic effect. Hence instead of a slap it's a table or punching him towards the horizon. She also makes an extreme effort with her cooking, but as with various other things Akane gets so worked up about succeeding with everything, living up to high standards, and stop feeling worthless that she turns too tense to develop any skills or managing to focus on and understand the recipes , so it's usually [[LethalChef very]], [[CordonBleughChef inedible]]. Ranma's consistent means of dealing with it is not exactly to "politely encourage her to relax, help her to learn to do better, and better luck next time", it's usually in the vein of calling it slop or toxic waste, and rudely running away.

** Akane Tendo's status as NeutralGood or ChaoticNeutral is a BaseBreaker issue. One one hand, she is a generally pleasant, helpful, compassionate, naive, hard-working, idealistic, and very heroic person, admired by her peers for her general demeanor, who is willing to forgive extreme wrongdoings (return unprovoked attempted murder with saving Shampoo's life) and she has regularly been willing to sacrifice herself for the safety of others, most frequently Ranma himself, such as putting her life at risk to find a cure for Ranma's ModeLock, or even consciously trading her own for his through magical items when he had been lethally poisoned. On the other hand, she can also be stubborn, self-centered and quite volatile. After Ranma and her big sister Nabiki each separately makie fun of or belittling her, Akane unthinkingly destroys the balcony, and Ranma saves Nabiki from the fall, whereas his fiancee sprains her ankle. Akane had been very afraid for Nabiki's safety, but still felt sore from feeling like an unwanted joke, and makes a careless insincere statement that 'he could take Nabiki instead if he liked her so much', which Nabiki uses as manipulation to transfer the engagement instead. The biggest contention is that she is easily set off when Ranma is either found in extremely compromising NotWhatItLooksLike scenarios, or he repeatedly stomps on her sense of self-worth and exertions by insensitively, arrogantly, or gloatingly insulting her most sensitive spots over and over. It is understandable that she gets upset about this, and she does seem to have some form of autistic awkwardness with feelings compared with mood-disorder, as her volatile feelings are quite genuine and not so easy to dismiss as 'spiels' or tantrums, but the extremely violent reactions usually definitely seem excessive... although it is a comedy setting so it looks worse than it is. She also makes an extreme effort with her cooking, but as with various other things Akane gets so worked up about succeeding with everything, living up to high standards, and stop feeling worthless that she turns too tense to develop any skills or managing to focus on and understand the recipes , so it's usually [[LethalChef very]], [[CordonBleughChef inedible]]. Ranma's consistent means of dealing with it is not exactly to "politely encourage her to relax, help her to learn to do better, and better luck next time", it's usually in the vein of calling it slop or toxic waste, and rudely running away.

** Akane Tendo's status as NeutralGood or ChaoticNeutral is a BaseBreaker issue. One one hand, she is a generally pleasant person, admired by her peers for her general demeanor, who is willing to forgive wrongdoings (particularly those not commited by Ranma) and she has been willing to sacrifice herself on several occasions, such as putting her life at risk to find a cure for Ranma's ModeLock. On the other hand, she can also be selfish, stubborn, self-centered and quite volatile, to the point she once broke off her engagement with Ranma because he saved Nabiki from a fall and then pointed out he had to do so because Nabiki was a "normal girl" who lacked Akane's martial arts training... despite the fact ''she had been afraid for Nabiki's safety for those very same reasons mere moments ago''. The biggest contention is how easy she is to set off when Ranma Saotome is involved, and the JerkAss extents she can go to when angered, particularly by Ranma. Some notable examples include threatening him with a knife for an innocuous comment she misconstrued as a comment on her cooking ability, throwing a tantrum after he politely excused himself from a meal to go training and she found she had, [[LethalChef as usual]], [[CordonBleughChef ruined]] it, and at least once not only ignored his attempt to explain how something was NotWhatItLooksLike (specifically, why he was [[ThanksForTheMammary apparently groping Hinako]] but deliberately remembered him as the villain in that exchange afterwards.

* Most [[GuileHero Guile Heroes]]

* Guile Heroes

Others, such as TheMessiah, can vary between LawfulGood and NeutralGood.