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** One thing that could explain this is that the Joker is [[OrderVsChaos in some ways]] the opposite of the Nazis and [[PragmaticVillainy Red Skull]]. [[ChaoticEvil He's very random in his killing, does anything he can to get a laugh, and is just generally insane]]. The Nazis are [[LawfulEvil a dead serious organization which looks down their noses on those with mental illnesses and who have a very systematic and bureaucratic method of killing]], [[MurderArsonAndJaywalking with no sense of humor]].

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** One thing that could explain this is that the Joker is [[OrderVsChaos in some ways]] the opposite of the Nazis and [[PragmaticVillainy Red Skull]]. [[ChaoticEvil He's very random in his killing, does anything he can to get a laugh, and is just generally insane]]. The Nazis are [[LawfulEvil a dead serious organization which looks down their noses on those with mental illnesses and who have a very systematic and bureaucratic method of killing]], [[MurderArsonAndJaywalking with no sense of humor]]. Another school of thought follows a Creator/PaulProvenza quote: "Comedy is inherently subversive," and one of the biggest things that an authoritarian worldview cannot stand for is subversion, meaning that a MonsterClown like the Joker is inherently incompatible with a fascist sociopath like Red Skull.
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* The BigBad of ''Comicbook/TrollsDeTroy'', when he learns what Waha's biological mother has in mind for her daughter (she's a prostitute turned madam and wants Waha to follow in her footsteps), decides to throw her off his dragon's back to her death far, far below.

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* The BigBad of ''Comicbook/TrollsDeTroy'', when he learns what Waha's biological mother has in mind for her daughter (she's a prostitute turned madam and [[PimpingTheOffspring wants Waha to follow in her footsteps), footsteps]]), decides to throw her off his dragon's back to her death far, far below.
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* In ''[[Creator/DynamiteComics Die!namite Lives]]'' a character crossover series involving a ZombieApocalypse, ComicBook/EvilErnie's symbiotic badge Smiley is horrified when he discovers just how many people in the past, his latest host ComicBook/JenniferBlood had murdered, criminal and innocent.
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* In ''ComicBook/WitchGirlsTales'', CardCarryingVillain Princess Lucinda tends to make statements along the lines of this trope when justifying her NobleDemon tendencies. Well, either that or turn the person who dares to doubt her evil into a frog.

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* In ''ComicBook/WitchGirlsTales'', ''[[TabletopGame/WitchGirlsAdventures Witch Girls Tales]]'', CardCarryingVillain Princess Lucinda tends to make statements along the lines of this trope when justifying her NobleDemon tendencies. Well, either that or turn the person who dares to doubt her evil into a frog.

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* The ''G.I.Joe'' villain Destro. He runs a weapon production empire that makes profit off war. He *starts* wars just to sell bombs to both sides. The Joes know they can work well with Destro, as the man keeps his word. In one instance, Destro rescued General Hawk because other generals were going to have Hawk killed to cover up a public relations debacle. Later, Destro lets a Joe unit go free because they had eliminated a kill squad shooting at his beloved Baroness.

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The ''G.I.Joe'' villain Destro. He runs a weapon production empire that makes profit off war. He *starts* wars just to sell bombs to both sides. The Joes know they can work well with Destro, as the man keeps his word. In one instance, Destro rescued General Hawk because other generals were going to have Hawk killed to cover up a public relations debacle. Later, Destro lets a Joe unit go free because they had eliminated a kill squad shooting at his beloved Baroness.
** A VillainEpisode “Special Missions” one-shot depicted a Cobra strike team attacking a hospital. Two operatives, armor division captain Rip-It and aerial infiltrator Sky Creeper, are aghast to discover that their objective is to kidnap a newborn baby — [[spoiler:the son of Destro and the Baroness]]. They’re executed for questioning Cobra Commander’s vision on the flight back to base.
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* Despite being an AxCrazy PsychopathicManchild operating on BlueAndOrangeMorality, Negan from ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead'' has a surprising number of standards. First, he wholeheartedly believes in RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil, to the point that he has been willing to execute his own men out of disgust at seeing them commit rape, and been willing to fight to save strangers who were about to be raped. Second, he despises cowards and betrayers, and on several occasions, he [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves killed]] or otherwise refused to work with people who wanted to sell out their own side to him. (By contrast, [[YouGotSpunk he shows much more respect to opponents who stand up to him]].) Lastly, he loathes the SocialDarwinist outlook, particularly their attitude towards weaker people, and at one point he gives another character a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech over it that would be a KirkSummation if it was coming from someone more heroic.

