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** Majin Buu both averts this and plays it straight. Fat Buu and Kid Buu are too childlike and mindless respectively to pretend to be affable. Super Buu is too simple-minded to bother as well- until he absorbs Gotenks and Piccolo, after which he becomes much more eloquent and formal. When Vegetto appears and starts kicking his ass, he drops the act and reverts to the PsychopaticManchild he always was.
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** Sugou Nobuyuki from the Fairy Dance arc puts up a nice and polite act, particularly in front of Asuna's father, but it's exactly that: an act. Beneath it all, Sugou is an amoral, {{greed}}y, [[EntitledBastard entitled]] {{Jerkass}} with a [[AGodAmI God complex]] who looks down on everyone around him, as well as being a [[StalkerWithACrush perverted stalker]] towards Asuna. It's particularly pronounced in his LastVillainStand, where he casually talks with Kirito at first, before charging at him with a knife with full intent to kill him.
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** While Sugou Nobuyuki from the Fairy Dance arc tries to puts up a nice and polite act, particularly in front of Asuna's father, but it's exactly that: an act. Beneath façade, it all, Sugou is eventually becomes clear that he's an amoral, {{greed}}y, [[EntitledBastard entitled]] pretentious {{Jerkass}} with a [[AGodAmI God complex]] who looks down on everyone around him, as well as being a [[StalkerWithACrush perverted stalker]] towards Asuna. It's particularly pronounced in his LastVillainStand, where he casually talks with Kirito at first, before charging at him with a knife with full intent to kill him.
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* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'': Griffith is a charming, charismatic leader of the Band of the Hawks, developing [[AFatherToHisMen close bonds]] with them and receiving UndyingLoyalty in turn. Which is just as he expects considering he can't handle Guts leaving the Hawks and reacts with trying to kill him. In actuality Griffith has no qualms with crossing any line so long as it pushes him up the political ladder and it's implied that his heroic actions and personality prior to the Eclipse where purely for PR. During the Eclipse, we see all that charisma and friendship he has with the Hawks go out the window when he sacrafices them to the Godhand, showing no emotion other than something resembling rage towards Guts in all the mayhem he causes as he spitefully forces Guts to watch as he rapes Casca while his friends are all murdered and devoured around him.
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* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'': Griffith is a charming, charismatic leader of the Band of the Hawks, developing [[AFatherToHisMen close bonds]] with them and receiving UndyingLoyalty in turn. Which is just as he expects considering he can't handle Guts leaving the Hawks and reacts with trying to kill him. In actuality Griffith has no qualms with crossing any line so long as it pushes him up the political ladder and it's implied that his heroic actions and personality prior to the Eclipse where purely for PR. During the Eclipse, we see all that charisma and friendship he has with the Hawks go out the window when he sacrafices sacrifices them to the Godhand, showing no emotion other than something resembling rage towards Guts in all the mayhem he causes as he spitefully forces Guts to watch as he rapes Casca while his friends are all murdered and devoured around him.
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** Zamasu, [[spoiler:all versions of him which include the aformentioned Goku Black]] hit this territory when they finally go off the deep end, speaking as formally and politely as always yet it's clear that they have nothing but contempt and murderous hatred mixed into a cocktail of psychotic delusions.
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** Zamasu, [[spoiler:all versions of him which include the aformentioned aforementioned Goku Black]] hit this territory when they finally go off the deep end, speaking as formally and politely as always yet it's clear that they have nothing but contempt and murderous hatred mixed into a cocktail of psychotic delusions.
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** Sugou from the ALO arc. He talks to both Kirito and Asuna as if they're friends, but both of them, as well as readers know right off the bat of just what an asshole he is. He threw it away sometime after.
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** Sugou Nobuyuki from the ALO arc. He talks to both Kirito Fairy Dance arc puts up a nice and Asuna as if they're friends, polite act, particularly in front of Asuna's father, but both of them, it's exactly that: an act. Beneath it all, Sugou is an amoral, {{greed}}y, [[EntitledBastard entitled]] {{Jerkass}} with a [[AGodAmI God complex]] who looks down on everyone around him, as well as readers know right off the bat of just what an asshole being a [[StalkerWithACrush perverted stalker]] towards Asuna. It's particularly pronounced in his LastVillainStand, where he is. He threw it away sometime after.casually talks with Kirito at first, before charging at him with a knife with full intent to kill him.
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** Even after openly betraying the other world powers and openly contemplating turning her middle sister into a vegetable, Listelka Rei Arshalia doesn't drop her air of composure, though she will openly call others peasants. The closest she gets to dropping her polite act is when Hayes states that Fugil is untrustworthy, causing Listelka to calmly and coldly insult the latter for being lower ranked in the family.
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** Even after openly betraying the other world powers and openly contemplating turning her middle sister into a vegetable, Listelka Rei Arshalia doesn't drop her air of composure, though she will openly call others peasants.act more passive-aggressively to those she considers beneath her. The closest she gets to dropping her polite act is when Hayes states that Fugil is untrustworthy, causing Listelka to calmly and coldly insult the latter for being lower ranked in the family.
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** Despite betraying Lux in the revolution against Arcadia, Fugil continues to praise his former student's skill and sarcastically claims that his efforts to do good will succeed next time, but it's obvious that he only talks like this out of mockery.
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** Despite betraying Lux in the revolution against Arcadia, Fugil continues to praise his former student's skill and sarcastically claims that his efforts to do good will succeed next time, but it's obvious that he only talks like this out of mockery. [[spoiler:Downplayed in Lux's suppressed memories, where Fugil did make an honest attempt to recruit Lux to his cause, out of the belief that they were NotSoDifferent.]]
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** Barzeride Kreutzer and Dobar Fest are capable of acting sophisticated as befitting of their social class, all while being willing to harm students if it means fulfilling their ambitions of taking over the kingdom. They drop any pretense of politeness once their plans go south though.
** Even after openly betraying the other world powers and openly contemplating turning her middle sister into a vegetable, Listelka Rei Arshalia doesn't drop her air of composure, though she will openly call others peasants. The closest she gets to dropping her polite act is when Hayes states that Fugil is untrustworthy, causing Listelka to calmly and coldly insult the latter for being lower ranked in the family.
** Despite betraying Lux in the revolution against Arcadia, Fugil continues to praise his former student's skill and sarcastically claims that his efforts to do good will succeed next time, but it's obvious that he only talks like this out of mockery.
** Barzeride Kreutzer and Dobar Fest are capable of acting sophisticated as befitting of their social class, all while being willing to harm students if it means fulfilling their ambitions of taking over the kingdom. They drop any pretense of politeness once their plans go south though.
** Even after openly betraying the other world powers and openly contemplating turning her middle sister into a vegetable, Listelka Rei Arshalia doesn't drop her air of composure, though she will openly call others peasants. The closest she gets to dropping her polite act is when Hayes states that Fugil is untrustworthy, causing Listelka to calmly and coldly insult the latter for being lower ranked in the family.
** Despite betraying Lux in the revolution against Arcadia, Fugil continues to praise his former student's skill and sarcastically claims that his efforts to do good will succeed next time, but it's obvious that he only talks like this out of mockery.
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Oh and dont go he just killed people who opposed him and criminials, he's a sadist who rubs it in the face off who he kills and mentions that after he fninshes killing criminials, he's going to move on to thoose people he deems lazy.
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Oh for the love off, yes he is a bad guy. He eventually kills people for fun and he was never well-intenetioned, he wanted to become a god an whoever stood in his way he's happily get rid off. So lay of the leather pantsing okay.
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* [[KnightTemplar Light]] [[SoftSpokenSadist Yagami]] of ''Manga/DeathNote'' remains consistently polite and well-mannered, [[PassiveAggressiveKombat even during his confrontations with L]]. In reality, however, he has nothing but contempt for those who oppose him including his own family as he legitmetly thought of killing his sister but only relented after he remembered that doing that would alert the authorities to the fact that he is ''Kira'' and is very much willing to even manipulate and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness possibly dispose of]] his own supporters for the sake of his [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans master]] [[AGodAmI plan]].
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Light is merciless, but he isn't evil. He kills criminals, or those who stand in the way of this, because he wants to save those plagued by crime and war.
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* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'': Griffith is a charming, charismatic leader of the Band of the Hawks, developing [[AFatherToHisMen close bonds]] with them and receiving UndyingLoyalty in turn. Which is just as he expects considering he can't handle Guts leaving the Hawks and reacts with trying to kill him. In actuality Griffith has no qualms with crossing any line so long as it pushes him up the political ladder and it's implied that his heroic actions and personality prior to the Eclipse where purely for PR. During the Eclipse, we see all that charisma and friendship he has with the Hawks go out the window when he sacrafices them to the Godhand, showing no emotion other than something resembling rage towards Guts in all the mayhem he causes as he spitefully forces Guts to watch as he rapes Casca as while his friends are all murdered and devoured around him.
