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* Subverted with The Sorceress, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/SpyroYearOfTheDragon''. In one cutscene, we are led to believe by her [[TheDragon Dragon]] (who actually does fit this trope) that she kidnapped all the dragon eggs to repopulate the dragons in the Forgotten Worlds, which would restore the world's magic. In the very next cutscene, however, we discover her true nature.
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* Subverted with The Sorceress, the BigBad of ''VideoGame/SpyroYearOfTheDragon''. In one cutscene, we are led to believe by her [[TheDragon Dragon]] (who actually does fit this trope) that she kidnapped all the dragon eggs to repopulate the dragons in the Forgotten Worlds, which would restore the world's magic. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope In the very next cutscene, cutscene]], however, [[ImmortalitySeeker we discover her true nature.motivations]].]]
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** [[spoiler:Darkrai]] in ''[[VideoGame/PokeParkWii Poképark 2: Wonders Beyond]]''. He just wants Pokémon to have fun forever... which is causing the destruction of the Pokepark. His minions also outright cause abnormalities on other Pokémon to trap them in. Chandelure, Gothitelle and Sigilyph just cause their bodies to lose control, but Cofagrigus outright mesmerizes them.
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** [[spoiler:Darkrai]] in ''[[VideoGame/PokeParkWii Poképark 2: Wonders Beyond]]''. He just wants Pokémon to have fun forever... which is causing the destruction of the Pokepark. His minions also outright cause abnormalities on mesmerize other Pokémon to trap them in. Chandelure, Gothitelle and Sigilyph just cause their bodies to lose control, but Cofagrigus outright mesmerizes them.in.
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** [[spoiler:Darkrai]] in ''[[VideoGame/PokeParkWii Poképark 2: Wonders Beyond]]''. He just wants Pokémon to have fun forever... which is causing the destruction of the Pokepark. His minions also outright mesmerize other Pokémon to trap them in.
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** [[spoiler:Darkrai]] in ''[[VideoGame/PokeParkWii Poképark 2: Wonders Beyond]]''. He just wants Pokémon to have fun forever... which is causing the destruction of the Pokepark. His minions also outright mesmerize cause abnormalities on other Pokémon to trap them in.in. Chandelure, Gothitelle and Sigilyph just cause their bodies to lose control, but Cofagrigus outright mesmerizes them.
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** [[spoiler:Darkrai]] in ''[[VideoGame/PokeParkWii Poképark 2: Wonders Beyond]]''. He just wants Pokémon to have fun forever... which is causing the destruction of the Pokepark.
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** [[spoiler:Darkrai]] in ''[[VideoGame/PokeParkWii Poképark 2: Wonders Beyond]]''. He just wants Pokémon to have fun forever... which is causing the destruction of the Pokepark. His minions also outright mesmerize other Pokémon to trap them in.
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** Travant is revealed to be this in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776''. In ''Genealogy'', he really looked like a bastard. But here it is revealed that his intention is purely to see his homeland of Thracia thrive, not be oppressed anymore, and get better territory to improve their living conditions (its current status as a land of mercenaries is hell for his citizens). The fact that he doesn't mind if his actions and atrocities will lead him to Hell, as long as it helps his nation, just cements him as one hell of a WellIntentionedExtremist.
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** Travant Travant, king of Thracia. All he wants is revealed to be this in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776''. In ''Genealogy'', he really looked like a bastard. But here it is revealed that his intention is purely to see his homeland of Thracia thrive, not be oppressed anymore, prosper instead of being forced into poverty and get better territory mercenary work due to improve their living conditions (its current status as a land of mercenaries is hell for his citizens). The fact poor territory. He's willing to do use any method, no matter how brutal, manipulative, or treacherous to make that he doesn't mind if happen, from [[spoiler:killing Quan and Ethlyn and then raising their daughter as his actions own]] to forcing a doubting general onto the field with a HostageSituation. ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThracia776'' emphasizes that he's doing this all for Thracia, not personal ambition, and atrocities will lead him to Hell, as he's fine with landing in Hell so long as it helps his nation, just cements him as one hell of a WellIntentionedExtremist.people.
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** And before them all, there was Gehrman, the First Hunter. Before the era of the Healing Church, Gehrman was the muscle of Byrgenwerth College and is responsible for atrocities such as the massacre of the Fishing Hamlet. In present day, however, he has become TheAtoner, though that hardly makes him any less extreme in his methods, which typically involves executing the Hunters who find their way to the Hunter's Dream, if only to [[SelfSacrifice spare them from having to suffer his own torment]].
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** And before them all, there was Gehrman, the First Hunter. Before the era of the Healing Church, Gehrman was the muscle of Byrgenwerth College and is responsible for atrocities such as the massacre of the Fishing Hamlet. Hamlet, all in the name of seeking a way for humanity to transcend to the next evolutionary stage. In the present day, however, he has become the OldMaster and TheAtoner, though that hardly makes him any less extreme in his methods, which typically involves executing the Hunters every single Hunter who find their way to the Hunter's Dream, if only to [[SelfSacrifice [[SelfSacrificeScheme spare them from having to suffer his own torment]].torment.]]
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* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', it is very easy to pin the NOL as some sort of TheEmpire, with their totalitarian, iron-fisted rule and their law of 'anyone not obeying our rules are to be executed'...until you realize that if NOL didn't put up such an iron-fisted rule, the CrapsackWorld will plunge into further chaos, with many dangerous Ars Magus free for people to claim, with a high possibility of the claimer being psychomaniacs out to destroy the world. It may be a cruel method, and the NOL look like jerks doing their job, but they do try to make the world a better place to live in. However, the reason why NOL is easy to pin as an unabashed evil [[TheEmpire empire]] is the fact that, possibly, the whole organization is being manipulated by not one, but two over-the-top villains with InvincibleVillain status.
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* In ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'', it is very easy to pin the NOL as some sort of TheEmpire, with their totalitarian, iron-fisted rule and their law of 'anyone "anyone not obeying our rules are to be executed'...executed"...until you realize that if NOL didn't put up such an iron-fisted rule, the CrapsackWorld will would plunge into further chaos, with many dangerous Ars Magus Armagus free for people to claim, with a high possibility of the claimer being psychomaniacs psychos out to destroy the world. It may be a cruel method, and the NOL look like jerks doing their job, but they do try to make the world a better place to live in. However, the reason why NOL is easy to pin as an unabashed evil [[TheEmpire empire]] is the fact that, possibly, the whole organization is being manipulated by not one, but two over-the-top villains with InvincibleVillain status.status.
* Just about every single {{Hunter|OfMonsters}} in ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' is an extremist by necessity, but there are a few who were motivated to action by grander ideals than selfish ambition:
** Laurence, the First Vicar of the Healing Church, started distributing [[ThePowerOfBlood the Old Blood]] of a [[EldritchAbomination Great One]] as a {{panacea}} to the people of Old Yharnam, hoping to rid the world of all ailments and paving the way for humanity's progress in the process. Unfortunately, though his intentions may have been good, he chose to ignore the risks: The Old Blood reacted poorly when exposed to the ignorance of the general populace and [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent transformed them into horrible beasts.]] Following this, Old Yharnam would be burned to the ground and Laurence, who also succumbed to the lycanthropic plague, would find his mind trapped in [[IronicHell The Hunter's Nightmare]] as an unthinking, [[ManOnFire eternally burning]] [[AnimalisticAbomination Cleric Beast]] as punishment for his sins.
