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* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'': Flip a coin. Then shoot it. If you hit it, [[CrapsackWorld the elected official is honest.]] To be fair, there aren't very many elected officials -- they're mostly [[WastelandElder elders]] or [[WastelandWarlord warlords]].
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' gives us multiple examples. It's [[CrapsackWorld Grand Theft Auto]].
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'': One mission involves you taking pictures of a [[StrawCharacter conservative politician]] consorting with a hooker while [[{{Hypocrite}} wearing women's undergarments.]]
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' gives us multiple examples. It's [[CrapsackWorld Grand Theft Auto]].
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'': One mission involves you taking pictures of a [[StrawCharacter conservative politician]] consorting with a hooker while [[{{Hypocrite}} wearing women's undergarments.]]
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* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'': Flip ''VideoGame/AITheSomniumFiles'' has Congressman So Sejima, a coin. Then shoot it. If you hit it, [[CrapsackWorld member of the elected official Japanese Diet whose EstablishingCharacterMoment is honest.]] To be fair, there aren't very many elected officials -- they're mostly [[WastelandElder elders]] or [[WastelandWarlord warlords]].
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' gives us multiple examples. It's [[CrapsackWorld Grand Theft Auto]].
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'': One mission involves you taking picturesbeing caught hiding in a {{Yakuza}} den. He's a prime suspect in the SerialKiller case the game resolves around, but his army of a [[StrawCharacter conservative politician]] consorting with a hooker while [[{{Hypocrite}} wearing women's undergarments.]][[{{Mooks}} bodyguards]] and friends in high places get in the way of [[PlayerCharacter Date]]'s attempts to find the truth.
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' gives us multiple examples. It's [[CrapsackWorld Grand Theft Auto]].
** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'': One mission involves you taking pictures
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* Kain Murasame from ''VideoGame/DemolishFist'' and the game's main antagonist, who runs an underground genetics research corporation developing bio-weapons, intending to sell his creations and use them to change the world as he sees himself as "the true saviour of the human race".
* ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'':
** Alfred Woden from the original ''VideoGame/MaxPayne1'' is a US Senator and leader of an AncientConspiracy that is behind much of the plot of the game. Though he is technically on Max's side, neither Max nor the player have any illusions about his morals.
** ''VideoGame/MaxPayne3'' gives us Victor Branco, a Brazilian politician who masterminds the deaths of his siblings both to gain control over his family's fortune and to gain sympathy from voters. Also, he's involved in an OrganTheft ring.
* ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge'' says that the government has become corrupt, but the ending implies that the world isn't ''that'' bad.
** ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdgeCatalyst'' is a reboot, and the world is somewhat different. For one thing, they've completely done away with the elections thing and straight up made the City of Glass a corporate oligarchy, with the ruling families as the owners of a few powerful companies. Below them are the shareholders, then the various levels of "employs". Then you have several kinds of non-citizens. Hard to tell if having the political players being openly {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s only out for more wealth and power makes this a subversion or played straight.
* ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'':
** Alfred Woden from the original ''VideoGame/MaxPayne1'' is a US Senator and leader of an AncientConspiracy that is behind much of the plot of the game. Though he is technically on Max's side, neither Max nor the player have any illusions about his morals.
** ''VideoGame/MaxPayne3'' gives us Victor Branco, a Brazilian politician who masterminds the deaths of his siblings both to gain control over his family's fortune and to gain sympathy from voters. Also, he's involved in an OrganTheft ring.
* ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge'' says that the government has become corrupt, but the ending implies that the world isn't ''that'' bad.
** ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdgeCatalyst'' is a reboot, and the world is somewhat different. For one thing, they've completely done away with the elections thing and straight up made the City of Glass a corporate oligarchy, with the ruling families as the owners of a few powerful companies. Below them are the shareholders, then the various levels of "employs". Then you have several kinds of non-citizens. Hard to tell if having the political players being openly {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s only out for more wealth and power makes this a subversion or played straight.
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* A Creator/ChoiceOfGames game called ''Heroes Rise'' has Mayor Victon, who is responsible for putting the PlayerCharacter's parents into a maximum-security prison for life without not only visitation but communication rights for what amounts to be self-defense during his time as a judge. This was obviously done as part of his run for the Mayor on the platform of regulation of Powered individuals. At the end of the game, [[spoiler:he hints that he knew all about the Prodigal and did nothing while she worked hard to plan the city's destruction. He also openly threatens you and implies that there was more to your parents' imprisonment than you thought]]. Victon's corruption is even more evident in the sequel, where he openly allies himself with an anti-Powered group called the Meek and even [[spoiler:has them orchestrate a potentially-deadly incident on the day of the Presidential Election in order to raise support for his campaign]].
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* A Creator/ChoiceOfGames game called ''Heroes Rise'' has Mayor Victon, Kain Murasame from ''VideoGame/DemolishFist'' and the game's main antagonist, who is responsible for putting runs an underground genetics research corporation developing bioweapons, intending to sell his creations and use them to change the PlayerCharacter's parents into a maximum-security prison for life without not only visitation but communication rights for what amounts to be self-defense during his time world as a judge. This was obviously done he sees himself as part of his run for the Mayor on the platform of regulation of Powered individuals. At the end "the true saviour of the game, [[spoiler:he hints human race".
* {{Subverted|Trope}} in ''VideoGame/DyingLight'' with [[spoiler:Erol Assani]]. Despite claiming to have stolen millions of dollars from the banks of Harran in the wake of the localized ZombieApocalypse, [[spoiler:Assani is actually trying to distract the player character so that heknew all about the Prodigal and did nothing while she worked hard to plan the city's destruction. He also openly threatens you and implies that there was more to your parents' imprisonment than you thought]]. Victon's corruption is even more evident in the sequel, where he openly allies can safely get himself with an anti-Powered group called and his family onto a helicopter out of the Meek city. In actuality, he tried his hardest to get the helicopter to pick up Crane as well, but doesn't have any way of knowing how Crane will respond to finding out that the crew refuses to help him get out]]. His worst crime is actually [[spoiler:being kind of petty and even [[spoiler:has them orchestrate a potentially-deadly incident on suspecting the worst of his head of security, who removed his leg to save his life the day of that Antizin started being air dropped into the Presidential Election in order to raise support for his campaign]].city]].
* ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'': Flip a coin. Then shoot it. If you hit it, [[CrapsackWorld the elected official is honest]]. To be fair, there aren't very many elected officials -- they're mostly [[WastelandElder elders]] or [[WastelandWarlord warlords]].
* {{Subverted|Trope}} in ''VideoGame/DyingLight'' with [[spoiler:Erol Assani]]. Despite claiming to have stolen millions of dollars from the banks of Harran in the wake of the localized ZombieApocalypse, [[spoiler:Assani is actually trying to distract the player character so that he
* ''Franchise/{{Fallout}}'': Flip a coin. Then shoot it. If you hit it, [[CrapsackWorld the elected official is honest]]. To be fair, there aren't very many elected officials -- they're mostly [[WastelandElder elders]] or [[WastelandWarlord warlords]].
* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoViceCity'': One mission involves you taking pictures of a [[StrawCharacter conservative politician]] consorting with a hooker while [[{{Hypocrite}} wearing women's undergarments]].
* ''VideoGame/HeroesRise'' has Mayor Victon, who is responsible for putting the PlayerCharacter's parents into a maximum-security prison for life without not only visitation but communication rights for what amounts to be self-defense during his time as a judge. This was obviously done as part of his run for the Mayor on the platform of regulation of Powered individuals. At the end of the game, [[spoiler:he hints that he knew all about the Prodigal and did nothing while she worked hard to plan the city's destruction. He also openly threatens you and implies that there was more to your parents' imprisonment than you thought]]. Victon's corruption is even more evident in the sequel, where he openly allies himself with an anti-Powered group called the Meek and even [[spoiler:has them orchestrate a potentially deadly incident on the day of the Presidential Election in order to raise support for his campaign]].
* ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'':
** Kyohei Jingu of ''VideoGame/Yakuza1'' is a high-level politician in deep with the {{yakuza}}, and is actively attempting to [[OffingTheOffspring murder]] his illegitimate daughter, [[spoiler:Haruka]], and her mother so that their existence won't threaten his career.
** Ryo Aoki of ''Videogame/YakuzaLikeADragon'' is the Governor of Tokyo who rose to power through creating the NPO "Bleach Japan" that protested organized crime and was considered one of the figures behind the police operation that took down the Tojo Clan. In practice, Bleach Japan is effectively a campaign to gentrify Japan that targets the lower class in an attempt to run out smaller criminal syndicates for Aoki's own criminal allies. Like Jingu above, he's a ruthless individual who will have anyone killed to secure his rise to power or simply out of paranoia, including [[spoiler:his own father Masumi Arakawa and loyal minion Hajime Ogasawara]].
* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'': Joram Talid, a turian running for office on the Citadel with an openly anti-human platform. He also has gangsters performing shakedowns for him on the side, and his behaviour has gotten another criminal (a human) so angry at him he's hired an assassin to kill Talid. It's entirely possible for Shepard to shoot him dead for it.
* ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'':
** Alfred Woden from the original ''VideoGame/MaxPayne1'' is a US Senator and leader of an AncientConspiracy that is behind much of the plot of the game. Though he is technically on Max's side, neither Max nor the player have any illusions about his morals.
** ''VideoGame/MaxPayne3'' gives us Victor Branco, a Brazilian politician who masterminds the deaths of his siblings both to gain control over his family's fortune and to gain sympathy from voters. Also, he's involved in an OrganTheft ring.
* ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge'' says that the government has become corrupt, but the ending implies that the world isn't ''that'' bad. ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdgeCatalyst'' is a reboot, and the world is somewhat different. For one thing, they've completely done away with the elections thing and straight up made the City of Glass a corporate oligarchy, with the ruling families as the owners of a few powerful companies. Below them are the shareholders, then the various levels of "employs". Then you have several kinds of non-citizens. Hard to tell if having the political players being openly {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s only out for more wealth and power makes this a subversion or played straight.
* ''VideoGame/MutantFootballLeague'' pokes fun at politicians left and right, but it's mentioned that there exists the Corrupt Politician Hall of Fame museum in the city of Chiraq, Killinois.
* Bunnylord in ''VideoGame/NotAHero'' is a drug user with no moral compass. He's content with murdering his enemies and does good deeds only to gain votes to become mayor.
* ''VideoGame/HeroesRise'' has Mayor Victon, who is responsible for putting the PlayerCharacter's parents into a maximum-security prison for life without not only visitation but communication rights for what amounts to be self-defense during his time as a judge. This was obviously done as part of his run for the Mayor on the platform of regulation of Powered individuals. At the end of the game, [[spoiler:he hints that he knew all about the Prodigal and did nothing while she worked hard to plan the city's destruction. He also openly threatens you and implies that there was more to your parents' imprisonment than you thought]]. Victon's corruption is even more evident in the sequel, where he openly allies himself with an anti-Powered group called the Meek and even [[spoiler:has them orchestrate a potentially deadly incident on the day of the Presidential Election in order to raise support for his campaign]].
* ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'':
** Kyohei Jingu of ''VideoGame/Yakuza1'' is a high-level politician in deep with the {{yakuza}}, and is actively attempting to [[OffingTheOffspring murder]] his illegitimate daughter, [[spoiler:Haruka]], and her mother so that their existence won't threaten his career.
** Ryo Aoki of ''Videogame/YakuzaLikeADragon'' is the Governor of Tokyo who rose to power through creating the NPO "Bleach Japan" that protested organized crime and was considered one of the figures behind the police operation that took down the Tojo Clan. In practice, Bleach Japan is effectively a campaign to gentrify Japan that targets the lower class in an attempt to run out smaller criminal syndicates for Aoki's own criminal allies. Like Jingu above, he's a ruthless individual who will have anyone killed to secure his rise to power or simply out of paranoia, including [[spoiler:his own father Masumi Arakawa and loyal minion Hajime Ogasawara]].
* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'': Joram Talid, a turian running for office on the Citadel with an openly anti-human platform. He also has gangsters performing shakedowns for him on the side, and his behaviour has gotten another criminal (a human) so angry at him he's hired an assassin to kill Talid. It's entirely possible for Shepard to shoot him dead for it.
* ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'':
** Alfred Woden from the original ''VideoGame/MaxPayne1'' is a US Senator and leader of an AncientConspiracy that is behind much of the plot of the game. Though he is technically on Max's side, neither Max nor the player have any illusions about his morals.
** ''VideoGame/MaxPayne3'' gives us Victor Branco, a Brazilian politician who masterminds the deaths of his siblings both to gain control over his family's fortune and to gain sympathy from voters. Also, he's involved in an OrganTheft ring.
* ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge'' says that the government has become corrupt, but the ending implies that the world isn't ''that'' bad. ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdgeCatalyst'' is a reboot, and the world is somewhat different. For one thing, they've completely done away with the elections thing and straight up made the City of Glass a corporate oligarchy, with the ruling families as the owners of a few powerful companies. Below them are the shareholders, then the various levels of "employs". Then you have several kinds of non-citizens. Hard to tell if having the political players being openly {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}s only out for more wealth and power makes this a subversion or played straight.
* ''VideoGame/MutantFootballLeague'' pokes fun at politicians left and right, but it's mentioned that there exists the Corrupt Politician Hall of Fame museum in the city of Chiraq, Killinois.
* Bunnylord in ''VideoGame/NotAHero'' is a drug user with no moral compass. He's content with murdering his enemies and does good deeds only to gain votes to become mayor.
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* [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in ''VideoGame/DyingLight'' with [[spoiler:Erol Assani]]. Despite claiming to have stolen millions of dollars from the banks of Harran in the wake of the localized ZombieApocalypse, [[spoiler:Assani is actually trying to distract the player character so that he can safely get himself and his family onto a helicopter out of the city. In actuality, he tried his hardest to get the helicopter to pick up Crane as well, but doesn't have any way of knowing how Crane will respond to finding out that the crew refuses to help him get out]]. His worst crime is actually [[spoiler:being kind of petty and suspecting the worst of his head of security, who removed his leg to save his life the day that Antizin started being air dropped into the city]].
* ''VideoGame/ThisIsThePolice'' has quite possibly the most corrupt city hall ever seen. Even more than ''Series/TheWire''.
* Bunnylord in ''VideoGame/NotAHero'' is a drug user with no moral compass. He's content with murdering his enemies and does good deeds only to gain votes to become mayor.
* ''VideoGame/ThisIsThePolice'' has quite possibly the most corrupt city hall ever seen. Even more than ''Series/TheWire''.
* Bunnylord in ''VideoGame/NotAHero'' is a drug user with no moral compass. He's content with murdering his enemies and does good deeds only to gain votes to become mayor.
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** The straight example is Masayoshi Shido, a power-hungry politician who leads TheConspiracy that serves as the main antagonist of the second half of the game. He uses his connections to influence the masses so that he can become [[PresidentEvil Prime Minister]] as well as to get away with any misdeeds, such as [[spoiler:getting the protagonist put on probation when he stopped him from sexually assaulting a woman]]. And for worse, [[spoiler: he is the father of Goro Akechi, aka The Traitor, and basically [[AbusiveParents one of the biggest reasons]] [[BastardBastard Akechi]] [[EvilCounterpart is...]] [[WellDoneSonGuy the way]] [[PsychopathicManchild he is]].]]
** The inversion is Toranosuke Yoshida, an actually honest-to-God good politician striving to improve the lives of the people, even if his past mistake and rejection from the people based on that will continue to haunt him. He's one of Joker's Tarot Confidants, and if maxed out, [[spoiler:gets re-elected to Diet to ensure his good policies will be implemented, and then helps Joker get out of his juvenile sentence quicker.]]
* ''VideoGame/AITheSomniumFiles'' has Congressman So Sejima, a member of the Japanese Diet whose EstablishingCharacterMoment is being caught hiding in a {{yakuza}} den. He's a prime suspect in the SerialKiller case the game resolves around, but his army of [[{{mooks}} bodyguards]] and friends in high places get in the way of [[PlayerCharacter Date]]'s attempts to find the truth.
* The BigBad of ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRogue'' is the city's corrupt Mayor, a comical take on this whose sins include banning chicken nuggets, raising taxes after running on a promise to lower them, and confiscating all the alcohol in the city to hold a giant party. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And the party sucked]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Scrapland}}'' has The Mayor. He and the Chief Of Police are partners-in-crime in a stolen objects trafficking ring.
* In ''VideoGame/VerdictGuilty'', Mayor Sang is responsible for the perennial corruption of the police force and takes a cut from all criminal activity in Seoul. And he's running for President of South Korea.
* ''Videogame/{{Tropico}}'' positively encourages the player to play President Corrupt... er, El Presidente Magnifico, joyfully trampling at will on most of the rights of the people and basing a large chunk of the score and storyline on embezzlement and the cult of personality, providing the opportunity to rig or cancel elections, and having a whole submenu devoted to bribing, arresting or assassinating political opponents.
** The inversion is Toranosuke Yoshida, an actually honest-to-God good politician striving to improve the lives of the people, even if his past mistake and rejection from the people based on that will continue to haunt him. He's one of Joker's Tarot Confidants, and if maxed out, [[spoiler:gets re-elected to Diet to ensure his good policies will be implemented, and then helps Joker get out of his juvenile sentence quicker.]]
