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** Also, Giles. Despite how he acted in the first few seasons, he's often one of the most sarcastic and foul-mouthed people on the show (never picked up on by most due to him using mostly British swears). Plus, he'll kill humans if he must, an opinion only shared by him until Season 8.
* Keisuke Nago follows this trope to the letter in ''[[Kamen Rider Kiva]]'', to the point where ''all five'' reasons listed in the opening paragraphs that a person could experience this trope apply to him. He eventually mellows out, but it takes half the series to happen.
* Cordelia Chase in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' (and to a lesser degree on ''[[Angel]]'') is selfish, abrasive, and when not being ''intentionally'' rude is still staggeringly tactless. On the other hand when it comes to fighting the bad guys she's as brave as anyone else, loyal and brutally honest.▼
* ''[[Dexter]]'': Sergeant James Doakes is an anti-social [[Jerkass]] with a penchant for violence, but a damn fine cop and a good person at the end of the day.
* Jacob on ''[[Lost]]''. While he may work to good ends, he doesn't seem to care much about what happens to the people he uses along the way to achieve those ends. So much so that for much of the final season fans frequently speculated online that in the end Jacob would turn out to be the evil one and the Man In Black the good one.
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* Probably any Law Enforcement, military, or espionage hero will have a little of that. The job of cops is to render [[Feuding Families|blood feud]] obsolete by subcontracting the feud to themselves. The job of soldiers is theoretically to defend the nation by violent means and practically to be used as international poker cards by violent means. The job of spies is to be a sort of [[Justified Criminal| government approved criminal]].
**Lawyers too. They are also part of the law enforcement system and are expected to be more than a bit of [[Manipulative Bastard]].
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'',
* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'',* Buffy herself. Giving quarter to vampires and other demons isn't a good idea in the Slayer's line of work, as they will never give you any in return. Buffy rarely makes any attempt to spare her foes.
** Kendra was even more brutal. Sure, one can't hold it against her for assaulting Angel (he's a vampire, she's a Slayer, do the math, it wasn't personal) but seriously, did she ''have'' to lock him in a cage in a warehouse with a skylight, forcing him to wait it out until the sun rose? At least Buffy doesn't prolong their agony.
▲** Cordelia Chase in ''[[Buffythis the Vampire Slayer]]''seres (and to a lesser degree on ''[[Angel]]'') is selfish, abrasive, and when not being ''intentionally'' rude is still staggeringly tactless. On the other hand when it comes to fighting the bad guys she's as brave as anyone else, loyal and brutally honest.
* ''[[Luther]]'' is this. As much as he can at times [[Rabid Cop|be a jerk to subordinates and suspects alike]], he still is a genius who passionately solves crimes. (And seriously, many people he has to do with aren't better.)
* ''[[Tatort]]'' has several examples, such as inspector [[Cowboy Cop|Horst Schimanski]] or pathologist [[Dr. Jerk|Prof. Karl-Friedrich Börne]].
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