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->''"I believe most people are inherently good... but overcoming our nature is what separates us from the animals."''
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* ''AManForAllSeasons'' has Richard Rich, a young acquaintance of Sir Thomas More, who asks Thomas to use his influence to secure him a powerful position at the Royal Court. More, however, knows full well that Rich is corruptible, and instead recommends that Rich accept a job as a schoolteacher, where he won't be tempted. In the end, [[spoiler: Rich ''does'' get an important position- that of the attorney-general for Wales- given to him by More's rival and the {{villain}} of the piece, Thomas Cromwell. In exchange for the job, he [[MiscarriageOfJustice commits flagrant perjury]] that sends Sir Thomas More to the executioner.]]
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* ''AManForAllSeasons'' has Richard Rich, a young acquaintance of Sir Thomas More, who asks Thomas to use his influence to secure him a powerful position at the Royal Court. More, however, knows full well that Rich is corruptible, and instead recommends that Rich accept a job as a schoolteacher, where he won't be tempted. In the end, [[spoiler: Rich ''does'' get an important position- that of the attorney-general for Wales- given to him by More's rival and the {{villain}} of the piece, Thomas Cromwell. In exchange for the job, he [[MiscarriageOfJustice commits flagrant perjury]] that sends Sir Thomas More to the executioner.]] More's response? "Why Richard, it profits a man nothing to give his soul for the whole world... but for Wales?"]]
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* Dillon in PowerRangersSPD due to being a part machine hybrid with BigBad Venjix's technology inside him. The threat of being taken over completely was a major theme of the series. Of course given what show it is, there was little chance ThePowerOfFriendship the ThePowerOfLove wouldn't win out.
* Dillon in PowerRangersSPD due to being a part machine hybrid with BigBad Venjix's technology inside him. The threat of being taken over completely was a major theme of the series. Of course given what show it is, there was little chance ThePowerOfFriendship the ThePowerOfLove wouldn't win out.
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Contrast BigBadFriend, where the character is evil all along, and TheMole, where the character is evil all along and works to undermine the rest of the team. The most likely member of a FiveManBand to be this is TheLancer, though sometimes TheHero has this, too. See also TokenEvilTeammate. The opposite of IncorruptiblePurePureness. A character with poor resistance to ''supernatural'' influence is WeakWilled, not TheCorruptible.
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Contrast BigBadFriend, where the character is evil all along, and TheMole, where the character is evil all along and works to undermine the rest of the team. The most likely member of a FiveManBand to be this is TheLancer, though sometimes TheHero has this, too. See also TokenEvilTeammate. The opposite of IncorruptiblePurePureness. A character with poor resistance to ''supernatural'' influence is WeakWilled, not TheCorruptible. See also CorruptTheCutie, when a sweet and lovable character gradually turns to the dark side.
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** And now, this is Guts whenever he is under the influence of his EnemyWithin, the Beast.
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* Throughout the Heaven's Feel path of FateStayNight, there is constant fear of [[NiceGirl Sakura]] [[YamatoNadeshiko Matou]] succumbing to TheCorruption. [[spoiler:She eventually does, but only after resisting more than seems humanly possible.]]
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* In ''ComicBook/AllFallDown'', [[spoiler:Pronto]] proves to be this. He simply wants his powers back more than anything.
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->'''Richard Rich:''' I'm adrift. Help me.\\
'''Thomas More:''' How?\\
'''Richard Rich:''' Employ me.\\
'''Thomas More:''' No.\\
'''Richard Rich:''' Employ me!\\
'''Thomas More:''' No!\\
'''Richard Rich:''' I would be steadfast!\\
'''Thomas More:''' Richard, you couldn't answer for yourself ''even so far as tonight''.
-->-- ''AManForAllSeasons''
'''Thomas More:''' How?\\
'''Richard Rich:''' Employ me.\\
'''Thomas More:''' No.\\
'''Richard Rich:''' Employ me!\\
'''Thomas More:''' No!\\
'''Richard Rich:''' I would be steadfast!\\
'''Thomas More:''' Richard, you couldn't answer for yourself ''even so far as tonight''.
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'''Thomas More:''' No.\\
'''Richard Rich:''' Employ me!\\
'''Thomas More:''' No!\\
'''Richard Rich:''' I would be steadfast!\\
'''Thomas More:''' Richard, you couldn't answer for yourself ''even so far as tonight''.
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** Isildur himself also qualifies big-time -- without his fall to the evil influence of the Ring, it would not have survived the fall of its master. The race of Men in general are easier to corrupt to evil than the other major races, though there are those who resist such corruption.
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* In the ''CiaphasCain'' books, Cain's enemies always assume that he is the corruptible. Fortunately, they are wrong. (At least, so long as [[AntiMagic Jurgen's]] around, and [[SlaveToPR there's an audience armed with guns watching him]].)\\
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** In point of fact, Sauron's downfall was ultimately a consequence of his inability to conceive that any individual could defy this trope for long where the One Ring is concerned. He was almost right actually.
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* Marqua from ''Card Players'' [[spoiler: which ultimately gets her killed.]]
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* Griffith from Berserk is a prime example of this trope. While not wholly "good," Griffith's strongest trait was his love and loyalty for his men. Eventually he sacrificed his men to a horde of demons in order to turn himself into a demon-god.
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* Throughout the Heaven's Feel path of FateStayNight, there is constant fear of [[NiceGirl Sakura]] [[YamatoNadeshiko Matou]] succumbing to TheCorruption. [[spoiler:She eventually does, but only after resisting more than seems humanly possible.]]
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Regardless of his constant Face Heel Turn, Vice do not count because he wasn\'t even corrupted by anything, just having DEEP issues
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* Vice from the ''TacticsOgre'' series. He pulls a FaceHeelTurn on both routes at the end of the first chapter, regardless of what option the player chooses.
