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* Whenever you (the titular Tactical Sniper) shoots at a guard in ''Panda Tactical Sniper'' and ''2'', you fail your mission and your boss will reprimand you, not out of moral consideration but, because the bullet can be traced back to them.
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* In ''VideoGame/NEOTheWorldEndsWithYou'', [[spoiler:Shoka]] brings this up as the reason why [[spoiler:Motoi]], who'd betrayed the Wicked Twisters before, won't do so again when the traitor offers to help the Wicked Twisters [[spoiler:and the Variabeauties]] take down the Ruinbringers. If the traitor did betray the others, the traitor's team would be left as the only team besides the Ruinbringers for the following week, all but guaranteeing that the traitor would place last and be erased.
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** Hermaeus Mora's general approach to finding minions is to offer to pay them richly in secrets/magic/knowledge/whatever. If they refuse, no big problem; there are plenty of other more easily tempted adventurers out there. And since Mora ''always'' rewards success, said minions will always be motivated to succeed more. He doesn't actually care about their well-being, of course, but positive reinforcement gets results while making a minimal number of mortal enemies.
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* After defeating Tubba Blubba in ''VideoGame/PaperMario64'', Lady Bow laments he turned to Bowser for powers as payback for her and the other Boos haunting him relentlessly. She grudgingly agrees that they should leave him alone now rather than provoke another revenge scheme, though still thinks it served the big chicken right.
-->'''Lady Bow:''' I guess I better tell everyone not to scare old Tubba Blubba anymore (...) Oh well, we're not sorry for it! Scaring folks is what ghosts do, so Boo on him! Ha!
* In ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', [[BigBad Grodus]] insists that Princess Peach not be harmed while she is his prisoner, not out of kindness but because it suits his plan. [[spoiler:He's planning on having the Shadow Queen possess her, and use the queen to conquer the world, so he can't afford for anything to happen to the queen's intended body]].
-->'''Lady Bow:''' I guess I better tell everyone not to scare old Tubba Blubba anymore (...) Oh well, we're not sorry for it! Scaring folks is what ghosts do, so Boo on him! Ha!
* In ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', [[BigBad Grodus]] insists that Princess Peach not be harmed while she is his prisoner, not out of kindness but because it suits his plan. [[spoiler:He's planning on having the Shadow Queen possess her, and use the queen to conquer the world, so he can't afford for anything to happen to the queen's intended body]].
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** In ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', [[BigBad Grodus]] insists that Princess Peach not be harmed while she is his prisoner, not out of kindness but because it suits his plan. [[spoiler:He's planning on having the Shadow Queen possess her, and use the queen to conquer the world, so he can't afford for anything to happen to the queen's intended body]].
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* ''VideoGame/TalesOfTheAbyss'': While the heroes are doing research at the world's biggest technological hub, they run into the BigBad and his strongest subordinate. He lets them go, not out of BondVillainStupidity, but because starting a (likely very messy) fight in the middle of a famous and highly-populated city would draw too much attention.
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** ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'': In the third case, the killer's defense for why he isn't a smuggler is because the risks far outweigh the rewards; he's accused of smuggling a rare cocoon out of Borginia, which punishes cocoon smugglers with the death penalty (because while the cocoon has medical use, it's very easy to turn it into a particularly nasty poison) and any potential clients he had might suspect him of running a sting operation ([[spoiler:especially as he's a detective]]) or might betray him to the police, which wouldn't hurt ''them'' but would get him killed. [[spoiler:Apollo defeats this argument by proving he ''did'' have a safe client; the Chief Justice, who desperately needed a cocoon (his son was in the hospital with Incuritis, to which the only medicine had to be made with those cocoons) and would have a ''lot'' to lose if it was widely known that he was involved in international smuggling.]]
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** ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'': In ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorney'':
***In the third case, the killer's defense for why he isn't a smuggler is because the risks far outweigh the rewards; he's accused of smuggling a rare cocoon out of Borginia, which punishes cocoon smugglers with the death penalty (because while the cocoon has medical use, it's very easy to turn it into a particularly nasty poison) and any potential clients he had might suspect him of running a sting operation ([[spoiler:especially as he's a detective]]) or might betray him to the police, which wouldn't hurt ''them'' but would get him killed. [[spoiler:Apollo defeats this argument by proving he ''did'' have a safe client; the Chief Justice, who desperately needed a cocoon (his son was in the hospital with Incuritis, to which the only medicine had to be made with those cocoons) and would have a ''lot'' to lose if it was widely known that he was involved in international smuggling.]]
*** The BigBad [[spoiler:Kristoph Gavin proves to be a game-wide example. After having had enough of being overshadowed by Phoenix Wright, culminating in him being passed over as Zak Gramarye's attorney, he hatches a chillingly ruthless plot to have Phoenix disbarred and disgraced from the legal profession. However, unlike many other Ace Attorney {{BigBad}}s, he studiously avoids gloating about his plans or even openly antagonizing Wright; hell, he actually votes ''against'' the disbarment he's orchestrated and becomes Phoenix's lawyer in order to keep close tabs on him. In the first case, where Phoenix gets implicated in a murder Kristoph committed, Kristoph is even sincere about defending him as he plans to pin the blame on one of the witnesses, only turning on Phoenix once it becomes clear that he ''knows'' what Kristoph has done. This extends to his relationship with Apollo, as unlike Manfred von Karma, Kristoph was a genuinely sincere mentor as he ''wanted'' Apollo to eventually succeed him, which makes TheReveal of his true colors all the more shocking to Apollo.]]
