History Main / TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil

* Season 2 of ''WesternAnimation/HuntikSecretsAndSeekers'' has the Huntik team as the Good, the remnants of the [[TheSyndicate Organization]] as the Bad, and the [[ApocalypseCult Blood Spiral Brotherhood]] as the Evil. The Huntik team wants to SaveTheWorld. The Organization wants to [[AvengingTheVillain avenge]] the Big Bad of the first season and eventually TakeOverTheWorld. Lastly, the Blood Spiral Brotherhood serves a race of {{Eldritch Abomination}}s and wants to bring about the apocalypse in their name.

** The Evil is [[spoiler: THE END, a sadistic entity intentioned [[OmnicidalManiac to eliminate all of existence]], [[ManipulativeBastard manipulating everyone else to achieve its goals][, who is also responsible for the destruction of the Ancients' original world. Needless to say that this forces the other two parties to form an EnemyMine against it.]]

** The Bad is Sage, Eggman's new AI, who costantly antagonises Sonic and acts as TheHeavy of the game. [[spoiler: It's eventually revealed that she is simply trying to protect everyone from the real threat listed below. Unfortunately, due to [[PoorCommunicationKills poor communication]] and her programmation, she isn't really successful to stop the threat from getting unleashed.]]
** The Evil is [[spoiler: THE END, a sadistic entity intentioned [[OmnicidalManiac to eliminate all of existence]], manipulating everyone else to achieve its goals, who is also responsible for the destruction of the Ancients' original world. Needless to say that this forces the other two parties to form an EnemyMine against it.]]

** In ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', this dynamic appears again between the three main characters who [[spoiler:wind up going to Mordor itself]]. Frodo qualifies as the Good (despite failing at the end of the quest); if you consider Sam to be the true hero of the story, he falls in that category too (Sam might be a purer example). Then as the Bad, you get Gollum: treacherous, corrupted, murderous, but ultimately driven insane by the Ring and his dual personality, and a pitiful and sad being. And as the Evil, you have Sauron, the Lord of the Rings, who is nothing but the closest thing to absolute evil, has no redeemable features, and is bent on dominating the entirety of Middle-earth.
** It also appears among the kingdoms and races. The Elves, Dwarves, and the kingdoms of Rohan and Gondor, plus other wild men like the Drúedain, are clearly the Good, despite the defects they might have. The Men of Rhûn and Harad are the Bad; they are servants of Sauron, but they are men, and many of them are noble and decent people fighting on the wrong side. And then Mordor is the Evil, with the Orcs, Trolls, Nâzgul, Shelob, and of course, Sauron himself.

* ''WesternAnimation/ObanStarRacers'' has the Earth Team(Eva Wei/Molly, her father, and their friends) as the good characters racing to save Earth with the "Ultimate Prize"(and in Molly's case, bring back her mother), though Don is admittedly a stubborn jerk at first. Other aliens like Satis, Prince Aikka, and Rush are heroic as well and offer some aid to the humans they're competing with. The other alien racers, like Sul, Spirit, Lord Furter, and Ning and Skun are the "bad", being ruthless and [[PunyEarthlings intolerant of humans]], but they're not truly malicious and have their own legit reasons for being in the Great Race. The only two truly evil factions are General Kross, representing [[AlwaysChaoticEvil the Crogs]], and Canaletto, the monster manipulating the tournament to his own ends. Both are genocidal fiends whose victory would mean untold devastation, and come to brutal {{KarmicDeath}}s while most of the racers survive.

* ''Fanfic/'YuGiOh5DsALive'' [[VideoGame/LiveALive The Seven Heroes]] are the Good chosen by the Crimson Dragon to stop the Dark Signers, the Dark Signers are the Bad as they do want to destroy Neo-Domino but are known to have complex and sympathetic backstories, while Odio and Streibough are the Evil who want nothing but total annihilation and entitlement.

* The Season 2 episode of ''Series/TheMandalorian'' "[[Recap/TheMandalorianS2E7Chapter15TheBeliever The Believer]]" features this in the form of main protagonist Din as the good, former Imperial sharpshooter [[FromCamouflageToCriminal turned criminal]] Biggs Mayfeld (who was an enemy in a previous episode who has reluctantly been recruited as an ally), as the bad, and the Empire in general but especially Mayfeld's former commanding officer Valin Hess as the evil. Throughout the episode Din does his usual thing as the badass with a good heart and moral code, while Mayfeld cynically tries to puncture Din's morals and beliefs (sometimes [[JerkassHasAPoint making legitimate points doing so]]), and tries to insist that there's really not much of a difference between the Empire and the New Republic and in general seeing everything as GreyAndGrayMorality. Encountering Hess, however, blows a massive hole in Mayfeld's cynicism and attempts to equate the New Republic and the Empire, as Hess's callousness about ordering the deaths of his men and his ''glee'' at the thought of instigating massive acts of terrorism on the galaxy infuriates Mayfeld into taking a moral stand. Mayfeld kills Hess right in the middle of an Imperial base just to stop the madman and his plans.

