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* In ''Fanfic/AllAssortedAnimorphsAU'', the chapter "What if they were all from different AUs á la Into the Spider-Verse?" features various alternate Animorphs being pulled into the timeline of the main series; Cassie is from book canon, Jake is from #11, Marco is from #41 (the dark future where Earth was conquered), Rachel is from Megamorphs #3 (an alternate timeline where the human race is more technologically limited and keeps slaves), Ax is from Megamorphs #4 (a reality where the Animorphs never came together and Ax had to escape the Dome Ship on his own), and Tobias is from the TV show. It initially appears that the alternate Ax takes this role as the one most indifferent to humanity's fate so long as the Yeerks are stopped, but it turns out that [[spoiler:Marco is a Controller, infested by none other than Edriss 562]].

* In ''Fanfic/DidIMakeTheMostOfLovingYou'', in as much as the twelve ‘time travellers’ are a team (and discounting Cavil who caused this situation for his own ends), [[spoiler:Tom Zarek]] is this, as the other eleven are committed to changing things to be better for humans and Cylons where [[spoiler:Zarek]] is only interested in making things better if he’s the one in charge.

* In ''Fanfic/TheSecretKeeper'' sequel ''The Wisdom Seeker'', in keeping with her status as the 'ruthless' Cullen in canon, Rosalie is the only Cullen who is considered for Slytherin (Alice, Edward and Emmett are automatically sorted to Gryffindor and Jasper is considered for Ravenclaw), but Harry assures Rosalie that just having those traits doesn’t make her a bad person.

* The whole point of ''Fanfic/WilhuffTarkinHeroOfTheRebellion''; Tarkin is still a manipulative sociopath and [[FantasticRacism a human-centric speciesist]], if [[PragmaticVillain a very pragmatic one]], and only joined the fight against the Empire because he has learned the truth about the Emperor and [[EveryoneHasStandards he's appalled at him causing a galactic-scale war and the death of billions just to satisfy his ambitions and fulfill a vendetta on the Jedi]], [[ProperlyParanoid who had very good reasons to be paranoid against the Sith]].

* [[LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners Mana Ryougi]] is this to ''Fanfic/TheEmiyaClan''. She, like her mother, had a very skewed morality, but unlike her mother, she mostly works as a contract assassin, trading blood for money with few restrictions. The others have mixed feelings about her. [[BlackKnight Kiri]] and [[ChurchMilitant Aleksi]] have issues with her lack of loyalty to any particular cause and her willingness to interfere with them if she is paid to. On the other hand, [[{{Ninja}} Touma]] idolizes and respects her for her efficiency, iron will, and dedication to standards that she hammered into him when she trained him as an assassin. Everyone else is somewhere in between.

* The drawbacks of this approach are highlighted in the Anime/MyHeroAcademia story ''Fanfic/LoveDoubtAndSuperCuteBabies!"

* Lucius Malfoy ends up working for Hermione Granger in ''Fanfic/TheParselmouthOfGryffindor''. That does not mean he has any sort of moral compass — he's just obeying because Voldemort is out of the picture and ''she'' has got enough on him to send him to Azkaban if he disobeys.

* ''Fanfic/{{Pedestal}}': Ike first met the protagonists by attacking the narrator and ferociously declaring that he would rip them to shreds. After joining the party, he still plans to murder Namnar after a certain period of time, and after years of working with Des and Carlita, still comes very close to attacking them. Eventually, Ike morphs into a SourSupporter.

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* ''Fanfic/ARabbitAmongWolves'': Yuma is a downplayed example. He's far more [[BloodKnight eager to get his hands dirty]], and does scoff at the idea of helping humans. However, he remains mostly loyal toward [[InternalReformist Jaune's ideas]] despite his disagreements.

