{"slug":"alignment-chart","name":"Alignment Chart","url":"/templates/alignment-chart.jpg","w":680,"h":544,"top":"","bottom":"","description":"Sort anything into the 3x3 moral alignment grid. Lawful Good through Chaotic Evil. Your friends, your coworkers, types of cereal. Nothing is safe from being aligned.","keywords":"alignment chart meme, dnd alignment, lawful good chaotic evil, alignment meme, 3x3 grid meme, moral alignment meme","year":2007,"origin":"Borrowed from the Dungeons & Dragons moral alignment system, which categorizes characters along two axes: lawful to chaotic and good to evil. Internet users began applying the 3x3 grid to non-D&D subjects around 2007, sorting everything from fast food chains to Spongebob characters into the nine slots. The format thrives because almost anything can be argued into any position, fueling endless debate. For a ranked ordering instead of a grid, see Tier List (ranked tiers).","format":"template","textBoxes":[{"label":"Lawful Good","x":2,"y":2,"w":30,"h":26,"placeholder":"Lawful Good","fontFamily":"Arial","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeWidth":0,"isBold":false,"isAllCaps":false,"fontSize":30,"textAlign":"center"},{"label":"Neutral Good","x":35,"y":2,"w":30,"h":26,"placeholder":"Neutral Good","fontFamily":"Arial","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeWidth":0,"isBold":false,"isAllCaps":false,"fontSize":30,"textAlign":"center"},{"label":"Chaotic Good","x":68,"y":2,"w":30,"h":26,"placeholder":"Chaotic Good","fontFamily":"Arial","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeWidth":0,"isBold":false,"isAllCaps":false,"fontSize":30,"textAlign":"center"},{"label":"Lawful Neutral","x":2,"y":35,"w":30,"h":26,"placeholder":"Lawful Neutral","fontFamily":"Arial","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeWidth":0,"isBold":false,"isAllCaps":false,"fontSize":30,"textAlign":"center"},{"label":"True Neutral","x":35,"y":35,"w":30,"h":26,"placeholder":"True Neutral","fontFamily":"Arial","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeWidth":0,"isBold":false,"isAllCaps":false,"fontSize":30,"textAlign":"center"},{"label":"Chaotic Neutral","x":68,"y":35,"w":30,"h":26,"placeholder":"Chaotic Neutral","fontFamily":"Arial","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeWidth":0,"isBold":false,"isAllCaps":false,"fontSize":30,"textAlign":"center"},{"label":"Lawful Evil","x":2,"y":68,"w":30,"h":26,"placeholder":"Lawful Evil","fontFamily":"Arial","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeWidth":0,"isBold":false,"isAllCaps":false,"fontSize":30,"textAlign":"center"},{"label":"Neutral Evil","x":35,"y":68,"w":30,"h":26,"placeholder":"Neutral Evil","fontFamily":"Arial","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeWidth":0,"isBold":false,"isAllCaps":false,"fontSize":30,"textAlign":"center"},{"label":"Chaotic Evil","x":68,"y":68,"w":30,"h":26,"placeholder":"Chaotic Evil","fontFamily":"Arial","fontColor":"#FFFFFF","strokeWidth":0,"isBold":false,"isAllCaps":false,"fontSize":30,"textAlign":"center"}],"howToMake":["Nine text boxes are already placed over the 3x3 alignment grid, one for each moral position from Lawful Good to Chaotic Evil","Pick a category (types of people, foods, fictional characters, daily habits) and drop one item into each box","The funniest charts put something obviously wrong in a slot, like placing pineapple pizza under Chaotic Evil or a golden retriever under Lawful Good","Text color defaults to white on the black background. Adjust font size if your entries run long","Save as PNG when you are done, or share directly to start the alignment argument in your group chat"],"exampleCaptions":["Replying \"sounds good\" to everything","Holding the door for strangers","Microwaving fish at work","Using a coaster without being asked","Doing exactly what was asked, nothing more","Eating cereal for dinner at 11pm","Passive-aggressive sticky notes","Leaving one sip in the carton","Putting an empty box back in the pantry"],"exampleAltText":"Alignment Chart meme sorting daily habits from Lawful Good (replying sounds good) to Chaotic Evil (putting an empty box back in the pantry)","exampleRefreshDate":"2026-03-14","seo":{"aliases":["D&D Alignment Chart","Moral Alignment Grid","Lawful Good Chaotic Evil Meme","3x3 Alignment Meme","Alignment Grid"],"description":"A 3x3 grid on a black background, each cell outlined in a different color: cyan for Lawful Good, green for Neutral Good, yellow for Chaotic Good, blue for Lawful Neutral, white for True Neutral, orange for Chaotic Neutral, purple for Lawful Evil, gray for Neutral Evil, and red for Chaotic Evil. The colored labels sit beneath each empty square, waiting for someone to fill all nine positions with whatever topic deserves the full moral spectrum treatment.","definition":"The alignment chart is a 3x3 grid borrowed from Dungeons & Dragons that sorts items along two axes: lawful vs. chaotic and good vs. evil. Fill each of the nine squares to classify anything from coworker behavior to pizza toppings across the full moral spectrum.","useCases":[{"category":"People & Personality Types","examples":["Sorting your friend group into the grid based on how they act at restaurants","Classifying coworkers by how they handle shared kitchen responsibilities","Ranking family members by their approach to holiday gift-giving"]},{"category":"Food & Drink","examples":["Aligning pizza toppings from Lawful Good (pepperoni) to Chaotic Evil (anchovies and pineapple together)","Sorting coffee orders by moral alignment","Categorizing ways people eat cereal, including the monsters who pour milk first"]},{"category":"Pop Culture & Fandoms","examples":["Sorting characters from a TV show into their true alignments","Aligning Disney villains by motivation and methods","Classifying music genres by vibe and structure"]},{"category":"School & Work Life","examples":["How people respond to \"reply all\" emails, from never doing it to weaponizing it","Types of group project participants sorted by effort and communication","Classifying study habits from color-coded notes to cramming at 3am"]},{"category":"Gaming Behavior","examples":["Player types in online games from helpful healer to team-killing griefer","Approaches to side quests, from completionist to main-quest speedrunner","How people handle losing in board games"]},{"category":"Daily Habits & Lifestyle","examples":["Morning routines ranked from structured yoga to chaotic snooze-button mashing","Ways people load a dishwasher","How people handle their phone notifications"]}]}}