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* Despite being an AxCrazy PsychopathicManchild operating on BlueAndOrangeMorality, Negan from ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead'' has a surprising number of standards. First, he wholeheartedly believes in RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil, to the point that he has been willing to execute his own men out of disgust at seeing them commit rape, and been willing to fight to save strangers who were about to be raped. Second, he despises cowards and betrayers, and on several occasions, he [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves killed]] or otherwise refused to work with people who wanted to sell out their own side to him. (By contrast, [[YouGotSpunk he shows much more respect to opponents who stand up to him]].him.) Lastly, he loathes the SocialDarwinist outlook, particularly their attitude towards weaker people, and at one point he gives another character a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech over it that would be a KirkSummation if it was coming from someone more heroic.
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* Pictured in the main page: In ''ComicBook/BatmanAndCaptainAmerica'', ComicBook/TheJoker abruptly ends a partnership with Comicbook/RedSkull when his Nazi affiliation comes out. Red Skull [[EvilCannotComprehendGood simply wonders]] why he is so surprised when he thinks that the Joker would make a great Nazi. Almost immediately, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Joker drops his usual wise-cracking personality, and is]] ''[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness VISIBLY NOT]]'' [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness happy about this, proclaiming that while he may be a criminal lunatic, he's an]] ''[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness American]]'' [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness criminal lunatic!]] Yes, folks, even an equal-opportunity murderer like ''the Joker'' despises the Nazis![[note]]The Joker had originally thought that Red Skull was just dressing up as a Nazi as a sort of theme, which he approved of because it sounded like great trolling.[[/note]]

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* Pictured in on the main page: In ''ComicBook/BatmanAndCaptainAmerica'', ComicBook/TheJoker abruptly ends a partnership with Comicbook/RedSkull when his Nazi affiliation comes out. Red Skull [[EvilCannotComprehendGood simply wonders]] why he is so surprised when he thinks that the Joker would make a great Nazi. Almost immediately, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Joker drops his usual wise-cracking personality, and is]] ''[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness VISIBLY NOT]]'' [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness happy about this, proclaiming that while he may be a criminal lunatic, he's an]] ''[[OOCIsSeriousBusiness American]]'' [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness criminal lunatic!]] Yes, folks, even an equal-opportunity murderer like ''the Joker'' despises the Nazis![[note]]The Joker had originally thought that Red Skull was just dressing up as a Nazi as a sort of theme, which he approved of because it sounded like great trolling.[[/note]]



** Still, ComicBook/TheJoker is the incarnation of DependingOnTheWriter, and that was one of the tamer versions, based on the 1940's incarnation who was giggling and flamboyant, but not psychotic ''at all''. [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Some]] [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum other]] [[ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder versions]] probably wouldn't have given a damn, if they'd even partner with anyone else at all. Also, there's a short story in one of the Batman prose collections where the Joker falls in love/lust/''something'' with a female Nazi, and, to get on her good side, eagerly helps the Reich with its war plans. [[spoiler:Though it turns out to be all AllJustADream, brought on during one of his shock therapy treatments at Arkham Asylum.]]
** Joker again shows this with the most literal meaning of "standards" in ''ComicBook/SpiderManAndBatmanDisorderedMinds'' where he teamed-up with ComicBook/{{Carnage}}. The two worked fine until it was time to actually kill their intended targets. Joker wanted to do things in his usual "artistic"/"funny" way and was annoyed and slightly [[{{Squick}} disgusted]] at Carnage's plan to just brutally eviscerate them, leading to an argument that quickly escalated. Carnage for his part is bored by Joker's schemes and see him ruining the fun and simplicity of murder.

