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** And now, in ''[[Torchwood Miracle Day]]'', we have Jilly Kitzinger, a devious, sexy, well-dressed PR representative who manipulates [[Complete Monster]] Oswald Danes to gain power for herself. She's not pure evil, though; [[Even Evil Has Standards|she still privately finds Oswald repulsive]].
** And now, in ''[[Torchwood Miracle Day]]'', we have Jilly Kitzinger, a devious, sexy, well-dressed PR representative who manipulates [[Complete Monster]] Oswald Danes to gain power for herself. She's not pure evil, though; [[Even Evil Has Standards|she still privately finds Oswald repulsive]].


== ''[[Heroes]]'' ==
== ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' ==
* In season one there's HRG, smooth and calculating enough to trick even his employers, although his eventual [[Heel Face Turn]] puts an end to his Bastardry. Later, we get introduced to another, Mr. Linderman, the [[Affably Evil]] mastermind behind ''everything''. Season 2 brings us a new [[Magnificent Bastard]] in the form of the new [[Big Bad]], Adam Monroe. Magnificent and [[Manipulative Bastard|manipulative]] to boot, Adam recruits resident [[Idiot Hero]] Peter Petrelli to be his unwitting dupe, attaining a level of villainous charisma unmatched by any villain in the series since.
* In season one there's HRG, smooth and calculating enough to trick even his employers, although his eventual [[Heel Face Turn]] puts an end to his Bastardry. Later, we get introduced to another, Mr. Linderman, the [[Affably Evil]] mastermind behind ''everything''. Season 2 brings us a new [[Magnificent Bastard]] in the form of the new [[Big Bad]], Adam Monroe. Magnificent and [[Manipulative Bastard|manipulative]] to boot, Adam recruits resident [[Idiot Hero]] Peter Petrelli to be his unwitting dupe, attaining a level of villainous charisma unmatched by any villain in the series since.
** Even after HRG [[Heel Face Turn]] he's capable of being a [[Magnificent Bastard]] when he {{spoiler|threatens his former teacher's family in order to get the information he wants to help keep his family safe}}
** Even after HRG [[Heel Face Turn]] he's capable of being a [[Magnificent Bastard]] when he {{spoiler|threatens his former teacher's family in order to get the information he wants to help keep his family safe}}