History ManipulativeBastard / WesternAnimation

* Slade from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' definitely goes here. Manipulating others and making them suffer for it is what he does best. Unfortunately, he cannot see outside of his big plans, so his manipulations usually come with a [[VillainBall price]].

* ''WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens'': [[Characters/BigCityGreensChipWhistler Chip Whistler]] becomes this in the climax of "[[Recap/BigCityGreensS2E5 Reckoning Ball]]", in which he manages to use the Greens' kindness and innocence and makes them believe he's changed and sorry for his actions against him, so he can take over for his retiring father and carry out his revenge without any interference from him. The Greens realize the truth by the time of "[[Recap/BigCityGreensS2E14 Friend Con]]".

** [[spoiler:[[Characters/AmphibiaKingAndrias King Andrias]]]] proves an even more skilled manipulator than Sasha, having [[spoiler:spent around three to four months making Marcy trust him and see him as a fatherly and kind man even before his introduction. After his introduction, he has the three girls go on a quest that supposedly will restore the power to the music box so they can go home, but actually is aimed as taking away their [[TheChosenOne Chosen One]] powers so they can't pose a threat to him, all the while telling Marcy just enough to make her dance after his pipe. Even after he reveals his true colors, he continues with the manipulation by revealing an AwfulTruth about Marcy to sow discord between the girls]].
** Ironically averted with [[spoiler:[[Characters/AmphibiaTheCore The Core]], Andrias' master, a TranshumanAbomination containing the mind of, among others, his father. While the Core can make Andrias follow its orders without question despite his better judgement, this is more a case of Andrias being indoctrinated since childhood. When the Core tries to manipulate Anne, Sasha and Marcy, it falls flat every time. It calls Anne "dumber than a bag of rocks" to undermine her confidence, only to have Anne outsmart it immediately after. It tries to taunt Sasha with a NotSoDifferentRemark, which she ignores as she has gone through enough CharacterDevelopment to know it's false. Finally, it tries to keep Marcy trapped in [[LotusEaterMachine a simulation of her greatest wish]], but she sees through and defies it]].

** [[Characters/AmphibiaSashaWaybright Sasha Waybright]] is introduced imprisoned, having manipulated her fifth guard into abandoning his post. Throughout her first episode she teaches captain Grime how to earn his soldiers' loyalty and hard work by offering them false praise. Flashback shows that back on earth she was an AlphaBitch who was always pushing her friend Anne around. Even after [[spoiler:Anne stands up to her in the season finale]], Sasha continues her manipulations into season 2, playing the role of TheAtoner so that Anne and Marcy will take her and Grime to the king where they can enact their planned coup. [[spoiler:She finally sees the consequences of her actions when [[CryingWolf Anne refuses to listen to her the one time she was actually telling the truth]], which leads to a series of events that culminate in Anne and her found family being sent back to earth with no way back and Marcy being stabbed, possibly lethally. Afterward, Sasha becomes TheAtoner for real, using her manipulative skillset to become a heroic rebel leader]].

%%** In many situations, Homer slimed his way out of by playing on people's emotions.
%%** Bart knows how to play on people's sympathies.

** Silco is an excellent master of manipulation as he can be an exceptionally charismatic man able to play into people's desires or emotions to get them to do what he wants.