Magnificent Bastard/Video Games/Ace Attorney

MOD NOTE: Magnificent Bastard is not Complete Monster, and should not be treated as such.

The Ace Attorney franchise is full of these in addition to the many Smug Snakes around. Sure, all the villains in this series get their comeuppance, but some of them were just better at getting their evil ways before their eventual Villainous Breakdown.


 * Manfred von Karma is one of the most ruthless and skilled prosecutors in the series, and you'd best believe that he earned his 40 year win streak. Thanks to being a hardcore perfectionist the man will use every dirty trick in the book to win a case, whether it's as mundane as coaching witnesses and forging evidence, or as shown in Case 1-4, pulling off batshit insane stunts like or . And when his otherwise perfect record was blemished with a penalty, . Is he a petty son of a bitch? Absolutely, but the man takes it to such crazy lengths that he makes an art form of it.
 * Is a lovable goofball? You bet he is. Is he an excellent boss who'd happily give people money if they ask for it? Absolutely! Is he a devious and power hungry murderer who knows how to play people like a fiddle? Yes, oh yes indeed..
 * Introduced in Justice For All, Shelly de Killer is (as his names suggests) a Professional Killer who's the third heir to a long line of assassins for hire. Always performing his jobs calmly and with precision, and always leaving behind a Calling Card so that the authorities know of his involvement and suspicion is not shed on his clients, de Killer was hired to murder actor Juan Corrida by Under the guise of a bellboy, de Killer lured Maya Fey away by alerting her of a phone call at the front desk so that he could abduct her, and gave Phoenix a transceiver for two-way communication, through which he demanded Phoenix get Engarde acquitted, holding Fey as ransom to ensure Phoenix complied.  Despite his nasty line of work and the terrible things he'll do to get a job done, de Killer is a calm, civil and polite individual with his own professional moral code, valuing the bond of trust between him and his clients above all else just as much as any good defense attorney.
 * A year later in Investigations 2, fellow Magnificent Bastard hired de Killer to
 * In Trials & Tribulations, manages to  He then  Then the only reason he's even caught is  and this is after
 * deserves credit for, and he's so good at , all while tricking everyone with a ridiculously convincing Nice Guy schtick. You know you're a brilliant schemer when you force a moral paragon to toss the rules out the window in order to defeat you.
 * One of the most brilliant bad guys in the series isn't a rogue prosecutor or otherwise corrupt lawman, but a completely normal . from the second Investigations game runs a ridiculous gauntlet of schemes and murders in order to take down all the people who have ruined his life while tricking Miles Edgeworth into dancing to his tune, and by the time he's defeated his enemies are either in chains or dead. Not bad for a guy who is, again,.