* ''VideoGame/AITheSomniumFiles'' has Congressman So Sejima, a member of the Japanese Diet whose EstablishingCharacterMoment is being caught hiding in a {{yakuza}} den. He's a prime suspect in the SerialKiller case the game resolves around, but his army of [[{{mooks}} bodyguards]] and friends in high places get in the way of [[PlayerCharacter Date]]'s attempts to find the truth.
* The BigBad of ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRogue'' is the city's corrupt Mayor, a comical take on this whose sins include banning chicken nuggets, raising taxes after running on a promise to lower them, and confiscating all the alcohol in the city to hold a giant party. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And the party sucked]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Scrapland}}'' has The Mayor. He and the Chief Of Police are partners-in-crime in a stolen objects trafficking ring.
* In ''VideoGame/VerdictGuilty'', Mayor Sang is responsible for the perennial corruption of the police force and takes a cut from all criminal activity in Seoul. And he's running for President of South Korea.
* ''Videogame/{{Tropico}}'' positively encourages the player to play President Corrupt... er, El Presidente Magnifico, joyfully trampling at will on most of the rights of the people and basing a large chunk of the score and storyline on embezzlement and the cult of personality, providing the opportunity to rig or cancel elections, and having a whole submenu devoted to bribing, arresting or assassinating political opponents.
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** The straight example is Masayoshi Shido, a power-hungry politician who leads TheConspiracy that serves as the main antagonist of the second half of the game. He uses his connections to influence the masses so that he can become [[PresidentEvil Prime Minister]] as well as to get away with any misdeeds, such as [[spoiler:getting the protagonist put on probation when he stopped him from sexually assaulting a woman]]. And for For worse, [[spoiler: he [[spoiler:he is the father of Goro Akechi, aka The Traitor, and basically [[AbusiveParents one of the biggest reasons]] why [[BastardBastard Akechi]] [[EvilCounterpart is...]] is... [[WellDoneSonGuy the way]] [[PsychopathicManchild way he is]].]]
is]]]].
** The inversion is Toranosuke Yoshida, an actually honest-to-God good politician striving to improve the lives of the people, even if his past mistake and rejection from the people based on that will continue to haunt him. He's one of Joker's Tarot Confidants, and if maxed out, [[spoiler:gets re-elected to Diet to ensure his good policies will be implemented, and then helps Joker get out of his juvenile sentencequicker.quicker]].
* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'' has the [[PunnyName punnily-named]] Paul Atishon, who [[SleazyPolitician campaigns all day and all night]] in a fancy [[TooImportantToWalk palanquin]] to be the assemblyman of Kurain Village. An utter {{slimeball}} with an [[SmallNameBigEgo enormous ego]], Atishon spends the entirety of Case 5 generally being an arrogant, insufferable {{Jerkass}} [[spoiler:and turns out to have [[TheDragon a campaign benefactor]] in [[HangingJudge Inga Karkhuul Khura'in]], who enlisted him to take back [[MacGuffin the Founder's Orb]] at all costs. To that end, Atishon [[MurderIsTheBestSolution kills]] archaeologist Archie Buff and then {{blackmail}}s [[CrusadingLawyer Phoenix Wright]] into defending him.]]
*''VideoGame/AITheSomniumFiles'' has Congressman So Sejima, a member Snattle of ''VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness'' is an admin of the Japanese Diet whose EstablishingCharacterMoment is being caught hiding in a {{yakuza}} den. He's a prime suspect in criminal syndicate Cipher, and seeks to become governor of Orre. His political campaign involves kidnapping ''an entire city of people'' and replacing them with disguised Cipher members.
* Most of ''VideoGame/RagingJustice'' have your characters cleaning theSerialKiller case the game resolves around, but his army streets of [[{{mooks}} bodyguards]] and friends gangsters in high places get in the way of [[PlayerCharacter Date]]'s attempts an attempt to find the truth.
* The BigBad of ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRogue'' isrescue Wilson, the city's corrupt Mayor, a comical take on this whose sins include banning chicken nuggets, raising taxes who was kidnapped by the villains prior to the game's events. But after running on a promise to lower them, and confiscating defeating all the alcohol in mob's lead enforcers, you finally infiltrate the city gang's mansion headquarters where Mayor Wilson is held, only to hold a giant party. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And discover Wilson is actually their ''leader'', pulling the party sucked]].
strings behind the criminal empire's activities.
* ''VideoGame/{{Scrapland}}'' has The Mayor. He and the ChiefOf of Police are partners-in-crime in a stolen objects trafficking ring.
* In ''VideoGame/VerdictGuilty'', Mayor Sang is responsible for the perennial corruption of the police force and takes a cut from all criminal activity in Seoul. And he's running for President of South Korea.
* ''Videogame/{{Tropico}}'' positively encourages the player to play President Corrupt... er, El Presidente Magnifico, joyfully trampling at will on most of the rights of the people and basing a large chunk of the score and storyline on embezzlement and the cult of personality, providing the opportunity to rig or cancel elections, and having a whole submenu devoted to bribing, arresting or assassinating political opponents.ring.
** The inversion is Toranosuke Yoshida, an actually honest-to-God good politician striving to improve the lives of the people, even if his past mistake and rejection from the people based on that will continue to haunt him. He's one of Joker's Tarot Confidants, and if maxed out, [[spoiler:gets re-elected to Diet to ensure his good policies will be implemented, and then helps Joker get out of his juvenile sentence
* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'' has the [[PunnyName punnily-named]] Paul Atishon, who [[SleazyPolitician campaigns all day and all night]] in a fancy [[TooImportantToWalk palanquin]] to be the assemblyman of Kurain Village. An utter {{slimeball}} with an [[SmallNameBigEgo enormous ego]], Atishon spends the entirety of Case 5 generally being an arrogant, insufferable {{Jerkass}} [[spoiler:and turns out to have [[TheDragon a campaign benefactor]] in [[HangingJudge Inga Karkhuul Khura'in]], who enlisted him to take back [[MacGuffin the Founder's Orb]] at all costs. To that end, Atishon [[MurderIsTheBestSolution kills]] archaeologist Archie Buff and then {{blackmail}}s [[CrusadingLawyer Phoenix Wright]] into defending him.]]
*
* Most of ''VideoGame/RagingJustice'' have your characters cleaning the
* The BigBad of ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRogue'' is
* ''VideoGame/{{Scrapland}}'' has The Mayor. He and the Chief
* In ''VideoGame/VerdictGuilty'', Mayor Sang is responsible for the perennial corruption of the police force and takes a cut from all criminal activity in Seoul. And he's running for President of South Korea.
* ''Videogame/{{Tropico}}'' positively encourages the player to play President Corrupt... er, El Presidente Magnifico, joyfully trampling at will on most of the rights of the people and basing a large chunk of the score and storyline on embezzlement and the cult of personality, providing the opportunity to rig or cancel elections, and having a whole submenu devoted to bribing, arresting or assassinating political opponents.
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* ''VideoGame/LikeADragon'':
** Kyohei Jingu of ''VideoGame/Yakuza1'' is a high-level politician in deep with the {{yakuza}}, and is actively attempting to [[OffingTheOffspring murder]] his illegitimate daughter, [[spoiler:Haruka]], and her mother so that their existence won't threaten his career.
** Ryo Aoki of ''Videogame/YakuzaLikeADragon'' is the Governor of Tokyo who rose to power through creating the NPO "Bleach Japan" that protested organized crime and was considered one of the figures behind the police operation that took down the Tojo Clan. In practice, Bleach Japan is effectively a campaign to gentrify Japan that targets the lower class in an attempt to run out smaller criminal syndicates for Aoki's own criminal allies. Like Jingu above, he's a ruthless individual who will have anyone killed to secure his rise to power or simply out of paranoia, including [[spoiler:his own father Masumi Arakawa and loyal minion Hajime Ogasawara]].
** Kyohei Jingu of ''VideoGame/Yakuza1'' is a high-level politician in deep with the {{yakuza}}, and is actively attempting to [[OffingTheOffspring murder]] his illegitimate daughter, [[spoiler:Haruka]], and her mother so that their existence won't threaten his career.
** Ryo Aoki of ''Videogame/YakuzaLikeADragon'' is the Governor of Tokyo who rose to power through creating the NPO "Bleach Japan" that protested organized crime and was considered one of the figures behind the police operation that took down the Tojo Clan. In practice, Bleach Japan is effectively a campaign to gentrify Japan that targets the lower class in an attempt to run out smaller criminal syndicates for Aoki's own criminal allies. Like Jingu above, he's a ruthless individual who will have anyone killed to secure his rise to power or simply out of paranoia, including [[spoiler:his own father Masumi Arakawa and loyal minion Hajime Ogasawara]].
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* ''VideoGame/MutantFootballLeague'' pokes fun at politicians left and right, but it's mentioned that there exists the Corrupt Politician Hall of Fame museum in the city of Chiraq, Killinois.