* In ''Fanfic/FantasiaCrisis'', Helga Sinclair of ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' is initially dismissed by most of her ‘teammates’ when they learn about her role in the near-destruction of Atlantis, but Simba- essentially the team’s leader- is still willing to treat Helga as an ally as he acknowledges that there is a part of her that wants to be better, with the others eventually accepting her again.
* Lucius Malfoy ends up working for Hermione Granger in ''Fanfic/TheParselmouthOfGryffindor''. That does not mean he has any sort of moral compass — he's just obeying because Voldemort is out of the picture and ''she'' has got enough on him to send him to Azkaban if he disobeys.
* ''FanFic/DungeonKeeperAmi'' has Jadeite as both a straight example, and as something of an inversion. As part of his ''Literature/ShadesOfGrey'' theme, he learns empathy and gains a more uplifting world outlook due to Mercury's influence. Regardless, he is by far the most straightforward, pragmatic, and blunt of Ami's advisors in regards to her goals and resorts to [[CombatPragmatist dubious methods]] at times if the situation warrants it.
* [[LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners Mana Ryougi]] is this to ''Fanfic/TheEmiyaClan''. She, like her mother, had a very skewed morality, but unlike her mother, she mostly works as a contract assassin, trading blood for money with few restrictions. The others have mixed feelings about her. [[BlackKnight Kiri]] and [[ChurchMilitant Aleksi]] have issues with her lack of loyalty to any particular cause and her willingness to interfere with them if she is paid to. On the other hand, [[{{Ninja}} Touma]] idolizes and respects her for her efficiency, iron will, and dedication to standards that she hammered into him when she trained him as an assassin. Everyone else is somewhere in between.
* In ''Fanfic/ThatEpicPlan'' Beyond Birthday is this for the Kira Taskforce-at least in ''theory''. In practice he's Light's [[TheDragon Dragon]].
* ''FanFic/FalloutEquestriaProjectHorizons'' has the AxCrazy [[TheBerserker berserker]] Rampage and the tormented RogueDrone Lacunae.
* {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in the Series/DoctorWho fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Gemini}}'' where the VillainProtagonist - AxCrazy SerialKillerKiller Captain June Harper - is ''in charge'' of the team rather than any of the {{Hero Protagonist}}s. {{Deconstructed|Trope}} in that the {{Hero Protagonist}}s are on the run from the universe's various law enforcement agencies for the fact that they are aiding and abetting a [[SuperVillain super-powered serial killer]].
* In the fanfic ''The Misadventures of Cell and Frieza'', the eponymous duo become this in order to [[spoiler: defeat Majin Buu. However, this is mainly because they want to destroy the Earth and the Z-fighters themselves]].
* Ike of the Pokémon fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Pedestal}}'' first met the protagonists by attacking the narrator and ferociously declaring that he would rip them to shreds. After joining the party, he still plans to murder Namnar after a certain period of time, and after years of working with Des and Carlita, still comes very close to attacking them. Eventually, Ike morphs into a SourSupporter.
* In ''Fanfic/AvengersInfiniteWars'', it would appear that Wanda Maximoff is at least considered this for the Avengers by the Jedi Council, as Wanda's powers are very close to the powers of the Force and she has spent some time learning the powers of the Dark Side while trapped on Dathomir until she was reunited with the rest of the team. However, while members like Mace Windu expresses some concern, others such as Obi-Wan Kenobi and Plo Koon recognise that Wanda and the Avengers are not Jedi and aren't as much at risk of the Dark Side as they are, and it's unfair to judge Wanda by their standards just because her powers are different.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/OldWest'', Rattlesnake Jake is [[RecruitingTheCriminal hired]] by Sheriff Rango to help in protecting the town of Mud against the initially unknown threat. The [[TheDreaded notorious Grim Reaper]] wouldn't otherwise care for the job if he hadn't been lately between jobs, and he makes it clear from the start that no-one should come between him and his targets. While Jake honors his contract and gradually shows his softer side to Grace Glossy and her son, he remains more volatile and homicidal than the rest of the heroes.
%%* Makuhita of the fanfic ''The Retelling Of Pokemon Colosseum'' is '''''definitely''''' an example.
* ''WebVideo/SailorMoonAbridged'': Sailor Mars was originally a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold slightly bitchy]] [[{{Miko}} Shinto priestess]]/ActionGirl. Now she's an AxCrazy {{Goth}} EmoTeen Satanist. She makes no bones about her various attempts to kill [[TheFool Serena]] and regularly alludes to mass ({{offs|tageVillainy}}creen) sacrifice of her [[ReligionOfEvil temple's]] patrons. During her off-duty hours she regularly abuses drugs, [[TooKinkyToTorture gets off on enemy attacks]] and [[DrivenToSuicide fantasizes about dying horribly]] and [[AHellOfATime spending eternity in hell]]. [[EnsembleDarkhorse And the viewers went wild]].
* In ''Literature/TheHungerGames''/''Series/{{Angel}}'' crossover "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10718717/1/Demon-s-Games Demon's Games]]", Alma Coin is this for District Thirteen; while Angel and Illyria are officially in charge of the District, Coin is basically third-in-command due to her magical abilities, often encouraging a more ruthless approach even if she defers to Angel's recommendations [[spoiler:until part-way through the war]].
