Line #30 AffablyEvil/NewMedia


1	->''"We are the Canadian Borg. Resistance would be impolite. Please wait to be assimilated. Pour l'assimilation en français, veuillez appuyer sur 2."''
2	-->--'''A Livejournal icon'''
3	* ''Literature/{{Worm}}'':
4	** Despite his WellIntentionedExtremist tendencies (which lead him to [[spoiler:have one hero killed and risk blowing up an entire city on a gamble]]) and his incomplete fluency in English, the Indian [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual parahuman]] Phir Sē proves to be quite personable (even funny).
5	** There's also Marquis, a supervillain currently incarcerated in [[TheAlcatraz the Birdcage]], who cares deeply and sincerely about [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes his daughter]], and remained personable and polite even while he was bleeding out onto the floor.
6	* Psycho Gecko, the VillainProtagonist of Literature/WorldDominationInRetrospect, is a friendly and entertaining murderous lunatic. It helps that he likes wacky and bizarre evil schemes, like unleashing drugged up chickens in a restaurant or releasing the contents of a zoo to attack a superhero, but then he also murders a lot of people, including superheroes.
7	* In ''Roleplay/TheGamersAlliance'', Hannibal Losstarot is a teenager who flirts with girls, loves and respects his mother, takes his studies seriously, speaks politely, constantly trains with his elite guard, treats his servants and enemies well, often even preferring to not be called by his hereditary title. However, he is also the son of one of the {{BigBad}}s and just as determined as she is to conquer the world under the Losstarot family's banner and will stop at nothing to make his mother's dream become a reality.
8	* [[WebVideo/DoctorHorriblesSingAlongBlog Dr. Horrible]] is essentially the nerd who does evil things to be a part of the cool kid's club. He especially comes off as this when the "hero" of the piece is a total [[JerkAss douche.]]
9	* Fawkes, leader of the Axis of Anarchy from ''WebVideo/TheGuild''.
10	* Troy the Wendigo from ''Website/EpicTales'' seems like he might fit this despite needing to eat humans. Which is interesting, since humans only become wendigos if they resort to cannibalism in the first place.
11	* In the [[http://burgrr.com burgrr.com]][[http://bogleech.com/burgrr-walkthrough.html ARG]] [[spoiler: the real BBQ Girill is awfully polite and pleasant to our protagonist for being a horrifying hybrid of woman and barbecue grill who's part of a ToServeMan plot that said protagonist is trying to stop.]]
12	* [[spoiler: Lear Dunham]], the BigBad of ''WebAnimation/BrokenSaints'', is pretty ObviouslyEvil, but he wants nothing to more than to befriend our heroes, and to share [[spoiler: his vision of a brand new (and better) world. That is the reason he even [[JustBetweenYouAndMe explains his whole plan to them]].]]
13	* ''Literature/TalesOfMU'' ([[http://www.talesofmu.com/story/other/silver-tongued-charmer this]]): "Few people mistake a noble dragon for a nice one more than once."
14	* Dark General Argon from ''Literature/SailorNothing''. He may be an utter monster and a [[TheHeartless heartless]], but he is never ''impolite'' and seems to genuinely respect both the heroes and Cobalt for their drive and abilities.
15	* Ganondorf from ''WebAnimation/MeleesEnd'' is polite even while kicking the good guys' asses.
16	* Malsumis from The ''Literature/NewYorkMagician'' might pick up your bar tab.
17	* [[Literature/ImperialDawn Elliott Blackwood]] is charming and sincere, but the utter lack of hesitation about the more...[[ShootTheDog unsavory aspects]] of his duties puts him squarely in this territory.
18	* Humon's Neils is a good example of this. This Affably Evil, bisexual Dane is the nicest guy you have ever met! But if you get on his bad side, expect emotional torture and a bullet to the brain, or bludgeoning with a blunt object (courtesy of his black lover, Duncan). Although, [[http://humon.deviantart.com/art/quot-Please-don-t-cry-quot-142297867 he does try to comfort those whom he is about to kill]].
19	* WebVideo/ChairmanNuke lives and breathes this trope.