* Snattle of ''VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness'' is an admin of the criminal syndicate Cipher, and seeks to become governor of Orre. His political campaign involves kidnapping ''an entire city of people'' and replacing them with disguised Cipher members.
* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'' has the [[PunnyName punnily-named]] Paul Atishon, who [[SleazyPolitician campaigns all day and all night]] in a fancy [[TooImportantToWalk palanquin]] to be the assemblyman of Kurain Village. An utter {{slimeball}} with an [[SmallNameBigEgo enormous ego]], Atishon spends the entirety of Case 5 generally being an arrogant, insufferable {{Jerkass}} [[spoiler: and turns out to have a campaign benefactor in [[TheDragon Inga]] [[HangingJudge Karkhuul]] [[PoliceState Khura'in]], who enlisted him to take back the [[MacGuffin Founder's Orb]] at all costs. To that end, Atishon [[MurderIsTheBestSolution kills]] archaeologist Archie Buff and then [[{{Blackmail}} blackmails]] [[CrusadingLawyer Phoenix Wright]] into defending him.]]
* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2:'' Joram Talid, a turian running for office on the Citadel with an openly anti-human platform. He also has gangsters performing shakedowns for him on the side, and his behaviour has gotten another criminal (a human) so angry at him he's hired an assassin to kill Talid. It's entirely possible for Shepard to shoot him dead for it.
* Most of ''VideoGame/RagingJustice'' have your characters cleaning the streets of gangsters in an attempt to rescue Wilson, the city's Mayor, who was kidnapped by the villains prior to the game's events. But after defeating all the mob's lead enforcers, you finally infiltrate the gang's mansion headquarters where Mayor Wilson is held, only to discover Wilson is actually their ''leader'', pulling the strings behind the criminal empire's activities.
* ''VideoGame/TerraInvicta'': In the GrandStrategy game's simulation of earth, where several groups compete for influence over it's governments for their own ends, this is represented with the "spoils" system. Spoils put money into your organization's coffers at the expense of the nation's economy in the long run. Of note, local elites in a given region ''expect'' a certain amount of spoils to be collected (as they recieve a cut), and will be unhappy if their demands aren't met, making the region more vulnerable to coups and such launched by competing organizations.
* Snattle of ''VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness'' is an admin of the criminal syndicate Cipher, and seeks to become governor of Orre. His political campaign involves kidnapping ''an entire city of people'' and replacing them with disguised Cipher members.
* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'' has the [[PunnyName punnily-named]] Paul Atishon, who [[SleazyPolitician campaigns all day and all night]] in a fancy [[TooImportantToWalk palanquin]] to be the assemblyman of Kurain Village. An utter {{slimeball}} with an [[SmallNameBigEgo enormous ego]], Atishon spends the entirety of Case 5 generally being an arrogant, insufferable {{Jerkass}} [[spoiler: and turns out to have a campaign benefactor in [[TheDragon Inga]] [[HangingJudge Karkhuul]] [[PoliceState Khura'in]], who enlisted him to take back the [[MacGuffin Founder's Orb]] at all costs. To that end, Atishon [[MurderIsTheBestSolution kills]] archaeologist Archie Buff and then [[{{Blackmail}} blackmails]] [[CrusadingLawyer Phoenix Wright]] into defending him.]]
* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2:'' Joram Talid, a turian running for office on the Citadel with an openly anti-human platform. He also has gangsters performing shakedowns for him on the side, and his behaviour has gotten another criminal (a human) so angry at him he's hired an assassin to kill Talid. It's entirely possible for Shepard to shoot him dead for it.
* Most of ''VideoGame/RagingJustice'' have your characters cleaning the streets of gangsters in an attempt to rescue Wilson, the city's Mayor, who was kidnapped by the villains prior to the game's events. But after defeating all the mob's lead enforcers, you finally infiltrate the gang's mansion headquarters where Mayor Wilson is held, only to discover Wilson is actually their ''leader'', pulling the strings behind the criminal empire's activities.
* ''VideoGame/TerraInvicta'': In the GrandStrategy game's simulation of earth, where several groups compete for influence over it's governments for their own ends, this is represented with the "spoils" system. Spoils put money into your organization's coffers at the expense of the nation's economy in the long run. Of note, local elites in a given region ''expect'' a certain amount of spoils to be collected (as they recieve a cut), and will be unhappy if their demands aren't met, making the region more vulnerable to coups and such launched by competing organizations.
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* ''VideoGame/MutantFootballLeague'' pokes fun at politicians left and right, but it's mentioned that there exists the Corrupt Politician Hall The BigBad of Fame museum in the city of Chiraq, Killinois.
* Snattle of ''VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness''''VideoGame/StreetsOfRogue'' is an admin of the criminal syndicate Cipher, and seeks to become governor of Orre. His political campaign involves kidnapping ''an entire city of people'' and replacing them with disguised Cipher members.
* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'' has the [[PunnyName punnily-named]] Paul Atishon, who [[SleazyPolitician campaigns all day and all night]] in a fancy [[TooImportantToWalk palanquin]] to be the assemblyman of Kurain Village. An utter {{slimeball}} with an [[SmallNameBigEgo enormous ego]], Atishon spends the entirety of Case 5 generally being an arrogant, insufferable {{Jerkass}} [[spoiler: and turns out to have a campaign benefactor in [[TheDragon Inga]] [[HangingJudge Karkhuul]] [[PoliceState Khura'in]], who enlisted him to take back the [[MacGuffin Founder's Orb]] at all costs. To that end, Atishon [[MurderIsTheBestSolution kills]] archaeologist Archie Buff and then [[{{Blackmail}} blackmails]] [[CrusadingLawyer Phoenix Wright]] into defending him.]]
* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2:'' Joram Talid, a turian running for office on the Citadel with an openly anti-human platform. He also has gangsters performing shakedowns for him on the side, and his behaviour has gotten another criminal (a human) so angry at him he's hired an assassin to kill Talid. It's entirely possible for Shepard to shoot him dead for it.
* Most of ''VideoGame/RagingJustice'' have your characters cleaning the streets of gangsters in an attempt to rescue Wilson,the city's corrupt Mayor, who was kidnapped by the villains prior to the game's events. But a comical take on this whose sins include banning chicken nuggets, raising taxes after defeating running on a promise to lower them, and confiscating all the mob's lead enforcers, you finally infiltrate alcohol in the gang's mansion headquarters where Mayor Wilson is held, only city to discover Wilson is actually their ''leader'', pulling hold a giant party... [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and the strings behind the criminal empire's activities.
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*''VideoGame/TerraInvicta'': In the GrandStrategy game's ''VideoGame/TerraInvicta'''s simulation of earth, where Earth, several groups compete for influence over it's governments for their own ends, this is represented with by the "spoils" system. Spoils put money into your organization's coffers at the expense of the nation's economy in the long run. Of note, local elites in a given region ''expect'' a certain amount of spoils to be collected (as they recieve receive a cut), and will be unhappy if their demands aren't met, making the region more vulnerable to coups and such launched by competing organizations.organizations.
* ''VideoGame/ThisIsThePolice'' has quite possibly the most corrupt city hall ever seen, even more than ''Series/TheWire''.
* ''Videogame/{{Tropico}}'' positively encourages the player to play President Corrupt... er, El Presidente Magnifico, joyfully trampling at will on most of the rights of the people and basing a large chunk of the score and storyline on embezzlement and the cult of personality, providing the opportunity to rig or cancel elections, and having a whole submenu devoted to bribing, arresting or assassinating political opponents.
* In ''VideoGame/VerdictGuilty'', Mayor Sang is responsible for the perennial corruption of the police force and takes a cut from all criminal activity in Seoul. And he's running for President of South Korea.
* Snattle of ''VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness''
* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneySpiritOfJustice'' has the [[PunnyName punnily-named]] Paul Atishon, who [[SleazyPolitician campaigns all day and all night]] in a fancy [[TooImportantToWalk palanquin]] to be the assemblyman of Kurain Village. An utter {{slimeball}} with an [[SmallNameBigEgo enormous ego]], Atishon spends the entirety of Case 5 generally being an arrogant, insufferable {{Jerkass}} [[spoiler: and turns out to have a campaign benefactor in [[TheDragon Inga]] [[HangingJudge Karkhuul]] [[PoliceState Khura'in]], who enlisted him to take back the [[MacGuffin Founder's Orb]] at all costs. To that end, Atishon [[MurderIsTheBestSolution kills]] archaeologist Archie Buff and then [[{{Blackmail}} blackmails]] [[CrusadingLawyer Phoenix Wright]] into defending him.]]
* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2:'' Joram Talid, a turian running for office on the Citadel with an openly anti-human platform. He also has gangsters performing shakedowns for him on the side, and his behaviour has gotten another criminal (a human) so angry at him he's hired an assassin to kill Talid. It's entirely possible for Shepard to shoot him dead for it.