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* Griffith from Berserk is a prime example of this trope. While not wholly "good," Griffith's strongest trait was his love and loyalty for his men. Eventually he sacrificed his men to a horde of demons in order to turn himself into a demon-god.
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* Vice from the ''TacticsOgre'' series. He pulls a FaceHeelTurn on both routes at the end of the first chapter, regardless of what option the player chooses.
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Contrast BigBadFriend, where the character is evil all along, and TheMole, where the character is evil all along and works to undermine the rest of the team. The most likely member of a FiveManBand to be this is TheLancer, though sometimes TheHero has this, too. See also TokenEvilTeammate. The opposite of IncorruptiblePurePureness.
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* Jedi Knight Quinlan Vos of the Star Wars: Clone Wars comic series is a perfect example of this trope. He is constantly fighting his darker urges and experiences so many [[HeelFaceTurn Heel Face Turns]] that halfway through the series you have no idea what side he's on...and neither does he. He even has several climactic battles with his inner darkness while fighting an external darkness at the same time. The kicker? His master tells him that, even after his major victory over himself and the enemy, he is still not free from the DarkSide. He will ''always'' struggle. What makes him a hero? ''He never gives up the fight.''
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* Jedi Knight Quinlan Vos of the Star Wars: Clone Wars comic series is a perfect example of this trope. He is constantly fighting his darker urges and experiences so many [[HeelFaceTurn Heel Face Turns]] alignment]] [[FaceHeelTurn shifts]] that halfway through the series you have no idea what side he's on...and neither does he. He even has several climactic battles with his inner darkness while fighting an external darkness at the same time. The kicker? His master tells him that, even after his major victory over himself and the enemy, he is still not free from the DarkSide.TheDarkSide. He will ''always'' struggle. What makes him a hero? ''He never gives up the fight.''
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** Gollum even more so. He fell to the Ring's influence almost immediately after finding it and murdered his best friend for it.
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* Jedi Knight Quinlan Vos of the Star Wars: Clone Wars comic series is a perfect example of this trope. He is constantly fighting his darker urges and experiences so many [[HeelFaceTurn Heel Face Turns]] that halfway through the series you have no idea what side he's on...and neither does he. He even has several climactic battles with his inner darkness while fighting an external darkness at the same time. The kicker? His master tells him that, even after his major victory over himself and the enemy, he is still not free from the DarkSide. He will ''always'' struggle. What makes him a hero? ''He never gives up the fight.''
* Jedi Knight Quinlan Vos of the Star Wars: Clone Wars comic series is a perfect example of this trope. He is constantly fighting his darker urges and experiences so many [[HeelFaceTurn Heel Face Turns]] that halfway through the series you have no idea what side he's on...and neither does he. He even has several climactic battles with his inner darkness while fighting an external darkness at the same time. The kicker? His master tells him that, even after his major victory over himself and the enemy, he is still not free from the DarkSide. He will ''always'' struggle. What makes him a hero? ''He never gives up the fight.''
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* ''SoulEater'' has this for many characters, especially [[spoiler: Stein]] and [[spoiler: Crona]].
** It's also said that while everyone has some kind of insanity in them, some are more susceptible to {{The Corruption}} of Asura than others. Then again, Stein also said that those who had strong faith were ''less'' likely to be driven mad. [[spoiler:That one [[TheMole backfired]] [[MadnessMakeover quite]] amusingly.]]
** It's also said that while everyone has some kind of insanity in them, some are more susceptible to {{The Corruption}} of Asura than others. Then again, Stein also said that those who had strong faith were ''less'' likely to be driven mad. [[spoiler:That one [[TheMole backfired]] [[MadnessMakeover quite]] amusingly.]]
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* In the [[ZeldaManga Legend of Zelda: Four Swords manga,]] Shadow Link hoped Vio might be one of these. [[spoiler: Turns out, he wasn't.]]
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* Not realising Anakin Skywalker was this caused many, ''many'' problems in ''StarWars''.
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* Not realising Anakin Skywalker was this caused many, ''many'' problems in ''StarWars''.
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* Some Gospel passages in the [[TheBible New Testament]] have Judas be one of these, often questioning Jesus' teachings.
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* In PoulAnderson's ''WorldWithoutStars'', the crew of a crashed starship must survive among the primitive natives of a planet mostly conquered by a race of telepaths. Before meeting a group of these telepaths in person, the protagonist specifically explains to the reader that telepathic powers aren't actually that dangerous because "you know your own nervous system better than anyone, and you're closer to it". And then it turns out that [[spoiler: one slightly odd member of the crew was the victim of a botched medical procedure on his brain which resulted in him essentially no longer being able to recognize himself.]] And so the telepaths are able to immediately convince him to switch sides.
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* In PoulAnderson's ''WorldWithoutStars'', ''World Without Stars'', the crew of a crashed starship must survive among the primitive natives of a planet mostly conquered by a race of telepaths. Before meeting a group of these telepaths in person, the protagonist specifically explains to the reader that telepathic powers aren't actually that dangerous because "you know your own nervous system better than anyone, and you're closer to it". And then it turns out that [[spoiler: one slightly odd member of the crew was the victim of a botched medical procedure on his brain which resulted in him essentially no longer being able to recognize himself.]] And so the telepaths are able to immediately convince him to switch sides.
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* DirtyCoward Peter Pettigrew in ''HarryPotter'' was one of these, but his best friends never realized this at all. Some fanfics also subvert this trope by making the reason Sirius distrusted Remus either wrong conclusions due to mix-ups combined with Remus's lycanthropy, or having Remus be framed by Peter without Remus realizing it.