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--> "We did it because the music industry is an evil corruptive hell hole that is destroy the public!"

** Also the Order of Byzantium from Season 5. Their main goal was to destroy the Key (which is now in the form of Buffy's younger sister Dawn) to stop Glory from using it and destroying the universe. Buffy was unwilling to entertain the notion of Dawn dying even though she had no alternate solution if her plan to keep Glory occupied until her window to use Dawn's blood was over failed. When it did fail, Buffy realized she could stop the apocalypse by dying herself instead because they shared blood. Notably, in a Season 7 episode Buffy admits to Giles that she's come to realize they were right at the time, and if she had to make a similar choice now and couldn't sacrifice herself in Dawn's place she ''would'' let her die to save the entire world.

** Also the Order of Byzantium from Season 5. Their main goal was to destroy the Key (which is now in the form of Buffy's younger sister Dawn) to stop Glory from using it and destroying the universe. Buffy was unwilling to entertain the notion of Dawn dying even though she had no alternate solution if her plan to keep Glory occupied until her window to use Dawn's blood was over failed. When it did fail, Buffy realized she could stop the apocalypse by dying herself because they shared blood. Notably, in a Season 7 episode Buffy admits to Giles that she's come to realize they were right at the time, and if she had to make a similar choice now and couldn't sacrifice herself in Dawn's place she ''would'' let her die to save the entire world.

** Also the Order of Byzantium from Season 5. Their main goal was to destroy the Key (which is now in the form of Buffy's younger sister Dawn) to stop Glory from using it and destroying the universe. Buffy was unwilling to entertain the notion of Dawn dying even though she had no alternate solution if her plan to keep Glory occupied until her window to use Dawn's blood was over failed. When it did fail, Buffy realized she could die herself instead because they shared blood. Notably, in a Season 7 episode Buffy admits to Giles that she's come to realize they were right at the time, and if she had to make a similar choice now and couldn't sacrifice herself in Dawn's place she ''would'' let her die to save the entire world.

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E2InvasionOfTheDinosaurs "Invasion of the Dinosaurs"]]: Operation Golden Age. [[spoiler:Desperate to save the planet, people mean to move back time and RetGone everyone save their chosen few.]]

** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E8TheReignOfTerror "The Reign of Terror"]]: Maximilien Robespierre. TruthInTelevision.

** In Season 3, Faith loads up on weapons after learning of a BackFromTheDead, supposedly reformed Angel being in possession of a magical glove, scared of whom he might kill. When she finds Giles had been attacked she immediately thinks 'Angel' and defies everyone in a bid to kill him. Then there was the time she and Angel discovered demon blood that could heal and even turn vampires back into humans. Because of how obsessed he was with making amends Faith intended to force it into him, and was just about to do so when she learned it would have done a lot more harm.

*** When Watchers behave this way, they're almost always actually right. Had Giles not killed Ben, for instance, Glory would have been back and possibly killed the entire cast (PlotArmor would have prevented it, but the characters aren't supposed to know that they have PlotArmor).
** Also the Order of Byzantium from Season 5. Their main goal was to destroy the key to stop Glory from using it and destroying the universe. Notably, in a later season Buffy admits to Giles that she's come to realize they were right at the time, and if she had to make a similar choice now she ''would'' do it.
** The Mayor honestly thinks life under his rule post Ascension is for the best for everyone.
** Severin plans to use the TimeTravel powers he got from Illyria through MegaManning to go back in time and stop the Twilight crisis from ever happening, thus stopping the rise of zompires and the end of magic. The problem is, doing so would cause an instability in space-time that would rip reality itself apart.
** During Drusilla's brief bout of sanity circa Season 9, she uses a demon to remove mental trauma from anyone who asks; the downside is that they go insane as a result.
** The General thinks that the Slayer Organization really is a threat to world peace.
** What Genevieve thinks she is, planning to kill a "misguided" Buffy and install Slayers as leaders of a corrupt world.
** Faith loads up on weapons after learning of a BackFromTheDead, supposedly reformed Angel being in possession of a magical glove, scared of who he might kill. When she finds Giles had been attacked she immediately thinks 'Angel' and defies everyone in a bid to kill him. Then there was the time she and Angel discovered demon blood that could heal and even turn vampires back into humans. Because of how obsessed he was with making amends Faith intended to force it into him, and was just about to do so when she learned it would have done a lot more harm.
** Whistler's plan to restore magic, as well as the Twilight arc, would have and will kill billions, but he legitimately believes it's the only way to save the rest of the world.

** Gideon, the BigBad of Season 6. He believed that Wyatt, born of a Charmed One and Whitelighter, was too powerful a being to remain good, and, after learning about a future where Wyatt did indeed turn evil, was determined to prevent that from happening. What Gideon didn't realize, however, was that it was his pursuit of Wyatt for weeks in the Underworld is what caused the boy to turn evil eventually in that future. He [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope solidified this status]] in allowing innocents to be killed to cover his tracks, and even personally killing his friend and confidant Sigmund when he left to expose Gideon's plans to the sisters. He was willing to go so far as to work with his [[MirrorUniverse Evil Mirror opposite]], which just unbalanced the world even more.
** The Avatars also qualify. Their intention was to create a perfect, peaceful {{utopia|JustifiesTheMeans}}, but they were going to create it by means of basically brainwashing the entire human race to remove violent thoughts, and [[RetGone erasing from existence]] anyone who disturbed the peace.

