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Contrast with VisionaryVillain, whose endgame is normally far grander. Compare with PunchClockVillain, since they're just a normal character trying to make some money. The inverse is JustAGangster, who is so enamored with criminal lifestyle, he actively resists going legit. See also TragicVillain (which may overlap in some cases).
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Contrast with VisionaryVillain, whose endgame is normally far grander. Compare with PunchClockVillain, since they're just a normal character trying to make some money. The inverse is JustAGangster, who is so enamored with the criminal lifestyle, he they actively resists resist going legit. See also TragicVillain (which may overlap in some cases).
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* Lord Vetinari plays on this to tame the Guild of Thieves in the Literature/{{Discworld}}. He comes to an agreement with the Thieves, who jump at the chance to legitimately call themselves respectable men of business and come out in the open to live a bourgeois existence. He bides his time, has his secretariat open the right files, and then genially reminds the city's prominent Thieves that he now knows where they live, where their bank accounts are, where their children go to school, and he can send them birthday cards and other tokens of his esteem when appropriate. So I trust you'll live according to our Agreement, gentlemen? Now do not let me detain you. Elsewhere, Troll crimelord Chrysoprase chooses to send his son to the prestigious Assassins' Guild School, which forces a new accord to be made by all parties involved.
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* Yoshikage Kira from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'' is a normal everyday Japanese salaryman, utterly unremarkable in almost every way...except for the fact he's a serial killer with supernatural powers. Despite the incredibly destructive potential of his Stand, he has no grand plans other than to live a quiet, normal life where he's free to kill women as he pleases, and he's been able to do so in the quiet town of Morioh for decades, without the main characters knowing of his existance till the final act. Perfectly encapsulated in his CharacterFilibuster.
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* Yoshikage Kira from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'' is a normal everyday Japanese salaryman, utterly unremarkable in almost every way...except for the fact he's a serial killer with supernatural powers. Despite the incredibly destructive potential of his Stand, he has no grand plans other than to live a quiet, normal life where he's free to kill women as he pleases, and he's been able to do so in the quiet town of Morioh for decades, without the main characters knowing of his existance existence till the final act. Perfectly encapsulated in his CharacterFilibuster.
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* ''Series/Vegas2012'': Vincent Savino is a mobster who in 1960 moves to Las Vegas to take over the operation of a casino for his bosses in the Chicago Outfit. He quickly realizes just how much money can be made in running a legitimate Vegas casino and decides to just go legit and reap the windfall without constant danger from law enforcement. However, his bosses are old-school mobsters with lengthy criminal records (ie unable to be legally associated with a casino in Nevada) who prefer the standard rackets like loan sharking and extortion. Savino has to put his dreams of legitimacy on hold while he tries to outmanoeuvre the other mobsters and gain the independence he needs.
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* ''Series/Vegas2012'': Vincent Savino is a mobster who in 1960 moves to Las Vegas to take over the operation of a casino for his bosses in the Chicago Outfit. He quickly realizes just how much money can be made in running a legitimate Vegas casino and decides to just go legit and reap the windfall without constant danger from law enforcement. However, his bosses are old-school mobsters with lengthy criminal records (ie (i.e. unable to be legally associated with a casino in Nevada) who prefer the standard rackets like loan sharking and extortion. Savino has to put his dreams of legitimacy on hold while he tries to outmanoeuvre the other mobsters and gain the independence he needs.
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** One common way for a Shadowrunner to retire is to go legit: Depending on one's success you can either retire as a minor celebrity whose escapades and reputation has made it into the pop-culture sphere, with a gigantic swiss bank account that pays for a permanent High or Luxury lifestyle, or by becoming a CorporateSamurai for the people you used to run against. The former two are usually respected in the shadowrunning community, while the latter are considered sell-outs.
