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* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' has an example of this: [[spoiler:Bernkastel, aka the Witch of Miracles, who can make [[RealityWarper ''anything'' happen as long as the possibility of the event occurring is greater than 0]]. She starts out seeming to be good, or at least neutral. Then she reveals her TrueColors and reminds the audience that she never said that her miracles had to be good or bad. Guess which ones she favors]]?

* Elixir, a healer on the ComicBook/XMen, wavers between good and bad. A lot of his problems are caused by tragedies in his life, though, and getting drafted into ComicBook/XForce was Franchise/{{Wolverine}}'s attempt to help.

** Miko Miyazaki, a [[LawfulGood Paladin]] from the same series, is overzealous, prejudiced, and dangerously violent when given even a suspicion of wrongdoing.

* Fran Madaraki from ''Manga/FrankenFran'' is an ObliviouslyEvil version of this. She has implausible skills as a surgeon and considers saving lives her first priority. Unfortunately for her patients, she has no idea what [[FateWorseThanDeath acceptable quality of life means]]. Her sister Veronica [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out on this]] in chapter 14.

* Beyond the ubiquitous telepathy, individuals with a magical talent are rare in ''ComicBook/ElfQuest'', but the most well-known sort among all tribes are healers. The series' BigBad, Winnowill, is the most powerful healer alive; while most with this talent only know one way to apply it (lay on hands, subject gets better), Winnowill takes great pleasure in using her powers to twist and deform organisms, subjecting them to unimaginable tortures.

* In ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'', [[DangerousDeserter John Harrison]] cures a [[LittlestCancerPatient terminally ill nine year old girl]]... to coerce her father, Star Fleet officer [[spoiler:[[GovernmentConspiracy Section 31]] Agent]] Thomas Harewood, into bombing a Star Fleet archive claiming 42 lives, including Harewood himself. [[spoiler:Harrison's blood has [[HealingFactor regenerative properties]]. He is actually [[HeroKiller Khan]] [[SealedEvilInACan Noonian]] [[BewareTheSuperman Singh]]. ]]

** Probably best seen in [[EnfantTerrible Bonesaw]] of the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Slaughterhouse]] [[SerialKiller Nine]] who is young, cute, and has implausible science powers in seemingly any biological field. She can perform impossible surgeries and even bring the dead back to life if their body is intact, unfortunately she has no apparent sense of morality and her idea of fun and interesting is...[[AndIMustScream bad]]. Very [[BodyHorror bad]].
** Panacea is terrified that she is doomed to become this despite -or perhaps because of the psychological strain of- her HealingHands power, [[spoiler: which is actually just one manifestation of her ability to completely reshape biology with a touch]].
* Cytherea, at [[SuperheroSchool Whateley Academy]] in the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse''. As the avatar (or reincarnation or something) of Aphrodite, she has the powers of the goddess of love. Which she uses to manipulate men, get herself out of trouble when she gets caught doing bad things, avoid work, cheat in her classes, etc....which is, of course, entirely true to [[Myth/ClassicalMythology most portrayals of the original Aphrodite as well]].

* Similar to the ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' example, Alec [=McCullough=], the main villain of ''Series/WuAssassins'', has the powers of the "wood wu", which include the power to ability himself and others, as well as magical control over plant growth. Unfortunately, his healing powers don't extend to his only one non-evil goal: bring his family back to life.

** Belial, the father of the lady of the fourth hell (Fierna), was originally known as Belial the Merciful and appeared to use his healing powers for good. What he was actually doing, and still does do, is torturing and raping people then healing them and repeating the process until he had cracked their minds and made them his willing slaves.

** With some work, a healer can create a link to the elemental plane of positive energy on the material world that not only heals someone past full but eventually causes them to explode from life energy. It's worth noting that this isn't a perversion of positive energy or anything, it's just [[OverclockingAttack what happens when a living thing is exposed to the plane.]]

** By that same note 4th edition paladins were not AlwaysLawfulGood like in previous edition but could be any alignment (usually the same as whatever god they worshipped). Despite this, almost all the paladin powers were things like light(this) and holy(that). One book did note that the DM could change the name and theme of an evil paladin's powers if they didn't like this sort of thing

** In 3rd edition any divine spellcaster was capable of using healing magic, though good clerics could convert any [[VancianMagic prepared spell]] to a healing spell there was also nothing stopping an evil cleric from preparing healing spells, averting NoCureForEvil.
** The most literal form of the trope is actually [[AvertedTrope averted.]] Repeatedly and deliberately using spells with the Good or Evil descriptor will influence a character's alignment, and can cause a character to fall if they're not careful with spellcasting choices.

