The villain wants to sneer at The Hero. So what does he do? He calls him, and his stern moral code, old-fashioned. Or out-of-date, obsolete, quaint, antiquated, etc. Expect the phrase "this day and age" to come up. The Anti-Hero may use the Stock Phrase, as well, as may indeed, any character whose moral code is somewhat laxer than The Hero's. But the most characteristic users are the Ubermensch, Nietzsche Wannabe, and the Nineties Anti-Hero. Invariably a way of rousing sympathy for the character by showing him being abused. Examples of Good Is Old-Fashioned include:
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