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

* ''Anime/RedoOfHealer'': Keyaru's "healing" is full-on biokinesis, able to restore a person from anything short of actual death. However, since he's a MaddenedIntoMisanthropy character in a CrapsackWorld, even being his "friend" (read: useful) can't completely protect anyone.

* [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Lupusregina Beta]] from ''Literature/Overlord2012'' is a WhiteMage with HealingHands and can recover wounds as long as they aren't too severe. She's also a bonified {{Sadist}} and TortureTechnician whose favorite pastime is tormenting humans, and she uses her healing powers so that her ColdBloodedTorture sessions last longer.

* Dr. Light (a.k.a. Arthur Light), a villain from ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'', is a guy using a suit that grants him light-based powers. Turns out he also is a rapist and a villain so vicious that the Justice League ended up mind-wiping him so he wouldn't be dangerous anymore, as revealed in ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis2004''. Ironically, the ''JLA'' comics also have a female superhero named Dr. Light, who is pretty much a JerkWithAHeartOfGold and has occasionally fought her evil counterpart.

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

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

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

** Qada manages to combine this with BadPowersBadPeople, as the Salve-Maker's repertoire of concoctions includes poison and debilitation as well as restoration and enhancement. Qada unashamedly prefers the former arsenal, having created a toxic weapon of mass destruction, but he is also an exceptional healer; the author of D's Journal mentions Qada having kept him alive in the entry after he ''falls into a lava pool'', and eventually bringing him all the way back up to fighting fit... after Qada was found torturing said author under the guise of treatment. He also does exceptional work in the medical bay at Starkfort, even healing captured enemies - so that he has clean slates to test his toxins on.

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

* In ''VideoGame/TraumaCenter: Under the Knife 2'', [[spoiler:Adel Tulba]], under the brain-altering effects of Neo-GUILT, notes that the [[BulletTime Healing Touch]], meant to aid the surgeon in saving a patient, can also be used to kill people (by immobilizing them before going in for the kill), like what they try to do to [[spoiler:Derek and Angie]].
* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' has an example of this: [[spoiler:Bernkastel, aka the Witch of Miracles, who can make [[RealityWarper ''anything'' happen as long as the possibility of the event occurring is greater than 0]]. She starts out seeming to be good, or at least neutral. Then she reveals what's BeneathTheMask and reminds the audience that she never said that her miracles had to be good or bad. Guess which ones she favors]]?
* The Scarlet Crusade/Onslaught in ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'' 'verse are also fond of healing their torture victims to prepare them for the next session.
** Sir Zeliek of the [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse four horsemen of Naxxramas]] is also an example - sort of. It's really more good powers, good-person-controlled-by-bad-person, so by extension, it's Zeliek's good powers being used by a bad person (the Lich King).

** Miko Miyazaki, a [[LawfulGood Paladin]] from the same series, is overzealous, prejudiced, and dangerously violent when given even a suspicion of wrongdoing. [[spoiler: It eventually catches up to her and her gods strip her of her powers.]]

** In ''Fanfic/RiseOfMariposa,'' [[spoiler:Lila]] gets the Ladybug Miraculous and uses it to commit crimes.

* Used in ''Literature/BonesOfFaerie''. Liza must learn that the magic of the faerie is not evil in its nature, but how it is used.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]'': [[BigBad Kars]] gains powers based around CreatingLife once he becomes the UltimateLifeform, but he is a ruthless, sadistic, and megalomaniacal individual who [[GenocideFromTheInside destroyed his own civilization]] just because they disagreed with his plan of making them the strongest beings on the planet.. Case in point, one of the first things he does with his powers is turning one of his hands into an adorable squirrel, who proceeds to befriend another squirrel before ''brutally devouring'' it.

** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'': [[VillainProtagonist Giorno Giovanna]] has the power to transform inanimate objects into living things. Sounds like a traditional hero's ability, right? Wrong! Giorno is, both appearance and personality-wise, a practically exact copy of his CompleteMonster father, Dio Brando, and his main goal in life is taking over the mafia, with any person standing in his way being just another target to manipulate to join his side (if they're useful) or annihilate. His Stand ability, rather than be a proof of his heroism, symbolises his inability to see the difference between people and ''things'' for him to use, and any living thing born from his powers [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness is sure to be disposed of when it can no longer provide him help]]. Notably, his Requiem Stand's main power is to NoSell any enemy Stand's attacks and subject the enemy to a FateWorseThanDeath.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': Arakami, AKA Admiral Ryokugyu, has GreenThumb powers, but is a thoroughly evil Marine who mostly uses his powers for violence. Even within an organization full of {{Knight Templar}}s, Aramaki stands out as the worst of the worst, being a diehard supporter of the World Nobles and their actions (their most infamous ones being slavery and genocide) and feels he has a right to kill anyone not aligned with the World Government.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': Chisaki Kai/Overhaul has the ability to disassemble and reassemble anything he touches, including ''people'', which makes him the best healer in the series, capable of curing any injury or illness in seconds. Unfortunally, not only is the process extremely painful, he much prefers using said ability for murder rather than healing by ripping people apart ''without'' putting them back together afterwards.

* Dr. Light (a.k.a. Arthur Light), a villain from ''ComicBook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica'', is a guy using a suit that grants him light-based powers. Turns out he also is a rapist and a villain so vicious that the Justice League ended up mind-wiping him so he wouldn't be dangerous anymore, as revealed in ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis''. Ironically, the ''JLA'' comics also have a female superhero named Dr. Light, who is pretty much a JerkWithAHeartOfGold and has occasionally fought her evil counterpart.