* ''TabletopGame/GeniusTheTransgression'' has [[StupidJetpackHitler Thulian Revanchists]], who have access to the [[{{Ubermensch}} improving]] and healing Axiom of Exelixi. NoCureForEvil '''Does not apply'''.

** Arguably, any healer in an evil organization (unless they use shadow based heals such as Dark Mending, like most undead healers tend to do) is one of these. While there tend not to be a lot of true evil paladins around (though some pseudo-paladin knockoffs do exist) except in the aforementioned Scarlet Crusade, evil priests, shamans, and druids with holy or natural based healing power are present for most evil races and factions.

* ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireDragonQuarter'' plays with this. [[spoiler:The final ScriptedBattle is against Chetyre, the dragon trying to keep people from leaving their underground society. If enough turns go by, he uses Kaiser Breath against you, a power that was the hero's signature attack in the second, third, and fourth games.]]
* TheMedic from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' can heal his teammates, make them invincible and cure them of most ailments. He only really does this to pay the bills, but it still rewards his sheer bloodlust and his desire to kill everyone through the violence his patients cause. The manual even states that the healing effect of his device is actually an unexpected and unintended side effect of whatever the hell that thing was ''supposed'' to do to people.

* [[spoiler: Elraine]] in ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny2''. She's a holy priestess and healer for the goddess Fortuna [[spoiler: who's gone insane]] and is determined to provide "happiness" to humans, even if it means rendering them completely subservient to her will and stripping them of individuality.

* Kirei Kotomine in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' is the BigBad of two routes and mostly responsible for the third. He's in it ForTheEvulz, throws swords around, kicks puppies, tries to use the TokenMiniMoe to destroy the world, and is a member of both the Church and the Magi's association, which is apparently a supreme heresy for both organizations or something. Oh, and the only magic he has any talent for whatsoever is healing wounds, as well as possessing the ability to exorcise unnatural entities. He's very good at healing people. In fact, he saves Sakura's life in Heavens Feel [[spoiler:because he knows she's essentially 'pregnant' with the devil and that if he saves her, Shirou will probably protect her and then she will unleash Angra Mainyu on the world and destroy it]].

** Like all clerics, Redcloak has the ability to heal people (though evil clerics can do so less readily than good ones). In one strip he mentions that he will have to heal his captive O-Chul...so that he can survive his daily session of torture.

** She uses her powers to extend the naturally short lifespan of Ψiioniic, making him live thousands of years... after [[FateWorsethanDeath he was turned into]] [[PoweredByaForsakenChild a living battery for her spaceship]]. Fact that she was genuinely enamored with him somehow makes it even worse.

* ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'': Olive Branch is a Florist, the [[{{Whatevermancy}} caster class]] associated with peace and pacifism- in fact, the spell we see Olive using most often is a [[MagicMusic magical song]] that prevents anyone who hears it from attacking anyone else [[RPGMechanicsVerse until Olive's next turn]]. She's also a scheming manipulator, determined to prove Flower Power's worth above all other disciplines of magic and willing to use poison and mind control to do it while using her magic to force pacifism on anyone who tries to kill her.
** Sister Betsy of Faq is a [[{{Whatevermancy}} Healomancer]], essentially the setting's equivalent of WhiteMagic. She's also a colossal {{Jerkass}}, to the point that not even [[NiceGuy Jack Snipe]] likes her, and then there's that time when she [[spoiler: linked her magic with [[PsychicPowers Charlie's]] to MindRape Jillian]].
* In ''Webcomic/{{Runewriters}}'', Jonan of Rusanne wields the Magic of Life, Necromancy and Nature Control (since it's fundamentally the same thing) but being an expert healer doesn't make this narcissistic sociopath a nicer person. He likes to use healing spells to seal shut the eyes and mouths of people who piss him off (say, by asking his help as a healer) or steal from him. Fortunately, the spells are only temporary, lasting a week at most. Unfortunately, he never realized that people can't go without water for a week.
* ''Webcomic/IDontWantThisKindOfHero'': Morae Baek has the ability of ''purification''. As Young Jeong puts it, his power is a rare case where he essentially makes things better just by existing. [[spoiler: It's why she wants to keep him alive at all costs.]]

