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** The same goes for BigBad [[spoiler:Eveline]]. The game front-loads a decent amount of sympathy for this character in [[spoiler:her]] backstory as a TykeBomb who "just wants a family," and does its very best to present [[spoiler:her]] as some kind of tragic AntiVillain, but it's severely undermined by how [[spoiler:she]] displays ''entirely'' too much delight and glee at the horrific suffering [[spoiler:she]] inflicts on dozens of innocent people for this sympathetic treatment to properly work in context. The "Daughters" DLC also severely undermines [[spoiler: Eveline's]] TragicVillain nature when she's rescued and taken in by the Bakers, and ''immediately'' repays their kindness by enslaving them and turning most of them into psychotic murderers, even gloating to the remaining untainted member of he family that "They're ''mine'', now!" right before doing the deed.
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* Most villains from the ''VideoGame/{{Atelier}} Iris'' series, the biggest example being Mull, the BigBad of [[VideoGame/AtelierIrisEternalMana the first game]]. His {{Expy}} from ''VideoGame/AtelierIris3GrandPhantasm'', Crowley, was thankfully much closer to being a MagnificentBastard, but still didn't quite make it.

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* Most villains from the ''VideoGame/{{Atelier}} ''VideoGame/{{Atelier|Series}} Iris'' series, the biggest example being Mull, the BigBad of [[VideoGame/AtelierIrisEternalMana the first game]]. His {{Expy}} from ''VideoGame/AtelierIris3GrandPhantasm'', Crowley, was thankfully much closer to being a MagnificentBastard, but still didn't quite make it.
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Jin's arrogance is genuinely well deserved and he has the ability to back up his claims. It's more Arrogant Kung Fu Guy


** Jin Kisaragi has an incredibly over-inflated ego and gleefully treats everyone around him (Noel in particular) as trash. The only person whom he has a modicum of respect for is Tsubaki.
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* From the ''[[VideoGame/NintendoWars Advance Wars]]'' series:
** ''VideoGame/AdvanceWars 2: Black Hole Rising'' has the appropriately-named Adder, who fights dirtily, has utter contempt for most of his enemies (and tries to persuade the one he does respect to join Black Hole) and revels in the crushing of civilians. Every defeat you inflict upon him is wonderfully cathartic. Contrast with his superior, WorthyOpponent Hawke, who tempers his villainy with competence and a healthy respect for his opponents.
** ''VideoGame/AdvanceWars: Dual Strike'' has RichBitch Kindle.
** Both Waylon and Admiral Greyfield in ''VideoGame/AdvanceWars: Days of Ruin''. Waylon fights on Greyfield's side against your army just because he feels like it, and Greyfield is a megalomaniac who's fully convinced that anyone who doesn't conform to his worldview doesn't deserve to live anyway. The Mayor is a walking, talking embodiment of this trope, and it's clearly intentional.
*** Adder, Kindle, and Waylon are also rare examples of snakes who are genuinely dangerous and skilled at their jobs. Greyfield however is a total pushover, which makes sense given that his character is also a GeneralRipper with a hugely inflated ego.


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* From the ''VideoGame/NintendoWars'' series:
** ''Advance Wars 2: Black Hole Rising'' has the appropriately named Adder, who fights dirtily, has utter contempt for most of his enemies (and tries to persuade the one he does respect to join Black Hole) and revels in the crushing of civilians. Every defeat you inflict upon him is wonderfully cathartic. Contrast with his superior, WorthyOpponent Hawke, who tempers his villainy with competence and a healthy respect for his opponents.
** ''Advance Wars: Dual Strike'' has RichBitch Kindle.
** Both Waylon and Admiral Greyfield in ''Advance Wars: Days of Ruin''. Waylon fights on Greyfield's side against your army just because he feels like it, and Greyfield is a megalomaniac who's fully convinced that anyone who doesn't conform to his worldview doesn't deserve to live anyway. The Mayor is a walking, talking embodiment of this trope, and it's clearly intentional.
*** Adder, Kindle, and Waylon are also rare examples of snakes who are genuinely dangerous and skilled at their jobs. Greyfield however is a total pushover, which makes sense given that his character is also a GeneralRipper with a hugely inflated ego.