* The final battle of ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014'' has this, with The Xandarians and The Guardians as the Good (Stopping Ronan and Securing the power stone), The Ravager as the bad (Steal and selling the Power Stone), and Ronan with his Armies as the evil (Destroying Xandar).

* ''Film/ThorTheDarkWorld'' does this with an EnemyMine between Thor and AntiVillain Loki. Loki is in prison [[Film/TheAvengers2012 for trying to subjugate Earth]], but Thor [[RecruitingTheCriminal needs his help]] to stop the Dark Elves, [[EvilVersusOblivion who plan to destroy the universe]]. The fact that Loki wants revenge for [[spoiler:his mother's death]] helps, too.

Compare MoralityKitchenSink, in which characters from everywhere on the moral spectrum are present but aren't conveniently sorted into white, gray, and black factions. Compare also to EvilVersusOblivion, where both sides are definitely evil, but the "Evil" side is nominally "better" (if only due to PragmaticVillainy) than the "Oblivion" side, so the other factions decide that [[XMustNotWin the latter absolutely must not win]] (although the reverse is not unheard of either). Also to AngelsDevilsAndSquid and NiceMeanAndInBetween. Compare SympatheticVillainDespicableVillain if the lesser-evil villain becomes more sympathetic overtime, and may come to oppose the greater evil along with the heroes.

** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': Oh yes. The main character is a mercenary employed by [[WellIntentionedExtremist eco]]-[[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters terrorists]]. Your enemy is a MegaCorp whose [[PoweredByAForsakenChild fuel usage]] is ''literally killing the planet''. That becomes less important when this other guy comes along and [[OmnicidalManiac plans to kill everyone]] via ColonyDrop to [[GodhoodSeeker ascend into Godhood]]. (Said MegaCorp dedicates its operations to stopping said guy from that point onward.) You can count the named characters who have not killed many, many people (directly or indirectly) on one hand, and by far the most prominent one [[ItWasHisSled dies a third of the way through]]. [[CrapsackWorld Yeesh]].

** ''VideoGame/VagrantStory'' has this going on from beginning to end with Ashley, Sydney, and Romeo.

* ''VideoGame/MonsterCrown'': IdealHero David is Good, though unintended collateral damage and the rest of the setting's cynicism make most people wary of him. The Gangsters are Bad, as they're trying to maintain peace through fear and manipulation. However, both David and the Gangsters hate Beth, the Evil, given that she's a SocialDarwinist colluding with dangerous entities in order to gain absolute power.

Compare MoralityKitchenSink, in which characters from everywhere on the moral spectrum are present but aren't conveniently sorted into white, gray, and black factions. Compare also to EvilVersusOblivion, where both sides are definitely evil, but the "Evil" side is nominally "better" (if only due to PragmaticVillainy) than the "Oblivion" side, so the other factions decide that [[XMustNotWin the latter absolutely must not win]] (although the reverse is not unheard of either). Also to AngelsDevilsAndSquid and NiceMeanAndInBetween.

* In ''Manga/DeathNote'', whoever attains each role depends on the portion of the story, for the first section of the story: [[IncorruptiblePurePureness Soichiro]] is the Good, [[AntiHero L]] is the Bad, and [[VillainProtagonist Light]] is the Evil. After [[spoiler:[[MemoryGambit Light loses his memories]], Light and Soichiro are the Good, L is the Bad, and [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Higuchi]] is the Evil...until Light regains his memories in which [[HijackedByGanon he reclaims his position as the Evil.]]]] Finally, [[spoiler:[[TheBadGuyWins L is defeated by Light]] and a timeskip occurs where for the remainder of the story: [[TheHero Near]] is the Good ([[PragmaticHero tenuously]]), [[NominalHero Mello]] is the Bad, and [[BigBad Light]] is the Evil.]] An unusual example where the protagonist themselves occupies the role of the Evil for a majority of the story.

* In ''Manga/DeathNote'', whoever attains each role depends on the portion of the story, for the first section of the story: [[IncorruptiblePurePureness Soichiro]] is the Good, [[AntiHero L]] is the Bad, and [[VillainProtagonist Light]] is the Evil. After [[spoiler:[[MemoryGambit Light loses his memories]], Light and Soichiro are the Good, L is the Bad, and Higuchi is the Evil...until Light regains his memories in which he reclaims his position as the Evil.]] Finally, [[spoiler:[[TheBadGuyWins L is defeated by Light]] and a timeskip occurs where for the remainder of the story: [[TheHero Near]] is the Good (tenuously), [[NominalHero Mello]] is the Bad, and [[BigBad Light]] is the Evil.]] An unusual example where the protagonist themselves occupies the role of the Evil for a majority of the story.

