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* ''Literature/BelCanto'': The President (whose army casually murders dissidents and prisoners, implicitly with his approval) avoids being kidnapped because he skipped a state dinner to watch a pivotal episode of a major soap opera.
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** Being the CompleteMonster that he is, one would expect Darth Sidious to have spent his younger years sitting in darkened rooms, HandRubbing and muttering "Jedi" disdainfully under his breath all day. However in ''Literature/DarthPlagueis'' it's shown that in his younger years he was a talented landspeeder racer and had aspirations of going pro before [[StartOfDarkness becoming a Sith apprentice]]. [[OrcusOnHisThrone He saved the whole "sitting in dark rooms all day" thing for old age instead.]]

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** Being the CompleteMonster that he is, one One would expect Darth Sidious to have spent his younger years sitting in darkened rooms, HandRubbing and muttering "Jedi" disdainfully under his breath all day. However in ''Literature/DarthPlagueis'' it's shown that in his younger years he was a talented landspeeder racer and had aspirations of going pro before [[StartOfDarkness becoming a Sith apprentice]]. [[OrcusOnHisThrone He saved the whole "sitting in dark rooms all day" thing for old age instead.]]

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* ''Franchise/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In ''Mortal Fear'', SacrificialLamb vampire Hugo Courtney enjoys watching movies and TV shows or trading stories with other vampires between draining victims. His companion Billy Bob is an equally big big TV buff and is annoyed when Hugo keeps talking during a show.

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In ''Mortal Fear'', SacrificialLamb vampire Hugo Courtney enjoys watching movies and TV shows or trading stories with other vampires between draining victims. His companion Billy Bob is an equally big big TV buff and is annoyed when Hugo keeps talking during a show.show.
** In ''Blackout'', [[TheDon vampire crime boss Moses "Reet" Weldon]] is an enormous Music/CabCalloway fan and got his nickname from listening to the artist's song "Are You All Reet?" enough to wear out multiple record players.
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* ''Franchise/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In ''Mortal Fear'', SacrificialLamb vampire Hugo Courtney enjoys watching movies and TV shows or trading stories with other vampires between draining victims. His companion Billy-Bob is an equally big big TV buff and is annoyed when Hugo keeps talking during a show.

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* ''Franchise/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In ''Mortal Fear'', SacrificialLamb vampire Hugo Courtney enjoys watching movies and TV shows or trading stories with other vampires between draining victims. His companion Billy-Bob Billy Bob is an equally big big TV buff and is annoyed when Hugo keeps talking during a show.
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* ''Franchise/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In ''Mortal Fear'', SacrificalLamb vampire Hugo Courtney enjoys watching movies and TV shows or trading stories with other vampires between draining victims. His companion Billy-Bob is an equally big big TV buff and is annoyed when Hugo keeps talking during a show.

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* ''Franchise/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In ''Mortal Fear'', SacrificalLamb SacrificialLamb vampire Hugo Courtney enjoys watching movies and TV shows or trading stories with other vampires between draining victims. His companion Billy-Bob is an equally big big TV buff and is annoyed when Hugo keeps talking during a show.
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* ''Franchise/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'': In ''Mortal Fear'', SacrificalLamb vampire Hugo Courtney enjoys watching movies and TV shows or trading stories with other vampires between draining victims. His companion Billy-Bob is an equally big big TV buff and is annoyed when Hugo keeps talking during a show.

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* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': In the Bad Seeds' Christmas story, the Seeds (all children of supervillains), when they aren't trying to steal energy from Seraphim or beat up the supervillain leaving She-Beast's real name on crime scenes, are using their time in New York City to shop. Legal shopping for Christmas gifts. Except SociopathicHero Jobe, who is using his downtime to do biological research and argue over the phone with other researchers, which turns out to be an enormous ChekhovsGun.