* Most of ''VideoGame/RagingJustice'' have your characters cleaning the streets of gangsters in an attempt to rescue Wilson,
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* ''VideoGame/ThisIsThePolice'' has quite possibly the most corrupt city hall ever seen, even more than ''Series/TheWire''.
* ''Videogame/{{Tropico}}'' positively encourages the player to play President Corrupt... er, El Presidente Magnifico, joyfully trampling at will on most of the rights of the people and basing a large chunk of the score and storyline on embezzlement and the cult of personality, providing the opportunity to rig or cancel elections, and having a whole submenu devoted to bribing, arresting or assassinating political opponents.
* In ''VideoGame/VerdictGuilty'', Mayor Sang is responsible for the perennial corruption of the police force and takes a cut from all criminal activity in Seoul. And he's running for President of South Korea.
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A Corrupt Politician can be as minor as the [[MayorPain mayor]] of a [[SmallTownTyrant small town]] who runs everything for his own benefit]]. Or perhaps the EvilChancellor, who would like nothing better than to usurp his boss. Or he could be PresidentEvil, a full-blown super villain in charge of an entire nation. Taken to the extreme, he's an EvilOverlord.
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* ''ComicStrip/MadamAndEve'' is '''FULL''' of these due to the RealLife corruption of the South African government, and it's arguably the biggest source of humor in the comic. Often accompanied by sarcastic commentary from the main characters.
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* ''ComicStrip/MadamAndEve'' is '''FULL''' of these due to the RealLife corruption of the South African government, and it's arguably the biggest source of humor in the comic. Often accompanied by sarcastic commentary from the main characters.
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* Kyohei Jingu of ''VideoGame/Yakuza1'' is a high level politician in deep with the {{yakuza}}, and is actively attempting to [[OffingTheOffspring murder]] his illegitimate daughter, [[spoiler: Haruka]], and her mother so that their existence won't threaten his career.
* Ryo Aoki of ''Videogame/YakuzaLikeADragon'' is the Governor of Tokyo who rose to power through creating the NPO "Bleach Japan" that protested organized crime and was considered one of the figures behind the police operation that took down the Tojo Clan. In practice, Bleach Japan is effectively a campaign to gentrify Japan that targets the lower class in an attempt to run out smaller criminal syndicates for Aoki's own criminal allies. Like Jingu above, he's a ruthless individual who will have anyone killed to secure his rise to power or simply out of paranoia, including [[spoiler:his own father Masumi Arakawa and loyal minion Hajime Ogasawara]].
* Ryo Aoki of ''Videogame/YakuzaLikeADragon'' is the Governor of Tokyo who rose to power through creating the NPO "Bleach Japan" that protested organized crime and was considered one of the figures behind the police operation that took down the Tojo Clan. In practice, Bleach Japan is effectively a campaign to gentrify Japan that targets the lower class in an attempt to run out smaller criminal syndicates for Aoki's own criminal allies. Like Jingu above, he's a ruthless individual who will have anyone killed to secure his rise to power or simply out of paranoia, including [[spoiler:his own father Masumi Arakawa and loyal minion Hajime Ogasawara]].
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** Kyohei Jingu of ''VideoGame/Yakuza1'' is ahigh level high-level politician in deep with the {{yakuza}}, and is actively attempting to [[OffingTheOffspring murder]] his illegitimate daughter, [[spoiler: Haruka]], [[spoiler:Haruka]], and her mother so that their existence won't threaten his career.
* ** Ryo Aoki of ''Videogame/YakuzaLikeADragon'' is the Governor of Tokyo who rose to power through creating the NPO "Bleach Japan" that protested organized crime and was considered one of the figures behind the police operation that took down the Tojo Clan. In practice, Bleach Japan is effectively a campaign to gentrify Japan that targets the lower class in an attempt to run out smaller criminal syndicates for Aoki's own criminal allies. Like Jingu above, he's a ruthless individual who will have anyone killed to secure his rise to power or simply out of paranoia, including [[spoiler:his own father Masumi Arakawa and loyal minion Hajime Ogasawara]].
** Kyohei Jingu of ''VideoGame/Yakuza1'' is a
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* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': One of the common themes is that politicians and people who desire positions of power over others are not the kind of people who should be trusted. From Cresce with its treatment of Two-Toes and the queen trying to hide her acts behind civility and refusing to listen to the details from the murderers and monsters she hires, to Sharteshane with its puppet king put in place by a murderous gangster, to Alderode with its survielance state and tyranny politicains are deeply flawed power hungry people.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': One of A common unifying theme is that those with power over other people will ''never'' treat the common themes is man as their equals - and those that politicians and people who desire positions of mix their political power over others are not with their faith in the kind of people who unknowable should ''never'' be trusted. From trusted.
** Crescewith its treatment of Two-Toes pretends to be a communist republic, but it's deeply entrenched in familial nobility and religious administrative power. The only reason it has 'improved' for humans is because they threw the queen Inak into miserable serfdom, and almost none of the nobles (who are basically an unelected congress) give a damn until a revolution blows up in their face. Even the Queen, a WellIntentionedExtremist trying to hide her acts behind civility create a better legacy, is willing to sacrifice the lives of thousands and refusing to listen to generally ignores the details from the murderers and monsters she hires, to consequences of hiring mad scientists.
** Sharteshane is ruled by gangs and corporations, and is currently in the pocket of the Beadman Gang-Corporation hybrid. His method of ruling is to distract the king withits puppet king put in place by a murderous gangster, to Alderode with its survielance state BreadAndCircuses, and tyranny politicains then use policy and skullduggery to maintain his monopoly on every product in the country.
** And then there's ''Alderode''. Religion rules the country, caste systems aredeeply flawed power hungry people.biologically enforced to enforce disposable soldiers and workers, and the threat of a religious upheaval causes one politician to consider mass-genocide to 'even the scales'.
** Cresce
** Sharteshane is ruled by gangs and corporations, and is currently in the pocket of the Beadman Gang-Corporation hybrid. His method of ruling is to distract the king with
** And then there's ''Alderode''. Religion rules the country, caste systems are
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* Being set in a small-town government, ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' features a lot of these. Aside from [[ThePollyanna Leslie]] and [[OnlySaneMan Howser]], the town council features [[DepravedDentist Jeremy]] [[{{Jerkass}} Jamm]], [[AnythingThatMoves Bill]] [[KavorkaMan Dexhart]], and [[RacistGrandpa Fielding]] [[SeniorSleepCycle Milton]]. And then there's the government of rival town Eagleton, which continued to [[ConspicuousConsumption spend money they didn't have]] [[MockMillionaire on stuff they didn't need]], resulting in the town being absorbed into Pawnee to prevent Eagleton's situation from dragging the rest of the region down with them.
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* Being set in a small-town government, ''Series/ParksAndRecreation'' features a lot of these. Aside from [[ThePollyanna Leslie]] and [[OnlySaneMan Howser]], the town council features [[DepravedDentist Jeremy]] [[{{Jerkass}} Jamm]], [[AnythingThatMoves Bill]] [[KavorkaMan Bill Dexhart]], and [[RacistGrandpa Fielding]] [[SeniorSleepCycle Milton]]. And then there's the government of rival town Eagleton, which continued to [[ConspicuousConsumption spend money they didn't have]] [[MockMillionaire on stuff they didn't need]], resulting in the town being absorbed into Pawnee to prevent Eagleton's situation from dragging the rest of the region down with them.
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* ''Literature/SwansBraidAndOtherTalesOfTerizan'': Councilor Saladaz turns out to have been an accomplice of the gang Hyrantaz led, giving them tips with part of their loot as his reward. Two other Councilors were as well, with all three beheaded after it's found out.
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* ''Literature/SwansBraidAndOtherTalesOfTerizan'': In "Swan's Braid" Councilor Saladaz turns out to have been an accomplice of the gang Hyrantaz led, giving them tips with part of their loot as his reward. Two other Councilors were as well, with all three beheaded after it's found out.
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* ''Videogame/Persona5'' has Masayoshi Shido, a power-hungry politician who leads TheConspiracy that serves as the main antagonist of the second half of the game. He uses his connections to influence the masses so that he can become [[PresidentEvil Prime Minister]] as well as to get away with any misdeeds, such as [[spoiler:getting the protagonist put on probation when he stopped him from sexually assaulting a woman]]. And for worse, [[spoiler: he is the father of Goro Akechi, aka The Traitor, and basically [[AbusiveParents one of the biggest reasons]] [[BastardBastard Akechi]] [[EvilCounterpart is...]] [[WellDoneSonGuy the way]] [[PsychopathicManchild he is]].]]
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* ''Videogame/Persona5'' has both plays this straight (or exaggerates it) and also inverts this.
