History MoralEventHorizon / KingdomHearts

As once pointed out by [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Riku]], once you have gone too far in evil, [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation there's almost no coming back.]]

As once pointed out by Riku, once you have gone too far in evil, there's almost no coming back.

* Marluxia, the one who is placed in charge of Castle of Oblivion, is very manipulative to all he meets, including his fellow members stationed with him there, if forcing Vexen to fight Sora by exploiting his fear of "The Superior" is ample evidence. To make matters worse, he plotted to take control of the Organization for himself with Larxene tagging along by having Sora lose all of his memories and make him his puppet, intending to use him to defeat all of his colleagues; the fact that Sora is still a kid only causes his morality to be confirmed to be downright evil. His treatment of Naminé isn't all that better; he doesn't care about her personal space, constantly abuses her verbally and tries to use her as a Human Shield when brawling with Axel (and he does the same during his final battle with Sora in the manga adaptation).

* Marluxia, the one who is placed in charge of Castle of Oblivion, is certainly not a good boss to work under. He's very manipulative to all he meets, including his fellow members stationed with him in that place, especially when he forces Vexen to fight Sora by exploiting his fear of "The Superior". To make matters worse, he plotted to usurp control of the Organization with Larxene tagging along by having Sora lose all of his memories which would put the boy under his sway, intending to use him to defeat all of his colleagues and take over his team with Larxene also joining him in his plans; the fact that Sora is still a kid only causes his morality to be confirmed to be downright evil. His treatment of Naminé isn't all that better; he doesn't care about her personal space, constantly abuses her verbally and tries to use her as a Human Shield when brawling with Axel (and he does the same during his final battle with Sora in the manga adaptation).

** The fact that he did all of the above (and then some) with simply a ''gleeful'' attitude. [[spoiler: [[YourMileageMayVary You cannot help but agree with most fans that in the end, he should have gotten a harsher fate.]]]]

** When he detracts the darkness from Ventus and creates Vanitas;
** His ObviouslyEvil gaslighting of Terra;

* [[spoiler:Ansem's former self]] Master Xehanort may has done a lot of bad things throughout his life. For his MEH, take your pick:

** The fact that he did all of the above (and then some) with simply a ''gleeful'' attitude.

* [[spoiler:Ansem's former self]] Master Xehanort may have done a lot of bad things throughout his life, but [[spoiler:extracting the Darkness from Ventus's heart and creating Vanitas (which almost led to the boy's death)]] really says a lot. But he may have already crossed it in his youth, [[spoiler:when he traveled into the future and destroyed [[TheHero Sora]]'s heart. Or earlier, when he almost suffocated the boy]].

** [[CanonDiscontinuity Although no longer canon]], Clayton crossed this after being caught trying to shoot Terk, leading him to stake his life on gorilla genocide, attracting the Heartless. By the climax of Deep Jungle's arc, he's succumbed to darkness, and Tarzan claims "Not Clayton. *&&X% ([[spoiler:heart]]). Not Clayton," signing Clayton's death warrant. [[SacrificialLamb Clayton's role in the game]] is mainly to demonstrate [[EasyRoadToHell how easy it is to fall to darkness]], and even the other villains dismiss him as a weakhearted fool motivated by greed and wrath.

* [[spoiler:Ansem's former self]] Master Xehanort may have done a lot of bad things throughout his life, but [[spoiler:extracting the Darkness from Ventus's heart and creating Vantias (which almost led to the boy's death)]] really says a lot. But he may have already crossed it in his youth, [[spoiler:when he traveled into the future and destroyed [[TheHero Sora]]'s heart. Or earlier, when he almost suffocated the boy]].

* Saïx of Organization XIII crosses this when he coldly refuses to take Sora to Kairi, opting to use her kidnapping to make the Keybearer full of rage if it means [[spoiler:collecting more Hearts to finish Kingdom Hearts for, what Saïx wouldn't know at the time, Xehanort's ultimate goal of using it to make clones of himself]].

** [[spoiler:Prince Hans keeps the same MEH as in the film, but this time, his frozen heart causes him to become a werewolf Heartless called Sköll‎ so he could destroy Arendelle and [[OmnicidalManiac plunge all worlds into darkness]] by [[KillTheLights eating light]]. [[DeathByAdaptation Hans is killed by Sora as a result]]]].