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--->'''Erimond:''' The Blight is not unstoppable or uncontrollable; it is simply a tool.
--->'''Varric:''' ''Someone's'' definitely a tool.
--->'''Dorian:''' No, Livius. ''You're'' a tool.
--->'''Sera:''' He's a tool.

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--->'''Erimond:''' The Blight is not unstoppable or uncontrollable; it is simply a tool.
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tool.\\
'''Varric:'''
''Someone's'' definitely a tool.
--->'''Dorian:'''
tool.\\
'''Dorian:'''
No, Livius. ''You're'' a tool.
--->'''Sera:'''
tool.\\
'''Sera:'''
He's a tool.



* Multiple in ''Franchise/MassEffect''.

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* [[spoiler:Captain Shannon]] from ''VideoGame/TheOrionConspiracy'' turns out to be this. He had some potential for MagnificentBastard. He murdered Danny by having a concussion charge blow up, damage Danny's spacecraft, and it falls into a black hole. [[spoiler: Shannon]] had a wife, and he blames the main character Devlin for her death. Danny's death accomplished two things...1. It got to Devlin and hurt him, and 2. It made Devlin come to the space station, where [[spoiler: Shannon]] would be able to ''deal'' with him on his terms. Then he hideously murdered Kaufmann to frame Devlin. He had Devlin tossed into a makeshift prison, and said that he would hand Devlin over to the authorities once they arrive. It is revealed later that [[spoiler: Shannon]] planted a bomb in the shuttle that Devlin was going to be transported in, and that it would have blown up once it got two kilometres away from the station. Fortunately, Devlin escaped the prison before that happened. Then [[spoiler: Shannon]] personally confronted Devlin, held him at gunpoint, and ''smugly'' (ha, ha!) confessed to the murders and the reasons for committing them. Too bad for him he did not count on [[spoiler: Meyer]] (who he was on bad terms with) overhearing the confessions and jumping him.

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* [[spoiler:Captain Shannon]] from ''VideoGame/TheOrionConspiracy'' turns out to be this. He had some potential for MagnificentBastard. He murdered Danny by having a concussion charge blow up, damage Danny's spacecraft, and it falls into a black hole. [[spoiler: Shannon]] [[spoiler:Shannon]] had a wife, and he blames the main character Devlin for her death. Danny's death accomplished two things...1. It got to Devlin and hurt him, and 2. It made Devlin come to the space station, where [[spoiler: Shannon]] [[spoiler:Shannon]] would be able to ''deal'' with him on his terms. Then he hideously murdered Kaufmann to frame Devlin. He had Devlin tossed into a makeshift prison, and said that he would hand Devlin over to the authorities once they arrive. It is revealed later that [[spoiler: Shannon]] [[spoiler:Shannon]] planted a bomb in the shuttle that Devlin was going to be transported in, and that it would have blown up once it got two kilometres away from the station. Fortunately, Devlin escaped the prison before that happened. Then [[spoiler: Shannon]] [[spoiler:Shannon]] personally confronted Devlin, held him at gunpoint, and ''smugly'' (ha, ha!) confessed to the murders and the reasons for committing them. Too bad for him he did not count on [[spoiler: Meyer]] [[spoiler:Meyer]] (who he was on bad terms with) overhearing the confessions and jumping him.him.
* Matt in ''VideoGame/PAYDAYTheHeist'' pulls a FaceHeelTurn on your crew in the middle of the heist by pulling a gun and locking you inside a room as he runs off with the money. He taunts you before leaving and even after you catch up to him when he gets into an auto accident, he refuses to come out and says he rather have the cops deal with you. The crew decides to light the van on fire to burn him out and when he comes out, he begs to be let go while the crew drags him to the rendezvouses point threatening that they may cut his arm off to detach the briefcase of money he has on his arm.
** ''VideoGame/PAYDAY2'' has the Commissar, the BigBad of the ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'' heist. When the crew finally corner him, he locks himself in his vault, and taunts the crew mercilessly, saying that they won’t survive the cops, that he will live... [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and that he’s enjoying a martini]].
* ''VideoGame/PeretEmHeruForThePrisoners'':
** [[AdventurerArchaeologist Professor Tsuchida]] considers himself to be completely above the law. After illegally digging his way underneath a pyramid, he recruits a group of tourists as his {{Unwitting Pawn}}s, bringing them into the ruins with the intention of using ''them'' to set off any {{Death Trap}}s they uncover. He also enjoys bragging about his various accomplishments, shutting down others' attempts to argue with him by proclaiming he's much smarter than them.
** [[spoiler:Soji Mizumi]] turns out to be a SerialRapist. Though he puts on the thinnest veneer of being a half-decent human being, it hardly takes anything to get him to [[BeneathTheMask drop the mask]], and he haughtily brags about his conquests. He also seems to think that he barely needs to {{Blackmail}} his victims in order to force them to sleep with him, and [[AnyoneCanDie should he survive]], learns absolutely ''nothing'' from the experience.