** The straight example is Masayoshi Shido, a power-hungry politician who leads TheConspiracy that serves as the main antagonist of the second half of the game. He uses his connections to influence the masses so that he can become [[PresidentEvil Prime Minister]] as well as to get away with any misdeeds, such as [[spoiler:getting the protagonist put on probation when he stopped him from sexually assaulting a woman]]. And for worse, [[spoiler: he is the father of Goro Akechi, aka The Traitor, and basically [[AbusiveParents one of the biggest reasons]] [[BastardBastard Akechi]] [[EvilCounterpart is...]] [[WellDoneSonGuy the way]] [[PsychopathicManchild he is]].]]
** The inversion is Toranosuke Yoshida, an actually honest-to-God good politician striving to improve the lives of the people, even if his past mistake and rejection from the people based on that will continue to haunt him. He's one of Joker's Tarot Confidants, and if maxed out, [[spoiler:gets re-elected to Diet to ensure his good policies will be implemented, and then helps Joker get out of his juvenile sentence quicker.]]
** The straight example is Masayoshi Shido, a power-hungry politician who leads TheConspiracy that serves as the main antagonist of the second half of the game. He uses his connections to influence the masses so that he can become [[PresidentEvil Prime Minister]] as well as to get away with any misdeeds, such as [[spoiler:getting the protagonist put on probation when he stopped him from sexually assaulting a woman]]. And for worse, [[spoiler: he is the father of Goro Akechi, aka The Traitor, and basically [[AbusiveParents one of the biggest reasons]] [[BastardBastard Akechi]] [[EvilCounterpart is...]] [[WellDoneSonGuy the way]] [[PsychopathicManchild he is]].]]
** The inversion is Toranosuke Yoshida, an actually honest-to-God good politician striving to improve the lives of the people, even if his past mistake and rejection from the people based on that will continue to haunt him. He's one of Joker's Tarot Confidants, and if maxed out, [[spoiler:gets re-elected to Diet to ensure his good policies will be implemented, and then helps Joker get out of his juvenile sentence quicker.]]
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* ''Literature/SwansBraidAndOtherTalesOfTerizan'': Councilor Saladaz turns out to have been an accomplice of the gang Hyrantaz led, giving them tips with part of their loot as his reward. Two other Councilors were as well, with all three beheaded after it's found out.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': One of the common themes is that politicians and people who desire positions of power over others are not the kind of people who should be trusted. From Cresce with it's treatment of Two-Toes and the queen trying to hide her acts behind civility and refusing to listen to the details from the murderers and monsters she hires, to Sharteshane with it's puppet king put in place by a murderous gangster, to Alderode with it's survielance state and tyranny politicains are deeply flawed power hungry people.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': One of the common themes is that politicians and people who desire positions of power over others are not the kind of people who should be trusted. From Cresce with it's its treatment of Two-Toes and the queen trying to hide her acts behind civility and refusing to listen to the details from the murderers and monsters she hires, to Sharteshane with it's its puppet king put in place by a murderous gangster, to Alderode with it's its survielance state and tyranny politicains are deeply flawed power hungry people.
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This politician sees the world through JadeColoredGlasses. He thinks it's a CrapsackWorld, with BlackAndGrayMorality. He's gotten unqualified family members appointed to high-responsibility positions and his friends' companies get the juicy government contracts he doesn't keep to dole out to lovers and lobbyists. A constituent who comes to him for help had better be ready to hand over a juicy "campaign donation" in a BriefcaseOfCash (or an offer to "[[DeadlyEuphemism make a problem go away]]").
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This politician sees the world through JadeColoredGlasses. He thinks it's a CrapsackWorld, with BlackAndGrayMorality. He's gotten unqualified family members appointed to high-responsibility positions and his friends' companies get the juicy government contracts he doesn't keep to dole out to lovers and lobbyists. A constituent who comes to him for help had better be ready to hand over a juicy "campaign donation" in a BriefcaseOfCash BriefcaseFullOfMoney (or an offer to "[[DeadlyEuphemism make a problem go away]]").
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Some politicians want to make the world a better place. They run for office and stay up late trying to help their constituents. [[WellThisIsNotThatTrope This is not their trope.]]
This politician sees the world through JadeColoredGlasses. He thinks it's a CrapsackWorld, with BlackAndGrayMorality. He's gotten unqualified family members appointed to high-responsibility positions and his friends' companies get the juicy government contracts he doesn't keep for himself. A constituent who comes to him for help had better be ready to hand over a juicy "campaign donation" in cash (or an offer to "[[DeadlyEuphemism make a problem go away]]").
Some corrupt politicians just abuse and twist the system for their own ends. {{Nepotism}} may or may not be illegal, and steering contracts to your friends ''may'' just be the result of a small pool of available contractors, and of course a member of the committee for Big Oil is going to be acquainted with Big Oil. On the other hand, some are fully criminal and allied with TheMafia or some other criminal organization. They use their insider status to steer police investigations away from their crimes and exploit loopholes, engineer loopholes, or simply get rid of any legal process directed at them. In the worst-case scenario, a particularly powerful, competent, and ruthless Corrupt Politician will be a fully-fledged DiabolicalMastermind.
This politician sees the world through JadeColoredGlasses. He thinks it's a CrapsackWorld, with BlackAndGrayMorality. He's gotten unqualified family members appointed to high-responsibility positions and his friends' companies get the juicy government contracts he doesn't keep for himself. A constituent who comes to him for help had better be ready to hand over a juicy "campaign donation" in cash (or an offer to "[[DeadlyEuphemism make a problem go away]]").
Some corrupt politicians just abuse and twist the system for their own ends. {{Nepotism}} may or may not be illegal, and steering contracts to your friends ''may'' just be the result of a small pool of available contractors, and of course a member of the committee for Big Oil is going to be acquainted with Big Oil. On the other hand, some are fully criminal and allied with TheMafia or some other criminal organization. They use their insider status to steer police investigations away from their crimes and exploit loopholes, engineer loopholes, or simply get rid of any legal process directed at them. In the worst-case scenario, a particularly powerful, competent, and ruthless Corrupt Politician will be a fully-fledged DiabolicalMastermind.
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Some politicians want to make the world a better place. They run for office and when they get elected stay up late trying to help their constituents.constituents and build a stronger community. [[WellThisIsNotThatTrope This is not their trope.]]
This politician sees the world through JadeColoredGlasses. He thinks it's a CrapsackWorld, with BlackAndGrayMorality. He's gotten unqualified family members appointed to high-responsibility positions and his friends' companies get the juicy government contracts he doesn't keepfor himself. to dole out to lovers and lobbyists. A constituent who comes to him for help had better be ready to hand over a juicy "campaign donation" in cash a BriefcaseOfCash (or an offer to "[[DeadlyEuphemism make a problem go away]]").
Some corrupt politicians just abuse and twist the system for their own ends. {{Nepotism}} may or may not be illegal, and steering contracts to your friends ''may'' just be the result of a small pool of available contractors, and of course a member of the committee for Big Oil is going to be acquainted with BigOil.Oil leaders. On the other hand, some are fully criminal and allied with TheMafia or some other criminal organization. They use their insider status to steer police investigations away from their crimes and they have an AmoralAttorney to exploit loopholes, engineer loopholes, or create loopholes or simply get rid of any legal process directed at them. In the worst-case scenario, a particularly powerful, competent, and ruthless Corrupt Politician will be a fully-fledged DiabolicalMastermind.
This politician sees the world through JadeColoredGlasses. He thinks it's a CrapsackWorld, with BlackAndGrayMorality. He's gotten unqualified family members appointed to high-responsibility positions and his friends' companies get the juicy government contracts he doesn't keep
Some corrupt politicians just abuse and twist the system for their own ends. {{Nepotism}} may or may not be illegal, and steering contracts to your friends ''may'' just be the result of a small pool of available contractors, and of course a member of the committee for Big Oil is going to be acquainted with Big
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* ''Film/DeadlyHarvest'': After exploring multiple unfeasible options such as building giant hydroponic gardens and switching to an all-seaweed diet, the [[NoNameGiven unnamed]] Minister of Agriculture decides that the best way to resolve the whole climate crisis is to claim a temporary supply distribution problem, cut food rations by 50 percent, institute martial law, and create a media blackout so that the ordinary citizens will effectively starve before realizing how serious the situation has become.
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When you walk into a ChezRestaurant, you can expect to find the Corrupt Politician eating a [[ConspicuousConsumption costly dinner]] with his AmoralAttorney, a CorruptCorporateExecutive, his the [[DirtyCop dirty Police Commissioner]] and TheDon. He's probably on good terms with some [[AristocratsAreEvil evil aristocrats]], [[EvilPrince princes]], [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen queens]] and even the [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic right-wing]] [[ANaziByAnyOtherName organizations]], as well. Unlike the rest of them, the Corrupt Politician had to go through an election. [[VoteEarlyVoteOften Or at least the appearance of an election]]. The Corrupt Politician will assure them all that the CorruptBureaucrat, whom he appointed and controls, will do what they want.
