History Main / SociopathicHero

* In the Izaya Orihara spin-off from ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' Izaya himself counts. In ''Durarara!!'' he was a ManipulativeBastard, TheSociopath, and a PsychopathicManChild. However, it is made clear he only helps or hurts people on a whim and is neither good nor evil. Now, the protagonist in his own series, he hasn't changed a bit, for example, [[spoiler:after talking a girl down from blowing up a building, he takes the bomb, pins it to the ceiling, and sets it off for fun]].

* Mikazuki of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'' is a ChildSoldier who has no qualms about killing, he does not have the concept of mercy when it comes to [[DoubleTap disposing enemies]] [[KilledMidSentence when they're still speaking]], often [[TheNicknamer gives vulgar nicknames to enemies]] who managed to survive his encounters. And he remains [[TheStoic in an unnervingly calm mood]] all the time.

* ''Literature/RedoOfHealer'': Keyaru defeats his enemies by revealing himself to be a SerialRapist who also indulges in ColdBloodedTorture and HeelFaceBrainwashing, all with an EvilLaugh. However, each of his enemies is a CompleteMonster that deserves it, and Keyaru himself is loyal to his party as they follow him in their quest to save the world ... through gruesome vengeance!

** Reese tends to have a few more scruples, but he has had his moments, especially [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge after a corrupt cop killed someone he cared about]].
** [[spoiler:Root]] on the other hand most likely does not qualify, even after [[spoiler:her HeelFaceTurn in Season 3. In her evil days, she notes she'd like to be a sociopath as it would make a lot of the things she did easier]].

* Wendy Testaburger also qualifies. She may be often depicted as an intelligent and moral hero, but she can be just as sadistic and petty as Cartman. When she thought her substitute teacher liked Stan, Wendy had her launched into space for an unfortunate fate. On top of that, she once made fun of all the kids in "The Hobbit".

** Wendy Testaburger also qualifies. She may be often depicted as an intelligent and moral hero, but she can be just as sadistic and petty as Cartman. When she thought her substitute teacher liked Stan, Wendy had her launched into space for an unfortunate fate. On top of that, she once made fun of all the kids in "The Hobbit".

%%* ''WebOriginal/{{Ultimate}}'': Ultimate, the central character, certainly qualifies as one. Or it more fair to say [[{{Narcissist}} ''Narcissistic Hero'']]

* ''WebOriginal/{{Ultimate}}'': Ultimate, the central character, certainly qualifies as one. Or it more fair to say [[{{Narcissist}} ''Narcissistic Hero'']]

* ''WebOriginal/{{Ultimate}}'': Ultimate, the central character, certainly qualifies as one. Or it more fair to say [[Narcissist ''Narcissistic Hero'']]

* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8852698/1/Checkmate Checkmate]]'' features Wolfe, a District 2 Victor (their second to join the Rebellion) who is actually selected to be a tribute by Mags and Lyme due to the hope that someone of his nature (egotistical, gloating, largely remorseless killer) winning the Hunger Games after such a long string of Career victories will embitter the outer Districts and make them more eager to Rebel. He does show some CharacterDevelopment during his Games, coming to care about some of the others. He works dutifully with the Rebellion partially due to liking the sense of importance, partially out of loyalty to Lyme, and partially because ItsPersonal after his games while retaining the killer's mentality that saw him through the games and having a limited understanding of the better world their trying to achieve. [[spoiler: even after surviving the war, [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty he elaborately murders several Capitol citizens involved in using Victors as]] SexSlave's and kidnaps Katniss largely just as an "audition" to the security forces so that they'll be convinced to give him a job as a BoxedCrook and give him something meaningful and stimulating to do]].

They are {{antihero}}es who have a fundamental LackOfEmpathy, a [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] disregard for their enemies' lives, and possibly a lack of concern for even the people they save. They may be motivated [[ItAmusedMe by boredom]], [[BloodKnight a raw thirst for combat]], or by some sort of carrot-and-stick arrangement -- [[RestrainingBolt a chip in the head]], [[MoralityChain an attachment to some person or thing that requires them to do good]], or a [[MoralSociopathy pragmatic code that prevents them from landing in jail or in a shallow grave]].

