History ManipulativeBastard / WesternAnimation

** One of the {{Big Bad}}s of season 20, Lennart Bedrager, manages to rival both Cartman and Leslie in terms of maniulativeness. He gains political power in Denmark [[spoiler:despite not actually being from there]], manages to convince his new subjects to create a database that can expose the internet history of everybody on earth (which causes enough global tension to potentially start World War III), all [[spoiler:to get a laugh]].

* [[BigBad Prince Phobos]] from ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'' is very good at this (though his ego and laziness keep him from being as good at it as he could be), and his [[TheDragon Dragon]] Cedric has his moments. Season 2's BigBad Nerissa is even better, easily qualifying for full MagnificentBastard (something neither of the other two were able to pull off).

** [[RichBitch Muffy Crosswire]], who will do anything to get her way, even if it means lying.

* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'''s Alejandro is a spectacular case. So far he's masterminded more eliminations than any prior villain on the show, and the kicker? Not one person knows that he's evil on the remaing cast except for Heather, who [[BelligerentSexualTension has strangely not been punished]], and those that do find out don't last long or don't find out until it's to late to do squat.
** Heather was quite manipulative herself in the first season, but her spark fizzled out afterward.

** [[BigBad Hawk Moth]]'s modus operandi is taking advantage of people's negative emotions to turn them into supervillains so they can deal with whatever/whoever caused their negative emotions in the first place, in exchange for them bringing him [[TheHero Ladybug]] and [[TheLancer Cat Noir]]'s [[TransformationTrinket Miraculouses]]. Typically this makes him an OpportunisticBastard who simply waits to pounce on instances of strong negativity, but on several occasions he has used his civilian identity to deliberately set up events to upset people so they'll be vulnerable to akumatization. In the finale of Season 3, he executes a gambit to deepen [[spoiler:Chloé's]] growing resentment of Ladybug and successfully convinces her to become his ally ''[[NotBrainwashed willingly]]''.

** Adrien's cousin Félix Graham de Vanily from the episode of the same name, who takes advantage of Adrien's kindess to ruin his relationship with his friends [[EvilIsPetty purely out of spite]]. At the end of the episode, [[spoiler:he gives a very sincere-sounding apology to Adrien for what he did, [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk but doesn't actually feel any remorse and was merely taking adventage of his cousin's feelings once again]] in order to get an opportunity to steal his uncle Gabriel's wedding ring (which was his overall goal to begin with)]].

-->'''Lila''': I only tell people what they want to hear.\\

** Lila Rossi is so good at manipulating people that in just a few minutes, she manages to turn the entire class against ''Marinette'', of all people. Summed up by this exchange:

** [[BigBad Hawk Moth]]'s modus operandi is taking advantage of people's negative emotions to turn them into supervillains so they can deal with whatever/whoever caused their negative emotions in the first place, in exchange for them bringing him [[TheHero Ladybug]] and [[TheLancer Cat Noir]]'s [[TransformationTrinket Miraculouses]]. In the finale of Season 3, he is even able to take advantage of [[spoiler:Chloé Bourgeois']] resentment for Ladybug to make her become his ally ''[[NotBrainwashed willingly]]''.
** [[AlphaBitch Chloé Bourgeois]] has picked up a few tips on how to be a Manipulative Bitch from her father [[SleazyPolitician André Bourgeois]]. She frequently takes advantage of her [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections social status]] to get out of trouble for things she did and get her schoolmates in trouble instead.

** [[BigBad Hawk Moth]]'s modus operandi is taking advantage of people's negative emotions to turn them into supervillains so they can deal with whatever/whoever caused their negative emotions in the first place, in exchange for them bringing him [[TheHero Ladybug]] and [[TheLancer Cat Noir]]'s [[TransformationTrinket Miraculouses]] for him. In the finale of Season 3, he is even able to take advantage of [[spoiler:Chloé Bourgeois']] resentment for Ladybug to make her become his ally ''[[NotBrainwashed willingly]]''.

