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-->-- '''[[Franchise/TheFlash Trickster]]''', ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS3E5FlashAndSubstance Flash and Substance]]"

* ''VideoGame/AdvanceWars'''s Captain Brenner/O'Brian: An AllLovingHero. In an AfterTheEnd setting. Good.

The upshot of this is that [[CaptainSuperhero characters whose names begin with "Captain"]] are almost always good, unless explicitly subverting this or a Nazi. (In the case of a Nazi, or in the case of German officers from many other periods, the correct title ''Hauptmann'' could occur.[[note]] Until 1945 cavalry and some artillery captains were properly called ''Rittmeister''. From the 17th to early 19th century infantry and foot artillery captains could also be called ''Kapitän'' in many German armies.[[/note]] If the Nazi Captain is referred to as Kapitän we might have a research mistake, since Kapitän exclusively refers to the navy (Kriegsmarine) and merchant marine. Another trap for the unwary is referring to an SS officer of this rank as ''Hauptmann'' when he would in fact be a ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauptsturmf%C3%BChrer Hauptsturmführer]]''.)

"[[CommandingCoolness Commander]]" carries similar connotations to "Captain." As a naval rank, it's a likely designation for commanding officers in [[SpaceNavy Space Navies]].

** Also from the Universal Century: [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory Captain Eiphar Synapse]], good. [[Anime/The08thMSTeam Captain Norris Packard, good for a Zeke. Captain Ethan Ryer, General Ripper of a Feddie]].

* ''ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}'' (MarvelUniverse. Multiple Incarnations): Good, although the Genis-Vell incarnation was a KnightTemplar and completely off his rocker.

* In the ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' fanfic ''FanFic/{{Insontis}}'', Uhura invents a superhero persona for the de-aged Kirk called "Captain Sunshine."

** [[spoiler:[[MirrorUniverse Mirror]]]] [[Series/StarTrekDiscovery Captain Gabriel Lorca]] of the USS ''Discovery''. [[SubvertedTrope Morally ambiguous]] until TheReveal, where he turns out to be [[spoiler:EvilAllAlong]]. When [[GoodCounterpart Chris Pike]] takes command in season 2, the contrast couldn't be more stark. In season 3, Saru finally loses the "acting" prefix after [[spoiler:Burnham passes on command]] and starts wearing a uniform with a gold trim. This also makes him the first hero ship captain in ''Trek'' who isn't human or Vulcan. He's also new at this and tries to learn from other captains he meets, such as Pike and even Admiral Vance.

* ''VideoGame/AceCombat 5'''s Captain Bartlett, "[[PlayerCharacter The]] [[{{AFGNCAAP}} Captain]]", [[TheLancer Captain Nagase]], [[TheBigGuy Captain Davenport]] ([[spoiler:post-humously promoted to Lieutenant Colonel]]), [[EnsignNewbie Captain Grimm]], and [[SixthRanger Captain Snow]]. All good.

* ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}'''s Captain Olimar: Good, teamed up with Captain Falcon in the [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Subspace Emissary]].

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* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'''s Captain Butch Flowers: Good, and disturbingly nice towards his men- until it turns out he was actually EvilAllAlong and his kindness was an act. (No word on whether his captaincy was faked too.)

* Wiki/TVTropes -- CaptainObvious: Administrivia/SelfExplanatory. Also explains the perfectly obvious a lot.

* In ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'', Captain Bright Noah of the ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam White Base]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Argama]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Nahel Argama]]'', and ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Ra Calium]]'': Good, TeamDad, [[FanNickname nicknamed]] "The Eternal Captain" (obviously for a good reason).

* ''WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame'''s Captain Phoebus -- the one from the Disney adaptation. The original was kind of a jerk.

* ''WesternAnimation/WordGirl'''s Captain Huggy Face: The NonHumanSidekick , because EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys.

* ''Film/HornetsNest'': Has the [[AntiHero morally gray]], [[BadassMustache mustached]] American Army Captain Turner, and the [[CulturedWarrior refined, no-nonsense]] [[AntiVillain but not entirely unreasonable]] Captain Friedrich von Hecht, as well as [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Captain Kreuger]].

* ''[[ComicBook/CaptainMarVell Captain Marvel]]'' (MarvelUniverse. Multiple Incarnations): Good, although the Genis-Vell incarnation was a KnightTemplar and completely off his rocker.

** There's also [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Captain Carnage]], who is not so much ''evil'' as a totally fucked up CombatSadomasochist.

* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'''s The ''other'' Captain Bravo: good. [[IdiotHero Well, he thinks he's good, but he's a pinhead]]. And he's not allowed to use the "captain" part of his codename until he graduates from [[SuperheroSchool Whateley Academy]] and earns the title in the military. Titles from the military, nobility are academic titles must be earned the hard way before they can be used in a codename.

%%* ''Manga/BusoRenkin'': Captain Bravo-- Good.

* ''Literature/{{Destroyermen}}'': Plenty of good and bad examples over the long series. Captain Matthew Reddy starts out as a lieutenant commander, but eventually get promoted to full captain, and only after much pleading from everyone. He refuses promotion to admiral, but still becomes commander-in-chief of the First Fleet, while also retaining command of his destroyer USS ''Walker''. The most obvious example of an evil captain is Hisashi Kurokawa.

** [[spoiler:[[MirrorUniverse Mirror]]]] [[Series/StarTrekDiscovery Captain Gabriel Lorca]] of the USS ''Discovery''. [[SubvertedTrope Morally ambiguous]] until TheReveal, where he turns out to be [[spoiler:EvilAllAlong]]. When [[GoodCounterpart Chris Pike]] takes command in season 2, the contrast couldn't be more stark. In season 3, Saru finally loses the "acting" prefix after [[spoiler:Burnham passes on command]] and starts wearing a uniform with a gold trim. This also makes him the first hero ship captain in ''Trek'' who isn't human or Vulcan. He's also new at this and tries to learn

** [[spoiler:[[MirrorUniverse Mirror]]]] [[Series/StarTrekDiscovery Captain Gabriel Lorca]] of the USS ''Discovery''. [[SubvertedTrope Morally ambiguous]] until TheReveal, where he turns out to be [[spoiler:EvilAllAlong]]. When [[GoodCounterpart Chris Pike]] takes command in season 2, the contrast couldn't be more stark. In season 3, Saru finally loses the "acting" prefix after [[spoiler:Burnham passes on command]] and starts wearing a uniform with a gold trim. This also makes him the first hero ship captain in ''Trek'' who isn't human or Vulcan.
** The Klingons are the only other power in the galaxy that actually use the rank Captain, and they're also much more frequently allies to the heroes than the Romulans, Cardassians, Dominion, etc. Beta canon has Captain Klag of the IKS ''Gorkon'', whom Riker befriended aboard the IKS ''Pagh''. He finally got his own command after becoming the SoleSurvivor, losing an arm, and killing a dozen Jem'Hadar single-handedly (pun intended).