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* In ''VideoGame/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness,'' [[Characters/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Etna]] uses VillainProtagonist [[Characters/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Laharl]] as bait to get what she wants from BigBadWannabe Maderas, without either of them knowing. After Laharl finds out what Etna's intentions were, does he get angry at her for using him? ...no, he compliments her on how devious she is and [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments promotes her to his right hand demon]].
* Due to their lack of any actual morality, some Asurans in ''VideoGame/GuildWars'' come off as somewhat evil. In one case the actions of the Asuran Tekks has instigated a war between two aboriginal frog-tribes. Her rival, Giriff, comments he would be impressed if he thought she'd done it on purpose.
* On the [[PenalColony prison planet]] of Belsavis in ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', it turns out that the Republic was conducting experiments on [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman alien prisoners]] by forcing them to fight one another and comparing the performance of each species. If you are playing an Imperial character, you can overhear the following conversation between two NPC scientists on the Imperial side.
-->'''Imperial Scientist #1:''' These experiments the Republic's been conducting--xenophobia, genocidal conditioning...I can hardly believe it.\\
'''Imperial Scientist #2:''' I know. It's ghastly, unethical...\\
'''Imperial Scientist #1:''' You know I had this same idea years ago.\\
'''Imperial Scientist #2:''' You--wait, what?\\
'''Imperial Scientist #1:''' Yes. I didn't have the backing or the resources to pursue it, by the hypotheses were there. Never imagined the Republic would beat me to it. Didn't think they had it in them.
* In ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', when you complete a quest in Ashenvale, Durak says this:
-->'''Durak:''' Tainting the Forest's Heart? How ruthless...an utterly vicious blow...I adore the idea!
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* In a quest on ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', when you complete a quest in Ashenvale, Durak says this:

* In ''DisgaeaHourOfDarkness,'' [[Characters/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Etna]] uses VillainProtagonist [[Characters/DisgaeaHourOfDarkness Laharl]] as bait to get what she wants from BigBadWannabe Maderas, without either of them knowing. After Laharl finds out what Etna's intentions were, does he get angry at her for using him? ...no, he compliments her on how devious she is and [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments promotes her to his right hand demon]].
* Due to their lack of any actual morality, some Asurans in ''GuildWars'' come off as somewhat evil. In one case the actions of the Asuran Tekks has instigated a war between two aboriginal frog-tribes. Her rival, Giriff, comments he would be impressed if he thought she'd done it on purpose.
* On the [[PenalColony prison planet]] of Belsavis in ''StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', it turns out that the Republic was conducting experiments on [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman alien prisoners]] by forcing them to fight one another and comparing the performance of each species. If you are playing an Imperial character, you can overhear the following conversation between two NPC scientists on the Imperial side.

* In a quest on ''WorldOfWarcraft'', when you complete a quest in Ashenvale, Durak says this:

* Harry [[Literature/TheDresdenFiles Dresden]]'s magic adviser, Bob the Skull, cheers Harry on whenever Harry appears to be acting more like Bob's BlueAndOrangeMorality, [[ProperlyParanoid paranoia]], and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking perversion]], Bob semi-sarcastically cheers him on. Harry is rarely amused.

* Harry [[DresdenFiles Dresden]]'s magic adviser, Bob the Skull, cheers Harry on whenever Harry appears to be acting more like Bob's BlueAndOrangeMorality, [[ProperlyParanoid paranoia]], and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking perversion]], Bob semi-sarcastically cheers him on. Harry is rarely amused.

* Harry [[DresdenFiles Dresden]]'s magic adviser, Bob the Skull, cheers Harry on whenever Harry appears to be acting more like Bob's BlueAndOrangeMorality, [[JustifiablyParanoid Paranoia]], and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking perversion]], Bob semi-sarcastically cheers him on. Harry is rarely amused.

--> Bishop: You fiend! Never have I encountered such corrupt and foul-minded perversity! Have you ever considered a career in the Church?

* Inverted in ''LookingForGroup'', where [[OmnicidalManiac Richard]] is criticized on not being evil enough.
** Well, it ''was'' by a KangarooCourt set up by TheLegionsOfHell...
* Jenny in ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', who [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0611.html met with]] and got a [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0622.html heavy]] crush on Belkar.

* In ''Webcomic/TalesFromThePit'', [[http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/5867433154 Mark Rosewater receives hate-mail]] from an angry ''[[MagicTheGathering Magic]]'' player who accuses him of having "sytematically destroyed everything that was awesome about ''Magic''" immediately before asking how to get a job in R&D.

* ''StarWarsTheCloneWars'': The pirate leader Hondo Ohnaka is informed that several of his men betrayed him.

