Magnificent Bastard/Live-Action TV: Difference between revisions

** Zelena, aka the Wicked Witch of the West might have crossed in the line into Magnificent Bitch in the episode "Quiet Minds." In the Enchanted Forest she sends Lumiere to lead Bae and Belle to the vault of the Dark One in order to resurrect Rumple. Even though they figure out her plan just in time Bae still completes the ritual, sacrificing his own life in the process. She gets hold of the dagger and almost succeeds in getting Rumpel to murder Belle. In Storybrooke Gold gets out of the cage she's trapped him in... and even manages to warn Emma who Zelena is... but Neal dies, Gold remains under Zelena's control and Zelena seems unconcerned that everyone knows who she is. Sadly, the following episodes see her devolve into an [[Ax Crazy]] [[Smug Snake]].

** Ingrid the Snow Queen in Season 4 has become a major one, with some fans calling her the best villain the show has had since Cora or Pan. She almost effortlessly accomplishes everything she sets out to do, and the fact that she and Rumple seem to view each other as equals (even as he is on the verge of achieving greater power than ever before) speaks volumes.

* Arnold Rothstein of ''[[Boardwalk Empire]]''. Fixed the 1919 World Series ''and got away clean''. Kingpin of New York, running an empire of gambling, prostitution, drugs, booze, and crime - all with impeccable manners and a sense of style. Steal from him? You're a marked man. Kill one of his business partners? He may have you killed immediately, or he may let you swing when it becomes more politically expedient. [[Badass Boast|Because if he'll watch a man choke to death for his own amusement, what do you think he'll do to someone who crosses him?]]

** It takes until the end of season two for him to hit full Magnificent Bastardry, but Enoch "Nucky" Thompson gets there in spectacular fashion. When his protege, Jimmy, betrays him (after screwing up numerous business deals for him in season one) and teams up with {{spoiler|the Commodore and Eli}} to bring Nucky down, Nucky predicts he'll ruin Jimmy. After surviving a second assassination attempt, Nucky starts cutting deals in spectacular fashion: bringing in Torrio and Rothstein for advice (and taking it), using his ties to Chalky to incite a race riot, and calling in the favors the IRA owes him and selling them guns in exchange for booze. Nucky doesn't have to do much else before all of Jimmy's deals start to backfire and he spirals out of control - but {{spoiler|shooting Jimmy himself in the head}} sends the message that he's back in charge of AC.