* Raiden from the ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series was a child soldier in Liberia since 1989. He seems to be harmless in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2'' but in ''VideoGame/MetalGearRisingRevengeance'' has him going back to his sociopathic, more psychopathic persona as a major plot point later on. However [[WellIntentionedExtremist Raiden was hell-bent on saving the children from being forced into being killer cyborgs since he wants to prevent them from experiencing the same horrific childhood he had]].

* In the Izaya Orihara spin-off from ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' Izaya himself counts. In Durarara!! he was a ManipulativeBastard, TheSociopath, and a PsychopathicManChild. However, it is made clear he only helps or hurts people on a whim and is neither good nor evil. Now, the protagonist in his own series, he hasn't changed a bit, for example, [[spoiler:after talking a girl down from blowing up a building, he takes the bomb, pins it to the ceiling, and sets it off for fun]].

* Mikoshiba Ryouma of ''LightNovel/WorteniaSenki'' is so into this that he bumps up against VillainProtagonist. He only cares about his own well-being, and the twin sister "War slave" sisters he owns, Lara and Sara. He cares not one whit about collateral damage and will do anything and everything he needs to in order to win a fight, except for sacrificing either one or both of Lara and Sara, even going so far as to buy children between 10 and 14 years old, ''by the thousands'', purely to make into soldiers for his army, and cares not a whit about collateral damage. He is considered extremely benevolent by comparison because the world he was dragged to ''is that much worse!''

* Rorschach of ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}'' to an extent. He is more than willing to torture and kill if he believes good will come of it. He is also the target of a large MisaimedFandom that admires his absolute dedication to his cause.

* Griffin (the Invisible Man) and Mr. Hyde in ''Comicbook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen''. [[spoiler:Griffin commits a FaceHeelTurn. Hyde does not, and takes Griffin's betrayal... Poorly]].

* Marv from ''Comicbook/SinCity'' is the definition of sociopath, in fact on multiple occasions he describes himself as nothing more than a wild animal. On the other hand, Marv tends to over-exaggerate his foibles because no one ever told him otherwise. He is ugly; therefore he is dumb. He has a mental disorder; therefore he is a psychopath. While Marv relishes committing violence against those who deserve it, he has also come to the aid of innocents, such as a homeless man who was nearly immolated by a street punk.

* [[LightNovel/{{Slayers}} Xellos]] is portrayed this way in author Prime Minister's [[http://vejiitasei.anesidora.ca/slayers_fanfics.php epic series]] about the relationship between him and Lina Inverse. He shows no love or empathy towards others, except Lina [[spoiler:and the children they eventually have together]].

* Directly played through with Mercury in the A dance of Shadow and Light series by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/3779251/Ocadioan Ocadioan]], where the author himself even states in an AN that Mercury is, at his best, a temporary sociopath, whom the author himself would fear if he was ever to find himself in a position of power with lands and titles.

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** The Dinobots can be pretty bad about this, with a particular line in short-sighted violence, but the Wreckers make them look like a petting zoo. You need to be pretty hardened to join up with a black ops suicide squad that will take on the most desperate missions, commit war crimes to do them, and still probably take 60% casualties. Several of them have murder convictions, and when Impactor killed the unarmed, handcuffed Squadron X in cold blood, only Springer lifted a finger to stop him. That being said, some of them (especially Impactor in the Wreckers comics and Whirl over in ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye) do start to get some CharacterDevelopment and get their houses in order...but, on the other hand, there's Guzzle, the resident PsychoPartyMember. By ''Sins of the Wreckers'' Guzzle is so uncontrollable Impactor keeps him in a box.

* [[EmpoweredBadassNormal Billy Butcher]] in ''ComicBook/TheBoys''. A [[EvilBrit violent, unstable, and manipulative]] {{expy}} of Punisher above as well as a deconstruction of this archetype, showing how seriously messed up someone would have to be to fit in this category. He was [[AmbiguousDisorder all but stated]] to have high-functioning psychopathy, to the point that he would literally dissociate from his actions and go into an UnstoppableRage when pushed hard enough. He had a [[MoralSociopathy strong sense of honor and morality in spite of this]] and combining the two with his FantasticRacism against DifferentlyPoweredIndividuals easily put him on a slippery slope to HeWhoFightsMonsters. In his own words [[MoralityChain his wife Becky]] was the one thing preventing him from ending up a violent thug, and after she was gone he became a CrusadingWidower that was driven so far down the DespairEventHorizon he was willing to [[CruelAndUnusualDeath kill and torture]] every superhero he could get his hands on [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge all for the sake of his revenge]]. [[spoiler:In the final arc of the series, he goes JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope, as the true extent of his ManipulativeBastard tendencies are revealed when he becomes a TeamKiller [[WellIntentionedExtremist for the sake of]] his FinalSolution against Supes.]]

