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This a sub-trope of the [[Foil]]. Compare the more [[Public Service Announcement|PSA]]-oriented version of this character-as-a-device, the [[Anti Role Model]], where the character's purpose is to be an example of what the people in the ''audience'' aren't supposed to do.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
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* Odagiri from ''[[Koi Kaze]]'': he's the raving pervert with a fetish for high school girls who's pining away for a younger sister, not Koshiro.
* Parodied and [[Lampshaded]] with the character Matagu from ''[[Please Teacher (Anime)|Please Teacher]]'': although he's definitely [[Hot for Teacher]] and has always wanted to marry a space alien, he's not really necessary. It's already pretty well established from the beginning that the protagonist Kei is nothing like him--which doesn't stop Kei from getting jealous and bad-mouthing him to Mizuho anyway.
* ''[[Scryed]]'' is practically littered with examples. Many of Ryuhou's associates from HOLY serve to emphasize that he really does believe in what he's doing as a [[Knight Templar]] by showing what people with less noble motives might do with their powers. The way a number of Kazuma's fellow alter-users behave also indicates that his noble behavior as the [[Anti
* From the [[Tournament Arc]] in ''[[Fairy Tail]]'', Sabertooth seems to be one of the bad guys... until you see [[Evil Counterpart|Raven Tail]]. Then you realize that Sabertooth is just a case of [[Good Is Not Nice]].
** Subverted, {{spoiler|forcing a member to strip before kicking them out for losing a fight can hardly be considered good.}}
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== [[Comic Books]] ==
* ''[[Deadpool]]'' (pictured above) is this for a ''lot'' of characters in the ''[[Marvel Universe]]''.
* Helping ''[[Spider-Man]]'' deal with the [[Axe Crazy]] mass-murdering symbiote Carnage earned sometime [[Arch Nemesis]] Venom a measure of respect as an [[Anti
== [[Film]] ==
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