* Surprisingly, Donald Duck himself nearly crosses this around the same time as Clayton, being perfectly willing to ignore Deep Jungle and let it be consumed by TheHeartless, as well as become apathetic to Sora's dilemma in looking for his missing friends, just because he's become obsessed with finding Mickey. Fortunately, Sora strongarms him into helping the inhabitants of that world by crashing the Gummi Ship into it, and Donald is still pissed off about the matter. Donald eventually puts things in perspective later in the game.

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* Ansem ([[spoiler:actually Xehanort]]) definitely crossed this line in the original ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI Kingdom Hearts]]'' when it was revealed that he experimented on ''living people'' just ForScience. And it was ''outright stated'' that the experiments caused their hearts to collapse!
* [[spoiler:Ansem's former self]] Master Xehanort may have done a lot of bad things throughout his life, but [[spoiler:extracting the Darkness from Ventus's heart and creating Vantias (which almost led to the boy's death)]] really says a lot. But he may have already crossed it in his youth, [[spoiler:when he traveled into the future and destroyed [[TheHero Sora]]'s heart. Or earlier, when he almost suffocated the boy]].
* Saïx of Organization XIII crosses this when he coldly refuses to take Sora to Kairi, opting to use her kidnapping to make the Keybearer full of rage if it means [[spoiler:collecting more Hearts to finish Kingdom Hearts for, what Saïx wouldn't know at the time, Xehanort's ultimate goal of using it to make clones of himself]].
* Terra-Xehanort crossed this when he [[spoiler:uses chains against Aqua and Ventus during the Second Keyblade War, and tortures them casually, making it look like the two of them had been ''hanged'']]. For Ansem's Guardian, this was the last straw, and he broke free of Terranort's hold to save them, [[spoiler:which leads to Terra retaking his body from Xehanort's possession for good]].

** Pete teeters on his line when he teams up with Barbossa and exploits Will Turner's demands with a LoopholeAbuse, [[TeamRocketWins securing a win], and leaving Sora and his allies tied up on a ship rigged with gunpowder. Barbossa also crossed the line as well from Sora's point of view, vowing to never trust pirates again. Sora and Barbossa remain enemies when they meet again in ''VideoGame/KingdomHearsIII''.

* [[CanonDiscontinuity Although no longer canon]], Clayton crossed this after being caught trying to shoot Terk, leading him to stake his life on gorilla genocide, attracting the Heartless. By the climax of Deep Jungle's arc, he's succumbed to darkness, and Tarzan claims "Not Clayton. *&&X% ([[spoiler:heart]]). Not Clayton," signing Clayton's death warrant. [[SacrificalLamb Clayton's role in the game]] is mainly to demonstrate [[EasyRoadToHell how easy it is to fall to darkness]], and even the other villains dismiss him as a weakhearted fool motivated by greed and wrath.
** Surprisingly, Donald Duck himself nearly crosses this around the same time as Clayton, being perfectly willing to ignore Deep Jungle and let it be consumed by TheHeartless, as well as become apathetic to Sora's dilemma in looking for his missing friends, just because he's become obsessed with finding Mickey. Fortunately, Sora strongarms him into helping the inhabitants of that world by crashing the Gummi Ship into it, and Donald is still pissed off about the matter. Donald eventually puts things in perspective later in the game.
* Ansem ([[spoiler:actually Xehanort]]) definitely crossed this line in the original ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI Kingdom Hearts]]'' when it was revealed that he experimented on ''living people'' just ForScience. And it was ''outright stated'' that the experiments caused their hearts to collapse!
* [[spoiler:Ansem's former self]] Master Xehanort may have did a lot of bad things throughout his life, but [[spoiler:extracting the Darkness from Ventus's heart and creating Vantias (which almost led to the boy's death)]] really says a lot. But he may have already crossed it in his youth, [[spoiler:when he travels into the future and destroys [[TheHero Sora]]'s heart. Or earlier, when he almost suffocates the boy]].
* Saïx of Organization XIII crosses this when he coldly refuses to take Sora to Kairi, opting to use her kidnapping to make the Keybearer full of rage if it means [[spoiler:collecting more Hearts to finish Kingdom Hearts for, what Saïx wouldn't know at the time, Xehanort's ultimate goal of using it to make clones of himself]].
* Terra-Xehanort crossed this when he [[spoiler:uses chains against Aqua and Ventus during the Second Keyblade War, and tortures them casually, making it look like the two of them had been ''hanged'']]. For Ansem's Guardian, this was the last straw, and breaks free of Terranort's hold to save them, [[spoiler:which leads to Terra retaking his body from Xehanort's possession for good]].