Comic Books
The Will wasn't the first bounty hunter to come after my parents, and he wasn't the last. Like every Freelancer I had the misfortune to eventually meet, he was a fucking monster. But as my family was about to learn, some monsters are worse than others...
— Saga
Fan Works
"Maybe not all of us in the Nightmare Guard have to be as stern and stubborn as the princess wants us ta be. Ya really wanna know why I'm part of The Big Three, Captain Dash? Because other ponies like me. I happen ta have a talent for cookin, bucking things, and I got a good reputation. That's all there is to it honestly. I'm just a down ta earth pony. I know you're reputation as the the big bad captain means a lot ta ya, but even you need ta know when ta reach out ta others for help, especially your companions. Now why don't ya tell me what's wrong? I have a knack for smoothin things out."
Gohan never expected to see a solider of the same army that invaded Namek to show such honor, such selflessness. They were all butchers, bullies, and he had no doubts that the Armored Squadron had killed their fair share of innocents. Their final moments always portrayed them as cowards when facing a more dangerous threat. In Salza, he did not see a monster. He saw a warrior led by honor and driven by valor. It was a trait even Cooler seemed to recognize.
Nerissa: Kage will join your ranks, after all, she already has a strong reason to go against E...
Raythor: No!
Nerissa: What?
Raythor: I am thankful for what you have been doing for us, but this is something that I can't allow. My honor will not let me involve an innocent child in this.
Jade (in her thoughts): Wow, a bad guy with honor? Now I have seen everything.
— Kage
A horde of vampires mustered behind the members of Indigo Rose, including Amon, and he spoke up, commanding the horde with his low, threatening voice. "Take stallions without families and leave the mares and foals. If you disobey these orders, I shall remove the top of your head from your skull with a wave of my hand. Go now..."
"You're soft, Amon..." Sven growled as he followed the horde of vampires that entered Mystwood with his group, unimpressed by Amon's merciful attitude towards war. "We need all the help we can get! Let the mares and foals become vampires too!"
"Such a thought is appalling and brutish, ice dragon. War is won through proper tactics and honour, not through the outright murder of innocents and sheer recklessness." Amon shook his head in disappointment as he sheathed his blade, Droyuz.
Films — Live-Action
"I may be a bastard, but I'm not a fucking bastard."
— Seth Gecko, From Dusk Till Dawn
"There are two kinds of men I will never befriend; Cops and garbage who murder their own bosses. You have no sense of honor!"
—Mad Dog, Hard Boiled
"We want to hurt no one! We're here for the bank's money, not your money. Your money is insured by the federal government, you're not gonna lose a dime! Think of your families, don't risk your life. Don't try and be a hero. Right now I want you to sit on the floor and put your hands on your head. Anybody feels sick, anybody has heart trouble, go ahead and lean against the wall."
— Neil McCauley at a bank robbery, Heat
Van Pelt: Stop your cringing, woman. I could have shot you at any moment.
Sarah: Then why didn't you?
Van Pelt: You didn't roll the dice. Alan did.
Sarah: Then why didn't you?
Van Pelt: You didn't roll the dice. Alan did.
— Jumanji
Literature
It's best not to comment on this guy. Usually, he gives people the impression of being calm and collected, but in reality he's just pretending to be cool. He definitely knows he's not cut out to be Mafia, so he persists in forcing himself, intentionally pretending to be a 'ruthless person' to trick himself.
But I don't really hate this part of him.
But I don't really hate this part of him.
— Firo Prochainezo regarding Luck Gandor, Baccano! Drugs & Dominoes
"From the Hill, Riverside is a tiny splotch between two riverbanks, an unsavory quarter in a prosperous city. The people who live there now like to think of themselves as evil, but they're really no worse than anyone else."
— Ellen Kushner, Swordspoint
Live-Action TV
"I’ve known good criminals and bad cops. Bad priests, honorable thieves. You can be on one side of the law or the other, but if you make a deal with somebody, you keep your word. You can go home today with your money and never do this again, but you took something that wasn’t yours and you sold it for a profit. You’re now a criminal; good one, bad one? That’s up to you."
— Mike Ehrmantraut, Better Call Saul
Tabletop Games
"Death not for survival but for vanity and pleasure? This is the decadence I sought to curb."
— Sorin Markov, Magic: The Gathering
"We are vampires, in our blood runs the essence of death, and the power of its god, Nagash. But we are also Kastelai, and alone among all the vampire dynasties, we embrace a code of honor. The others may call it a weakness, but that is their mistake. Let the Legion of Night have secrecy, the Legion of Blood Cunning. Let the Vyrkos have ferocity, let the Avengorii become fear. We will have honor, and it will makes us stronger than any of them, because it will give us discipline. With that, we leash the beast that lives in our blood to our will, and become Kastelai. Unfailing in word and deed, forever.:
Video Games— Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, The Last Volari
While most demons ignore their given station and enjoy tormenting mortals, some are truly honorable and want only the best for creation.
— Jade Empire loading screen
Western Animation
I may play hard, but I play fair.
— Briares, Hercules: The Animated Series
Dreadwing: A shadow of disgrace has been cast upon the Decepticons. It is a cause I no longer wish to be a part of.
Optimus: Then I appeal to you again: join us and help end this conflict once and for all.
Dreadwing: Betraying my kind... is not the same as accepting yours.
