Knight Templar: Difference between revisions

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** He might be more of a hypocritical, propaganda-loving [[Take Over the World|megalomaniac]], however. His underling Genichiro Tsukiomi, on the other hand, {{spoiler|assassinates his best friend at a peace conference for ''daring'' to negotiate with the evil Earthlings, on Kusakabe's orders. He's become [[The Atoner]] by the time of the movie, however.}}

* Duo and Slur from the ''[[Mega Man Battle Network|RockMan.EXE]]'' saga. Slur, in particular, is another example of a thoroughly evil Knight Templar.

* [[The Omniscient Council of Vagueness|SEELE]] in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' is perfectly willing to torture young children, {{spoiler|kill everyone in NERV, followed shortly by everybody ''[[The End of the World as We Know It|in the entire world]]'', horribly, to unite mankind in a "[[Utopia Justifies the Means|perfect]]" state of existence to gain transcendence and evolve humanity to ~~it's~~ next stage}}. At least the [[Eldritch Abomination|Angels]] weren't so pretentious.

* [[The Omniscient Council of Vagueness|SEELE]] in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' is perfectly willing to torture young children, {{spoiler|kill everyone in NERV, followed shortly by everybody ''[[The End of the World as We Know It|in the entire world]]'', horribly, to unite mankind in a "[[Utopia Justifies the Means|perfect]]" state of existence to gain transcendence and evolve humanity to its next stage}}. At least the [[Eldritch Abomination|Angels]] weren't so pretentious.

* Suzaku of ''[[Code Geass]]'' starts out as a [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]] and a [[Knight in Shining Armor]]. After {{spoiler|Euphemia's death}}, he falls into Knight Templar territory when he starts conquering/enslaving other countries for the Emperor in the hopes of gaining control over Japan some day. {{spoiler|Eventually, after a couple of [[My God, What Have I Done?]] moments, he gets better - or at least self-aware enough to point his [[Necessarily Evil]] tendencies in the right direction.}}

** Lelouch, too, reaches this, as, in the face of catastrophic personal failure, he declares that he's in the right, and the entire world is wrong. Another interpretation, however, is that Lelouch himself was forced to do so in a desperate attempt to compensate the tragic mistake he unwittingly committed, and secretly, he knows that he himself has gone horribly wrong.

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** Nemesis is another example, and one that never really pretended to be good in the first place. He's always been after the fascist control of the world, and just picked up the method of taking over or blocking dangerous heroes ''and'' villains while providing safety after the previous method of killing civilians didn't work.

** {{spoiler|The Countess Crey}} is somewhat of a Knight Templar. {{spoiler|Originally a girl named Julianne Thompson, she started out by trying to form a team of metahumans to make the world a better place. When she was denied this due to a criminal history, she murdered a woman, took her identity, used her wealth to marry Count Crey, and then put him into a coma so that she could act out her plan. Most of Crey's work is well intentioned, but her methods are downright evil...}}

** Longbow's dogged pursuit of justice is so single minded that, in one arc, they attempt to arrest ''every member of Vanguard'' over a few rogue operatives. Vanguard has long been controversial due to ~~it's~~ policy of accepting both Heroes and Villains as members, but the general consensus is that arresting ''every member'' would be a ''very bad idea''. What makes it even more ridiculous is that Vanguard is a branch of the UN, and Longbow's just a private company.

** Longbow's dogged pursuit of justice is so single minded that, in one arc, they attempt to arrest ''every member of Vanguard'' over a few rogue operatives. Vanguard has long been controversial due to its policy of accepting both Heroes and Villains as members, but the general consensus is that arresting ''every member'' would be a ''very bad idea''. What makes it even more ridiculous is that Vanguard is a branch of the UN, and Longbow's just a private company.

** {{spoiler|Scirocco}} is also a textbook example, planning to {{spoiler|use magic in order to force good on every villain in the world.}}

* Both the Brotherhood of Nod ''and'' the Global Defense Initiative of ''[[Command & Conquer]]'' can be considered Knights Templar, especially in the later games, where the more "good guy" traits of GDI start getting subsumed in their aggressive ruthlessness after Nod attacks them.