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->''"When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite."''
--> -- '''Winston Churchill'''

->''"I mean, just because I'm evil doesn't mean I have to be rude. It's important to me to be a good host. That's just how I was raised, y'know? We are living in a society, after all. We have rules. Without them, we'd be no better than... than... [[TheHarvey FOREST IMPS]]!!!"''
--> -- '''Garland''', ''EightBitTheater''


Most of the time, when there is a {{villain}}, they're going to have a personality or manner that underscores how evil they are. They may [[KickTheDog kick puppies for giggles]], be [[JerkAss particularly insensitive]], [[CoitusUninterruptus even during sex]], or might just be too [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness unknowable to be anything but evil.]]

And then, there are villains who are AffablyEvil. There is absolutely nothing separating them from being normal, polite people except for the fact that they want to take over the world or use [[PoweredByAForsakenChild human souls]] to power their ArtifactOfDoom. They're not the StepfordSmiler - their affability is a genuine part of their personality, not a mask. In one way, they're the opposite of an AntiHero. They may PetTheDog on occasion, but won't hesitate to kick it if it helps them accomplish their goals.

This villain will invite the hero out to tea, [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine offer him]] [[YourFavorite a favorite dish]], make pleasant small talk, try to appeal to the hero's better nature, and convince the hero that the villain's plan isn't worth getting involved in. Of course, if the hero still won't change their mind, the villain will remind them that they are, after all, still a villain. It may or may not involve a DeathTrap, depending on how nice the villain really is when crossed.

Almost always either comedic, or a WellIntentionedExtremist who really [[KnightTemplar believes that they are the good guys]], but the occasional CompleteMonster can exhibit such qualities as well. EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor is not true for them, and their affability even makes them easy to "compliment" with an InsultBackfire. Captives of an affably evil villain won't be kept in dungeons, but in a GildedCage.

Compare PunchClockVillain, who isn't necessarily evil at all -- they simply have a job to do, and if it involves slaughtering little children or stealing people's life savings, well, that's what they get paid for. See also VillainsOutShopping for Affable Evil behavior to otherwise normal villains. Often a trait of a CardCarryingVillain, especially the more ironic portrayals. Contrast EvillyAffable, which is about villains who are amusing but in no way nice. GoodIsNotNice is the good(ish) SisterTrope. ImNotHungry is often dealing with this villain. Note that this is not the BitchInSheepsClothing, where the character hides a more sinister side behind a nice facade - unlike them, AffablyEvil characters are genuinely nice.
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* Creed in BlackCat is friendly and almost angelic, while remaining a merciless killer. (The manga only, not the anime)
* Most major villains in KazeNoStigma are very composed and polite even while making their destructive intentions clear .
* Johan from ''{{Monster}}'' is a handsome, charming, charismatic young man, even when he is busy corrupting, manipulating and/or killing anyone and everyone he comes into contact with, for apparently no reason other than [[ForTheEvulz he likes it.]]
* Sakurazuka Seishiro of ''TokyoBabylon''/''{{X1999}}'' is a friendly, charming, and generally mild-mannered veterinarian... when he isn't killing people.
** Also from ''{{X1999}}'' is Fuuma Monou, perfectly willing to indulge in "innocent enjoyments" when not busy reducing Tokyo into rubble bit by bit.
** Also, Yuuto Kigai, similairly to Seishiro, is charming, cheerful, friendly, charismatic... and also a Dragon Of Earth who has no problems with fighting, destroying or killing.
* Ryoko Asakura of the ''SuzumiyaHaruhi'' series is constantly polite and cheerful, even while attempting to slit the main character's throat with a combat knife and later being [[spoiler: dissolved into dust for her pains.]]
**Although it's implied that she's not that way by choice, but rather because that's the way she's programmed. That is to say, she ''has'' no personality other than being polite and cheerful, placing her squarely in StepfordSmiler territory.
* A couple of the antagonists in ''{{Saiyuki}}'' fit this. Homura may want to completely destroy and recreate heaven and earth, but he's genial and charismatic, and would rather Goku joined him than have to take him and his abilities by force. Ditto Hazel, only switch 'and recreate heaven and earth' with 'youkai' and 'Goku' with 'Sanzo.'
* Greed from ''FullmetalAlchemist''. He won't [[WouldntHitAGirl put his fist on a woman]], had [[VillainsNeverLie policy for always saying the truth]], seems to be respected by his comrades, and even had rather good taste in clothes as villain. He can be nice if he wanted to. That's not stopping him from act greedy and and performing dubious act for his own sakes.
** That's probably because he's Greed. He must have a greed for as many friends/comrades/subordinates as possible. Being a big jerk like the other Homunculi won't get him anywhere with that goal.
** Zolf J. Kimbley, being a textbook sociopath, is quite charismatic and genial when he's not [[PersonOfMassDestruction blowing things up]].
* Freeza from ''{{Dragon Ball}}'' addresses his enemies as "Mr." and is very cordial, even as he brutalizes his opponent, with terms like "Oh, my!", and even has the manners to say "thank you" when he (forcibly) gets what he wants.
** Majin Buu as well. So [[PsychopathicManchild cheerful and childlike]] that he doesn't seem to bear ill will towards anyone: he's just trying to have some fun; in fact, the moment it's pointed out to him that, you know, killing people by the millions isn't a nice thing to do, he (genuinely) promises to stop. At least at first... then his ''truly'' evil side takes over and he becomes an AxCrazy OmnicidalManiac who is a legitimate threat to the ''universe at large.''
** There's also the robot worker in "The Return of Cooler".
-->'''Robot''': Excuse me. Your attention please. If you'd all be so kind as to follow me. We'll begin chopping you up. (Everyone gets scared) No no. It’s not what you think. We don’t want to hurt you. We only want the energy from your bodies to power the Big Gete Star. So we just have to chop you up.
* Blackbeard (Kurohige) in ''{{One Piece}}'' is a large but extremely affable villain, and is furthermore implied to be similar to the protagonist in outlook. However, he is willing to remorselessly murder a {{Nakama}} to achieve his goals, and is shaping up to become one of the major villains of the series.
** Admiral Kizaru is incredibly polite, as when he asked pirates ''who shot a bullet at him, as it passed through his head'' (He actually happens to hate pirates with a passion, though) where his subordinate was. When they replied by running away, he saw no choice but to kick an entire mangrove tree down in a light-based explosion. LightIsNotGood, indeed.
** [[spoiler:Kaku]] of CP9 is equally polite and very honest. Before his identity as a villain was revealed, many fans speculated he would be the shipwright to join the crew.
* Hild from ''OhMyGoddess''. She is a goddess's mother, very playful, very powerful, likes to hug people ... and ''the queen of Hell''.
** Her affability is more potent than most on this list. She isn't just the series equivalent of {{Satan}}, but she's actually also an ex-lover of [[{{God}} The Almighty]], as evidenced by her giving birth to Urd. It's also heavily implied that she performs some notable... "good" in her role - she effectively keeps Hell's more aggressive and (self-)destructive tendencies under wraps, and even negotiated a cease-fire with the Heavens. She prefers a much more subtle DealWithTheDevil means of furthering her goals than the open warfare some of her underlings seem to favor.
* The Earl of Millennium from ''[=~D.Gray-man~=]'' is a usually-jovial, eccentric gentleman who loves his family. He also happens to be plotting to destroy the world. His army is also PoweredByAForsakenChild.
** His Noah lieutenants (especially [[PunchClockVillain Tyki Mikk]]) fall into this occasionally as well, but just as frequently [[CompleteMonster fall out.]]
* Fin Kruder of ''RentalMagica'' is so affably evil that Itsuki and Honami eventually comment about how though he can terrify them, they don't really hate him, despite what he puts them through.
* A recurring theme with the villain Sunshine in the ''{{Kinnikuman}}'' series. At first portrayed as just a standard member of his {{Quirky Miniboss Squad}}, in a later arc Sunshine is genuinely moved by displays of [[PowerOfFriendship friendship]] two of the heroes display towards each other because it turns out he feels the same way about his own {{Nakama}}. He even goes so far as to declare "Friendship exists even amongst demons!" at one point.
* Riful from ''{{Claymore}}'' is on a permanent recruitment drive and will frequently greet her opponents politely, proceed to make small talk with them, congratulate them for their efforts in their fight and even give them tips on how to make a successful strike against her, all the while asking if they want to join her. When diplomacy fails, she just [[ColdBloodedTorture tortures]] them to the brink of death to force them to [[FaceHeelTurn permanently]] give in to their SuperpoweredEvilSide, all the while lamenting the pain she's inflicting and what a shameful waste of resources the death of the tortured would be.
-->'''Riful''': My goal isn't your death. I will just torture you, make you [[SuperpoweredEvilSide awaken]] and then make you my friends! But if I kill you I lose everything. [She joins her hands in supplication] Please understand, I really do not wish to kill you!
** Isely acts incredibly nice too. He helps people out on the road, offers them shelter from the cold, teaches them how to defend themselves, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick orders his massive demon army to kill every living thing they see]]. Wonderful sort of guy.
* Kazutaka Muraki from ''YamiNoMatsuei'' is a polite doctor who approaches one in the most sympathetic manner when he is not [[spoiler: raping, cursing and killing 13 year old boys or conducting human experiments to bring back his dead brother to life so that he may be the one to kill him]].
* Light Yagami from ''DeathNote'' is generally very charming and polite with everybody, including his helpless pawns and murder victims.
** In his case this is definitely a mask though, as it is repeatedly demonstrated how underneath his smooth, kindly behaviour there is pure, unadulterated madness, and manic sociopathy. In the recent director's cut he's even show lying down on [[spoiler:L's grave]], screaming down how he has won. AffablyEvil villains aren't prone to such tantrums.
** Light's girlfriend, Misa Amane, is this trope played straight. While Light is a [[CompleteMonster deeply unpleasent person]] beneath his [[StepfordSmiler stepford smile]], Misa is a genuinely sweet if somewhat [[TheDitz ditzy]] indivual. That said, she is also seemingly [[PsychopathicManchild unable to comprehend the fact that murder is fundamentally different from any other mundane activity.]]
** While Light does seem to use a mask, specially by the end of the series, this mask does seem to be based on his original personality prior to becoming Kira, which is best shown in the arc where he [[spoiler: loses his memory as part of his MemoryGambit. During this time Light is not using any "mask", and no one (apart from L) notices any difference between the pre-Kira Light personality, and the mask he shows while he is Kira.]]
** Not to mention the shinigami - Ryuk loves video games and apples and considers Light his roommate, Rem is actually a genuinely nice person to anyone who's won her affection, and Sidoh seems like an ordinary guy. No, they don't give much of a damn for human life, but seeing as they have to kill humans to stay alive themselves, they're better off.
* Maximillion Pegasus from ''{{Yu-Gi-Oh}}''. He steals people's souls and cheats at the card game he created with a magic eye. In between all this, he's fond of reading comic books and watching cartoons (he even has a cartoon-based card deck!). Not to mention his courtesy toward opponents, usually ending their names with "boy" ("Yugi-boy", "Kaiba-boy") as a weird term of endearment.
** Really, his cheating isn't such a big deal since A) being the creator means he decides what's fair, and B) the main character does something much worse to cheat: change the card he is going to draw. At least Pegasus still needs to have the right cards in his hand to counter his opponent.
*** So [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney screwing the rules]] is okay just because you made the game? Not to mention that Yami/Atemu only did that during the Ceremonial Duel vs. little Yugi.
** Not to mention that in the anime, after his plans are foiled, he immediately releases the souls he captured, just as he said he would. He then comes back in later series to ''help'' the heroes and is never actually in a villain role again.
* Fate Averrancus from the ''MahouSenseiNegima!'' manga, is leading a group which is trying to carry out the destruction of his world. Despite this fact, he's actually a very sociable and polite young man, and Nodoka Miyazaki's mind reading artifact reveals that he would have rather preferred not harming anyone from her world, but [[spoiler:the fact that she CAN read minds made her a liability enough to his plans to have to eliminate her.]]
** In addition, in chapter 271, while in the middle of his fight with [[spoiler:Jack Rakan]], Fate makes the scenery change to a field with a gazebo and is sitting down in a suit drinking coffee. Then he goes on to ask politely if his opponent would like some before putting him into a suit with a cup in his hand using the same magic that changed the scenery. [[spoiler:Mind you this is an illusion of some sort and it is meant to beat Rakan, but still it's the thought that counts right?]]
