History MoralityPet / Literature

* In ''Literature/DragonBlood'', it is Ward himself who becomes a morality pet, to [[spoiler: Oreg, who is not as dead as originally assumed.]] As a very decent character, Ward makes for a good morality pet; his allies, while none of them is evil, are somewhat less concerned with justice than he is, and more concerned with his safety.
* In ''Literature/DragonBones'' Oreg acts as one of those. There is a brief moment where Ward considers to help some nobles re-capture a slave that fled to his lands. Then he remembers Oreg's suffering, and decides that slavery is wrong, period, and he will face all the difficulties this decision entails. Having another "human" being completely at his mercy (Oreg is magically bound to him and he can't change that) helps Ward to be a better man than he might otherwise be -- he could not bear the thought that his slave fears him.

* In Creator/DeanKoontz' ''Frankenstein'' series, Mr. Lyss is humanized by the time he spends with Nummy, who he admits is the only person he's ever met that he doesn't hate. [[spoiler:At the end he visits the grave of the grandmother who raised Nummy, whom Lyss had never met, and thanks her for the greatest gift he's ever received.]]

* In the ''Literature/ChaletSchool'' series, [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname the Robin]] acts as one to Jo, and later, to some of the more difficult girls, such as Gwensi Howell (''The Chalet School at War'') and Zephyr Burthill (''Jo To The Rescue''). When we first meet her, she's a cute IllGirl with an exotic accent and a dead mother. Practically everyone likes her, and being mean to her is considered an act of [[KickTheDog kicking the dog]]. She even becomes a nun later on in the series.

* In ''Literature/IClaudius'', Tiberius is portrayed as a pedophile who murders most of his relatives and a good chunk of the senate but for some reason he insists on having an innocent and virtuous senator live with him in his Evil Playboy Mansion on Capri. When the senator decides to commit suicide Tiberius is distraught, and actually goes so far as to tear up some death warrants in the hope that this will convince the senator to live on. (It doesn't work: the man wasn't committing suicide to protest Tiberius's crimes, but [[ValuesDissonance because he was tired of life.]])

* Nipper the pigeon in ''Literature/{{Wringer}}''.

* In ''Literature/WarriorCats'': Snowfur for Thistleclaw, Honeyfern and Poppyfrost for Berrynose, Brightheart for Cloudtail.

** In a weird, [[{{Squick}} squicky]] case, one could argue Nagini serves this role for Voldemort. Granted, Nagini's evil too[[note]]assuming she was ever allowed to act on her free will while serving Voldemort[[/note]]...but still, she seems to be the only creature he shows any true affection for, as messed up as that is. Depending how you look at it, Voldemort is either Bellatrix's morality pet or a subversion, since her love for him only makes her ''more'' AxCrazy.

* Rainbow Rowell's ''Literature/CarryOn'' features two morality pets: Lucy for Davy and Ebb for Nicodemus.
** Nicodemus is well known for betraying humankind by joining the vampires, but when he finds out that his sister's [[spoiler:supposedly been arrested]], he joins forces with Baz and Penelope to save her from [[spoiler:the Mage]].
** Lucy realized at some point that what Davy was trying to do wouldn't go well, [[InvokedTrope but she decided that her presence might tether him to sanity]].
--->I thought that whatever was coming would be better if I was there with him. I thought it helped him to be tied to me. Like a kite with a string.

** It is mentioned that the most deplorable criminals in the Tanty (an Ankh-Morpork prison)are given a songbird as a companion, and every one of the men cares for his songbird.

* Sydney for Victor in ''Literature/{{Vicious}}''. As much as he claims (and occasionally acts like) he's only keeping her around because of her abilities, it becomes clear that he ''does'' truly care for the girl. Self-centered, manipulative, and even downright cruel as Victor can be, Sydney has the honor of being the one person he cares about above himself.

* In ''[[Literature/TheNightAngelTrilogy'', Ulyssandra acts as a bizarre example of this for Vi, in that the only reason it counts is because Vi didn't decide to kill her immediately.

* In an interesting twist, Lucius, Narcissa and Draco Malfoy all seem to play this role for each other in ''Literature/HarryPotter,'' most particularly when [[spoiler:Narcissa helps Harry fake his death, just so she can go back to Hogwarts and find Draco]].
** In a weird, [[{{Squick}} squicky]] case, one could argue Nagini serves this role for Voldemort. Granted, Nagini's evil too[[note]]assuming she was ever allowed to act on her free will while serving Voldemort[[/note]]...but still, she seems to be the only creature he shows any true affection for, as messed up as that is.
*** Depending how you look at it, Voldemort is either Bellatrix's morality pet or a subversion, since her love for him only makes her ''more'' AxCrazy.

* Arguably, in P.G. Wodehouse's stories, [[Literature/JeevesAndWooster Bertie Wooster]] plays this role with Jeeves (even though Bertie is nominally the boss). In the one Jeeves novel where Wooster does not appear, Jeeves shows no compunction about taking part in crime, and in the one story Jeeves narrates, he hints that he has had no reservations about serving criminal masters in the past. But while he's with the (stupid and ineffectual but lovable) Bertie, his awesome abilities are used for good alone.