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** One common way for a Shadowrunner to retire is to go legit: Depending on one's success you can either retire as a minor celebrity whose escapades and reputation has made it into the pop-culture sphere, with a gigantic swiss Swiss bank account that pays for a permanent High or Luxury lifestyle, or by becoming a CorporateSamurai for the people you used to run against. The former two are usually respected in the shadowrunning community, while the latter are considered sell-outs.
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** Stringer Bell is using the money from his and Avon's drug business to make legitimate real estate investments, in an attempt to become wealthier than just selling drugs could make him, and get far enough away from the day to day business that he couldn't be arrested for it, which the cops call "being the bank". [[spoiler:Stringer's plans prove fundamentally flawed, because he's not secured the government connection he needs, just given bribes to a politician [[SnakeOilSalesman who'll give him nothing in return]]. He tries to move past this, but ends up being killed by [[TheDreaded Omar]] at the end of season 3.]]
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** Stringer Bell is using the money from his and Avon's drug business to make legitimate real estate investments, in an attempt to become wealthier than just selling drugs could make him, and get far enough away from the day to day business that he couldn't be arrested for it, which the cops call "being the bank". [[spoiler:Stringer's plans prove fundamentally flawed, because he's not he hasn't secured the government connection connections he needs, just given bribes to a politician [[SnakeOilSalesman who'll give him nothing in return]]. He tries to move past this, but ends up being killed by [[TheDreaded [[KarmicThief Omar]] and [[ProfessionalKiller Brother Mouzone]] (two criminals he had previously double crossed and attempted to manipulate for his own ends), at the end of season 3.]]
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** Stringer Bell is using the money from his and Avon's drug business to make legitimate real estate investments, in an attempt to become wealthier than just selling drugs could make him, and get far enough away from the day to day business that he couldn't be arrested for it, which the cops call "being the bank". [[spoiler: He ends up being killed by [[TheDreaded Omar]] at the end of season 3.]]
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** Stringer Bell is using the money from his and Avon's drug business to make legitimate real estate investments, in an attempt to become wealthier than just selling drugs could make him, and get far enough away from the day to day business that he couldn't be arrested for it, which the cops call "being the bank". [[spoiler: [[spoiler:Stringer's plans prove fundamentally flawed, because he's not secured the government connection he needs, just given bribes to a politician [[SnakeOilSalesman who'll give him nothing in return]]. He tries to move past this, but ends up being killed by [[TheDreaded Omar]] at the end of season 3.]]
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'':
** The {{Megacorp}}s ORO Corporation and Mitsuhama Heavy Industries both started out as money laundering operations for the mob, the former being a Latin-American cartel-run investment bank and and the latter a front for a {{Yakuza}} operation. Due to the economic upheavals of the [=2030s=] both quickly found themselves becoming way more valuable than the mob operations they laundered money for. ORO very quickly chose this trope, rebranding itself Aztechnology and essentially turning everything south of Denver and north of Bogota into OneNationUnderCopyright Aztlan, while Mitsuhama has an ongoing generational conflict between younger employees and executives who want to go fully legit, and the (by now quite old) Yakuza who represent the original investors and still hold on to their underworld contacts and Yakuza loyalties.
** One common way for a Shadowrunner to retire is to go legit: Depending on one's success you can either retire as a minor celebrity whose escapades and reputation has made it into the pop-culture sphere, with a gigantic swiss bank account that pays for a permanent High or Luxury lifestyle, or by becoming a CorporateSamurai for the people you used to run against. The former two are usually respected in the shadowrunning community, while the latter are considered sell-outs.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'':
** The {{Megacorp}}s ORO Corporation and Mitsuhama Heavy Industries both started out as money laundering operations for the mob, the former being a Latin-American cartel-run investment bank and and the latter a front for a {{Yakuza}} operation. Due to the economic upheavals of the [=2030s=] both quickly found themselves becoming way more valuable than the mob operations they laundered money for. ORO very quickly chose this trope, rebranding itself Aztechnology and essentially turning everything south of Denver and north of Bogota into OneNationUnderCopyright Aztlan, while Mitsuhama has an ongoing generational conflict between younger employees and executives who want to go fully legit, and the (by now quite old) Yakuza who represent the original investors and still hold on to their underworld contacts and Yakuza loyalties.