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* [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Lupusregina Beta]] from ''Literature/Overlord2012'' is a WhiteMage with HealingHands and can recover wounds as long as they aren't too severe. She's also a bonified {{Sadist}} and TortureTechnician whose favorite pastime is tormenting humans, and she uses her healing powers so that her ColdBloodedTorture sessions last longer.
* [[EvilutionaryBiologist The]] [[MadScientist Doctor]] of ''Manga/BlackCat''. He can heal people of injuries, even going so far as to reattach severed limbs. What does he do with this power? Serves as [[BigBad Creed]] [[StrawNihilist Diskenth's]] [[TheMedic primary healer]] and resident EvilGenius, going so far as to actually outdo his master in the scope of [[LackOfEmpathy his depravity]].
* Fran Madaraki from ''Manga/FrankenFran'' is an ObliviouslyEvil version of this. She has implausible skills as a surgeon and considers saving lives her first priority. Unfortunately for her patients, she has no idea what [[FateWorseThanDeath acceptable quality of life means]]. Her sister Veronica [[WhatTheHellHero calls her out on this]] in Chapter 14.
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Father can heal people and repair things, but he views people as being so lower than him that he doesn't care about mankind and is in fact willing to murder millions of people to achieve his goal. Bonus points for [[LightIsNotGood white clothes and appearing surrounded in light in the second anime]].
** There's also the Gold-Toothed Alchemist who knows medical alchemy but is a MadDoctor who loyally serves Father because it gives him a chance to do terrible things ForScience.
** In ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'', [[spoiler:Dante]] is an expert on medicinal herbs and constructive alchemy and taught Izumi. [[spoiler:Who [[BodySurf hijacks bodies]] and would likely have taken Izumi's had she not left first.]]
* ''Manga/InuYasha'': [[AloofBigBrother Sesshomaru]] gets [[HealingShiv Tenseiga]], a sword that can bring the dead back to life. As he is on a quest to make himself as powerful as possible, having a sword that cannot kill infuriates him. That the sword is willing to choose him as its master baffles everyone who knows him until it becomes clear over time that he's developing compassion.
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]'': [[BigBad Kars]] gains powers based around CreatingLife once he becomes the UltimateLifeform, but he is a ruthless, sadistic, and megalomaniacal individual who [[GenocideFromTheInside destroyed his own civilization]] just because they disagreed with his plan of making them the strongest beings on the planet.. Case in point, one of the first things he does with his powers is turning one of his hands into an adorable squirrel, who proceeds to befriend another squirrel before ''brutally devouring'' it.
** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'': [[VillainProtagonist Giorno Giovanna]] has the power to transform inanimate objects into living things. Sounds like a traditional hero's ability, right? Wrong! Giorno is, both appearance and personality-wise, a practically exact copy of his CompleteMonster father, Dio Brando, and his main goal in life is taking over the mafia, with any person standing in his way being just another target to manipulate to join his side (if they're useful) or annihilate. His Stand ability, rather than be a proof of his heroism, symbolises his inability to see the difference between people and ''things'' for him to use, and any living thing born from his powers [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness is sure to be disposed of when it can no longer provide him help]]. Notably, his Requiem Stand's main power is to NoSell any enemy Stand's attacks and subject the enemy to a FateWorseThanDeath.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** Yakushi Kabuto is a medic; he is also the DragonAscendant to the first major big bad, "biologist" Orochimaru, and one of his specialties is using "healing" powers to kill.
** The Rinnegan is able to ([[ComboPlatterPowers among MANY other things]]) resurrect people without any real drawbacks, but the wielder of the Rinnegan is the BigBad of an arc [[spoiler: and loses it to TheManBehindTheMan for the series.]]
* Lance of the Elite Four in ''Manga/PokemonAdventures''. He has the power to understand the hearts of Pokemon, to heal them by laying his hands on them, and he's plotting the complete genocide of all humans on Earth.
* ''Spunky Knight'' has [[SquishyWizard Delfas]], who theoretically could be the ultimate doctor due to his HealingHands and mad scientist-level of technology in an RPG-like world, [[EvilutionaryBiologist however, he uses such abilities to craft the ultimate sex slaves right down to being able to speed up a pregnant woman's gestation period with the intention of her giving birth on the auction block]]. To date, Phaia was the only one to survive the process.
* ''Manga/DragonBall'':
** While he normally just uses his power for pure destruction, Majin Buu of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' is shown at several points to be just as adept at healing as he is at killing. He even manages to give sight to a boy who is suggested to have been blind from birth. Which makes sense since it is implied that those powers come from the Kais he absorbed.
** In the ''Manga/DragonBallSuper'' manga, Future Zamasu is shown to possess HealingHands. Simply put, this Zamasu [[KnightTemplar isn't the nicest guy around]], so don't expect him to use that power on anybody but himself or [[spoiler:Goku Black, who's basically himself anyway]].

* ''Anime/RedoOfHealer'': Keyaru's “healing” is full-on biokinesis, able to restore a person from anything short of actual death. But since he’s a MaddenedIntoMisanthropy character is a CrapsackWorld, even being his “friend” (read: useful) can’t completely protect you.

* ''ComicBook/{{Hitman|1993}}'' has a single-arc villain called Scarlet Rose, who has the power to make roses grow. She mostly uses it to horribly kill people by making roses grow inside their bodies.

* Dr Light (AKA Arthur Light), a villain from Franchise/TheDCU, is a guy using a suit that grants him light-based powers. Turns out he also is a rapist and a villain so vicious that the Justice League ended up mind-wiping him so he wouldn't be dangerous anymore. Ironically, DC also has a female superhero named Dr Light, who is pretty much a JerkWithAHeartOfGold and has occasionally fought her evil counterpart.
* Similarly to Dr Light, the Living Laser from the Franchise/MarvelUniverse is a guy with the power, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin to turn into a being made of pure light]]. And he is pretty much a bad guy, one of ComicBook/IronMan's enemies to be precise.
* Elixir, a healer on the ComicBook/XMen, wavers between good and bad. A lot of his problems are caused by tragedies in his life, though, and getting drafted into ComicBook/XForce was ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}'s attempt to help.
* ComicBook/PoisonIvy may be a PoisonousPerson, but those aren't the only powers she has- she can also [[GreenThumb grow plants and any other vegetation]] on her command, even when the soil around her isn't at all conducive to plant life, such as deserts and ruined soil. [[CutLexLuthorACheck This is the kind of power that could be used in fabulously heroic ways]], but unfortunately, like most ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' villains, Ivy is insane. She would rather spend her time [[MisanthropeSupreme trying to kill humanity]] [[HumansAreBastards to protect nature]].
* ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'': {{Deconstruction}}; the gemstone that grants Karla Sofen her powers was originally crafted for a Kree space hero, and it's imbued with a portion of their heroic instinct, which began to come out while working with the Thunderbolts, ''particularly'' when Hawkeye came around. However, this personified largely by giving her a conscience and a sense of empathy, two things that were ''completely'' alien to her and confused the hell out of her. The dichotomy of having an "artificial" conscience while being a natural sociopath caused a great deal of mental instability, and nearly drove her insane. Later, it succeeded.