** Ken Akamatsu seems to be flirting somewhat overtly with relativism in MahouSenseiNegima! (what with Chao's philosophical quandary, the sympathetic portrayal of ''evil vampire mages'', Jack Rakan's "for the heck of it (and money)" attitude, and the [[DarkIsNotEvil Dark Magic]] business) -despite having a perfectly attractive wife.
** Earlier was Chao Lingshen, who gave the main hero the item of her eventual defeat as a simple thanks for his help. She was also more than willing to deliver a short, cheerful advertisement for her dimsum cart after a [[EvilGloating long pronouncement of evil]] towards the opposing army.
* Many of the main ''{{Gundam}}'' villains are more or less affably evil. It'd be easier listing the utterly evil ones ([[CompleteMonster and believe us; we've tried]]). Some of them are also {{Punch Clock Villain}}s since they only fight because they are soldiers. Thinking about it... it's hard to come up with a straight example, as Gundam mostly lacks really evil people and many of its villains (and sometimes protagonists!) are mostly {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}s.
** If you want a straight example, there's Prime Minister Wong from GGundam. A ManipulativeBastard with dashes of TheChessMaster and some of MadScientist (or at least Mad Researcher) who ''loves'' red wine, chocolates and sunglasses and is also very polite and snarky to his rivals when in a good mood.
** Another one would be Jerid Messa from ''ZetaGundam''. Nasty JerkAss in the beginning, HotBlooded, somewhat of a ButtMonkey when not in combat... but he genuinely cares for his instructor Lyla, his girlfriend Mauar and his friend Kakricon, and is sympathetic enough to be a sort-of IneffectualSympatheticVillain.
** And before all of them... Ranba Ral from the original ''MobileSuitGundam''.
** Most of the Innovators from ''{{Gundam 00}}'', but chiefly their leader Ribbons Almark.
* Takehiko Inoue's ''{{Vagabond}}'' has the Yoshioka clan, who seem to be one big happy {{Nakama}} who just have a penchant for cutting down or maiming those who besmirch the name of Yoshioka (and in the case of clan head Seijurou, [[spoiler:ambushing those who could be an actual threat to them]]). The clan heads Seijurou, Denshichirou, and their right-hand man Ueda Ryouhei all get arguably sympathetic backstories and they genuinely care about their followers and vice versa. Finally, when the first duel between Denshichirou and MiyamotoMusashi is interrupted by [[spoiler:a fire breaking out and eventually consuming the dojo]], Denshichirou tells Musashi to improve and then face him again in a year. (Unfortunately, Musashi ends up making far better use of that year than he does, leading him to [[spoiler:cut down both brothers Seijurou and Denshichirou, one after the other, in their respective duels]].) Heck, after Ryouhei decides to have Musashi ambushed rather than let him leave Kyoto, during the ambush one of the minor henchmen of the Yoshioka actually gets a flashback scene where Denshichirou is giving the henchman's younger self a good luck eel, since his wife was going to give birth soon! (Unfortunately, [[spoiler:what was supposed to be a seventy-on-one killing ends up with [[him, Ryouhei, and the rest of the seventy swordsmen of the Yoshioka school ''all'' being slaughtered by a single-katana-wielding Musashi]].)
* Dio Brando from ''JoJosBizarreAdventure'' (at least when his Joestar bloodlust isn't in effect). His greatest weapon isn't his [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampiric abilities]], or even his ability to [[TimeStandsStill stop time]]. His biggest weapon is his pure charisma. This trait is emphasized in Pucci's flashbacks, which are through the eyes of a man who only knows of Dio's charm and charisma and not his crossing of the MoralEventHorizon.
* [[BlondGuysAreEvil Schneizel]] from ''CodeGeass''. You don't realize he's evil until he undoes his ''half-brother'' [[VillainProtagonist Lelouch's]] work of forty-something episodes in less than fifteen minutes - by [[spoiler:convincing the [[LaResistance Black]] [[BlackKnight Knights]] to [[FaceHeelTurn betray]] Lelouch]]. The fact that they're both {{Magnificent Bastard}}s doesn't help.
** Some would point out the fact that he spent most of his time prior to this moment -- [[spoiler: pushing a mentally unstable girl to build nuclear weapons for him]] -- does not exactly indicate him as a candidate for sainthood even before he shows his true colors...
*** And [[{{YourMileageMayVary}} others]] would point out that [[spoiler: getting the black knights to betray Lelouch]] was by no means inherently "evil" Given Lelouch's [[{{VillainProtagonist}} nature]].
**** And others would point out that Schneizel was taking liberties with the truth even there. (See the WhatAnIdiot trope for more on that incident.)
**** Though considering [[{{VillainProtagonist}} Lelouch's nature]], most people probably felt that what pushed him to Affably Evil was less either of these and more [[spoiler: The fact he planned to bring peace about. ...By for all intents and purposes meganuking every major city.]]
***** Who? Lelouch, or Schneizel?
* Around half the cast of ''{{Baccano}}!'' falls under this, LovableRogue, or a combination of the two. [[TheMafia Luck Gandor]] particularly exemplifies it, as he's generally an intelligent, amicable and interesting bloke who is unfailingly polite even when he's telling someone he has no use for them whatsoever, and just happens to associate with [[AxeCrazy absolute]] [[PsychoForHire psychos]] and do [[TortureTechnician horribly]] [[CementShoes nasty]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown things]] to guys who cross him.
* Balalaika from ''BlackLagoon''. This [[FormerRegimePersonnel former Soviet special forces commander]] turned [[TheMafiya mob queen]] is generally calm, collected, funny, has only lost her temper once in the entire series, will occasionally spare people's lives on the grounds that they amuse her, and is usually willing to negotiate before resorting to violence. Of course, if said negotiations don't go her way, she won't even blink before [[DissonantSerenity casually gunning down everyone in the room.]]
-->... And their families. [[AndYourLittleDogToo And their little dogs too]].
* Askeladd from ''VinlandSaga'' is a nice enough guy, despite being a vicious murderer and raider.
* ''{{Bleach}}'' has Aizen, who tends to act cheerful, reliable, and polite even as he explains why you're lying on the ground, with your spine the ''only'' thing keeping you in one piece after he slashed you.
** Gin Ichimaru, too, who would be calmly standing behind him, enjoying the weather, considering it all intensely amusing.
* ''OmamoriHimari'': Shuten Douji. In his first introduction to the main characters, he has a casual conversation with them... while putting everyone else in sight to sleep, and fighting the heroes with the intent to eat them.
* ''{{Naruto}}'' has Akatsuki member Kisame Hoshigaki, an affable and genteel [[EverythingIsEvenWorseWithSharks sharkman]] who will ''rip your fucking face off'' with his BFS. Politely.
* Nagi from the ''{{Mai-HiME}}'' anime speaks in a relaxed tone and tends to address the heroines with polite words instead of taunting them. Naturally, a few of them suspect rather quickly that he's [[LovableTraitor up to no good]].
* Miss Reiko Aya is a sweet, ditzy, ''very'' well-mannered WhiteHairedPrettyGirl who works as a music producer. She's also [[SailorMoon Sailor Aluminium Siren]], DarkActionGirl and a membress of [[QuirkyMiniBossSquad the Sailor Anima Mates]] under the leadership of [[TragicHero Sailor]] [[TheDragon Galaxia]].
* Some villains in ''GunXSword'' is this. First there's Gadved, an actually kind pastor who saved Van's life previously, who still tries in the most affable way possible to convert Van to the other side, but he kinda goes [[VillainousBreakdown a bit batshit]] when he enters the battlefield... Then there's Fasalina, an ex-prostitute. Her speech is considerably really kind and soft-spoken (it doesn't hide her malicious intents) and she doesn't lose her cool for the most of time... well until [[spoiler:The Claw got killed]], but even then, unlike the others whose VillainousBreakdown is going batshit, her breakdown is the 'affable' version of it: Crossing the DespairEventHorizon.
** There's a really good illustration of Fasalina's affability in one scene. She and Carmen 99 are both seeking the services of the same electronics expert. While Carmen 99, one of the heroes, stiff him of his full payment, Fasalina is a good tipper and thinks it terrible that someone would behave like that. Also, in the same episode, contrast the Claw being a FriendToAllLivingThings and the behavior of ruthless JerkAss hero, Ray.
* Xellos from {{Slayers}} is so calm, friendly, cheerful, polite and oftentimes funny that its sometimes hard to believe he's part of a race thats literally AlwaysChaoticEvil.
* Almost all Contractors in ''DarkerThanBlack'' are quite affable, when not [[PunchClockVillain on the job]]], and some are even friendly at work, although this tends to mean killing in a rather casual, DissonantSerenity way. Generally, this makes them fairly sympathetic, although the character Genma in the second season (in particular) demonstrates how friendly moments can also have the effect of making killings even more disturbing.
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* Doctor Doom, the main enemy of the ''FantasticFour'', fits this like a glove, proving to be surprisingly likable and charming even ''as'' he commits various evil deeds, to the point where he's had several moments past the MoralEventHorizon retconned, ignored, or smoothed over into WellIntentionedExtremist territory because of fandom outrage.
* The ''{{X-Men}}''[='s=] Magneto, during ChrisClaremont's first run, went from revenge-obsessed wacko to head of Xavier Institute and not quite back again, thanks in large part to his portrayal (this editor's favorite depiction of him) as an AffablyEvil {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}.
* [[TheDCU DC's]] Vandal Savage (who, having been alive since caveman days, is ''a little bit more'' than ReallySevenHundredYearsOld) has often acted quite genteel towards Earth's heroes.
* {{Batman}} villain Ra's al Ghul has not only tried to be civil towards "the Detective", but has repeatedly offered Batman the chance to join his organization, and even offered the hand of his beautiful ([[DatingCatwoman and mutually attracted]]) daughter, Talia.
* [[Comicbook/{{Superman}} Lex Luthor]] fit this trope during his CorruptCorporateExecutive incarnation (not so much in his current MadScientist phase).
** Even in the CorruptCorporateExecutive phase, he really wasn't Affably Evil, just very aware of the power of good public relations. In private, he was still pretty much Rotten To The Core. There are a few of the old Silver Age stories where he's depicted as hating Superman specifically so much he will do ''anything'' to destroy him, leaving open the possibility that if he ever succeeded in doing so, he might turn into a basically decent guy... but those are more the exception than the rule.
* Thug Boy and his crew early in ''{{Empowered}}''. Thug Boy goes out of his way to ensure a hostage's comfort, and assures her that "This is business, not sadism, okay?"
** Hell, the leader, Frank, stays friends with Thug Boy even after ''trying to kill him'' for betraying the group, and gives him ''relationship advice''.
** For that matter, Ninjette, who was originally hired to take out Empowered, but ended up becoming her best friend.
* IronMan's enemy, the Mandarin, has a heart of stone, but he is always impeccably polite and well-mannered. He also has a strict code of honor, which he '''always''' makes sure to uphold. He once vaporized his favorite minion on the spot for using poison in a sparring session, and he also upheld the promises he made on at least one occasion when Iron Man defeated him in fair combat, such as stopping his efforts to prevent Stark Enterprises from setting up in Hong Kong.
* The ''{{Sleepwalker}}'' villain 8-Ball carries himself with a swaggering, casual manner. He is completely unfazed by the appearance of the bizarre alien Sleepwalker, and simply tries to smooth-talk Sleepy when he demands to know what 8-Ball and his gang are doing. He even cheerfully accepts Sleepwalker's claim of being an alien without blinking an eye, and kindly explains the Earthly concepts of money and power to Sleepwalker...before he attempts to murder Sleepy by dropping a bank vault on him.
* Axel Borg, of the French comic ''LeFranc'' is a charismatic, cultured and polite villain of the MagnificentBastard variety, who always treats his captured enemies well and who on occasion will [[EnemyMine side with the hero in order to bring down a greater threat]].