*** There's also his utterly unsympathetic deconstruction of one of the nannies in "Tsst". He skillfully convinces her that her psychological techniques are working on him, then turns the situation on its head and tears into her brutally by not simply mocking her lack of children, but mocking her ability to judge people. She walks out on her first day in near-hysterics. Then Series/{{Supernanny}} is brought in... briefly. [[NoodleIncident We don't see what he does to Nanny Jo,]] but three days later she's shown utterly broken in an asylum, eating her own excrement and sobbing the phrase, "From hell. It's from helllll!"
*** One of Cartman's proudest moments (for him) is in "Cartoon Wars Part II". He sets off to have WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy taken off the air with his Game Face on, ready to spout a sob-story to the writers, the likes of which he's done many times before. Just another job, right? Then he finds out that it gets a little more complicated when you have to pitch a sob-story to ''Manatees.'' And yet he still manages to manipulate a TV executive into not wanting the Manatees to push him around - when the guy had previously been making a fortune out of allowing them to do so. Anybody can push around humans. He manipulated ''sea-mammals.'' No wonder this was his next line:

* Dave from ''WesternAnimation/CodeMonkeys'' tends to fall into this territory sometimes most notably [[spoiler:In the Drunken Office Party episode where he gets Jerry to believe he is responsible for all the horrible things he (Dave) actually did at the Office Party. The whole episode Jerry is racked with guilt and is insulted, physically attacked, thrown up on trying to make up for what he did. He even considers quitting. Because Jerry believes he broke Dave's arm he gives him his ticket to Hawaii and thanks him for being such a good friend. It is only at the end of the episode he realizes Dave was behind it all and the things happening to him were happening because Dave was with him and he happened to be caught in the crossfire. Several of the people he offended were made up and Dave gets go spend two weeks in Hawaii while it all blows over.]]
* Digeri Dingo from ''WesternAnimation/TazMania'' is a milder, more lovable example of this
* Despite the series being known for its incompetent or even stupid characters, ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' actually has a surprising amount of manipulative bastards. Though very few come across as being completely unlikable or evil...a rare thing to have accomplished, the fact is that most of the cast dabbles in deception on more than one occasion. In fact more than 90% of the cast could be considered in this category.

** The Mayor of Springfield, "Diamond" Joe Quimby makes his living being a manipulative bastard. He's a satirical politician after all. Though one must admit, even in the somewhat [[CrapsackWorld morally confused]] world of the Simpsons, many of Quimby's actions are particularly bad. Even the incompetent Chief Clancy Wiggum, whom Quimby seems to have under his thumb, holds a thinly veiled desire to see Quimby answer to karma. Not without moments of sympathy, but a manipulative bastard no less.

** Krusty the Clown, Springfield's resident celebrity, will do almost anything to keep his fame and fortune in check. Much like Quimby in a sense, Krusty in way makes his living off of being a manipulative bastard.
** Let's not kid ourselves...Homer Simpson may be the de-facto main character and the big doofus (Jerkass most of the time...) we all love...but at the end of the day he's one manipulative bastard. Just consider how many situations Homer slimed his way out of by playing on people's emotions...whether it'd be Marge, the townsfolk, or even YOU! This doesn't mean he's a bad man, anyone who's watched the show knows that he's got a good heart somewhere in there...but he really is a manipulative man in many ways. Thinking otherwise means you're under his spell most likely.

** Him is easily one of the biggest ones. He acts like a manipulative bastard to everyone, but mostly to Bubbles, as 2 episodes of the series involve Him torturing and manipulating Bubbles by using her sweetness, naivete and her extreme emotions to destroy her and her sisters and in 1 case break them up. But what else would you expect from their world's equivalent of ''{{Satan}}?!''

* ''WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperheroes'' has a few, some of the biggest examples are Dr. Londo (during his son's CallingTheOldManOut routine he mentions that he uses everyone), [[spoiler: Brainiac]], Imperiex and Alexis Luthor
* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'''s Helga Pataki is this in the episode "School Play". When Helga learns that Arnold will be playing Romeo, she wants to be Juliet but gets stuck as 4th understudy. So, only in the unlikely event that all four girls, Rhonda, Sheena, Phoebe and Lila[[note]] who was aware of what Helga was up to and willingly gave up her spot for Helga[[/note]], were to all drop out, would Helga be able to play Juliet. It just so happens Helga can be such a manipulative bastard.

* The Creeper from ''WesternAnimation/{{Animalia}}''. One of his favorite methods includes fake crying to trick the heroes.

** Sweetie Belle, albeit young, has shown serious potential and could be considered a Manipulative Bastard In Training and might as well have her older sister on a cross and strings. ''[[http://images.wikia.com/mlp/images/1/1e/Sweetie_Belle_S02E12.png This is the face of a filly that will play you like a violin if given the chance.]]''
** Discord is depicted in stained glass window images controlling ponies via puppeteer strings (something we actually see him sort of do) and in the episode itself generally plays ''everyone'' for fools. By the end of the first episode, [[spoiler:he's successfully manipulated and ''[[BreakTheCutie broken]]'' the mane cast through his mind games and manipulations.]]

