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* In ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]'', Jen Yu / Yu Jiaolong had pretty much everyone fooled and feeling sympathetic. After all, in this day and age, who doesn't feel sorry for an aristocrat's daughter who dreams of a warrior's life, being forced into an [[Arranged Marriage]]? Then the movie gets deeper, and reveals the lengths she is going to in order to pursue her dream, learning martial arts from the [[Evil Mentor| notorious thief Jade Fox]] using a [[Artifact of Doom| cursed sword]] and becoming a cold-blooded killer. Still [[Tragic Villain| somewhat sympathetic]], but not as much.
* This is done as a [[Wham! Line]] in ''[[Evil Dead]]''. (The 2013 remake, not the original.) In the first scene of the movie, a man is shown grabbing a teenage girl, then ties her up and douses her with gasoline, as she pleads for mercy through tears. Since this is a horror movie, it seems obvious who the villain is here... Until the girl's eyes gain [[Hellish Pupils]], her voice turns inhuman, and the pleas turn to profanity-laced threats. Who's the monster here? ''Not'' the guy with the gasoline...
* In ''[[The Ring]]'', Samara is set up as a [[Tragic Villain]], and when Rachel recovers her body, it seems she might have a chance at redemption. No such luck; there is ''nothing'' redeemable about Samara, and she has no regrets whatsoever for her crimes. Rachel is only spared because she copied the tape, enabling Samara to widen the scope of her evil, and the only way her son can stay safe is for him to do so too. Of course, in retrospect, there were quite a few signs of this that Samara was darker than she appeared, but few could predict just how ''much'' of a monster she was.
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