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* [[Big Bad|Amon]] from ''[[The Legend of Korra]]'' is this to the point of [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]. He specifically {{spoiler|picks certain benders that are established monsters or jerks, refuses to debend the Avatar to avoid creating a martyr, and won't indulge in any [[Kick the Dog]] moments for the fun of it [[Magnificent Bastard|in order to build up a strong following]]}}.
* Though some fans mistakingly believed Vilgax had suddenly become [[Lawful Evil]] in [[Ben 10: Alien Force]] due to his return episode portraying him as following a galactic code of conduct, it's strongly hinted (and confirmed by [[Word of God]]) that he was only following because it was more profitable for him, allowing him to conquer ten planets in a short amont of times without wasting massive ressources to it. In later episodes, after this strategy failed against Ben, he has no scrupple breaking said code several times.
* A subtle example happens in ''[[Star Wars: Clone Wars]]'' The reason General Grievous spared Shaak Ti when he obviously could have killed her was because he needed a live witness to let the Jedi Council know that Chancellor Palpatine was gone, as his boss Darth Sidious (who unknown to Grievous, ''was'' Palpatine) had wanted them to know.
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