* The BigBad in ''Fanfic/TheManWithNoName'' turns out to be [[spoiler:an alien of a species known as [[EmpathicHealer empaths and healers]]]].
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' {{fanfic}} tends to [[{{Fanon}} posit]] [[HandicappedBadass Ming-Hua]] as the [[RenegadeSplinterFaction Red]] [[BombThrowingAnarchists Lotus]]'s resident set of HealingHands (ironic though that may be). While she ''is'' the one with [[MakingASplash the requisite bending element]] (and the one ''other'' known waterbender associated with the group[[spoiler:—who, at any rate, had [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness sold the others out]] thirteen years prior and was ''[[KarmicDeath dead]]'' by the time they were officially introduced—]]explicitly did ''not'' have the skill), she also stands out even among a group that's TheDreaded in-universe as a [[DarkActionGirl scary]] little BloodKnight.
* Like in canon, ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' establishes that [[SuperMode Mega Evolution]] is powered [[ThePowerOfFriendship by the bonds between Pokémon and trainers]], but a few side stories establish that it can be (and has been) used for evil purposes. A prime example is Twenty Gyarados Bill, who devastated several cities in the coast of Johto with his titular Gyarados [[InstantExpert and managed to Mega Evolve his very first Gyarados on the first try with a stolen Key Stone]].

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

* ''Franchise/StarWars''

* The killer in ''Film/MidnightMovie'' is an empath who uses his power to track his fleeing and hiding victims.

* In Creator/RobertJordan's ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'', Semirhage (one of the female Forsaken) was a master healer, but got off on torturing people with it. Another evil healer in the series has a signature habit of using her talents to stop hearts and boil blood. Likewise, Graendal (another female Forsaken) is so good at MindControl because she was a psychotherapist (though unlike Semi, she used to be a nice, if annoyingly ascetic, person).

* ''Literature/Touch2017'' has Father, a pretty thoroughly creepy man standing in the lead of a brainwashed cult/criminal empire. His power? Happiness aura.
* In the ''Literature/HeraldsOfValdemar'' universe, [[TheEmpath Empathy]] is a power associated with [=MindHealers=], who deal with mental illness and trauma. Empaths are nearly always good and ethical people, for good reason: twisted Empaths are among the most horrifying people in Velgarth. Also, while a good person, Talia uses her own Empathy in equally frightening ways [[BewareTheNiceOnes when pushed too far]].
* In Creator/ChristopherPaolini's ''Literature/InheritanceCycle'', Eragon's mother Selena is described as having once killed a dozen highly trained soldiers; her only weapon was knowledge of a healing spell. How did she do this? Well, she "healed" the assailants of everything that drove them to kill... and then slit their throats with their own daggers. This works because the LanguageOfMagic runs on ExactWords.
* In Creator/ChinaMieville's ''Literature/PerdidoStreetStation'' and [[Literature/TheScar other]] [[Literature/IronCouncil novels]] in [[Literature/BasLagCycle that universe]], there are professional magic users, thaumaturges, some of have impressive healing powers as well as the ability to perform transplants/surgery without risk of harming a patient. Unfortunately, this is a CrapsackWorld, and many thaumaturges with such powers are vile sadists. Instead of using their powers to heal, they play a role in the legal system, Remaking criminals as punishment for their crimes (i.e. painfully turning them into [[BodyHorror horribly disfigured biological or technological mash-ups]]).
* In ''Literature/{{Kraken}}'' also by Creator/ChinaMieville, the Chaos Nazis use their swastika as a healing symbol in order to keep their victims alive and in agony through what would normally be fatal torture.
* Used in ''Literature/BonesOfFaerie''. Liza must learn that the magic of the faerie is not evil in its nature, but how it is used.
* Done in great depth in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''. However, its inverse is subverted: using powers for evil means you believe that's justified ''and'' it makes you believe even more that it's justified. That feedback reaction is why Warlocks are almost invariably killed, because having started down the wrong path, it's incredibly hard to come back. There are only two known examples; an enigmatic Necromancer who used her powers to keep someone alive long enough to receive medical attention, and [[spoiler: the Blackstaff, the White Council's super-secret break-the-laws-of-magic enforcer]]. But as Harry keeps agonizing over, even mostly-good people can use good powers for evil and start down that slippery slope.
* Additive and Subtractive magic aren't inherently good or evil in the ''Literature/SwordOfTruth'', but because nobody was being born with Subtractive magic, the only people who have it were ones who had made deals with the Keeper, and ''they'' are evil.
* In Creator/HBeamPiper's ''Paratime'' universe, narco-hypnosis can be used by those who are trained in it, like Dalla Hadron, for things like retrieving lost memories or easing grief over a loved one. It can ''also'' be used by agents for intertemporal criminal gangs to program assassins.

** Probably best seen in [[EnfantTerrible Bonesaw]] of the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Slaughterhouse]] [[SerialKiller Nine]] who is young, cute, and has implausible science powers in seemingly any biological field. She can perform impossible surgeries and even bring the dead back to life if their body is intact. Unfortunately, she has no apparent sense of morality and her idea of fun and interesting is... [[AndIMustScream bad]]. Very [[BodyHorror bad]].
** Panacea is terrified that she is doomed to become this despite -- or perhaps because of the psychological strain of -- her HealingHands power, [[spoiler:which is actually just one manifestation of her ability to completely reshape biology with a touch]].
* Cytherea, at [[SuperheroSchool Whateley Academy]] in the ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse''. As the avatar (or reincarnation or something) of Aphrodite, she has the powers of the goddess of love. Which she uses to manipulate men, get herself out of trouble when she gets caught doing bad things, avoid work, cheat in her classes, etc... which is, of course, entirely true to [[Myth/ClassicalMythology most portrayals of the original Aphrodite as well]].
* Creator/AnnLeckie's ''Literature/TheRavenTower'': One PhysicalGod is famous for granting {{Healing|Hands}} and inventing MiracleFood. It's also perfectly willing to condemn whole groups of slaves to a slow death by malnutrition so it can study the effects of different nutrient deficiencies on their bodies. [[spoiler:It's also perfectly willing to trick or force other gods into death by VampiricDraining.]]
* In ''Literature/TheDaevabadTrilogy'', the Nahid dynasty were gifted with powerful healing abilities, both HealingFactor and the ability to heal others. By the end of their rule over Daevabad, the Nahids were brutal overlords, ruthlessly oppressed and murdered the part-human shafit, and used their healing abilities to conduct horrifying medical experiments. The founder of the Qahtani dynasty led his rebellion against them for ''very'' good reasons.
* ''Literature/IntoTheBrokenLands'': Exploring the DeathWorld left behind by a war between [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity power-mad mages]], the main characters find an artificial "minotaur" [[TorturedMonster torturously]] assembled from human and animal parts; TheMedic Arianna is horrified to realize that it could only have been created by a masterful healer.
* Rezo of ''{{Literature/Slayers}}'' studied up on healing magic and got himself a wonderful reputation in the search for a cure for his blindness before JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope.

