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** Also can be somewhat justified: the end of the Soviet Union saw a massive amount of chaos as political purges and infighting led to forced retirements for people like the supporters of the hardline coup in 1991, and to staff from the outlying Soviet Republics going their own way. Ourumov's promotion track would still be atypical but it is quite possible for a government that desperately needs someone who is Russian, Competent, and (seemingly) Loyal.
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* BeautyIsBad: She's as evil as she is hot.

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* BeautyIsBad: She's as evil hot as she is hot.evil.

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* KickTheSonOfABitch: She gives Boris one hell of a beating and a brutal piece of her mind when she encounters him again.
-->'''Natalya''': This is not one of your games, Boris! Real people will ''die'', you pathetic little worm!



* PayEvilUntoEvil: She gives Boris one hell of a beating and a brutal piece of her mind when she encounters him again.
-->'''Natalya''': This is not one of your games, Boris! Real people will ''die'', you pathetic little worm!



* ActuallyPrettyFunny: He seems genuinely amused while watching Natalya [[KickTheSonOfABitch beating the crap out of Boris]].

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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: He seems genuinely amused while watching Natalya [[KickTheSonOfABitch [[PayEvilUntoEvil beating the crap out of Boris]].
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* PetTheDog: For what it's worth, he's initially genuinely glad to reunite with Natalya in the control room, right until she kicks the shit out of him.

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Death By Sex is no longer a trope per this TRS thread Zero Context Examples and examples that do not fit existing tropes will be deleted.


* DeathBySex: The perpetrator of it, in a [[OutWithABang literal]] interpretation.



* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Xenia gives Bond the lead to Trevelyan. By insisting on her [[DeathBySex usual]] {{m|urderousThighs}}ethods in order to achieve {{orgasm|icCombat}} during her fight with Bond, she gives him the chance to disable her. She could have just brought a gun to the steam room fight, straddled him and then shot him. But then it wouldn't be enjoyable for Xenia.

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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Xenia gives Bond the lead to Trevelyan. By insisting on her [[DeathBySex [[OutWithABang usual]] {{m|urderousThighs}}ethods in order to achieve {{orgasm|icCombat}} during her fight with Bond, she gives him the chance to disable her. She could have just brought a gun to the steam room fight, straddled him and then shot him. But then it wouldn't be enjoyable for Xenia.



* TheSociopath: [[OrgasmicCombat Her]] [[SexIsViolence sadomasochistic]] [[CombatSadomasochist sexual]] [[DeathBySex proclivities]], coupled with her overall lack of conscience and murderous glee in killing innocents, would seem to qualify her as an insane psychopath.

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* TheSociopath: [[OrgasmicCombat Her]] [[SexIsViolence sadomasochistic]] [[CombatSadomasochist sexual]] [[DeathBySex proclivities]], proclivities, coupled with her overall lack of conscience and murderous glee in killing innocents, would seem to qualify her as an insane psychopath.
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* VillainousBreakdown: A mild one, but she clearly loses her composure at the end of the sauna fight with Bond, angrily bellowing at him; she's recovered somewhat by the time she takes Bond to the statue graveyard, where her insistence on having the last word seemingly causes ''him'' to lose his cool and knock her out.
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%%* ChewingTheScenery: When ''isn't'' he?

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%%* * ChewingTheScenery: When ''isn't'' he?he? He's constantly yelling gleefully at the top of his lungs.



* InsufferableGenius: He's a computer genius with terrible people skills.

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* InsufferableGenius: He's a computer genius with terrible people skills. Alec thinks he's annoying.
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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Visibly dislikes Boris and doesn't trust him, nor does he lift a finger when Natalya starts beating him up.
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** When Bond tries driving a wedge between Alec and Ouromov by outing Alec as a Cossack, Alec snarls "It's in the past," conveniently ignoring that his grudge against England is also over something "in the past."
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Even before the reveal that he was EvilAllAlong, Natalya and her work friend at Severnaya were pretty fed up with his douchebaggery.