* Loosely applies to Daphne Greengrass in ''Fanfic/DaphneGreengrassAndTheBoyWhoLived''; while Daphne is never ‘evil’ even before she officially becomes Harry's friend, she notes more than once that her Slytherin heritage means she’s better suited for scheming on occasions where her Gryffindor friends can’t find a more direct way to do things. For example, while both Daphne and Harry would like to give the Weasleys money while staying with them the summer before second year, Harry can’t think of a way that wouldn’t offend their pride, whereas Daphne offers to pay for Ginny’s school supplies for first year as a form of ‘rent’ for letting her stay in Ginny’s room during her visit. This trait of Daphne's also leads to her being more willing to at least suggest a more ruthless course of action in later situations. She is fully supportive of Lupin and Sirius's intentions to kill Peter and is just as dumbfounded when Harry disagrees, and she suggests outright killing Augustus Rookwood- Voldemort's past source in the Department of Mysteries- while he's in Azkaban to ensure he can't tell Voldemort anything about the Department; the idea is only dismissed because only Dumbledore could probably break into Azkaban and he wouldn't kill someone in cold blood. Also, [[spoiler:after she sees her father killed in front of her during the Battle of Hogwarts, she switches to using the Killing Curse herself]].
* In ''Fanfic/LeftBehind'', Furlow is this to Rohvu's new crew (Crichton, Chiana, Rohvu's Pilot, the last of the Xarai, and a couple of OC Sebacceans), as she only helps them to try and get access to Crichton's wormhole knowledge and repeatedly makes it clear that she has her own agenda.
* In ''Fanfic/DidIMakeTheMostOfLovingYou'', in as much as the twelve ‘time travellers’ are a team (and discounting Cavil who caused this situation for his own ends), [[spoiler:Tom Zarek]] is this, as the other eleven are committed to changing things to be better for humans and Cylons where [[spoiler:Zarek]] is only interested in making things better if he’s the one in charge.
* ''Fanfic/SlightlyAltered'' has Azurai, who only helps Buwaro friends [[spoiler: find their missing family members]] because Buwaro's his adoptive son. While he's nowhere near as bad as his canon self, he's still done some truly horrible things [[spoiler: like murdering Buwaro's parents, hence why the kid's adopted in the first place]].
* ''Fanfic/StallionsofHarmonyVerse'' has Sunset Shimmer being this towards Twilight Sparkle and Moondancer. When they got themselves into trouble, she was going to shift all the blame on herself, because everypony will blame her anyway. Twilight objects to that idea and reassures her that they are in this together.
* In ''Fanfic/TheSecretKeeper'' sequel ''The Wisdom Seeker'', in keeping with her status as the 'ruthless' Cullen in canon, Rosalie is the only Cullen who is considered for Slytherin (Alice, Edward and Emmett are automatically sorted to Gryffindor and Jasper is considered for Ravenclaw), but Harry assures Rosalie that just having those traits doesn’t make her a bad person.
* ''Fanfic/TDWTReducksRedux'': Duncan for Team Victory in the fic's version of ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama World Tour''. Whereas all the other five members are known for being kind and caring people (Lindsay, DJ, Bridgette, and to a lesser extent, Harold and Leshawna), Duncan is an out-and-out {{jerkass}} who antagonizes most of his teammates (especially Harold).
* Averted in the fic ''[[http://games.adult-fanfiction.org/story.php?no=544208229 Things Skippy the Dwarf can't do in the dungeon]]'', the other party members won't let Skippy use this as an excuse to do evil things.
-->''I was not placed in charge of the prisoners so that I could slaughter them and "the paladin wouldn’t get his hands dirty."''
* In ''Fanfic/TheUniversiad'', the Office of Special Resources is viewed as this InUniverse by some of the Forum's members or its allies who disapprove of TheUnfettered extents to which they are willing to go to protect and advance the Forum.
* The Team mage in ''Fanfic/{{Wardens}}'' not only could care less about his fellow wardens and often sits back and lets them struggle...he actively murders other soldiers on a whim or turns them into bombs regardless of if they were dying or not. A very literal BloodKnight if you will.
* ''Fanfic/ABrighterDark:'' Hans and his band of criminals are this for ''all of Nohr.'' Even when using them, [[WellIntentionedExtremist Garon]] shows absolute contempt for their methods, and afterward gives Corrin his full blessing to kill Hans should they ever cross paths again now that he's no longer necessary to his plans.
* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11961369/15/Blood-Man-Luffy Blood Man Luffy]]'' both Gin and Alvida are former members of far more ruthless pirate crews than the Straw Hats and it frequently shows. Gin immediately threatens to shoot Tashigi when she's taken hostage (though given his torture at marine hands, it's not surprising) and while Sanji only incapacitates Wapol's men, Alvida kills the ones she fights. To a lesser extent, Alvida's reasoning for wanting Robin as a crew member qualifies as well. While some don't want Robin to join due to how dangerous she is, Alvida's happy to have her on board ''because'' she's dangerous and thus useful. On the flip side, both Gin and Alvida are the most loyal to Luffy in the sense they don't question his orders and don't tolerate insubordination from others. When Sanji jokingly suggest [[ItMakesSenseInContext replacing Luffy with a cactus]], both remark that inciting mutiny is punishable by death.