** One common way for a Shadowrunner to retire is to go legit: Depending on one's success you can either retire as a minor celebrity whose escapades and reputation has made it into the pop-culture sphere, with a gigantic swiss bank account that pays for a permanent High or Luxury lifestyle, or by becoming a CorporateSamurai for the people you used to run against. The former two are usually respected in the shadowrunning community, while the latter are considered sell-outs.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': Jinx of the Fearsome Five starts out as a villain. In the episode that sows the seeds for her HighHeelFaceTurn, she admits that she is quite ambitious and one of the reasons she became a villain was because she wanted to be on the same level as her idol Madame Rouge. A combination of Rouge becoming a BrokenPedestal for her and her teammates' laziness and stupidity ultimately results in Jinx joining the heroes.
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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'': Jinx of the Fearsome Five starts out as a villain. In the episode that sows the seeds for her HighHeelFaceTurn, she admits that she is quite ambitious and one of the reasons she became a villain was because she wanted to be on the same level as her idol Madame Rouge. A combination of Rouge becoming a BrokenPedestal for her and her teammates' laziness and stupidity ultimately results in Jinx joining the heroes.
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** In another episode, [[GreenThumb Poison Ivy]] seems to have turned over a new leaf (forgive the IncrediblyLamePun) and, in Batman's own words, doesn't do anything more incriminating than forget to return a rented video on time. Ivy actually ''does'' want to have a crime-free life, but her plant-based biology has left her infertile, so she instead attempts to generate plant-based lifeforms to be her "family," which Batman can't abide when said lifeforms engage in kidnapping and murder.
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** In another episode, [[GreenThumb Poison Ivy]] seems to have turned over a new leaf (forgive the IncrediblyLamePun) {{Pun}}) and, in Batman's own words, doesn't do anything more incriminating than forget to return a rented video on time. Ivy actually ''does'' want to have a crime-free life, but her plant-based biology has left her infertile, so she instead attempts to generate plant-based lifeforms to be her "family," which Batman can't abide when said lifeforms engage in kidnapping and murder.
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* ''Film/BrokenArrow'': Having successfully held the U.S. Government for ransom, Deakins will use his share of the money to buy five per cent of Volvo and live off the dividends.
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* ''Film/BrokenArrow'': ''Film/BrokenArrow1996'': Having successfully held the U.S. Government for ransom, Deakins will use his share of the money to buy five per cent of Volvo and live off the dividends.
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* In ''Series/TheWire'', Stringer Bell is using the money from his and Avon's drug business to make legitimate real estate investments, in an attempt to become wealthier than just selling drugs could make him, and get far enough away from the day to day business that he couldn't be arrested for it, which the cops call "being the bank". [[spoiler: He ends up being killed by [[TheDreaded Omar]] at the end of season 3.]]
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* In ''Series/TheWire'', ''Series/TheWire'':
** Stringer Bell is using the money from his and Avon's drug business to make legitimate real estate investments, in an attempt to become wealthier than just selling drugs could make him, and get far enough away from the day to day business that he couldn't be arrested for it, which the cops call "being the bank". [[spoiler: He ends up being killed by [[TheDreaded Omar]] at the end of season 3.]]
** Stringer Bell is using the money from his and Avon's drug business to make legitimate real estate investments, in an attempt to become wealthier than just selling drugs could make him, and get far enough away from the day to day business that he couldn't be arrested for it, which the cops call "being the bank". [[spoiler: He ends up being killed by [[TheDreaded Omar]] at the end of season 3.]]
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* ''Film/BrokenArrow'': Having successfully held the U.S. Government for ransom, Deakins will use his share of the money to buy five per cent of Volvo and live off the dividends.