20	* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'':
21	** Dr. Diabolik: caring father, hard-working inventor, BenevolentBoss, and by his own daughter's count, directly responsible for taking the lives of over 17,000 people in his raids on middle-sized cities around the world. When he attacks Cincinnati, he secretly encourages the heroes to triumph over his weapons, and when highly stressful problems occur, he politely asks his minions for ideas and rewards them for speaking up. He has no problem teaming up with heroes when confronted with a common enemy, such as [[AncientConspiracy the Tong of the Dark Madonna]] or [[OmnicidalManiac Professor Reaper]]. Still, he attacks entire cities, knowing that tons of people will be killed or injured.
22	*** When Dr. Diabolik's children were the target of protestors and media outlets, he called each one of them up, at their homes, at their workplaces, on their mobiles... and calmly, politely, and non-threateningly explained to them that while he sympathized with them, attacking children over such a thing was a decidedly cowardly act. After that, the protestors just... went away.
23	** Brigand is a ByronicHero in a world where that is likely to get you labeled a supervillain. He deliberately targets corrupt organizations and people, and on the occasion we see him, went out of his way to ensure that people with weak hearts in a hostage situation would be able to receive medical attention if necessary.
24	** Several of the instructors and professors at Whateley are ex-supervillains. They are often a lot more amiable than the ex-superheroes, especially Mr. Donner (Hotrod, teaching Auto Shop), Mrs. Ryan (Lady Hydra, teaching Costume Shop), and Imp (teaching Art and Art History).
25	** Jobe, an [[TheUnfettered Unfettered]] sociopath with BlueAndOrangeMorality, often ''tries'' to be personable, but as Jadis (who is [[TheFriendNobodyLikes as close to being a friend of Jobe's as anyone gets]]) puts it, Jobe is even creepier when trying to be nice.
26	* The Lord of Angels and Demons, the WickedCultured [[TheChessmaster Chessmaster]] of ''Literature/TheQuestportChronicles''.
27	* In ''Literature/PayMeBug'', Commodore Mavis is a genuinely nice guy, who just happens to be a high-ranking officer in an [[TheEmpire empire]] run by [[{{Telepathy}} telepaths]].
28	* ''WebVideo/DontHugMeImScared'':
29	** The Sketchbook from the first video is quite outwardly friendly, and even when the Book gets mad it doesn't raise its voice. However, it deliberately bullies his students into falling in line with his idea of creativity and causes them to spiral into madness at the end of the video.
30	** Unlike the previous teachers, Shrignold and his friends are willing to answer the Yellow Guy's questions, and they do seem to want to teach him their version of love as opposed to knowing the real moral and intentionally twisting the moral to brainwash them. [[spoiler:Except that their version of love involves joining a cult and feeding gravel to a giant head.]]
31	* This is a very popular interpretation of [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos the Slender Man]]. Probably has to do with the fact that he [[SharpDressedMan wears a suit]] and is frequently depicted as [[SoftSpokenSadist almost entirely silent]]. After all, just because he's a stalking, kidnapping, implicitly child-eating EldritchAbomination doesn't mean he has to be rude!
32	* The world of ''Literature/TheGodsAreBastards'' has this in spades. Well, evil is a strong word, but even characters whose goals and methods are pretty reprehensible, many of them are extremely charismatic and likeable. Naturally, this makes them all the more dangerous. Bonus points for [[ManipulativeBastard Justinian]], the Archpope and best candidate for BigBad of the series, who has never said an unkind word about anyone on text.
33	* Agent Travers from ''Roleplay/DawnOfANewAgeOldportBlues'' is part of the government force that wants to detain the newly empowered protagonists. Aside from that, however, she's a pleasant and cheerful woman. She even offers one of the protagonists some advice when she finds them in a self-deprecating slump.
34	* ''WebVideo/LongboxOfTheDamned'': For the most part, Moarte is an entertaining and jovial ghoul who just likes to share horror comics with anyone who will listen. However, that doesn't mean he's to be treated lightly, as he's still a demonic being capable of tearing souls apart and eating people's flesh.

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