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* Don Vito Corleone from ''[[The Godfather (Film)|The Godfather]]''. Along with the politeness and generosity that carried over to his film incarnation, it's also established that he really does prefer to negotiate, spending literally ''hours'' trying to resolve disagreements between other crime lords [[The Stoic|without reacting to any insults or jokes made at his expense.]] Plus, he's shown to be [[Even Evil Has Standards|utterly revolted]] when he discovers that the film studio executive Jack Woltz spends his afternoons molesting young girls - to the point that it became one of the reasons for the decapitation of Woltz's horse, Khartoum. |
* Don Vito Corleone from ''[[The Godfather (Film)|The Godfather]]''. Along with the politeness and generosity that carried over to his film incarnation, it's also established that he really does prefer to negotiate, spending literally ''hours'' trying to resolve disagreements between other crime lords [[The Stoic|without reacting to any insults or jokes made at his expense.]] Plus, he's shown to be [[Even Evil Has Standards|utterly revolted]] when he discovers that the film studio executive Jack Woltz spends his afternoons molesting young girls - to the point that it became one of the reasons for the decapitation of Woltz's horse, Khartoum. |
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* Of course, the classic here is "Long" John Silver of ''[[Treasure Island]]''. Heck, even the ''writer'' ends up liking this guy too much for his own good. |
* Of course, the classic here is "Long" John Silver of ''[[Treasure Island]]''. Heck, even the ''writer'' ends up liking this guy too much for his own good. |
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