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* The narrator's [[{{Jerkass}} father]] in {{Ayreon}}'s [[VillainSong "Day 16: Loser"]].

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* The narrator's [[{{Jerkass}} father]] in {{Ayreon}}'s Music/{{Ayreon}}'s [[VillainSong "Day 16: Loser"]].
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* The Music/OzzyOsbourne song "Mr. Tinkertrain" is about a pedophile who gets away with his actions.

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* The Music/OzzyOsbourne song "Mr. Tinkertrain" is about a pedophile who gets away with his actions.actions.
* Music/TheOffspring's "Come Out and Play"
--> Hey, don't pay no mind
--> You're under 18 you won't be doing any time
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* JayZ, who constantly bragged on many rap songs how he made a fortune from a huge drug deal back in 1988. Supposedly, the money from this deal helped launch his rap career. Of course, it could all be [[UnreliableNarrator unrealistic bragging]] which is one of the key elements in Gangsta Rap music. [[VillainsNeverLie Then again...]]

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* JayZ, Music/JayZ, who constantly bragged on many rap songs how he made a fortune from a huge drug deal back in 1988. Supposedly, the money from this deal helped launch his rap career. Of course, it could all be [[UnreliableNarrator unrealistic bragging]] which is one of the key elements in Gangsta Rap music. [[VillainsNeverLie Then again...]]
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* The narrator of Robbie Fulks's "I Told Her Lies" reaches the end of his life having never been caught cheating on his wife and considered a paragon of fidelity and loyalty in his community. We never learn how he fares against a higher authority.

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* The narrator of Robbie Fulks's "I Told Her Lies" reaches the end of his life having never been caught cheating on his wife and considered a paragon of fidelity and loyalty in his community. We never learn how he fares against a higher authority.authority.
* The Music/OzzyOsbourne song "Mr. Tinkertrain" is about a pedophile who gets away with his actions.
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->The law don't mean shit if you've got the right friends\\
->That's how this country's run\\
->Twinkies are the best friends I ever had\\
->I fought the law and I won\\
->I fought the law and I won

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->The -->The law don't mean shit if you've got the right friends\\
->That's That's how this country's run\\
->Twinkies Twinkies are the best friends I ever had\\
->I I fought the law and I won\\
->I I fought the law and I won
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-->The law don't mean shit if you've got the right friends\\
-->That's how this country's run\\
-->Twinkies are the best friends I ever had\\
-->I fought the law and I won\\
-->I fought the law and I won\\

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-->The ->The law don't mean shit if you've got the right friends\\
-->That's ->That's how this country's run\\
-->Twinkies ->Twinkies are the best friends I ever had\\
-->I ->I fought the law and I won\\
-->I ->I fought the law and I won\\won
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* "I Fought the Law" by Dead Kennedys tells the story of Dan White killing George Moscone and Harvey Milk, and only serving five years on manslaughter.
-->The law don't mean shit if you've got the right friends\\
-->That's how this country's run\\
-->Twinkies are the best friends I ever had\\
-->I fought the law and I won\\
-->I fought the law and I won\\
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* The narrator of Robbie Fulks's "I Told Her Lies" reaches the end of his life without ever being caught cheating on his wife. We never learn how he fares against a higher authority.

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* The narrator of Robbie Fulks's "I Told Her Lies" reaches the end of his life without ever being having never been caught cheating on his wife.wife and considered a paragon of fidelity and loyalty in his community. We never learn how he fares against a higher authority.
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* Maxwell Edison, the eponymous VillainProtagonist of Music/TheBeatles song Maxwell's Silver Hammer, uses his silver hammer to kill a girl named Joan, his teacher, and the judge at his trial with the implication that he got off scot-free for the murders he committed.

