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'''Basic Trope''': Evil or amoral character with sympathetic and even heroic motives.

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'''Basic Trope''': Evil or amoral character with sympathetic and even heroic motives.An extremist villain that earnestly believes they're doing good for the world.
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** Bob seeks to create a utopia from his actions, but he’s so [[AxCrazy driven by his madness]] that the prospect of a more peaceful, bloodless method genuinely doesn’t occur to him.
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** Bob, a seemly generic SlasherFilm SerialKiller, who frequently abducts and murders people in his mansion, turn out to be holding back a race of ElditchAbomination from destroying the world by offering them a HumanSacrifice.

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** Bob, a seemly generic SlasherFilm SerialKiller, who frequently abducts and murders people in his mansion, turn out to be holding back a race of ElditchAbomination EldritchAbomination from destroying the world by offering them a HumanSacrifice.
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** Bob, a seemly generic SlasherFilm SerialKiller, who frequently abducts and murders people in his mansion, turn out to be holding back a race of ElditchAbomination from destroying the world by offering them a HumanSacrifice.
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** Bob is deluded.
** He actually has a point after all.

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** Bob is deluded.
[[KnightTemplar deluded.]]
** [[VillainHasAPoint He actually has a point after all.]]
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** NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist
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* '''Inverted''': NotInThisForYourRevolution, when a character does good things for selfish reasons.

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* '''Inverted''': NotInThisForYourRevolution, when a character does good things for selfish reasons.'''Inverted''':
** NotInThisForYourRevolution
** RightForTheWrongReasons
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'''Basic Trope''': A character uses wholesome ends to justify their villainous deeds.

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'''Basic Trope''': A Evil or amoral character uses wholesome ends to justify their villainous deeds.with sympathetic and even heroic motives.
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* '''Downplayed''': Bob uses {{blackmail}} and [[VoteEarlyVoteOften vote fraud]] to become StudentCouncilPresident, because he wants to improve student-faculty relations, organize a mentoring program, stop [[TheBully bullying]], throw everyone a big pizza party...

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob uses {{blackmail}} and [[VoteEarlyVoteOften vote fraud]] to become StudentCouncilPresident, because he wants to improve student-faculty relations, organize a mentoring program, stop [[TheBully bullying]], [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking throw everyone a big pizza party...]]
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** Something really [[StartOfDarkness horrible]] [[FreudianExcuse happened]] to him in the past.
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** Bob claims to have lied about his intentions, because the greater good involves him seeming like "the bad guy".

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** Bob claims to have lied about his intentions, because the greater good involves [[ZeroApprovalGambit him seeming like "the bad guy".guy"]].
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Selfish Good is no longer a trope, and redirects to Not In This For Your Revolution and Jerk With a Heart of Gold. I felt the first one was better as the opposite of this trope.


* '''Inverted''': SelfishGood.

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* '''Inverted''': SelfishGood.NotInThisForYourRevolution, when a character does good things for selfish reasons.

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** Bob was lying about his inentions, but winds up BecomingTheMask.

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** Bob was lying about his inentions, intentions, but winds up BecomingTheMask.



* '''Reconstructed''': Bob is OK with the world hating him, so long as the world he creates is a [[TheExtremistWasRight better one in the end.]]

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* '''Reconstructed''': '''Reconstructed''':
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Bob is OK with the world hating him, so long as the world he creates is a [[TheExtremistWasRight better one in the end.]]
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** Bob was lying about his inentions, but winds up BecomingTheMask.


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** Bob is initially viewed as dangerous and evil, but as time goes on people come to appreciate the results of his actions- even if the actions themselves were distasteful.
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* Bob's "good intentions" come from such a bizarre case of BlueAndOrangeMorality that his aims, and the world he seeks to create, are both seen as bad by everyone else, and they may have a point.

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* ** Bob's "good intentions" come from such a bizarre case of BlueAndOrangeMorality that his aims, and the world he seeks to create, are both seen as bad by everyone else, and they may have a point.
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* Bob's "good intentions" come from such a bizarre case of BlueAndOrangeMorality that his aims, and the world he seeks to create, are both seen as bad by everyone else, and they may have a point.
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** "No Bob, the world you envision will be a better place...[[ItsAllAboutMe only for you]]!"

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** "No Bob, the world you envision will be a better place...[[ItsAllAboutMe But only for you]]!"
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** "No Bob, the world you envision will be a better place...[[ItsAllAboutMe only or you]]!"

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** "No Bob, the world you envision will be a better place...[[ItsAllAboutMe only or for you]]!"
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** "No Bob, the world you envision will be a better place...[[ItsAllAboutMe only or you]]!"

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** Bob is revealed to be not that extreme

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** Bob is revealed to be not that extremeextreme.
** Bob wants an orderly society, but only so ''he'' can feel safe, to hell with everyone else.

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* '''Inverted''':
** Bob seeks to maintain chaos in the society,which create a utopia rather than a dystopia.
** SelfishGood

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* '''Inverted''':
** Bob seeks to maintain chaos in the society,which create a utopia rather than a dystopia.
** SelfishGood
'''Inverted''': SelfishGood.
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** Bob seeks to maintain chaos in society,which create a utopia rather than a dystopia.

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** Bob seeks to maintain chaos in the society,which create a utopia rather than a dystopia.

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* '''Inverted''': SelfishGood

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
** Bob seeks to maintain chaos in society,which create a utopia rather than a dystopia.
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SelfishGood
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** Bob's ruthless tactics [[TheExtremistWasRight actually end up bringing a utopian state of peace and stability.]]

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* '''Inverted''':
** SelfishGood
** NominalHero

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* '''Inverted''':
** SelfishGood
** NominalHero
'''Inverted''': SelfishGood

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* '''Inverted''': SelfishGood

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* '''Inverted''': SelfishGood'''Inverted''':
** SelfishGood
** NominalHero
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* '''Downplayed''': Bob uses blackmail and vote fraud to become StudentCouncilPresident, because he wants to improve student-faculty relations, organize a mentoring program, stop bullying, throw everyone a big pizza party...

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* '''Downplayed''': Bob uses blackmail {{blackmail}} and [[VoteEarlyVoteOften vote fraud fraud]] to become StudentCouncilPresident, because he wants to improve student-faculty relations, organize a mentoring program, stop bullying, [[TheBully bullying]], throw everyone a big pizza party...
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Bob uses blackmail and vote fraud to become StudentCouncilPresident, because he wants to improve student-faculty relations, organize a mentoring program, stop bullying, throw everyone a big pizza party...

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