* Similar to the ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' example, Alec [=McCullough=], the main villain of ''Series/WuAssassins'', has the powers of the "wood wu", which include the ability to empower himself and others, as well as magical control over plant growth. Unfortunately, his healing powers don't extend to his only one non-evil goal: bring his family back to life.
* Gideon from ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' is a healer and a well-respected Elder. Unfortunately, he turned evil and tried to kill Wyatt and managed to kill Chris. He didn't so much turn evil as become a WellIntentionedExtremist--Wyatt ''was'' set to become the EvilOverlord of Earth in the future, after all. As it turns out, [[SelfFulfillingProphecy only because of Gideon's intervention]].
* In an episode of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', Deanna Troi meets a man who is a [[HalfHumanHybrid quarter Betazoid]], which makes him empathic like her (Troi is half Betazoid), and he uses that to win in political and economic negotiations. Troi calls him out on it, but he fires back that he's just using his natural abilities, that in his case all he's dealing with are property transactions, and that it is ''Troi'' who has an ethical problem because she uses her abilities to help her ship defeat enemy vessels and ''kill people''.
* ''Series/LostGirl'' features a Dark Fae who's a Landwight. They are nature spirits who take over a plot of land, and anyone who eats the food that grows there will gain incredible good luck. Being a Dark Fae, though, means that this Landwight has no compunctions about using humans as plant food.
* The angels of ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' possess the ability to not only heal but outright resurrect, depending on the situation. While sympathetic angels like Castiel do use those powers for good, being able to heal and resurrect also means you can put a victim through ''particularly'' inventive [[ColdBloodedTorture torture]]. At one point, a character is so miserable doing what the angels want that he suggests [[DrivenToSuicide killing himself]], but the angel he's talking to points out that they'll just resurrect him. [[AndIMustScream And they can keep doing so, regardless of what he wants.]]

* This is one of many potential elements of ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}''. There's absolutely nothing preventing a person from becoming exactly this, and in fact, there are mechanics that make it a likely conclusion for most, as exalts fall prey to power and hubris.
** Or starting that way. Even Solar Exaltation has as its only requirements that the human in question be (usually) physically fit to wield power, inclined to ''use'' the full power granted by Exaltation, and not want the complete destruction of Creation. You don't have to be at all good - just usable.

** The TabletopGame/SpellJammer expansion takes this a bit further. In one of the crystal sphere settings, a natural anomaly connects with the Positive Energy plane, and can cure characters of any injury, ailment, or disease, but has a cumulative chance of creating incurable, disfiguring tumors. It is guarded and worshiped by a Cult of Bane, a "dead" evil god.

** The most literal form of the trope is actually [[AvertedTrope averted]]. Repeatedly and deliberately using spells with the Good or Evil descriptor will influence a character's alignment, and can cause a character to fall if they're not careful with spellcasting choices.
* In ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' a major BigBad, Yawgmoth of Phyrexia, was once one of the greatest healers in existence.
** In the prequel tie-in book that his origin is covered in, we find that he was actually a great ''surgeon'', not someone using healing magic, and the distinction is made clear from very early on. That being said, surgery is still (usually) considered a healing art.
** He was also a con-man, prone to introducing plagues specifically so he could heal them, and prone to fishing for sympathy based on the fact that surgeons were persecuted as scapegoats for a recent war. If he was a typical surgeon, they probably '''were''' responsible for starting the war.

* ''TabletopGame/GeniusTheTransgression'' has [[StupidJetpackHitler Thulian Revanchists]], who have access to the [[{{Ubermensch}} improving]] and healing Axiom of Exelixi. NoCureForEvil '''does not apply'''.
* In ''TabletopGame/TheDarkEye'', the sadistic too-evil-for-the-black-guild School Of Pains had healing magic as its main subject. Certainly helpful when studying the physical and mental limits of living beings or performing vivisections.
* Badders in ''TabletopGame/GammaWorld'' are badgerfolk who are innately [[TheEmpath able to sense people's emotions]]. In a darkly parodic twist, they picked up on humanity's negative emotions and two-faced nature and became a race of nasty cynics.

* ''VideoGame/Killer7'' plays with this trope, as the two main supernatural antagonists are both basically "Gods". However, Kun Lan, armed with the "good" power of life, uses it to create heaven smiles, hideous monsters used as living bombs, while Harman Smith, armed with the "evil" power of death, uses this to empower his assassins to destroy manifestations of evil in the world (said heaven smiles). The ending implies that the two sometimes switch which of them is "good" and "evil", which leads to [[BadPowersBadPeople the other tropes.]]
* Tech User, Techmaster, and Dark Witch enemies from ''VideoGame/PhantasyStarIV'' are known to heal their allies in battle.

* The cast of ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' is composed primarily of {{jerkass}}es, so a weak version of this applies to most people who have "good" powers. But one of the strongest examples would be Yuuka, the flower youkai, who is, depending on the game, anywhere from extraordinarily creepy to an outright OmnicidalManiac.
** One might argue that Yuuka is at least apathetic, even if extremely dangerous. [[PureIsNotGood Junko]], on the other hand, has the power of "purifying anything", which could be just as benefical as it sounds, but her two uses in-game of said power are purifying [[{{Mook}} fairies]] into an army capable of defeating the {{Lunarians}} and purifying herself into a being best described as a ''living, breathing grudge'' whose sole purpose is to '''kill'''.

** Sir Zeliek of the [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse four horsemen of Naxxramas]] is also an example - sort of. It's really more good powers, good-person-controlled-by-bad-person. So by extension, it's Zeliek's good powers being used by a bad person (the Lich King).