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* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'': Griffith fits the trope like no other, coming off as a charming, charismatic FatherToHisMen with the Band of the Hawks, developing close bonds and UndyingLoyalty from them. Which is just as he expects considering he can't handle Guts leaving the Hawks and reacts with trying to kill him. In actuality Griffith has no qualms with crossing any line so long as it pushes him up the political ladder and it's implied that his heroic actions and personality prior to the Eclipse where purely for PR. During the Eclipse, we see all that charisma and friendship he has with the Hawks go out the window when he sacrafices them to the Godhand, showing no emotion other than something resembling rage towards Guts in all the mayhem he causes as he spitefully forces Guts to watch as he rapes Casca as his friends are all murdered and devoured around him.
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* ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'': Griffith fits the trope like no other, coming off as is a charming, charismatic FatherToHisMen with leader of the Band of the Hawks, developing [[AFatherToHisMen close bonds bonds]] with them and receiving UndyingLoyalty from them.in turn. Which is just as he expects considering he can't handle Guts leaving the Hawks and reacts with trying to kill him. In actuality Griffith has no qualms with crossing any line so long as it pushes him up the political ladder and it's implied that his heroic actions and personality prior to the Eclipse where purely for PR. During the Eclipse, we see all that charisma and friendship he has with the Hawks go out the window when he sacrafices them to the Godhand, showing no emotion other than something resembling rage towards Guts in all the mayhem he causes as he spitefully forces Guts to watch as he rapes Casca as his friends are all murdered and devoured around him.
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** Perfect Cell is a rather good sport in battle and even gives his opponents sporting chances to beat him... Until he starts losing, then he becomes a sore loser who is willing to kill himself along with the planet out of spite.
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** Perfect Cell is a rather good sport in battle and even gives his opponents sporting chances to beat him... Until he starts losing, then he becomes a sore loser SoreLoser who is willing to kill himself along with the planet out of spite.
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Light doesnt really give a damn about his family either.
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* [[KnightTemplar Light]] [[SoftSpokenSadist Yagami]] of ''Manga/DeathNote'' remains consistently polite and well-mannered, [[PassiveAggressiveKombat even during his confrontations with L]]. In reality, however, he has nothing but contempt for those who oppose him including his won own family as he legimetly legitmetly thought of killing his sister but only relented after he remembered that doing that would alert the authorities to the fact that he is ''Kira'' and is very much willing to even manipulate and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness possibly dispose of]] his own supporters for the sake of his [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans master]] [[AGodAmI plan]].
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Light doesnt really give a damn abouthis family either.
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* [[KnightTemplar Light]] [[SoftSpokenSadist Yagami]] of ''Manga/DeathNote'' remains consistently polite and well-mannered, [[PassiveAggressiveKombat even during his confrontations with L]]. In reality, however, he has nothing but contempt for those who oppose him ([[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes with including his won family as he legimetly thought of killing his sister but only relented after he remembered that doing that would alert the exception of his family]]) authorities to the fact that he is ''Kira'' and is very much willing to even manipulate and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness possibly dispose of]] his own supporters for the sake of his [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans master]] [[AGodAmI plan]].
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** Gremmy Toto of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'' is polite and [[BunnyEarsLawyer quirky]] and initially seems to be a LaughablyEvil NobleDemon who is in over his head with [[BigBad Haman Khan]] and her army. He's actually far more evil than Haman could ever hope to be, is the [[CloningBlues reincarnation]] of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler wannabe [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Gihren Zabi]], and has plans that involve armies of mass-produced [[PsychicPowers psychic]] cloned ChildSoldiers. Some of his lines suggest that, behind the [[TheCharmer charismatic facade]] he is ''[[StepfordSmiler screaming]]'' on the inside.
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** Gremmy Glemmy Toto of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'' is polite and [[BunnyEarsLawyer quirky]] and initially seems to be a LaughablyEvil NobleDemon who is in over his head with [[BigBad Haman Khan]] and her army. He's actually far more evil than Haman could ever hope to be, is the [[CloningBlues reincarnation]] of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler wannabe [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Gihren Zabi]], and has plans that involve armies of mass-produced [[PsychicPowers psychic]] cloned ChildSoldiers. Some of his lines suggest that, behind the [[TheCharmer charismatic facade]] he is ''[[StepfordSmiler screaming]]'' on the inside.
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** [[spoiler: Fuhrer King Bradley]] comes off at first as a charming family man and ReasonableAuthorityFigure. [[spoiler:He's actually a ruthless homunculus, Wrath, who ordered the war in Ishval.]] [[spoiler: Even worse in the [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist 2003 Anime]] where he is revealed to be Pride, where he ordered that war gleefully, and remorselessly killed his own son]]
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** [[spoiler: Fuhrer King Bradley]] comes off at first as a charming family man and ReasonableAuthorityFigure. [[spoiler:He's actually a ruthless homunculus, Wrath, who ordered the war in Ishval.]] [[spoiler: Even worse in the [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist 2003 Anime]] where he is revealed to be Pride, where he ordered that war gleefully, and remorselessly [[OffingTheOffspring killed his own son]]son]].]]
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* Johan, the title character of ''Anime/{{Monster}}'', has this as his specialty. He charms, he smiles, he seems to ''care'' and he's such a beautiful and brilliant young man... as he uses you and kills you and if he takes enough of an interest in you, he will probably take the time to kill all your hopes and dreams, first.
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** Director Heinemann seems a polite man, but in reality is an [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate immoral doctor]] who does not care at all for the patients at his hospital. He apparently apologizes to Tenma just to humiliate him.
** Johan, the
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** Freiza's brother [[StrongerSibling Cooler]] oozes a polite facade, just like Frieza, but he's almost as sadistic as him. The only difference is, he's not a BadBoss like Frieza is.
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** Freiza's brother [[StrongerSibling Cooler]] oozes a polite facade, just like Frieza, Frieza and their father, but he's almost (if not every bit) as sadistic as him. them. The only difference is, he's not a BadBoss like Frieza is.they are.
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** Freiza's brother [[StrongerSibling Cooler]] oozes a polite facade, just like Frieza, but he's almost as sadistic as him. The only difference is, he's not a BadBoss like Frieza is.
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* ''Manga/FairyTail'' has [[RedBaron The Underground King]], Mard Geer, the ''de facto'' leader of Tartaros. He's almost never seen shying away from his polite, soft-spoken demeanor, but the man's a massive [[TheSociopath sociopath]] who is [[KnightOfCerebus single-handedly responsible]] for what is easily the [[DarkerAndEdgier darkest]] arc in the entire story. He's also a [[BadBoss horrible boss]], as well - he lets his own men get swallowed up by his fortress, [[EldrichAbomination Alegria]], in an effort to kill the titular guild, and [[ColdBloodedTorture coldly tortures/strangles]] his[[TheDragon Dragon]], Kyoka, not [[PayEvilUntoEvil for torturing [[spoiler: Erza]],]] but for the fact that [[HumansAreInsects he views humans as lower than dog shit]], and berates Kyoka for putting in any effort to torture them at all.
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* ''Manga/FairyTail'' has [[RedBaron The Underground King]], Mard Geer, the ''de facto'' leader of Tartaros. He's almost never seen shying away from his polite, soft-spoken demeanor, but the man's a massive [[TheSociopath sociopath]] who is [[KnightOfCerebus single-handedly responsible]] for what is easily the [[DarkerAndEdgier darkest]] arc in the entire story. He's also a [[BadBoss horrible boss]], as well - he lets his own men get swallowed up by his fortress, [[EldrichAbomination [[EldritchAbomination Alegria]], in an effort to kill the titular guild, and [[ColdBloodedTorture coldly tortures/strangles]] his[[TheDragon his [[TheDragon Dragon]], Kyoka, not [[PayEvilUntoEvil for torturing torturing]] [[spoiler: Erza]],]] Erza]], but for the fact that [[HumansAreInsects he views humans as lower than dog shit]], and berates Kyoka for putting in any effort to torture them at all.