* During the "Identity Crisis" episode of ''{{Reboot}}'', after Sirus had stolen a file containing the [=PIDs=] for a sector under Megabyte's control:
-->'''{{M|agnificentBastard}}egabyte:''' What you did was slimy, contemptible and down right distasteful. I loved it!
** It must be [[InTheBlood in the code]], because Megabyte's "sister" (it's complicated) Hexadecimal once woke up to find herself imprisoned, damaged, in BONDAGE, and literally used as a power supply. By Megabyte. Her literal response was to have a psychotic expression on her [[ExpressiveMask unique face]] and bellow out "WHO DID THIS TO ME!? IIIII *changes her mask-face to a smile* like it!"

-->'''Tompkins''': Gee wiz, prinicpal [sic] Strong Bad, I only stole ''one'' Sega tape.\\
'''Strong Bad''': See, that's just it, Tompkins. You could have stolen ''upwards'' of one Sega tape.\\

* Likewise in ''TeenGirlSquad''.

* ''{{Dexter}}'' greatly admires the artistic merits of the Ice Truck Killer's scenes. In the second book, he also admits to respecting the spoke of turning people into "yodeling potatoes".

* ''{{Dexter}}'' again (this time only the TV show) admits, at least at first, that he admires Trinity for his success in maintaining the life he's led. Partially subverted in that Dexter still has every intention of KILLING him, but not before he can learn how to do the same with his own life.

* In the ''DoctorWho'' fan fiction, "[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8619924/1/Epistolary-The-50-Years-Before-We-Were-Born Epistolary: The 50 Years Before We Were Born]]", WinstonChurchill recalls his first encounter with the Doctor in a letter to Amy Pond-Williams:

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* After [[ThisMeansWar Pearl Harbor]], AdolfHitler was so pleased that he declared Japanese to be "honorary Aryans". He also declared war on the United States in support. The first item was of no consequence, but [[AwakeningTheSleepingGiant the second]]...let's just say that if {{FDR}} could have danced with glee, he would have.
** What?
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* A milder variation in the ''StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' SeriesFinale, "All Good Things...". The Enterprise and a Romulan ship are facing a temporal anomaly in the Neutral Zone, when Picard recommends to the Romulan commander Tomalak that they pursue a joint investigation rather than "stare at each other from across the Neutral Zone".

* In the ''DoctorWho'' fan fiction, "[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8619924/1/Epistolary-The-50-Years-Before-We-Were-Born Epistolary: The 50 Years Before We Were Born]]", WinstonChurchill recalls his first encounter with the Doctor (ColinBaker) in a letter to Amy Pond-Williams:
-->''I first met the Doctor when I was 25 years old. He was a maniacal, arrogant man [[ImpossiblyTackyClothes in a ridiculous overcoat with a pattern mimicking a circus tent]] and an umbrella like a color wheel. [[InsufferableGenius Loud, caustic, short tempered, self-absorbed, stubborn]] [[JerkAss and in general a horses arse.]] I liked him immediately.''

* In the ''DoctorWho'' fan fiction, "[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8619924/1/Epistolary-The-50-Years-Before-We-Were-Born Epistolary: The 50 Years Before We Were Born]]", WinstonChurchill recalls his first encounter with the Doctor in a letter to Amy Pond-Williams:

-->''I first met the Doctor when I was 25 years old. He was a maniacal, arrogant man [[ImpossiblyTackyClothes in a ridiculous overcoat with a pattern mimicking a circus tent]] and an umbrella like a color wheel. [[InsufferableGenius Loud, caustic, short tempered, self-absorbed, stubborn]] [[InsufferableGenius and in general a horses arse.]] I liked him immediately.''

-->''I first met the Doctor when I was 25 years old. He was a maniacal, arrogant man [[ImpossiblyTackyClothes in a ridiculous overcoat with a pattern mimicking a circus tent]] and an umbrella like a color wheel. [[InsufferableGenius Loud, caustic, short tempered, self-absorbed, stubborn and in general a horses arse.]] I liked him immediately.''

'''Durak:''' Tainting the Forest's Heart? How ruthless...an utterly vicious blow...I adore the idea!

* In ''{{Leverage}},'' after Nate cons his dad into a situation where the Irish mob puts a contract out on him:

* On the PrisonPlanet of Belsavis in ''StarWarsTheOldRepublic'', it turns out that the Republic was conducting experiments on [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman alien prisoners]] by forcing them to fight one another and comparing the performance of each species. If you are playing an Imperial character, you can overhear the following conversation between two NPC scientists on the Imperial side.