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* An episode of ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' featured a woman who insinuates herself into the lives of weaker-willed women by claiming to help them build up their self-esteem. All is fine until the women actually begin showing independance which she sees as rejection, and then their new friend [[Misery|takes them to her house, breaks their legs with a hammer]] and drowns them.

* Rumplestiltskin in ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]''. Oh, Gods. Rumplestiltskin. [[Chain of Deals]], [[Batman Gambit|Batman Gambits]], [[Xanatos Speed Chess]]...he does it all and [[Magnificent Bastard|does it well]]. In the world of fairy tales or Storybrooke, it's hard not to find a character who ''isn't'' in his back pocket.

* While the people he helps out are usually all morally evil in their own ways, the BBC's ''[[Sherlock]]'' version of Moriarty is a "consulting criminal," who is directly described as a "Bad Samaritan" by Sherlock himself.

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* In ''[[Der Ring Des Nibelungen]]'', Mime raises Sieglinde's orphaned son from birth until he is old enough to take on Fafner. Mime insists to Siegfried that he has only raised him out of kindheartedness, but after Siegfried has slain the dragon the [[Dirty Coward]] finds that he [[Can Not Tell a Lie]] about what he intends to do to him next.

* The murder victim in Ayn Rand's drama ''[[Think Twice]]'' has devoted his life to Good Works. As the detectives look for a motive, it turns out that every single one of the dead man's Good Works was [[Blessed with Suck|deliberately calculated to ruin the lives of its recipient.]] For instance, he's the patron of a struggling actress whose career really took off when he managed to get her a starring role... in an utterly worthless play that destroys her professional reputation. Then he buys his crippled adoptive son a lovely birthday gift... [[Complete Monster|a pony.]] [[Implausible Deniability|He claims it will inspire the boy to regain the use of his legs.]]

* In ''[[Starship]]'', the character Pincer (who wears the ''[[The Little Mermaid|Little Mermaid]]'' influence on his sleeve) gives Bug the chance to become a human and join the Starship Rangers, as long as Bug brings the humans to meet Pincer. [[Blatant Lies|Who just wants to meet them, and isn't interested in eating their brains and letting his mosquito friends drain their blood.]]

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* In ''[[Sequelitis|Kronk's]] [[The Emperor's New Groove|New Groove]]'', Yzma tells Kronk that she wants to help the elderly people of the kingdom by selling them her [[Fountain of Youth|youth potion]]. It turns out it's just a scam for her to get rich quick.

* In the very first episode of ''[[Gargoyles]]'', ''Awakening'', David [[Xanatos Gambit|Xanatos]] undoes the curse put on the Gargoyles, reawakening them after a thousand years, and offers to help them adapt to the modern world. Of course, he is revealed to be just using the gargoyles, and becomes one of their main enemies.

* Fairy Godmother in ''[[Shrek]]'' 2 is somewhat like this, offering to help Fiona get (Fairy Godmother's definition of) a happy ending, which [[Sarcasm Mode|coincidentally]] puts Fairy Godmother's son in line for the throne, while ignoring Shrek because [[Punctuated ~~for~~ Emphasis|Ogres. Don't. Live. Happily. Ever. After!]]

* Fairy Godmother in ''[[Shrek]]'' 2 is somewhat like this, offering to help Fiona get (Fairy Godmother's definition of) a happy ending, which [[Sarcasm Mode|coincidentally]] puts Fairy Godmother's son in line for the throne, while ignoring Shrek because [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|Ogres. Don't. Live. Happily. Ever. After!]]

* In ''[[South Park]]'', if Eric Cartman ever suggests doing a good deed, it will often be this. Probably most prominent in "Crack Baby Athletic Association" where he tries to get rich under the pretenses of helping abandoned crack babies. He even manages to enlist [[The Conscience|Kyle]] to help out.

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