* [[spoiler: Ozymandias]] in ''{{Watchmen}}''. In addition to being a WellIntentionedExtremist (second only to Ra's al Ghul in that regard), he's also gentlemanly, witty, and even-tempered, even in hand-to-hand combat. He treats his employees kindly (right until he [[spoiler: drugs them and leaves them to die of exposure to [[HeKnowsTooMuch prevent his secrets getting out]]]]. When his former crimefighting colleagues track him down and learn of his [[YouAreTooLate already-in-progress master plan]], he gives them the opportunity to keep silent and when all of them ([[spoiler: except Rorschach]]) agree, he trusts them enough not only to let them live but to offer them hospitality in his fortress and allow them to leave freely. Hardly seems fair to hold [[spoiler: the deaths of three million innocent New Yorkers for the sake of preventing a global nuclear war]] against him.
** [[spoiler: Ozymandias]] also had the honour of being [[TropeCodifier an excellent example]] of what an AffablyEvil character ''is:'' Sacrificing his beloved pet in a revoltingly gruesome manner just so he can buy a few more minutes, but doing so while he begs his pet to forgive him.
*** It's possible he thought it would be more effective than it actually proved to be. [[supersecretspoiler: Though probably not; I saw it coming, and I don't claim to be the Smartest Man in the World.]]
** Are you saying you count the death of a ''pet'' more than [[AMillionIsAStatistic the death of 3 million people?]]
*** No, I am saying Adrian does.
** He arguably isn't actually "evil" ''per se'', since he essentially solved an equation ([[spoiler:3,000,000 < 6,000,000,000]]) and acted accordingly. Is it horrifying? Yes. Is it ''wrong''? That's a much more complex question.
* An alternate reality version of Mister Sinister proves to be one of these in ''Cable and {{Deadpool}}''. Not only is he nice enough to let Deadpool use his bathroom, he has a completely normal conversation with him and doesn't antagonize him at all. He even sits down with Deadpool, Cannonball and Siryn for a delightful meal... which was laced with barbituates to incapacitate them so that he could dissect them later.
* Hoss, the redneck demon from ''GhostRider: Road to Damnation''.
* Lucifer from ''TheSandman'' and his own SpinOff series is always polite and elequent, even in [[PaintingTheFourthWall his speech bubbles]].
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* In the ''Film/{{X-Men}}'' movies, Ian [=McKellen=]'s version of Magneto -- at least, early on.
* Frank Lucas from ''{{American Gangster}}'' is a very polite, well-dressed man who cares deeply for his family and even takes his mother to church every Sunday. Despite this he is frequently shown to have no qualms gunning down people who get in his way in cold blood, or blighting communities with heroin for pure profit.
* Arthur Burns of ''TheProposition'' is erudite, and exceptionally loyal to his friends and family. He appreciates poetry, and is very supportive and patient with his underlings. Arthur also bashes policemen's skulls in with rocks, advocates gangrape, and burns entire families to death. It helps that he's borderline insane.
* Some of the best conversations in ''TheMatrix'' trilogy are between Neo and AffablyEvil Agent Smith, who famously insists on calling Neo "Mr. Anderson" even in the thick of battle. One of the best, from ''Reloaded'':
-->'''Smith''': Now here I stand because of you, Mr. Anderson; because of you I'm no longer an Agent of the system, because of you I've changed, I'm unplugged, a new man, so to speak; like you, ''apparently'' free.
-->'''Neo''': Congratulations.
-->'''Smith''': Thank you.
* Bill from the ''KillBill'' movies is very friendly and likable, as well as a loving father, despite being a self-proclaimed "murdering bastard," and even helps the Bride reach an epiphany about herself at the end of the duology.
* The Brain from ''[[{{Gremlins}} Gremlins 2]]''. An erudite, genetically-altered gremlin who merely wants what everyone wants, and what you have: Civilization! The Geneva Convention, chamber music, Susan Sontag...
-->'''The Brain''': "We want to be civilized. I mean, you take a look at this fellow here..."
--> *[[HilarityEnsues shoots nearby annoying Gremlin in the face]]*
-->'''The Brain''': "Now, was that civilized? No, clearly not... Fun, but in no sense civilized."
* David Allen Griffin in ''Film/TheWatcher'' is perfectly sociable and charming guy to have around. Except for the whole [[SerialKiller garroting young women thing.]] Oh, and [[StalkerWithACrush stalking]] and [[HoYay flirting]] with a male FBI agent that hates him kinda hinders him in the social department as well.
* Observe the following exchange from ''InBruges'':
-->'''[[BigBad Harry]]''': Is Ray enjoying it?
-->'''Ken''': Well, no. It's not really his thing.
-->'''Harry''': What?
-->'''Ken''': It's not really his thing.
-->'''Harry''': How the fuck is it not his thing? The whole fuckin' place is a fuckin' fairy tale, so how can it not be someone's fuckin' thing!
* The Nome King from ''ReturnToOz'' displayed a disturbing mix of affability and subtle condescension toward Dorothy and her friends. (His counterpart in the older books, the Nome King, was more of a cackling CardCarryingVillain).
** Of course, the film Return to Oz plays the same "all a dream" card that the film of TheWizardOfOz played, and the Nome King, in this case, is supposed to be a direct analogue to the psychiatrist running the asylum where Dorothy is being treated at the beginning of the film. He himself is quite AffablyEvil in his own right, warmheartedly declaring that electroshock therapy is "just the thing to cheer Dorothy up," words that the Nome King [[MeaningfulEcho repeats later in the film.]]
* Robert [=DeNiro=] as Al Capone in ''TheUntouchables'': a MagnificentBastard who goes from pontificating on the joys of baseball one second to savagely murdering an associate with a bat the next. Every word that passes his lips is met by sycophantic laughter.
* The Operative of ''{{Serenity}}'' is a man who is convinced of the righteousness of his actions, and holds no particular ill will for his enemies. Indeed, he goes so far as to compliment his foes' tenacity, bravery, or the good works they've done, even when he's ''impaled them on his sword and watching them die.'' Even more so is how he kills certain people with the sword. He paralyzes them, then lets them fall on it because he believes it's an honorable way to die.
-->'''The Operative''': "There is no shame in this. This is a good death, for a man who has done fine works."
** He's even self-aware that, despite his own politeness, he is a monster with no place in the paradise he is trying to create.
* A Disney example is Jafar from ''{{Disney/Aladdin}}''. It's half the reason people love him, and probably why he's one of the few Disney villains that survives to the end of the movie (albeit [[SealedEvilInACan trapped in a lamp]]).
*** Yet another Disney example is Duke Igthorne from the ''GummiBears'' TV show.
** He [[KickTheDog abuses his own pet]], says things to his employer that are so incredibly condescending that you'd have to be an idiot to not notice (although the Sultan is), feels up a girl after telling her he killed her boyfriend, and is, in general, a SmugSnake. I don't get where people are getting this "Jafar is AffablyEvil" from, because it takes more than ''hiding'' the fact that you're evil to qualify.
* Pasquale Acosta in ''Smokin' Aces'' epitomizes this trope. He doesn't just kill you, he comforts you and waxes philosophical as you die.
* Noah Cross of ''{{Chinatown}}'' invites our hero to lunch, has a friendly conversation with him and makes jokes about his advanced age before actually throwing him some business that seems to dovetail with an investigation he's already pursuing. Of course, the truth is [[MoralEventHorizon far]] [[IncestIsRelative more]] [[XanatosGambit disturbing]].
* [[DrNo Dr. No]], the early ''JamesBond'' villain, treats James Bond [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine to dinner]] and shows him around his evil lair!
** So does Scaramanga in ''TheManWithTheGoldenGun.''
** The books take this to a whole new level with characters like Marc-Ange Draco. Apparently, you can be guilty of drug-running, extortion, and murder, and effectively be a ''good guy'' as long as you're really, really nice and charismatic in person.
** In his ''DiamondsAreForever'' [[TheOtherDarrin incarnation]], Ernst Blofeld is a [[DeadpanSnarker snarkalicious]] [[WickedCultured aristocratic]] LargeHam and possibly the [[HamAndCheese best thing about the movie]].
** {{Goldfinger}} ''is'' this trope. Is that mint julep tart enough for you, Mr. Bond? It is? Excellent. Now, going back to my scheme to nerve gas and nuke 60,000 people...
* Nyssa Damaskinos in ''{{Blade}} II'', probably the only example of affability and honor out her otherwise AlwaysChaoticEvil species. She even helps the main character attain a modicum of acceptance of his vampire half, and is probably the closes thing to a LoveInterest he would receive in the entire trilogy.
** Nyssa isn't jovial but evil. She is a good person from a race that often is not, thats very different. She simply isn't evil.
* Dr. Raymond Cocteau from ''{{Demolition Man}}''. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by PsychoForHire Simon Phoenix, who compares the man to an "evil Mr. Rogers".
* In ''Rustler's Rhapsody'', the villains realize that the hero Tom Berenger always beats "bad guys," so they hire a "good guy" to fight him. The "good guy" appears to be an even nicer person than Berenger and gains the upper hand, but Berenger soon learns that he's actually a lawyer, and is then able to defeat him.
* Quite a few characters played by Vincent Price (not counting the ones who are EvillyAffable, of course).
* Harry Lime from ''{{The Third Man}}'' is an early example, with Orson Welles receiving a lot of attention at the time for portraying the {{Complete Monster}} as just a regular guy who wanted his old friend to like him even after discovering his actions.
* 'Max' from ''MissionImpossible'' the movie is quite a friendly sort. She's not very evil, just greedy.
* [[spoiler: Max (Edward Herrman)]] from ''TheLostBoys.''
* While his underlings are [[SmallNameBigEgo quite rude]], Xerxes in ''[[ThreeHundred 300]]'' is quite friendly--perhaps [[HoYay overly]] [[FoeYay so]]. Even at the moment of his triumph, he takes the time to congratulate Leonidas and offer the entire Greece to him, as long as he acknowledges the pecking order. Unfortunately, we don't get to see how affable he is after Leonidas [[MinorInjuryOverreaction breaks]] his DissonantSerenity.
* Ben Wade in ''3:10 to Yuma'' is the very definition of affability and charisma.
* When not playing the MagicalNegro (literally in some cases), MorganFreeman has mastered this trope in such films as ''Hard Rain'', ''Nurse Betty'', ''[[LuckyNumberSlevin Lucky Number S7evin]]'', and ''The Contract''.
* Leslie Vernon, VillainProtagonist of ''BehindTheMask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon'' is jovial, friendly, intelligent and takes a camera crew with him as he kills various townspeople in elaborate ways.
*[[spoiler: Elijah Price]] from {{Unbreakable}}: well spoken, expensively dressed.. [[spoiler: and is actually a super villain, or at least a mass murderer.]]
* The titular SerialKiller from ''TheStepfather'' series of films is fond of stuff like dogs, model building and gardening; he's actually a pretty nice guy, at least until things stop going his way...
** There's a scene in the second movie where he sits down to breakfast and only starts eating after his Rice Krispies pop; he looks as giddy as a kid when they make their trademark noise.
* Angela Baker of the ''SleepawayCamp'' series practically becomes some kind of murderous GenkiGirl in the second and third films. She also really likes the "Happy Camper" song.
* Bill the Butcher from ''GangsofNewYork''. He's polite, has a moral code, a deep sense of honor...but he just hates those bloody Irishmen invading American soil, and God help you if you get into a knife fight with him.
* Cat R. Waul from ''[[AnAmericanTail An American Tail: Fievel Goes West]]'', a cultured, well mannered 'gentlecat' who lures New York mice out west in order to turn them all into 'mouseburgers' because simply chasing and eating them is an 'unneccesary expendeture of calories'.
* At least initially, Wikus in ''District 9'' in several ways; he's an amiable, well-liked [[ObstructiveBureaucrat low-level functionary]]... who is casually racist and brutal towards the oppressed aliens [[spoiler: and laughs and makes jokes when 'aborting' alien eggs]].
* Idi Amin is this in ''TheLastKingOfScotland'' after the protagonist impresses him by taking ''his'' gun and [[ShootTheShaggyDog shooting the wounded cow]]. All while being surrounded by trigger-happy soldiers.
* Hans Landa in ''Inglourious Basterds'' personifies this trope.
* Dr. Terwilliker from ''[=~The 5,000 Fingers Of Dr. T~=]'' even says out loud that he's a villain before he offers refreshments and has a VillainSong with the protagonist's mother and friend.
* VIKI and the NS-5's from {{IRobot}} They are polite and calm in the world take over efforts.