* Tsukasa Kadoya, the titular character of ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'', is more than willing to troll, manipulate and just generally be unpleasant, although [[MoralityPet his friends usually act as his moral compass]]. Most of the show is driven by the question of whether he is ultimately a hero or a VillainProtagonist.

* Fran, the 12-year-old deuteragonist of ''Literature/IWasASwordWhenIReincarnated'' is truly dedicated to the forces of good and even has the noble goal of "evolving" so people stop trying to genocide her race. Unfortunately, she needs to be given a reason to ''not'' kill people who annoy or antagonize her, and she sees nothing wrong with the liberal use of ColdBloodedTorture when she's seeking information regarding her current mission. She does have a nice FreudianExcuse that she was kidnapped and put into slavery shortly after her parents died, and was abused for four years, and her targets also prove themselves to be AssholeVictim bastards who deserve no mercy.

* Kevin Levin from ''WesternAnimation/Ben10''. He was originally a selfish, sociopathic character, willing to hurt/kill anyone for his own personal gain and/or pleasure. However, he turned good later.

* The ''Manga/SaintSeiya''/''Literature/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' crossover ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12451409/1/The-Hero-Melromarc-Needs-and-Deserves The Hero Melromarc Needs and Deserves]]'' has [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Cancer Deathmask]] cast in Naofumi's place. Considering [[BloodKnight how]] [[CardCarryingVillain he]] [[BlackAndGrayMorality is]] in ''Saint Seiya'' and he was summoned from well before he received his slice of HumblePie, he becomes this simply by deciding to ''help''-while still considering killing everyone in Melromarc's capital if the king continues with his condescending attitude.
* ''Fanfic/OfSheepAndBattleChicken'': While many of the heroic characters qualify to one degree or another, [[spoiler:Liara easily wins the crown for her actions after Shepard's death. She indirectly or directly kills thousands of innocents in her quest to find the Shadow Broker... and no longer cares]].
* Daisy describes Mario as a "sociopath" in ''Fanfic/AGameOfCastles''. He [[AllJustADream thinks that he's dreaming]], so he doesn't take anything seriously while out to SaveThePrincess.
* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8852698/1/Checkmate Checkmate]]'' features Wolfe, a District 2 Victor (their second to join the Rebellion) who is actually selected to be a tribute by Mags and Lyme due to the hope that someone of his nature (egotistical, gloating, largely remorseless killer) winning the Hunger Games after such a long string of Career victories will embitter the outer Districts and make them more eager to Rebel. He does show some CharacterDevelopment during his Games, coming to care about some of the others. He works dutifully with the Rebellion partially due to liking the sense of importance, partially out of loyalty to Lyme, and partially because ItsPersonal after his games while retaining the killer's mentality that saw him through the games and having a limited understanding of the better world their trying to achieve. [[spoiler: even after surviving the war, [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty he elaborately murders several Capitol citizens involved in using Victors as]] SexSlave's and kidnaps Katniss largely just as an "audition" to the security forces so that they'll be convinced to give him a job as a BoxedCrook and give him something meaningful and stimulating to do]].

** Subverted with Creator/GeorgeLazenby, Creator/TimothyDalton Creator/PierceBrosnan and Creator/DanielCraig’s bond who are TruerToTheText in this regard. While still ruthless, their Bonds can still display genuine care for their loved ones and other humanising traits like the book version. The Craig version especially, although in many ways is the most violent and sociopathic Bond is the only one who’s been shown [[ManlyTears crying]] and by time of ''Film/NoTimeToDie'' has found something [[spoiler:a family]] that truly brings out humanity in him, though he’s bewildered and frightened by the prospect.

* ''LightNovel/RedoOfHealer'': Keyaru defeats his enemies by revealing himself to be a SerialRapist who also indulges in ColdBloodedTorture and HeelFaceBrainwashing, all with an EvilLaugh. However, each of his enemies is a CompleteMonster that deserves it, and Keyaru himself is loyal to his party as they follow him in their quest to save the world ... through gruesome vengeance!

