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* {{spoiler|Wheatley}} from Portal: "Hello! This is the part [[Memetic Mutation|where I kill you!"]]
* Bob Page from ''[[
* ''[[
** President John Henry Eden from ''[[
** President Richardson of ''[[
** To a lesser extent, Mr. Burke, as well. A nice suit, a sweet hat, and a smooth voice makes him incredibly charming. Oh yeah, he also wants to destroy an entire town with a nuclear bomb, all because his boss made an off-hand complaint one day. Nice guy.
** And Alister Tenpenny for that matter. He wasn't "cool", but he was polite and kind as hell.
*** Of note is the fact Tenpenny specifically asked Burke to evacuate Megaton before blowing it up. Burke... didn't really bother, but Tenpenny doesn't know that. Tenpenny's only truly negative point is being a ghoul hater... and to be perfectly fair to him, the ghouls in the tower's vicinity gave him very little reason to be polite to them. Other than that he's largely just not terribly bright, in spite of being the boss.
** The add-ons to the game have their fair share of affably evil characters too. The Pitt gave us Ashur (assuming you see him as evil after certain reveals towards the end of the DLC), while Point Lookout gave us {{spoiler|Tobar}}.
** Another great Fallout example would be {{spoiler|[http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Andale the citizens of Andale]}}.
** In ''[[Fallout
* Dr.Robotnik/Eggman from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' has his moments of this trope throughout his various depictions. This is most noticeable in ''[[Sonic X]]'' and its subsequent [[Sonic X (
** In Sonic Heroes, he is described as "a romanticist, a feminist, and a self-proclaimed gentleman", but also as possessing a mania that often obscures this side of his nature.
* ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]'':
** Shelly de Killer from ''Justice For All'' appears to be a rather intelligent and likable man who just so happens to [[Career Killer|brutally murder people for a living.]]
** Within five minutes of meeting you, {{spoiler|Police Chief Damon Gant}} has probably [[The Nicknamer|given you an affectionate nickname]], laughed uproariously at something funny you said, and extolled to you the many virtues of swimming. Oh, and he {{spoiler|framed a child for a murder he committed so that he could use her apparent guilt to manipulate her sister, the Chief Prosecutor, essentially giving him complete control over both the police ''and'' the prosecutor's office.}} But other than that, he's a nice guy. In-game dialogue states that if you're short on cash, he's the man to ask to borrow from.
** ''Investigations'': {{spoiler|Ernest Amano}} is a pretty friendly and conciliatory person who happens to be {{spoiler|a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] whose business group is in cahoots with an international smuggling ring. He even tries to get his guilty-as-sin son acquitted for murder, but drops the idea when charged with obstruction of justice.}}
* ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' likes this trope, in between its [[Omnicidal Maniac]] villains.
** [[Final Fantasy IV
** [[Final Fantasy V
** [[Final Fantasy X
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* The Ur-Quan Kzer-za of ''[[Star Control]]'', while the [[President Evil|rulers of a brutal slave empire]] spanning a quarter of a galaxy, are actually pretty nice guys when you talk to them. They do any of the following: [[Nonstandard Game Over|fully accept surrender]] and mention that your crew will be treated well and taken back to Earth, acknowledge your status as a [[Worthy Opponent]], mention that they are [[Well
** The Kzer-Za let you go unmolested for warning them about the {{spoiler|Neo-Dnyarri}}. This does allow you to go right back to opposing them, but it does make sense even from a less affable perspective: {{spoiler|the Dnyarri are the reason the modern Ur-Quan are the way they are, and the Ur-Quan remember ''very'' well. ''Anything'' you do, the entire Doctrinal War between the Kzer-Za and the Kohr-Ah, is small fry compared to the possible return of the Dnyarri}}.
* The villains of the [[So Bad
* ''[[
* Dimentio from ''[[
** The greeting card one isn't really this. In context, it's a huge insult to injury.
** Count Bleck is also a good example of this. He uses polite language and never punishes his minions physically.
* King Dedede, of the ''[[Kirby]]'' games, is almost always the villain through being possessed, or a misunderstanding (on Kirby's part!). Awesome examples include ''[[
* Dagoth Ur, the final boss of ''[[The Elder Scrolls III
* ''[[The Elder Scrolls IV
** Lucien Lachance.
** Most, if not all, of the Dark Brotherhood are likable people (save for maybe M'raaj-Dar), if you can get past the fact that they're all murderers.