-->'''The normally loyal robot blocks Susans way'''\\
'''Robot:''' ''"Please remain calm."''\\
'''Robot:''' ''"Please refrain from going to your windows or doors."''\\
'''Susan:''' ''"Deactivate!"''\\
'''Susan:''' ''"Commence emergency shutdown!"''\\
'''Robot:''' ''"We are attempting to avoid human losses during this transition."''\\

and later before attempting to kill people

'''Robot:''' ''"You have been deemed hazardous. Will you comply?"''\\
* Nero, in the new ''[[StarTrekXI Star Trek]]'' movie has his moments of this, especially with Pike. ("Hi Christopher, I'm Nero.") The fact that he's a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds who vacillates between this and being [[OmnicidalManiac omnicidally]] AxCrazy just makes makes him seem that much more unhinged.

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* Of course, the classic here is "Long" John Silver of ''TreasureIsland''. Heck, even the ''writer'' ends up liking this guy too much for his own good.
* Count Fosco, the polite, jocular, podgy and harmless-looking arch-villain from Wilkie Collins' Victorian sensation novel ''TheWomanInWhite'', is an early example of this trope, and makes it OlderThanRadio.
* Aornis Hades, villain of the second ThursdayNext book ''Lost In A Good Book'', meets Thursday a few times and sees no reason why her plans to destroy Thursday's mind and everything she holds dear doesn't mean they can't be friends.
* A literary example which is likely behind the character of Hannibal Lecter, is that of Humbert Humbert, the handsome and erudite pedophile and narrator of ''{{Lolita}}''.
** Ironic, because Nabokov himself viewed the character of Humbert with extreme contempt and [[MisaimedFandom intended the reader to see him as repulsive]].
*** Dammit, it's not our fault that he's eventually played by Jeremy Irons, Nabokov!
* A classic literary example is Tom Ripley, who, while a MagnificentBastard and HeroicSociopath (in one book he tricks someone who snubbed him at a party into thinking he was terminally ill and manipulates him into committing assassinations for a mobster), is generally a friendly and cultured guy liked by most who meet him.
* To those he deems of worth to him, the character Judge Holden of Cormac [=McCarthy=]'s ''Blood Meridian'' is very polite, frequently engages in thought-provoking philosophical discussion, and quite often saves their lives in the midst of warfare through downright {{MacGyver}}ish inventiveness. If he deems them worthless or should any stand in his way, however, he will ''mercilessly'' crush them. This ranges from the leaving one of his incapacitated companions behind to be slaughtered by pursuing enemies, to scalping innocent Mexican civilians in the hopes of passing off their scalps as Indian. He also more than likely commits several acts of infanticide, and also possibly child molestation.
* Gwendolyn Ingolffsen, the eponymous villainess of S. M. Stirling's ''[[TheDraka Drakon]]'', who is quite nice and friendly for a member of a genetically-engineered master race who is attempting to reduce the whole human race of the parallel Earth she find herself stranded on to eternal slavery and degradation. She, of course, sees it as merely a necessary "taming" of "ferals." There are hints in the story (and the others in the series) that she's actually quite mellow for a member of her species.
** Pretty much all Draka are like this. As long as you accept they're superior to you in every way and you do what you're ordered they'll treat you like a favourite pet. Cross them and you'll end up with a four foot spike up you, all the time while they point out to you it didn't have to be like this if only you'd obeyed without question. The ones who aren't like this end up in the Security Directorate. They'll stake a few of you at random just to show what you can expect.
* Lord Bloodford, the [[DesignatedVillain Designated Villain]] of ''Kingdom Rattus''. He's extremely violent, half-crazy, and has a complete monster for a king, but still tries to hold himself to a higher standard. He actively disapproves of King Marrow's actions and plans for Marrow-Vinjia, but goes along because he feels he has no choice.
* General Zaroff of ''TheMostDangerousGame'' forces protagonist Rainsford to participate in a hunting trip in which Rainsford is the prey afterwining and dining him, giving him a night's stay in his lavish island mansion, and complimenting him on his book.
* {{Dexter}} can be quite kind and considerate, devoting much time to gaining his girlfriend's childrens' trust and doing his best to keep his sister and coworkers at least not displeased with him. This, of course, sometimes puts a dent in his [[SerialKiller recreational activities]], although his [[WouldntHurtAChild protective response to children]] can lead to his selection of "quality time" targets.
* The StarWarsExpandedUniverse villain [[TheThrawnTrilogy Grand Admiral Thrawn]] is almost terrifying because of this combined with his tactical genius. He's such an AffablyEvil MagnificentBastard that he reached the second-highest formal rank in the xenophobic Imperial Fleet despite being a visible alien. His troops revere him, and his enemies respect him. A single line in the novel ''Dark Force Rising'', when a pregnant Leia despairs he's going to succeed in his attempts to kidnap her, is what really makes his charming demeanor creepy.
--> "...who would smile, and speak politely, and ''take her children away''." [emphasis added]
** Thrawn's [[TheWatson Watson]] and protege Captain Pellaeon started out this way before the HandOfThrawn Duology, where he's a protagonist in his own right and really can't be called evil despite being the head of Imperial forces.
** [[YourMileageMayVary Possibly failed]] in Prince Xizor in the ''ShadowsOfTheEmpire''. To some, a civilised, at times charming facade over the mind of a ManipulativeBastard, but others found him creepier and less impressive than that.
** Xanatose and Granta Omega of Jude Watson's ''Jedi Apprentice'' and ''Jedi Quest'' series also seem to fit this trope in fact both use this to their benefit in fooling the respective Padawans of both series (Obi-Wan and Anakin respectively Granta even fools Obi-Wan after he's dealt with Xanatos in the past) They could also be examples of Magnificent Bastards and do very well in pulling off Xanatose Gambits and Roulettes
* Rupert of Hentzau from ''ThePrisonerOfZenda''.
* Professor Moriarty, archnemesis of SherlockHolmes. Yes, he was the mastermind behind virtually every criminal activity in the whole of London. But he also behaved in a relatively curious fashion in "The Final Problem," when he and Holmes faced off. He was tracking Holmes and Watson up the mountain in Switzerland and could have attacked at any time; instead, he sent a fake messenger to lure Watson away from the place, as he had no intention of killing the doctor. He also, when he finally did confront Holmes, was polite enough to give him time to write a farewell message for Watson to find when he came back. Upon learning that Holmes was on the verge of putting him away, his first response was to go to Holmes' lodgings and politely ask the detective to withdraw, as it'd be quite a shame to have to kill him to preserve his empire.
* MagnificentBastard Littlefinger in ''ASongOfIceAndFire'', a small, slender, charming, and rather witty fellow who suffers from ChronicBackstabbingDisorder. May the Seven help you if you're in his way.
** To his credit, [[CassandraTruth he generally warns people not trust him]].
--->'''Litlefinger''': ''I did tell you not to trust me, you know.''
** The ex-maester Qyburn from the same series looks like "some child's favourite grandfather" and is such a genial and competent man that everybody wonders why on Earth he rides in the company of a bunch of mercenaries of seriously ill repute. [[spoiler:It is later revealed that he is a MadDoctor who was expelled from the ranks of the Citadel for performing vivisections on humans. He is also a very good TortureTechnician, and takes perverse joy in his work.]]
* The White Court from TheDresdenFiles is arguably an entire race of AffablyEvil Vampires. As the most human-like of the three vampire courts, it's very easy to forget that they eat people's souls. This prompts the series' protagonist to label them as the most dangerous of the three courts.
**In ''Turn Coat'', Lara Raith hangs a great big lampshade on this. "A monster. A habitually neat, polite, civil, and efficient monster" as she's feeding wounded employees to her kin. One of the creepiest scenes in the whole series.
** Also Nicodemus from of the Order of the Blackened Denarius. He has an equal partnership with the fallen angel that possesses him, yet very calmly and in almost a friendly manner tried to recruit Harry instead of killing him outright. Nicodemus even had a nice breakfast brought in for Harry in ''Death Masks'' if he accepted. Nicodemus sees things very differently from Harry, and from the writer, but you can give him credit. How much you hate him willl depend in part to how much you trust the Catholic Church and organized religion in general.
** And Marcone. He's a mob boss, responsible for much of the drug and sex trade in Chicago, along with various murders and the like, but he does have a highly developed sense of honor, and has helped pull Harry's ass out of the fire more than once.
*** And the heroes reluctantly admit that an united Chicago criminal underworld in Marcone's control tends to be less dangerous for bystanders (Thanks to the Mob Bosses' {{Freudian Excuse}}) and Sex workers. They still think he's scum, but know well there's worse humans out there.
* Devi from ''TheNameOfTheWind'' is a polite, pleasant wizardess with an interest in literature. She is also a [[AllDevouringBlackHoleLoanSharks loan shark]] who collects the blood of her clients in order to perform unpleasant [[FunctionalMagic sympathy magic]] on them if they are delinquent in their payments.
* Max Batu from the ''Necroscope'' series is a jolly, almost monk-like figure; he is polite, genuinely friendly, and the last person in the world to be suspected of murder. However, Max earns a living as a psychic assassin with the power of the EvilEye, putting his victims through the most agonising pain of their lives before their deaths. On no account call the man a liar.
** Faethor Ferenczy shows particular AffablyEvil traits: despite spending most of his existence as an EvilOverlord and PsychoForHire, slaughtering and raping countless thousands of people, out of all the vampires in the Necroscope series, he appears to be the only one that could be remotely described as charismatic, in both life and death. Most notably, however, [[GracefulLoser Faethor accepts his death and the sentence of eternal isolation from the rest of the dead]] where other vampires chose to bemoan their fate for the rest of existence.
* Clemael the (self-employed) Angel of Mercy and protagonist of HandOfMercy, is unrepentantly Fallen. But that doesn't stop him being polite, concerned, and surprisingly tolerant of Helen's quirks, for ''most'' of the book.
* From JacquelineCarey's ''KushielsLegacy'': The main villainess, [[spoiler:Melisande Shahrizai]], is evil through and through, but she is always smiling, calm and collected. Not even engaging in ManiacalLaughter when it might be appropriate. She's intelligent, charming, very pleasant company, and will even give you a fabulous farewell party before killing you off.
* [[TheCountOfMonteCristo Edmond Dantes]], charming, educated, cultured, willling to go to any lengths to help his friends, and determined to go to any length to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge destroy]] his enemies.
* [[HarryPotter Dolores Umbridge]] tries to be this, but she [[TastesLikeDiabetes goes too far in the opposite direction]], which just serves to make her repeaded crossings of the MoralEventHorizon all the more disturbing. Lucius Malfoy from the same series is a partial example- his ''tone'' is almost always even and coolly polite, but his ''words'' tend to range from mildly to extremely insulting to whoever he's talking to.
* ''WarriorCats'' has [[ManipulativeBastard Sol]], who, although a bit self-centred, is seen as nice and polite by most cats who meet him... Until he starts playing mind games and manipulating them ''[[ForTheEvulz for fun]]''.
* [[spoiler: Abraham Quest]] in Stephen Hunt's ''City Beyond The Waves'', so much so that for much of the book you're not sure if he's good or bad [[spoiler: until he decides to destroy every sentient being on the planet who isn't a follower of his]]
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* The Mayor from ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' (pictured above) fits the mold. A cheerful guy who just really ''wanted'' to turn into a [[ScaledUp giant snake demon]] that feeds on people, and even offered well-meant relationship advice to people he was trying pretty hard to kill.
** Harmony Kendall from the same series - the only person ever to have their personality ''improved'' by being turned into a souless undead monster. As both a human and a vampire, she pays no attention to her internal voice telling her right from wrong, and simply wants to be popular and liked. [[GoodAngelBadAngel Bad results when her ignored inner voice is a human superego and she shows no empathy, good results when it's a demon and she shows no malice]].
** Likewise, D'Hoffryn, lord of the Vengance Demons, seems to be a pretty nice guy, making conversation with Willow, showing up to Anya and Xander's wedding, etc. He got REALLY nasty in his final appearance, though.
** Don't forget Sweet, the demon from "Once More With Feeling". He never even engages in physical violence. On the other hand, he can bring whole cities to ruin, tried to marry 15-year-old Dawn (though that would involve dragging her to hell, yay!) and still have time to get a soft shoe in.
** Halfrek, an evil vengeance demon - who is best friends with Anya and truly cares about her, was the only person who noticed how screwed up Dawn was in season 6, and her raison de'tre was enacting vengeance for ''mistreated children''. It's honestly very sad when [[spoiler: D'Hoffryn murders her.]]
