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** Dan Schneider apparently loves this type of character. Currently, we have Sam in ''iCarly'' and Jade in ''Victorious." Neither of which seem to ever get any kind of retribution despite slowly becoming more and more horrible as time goes on. Sam at least, seems to be frequently put in detention or arrested, but that happens too frequently, she actually seems proud of it. Jade, on the other hand, doesn't seem to even get that. |
** Dan Schneider apparently loves this type of character. Currently, we have Sam in ''iCarly'' and Jade in ''Victorious." Neither of which seem to ever get any kind of retribution despite slowly becoming more and more horrible as time goes on. Sam at least, seems to be frequently put in detention or arrested, but that happens too frequently, she actually seems proud of it. Jade, on the other hand, doesn't seem to even get that. |
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* ''[[CSI]]'' had an episode dealing with the murder of an unpleasant TV star, where the CSIs figure out the murderer is another actress on the show. When confronted, however, the actress gives a [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] speech about the crime show genre, and points out that the CSIs don't have any real evidence, and if they're hoping for her to panic and confess based on their circumstantial evidence then they're highly mistaken. She then walks away scott free, with the closing line being Brass telling Grissom "[[Chinatown|Forget it Grissom, it's Burbank]]." The whole episode was one big in-joke about TV shows in general. |
* ''[[CSI]]'' had an episode dealing with the murder of an unpleasant TV star, where the CSIs figure out the murderer is another actress on the show. When confronted, however, the actress gives a [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] speech about the crime show genre, and points out that the CSIs don't have any real evidence, and if they're hoping for her to panic and confess based on their circumstantial evidence then they're highly mistaken. She then walks away scott free, with the closing line being Brass telling Grissom "[[Chinatown|Forget it Grissom, it's Burbank]]." The whole episode was one big in-joke about TV shows in general. |
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* In [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|the re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'']], Gaius Baltar managed to avoid truly paying for his numerous crimes (his part in the complete destruction of the Twelve Colonies for starters), despite him continuing to act in [[Dirty Coward|such a way]] that ''ensures'' the viewer fantasies about pummeling the shifty little bastard. It doesn't really help that he gets an implausible amount of sex from practically every woman in the show (Laura Roslin being an honorable exception) despite being an all-around weasel. He then manages to become the {{spoiler|president of the fracking colonies}} despite the extremely noticeable handicap of {{spoiler|wandering the halls talking to himself.}} Lets not even mention the {{spoiler|religious cult set up around him by, you guessed it, hot young women.}} The man even manages {{spoiler|to get a [[Happily Ever After]] with Caprica!Six in the [[Grand Finale]].}} |
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** Then there is Caprica-Six herself. Baltar started out only knowing that he was guilty of letting a hot blonde spy poke around illicitly in the Defense Mainframe to give her company an edge. Six knew that her actions would lead to untold deaths. She was obviously conflicted, hence mercy-killing that baby in the marketplace, but still went through with it. Her attempt to make up for it failed spectacularly on New Caprica, leading to even more human suffering, though Cavil and Tigh shoulder a lot of the blame for that. {{spoiler|She gets to spend life on Earth as a farmer with Baltar and his dreamy hair.}} |
** Then there is Caprica-Six herself. Baltar started out only knowing that he was guilty of letting a hot blonde spy poke around illicitly in the Defense Mainframe to give her company an edge. Six knew that her actions would lead to untold deaths. She was obviously conflicted, hence mercy-killing that baby in the marketplace, but still went through with it. Her attempt to make up for it failed spectacularly on New Caprica, leading to even more human suffering, though Cavil and Tigh shoulder a lot of the blame for that. {{spoiler|She gets to spend life on Earth as a farmer with Baltar and his dreamy hair.}} |
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** Cavil/One qualifies. Personally responsible for wiping out two entire Cylon lines (Daniel/Seven out of [[Cain and Abel|jealousy]] and D'Anna/Three because ''one of them'' was too close to remembering who the Final Five were and his role in why the other Skinjobs didn't remember). Instigated the Colonial Holocaust out of a twisted sense of justice for his Cylon ancestors. Not to mention the stuff he did to Ellen and Saul Tigh. His fate? {{spoiler|Goes the gun-in-mouth route when an attempt at a truce goes pear-shaped, with only Ellen explicitly knowing the full story. And she never tells anyone else, on screen.}} |
** Cavil/One qualifies. Personally responsible for wiping out two entire Cylon lines (Daniel/Seven out of [[Cain and Abel|jealousy]] and D'Anna/Three because ''one of them'' was too close to remembering who the Final Five were and his role in why the other Skinjobs didn't remember). Instigated the Colonial Holocaust out of a twisted sense of justice for his Cylon ancestors. Not to mention the stuff he did to Ellen and Saul Tigh. His fate? {{spoiler|Goes the gun-in-mouth route when an attempt at a truce goes pear-shaped, with only Ellen explicitly knowing the full story. And she never tells anyone else, on screen.}} |
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