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* "The Holiness of Azéderac", by Creator/ClarkAshtonSmith: The titular SinisterMinister pursues this goal to the point of becoming a HarmlessVillain -- he's a demon-worshiping sorcerer, but primarily uses his dark arts to charm his way into a cozy life as a bishop.
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* In ''VideoGame/NoUmbrellasAllowed'', supporting AVAC by sticking to their laws and donating to them gives you benefits such as lowering the fine for whenever you defy them, but doing so means supporting the Fixerain Project, where they plan to pour artificial rain laced with the Fixer drug to [[EmotionSuppression erase everyone's emotions.]] Several of your friends and customers protest against AVAC, and obeying the organization risks breaking your trust with your allies.
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* In ''VideoGame/NoUmbrellasAllowed'', supporting AVAC by sticking to their laws and donating to them gives you benefits such as lowering the fine Renunciation Rate (fine) for whenever you defy defying them, but doing so means supporting the Fixerain Project, where they plan to pour artificial rain laced with the Fixer drug to [[EmotionSuppression erase everyone's emotions.]] Several of your friends and customers protest against AVAC, and obeying the organization risks breaking your trust with your allies.
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* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'', [[spoiler:Excella Gionne's backstory is this. She was born into a branch off of the main family and went into Tricell Pharmaceuticals. She worked her way up and eventually was brushed aside because she wasn't a member of the founding family. Wesker comes in and gives her information about making bio-organic weapons and she is able to corner that market when Umbrella folds. She is then promoted to the head of Tricell Pharmaceuticals as a result. [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness But not for long]].]]
* Cerberus takes this approach with Shepard in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' in an {{aver|tedTrope}}sion of WithThisHerring. They are still up to all the horrific experiments and other tricks they were in the first game, but manage to throw the entire fandom into a FlameWar by not only resurrecting Shepard, but providing him/her with '''every resource imaginable'''. Brand spanking new CoolStarship, the most advanced in the galaxy with as much Reapertech as they could steal -- and ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking leather seats]]''. A handpicked crew, including a certain awesome AcePilot. Leads on recruiting the most astounding badasses in the galaxy. And periodic injections of money, supplies and intelligence. If you don't think of the [[DownloadableContent DLC]] packs as a case of GameplayAndStorySegregation, they even arm you with some of [[DiscOneNuke the most powerful weapons in the galaxy right out of the gate]]! When you infiltrate their headquarters in the third game there are records about how hard they worked to engineer this impression, including making sure every TokenGoodTeammate they could was in the Normandy crew and out of the main organization's way (a decision which backfired when the entire crew defected the second Shepard broke ties).
* Seen with Archon Delaine's Kumo Crew of ''VideoGame/{{Elite Dangerous}}'', they're quite clearly the most evil of the super powers; ''[[ObviouslyEvil their leader looks like a vampire and their logo is a skull-spider; which is tattooed on his freaking forehead]]!'' However they have some pretty nice bonuses if your willing to work for them (assuming your doing mostly illegal acts such as pirating and smuggling at least); notably making pirating in their own systems easy and their super weapon being pretty sweet; especially when many of the others [[ScrappyWeapon are rather useless]]. Don't expect a warm welcome with most of the community though.
* Cerberus takes this approach with Shepard in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' in an {{aver|tedTrope}}sion of WithThisHerring. They are still up to all the horrific experiments and other tricks they were in the first game, but manage to throw the entire fandom into a FlameWar by not only resurrecting Shepard, but providing him/her with '''every resource imaginable'''. Brand spanking new CoolStarship, the most advanced in the galaxy with as much Reapertech as they could steal -- and ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking leather seats]]''. A handpicked crew, including a certain awesome AcePilot. Leads on recruiting the most astounding badasses in the galaxy. And periodic injections of money, supplies and intelligence. If you don't think of the [[DownloadableContent DLC]] packs as a case of GameplayAndStorySegregation, they even arm you with some of [[DiscOneNuke the most powerful weapons in the galaxy right out of the gate]]! When you infiltrate their headquarters in the third game there are records about how hard they worked to engineer this impression, including making sure every TokenGoodTeammate they could was in the Normandy crew and out of the main organization's way (a decision which backfired when the entire crew defected the second Shepard broke ties).
* Seen with Archon Delaine's Kumo Crew of ''VideoGame/{{Elite Dangerous}}'', they're quite clearly the most evil of the super powers; ''[[ObviouslyEvil their leader looks like a vampire and their logo is a skull-spider; which is tattooed on his freaking forehead]]!'' However they have some pretty nice bonuses if your willing to work for them (assuming your doing mostly illegal acts such as pirating and smuggling at least); notably making pirating in their own systems easy and their super weapon being pretty sweet; especially when many of the others [[ScrappyWeapon are rather useless]]. Don't expect a warm welcome with most of the community though.