** Anya also probably counts. She's cheerful and bubbly, while reminiscing about the days she had vengeance demon powers and flayed men alive.
** Mr. Trick also fits this trope, always smooth and cool, even when he's about to chomp on a hapless fast food employee.
* [[MagnificentBastard Scorpius]] of ''{{Farscape}}'' embodies this trope a good majority of the time he's on screen- particularly in [[MachiavelliWasWrong keeping his minions rewarded and loyal]]. Even whilst performing horrific acts, his cool, personable demeanour remains... until you push him too far.
** Another good example to be found in Farscape was Kaarvok, a one-off villain appearing in "Eat Me." Despite being a cannibalistic and badly-decomposed MadScientist with a penchant for cloning his prey to prolong his food supply, Kaarvok was eloquent, well-mannered, and almost charming if you could ignore the fact that his reedy English accent was emerging from one of the purest and most evil examples of NightmareFuel on television.
* Even though they never forgot the purpose of their experiment, The Mads (and later Pearl) on ''{{MST3K}}'' oftentimes had a strangely chummy relationship with Joel & Mike. In the ''Time Chasers'' episode, Pearl and Mike even hang out on her spacegoing Volkswagon van, enjoying a cuppa while chatting like neighbors on a front porch. "So, Pearl: why are you so evil?" "Hmm...I'm filled with hate, I don't know if that helps."
* {{Satan}} himself in ''{{Reaper}}'' is affable, caring, and fatherly to Sam, his newest reaper, although his generosity is quite limited and quickly withdrawn when Sam rebels. Despite his paternal attitude, he's no pushover.
* Lionel and Lex Luthor in ''{{Smallville}}''[='=]s early seasons. Later seasons have Lex distrustful and paranoid, delving him into traditional villain territory. Lionel becomes a vessel for Jor-El and mentor to Clark, but is no less a MagnificentBastard.
* Linderman in ''Series/{{Heroes}}'' was AffablyEvil combined with WellIntentionedExtremist. Particularly in his initial appearance, where he reveals that he likes cooking, as it relaxes him--and when [[spoiler:Nathan draws a gun on him]], says firmly, "Now you can't have any of my pot pie."
** Don't forget the season 3 episode where he is shown to deeply care about Angela, hating the mental abuse that Arthur has put on her all throughout their marriage. It's hard to believe that a guy who almost cried when trying to convince her to let him restore her memory would be the same guy who tried to blow up New York City and get Nathan into the White House to further his global ambitions.
** Bob, too. Maybe even more so. Also HRG, before [[spoiler:his HeelFaceTurn]].
* Siegfried from ''GetSmart''. In one episode, he even joins forces with the heroes (at least until the very end).
** Not so, however, in the 2008 [[TheRemake remake film]], in which he is stylish but not exactly friendly.
* The Master in ''DoctorWho'', especially as portrayed by Roger Delgado. His later incarnations were a little less affable and a little more psychotic.
** An even better example would be the Meddling Monk, another renegade Time Lord. A charming fellow who just wanted to "improve" history here and there.... by blasting the Vikings with ''a thermonuclear bazooka'', allowing Harold's forces to pwn the Normans at Hastings!!
** Count Grendel of Gracht in ''The Androids of Tara''. Oh so polite, even as he outlines how he means to kill the Doctor, and later to use Romana to get at the throne and then kill her.
** Li H'sen Chang in ''The Talons of Weng-Chiang''. A superb illusionist, and a very charming fellow. He also hypnotizes young women and leads them to his [[spoiler:fifty-first century war criminal]] master, who [[spoiler:basically [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalizes them]]]].
** Tilda and Tabby from ''Paradise Towers'', who are so courteous and welcoming to passers-by, until [[spoiler:they break out a knife to butcher the guest with, [[ImAHumanitarian and then dinner's on to cook]].]] It's a creepy affability, however.
* The [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Cardassians]] from ''[[StarTrekTheNextGeneration Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' and ''[[StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'' tend to act this way when not obviously evil. This is especially true of Elim Garak and Gul Dukat. The former has pleasant chats with Bashir in which he often chastises the doctor for trusting him and praises him when he doesn't. [[AntiVillain Garak isn't so much evil as a pragmatic "former" spy with few if any scruples.]] Gul Dukat, on the other hand, is a charming fellow who has many PetTheDog moments, at times seeming like a Nazi with a heart of gold; however, his acts of villainy are pure malevolence and [[CardCarryingVillain supervillainy]]. His heart may well be gold: cold and metallic. Then there is the example of Picard's torturer, Gul Madred, who has some father-daughter time at the office and only really gets angry when the human proves so darn uncooperative. It would seem that Cardassian society does not condemn many acts we (and the Federation) might consider morally reprehensible, but also has many virtues we would find admirable--concern for children and the family foremost among them.
* Weyoun, also from ''StarTrekDeepSpaceNine''. Also the others of his species (the Vorta), who are the Founders' "carrot" race (with the [[SuperSoldier Jem'Hadar]] as the "stick"), but Weyoun is the finest of them. Genetically engineered to be efficient, evil, and oh so polite. Also, useful for a diplomat, immune to most poisons.
* [[CorruptHick Sheriff Lucas Buck]] of ''AmericanGothic'' certainly falls into this territory most of the time.
* [[MagnificentBastard Ben Linus]] from ''{{Lost}}'' is affable and polite even when informing you exactly how terrible he's just made your life, and has only occasionally let out his scary side. Even when he does act scary, he usually waits a beat or two and returns to his affable demeanor with a small exhale or chuckle, which is much, ''much'' more frightening than if he were malevolent all the time. When he doesn't go back to being nice? Someone dies.
** Just call him Ben "I've Prepared You A Nice Breakfast Because The Next Few Weeks Will Be Very Unpleasant" Linus.
** This exchange from third season between Ben and [[spoiler:Jack]] really says it all: "I'd like you to take a walk with me." "You say that like you're not going to knock me out and put a bag over my head if I say no." "Then don't say no."
* Todd the Wraith from ''StargateAtlantis'' is surprisingly charming and personable for a [[ToServeMan life-sucking monster]] (and has a sense of humor--he even makes some jokes that aren't morbid), especially since every other member of his AlwaysChaoticEvil species seems to lean heavily towards the LargeHam school of [[LawfulStupidChaoticStupid Chaotic Stupid]]. He shows signs of being a budding MagnificentBastard, and is honest enough not to pretend to be anything other than a human-eating monster, and is quite frank with the heroes in pointing out that, no matter how many times they cooperate out of necessity, their fundamental nature will inevitably make them enemies at some point (though the Atlantis expedition has begun to take steps to remedy this). Todd can even said to be trustworthy, as he honors a deal with Sheppard even though Sheppard is completely at his mercy. Todd would probably get along reasonably well with the cast if he didn't need to suck the life of humans to live...
** Good news! [[spoiler: He no longer does.]]
* Baal in ''StargateSG1'', despite being rather sexist and genuinely malevolent, was at least fairly reasonable and relatively subtle compared to the rest of his megalomaniacal, AlwaysChaoticEvil, LargeHam species. This was especially the case in the last few seasons, after he spent some time living as a human after losing his empire, and started to adopt Earth behavior and mannerisms (including talking like a normal person instead of in standard Goa'uld [[VoiceOfTheLegion scary echo speak]]).
** In ''Stargate: Continuum'', Ba'al goes so far as to take over the galaxy using a fake "We Come in Peace" slogan instead of the typical "Kneel before Zod (or die)" approach. He even calls the U.S. President using a satellite phone, and invites him to lunch.
* Theodore "T-Bag" Bagwell of ''PrisonBreak''. Capable of being charming, urbane, soft-spoken, and erudite, he's a sexual predator, a cold-hearted killer and all around something of a "raw animal".
* {{Played for laughs}} in ''TheGoodies'', an episode of which features Dr. Wolfgang von Petal, a MadScientist who just wants to be liked. Unfortunately for him, he seems to have a bit of a skewed idea of how to actually go about getting people to like him:
--> All I've ever done is tried to help people! I helped the Russians with their nerve gas, I helped the Americans with their H-Bomb, I helped the British with their anthrax - I even helped the Nazis! Now how generous can you get?
* ''StarTrek''[='=]s famous Khan Noonien Singh. It is often pointed out that once you strip away his limitless need to rule the universe, he's really a mirror image of Captain Kirk: polite, charming, a bit of a swaggering rogue. Of course, then came the weird ear parasites and the charm mostly vanished....
* [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Prince of Fire]] (later "Isambard Prince") from ''{{Lexx}}'' could be best described as an AffablyEvil CardCarryingVillain. Introduced as the de-facto ruler of the inhospitable desert planet Fire, he's incredibly pleasant and unceasingly polite, he will unhesitatingly order the brutal deaths of his enemies and cheerily tell the protagonists that he's an evil and untrustworthy monster...right before [[MagnificentBastard offering them ''exactly'' what they want]]. And did we mention it's all but stated he's [[spoiler:Satan himself?]]
* Ari Haswari of ''{{NCIS}}''. He's always calm and polite, even when pointing a gun; he's charming and persuasive enough to convince several groups of his loyalty, which is truly only to his own agenda.
* Jonas Hodges of ''[[TwentyFour 24]]''. Charming, witty, charismatic, psychotic. When he suspects the chairman of the board of his company of [[spoiler: helping the government take down his company]], he engages him in a conversation discussing their long history together and the virtues of loyalty [[spoiler: before ''savagely beating him to death with a glass pitcher.'' He then proceeds to dab the blood of the man he had treated like a son from his shirt with a wet napkin.]] That's just the most extreme example.
* Abadon, on ''{{Kings}}''. Yes, [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast a dude named Abadon is affably evil]]. It helps that we also see that Silas knows his weak point and convinces him to do the stabilizing, if not exactly right, thing for Gilboa even after years of imprisonment. Of course, he's played by Brian Cox. So in order to drive home that he's, y'know, ''evil''--since he can't do much, locked up as he is--they have him remark offhandedly that when he was king and bored [[MoralEventHorizon he'd rape a serving girl]].
** Silas himself has more than a touch of this trope.
* The Bernie Madoff [[{{Expy}} lookalike]] and his wife on ''LawAndOrder'' are friendly and cheerful even as their assets are being seized and he's being arrested on suspicion of murder [[spoiler: he's innocent (of murder, anyway), and allowing himself to get caught was better then having his family killed by the South American gangsters he was cheating]]. The ending reveals the flip side of their affability: while the couple truly loved each other they completely screwed their investors, childhood friends, and ''their own daughter'' out of their savings.
* I've got to nominate a seemingly peculiar choice: Peg Bundy from ''{{Married with Children}}''. I know most people would classify her as merely a {{Jerkass}}, but her increasingly vile behavior throughout the run of the series (and her complete [[strike: obliviousness]] indifference to the same) calls for something stronger. Towards the end, she wasn't merely neglecting the housework and spending too much money [[DeadpanSnarker while putting down her husband]], but [[MoralEventHorizon actively allowing her own children to starve and suffer so she can live a life of idle leisure and nonchalantly exposing her husband to lethal situations for her own personal gain]]...all while painting herself as the victim without the slightest hint of irony or self-awareness. Even on a [[RefugeInAudacity live-action cartoon]], her behavior is downright disturbing. The writers even tried to give her some {{Pet The Dog}} moments in the form of [[RealLifeWritesThePlot the dream pregnancy]] and [[TheScrappy Seven]], but in the end those plot points not only failed to [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold soften her character]], they actually served to emphasize just how hideous Peggy really was. And yet within the show's fictional universe, [[KarmaHoudini she was probably the most-liked of all the Bundys!]] She would ALMOST qualify as a {{Magnificent Bastard}}, but since at the end of the day she was only as smart as she needed to be (slightly more than [[DysfunctionalFamily her kids and a lot more than her husband]]) and she really isn't all that admirable, I don't think she qualifies. {{YMMV}}.
** [[CrapsackWorld Not that the other characters were much better]]. But still.
* ''{{Oz}}''. Sayid (before his HeelFaceTurn) and Ryan O'Reilly. Ryan O'Reilly in particular, since his entire "Iago" gimmick requires him being able to charm the pants off of just about anyone to further his schemes.
