Baddie Flattery: Difference between revisions

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A villain who seems glad to see you, comments on your nice outfit, and how you're better at heroism lately than you used to be. They may even [[Combat Compliment|salute your proficiency in battle]]. The disturbing thing is they don't seem sarcastic about it at all.

 

Contrast to [[Affably Evil]], while the villain is not necessarily trying to annoy or flatter the hero, but rather that's genuinely what they're like. See also [[Your Approval Fills Me with Shame]].

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* Doctor Muraki of ''[[Yami no Matsuei]]'' does this mostly to jerk Tsuzuki's chain.

* ''[[Claymore]]'' has the character Priscilla who is unfailingly polite and apologetic even when things are not even really her fault. That is until {{spoiler|she Awakens and becomes her [[Super-Powered Evil Side]].}}

* Ichimaru Gin from ''[[Bleach]]'' and his treatment of "Hinamori-chan", whom he taunts gently yet sarcastically to make her (and others) believe he's a criminal and a traitor. {{spoiler|Turns out he * was* a betrayer, but not quite as the others imagined}}. He even takes time to talk to Rukia in her way to be executed and give her the hope that she ''might'' have her life spared... and then practically say he was kidding, dashing her last bits of hope {{spoiler|before Ichigo fight his way in the execution fields [[Big Damn Heroes|and * does* save her]].}}

 

 

== Comic Books ==

* The Joker occasionally does this to [[Batman]].

** This was one of the most memorable traits of the [[Batman (film)|Jack Nicholson Joker]].

* [[Superman|Lex Luthor]] in most media. Funnily enough, rarely to Superman himself. He ''hates'' Big Blue.

 

 

* Salazar in ''[[Resident Evil 4]]'' is rude and snarky for most of his screentime, until you finally impress him enough to start saying things like "I fear I have not paid my respects to your impressive and ''stubborn'' will. Mr. Kennedy: WELCOME!"

* In ''Mega Man X,'' Sigma comments on X's fighting potential repeatedly throughout the final battles.

* He's especially obsessive about this in the ''Maverick Hunter X'' PSP remake:

"I should've known you could do it, X..." }}

* In ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'' {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Orphan]]}} delivers a pretty epic example by outright ''praising'' [[Humanity Is Superior|the strength of humanity]] {{spoiler|which makes them the perfect tools to circumvent the Fal'Cies' own hardwired limitations}}.

* In ''[[Dragon Age]]: Origins'', if the Warden chooses to duel Loghain to decide the fate of Ferelden, the old general will comment that "a man is made by the quality of his enemies," which was a saying of his old friend Maric. He then wonders if that's more of a compliment to him or to you.

 

 

* In ''[[Batfink]]'', Curly the Cannonball was excessively worshipful of Batfink, apparently due to Batfink being his hero before he turned into a two-bit villain.

* Taken to a disturbing extent in ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' with Control Freak in "For Real". When questioning the replacement Titans where the originals were, the satirical nerdy villain went into a lengthy montage describing the characteristics of (and dressing as) each and every Titan.

** He later went fanboy crazy over the Titans East, so much so that he ''couldn't resist'' teleporting himself in front of them after they just survived all his "tests" and attempts to blow up the city.

* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'': Vlad Plasmius often used this tactic in conjunction with [[Not So Different]].

* From ''[[The Incredibles]]'':

"Hiding from my seeker using the ''bones of another super''?! I can't believe it, man, I'm ''still'' geekin' out! Ahhh." }}

** The Argentinian dub changed the storyline so it takes place in Argentina in a parallel Earth. There, Syndrome had the personality of a sterotypical Argentinian TV host (such as Marley or Marcelo Tinelli).

* Shego is known for doing this to ''[[Kim Possible]]'' (when she's not being condescending), and has a number of [[Terms of Endangerment|pet names for her]].

* A version appears in ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]]'': Jade is in a toppling tree, which falls towards the (Dark-Warriored!) Ratso, who catches it. This ensues:

'''Jade'''(jumps off tree and runs): Nyah-nyah. }}

* In [[The DCAU]], [[Darkseid]] always compliments his son Orion whenever they cross paths. In "Apokolips Now!" Darkseid expresses his fatherly pride in Orion's savagery and power. During their brief fight in "Twilight", Darkseid has this to say:

** Then he breaks his son's spine with a crushing bearhug and leaves him to die on the exploding asteroid with a pithy "spare the rod".

 

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