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When [[Lady Macbeth]] takes charge, she may turn to be such a good villain that the audience will wonder, "Why is she with this guy? She could have just done X by herself!" In the end that is not the case.
If [[Lady Macbeth]] doesn't [[Karmic Death|get herself killed]] ([[Out, Damned Spot!|or outright]] [[Driven to Suicide|kill herself]]) it is inevitable that something will happen to her so that she can no longer upstage her husband.
Keep in mind that it's not completely necessary for this character to be the wife of the villain. It could just be his girlfriend, or lover, and in some cases it could instead be his mother or sister or even a close female friend. The important part is that this character is [[Always Female]], is sentimentally close to the villain in some way ''and'' is either his partner in crime and/or uses diverse persuasion methods to nudge him into doing things a 'good' person would not do.
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While this trope has some degree of reality, [[No Real Life Examples|please refrain from adding Real Life examples.]] Calling a real person a villain is asking for much trouble.
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== Anime and Manga ==
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* Mrs. Rara of ''[[Dual]]'' acts as this. Her husband is struggling to be a competent scientist. She coerces him and their daughter to become evil, eventually taking over the reins.
* Both Kiyomi Takada and Misa Amane sorta aspire to be this for Light in ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'', due to their intrest in Light Yagami and their [[Yandere]] qualities. {{spoiler|It goes badly for both of them: one is told "[[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]" by Light himself, the other commits suicide after his death.}}
* [[Yu Yu Hakusho|Yaminade no Itsuki]] ''[[Alternate Character Interpretation|might]]'' be a rare ''[[Yaoi Guys|male]]'' one of these. Though his way of getting Sensui to do his bidding and [[Non
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* At the end of ''[[Mystic River]]'', {{spoiler|Annabeth, wife of Jimmy Markum, is arguably revealed to be this. She comforts and encourages Jimmy to be proud of killing the wrong man for the murder of his daughter. She even goes so far as to blame the man's wife for the mistake.}}
* Sarah (played by Bridget Fonda) in ''[[Film/A Simple Plan|A Simple Plan]]'' plays this role for the protagonist, Hank (Bill Paxton).
* In ''[[Scotland, PA]].,'' based upon the source of the Trope Namer, Pat McBeth (Maura Tierney) naturally acts in this capacity for her husband, Joe (James LeGros).
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== Western Animation ==
* After Fox was paired with Xanatos in ''[[Gargoyles]]'', she became a bit of a [[Magnificent Bitch]] herself. And then she became a mom...
** Interestingly, the actual Lady Macbeth who appears is absolutely nothing like the trope. Of course, Macbeth in this version is an [[Anti
** Heck, Demona tries to marry [[Macbeth]] later on. (long story.)
*** Interesting thing here: According to [[Word of God|Weisman]], there was a story idea of his where--through [[A Wizard Did It|magic]]--much of the cast did an presumably abridged version of the play, with Macbeth as the himself, and ''Demona as the Lady.'' Obviously they ran out of episodes for the show, and had the comic gone on longer I'm sure they would've done it.
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