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* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'', [[spoiler:Excella Gionne's backstory is this. She was born into a branch off of the main family and went into Tricell Pharmaceuticals. She worked her way up and eventually was brushed aside because she wasn't a member of the founding family. Wesker comes A CentralTheme in and gives her information about making bio-organic weapons and she is able to corner that market when Umbrella folds. She is then promoted to the head of Tricell Pharmaceuticals as a result. [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness But not for long]].]]
* Cerberus takes this approach with Shepard in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' in an {{aver|tedTrope}}sion of WithThisHerring. They are still up to all the horrific experiments and other tricks they were in the first game, but manage to throw''VideoGame/BlackGeyserCouriersOfDarkness''; the entire fandom kingdom was cursed by [[GodOfEvil Zarnilsa, the goddess of greed, envy and resentment]], turning all the inhabitants into a FlameWar by not only resurrecting Shepard, but providing him/her with '''every resource imaginable'''. Brand spanking new CoolStarship, greedy {{Jerkass}}es and it's up to you to do something about it. The question is do you want to do the most advanced right thing and lift the curse or [[DeconstructedTrope do what a typical RPG gamer would do and do evil stuff to gain better loot]].
* The main villain group of ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'', Arachnos get good pay, free medical care, free schooling for the children of soldiers, state provided company housing in thegalaxy capital, sick days and three weeks paid vacation a year. The Big Bad specifically keeps life dog-eat-dog in their home country and as a result quite a lot of people would sign-up just to afford food, the additional benefits keep them from shopping around with as much Reapertech as they could steal -- and ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking leather seats]]''. A handpicked crew, including rivals. It should be noted though that everyone is a certain awesome AcePilot. Leads on recruiting the most astounding badasses in the galaxy. And periodic injections of money, supplies and intelligence. If you don't think of the [[DownloadableContent DLC]] packs as CardCarryingVillain anyway, so this is ''not'' a case of GameplayAndStorySegregation, they even arm you with some of [[DiscOneNuke the most powerful weapons in the galaxy right out of the gate]]! When you infiltrate their headquarters in the third game there are records about how hard they worked to engineer this impression, including making sure every TokenGoodTeammate they could was in the Normandy crew and out of the main organization's way (a decision which backfired when the entire crew defected the second Shepard broke ties).AffablyEvil, just [[PragmaticVillainy practicality]].
* Seen with Archon Delaine's Kumo Crew of''VideoGame/{{Elite Dangerous}}'', ''VideoGame/EliteDangerous'', they're quite clearly the most evil of the super powers; ''[[ObviouslyEvil their leader looks like a vampire and their logo is a skull-spider; which is tattooed on his freaking forehead]]!'' However they have some pretty nice bonuses if your willing to work for them (assuming your doing mostly illegal acts such as pirating and smuggling at least); notably making pirating in their own systems easy and their super weapon being pretty sweet; especially when many of the others [[ScrappyWeapon are rather useless]]. Don't expect a warm welcome with most of the community though.
* Cerberus takes this approach with Shepard in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' in an {{aver|tedTrope}}sion of WithThisHerring. They are still up to all the horrific experiments and other tricks they were in the first game, but manage to throw
* The main villain group of ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'', Arachnos get good pay, free medical care, free schooling for the children of soldiers, state provided company housing in the
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* In ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', the [[TheEmpire Combine]] has the [[SecretPolice Civil Protection]], which promises better living conditions if one were to join it.
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* In ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'', Cerberus takes this approach with Shepard in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' in an {{aver|tedTrope}}sion of WithThisHerring. They are still up to all the [[TheEmpire Combine]] has horrific experiments and other tricks they were in the [[SecretPolice Civil Protection]], first game, but manage to throw the entire fandom into a FlameWar by not only resurrecting Shepard, but providing him/her with '''every resource imaginable'''. Brand spanking new CoolStarship, the most advanced in the galaxy with as much Reapertech as they could steal -- and ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking leather seats]]''. A handpicked crew, including a certain awesome AcePilot. Leads on recruiting the most astounding badasses in the galaxy. And periodic injections of money, supplies and intelligence. If you don't think of the [[DownloadableContent DLC]] packs as a case of GameplayAndStorySegregation, they even arm you with some of [[DiscOneNuke the most powerful weapons in the galaxy right out of the gate]]! When you infiltrate their headquarters in the third game there are records about how hard they worked to engineer this impression, including making sure every TokenGoodTeammate they could was in the Normandy crew and out of the main organization's way (a decision which promises better living conditions if one were to join it.backfired when the entire crew defected the second Shepard broke ties).
