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'''Lilah:''' No. This shouldn't be fun. What it should be is done by morning -- or I'll have your family killed. }}
'''Lilah:''' No. This shouldn't be fun. What it should be is done by morning -- or I'll have your family killed. }}
* Spike from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' was sometimes seen as this before [[Badass Decay|his infamous (and highly arguable) "Spikeification."]] However, he has a large strike against his cred in his admitted tendency to "get bored" and rush into things without thinking, something a full fledged Magnificent Bastard does not do. That being said, whenever he ''does'' take the time to plan things out, he can hang with the best of them; most notably in episodes like "The Yoko Factor", where he nearly tore the Scooby Gang apart, or the Season 2 finale in which he seemed to realize rushing into things against [[Complete Monster|Angelus]] would not be a smart move and thought a successful plan out in advance, all behind his boss' back.
* Spike from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' was sometimes seen as this before [[Badass Decay|his infamous (and highly arguable) "Spikeification."]] However, he has a large strike against his cred in his admitted tendency to "get bored" and rush into things without thinking, something a full fledged Magnificent Bastard does not do. That being said, whenever he ''does'' take the time to plan things out, he can hang with the best of them; most notably in episodes like "The Yoko Factor", where he nearly tore the Scooby Gang apart, or the Season 2 finale in which he seemed to realize rushing into things against [[Complete Monster|Angelus]] would not be a smart move and thought a successful plan out in advance, all behind his boss' back.
** The [[Big Bad]] of season 3, Mayor Richard Wilkins, was the founder of Sunnydale and the architect of much of the evil in the show to that point. Having created the town as a place for demons to gather, Wilkins manipulates the town and demons alike to empower himself for his Ascension into a pure-blooded demon. Wilkins frequently stays ahead of Buffy and the Scooby Gang and manages to become invulnerable, even allowing the rogue slayer Faith to join his team. Forming a genuinely loving father-daughter bond with her, the Mayor manages to complete his plans to Ascend, with only a fullscale war at Sunnydale High managing to stop him. Even post-mortem, Wilkins leaves behind a way for Faith to prosper and possibly destroy Buffy. Despite his clear evil, Wilkins manages to remain a very pleasant and intelligent man, always ready with a smile and a joke who proves to be one of Buffy's most dangerous enemies.
* [[Satan|The Devil]] in ''[[Reaper]]'' not only arranges for Sam to get an apartment next to a pair of rebel demons whose plan to destroy him would actually have worked, and manipulates Sam into infiltrating the rebellion with a new (doomed) plan to kill him, he also signs Sam's lease with his name and sends him clues as to what is going on that Sam, Sock and Ben can only work out moments after it is too late to do anything about it. Then repeats this plan with the few survivors of the rebellion, and is still witty, charming and diabolically [[Affably Evil|affable]]. Ray Wise's portrayal is just so good that fans now think he may actually ''be'' [[Satan|The Devil]].
* [[Satan|The Devil]] in ''[[Reaper]]'' not only arranges for Sam to get an apartment next to a pair of rebel demons whose plan to destroy him would actually have worked, and manipulates Sam into infiltrating the rebellion with a new (doomed) plan to kill him, he also signs Sam's lease with his name and sends him clues as to what is going on that Sam, Sock and Ben can only work out moments after it is too late to do anything about it. Then repeats this plan with the few survivors of the rebellion, and is still witty, charming and diabolically [[Affably Evil|affable]]. Ray Wise's portrayal is just so good that fans now think he may actually ''be'' [[Satan|The Devil]].
** How about another Devil, The Devil from Brimstone? Also happens to be another Magnificent Bastard played by John Glover.
** How about another Devil, The Devil from Brimstone? Also happens to be another Magnificent Bastard played by John Glover.
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