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** {{spoiler|Albert Simon}}, the primary villain of the first game, has the appearance of an elderly British gentleman and often acts the part when he's not brutally slaughtering anyone in his way. When beaten, he acknowledges that you're better, and heals you up. When you {{spoiler|finally defeat him, his biggest regret is that he didn't get a chance to show you the new world he was going to create. Not in a spiteful "look upon my works ye mighty" way, mind you: he really thought he was creating a paradise, and wanted the heroes to be able to enjoy it with him.}}
** The sequel's big bad, {{spoiler|Kato, fits this trope, too. He considers Yuri his friend, and tells him so, ''even after Yuri fatally wounds him in battle.''}}
* [[Dark Messiah|Kane]] of ''[[Command
* ''[[
** The Sniper slips into this, given his credo about his line of work: "Be polite, be efficient; have a plan to kill everyone you meet." That, of course, being an old US Marines [[Badass Creed]].
** The Engineer is a much more obvious example: he's described as an "amiable, soft-spoken good ol' boy", and generally behaves as such, but, at the same time, doesn't have any concerns about killing people based on the dominant colour in their wardrobe.
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*** The recent Meet the Medic video may have changed this. While operating on The Heavy, they share some pretty friendly banter. It's quite clear, however, that he has no problem endangering The Heavy's life with his experiments. After all, he claims that the sound of The Heavy's heart exploding is simply, "The sound of progress!"
* Many of the villains in ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' have a lot of innocent blood on their hands, but many of them are surprisingly nice people if they encounter Snake in a situation where nobody would gain anything by fighting. Sniper Wolf, Vulcan Raven, {{spoiler|Grey Fox}}, Fortune, Olga, The Boss, Ocelot (in MGS and MGS3), and Big Boss murdered dozens of people and took part in large scale terrorism. But you wouldn't suspect that when you meet them at any place where they are not trying to shoot you. But then, you meet people like Psycho Mantis, Vamp, and Volgin, and realize that [[Complete Monster|some people just need to die]].
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]''.
** Drakuru
** Arguably, any likable warlock falls into this category, including [[Player Characters]].
** Nexus-Prince Shaffar, the final boss in the Mana Tombs, also comes across as this. As you barge into his operation, his reaction is to say that he was not expecting company and, somewhat apologetically, that he is preoccupied, but promises to tend to you..."personally", all the while using a tone as though he's about to break out the champagne and offer you a drink.
** Bwonsamdi, the Loa of Death in ''Battle for Azeroth'' seems like a fun and jovial guy (although his jokes ''can'' get a little annoying) if you disregard how he [[Your Soul Is Mine| consumes souls to gain power]] over the other Loa and makes [[Deal with the Devil| dark pacts with mortals]] that tend to be heavily stacked in his favor...
* ''[[
* Subverted with {{spoiler|Adachi}} in ''[[
* GLaDOS from ''[[Portal (
** {{spoiler|Wheatley from the sequel is pretty much this trope personified after his betrayal. Even when you're within 20 feet of his lair, he reveals a mashing device, and '''politely asks''' Chell if she wants to kill herself rather than have him do it. That, and how could you possibly be horribly evil when Stephen Merchant is your voice actor??}}
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* Vladamir Lem from ''[[Max Payne (
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'''Vladimir Lem:''' What the fuck is wrong with you, Max? Why don't you just die? You hate life, you're miserable all the time, afraid to enjoy yourself even a little! Face it, you might as well be dead already. Do yourself a favor, give up! }}
* One of the most evil bastards in all of ''[[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]'' is Mike Toreno -- who, it turns out, is a fairly nice and friendly guy, who just happens to be the scariest person you'll ever meet. It helps that he has the best line of dialog in the entire game:
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'''CJ:''' ''(Angrily)'' What it look like I'm made of? Pudding?
'''Torino:''' ''(Calmly)'' No. Anger, and hate. That's why I like you. }}
** And then there is CJ himself, who will have no problem shooting or running over unarmed civilians, assassinate people who never did a bad thing to him and generally steal, maim and kill. However, most of it is because he is given no other alternative in order to keep his family--blood and otherwise--from being harmed and is genuinely nice and polite (outside of [[Video Game Cruelty Potential|whatever the player makes him do]]) to the people around him. Compare this to [[Grand Theft Auto Vice City
* Kirei Kotomine of ''[[Fate/stay
* Chaos Lord Eliphas the Inheritor from the ''[[Dawn of War]]'' series is a very suave, witty, and charismatic villain. Widely considered one of the most popular characters in the series.
** In the new ''Dawn of War 2'' expansion pack, ''Retribution'', the Great Unclean One is decidedly gregarious, laughing and chortling...as he infects anything he touches and cleaves everything in two with his giant, blunt, filth-encrusted blade. But he loves you! And he just wants you to feel Nurgle's love!
