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Anonymous Mc Cartneyfan: Cut this and put it here. This is a new trope as I write this, and a three paragraph inversion is going to confuse things later. There must be a place where this example belongs properly...

• Inverted in Code Geass. Lelouch never provides excuses or extenuating circumstances for his actions, in large part because he doesn't think anyone would believe him if he did. As a matter of fact, if he's stuck in a corner, he'll act as if he did the most evil thing possible out of sheer malice.
  • The most notable example of this regards his role in Princess Euphemia's death and the ensuing massacre. It was an accident, and he nearly suffered a nervous breakdown when it happened. Regardless, no matter how much a person hates him for his role in it, the only character he ever tells the truth about it to is C.C.
    • While this usually works to Lelouch's advantage, since people are unlikely to believe the way events had actually unfolded even if he told them, it actually backfires near the end of the series. Schneizel predicted that Lelouch would take this attitude if Nunnally confronted him about his usurpation of the throne. Because Lelouch is so determined to act the villain, he never bothers to mention that Schneizel killed all the people of Pendragon, a city numbering in the tens of millions. The only reason Nunnally is helping Schneizel is because she thought the city's denizens were given warning to leave before the FLEIJA / FREYA detonation.

Some Guy: Hm, yes, an example in need of a trope. Maybe what it does is subverts Jerk with a Heart of Jerk?