** Though the Healing Church were responsible for the scourge of beasts, the first of their Hunters, a humble man by the name Ludwig, would prove to be the hero they could never be: Having witnessed the gargantuan beasts that the clergy of the church transformed into, Ludwig took upon himself the task of arming the people of Yharnam with weapons of [[{{BFS}} appropriate size]] [[and power]] and teaching them how to best defend themselves against the beastly threat that the church could come to pose against them. Unfortunately, those same weapons were a bit ''too'' effective at shedding the blood of the beasts, exposing the Hunters to the Old Blood simply by fighting them. Furthermore, sending inexperienced denizens to fight the beasts resulted in many more injured, which in turn lead more people to seek out the Healing Church's Blood Ministration to save their lives. Finally, though Ludwig was a noble, honourable spartan, the same could not be said of his diciples and so the Hunters of the Healing Church became more akin to groups of armed thugs walking the streets.
** While Hunters are generally tasked with hunting down people who've become infected by the scourge of beasts, and the earlier they can deal with the infected, the better, bad things tend to happen when a Hunter [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope goes off the deep end]] and starts attacking people who are not yet infected, or start exhibiting symptoms of infection themselves. It's at that point that [[CoolOldLady Eileen the Crow]] enters the picture. She is [[HunterOfHisOwnKind the Hunter of Hunters]], a thankless, scorned role upon the Night of the Hunt, but a deeply important one -- enough so that Eileen is still carrying out her duty, despite the fact that she's long past her prime. Should you help her out, she'll berate you for dirtying your hands doing her job, but she will be thankful nevertheless, and should you complete her questline she'll [[PassingTheTorch pass on to you the Crowhunter Badge, marking you as her successor.]]
** And before them all, there was Gehrman, the First Hunter. Before the era of the Healing Church, Gehrman was the muscle of Byrgenwerth College and is responsible for atrocities such as the massacre of the Fishing Hamlet. In present day, however, he has become TheAtoner, though that hardly makes him any less extreme in his methods, which typically involves executing the Hunters who find their way to the Hunter's Dream, if only to [[SelfSacrifice spare them from having to suffer his own torment]].
* Just about every single {{Hunter|OfMonsters}} in ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' is an extremist by necessity, but there are a few who were motivated to action by grander ideals than selfish ambition:
** Laurence, the First Vicar of the Healing Church, started distributing [[ThePowerOfBlood the Old Blood]] of a [[EldritchAbomination Great One]] as a {{panacea}} to the people of Old Yharnam, hoping to rid the world of all ailments and paving the way for humanity's progress in the process. Unfortunately, though his intentions may have been good, he chose to ignore the risks: The Old Blood reacted poorly when exposed to the ignorance of the general populace and [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent transformed them into horrible beasts.]] Following this, Old Yharnam would be burned to the ground and Laurence, who also succumbed to the lycanthropic plague, would find his mind trapped in [[IronicHell The Hunter's Nightmare]] as an unthinking, [[ManOnFire eternally burning]] [[AnimalisticAbomination Cleric Beast]] as punishment for his sins.
** Though the Healing Church were responsible for the scourge of beasts, the first of their Hunters, a humble man by the name Ludwig, would prove to be the hero they could never be: Having witnessed the gargantuan beasts that the clergy of the church transformed into, Ludwig took upon himself the task of arming the people of Yharnam with weapons of [[{{BFS}} appropriate size]] [[and power]] and teaching them how to best defend themselves against the beastly threat that the church could come to pose against them. Unfortunately, those same weapons were a bit ''too'' effective at shedding the blood of the beasts, exposing the Hunters to the Old Blood simply by fighting them. Furthermore, sending inexperienced denizens to fight the beasts resulted in many more injured, which in turn lead more people to seek out the Healing Church's Blood Ministration to save their lives. Finally, though Ludwig was a noble, honourable spartan, the same could not be said of his diciples and so the Hunters of the Healing Church became more akin to groups of armed thugs walking the streets.
** While Hunters are generally tasked with hunting down people who've become infected by the scourge of beasts, and the earlier they can deal with the infected, the better, bad things tend to happen when a Hunter [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope goes off the deep end]] and starts attacking people who are not yet infected, or start exhibiting symptoms of infection themselves. It's at that point that [[CoolOldLady Eileen the Crow]] enters the picture. She is [[HunterOfHisOwnKind the Hunter of Hunters]], a thankless, scorned role upon the Night of the Hunt, but a deeply important one -- enough so that Eileen is still carrying out her duty, despite the fact that she's long past her prime. Should you help her out, she'll berate you for dirtying your hands doing her job, but she will be thankful nevertheless, and should you complete her questline she'll [[PassingTheTorch pass on to you the Crowhunter Badge, marking you as her successor.]]
** And before them all, there was Gehrman, the First Hunter. Before the era of the Healing Church, Gehrman was the muscle of Byrgenwerth College and is responsible for atrocities such as the massacre of the Fishing Hamlet. In present day, however, he has become TheAtoner, though that hardly makes him any less extreme in his methods, which typically involves executing the Hunters who find their way to the Hunter's Dream, if only to [[SelfSacrifice spare them from having to suffer his own torment]].
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* ''VideoGame/BoogieWings'', a game set in the Golden Age of Aviation (circa 1919) have you trying to stop the main villain, an unnamed MadScientist, from reshaping history. But in the final stage as you confront the scientist, you discover his true motivations - viaa TimeMachine, the scientist made it to the future, only to witness the horrors of the war to come (presumably World War II). Deciding there isn't hope for humanity in the dark ages to come, he then decides to change the present using technology from the future, leading to the crazy assortments of robots and mechas you encountered throughout the game, and him even offering you a WeCanRuleTogether option towards the end.
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* The Wheel of Fate, the final boss in ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead III'', takes this objective UpToEleven. His ultimate goal is to destroy everything and resurrect everything, [[spoiler: and he laments the planet's overpopulation upon his defeat]].
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* The Wheel of Fate, the final boss in ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead III'', takes this objective UpToEleven.even further than Goldman intended. His ultimate goal is to destroy everything and resurrect everything, [[spoiler: and he laments the planet's overpopulation upon his defeat]].
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* The Octarians of ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' have a legitimate reason for stealing the Great Zapfish, Inkling society's primary source of electricity; their underground homes have been deteriorating and suffering electricity shortages, with an implication that they will ''collapse'' if the power needs aren't addressed. And that's not even going into the fact they only went to war with the Inklings a century ago in the Great Turf War because of rising sea levels. However, the Octarian government under [[TheGeneralissimo DJ Octavio]] is [[RevengeBeforeReason obsessed with revenge]] against the Inklings for winning that war, to the point of ignoring other options such as immigrating and integrating into (a now far more metropolitan, modern, and capable) Inkopolis, or at least trying to negotiate with the Inklings to share necessary electrical power.
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* The Octarians of ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'' ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'' have a legitimate reason for stealing the Great Zapfish, Inkling society's primary source of electricity; their underground homes have been deteriorating and suffering electricity shortages, with an implication that they will ''collapse'' if the power needs aren't addressed. And that's not even going into the fact they only went to war with the Inklings a century ago in the Great Turf War because of rising sea levels. However, the Octarian government under [[TheGeneralissimo DJ Octavio]] is [[RevengeBeforeReason obsessed with revenge]] against the Inklings for winning that war, to the point of ignoring other options such as immigrating and integrating into (a now far more metropolitan, modern, and capable) Inkopolis, or at least trying to negotiate with the Inklings to share necessary electrical power.
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* [[ObviouslyEvil Master Xehanort]] in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' was this. [[spoiler:He feels that the World's (yes, it is capitalized) light and darkness are out of balance, and seeks to forge the χ-blade to open Kingdom Hearts and create a new world where the two forces can be balanced once again. To that end, he almost killed one of his pupils after completely stripping his heart of all his darkness, and started another Keyblade War -- the last one of which almost destroyed the World completely.]]
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** [[ObviouslyEvil Master Xehanort]] in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' was this. [[spoiler:He feels that the World's (yes, it is capitalized) light and darkness are out of balance, and seeks to forge the χ-blade to open Kingdom Hearts and create a new world where the two forces can be balanced once again. To that end, he almost killed one of his pupils after completely stripping his heart of all his darkness, and started another Keyblade War -- the last one of which almost destroyed the World completely.]]