** Note that the ''VideoGame/{{Warcraft}}'' universe uses the AllMythsAreTrue system, so it's especially true that LightIsNotGood. The Church of the Holy Light is almost Buddhist in its lack of belief in a personal god; the holy powers of priests and paladins is channeled via meditation and inner peace rather than the involvement of {{God}}. Anyone can use the Light's power, even really horrible people like {{Knight Templar}}s who are [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope long past the slippery slope of morality]] or having holy priests among the [[TokenEvilTeammate Forsaken Undead]], as long as they have the necessary training and sincere belief.
** In ''VideoGame/WarcraftIII'', Paladins have Divine Shield (a barrier of positive energy that makes them invulnerable) and Devotion Aura (strengthens the resolve of nearby units, increasing their armor). The other unit with those spells? The [[MonsterLord Bandit Lord]].
* ''VideoGame/DungeonKeeper'' lets you cast Heal on your torture victims. Nothing breaks a do-gooder's spirit better than the knowledge he can't just bear the torture until he dies from it. You can also bless them with resistance to damage and increased speed... both of which are likewise not blessings in that situation.
* [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Exdeath]] is the BarrierWarrior of ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy''. He's also the villain of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV the game he originates from]], using his barriers here to [[GameBreaker block almost any attack]] and subsequently counter with his own attacks, which would otherwise be ''exceedingly'' slow to execute. He's quite firmly NeutralEvil, what with his desire to send everything to '''[[MemeticMutation THE VOID]]'''.
* ''VideoGame/BreathOfFireDragonQuarter'' plays with this. [[spoiler:The final ScriptedBattle is against Chetyre, the dragon trying to keep people from leaving their underground society. If enough turns go by, he uses Kaiser Breath against you, a power that was the hero's signature attack in the second, third, and fourth games]].
* TheMedic from ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' can heal his teammates, make them invincible, and cure them of most ailments. He only really does this to pay the bills, but it still rewards his sheer bloodlust and his desire to kill everyone through the violence his patients cause. The manual even states that the healing effect of his device is actually an unexpected and unintended side effect of whatever the hell that thing was ''supposed'' to do to people.
* Genlock Emissaries from ''Franchise/DragonAge'' have three Creation-school healing spells in addition to their stock of BlackMagic.
* In ''VideoGame/GuildWars'', we have General Bayel. He is very ObviouslyEvil, of course, especially given his [[AllThereInTheManual backstory]], but when you see him in cutscenes, you'll notice he's got caster weapons. When you fight him, he actually is a ''monk''. A smite monk, but a monk nonetheless. There are also a lot of enemy monks as well, such as margonites, demons, Mursaat, and White Mantle.
* [[spoiler:Elraine]] in ''VideoGame/TalesOfDestiny2''. She's a holy priestess and healer for the goddess Fortuna [[spoiler:who's gone insane]] and is determined to provide "happiness" to humans, even if it means rendering them completely subservient to her will and stripping them of individuality.
* The Four Seraphim, and the angels in general, in ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia''. Subverted with the Doctor in Flanoir [[NoHeroDiscount who demands to be paid in full and in advance before he'll help Altessa]]. When Lloyd calls him on this, he calmly points out that being a doctor is his job and it's how he makes his living.
* ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'':
** Holly Whyte of the Eternian Sky Knights is a haughty, cruel, and sadistic woman who happens to be a WhiteMage. She [[FalseReassurance assures]] Tiz that Agnès's life will be spared if she comes quietly... as she intends to [[ColdBloodedTorture torture her within an inch of her life]], heal her, and [[FateWorseThanDeath do it all over and over until her mind snaps]]. She's also revealed to be in a romantic relationship with Barras Lehr, the Monk who is obsessed with smashing and needs no tactics beyond "frontal assault", and Holly is more than willing to keep him alive and kicking while he wreaks his havoc.
** Qada manages to combine this with BadPowersBadPeople, as the Salve-Maker's repertoire of concoctions includes poison and debilitation as well as restoration and enhancement. Qada unashamedly prefers the former arsenal, having created a toxic weapon of mass destruction, but he is also an exceptional healer; the author of D's Journal mentions Qada having kept him alive in the entry after he ''falls into a lava pool'', and eventually bringing him all the way back up to fighting fit... after Qada was found torturing said author under the guise of treatment. He also does exceptional work in the medical bay at Starkfort, even healing captured enemies - so that he has clean slates to test his toxins on.
* In pretty much all the {{Metroidvania}}-style games in the ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' series, a few monsters [[ElementalRockPaperScissors deal and/or resist]] [[LightEmUp Holy/Light damage]] ({{Fallen Angel}}s and creatures [[GodGuise posing as/mocking]] God or other religious figures are often the ones that do this). May catch players off-guard when they first appear, since Holy is otherwise effective against a good chunk of the other monsters in the castle, and is rarely an element the player needs to worry about.
* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'': In most cases, it's debatable whether player characters in a game like Skyrim could count for this trope since they can be built however the player wants. Still, one particular playstyle brings this trope to mind: the Necromage Vampire. The Necromage perk improves the effect of all spells on undead creatures by 25% and their duration by 50%, but if the player is a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]], then they're flagged as undead as well, meaning self-targeting spells[[note]]including self-targeting spells from all schools, most armor enchantments, some Dragon Shouts, and even divine and standing stone blessings[[/note]] get the above-stated bonuses. Necromage is an expert-level Restoration perk, meaning a vampire player who wants to take advantage of this has to specialize in the school of magic that encompasses things like healing, magical shields, and [[HolyBurnsEvil Stendarr-related]] [[ThePowerOfTheSun spells]]. [[ZigZaggingTrope Of course]], given that DarkIsNotEvil, nothing really compels a vampire player to actually ''be evil'', though Dawnguard's vampire storyline - and, in the vanilla game, the fact that all [=NPCs=] turn hostile if you go five days without feeding on human blood - encourage you to.
* In ''VideoGame/TraumaCenter Under the Knife 2'', [[spoiler:Adel Tulba]], under the brain-altering effects of Neo-GUILT, notes that the [[BulletTime Healing Touch]], meant to aid the surgeon in saving a patient, can also be used to kill people (by immobilizing them before going in for the kill). Like what they try to do to [[spoiler:Derek and Angie]].
* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'': Agahnim's powers saved Hyrule from drought and pestilence. Too bad he is an evil sorcerer who murdered the King, brainwashed the soldiers into obedience, and kidnapped Seven Maidens to bring Ganon back to life.

* In ''[[VideoGame/{{Boktai}} Boktai 2: Solar Boy Django]]'', and as if to contrast [[BadPowersGoodPeople Sabata and his dark powers]], is Red Durathor. She's a PlantPerson with the power to grow trees and plants on a whim, and the only boss of all three games to be affiliated with the Sol property and who is actually ''weak'' to the powers of darkness, yet she is also an Immortal who serves as TheDragon to the BigBad and is responsible for strangling San Miguel with evil plants and choking out the Solar Tree with the roots of her own Darkness Tree.
* ''VideoGame/SomaUnion'': Despite having nothing but destructive intentions, Absolution is capable of infusing life to reincarnate people and even create new life. It can also be used to warp reality in ways that can benefit others, such as erecting structures and bringing the fragments of Soma back together.
* The big twist of the ''VideoGame/Destiny2'' expansion ''The Witch Queen'' is the discovery that Savathûn, the titular Witch Queen, has somehow tapped into the Light, the reality-warping force granted to TheChosenMany by the [[BigGood Traveler]] to defend humanity, and given it to (her faction of) the Hive, a swarm of genocidal monsters dead set on destroying humanity (and normally empowered by the Darkness, a force diametrically opposed to the Light). Between fighting off Savathûn’s new Lucent Hive, the storyline deals with investigating just how she was able to steal the Light from the Traveler, ultimately leading to the revelation that [[spoiler:it wasn’t stolen at all — the Traveler ''gave'' it to her for [[BlueAndOrangeMorality its own inscrutable reasons]].]]
* ''VideoGame/AdvanceWars'': Clone Andy shares Andy's Hyper-Repair CO Power, which lets him heal his entire army by 20% of their max HP. He's also responsible for launching hostile invasions against multiple nations on Sturm's orders, whilst framing the real Andy for all his crimes.
* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' has an example of this: [[spoiler:Bernkastel, aka the Witch of Miracles, who can make [[RealityWarper ''anything'' happen as long as the possibility of the event occurring is greater than 0]]. She starts out seeming to be good, or at least neutral. Then she reveals what's BeneathTheMask and reminds the audience that she never said that her miracles had to be good or bad. Guess which ones she favors]]?