** In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS6E20VivaLasPegasus Viva Las Pegasus]]," Gladmane retains his amazing array of talented performers by playing off duos against each other, leaving them too distracted by arguing to make plans to leave. Unfortunately, [[spoiler: he included Flim and Flam in this, and they promptly KansasCityShuffle him out the door]].
** [[spoiler:[[FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon Co]][[FauxAffablyEvil zy]] [[TheSociopath Glow]]]] turns out to be ''the'' best one, on the entire show. Apparently, it's ''her'' cutie mark talent (along with being TheChessmaster).

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': Lila Rossi is so good at manipulating people that in just a few minutes, she manages to turn the entire class against ''Marinette'', of all people. Summed up by this exchange:

*** Cartman also convinced everybody that ginger kids are soulless monsters. In order to teach him a lesson, Kyle and Stan make him up as a ginger. Unfortunately Cartman's xenophobic nature doesn't change one bit; all that changes is who he's prejudiced against. He rallies all the ginger kids into a sect and begins an extermination of non-gingers in a drive to make sure that he is not a minority. Mere moments before the extermination commences, Kyle reveals the truth to him. He then has seconds to devise an inspirational speech that usually Stan or Kyle would make. His audience notices his change in tune and press him for some time, but in the end, Cartman ''still'' manages to pull the lie off by manipulating the gingers into joining him in a corny improvised song-and-dance number about loving your fellow man, despite their appearance or skin color.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheCrumpets'': In "Amenez-zique !", one member of a popular male music duo crashes his helicopter outside the Crumpets' house. Caprice, who is a big fan of the duo, gets involved in rescuing him, who is left with IdentityAmnesia after waking up. She explains to him that they've been in a romantic relationship. Hoping to keep him as her "ideal boyfriend", she hides him in her bedroom, altered his clothes and hair to match her own colors, and gives him a different name. Caprice's cousin Cordless, who also took part of the rescue, feels anxious due to his guilt for assisting her scheme despite his initial opposition. At one time when the amnesiac man gets left unattended, the TricksterTwins tell him that he had robbed farmers (influencing him to steal Pa's basket of strawberries) and that he was a bartender.

'''Lila''': There's nothing you can do about it, anyway. People can't resist when they hear what they like to hear.

** Kaeloo herself [[BitchInSheepsClothing has her moments]]. For example, in "Let's Play Courtroom Drama", [[spoiler: she pulls a WoundedGazelleGambit by threatening to leave Smileyland in order to get Mr. Cat to confess to the crime.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'''s Helga Pataki is this in the episode "School Play". When Helga learns that Arnold will be playing Romeo, she wants to be Juliet but gets stuck as 4th understudy. So, only in the unlikely event that all four girls, Rhonda, Sheena, Phoebe and Lila, were to all drop out, would Helga be able to play Juliet. It just so happens Helga can be such a manipulative bastard.

---> '''Kyle''': [[YouMakeMeSick You are such a manipulative asshole, Cartman.]]\\

---> '''Cartman:''' I did it! I... AM... ''GOD!!!!''

-->Azula: "Don't flatter yourself. [[MagnificentBastard You were never even a player."]]

-->Azula: [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome "Don't flatter yourself.]] [[MagnificentBastard You were never even a player."]]

** [[spoiler:[[FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon Co]][[FauxAffablyEvil zy]] [[TheSociopath Glow]]]] turns out to be one of the best ones, if not ''the'' best one, on the entire show. Apparently, it's ''her'' cutie mark talent (along with being TheChessmaster).

** Leslie Meyers, the BigBad of season 19 also qualifies. She got Jimmy to help her escape from the news anchors that were keeping her in captivity. As soon as she finds a computer, she beats the hell out of Jimmy and starts sending advertisements through it. After she's done there, she sets her sights on manipulating ''Kyle''.

** One of the {{Big Bad}}s of season 20, Lennart Bedrager, manages to rival Cartman in terms of maniulativeness. He gains political power in Denmark [[spoiler:despite not actually being from there]], manages to convince his new subjects to create a database that can expose the internet history of everybody on earth (which causes enough global tension to potentially start World War III), all [[spoiler:to get a laugh]].

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* ''MagnificentBastard/StarWarsTheCloneWars''
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** [[spoiler:[[FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon Co]][[FauxAffablyEvil zy]] [[TheSociopath Glow]]] turns out to be one of the best ones, if not ''the'' best one, on the entire show. Apparently, it's ''her'' cutie mark talent (along with being TheChessmaster).

** Diamond Tiara is great at manipulating others, especially for a filly. Apparently, manipulating others is her cutie mark talent.

* Roger from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad''