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[[File:Mr Gold.jpg|link=Once Upon a Time (TV series)|thumbnail|Would YOU make a deal with this man?]]
[[File:Mr Gold.jpg|link=Once Upon a Time (TV series)|thumbnail|Would YOU make a deal with this man?]]
{{quote|''If you're going to take me on, son, you're going to have to bring your game up to a whole different level.''|'''[[Trope Codifier|Lionel Luthor]]''', ''[[Smallville]].''}}
{{quote|''If you're going to take me on, son, you're going to have to bring your game up to a whole different level.''|'''[[Trope Codifier|Lionel Luthor]]''', ''[[Smallville]].''}}

See Also:
* [[Magnificent Bastard/Marvel Cinematic Universe|Marvel Cinematic Universe]]
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* [[Dallas|John Ross Ewing, II]]. That is all.
* [[Dallas|John Ross Ewing, II]]. That is all.
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* Al Swearengen from ''[[Deadwood]]'' slowly earns this title over the course of the second season when it becomes clear he's trying to bring order to the horrible frontier town in order to protect his dominance. Sure he orders hits on little girls, kills innocent people and generally does horrible things to everyone. Compared to [[Complete Monster|Hearst and his cronies]], Swearengen is practically a populist man of the people.
* Al Swearengen from ''[[Deadwood]]'' slowly earns this title over the course of the second season when it becomes clear he's trying to bring order to the horrible frontier town in order to protect his dominance. Sure he orders hits on little girls, kills innocent people and generally does horrible things to everyone. Compared to [[Complete Monster|Hearst and his cronies]], Swearengen is practically a populist man of the people.
** Season 2? In just season 1 alone he is {{spoiler|shown to be behind almost every scheme that the protagonists run into, from the murder of the Norwegian settlers by road agents to the swindling and murder of Brom Garrett. All the while he insults Starr and Bullock to their faces while refusing to sell them their land, belittling and insulting his cronies. And he doesn't even need to pull a [[Karma Houdini]], because he's easily [[Ensemble Darkhorse|the most popular character]] on the show!!}}
** Season 2? In just season 1 alone he is {{spoiler|shown to be behind almost every scheme that the protagonists run into, from the murder of the Norwegian settlers by road agents to the swindling and murder of Brom Garrett. All the while he insults Starr and Bullock to their faces while refusing to sell them their land, belittling and insulting his cronies. And he doesn't even need to pull a [[Karma Houdini]], because he's easily [[Ensemble Darkhorse|the most popular character]] on the show!!}}
* Commander Cain, commanding officer of the battlestar Pegasus in the original ''[[Battlestar Galactica Classic|Battlestar Galactica]]'', certainly qualifies. He was based on Patton, after all. His counterpart in the re-imagined series, Admiral Cain, is more of a [[General Ripper]].
* Commander Cain, commanding officer of the battlestar ''Pegasus'' in [[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|the original ''Battlestar Galactica'']], certainly qualifies. He was based on Patton, after all. His counterpart in the re-imagined series, Admiral Cain, is more of a [[General Ripper]].
** Starbuck calls Apollo this in the new series after he {{spoiler|flies through a conveyor system to fly under a Cylon base's defences and blow it to bits}}. More a congratulatory term for pulling off something insane brilliantly, but still.
** Starbuck calls Apollo this in the new series after he {{spoiler|flies through a conveyor system to fly under a Cylon base's defences and blow it to bits}}. More a congratulatory term for pulling off something insane brilliantly, but still.
* Gaius Baltar of the new ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined|Battlestar Galactica]]'' has demonstrated an amazing ability to weasel, connive, and adapt every adverse situation to his own personal advatage. Even when he has been called out on his manipulations and lies and has grudgingly admitted to it, he has been able to show his opponents how it is to their advantage to grant his wishes, just this one more time. At the start of the series, a Cylon gulls him into giving her the codes for the Twelve Colonies' defence mainframe allowing them to subvert it and invade. As the human race evacuate the planet of Caprica, a Viper pilot gives up his seat for Baltar because Baltar is the most intelligent man in the universe and therefore of great use to the human race. While onboard Galactica, Baltar creates a fake Cylon detector and incriminates a man as a Cylon because this man was previously suspicious of Baltar. As providence would have it, this man actually ''is'' a Cylon although Baltar can't really take credit for that. He also exposes a Cylon device concealed aboard the ship, further gaining favour with the fleet. Later in the series, he runs for Presidency of the Twelve Colonies and gets elected based on charisma alone. He then orders the colonisation of a planet which he names New Caprica. The occupation of the planet is not a success. The planet turns out to be extremely hostile and Baltar just showers himself in oppulence while his subjects suffer and starve. Then the Cylons invade and make Baltar their political puppet, forcing him to sign executions and using him as a scapegoat but Baltar secretly feeds information to the resistance movement until Galactica arrives and drives away the Cylons. Baltar then joins the Cylons and forces the mentally unstable Sharon Agathon to turn the human/Cylon hybrid baby, Hera over to the Cylons who take care of her. When Baltar is recaptured by the humans who try to torture him for information, he refuses to crack and demands a trial. During his incarceration he releases a book which causes a mutiny in the fleet but also provides the information necessary to restore order, gaining a fanatical cult that worship Baltar as the Messiah and also forcing President Laura Roslin to give Baltar a trial. Baltar hires the best lawyer in the business and gets off scot-free. When he is released from gaol, he joins his cult for protection and when that cult is threatened by dangerous fanatics, Baltar threatens to provoke a religious war unless he and his people are left in peace. And at the end of the series, he settles down to live quietly as a farmer with the love of his life! Watch his hair. When it's slicked back, he's about to pull something underhanded. When it's not, he already did.