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When you walk into a ChezRestaurant, you can expect to find the Corrupt Politician eating a [[ConspicuousConsumption costly dinner]] with his AmoralAttorney, a CorruptCorporateExecutive, his the [[DirtyCop dirty Police Commissioner]] and TheDon. He's probably on good terms with some [[AristocratsAreEvil evil aristocrats]], [[EvilPrince princes]], [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen queens]] and even the [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic right-wing]] [[ANaziByAnyOtherName organizations]], as well. Unlike the rest of them, the Corrupt Politician had to go through an election. [[VoteEarlyVoteOften Or at least the appearance of an election]]. The Corrupt Politician will assure them all that the CorruptBureaucrat, whom he appointed and controls, will do what they want.
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Some corrupt politicians just abuse and twist the system for their own ends. {{Nepotism}} may or may not be illegal, and steering contracts to your friends ''may'' just be the result of a small pool of available contractors, and of course a member of the committee for Big Oil is going to be acquainted with Big Oil. On the other hand, some are fully criminal and allied with TheMafia or some other criminal organization. They use their insider status to steer police investigations away from their crimes and exploit loopholes, engineer loopholes, or simply get rid o legal process directed at them. In the worst-case scenario, a particularly powerful, competent, and ruthless Corrupt Politician will be a fully-fledged DiabolicalMastermind.
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Some corrupt politicians just abuse and twist the system for their own ends. {{Nepotism}} may or may not be illegal, and steering contracts to your friends ''may'' just be the result of a small pool of available contractors, and of course a member of the committee for Big Oil is going to be acquainted with Big Oil. On the other hand, some are fully criminal and allied with TheMafia or some other criminal organization. They use their insider status to steer police investigations away from their crimes and exploit loopholes, engineer loopholes, or simply get rid o of any legal process directed at them. In the worst-case scenario, a particularly powerful, competent, and ruthless Corrupt Politician will be a fully-fledged DiabolicalMastermind.
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When you walk into a ChezRestaurant, you can expect to find the Corrupt Politician eating a [[ConspicuousConsumption
costly dinner]] with his AmoralAttorney, a CorruptCorporateExecutive, his the [[DirtyCop dirty Police Commissioner]] and TheDon. He's probably on good terms with some [[AristocratsAreEvil evil aristocrats]], [[EvilPrince princes]], [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen queens]] and even the [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic right-wing]] [[ANaziByAnyOtherName organizations]], as well. Unlike the rest of them, the Corrupt Politician had to go through an election. [[VoteEarlyVoteOften Or at least the appearance of an election]]. The Corrupt Politician will assure them all that the CorruptBureaucrat, whom he appointed and controls, will do what they want.
costly dinner]] with his AmoralAttorney, a CorruptCorporateExecutive, his the [[DirtyCop dirty Police Commissioner]] and TheDon. He's probably on good terms with some [[AristocratsAreEvil evil aristocrats]], [[EvilPrince princes]], [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen queens]] and even the [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic right-wing]] [[ANaziByAnyOtherName organizations]], as well. Unlike the rest of them, the Corrupt Politician had to go through an election. [[VoteEarlyVoteOften Or at least the appearance of an election]]. The Corrupt Politician will assure them all that the CorruptBureaucrat, whom he appointed and controls, will do what they want.
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[[ConspicuousConsumption costly dinner]] with his AmoralAttorney, a CorruptCorporateExecutive, his the [[DirtyCop dirty Police Commissioner]] and TheDon. He's probably on good terms with some [[AristocratsAreEvil evil aristocrats]], [[EvilPrince princes]], [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen queens]] and even the [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic right-wing]] [[ANaziByAnyOtherName organizations]], as well. Unlike the rest of them, the Corrupt Politician had to go through an election. [[VoteEarlyVoteOften Or at least the appearance of an election]]. The Corrupt Politician will assure them all that the CorruptBureaucrat, whom he appointed and controls, will do what they want.
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This politician sees the world through JadeColoredGlasses. He thinks it's a CrapsackWorld, with BlackAndGrayMorality. He's gotten family members appointed to positions and his friends get the government contracts he doesn't keep for himself. A constituent who comes to him for help had better be ready to hand over a juicy "campaign donation".
Some corrupt politicians just abuse and twist the system for their own ends. {{Nepotism}} may or may not be illegal, and steering contracts to your friends ''may'' just be the result of a small pool of available contractors, and of course a member of the committee for Big Oil is going to be acquainted with Big Oil. On the other hand, some are fully criminal and allied with TheMafia or some other criminal organization. They use their insider status to steer police investigations away from their crimes and exploit loopholes, engineer loopholes, or simply get rid of the law on their behalf. In the worst-case scenario, a particularly powerful, competent, and ruthless Corrupt Politician will be a fully-fledged DiabolicalMastermind.
A Corrupt Politician can be as minor as [[SmallTownTyrant the mayor of a small town who runs everything for his own benefit]]. Or perhaps the EvilChancellor, who would like nothing better than to usurp his boss. Or he could be PresidentEvil, a full blown super villain in charge of an entire nation. Taken to the extreme, he's an EvilOverlord.
When you walk into a ChezRestaurant, you can expect to find the Corrupt Politician eating dinner with the CorruptCorporateExecutive, the [[DirtyCop Police Commissioner]] and TheDon. He's probably on good terms with some [[AristocratsAreEvil evil aristocrats]], [[EvilPrince princes]], [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen queens]] and even the [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic right-wing]] [[ANaziByAnyOtherName organizations]], as well. Unlike the rest of them, the Corrupt Politician had to go through an election. [[VoteEarlyVoteOften Or at least the appearance of an election]]. The Corrupt Politician will assure them all that the CorruptBureaucrat, whom he appointed, will do what they want.
Some corrupt politicians just abuse and twist the system for their own ends. {{Nepotism}} may or may not be illegal, and steering contracts to your friends ''may'' just be the result of a small pool of available contractors, and of course a member of the committee for Big Oil is going to be acquainted with Big Oil. On the other hand, some are fully criminal and allied with TheMafia or some other criminal organization. They use their insider status to steer police investigations away from their crimes and exploit loopholes, engineer loopholes, or simply get rid of the law on their behalf. In the worst-case scenario, a particularly powerful, competent, and ruthless Corrupt Politician will be a fully-fledged DiabolicalMastermind.
A Corrupt Politician can be as minor as [[SmallTownTyrant the mayor of a small town who runs everything for his own benefit]]. Or perhaps the EvilChancellor, who would like nothing better than to usurp his boss. Or he could be PresidentEvil, a full blown super villain in charge of an entire nation. Taken to the extreme, he's an EvilOverlord.
When you walk into a ChezRestaurant, you can expect to find the Corrupt Politician eating dinner with the CorruptCorporateExecutive, the [[DirtyCop Police Commissioner]] and TheDon. He's probably on good terms with some [[AristocratsAreEvil evil aristocrats]], [[EvilPrince princes]], [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen queens]] and even the [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic right-wing]] [[ANaziByAnyOtherName organizations]], as well. Unlike the rest of them, the Corrupt Politician had to go through an election. [[VoteEarlyVoteOften Or at least the appearance of an election]]. The Corrupt Politician will assure them all that the CorruptBureaucrat, whom he appointed, will do what they want.
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This politician sees the world through JadeColoredGlasses. He thinks it's a CrapsackWorld, with BlackAndGrayMorality. He's gotten unqualified family members appointed to high-responsibility positions and his friends friends' companies get the juicy government contracts he doesn't keep for himself. A constituent who comes to him for help had better be ready to hand over a juicy "campaign donation".
donation" in cash (or an offer to "[[DeadlyEuphemism make a problem go away]]").
Some corrupt politicians just abuse and twist the system for their own ends. {{Nepotism}} may or may not be illegal, and steering contracts to your friends ''may'' just be the result of a small pool of available contractors, and of course a member of the committee for Big Oil is going to be acquainted with Big Oil. On the other hand, some are fully criminal and allied with TheMafia or some other criminal organization. They use their insider status to steer police investigations away from their crimes and exploit loopholes, engineer loopholes, or simply get ridof the law on their behalf.o legal process directed at them. In the worst-case scenario, a particularly powerful, competent, and ruthless Corrupt Politician will be a fully-fledged DiabolicalMastermind.
A Corrupt Politician can be as minor as [[SmallTownTyrant the mayor of a small town who runs everything for his own benefit]]. Or perhaps the EvilChancellor, who would like nothing better than to usurp his boss. Or he could be PresidentEvil, afull blown full-blown super villain in charge of an entire nation. Taken to the extreme, he's an EvilOverlord.
