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'''Ken:''' It's not really his thing.<br />
'''Harry:''' How the fuck is it not his thing? The whole fuckin' place is a fuckin' fairy tale, so how can it not be someone's fuckin' thing! }}
* The Nome King from ''[[Return to Oz]]'' displays a disturbing mix of affability and subtle condescension towards Dorothy and her friends (his counterpart in [[Land of Oz (Literature)|the books]], though, was more of a cackling [[Card
* [[Robert De Niro]] as Al Capone in ''[[The Untouchables]]'': a [[Magnificent Bastard]] who goes from pontificating on the joys of baseball one second to savagely murdering an associate with a bat the next. Every word that passes his lips is met by sycophantic laughter.
* Subverted in ''[[Shutter Island]]'', where we are led to believe that {{spoiler|Dr. Cawley is like this. As it turns out, this is his genuine personality, and, in fact, he has been running a very elaborate simulation in order to snap Teddy Daniels (real name: Andrew Laeddis) out of his self-induced fantasy that he is a Federal Marshall, in order to make him come to terms with his wife's death.}}
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* Pasquale Acosta in ''[[Smokin Aces]]'' epitomizes this trope. He doesn't just kill you, he comforts you and waxes philosophy as you die.
* ''[[James Bond (Film)|James Bond]]'':
** [[Dr. No (Film)|Dr. No]] treats James Bond [[No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine|to dinner]] and shows him around his evil lair!
** So does Scaramanga in ''[[The Man With the Golden Gun (Film)|The Man With the Golden Gun]]''.
** The books take this to a whole new level with characters like Marc-Ange Draco. Apparently, you can be guilty of drug-running, extortion, and murder, and effectively be a ''good guy'' as long as you're really, really nice and charismatic in personality.
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* Max from ''[[Mission Impossible (Film)|Mission Impossible]]'' is quite a friendly sort. She's not very evil, just greedy.
* {{spoiler|Max (Edward Herrman)}}, from ''[[The Lost Boys]].''
* While his underlings are [[Small Name, Big Ego|quite rude]], Xerxes in ''[[Three Hundred]]'' is quite friendly -- perhaps [[Ho Yay|overly]] [[Foe Yay|so]]. Even at the moment of his triumph, he takes the time to congratulate Leonidas and offer the entirety of Greece to him, as long as he acknowledges the pecking order. Unfortunately, we don't get to see how affable he is after Leonidas [[Minor Injury Overreaction|breaks]] his [[Dissonant Serenity]].
* Ben Wade in ''[[Three Ten to Yuma]]'' is the very definition of affability and charisma.
* When not playing the [[Magical Negro]] (literally, in some cases), [[Morgan Freeman]] has mastered this trope in such films as ''Hard Rain'', ''Nurse Betty'', ''Dreamcatcher'', ''[[Lucky Number Slevin|Lucky Number S7evin]]'', and ''The Contract''.
* Leslie Vernon, [[Villain Protagonist]] of ''[[Behind the Mask|Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon]]'', is jovial, friendly, intelligent, and takes a camera crew with him as he [[Crazy Prepared|prepares]] for his night of murder and mayhem.
* {{spoiler|Elijah Price}} from ''[[Unbreakable]]'': well spoken, expensively dressed...{{spoiler|and is actually a [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You|Super Villain]], or at least a [[Well
* The eponymous [[Serial Killer]] from ''[[The Stepfather]]'' series of films is fond of stuff like dogs, model building, and gardening; he's actually a pretty nice guy, at least, until things stop going his way. There's a scene in the second movie where he sits down to breakfast and only starts eating after his Rice Krispies pop; he looks as giddy as a kid when they make their trademark noise.
* {{spoiler|Angela Baker}} of the ''[[Sleepaway Camp]]'' series practically becomes some kind of murderous {{spoiler|[[Genki Girl]]}} in the second and third films. {{spoiler|She also really likes the "Happy Camper" song}}.
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* Charlie Barrett in ''[[Suicide Kings]]''. The nicest guy who ever fed anyone to their own dogs.
* Cheyenne in ''[[Once Upon a Time In The West]]'' is a cheerful, friendly fellow who seems perpetually amused by the events in which he is caught up. He's also a confessed murderer and bandit leader. It helps that A) he's not the villain of the film, just the local badman whose territory the villain trespasses on, and B) all of his crimes take place off-screen (just outside the door in the case of his slaughter of his prison escort).
* ''[[Die Hard (Film)|Die Hard]]''. Hans Gruber: Cold-blooded killer, relentlessly mocks the hero, doesn't even really care if all of his [[Mooks]] get killed during the Nakatomi takeover...But he's [[Wicked Cultured|incredibly sophisticated, debonair, and intelligent]], and [[Pet the Dog|agrees to have a couch sent out to the lobby for a pregnant woman to sit on, and praises Holly for her courage in confronting him]]. [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|And he has a fabulous taste in fashion]].
* Tuco of ''[[The Good the Bad And The Ugly]]''. He doesn't seem like such a bad guy, he's even pretty funny, but then you remember he's a criminal who isn't above the rape and murder of civilians, [[Alternate Character Interpretation|if you believe]] the [[Villainy Discretion Shot|list of crimes]] read by his executioners early in the film. One scene that helps is a brief conversation between Tuco and his brother, where we to get a few hints as to ''why'' he is who he is. It's implied that it was simply because he grew up in a poor family and the only way he could survive was to steal.
* Juan from ''[[Duck You Sucker]]'' is initially set up as a mean, ruthless, and amoral bandit, then we get to know him and find out that he's just an ordinary guy trying to look out for his family in a world where stealing is the only way to survive.
* Reuben (Sid Haig) in ''[[Black Mama White Mama]]'', the randy drug kingpin. He's [[Card
* Xander Drax from ''[[The Phantom (Film)|The Phantom]]''. [[This Is Unforgivable!|Except if you lie to him.]] [[Disproportionate Retribution|Don't]] ''[[Disproportionate Retribution|ever]]'' [[Disproportionate Retribution|lie to him.]]
* Big Chris of ''[[Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels]]'' is a hitman, but is overall a nice guy, and a good dad to his son, Little Chris. But so much as lay a finger on Little Chris, and the affable part goes out the window.
* To some extent, Lyle From Dallas from ''Red Rock West''. Protagonist Michael Williams first meets Lyle after nearly being run over by him - Lyle is very apologetic about it, makes sure he's okay, gives him a ride back to town, bonds with him over their shared past with the Marine Corps, and buys him a drink. Since this is the first we see him, his turning out to be the bad guy would almost be a twist, were it not for him [[Berserk Button|getting very angry]] about Michael initially refusing his offer to buy him a drink, as well as the fact that he's [[Typecasting|played by Dennis Hopper]].
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