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* Mr. Sellars in ''[[Otherland]]'', the [[Mysterious Informant]] for the good guys, is very much [[The Chessmaster]] and shamelessly manipulates people in order to advance his schemes, the most disturbing of whom is an innocent six-year old girl. In the end, his justifications ring hollow even to himself, especially once his dark secret is revealed and it turns out that his core motivation was entirely selfish.

* Livia in ''[[I, Claudius]]'' ruthlessly manipulates and kills family members and anyone else close to them to ensure her son becomes emperor and Rome does not return to being a Republic, convinced this is the only way for the city to remain great.

* Both Dumbledore and Snape from ''[[Harry Potter]]''. Also implied when describing [[Knight Templar|Crouch's]] decision to allow aurors to use the Unforgivable Curses during the first war with You-Know-Who. And Harry himself doesn't come away all squeaky clean in ''[[The Deathly Hallows]]'' either, throwing around Imperius-curses left and right. Perhaps his worst example of this trope is when he goes Crucio on the Carrows' arses (probably his first Unforgivable ever), to say nothing of how even the protagonists [[Batman Grabs a Gun|throw Unforgivables every which way but loose and any which way they can]] during their war against Voldemort.

* When George shoots {{spoiler|Lennie}} in ''[[Of Mice and Men]]''. After {{spoiler|Lennie kills Curley's wife}}, George is forced to shoot him so the other men don't. He does it in a way so {{spoiler|Lennie}} doesn't realise, which the other men would not have given the courtesy of doing.

 

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** Also in 4U City. {{spoiler|Alt-Riff agreed with him to the extent that he grew into his philosophy and methods.}}

* Said verbatim by Anakin in [http://www.darthsanddroids.net/episodes/0108.html this episode] of ''[[Darths and Droids]]'', after deliberately destroying Sebulba's pod (and possibly Sebulba) to win the pod race.