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* DepravedBisexual: When Trevelyan taunts Bond about how Natalya "tastes like strawberries," Xenia moans and licks her lips. In her final battle with Bond, when Natalya tries to help him, Xenia seizes her by the throat and snarls "Wait your turn!" in a sexualised manner.



* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The Dark to Natalya's Light. Not only is she pure evil, she's pure ''sexual'' evil, and gets off on AnythingThatMoves by shooting it until it ''can't'' move any longer.

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* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The Dark to Natalya's Light. Not only is she pure sheer evil, but she's pure outright ''sexual'' evil, and gets off on AnythingThatMoves by shooting it until it ''can't'' move any longer.



* PsychoLesbian: When Trevelyan taunts Bond about how Natalya "tastes like strawberries," Xenia moans and licks her lips. In her final battle with Bond, when Natalya tries to help him, Xenia seizes her by the throat and snarls "Wait your turn!" in a sexualised manner.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: He is a genius at his thing, ''constantly'' pen-spins in a particularly energetic way, and his social skills are dubious at the very best, making him look at least a bit inside the high-functioning autistic spectrum.
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* WeaponOfChoice: Trevelyan seems to favour either the Browning [=BDA=] and [=BDM=], double-action semi-automatic pistols based off the Browning Hi-Power.
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* ChekholvsSkill: The profile Moneypenny pulls up reveals that she's a former SAF fighter pilot. Her ability to navigate a helicopter cockpit soon becomes important.

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* ChekholvsSkill: ChekhovsSkill: The profile Moneypenny pulls up reveals that she's a former SAF fighter pilot. Her ability to navigate a helicopter cockpit soon becomes important.
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* ChekholvsSkill: The profile Moneypenny pulls up reveals that she's a former SAF fighter pilot. Her ability to navigate a helicopter cockpit soon becomes important.


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* SweetPollyOliver: Briefly poses as [[KillAndReplace a male pilot she's assassinated]] to steal the Eurocopter Tiger. Fortunately for her, the [[StatuesqueStunner above trope]] is in effect and the onlooking crowd is a ways off.

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* LegFocus: The camera focuses on her legs when she uses them to ''kill''.



* ShesGotLegs: And she very much knows how to use them to ''kill''.
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* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: After outing himself as the villain, he holds a cynical belief of queen and country, even asking Bond if he had any qualms killing people. In fact, he's held this grudge against England ever since he witnessed his parents kill themselves out of shame for surviving Stalin's death squads after the Lienz Cossacks were repatriated by the British at the end of WWII.
* SinsOfOurFathers: He seeks to punish England for something that happened a long time ago, and most of the people he's going to kill have nothing to do with it, to which Bond chews him out on.
* ShadowArchetype: [[EvilCounterpart Despite sharing many of 007's qualities]], Trevelyan represents a Bond who clung to old scores and never moved on. 006 even points this out several times over the course of the film, [[FlawExploitation mocking]] Bond about his outdated values, womanizing nature, and his loyalty to duty over his friends. Having long sunk into bitterness, Alec's personality shows the dangers of being stuck with grudges, as he hates England for their (perceived) past transgressions.

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* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: After outing himself as the villain, he holds a cynical belief of queen and country, even asking Bond if he had any qualms killing people. In fact, he's held this grudge against England ever since he witnessed his parents kill themselves out of shame for surviving Stalin's death squads after the Lienz Cossacks were repatriated by the British at the end of WWII.
* SinsOfOurFathers: He seeks to punish England for something that happened a long time ago, and but most of the people he's going to kill have nothing to do with it, to which Bond chews him out on.
* ShadowArchetype: [[EvilCounterpart Despite sharing many of 007's qualities]], Trevelyan represents a Bond who clung to old scores and never moved on. 006 even points this out several times over the course of the film, by [[FlawExploitation mocking]] Bond about his outdated values, Bond's womanizing nature, nature and his loyalty preference to duty over his friends. Having long sunk into bitterness, Alec's personality shows the dangers of being stuck with grudges, as he hates England for their (perceived) past transgressions.



