Tragic Pure Goods have been part of a longstanding literary concept. While mainly due to some fatal flaw, these Pure Goods have less control over their emotions and have suffered some circumstances so unfortunate that they win over the sympathy of the audience, as they didn't choose to be alone, they are victims of misfortune.

There are many ways to deem a Pure Good tragic:

• Pure Goods who have or had problems with their family and friends such as:
  • Those who lost their loved ones: Umi Matsuzaki (who lost her father as a child), Batman (who lost both his parents), Robin (who lost both his parents), Young Link (who lost his adopted father, The Great Deku Tree), Black Panther (who lost his father), Iroh (who lost his son), Carl Fredricksen (who lost his wife, Ellie), Walter Beckett (who lost his mom, Wendy, in the line of duty), and Princess Zelda (who lost her mother and exclusive to Breath of the Wild, her father).
    • Those who were the survivors of cataclysms and/or genocides on their people: Superman and Aang.
  • Those who are related to villains and had to fight them: Jack Kline (who is the son of Lucifer and has to fight his own father, who is Near Pure Evil).
  • Those who grew up with toxic and despicable parents, grandparents or legal guardians: Amity Blight, Philomela Sargant and Eri.
• Pure Goods who grew up or live in less than acceptable conditions:
  • Those who live in poverty: Falcon, Ali Abdul, and Ochaco Uraraka.
  • Those who grew up in a society that does awful actions: Hiccup Haddock (who was raised in a Viking clan that wanted to get rid of any dragons from their village despite them having some sentience) and Sunny Starscout (who was raised during the time where pony races are against each other despite neither of them is harmful).
  • Those who were outcasts: Izuku Midoriya (who was born Quirkless and mocked because of it, with almost no one believing he had what it takes to be a hero), Edge (who was shunned by her old friends when she tried to reform them), and Flint Lockwood (who was bullied growing up for his inventions failing).
• Pure Goods who have troubled relationships with others or are mistreated by them:
  • Those who were possessed, brainwashed or misguided to have done wrong things without their own choice: Lloyd Garmadon.
  • Those who were exposed to toxins or forces which brought out their darkest qualities, were slowly killing them, and/or granted them powers that would ideally be used for evil but searched for help and/or use their evil powers for good or used it as an excuse to take up heroism: Kion.
  • Those who were remorseful for actions they have done in the past, to the point where it affects their mental health: Peeta Mellark, the Iron Giant, The Collector and Mika Misono.
    • Those who brought their misery upon themselves but take responsibility for their own actions or feel great remorse for them: Madoka Kaname.
  • Those who are bullied and isolated by those around them: Chicken Little.
  • Those who are deformed, crippled, sick, hurting or otherwise suffering from health problems: Yuuki Konno and Mighty Thor.

• In many cases, Pure Goods have a mixture of the circumstances above: Luz Noceda (who lost her father at a young age, was alienated during her childhood, was forced to destroy her portal home, played an unintentional role in Belos' attempted genocide on witchkind, and was separated from Eda and King for months without knowing if they were alive, all which greatly damaged her mental health), Captain America (who lost both his parents, and grew up in World War II-era America.), Naruto Uzumaki (who lost his parents as a baby and was ostracized during his childhood due to being jinchuriki of Nine-Tails), Alphonse Elric (who lost his mother and was forced to live as a suit of armor for years after he and Edward attempted to ressurect her), Mark Evans (who lost his mother and baby cousin, and was the cousin of the monstrous Henry Evans, with no one believing him that he was evil at first), She-Ra (who lost her people at the hands of Horde Prime, was raised as a child soldier by the Horde against the Princesses and the Rebellion, was subjected under Shadow Weaver's abuse, and was forced to abandon Catra due to the atrocities that the Horde committed), Yoichi Shigaraki (who was born with a frail body, raised on the streets when his prostitute mother died giving birth to him, and was horrendously abused by his evil twin brother his entire life, eventually even being killed by him), and Tanjiro and Nezuko Kamado (whose family was killed and mutilated by Muzan who also turned Nezuko into a mute Demon).

It is important that the Pure Good does not let their tragedies make them do terrible things on their own volition and use their tragedies to become better people overall. Also, not every tragic Pure Good is automatically a Scapegoat since they may rise above their tragedies to live better lives or get the rewards they deserve (e.g Umi Matsuzaki, Batman, Princess Peach and Rosalina).

They are the good opposites of Fake Tragic Pure Evil villains and its villainous counterpart, Tragic Villains.