* In the ''Series/StargateSG1''/''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' crossover "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13891584/1/Seven Seven]]", it is established that the Fives are basically this to the other Cylon models; when the Ones initially proposed the plan to wipe out humanity, the Fives were the only ones of the other models who voted in his favour, requiring the Ones to hack the Cylon datastream and manipulate the others until they agreed with his scheme.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12042218/1/The-Dragon-King The Dragon King]]'':
** Unlike his son Snotlout, who has doubts about being chief and the mistreatment of his cousin, his father Spitelout is, well ''spiteful''. When he, Snotlout, Stoick and Astrid are rescued by Hiccup, Spitelout is the only one who stays antagonistic against Hiccup all the way through, claiming that he's leading them into a trap the entire time.
** Marva is an out and proud fan of Drago, so much so that she is insubordinate and rebellious to all of her father's decisions. When she volunteers for dragon training, she refuses to cooperate and listen to Hiccup, going on about how Drago's [[GoodTamingEvilTaming "beat the dog till it stops barking" approach to dragon training]] is superior and nearly gets everyone killed when she [[spoiler:tries taming a wild Screaming Death this way.]] This reaches its apex when she betrays all of the clans and joins up with Drago.
* Deconstructed and lampshaded in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12286952/37/And-Yet-Again-Still-Even-More-Fragments The Beginning of the End]]'' when, after hearing that [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Xander and Willow]] have been planning to RapePillageAndBurn Sunnydale and TakeOverTheWorld for over a decade, Faith wonders why she's the evil one (even discounting Xander's and Willow's plans, Spike and Anya have done far worse than she has). Buffy responds that she tried to kill Angel, but Xander says that's a plus so it breaks even with Faith trying to kill him. Buffy's rebuttal that Faith tried to kill her is ignored on the basis that almost everyone present has tried that, and one of the ones who didn't at least threatened to.
* In ''Fanfic/WhatMightHaveBeen'', Jasper joins the rebellion not out of any belief towards the Crystal Gems ethos or the sanctity of the Earth, but out of loyalty to her diamond. Because of this, she has a bad habit of trying to enforce Homeworld's rules when around something that contradicts it, like insulting Amethyst's off-color physiology or wanting Garnet to unfuse, only for Rose to scold her for it.
* The whole point of ''Fanfic/WilhuffTarkinHeroOfTheRebellion''; Tarkin is still a manipulative sociopath and [[FantasticRacism a human-centric speciesist]], if [[PragmaticVillain a very pragmatic one]], and only joined the fight against the Empire because he has learned the truth about the Emperor and [[EveryoneHasStandards he's appalled at him causing a galactic-scale war and the death of billions just to satisfy his ambitions and fulfill a vendetta on the Jedi]], [[ProperlyParanoid who had very good reasons to be paranoid against the Sith]].
* ''Fanfic/ARabbitAmongWolves'': Yuma is a downplayed example. He's far more [[BloodKnight eager to get his hands dirty]], and does scoff at the idea of helping humans. However, he remains mostly loyal toward [[InternalReformist Jaune's ideas]] despite his disagreements.
* In ''Fanfic/StrangeDays'', Edgeworth is just as heroic as [[WideEyedIdealist Phoenix]] ([[HeelFaceTurn now, anyway]]), but it falls to him to be the token cynic of their pack. This is why Edgeworth stayed a prosecutor [[Franchise/AceAttorney in canon]]: protecting the innocent is all well and good, but somebody has to actually catch the bad guys.
-->''The young Omega had approached him and Wright in Europe, had asked them (well specifically Miles, the Omega) to foster her in America while starting out on her law career. (…) Wright, ever the optimist, had agreed to take on Athena without a second thought or reason to check Athena's motives.\\
No, that job was left to Miles.''
* ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtCandys'':
** Blank can be qualified as such, but only for the main five animatronics (six or seven if you count Old Candy and [[spoiler:RAT]]). His kill animations are some of the most violent, and he smashes the window in the office. Follows this in [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtCandys2 the sequel]].
** Forgotten Candy, from the upcoming fourth installment, seems to be this for the Candy the Cat line of animatronics. The trailers show him stalking around the location in a creepy way, and the secret cutscene in the first game's remaster imply that [[spoiler:he drives his creator insane]].
* ''Fanfic/WithThisRing'': The Renegade protagonist specifically thinks of himself as this to the Young Justice team. Not that he actually considers himself to be evil, because he doesn't believe in objective evil, but his ruthless pragmatism, willingness to kill, ubiquitous {{Troll}}ing of friends and foes, and generally GoodIsNotNice attitude definitely put him at odds with the idealistic teenage superheroes-in-training.
* ''Fanfic/TheMountainAndTheWolf'': The Wolf is proudly and unapologetically an asshole, who's only tolerated by Daenerys because she has more important things to worry about and because he's useful when not actually interacting with her court (mostly because he has a ship).