** [[ObviouslyEvil Master Xehanort]] in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' was this. [[spoiler:He feels that the World's (yes, it is capitalized) light and darkness are out of balance, and seeks to forge the χ-blade to open Kingdom Hearts and create a new world where the two forces can be balanced once again. To that end, he almost killed one of his pupils after completely stripping his heart of all his darkness, and started another Keyblade War -- the last one of which almost destroyed the World completely.]]
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** We're not done yet. There's also TheMaster of Masters, [[spoiler:the GreaterScopeVillain of the entire series who engineered both Keyblade Wars in order to end the ForeverWar [[LightDarknessJuxtaposition between Light and Darkness]]]].
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** In ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Shadows of Valentia]]'', Duma got expanded into one of these. Originally, he was a stern yet fair dragon who sought to train and improve his subjects in Rigel [[MiseryBuildsCharacters through hardships]]. Due to [[SanitySlippage degeneration]] over the centuries of his life, Duma was corrupted but still tries to retain something of his original self. Once defeated, he acknowledges his faults in his dying speech and motivates Alm and Celica to do a better job at ruling the land.
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** In ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden Shadows of Valentia]]'', Duma got expanded into one of these. Originally, he was a stern yet fair dragon who sought to train and improve his subjects in Rigel [[MiseryBuildsCharacters [[MiseryBuildsCharacter through hardships]]. Due to [[SanitySlippage degeneration]] over the centuries of his life, Duma was corrupted but still tries to retain something of his original self. Once defeated, he acknowledges his faults in his dying speech and motivates Alm and Celica to do a better job at ruling the land.land.
** In the ''Conquest'' route of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', the Nohrian royal family follow their father Garon in conquering Hoshido only because they want the war to end as quickly as possible. [[spoiler:Especially Corrin and Azura, who have to make Garon [[ItMakesSenseInContext sits on the Hoshidian throne to make him reveal his real inhuman appearance]] to their siblings in order to dethrone him]].
** In the ''Conquest'' route of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemFates'', the Nohrian royal family follow their father Garon in conquering Hoshido only because they want the war to end as quickly as possible. [[spoiler:Especially Corrin and Azura, who have to make Garon [[ItMakesSenseInContext sits on the Hoshidian throne to make him reveal his real inhuman appearance]] to their siblings in order to dethrone him]].
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** Kirschtaria Wodime, the leader of the Crypters, resolves to make the best of a bad situation in Part 2, Cosmos in the Lostbelt, when the Earth is bleached and [[KillEmAll humanity is wiped out]] by a god from beyond the stars. As one of the seven humans chosen by the Foreign God to usher in a new humanity, he is granted a [[AlternateUniverse Lostbelt]] where the Age of Gods never ended and tasked with ensuring its survival. [[spoiler:Wodime, however, has plans of his own -- he intends to use the tools given to him, intended to allow the Foreign God to descend upon Earth in a suitable vessel, to his own ends, and create a world where humans are uplifted into becoming gods themselves. Like Goetia before him, Wodime recognizes the unfairness and injustice in Proper Human History, but unlike Goetia, he believes that humans are capable of being wonderful beings, and that with godhood they could resolve the unfairness and injustice. The problem is that, like Goetia, this would necessitate the annihilation of the billions of humans in Proper Human History -- and that's before the reveal comes that the Foreign God anticipated Wodime's betrayal all along, and had summoned a Servant with powers designed to specifically counter his plan. Despite all of this, he ''almost'' succeeds.]]
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** Kirschtaria Wodime, the leader of the Crypters, resolves to make the best of a bad situation in Part 2, Cosmos in the Lostbelt, when the Earth is bleached and [[KillEmAll [[AfterTheEnd humanity is wiped out]] by a god from beyond the stars. As one of the seven humans chosen by the Foreign God to usher in a new humanity, he is granted a [[AlternateUniverse Lostbelt]] where the Age of Gods never ended and tasked with ensuring its survival. [[spoiler:Wodime, however, has plans of his own -- he intends to use the tools given to him, intended to allow the Foreign God to descend upon Earth in a suitable vessel, to his own ends, and create a world where humans are uplifted into becoming gods themselves. Like Goetia before him, Wodime recognizes the unfairness and injustice in Proper Human History, but unlike Goetia, he believes that humans are capable of being wonderful beings, and that with godhood they could resolve the unfairness and injustice. The problem is that, like Goetia, this would necessitate the annihilation of the billions of humans in Proper Human History -- and that's before the reveal comes that the Foreign God anticipated Wodime's betrayal all along, and had summoned a Servant with powers designed to specifically counter his plan. Despite all of this, he ''almost'' succeeds.]]
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** The Monitor of Installation 04, 343 Guilty Spark, is a loyal and devoted servant to the Forerunners, doing what he is programmed to do even though his creators have been gone for 100,000 years. His primary goal is to put down the [[TheVirus Flood]] so that they won't consume the galaxy, and he'll do everything to achieve it...and I mean ''everything''. Even manipulating ignorant humans to activate the Halo rings, which would ''[[KillThemAll kill off every sentient being in the galaxy]]'', just so that the Flood won't have any food sources left to feed on. And if any human refuses to activate the rings, then they're as much of an enemy to the galaxy as the Flood, and they must to be put down too...
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** The Monitor of Installation 04, 343 Guilty Spark, is a loyal and devoted servant to the Forerunners, doing what he is programmed to do even though his creators have been gone for 100,000 years. His primary goal is to put down the [[TheVirus Flood]] so that they won't consume the galaxy, and he'll do everything to achieve it...and I mean ''everything''. Even manipulating ignorant humans to activate the Halo rings, which would ''[[KillThemAll ''[[OmnicidalManiac kill off every sentient being in the galaxy]]'', just so that the Flood won't have any food sources left to feed on. And if any human refuses to activate the rings, then they're as much of an enemy to the galaxy as the Flood, and they must to be put down too...
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** ''[[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia Vesperia]]'': [[spoiler:Duke wanted to destroy the [[SealedEvilInACan Adephagos]] as much as anybody. Having lost faith in humanity, though — they turned on him and [[CynicismCatalyst killed his best friend]] even after they both fought on humanity's side in the war — his plan was to [[KillEmAll sacrifice them all]] to fuel his strike against it. He is unique in that the party actually talks him out of it by the end of the game.]]
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** ''[[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia Vesperia]]'': Vesperia]]'':
*** [[spoiler:Duke wanted to destroy the [[SealedEvilInACan Adephagos]] as much as anybody. Having lost faith in humanity, though — they turned on him and [[CynicismCatalyst killed his best friend]] even after they both fought on humanity's side in the war — his plan was to[[KillEmAll [[HumanSacrifice sacrifice them all]] to fuel his strike against it. He is unique in that the party actually talks him out of it by the end of the game.]]