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costly dinner]] withthe his AmoralAttorney, a CorruptCorporateExecutive, his the [[DirtyCop dirty Police Commissioner]] and TheDon. He's probably on good terms with some [[AristocratsAreEvil evil aristocrats]], [[EvilPrince princes]], [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen queens]] and even the [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic right-wing]] [[ANaziByAnyOtherName organizations]], as well. Unlike the rest of them, the Corrupt Politician had to go through an election. [[VoteEarlyVoteOften Or at least the appearance of an election]]. The Corrupt Politician will assure them all that the CorruptBureaucrat, whom he appointed, appointed and controls, will do what they want.
Some corrupt politicians just abuse and twist the system for their own ends. {{Nepotism}} may or may not be illegal, and steering contracts to your friends ''may'' just be the result of a small pool of available contractors, and of course a member of the committee for Big Oil is going to be acquainted with Big Oil. On the other hand, some are fully criminal and allied with TheMafia or some other criminal organization. They use their insider status to steer police investigations away from their crimes and exploit loopholes, engineer loopholes, or simply get rid
A Corrupt Politician can be as minor as [[SmallTownTyrant the mayor of a small town who runs everything for his own benefit]]. Or perhaps the EvilChancellor, who would like nothing better than to usurp his boss. Or he could be PresidentEvil, a
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* ''Manhwa/LevelOnePlayer'' is rife with them. But the first on-screen case is the incredibly StupidEvil Lee Hang-gu who ''immediately'' files ridiculous claims, such as "loss of rented equipment" and "breach of contract" against Choi Hyungsung and family ''the instant'' he gets word that the main character died in action, and kicks the dog a bit more by trying to strong-arm Choi's family into giving up their estate, even flat-out evicting them from the family home, ''and billing them'' for all the living expenses Choi provided. When Choi asks him for an apology, Lee Hang-gu goes apoplectic, thinking he's being disrespected, because his yes-men keep telling him he did nothing wrong.
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* ''Manhwa/LevelOnePlayer'' is rife with them. But the first on-screen case is the incredibly StupidEvil Lee Hang-gu who ''immediately'' files ridiculous claims, such as "loss of rented equipment" and "breach of contract" against Choi Hyungsung and family ''the instant'' he gets word that the main character died in action, and kicks the dog a bit more by trying to strong-arm Choi's family into giving up their estate, even flat-out evicting them from the family home, ''and billing them'' for all the living expenses Choi provided. When Choi asks him for an apology, Lee Hang-gu goes apoplectic, thinking he's being disrespected, because his yes-men keep telling him he did nothing wrong.
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* Dr. Kananga, the BigBad of ''Film/LiveAndLetDie'', is the prime minister of the [[WelcomeToTheCaribbeanMon fictional Caribbean nation]] of San Monique. When he's not running his country, he's pushing drugs in [[BigApplesauce Harlem]] under the name Mr. Big.
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* Discussed in Chapter 80 of ''Fanfic/BlazBlueAlternativeRemnant''. Robyn confesses to May that one of her biggest fears if she wins the council seat is that she'll become this, being familiar with the stories of how someone fighting for justice enters the political arena, only to become no different than the other corrupt politicians. May shoots the idea down, even bringing up her former family and how they'd do any underhanded action to get ahead, by telling Robyn that she's nothing like them even at her worst. Joanna further throws off the notion by telling Robyn that she has the Happy Huntresses by her side to keep her stable if council politics start getting to her, making it clear that they'll do everything they can to avert this trope.
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* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': Ash and his friends encountered the Mayor of Trovitopolis, who was dealing with a mysterious creature wandering around in his sewer. Rather than find a humane solution to it, he was willing to kill it for political gain, and decides to close the manholes up. When told Ash and his friends have gone down there, he is willing to free them... in a week, ''after'' the election. Then it turns out the creature was a Bulbasaur he abandoned as a child, and rather than make peace with it, he sends his goons to kill it.
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* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': Ash and his friends encountered the Mayor of Trovitopolis, who was dealing with a mysterious creature wandering around in his sewer. Rather than find a humane solution to it, he was willing to kill it for political gain, and decides to close the manholes up. When told Ash and his friends have gone down there, he is willing to free them... in a week, ''after'' the election. Then it turns out the creature was a Bulbasaur he abandoned as a child, and rather than make peace with it, he sends his goons to kill it.
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* Every single politician Franchise/{{Batman}} meets in Gotham with the exception of [[FaceHeelTurn District Attorney Harvey Dent]] and [[TheSheriff Police Commissioner Gordon]]. Justified because Gotham is a WretchedHive: Marion Grange was not corrupt and tried to help Gotham, but she was underfunded and was assassinated before her term ended.
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* Every single politician Franchise/{{Batman}} ComicBook/{{Batman}} meets in Gotham with the exception of [[FaceHeelTurn District Attorney Harvey Dent]] and [[TheSheriff Police Commissioner Gordon]]. Justified because Gotham is a WretchedHive: Marion Grange was not corrupt and tried to help Gotham, but she was underfunded and was assassinated before her term ended.
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* Famed ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' arch-enemy ComicBook/LexLuthor spent some time as President of the United States. It did little to cut down on his supervillainy.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'': Flip a coin. Then shoot it. If you hit it, [[CrapsackWorld the elected official is honest.]] To be fair, there aren't very many elected officials. A lot of elders and warlords.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Fallout}}'': Flip a coin. Then shoot it. If you hit it, [[CrapsackWorld the elected official is honest.]] To be fair, there aren't very many elected officials. A lot of elders and warlords.officials -- they're mostly [[WastelandElder elders]] or [[WastelandWarlord warlords]].
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* Alfred Woden from ''VideoGame/MaxPayne'' is a US Senator and leader of an AncientConspiracy that is behind much of the plot of the game. Though he is technically on Max's side, neither Max nor the player have any illusions about his morals.
** The third game gives us Victor Branco, a Brazilian politician who masterminds the deaths of his siblings both to gain control over his family's fortune and to gain sympathy from voters. Also, he's involved in an OrganTheft ring.
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** Alfred Woden from''VideoGame/MaxPayne'' the original ''VideoGame/MaxPayne1'' is a US Senator and leader of an AncientConspiracy that is behind much of the plot of the game. Though he is technically on Max's side, neither Max nor the player have any illusions about his morals.
**The third game ''VideoGame/MaxPayne3'' gives us Victor Branco, a Brazilian politician who masterminds the deaths of his siblings both to gain control over his family's fortune and to gain sympathy from voters. Also, he's involved in an OrganTheft ring.
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* In ''Film/PhantomOfTheMallEricsRevvenge'', after discovering Eric's plot to blow up the mall, Peter and Melody find Mayor Wilton, and tell her everything. The mayor pulls a pistol and marches them to Harv's office. There, the mayor confesses she is part owner of the mall and was in on the Matthews murders.
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* In ''Film/PhantomOfTheMallEricsRevvenge'', ''Film/PhantomOfTheMallEricsRevenge'', after discovering Eric's plot to blow up the mall, Peter and Melody find Mayor Wilton, and tell her everything. The mayor pulls a pistol and marches them to Harv's office. There, the mayor confesses she is part owner of the mall and was in on the Matthews murders.
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* In ''Film/PhantomPfTheMallEricsRevvenge'', ''Film/PhantomOfTheMallEricsRevvenge'', after discovering Eric's plot to blow up the mall, Peter and Melody find Mayor Wilton, and tell her everything. The mayor pulls a pistol and marches them to Harv's office. There, the mayor confesses she is part owner of the mall and was in on the Matthews murders.
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* In ''Film/PhantomPfTheMallEricsRevvenge'', after discovering Eric's plot to blow up the mall, Peter and Melody find Mayor Wilton, and tell her everything. The mayor pulls a pistol and marches them to Harv's office. There, the mayor confesses she is part owner of the mall and was in on the Matthews murders.
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** The manual's description of the Politician race guild is "Politicians are widely disliked and have few scruples. They're very useful to sway the control of Lords." One of the Politicians is even named "The Corruptor". His effect is that when you recruit him, you can pay five Pearls to recruit a second Lord without paying its normal costs.
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** The manual's description of the Politician race guild is "Politicians are widely disliked and have few scruples. They're very useful to sway the control of Lords." One of the Politicians them is even named "The Corruptor". His effect is that when you recruit him, you can pay five Pearls to recruit a second Lord without paying its normal costs.
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** One of the Politicians is named "The Corruptor". His effect is that when you recruit him, you can pay five Pearls to recruit a second Lord without paying its normal costs.
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** The manual's description of the Politician race guild is "Politicians are widely disliked and have few scruples. They're very useful to sway the control of Lords." One of the Politicians is even named "The Corruptor". His effect is that when you recruit him, you can pay five Pearls to recruit a second Lord without paying its normal costs.
