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** Some [[Super Sentai]] villain fall into this, such as Meemy from [[Mahou Sentai Magiranger]] and Burajira from [[Tensou Sentai Goseiger]]
** Naturally, Deviot of ''[[Power Rangers Lost Galaxy]]'' takes this trope to a t. He sets up the rangers to kill the [[Big Bad]] himself, and tries to kill his daughter, without her noticing...for a while. And even when she ''does'' notice, he manages to take control of ''her''.
*** There was also the fabulous and highly competent Astronema from ''[[Power Rangers in Space]]'', self-proclaimed "Princess of Evil" and the second in command of the United Alliance of Evil. Tasked by Dark Specter to destroy the Space Rangers, Astronema would fight many battles with the Space Rangers before finding out her identity as Andros' long lost sister Karone, leading to her defection to the Rangers. Upon being kidnapped by a reprogrammed Ecliptor and installed with neural implants to keep her on the side of evil, Astronema decides to kill both the Space Rangers and and Dark Specter in order to usurp the latter's position as Grand Monarch of Evil through creating the [[Psycho Rangers]], whom beat the Rangers to an inch of their lives in their earlier encounters and drew their power from Dark Specter's life force until the Rangers were able to defeat the Psychos by changing their tactics in engaging them and exploiting their lack of ability to work as a team. Despite this defeat, Astronema would continue to inflict significant damage on the Rangers, successfully luring the Rangers into a trap that saw the destruction of the Delta Megazord by Ecliptor, and destroying the Mega Voyager using Tankenstein in the subsequent episode. Never suffering any significant [[Villain Decay]] throughout the series, Astronema would be regarded as one of the most iconic villains in Power Rangers.
*** Onikage in ''[[Power Rangers Wild Force]]'' introduces himself as a ninja loyal to Mandilok and conjures schemes to kidnap Princess Shyla. When Toxica fumbles his first plan, Onikage promises he can redeem her if he cuts off her horn to render her immune to the Sacred Water of Animaria, lying that Duke Orgs' horns grow back. This leads to Toxica's death and Shayla's capture. On the verge of defeating the Power Rangers, Onikage reveals his true allegiance as Master Org's right hand man, rendering Mandilok defenseless and resulting in their death. Onikage is defeated in the end mostly by luck but succeeds in almost all his goals, setting the stage for the rest of the season despite only appearing in two episodes.
*** Lothor of ''[[Power Rangers Ninja Storm]]''. His massive series-long [[Gambit Roulette]] and quirky sense of
* Scorpius of ''[[Farscape]]'' fame spent the entire run of the series, plus the [[Made for TV Movie|Made For DVD Movie]] holding allegiance only to himself, and doing his darnedest to manipulate every side in his favour... {{spoiler|and more or less succeeding by series end}}. And he {{spoiler|accomplished his goals}} with such intelligence and charm, even his apparent [[Freudian Excuse]] is transformed into a rational explanation.
** That said, although each action of his shows his badge of [[Magnificent Bastard|MagnificentBastardry]] clearly, it's only by the end of season 4 that [[Fridge Brilliance|you can look back]] and see how insanely [[Crazy Prepared]] and manipulative he was. Mostly because he managed to survive: {{spoiler|1) the blowing up of a Gamack base, 2) the blowing up of a Shadow Depository, 3) the blowing up of a ''Peacekeeper Command Carrier'' and 4) the ''blowing up of the entire Scarran secret base'' (Yes, John likes his explosions). Oh, and being buried alive.}} But it's true that when you see [[Raised by Orcs|how he grew up]], it all starts [[Break the Cutie|to make a lot more sense.]]
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