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* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'': Elder Toguro; in the [[TournamentArc Dark Tournament arc]], he faces off against three opponents at once, easily incapacitating two of them and killing the third. However, he says he's willing to spare the other two if they plead for their lives. One of them [[AintToProudToBeg does]] and the other [[DefiantToTheEnd doesn't]], but he ends up killing them both anyway, as he [[ILied hates keeping his promises]]. Later on, he doesn't even bother hiding his sadistic side.
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* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'': Elder Toguro; in the [[TournamentArc Dark Tournament arc]], he faces off against three opponents at once, easily incapacitating two of them and killing the third. However, he says he's willing to spare the other two if they plead for their lives. One of them [[AintToProudToBeg [[AintTooProudToBeg does]] and the other [[DefiantToTheEnd doesn't]], but he Toguro ends up killing them both anyway, as he [[ILied hates keeping his promises]]. Later on, he doesn't even bother hiding his sadistic side.
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** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] - he [[EstablishingCharacterMoment shows his true colors]] as early as the arc he's introduced in, where he [[KickTheDog kills the birds who visited Yukina's cell to make her cry valuable pearls]], so he's not fooling the audience by that point.
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] - he [[EstablishingCharacterMoment shows his true colors]] as early as the arc he's introduced in, where he [[KickTheDog kills the birds who visited Yukina's cell to make her cry valuable pearls]], so he's not fooling the audience by that point.
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* Gauron from ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' has a very quirky, highly amusing personality - while going around rampaging and killing people. Including his employers and co-workers. He has ''no'' redeeming qualities and has almost every vice and evil you can think of (being an AxCrazy, [[{{Shotacon}} pedophilic]] rapist and [[ILoveTheDead necrophiliac]] that will kill anyone and ''everyone'', [[ForTheEvulz just because]], and [[GreenEyedMonster gets jealous]] of and [[MurderTheHypotenuse tries to kill]] a ''16-year-old girl'' just because she's the girl Sousuke likes). But let's face it - it ''is'' very amusing to watch him mass murder while he [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor cracks horrible jokes]] and acts all happy.
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* Gauron from ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' has a very quirky, highly amusing personality - while going around rampaging and killing people. Including his employers and co-workers. He has ''no'' redeeming qualities and has almost every vice and evil you can think of (being an AxCrazy, [[{{Shotacon}} [[PaedoHunt pedophilic]] rapist and [[ILoveTheDead necrophiliac]] that will kill anyone and ''everyone'', [[ForTheEvulz just because]], and [[GreenEyedMonster gets jealous]] of and [[MurderTheHypotenuse tries to kill]] a ''16-year-old girl'' just because she's the girl Sousuke likes). But let's face it - it ''is'' very amusing to watch him mass murder while he [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor cracks horrible jokes]] and acts all happy.
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** Freyja is flirtatious towards Raika and tries to act like an understanding boss to [[spoiler:Brunhild, all while attempting to rape and kill the former and using the latter as a sacrificial pawn.]]
** Zeus has nothing but compliments for Raika's victory over the aforementioned Freyja and acts like an overly saccharine classmate. [[spoiler:He's also the one who possessed Raika's sister and is disturbingly nonchalant as he restores Raika's memory of her kidnapping.]]
** Freyja is flirtatious towards Raika and tries to act like an understanding boss to [[spoiler:Brunhild, all while attempting to rape and kill the former and using the latter as a sacrificial pawn.]]
** Zeus has nothing but compliments for Raika's victory over the aforementioned Freyja and acts like an overly saccharine classmate. [[spoiler:He's also the one who possessed Raika's sister and is disturbingly nonchalant as he restores Raika's memory of her kidnapping.]]
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* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', the Beast Titan [[spoiler:politely asks Mike about his equipment and removes it without harming him. He then proceeds to tell the other Titans that they may have their way with him, since he's finished with his business.]]
* Chang from ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', who is openly friendly with the Lagoon Company. During his BreakingSpeech moment with Rock, he reveals that his friendliness doesn't mean a thing.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** BigBad Aizen. Sure, he ''pretends'' to be a charming, laid-back guy, but in reality, he's just being condescending; other people are insignificant insects to him and he doesn't hesitate to tell them this, when he doesn't need them anymore. When he realizes Urahara's smarter than he is [[spoiler:and Ichigo's a ''lot'' stronger than he is]], the Mr. Nice Guy -act goes right out the window.
** Tsukishima, in contrast to his CardCarryingVillain partner, [[spoiler:Ginjo]]. He acts polite and serene almost all the time, even while he {{Mind Rape}}s people with FakeMemories. When someone [[spoiler:suffers a mental breakdown due to conflicting memories]], the facade drops, revealing a sadistic monster.
** Quilge is a sadistic Quincy commander who, in the Japanese version, talks in [[{{Keigo}} polite speech]] when addressing his opponents and talking about the bad things he plans to do.
* ''Anime/BloodPlus'':
** Diva kills lots of people, drinks others' blood, [[spoiler:rapes and kills a boy to impregnate herself]], all while singing, prancing around in a white dress, and laughing childishly.
** Karl Fei-Ong can also be quite polite and cordial, particularly in his [[VillainWithGoodPublicity public persona]] as the Chairman of Le Lycee du Cinq Fleches, but beneath it all is an AxCrazy beast.
* In ''Manga/Brave10'', Hanzo is 100% evil, but he's sees no need for rudeness and is quite a polite speaker, even when describing how he likes to torture and kill people.
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'':
** Schneizel. He seems like a nice, charming man. Of course, he's a Britannian Prince, so not so much. [[spoiler: He's introduced when authorizing the death of his sister's politically inconvenient, racial minority, Knight Of Honor, and proceeds to become the final villain, manipulating a mentally unstable genius into developing a nuclear weapon, then displays no particular concern as to how it is used, or who it kills, plans to destroy all the world capitals, and successfully destroys two Britannian cities. That's right. Britannian. As in, his own country. One of them was held by his self-declared enemy, and the other... well, just because his enemy was there.]]
** Prince Clovis. NiceGuy, most of the time. Except when he's authorized illegal experimentation behind his father's back, and tries to kill a district of third class citizens to hide it. Not much screentime, though.
** [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Depending on your interpretation]], main character, Lelouch, might qualify. He's a good person and all, especially to Nunnally... [[GoodIsNotSoft but he's done some really vicious things.]]
* Genma from the second season of ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'' is a pretty laid back guy who [[BaitTheDog initially seems to be Plucky Comic Relief]] and keeps that attitude even after it becomes clear that he is a vicious psychopath. The first indication of his Faux Affably Evil nature is a train hijacking he does, wherein to create a distraction, he runs down tons of people and shouts out something like (paraphrased) "All aboard" with the mangled corpse of the actual conductor beside him. Also fitting this trope is the fact that while he's clearly a DepravedBisexual pedophile, he expresses this through behavior and commentary that is disturbingly similar to your typical LovableSexManiac.
* [[KnightTemplar Light]] [[SoftSpokenSadist Yagami]] of ''Manga/DeathNote'' remains consistently polite and well-mannered, [[PassiveAggressiveKombat even during his confrontations with L]]. In reality, however, he has nothing but contempt for those who oppose him ([[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes with the exception of his family]]) and is very much willing to even manipulate and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness possibly dispose of]] his own supporters for the sake of his [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans master]] [[AGodAmI plan]].
* ''Manga/DescendantsOfDarkness'': Dr. Kazutaka Muraki poses as a polite doctor to cover up the fact that he rapes, tortures, kills, and experiments on children. He may seem charming at first, but that's hardly the truth.
* [[TheImp Picodevimon]] from ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' presents himself as a friend to several of the heroes and proceeds to utterly deceive them, all with an oily polite demeanor. He drops this facade when his plans go awry, though.
* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
** King Piccolo. He speaks politely to Goku and even praises his skills in their first fight after Goku lands a few blows and manages to knock him down... before beating Goku within an inch of his life. He also calmly offers one of the king's guards a position as one of his men. When he refused, Piccolo puts his hand through the guy's chest.
** Frieza is fairly polite, when he's in a good mood... and an OmnicidalManiac EvilOverlord, who will kill anyone who he feels is a threat to his power, in fear that someone will surpass him, going as far as driving entire species to extinction or blowing up planets [[ForTheEvulz just because he feels like it]].
** His father King Cold fits this trope even better. He calmly congratulates Trunks on destroying his son, offers to let him take his son's place, when told "no" asks to examine his sword... and then tries to kill him with it.
** Perfect Cell is a rather good sport in battle and even gives his opponents sporting chances to beat him... Until he starts losing, then he becomes a sore loser who is willing to kill himself along with the planet out of spite.