*** [[spoiler:Duke wanted to destroy the [[SealedEvilInACan Adephagos]] as much as anybody. Having lost faith in humanity, though — they turned on him and [[CynicismCatalyst killed his best friend]] even after they both fought on humanity's side in the war — his plan was to
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* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'': In a game with [[BigBadEnsemble two clearly evil factions]] in [[NebulousEvilOrganization the Fatui]] and [[AntiHumanAlliance the Abyss Order]] already established, the [[Characters/GenshinImpactRaidenShogun Raiden Shogun]], Inazuma's Archon, stands out as [[ArcVillain an independent villainess]]. As the [[GodOfThunder Electro Archon]], she rules over Inazuma with an iron fist, decreting the Vision Hunt Decree that strips everyone of their Vision if they have one, and the Sakoku Decree to create a storm outside Inazuma's borders so that no outsiders can enter and no one in the region can't get out. However, this is in order to preserve Inazuma safe and prevent the region from the effects of "[[ArcWords erosion]]". [[spoiler:Turns out, however, most of what is happening is due to a terrible misunderstanding, courtesy of Inazuma's Tri-Commission's corruption: the Tenryou and Kanryou Commisions, in collusion with the Fatui, lied to the LockedOutOfTheLoop Shogun into approving such decrees, making her think this would be the best outcome for Inazuma.]] [[spoiler:To make it even more confusing, the Shogun is in fact an emotionless BodyDouble for the ''real'' Raiden Shogun and Electro Archon: [[HurtingHero Ei]]. Having lost her dearest friends in the Tengu Sasayuri[[note]]Died during a civil war as an ally of Ei[[/note]], the oni Mikoshi Chiyo[[note]]became corrupted by darkness and was implied to be slain by Ei in self-defense after turning on Ei[[/note]], the Kitsune Saiguu, and worst of all, her twin sister and the previous Electro Archon, Makoto[[note]]Both died during the Cataclysm 500 years ago[[/note]], Ei swore to NeverBeHurtAgain, creating her body double in the RidiculouslyHumanRobot Shogun and programming her to do whatever it takes to protect Inazuma while Ei stays in the Plane of Euthimia, away from the world and meditating to slow down the effects of erosion and thus, her eventual death. This explains why the Shogun gullibly believes the Tri-Commission while Ei complacently believes the Shogun's word that nothing wrong would come of it.]] Eventually, [[spoiler:after the traveler fights and ''[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu defeats]]'' Ei (with a little help of Ei's best friend, Yae Miko)]], she comes to reason and admits these measures were too extreme, allowing everyone's Visions to return and the storm around Inazuma to clear up, and the Raiden Shogun becomes an ally.
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* ''VideoGame/ReKuroi'': [[spoiler:Marie unleashes the underground monsters into the city as part of her plan to make people appreciate the wizards fighting the monsters, put Kaito in a situation where he's forced to learn the truth behind his magic, and convince him to erase his memories and everyone's memories of him to save Noelle. The last part serves as a way to research how to reverse all monster transformations induced by black magic.]]
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** ''VideoGame?PokemonXAndY'': [[spoiler:Lysandre]], the leader of Team Flare, wants to put an end to war and "make the world beautiful". Seems like a noble enough goal... [[spoiler:until it's revealed that his method of doing so involves reactivating an ancient super-weapon to destroy all humans and Pokémon who aren't a part of Team Flare, due to the world's limited resources and humanity's overpopulation.]]
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** ''VideoGame?PokemonXAndY'': ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'': [[spoiler:Lysandre]], the leader of Team Flare, wants to put an end to war and "make the world beautiful". Seems like a noble enough goal... [[spoiler:until it's revealed that his method of doing so involves reactivating an ancient super-weapon to destroy all humans and Pokémon who aren't a part of Team Flare, due to the world's limited resources and humanity's overpopulation.]]
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** The Moniter of Installation 04, 343 Guilty Spark, is a loyal and devoted servant to the Forerunners, doing what he is programmed to do even though his creators have been gone for 100,000 years. His primary goal is to put down the [[TheVirus Flood]] so that they won't consume the galaxy, and he'll do everything to achieve it...and I mean ''everything''. Even manipulating ignorant humans to activate the Halo rings, which would ''[[KillThemAll kill off every sentient being in the galaxy]]'', just so that the Flood won't have any food sources left to feed on. And if any human refuses to activate the rings, then they're as much of an enemy to the galaxy as the Flood, and they must to be put down too...
** Dr. Catherine Halsey was willing to kidnap 6-year olds to turn them into supersoldiers (a process that had a fairly low survival rate due to the augmentations). [[spoiler:So it's a very bad thing (which Halsey herself points out) when Cortana, who is based on Halsey's brain patterns, acquires vast power and immortality in ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians''. Cortana decides that she should usher in an era of galactic peace...by unleashing a gigantic KillerRobot army to kill everyone in her way.]]
** Dr. Catherine Halsey was willing to kidnap 6-year olds to turn them into supersoldiers (a process that had a fairly low survival rate due to the augmentations). [[spoiler:So it's a very bad thing (which Halsey herself points out) when Cortana, who is based on Halsey's brain patterns, acquires vast power and immortality in ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians''. Cortana decides that she should usher in an era of galactic peace...by unleashing a gigantic KillerRobot army to kill everyone in her way.]]
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** The Moniter Monitor of Installation 04, 343 Guilty Spark, is a loyal and devoted servant to the Forerunners, doing what he is programmed to do even though his creators have been gone for 100,000 years. His primary goal is to put down the [[TheVirus Flood]] so that they won't consume the galaxy, and he'll do everything to achieve it...and I mean ''everything''. Even manipulating ignorant humans to activate the Halo rings, which would ''[[KillThemAll kill off every sentient being in the galaxy]]'', just so that the Flood won't have any food sources left to feed on. And if any human refuses to activate the rings, then they're as much of an enemy to the galaxy as the Flood, and they must to be put down too...
** Dr. Catherine Halsey was willing to kidnap 6-year olds to turn them intosupersoldiers super soldiers (a process that had a fairly low survival rate due to the augmentations). [[spoiler:So it's a very bad thing (which Halsey herself points out) when Cortana, who is based on Halsey's brain patterns, acquires vast power and immortality in ''VideoGame/Halo5Guardians''. Cortana decides that she should usher in an era of galactic peace... by unleashing a gigantic KillerRobot army to kill everyone in her way.]]
** Dr. Catherine Halsey was willing to kidnap 6-year olds to turn them into
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** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with Warden Kuril, the Head of the Purgatory. Although he clearly thinks he is doing this [[TheNeedsOfTheMany for the society]] and that [[Knighttemplar he is doing something right]], Shepard makes it clear that Kuril is merely [[NotSoWellIntentionedextremist a "two-bit slave trader" who is using his position at Purgatory to run an extortion racket.]].
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** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with Warden Kuril, the Head of the Purgatory. Although he clearly thinks he is doing this [[TheNeedsOfTheMany for the society]] and that [[Knighttemplar [[KnightTemplar he is doing something right]], Shepard makes it clear that Kuril is merely [[NotSoWellIntentionedextremist a "two-bit slave trader" who is using his position at Purgatory to run an extortion racket.]].
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** Saren can be seen as one. He believes that [[spoiler:his subservience to the [[EldritchAbomination Reapers]], who are bent on destroying all organic life in the galaxy, would actually prove organic life to be useful and, thus, spare them from slaughter]]. However, [[spoiler:Saren is clearly {{brainwashed}}, and the Reapers are [[ILied liars]]]].
** In the sequel, [[MadScientist Mordin Solus]] is responsible for [[spoiler:engineering a new strain of the [[DepopulationBomb Genophage]] when it's learned that the Krogan are adapting to the original]]. However, though he considers it necessary, he refuses to ignore the true consequences of his actions and blindly accept that it was for the greater good. In fact, after he retired, he set up a free clinic in the slums of [[WretchedHive Omega]] to "do something less morally ambiguous."
*** His student, Maelon, [[spoiler:regretted his actions in helping to create the genophage and tried to make a cure]]. However, doing this led to him [[spoiler:working with the Blood Pack and experimenting on live Krogan]].
** In the sequel, [[MadScientist Mordin Solus]] is responsible for [[spoiler:engineering a new strain of the [[DepopulationBomb Genophage]] when it's learned that the Krogan are adapting to the original]]. However, though he considers it necessary, he refuses to ignore the true consequences of his actions and blindly accept that it was for the greater good. In fact, after he retired, he set up a free clinic in the slums of [[WretchedHive Omega]] to "do something less morally ambiguous."
