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* ''[[Doctor Who]]'': Leela (and K-9, a bit). While the Doctor sometimes criticises her violence ineffectually, he doesn't often intervene to stop it when it's useful. Subverted with Ace, in that a vague description of the dynamic between them would make Ace seem like a [[Psycho Sidekick]], but the Seventh Doctor is [[Manipulative Bastard|much more ruthless than she is in a less personally violent way]].

* Gene Hunt (and sometimes Ray) in ''[[Life On Mars]]'' and ''[[Ashes to Ashes]]''.

* Both Derek and Cameron in ''[[The Sarah Connor Chronicles]]'' move around on the spectrum between this and [[Poisonous Friend]] in relation to the more moral Sarah and John. This occurs as early as the second episode, when Sarah holds {{spoiler|Enrique at gunpoint because she thinks he might be a snitch, but doesn't shoot. Cameron arrives on the scene by shooting him twice in the chest before anyone has a chance to stop her. Of course, she's vindicated at the end of the episode when it turns out Enrique really ''was'' an FBI informant.}}