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** TONS of characters are getting in on the game. [[Token Evil Teammate|Duke Barma]] and Oz have have had their moments. But the most jarring example: {{spoiler|[[Evil All Along|Jack]]}} [[The Chessmaster|Holy]] [[Wham! Episode|crap]].

* Souma Saiki from ''[[Sakura Gari]]'' is mostly a [[Broken Ace]], but shows shades of this -- ''specially'' when he {{spoiler|deals a spectacular [[Karmic Death|and fatal]] [[Humiliation Conga]] to his ex-lover [[Yandere|Katsuragi]] [[Pay Evil Unto Evil|for raping/torturing Masataka]], his [[Morality Pet]].}}

* {{spoiler|Kyuubey}} from ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' seems to be the kind of person who walks the line between [[Complete Monster]] and [[Magnificent Bastard]]. So far his plans are ''very'' cruel and have had ''huge'' consequences (like {{spoiler|tricking young girls with deep wishes into becoming pretty much liches, then withdrawing info about the tremendous disadvantages of the Magical Girl job, and watching as they become witches and end up killing or being killed}}), but except for {{spoiler|Madoka (the girl with the most potential) not making the contract (and once only becaue Homura stopped her from doing so)}}, it has all gone ''just as planned''. It's even better/worse when you see that {{spoiler|his goals aren't 100% self-serving... but very akin to those of [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|the Anti-Spiral]]: sacrificing some... to save everyone. And for that, he had Sayaka become a witch, then Kyoko to pretty much join her in death... and thus, he left Madoka and Homura in such a position that if Madoka doesn't become a Puella Magi, ''the universe will die''.}}

** However, he gets screwed over by someone else at the last moment... {{spoiler|Turns out you can turn Madoka into a mixture of [[Physical God|Physical Goddess]] and [[Guile Hero|Guile Heroine]] by giving her so many awful truths to work with. [[Out-Gambitted|Suck on that, Kyuubey]].}}