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{{quote|''"And by the way... I like your dress."''|'''[[The Master]]''', ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', to Buffy, while killing her}}

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]].

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

* Freeza from ''[[Dragon Ball (Manga)|Dragon Ball Z]]'' was not only very polite and formal (calling even his renegade henchman who has killed just about every member of his fleet "Mr. Vegeta"), but couple this with his voice (which, in Japan, used [[Gender and Japanese Language|mostly female modifiers and gender articles]] as well as [[Pigeonholed Voice Actor|the voice of a male seiyuu VERY famous for mad and evil roles]], and was voiced by a female in North America and by a quite deep baritone male in Latin America) makes him a very creepy villain indeed.

* Joker from ''[[Read or Die (Anime)|Read or Die]]'' was always polite and formal, never losing his cool once even when he was held hostage. Then again, he had so many [[The Chessmaster|proverbial cards up his sleeve]] that his confidence was legitimate.

* ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]''

* ''[[Claymore (Manga)|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 (Manga)|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]].}}

* [[Big Bad|Jail Scaglietti]] during the last episodes of ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Striker S (Anime)|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Striker S]]'', who, when faced with defeat at the hands of a very angry Fate on [[Super Mode]], breathlessly called Fate and her powers as magnificent. Fate responded by smacking him into the wall hard using the side of her [[BFS]].

* The Joker occasionally does this to [[Batman (Comic Book)|Batman]].

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

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

* One of the common traits of most [[James Bond]] villains. Bond parodies such as ''[[Get Smart (TV)|Get Smart]]'', ''[[Austin Powers]]'' and ''[[Isidoro]]'' also have villains acting in such a way.

* Goenitz from ''[[The King of Fighters (Video Game)|The King of Fighters]] '96'' uses a quite formal speech when addressing people and even had a "pet name" for the hero (Kusanagi-sinner-san). Also, one of his winning poses involves him bowing politely at the screen as if he was a performer being cheered on for an encore by his fans.

* In the French version of ''[[The Legend of Zelda a Link To T He Past (Video Game)|The Legend of Zelda a Link To T He Past]]'', this was a distinctive trait of Agahnim, and, to a lesser extent, Ganon. No other title has ever displayed a villain that polite.

* Salazar in ''[[Resident Evil 4 (Video Game)|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 ''[[Final Fantasy XIII (Video Game)|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 ''[[Wild Arms 3 (Video Game)|Wild Arms 3]]'', [[Big Bad]] Seigfried respects and envy Maya's power, which, he says, surpasses Demon's. However, that doesn't stop him from using her powers against her, and he obliterates her later on when she tries to [[Duel Boss|solo him]]. But in the end, Maya got the last laugh.

* In ''[[Dragon Age (Video Game)|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 ''[[Dragon Age II (Video Game)|Dragon Age II]]'', if Hawke proves him/herself to be upright and respectful in his/her dealings with the Arishok, the Arishok {{spoiler|during his attempted takeover of Kirkwall}} will address him/her as "Basalit-an" -- meaning he thinks of Hawke as a person rather than a thing which is standard operating procedure when dealing with anyone outside of the Qun -- and then condemn the nobles as "bas" (things). He respects Hawke enough to offer to settle things with a duel.

* 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.

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