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* Redcloak semi-[[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this at the bottom of [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0433.html this]] ''[[Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick Order of the Stick]]'' strip. "Healing? No, they're going so they can zombify our dead. We're the bad guys, remember?" The moment where the 'good' powers of a cleric are used, however, are seen later when the clerics turn out to be entirely competent healers.

** Rich Burlew describes a group of people in ''Start of Darkness'' as "good people who do bad things". He is likely referring to the Paladins' attempted genocide of the [[AlwaysChaoticEvil goblin]] people, as well as Redcloak (who ends up becoming much more malevolent by the end of the comic) and his band of goblins.
* Kore from ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'' is a paladin, which is supposed to be a paragon of Lawful Good behaviour. And yet he routinely exterminates anyone from a "monstrous" race he comes across whether or not they are harming anyone or even if they themselves are innocent. He even puts down people who have associated with monstrous races to prevent them from developing sympathies with them. WordOfGod has stated repeatedly that Kore is a paladin, and there's a reason he still has his powers.
** He uses Lay On Hands to heal Chief - in order to torture him, so Chief's screams draw the other goblins out of hiding. That said, his magical aura is a little... unusual.

* The Bitka Spirit Father from ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'' - the most powerful wielder of the Akta, a force for life and healing, among the orcs of Maltak. He's also a fanatical xenophobe.
* [[TheDragon Her Imperious Condescension]] from ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' has the ability to extend life. [[AxCrazy She]] [[TheCaligula is]] [[EvilOverlord also]]... [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen well, herself]].
** She uses her powers to extend the naturally short lifespan of Ψiioniic, making him live thousands of years... after [[FateWorsethanDeath he was turned into]] [[PoweredByAForsakenChild a living battery for her spaceship]]. The fact that she was genuinely enamored with him somehow makes it even worse.
** In that vein, the attributes given to players don't always correlate very well to what they do with those powers once they have them, and can in fact be subverted depending on the player's class. Vriska is a sometimes sadistically cruel hero of light (although the term appears to be synonymous with luck in-universe), and her light-aspect dancestor Aranea goes from being basically good-hearted and harmless to being a WellIntentionedExtremist. Of course, those pale in comparison to Eridan, whose class as a prince combined with his use of the hope aspect mean that he uses bright-and-shiny powers to ''[[HopeCrusher destroy]]'' hope.
* ''Webcomic/{{Erfworld}}'': Olive Branch is a Florist, the [[{{Whatevermancy}} caster class]] associated with peace and pacifism -- in fact, the spell we see Olive using most often is a [[MagicMusic magical song]] that prevents anyone who hears it from attacking anyone else [[RPGMechanicsVerse until Olive's next turn]]. She's also a scheming manipulator, determined to prove Flower Power's worth above all other disciplines of magic and is willing to use poison and mind control to do it while using her magic to force pacifism on anyone who tries to kill her.
** Sister Betsy of Faq is a [[{{Whatevermancy}} Healomancer]], essentially the setting's equivalent of WhiteMagic. She's also a colossal {{Jerkass}}, to the point that not even [[NiceGuy Jack Snipe]] likes her, and then there's that time when she [[spoiler:linked her magic with [[PsychicPowers Charlie's]] to MindRape Jillian]].
* In ''Webcomic/{{Runewriters}}'', Jonan of Rusanne wields the Magic of Life, Necromancy and Nature Control (since it's fundamentally the same thing) but being an expert healer doesn't make this narcissistic sociopath a nicer person. He likes to use healing spells to seal shut the eyes and mouths of people who piss him off (say, by asking for his help as a healer) or steal from him. Fortunately, the spells are only temporary, lasting a week at most. Unfortunately, he never realized that people can't go without water for a week.
* ''Webcomic/IDontWantThisKindOfHero'': Morae Baek has the ability of ''purification''. As Young Jeong puts it, his power is a rare case where he essentially makes things better just by existing. [[spoiler:It's why she wants to keep him alive at all costs]].
* ''Webcomic/Aurora2019'': Life Mages have the power to both heal and horribly mutate things.
* In ''Webcomic/WhiteDarkLife'', Manny Green has the goal of becoming this by murdering Annie Belnades and taking her [[ArtifactOfPower Healer's Necklace]] to obtain her HealingHands abilities to use them for profit. Needless to say, none of the heroes are keen on this.
** Altair and Malthus (and the latter's subordinates, the Chi Trinity) are straighter examples. Both have HolyHandGrenade powers (Altair being an agent of Heaven while Malthus and the Chi Trinity derive their power from TheLifestream[[note]]yes, the same one from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII''[[/note]]. Unfortunately, Altair is a [[TheFundamentalist deranged]], HolierThanThou KnightTemplar who mercilessly exterminates demons and sinners (despite the former ''not'' being AlwaysChaoticEvil (and usually [[HeavensDevils quite benevolent]]) in this 'verse, and his standard for not being a "sinner" are unreasonably strict). [[spoiler:Altair's end goal is to exterminate ''[[FinalSolution all]]'' [[FinalSolution demons]] and [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt obliterate hell]] (which is ''not'' a realm of eternal punishment in this 'verse, but rather a place where even the most horrific of sins can be redeemed through torment); achieving the destruction of hell would make the post-mortem redemption of sinners impossible and doom them to CessationOfExistence.]] As for Malthus and his organization, the Light Demons, they're a band of {{Ecoterrorist}}s who are [[GaiasVengeance aiming to save the planet]] by ''dramatically'' reducing the sapient population. Malthus is also an extremely vengeful person who will go to great lengths to exterminate not only his enemies, but [[AndYourLittleDogToo all of their loved ones as well]] — and he tends to go after the latter ''[[RevengeByProxy first]]''.