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** Still, ComicBook/TheJoker is the incarnation of DependingOnTheWriter, and that was one of the tamer versions, based on the 1940's 1940s incarnation who was giggling and flamboyant, but not psychotic ''at all''. [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries Some]] [[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum other]] [[ComicBook/AllStarBatmanAndRobinTheBoyWonder versions]] probably wouldn't have given a damn, if they'd even partner with anyone else at all. Also, there's a short story in one of the Batman prose collections where the Joker falls in love/lust/''something'' with a female Nazi, and, to get on her good side, eagerly helps the Reich with its war plans. [[spoiler:Though it turns out to be all AllJustADream, brought on during one of his shock therapy treatments at Arkham Asylum.]]
** Joker again shows this with the most literal meaning of "standards" in ''ComicBook/SpiderManAndBatmanDisorderedMinds'' where he teamed-up teamed up with ComicBook/{{Carnage}}. The two worked fine until it was time to actually kill their intended targets. Joker wanted to do things in his usual "artistic"/"funny" way and was annoyed and slightly [[{{Squick}} disgusted]] at Carnage's plan to just brutally eviscerate them, leading to an argument that quickly escalated. Carnage for his part is bored by Joker's schemes and see sees him ruining the fun and simplicity of murder.



** Diabolik would die rather than harming a child (literally: during a chase he once deliberately crashed his car and risked arrest and execution rather than running over a kid), and tries to limit the amount of people he murders to those strictly necessary. Also, [[IGaveMyWord he always keeps his word and oaths]], to the point that when he testified at a trial under a fake identity and identified the defendant as responsible for the murder of a mob boss the police and the mobster's son took him at face value, even after he was exposed, precisely because he had sworn to tell the truth.
** The above also goes for Eva Kant, Diabolik's lover, though she also has higher standards: she has a strong dislike for trophy hunting (though she has no issue about hunting to eat), and has at times gone out of her way to correct unjust acts. On one notable occasion she showed up at a trial in disguise to testify against a particular heinous murder, the defendant and his lawyer realized her real identity, and not only she made no attempt to escape as she wanted to make sure the defendant was convicted, the judge and jury ''took her testimony even more seriously'' because she was Eva Kant and [[IGaveMyWord had sworn to tell the truth about that case]].

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** Diabolik would die rather than harming harm a child (literally: (literally; during a chase chase, he once deliberately crashed his car and risked arrest and execution rather than running over a kid), and tries to limit the amount number of people he murders to those strictly necessary. Also, [[IGaveMyWord he always keeps his word and oaths]], to the point that when he testified at a trial under a fake identity and identified the defendant as responsible for the murder of a mob boss the police and the mobster's son took him at face value, even after he was exposed, precisely because he had sworn to tell the truth.
** The above also goes for Eva Kant, Diabolik's lover, though she also has higher standards: she has a strong dislike for trophy hunting (though she has no issue about hunting to eat), and has at times gone out of her way to correct unjust acts. On one notable occasion occasion, she showed up at a trial in disguise to testify against a particular particularly heinous murder, the defendant and his lawyer realized her real identity, and not only she made no attempt to escape as she wanted to make sure the defendant was convicted, the judge and jury ''took her testimony even more seriously'' because she was Eva Kant and [[IGaveMyWord had sworn to tell the truth about that case]].



* ''ComicBook/{{Djinn}}'': Sultan Murati is an manipulative and ruthless monarch who has no problem ordering the death of any woman in his [[RoyalHarem seraglio]] once he grows bored with them. Having said that, he is disturbed when he discovers that his previous favorite's little daughter was murdered alongside her mother. When a British lady becomes one of his harem girls, he assures the outraged diplomats that he is not an brute that forced her into it, that she went along of her own free will and she is free to leave whenever she wants to. When he steps down from power (partly because he doesn't have much to live), he frees the women in his harem.