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* {{spoiler|Jeremy}} from ''[[Fatal Hearts]]'' is polite, charming, studious, a diligent worker in both his mundane job and his more esoteric activities, interested in the environment and the welfare of others, and an all-around gentleman. Unless he thinks you're too stupid to live. In which case, he kills you.
* ''[[The Suffering]]'':
** Dr. Killjoy. He's modeled after Vincent Price, so he's naturally the most charismatic individual in the two games; in fact, he's so urbane you might just forget that he's a mass-murdering [[Mad Doctor]] with a fetish for [[Projected Man|film projectors]] and blood. Plus, being a psychiatrist, he genuinely wants to help cure the main character- it's just that his methods are just a tad...[[Well
** Blackmore was a particularly affable character in his own right: in all of his dealings with Torque, he treats him like a somewhat misguided little brother - {{spoiler|appropriate, considering that Blackmore is a [[Split Personality]] of Torque}} - and continually tries to convince him to [[We Can Rule Together|join his gang]] rather than kill him. And then, there was the way he called Torque "my little one".
* Edgar Barrett from ''[[Psi
* The Temple of Shadows from ''[[Fable (
** Reaver from Fable II and III also qualifies. He's a hedonistic [[Depraved Bisexual]] who achieved immortality [[Immortality Immorality|through some very unpleasant means]] and is out purely to serve his own interests. But he's also so incredibly [[Camp]] you can't help but like him. And he's voiced by [[Stephen Fry]].
* The Reapers from ''[[
* Shiranui Gen-An gets this treatment in the ''[[Samurai Shodown]]'' series. He boasts of becoming the King of Evil. Yet at the end of the day, he's just a disfigured oni-like creature with a glove inspired by Freddy Krueger, a loving wife, and kids he even brings to work. See his ending in ''Samurai Shodown VI'' (American numbering).
* Helena Blake, a crime lord in ''[[Mass Effect]]'', may qualify. She's polite, friendly, and charming in her dealings with you. Whether or not she's even evil is open to interpretation.
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* Lucifon (a.k.a. [[Satan]]) of ''[[Princess Maker]] 2'' appears less a sinister [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of evil and more a guy you can have a (rather corrupting) drink with. It's arguable that he's just doing his job, though he takes a certain pride if he can get your daughter to take his place at the end of the game.
* Montfort from ''[[Visions and Voices]]''. He just wanted to be an awesome mayor!
* Dr. Ned (who is totally not Dr. Zed), from the DLC for ''[[
** Similarly, General Knoxx from another DLC falls under this. He believes to be the [[Only Sane Man]] in his group and actually apologizes over having to kill you.
** There is also Mr. Shank. Despite having [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|a really scary name]] and having an army of cannibal escaped convicts, he's actually a pretty nice guy. Really, he's only trying to kill you in self-defense. He watches you on security cameras while talking about how one of his henchmen [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|who he is totally not in love with or anything]] makes great chilli-cheese fries. {{spoiler|When you kill him, the person who contracted you to kill him starts getting all teary-eyed remembering the good times they had together}}.
* ''[[Fire Emblem:
** ''[[Fire Emblem Tellius
* Gnarl in ''[[Overlord]]'' always acts in a calm, polite manner, something that simply doesn't cross the minds of most of your other minions. Even after {{spoiler|siding with the original Overlord, and betraying you at the end of the first game}}, he still refrains from berating the player, and, instead, compliments you on doing a good job.
* Dr. Warumon from ''[[
* The Arch-Vile of ''[[Doom]]''. Bobby Prince sums it up best:
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* Luxord from ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' is a textbook example. Though it really doesn't show until ''[[Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days
** Xigbar, while he can be alot more of a jerk, also qualifies, as does ([[Alternate Character Interpretation|possibly]]) Demyx.
* The ''[[
* [[Tales of the Abyss]] has a lot of these, since nearly every antagonist is a [[Well
* Hazama, from ''[[
** It's actually revealed by [[Little Bit Beastly|Ma]][[Genki Girl|ko]][[Boisterous Bruiser|to]] [[Protectorate|Na]][[Beware the Nice Ones|na]][[Good Is Not Soft|ya]] that the affable-ness is [[Faux Affably Evil|nothing but a put-on]]. Hazama's [[Politeness Judo|friendliness]] is to make people drop their guard around him ([[Obviously Evil|not that it works]] [[Devil in Plain Sight|very well, mind you,]]) and make it [[Manipulative Bastard|easier for him to manipulate them]]; the politeness is his way of, through veiled [[Sarcasm Mode|sarcasm]], showing his scornful contempt for others; and the moments he's at his [[Laughably Evil|funniest]] is actually when he's gleefully <s> crossing</s> [[Crosses the Line Twice|skipping rope with]] the [[Moral Event Horizon]], so yeah...
