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* The ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' official novelization portrays Alan Jonah's subordinate [[Characters/MonsterVerseHumans eco-terrorist]] mercenaries in such a light. During the Osprey ride to Outpost 32, they're chuckling and talking with each-other like ordinary work buddies, until it's time for them to massacre another Monarch outpost, and then they become all-business; something which greatly disturbs [[TokenGoodTeammate Madison]]. Jonah's right-hand Asher in the novel makes it clear that while he believes in Jonah's cause and will kill as many people as Jonah tells him to, that doesn't mean he'll enjoy it.

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* The ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' official novelization portrays Alan Jonah's subordinate [[Characters/MonsterVerseHumans eco-terrorist]] mercenaries [[Characters/MonsterVerseEcoTerrorists eco-terrorist mercenaries]] in such a light. During the Osprey ride to Outpost 32, they're chuckling and talking with each-other like ordinary work buddies, until it's time for them to massacre another Monarch outpost, and then they become all-business; something which greatly disturbs [[TokenGoodTeammate Madison]]. Jonah's right-hand Asher in the novel makes it clear that while he believes in Jonah's cause and will kill as many people as Jonah tells him to, that doesn't mean he'll enjoy it.

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->''"A megalomaniac spends millions building a criminal empire only to have someone like Connie waltz in and bring the whole thing crashing down. If that megalomaniac survives, they often come back to me with renewed ambitions. If they perish, there's always someone else eager to fill the void. Connie and her heroics are great for my bottom line. I'm the very best in my field, but it's a speciality that wouldn't be much use if any of my clients actually succeeded."''
-->-- '''Patty Perkins''', ''Literature/ConstanceVerityDestroysTheUniverse''

Examples of {{Punch Clock Villain}}s in Literature.





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* ''Literature/ConstanceVerityDestroysTheUniverse'': Patty Perkins herself isn't an evil mastermind, but more of a "supervillain enabler" (as Byron describes her), making a living helping wannabe masterminds become a genuine threat to world peace. She doesn't even mind Connie constantly thwarting their plans all that much, seeing her as beneficial to an industry that would crumble if any of her clients actually succeeded in their endeavors.

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* Every ObstructiveBureaucrat in most Creator/FranzKafka novels.

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* %%* Every ObstructiveBureaucrat in most Creator/FranzKafka novels.



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* ''Literature/TheMurderbotDiaries'': The [[MegaCorp Barish-Estranza]] squad in ''System Collapse'' are just there to do their job and maybe earn a bonus. That job happens to be to convince, con, or coerce the colonists into de facto slavery as indentured labourers through any means necessary.

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