* Gaius Baltar of [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|the new ''Battlestar Galactica'']] has demonstrated an amazing ability to weasel, connive, and adapt every adverse situation to his own personal advatage. Even when he has been called out on his manipulations and lies and has grudgingly admitted to it, he has been able to show his opponents how it is to their advantage to grant his wishes, just this one more time. At the start of the series, a Cylon gulls him into giving her the codes for the Twelve Colonies' defence mainframe allowing them to subvert it and invade. As the human race evacuate the planet of Caprica, a Viper pilot gives up his seat for Baltar because Baltar is the most intelligent man in the universe and therefore of great use to the human race. While onboard Galactica, Baltar creates a fake Cylon detector and incriminates a man as a Cylon because this man was previously suspicious of Baltar. As providence would have it, this man actually ''is'' a Cylon although Baltar can't really take credit for that. He also exposes a Cylon device concealed aboard the ship, further gaining favour with the fleet. Later in the series, he runs for Presidency of the Twelve Colonies and gets elected based on charisma alone. He then orders the colonisation of a planet which he names New Caprica. The occupation of the planet is not a success. The planet turns out to be extremely hostile and Baltar just showers himself in oppulence while his subjects suffer and starve. Then the Cylons invade and make Baltar their political puppet, forcing him to sign executions and using him as a scapegoat but Baltar secretly feeds information to the resistance movement until Galactica arrives and drives away the Cylons. Baltar then joins the Cylons and forces the mentally unstable Sharon Agathon to turn the human/Cylon hybrid baby, Hera over to the Cylons who take care of her. When Baltar is recaptured by the humans who try to torture him for information, he refuses to crack and demands a trial. During his incarceration he releases a book which causes a mutiny in the fleet but also provides the information necessary to restore order, gaining a fanatical cult that worship Baltar as the Messiah and also forcing President Laura Roslin to give Baltar a trial. Baltar hires the best lawyer in the business and gets off scot-free. When he is released from gaol, he joins his cult for protection and when that cult is threatened by dangerous fanatics, Baltar threatens to provoke a religious war unless he and his people are left in peace. And at the end of the series, he settles down to live quietly as a farmer with the love of his life! Watch his hair. When it's slicked back, he's about to pull something underhanded. When it's not, he already did.
* Jack Donaghy - Titan, maverick, lover - from ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]'' ultimately personifies this trope, being a motivated, cutthroat corporate head who usually finds incredible ways to benefit both himself and his favorite underlings, usually while sounding totally ridiculous (see Season 2's scene in which he imitates Redd Foxx in order to aid a black movie star under his employ in coping with his family issues.... and actually manages to make it work. DY-NO-MIIITE!)
* Jack Donaghy - Titan, maverick, lover - from ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]'' ultimately personifies this trope, being a motivated, cutthroat corporate head who usually finds incredible ways to benefit both himself and his favorite underlings, usually while sounding totally ridiculous (see Season 2's scene in which he imitates Redd Foxx in order to aid a black movie star under his employ in coping with his family issues.... and actually manages to make it work. DY-NO-MIIITE!)
** Also from the same show, Devon Banks - Jack's archrival who manages in Season 2 to {{spoiler|seize control of NBC from Jack by marrying his bosses daughter and convincing the board to accept her as the new head who he then controls as a puppet. He eventually forces Jack (!) to resign from GE by moving his office to the 12th floor. }}.
** Also from the same show, Devon Banks - Jack's archrival who manages in Season 2 to {{spoiler|seize control of NBC from Jack by marrying his bosses daughter and convincing the board to accept her as the new head who he then controls as a puppet. He eventually forces Jack (!) to resign from GE by moving his office to the 12th floor. }}.
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