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'''Cartman:''' Guys, I've got it. We can kill Butters, and then float the cows on a river of his blood!
'''Kyle:''' Don't be stupid! Butters doesn't have that much blood in him! }}
** Another example why Eric Cartman doesn't kill his mother is she is still useful to him. She did stand up for him when Scott Tenorman captured him, though Scott was not planning to physically harm Cartman as she thought.
* The Kingpin was presented this way in the 90's [[Spider-Man: The Animated Series|Spider Man]] animated series, even occasionally teaming up with Spidey against more [[Omnicidal Maniac]] villains because "there's no profit to be had in the end of the world."
* Xanatos from ''[[Gargoyles]]'' never carries the [[Villain Ball]]; his plans are [[Xanatos Gambit|pretty much designed so he HAS to win something]]. He also refuses to engage in revenge, because as he sees it, it's a "sucker's game" with no real benefit, and seems to want to remain [[Affably Evil|friendly with his enemies]], since he could easily [[Enemy Mine|need their help]] someday.
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** Monkey Fist explains he [[Not Me This Time|didn't kidnap Sensei]] because the old man was of no value to him.
** In "The Cupid Effect", Senor Senior Senior decides not to kill Kim at one point… because he can simply make her fall in love with Senor Senior Junior using a device that he and Junior stole from Wade, so a fight wouldn't be worth worrying about.
* Dracula from ''[[The Batman vs. Dracula]]'' doesn't like to kill his victims, but not because he doesn't like killing. He just hates wasting a life that could be better used as an undead servant. He doesn’t turn Penguin undead though, even if he did try to warn the Joker about him. Dracula would not be necessarily wrong to think Penguin wouldn’t do that for Joker though.
* ''[[Beast Wars]]'': The Tri-Predacus Council, leaders of the majority of all Predacons, sends an agent to prehistoric Earth to aid the Maxials and capture Megatron, whom they declared a dangerous criminal. They, like Megatron himself, still want to take over Cybertron and spark a second interstellar war, but would prefer to do so through subtle manipulations and waiting for the opportune moment. {{spoiler|That and Megatron's [[Make Wrong What Once Went Right|plan]] is too reckless even for them to consider.}}
** From the [[Transformers Generation 1|comics based on the original series]], We have Shockwave. Essentially a poor man's Soundwave in the cartoon, he was far more badass in the comics from Marvel, Dreamwave and IDW; as an aversion of the [[Straw Vulcan]] trope, Shockwave actually DOES try and take the most efficient course to victory. His defeats usually come from going against incredibly illogical opponents, like the [[The Berserker|Dinobots]].
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