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* An odd, gender-flipped example in ''[[Armored Core: From the Ashes]]''. [[Villain Protagonist|Ghost]] is a masterful [[Chessmaster]] and [[Magnificent Bastard]], and is paired with {{spoiler|Fiona Jarnetfeld, a severely Yandere, insane pilot who ''used'' to be normal, but prior to the story, was subjected to [[Mind Rape]] by Ghost... who she happened to be in love with at the time.}} However, this is heavily subverted - although his 'Knight' does much of his dirty work, Ghost is an even more competent pilot (explicitly stated to be the best on Earth, tied with Kruger, his [[Arch Enemy]] and the story's [[Hero Antagonist]]; this naturally leads to discussion later on of whether they can qualify as [[A God Am I|gods]] because of their power), and will often deploy onto the battlefield if things are looking particularly bad to deliver a [[Curb Stomp Battle]] on his enemies (unless Kruger is involved, in which case you either end up with a ''massive'' high-speed battle, while the two discuss deep philosophical matters of good and evil, right and wrong, and whether Ghost's actions are justified or not, or one of the two calling a full retreat (which Ghost's Knight may not always obey).

** For that matter, Ghost used to have a weird example of this with a Bright Lady-Black Knight pairing with [[Morality Chain|Holly]]. He outranked her, but he often insisted that she stay behind and not get herself into trouble, and she could give him orders and he'd obey. {{spoiler|Of course, after Holly got [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]], didn't remember Ghost, and Ghost pulled a sort-of [[Face Heel Turn]] to go into opposition against all mankind as part of a [[Plan]], this pairing was promptly broken up and replaced with the even stranger one listed above.}}

 

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