*** His student, Maelon, [[spoiler:regretted his actions in helping to create the genophage and tried to make a cure]]. However, doing this led to him [[spoiler:working with the Blood Pack and experimenting on live Krogan]].
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** Saren Arterius can be seen as one. He believes that [[spoiler:his subservience to the [[EldritchAbomination Reapers]], who are bent on destroying all organic life in the galaxy, would actually prove organic life to be useful and, thus, spare them from slaughter]]. However, [[spoiler:Saren is clearly {{brainwashed}}, and the Reapers are [[ILied liars]]]].
** In the sequel, [[MadScientist Mordin Solus]] is responsible for [[spoiler:engineering a new strain of the [[DepopulationBomb Genophage]] when it's learned that the Krogan are adapting to the original]]. However, though he considers it necessary, he refuses to ignore the true consequences of his actions and blindlyaccept accepts that it was for the greater good. In fact, after he retired, he set up a free clinic in the slums of [[WretchedHive Omega]] to "do something less morally ambiguous."
*** His student, Maelon, [[spoiler:regretted his actions in helping to create thegenophage Genophage and tried to make a cure]]. However, doing this led to him [[spoiler:working with the Blood Pack and experimenting on live Krogan]].
** In the sequel, [[MadScientist Mordin Solus]] is responsible for [[spoiler:engineering a new strain of the [[DepopulationBomb Genophage]] when it's learned that the Krogan are adapting to the original]]. However, though he considers it necessary, he refuses to ignore the true consequences of his actions and blindly
*** His student, Maelon, [[spoiler:regretted his actions in helping to create the
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** [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Aresh]] counts as well. He wanted to restart the facility on Pragia, even after experiencing the torture that occurred there, because he felt that the work done there was done for a reason and should not go to waste. However, it's clearly a desperate coping strategy for dealing with his own childhood trauma; actually trying to put it into action would involve kidnapping and abusing even more children, [[EvenEvilHasStandards an act that even Jack finds repulsive]].
** Warlord Okeer wanted to create the perfect Krogan to help his species. His reasoning was that ZergRush tactics did not work and would eventually bleed the populace dry, and he wanted the perfect Krogan as a SuperPrototype for an elite group immune to the genophage, so that the Krogan would be strong again. Unfortunately, this led to him working with the Blue Suns and using any creations that did not fit his standards as cannon fodder.
** Warlord Okeer wanted to create the perfect Krogan to help his species. His reasoning was that ZergRush tactics did not work and would eventually bleed the populace dry, and he wanted the perfect Krogan as a SuperPrototype for an elite group immune to the genophage, so that the Krogan would be strong again. Unfortunately, this led to him working with the Blue Suns and using any creations that did not fit his standards as cannon fodder.
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** [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Aresh]] Aresh Aghdashloo]] counts as well. He wanted to restart the facility on Pragia, even after experiencing the torture that occurred there, because he felt that the work done there was done for a reason and should not go to waste. However, it's clearly a desperate coping strategy for dealing with his own childhood trauma; actually trying to put it into action would involve kidnapping and abusing even more children, [[EvenEvilHasStandards an act that even Jack finds repulsive]].
** Warlord Okeer wanted to create the perfect Krogan to help his species. His reasoning was that ZergRush tactics did not work and would eventually bleed the populace dry, and he wanted the perfect Krogan as a SuperPrototype for an elite group immune to thegenophage, Genophage, so that the Krogan would be strong again. Unfortunately, this led to him working with the Blue Suns and using any creations that did not fit his standards as cannon fodder.
** Warlord Okeer wanted to create the perfect Krogan to help his species. His reasoning was that ZergRush tactics did not work and would eventually bleed the populace dry, and he wanted the perfect Krogan as a SuperPrototype for an elite group immune to the
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** Warden Kuril, the Head of the Purgatory. Although he also uses it to gain more wealth, he clearly thinks he is doing this [[TheNeedsOfTheMany for the society]].
** [[PlayerCharacter Shepard]] can be this as well. Depending on the actions they take, Shepard can end up [[spoiler:sacrificing the Citadel Council to save human lives and increase human political influence, seizing and using Reaper technology made at the cost of hundreds of thousands of human lives to hopefully defeat the Reapers, leaving an autistic man in the care of his brother so that he can be used for experiments that will allow humanity to defeat the geth without a fight, sacrificing dozens of refinery workers to gain the loyalty of a member of their crew, sacrificing a member of their crew who'd trusted Shepard to gain the loyalty of an even stronger person (Samara vs. Morinth), betraying and probably murdering multiple friends in order to gain both salarian and krogan support, etc.]]
** [[PlayerCharacter Shepard]] can be this as well. Depending on the actions they take, Shepard can end up [[spoiler:sacrificing the Citadel Council to save human lives and increase human political influence, seizing and using Reaper technology made at the cost of hundreds of thousands of human lives to hopefully defeat the Reapers, leaving an autistic man in the care of his brother so that he can be used for experiments that will allow humanity to defeat the geth without a fight, sacrificing dozens of refinery workers to gain the loyalty of a member of their crew, sacrificing a member of their crew who'd trusted Shepard to gain the loyalty of an even stronger person (Samara vs. Morinth), betraying and probably murdering multiple friends in order to gain both salarian and krogan support, etc.]]
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** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with Warden Kuril, the Head of the Purgatory. Although he also uses it to gain more wealth, he clearly thinks he is doing this [[TheNeedsOfTheMany for the society]].
society]] and that [[Knighttemplar he is doing something right]], Shepard makes it clear that Kuril is merely [[NotSoWellIntentionedextremist a "two-bit slave trader" who is using his position at Purgatory to run an extortion racket.]].
** [[PlayerCharacter Shepard]] can be this as well. Depending on the actions they take, Shepard can end up [[spoiler:sacrificing the Citadel Council to save human lives and increase human political influence, seizing and using Reaper technology made at the cost of hundreds of thousands of human lives to hopefully defeat the Reapers, leaving an autistic man in the care of his brother so that he can be used for experiments that will allow humanity to defeat thegeth Geth without a fight, sacrificing dozens of refinery workers to gain the loyalty of a member of their crew, sacrificing a member of their crew who'd trusted Shepard to gain the loyalty of an even stronger person (Samara vs. Morinth), betraying and probably murdering multiple friends in order to gain both salarian and krogan support, etc.]]
** [[PlayerCharacter Shepard]] can be this as well. Depending on the actions they take, Shepard can end up [[spoiler:sacrificing the Citadel Council to save human lives and increase human political influence, seizing and using Reaper technology made at the cost of hundreds of thousands of human lives to hopefully defeat the Reapers, leaving an autistic man in the care of his brother so that he can be used for experiments that will allow humanity to defeat the
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* ''VideoGame/HeroKingQuestPeacemakerPrologue'': Spiderweb wants to conquer the world and unseal the Dark Mother to prevent the Light Spirit-aligned countries from committing genocide on the Dark Ones.
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*** ''Royal'' has a much worse version of this trope; The ArcVillain of the Third Term events, [[spoiler:Takuto Maruki]], gives everyone their most inner desires by rewriting history, creating overlays on top of them and even controls the cognitions of others and attempts to overwrite the original reality with this reality. This effectively robs all of humanity's infinite potential and [[spoiler:doesn't make him any different from Nyx or Yaldabaoth.]] However, [[spoiler:he genuinely wished for everyone to be happy and this isn't some deliberate control plot, and the jarring events are merely an aftermath of Yaldabaoth's plans, where he unintentionally awakened Maruki's Persona Azathoth, leading him to become TheUnfettered and force his [[LotusEaterMachine dream world]] upon everyone at the expense of humanity's future.]]
