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'''Basic Trope''': Somebody who believes that they are good, and that makes everything they do good by default.
* '''Straight''': The [[Lawful Stupid]] [[Knight Templar|Tomoe]] ''knows'' that she's one of the good guys -- she's a soldier for justice! And that means she does nothing but good deeds, and ''punishes'' the baddies! [[Kick the Dog|Even that puppy was evil]]!
* '''Exaggerated''': As a devoted soldier of [[The Empire]], Tomoe is perfectly willing to [[Save the World]] by curbstomping it into submission wherever necessary, fully convinced that it's okay because she and her friends are pillars of truth and light.
* '''Justified''': Tomoe was raised to believe this.
* '''Inverted''': Naoya is convinced that [[Bad Powers, Bad People|he is evil]] and everything he does is evil by default, despite how he's been singlehandedly defending his hometown from [[The Empire]], keeping everyone he knows safe, and rescuing kittens from trees in his spare time.
* '''Subverted''': Despite her devotion to the cause, Tomoe balks when charged to torch the village of Bloomton. After all, even if ''some'' of them ''might'' be harboring members of [[La Résistance]], what about all the ''innocents'' living there...?
* '''Double Subverted''': However, she's easily convinced that ''everyone'' in Bloomton is in on the rebellion's charade, and as a guardian of justice, it's her duty to '''punish''' them--!
* '''Parodied''': [[Selective Obliviousness|Any attempt to get Tomoe to face the truth]] is met with [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|overly emphatic assertions]] [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|that she is not evil,]] [[Bastardly Speech|she is good and kind and pure and everything she does is righteous!]] 
** Tomoe jumps up and down on babies, throws kittens off cliffs and is very upset that no one has had her sainted yet.
* '''Deconstructed''': Tomoe's beliefs are the lynchpin to her sanity. Her entire identity and sense of self-worth is built around the idea that everything she does is ultimately 'good'; she simply ''can't'' second-guess herself, for fear that those insecurities and doubts will prove overwhelming. Even when confronted with seemingly undeniable proof that her actions have had terrible, evil consequences, she retreats further into denial and mental instability.
* '''Reconstructed''': Tomoe is confronted with her evil deeds and at first has a [[Freak-Out]] but ultimately [[Ignored Epiphany|dismisses]] those heretics who would try to undermine her beliefs and cause such doubts. They are the evil ones! They don't understand true justice! 
* '''Zig Zagged''': Tomoe swings back and forth between assuming everything she does is naturally good and questioning the purity of her actions.
* '''Averted''': ???
* '''Enforced''': ???
* '''Lampshaded''': [[What the Hell, Hero?]]
* '''Invoked''': From a young age, Tomoe is told by her mentor that she is inherently pure and just, and will become an unstoppable force for good in the future. He deliberately teaches her this in order to raise an unquestionably loyal soldier convinced of her moral superiority.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Tomoe knows she's done evil and [[Wangst|Wangsts]] about the [[Dirty Business]] [[I Did What I Had to Do|she's had to do]] in the name of the greater good. 
* '''Discussed''': "Why do people praise her as a hero? She's a murderer!"
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Played For Laughs''': [[Destructive Savior|After destroying a village]] to take out a monster Tomoe asks the survivng citizens if they think she's a "great hero or the GREATEST hero? ...I'll put you down for great." 
* '''Played For Drama''': Tomoe used to be good friends with [[Cute Witch|Ic]][[Playing with Fire|hi]][[Fiery Redhead|go]], but her [[Wide-Eyed Idealist|Wide-Eyed Idealism]] was easily manipulated by [[The Dragon|General Kaizo]], who has her convinced that she and the rest of the empire's forces are paragons of virtue and that her former friend has been blinded by the darkness.

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