* The ''Manga/SaintSeiya''/''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'' crossover ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12451409/1/The-Hero-Melromarc-Needs-and-Deserves The Hero Melromarc Needs and Deserves]]'' has [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Cancer Deathmask]] cast in Naofumi's place. Considering [[BloodKnight how]] [[CardCarryingVillain he]] [[BlackAndGrayMorality is]] in ''Saint Seiya'' and he was summoned from well before he received his slice of HumblePie, he becomes this simply by deciding to ''help''-while still considering killing everyone in Melromarc's capital if the king continues with his condescending attitude.

* Fran, the 12-year-old deuteragonist of ''LightNovel/IWasASwordWhenIReincarnated'' is truly dedicated to the forces of good and even has the noble goal of "evolving" so people stop trying to genocide her race. Unfortunately, she needs to be given a reason to ''not'' kill people who annoy or antagonize her, and she sees nothing wrong with the liberal use of ColdBloodedTorture when she's seeking information regarding her current mission. She does have a nice FreudianExcuse that she was kidnapped and put into slavery shortly after her parents died, and was abused for four years, and her targets also prove themselves to be AssholeVictim bastards who deserve no mercy.

* If Snake Plissken gives even a fraction of a damn about the people who die helping him, he certainly doesn't show it.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'': E-123 Omega was the last of Eggman's E-100 series, never even getting a chance to fight Sonic before Eggman began rolling out the E-1000 series. [[BetaTestBaddie And he's pretty pissed at Doctor Eggman for this]], and has made it his [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge sole purpose in life to destroy Eggman's creations to prove his superiority]]. By sole virtue of the fact that Eggman is a villain, [[DesignatedHero this makes him a hero.]]

* In the Izaya Orihara spin-off from ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' Izaya himself counts. In Durarara!! he was a ManipulativeBastard, TheSociopath and a PsychopathicManChild. However, it is made clear he only helps or hurts people on a whim and is neither good nor evil. Now, the protagonist in his own series, he hasn't changed a bit, for example, [[spoiler:after talking a girl down from blowing up a building, he takes the bomb, pins it to the ceiling and sets it off for fun]].

* Mikazuki of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'' is a ChildSoldier who has no qualm on killing, he does not have the concept of mercy when it comes to [[DoubleTap disposing enemies]] [[KilledMidSentence when they're still speaking]], often [[TheNicknamer gives vulgar nicknames to enemies]] who managed to survive his encounters. And he remains [[TheStoic in an unnervingly calm mood]] all the time.

* Mikoshiba Ryouma of ''LightNovel/WorteniaSenki'' is so into this that he bumps up against VillainProtagonist. He only cares about his own well being, and the twin sister "War slave" sisters he owns, Lara and Sara. He cares not one whit about collateral damage, and will do anything and everything he needs to in order to win a fight, except for sacrificing either one or both of Lara and Sara, even going so far as to buy children between 10 and 14 years old, ''by the thousands'', purely to make into soldiers for his army, and cares not a whit about collateral damage. He is considered extremely benevolent by comparison because the world he was dragged to ''is that much worse!''

* [[EmpoweredBadassNormal Billy Butcher]] in ''ComicBook/TheBoys''. A [[EvilBrit violent, unstable, and manipulative]] {{expy}} of Punisher above as well as a deconstruction of this archetype, showing how seriously messed up someone would have to be to fit in this category. He was [[AmbiguousDisorder all but stated]] to have high-functioning psychopathy, to the point that he would literally dissociate from his actions and go into an UnstoppableRage when pushed hard enough. He had a [[MoralSociopathy strong sense of honor and morality in spite of this]], and combining the two with his FantasticRacism against DifferentlyPoweredIndividuals easily put him on a slippery slope to HeWhoFightsMonsters. In his own words [[MoralityChain his wife Becky]] was the one thing preventing him from ending up a violent thug, and after she was gone he became a CrusadingWidower that was driven so far down the DespairEventHorizon he was willing to [[CruelAndUnusualDeath kill and torture]] every superhero he could get his hands on [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge all for the sake of his revenge]]. [[spoiler:In the final arc of the series, he goes JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope, as the true extent of his ManipulativeBastard tendencies are revealed when he becomes a TeamKiller [[WellIntentionedExtremist for the sake of]] his FinalSolution against Supes.]]