** Unlike [[GoodCounterpart Goku]], [[spoiler: Black Goku]] speaks in a soft, somewhat polite tone when addressing Future Trunks. His speaking pattern is actually quite formal. He also looks down on Saiyans, humans, or any mortal like they're filth, and sees death as a blessing to humanity. At the same time, he shows a great deal of respect towards Goku, [[WorthyOpponent who he calls the strongest of the proud warrior race]]. However, this sorta falls into faux too since [[spoiler: he killed his version of Goku once he took his body]].
* Izaya Orihara of ''{{LightNovel/Durarara}}'' is a [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]], [[{{Jerkass}} arrogant]] prick who nevertheless manages to maintain a facade of politeness with almost everyone, even while discussing how best to screw over the maximum number of people possible for the [[ForTheLulz maximum amount of enjoyment possible]].
* The Caster/master pair in ''LightNovel/FateZero'' usually act like normal people, even while shredding little children to bits with CombatTentacles because they were bored. Caster himself enjoys [[HopeSpot pretending to be nice before horribly murdering someone]] for the extra shock value; his master seems to be just completely desensitized. Oddly enough, they also have the best relationship of all the master/servant pairings, despite the master having no magic. The good relationship is justified in-universe: When a master summons a servant without a catalyst (for example Kiritsugu used Avalon to summon Saber), the grail picks the Heroic Spirit who's personality is most similar to the master's.
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'':
** Envy can sometimes be fairly amusing and seem like a FriendlyEnemy, but it's all an act, and [[LackOfEmpathy Envy is by far one of the most cruel and sadistic characters]] in the series. Father also might qualify. He can seem polite and reasonable and is even kind of goofy in his first meeting with the Elric brothers, but beneath it all, he's devoid of empathy and sees himself as so far above humans that he literally feels ''nothing'', not even hate or contempt, towards them.
** [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Solf J.]] [[TheSociopath Kimblee]] most certainly qualifies, too. He's shown many shades of WickedCultured and can be polite, charming, and an all-around charismatic fellow...when he's not making bombs out of women, children, and any other poor saps within arm's length.
** [[spoiler: Fuhrer King Bradley]] comes off at first as a charming family man and ReasonableAuthorityFigure. [[spoiler:He's actually a ruthless homunculus, Wrath, who ordered the war in Ishval.]] [[spoiler: Even worse in the [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist 2003 Anime]] where he is revealed to be Pride, where he ordered that war gleefully, and remorselessly killed his own son]]
* Gauron from ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' has a very quirky, highly amusing personality - while going around rampaging and killing people. Including his employers and co-workers. He has ''no'' redeeming qualities and has almost every vice and evil you can think of (being an AxCrazy, [[{{Shotacon}} pedophilic]] rapist and [[ILoveTheDead necrophiliac]] that will kill anyone and ''everyone'', [[ForTheEvulz just because]], and [[GreenEyedMonster gets jealous]] of and [[MurderTheHypotenuse tries to kill]] a ''16-year-old girl'' just because she's the girl Sousuke likes). But let's face it - it ''is'' very amusing to watch him mass murder while he [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor cracks horrible jokes]] and acts all happy.
* Yuno Gasai from ''Manga/FutureDiary''. She is seen by the school as a SchoolIdol and is very nice to everyone around her. In actuality, however, she is a {{Sociopath}}ic, [[ManipulativeBitch manipulative]], AxCrazy {{Yandere}}.
* In the ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'' spinoff, "Little Army 2," Kilimanjaro, head of West Kureouji Grona, a school that copies St. Gloriana, is this. Like Darjeeling, she uses formal speech on her opponents, but does so in a highly condescending manner, particularly when showing up to taunt her school's longstanding rival Bellwall. It's perhaps exemplified, when, after hearing her little sister Nagisa tell her that she [[spoiler:refuses to continue spying on Bellwall]], in spite of being threatened with being forced out of tankery, Kilimanjaro smiles and [[BigSisterBully slaps Nagisa across the face]].
* ''Anime/{{Gundam}}'':
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED''
*** Muruta Azrael. His charismatic nature and excitable personality lead to a lot of morbidly funny scenes (and who can forget the infamous 'YATTA!' scene), but he's also a [[FinalSolution genocidal]] [[TheSociopath sociopath]] bent on wiping out every Coordinator that exists.
*** Also Rau le Creuset. While behaving as a empathetic and professional leader for the benefit of ZAFT and the PLANT leadership, he is [[spoiler:playing both sides against one another in an effort to ''[[OmnicidalManiac cause the extinction of the entire human race, Natural and Coordinator.]]'']]
** From ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'', [[TheChessmaster Prime Minister Wong Yunfat]], who presents an air of politeness and refinement even as he schemes, but loses it when things don't go as he planned.
** Gremmy Toto of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'' is polite and [[BunnyEarsLawyer quirky]] and initially seems to be a LaughablyEvil NobleDemon who is in over his head with [[BigBad Haman Khan]] and her army. He's actually far more evil than Haman could ever hope to be, is the [[CloningBlues reincarnation]] of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler wannabe [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Gihren Zabi]], and has plans that involve armies of mass-produced [[PsychicPowers psychic]] cloned ChildSoldiers. Some of his lines suggest that, behind the [[TheCharmer charismatic facade]] he is ''[[StepfordSmiler screaming]]'' on the inside.
** Ribbons Almark from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'' always wears a facade of civility, but his [[SmugSnake condescension]] and [[AGodAmI God complex]] still shines through.
* ''Manga/{{InuYasha}}'': [[BigBad Naraku]] speaks politely, but it's obvious that it's merely a sign of mockery, somewhat justified as his [[ShapeshifterDefaultForm current disguise]] was a noble who used royal dialect. After Mount Hakurei, he drops the act completely in favor of being a SmugSuper.
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** Dio Brando. He's a smooth talker with legions of crazy-devoted followers, but at his core, he's completely self-centered and evil.
** Kakyoin notes this in the case of Terence T. D'Arby: "You give the impression of a gentleman... but you are the worst kind of madman."
* ''Manga/{{Kekkaishi}}'':
** Mudou. He's fun to watch!
** From earlier on, there's Kaguro. He styles himself as a MagnificentBastard and is conversational with Yoshimori when they fight. He's more towards the AxCrazy end of the BloodKnight spectrum. And he [[spoiler: murdered Gen]] and is only an ayakashi because he was so completely insane as [[EvilMakesYouMonstrous a human.]]
* Nui Harime from ''Anime/KillLaKill'' acts like she a particularly saccharine schoolgirl, keeps complementing people, and flirts with all the pretty girls around her. And yet, she is a huge bitch, and revels in it. Probably the most telling instance of this is Nui's reaction to when TheHero, Ryuko, tries to start a fight her without even activating her battle transformation:
-->"But enough about me! Show me your Godrobe!\\
Are you holding back because I'm dressed like this? Didn't you see what short work I made of that Goku Uniform back there? You shouldn't hold back with that Godrobe of yours.\\
Still not convinced? Well, I'll show you something neat. Here we go! Ta-dah!\\
Yup, it's the other half of your Sword Scissor! Fresh off your father's corpse!"
* Nightmare from ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' is an oddly [[LazyBum laid-back]] [[EvilOverlord sort of tyrant]]. He respects his employees and prefers to amuse himself with watching current events... and at the same time creates [[EldritchAbomination Demon Beasts/monsters]], terrorizes planets, levels or enslaves civilizations, and tortures others by entering their sleep and giving them nightmares [[ForTheEvulz just for the fun of it]]. Oh, and not only did his army slaughter a LaResistance unit, he also sped up an asteroid's course to crash into Popstar. Whoa.
* Quattro from ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'' affects a cute, friendly persona most of the time, but she's actually an unrepentantly evil SmugSnake.
* Dr. Hell from ''Anime/MazingerZ'' has a good helping of ItsAllAboutMe, but always keeps an educated, polite behavior and mannerisms, even when he is going to dissect someone to turn him or her into his next enslaved {{Cyborg}}.
* Johan, the title character of ''Anime/{{Monster}}'', has this as his specialty. He charms, he smiles, he seems to ''care'' and he's such a beautiful and brilliant young man... as he uses you and kills you and if he takes enough of an interest in you, he will probably take the time to kill all your hopes and dreams, first.
* Michio, the [[VillainProtagonist protagonist]] of ''Manga/{{MW}}'', really has a friendly personality, but is really a criminal who commits atrocious crimes for fun.
* Gargoyle from ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater''. He's willing to kill anyone so that his plans could go accordingly, yet he is so polite and refined towards his foes. Especially with Nemo and Nadia (who he calls Princess).