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* ''ComicBook/{{Djinn}}'': Sultan Murati is an a manipulative and ruthless monarch who has no problem ordering the death of any woman in his [[RoyalHarem seraglio]] once he grows bored with them. Having said that, he is disturbed when he discovers that his previous favorite's little daughter was murdered alongside her mother. When a British lady becomes one of his harem girls, he assures the outraged diplomats that he is not an a brute that forced her into it, that she went along of her own free will and she is free to leave whenever she wants to. When he steps down from power (partly because he doesn't have much to live), he frees the women in his harem.



** In what may or may not be an example of this or WhatYouAreInTheDark, Mindfuck claims that she is only a good person because she used her powers to completely rewrite her personality, and that she used to be a terrible person. She did this after being mutilated by her brother and deciding she wanted to be nothing like him. [[UnreliableNarrator It's uncertain whether she actually was as bad as she thought, or if it's just her self-doubt in the face of her fellow heroes for whom being good just comes naturally.]]
** This behavior is justified for the "average" villains. There are what are called the "unwritten rules" about how a villain should treat captured superheroes (most notably, no killing or raping.) These rules are followed because any villain who breaks them is going to get the normally divided and unreliable super-hero community to band together and crush anyone who does. It's not standards on the part of the villains (Well, except for [[PoliticalOvercorrectness Wet Blanket]]), but rather simple pragmatism. Villains who do break these rules [[SuperpowerLottery have the power to successfully fight off massive teams of superheroes singlehandedly.]] This leads to the bizarre dichotomy of villains either being [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBOoks Silver Age]] style, or something that is ComicBook/TheJoker at his worst. [[IncendiaryExponent Only made of fire.]]

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** In what may or may not be an example of this or WhatYouAreInTheDark, Mindfuck claims that she is only a good person because she used her powers to completely rewrite her personality, personality and that she used to be a terrible person. She did this after being mutilated by her brother and deciding she wanted to be nothing like him. [[UnreliableNarrator It's uncertain whether she actually was as bad as she thought, or if it's just her self-doubt in the face of her fellow heroes for whom being good just comes naturally.]]
** This behavior is justified for the "average" villains. There are what are called the "unwritten rules" about how a villain should treat captured superheroes (most notably, no killing or raping.) These rules are followed because any villain who breaks them is going to get the normally divided and unreliable super-hero superhero community to band together and crush anyone who does. It's not standards on the part of the villains (Well, except for [[PoliticalOvercorrectness Wet Blanket]]), but rather simple pragmatism. Villains who do break these rules [[SuperpowerLottery have the power to successfully fight off massive teams of superheroes singlehandedly.]] This leads to the bizarre dichotomy of villains either being [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBOoks Silver Age]] style, style or something that is ComicBook/TheJoker at his worst. [[IncendiaryExponent Only made of fire.]]



---> '''Black Mechamamba''': We're technically supposed to be evil, sure -- but now you've turned EEEEVIL evil, Zee!
* In the ZombieApocalypse comic ''Feast,'' a group of escaped convicts (all particulary dangerous and violent ones) are trapped in the upper floor of a shop surrounded by the hungry dead. When they realize that there's one guy there who they don't know what he's in for, they press him for it until another inmate pipes up that he recognizes him, and he's in for raping and murdering children. Upon this revelation, the lead convict ''immediately'' grabs the guy and throws him out the window to the zombies. One of the cons is also a serial rapist, and when they need some bait to distract the zombies and a con asks who, the [[TokenGoodTeammate one good con]] says "Who do you ''think?''" Cut to the rapist in handcuffs running from the zombies while screaming "FUCK YOU GUYS!"

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---> '''Black --->'''Black Mechamamba''': We're technically supposed to be evil, sure -- but now you've turned EEEEVIL evil, Zee!
* In the ZombieApocalypse comic ''Feast,'' a group of escaped convicts (all particulary particularly dangerous and violent ones) are trapped in on the upper floor of a shop surrounded by the hungry dead. When they realize that there's one guy there who they don't know what he's in for, they press him for it until another inmate pipes up that he recognizes him, and he's in for raping and murdering children. Upon this revelation, the lead convict ''immediately'' grabs the guy and throws him out the window to the zombies. One of the cons is also a serial rapist, and when they need some bait to distract the zombies and a con asks who, the [[TokenGoodTeammate one good con]] says "Who do you ''think?''" Cut to the rapist in handcuffs running from the zombies while screaming "FUCK YOU GUYS!"