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*** ''Royal'' has a much worse version of this trope; The ArcVillain of the Third Term events, [[spoiler:Takuto Maruki]], gives everyone their most inner desires by rewriting history, creating overlays on top of them and even controls the cognitions of others and attempts to overwrite the original reality with this reality. This effectively robs all of humanity's infinite potential and [[spoiler:doesn't make him any different from Nyx or Yaldabaoth.]] However, [[spoiler:he genuinely wished for everyone to be happy happy, and this isn't some deliberate control plot, it was less that he sought the power and more that it came to him: when Yaldabaoth merged the real world and the jarring events are merely an aftermath of Yaldabaoth's plans, where he unintentionally awakened Maruki's Persona Azathoth, Metaverse, it allowed the entity Azathoth to contract with Maruki and become his Persona, leading him to become TheUnfettered and force his [[LotusEaterMachine dream world]] upon everyone at the expense of humanity's future.]]]] The name of the Palace's theme music sums it all up: "Gentle Madman."
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* ''VideoGame/RiseOfTheThirdPower'':
** Downplayed. The Resistance seeks to kidnap Princess Arielle to prevent her wedding with Prince Gage of Arkadya, since they know that Arkadya plans on using this alliance to conquer Tariq and backstab Cirinthia. However, they plan on eventually returning Arielle to Cirinthia unharmed after they have her listen to their side of the story.
** Natasha used to believe that [[spoiler:Arkadya's previous king was too ineffectual to lead and that Noraskov should take over, which is why she helped him in his coup. She changed her mind and joined the Resistance once she realized that Noraskov [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist doesn't care about making Arkadya better]] and that all his rhetoric is a cover for his lust for power and contempt for the weak.]] Her current plan is to have Prince Gage overthrow Noraskov, knowing that this will result in a civil war, albeit one that will be less devastating than the world war that Noraskov is planning.
** Downplayed. The Resistance seeks to kidnap Princess Arielle to prevent her wedding with Prince Gage of Arkadya, since they know that Arkadya plans on using this alliance to conquer Tariq and backstab Cirinthia. However, they plan on eventually returning Arielle to Cirinthia unharmed after they have her listen to their side of the story.
** Natasha used to believe that [[spoiler:Arkadya's previous king was too ineffectual to lead and that Noraskov should take over, which is why she helped him in his coup. She changed her mind and joined the Resistance once she realized that Noraskov [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist doesn't care about making Arkadya better]] and that all his rhetoric is a cover for his lust for power and contempt for the weak.]] Her current plan is to have Prince Gage overthrow Noraskov, knowing that this will result in a civil war, albeit one that will be less devastating than the world war that Noraskov is planning.
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** In ''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure'' (later [[VideoGameRemake remade]] as ''Nightmare in Dream Land''), King Dedede stole the Star Rod from the Fountain of Dreams, [[DismantledMacGuffin broken it into seven pieces, and scattered these pieces across the world]], causing everyone in to Dream Land to be unable to dream. It wasn't until Kirby defeated Dedede, and repaired the Star Rod, that it was revealed that he did this seemingly villainous action for a very ''good'' reason. It turned out that a horrifically evil entity called Nightmare had been attacking the Fountain of Dreams, attempting to spread bad dreams across the land. King Dedede made everyone unable to dream because he figured that no dreams would be better than nightmares.
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** In ''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure'' (later [[VideoGameRemake remade]] as ''Nightmare in Dream Land''), King Dedede stole the Star Rod from the Fountain of Dreams, [[DismantledMacGuffin broken broke it into seven pieces, and scattered these pieces across the world]], causing everyone in to Dream Land to be unable to dream. It wasn't until Kirby defeated Dedede, and repaired the Star Rod, that it was revealed that he did this seemingly villainous action for a very ''good'' reason. It turned out that a horrifically evil entity called Nightmare had been attacking the Fountain of Dreams, attempting to spread bad dreams across the land. King Dedede made everyone unable to dream because he figured that no dreams would be better than nightmares.
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* In the English translation of the ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'' game "Revenge of Meta Knight", Meta Knight attempts to forcefully take over Dream Land to end the slothful ways of the inhabitants. Kirby, who is willing to kill people over a slice of cake, decides to stop him. In the Japanese version, Meta Knight's motivation is to end what he considers Dream Land's corrupt rule. That makes it sound like he wants to overthrow Dedede, in which case, one could argue that Kirby should be helping him.
** King Dedede played this role in at least one of the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' games where he wasn't the main bad guy. Specifically, in ''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure'' (later [[VideoGameRemake remade]] as ''Nightmare in Dream Land''), King Dedede had stolen the Star Rod from the Fountain of Dreams, [[DismantledMacGuffin broken it into seven pieces and scattered these pieces across the world]], causing everyone to be unable to dream. It wasn't until Kirby defeated Dedede, and repaired the Star Rod, that it was revealed that he did this seemingly villainous action for a very ''good'' reason. It turned out that a horrifically evil entity called Nightmare had been attacking the Fountain of Dreams, thus tainting it. King Dedede made everyone unable to dream because he figured that no dreams would be better than nightmares.
** King Dedede played this role in at least one of the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' games where he wasn't the main bad guy. Specifically, in ''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure'' (later [[VideoGameRemake remade]] as ''Nightmare in Dream Land''), King Dedede had stolen the Star Rod from the Fountain of Dreams, [[DismantledMacGuffin broken it into seven pieces and scattered these pieces across the world]], causing everyone to be unable to dream. It wasn't until Kirby defeated Dedede, and repaired the Star Rod, that it was revealed that he did this seemingly villainous action for a very ''good'' reason. It turned out that a horrifically evil entity called Nightmare had been attacking the Fountain of Dreams, thus tainting it. King Dedede made everyone unable to dream because he figured that no dreams would be better than nightmares.
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* ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'':
** Inthe English translation of the ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'' game "Revenge of Meta Knight", Meta Knight attempts to forcefully take over Dream Land to end the slothful ways of the inhabitants. Kirby, who is willing to kill people over a slice of cake, decides to stop him. In the Japanese version, Meta Knight's motivation is to end what he considers Dream Land's corrupt rule. That makes it sound like he wants to overthrow Dedede, in which case, one could argue that Kirby should be helping him.
** King Dedede played this role in at least one of the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' games where he wasn't the main bad guy. Specifically, in''VideoGame/KirbysAdventure'' (later [[VideoGameRemake remade]] as ''Nightmare in Dream Land''), King Dedede had stolen stole the Star Rod from the Fountain of Dreams, [[DismantledMacGuffin broken it into seven pieces pieces, and scattered these pieces across the world]], causing everyone in to Dream Land to be unable to dream. It wasn't until Kirby defeated Dedede, and repaired the Star Rod, that it was revealed that he did this seemingly villainous action for a very ''good'' reason. It turned out that a horrifically evil entity called Nightmare had been attacking the Fountain of Dreams, thus tainting it. attempting to spread bad dreams across the land. King Dedede made everyone unable to dream because he figured that no dreams would be better than nightmares.nightmares.
** In the ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'' game "Revenge of Meta Knight", Meta Knight attempts to forcefully take over Dream Land to end the slothful ways of the inhabitants. While this is an inherently good intention, he intends to accomplish it by constructing a massive warship, armed to the teeth with lasers and other weapons, and launching a full-on assault. [[AmericanKirbyIsHardcore In the Japanese version]], Meta Knight's motivation is to end what he considers to be the "corruption" of Dream Land. That makes it sound like he wants to overthrow Dedede, in which case, one could argue that Kirby should be ''helping'' him.
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** King Dedede played this role in at least one of the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' games where he wasn't the main bad guy. Specifically, in
** In the ''VideoGame/KirbySuperStar'' game "Revenge of Meta Knight", Meta Knight attempts to forcefully take over Dream Land to end the slothful ways of the inhabitants. While this is an inherently good intention, he intends to accomplish it by constructing a massive warship, armed to the teeth with lasers and other weapons, and launching a full-on assault. [[AmericanKirbyIsHardcore In the Japanese version]], Meta Knight's motivation is to end what he considers to be the "corruption" of Dream Land. That makes it sound like he wants to overthrow Dedede, in which case, one could argue that Kirby should be ''helping'' him.
