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** Just after the [[Hot Springs Episode]], he not-so-politely asks the heroes to [[Please Put Some Clothes On]] and allows them to arm themselves before fighting him.
** When he confronts Simon and Yoko over {{spoiler|Kamina's whereabouts, and eventually accepts Simon as his new rival}}, he agrees to a fair one-on-one duel.
** When said duel is interrupted by Cytomander, who takes Yoko hostage and orders Viral to perform a [[No
== Comics ==
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The defining trope for this type of Anti-Villain would be a '''[[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]'''.
Related Tropes: [[Sympathetic Murderer]], [[Jerkass Woobie]], [[Tragic Villain]], [[My Master, Right or Wrong]], and a typical [[Dark Magical Girl]].
== Examples ==
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Ben from ''[[Lost (TV)|Lost]]'' usually bounces between this type and Type I and Type III.
* The Master from ''[[
** Modern series ''only'', in the classic series he is a [[Card-Carrying Villain]] to the core.
* Nicci in ''[[Legend of the Seeker]],'' though in [[Sword of Truth|the books]] she's more of a Type III.
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A defining trope for this type of Anti-Villain is the '''[[Designated Villain]]'''.
Related Tropes: more benign [[My Country, Right or Wrong]] or [[My Master, Right or Wrong]], [[Non-Malicious Monster]], [[Punch Clock Villain]], [[Noble Top Enforcer]] (when not a Type I), mild examples of [[Necessarily Evil]], those who are [[Forced Into Evil]], and occasionally a [[Token Good Teammate]] (when amongst a bunch of scumbags).
== Examples ==
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* The Guardians from ''[[Mega Man Zero]]'', especially Harpuia. They're essentially good people (technically, [[Ridiculously
* Meta Knight from ''[[Kirby]]'' though he can sometimes be a Type III in his more extreme moments.
* Litchi Faye-Ling in ''[[Blaz Blue]]''. She actually disliked NOL and thinks Hazama is suspicious like hell, but the situation forces her to join the bad guys.
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* ''[[Baldurs Gate]]'':
** Tamoko in the first game, based on what we see of her. She's only on the side of the [[Big Bad]], and willing to try to kill the [[Player Character]], because she loves him, and she even wants to stop his plans to save him. However, she ''is'' officially [[Neutral Evil]] according to game files, which doesn't actually contradict her behaviour if we assume she's otherwise willing to do evil but her True Love for the villain is stronger than those tendencies. But according to what we actually see her do, her being merely somewhat amoral rather than evil would be the most sensible explanation.
** In the sequel, {{spoiler|[[The Mole|Yoshimo]]}}, Tamoko's brother according to cut content. [[What a Senseless Waste of Human Life]] indeed. [[True Neutral|Even more clearly amoral rather than evil]], but forced to work for the villain through a [[Magically
* Leon Magnus from ''[[Tales of Destiny (Video Game)|Tales of Destiny]]'', who's fighting you only to preserve the life of Marian, his surrogate mother figure. For double whammy, {{spoiler|so is his manipulator Hugo Gilchrist, who turns out to be his and Rutee's father and he's been possessed all along.}}
* Sonia/{{spoiler|Chris Ryan}} from ''[[Psychic Force]]''. Her loyalty was actually programmed and {{spoiler|any events of her death proved to be soul-crushing for her little sister Wendy}}.
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