* In ''VideoGame/NoUmbrellasAllowed'', supporting AVAC by sticking to their laws and donating to them gives you benefits such as lowering the fine for whenever you defy them, but doing so means supporting the Fixerain Project, where they plan to pour artificial rain laced with the Fixer drug to [[EmotionSuppression erase everyone's emotions.]] Several of your friends and customers protest against AVAC, and obeying the organization risks breaking your trust with your allies.
* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'', [[spoiler:Excella Gionne's backstory is this. She was born into a branch off of the main family and went into Tricell Pharmaceuticals. She worked her way up and eventually was brushed aside because she wasn't a member of the founding family. Wesker comes in and gives her information about making bio-organic weapons and she is able to corner that market when Umbrella folds. She is then promoted to the head of Tricell Pharmaceuticals as a result. [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness But not for long]].]]
* The [[MegaCorp Orochi Group]] of ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'' tends to draw in a lot of employees thanks to this -- along with its sheer ubiquity. The company treats its employees very well -- a necessity given the extremely dangerous substances they're required to work with; Lisa Hui acknowledges that she receives a very generous pay packet for acting as security for field researchers, along with spectacular benefits and better food than you'd expect. Out of the field, Orochi subsidiary Manticore Research provides generous healthcare benefits and compensation, along with life insurance payment and company-sponsored funerals for the [[DangerousWorkplace inevitable casualties]] of their experiments.
* In ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil5'', [[spoiler:Excella Gionne's backstory is this. She was born into a branch off of the main family and went into Tricell Pharmaceuticals. She worked her way up and eventually was brushed aside because she wasn't a member of the founding family. Wesker comes in and gives her information about making bio-organic weapons and she is able to corner that market when Umbrella folds. She is then promoted to the head of Tricell Pharmaceuticals as a result. [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness But not for long]].]]
* The [[MegaCorp Orochi Group]] of ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'' tends to draw in a lot of employees thanks to this -- along with its sheer ubiquity. The company treats its employees very well -- a necessity given the extremely dangerous substances they're required to work with; Lisa Hui acknowledges that she receives a very generous pay packet for acting as security for field researchers, along with spectacular benefits and better food than you'd expect. Out of the field, Orochi subsidiary Manticore Research provides generous healthcare benefits and compensation, along with life insurance payment and company-sponsored funerals for the [[DangerousWorkplace inevitable casualties]] of their experiments.
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* The [[MegaCorp Orochi Group]] of ''VideoGame/TheSecretWorld'' tends to draw in a lot of employees thanks to this -- along with its sheer ubiquity. The company treats its employees very well -- a necessity given the extremely dangerous substances they're required to work with; Lisa Hui acknowledges that she receives a very generous pay packet for acting as security for field researchers, along with spectacular benefits and better food than you'd expect. Out of the field, Orochi subsidiary Manticore Research provides generous healthcare benefits and compensation, along with life insurance payment and company-sponsored funerals for the [[DangerousWorkplace inevitable casualties]] of their experiments.
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* A CentralTheme in ''VideoGame/BlackGeyserCouriersOfDarkness''; the entire kingdom was cursed by [[GodOfEvil Zarnilsa, the goddess of greed, envy and resentment]], turning all the inhabitants into greedy {{Jerkass}}es and it's up to you to do something about it. The question is do you want to do the right thing and lift the curse or [[DeconstructedTrope do what a typical RPG gamer would do and do evil stuff to gain better loot]].
* The main villain group of ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'', Arachnos get good pay, free medical care, free schooling for the children of soldiers, state provided company housing in the capital, sick days and three weeks paid vacation a year. The Big Bad specifically keeps life dog-eat-dog in their home country and as a result quite a lot of people would sign-up just to afford food, the additional benefits keep them from shopping around with rivals. It should be noted though that everyone is a CardCarryingVillain anyway, so this is ''not'' a case of AffablyEvil, just [[PragmaticVillainy practicality]].
* The main villain group of ''VideoGame/CityOfHeroes'', Arachnos get good pay, free medical care, free schooling for the children of soldiers, state provided company housing in the capital, sick days and three weeks paid vacation a year. The Big Bad specifically keeps life dog-eat-dog in their home country and as a result quite a lot of people would sign-up just to afford food, the additional benefits keep them from shopping around with rivals. It should be noted though that everyone is a CardCarryingVillain anyway, so this is ''not'' a case of AffablyEvil, just [[PragmaticVillainy practicality]].