* StartOfDarkness: He describes how his parents' suicide out of the [[SurvivorGuilt shame of surviving]] the British betrayal and Stalin's death squads after WWII became the moment he decided he'll get his revenge against England. [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse However]], Bond points out that most of the people he's going to kill have nothing to do with it.

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* StartOfDarkness: He describes how his parents' suicide out of the [[SurvivorGuilt shame of surviving]] SurvivorGuilt over the British betrayal and Stalin's death squads after WWII became the moment he decided he'll get his revenge against England. [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse However]], Bond points out that most of the people he's going to kill have nothing to do with it.



* WhyWeAreBummedCommunismFell: A major motivation for his schemes, apart from his grudge against England.

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* WhyWeAreBummedCommunismFell: A major motivation for his schemes, schemes apart from his grudge against England.



'''Alec Trevelyan:''' Bond is alive?!\\
'''Arkady Ouromov:''' He escaped.\\
'''Alec Trevelyan:''' (angrily) Good for Bond... bad for you!
* YouKilledMyFather: Deconstructed. Trevelyan's motive is {{revenge}} against the British government for betraying his parents. Bond calls him out on using this as a justification for his EvilPlan.

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'''Alec Trevelyan:''' '''Trevelyan:''' Bond is alive?!\\
'''Arkady Ouromov:''' '''Ouromov:''' He escaped.\\
'''Alec Trevelyan:''' '''Trevelyan:''' (angrily) Good for Bond... bad for you!
* YouKilledMyFather: Deconstructed. Trevelyan's motive is {{revenge}} against the British government for betraying his parents.people to the Soviets. Bond calls him out on using this as a justification for his EvilPlan.



* SoreLoser: Realizing that a "second-level programmer" like Natalya changed the [=GoldenEye=] access code so it'll blow up in space, this InsufferableGenius explodes in anger. He even angrily shakes the computer monitor when Bond manually sabotages the antenna so he won't be able to reprogram [=GoldenEye=] after he DOES break Natalya's code.

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* SoreLoser: Realizing that a "second-level programmer" like Natalya changed the [=GoldenEye=] access code codes so it'll blow up in space, this InsufferableGenius explodes in anger. He When he DOES break the code, he even angrily shakes the computer monitor when Bond manually sabotages the antenna so he won't be able to reprogram [=GoldenEye=] after he DOES break Natalya's code.[=GoldenEye=].
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* SensualSlavs: Downplayed; while she's undeniably an attractive woman, she initially dresses and carries herself in a slightly dowdy fashion, as her pre-Bond scenes are at work and in chilly St. Petersberg. It's only once she starts hanging out with Bond in Cuba that her more sensual side comes out.

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* SensualSlavs: Downplayed; while she's undeniably an attractive woman, she initially dresses and carries herself in a slightly dowdy fashion, as her pre-Bond scenes are at work and in chilly St. Petersberg.Petersburg. It's only once she starts hanging out with Bond in Cuba that her more sensual side comes out.
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* SensualSlavs: Downplayed; while she's undeniably an attractive woman, she initially dresses and carries herself in a slightly dowdy fashion, and it's only once she starts hanging out with Bond that her more sensual side comes out.

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* SensualSlavs: Downplayed; while she's undeniably an attractive woman, she initially dresses and carries herself in a slightly dowdy fashion, as her pre-Bond scenes are at work and it's in chilly St. Petersberg. It's only once she starts hanging out with Bond in Cuba that her more sensual side comes out.
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** Although in light of her enjoyment of Bond throwing her around in the spa, it's also possible she was ''enjoying'' her own death.
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* ClassicVillain: Alec is motivated by Greed and Wrath, as he plans to steal from the Bank of England by using the titular KillSat and plunge the world economy into chaos in revenge for the British government betraying his people, who were Lienz Cossacks sent back to Stalin. He also [[TheResenter resents and envies]] Bond for having the luxury of losing his parents to natural causes, while Trevelyan's own parents killed themselves out of survivor's guilt.