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* Maxwell Edison, the eponymous VillainProtagonist of Music/TheBeatles song Maxwell's Silver Hammer, uses his silver hammer to kill a girl named Joan, his teacher, and the judge at his trial with the implication that he got off scot-free for the murders he committed.committed.
* The narrator of Robbie Fulks's "I Told Her Lies" reaches the end of his life without ever being caught cheating on his wife. We never learn how he fares against a higher authority.
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* JayZ, who constantly bragged on many rap songs how he made a fortune from a huge drug deal back in 1988. Supposedly, the money from this deal helped launch his rap career. Of course, it could all be [[UnreliableNarrator unrealistic bragging]] which is one of the key elements in Gangsta Rap music. [[VillainsNeverLie Then again...]]

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* JayZ, who constantly bragged on many rap songs how he made a fortune from a huge drug deal back in 1988. Supposedly, the money from this deal helped launch his rap career. Of course, it could all be [[UnreliableNarrator unrealistic bragging]] which is one of the key elements in Gangsta Rap music. [[VillainsNeverLie Then again...]]]]
* Maxwell Edison, the eponymous VillainProtagonist of Music/TheBeatles song Maxwell's Silver Hammer, uses his silver hammer to kill a girl named Joan, his teacher, and the judge at his trial with the implication that he got off scot-free for the murders he committed.
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* "Getting Away with Murder" by Music/PapaRoach
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-->I'll see you in the next life, wake me up for meals\\

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-->I'll see you in the next life, wake me up for meals\\meals\\

* JayZ, who constantly bragged on many rap songs how he made a fortune from a huge drug deal back in 1988. Supposedly, the money from this deal helped launch his rap career. Of course, it could all be [[UnreliableNarrator unrealistic bragging]] which is one of the key elements in Gangsta Rap music. [[VillainsNeverLie Then again...]]
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* The narrator of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULSKZ7IP930 "The Rake's Song"]] by TheDecemberists murders his three children in an attempt to regain his freedom. He gets away with it, and isn't even bothered with feelings of remorse or guilt over it.

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* The narrator of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULSKZ7IP930 "The Rake's Song"]] by TheDecemberists Music/TheDecemberists murders his three children in an attempt to regain his freedom. He gets away with it, and isn't even bothered with feelings of remorse or guilt over it.
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** This might be averted with follow-up song "The Hazards of Love Pt. 3", in which the spirits of the titular rake's murdered children return to exact revenge on their father.
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* Billie Joe and Bobby Sue from the SteveMillerBand song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WCFUGCOLLU "Take The Money And Run"]] killed a man while robbing his house, stole his money, and at the end of the song, headed down South and apparently got away with it.

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* Billie [[OutlawCouple Billy Joe and Bobby Sue Bobbie Sue]] from the SteveMillerBand song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WCFUGCOLLU "Take The Money And Run"]] killed a man while robbing his house, stole his money, and at the end of the song, headed down South and apparently got away with it.
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* Billie Joe and Bobby Sue from the SteveMillerBand song [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WCFUGCOLLU "Take The Money And Run"]] killed a man while robbing his house, stole his money, and at the end of the song, headed down South and apparently got away with it.
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* The narrator of [[WarrenZevon Mister Bad Example]] always manages to hop a plane out of the country before the consequences of his scams catch up with him.

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* The narrator of [[WarrenZevon Mister Music/WarrenZevon's "Mr. Bad Example]] Example" always manages to hop a plane out of the country before the consequences of his scams catch up with him.
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* The narrator of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULSKZ7IP930 "The Rake's Song"]] by TheDecemberists murders his three children in an attempt to regain his freedom. He gets away with it, and isn't even bothered with feelings of remorse or guilt over it.



* BobDylan's song "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" tells the story of a wealthy white man who kills a poor black woman in 1960s Baltimore, and receives a six-month sentence in punishment.

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* BobDylan's song "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" tells the story of a wealthy white man who kills a poor black woman in 1960s Baltimore, and receives a six-month sentence in punishment. It's based on a true story.