***In the third case, the killer's defense for why he isn't a smuggler is because the risks far outweigh the rewards; he's accused of smuggling a rare cocoon out of Borginia, which punishes cocoon smugglers with the death penalty (because while the cocoon has medical use, it's very easy to turn it into a particularly nasty poison) and any potential clients he had might suspect him of running a sting operation ([[spoiler:especially as he's a detective]]) or might betray him to the police, which wouldn't hurt ''them'' but would get him killed. [[spoiler:Apollo defeats this argument by proving he ''did'' have a safe client; the Chief Justice, who desperately needed a cocoon (his son was in the hospital with Incuritis, to which the only medicine had to be made with those cocoons) and would have a ''lot'' to lose if it was widely known that he was involved in international smuggling.]]
*** The BigBad [[spoiler:Kristoph Gavin proves to be a game-wide example. After having had enough of being overshadowed by Phoenix Wright, culminating in him being passed over as Zak Gramarye's attorney, he hatches a chillingly ruthless plot to have Phoenix disbarred and disgraced from the legal profession. However, unlike many other Ace Attorney {{BigBad}}s, he studiously avoids gloating about his plans or even openly antagonizing Wright; hell, he actually votes ''against'' the disbarment he's orchestrated and becomes Phoenix's lawyer in order to keep close tabs on him. In the first case, where Phoenix gets implicated in a murder Kristoph committed, Kristoph is even sincere about defending him as he plans to pin the blame on one of the witnesses, only turning on Phoenix once it becomes clear that he ''knows'' what Kristoph has done. This extends to his relationship with Apollo, as unlike Manfred von Karma, Kristoph was a genuinely sincere mentor as he ''wanted'' Apollo to eventually succeed him, which makes TheReveal of his true colors all the more shocking to Apollo.]]
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*** Darth Marr in general tends to operate on this, which makes him a ReasonableAuthorityFigure as far as Sith goes. He sees the anti-alien bigotry of the Empire as wasteful since it means ignoring potentially useful allies and largely tolerates the Imperial Agent and Bounty Hunter as long as they're useful [[spoiler:though if the former used the Black Codex to go rogue from the Empire, he'll tell them that [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou were they not useful he'd have them executed]].]] He's also aware that the Sith Emperor is an OmnicidalManiac, meaning that he'll do [[EvilVersusOblivion anything to stop him]], even [[EnemyMine temporarily allying with the Jedi and the Republic]].
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*** Darth Marr in general tends to operate on this, which makes him a ReasonableAuthorityFigure as far as Sith goes. He sees the anti-alien bigotry of the Empire as wasteful since it means ignoring potentially useful allies and largely tolerates the Imperial Agent and Bounty Hunter (both of whom can subvert the Empire to various extents) as long as they're useful [[spoiler:though if the former used the Black Codex to go rogue from the Empire, he'll tell them that [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou were they not useful he'd have them executed]].]] He's also aware that the Sith Emperor is an OmnicidalManiac, meaning that he'll do [[EvilVersusOblivion anything to stop him]], even [[EnemyMine temporarily allying with the Jedi and the Republic]].
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*** Darth Jadus operates similarly to Marr, albeit in a far more psychotic manner. He avoids the more self-destructive traits of most Sith and acts as an avid proponent of EqualOpportunityEvil. If you manage to outwit him, he'll be willing to negotiate for a retreat whereas other Sith in his position would have gone through a self-destructive breakdown.
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*** Darth Jadus operates similarly to Marr, albeit in a far more psychotic manner.manner due to his idealization of state terrorism. He avoids the more self-destructive traits of most Sith and acts as an avid proponent of EqualOpportunityEvil. If you manage to outwit him, he'll be willing to negotiate for a retreat whereas other Sith in his position would have gone through a self-destructive breakdown.
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* ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'':
** The Primus turns on the Archon in the third act, and can potentially offer Ryder an easier shot at him. Her motives aren't benevolent -- step 1 after getting rid of her insane boss is get back to work conquering the locals, but getting rid of the Archon via Ryder is a win-win for her.
** The head of the Collective, one of the two gangs competing for rule of Kadara, makes a pretty good offer if they wind up in charge; the Initiative gets to set up a colony on the planet at no fee, as opposed to the incumbent Sloan Kelley, who charges protection money.
** The Primus turns on the Archon in the third act, and can potentially offer Ryder an easier shot at him. Her motives aren't benevolent -- step 1 after getting rid of her insane boss is get back to work conquering the locals, but getting rid of the Archon via Ryder is a win-win for her.
** The head of the Collective, one of the two gangs competing for rule of Kadara, makes a pretty good offer if they wind up in charge; the Initiative gets to set up a colony on the planet at no fee, as opposed to the incumbent Sloan Kelley, who charges protection money.