* The ''G.I.Joe'' villain, Destro. He runs a weapon production empire that makes profit off war. He *starts* wars just to sell bombs to both sides. The Joes know they can work well with Destro, as the man keeps his word. In one instance, Destro rescued General Hawk because other generals were going to have Hawk killed to cover up a public relations debacle. Later, Destro let a Joe unit go free because they had eliminated a kill squad shooting at his beloved Baroness.
* Hunter Rose, protagonist of the early ''ComicBook/{{Grendel}}'' stories by Matt Wagner, was a sadistic, sociopathic crime-lord/hired assassin, who made a point of suppressing all underage prostitution within New York. In his first ever appearance he cheerfully guts the head of the largest child prostitution ring in the city, commenting "I no like dat."

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* The ''G.I.Joe'' villain, villain Destro. He runs a weapon production empire that makes profit off war. He *starts* wars just to sell bombs to both sides. The Joes know they can work well with Destro, as the man keeps his word. In one instance, Destro rescued General Hawk because other generals were going to have Hawk killed to cover up a public relations debacle. Later, Destro let lets a Joe unit go free because they had eliminated a kill squad shooting at his beloved Baroness.
* Hunter Rose, protagonist of the early ''ComicBook/{{Grendel}}'' stories by Matt Wagner, was a sadistic, sociopathic crime-lord/hired assassin, who made a point of suppressing all underage prostitution within New York. In his first ever appearance first-ever appearance, he cheerfully guts the head of the largest child prostitution ring in the city, commenting "I no like dat."



* ''ComicBook/{{Iznogoud}}'': Iznogoud might be a cruel, petty, greedy and ambitious EvilChancellor, but he is disgusted when he catches his executioner trying to get himself paid for mercy, and delivers a speech saying mercy should never be bought.

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* ''ComicBook/{{Iznogoud}}'': Iznogoud might be a cruel, petty, greedy greedy, and ambitious EvilChancellor, but he is disgusted when he catches his executioner trying to get himself paid for mercy, and delivers a speech saying mercy should never be bought.



* Subverted by ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac''. Johnny is a mass murderer who repeatedly kills scores of people for 'offenses' such as chewing in an annoying manner or using the word "wacky", and has a several floors deep TortureCellar. Upon learning that his own antics has inspired an AscendedFanboy serial killer who also turns out to be a rapist he becomes ''extremely'' disgusted, as it is [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil the one line Johnny himself will]] ''[[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil not]]'' [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil cross.]] However, Johnny states outright that this limitation gives him no absolution: He regularly does things to his victims just as bad as rape, and his aversion to rape isn't so much a standard [[ParalyzingFearOfSexuality as it is a natural result of his hatred of physical contact and giving in to bodily desires]].

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* Subverted by ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac''. Johnny is a mass murderer who repeatedly kills scores of people for 'offenses' such as chewing in an annoying manner or using the word "wacky", "wacky" and has a several floors deep floors-deep TortureCellar. Upon learning that his own antics has have inspired an AscendedFanboy serial killer who also turns out to be a rapist he becomes ''extremely'' disgusted, as it is [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil the one line Johnny himself will]] ''[[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil not]]'' [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil cross.]] However, Johnny states outright that this limitation gives him no absolution: He regularly does things to his victims just as bad as rape, and his aversion to rape isn't so much a standard [[ParalyzingFearOfSexuality as it is a natural result of his hatred of physical contact and giving in to bodily desires]].