* Adressed and [[{{Deconstruction}} deconstructed]] in ''Series/{{Andor}}'' with the [[GreaterScopeParagon progenitor]] of the LaResistance againist the Empire Luthen Rand. His goal of defeating TheEmpire is incredible noble, but Luthen himself is a HeWhoFightsMonsters ManipulativeBastard all too willingly to do the NecessarilyEvil and sacrifice his own people and fellow rebels like food on his plate in order to win. Except Luthen unlike other examples [[IAmAMonster is painfully aware of his montrous extremist nature]] and he doesn't pretend to be anything else, knowing full well he is never going to see that day of peace or thanked for his actions. Just see his speech to his ISB mole Lonni.

** Astra and Non were both this throughout the first season as they turned to terrorism because Krypton was dying and tried to TakeOverTheWorld on Earth with [[DoomsdayDevice Myriad]] because they knew humans would never willingly agree to their terms; however, [[spoilers:Non turns out to be a NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist when he reporgrammed Myriad to KillAllHumans out of spite instead after his wife's death.]]

* ''Series/Stargirl2020'': The Injustice Society of America, it turns out, doesn't want anything evil. Rather, their goal is to make a better America that works to stop climate change and has no homophobia or racism. However, they plan to do this through [[BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood brainwashing millions of people]], with a process that will inevitably kill 25 percent of those affected, plus they anticipate the possibility of war once the half of the country they've converted succeeds from the Union. The deaths of a sizable percentage of their victims as a side-effect, and the murder of the Justice Society superheroes who oppose them (as well as their families) are written off as acceptable losses.

* ''ExtraordinaryAttorneyWoo'': The defendant in "The Pied Piper" is a young man who kidnapped a school bus full of children... [[TheKindnapper and let them play games in a peaceful forest area for a few hours before bringing them back to the bus, safe and sound and very happy]]. He's the self-declared leader of the Children's Liberation Army, and his stated goal is to dismantle and disrupt the cram-school system that does great harm to children's health and well-being, and sucks the fun out of being a kid. He's undoubtedly a FriendToAllChildren and his criticisms of the system are completely valid, but his methods put him squarely in the AntiHero space.

* ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'': Adar just wants to create a permanent home for the Orcs, so they can leave their underground bases and live on the surface again. To make this happen, though, he enslaved an killed many innocent people and terraformed the Southlands into Mordor.

* ''Series/MakoMermaidsAnH2OAdventure'': Erik's goal is to prove to mermaids that mermen don't deserve to be banished to land over their ancestor's crimes. He's convinced that there's a higher purpose to the Merman Chamber that will help him do this, and rejects everyone else's concerns that it's better off undisturbed. When everyone turns against him for continuing to insist on activating it, he resorts gaslighting, stealing, and [[PeoplePuppets bloodbending]] in order to get his way, [[spoiler:ultimately using the trident stone to drain Zac's magic and activate the chamber. When he does, he's unable to stop it from fulfilling its actual purpose of draining the Moon Pool and all the mermaids connected to it of their magic, becoming the exact kind of threat that all mermaids fear mermen are]].

** The Spree oppose witches being mass conscipted into the military, which they condemn as a kind of slavery, with a high death toll as witch soldiers fight {{muggles}} wars. However, they fight this by massacring {{muggles}} with their spells, [[WouldHurtAChild including children]].

* ''Series/Stargirl2020'': The ISA, it turns out, doesn't want anything evil. Rather, their goal is to make a better America that works to stop climate change and has no homophobia or racism. However, they plan to do this through brainwashing millions of people, with a process that will inevitably kill 25 percent of those affected; the deaths of a sizable percentage of their victims as a side-effect, and the murder of those who oppose them (as well as their families) are written off as acceptable losses.

** Season 4's BigBad, Damien Dahrk, takes it UpToEleven: his plan is called Genesis [[spoiler: and it involves taking control of the world's entire nuclear arsenal to destroy it except for his own safe haven, because according to him, the whole world is beyond saving and needs to be reset.]]

*** The Federation itself frequently displays a similar attitude, though they usually aren't ''quite'' as extremist; including "freeing" Borg Drones by removing them from the Collective (regardless of what the drone wants, pre- or post-transformation). This depends on the writer and era, ranging all the way from "we cannot interfere even though what they're doing is a terrible atrocity in our eyes" (even when not interfering causes entire intelligent species to die out) to "we're the best guys with the best morals and ethics in the galaxy, everyone surely wants to be just like us". This is of course [[UpToEleven Upped To Eleven]] with many characters in the Mirror universe, though exactly who is well-intentioned and who's just a bastard isn't always easy to see.