* ''Fanfic/VowOfNudity'': One story involves Haara having to team up with Fiora, a graverobbing witch who tried to sacrifice her to demons...and who knows the ritual to escape from the abyssal realm.

* The whole point of ''Fanfic/WilhuffTarkinHeroOfThe Rebellion''; Tarkin is still a manipulative sociopath and [[FantasticRacism a human-centric speciesist]], if [[PragmaticVillain a very pragmatic one]], and only joined the fight against the Empire because he has learned the truth about the Emperor and [[EveryoneHasStandards he's appalled at him causing a galactic-scale war and the death of billions just to satisfy his ambitions and fulfill a vendetta on the Jedi]], [[ProperlyParanoid who had very good reasons to be paranoid against the Sith]].

* The whole point of ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23542978 Wilhuff Tarkin, Hero of the Rebellion]]'': Tarkin is still a manipulative sociopath and [[FantasticRacism a human-centric speciesist]], if [[PragmaticVillain a very pragmatic one]], and only joined the fight against the Empire because he has learned the truth about the Emperor and [[EveryoneHasStandards he's appalled at him causing a galactic-scale war and the death of billions just to satisfy his ambitions and fulfill a vendetta on the Jedi]], [[ProperlyParanoid who had very good reasons to be paranoid against the Sith]].

* Loosely applies to Daphne Greengrass in ''Fanfic/DaphneGreengrassAndTheBoyWhoLived''; while Daphne is never ‘evil’ even before she officially becomes Harry's friend, she notes more than once that her Slytherin heritage means she’s better suited for scheming on occasions where her Gryffindor friends can’t find a more direct way to do things. For example, while both Daphne and Harry would like to give the Weasleys money while staying with them the summer before second year, Harry can’t think of a way that wouldn’t offend their pride, whereas Daphne offers to pay for Ginny’s school supplies for first year as a form of ‘rent’ for letting her stay in Ginny’s room during her visit.
* In ''Fanfic/LeftBehind'', Furlow is this to Rohvu's crew, as she only helps them to try and get access to Crichton's wormhole knowledge and repeatedly makes it clear that she has her own agenda.

* ''WebVideo/SailorMoonAbridged'': Sailor Mars was originally a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold slightly bitchy]] [[{{Miko}} Shinto priestess]]/ActionGirl. Now she's an AxCrazy {{Goth}} EmoTeen [[AcceptableReligiousTargets Satanist]]. She makes no bones about her various attempts to kill [[TheFool Serena]] and regularly alludes to mass ({{offs|tageVillainy}}creen) sacrifice of her [[ReligionOfEvil temple's]] patrons. During her off-duty hours she regularly abuses drugs, [[TooKinkyToTorture gets off on enemy attacks]] and [[DrivenToSuicide fantasizes about dying horribly]] [[AHellOfATime and spending eternity in hell]]. [[EnsembleDarkhorse And the viewers went]] ''[[EnsembleDarkhorse wild]]''.

* In ''Literature/TheHungerGames''/''Series/{{Angel}}'' crossover "[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10718717/1/Demon-s-Games Demon's Games]]", Alma Coin is this for District Thirteen; while Angel and Illyria are officially in charge of the District, Coin is basically third-in-command due to her magical abilities, often encouraging a more ruthless approach even if she defers to Angel's recommendations so far.

* In the mass Franchise/{{Disney|AnimatedCanon}} crossover ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1580546/1/Fantasia-Crisis Fantasia Crisis]]'', Helga Sinclair of ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'' is initially dismissed by most of her ‘teammates’ when they learn about her role in the near-destruction of Atlantis, but Simba- essentially the team’s leader- is still willing to treat Helga as an ally as he acknowledges that there is a part of her that wants to be better, with the others eventually accepting her again.