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* [[VisionaryVillain They have a goal]], they're not going to stop until they've completed it. Even when the goal is suicidally over-ambitious, they succeed with style.

* MagnificentBastard/{{Film}}

Compare GuileHero, its GoodCounterpart.


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->''"Rommel... you magnificent bastard, I READ YOUR BOOK!"''

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->''"[[UsefulNotes/ErwinRommel Rommel]]... you magnificent bastard, I READ YOUR BOOK!"''

* MagnificentBastard/{{Theatre}}

* [[VisionaryVillain They have a goal]], they're not going to stop until they've completed it. Even when the goal is suicidally over-ambitious they succeed with style.

* MagnificentBastard/OtherMedia (includes Fan Works, Music, Roleplay, Visual Novels, and Web Original (including Web Animation and Webcomics))

* {{MagnificentBastard/Other}} (includes Fan Works, Music, Roleplay, Visual Novels, and Web Original (including Web Animation and Webcomics))

* {{MagnificentBastard/Other}} (includes fan fiction, visual novels, web animation, and webcomics)

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[[caption-width-right:350:A magnificent bastard, as opposed to a magnificent katana.]]

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-->-- '''UsefulNotes/GeorgeSPatton''', ''Film/{{Patton}}'' (TropeNamers)

-->-- '''UsefulNotes/GeorgeSPatton''', ''Film/{{Patton}}'' (TropeNamer)

If there was ever a villain that deserved to be called "Magnificent", that character ''is'' the Magnificent Bastard. Capturing the audience with their charisma, incredible intellect, mastery of manipulation, and boldness of action, this character is a show-stealer, demanding your reverence at every turn. So what makes a character a Magnificent Bastard? Let's break it down: [[TheChessmaster They are brilliant]] and utterly devious, a smooth operator. They are also savvy and do not fall for obvious traps; bringing them down is no easy feat. [[VisionaryVillain They have a goal]], they're not going to stop until they've completed it. Even when the goal is suicidally over-ambitious they succeed with style. They are charismatic, often [[TheCharmer charming]], their personality is like a physical force. While they exist on the darker end of the moral spectrum, they never take disgusting actions that undermine their magnificence, leaving them diabolical but in a way the audience can't help but enjoy. And they are definitively not cowards. Ever.

If there was ever a villain that deserved to be called "Magnificent", that character ''is'' the Magnificent Bastard. Capturing the audience with their charisma, incredible intellect, mastery of manipulation, and boldness of action, this character is a show-stealer, demanding your reverence at every turn.

So what makes a character a Magnificent Bastard? Let's break it down:

* [[TheChessmaster They are brilliant]] and utterly devious, a smooth operator. They are also savvy and do not fall for obvious traps; bringing them down is no easy feat.
* [[VisionaryVillain They have a goal]], they're not going to stop until they've completed it. Even when the goal is suicidally over-ambitious they succeed with style.
* They are charismatic, often [[TheCharmer charming]], their personality is like a physical force. While they exist on the darker end of the moral spectrum, they never take disgusting actions that undermine their magnificence, leaving them diabolical but in a way the audience can't help but enjoy. And they are definitively not cowards. Ever.

-->-- '''UsefulNotes/GeorgeSPatton''', ''Film/{{Patton}}'', the TropeNamer

-->-- '''UsefulNotes/GeorgeSPatton''', ''Film/{{Patton}}''

-->-- '''George S. Patton''', ''Film/{{Patton}}''

->''"Rommel... you magnificent bastard, I READ YOUR BOOK!"''

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