* Similarly to his comic counterpart, Dr. Light in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' was a villain who while not a rapist, still had no problems abducting a super-powered teenager in one episode to [[PoweredByAForsakenChild exploit her as a power source for one of his machines]]. As to add to the irony, he also suffered a traumatizing experience when he was a victim of MindRape... by ComicBook/{{Raven}}, who is a [[DarkIsNotEvil Half-Demon]] with a case of BadPowersGoodPeople.

* Zig-zagged with Michael Morningstar in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce''. In his first appearance, he uses light-based powers characterized by a gold colour. He turned out to be a villain, but he actually gets his energy by draining energy from schoolgirls, turning them into zombies in the process. After the girls turned against him and devoured most of his energy, he is left with dark energy-based powers. He does get back the golden version whenever he drains enough energy from something, though. [[MeaningfulName That surname]] should've been a [[{{Satan}} tipoff.]]

*** TLOK disproves this unique exception and makes the main villains of the first two books be Waterbenders. The one from Book One, Amon, is once again a Bloodbender, albeit one amplified UpToEleven. He can not only bloodbend, but somehow manages to ''take away'' bending virtually permanently; the only way to undo it is by having the Avatar use Avatar State to spiritually restore it. The one from Book Two, Unalaq has a natural affinity with spirits and specializes in a Waterbending technique used to purify and appease spirits. He tries to use this to fuse with an EldritchAbomination so he can basically become TheAntiChrist.

* Master Brightmore in ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaijudo}}: Rise of the Duel Masters'', while not evil, is [[JerkAss the least sympathetic of the Duel Masters]], despite being the Master specialized in Light Civilisation Creatures. [[spoiler:He turns evil at the end of season 1.]]

* In pretty much all the {{Metroidvania}}-style games in the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' series, a few monsters [[ElementalRockPaperScissors deal and/or resist]] [[LightEmUp Holy/Light damage]] ({{Fallen Angel}}s and creatures [[AGodAmI posing as/mocking]] God or other religious figures are often the ones that do this). May catch players off-guard when they first appear, since Holy is otherwise effective against a good chunk of the other monsters in the castle, and is rarely an element the player needs to worry about.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' {{fanfic}} tends to [[{{Fanon}} posit]] [[HandicappedBadass Ming-Hua]] as the [[RenegadeSplinterFaction Red]] [[BombThrowingAnarchists Lotus]]'s resident HealingHands. While she ''is'' the one with [[MakingASplash the requisite bending element]] (and the one ''other'' known waterbender associated with the group[[spoiler:—who, at any rate, had [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness sold the others out]] thirteen years prior and was ''[[KarmicDeath dead]]'' by the time they were officially introduced—]]explicitly did ''not'' have the skill), she also stands out even among a group that's TheDreaded in-universe as a [[DarkActionGirl scary]] little BloodKnight.

** Note that the VideoGame/{{Warcraft}} universe uses both the LowestCosmicDenominator and AllMythsAreTrue systems, so it's especially true that LightIsNotGood. The Church of the Holy Light is almost Buddhist in its lack of belief in a personal god; the holy powers of priests and paladins is channeled via meditation and inner peace rather than the involvement of {{God}}. Anyone can use the Light's power, even really horrible people like {{Knight Templar}}s who are [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope long past the slippery slope of morality]] or having holy priests among the [[TokenEvilTeammate Forsaken Undead]], as long as they have the necessary training and sincere belief.

* ''Literature/{{Touch}}'' has Father, a pretty thoroughly creepy man standing in the lead of a brainwashed cult/criminal empire. His power? Happiness aura.

** Panacea is terrified that she is doomed to become this despite -or perhaps because of- the psychological strain of- her HealingHands power, [[spoiler: which is actually just one manifestation of her ability to completely reshape biology with a touch]].

** Probably best seen in [[EnfantTerrible Bonesaw]] of the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Slaughterhouse Nine]] who is young, cute, and has implausible science powers in seemingly any biological field. She can perform impossible surgeries and even bring the dead back to life if their body is intact, unfortunately she has no apparent sense of morality and her idea of fun and interesting is...[[AndIMustScream bad]]. Very [[BodyHorror bad]].
** Panacea is terrified that she is doomed to become this despite -or perhaps because of the psychological strain of- her massive healing powers.