* Similarly to his comic counterpart, Dr. Light in ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' was a villain who while not a rapist, still had no problems abducting a super-powered teenager in one episode to [[PoweredByAForsakenChild exploit her as a power source for one of his machines]]. To add to the irony, he also suffered a traumatizing experience when he was a victim of MindRape... by ComicBook/{{Raven}}, who is a [[DarkIsNotEvil Half-Demon]] with a case of BadPowersGoodPeople.
* The Star Sapphire Corps in ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'' started out as a group of beautiful women dressed in pink who use ThePowerOfLove. Except their conception of "Love" is to [[{{Yandere}} imprison their true loves in giant crystals so they won't get hurt by the outside]], and put a MercyKill on people whose true loves are already dead. Fortunately, they get better.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': [[PlayingWithFire Firebending]] is obviously harmful-looking and has plenty of villains (including the BigBad) using it since day one, while [[DishingOutDirt Earthbending]], being the most physical of all powers, has a wide opportunity to be used for evil; while Book One has no villain using Earthbending, Book Two introduces ''lots'' of them, and then some. As for the other two bendings:
** [[MakingASplash Waterbending]] can be used for physical purposes (especially if you are in the sea, where it is downright lethal), but it is mostly used defensively or as a conduit to [[HealingHands heal someone]]. There is only one villain in ATLA who uses waterbending, introduced very late in Book Three: Hama, a BitchInSheepsClothing posing as a doddering old lady. Unlike other waterbenders, who bend from a visible source, Hama can waterbend even in places that do not have a visible water source. Water is everywhere, after all, and Hama takes this to its logical extreme by bending water vapor, water from plants (which kills them in the process), and ''blood''. The last case, [[PeoplePuppets bloodbending]], is the only bending to be considered an evil BlackMagic. Even lightningbending, the most dangerous bending of them all, is still considered a legitimate and natural power compared to bloodbending.
*** TLOK disproves this unique exception and makes the main villains of the first two books be Waterbenders. The one from Book One, Amon, is once again a Bloodbender. He can not only bloodbend, but somehow manages to ''take away'' bending virtually permanently; the only way to undo it is by having the Avatar use the Avatar State to spiritually restore it. The one from Book Two, Unalaq, has a natural affinity with spirits and specializes in a Waterbending technique used to purify and appease spirits. He tries to use this to fuse with an EldritchAbomination so he can basically become TheAntiChrist.
** [[BlowYouAway Airbending]] is the least offensive and most spiritual of all the elemental abilities. Airbenders who are born with it are naturally pacifists. ATLA doesn't have an airbending villain, since the titular character is the last airbender. TLOK seems to play this straight too, until Book Three, which gives us Zaheer, who shows us what airbending can do in the hands of a determined villain, and it's quite [[NightmareFuel horrific]]. Long story short, Airbending is involved in the first on-screen kill of the franchise. By [[spoiler:sucking the air from their lungs and suffocating them]].
* Master Brightmore in ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaijudo}}: Rise of the Duel Masters'', while not evil, is [[JerkAss the least sympathetic of the Duel Masters]], despite being the Master specialized in Light Civilisation Creatures. [[spoiler:He turns evil at the end of Season 1]].

* ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'': Van Kleiss has the ability to control the Nanites in all of his home country and most commonly uses them to manipulate the foliage. His debut had him walking across the land with flowers springing up from his FertileFeet. When the charade was dropped he shows all the grotesque killer plants he can unleash when he tries to kill the heroes and eventually displays the ability to mutate people with the control of life and the Nanites that he has.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': In one of the ''WesternAnimation/OhYeahCartoons'' shorts, Vicky gets her hands on Wanda's wand, getting control of its magic. While Vicky is unaware that she has the powers, one of the reasons Cosmo, Wanda, and Timmy are desperate to get the wand from Vicky is because of the havoc she could reek.

* Dr Light (AKA Arthur Light), a villain from Franchise/TheDCU, is a guy using a suit that grants him light-based powers. Turns out he also is a rapist and a villain so vicious that the Justice League ended up mind-wiping him so he wouldn't be dangerous anymore. Ironically, DC also has a female superhero named Dr Light, who is pretty much a JerkWithAHeartOfGold and has fought her evil namesake on occasions.

** [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency The second part's]] BigBad, Kars, gains powers based around CreatingLife once he becomes the UltimateLifeform, but he is a ruthless, sadistic, and megalomaniacal individual who [[GenocideFromTheInside destroyed his own civilization]] just because they disagreed with his plan of making them the strongest beings on the planet.. Case in point, one of the first things he does with his powers is turning one of his hands into an adorable squirrel, who proceeds to befriend another squirrel before ''brutally devouring'' it.
** [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo The fifth part's]] [[VillainProtagonist protagonist]], Giorno Giovanna, has the power to transform inanimate objects into living things. Sounds like a traditional hero's ability, right? Wrong! Giorno is, both appearance and personality-wise, a practically exact copy of his CompleteMonster father, Dio Brando, and his main goal in life is taking over the mafia, with any person standing in his way being just another target to manipulate to join his side (if they're useful) or annihilate. His Stand ability, rather than be a proof of his heroism, symbolises his inability to see the difference between people and ''things'' for him to use, and any living thing born from his powers [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness is sure to be disposed of when it can no longer provide him help]]. Notably, his Requiem Stand's main power is to NoSell any enemy Stand's attacks and subject the enemy to a FateWorseThanDeath.

* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':

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* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' has an example of this: [[spoiler:Bernkastel, aka the Witch of Miracles, who can make [[RealityWarper ''anything'' happen as long as the possibility of the event occurring is greater than 0]]. She starts out seeming to be good, or at least neutral. Then she reveals what's BeneathTheMask and reminds the audience that she never said that her miracles had to be good or bad. Guess which ones she favors]]?
* Kirei Kotomine in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' is the BigBad of two routes and mostly responsible for the third. He's in it ForTheEvulz, throws swords around, kicks puppies, tries to use the TokenMiniMoe to destroy the world, and is a member of both the Church and the Magi's association, which is apparently a supreme heresy for both organizations or something. Oh, and the only magic he has any talent for whatsoever is healing wounds, as well as possessing the ability to exorcise unnatural entities. He's very good at healing people. In fact, he saves Sakura's life in Heaven's Feel [[spoiler:because he knows she's essentially 'pregnant' with the devil and that if he saves her, Shirou will probably protect her and then she will unleash Angra Mainyu on the world and destroy it]].
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* In ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'', Holly Whyte of the Eternian Sky Knights is a haughty, cruel, and sadistic woman who happens to be a WhiteMage. She [[FalseReassurance assures]] Tiz that Agnès's life will be spared if she comes quietly... as she intends to [[ColdBloodedTorture torture her within an inch of her life]], heal her, and [[FateWorseThanDeath do it all over and over until her mind snaps]].

** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo]]'' The fifth part's [[VillainProtagonist protagonist]], Giorno Giovanna, has the power to transform inanimate objects into living things. Sounds like a traditional hero's ability, right? Wrong! Giorno is, both appearance and personality-wise, a practically exact copy of his CompleteMonster father, Dio Brando, and his main goal in life is taking over the mafia, with any person standing in his way being just another target to manipulate to join his side (if they're useful) or annihilate. His Stand ability, rather than be a proof of his heroism, symbolises his inability to see the difference between people and ''things'' for him to use, and any living thing born from his powers [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness is sure to be disposed of when it can no longer provide him help]]. Notably, his Requiem Stand's main power is to NoSell any enemy Stand's attacks and subject the enemy to a FateWorseThanDeath.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency The second part's]] BigBad, Kars, gains powers based around CreatingLife once he becomes the UltimateLifeform, but he is a ruthless, sadistic, and megalomaniacal individual who [[GenocideFromTheInside destroyed his own civilization]] just because they disagreed with his plan of making them the strongest beings on the planet.. Case in point, one of the first things he does with his powers is turning one of his hands into an adorable squirrel, who proceeds to befriend another squirrel before ''brutally devouring'' it.

* [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Lupusregina Beta]] from ''LightNovel/Overlord2012'' is a WhiteMage with HealingHands and can recover wounds as long as they aren't too severe. She's also a bonified {{Sadist}} and TortureTechnician whose favorite pastime is tormenting humans, and she uses her healing powers so that her ColdBloodedTorture sessions last longer.

* [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Lupusregina Beta]] from ''LightNovel/Overlord2012'' is a WhiteMage with HealingHands and can recover wounds as long as they aren't too severe. She's also a bonified {{Sadist}} and TortureTechnician who's favorite pastime is tormenting humans, and she uses her healing powers so that her ColdBloodedTorture sessions last longer.

* Rezo of ''{{LightNovel/Slayers}}'' studied up on healing magic and got himself a wonderful reputation in the search for a cure for his blindness before JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope.

* ''Comicbook/{{Hitman|1993}}'' has a single-arc villain called Scarlet Rose, who has the power to make roses grow. She mostly uses it to horribly kill people by making roses grow inside their bodies.

* Comicbook/PoisonIvy may be a PoisonousPerson, but those aren't the only powers she has- she can also [[GreenThumb grow plants and any other vegetation]] on her command, even when the soil around her isn't at all conducive to plant life, such as deserts and ruined soil. [[CutLexLuthorACheck This is the kind of power that could be used in fabulously heroic ways]], but unfortunately, like most ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' villains, Ivy is insane. She would rather spend her time [[MisanthropeSupreme trying to kill humanity]] [[HumansAreBastards to protect nature]].

* Done in great depth in Literature/TheDresdenFiles. However, its inverse is subverted: using powers for evil means you believe that's justified ''and'' it makes you believe even more that it's justified. That feedback reaction is why Warlocks are almost invariably killed, because having started down the wrong path, it's incredibly hard to come back. There are only two known examples; an enigmatic Necromancer who used her powers to keep someone alive long enough to receive medical attention, and [[spoiler: the Blackstaff, the White Council's super-secret break-the-laws-of-magic enforcer]]. But as Harry keeps agonizing over, even mostly-good people can use good powers for evil and start down that slippery slope.
* Additive and Subtractive magic aren't inherently good or evil in the Literature/SwordOfTruth, but because nobody was being born with Subtractive magic, the only people who have it were ones who had made deals with the Keeper, and ''they'' are evil.
* In Creator/HBeamPiper's Paratime universe, narco-hypnosis can be used by those who are trained in it, like Dalla Hadron, for things like retrieving lost memories or easing grief over a loved one. It can ''also'' be used by agents for intertemporal criminal gangs to program assassins.

* The cast of ''Videogame/{{Touhou}}'' is composed primarily of {{jerkass}}es, so a weak version of this applies to most people who have "good" powers. But one of the strongest examples would be Yuuka, the flower youkai, who is, depending on the game, anywhere from extraordinarily creepy to an outright OmnicidalManiac.

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

* In ''WebComic/WhiteDarkLife'', Manny Green has the goal of becoming this by murdering Annie Belnades and taking her [[ArtifactOfPower Healer's Necklace]] to obtain her HealingHands abilities to use them for profit. Needless to say, none of the heroes are keen on this.

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

Maybe they ask for money in exchange for healing, or outright extort villagers for payment in order to "solve their problem". Beyond this merely mercenary outlook, a Bad Person with Good Powers might use their powers for outright evil or to aid evildoers, or find a way of twisting their previously squeaky clean power (say, PsychicSurgery) into a {{squick}}y mean torture. A not-so-savory peep with HealingHands may be more interested in prolonging ColdBloodedTorture by beating and mutilating their victims to a bloody, still-living pulp, then reversing their wounds to go back to square one, then rinse and repeat at their twisted leisure. Lastly, any KnightTemplar with "Holy" powers might be [[BlueAndOrangeMorality so dogmatic in their belief]] that they twist their holy mandate into things like [[FinalSolution ethnic cleansing]] of "AlwaysChaoticEvil" races.

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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': One of Remnant's fables, referring to four maidens whom were granted powerful magic by a wizard, was actually inspired by [[BigGood Ozpin]][='s=] actions in one of his previous lives, and the Maidens' powers since then have been transferred from one female host to another as each one dies. [[Characters/RWBYCinderFall Cinder]], a vicious [[TheSociopath sociopath]] [[spoiler:in the service of [[BigBad Salem]]]], covets all the Maidens' powers for herself, and she's already stolen half of the Fall Maiden's powers before the show's start. [[spoiler:At the end of Volume 3, Cinder becomes a full-fledged Fall Maiden, and she's since been using the Maiden's magic against the heroes for her own gain]].
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* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency The second part's]] BigBad, Kars, gains powers based around CreatingLife once he becomes the UltimateLifeform, but he is a ruthless, sadistic, and megalomaniacal individual who [[GenocideFromTheInside destroyed his own civilization]] just because they disagreed with his plan of making them the strongest beings on the planet.. Case in point, one of the first things he does with his powers is turning one of his hands into a squirrel, which proceeds to befriend another squirrel before ''brutally devouring'' it.