*General Xaviax of ''KamenRiderDragonKnight'', to the degree that if he'd come along earlier, this trope might've been named The Xaviax. What would you expect, though, from a guy whose entire MO is luring those capable of being Riders into a DealWithTheDevil?
* Dexter Morgan, the title character of Showtime's show {{Dexter}} exemplifies the Affable Evil. His affability is his primary means of hiding his murderous outings.
* A ChristmasEpisode of ''{{Supernatural}}'' has the main characters encounter some festive gods, who pleasantly start to sacrifice the pair, while making polite conversation about Christmas traditions, tell Dean off for his potty mouth and generally act like a seet old couple making dinner.
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* Nurgle, the Chaos god of disease, decay, despair and destruction in the ''{{Warhammer}}'' and ''{{Warhammer 40000}}'' settings is a jovial, avuncular figure who lavishes attention on his 'children' and sees himself as a creative force in the universe. He is often referred to as ''Grandfather Nurgle'' or even ''Papa Nurgle''.
** Of the Four Gods, Papa Nurgle is the only one who actually cares about his followers. Khorne will have you killed the moment there is more blood to be spilt ''from'' you than ''by'' you; Tzeentch's favor lasts exactly as long as your usefulness, with your eventual defeat likely planned a millennium in advance; while Slaanesh gets bored rather quickly. Even Nurgle's demons follow in his footsteps: beasts of Nurgle, despite being massive, shambling, plague-spreading slug-monsters, have the temperament and mentality of puppies, licking and nuzzling their newfound friends who sadly and quickly succumb to their virulent diseases and acidic tentacles.
*** The same can be said for his mortal followers. In the fluff, you'll almost always see them joking or having a good time. At one point, after a POW gave up and agreed to worship Nurgle, his jailer just smiled and hugged him.
** During the fall of the Eldar, Nurgle, being moved by their goddess's plight, launched a war to save her and her children from being consumed by Slaanesh, eventually keeping their goddess as a guest/prisoner. Of course, being the god of decay, he shows his love by giving her all his newly made poxes before he uses them on the galaxy (the goddess then gives the galaxy the cure). Has UglyGuyHotWife gone past the point of parody? You be the judge.
***in ''{{Warhammer}}'' she's his daughter, curing people so her papa can infect them agian.
* The bread and butter of the ''WorldOfDarkness'', especially in the ''VampireTheRequiem'' series. Since vampires are evil within the context of mundane human in-game morality, they do what they can to prevent themselves from ''appearing'' evil. The Ventrue and the Daeva clans, particularly, ''thrive'' on this trope, even going so far as to have an active rivalry between each other as to which style of manipulation (Honey vs. Vinegar) is superior. Unlike their Masquerade counterparts, the Nosferatu of Requiem can also handily play within this trope and can even outdo their classier and prettier opponents.
** Then there's the Tzimisce clan from VampireTheMasquerade, a race of [[CompleteMonster complete monsters]], [[EvenEvilHasStandards even by vampire standards]], who are generally affable towards guests in their domain. This is due to their ancient hospitality rites, which transcend even their desire to turn everything fleshy into a [[AndIMustScream living, tortured abomination.]] A perfect example is [[BigBad Andrei]], a Fiend from ''VampireTheMasqueradeBloodlines'', who openly, calmly and truthfully converses with the Player (Unless they're Tremere) when they first meet in his mansion decorated by human flesh...
** In the Mekhet clanbook, Frances is funny, sweet, apologetic and into indie music. She also brainwashes a house full of student girls so she can feed on them, turns her boyfriend into her devoted ghoul ("I think I've broken him") and toys with a female executive before killing her in the most humiliating way possible.
* ''ForgottenRealms'' has [[http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Sshamath Sshamath]] -- technically, it's an evil drow [[TheMagocracy magocracy]], and they didn't disown [[ReligionOfEvil Lolth]], having only thrown off the theocracy. But for the sake of trade it was made as pleasant as a drow city could be. This includes restrictions on slavery and having one of the best taverns catering to ''any'' sentient being (with special floors for freshwater, saltwater and ''flame-dwelling'' clients).
* A few of the [[BigBad more sociable Darklords]] in ''{{Ravenloft}}'' comes off as this - in some campaigns [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Strahd Von Zarovich]] can be downright charming, as long as you're not getting in his way in his never-ending quest [[IronicHell to claim the woman he lusted after]] or do anything he perceives as harming his beloved Homeland; Harkon Lucas is the classic Bard - a Ladies' man who loves to entertain his guests - it just so happens that's [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent he's a man-eating wolfwere]], etc.
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* ''{{The Pirates of Penzance}}'' are likeable chaps who refuse to attack a weaker party or harm an orphan (they're all orphans themselves, you see). Unsurprisingly, they are [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything not very successful pirates]].
** Other {{Gilbert and Sullivan}} examples include The Mikado of Japan, who isn't a bit angry that three of the main characters killed his son (or claimed to) on accident, but he's going to burn them in melted lead or boiling oil. Also Wilfred Shadbolt, who is head jailer and assistant tormentor, but wants to be more affable by becoming a jester.
* Brecht's ''ThreepennyOpera'' seems to have some level of inspiration from the ''Pirates of Penzance'' in its KarmaHoudini ending, and much like the quote above, a stage direction notes of Macheath's henchman at the wedding feast that rather than the stereotype of criminals as crude and covered in scars, they are all soberly dressed and look like the average person you would see on the street. They are nice chaps and make sure to bring wedding presents, although regrettably, they procured these by killing or maiming several people. Macheath himself is charming and charismatic and wins the affection of numerous women, although the Moritat ("Mack the Knife" in English) which opens the play tells of deeds such as killing an entire family in an act of arson and raping a child bride.
** The KarmaHoudini ending comes from [[OlderThanTheyThink an 18th Century work]], ''The Beggars' Opera'', which Brecht adapted to a 20th Century setting. In the original work, [[LampshadeHanging the play's narrator says outright that the protagonist deserves to hang]] but he is being spared [[YouSuck to placate all the sentimental fools in the audience.]]
* During his dealings with Christine, the titular {{Phantom of the Opera}} carries this off in spades. [[AxCrazy Otherwise]]...
* {{Hamlet}}, speaking of his uncle, laments that "one may smile, and smile, and be a villain".
* Abby and Martha Brewster in ''ArsenicAndOldLace'' are the kindest pair of old maid sisters one could ever meet. Better watch out, though, whenever they pour someone a glass of wine...
** Arguably it's more an act of misguided charity than actual evil in their case.
* Reuben (Sid Haig) in ''BlackMamaWhiteMama'', the randy drug kingpin. He's [[CardCarryingVillain clearly bad]], but is just having a blast throughout the movie.
* The Wizard from ''{{Wicked}}'' is friendly, kind and supportive to Elphaba, presenting himself as a kind fatherfigure who only wants to help every citizen of Oz to fly. Unless of course you're one of the talking Animals, in which case you are to be cowed into submission, brainwashed and/or exterminated
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* President John Henry Eden from ''{{Fallout}} 3'' has a kind voice broadcast across the wasteland on Enclave radio; it will lift your spirits as you traverse the wasteland hearing about how the Enclave will come and begin to transform America back the way it was before the nukes fell (unless you played the other ''Fallout'' games). He is similarly polite and gracious when you meet him in person. What he doesn't mention is that [[spoiler: his bold new vision requires killing off pretty much ''everyone'']].
** To a lesser extent, Mr. Burke, as well.
*** Burke was neato. A nice suit, a sweet hat, and a smooth voice makes him incredibly charming. Oh yeah, he also wants to destroy an entire town with a nuclear bomb, all because his boss made an off-hand complaint one day. Nice guy.
** The add-ons to the game have their fair share of affably evil characters too. The Pitt gave us Ashur while Point Lookout gave us [[spoiler:Tobar]].
* Most if not all of the Dark Brotherhood from ''TheElderScrolls IV: Oblivion'' are likable people (save for maybe M'raaj-Dar) if you can get past the fact that they'r all murderers. As well, some of the Daedric Princes (like Sheogorath) can be quite pleasant.
** [[spoiler: Unfortunately, M'raaj-Dar decides that he's been being to mean to your character at one point and from then on greets you cheerfully and amiably. Why unfortunately, you ask? Because this is scripted to occur right after you're given the quest to kill him and every other Dark Brotherhood member.]]
***[[spoiler: But he only acts nice to you because you're in a very high rank in the Brotherhood now. So his niceness is fake just to suck up.]]
* Dr.Robotnik/Eggman from ''{{Sonic The Hedgehog}}'' has his moments of this trope throughout his various depictions. This is most noticeable in ''SonicX'' and its subsequent [[ComicBook/SonicX comic]].
* Shelly de Killer from ''PhoenixWrightAceAttorney: Justice For All'' appears to be a rather intelligent and likable man who just so happens to [[CareerKiller brutally murder people for a living.]]
** Within five minutes of meeting you, [[spoiler:Police Chief Damon Gant]] has probably [[TheNicknamer given you an affectionate nickname]], laughed uproariously at something funny you said, and extolled to you the many virtues of swimming. Oh, and he [[spoiler: framed a child for a murder he committed so that he could use her apparent guilt to manipulate her sister, the Chief Prosecutor, essentially giving him complete control over both the police ''and'' the prosecutor's office.]] But other than that, he's a nice guy.
*** Additionally, in-game dialogue states that if you're short on cash, he's the man to ask to borrow from.
* Gilgamesh of ''FinalFantasyV'' was an over-the-top goon whose respect for the heroes' fighting talents after they'd beaten him a few times grew into actual affection to the point that he [[spoiler: sacrificed himself (with a strangely amusing FinalSpeech)]] to protect them from one of the {{Big Bad}}'s meaner minions. He also has a [[EnsembleDarkhorse devoted fanbase]], probably explaining his many, ''many'' reappearances.
* Rubicante of ''FinalFantasyIV'' is quite affable and polite for a Boss. He restores the heroes prior to battling them! Even though he's defeated after doing this, when he fights the heroes again his chivalry ''still'' compels him to [[LetsFightLikeGentlemen heal his opponents before fighting them]].
** He's also outraged when he learns of his MadScientist subordinate Dr. Lugae's cruel experiments on humans. Lugae only escapes Rubicante's punishment because the heroes have already killed him.
** Not only that, but his first appearance has him easily defeating {{ninja}} prince Edge. Rubicante doesn't finish Edge off though, instead praising his current abilities and potential and bidding him to [[TimeToUnlockMoreTruePotential train and become stronger and then return for a rematch]].
* A third ''FinalFantasy'' example comes in the form of Vayne Solidor from ''FinalFantasyXII'', the game's primary overt antagonist. Vayne is cultured, polite, affable to the public, and an extremely talented speaker. Arguably, Vayne isn't so much ''evil'' (though he does have his moments) as a Machiavellian statesman, ruthless in his pursuit of personal power and glory.
* The Ur-Quan Kzer-za of ''StarControl'', while the [[PresidentEvil rulers of a brutal slave empire]] spanning a quarter of a galaxy, are actually pretty nice guys when you talk to them. They do any of the following: [[NonStandardGameOver fully accept surrender]] and mention that your crew will be treated well and taken back to Earth, acknowledge your status as a WorthyOpponent, mention that they are [[WellIntentionedExtremist protecting their thralls]] from [[OmnicidalManiac much]], [[CosmicHorror much]] [[PlanetLooters worse]] [[TheEndofTheWorldAsWeKnowIt things]] [[EarthShatteringKaboom in the galaxy]], and entreat you to go home should you win against them, as the more of their ships you destroy, the less likely they are to win their current war with their OmnicidalManiac kin. They also give the races willing to fight for them an absurd amount of autonomy, [[spoiler:find a new (and very nice) homeworld for a defeated race]], avoid wasting resources whenever possible, accept the wishes of the races they've beaten and generally conduct themselves with honor whenever possible. All of these things, quite naturally, aid in their downfall.
** Moreover, it's established fact that they ''never'' insult foes. [[spoiler:And this fact can be exploited by {{PC}} too.]]
* The villains of the [[SoBadItsGood forgettable game]] ''NightTrap'', who are a nice family who donate to charity and have friends over. Of course, they eat the friends, and the charity they donate to is zombie vampires...