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': All the [[TransformationTrinket Miraculous]] are intended entirely to do good, but if they fall into the hands of someone with bad intent, they can do awful things with their powers.
** The Butterfly [[TransformationTrinket Miraculous]] grants its user the ability to [[TheEmpath sense the emotions of others]] and [[SuperEmpowering grant them superpowers]]. Like all Miraculouses, it was made to be used for good, its intended purpose being to create superheroes from strong-willed civilians. Unfortunately, its current holder is [[BigBad Hawk Moth]], who instead uses its power to prey on people's negative emotions and turn them into super''villains''.

** And if the party hasn't got a cleric, expect healers to charge for their help or ask favors. DeathIsCheap, but Raise Dead is an expensive spell. Sometimes good clerics will do this "at cost."

** With some work, a healer can be built that creates a pool of the elemental plane of positive energy on the material world that not only heals someone past full but eventually causes them to explode from life energy.

** In 3rd edition any divine spellcaster was capable of using healing magic, though good clerics could convert any [[VancianMagic prepared spell]] to a healing spell there was also nothing stopping an evil cleric from preparing healing spells.

* Swapping powers is a FanficSpecificPlot in ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' stories, thus changing whom this applies to and what powers they have:

* In the WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug fic ''Fanfic/BreakItDownButterfly'', as soon as Gabriel loses his Miraculous, the Peacock Miraculous is activated and its user goes on a rampage. Understandably, everyone thinks she is just another akumatized civilian.

* In ''Fanfic/MyMiraculousAcademia'', all of the Miraculous were created to grant powers to heroes. Tomura Shigaraki is about as [[CardCarryingVillain Card-Carrying of a Villain]] you could get, so him wielding [[PowerOfTheVoid The Power of Destruction]] with the Cat Miraculous for ''anything'' was NotTheIntendedUse.

** In the Season 3 special, Hawk Moth gives the Eagle Miraculous to one of his akumatized villains, Techlonizer, turning him into Miraclonizer. The Eagle Miraculous grants the power of Freedom, allowing him to release any sort of restraint that may be holding someone back from their full potential. But Miraclonizer twists this to remove all the superheroes' restraints, making them run wild by removing their senses of morality. For example, Majestia no longer fears what her full power is capable of that her world and decides to test the full limits of her powers, destroying everything and even trying to Colony Drop the Moon onto the Earth; Knightowl abandons "his" code of ethics and adopts an All Crimes Are Equal policy, blowing up cars for sloppy parking and threatening to throw people in jail for not recycling.

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'':

* [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Lupusregina Beta]] from ''LightNovel/Overlord2012'' is a WhiteMage with HealingHands and can recover wounds as long as they aren't too severe. She's also a bonified {{Sadist}} and TortureTechnician who's favorite pasttime is tormenting humans.

* Fran Madaraki from ''Manga/FrankenFran'' is an ObliviouslyEvil version of this. She has implausible skills as a surgeon and considers saving lives her first priority. Unfortunately for her patients, she has no idea on what [[FateWorseThanDeath acceptable quality of life means]]. Her sister Veronica [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out on this]] in chapter 14.

** There's also the Gold-Toothed Alchemist who knows medical alchemy, but is a MadDoctor who loyally serves Father because it gives him a chance to do terrible things ForScience.

* ''Manga/InuYasha'': [[AloofBigBrother Sesshomaru]] gets [[HealingShiv Tenseiga]], a sword that can bring the dead back to life. As he is on a quest to make himself as powerful as possible, having a sword that cannot kill infuriates him. That the sword is willing to choose him as its master baffles everyone who knows him, until it becomes clear over time that he's developing compassion.

* Noi from ''Manga/{{Dorohedoro}}'' is kind, friendly and cheerful woman with powerful healing powers... which doesn't stop her from working as a "Cleaner", which involves killing people, who mess with mafia. Her magic can't hurt people, but allows her to [[HealingFactor quickly recover from life-threatening injuries]], which, coupled with her [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower enormous strength]] makes her a truly terrifying opponent.

* Like in canon, ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' establishes that [[SuperMode Mega Evolution]] is powered [[ThePowerOfFriendship by the bonds between Pokémon and trainers]], but a few sidestories establish that it can be (and has been) used for evil purposes. A prime example is Twenty Gyarados Bill, who devastated several cities in the coast of Johto with his titular Gyarados [[InstantExpert and managed to Mega Evolve his very first Gyarados on the first try with a stolen Key Stone]].

