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** The character who best fits the trope is actually a protagonist, [[Colonel Badass|Jade]] [[Mad Scientist|Balfour]]. Despite being described by everyone, including himself, as a monster who [[Kick the Dog|experimented on]] [[What Measure Is a Non-Cute?|harmless monsters]], he's one of only two characters in the game who takes responsibility for his actions. While constantly hinting that he's poisoned the party's food and so on, on several occassions, he reveals real concern for Luke, and the culmination of his character development hinges around {{spoiler|Luke's inevitable death and the multitude of potential causes}}, demonstrating real concern for another human being.
* In ''[[Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World]]'', we have Richter Abend. Although he's pretty obviously the [[Big Bad]] from the beginning of the game, he's also [[Mentor Archetype|the mentor]] (and not an [[Evil Mentor]], but a true guardian to Emil), and while he often yells at his student, he almost immidiately apologizes thereafter. {{spoiler|This only snowballs him into full [[Necessarily Evil]] status when you discover that his ''entire plot'' was to trick [[The Legions of Hell]] so he could become the guardian of the gate to Niflheim in place of Emil's [[Super-Powered Evil Side]], which had the slight downside of his having to [[Fate Worse Than Death|burn for all eternity]]. [[Heroic Sacrifice|Villainous Sacrifice]], anyone?}}
* Bowser from ''[[Super Mario Bros.(franchise)|Super Mario]]'', partially as the result of [[Villain Decay]]. He's done some pretty evil things before in order to win [[Damsel in Distress|Peach's]] affection and take over the Mushroom World, including possibly unthinkable things like nearly bringing about [[The End of the World as We Know It|the end of the universe]] [[Hoist by His Own Petard|and possibly himself with it unintentionally, the latter not part of his plan, but he's unaware of such a possible risk]]. On several occasions, however, he's forced to team up with the Plumbers (and sometimes even Peach herself) to defeat an even greater threat, often because said threat has interfered with ''his'' plans, but he nevertheless unwittingly counters the evil things with some good things to an extent. One notable example is in ''[[Super Paper Mario]]'', where Bowser and Peach are ''both'' kidnapped, and forcibly married by a third party to bring about the end of the world. Bowser is a fully playable character in this game, and at one point, Peach even calls him "sweet". (The fact that he still believes his marriage to Peach is valid helps as well...)
** This is especially apparent in his interactions with his minions. One would think that after all of his repeated failures, Bowser's subjects would stop listening to him, and the only reason they would still obey him is out of fear. This isn't true at all. Bowser's minions ADORE their ruler, and seeing him in scenarios like his [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|conversation with an AWOL Goomba]] in [[Super Mario RPG]] makes it easy to see why.
* Rubicante from ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'' is one of the four elemental archfiends serving under Golbez. Nevertheless, he apologizes to a protagonist for [[Even Evil Has Standards|his parents getting turned into monstrosities by a subordinate]], heals the party before fighting them to ensure that the fight is a fair one, and when defeated for the second and last time, accepts his defeat with 'Farewell, valiants.'
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