* ''Fanfic/TheVictorsProject'': It's hard to tell if Jade Boelyn is this or just putting on a good front. She is a dedicated Rebel, determined not to let anyone else she could save die, and does feel a sense of loss for various victors killed in the war, but looks back relatively fondly on her own Games (how she looks, some of her kill methods etc.). And then there's how, at the age of ten, she once helped her future Ermine Mentor kill the AcademyOfEvil's resident GirlPosse (who'd murdered Ermine's friend), largely on a whim and watched with a smile.

* A plot point in ''Film/SASRiseOfTheBlackSwan''. Tom Buckingham is an SAS operator who's a high functioning psychopath, who gets in a DieHardOnAnX situation against Grace Lewis, a mercenary DistaffCounterpart. Their mutual psychopathy is played for DeliberateValuesDissonance and BirdsOfAFeather.

* [[PsychoSidekick Mouse]] from ''Film/DevilInABlueDress'' is an [[AxCrazy unhinged]] and murderous thug who's go-to response to any sort of threat or backtalk is to shoot whoever pissed him off. He's only helping to fight the villains because his best friend [[TheHero Easy]] needs help, even as Easy desperately tries to stop him from indiscriminately torturing or killing anyone in their way.

* Like his television version, Literature/{{Dexter}} Morgan in ''Darkly Dreaming Dexter'' and subsequent novels self identifies as a violent sociopath. His foster father trained him to kill other violent criminals in order to channel use violent urges in a "positive" manner.

* Joy Phim is a perfect example of this trope in the ''Literature/NeverAgain'' series. When we first meet her, she mentions her skill with weapons and lovingly describes how swiftly she can kill someone with her martial arts. When training [[ActionSurvivor John]] in their use, she says that it's actually best to kill one's enemy instead of incapacitating them, even though this goes against the code of nearly every martial artist. If one still had any doubts as to her nature, she sulks in her room whenever John hires a criminal syndicate to do their dirty work instead of letting Joy kill their targets herself -- that's right, she throws a tantrum if she doesn't get to kill someone. The only reason John and the Society even put up with her is because their enemies are [[BlackAndGrayMorality the worst dictators of the twentieth century]].

* Sgt. Bothari in Literature/VorkosiganSaga is a multiple rapist and murderer, who get sexually excited by killing and when watching a pregnant prisoner be abused by her captors. Knowing this, he depends on the structure of his military service and the guidance of the lord and lady he serves to show him what is right and what is wrong.

* Zack State, the main character of ''Literature/TheMentalState'', is this from a certain perspective. Despite having the emotionlessness, ruthlessness, deviousness, and manipulative guile one would expect from a sociopath, he also has a specific moral code that means he can only inflict misery on people he judges as being worthy of it. His brutality manifests as either tough-love or karmic punishment. He uses cunning and manipulation to turn the prison into his own version of a dictatorship. Luckily, he has an extremely liberal approach to handling prisoners and even succeeds in causing many of them to reform. It is hard to tell whether his actions are motivated by his sense of morality or just another means of improving his position. However, there are subtle hints that he genuinely cares for the other inmates on some level and is even [[spoiler:cured of his sociopathy at the end of the story]].

* The quote supplier, the title character from ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', admits he is this. Sherlock has all the classic signs of a fictional sociopath: a general lack of empathy; self centered behavior; total disregard for laws; and regular use of fake charm, lies, and manipulation to achieve his goals. Ultimately subverted however, since when push comes to shove [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Sherlock really does care about his friends]]. It's suggested that Sherlock has tried to mold his mind into sociopathic thought patterns in order to function better as a detective.

* The Korean drama ''I Remember You'' plays with this. In the first few episodes, we hear about this murderer, and seeing a flashback of the person assisting the case, we believe that he might be the killer, until it becomes clear that this is just the dad's misunderstanding ([[spoiler:the older brother is an [[EmotionlessGirl Emotionless Guy]] and the apparently normal younger brother is actually the likely killer]]). To make matters worse, the dad -- fearful of his son becoming a killer -- locks one kid downstairs to try to teach him right and wrong, and neglects the other one.

* Jake Fitzgerald, a supporting character in ''Series/{{Scream|TVSeries}}'' is one, as he has little motive for wanting the blackmail money, he shows NoSympathy when his friends end up dead, and he is perfectly willing to lie and manipulate Brooke into trusting him but hating Will. Still, he supports Brooke when her friend died and risks his life to save his friend. In the end he is one of the good guys and not a SerialKiller, but still has his issues.

