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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-Karting
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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* [[Punch Clock Villain]], who isn't necessarily evil at all -- they simply have a job to do, and if that job involves slaughtering innocent children or stealing people's life savings, well, that's what they get paid for.
* [[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
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