* In ''Manga/DeathNote'', whoever attains each role depends on the portion of the story, for the first section of the story: Soichiro is the Good, [[AntiHero L]] is the Bad, and [[VillainProtagonist Light]] is the Evil. After [[spoiler:Light loses his memories, Light and Soichiro are the Good, L is the Bad, and Higuchi is the Evil...until Light regains his memories in which he reclaims his position as the Evil.]] Finally, [[spoiler:L is defeated by Light and a timeskip occurs where for the remainder of the story: [[TheHero Near]] is the Good (tenuously), [[NominalHero Mello]] is the Bad, and [[BigBad Light]] is the Evil.]] An unusual example where the protagonist themselves occupies the role of the Evil for a majority of the story.

* In ''Manga/DeathNote'', whoever attains each role depends on the portion of the story, for the first section of the story: Soichiro is the Good, L is the Bad, and Light is the Evil. After [[spoiler:Light loses his memories, Light and Soichiro are the Good, L is the Bad, and Higuchi is the Evil...until Light regains his memories in which he reclaims his position as the Evil.]] Finally, [[spoiler:L is defeated by Light and a timeskip occurs where for the remainder of the story: Near is the Good (tenuously), Mello is the Bad, and Light is the Evil.]] An unusual example where the protagonist themselves occupies the role of the Evil for a majority of the story.

* In Manga/DeathNote, whoever attains each role depends on the portion of the story, for the first section of the story: Soichiro is the Good, L is the Bad, and Light is the Evil. After [[spoiler:Light loses his memories, Light and Soichiro are the Good, L is the Bad, and Higuchi is the Evil...until Light regains his memories in which he reclaims his position as the Evil.]] Finally, [[spoiler:L is defeated by Light and a timeskip occurs where for the remainder of the story: Near is the Good (tenuously), Mello is the Bad, and Light is the Evil.]]

* In "Manga/DeathNote", whoever attains each role depends on the portion of the story, for the first section of the story: Soichiro is the Good, L is the Bad, and Light is the Evil. After [[spoiler:Light loses his memories, Light and Soichiro are the Good, L is the Bad, and Higuchi is the Evil...until Light regains his memories in which he reclaims his position as the Evil.]] Finally, [[spoiler:L is defeated by Light and a timeskip occurs where for the remainder of the story: Near is the Good (tenuously), Mello is the Bad, and Light is the Evil.]]

* In "Manga/Death Note", whoever attains each role depends on the portion of the story, for the first section of the story: Soichiro is the Good, L is the Bad, and Light is the Evil. After [[spoiler:Light loses his memories, Light is the Good, L is the Bad, and Higuchi is the Evil...until Light regains his memories in which he reclaims his position as the Evil.]] Finally, [[spoiler:L is defeated by Light and a timeskip occurs where for the remainder of the story: Near is the Good (tenuously), Mello is the Bad, and Light is the Evil.]]

* In "Manga/Death Note", whoever attains each role depends on the portion of the story, for the first section of the story: Soichiro is the Good, L is the Bad, and Light is the Evil. After [[spoiler:Light loses his memories, Light is the Good, L is the Bad, and Higuchi is the Evil...until Light regains his memories in which he reclaims his position as the Evil.]] Finally, [[L is defeated by Light and a timeskip occurs where for the remainder of the story: Near is the Good (tenuously), Mello is the Bad, and Light is the Evil.]]

** It's fantasy counterpart, ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'', has a similar setup. The Empire, Bretonnia, the High Elves, the Wood Elves, the Dwarfs, Kislev, Grand Cathay, and the Lizardmen are the Good ([[BlackAndGrayMorality At least as good as they can be]]); the Dark Elves, the Greenskins, the Ogre Kingdoms, the Vampire Counts and the Tomb Kings are the Bad; the Chaos Daemons, the Warriors of Chaos, the Beastmen, the Chaos Dwarfs and the Skaven are the Evil.

** The first and second seasons have this, with Aang and friends being the good, [[AntiVillain Zuko]] being the bad, and [[StarterVillain Zhao]] and [[TheDragon Azula]] being the evil in the first and second seasons, respectively. At the end of the second season Zuko would subvert the opportunity for a HeelFaceTurn, but eventually do it in the third.
** This is actually true for most of the show. In the first season, Aang and co. are the good, Zuko is the bad, and Zhao is the evil; in the first part of the third, the good and bad roles are the same, but with [[BigBad Ozai]] joining Azula in the evil. After Zuko's HeelFaceTurn the system breaks down, though at the very end, you have Team Avatar as the good, Azula as the vicious yet pitiable evil, and Ozai as the stone-cold irredeemable sadistic evil.