** [[spoiler:Averted in Volume 2, Issue 4, when Red Mist guns down a group of children. Then proceeds to kill the main character's love interest's mother and father and gang rape her with two of his henchmen. Though one could argue that the way the first volume ended she wasn't an entirely sympathetic character at that point. On the other hand, the book doesn't make any effort to justify her rape]]. [[spoiler:Well, one of his Mooks asked whether if it was really necessary. The others were outright disgusted with Motherfucker and with themselves, but they did as told. They outright declare that the rape was going too far, but again they don't do anything about it]].
** In the following issue, [[spoiler:[[CorruptCop Vic Gigante]] tells Red Mist that his gang aren't getting any special treatment anymore, and that the police force & the various mafia families are gunning for them now]].
* ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable Illustrated'' : Knuckles captured a member of the cult that tortured Thorina. Knowing that Knuckles intended to kill him, and knowing also the Untouchable Trio's notorious reputation for greed and selfishness, the cultist tried to persuade Knuckles to join his cult instead, offering lavish rewards. Knuckles mentally pictured himself torturing Thorina, and then promptly killed the cultist, saying, ''"Sorry, bud, but even I've got standards."''
* The Hutts in ''ComicBook/{{Legacy}}'' undergo this after Vul Isen callously slaughters refugees fleeing the genocide of Dac (which incidentally, he carried out). The Hutts might be corrupt, but killing innocent refugees/potential customers is apparently the line they cannot tolerate. Given that the nephew of a high ranking Hutt died for sheltering them, revenge is partially responsible.

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** [[spoiler:Averted in Volume 2, Issue 4, when Red Mist guns down a group of children. Then proceeds to kill the main character's love interest's mother and father and gang rape her with two of his henchmen. Though one could argue that the way the first volume ended she wasn't an entirely sympathetic character at that point. On the other hand, the book doesn't make any effort to justify her rape]]. [[spoiler:Well, one of his Mooks asked whether if it was really necessary. The others were outright disgusted with Motherfucker and with themselves, but they did as told. They outright declare that the rape was going too far, but again they don't do anything about it]].
** In the following issue, [[spoiler:[[CorruptCop Vic Gigante]] tells Red Mist that his gang aren't isn't getting any special treatment anymore, and that the police force & the various mafia families are gunning for them now]].
* ''ComicStrip/KnightsOfTheDinnerTable Illustrated'' : Illustrated'': Knuckles captured a member of the cult that tortured Thorina. Knowing that Knuckles intended to kill him, and knowing also the Untouchable Trio's notorious reputation for greed and selfishness, the cultist tried to persuade Knuckles to join his cult instead, offering lavish rewards. Knuckles mentally pictured himself torturing Thorina, and then promptly killed the cultist, saying, ''"Sorry, bud, but even I've got standards."''
* The Hutts in ''ComicBook/{{Legacy}}'' undergo this after Vul Isen callously slaughters refugees fleeing the genocide of Dac (which incidentally, he carried out). The Hutts might be corrupt, but killing innocent refugees/potential customers is apparently the line they cannot tolerate. Given that the nephew of a high ranking high-ranking Hutt died for sheltering them, revenge is partially responsible.



* ''ComicStrip/ModestyBlaise'', during her criminal career (the series starts when her retirement becomes too boring) was always very strict about rejecting drug-dealing and prostitution, and no violence against innocents was allowed. In fact she often did pro-bono attacks on procurers. And when she was set up to traffic drugs in return for the life of a friend, she chose NOT to traffic drugs. She was also against killing, unless it was absolutely necessary, preferring to knock out people who got in her way. Also, she gave her henchmen pension funds, when she retired her operations. It's hard to consider her a villain at all.

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* ''ComicStrip/ModestyBlaise'', during her criminal career (the series starts when her retirement becomes too boring) was always very strict about rejecting drug-dealing drug dealing and prostitution, and no violence against innocents was allowed. In fact fact, she often did pro-bono attacks on procurers. And when she was set up to traffic drugs in return for the life of a friend, she chose NOT to traffic drugs. She was also against killing, unless it was absolutely necessary, preferring to knock out people who got in her way. Also, she gave her henchmen pension funds, when she retired her operations. It's hard to consider her a villain at all.