* A certain vampire victim turned vampire herself in ''{{Tsukihime}}'' is an example. She is a nice, sweet girl, who honestly loves and cares for the main hero. She just happens to require sucking blood to live, is beginning to get a perverse enjoyment of it, and happens to sometimes get the sudden urge to go "fufufufu." She's rather pitiable, and Shiki agrees. [[spoiler: It's Satsuki, if you hadn't guessed, and he pities her so much he grants her the only peace he can...a quick death. IsntItSad, Sacchin?]]
* Dimentio from ''[[PaperMario Super Paper Mario]]'' is a good example of this trope, always wearing a pleasant smile and showering the heroes with compliments. "Well met, lady. Your beauty is as refreshing as a slap to the face on a crisp winter's day," or "If they make greeting cards to thank people for helping with evil plans, I owe you one."
* King [=DeDeDe=], of the ''{{Kirby}}'' games, is almost always the villain through being possessed, or a misunderstanding (on [[WeCouldHaveAvoidedAllThis Kirby's part!]]). Awesome examples include Kirby 64 and SuperSmashBros Brawl. [[spoiler:King [=DeDeDe=] saves a few characters lives, and then ''[[TheGlomp hugs]]'' Kirby when he finds out he's OK.]]
* Dagoth Ur, the final boss of ''TheElderScrolls III: Morrowind''. When you confront him, he politely explains why his plan to spread blight disease and create a giant magical killer robot are really in the best interests of his people. He answers every question you put to him (whether he's telling the truth or lying is up to the player). Finally, he offers you the opportunity to buff yourself up before you start to fight him.
** Though the last part is largely because [[spoiler:he needs Wraithguard (the gauntlet you need to hold the weapons required to thwart him) in order to bring his plan into action.]]
* [[spoiler:Albert Simon]], the primary villain of ''ShadowHearts'', has the appearance of an elderly British gentleman and often acts the part when he's not brutally slaughtering anyone in his way.
** Oh, when beaten, acknowledges you're better, and heals you up.
* [[DarkMessiah Kane]] of ''CommandAndConquer'', the resident BigBad MagnificentBastard, is a strikingly erudite, educated, and charismatic leader whos seems to somewhat genuinely care for his followers. Even when confronting his hated enemies of GDI, he always shows them a little smile and offers a few words of respect, even while mercilessly taunting their powerlessness or promising [[ToThePain to gut them like the swine they are.]]
* Leopold Goenitz from ''TheKingOfFighters'' speaks in borderline PurpleProse about messiahs and [[ReligionOfEvil religion]], treats his opponents with utmost politeness and wears silver jewelry along with his priest robes. He's also a MagnificentBastard with the power to [[ElementalPowers control wind]], who can [[EyeScream gouge your eye out]] without breaking a sweat, kill a young Shinto priestess with ease, or [[MoreThanMindControl manipulate]] [[ChildrenAreInnocent children]] into [[MoralEventHorizon killing their]] [[SelfMadeOrphan families]]...
* The Sniper in ''TeamFortress2'' slips into this, given his credo about his line of work: "Be polite, be efficient; have a plan to kill everyone you meet."
** That, of course, being an old US Marines BadassCreed.
** The Engineer is a much more obvious example: he's described as an "amiable, soft-spoken good ol' boy", and generally behaves as such, but at the same time doesn't have any concerns about killing people based on the dominant colour in their wardrobe.
* Drakuru in ''WorldOfWarcraft''. [[spoiler: Turns out he was using you all along, which isn't a big surprise. He accomplishes his goals and is transformed by the Lich King himself. What is a surprise, however, is that he immediately asks for your forgiveness for the deception and [[WeCanRuleTogether invites you to be his right hand man]] both out of gratitude and making up for tricking you, and because the Lich King apparently has some interest in you personally. The story continues in later quests, ultimately ending in your betraying and killing him.]]
** [[spoiler:Of course, his "gratitude" would have involved you ultimately being turned into his right-hand ''ghoul'', the lowest rank of the Scourge, while he would be living it up as a Death Knight.]]
* ''{{Persona 3}}'': [[spoiler: Shuji Ikutsuki, hands down. He's kind, he makes silly puns, he always answers your questions and generally aids in the mission to bring down the twelve Arcana [[TheHeartless Shadows]]. Although it turns out that he's just been using the protagonists to bring about [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt The Fall]], in addition to being fairly clearly [[AGodAmI insane]]. A cutscene in FES reveals that his jovial personality was indeed genuine, showing him making up puns in complete solitude where there would be no need to maintain a pretense. Even his motives for bringing the Fall seem more in line with the {{Dark Messiah}} than the general {{Omnicidal Maniac}}.]]
* [=GLaDOS=] from ''{{Portal}}''. The computer attempts to put you at ease and encourage you[[spoiler:, right up until the moment that it needs you to die. It even thanks you while it does it.]]
* Vladamir Lem from ''MaxPayne''. Starts off as Max's ally in the first game, but by the second, he fills the role of the BigBad. Never loses his swave demeanor or his cordial disposition: "Max! Dearest of all friends..."
** [[MadBomber Oh]] [[BewareTheNiceOnes really]]?
*** Vladimir Lem: "[answering machine] I'm coming to kill you, old man. You really know how to piss me off, you know... Would it have killed you to say 'thank you' for once in your life? To say 'Vlad, my son... can I call you my son because I sure do love you like one.' 'Vlad my son, you are a true prodigy. Everything you touch turns to gold.' Oh... wait, it *is* going to kill you! I'm done doing your dirty work for you. You should be proud. I have learned all you've taught me. I'm coming to show you."
*** Vladimir Lem: "What the fuck is wrong with you, Max? Why don't you just die? You hate life, you're miserable all the time, afraid to enjoy yourself even a little! Face it, you might as well be dead already. Do yourself a favor, give up!"
* One of the most evil bastards in all of ''GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'' is Mike Toreno - who, it turns out, is a fairly nice and friendly guy, who just happens to be the scariest person you'll ever meet.
** It helps that he has the best line of dialog in the entire game:
--->Torino: I wanted to see what you were made of.
--->CJ [angrily]: What it look like I'm made of? Pudding?
--->Torino [calmly]: No. Anger, and hate. That's why I like you.
* Kirei Kotomine of ''FateStayNight'' is a perfectly polite fellow who never lies to you nor avoids answering questions. He lets his enemies come right up to his base of operations, helps you out in the third scenario, where it's revealed he tried very hard his entire life to be a decent person. Unfortunately, he failed, so now he wants to destroy the world mostly ForTheEvulz.
* Chaos Lord Eliphas the Inheritor from the ''DawnOfWar'' series is a very suave, witty, and charismatic villan. Widely considered one of the most popular characters in the series.
* [[spoiler: Jeremy]] from ''FatalHearts'' is polite, charming, studious, a diligent worker in both his mundane job and his more esoteric activities, interested in the environment and the welfare of others, and an all-around gentleman. Unless he thinks you're too stupid to live. In which case, he kills you.
* Dr. Killjoy from ''TheSuffering.'' He's modelled after Vincent Price, so he's naturally the most charismatic individual in the two games; in fact, he's so urbane you might just forget that he's a mass-murdering MadDoctor with a fetish for [[ProjectedMan film projectors]] and blood. Plus, being a psychiatrist, he genuinely wants to help cure the main character- it's just that his methods are just a tad... [[WellIntentionedExtremist unorthodox.]]
**Blackmore was a particularly affable character in his own right: in all of his dealings with Torque, he treats him like a somewhat misguided little brother -[[spoiler: appropriate, considering that Blackmore is a SplitPersonality of Torque]]- and continually tries to convince him to [[WeCanRuleTogether join his gang]] rather than kill him. And then there was the way he called Torque "my little one."
* Edgar Barrett from ''PsiOps: The Mindgate Conspiracy'' was Nick Scryer's mentor and best friend before [[FaceHeelTurn joining The Movement]] and still retains some of his old warmth and humour. As such, he treats his own boss battle as little more than an extremely lethal game, shouting happily [[LargeHam "JUST LIKE THE GOOD OLD DAYS, HUH, NICK?"]] while telekinetically hurling fuel tankers at him.
* The Temple of Shadows from {{Fable}} hold poker night every Friday and left the instructions for their special torture device nice and visible next to it.
* The Reapers from ''TheWorldEndsWithYou'' tend to be rather normal people, essentially (aside from the Officers, most of whome are sadistic and/or certifiably insane), who are just doing their job - which happens to be permanently erasing the souls of the dead from existence to prevent themselves from meeting the same fate. Kariya, for example, is rather friendly, and 777 lives a double-life as a popular rock star thanks to the Reapers' ability to exist on the living and dead planes.
* Shiranui Gen-An gets this treatment in the ''SamuraiShodown'' series. He boasts of becoming the King of Evil. Yet at the end of the day, he's just a disfigured oni-like creature with a glove inspired by Freddy Krueger, with a loving wife and kids he even brings with to work. See his ending in Samurai Shodown VI (American numbering).
* This might be a possibility in ''MassEffect 2'' with the Illusive Man. He runs a pro-human organisation Cerberus; that commited awful acts that includes the assasination of one of the candiates of a political party, running live human experiments, uses a helpless autistic biotic girl as their future weapon and silencing anyone who knew too much about them. Despite all that, he's very polite to Commander Shepard when they first met and he uses his charm to have the Spectre to join their cause.
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* Garland from ''[[EightBitTheater 8-Bit Theater]]'' fits squarely in this category; he'd just as soon hang up inspirational posters in his dungeon and bake cookies for his enemies as kill them. The one time he did build a death trap he tried filling it with acid, but the Forest Imps who live around his castle switched it with Mountain Dew. (Forest Imps, incidentally, are the ''only'' creatures Garland will go ballistic over. No small wonder, since they tease him all the time and he [[NotSoImaginaryFriend can't convince anyone that they're messing with him]].)
** He has his moments though. The [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome best one]] being when his underlings decided to mutiny, and have a meeting about it. It ''appears'' that Garland, in true [[AffablyEvil LaughablyEvil]] fashion, is catering the meeting and made tacos just for the occasion. When the smarter minion calls him out on it, he casually breaks down the reasons why the mutiny will fail and then reveals that the tacos were full of amnesia peppers. "In 10 minutes this meeting will have never happened." It could also be because he is incredibly thick and doesn't know how to be evil.
* ''{{Narbonic}}'' was ''built'' around this trope.
* Snookums from ''[[http://mixedmyth.comicgenesis.com/ Mixed Myth]]''
* Early on, ''OrderOfTheStick'' BigBad Xykon is LaughablyEvil, and his seemingly unfocused, borderline ditzy mannerisms might make you think he fits in this category. You'd be ''[[CompleteMonster very]] [[NotSoHarmless very]]'' wrong. [[EvillyAffable He is still kind of funny, though...]]
* Dom from ''{{Megatokyo}}'' is an old college buddy of Piro and Largo, and has even leant them money when they were in a tight spot. He is also a ruthless corporate enforcer who can get quite menacing on occasion.
* Ongoing imageboard Choose Your Own Adventure ''RubyQuest'' has Red, who dresses nicely, helps you with his cane, and warns you not to ask questions or he'll have to rip your throat out.
* {{Satan}} from ''CaseyAndAndy'' is very much a nice person (and she's very cute) but is still the lord of all evil and not unwilling to capitalize on it. Amusingly, she could almost always solve the problem at hand with the flick of her hand, but chooses not to, because she ''likes'' the evil scemes of the villains. But woe if they harm her boyfriend...
* Most villains from ''DanAndMabsFurryAdventures'' fall under this category one way or another. Between this and a generous helping of {{Villainy Discretion Shot}}s, there is a major part of the fanbase that fails to acknowledge them as evil at all.
** Pyroduck said it best: "Discomfort and a saccharine voice of malice! Must be... [[TheDumbledore Fa'Lina]]!".
* The Varn Gene Mage from ''{{Terinu}}'' is pleasant and forgiving of his [[TheDragon Dragon's]] occasional failure, and is utterly ''appalled'' at how one of his allies treats her prisoners. Oh, and he's responsible for a few billion deaths during the original invasion of the Earth. No big.
* Lucifer (he hates being called "Lucy") in ''{{Jack}}''.
* Lord Kyran from ''EmergencyExit''. [[http://eecomics.net/?strip_id=1086 Anyone up for smoothies?]]
