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* Littlefinger of ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' is clearly gunning for ''something'', but as he's an absolutely pathological liar with a high-functioning but severe case of [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]], it's not exactly easy to make out. The only fairly clear part of his agenda is the possible [[Fatal Flaw]], and even that might be an act.
* Lampshaded in the fifth book of ''[[The Banned and the Banished]]''--the main characters [[For the Evulz|didn't realize the villain]] ''[[For the Evulz|had]]'' an agenda.
* The hyper-advanced alien Overlords in Arthur C. Clarke's ''[[ChildhoodsChildhood's End]]'' arrive in Earth's orbit and, over a few decades, end all armed conflict and introduce technologies that increase living standards worldwide, all the while refusing to explain their motivations. It turns out that {{spoiler|The final generation in humanity's evolution had just been born. The Overlords were sent to ensure that they succeed in becoming part of the Overmind, a universal hive-mind that the Overlords, for reasons unspecified, are unable to join.}} Whether or not the Overlords play a villainous role is perhaps a matter of opinion.
* We don't find out until the last few CHAPTERS of the SEVENTH BOOK why the Trustees betrayed the Architect in ''[[Keys to the Kingdom]]''. We also find out who precisely backstabbed the Piper, why the Will cursed the Trustees, whether or not it was the real Big Bad, what Sunday was up to this whole time, and in the last chapter (sans epilogue) why the Architect imprisoned the Old One. Now THAT'S a long set-up.
* In Mary Gentle's ''[[Ash: A Secret History]]'', the Wild Machines' true motive for wanting to destroy the world and erase future history isn't revealed until the final climax, and comes as a total shock to both Ash and the reader.
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* [[Psycho for Hire|Moriarty]] on [[Sherlock]] apparently likes to blow people up, break into high-security places, and drive people to suicide simply because he's bored. That is, if we ''can'' trust what Moriarty says...
* On [[Leverage]] the Italian is this in season three. She has a lot of behind-the-scenes power (she can keep Nate out of jail and in Boston after he has escaped a Massachusetts state prison), and has blackmailed the team into taking down the world's most powerful criminal banker. We know she wanted [[Big Bad|Moreau]] out of the way. What we still don't know is why. She could be anything from a [[Knight Templar]] looking to see him arrested to a rival Big Bad scheming to take his place.
* In the ''[[Diagnosis: Murder]]'' episode "Rear Windows '98" we never learn what the killer's motive was.
 
 
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