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* ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'':
** The main antagonist of Part 1, Observer on Timeless Temple, [[spoiler:[[Literature/ArsGoetia Goetia]]]], turns out to be one of these. [[spoiler:As a creation of [[Literature/TheBible King Solomon]], Goetia watched humanity for 3000 years and was driven to ''immense'' frustration as he watched humanity cause each other pain and suffering over and over again, seemingly incapable of learning their lessons. He ultimately decides to enact a plan to [[TimeTravel travel back in time]], back to when the Earth first formed 4.5 billion years ago, and guide the evolution of humanity into a race of beings incapable of dying and causing each other's suffering. The problem with this is that such an undertaking would require an immense amount of energy, orders of magnitude greater than anything found on Earth, and so he fuels this endeavor by incinerating all of human history -- the lives of every human to ever live will be used as fuel. The heroes resist because, first of all, that's ''far'' too many innocent people killed, and second, [[WhoWantsToLiveForever they believe that immortality isn't all it's cracked up to be]] because it's our mortality that gives our lives meaning. By the end of the Final Singularity, Goetia comes to understand how the heroes feel -- just as he has one foot in the grave.]]
** Kirschtaria Wodime, the leader of the Crypters, resolves to make the best of a bad situation in Part 2, Cosmos in the Lostbelt, when the Earth is bleached and [[KillEmAll humanity is wiped out]] by a god from beyond the stars. As one of the seven humans chosen by the Foreign God to usher in a new humanity, he is granted a [[AlternateUniverse Lostbelt]] where the Age of Gods never ended and tasked with ensuring its survival. [[spoiler:Wodime, however, has plans of his own -- he intends to use the tools given to him, intended to allow the Foreign God to descend upon Earth in a suitable vessel, to his own ends, and create a world where humans are uplifted into becoming gods themselves. Like Goetia before him, Wodime recognizes the unfairness and injustice in Proper Human History, but unlike Goetia, he believes that humans are capable of being wonderful beings, and that with godhood they could resolve the unfairness and injustice. The problem is that, like Goetia, this would necessitate the annihilation of the billions of humans in Proper Human History -- and that's before the reveal comes that the Foreign God anticipated Wodime's betrayal all along, and had summoned a Servant with powers designed to specifically counter his plan. Despite all of this, he ''almost'' succeeds.]]
** The main antagonist of Part 1, Observer on Timeless Temple, [[spoiler:[[Literature/ArsGoetia Goetia]]]], turns out to be one of these. [[spoiler:As a creation of [[Literature/TheBible King Solomon]], Goetia watched humanity for 3000 years and was driven to ''immense'' frustration as he watched humanity cause each other pain and suffering over and over again, seemingly incapable of learning their lessons. He ultimately decides to enact a plan to [[TimeTravel travel back in time]], back to when the Earth first formed 4.5 billion years ago, and guide the evolution of humanity into a race of beings incapable of dying and causing each other's suffering. The problem with this is that such an undertaking would require an immense amount of energy, orders of magnitude greater than anything found on Earth, and so he fuels this endeavor by incinerating all of human history -- the lives of every human to ever live will be used as fuel. The heroes resist because, first of all, that's ''far'' too many innocent people killed, and second, [[WhoWantsToLiveForever they believe that immortality isn't all it's cracked up to be]] because it's our mortality that gives our lives meaning. By the end of the Final Singularity, Goetia comes to understand how the heroes feel -- just as he has one foot in the grave.]]
** Kirschtaria Wodime, the leader of the Crypters, resolves to make the best of a bad situation in Part 2, Cosmos in the Lostbelt, when the Earth is bleached and [[KillEmAll humanity is wiped out]] by a god from beyond the stars. As one of the seven humans chosen by the Foreign God to usher in a new humanity, he is granted a [[AlternateUniverse Lostbelt]] where the Age of Gods never ended and tasked with ensuring its survival. [[spoiler:Wodime, however, has plans of his own -- he intends to use the tools given to him, intended to allow the Foreign God to descend upon Earth in a suitable vessel, to his own ends, and create a world where humans are uplifted into becoming gods themselves. Like Goetia before him, Wodime recognizes the unfairness and injustice in Proper Human History, but unlike Goetia, he believes that humans are capable of being wonderful beings, and that with godhood they could resolve the unfairness and injustice. The problem is that, like Goetia, this would necessitate the annihilation of the billions of humans in Proper Human History -- and that's before the reveal comes that the Foreign God anticipated Wodime's betrayal all along, and had summoned a Servant with powers designed to specifically counter his plan. Despite all of this, he ''almost'' succeeds.]]
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* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' has a few examples.
** ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire''[='=]s Team Magma and Aqua both believe that they'll be doing good for the world by flooding it/drying it out. Despite their devotion to the cause, in the end, [[spoiler:they awaken Hoenn's OlympusMons, who do exactly what they want... [[GoneHorriblyRight too well]], only then they [[HeelFaceTurn realize their mistake]].]]
** ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl''[='=]s Team Galactic is a bit lower in the "well-intentioned" department. Their leader, Cyrus, seeks to control the OlympusMons of the area and [[spoiler:make them destroy and remake reality in his image]]. He cites [[InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves human emotion being the catalyst for conflict]] as the main reason for this although, once you beat him, he [[{{Hypocrite}} turns out to be]] NotSoStoic. Certain grunts even begin to question themselves about what Cyrus is even doing once you defeat them. It can be assumed that they just liked having enough authority to not question why.
** [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Team Plasma]], and especially their leader, N, believes that all relationships between Pokémon and humans are abusive, and [[AnimalWrongsGroup they want everyone in Unova to release their 'mons]]. [[spoiler:Except it's all a front. Team Plasma is actually an UnwittingPawn used by their leader, [[TheSociopath Ghetsis Harmonia]], who wants humans separated from their Pokémon [[DespotismJustifiesTheMeans so he can conquer them easily]]. [[KnightTemplar N in particular]], since Ghetsis [[TykeBomb intentionally raised him with a bunch of 'mons that had been abused by their trainers, deluding him into thinking that to be the only kind of relationship possible between the two species.]] Although N still plans to free all Pokémon from their Trainers, he does acknowledge that there are Trainers who treat their Pokémon well, and that he wouldn't have to go through with the plan if more Trainers could be like that.]]
** ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire''[='=]s Team Magma and Aqua both believe that they'll be doing good for the world by flooding it/drying it out. Despite their devotion to the cause, in the end, [[spoiler:they awaken Hoenn's OlympusMons, who do exactly what they want... [[GoneHorriblyRight too well]], only then they [[HeelFaceTurn realize their mistake]].]]
** ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl''[='=]s Team Galactic is a bit lower in the "well-intentioned" department. Their leader, Cyrus, seeks to control the OlympusMons of the area and [[spoiler:make them destroy and remake reality in his image]]. He cites [[InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves human emotion being the catalyst for conflict]] as the main reason for this although, once you beat him, he [[{{Hypocrite}} turns out to be]] NotSoStoic. Certain grunts even begin to question themselves about what Cyrus is even doing once you defeat them. It can be assumed that they just liked having enough authority to not question why.