* The Beelze family (except Diva herself, who is just affable) of [[http://www.evildivacomics.com/ Evil Diva]]. Notably, her father. He's an all-around nice guy who bakes cupakes for his daughter to share with friends at school, and he is also the guy who you sell your soul to in exchange for fame/fortune/doughnuts (he likes watching TMZ to "catch up with old friends"). Satan himself might also qualify... or maybe being affably evil is just a requirement for all of Hell's employees.
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* [[DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog Dr. Horrible]] is essentially the nerd who does evil things to be part of the cool kid's club. He especially comes off as this when the "hero" of the piece is a total [[JerkAss douche.]]
* In the musical Harry Potter parody ''AVeryPotterMusical'', Quirrell and Voldemort sing, dance, pick up girls, and watch ''She's All That'' in between plotting to murder Harry. Oh, and one of Voldemort's Horcruxes is [[spoiler: a Zac Efron poster]].
** The Dementor shown returning Quirrel's civilian clothes was also [[PunchClockVillain quite nice]].
* Fox, leader of the Axis of Anarchy from ''TheGuild''.
* Troy the Wendigo from {{Epic Tales}} 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.
* [[spoiler: Lear Dunham]], the BigBad of ''BrokenSaints'' is pretty ObviouslyEvil, but he wants nothing to more than to befriend our heroes, and for them to share in [[spoiler: his vision of a brand new (and better) world. That is the whole reason he even [[JustBetweenYouAndMe explains his whole plan to them]].]]
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* [[XiaolinShowdown Jack Spicer]] epitomizes this.
* Dr. Doofenschmirtz from ''PhineasAndFerb'' is a mad scientist who's at odds with P&F's secret-agent-platypus Perry. Except that he spends half his time doing stuff like trying to make the perfect sweet-16 birthday party for his daughter, or sharing chicken wings with Perry after he's captured him. He really is a nice guy, it's just that, well, he IS a mad scientist after all.
** There's also Norm the Giant Robotic Man, introduced in "Greece Lightning". He's fond of spouting random dialogue more appropriate to a married, white-collar suburbanite than a killer robot originally designed to attack platypuses on sight.
* Several villains in ''InvaderZim'' are AffablyEvil, most notably Mortos der Soulstealer. In between granting ruinous wishes, he recharges his malefic hellborne powers by petting puppies, eating yummi snacks, and having fun.
* To some degree, Señor Senior, Sr. from ''KimPossible'' falls into this. He's a genteel, wealthy old man... who took up supervillainy as a hobby because his life had become boring. Unlike the archetypal example, he ''does'' use [[DeathTrap Death Traps]], although this seems to be because he feels compelled to follow the [[CardCarryingVillain traditions of villainy]] rather than because he enjoys them. In one episode, Ron even comments that's Senior's a "bad man. Good manners."
* Hank Scorpio from ''TheSimpsons'', a decent boss and all-around nice guy whom you'd be happy to work for (he invites his employees to go golfing with him), who also just happens to want to take over the world, [[JamesBond Bond-villain]] style.
** His VillainSong helps even further; apparently his ''twisted, twin obsesions'' are ruling the world, and '''''his employees' health!'''''
* David Xanatos in ''{{Gargoyles}}''. So much so that he, and many of his fellow villains, are largely considered {{Anti Villain}}s, or [[MacBeth in some cases]], {{Anti Hero}}es. ''{{Gargoyles}}'' was very good about having layered and complex villains, particularly for a kids' show, with even the more traditionally vicious Demona have a deep and sympathetic backstory.
** Macbeth also fits in with this trope, as he goes after the Manhattan Clan because he thinks they can lead him to Demona, for a rather bizarre reason. [[spoiler: They share a magical link so he wants to find her so he can kill her, which is the only way he himself can die.]]
* The Brain, the smarter half of ''PinkyAndTheBrain''. An erudite, genetically-altered lab mouse who merely wants to do [[CatchPhrase the same thing he does every night]]: try to TakeOverTheWorld!
** It's eventually revealed that he wants to take over the world in order to help people by ending war and enacting humanitarian efforts.
* In ''TheVentureBrothers'', The Monarch's Henchmen #21 and #24 are two harmless, likable nerds who just happen to be {{Mooks}} for the BigBad.
** Arguably, most of the series' villains fits this trope. due to the [[WeirdTradeUnion Guild of Calamitous Intent]] turning evil into a bureaucratic business surrounded by red tape. An example is that after Sergeant Hatred becomes the new arch villan he sets up an appointment to see what Venture's allergic to since its part of guild rules. He also says that, "There's no good reason on God's green earth that arching has to be a completely unpleasant experience for either of us." And he brought a gift basket with him. [[spoiler:Though he's mostly being so nice to piss off the Monarch for stealing his technology]].
** Dr. Henry Killinger ''is'' this trope.
** It could easily be said that Rusty Venture and Brock are the most [[VillainProtagonist villainous characters]] in the show.
** Essentially, all the villains can be described as a mild version of this, for while they're not "evil", they do tend to be mean, in a realistic way.
* Long Feng, resident EvilChancellor of ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'', is a perfectly reasonable man, willing to give his enemies multiple opportunities to surrender, and an excellent host. As long as you don't try and mess with his GovernmentConspiracy.
* Daemon from ''{{Reboot}}''. When she was first mentioned everyone expected her to be a huge snarling monster of a Virus, not the sweet, gentle messiah-like figure she turned out to be (actually lampshaded by Mike the TV, the first Mainframer to meet Daemon face to face). Of course, it turns out she's [[spoiler: out to wipe out every sprite on the net]], but she still remains mostly sweet and nice throughout the whole thing.
* ''DarkwingDuck'': Compared to the likes of [[CardCarryingVillain NegaDuck]], [[MonsterClown Quackerjack]], and [[PsychoElectro Megavolt]], [[GreenThumb Bushroot]] seems downright sweet, [[IncrediblyLamePun stemming]] from his origin as a meek, much-bullied scientist - as long as you don't get in the way of his search [[LoveMakesYouEvil to find/make his one true love]].
** Of course, he also has the honor of being the only villain on the show to murder someone onscreen.
* Zebedee in the ''{{TUGS}}'' episode "High Winds".
* On ''TheFairlyOddparents'', Anti-Cosmo is a proper gentlemen who loves his wife, sips tea, and wants to generally make things hard for people. HP is also fairly polite, he just wants to force every living creature to be ultra orderly. Doug Dimmadome is also rather friendly if you're not getting in the way of his goals.
* Ratigan of ''TheGreatMouseDetective'': Just watch how politely, calmly, even lovingly, he feeds poor Bartholomew to his RightHandCat for pushing his BerserkButton. He becomes notably [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown much less lovely]] after Basil makes a fool out of him publicly.
-->"He tries to hide his inner raging beast with all his class and sophistication, but in the end, he's just as [[VillainousBreakdown psychotic]] as any other power-hungry monster." ~ '''NostalgiaCritic'''
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* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OARmqz48Mh0 Re: Your Brains, by Jonathan Coulton]]
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* John Wojtowicz, famous for his hostage's declaration that "I know I'm supposed to hate you guys, but I'm having the time of my life." Slightly more famous for his own declaration in the film based on the incident, ''Dog Day Afternoon'': "ATTICA!"
* [[http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/khadr/alqaedafamily3.html Osama bin Laden. Volleyball.]]
* All in all, any person in history frequently portrayed as a monster tends to have some sort of human side to them. Attila the Hun listened to the appeals of Pope Leo I and didn't sack a defenseless Rome. Nero was concerned for the sake of his subjects and loved his wife before madness consumed him, and ditto for Caligula. Saddam Hussein was described as polite and friendly by his guards, who have told stories of him caring for his daughter and sons when they were ill. Ruthless people such as Cao Cao, Oda Nobunaga, and Vlad the Impaler committed atrocities because [[WellIntentionedExtremist they felt it was the only way to bring order and safety to a dangerous world]]. Hell, even Hitler had moments of genuine concern for others.
** I remember a documentary on History Channel where technology was used to lip-read Hitler and company in their private home movies, and use a voice actor to dub them over. Moments included him flirting and teasing with a group of women visiting, remarking over the wonderful uses of cameras available for everyone, and self-deprecating his physical appearance.
** Even Josef Stalin had his moments, like defending Bulgakov (the author of ''The Master and Margarita''; ''{{Satan Woland}}'' was allegedly based on Stalin, by the way) from some of the more rabid critics, and keeping an arrested professor in Moscow when he was supposed to be sent to the gulag, instead assisting him with his translation of a Georgian epic poem. He also raised the son of a Russian Civil War hero (who happened to be one of his closest friends), treating him much better than his own children. There are many other, less trustworthy anecdotes, but those three at least seem fairly veracious. Stalin's atrocities were based in extreme paranoia, on the methods he used to elevate himself to power, and exacerbated by his wife's suicide and his son's attempted suicide.
*** He is supposed to have said, upon learning that his son's suicide attempt had failed, "You see? The idiot can't even shoot straight." [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Well, it might have been a coping strategy...]]
*** Operation: Barbarosa probably made his paranoia worse.
** Stalin has been diagnosed post mortem with a neurological condition that increased his paranoia massively, and would have been treatable, ''if he had allowed himself to be subjected to the required medical procedures''. Instead he treated doctors with unholy terror.
** Stalin was known to have a sense of humor, up to telling jokes about himself. One of his favorites: "A Georgian delegation comes, they talk to Stalin, and then they go, heading off down the Kremlin's corridors. Stalin starts looking for his pipe. He can't find it. He calls in Beria, the dreaded head of his secret police. 'Go after the delegation, and find out which one took my pipe,' he says. Beria scuttles off down the corridor. Five minutes later Stalin finds his pipe under a pile of papers. He calls Beria—-'Look, I've found my pipe.' 'It's too late,' Beria says, 'half the delegation admitted they took your pipe, and the other half died during questioning.' " Admittedly not the ''[[DeadBabyComedy nicest]]'' joke, but the self-realization is there.
** There's another Stalin joke wherein he's giving a speech and someone sneezes. He stops, and glowers. "Who sneezed?" The room is silent. Stalin orders his guards to take the last row out and shoot them. Shots are heard from outside, and he continues his speech. Someone sneezes again. Again, Stalin demands "Who sneezed?" This time, a man in the 2nd-to-last row raises his hand meekly. Stalin glares at him. "What is your name?" "Nikolai," the man stutters. "God bless you, Nikolai," Stalin says, and continues with his speech.
** And another. Marshal Jukov exits Stalin's room after a meeting and mutters:"Why, that bloody moustached son of a bitch..." Beria eavesdropes that and immeiately reports to Stalin. Stalin calls Jukov back and asks him about whom exactly he had in mind when he said those words. "Adolf Hitler, of course," - replies Jukov. "Good," - sais Stalin, - "And whom did you have in mind, Comrade Beria?"
*** Not actually a Stalin joke, but too good to pass up: his successor Kruschchev was giving his famous Secret Speech, denouncing Stalin's many atrocities, when a heckler yelled "What were you doing when this was going on?" Kruschchev yelled back, "What disloyal bastard said that?" Dead silence. "And ''that''," said Kruschchev, "is ''precisely'' what I was doing when Stalin murdered three-quarters of the Central Committee for questioning him."
* Though most people today wouldn't consider NapoleonBonaparte to be evil, many of his enemies considered him to be. In spite of this, most of them who actually met him acknowledged him to be an incredibly charming and likable person. His second wife was a young Austrian princess who would have been raised to hate him, and yet they still had a genuinely loving relationship. Tsar Alexander I, a man who had denounced Napoleon as a usurper and [[TheAntichrist antichrist]] only a few months before having to negotiate with him on the losing side of a war, knew Bonaparte for ''a few days'' before he claimed to consider the French emperor one of his closest and most intimate friends. And finally, he was able [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome to talk his way into command of the army sent to arrest him after he escaped exile]].
* Ted Bundy was known for this, which made him all the more popular.
** Not to mention all the more dangerous...
* [[TheDailyShow John Oliver]] made a comment in his ComedyCentral stand-up special about how when Britain, in its imperial days, would conquer countries, but they would do it ''politely''.
--> "And remember how we used to do it? We'd ring you up, tell you where the bomb was, when it was going to go off, and have a chat. How fucking polite were we!?"
* Billy Connolly once mentioned that Jeffrey Dahmer seemed like a "particularly nice, intelligent bloke" to him--though he admitted that Dahmer hadn't chased ''him'' bare-arsed down the street.
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