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* The second season of ''Series/TheWire'' gives us Nick Sobotka, a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevedore stevedore]] in Baltimore's slowly dying dockworker union. As an honest man, he simply can't get enough work, as it's noted numerous times that there isn't enough traffic going through the port for people as far down the seniority scale as Nick, so he can only get a few hours a week, has to live with his parents instead of with his longtime girlfriend and son, try to avoid getting his car repossessed by parking it far away from home every night and hoping the repo man won't look that far, etc. Once he does a couple of jobs with the international crime syndicate that smuggles drugs, women and other goods into the dock, he makes tens of thousands of dollars, TheDragon of the syndicate takes a fatherly interest in him, and Nick can start looking at the real possibility of getting a place with and providing for his girlfriend and son.
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* The second season of ''Series/TheWire'' gives us Nick Sobotka, a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevedore stevedore]] in Baltimore's slowly dying dockworker union. As an honest man, he simply can't get enough work, as it's noted numerous times that there isn't enough traffic going through the port for people as far down the seniority scale as Nick, so he can only get a few hours a week, has to live with his parents instead of with his longtime girlfriend and son, try to avoid getting his car repossessed by parking it far away from home every night and hoping the repo man won't look that far, daughter, etc. Once he does a couple of jobs with the international crime syndicate that smuggles drugs, women and other goods into the dock, he makes tens of thousands of dollars, TheDragon of the syndicate takes a fatherly interest in him, and Nick can start looking at the real possibility of getting a place with and providing for his girlfriend and son.little girl.
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Can be a DealWithTheDevil. Contrast EvilFeelsGood and VillainousDemotivator. See also EvilPaysBetter. Is absolutely TruthInTelevision: [[Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease though naming specific real-life examples would be bad]], a ''lot'' of groups the general public considers to be villainous draw in members by appealing to their basic domestic needs and making their home lives better.
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Can be a DealWithTheDevil. Contrast EvilFeelsGood and VillainousDemotivator. See also EvilPaysBetter. Is absolutely TruthInTelevision: [[Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease though naming specific real-life examples would be bad]], a ''lot'' of groups the general public considers to be villainous right the way up from low-level street gangs to organised crime draw in members by appealing to their basic domestic needs and making their home lives better.
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* ''{{Literature/Animorphs}}'': Joe Bob Fenestre is a Controller, but as his Yeerk explains, it's actually mutually beneficial: as the Yeerk is the lesser twin of Esplin 9466 (that is, Visser Three), he'd be stuck in a dead-end career if not condemned to staying a hostless, blind, deaf slug for the rest of his life. So he decided that he'd get the fame and fortune he was denied as a Yeerk by living as a human, starting a tech company and living as a millionaire. The evil part comes from cannibalizing Yeerks (and murdering their hosts to LeaveNoWitnesses) to sustain himself as he can no longer visit the Yeerk pool. At the end of the book, his mansion is burned down, possibly by Jake or even Cassie.
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* This is the modus operandi of AffablyEvil WellIntentionedExtremist and VillainProtagonist Ainz Ooal Gown in ''LightNovel/{{Overlord}}'', and he ends up amassing a great many followers this way. Some of those don't actually know he is a [[OurLichesAreDifferent skeletal wizard]] with [[LackOfEmpathy no empathy for humans]] and [[TakeOverTheWorld dreams of world conquest]], while others know full well and don't care, as he offers bountiful rewards and the protection of the absolute most powerful armed force in the entire world. Joining Ainz is almost always the smart choice, considering that he A) [[StoryBreakerPower is excessively powerful]] and B) makes a point of [[NobleDemon honoring any deal he makes and treating his subordinates with respect]], while simultaneously being extremely ruthless to anyone in his way.
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* This is the modus operandi of AffablyEvil WellIntentionedExtremist and VillainProtagonist Ainz Ooal Gown in ''Literature/Overlord2012'', and he ends up amassing a great many followers this way. Some of those don't actually know he is a [[OurLichesAreDifferent skeletal wizard]] with [[LackOfEmpathy no empathy for humans]] and [[TakeOverTheWorld dreams of world conquest]], while others know full well and don't care, as he offers bountiful rewards and the protection of the absolute most powerful armed force in the entire world. Joining Ainz is almost always the smart choice, considering that he A) [[StoryBreakerPower is excessively powerful]] and B) makes a point of [[NobleDemon honoring any deal he makes and treating his subordinates with respect]], while simultaneously being extremely ruthless to anyone in his way.
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-->-- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QEsjd1WZuY Theme song]] of [[AffablyEvil Hank Scorpio]], ''from WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
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-->-- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QEsjd1WZuY com/watch?v=sSW-PoZ3570 Theme song]] of [[AffablyEvil Hank Scorpio]], ''from WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''