** [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Team Plasma]], and especially their leader, N, believes that all relationships between Pokémon and humans are abusive, and [[AnimalWrongsGroup they want everyone in Unova to release their 'mons]]. [[spoiler:Except it's all a front. Team Plasma is actually an UnwittingPawn used by their leader, [[TheSociopath Ghetsis Harmonia]], who wants humans separated from their Pokémon [[DespotismJustifiesTheMeans so he can conquer them easily]]. [[KnightTemplar N in particular]], since Ghetsis [[TykeBomb intentionally raised him with a bunch of 'mons that had been abused by their trainers, deluding him into thinking that to be the only kind of relationship possible between the two species.]] Although N still plans to free all Pokémon from their Trainers, he does acknowledge that there are Trainers who treat their Pokémon well, and that he wouldn't have to go through with the plan if more Trainers could be like that.]]
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**''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire''[='=]s ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'': Team Magma and Aqua both believe that they'll be doing good for the world by drying it out and allowing for more development for humanity and flooding it/drying it out.to make room for Pokemon, respectively. Despite their devotion to the cause, in the end, [[spoiler:they awaken Hoenn's OlympusMons, who do exactly what they want... [[GoneHorriblyRight too well]], only then they [[HeelFaceTurn realize their mistake]].]]
**''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl''[='=]s ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'': Team Galactic is a bit lower in the "well-intentioned" department. Their leader, Cyrus, seeks to control the OlympusMons of the area and [[spoiler:make them destroy and remake reality in his image]]. He cites [[InYourNatureToDestroyYourselves human emotion being the catalyst for conflict]] as the main reason for this although, once you beat him, he [[{{Hypocrite}} turns out to be]] NotSoStoic. Certain grunts even begin to question themselves about what Cyrus is even doing once you defeat them. It can be assumed that they just liked having enough authority to not question why.
**[[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'': Team Plasma]], Plasma, and especially their leader, N, believes that all relationships between Pokémon and humans are abusive, and [[AnimalWrongsGroup they want everyone in Unova to release their 'mons]]. [[spoiler:Except it's all a front. Team Plasma is actually an UnwittingPawn used by their leader, [[TheSociopath Ghetsis Harmonia]], who wants humans separated from their Pokémon [[DespotismJustifiesTheMeans so he can conquer them easily]]. [[KnightTemplar N in particular]], since Ghetsis [[TykeBomb intentionally raised him with a bunch of 'mons that had been abused by their trainers, deluding him into thinking that to be the only kind of relationship possible between the two species.]] Although N still plans to free all Pokémon from their Trainers, he does acknowledge that there are Trainers who treat their Pokémon well, and that he wouldn't have to go through with the plan if more Trainers could be like that.]]
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** [[spoiler:Lysandre]], the leader of [[VideoGame/PokemonXandY Team Flare]], wants to put an end to war and "make the world beautiful". Seems like a noble enough goal... [[spoiler:until it's revealed that his method of doing so involves reactivating an ancient super-weapon to destroy all humans and Pokémon who aren't a part of Team Flare, due to the world's limited resources and humanity's overpopulation.]]
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** ''VideoGame?PokemonXAndY'': [[spoiler:Lysandre]], the leader of [[VideoGame/PokemonXandY Team Flare]], Flare, wants to put an end to war and "make the world beautiful". Seems like a noble enough goal... [[spoiler:until it's revealed that his method of doing so involves reactivating an ancient super-weapon to destroy all humans and Pokémon who aren't a part of Team Flare, due to the world's limited resources and humanity's overpopulation.]]
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** ''VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus'': [[spoiler:Commander Kamado]] really does want to protect the people of Jubilfe village, and to [[spoiler:prevent the same events that wiped out his former village]]. However, he is also embedded with a sense of paranoia that leads to him making some very questionable decisions, [[spoiler:even going as far as ''exiling'' the player from the village under the belief that they are responsible for the recent events, and killing Dialga/Palkia, thinking it will somehow fix the rift. He is instantly proven very, very wrong]].
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* Subverted in ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs''. In an alternate dimension, Superman became a KnightTemplar bent on ending crime at all costs, having been tricked by ComicBook/TheJoker [[spoiler:into murdering his wife Lois and nuking Metropolis]]. Except for Batman, the Justice League approves of Superman's actions and forms a planetwide dictatorship, becoming selfish despots much worse than the villains they killed over the years. This is shown explicitly when the Tyrant of Steel [[spoiler:kills Shazam and Lex Luthor for calling him out]] [[UngratefulBastard while ranting]] about the populace "criticizing" his dictatorial rule. Regime Superman even planned to invade the Multiverse, [[MurderTheHypotenuse kill Mainstream Superman]] and [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe forcefully take Mainstream Lois Lane as his bride]] even if she won't like it]].
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* Subverted in ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs''. In an alternate dimension, Superman became a KnightTemplar bent on ending crime at all costs, having been tricked by ComicBook/TheJoker [[spoiler:into murdering his wife Lois and nuking Metropolis]]. Except for Batman, the Justice League approves of Superman's actions and forms a planetwide dictatorship, becoming selfish despots much worse than the villains they killed over the years. This is shown explicitly when the Tyrant of Steel [[spoiler:kills Shazam and Lex Luthor for calling him out]] [[UngratefulBastard while ranting]] about the populace "criticizing" his dictatorial rule. Regime Superman even planned to invade the Multiverse, [[MurderTheHypotenuse kill Mainstream Superman]] and [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe forcefully take Mainstream Lois Lane as his bride]] even if she won't like it]].it.
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* Subverted in ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs''. In an alternate dimension, Superman became a KnightTemplar bent on ending crime at all costs, having been tricked by ComicBook/TheJoker [[spoiler:into murdering his wife Lois and nuking Metropolis]]. Except for Batman, most of the Justice League approves of Superman's actions and form a planetwide dictatorship. As time progresses, Superman and the Justice League become twisted tyrants selfishly and desperately obsessed to subjugate the Earth, [[spoiler:especially when Supes killed Shazam and Luthor [[UngratefulBastard while ranting]] about the populace "complaining" about his dictatorial rule. RegimeSuperman even planned to invade the Multiverse, [[MurderTheHypotenuse kill Mainstream Superman]] and [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe forcefully take Mainstream Lois Lane as his bride]] even if she won't like it]].
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* Subverted in ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs''. In an alternate dimension, Superman became a KnightTemplar bent on ending crime at all costs, having been tricked by ComicBook/TheJoker [[spoiler:into murdering his wife Lois and nuking Metropolis]]. Except for Batman, most of the Justice League approves of Superman's actions and form forms a planetwide dictatorship. As time progresses, Superman and dictatorship, becoming selfish despots much worse than the Justice League become twisted tyrants selfishly and desperately obsessed to subjugate the Earth, [[spoiler:especially when Supes villains they killed over the years. This is shown explicitly when the Tyrant of Steel [[spoiler:kills Shazam and Lex Luthor for calling him out]] [[UngratefulBastard while ranting]] about the populace "complaining" about "criticizing" his dictatorial rule. RegimeSuperman Regime Superman even planned to invade the Multiverse, [[MurderTheHypotenuse kill Mainstream Superman]] and [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe forcefully take Mainstream Lois Lane as his bride]] even if she won't like it]].
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* [[spoiler:Johannes]] from ''VideoGame/GodsEaterBurst''. [[spoiler:It turns out that the Aegis Project, claimed to be mankind's last hope, is only capable of saving ''1000'' out of ''several million'' people. Despite this, Johannes continues with the project anyway, truly believing that it's the only way. He even seems aware of how evil he's become, as [[NoPlaceForMeThere he refuses to be one of the 1000 saved]], believing that he no longer deserves salvation.]]
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* [[spoiler:Johannes]] from ''VideoGame/GodsEaterBurst''.''VideoGame/GodEaterBurst''. [[spoiler:It turns out that the Aegis Project, claimed to be mankind's last hope, is only capable of saving ''1000'' out of ''several million'' people. Despite this, Johannes continues with the project anyway, truly believing that it's the only way. He even seems aware of how evil he's become, as [[NoPlaceForMeThere he refuses to be one of the 1000 saved]], believing that he no longer deserves salvation.]]