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* ClassicVillain: Alec is motivated by Greed and Wrath, as he plans to steal from the Bank of England by using the titular KillSat and plunge the world economy into chaos in revenge for the British government betraying his people, who were Lienz Cossacks sent back to Stalin. He also [[TheResenter resents and envies]] Bond for having the luxury of losing his parents to natural causes, while Trevelyan's own parents killed themselves out of survivor's guilt.



* FaceHeelTurn: Subverted in that, while appearing a loyal [=MI6=] agent on the outside before his supposed death, he was seemingly planning his EvilPlan for who knows how long.
* FacialHorror: Half of his face is disfigured.

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* FaceHeelTurn: Subverted in that, that while appearing a loyal [=MI6=] agent on the outside before his supposed death, he was seemingly planning his EvilPlan for who knows how long.
* FacialHorror: Half of his face is disfigured.disfigured from the Arkhangelsk explosion.



* FlawExploitation: A master of psychological warfare, Trevelyan exploits 007's FatalFlaw of [[CartwrightCurse womanizing and how many are dead because of him]], delivering a nasty remark about Bond's deceased wife Teresa. It was particularly effective, because very few people have such knowledge of Bond's personal life, and coming from a man Bond once considered a close friend, [[BreakThemByTalking it allowed it to cut deep]]. Bond's attitude throughout the later films (specifically his [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x390eac desperate attempt to resuscitate Jinx]]) clearly indicates that this statement has rankled him.

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* FlawExploitation: A master of psychological warfare, Trevelyan he exploits 007's FatalFlaw of [[CartwrightCurse womanizing and how many are dead because of him]], CartwrightCurse by delivering a nasty remark about Bond's deceased wife Teresa. It was particularly effective, because effective as very few people have such knowledge of Bond's personal life, life and coming from a man Bond once considered a close friend, [[BreakThemByTalking it allowed it to cut deep]]. Bond's attitude throughout the later films (specifically his [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x390eac desperate attempt to resuscitate Jinx]]) clearly indicates that this statement has rankled him.



* GoodIsOldFashioned: Mocks 007 for being "Her Majesty's loyal terrier," his status as TheCasanova, and adhering to old-fashioned espionage tactics. Of course, Bond makes a cutting NotSoDifferentRemark of his own, stating that "mad little" Alec himself is stuck in the past as his grudge against England involves settling an old score.

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* GoodIsOldFashioned: Mocks 007 for being "Her Majesty's loyal terrier," his status as TheCasanova, and adhering to old-fashioned espionage tactics. Of course, Bond makes a cutting NotSoDifferentRemark of his own, stating that "mad little" Alec himself is stuck in the past as his grudge against England involves settling an old score.

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* BloodKnight: She absolutely ''loves'' fighting and killing, deriving literal sexual pleasure from both.



* CruelAndUnusualDeath: She's violently pulled against a tree as her helicopter goes down and is crushed, screaming in agony all the while. Given her behavior up to that point, it's hard to say she didn't deserve it.



* FatalFlaw: Her sadism — murdering people turns her on, as shown during the Severnaya massacre, enough to get an EyeTake from Ourumov. It ultimately backfires on her, as while trying to torture Bond with her thighs, Bond is able to connect the rope she rappelled down to her safety harness, grab her AK-74 rifle, and shoot down a helicopter with her rifle. The harness yanks her off Bond and sends her flying, screaming, into the crotch of a tree, with her safety harness ironically crushing her to death.

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* FatalFlaw: Her sadism — murdering people turns her on, as shown during the Severnaya massacre, enough to get an EyeTake from Ourumov. It ultimately backfires on her, as while trying to torture Bond with her thighs, thighs rather than simply kill him right away, Bond is able to connect the rope she rappelled down to her safety harness, grab her AK-74 rifle, and shoot down a helicopter with her rifle. The harness yanks her off Bond and sends her flying, screaming, into the crotch of a tree, with her safety harness ironically crushing her to death.


