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It won't stop them from fighting it out, [[Worthy Opponent|but credit where credit is due.]]
 
If it's a [[Villain Team-Up]], the [[Card-Carrying Villain|Card Carrying Villains]] will often compliment their allies/rivals for their evilness. Compare [[Arson, Murder, and Lifesaving]]. Compare [[In Love Withwith Your Carnage]] when a villain falls in love with a hero due to the hero's violence. Contrast [[Insult Backfire]]. If a hero or other non-villain is on the receiving end, this becomes [[Your Approval Fills Me Withwith Shame]] or just [[Baddie Flattery]].
 
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== Films ==
* Morticia in ''[[The Addams Family (TV)|The Addams Family]]'' films lives this trope.
** In the first movie, Morticia compliments the man stretching her on the rack (who is sweating over the evil deed) as "having done this before". She also believes that she and the female antagonist could have been good friends were it not for the current unpleasantness.
** The second film has the following exchanges between Morticia and Debbie:
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'''Debbie:''' What?<br />
'''Morticia:''' [[Princesses Prefer Pink|... pastels?]] }}
* ''[[The Naked Gun (Film)|The Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult]]'':
{{quote| '''Drebin''' (undercover as a gangster, to the [[Big Bad]]'s mother): Mrs. Dillon, your son is a ruthless, sadistic, cold-blooded animal. You must be very proud of him. <br />
'''Muriel Dillon''': I am. }}
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== Literature ==
* ''[[Dexter]]'' greatly admires the artistic merits of the Ice Truck Killer's scenes. In the second book, he also admits to respecting the spoke of turning people into "yodeling potatoes".
* In ''Discworld'' book ''[[Discworld (Literature)/Mort|Mort]]'' a dying [[Evil Vizier]] takes this trope up to eleven: he compliments the emperor for killing ''him''.
 
 
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* In ''[[Leverage]],'' after Nate cons his dad into a situation where the Irish mob puts a contract out on him:
{{quote| "You're more ruthless than me, crueler than me. Maybe you are better than me. I'm proud of you son."}}
* ''[[Black AdderBlackadder]]'' II features one after Blackadder blackmails the Baby-Eating Bishop of Bath and Wells who "drowns babies at their christening and eats them in the vestry afterwards" by arranging some very compromising paintings.
{{quote| Bishop: You fiend! Never have I encountered such corrupt and foul-minded perversity! Have you ever considered a career in the Church?}}
 
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* Inverted in ''[[Looking for Group]]'', where [[Omnicidal Maniac|Richard]] is criticized on not being evil enough.
** Well, it ''was'' by a [[Kangaroo Court]] set up by [[The Legions of Hell]]...
* Jenny in ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|Order of the Stick]]'', who [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0611.html met with] and got a [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0622.html heavy] crush on Belkar.
** [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0809.html Tarquin, to Roy] after the latter caused major structural damage to the gladiator games arena. Roy is somewhat bewildered.
* In ''[[Tales From the Pit (Webcomic)|Tales From the Pit]]'', [http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/5867433154 Mark Rosewater receives hate-mail] from an angry ''[[Magic: theThe Gathering|Magic]]'' player who accuses him of having "sytematically destroyed everything that was awesome about ''Magic''" immediately before asking how to get a job in R&D.
 
 
== Western Animation ==
* In the old ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987 (Animation)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' cartoon, Shredder and Krang would occasionally compliment each other's evilness (when they weren't getting on each other's nerves). Other villains also got some praise for their evil plans from time to time.
{{quote| '''Shredder:''' Then you shall have the robot. I vow it!<br />
'''Krang:''' Cross your heart and hope to die?<br />
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[Disgaea Hour of Darkness]],'' [[Disgaea Hour of Darkness (Video Game)/Characters|Etna]] uses [[Villain Protagonist]] [[Disgaea Hour of Darkness (Video Game)/Characters|Laharl]] as bait to get what she wants from [[Big Bad Wannabe]] Maderas, without either of them knowing. After Laharl finds out what Etna's intentions were, does he get angry at her for using him? ...no, he compliments her on how devious she is and [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|promotes her to his right hand demon]].
* Due to their lack of any actual morality, some Asurans in ''[[Guild Wars]]'' come off as somewhat evil. In one case the actions of the Asuran Tekks has instigated a war between two aboriginal frog-tribes. Her rival, Giriff, comments he would be impressed if he thought she'd done it on purpose.
 
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