-->I'll see you in the next life, wake me up for meals\\

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-->I'll see you in the next life, wake me up for meals\\
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* The narrator of [[WarrenZevon Mister Bad Example]] always manages to hop a plane out of the country before the consequences of his scams catch up with him.
-->I bought a first class ticket on Malaysian Air\\
-->And landed in Sri Lanka none the worse for wear\\
-->I'm thinking of retiring from all my dirty deals\\
-->I'll see you in the next life, wake me up for meals\\

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'''In order to prevent ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike, please use only actual villains as examples. It might be true that the JerkassHero from your work gets away with more than they should, but that's really not what this trope is about. If you see non-villainous examples for the trope don't take that as an excuse to make one yourself, instead just delete them. Thank you.'''

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'''In order to prevent ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike, please use only actual villains as examples. It might be true that the JerkassHero from your work gets away with more than they should, but that's really not what this trope is about. If you see non-villainous examples for the trope don't take that as an excuse to make one yourself, instead just delete them. Thank you.'''

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'''In order to prevent ComplainingAboutShowsYouDontLike, please use only actual villains as examples. It might be true that the JerkassHero from your work gets away with more than they should, but that's really not what this trope is about. If you see non-villainous examples for the trope don't take that as an excuse to make one yourself, instead just delete them. Thank you.'''
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* I See You Baby by Groove Armada has a music video to match the title: a creepy voyeur has set up video cameras in both the men and women's bathrooms and is watching them. They find the cameras, but after a panic attack he makes a getaway with no implication he'll get caught.

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* I See You Baby by Groove Armada has a music video to match the title: a creepy voyeur has set up video cameras in both the men and women's bathrooms and is watching them. They find the cameras, but after a panic attack he makes a getaway with no implication he'll get caught.caught.
* Dr. Dre's "Forget About Dre":
-->And when the cops came through\\
Me and Dre stood next to a burnt down house\\
Wit a can full of gas and a hand full of matches\\
And still weren't found out (right here)
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* The narrator of the song "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" by Vicki Lawrence.

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* The narrator of the song "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" by Vicki Lawrence.Lawrence.
* I See You Baby by Groove Armada has a music video to match the title: a creepy voyeur has set up video cameras in both the men and women's bathrooms and is watching them. They find the cameras, but after a panic attack he makes a getaway with no implication he'll get caught.
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* ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S7YxfZiJqM Flower of the Plateau]]'', in which Mikulia [[spoiler: ''kills'' two people, an ex-suitor/client and ''[[OffingTheOffspring her own son]]'' because they're the only ones who know that she used to be a prostitute. Yet still nobody found out about that]].

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* BobDylan's song "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" tells the story of a wealthy white man who kills a poor black woman in 1960s Baltimore, and receives a six-month sentence in punishment. It's [[TruthInTelevision based on a true story]].
** In a RealLife subversion, that song actually resulted in the person on which it is based to ''not'' "get away" with his crime - he was continuously hounded by the public right up until his death.

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* BobDylan's song "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" tells the story of a wealthy white man who kills a poor black woman in 1960s Baltimore, and receives a six-month sentence in punishment. It's [[TruthInTelevision based on a true story]].
** In a RealLife subversion, that song actually resulted in the person on which it is based to ''not'' "get away" with his crime - he was continuously hounded by the public right up until his death.
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* "Lay Me Down" by Dirty Heads is about a couple that robs a bank, shoots a sherrif who's chasing after them, then lives happily ever after drinking tequila on the beach.

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* "Lay Me Down" by Dirty Heads is about a couple that robs a bank, shoots a sherrif who's chasing after them, then lives happily ever after drinking tequila on the beach.beach.
* The narrator of the song "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" by Vicki Lawrence.
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* DeathMetal. No Seriously. Gore related songs never reveal that the murders getting any comeuppance. Each and every song ends with the killer continuing his crimes.
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I'll still come out laughing, coz me? I never fail, loser!\\

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I'll still come out laughing, coz me? I never fail, loser!\\loser!
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I'll still come out laughing, coz me? I never fail, loser!\\

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I'll still come out laughing, coz me? I never fail, loser!\\loser!\\
* "Lay Me Down" by Dirty Heads is about a couple that robs a bank, shoots a sherrif who's chasing after them, then lives happily ever after drinking tequila on the beach.

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