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* StatuesqueStunner: She's played by Famke Janssen who is both very tall, standing at six feet (just below Pierce Brosnan and a little above Sean Bean), and drop dead gorgeous.

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-->'''Alec Trevelyan:''' Either you've brought me the perfect gift, General Ouromov, or you've made me a very unhappy man.

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-->'''Alec Trevelyan:''' Either you've brought me the perfect gift, General Ouromov, or you've made me a very unhappy man.\\
'''Arkady Ouromov:''' Mishkin got to them before I could.\\
'''Alec Trevelyan:''' Bond is alive?!\\
'''Arkady Ouromov:''' He escaped.\\
'''Alec Trevelyan:''' (angrily) Good for Bond... bad for you!
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* TheImmodestOrgasm: ''And how''. Onatopp vocally expresses her sexual satisfaction to an insane degree. Depending on who you believe he is, it's arguably her enjoyment of squeezing Bond in the spa that alerts a man to intervene.

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* TheImmodestOrgasm: ''And how''. Onatopp vocally expresses her sexual satisfaction to an insane degree. Depending on who you believe he is, it's arguably her enjoyment of squeezing Bond in the spa that alerts a man to intervene.

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removed 'adaptational skimpiness' for Xenia; you can see in the original scene that she's wearing the same lingerie as the comic; she is seemingly nude in the novel, however.


* AdaptationalModesty: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. The comic adaptation scene of her having sex with Admiral Farrel has her wearing a sexy nightgown and uses SexySilhouette to portray the act, while the original scene has her seemingly nude, albeit with ShouldersUpNudity and SceneryCensor hiding anything objectionable.



** This was also the case in the shooting script, and also carries over to the unpublished comic adaptation; the composition of the second issue's cover hints at her exposed breasts, while the interior page covering the steam room encounter has her robe hanging off her shoulders upon entering the scene, before she exposes her chest and presses Bond into her chest while squeezing him.

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** This was also the case in the shooting script, and also carries over to the unpublished comic adaptation; the composition of the second issue's cover hints at her exposed breasts, while the interior page covering the steam room encounter has her robe hanging off her shoulders upon entering the scene, before she exposes her chest and presses Bond into her chest while squeezing him.
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: He wants revenge on Britain for driving his parents to suicide.
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* RewatchBonus: Bond and Trevelyan having zero difficulty breaching the facility, as well as Ouromouv allowing Bond to escape [[spoiler: makes perfect sense when you realize the whole thing was a cover for Trevelyan's defection]].

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* RewatchBonus: Bond and Trevelyan having zero difficulty breaching the facility, as well as Ouromouv Ouromov allowing Bond to escape [[spoiler: makes perfect sense when you realize the whole thing was a cover for Trevelyan's defection]].
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* ClassicVillain: Alec is motivated by Greed and Wrath, as he plans to steal from the Bank of England by using the titular KillSat and plunge the world economy into chaos in revenge for the British government betraying his people, who were Lienz Cossacks sent back to Stalin. He also has some shades of Envy, as he [[TheResenter resents]] Bond for having the luxury of losing his parents to natural causes, while Trevelyan's own parents killed themselves out of survivor's guilt.

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* ClassicVillain: Alec is motivated by Greed and Wrath, as he plans to steal from the Bank of England by using the titular KillSat and plunge the world economy into chaos in revenge for the British government betraying his people, who were Lienz Cossacks sent back to Stalin. He also has some shades of Envy, as he [[TheResenter resents]] resents and envies]] Bond for having the luxury of losing his parents to natural causes, while Trevelyan's own parents killed themselves out of survivor's guilt.
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* EvilerThanThou: She is by far the most evil "bad girl" in the franchise, and is even worse than her boss in some ways, as he at least has a [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds pretty tragic backstory.]]
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* EvilerThanThou: She is by far the most evil "bad girl" in the franchise, and is even worse than her boss in some ways, as he at least has a [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds pretty tragic backstory.]]

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