* Matt in ''VideoGame/PAYDAYTheHeist'' pulls a FaceHeelTurn on your crew in the middle of the heist by pulling a gun and locking you inside a room as he runs off with the money. He taunts you before leaving and even after you catch up to him when he gets into an auto accident, he refuses to come out and says he rather have the cops deal with you. The crew decides to light the van on fire to burn him out and when he comes out, he begs to be let go while the crew drags him to the rendezvouses point threatening that they may cut his arm off to detach the briefcase of money he has on his arm.
** ''VideoGame/PAYDAY2'' has the Commissar, the BigBad of the ''VideoGame/HotlineMiami'' heist. When the crew finally corner him, he locks himself in his vault, and taunts the crew mercilessly, saying that they won’t survive the cops, that he will live... [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and that he’s enjoying a martini.]]
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*** Then there's Andrei of Jungby and Lombard from Dozel, both of them greedy noblemen from Grannvale who conspire against Sigurd for power. Andrei is especially notorious since he entered the conspiracy by killing his own dad a la Chagall, which makes [[EvenEvilHasStandards even Lombard despise him]].

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*** Then there's Andrei of Jungby and Lombard from Dozel, both of them greedy noblemen from Grannvale who conspire against Sigurd for power. Andrei is especially notorious since he entered the conspiracy by killing his own dad a la Chagall, a-la-Chagall, which makes [[EvenEvilHasStandards even Lombard despise him]].



** Pablo, Riev, and especially Valter from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones''. The first one only thinks "MoneyDearBoy" and tries to bribe everyone in his way; the second is a SinisterMinister worshiping a Dark God without reason at all, and the third is a monstrous BloodKnight who wants either to bloodily kill Ephraim or keep Eirika as his SexSlave.

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** Pablo, Riev, and especially Valter from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones''. The first one only thinks "MoneyDearBoy" [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney money is power in itself]] and tries to bribe everyone in his way; the second is a SinisterMinister worshiping a Dark God without reason at all, and the third is a monstrous BloodKnight who wants either to bloodily kill Ephraim or keep Eirika as his SexSlave.



** [[spoiler:Tohru Adachi, the true killer]] of ''VideoGame/Persona4'' is every bit the Smug Snake [[spoiler:Ikutsuki]] was. While his initial scheme, which involved [[spoiler:[[ManipulativeBastard manipulating Namatame]] into committing the rest of the killings and leading the heroes into a wild-goose chase against him]] ''was'' quite clever, he quickly devolves into the personality of a Smug Snake when the heroes discover his plan and give chase after him, whereby his true personality as a mocking, arrogant StrawNihilist is finally revealed. Also, in further true Smug Snake fashion, it turns out that he himself is being manipulated by higher powers beyond his control, who are in turn being controlled by an even greater power. In other words, the puppet of another puppet. Furthermore, also spoiled his seemingly clever scheme not once, but ''twice'' throughout the game. The first one is easy enough to miss. When [[spoiler:[[TheSmartGuy Naoto]] is reading off the list of victims found in Namatame's truck, he simply states "Whoa. That solves everything." Without even possibly even knowing what Naoto is talking about. The second time is much more obvious. When he cries out [[SayingTooMuch "Namatame was the one who put them all in!"]] He supplies all the evidence the heroes need to prove he is the killer.]]

