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{{trope}}
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▲[[File:themayor.jpg|link=Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|right|<small>The Mayor of Sunnydale. [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|Cheerful. Fatherly. Wants to be a giant snake demon.]]</small> ]]
{{quote|''"Bad man. Good manners." ''
Most of the time, when there is a [[Villain]], they're going to have a personality or manner that underscores how evil they are. They may [[Kick the Dog|kick puppies]] [[For the Evulz|for giggles]], be [[Jerkass|particularly insensitive]], [[Coitus Uninterruptus|even during sex]], or might just be too [[The Omniscient Council of Vagueness|unknowable to be anything but evil]].
And then, there are villains who are '''Affably Evil'''. There is absolutely nothing separating them from being normal, polite people except for the fact that they want to [[Take Over the World]] or use [[Powered
This villain will [[Go
Almost always either comedic, or a charismatic [[Magnificent Bastard]], or a [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] who really [[Knight Templar|believes that they are the good guys]], but the occasional [[Complete Monster]] can exhibit such qualities as well. [[Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor]] is not true for them, and their affability even makes them easy to "compliment" with an [[Insult Backfire]]. Captives of an affably evil villain won't be kept in dungeons, but in a [[Gilded Cage]].
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'''Compare:'''
* [[Punch Clock Villain]], who isn't necessarily evil at
* [[Villains Out Shopping]] for Affably Evil behavior in otherwise normal villains. Often a trait of a [[Card-Carrying Villain]], especially in the more ironic portrayals.
* [[Villain
'''Contrast:'''
* [[Faux Affably Evil]], which is a villain who adopts an affable demeanor that isn't genuine, basically mocking Affably Evil.
* [[Freaky Fashion, Mild Mind]].
* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]], where the character hides a more sinister side behind a nice
* [[Harmless Villain]], when the villain is ''only'' affable, without the actual Evil part.
[[Good Is Not Nice]] is the good(ish) [[Sister Trope]], and such good guys are particularly good at giving the Affably Evil a proverbial punch in the nose. [[I'm Not Hungry]] is often dealing with this villain. A villain will often engage in [[Too Funny to Be Evil]] to achieve this effect.
{{noreallife|absolute values like good and evil are best kept away from the complex spectrum that is real life.''' In the case of people widely regarded as evil, we want to avoid arguments over whether to classify them as True Affably Evil and Faux Affably Evil.}}
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