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''
** [[spoiler:Tobi]] likes to play the trickster archetype, which is why it's so disconcerting every time he reaffirms how much of a horrible person he is.
** Hidan from the Akatsuki, ''especially'' his anime rendition. Snarky, prone to weird faces, [[LargeHam hammy]], almost childish sometimes, and so ''fun'' to watch as he hammily pounces over the MoralEventHorizon. [[MisaimedFandom Too bad some fans]] [[DracoInLeatherPants took it in another way.]]
** [[MadBomber Deidara]]. Just as [[LargeHam loud]] as Hidan and more [[AmbiguouslyGay flamboyant]], yet he is stated by Pain to have joined Akatsuki only for shits and giggles. In fact, Deidara was forced to join Akatsuki after losing a bet against Itachi. It doesn't make him any less of an example of this trope, however - while really desperately trying to pass off as a [[EvilIsCool "cool" villain]] he has to put up a humongous effort to hide his rampant insanity. [[VillainousBreakdown That is, until the very end.]]
** Gengo in Shikamaru's Story. He's initially appears AffablyEvil and charismatic enough to convert anyone who hears him talk and get them to join his attempts to build a Shinobi empire. The first cracks in the facade show when [[spoiler:So and Roku, Shikamaru's teammates from the Anbu]], despite appearing to have bought into his ideology, appear to have been tortured. Once it's revealed that [[spoiler:Gengo has been relying on a CompellingVoice to brainwash people to his side]], and Shikamaru faces him in combat, Gengo [[VillainousBreakdown loses his affability entirely]].
-->'''Gengo''': [[IllKillYou I will kill you]], you bastard. And I will pull all those in the hall together into the same mind, and we will proceed with my ambition.
-->'''[[DeadpanSnarker Shikamaru]]''': Whoa, whoa, now I'm 'you bastard'? [[LampshadeHanging You don't even realize your true colors are showing here]].
* ''Manga/OnePiece'' has quite a few examples:
** Arlong keeps a calm tone even as he slaughters humans out of sheer racist superiority, calmly lying to Nami for 8 years that if she gets enough money he'll let her go, then hires a corrupt marine to steal all the treasure she gathered just as she reached her goal, and calmly telling her to just start over as he just laughs at her! This is especially pronounced in the 4kids dub, when he cheerfully offers Luffy good conditions if he agrees to become a slave, and this line, after he [[{{Bowdlerization}} sends Bellemere to the dungeon]].
-->'''4kids Arlong''': If you can't pay the cash, then you're out with the trash... and feel free to quote me! YEAH!
** Crocodile seems like a calm and reasonable enough guy, but the second he gets (or fails to get) what he wants or finds out you've failed him in ANY way he drops the politeness and orders your death in the same calm tone.
** Blackbeard is this and a bit genuinely AffablyEvil. He might at first come off as a friendly sort of guy with a big smile on his face, but could quickly turn to killing and mocking you, all while wearing the same exact smile. Though for all his unpleasantness he does seem to genuinely care about his crew, [[spoiler:despite gaming all of his newer members by making them fight to the death and taking the survivors. Granted they were among the most evil and unrepentant criminals in all of Impel Down but still.]] Plus his friendly demeanor whenever it shows for the most part IS genuine, which makes him all the more evil.
** Caesar Clown is even worse, [[spoiler:He managed to successfully manipulate various prisoners and Brownbeard's Crew into becoming his underlings by coming off as a great scientific hero to them "curing" them of their afflictions (with Help from Trafalgar Law) when in fact He's the one who poisoned them.]] [[spoiler:The guy also came off as a kind caring "Master" to many children who ended up on Punk Hazard for his treatment of their diseases, when in reality he's been lying to their faces, they were kidnapped to be his Guinea Pigs, he's been drugging them for well over a year with his FantasticDrug candy turning them into giants, worst part is that many of them might not live for 5 more years because of all the drugs they've ingested]] Caesar has done all of this without so much as breaking his polite facade even once around them, he's basically a mix of Frieza and The Joker. Funny enough he's played by Creator/RyuseiNakao.
* ''Anime/PrettyCure'':
** Joker from ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'' acts like a fun guy, is almost always smiling, and speaks to Pretty Cure as if they're just having casual conversation...while he drives them to soul-crushing despair and laughs how they'll never defeat the Bad End Kingdom or revive the queen.
** Regina from ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure'' just want to be friends with Mana. [[ItsAllAboutMe It would have been fine if not for the fact that she's openly trying to destroy everything and kill everyone that stands between Mana and her.]] The fact that she's the daughter of the EldritchAbomination BigBad doesn't help.
* Keith White of ''Manga/ProjectARMS'' has shades of this. He is very calm and polite towards the protagonists, before trying to kill them in the most violent, horrific way possible. [[spoiler:In a flashback, it's shown that he spoke kindly to Alice when she asked him for a special present for her birthday and, upon hearing her request was to go outside with the other experimental children, he calmly hit her.]]
* [[spoiler:Kyubey]] in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. As the series progresses, we see [[spoiler:him]] slowly morph from [[spoiler:helpful (if you are lucky enough to get your questions right) MentorMascot]] to uncaring ManipulativeBastard. Worse, [[spoiler:he]] stays polite and helpful [[spoiler:(again, if you are lucky enough to get your questions right)]] the entire time. [[spoiler: It's eventually stated that he's simply [[BlueAndOrangeMorality unable to understand why what he's doing is monstrous]].]]
* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': Nabiki Tendo is generally pleasant and easy to get along with, but she doesn't even try to hide her true colors: a completely amoral, ruthless, and {{greed}}y bitch with a complete LackOfEmpathy and a MoneyFetish that almost makes [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Mr. Krabs]] look tame by comparison.
* ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'' gives us Hokuto Kaneshiro. He makes friends with Tsukune, supports peace at Yokai Academy, is a strong, determined leader, and has a close friend... [[spoiler:in the form of dancing-mad ''[[TheDragon Kiriya Yoshi]]'', and only because Kiriya is the one who gave him monstrel blood so he could fend for himself. Go on, Tsukune. [[SchmuckBait Look away for a moment]]. You'll find everyone beaten to the ground, and Hokuto standing there with a stick in his hand, insisting that emotions are pointless. Oh, and don't expect him to be any better a year after you and Moka kick his ass - sure, he might have helped you stop ''his own plan'', but he's still going to strangle you with his inconsistently-changing monstrel hand, gloating that you ''can't protect your girlfriend''. Ouch.]]
* ''Manga/ShamanKing'''s [[BigBad Hao Asakura]] seems to go back and forth between this and being a [[AffablyEvil genuinely goodhearted guy]], who [[WellIntentionedExtremist commits monstrous acts]] [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans for the greater good.]] A complex character, to be sure, but no matter how you view him, he's undeniably entertaining to watch.
* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'':
** Sugou from the ALO arc. He talks to both Kirito and Asuna as if they're friends, but both of them, as well as readers know right off the bat of just what an asshole he is. He threw it away sometime after.
** Morte from ''Progressive''. He uses polite speech and is fond of joking around and [[PungeonMaster making bad puns]], but Kirito's wary of him because of this, and for good reason. Morte threatens to alert the nearby enemies to Kirito's presence, thereby sabotaging his attempt at completing the quest, and it's soon revealed that he's been playing the DKB and ALS against each other for some unknown purpose. Kirito even [[LampshadeHanging notices this]], along with [[PoliteVillainsRudeHeroes acknowledging coming off as rude in comparison]].
-->'''Morte''': ''(after accepting a duel, during which he plans to kill Kirito)'', Roger that, man. I'm getting so nervous thinking about a duel with ''the'' Kirito. Can we take a photo to commemorate after the fight? Oh, wait, we haven't gotten to the point where screenshot items show up yet. Aww, too bad...
* ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'':
** Eto pretty much embodies this trope. She frequently puts on a sweet demeanor, chatting with people in a cheerful fashion and offering them advice about their problems..... but is utterly twisted by her hatred of the world and takes pleasure in destroying the lives of others. In particular, she seems to enjoy a nice game of CorruptTheCutie or ColdBloodedTorture, often taking special care to destroy families in the process.
** Dr. Akihiro Kanou has cultivated a kind and paternal bedside manner, always speaking politely to people. He's [[spoiler: a prolific MadScientist that believes he is AboveGoodAndEvil, utterly lacking in compassion and willing to use or kill anyone for the sake of his experiments]].
* ''{{Trigun}}'':
** [[TheDragon Legato Bluesummers]] does a bit of this, although he is as freaky-evil as possible in his first meeting with ''Vash'', specifically.
