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* ''Anime/TheLaughingSalesman'': Mogurou Fukuzou is a rare anime version of this trope. He's a squat, stout man wearing a business suit and an unchanging CheshireCatGrin that offers to "fill the empty soul" of his customers by offering products or services tailor-made for their problems. All for free... but for a price. If - or rather, ''when'' - his customers break the very specific rule he asks them to follow, they are invariably cursed to suffer some twisted, ironic punishment. One that ends in divorce, injury, misery, insanity or outright ''death.'' He has almost unlimited resources at his disposal, an omnipotent knowledge of his clients' lives and whereabouts, and a twisted, almost sadistic sense of humor. While his true nature and origins are never explained, what ''is'' certain is that he is a HumanoidAbomination of some kind.
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** "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E22TheMonstersAreDueOnMapleStreet The Monsters are Due on Maple Street]]" from ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' is a sci-fi version. TheReveal shows that all the strange occurrences on the show were, in fact, the work of aliens like the townsfolk feared... but none of the townsfolk were themselves aliens. Instead, the ''real'' aliens were sitting outside of town watching from afar, opting to destroy humanity by turning its own paranoia against it and making them all kill each other for them.
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** "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E22TheMonstersAreDueOnMapleStreet "[[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S1E22TheMonstersAreDueOnMapleStreet The Monsters are Due on Maple Street]]" from ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' is a sci-fi version. TheReveal shows that all the strange occurrences on the show were, in fact, the work of aliens like the townsfolk feared... but none of the townsfolk were themselves aliens. Instead, the ''real'' aliens were sitting outside of town watching from afar, opting to destroy humanity by turning its own paranoia against it and making them all kill each other for them.
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* ''Manga/XXXHolic'': Yuuko the witch is a more [[DarkIsNotEvil benign]] version of this trope. Having a mysterious little shop that's implicitly InvisibleToNormals (customers notwithstanding), she offers [[ForbiddenFruit tempting bargains]] to her customers at [[EquivalentExchange fair - if high - prices]]. Many of these end up going south for said customers, leading to either a KarmicDeath or an IronicHell (or at least a CoolAndUnusualPunishment). Unlike many other examples on this page, however, Yuuko isn't malevolent - while a bit of a [[TricksterArchetype troll]] to her friends, she usually explains both the properties of the objects she sells and the price to be paid; the problems typically come from the customer's either ignoring her warnings due to {{Hubris}} or SuicidalOverconfidence or because of some [[OutsideContextProblem unexpected complication no one predicted]]. It also happens - rarely - that neither the price nor the item end up harming the customer, leaving them satisfied.
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* ''Manga/XXXHolic'': Yuuko the witch is a more [[DarkIsNotEvil benign]] version of this trope. Having a mysterious little shop that's implicitly InvisibleToNormals (customers notwithstanding), she offers [[ForbiddenFruit tempting bargains]] to her customers at [[EquivalentExchange fair - if high - prices]]. Many of these end up going south for said customers, leading to either a KarmicDeath or an IronicHell (or at least a CoolAndUnusualPunishment). Unlike many other examples on this page, however, Yuuko isn't malevolent - while a bit of a [[TricksterArchetype troll]] to her friends, she usually explains both the properties of the objects she sells and the price to be paid; the problems typically come from the customer's either ignoring her warnings due to {{Hubris}} or SuicidalOverconfidence or because of some [[OutsideContextProblem unexpected complication no one predicted]]. It also happens - rarely - that neither the price nor the item end up harming the customer, leaving them satisfied.
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* ''Literature/BloodMeridian'': Judge Holden. Full stop. A corpulent, hairless giant of a man without any morals, any positive traits or even a hint as to his origins. He's an educated, omnipresent and possibly omnipotent figure that preaches the futility of life, morality and purpose while committing the most disgusting acts of sex and violence imaginable - either to prove a point or just because he can. It's never made clear if Judge Holden is Death, Satan or some other type of HumanoidAbomination. What ''is'' certain is that he is '''pure goddamn evil.'''
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* Yann Domino in Pierre Jakez-Hélias' tale Yann Domino and the Skull would fit up to a point - he uses the locals' fondness for cards to sow discord and ruin in the town. Subverted in that he is a human who apparently sold his soul.
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* Yann Domino in Pierre Jakez-Hélias' tale Yann Domino and the Skull would fit up to a point - he uses the locals' fondness for cards to sow discord and ruin in the town. Subverted in that he is a human who apparently sold his soul. ( Yann Domino is the name he gives to himself in mockery of the clergy's efforts to replace cards with dominoes "with which it was difficult to lose your earthly possessions first and your soul afterwards"; his real name is not known )
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* Yann Domino in Pierre Jakez-Hélias' tale Yann Domino and the Skull would fit up to a point - he uses the locals' fondness for cards to sow discord and ruin in the town. Subverted in that he is a human who apparently sold his soul.
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* ''Literature/JackReacher'': In many of the novels, there is a TownWithADarkSecret and Jack, with his almost supernatural size, strength, fighting skills, and detective ability just happens to wander through and, upon receiving some sort of threat or attack by a town member, decides to stick around to find out just what's going on and bring everyone to justice.%%Unclear how this fits the trope. Is Jack exacerbating the town's problems or solving them?%%
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* ''Literature/JackReacher'': In many of the novels, there is a TownWithADarkSecret and Jack, with his almost supernatural size, strength, fighting skills, and detective ability just happens to wander through and, upon receiving some sort of threat or attack by a town member, decides to stick around to find out just what's going on and bring everyone to justice.%%Unclear how this fits the trope. Is Jack exacerbating the town's problems or solving them?%%them?
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* ''Literature/TheMasterAndMargarita'': Professor Woland is a richly-dressed DevilInDisguise who comes to Moscow to host the Satan's Grand Ball, and punishes sinners he happens to come across while at it.
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'''Warning:''' Being this character as TheReveal, you can find unmarked {{spoiler}}s. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned.
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'''Warning:''' Being as the identity or presence of this character can sometimes act as TheReveal, you can find beware of unmarked {{spoiler}}s. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned.
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[[caption-width-right:719:He holds your fate in the palm of his hand...]]
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