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[[File:themayor.jpg|link=Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|rightframe|<small>The Mayor of Sunnydale. [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick|Cheerful. Fatherly. Wants to be a giant snake demon.]]</small> ]]
 
 
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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 By a Forsaken Child|human souls]] to power their [[Artifact of Doom]]. They're not the [[Stepford Smiler]] -- their affability is a genuine part of their personality, not a mask. If they have underlings, expect them to be a [[Benevolent Boss]]. In one way, they're the opposite of an [[Anti-Hero]]. They may [[Pet the Dog]] on occasion, but won't hesitate to kick it with steel-toed boots the next second if it helps them accomplish their goals. They may well be a [[Villain With Good Publicity]].
 
This villain will [[Go -Karting With Bowser|invite the hero out to tea]], [[No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine|offer him]] [[Your Favorite|a favorite dish]], make pleasant small talk, try to appeal to the hero's better nature, and convince the heroes that the [[Evil Plan|villain's plan]] isn't worth getting involved in. Of course, if the hero still won't change their mind, the villain will remind them that they are, after all, still a villain. It may or may not involve a [[Death Trap]], depending on how nice the villain really is when crossed. Of course, inviting [[Did Mom Just Have Tea With Cthulhu?|the hero's mom out to tea]] might send a stronger message. The friendliness of said villains can serve to humanize these guys.
 
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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[[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.
 
Most, if not all, real life monsters fall under this trope, as without charisma, there's no way they could have done much of anything. Given that this is a Good/Evil trope, [[No Real Life Examples, Please]]
 
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