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* The ''[[Dragon Age]]'' franchise has plenty of despicable jerks, but Arl Rendon Howe from ''[[Dragon Age: Origins]]'' is arguably the worst. While Loghain has at least [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|understandable reasons]] for his evil deeds, his underling Howe (his dismissive smugness portrayed ''excellently'' by VA [[Tim Curry]]) is little more than a power hungry coward; players who choose Human Noble origin are likely to hate him the most, where his betrayal of the PC's father is there for all to see and [[The Quisling|quisling behavior]] is the most pronounced. The man is even willing to murder children to fulfill his selfish goals. While you are able to gain revenge - and a great deal of Catharsis - later, he maintains his [[Entitled Bastard]] delusions to his final breath, and a lot of players were upset that they couldn't make his death more agonizing than it was.

* ''Bomb Rush Cyberfunk'' has an example in its [[Big Bad|main]] [[Walking Spoiler|twist villain]] {{spoiler|[[Blondes Are Evil|Faux aka Teun Vogelaar]]. Far from the [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing|seemingly friendly]] and [[Beneath Notice|generic]] [[Decoy Protagonist]] shown in the beginning, he's a [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder|treacherous]], [[It's All About Me|entitled]] [[The Sociopath|sociopath]] who uses his newfound status as the police force's [[Person of Mass Destruction|Project Algo]] to [[Hunter of His Own Kind|hunt down other writers]] so he could become "All City King", going as far as to murder the previous commissioner and try to slaughter treacherous crew Devil Theory for [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|outliving their usefulness]].}} If ''that'' wasn't enough, {{spoiler|he murdered his [[False Friend|friend]] and previous All City King [[The Ace|Felix]] (who is [[The Hero|Red]]'s true identity) in the backstory because he [[He Knows Too Much|discovered]] he was using his [[Dirty Cop]] father to [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections|scrub off his criminal records by pining them on other innocent writers]] as well as [[Green-Eyed Monster|petty jealousy]].}} When confronted with all of this, he goes from [[Soft-Spoken Sadist|self-assured]] [[Smug Snake]] to [[Psychopathic Manchild|spoiled brat throwing a tantrum]] trying to [[Never My Fault|poorly justify his actions]] on his roots, having the gall to [[Victim Blaming|put the blame on]] {{spoiler|Felix}} for [[Disproportionate Retribution|daring to go All City by himself]]. Needless to say, {{spoiler|seeing Red/Felix [[Shut UP, Hannibal|shutting down his rant]] and delivering an [[Ironic Echo|ironic]] [[Karmic Death]] in the final battle}} is [[Catharsis Factor|immensely satisfying]].

 

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