** The anime version of [[BigBad Knives]] does a bit of this whenever interacting with Vash. Notably, his cheerful "yo, Vash!" upon their reunion in July, while sitting on a desk next to the just-murdered corpse of its owner, whom Vash was coming to visit. A similar but more elegant friendly greeting appears when Vash arrives for the final battle. However, because this demeanor only applies to his brother, and because he would probably not do anything ''to'' said brother if Vash just got out of his way, this may be more of a single-target AffablyEvil.
* ''Anime/YuGiOh'':
** Yami Bakura. Unrepentantly evil, [[AxCrazy Sadistic]], DeadpanSnarker, and extremely [[MagnificentBastard charismatic]].
** Yami Marik would also count. In the original Japanese more so.
* Dennis is like this in ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV''; his polite and soft-spoken personality remains even after being revealed as a member of Duel Academy, but he's clearly as sadistic as any other member, vowing to destroy Shay slowly before his second Duel with him began, eventually dropping the act entirely when he calls it a "Hunting Game".
* Lord Kuruku from ''Anime/UnicoInTheIslandOfMagic'' is polite enough when he's in a good mood, but he is a cruel being at heart and won't hesitate to [[AndIMustScream make you a part of his castle.]] His mannerisms are very much like [[Manga/{{Dragonball}} Freeza's]].
* Muska from the Creator/StudioGhibli movie ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'' fits this trope to a T. He pretends to be an affable, trustworthy man in service of the government, until he reveals [[spoiler:he intended to use Laputa as his personal battle ship to dominate the world]]. He turns downright [[AxCrazy scary]] when the protagonists appear to foil his plot.
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* In ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', the Beast Titan [[spoiler:politely asks Mike about his equipment and removes it without harming him. He then proceeds to tell the other Titans that they may have their way with him, since he's finished with his business.]]
* Chang from ''Manga/BlackLagoon'', who is openly friendly with the Lagoon Company. During his BreakingSpeech moment with Rock, he reveals that his friendliness doesn't mean a thing.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
** BigBad Aizen. Sure, he ''pretends'' to be a charming, laid-back guy, but in reality, he's just being condescending; other people are insignificant insects to him and he doesn't hesitate to tell them this, when he doesn't need them anymore. When he realizes Urahara's smarter than he is [[spoiler:and Ichigo's a ''lot'' stronger than he is]], the Mr. Nice Guy -act goes right out the window.
** Tsukishima, in contrast to his CardCarryingVillain partner, [[spoiler:Ginjo]]. He acts polite and serene almost all the time, even while he {{Mind Rape}}s people with FakeMemories. When someone [[spoiler:suffers a mental breakdown due to conflicting memories]], the facade drops, revealing a sadistic monster.
** Quilge is a sadistic Quincy commander who, in the Japanese version, talks in [[{{Keigo}} polite speech]] when addressing his opponents and talking about the bad things he plans to do.
* ''Anime/BloodPlus'':
** Diva kills lots of people, drinks others' blood, [[spoiler:rapes and kills a boy to impregnate herself]], all while singing, prancing around in a white dress, and laughing childishly.
** Karl Fei-Ong can also be quite polite and cordial, particularly in his [[VillainWithGoodPublicity public persona]] as the Chairman of Le Lycee du Cinq Fleches, but beneath it all is an AxCrazy beast.
* In ''Manga/Brave10'', Hanzo is 100% evil, but he's sees no need for rudeness and is quite a polite speaker, even when describing how he likes to torture and kill people.
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'':
** Schneizel. He seems like a nice, charming man. Of course, he's a Britannian Prince, so not so much. [[spoiler: He's introduced when authorizing the death of his sister's politically inconvenient, racial minority, Knight Of Honor, and proceeds to become the final villain, manipulating a mentally unstable genius into developing a nuclear weapon, then displays no particular concern as to how it is used, or who it kills, plans to destroy all the world capitals, and successfully destroys two Britannian cities. That's right. Britannian. As in, his own country. One of them was held by his self-declared enemy, and the other... well, just because his enemy was there.]]
** Prince Clovis. NiceGuy, most of the time. Except when he's authorized illegal experimentation behind his father's back, and tries to kill a district of third class citizens to hide it. Not much screentime, though.
** [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Depending on your interpretation]], main character, Lelouch, might qualify. He's a good person and all, especially to Nunnally... [[GoodIsNotSoft but he's done some really vicious things.]]
* Genma from the second season of ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'' is a pretty laid back guy who [[BaitTheDog initially seems to be Plucky Comic Relief]] and keeps that attitude even after it becomes clear that he is a vicious psychopath. The first indication of his Faux Affably Evil nature is a train hijacking he does, wherein to create a distraction, he runs down tons of people and shouts out something like (paraphrased) "All aboard" with the mangled corpse of the actual conductor beside him. Also fitting this trope is the fact that while he's clearly a DepravedBisexual pedophile, he expresses this through behavior and commentary that is disturbingly similar to your typical LovableSexManiac.
* [[KnightTemplar Light]] [[SoftSpokenSadist Yagami]] of ''Manga/DeathNote'' remains consistently polite and well-mannered, [[PassiveAggressiveKombat even during his confrontations with L]]. In reality, however, he has nothing but contempt for those who oppose him ([[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes with the exception of his family]]) and is very much willing to even manipulate and [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness possibly dispose of]] his own supporters for the sake of his [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans master]] [[AGodAmI plan]].
* ''Manga/DescendantsOfDarkness'': Dr. Kazutaka Muraki poses as a polite doctor to cover up the fact that he rapes, tortures, kills, and experiments on children. He may seem charming at first, but that's hardly the truth.
* [[TheImp Picodevimon]] from ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' presents himself as a friend to several of the heroes and proceeds to utterly deceive them, all with an oily polite demeanor. He drops this facade when his plans go awry, though.
* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
** King Piccolo. He speaks politely to Goku and even praises his skills in their first fight after Goku lands a few blows and manages to knock him down... before beating Goku within an inch of his life. He also calmly offers one of the king's guards a position as one of his men. When he refused, Piccolo puts his hand through the guy's chest.
** Frieza is fairly polite, when he's in a good mood... and an OmnicidalManiac EvilOverlord, who will kill anyone who he feels is a threat to his power, in fear that someone will surpass him, going as far as driving entire species to extinction or blowing up planets [[ForTheEvulz just because he feels like it]].
** His father King Cold fits this trope even better. He calmly congratulates Trunks on destroying his son, offers to let him take his son's place, when told "no" asks to examine his sword... and then tries to kill him with it.
** Perfect Cell is a rather good sport in battle and even gives his opponents sporting chances to beat him... Until he starts losing, then he becomes a sore loser who is willing to kill himself along with the planet out of spite.
** Unlike [[GoodCounterpart Goku]], [[spoiler: Black Goku]] speaks in a soft, somewhat polite tone when addressing Future Trunks. His speaking pattern is actually quite formal. He also looks down on Saiyans, humans, or any mortal like they're filth, and sees death as a blessing to humanity. At the same time, he shows a great deal of respect towards Goku, [[WorthyOpponent who he calls the strongest of the proud warrior race]]. However, this sorta falls into faux too since [[spoiler: he killed his version of Goku once he took his body]].
* Izaya Orihara of ''{{LightNovel/Durarara}}'' is a [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative]], [[{{Jerkass}} arrogant]] prick who nevertheless manages to maintain a facade of politeness with almost everyone, even while discussing how best to screw over the maximum number of people possible for the [[ForTheLulz maximum amount of enjoyment possible]].
* The Caster/master pair in ''LightNovel/FateZero'' usually act like normal people, even while shredding little children to bits with CombatTentacles because they were bored. Caster himself enjoys [[HopeSpot pretending to be nice before horribly murdering someone]] for the extra shock value; his master seems to be just completely desensitized. Oddly enough, they also have the best relationship of all the master/servant pairings, despite the master having no magic. The good relationship is justified in-universe: When a master summons a servant without a catalyst (for example Kiritsugu used Avalon to summon Saber), the grail picks the Heroic Spirit who's personality is most similar to the master's.
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'':
** Envy can sometimes be fairly amusing and seem like a FriendlyEnemy, but it's all an act, and [[LackOfEmpathy Envy is by far one of the most cruel and sadistic characters]] in the series. Father also might qualify. He can seem polite and reasonable and is even kind of goofy in his first meeting with the Elric brothers, but beneath it all, he's devoid of empathy and sees himself as so far above humans that he literally feels ''nothing'', not even hate or contempt, towards them.