* All of the Terminators in ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'' count here. Catherine Weaver coldly dispatches a factory full of people, and murders a guy who called her a bitch, and plans to murder Ellison. Yet she's attempting to build something to counter Skynet. Cameron frequently kills people (such as Enrique) who threaten the mission, without so much as a blink at the ramifications. Derek is also an example, when he kills Andy Good without showing much emotion, and shoots the fellow in the alley without a second thought. He doesn't appear to have so much as a bad dream about it, despite being a ShellShockedVeteran. Perhaps all the violence he's seen have fried his empathy circuits.

** By the second half of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'', Dimitri has degenerated from a KnightInShiningArmor to one of these. He is completely obsessed with getting revenge on [[spoiler:Edelgard]] for starting a world war and (allegedly) killing his loved ones, he's completely unconcerned about his own people, he shows disturbing signs of sadistic tendencies, and the only reason he maintains player sympathy is because he has the SympatheticPOV and he genuinely didn't start the conflict he's embroiled in.

** The Legion of the Dead is also comprised at least partially of this. Exiles, criminals, murderers and even rapists from Orzammar are accepted as members, who hold their own funerals when they join, consider themselves dead, and are willing to spend their last days waging guerrilla warfare and [[TheBerserker full head-on assaults]] against the Darkspawn horde.

* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' has the BountyHunter and PunchClockHero mercenary Zaeed. While he doesn't exactly always propose MurderIsTheBestSolution, he probably wouldn't be against suggestions for it, though he makes clear at a few points that [[EvenEvilHasStandards he has standards nonetheless]]. The same game features Jack, a biotic TykeBomb who's been so abused and beaten that at this point the only pleasure she finds any more is in killing. It helps that the men who trained her would torture her any time she showed mercy, and inject her with drugs to get her to associate pleasure with killing.

* Alex Mercer from ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' is a very complex case, but he ends up being well-intentioned in the end, saving New York from destruction. It doesn't prevent him from being an AxeCrazy PsychoPrototype who savagely kills his enemies, consumes people (though the player can choose whether to eat civilians or not) and has a hard backstory behind him. By the time the second game rolls around he's [[RogueProtagonist definitely no longer a hero]] - but no longer a sociopath, either.

** James Ackerson, head of SPARTAN-III, is a good individual example of an ONI sociopath; despite a distinguished record both on and off the field ([[spoiler:even using his last moments in life to help save Cleveland from a Covenant attack]]), he's also often prioritizes his personal ambition over the greater good, to the point where he actually tried to get the Master Chief himself killed in a training accident on Reach ''when the Covenant were already attacking the planet''.

* The villains of ''VideoGame/GoldenSun'', Saturos and Menardi, just utterly revel in this trope. On one hand they're on a quest to save their village and the entire world by igniting the four Elemental Lighthouses, but on the other hand, they are absolute sociopathic ''dicks''. Some of their antics include beating a pair of kids to near death for eavesdropping on them, not caring in the least that they destroyed the protagonist's home town[[note]]They ''did'' save the lives of the presumed dead villagers, but only to blackmail Felix into helping them as they needed a Venus Adept[[/note]] kicking a tree into the river they know is actually a cursed ([[AndIMustScream and still conscious]]) human, beating everyone at Venus Lighthouse to near-death[[note]]True they were defending themselves from the guards who attacked them, but they also attacked the innocent scholars for the hell of it and it's implied they would have outright killed everyone had Kraden not stopped them[[/note]], and overall just thoroughly enjoying every bit of it. Saturos has at least some standards, as he maintains an air of [[AffablyEvil Affable Evil]] and even scolds Menardi for threatening Felix at one point, but Menardi is a complete bastard who's in it ForTheEvulz.

* WebSite/SFDebris AlternateCharacterInterpretation of [[Series/StarTrekVoyager Janeway]] is played like this (to the point of being the BigBad of the franchise). While it is done for humor there are several times where the Janeway in the show does something either as bad or ''worse'' than [=SFDebris=]-Janeway. In his review of "Latent Image" he compares his Janeway and the show's Janeway's solutions to the events of the episode. He gives up part way when he realizes that the real Janeway's solution was more extreme than her own ''parody''.