** Same goes to Relius Clover. For all his depravities [[For Science!|in the name of science]], he conducts himself in a very stoic and very calm manner befitting of his position as a Colonel. He also keeps his calm better than Hazama.
* Graf Michael Sepperin from ''[[Rosenkreuzstilette]]'' is truly a nobleman at heart... and a [[Well
** {{spoiler|And speaking of Iris, she earns a spot in this trope as well. She's very polite and sophisticated, even if she orchestrated the whole war and killed her own father and had Karl imprisoned for his attempt to kill her. Her friendly demeanor even allowed all of RKS to trust her without knowing she started the coup [[For the Evulz|for kicks]].}}
* Who here thought Drakath in ''[[
** Chaos Shogun Kitsune treats his fellow Yokai with deep respect and tells them not to worry when the hero is coming to Yokai Island without heeding his warning and tells them that they have a guest to prepare for. Even when he wants to claim the island for all Yokai by stealing the Hanzamune Sword and using it to free the O-dokuro, he's rarely if ever pointlessly cruel.
** Chaos Lord Wolfwing isn't really that evil, he's just a lonely guy who wants to build his own clan of Werepyres so he won't have to feel so alone. Even if he's willing to cause Chaos and Chaorruption to do so.
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* ''[[Onimusha]] 2: Samurai's Destiny'' gives us [[Large Ham|Gogandantes!]] [[Catch Phrase|Greatest Swordsman of all the Demons]]! While the other Genma seem perfectly happy with eating children and destroying the mortal realm, Gogandantes' only goal through the whole game is to prove that he is indeed the greatest swordsdemon around by beating [[Jubei Yagyu]]. He acts with chivalry and honor, at one point saving the life of [[The Chick|Oyu]] and--aside from an impenetrable magical shield--faces Jubei on equal footing, one-on-one. This conduct earns Jubei's respect and {{spoiler|he even honors Gogandantes' last request; to tell Gogandantes that he is, in fact the Greatest Swordsman of all the Demons}}.
* Tor Anwyn, the Warlock promoter of [[Might and Magic]] VII. We know he is evil because of the ''other'' persons and things associated with the Path of Dark in that game, and because the [[Heroes of Might and Magic|Heroes]] game put the Warlocks as evil since Heroes I. He's always polite, even when asked to promote a Light-aligned party - where other such promoters are inclined to disparage you as a do-gooder, not cruel enough, or not cold-hearted enough for the job, he reacts by ''apologizing'' and explaining that the way of the Warlock requires you to be on the Path of Dark, so he's simply not able to oblige. He's not exactly harmless, though: what all that means is that he trains other evil folks into becoming more powerful.
** Also applies to most everyone in the town of Nighon. They are allied with the Dark Path, but unlike other such towns, simply being there while on the Path of Light will not cause the inhabitants to turn hostile. You can even gain some Side Quests while there.
** Even in Dark-aligned towns where that is a problem has shopkeepers that will gladly do business with heroes on the Path of Light. Although, those on the Path of Dark can expect the same courtesy in Light-aligned towns.
* Uthar Wynn and Yuthura Ban, headmasters of the Sith Academy in [[Knights of the Old Republic]] are well-spoken, polite, and don't seem to be powered by the constant combination of anger, malice, and batshit crazy as most of the Sith you'll encounter. Uthar will gladly acknowledge a job well done, and congratulate you on your progress. Yuthura is quite patient and erudite when explaining the Sith Code, doing more to explain the Sith in six minutes than Lucas bothered with in six movies. Still, they ''are'' Sith, and are pleased when you kill off one of your fellow students or aid them in a double cross {{spoiler|you ''can'' double-cross both of them by playing them off one another}}. Uthar's "final test" for a student is to have them kill an acquaintance in cold blood, for no other purpose than to prove their superiority. Depending on the [[Player Character]], the situation can end {{spoiler|with one of them dead and the other returning to run the academy, both of them dead, or Uthar dead and Yuthura walking away from the Sith}}.
* {{spoiler|Hades}} from ''[[
* Patches from [[
* The ''[[
** In ''[[
** In ''Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn'', Aran Linvail, the Shadowmaster of Athkatla, offers to make a deal with your party to get you ahead int he plot. He sounds very amiable and reasonable (even though piles on extra demands after you've already paid), and he might not even appear particularly evil if not for the reminder of the torture going on at the other end of his base. However ruthless he really is, one may assume he's still the lesser evil compared to your other option at this point, [[Complete Monster|Bodhi]].
* ''[[Jade Empire]]'' has {{spoiler|Master Li, who is the [[Player Character]]'s master as well as the true [[Big Bad]]. Even after being unmasked, he's reasonably polite to the PC.}}
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