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* {{spoiler|Chaos}} from the ''[[Tamers Forever Series]]''. Let's break it down, shall we? He has spent centuries manipulating humanity's most powerful figureheads in order to create worldwide chaos,. He is a [[Combat Pragmatist|ruthless tactician]] and a nigh unstoppable [[Badass]]. Not to mention being [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|quite a hit with the ladies]]. (Although how much of that last part is simply his own bragging is up for debate). And he tops it all of by being [[Deadpan Snarker|witty]], [[Laughably Evil|funny]], [[Awesome Ego|charismatic]] and all in all, just [[Evil Is Cool|a joy to watch]]. ▼
[[File:Loki Pony.png|link=My Little Avengers|thumbnail|Loki: magnificent in pony form too!]]
* Draco from ''[[Harry Potter and The Methods of Rationality (Fanfic)|Harry Potter and The Methods of Rationality]]'' took lessons on how to be one, but so far he's only a beginner. The true [[Magnificent Bastard]] of this fanfic is, of course the one and only Professor Quirrell. Without spoiling anything: ▼
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▲* Draco from ''[[Harry Potter and
*** Exhibit B: [[It Makes Sense in Context|The remains of a beautiful blue beetle are seen in his office]] {{spoiler|suggesting that he has killed Rita Skeeter.}}▼
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** Exhibit C: Bellatrix Black {{spoiler|has been broken out of prison by him and Harry.}}
** Harry himself has the goals of a [[Guile Hero]] and the tactics of a [[Magnificent Bastard]].
* Shinji from ''[[Shinji and
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** A few chapters later, Fuyutsuki invokes the trope by name when {{spoiler|Gendo returns to power}}.
* Loki, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[My Little Avengers]]'', who has the rather telling nickname of "[[The Magnificent]]". True, he probably gave himself the title as a bit of ego stroking, but he definitely lives up to it. At the climax of the story, he reveals that the ''entire plot'' up to that point was a [[Gambit Roulette]]: by removing [[Big Good|Celestia]] as a potential threat via depowering her, he causes a [[Mass Empowering Event]] that lays the potential for the world ruled by magic he's long [[Visionary Villain|envisioned]], and more importantly insures that [[The Hero|Big Mac]] will end up with [[True Companions|teammates]] -- teammates that Loki can threaten in order to force Mac to surrender Thor's powers to him. {{spoiler|And it works perfectly, with him only being defeated afterwards due to Pinkie being a bigger [[Spanner in the Works]] than anticipated.}} He also shows that he anticipated {{spoiler|[[Bastard Understudy|Trixie's]] betrayal}} and deals with it effortlessly. Hell, he even manages to {{spoiler|''die''}} with style -- {{spoiler|as he lays dying from [[Hoist by His Own Petard|his own reflected spell]], he revels in the fact that the magic released by his death will mutate all of Equestria, creating the world ruled by magic he's always wanted, then [[Go Out with a Smile|dies with a smile]]}}.
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* The Naruto fanfic [http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4637731/1/Yakuza "Yakuza"] makes one out of Hinata, of all people. Let me break it down for you: the Rookie 9, Team Gai, and the Sand Siblings all play a game of Yakuza, with Lee and Hinata as the yakuza. They both manipulated everyone into killing the Genin they didn't kill themselves, and at the end, Hinata {{spoiler|betrayed Lee, causing him to kill himself in confusion, and refused to kill Naruto, leaving them the sole survivors, with Naruto taking her for ramen to celebrate.}} Anyone who doesn't ship Hinata with Naruto should most certainly read this.
* [[Magnificent Bitch]] {{spoiler|[[Original Character|V]]}} in a ''[[A Cure for Love]]''. She is literally behind ''everything'' in the first arc {{spoiler|[[Evil Versus Evil|before she is ultimately]] [[Out-Gambitted]] by Light.}} She stole Kira's ( {{spoiler|Higuchi}}'s) power and she manages to fool L into thinking she is trustworthy. She integrates herself onto the Kira taskforce and L's investigation while the entire time {{spoiler|she is in actuality the leader of Astraea, the terrorist organization that the taskforce is investigating. [[Spanner in the Works|if not for Light and Matsuda]] she would have succeeded in killing L with a [[You Got Murder|letter laced with sarin]] and if not for [[Spanner in the Works|Misa and Rem ]] she would have succeeded in stealing power from Kira. She is also the one who manipulated events so that Light would regain his Kira memories-[[Evil Is Not a Toy|this would ultimately lead to her undoing.]]}}
* Alexandra de Velan of the fan-made expansion to [[Neverwinter Nights]] "The Bastard of Kosigan" definitely qualifies.
** Annoyingly, despite the fact that she and the hero are lovers, {{spoiler|there is NO WAY to ensure she lives past the French attack on Kosigan}}.
* Kyrio Streika, from New Dawn. While like Aizen in many ways, he prefers to masquerade as a "normal man with some interesting ideas in his head" and manipulate people and events rather than simply hit things with brute force. He absolutely never changes his bemused expression, not when a setback happens, nor when it comes time to murder someone. It is safe to say he views everyone as a chess piece...well, [[Morality Pet|except for Matthew.]] That would be his soft spot. He is ostensibly doing all of this to help his son...though not without some genuine enjoyment thrown in.
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