** [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Solf J.]] [[TheSociopath Kimblee]] most certainly qualifies, too. He's shown many shades of WickedCultured and can be polite, charming, and an all-around charismatic fellow...when he's not making bombs out of women, children, and any other poor saps within arm's length.
** [[spoiler: Fuhrer King Bradley]] comes off at first as a charming family man and ReasonableAuthorityFigure. [[spoiler:He's actually a ruthless homunculus, Wrath, who ordered the war in Ishval.]] [[spoiler: Even worse in the [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist 2003 Anime]] where he is revealed to be Pride, where he ordered that war gleefully, and remorselessly killed his own son]]
* Gauron from ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'' has a very quirky, highly amusing personality - while going around rampaging and killing people. Including his employers and co-workers. He has ''no'' redeeming qualities and has almost every vice and evil you can think of (being an AxCrazy, [[{{Shotacon}} pedophilic]] rapist and [[ILoveTheDead necrophiliac]] that will kill anyone and ''everyone'', [[ForTheEvulz just because]], and [[GreenEyedMonster gets jealous]] of and [[MurderTheHypotenuse tries to kill]] a ''16-year-old girl'' just because she's the girl Sousuke likes). But let's face it - it ''is'' very amusing to watch him mass murder while he [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor cracks horrible jokes]] and acts all happy.
* Yuno Gasai from ''Manga/FutureDiary''. She is seen by the school as a SchoolIdol and is very nice to everyone around her. In actuality, however, she is a {{Sociopath}}ic, [[ManipulativeBitch manipulative]], AxCrazy {{Yandere}}.
* In the ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'' spinoff, "Little Army 2," Kilimanjaro, head of West Kureouji Grona, a school that copies St. Gloriana, is this. Like Darjeeling, she uses formal speech on her opponents, but does so in a highly condescending manner, particularly when showing up to taunt her school's longstanding rival Bellwall. It's perhaps exemplified, when, after hearing her little sister Nagisa tell her that she [[spoiler:refuses to continue spying on Bellwall]], in spite of being threatened with being forced out of tankery, Kilimanjaro smiles and [[BigSisterBully slaps Nagisa across the face]].
* ''Anime/{{Gundam}}'':
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED''
*** Muruta Azrael. His charismatic nature and excitable personality lead to a lot of morbidly funny scenes (and who can forget the infamous 'YATTA!' scene), but he's also a [[FinalSolution genocidal]] [[TheSociopath sociopath]] bent on wiping out every Coordinator that exists.
*** Also Rau le Creuset. While behaving as a empathetic and professional leader for the benefit of ZAFT and the PLANT leadership, he is [[spoiler:playing both sides against one another in an effort to ''[[OmnicidalManiac cause the extinction of the entire human race, Natural and Coordinator.]]'']]
** From ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'', [[TheChessmaster Prime Minister Wong Yunfat]], who presents an air of politeness and refinement even as he schemes, but loses it when things don't go as he planned.
** Gremmy Toto of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ'' is polite and [[BunnyEarsLawyer quirky]] and initially seems to be a LaughablyEvil NobleDemon who is in over his head with [[BigBad Haman Khan]] and her army. He's actually far more evil than Haman could ever hope to be, is the [[CloningBlues reincarnation]] of UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler wannabe [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Gihren Zabi]], and has plans that involve armies of mass-produced [[PsychicPowers psychic]] cloned ChildSoldiers. Some of his lines suggest that, behind the [[TheCharmer charismatic facade]] he is ''[[StepfordSmiler screaming]]'' on the inside.
** Ribbons Almark from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'' always wears a facade of civility, but his [[SmugSnake condescension]] and [[AGodAmI God complex]] still shines through.
* ''Manga/{{InuYasha}}'': [[BigBad Naraku]] speaks politely, but it's obvious that it's merely a sign of mockery, somewhat justified as his [[ShapeshifterDefaultForm current disguise]] was a noble who used royal dialect. After Mount Hakurei, he drops the act completely in favor of being a SmugSuper.
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** Dio Brando. He's a smooth talker with legions of crazy-devoted followers, but at his core, he's completely self-centered and evil.
** Kakyoin notes this in the case of Terence T. D'Arby: "You give the impression of a gentleman... but you are the worst kind of madman."
* ''Manga/{{Kekkaishi}}'':
** Mudou. He's fun to watch!
** From earlier on, there's Kaguro. He styles himself as a MagnificentBastard and is conversational with Yoshimori when they fight. He's more towards the AxCrazy end of the BloodKnight spectrum. And he [[spoiler: murdered Gen]] and is only an ayakashi because he was so completely insane as [[EvilMakesYouMonstrous a human.]]
* Nui Harime from ''Anime/KillLaKill'' acts like she a particularly saccharine schoolgirl, keeps complementing people, and flirts with all the pretty girls around her. And yet, she is a huge bitch, and revels in it. Probably the most telling instance of this is Nui's reaction to when TheHero, Ryuko, tries to start a fight her without even activating her battle transformation:
-->"But enough about me! Show me your Godrobe!\\
Are you holding back because I'm dressed like this? Didn't you see what short work I made of that Goku Uniform back there? You shouldn't hold back with that Godrobe of yours.\\
Still not convinced? Well, I'll show you something neat. Here we go! Ta-dah!\\
Yup, it's the other half of your Sword Scissor! Fresh off your father's corpse!"
* Nightmare from ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' is an oddly [[LazyBum laid-back]] [[EvilOverlord sort of tyrant]]. He respects his employees and prefers to amuse himself with watching current events... and at the same time creates [[EldritchAbomination Demon Beasts/monsters]], terrorizes planets, levels or enslaves civilizations, and tortures others by entering their sleep and giving them nightmares [[ForTheEvulz just for the fun of it]]. Oh, and not only did his army slaughter a LaResistance unit, he also sped up an asteroid's course to crash into Popstar. Whoa.
* Quattro from ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'' affects a cute, friendly persona most of the time, but she's actually an unrepentantly evil SmugSnake.
* Dr. Hell from ''Anime/MazingerZ'' has a good helping of ItsAllAboutMe, but always keeps an educated, polite behavior and mannerisms, even when he is going to dissect someone to turn him or her into his next enslaved {{Cyborg}}.
* Johan, the title character of ''Anime/{{Monster}}'', has this as his specialty. He charms, he smiles, he seems to ''care'' and he's such a beautiful and brilliant young man... as he uses you and kills you and if he takes enough of an interest in you, he will probably take the time to kill all your hopes and dreams, first.
* Michio, the [[VillainProtagonist protagonist]] of ''Manga/{{MW}}'', really has a friendly personality, but is really a criminal who commits atrocious crimes for fun.
* Gargoyle from ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater''. He's willing to kill anyone so that his plans could go accordingly, yet he is so polite and refined towards his foes. Especially with Nemo and Nadia (who he calls Princess).
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''
** [[spoiler:Tobi]] likes to play the trickster archetype, which is why it's so disconcerting every time he reaffirms how much of a horrible person he is.
** Hidan from the Akatsuki, ''especially'' his anime rendition. Snarky, prone to weird faces, [[LargeHam hammy]], almost childish sometimes, and so ''fun'' to watch as he hammily pounces over the MoralEventHorizon. [[MisaimedFandom Too bad some fans]] [[DracoInLeatherPants took it in another way.]]
** [[MadBomber Deidara]]. Just as [[LargeHam loud]] as Hidan and more [[AmbiguouslyGay flamboyant]], yet he is stated by Pain to have joined Akatsuki only for shits and giggles. In fact, Deidara was forced to join Akatsuki after losing a bet against Itachi. It doesn't make him any less of an example of this trope, however - while really desperately trying to pass off as a [[EvilIsCool "cool" villain]] he has to put up a humongous effort to hide his rampant insanity. [[VillainousBreakdown That is, until the very end.]]
** Gengo in Shikamaru's Story. He's initially appears AffablyEvil and charismatic enough to convert anyone who hears him talk and get them to join his attempts to build a Shinobi empire. The first cracks in the facade show when [[spoiler:So and Roku, Shikamaru's teammates from the Anbu]], despite appearing to have bought into his ideology, appear to have been tortured. Once it's revealed that [[spoiler:Gengo has been relying on a CompellingVoice to brainwash people to his side]], and Shikamaru faces him in combat, Gengo [[VillainousBreakdown loses his affability entirely]].
-->'''Gengo''': [[IllKillYou I will kill you]], you bastard. And I will pull all those in the hall together into the same mind, and we will proceed with my ambition.
