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[[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin]].
 
Bad guys aren't usually pacifists, [[Technical Pacifist|technical]] or [[Actual Pacifist|otherwise]]. Even if their goals don't necessarily require force (such as embezzlement or fraud), then there's still a good chance they either resort to violence or indicate that violence is a desirable option for them ("You cross me, you're finished.") in the course of the story. Being any sort of pacifist is a sign the villain is an [[Anti-Villain]], [[Harmless Villain]], or at least [[Affably Evil]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Aiber from ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'' is a conman who absolutely abhors violence of any kind.
* Akio Ohtori from ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' avoids violence to the last moment, preferring to talk his victims down. He only grabs a sword personally when the heroine leaves him absolutely no choice, and even then he leaves the ''coup de grace'' {{spoiler|to his sister.}}
 
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* {{spoiler|Ozymandias}} of ''[[Watchmen (Comic Bookcomics)|Watchmen]]'' is said to be a pacifist and a vegetarian, although his final plan for world peace isn't exactly non-violent. However, this being ''Watchmen'', he's really more of an [[Anti-Villain]], and whether what he does is considered "evil" is open to interpretation.
** Rorschach does point out that Hitler was also a vegetarian, averting [[Hitler Ate Sugar]] while reinforcing this trope.
** Not totally pacifistic, as he was also {{spoiler|a former super hero.}}
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* [[Discworld|Moist von Lipwig]] prided himself on never even carrying a weapon. However, he is more of a [[Loveable Rogue]] than truly evil, and his [[Evil Counterpart]] in the first book did have a lot of people killed, even if he didn't do it himself. Nevertheless, his [[Golem]] parole officer claimed that he had killed 3 and a bit people overall because his crimes indirectly hastened many people's deaths.
** His refusal to carry weapons is not strictly because he's a pacifist, though. He dislikes carrying a weapon because doing so sends the message "if I have to, I WILL fight you", while he would prefer to never raise the stakes that high in the first place. (Basically, carrying a weapon means you are prepared to use it, which, in turn, invites others to use weapons against you. Probably bigger and sharper ones, too.)
* In ''[[Animorphs (Literature)|Animorphs]]'', [[Sixth Ranger Traitor|David]] is a [[Technical Pacifist]]. He refuses to kill any humans, but [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|is fine with killing people that have]] [[Animorphism|shapeshifted into animals]]. {{spoiler|It is later suggested that he might have broken this code to murder Jake's cousin, but since he had already been badly injured in an accident, David might have simply stopped him from getting treatment and left him to die of his own injuries, which by his twisted morality still wouldn't be murder.}}
* Subverted in the [[Left Behind]] novels, at least initially; [[Villain Withwith Good Publicity|Nicolae]] [[Designated Villain|Capathia]] starts his political career as an outspoken pacifist pushing for global disarmament.
 
== Movies ==
* In [[Spider-Man (Filmfilm)|Spider-Man 3]], Sandman tries to talk Spider-Man out of battling him.
* Grima Wormtongue in [[The Lord of the Rings|The Two Towers]] is notably in favour of peace ... or at least of Rohan refraining from military action.
 
== [[Video Games]] ==
* Lord Yuna, of ''[[Breath of Fire]] IV'' who is also an example of [[The Unfought]], declares himself to be "a scholar and a pacifist," and refuses to fight your characters, although he has no qualms about having people tortured or [[Playing Withwith Syringes|turned into supernatural monstrosities]].
 
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