Rikki-Tikki-Tavi from The Jungle Book Good vs. Evil Quotes

Nag is first introduced as evil because he ate a baby bird, and now Rikki-tikki is about to go straight up heroic baby killer on those eggs. What's the difference? The baby cobras can kill a man or mongoose. Baby bird, eh, not so much.

Nagaina's evil is shown through her vengeance. It doesn't matter what happens. The only thing that will cure her hatred is death. That's pretty evil. (We guess.)

Here's the thing about these classic Good-versus-Evil stories: it's winner take all. There's no Mediocre, or "Good on Some Days, Evil on Other Days." Rikki-tikki knows this, it seems, almost instinctually.