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** [[spoiler:Tohru Adachi, the true killer]] of ''VideoGame/Persona4'' is every bit the Smug Snake [[spoiler:Ikutsuki]] was. While his initial scheme, which involved [[spoiler:[[ManipulativeBastard manipulating Namatame]] into committing the rest of the killings and leading the heroes into a wild-goose chase against him]] ''was'' quite clever, he quickly devolves into the personality of a Smug Snake when the heroes discover his plan and give chase after him, whereby his true personality as a mocking, arrogant StrawNihilist is finally revealed. Also, in further true Smug Snake fashion, it turns out that he himself is being manipulated by higher powers beyond his control, who are in turn being controlled by an even greater power. In other words, the puppet of another puppet. Furthermore, also spoiled his seemingly clever scheme not once, but ''twice'' throughout the game. The first one is easy enough to miss. When [[spoiler:[[TheSmartGuy Naoto]] is reading off the list of victims found in Namatame's truck, he simply states "Whoa. That solves everything." Without everything", without even possibly even knowing what Naoto is talking about. The second time is much more obvious. When he cries out [[SayingTooMuch "Namatame was the one who put them all in!"]] He in!"]], he supplies all the evidence the heroes need to prove he is the killer.]]
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** Chagall of Agustria from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]'' is a selfish, cowardly, treacherous king who killed his father Imuka to inherit (which makes him hated by everyone, as Imuka was TheGoodKing), then mistreats his top knight Eldigan [[spoiler: and executes him despite his loyalty, therefore taking away his most powerful fighter and provoking the ire of Sigurd and Lachesis]]. Ultimately, Shagall ends up all alone and is ultimately slain (or, in one of the mangas, [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled commits suicide rather than fighting]]).

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** Chagall of Agustria from ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemGenealogyOfTheHolyWar Genealogy of the Holy War]]'' is a selfish, cowardly, treacherous king who killed his father Imuka to inherit (which makes him hated by everyone, as Imuka was TheGoodKing), then mistreats his top knight Eldigan [[spoiler: and executes him despite his loyalty, therefore taking away his most powerful fighter and provoking the ire of Sigurd and Lachesis]]. Ultimately, Shagall Chagall ends up all alone and is ultimately slain (or, in one of the mangas, [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled commits suicide rather than fighting]]).
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%%* ''VideoGame/DeusEx'', Walton Simons and Bob Page. ''VideoGame/DeusExInvisibleWar'' goes UpToEleven with Luminon Saman.

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%%* ''VideoGame/DeusEx'', Walton Simons and Bob Page. ''VideoGame/DeusExInvisibleWar'' goes UpToEleven takes this further with Luminon Saman.



* [[BigBad Kuja]] from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX,'' is a genuine threat -- but not only is he ''obscenely'' arrogant and cruel, he ultimately can't overcome his fear of death. Essentially, he has the mind and air of a wicked genius, but the temperament and personality of a frightened, spoiled child. This mainly shows up in the game's latter half. It's played UpToEleven in ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy''.

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* [[BigBad Kuja]] from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX,'' is a genuine threat -- but not only is he ''obscenely'' arrogant and cruel, he ultimately can't overcome his fear of death. Essentially, he has the mind and air of a wicked genius, but the temperament and personality of a frightened, spoiled child. This mainly shows up in the game's latter half. It's played UpToEleven taken even further in ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy''.

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