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* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': Has happened a number of times, most notably in "Saks and Violence" (in which Jadis and co. run into Dr Venus at a clothing boutique, who decided that it was an ideal chance grab the lot of them for her experiments) and "The Book of Darwin, Part 2" (where [[WellIntentionedExtremist Dr. Diabolik]] was in Darwin looking for Christmas gifts for Jadis and Mal when [[OmnicidalManiac Professor Reaper]]'s attack occurred).
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In the Bad Seeds' Christmas story, the Seeds (all children of supervillains), when they aren't trying to steal energy from Seraphim or beat up the supervillain leaving She-Beast's real name on crime scenes, are using their time in New York City to shop. Legal shopping for Christmas gifts. Except SociopathicHero Jobe, who is using his downtime to do biological research and argue over the phone with other researchers, which turns out to be an enormous ChekhovsGun.

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* Something of a subversion. In ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'', the viewpoint character, Captain Pellaeon, walks in on his Grand Admiral looking over his art collection, both holographic and real. Several times. But then, studying art ''is'' how Thrawn picks up on the psychology of his enemies, so it's not as innocuous an activity as it seems
** By that point, you really have to stretch to call him a villain, but in the Literature/HandOfThrawn duology, the Supreme Commander of the [[VestigialEmpire Imperial Remnant]], Pellaeon, spends most of both books waiting for the New Republic's answer, and at one point, the book cuts in on him playing an AT-AT simulator with a subordinate, because it's enough of a change from his usual duties that he can enjoy it. And, he adds, because it gives him a better idea of an AT-AT's capabilities, so he can command them better.

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* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
** Being the CompleteMonster that he is, one would expect Darth Sidious to have spent his younger years sitting in darkened rooms, HandRubbing and muttering "Jedi" disdainfully under his breath all day. However in ''Literature/DarthPlagueis'' it's shown that in his younger years he was a talented landspeeder racer and had aspirations of going pro before [[StartOfDarkness becoming a Sith apprentice]]. [[OrcusOnHisThrone He saved the whole "sitting in dark rooms all day" thing for old age instead.]]
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Something of a subversion. In ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'', the viewpoint character, Captain Pellaeon, walks in on his Grand Admiral looking over his art collection, both holographic and real. Several times. But then, studying art ''is'' how Thrawn picks up on the psychology of his enemies, so it's not as innocuous an activity as it seems
** By that point, you really have to stretch to call him a villain, but in the Literature/HandOfThrawn ''Literature/HandOfThrawn'' duology, the Supreme Commander of the [[VestigialEmpire Imperial Remnant]], Pellaeon, spends most of both books waiting for the New Republic's answer, and at one point, the book cuts in on him playing an AT-AT simulator with a subordinate, because it's enough of a change from his usual duties that he can enjoy it. And, he adds, because it gives him a better idea of an AT-AT's capabilities, so he can command them better.
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** In ''Literature/StarWarsTatooineGhost'', The Empire only gets involved in the plot because the largely offscreen Grand Admiral Thrawn is an art lover who is interested in buying the Killik Twilight for his collection. Once it's removed from auction, though, his men try to take it by force.
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* ''Literature/{{Parker}}'': Parker's associate Alan Grofield spends most of his time working in an unprofitable theater as an actor, something he greatly enjoys. The last of his four spinoff novels has him meet two other criminals who also have passions beyond crime. One enjoys painting and the other reads a lot of Western novels.
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* In ''Literature/{{Carrie}}'', Margaret, Carrie's [[AbusiveParents monstrous]] [[TheFundamentalist zealot]] of a mother, is seen at one point happily doing some ironing while listening to her favorite records.
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** Later on, after Anton partakes in a friendly game of soccer with some random humans to take his mind off his current mission, he muses that he can [[NotSoDifferent just as easily]] picture a Dark One doing the same thing, especially if an old and experienced one, who's got satiated with the more sumptuous pleasures and comes to appreciate the simple ones.

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** Later on, after Anton partakes in a friendly game of soccer with some random humans to take his mind off his current mission, he muses that he can [[NotSoDifferent just as easily]] easily picture a Dark One doing the same thing, especially if an old and experienced one, who's got satiated with the more sumptuous pleasures and comes to appreciate the simple ones.
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* ''Literature/SonOfTheMob'': Vince is stunned to run into his father's hitman Uncle Pampers while going on a date with Kendra to a karaoke bar. Pampers then gets up on the stage and performs a Music/HankWilliams number so skillfully that he earns roaring applause from everyone in the room, whether they normally like that kind of music or not.

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