-->'''[[DeadpanSnarker Shikamaru]]''': Whoa, whoa, now I'm 'you bastard'? [[LampshadeHanging You don't even realize your true colors are showing here]].
* ''Manga/OnePiece'' has quite a few examples:
** Arlong keeps a calm tone even as he slaughters humans out of sheer racist superiority, calmly lying to Nami for 8 years that if she gets enough money he'll let her go, then hires a corrupt marine to steal all the treasure she gathered just as she reached her goal, and calmly telling her to just start over as he just laughs at her! This is especially pronounced in the 4kids dub, when he cheerfully offers Luffy good conditions if he agrees to become a slave, and this line, after he [[{{Bowdlerization}} sends Bellemere to the dungeon]].
-->'''4kids Arlong''': If you can't pay the cash, then you're out with the trash... and feel free to quote me! YEAH!
** Crocodile seems like a calm and reasonable enough guy, but the second he gets (or fails to get) what he wants or finds out you've failed him in ANY way he drops the politeness and orders your death in the same calm tone.
** Blackbeard is this and a bit genuinely AffablyEvil. He might at first come off as a friendly sort of guy with a big smile on his face, but could quickly turn to killing and mocking you, all while wearing the same exact smile. Though for all his unpleasantness he does seem to genuinely care about his crew, [[spoiler:despite gaming all of his newer members by making them fight to the death and taking the survivors. Granted they were among the most evil and unrepentant criminals in all of Impel Down but still.]] Plus his friendly demeanor whenever it shows for the most part IS genuine, which makes him all the more evil.
** Caesar Clown is even worse, [[spoiler:He managed to successfully manipulate various prisoners and Brownbeard's Crew into becoming his underlings by coming off as a great scientific hero to them "curing" them of their afflictions (with Help from Trafalgar Law) when in fact He's the one who poisoned them.]] [[spoiler:The guy also came off as a kind caring "Master" to many children who ended up on Punk Hazard for his treatment of their diseases, when in reality he's been lying to their faces, they were kidnapped to be his Guinea Pigs, he's been drugging them for well over a year with his FantasticDrug candy turning them into giants, worst part is that many of them might not live for 5 more years because of all the drugs they've ingested]] Caesar has done all of this without so much as breaking his polite facade even once around them, he's basically a mix of Frieza and The Joker. Funny enough he's played by Creator/RyuseiNakao.
* ''Anime/PrettyCure'':
** Joker from ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'' acts like a fun guy, is almost always smiling, and speaks to Pretty Cure as if they're just having casual conversation...while he drives them to soul-crushing despair and laughs how they'll never defeat the Bad End Kingdom or revive the queen.
** Regina from ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure'' just want to be friends with Mana. [[ItsAllAboutMe It would have been fine if not for the fact that she's openly trying to destroy everything and kill everyone that stands between Mana and her.]] The fact that she's the daughter of the EldritchAbomination BigBad doesn't help.
* Keith White of ''Manga/ProjectARMS'' has shades of this. He is very calm and polite towards the protagonists, before trying to kill them in the most violent, horrific way possible. [[spoiler:In a flashback, it's shown that he spoke kindly to Alice when she asked him for a special present for her birthday and, upon hearing her request was to go outside with the other experimental children, he calmly hit her.]]
* [[spoiler:Kyubey]] in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. As the series progresses, we see [[spoiler:him]] slowly morph from [[spoiler:helpful (if you are lucky enough to get your questions right) MentorMascot]] to uncaring ManipulativeBastard. Worse, [[spoiler:he]] stays polite and helpful [[spoiler:(again, if you are lucky enough to get your questions right)]] the entire time. [[spoiler: It's eventually stated that he's simply [[BlueAndOrangeMorality unable to understand why what he's doing is monstrous]].]]
* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'': Nabiki Tendo is generally pleasant and easy to get along with, but she doesn't even try to hide her true colors: a completely amoral, ruthless, and {{greed}}y bitch with a complete LackOfEmpathy and a MoneyFetish that almost makes [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Mr. Krabs]] look tame by comparison.
* ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'' gives us Hokuto Kaneshiro. He makes friends with Tsukune, supports peace at Yokai Academy, is a strong, determined leader, and has a close friend... [[spoiler:in the form of dancing-mad ''[[TheDragon Kiriya Yoshi]]'', and only because Kiriya is the one who gave him monstrel blood so he could fend for himself. Go on, Tsukune. [[SchmuckBait Look away for a moment]]. You'll find everyone beaten to the ground, and Hokuto standing there with a stick in his hand, insisting that emotions are pointless. Oh, and don't expect him to be any better a year after you and Moka kick his ass - sure, he might have helped you stop ''his own plan'', but he's still going to strangle you with his inconsistently-changing monstrel hand, gloating that you ''can't protect your girlfriend''. Ouch.]]
* ''Manga/ShamanKing'''s [[BigBad Hao Asakura]] seems to go back and forth between this and being a [[AffablyEvil genuinely goodhearted guy]], who [[WellIntentionedExtremist commits monstrous acts]] [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans for the greater good.]] A complex character, to be sure, but no matter how you view him, he's undeniably entertaining to watch.
* ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'':
** Sugou from the ALO arc. He talks to both Kirito and Asuna as if they're friends, but both of them, as well as readers know right off the bat of just what an asshole he is. He threw it away sometime after.
** Morte from ''Progressive''. He uses polite speech and is fond of joking around and [[PungeonMaster making bad puns]], but Kirito's wary of him because of this, and for good reason. Morte threatens to alert the nearby enemies to Kirito's presence, thereby sabotaging his attempt at completing the quest, and it's soon revealed that he's been playing the DKB and ALS against each other for some unknown purpose. Kirito even [[LampshadeHanging notices this]], along with [[PoliteVillainsRudeHeroes acknowledging coming off as rude in comparison]].
-->'''Morte''': ''(after accepting a duel, during which he plans to kill Kirito)'', Roger that, man. I'm getting so nervous thinking about a duel with ''the'' Kirito. Can we take a photo to commemorate after the fight? Oh, wait, we haven't gotten to the point where screenshot items show up yet. Aww, too bad...
* ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'':
** Eto pretty much embodies this trope. She frequently puts on a sweet demeanor, chatting with people in a cheerful fashion and offering them advice about their problems..... but is utterly twisted by her hatred of the world and takes pleasure in destroying the lives of others. In particular, she seems to enjoy a nice game of CorruptTheCutie or ColdBloodedTorture, often taking special care to destroy families in the process.
** Dr. Akihiro Kanou has cultivated a kind and paternal bedside manner, always speaking politely to people. He's [[spoiler: a prolific MadScientist that believes he is AboveGoodAndEvil, utterly lacking in compassion and willing to use or kill anyone for the sake of his experiments]].
* ''{{Trigun}}'':
** [[TheDragon Legato Bluesummers]] does a bit of this, although he is as freaky-evil as possible in his first meeting with ''Vash'', specifically.
** The anime version of [[BigBad Knives]] does a bit of this whenever interacting with Vash. Notably, his cheerful "yo, Vash!" upon their reunion in July, while sitting on a desk next to the just-murdered corpse of its owner, whom Vash was coming to visit. A similar but more elegant friendly greeting appears when Vash arrives for the final battle. However, because this demeanor only applies to his brother, and because he would probably not do anything ''to'' said brother if Vash just got out of his way, this may be more of a single-target AffablyEvil.
* ''Anime/YuGiOh'':
** Yami Bakura. Unrepentantly evil, [[AxCrazy Sadistic]], DeadpanSnarker, and extremely [[MagnificentBastard charismatic]].
** Yami Marik would also count. In the original Japanese more so.
* Dennis is like this in ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV''; his polite and soft-spoken personality remains even after being revealed as a member of Duel Academy, but he's clearly as sadistic as any other member, vowing to destroy Shay slowly before his second Duel with him began, eventually dropping the act entirely when he calls it a "Hunting Game".
* Lord Kuruku from ''Anime/UnicoInTheIslandOfMagic'' is polite enough when he's in a good mood, but he is a cruel being at heart and won't hesitate to [[AndIMustScream make you a part of his castle.]] His mannerisms are very much like [[Manga/{{Dragonball}} Freeza's]].
* Muska from the Creator/StudioGhibli movie ''Anime/CastleInTheSky'' fits this trope to a T. He pretends to be an affable, trustworthy man in service of the government, until he reveals [[spoiler:he intended to use Laputa as his personal battle ship to dominate the world]]. He turns downright [[AxCrazy scary]] when the protagonists appear to foil his plot.
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