Category:Virtually Resourceful

"No, didn’t you learn anything Mario? You’re… our avatar… If you die… Then everything dies…"

- SMG4 reminding Mario that if he dies, their universe will be destroyed.

Heroes that can actually serve very important purposes and need to be kept alive, or simply kept around at all costs. In other words, these heroes cannot be destroyed/killed or something terrible might happen. These characters are similar to Necessary Evil characters, but are obviously opposed to their alignment. These characters are usually created to keep the story relatively three dimensional.

Notes about Pure of Heart heroes
Pure of Heart''' heroes CAN be virtually resourceful, regardless of how decent they are. Despite being very good in the setting that they appear in, their status, power, or occupation may be necessary to uphold the order of the place that the story takes place in, thus they are in a way "Virtually Resourceful". Technically, this includes Purely of Heart heroes who fall under the second, third, fifth (in circumstances like these, it is considered Good Vs. Good), sixth, seventh, eighth, tenth, twelfth, fourteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth, or twenty-first criteria - and ONLY these criterias.'''

This is not a corrupting quality as the Pure of Heart hero is still harmless to the setting that they happen to be necessary in. Nevertheless, keep in mind that adding a Pure of Heart under Virtually Resourceful MUST remain exceptional: for instance, a rich, purely good, character who seemingly helps the city they live in through "donations" is NOT Virtually Resourceful.

Heroes who qualify
Heroes who fall under at least one criteria are Virtually Resourceful:


 * 1) Heroic Organizations/Teams keeping the international evil threats at bay.
 * 2) Employees and employers that actually are capable of doing their jobs and it's made very clear the business cannot succeed without them.
 * 3) Characters preventing catastrophes including the end of the world or universe with their mere presence or actions (e.g. Mario living allows the SMG4 Universe to stay thriving).
 * 4) Some anti-heroes.
 * 5) Major Good vs. Evil scenarios where one of the characters from the good side is the only subject that was strong/powerful enough to defeat the most dangerous evil.
 * 6) Businessmen that can provide a product, service or even information that is needed or well liked by people.
 * 7) Heroes performing actions that lead to beneficial results.
 * 8) Good Rulers or Officials that helped the place they live in.
 * 9) Amoral entities that must keep the balance of nature in check.
 * 10) Family Breadwinners.
 * 11) Successful Anti-Villains.
 * 12) Many mentors that train the heroes so they would grow stronger to defeat a greatest threat.
 * 13) Some fallen heroes.
 * 14) Any characters of Lawful alignment, law enforcers or cops who keep order.
 * 15) Some biological species, tribes, or civilizations that while hostile or xenophobic, are capable of producing children and families. Killing of a naturally hostile race, civilization or tribe would still be considered an act of genocide.
 * 16) Certain Teachers who keep unruly students in line.
 * 17) Certain powerful Alter-Egos within a hero, the ones that have possessed the hero, or grant them their powers resulting in them saving his/her life from time to time.
 * 18) Redeemed Villains that joined, or at the very least, helped the good guys.
 * 19) Several Supporting Characters that aid a protagonist(s) on their quest, attempt to sacrifice themselves to save a protagonist(s), or sacrificed their lives to save the protagonist(s) or their homeland.
 * 20) Certain characters with important information.
 * 21) Light Forms, Angels, or other personifications of good that are literally the source of good. If they die, the balance between good and evil would imbalance.