* Done in great depth in Literature/TheDresdenFiles. However, its inverse is subverted: using powers for evil means you believe that's justified ''and'' it makes you believe even more that it's justified. That feedback reaction is why Warlocks are almost invariably killed, because having started down the wrong path, it's incredibly hard to come back. There are only two known examples; an enigmatic Necromancer who used her powers to keep someone alive long enough to receive medical attention, and [[spoiler: the Blackstaff, the White Council's super secret break-the-laws-of-magic enforcer]]. But as Harry keeps agonizing over, even mostly-good people can use good powers for evil and start down that slippery slope.

** Probably best seen in [[EnfantTerrible Bonesaw]] of the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Slaughterhouse Nine]] who is young, cute and has implausible science powers in seemingly any biological field. She can perform impossible surgeries and even bring the dead back to life if their body is intact, unfortunately she has no apparent sense of morality and her idea of fun and interesting is...[[AndIMustScream bad]]. Very [[BodyHorror bad]].

* Linderman from ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' has the power to heal, but his goal is to blow up New York. He usually uses his power to manipulate or control people by giving, withholding or revoking healing.

* Gideon from ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' is a healer and a well respected Elder. Unfortunately, he turned evil and tried to kill Wyatt and managed to kill Chris. He didn't so much turn evil as become a WellIntentionedExtremist--Wyatt ''was'' set to become the EvilOverlord of Earth in the future, after all. As it turns out, [[SelfFulfillingProphecy only because of Gideon's intervention]].

* The angels of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' possess the ability to not only heal, but outright resurrect, depending on the situation. While sympathetic angels like Castiel do use those powers for good, being able to heal and resurrect also means you can put a victim through ''particularly'' inventive [[ColdBloodedTorture torture]]. At one point, a character is so miserable doing what the angels want that he suggests [[DrivenToSuicide killing himself]], but the angel he's talking to points out that they'll just resurrect him. [[AndIMustScream And they can keep doing so, regardless of what he wants.]]

* One of the possible weapon enchantments in ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' is "merciful", which causes a weapon to deal a little more damage, but all of it nonlethal. Some sourcebooks recommend merciful weapons as torture devices, since they still hurt but don't leave scars or cause lasting harm. And the enchantment requires the Cure Light Wounds spell.

** One of ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'s'' Darklords, Sodo, had this as a side effect of his Dark Powers' Provided Curse: take a guy (or doppelganger, in this case) who loves murdering via strangulation with his own hands, then make his touch not only healing, but also one of the few minimum-risk means to resurrect someone. (The victims usually come to thinking they woke up from a nightmare)

** By that same note 4th edition paladins were not AlwaysLawfulGood like in previous edition but could be any alignment (usually the same as whatever god they worshipped). Despite this almost all the paladin powers were things like light(this) and holy(that). One book did note that the DM could change the name and theme of an evil paladin's powers if they didn't like this sort of thing
** The TabletopGame/SpellJammer expansion takes this a bit further. In one of the crystal sphere settings, a natural anomaly connects with the Positive Energy plane, and can cure characters of any injury, ailment, or disease, but has a cumulative chance of creating incurable, disfiguring tumors. It is guarded, and worshiped by a Cult of Bane, a "dead" evil god.

* Tech User, Techmaster and Dark Witch enemies from ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarIV'' are known to heal their allies in battle.

** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'', Riev is clearly this trope. Despite that he obviously ''looks'' evil, has been excommunicated from his country for practicing demon worship, and is TheDragon to the BigBad, when you fight him both times (one of which is actually optional), he uses Aura, a high level light magic tome.

* In ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'', Holly Whyte of the Eternian Sky Knights is a haughty, cruel and sadistic woman who happens to be a WhiteMage. She [[FalseReassurance assures]] Tiz that Agnès's life will be spared if she comes quietly... as she intends to [[ColdBloodedTorture torture her within an inch of her life]], heal her, and [[FateWorseThanDeath do it all over and over until her mind snaps]].

* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'': In most cases, it's debatable whether player characters in a game like Skyrim could count for this trope, since they can be built however the player wants. Still, one particular playstyle brings this trope to mind: the Necromage Vampire. The Necromage perk improves the effect of all spells on undead creatures by 25% and their duration by 50%, but if the player is a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]], then they're flagged as undead as well, meaning self-targeting spells[[note]]including self-targeting spells from all schools, most armor enchantments, some Dragon Shouts, and even divine and standing stone blessings[[/note]] get the above-stated bonuses. Necromage is an expert-level Restoration perk, meaning a vampire player who wants to take advantage of this has to specialize in the school of magic that encompasses things like healing, magical shields, and [[HolyBurnsEvil Stendarr-related]] [[ThePowerOfTheSun spells]]. [[ZigZaggingTrope Of course]], given that DarkIsNotEvil, nothing really compels a vampire player to actually ''be evil'', though Dawnguard's vampire storyline - and, in the vanilla game, the fact that all [=NPCs=] turn hostile if you go five days without feeding on human blood - encourage you to.

* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' has an example of this: [[spoiler:Bernkastel, aka the Witch of Miracles, who can make [[RealityWarper ''anything'' happen as long as the possibility of the event occurring is greater than 0]]. She starts out seeming to be good, or at least neutral. Then she reveals her TrueColors, and reminds the audience that she never said that her miracles had to be good or bad. Guess which ones she favors]]?
* Kirei Kotomine in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' is the BigBad of two routes and mostly responsible for the third. He's in it ForTheEvulz, throws swords around, kicks puppies, tries to use the TokenMiniMoe to destroy the world and is a member of both the Church and the Magi's association, which is apparently a supreme heresy for both organizations or something. Oh, and the only magic he has any talent for whatsoever is healing wounds, as well as possessing the ability to exorcise unnatural entities. He's very good at healing people. In fact, he saves Sakura's life in Heavens Feel [[spoiler:because he knows she's essentially 'pregnant' with the devil and that if he saves her, Shirou will probably protect her and then she will unleash Angra Mainyu on the world and destroy it]].

** She uses her powers to extend naturally short livespan of Ψiioniic, making him live thousands of years... after [[FateWorsethanDeath he was turned into]] [[PoweredByaForsakenChild a living battery for her spaceship]]. Fact that she was genuinely enamored with him somehow makes it even worse.

* Similarly to his comic counterpart, Dr. Light in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' was a villain who while not a rapist, still had no problems abducting a super-powered teenager in one episode to [[PoweredByAForsakenChild exploit her as a power source for one of his machines]]. As to add to the irony, he also suffered a traumatizing experience when he was victim of MindRape... by ComicBook/{{Raven}}, who is a [[DarkIsNotEvil Half-Demon]] with a case of BadPowersGoodPeople.

* Played with in ''WesternAnimation/{{Grossology}}'' with [[WalkingWasteland Kid Rot]]. Since everything he touches withers and dies, he initially believes himself to be a [[BadPowersGoodPeople good guy with evil powers]]. However he soon learns whatever he rots becomes a ''hyper'' effective compost that causes plants to grow at a ridiculously fast rate and realizes his powers are quite good given the possibilities of this. ''Then'' the source of his powers, a parasite spreading throughout his body, begins to alter his mind and [[BrainwashedAndCrazy turn him into a psychopath]], landing him firmly in this trope.

** [[BlowYouAway Airbending]] is the least offensive and most spiritual of all the elemental abilities. Airbenders who are born with it are naturally pacifists. ATLA doesn't have an airbending villain, since the titular character is the last airbender. TLOK seems to play this straight too, until Book Three, which gives us Zaheer, who shows us what airbending can do in the hands of a determined villain, and it's quite [[NightmareFuel horrific]]. Long story short, Airbending is involved in the first on-screen kill of the franchise. Guess how it's done.

* In ''Runewriters'', Jonan of Rusanne wields the Magic of Life, Necromancy and Nature Control (since it's fundamentally the same thing) but being an expert healer doesn't make this narcissistic sociopath a nicer person. He likes to use healing spells to seal shut the eyes and mouths of people who piss him off (say, by asking his help as a healer) or steal from him. Fortunately, the spells are only temporary, lasting a week at most. Unfortunately, he never realized that people can't go without water for a week.

** ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'': In the manga, Future Zamasu is shown to possess HealingHands. Simply put, this Zamasu isn't the nicest guy around, so don't expect him to use that power on anybody but himself or [[spoiler: Goku Black, who's basically himself anyway]].

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** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'': Agahnim's powers saved Hyrule from drought and pestilence. Too bad he is an evil sorcerer who murdered the King, brainwashed the soldiers into obedience, and kidnapped Seven Maidens to bring Ganon back to life.