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| - One would hope that most members of a Noble Profession, though human and prone to imperfection, are decent folk who make an honest effort to uphold the basic moral and ethical standards one might associate with the position. And then there's this character. She's a nun, at least that's what it says on her job resume. However, she acts nothing like what she's claiming to be. Instead, she can be violent, destructive, steal from the collection plate, wear revealing clothing, be perverted like the best of them, forget all about her chastity vows, take God's name in vain and swear so much she'd make a sailor cry, not to mention that she seems to have ideas or notions that directly contradict the Church she belongs to. In other words, she's anything but the normal image of a member of the Church you'd expect. It leads one to wonder how she managed to land this job in the first place. Like the Bunny Ears Lawyer, It is possible that she's actually good at parts of her job... once you bypass all the rest of the stuff she does. One of three things usually occur. 1.
* The character's coworkers decide they've had enough and kick her out. May be Played for Drama. 2.
* The character is punished or called out for her actions, but the response is halfhearted and the character remains. May be Played for Laughs. 3.
* The Nun-Too-Holy character is revealed to have a redeeming trait that makes her immune to getting the boot. The character's reasons for being the way they are may vary: 1.
* In some cases, it seems likely the character never had any interest in performing their role adequately; they are just using the position and the church (or other organization) to further their own ends, whether that is a source of funds to embezzle from to a front for an Elaborate Underground Base. In this case they might be anything from a Complete Monster or the Big Bad, to an Anti-Hero leader working within the church to fight its enemies behind The Masquerade. 2.
* In other cases the character simply finds that the air of semi - respectability his position gives him is just too convenient to give up. The character in this case is often Mr. Vice Guy, a traditional hard - drinking Anti-Hero, or an Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain. 3.
* Most often, the character is a sympathetic Hero with an F In Good who is sincere about responding to The Call but can't seem to bring themselves to control their excesses. 4.
* This trope is often subverted; the character turns out never to have been a nun, but is an imposter or simply doesn't correct others' confusion. Of course, you have to take into consideration the actual setting. If everyone is dressed like Naughty Nuns in the Church, then simply wearing a sexy nun outfit isn't enough to be Nun-Too-Holy. This trope can apply to any member of the religious orders, not just nuns, or indeed any character whose nominal role is that of a holy person, moral leader, etc. The difference between this and the Bunny Ears Lawyer is that while the Bunny Ears Lawyer controls his eccentricities so they don't violate his own code of ethics, just others' patience and sense of decorum; the quirks serve as a reminder of the fact that the Bunny Ears Lawyer is good enough that his bosses choose to ignore them. The Nun-Too-Holy character does not have this level of self control. The quirks in this case are so serious that anyone ignoring them strains Willing Suspension of Disbelief. For characters who take their role as a moral leader too seriously rather than not seriously enough, see Knight Templar or Well-Intentioned Extremist. Sometimes overlaps with Nuns Are Funny, Nuns Are Mikos, Nuns Are Spooky, Naughty Nuns, Sexy Priest, or The Vicar. Compare also the Sinister Minister. If the character is sincere but mistreats those they are supposed to cater too, they may be a Jerkass Woobie. Much less Truth in Television than it used to be. Convents in the Middle Ages were used as dumping grounds for unruly noblewomen, who made equally unruly nuns and possibly the Trope Maker for Naughty Nuns. Examples of Nun-Too-Holy include:
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