* In one issue of ''[[ComicBook/TheSimpsons Simpsons Comics]]'', Mr. Burns tricks Homer into starring in a deadly gameshow. While Homer struggles to get through a maze full of traps, Burns sits in a control room pondering what to throw at him. We're shown some very dangerous and downright cruel things... but he draws the line at making Homer listen to [[TakeThat James Cameron's infamous Oscar acceptance speech on a continuous loop]], as he's "still a human being".

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* In one issue of ''[[ComicBook/TheSimpsons Simpsons Comics]]'', Mr. Burns tricks Homer into starring in a deadly gameshow.game show. While Homer struggles to get through a maze full of traps, Burns sits in a control room pondering what to throw at him. We're shown some very dangerous and downright cruel things... but he draws the line at making Homer listen to [[TakeThat James Cameron's infamous Oscar acceptance speech on a continuous loop]], as he's "still a human being".



** In ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'', Robotnik's right hand man Grimer thinks Robotnik is going too far by trying to destroy Mobius. The second time Robotnik tries to destroy Mobius Grimer quits working for him.

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** In ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic'', Robotnik's right hand right-hand man Grimer thinks Robotnik is going too far by trying to destroy Mobius. The second time Robotnik tries to destroy Mobius Grimer quits working for him.



* ''ComicBook/{{Uber}}'': Sieglinde and Siegmund are disgusted by the level of sadisic glee that their fellow Über, Siegfried, takes in his atrocities. After Siegfried single-handedly massacres hundreds of thousands of Soviet POWS on Hitler's orders, Sieglinde notes that if it had been her, she'd have refused.
* Despite being an AxCrazy PsychopathicManchild operating on BlueAndOrangeMorality, Negan from ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead'' has a surprising number of standards. First, he wholeheartedly believes in RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil, to the point that he has been willing to execute his own men out of disgust at seeing them commit rape, and been willing to fight to save strangers who were about to be raped. Second, he despises cowards and betrayers, and on several occasions he [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves killed]] or otherwise refused to work with people who wanted to sell out their own side to him. (By contrast, [[YouGotSpunk he shows much more respect to opponents who stand up to him]].) Lastly, he loathes the SocialDarwinist outlook, particularly their attitude towards weaker people, and at one point he gives another character a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech over it that would be a KirkSummation if it was coming from someone more heroic.

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* ''ComicBook/{{Uber}}'': Sieglinde and Siegmund are disgusted by the level of sadisic sadistic glee that their fellow Über, Siegfried, takes in his atrocities. After Siegfried single-handedly massacres hundreds of thousands of Soviet POWS on Hitler's orders, Sieglinde notes that if it had been her, she'd have refused.
* Despite being an AxCrazy PsychopathicManchild operating on BlueAndOrangeMorality, Negan from ''ComicBook/TheWalkingDead'' has a surprising number of standards. First, he wholeheartedly believes in RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil, to the point that he has been willing to execute his own men out of disgust at seeing them commit rape, and been willing to fight to save strangers who were about to be raped. Second, he despises cowards and betrayers, and on several occasions occasions, he [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves killed]] or otherwise refused to work with people who wanted to sell out their own side to him. (By contrast, [[YouGotSpunk he shows much more respect to opponents who stand up to him]].) Lastly, he loathes the SocialDarwinist outlook, particularly their attitude towards weaker people, and at one point he gives another character a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech over it that would be a KirkSummation if it was coming from someone more heroic.



* In ''ComicBook/WitchGirlsTales'', CardCarryingVillain Princess Lucinda tends to make statements along the lines of this trope when justifying her NobleDemon tendencies. Well, either that, or turn the person who dares to doubt her evil into a frog.

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* In ''ComicBook/WitchGirlsTales'', CardCarryingVillain Princess Lucinda tends to make statements along the lines of this trope when justifying her NobleDemon tendencies. Well, either that, that or turn the person who dares to doubt her evil into a frog.
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** Five-Oh calls Silver Kincaid selfish for killing herself in public.

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