Slowly Slipping Into Evil: Difference between revisions

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== [[Anime and Manga]] ==

* Lelouch and Suzaku in ''[[Code Geass (Anime)|Code Geass]]'' become more and more radical during the show's progress, although their goals were noble.

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** Sasuke didn't just slide down the slippery slope, he grabbed a sled on the way to the edge so he could get down faster. First, he betrayed the village by joining Orochimaru just so he could get strong enough to kill Itachi. He at least had some qualms about killing at this point. {{spoiler|Later on, after killing Itachi, he learns that Itachi massacred their clan under orders from ''four'' of the higher ups (one of which was against it but overruled) in order to stop a civil war that could develop into a ''world war''. Naturally, Sasuke decides that the ''entire village'' has to die because of this. By the time he reaches Konoha, he is not above cold-blooded murder of even his allies just to accomplish his goals.}}

** Ridiculously enough, he gets worse! Regardless of his statements of genocide, he at the very least tried to protect and save the friends that helped him on his revenge quest. Now, he's (completely out of nowhere) gotten to the point that anyone who so much as inconveniences him or his goal even slightly must die. Karin, who not 50 chapters ago he risked his life for, {{spoiler|got caught and held hostage by Danzo, so what does he do? He spears them both instantly without a second thought. What's this, Karin didn't die? He tries to finish the job. What, Sakura, Naruto and Kakashi are here? Might as well try to kill them too. }}

* Light from [[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]] goes from dark [[Anti Hero]] to full [[Villain Protagonist]] during the course of the series (going from killing criminal to killing lazy people). It's implied that the eponymous [[Artifact of Doom]] is the [[The Dark Side|cause of this]].

* Light from [[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]] goes from dark [[Anti-Hero]] to full [[Villain Protagonist]] during the course of the series (going from killing criminal to killing lazy people). It's implied that the eponymous [[Artifact of Doom]] is the [[The Dark Side|cause of this]].

* In ''[[Saint Beast]]'', Zeus' slip starts with overthrowing the old gods which he feels [[I Did What I Had to Do|a measure of regret about]], but thanks (in part) to [[Dragon With an Agenda|Lucifer's]] support, by the time Judas suggests purging the evil angels in heaven Zeus has basically [[Sanity Slippage|lost it]] and keeps getting worse.

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* Peter Parker in ''[[Spider-Man (Film)|Spider-Man]] 3'' slides very slowly. First, he combs his hair differently, then he refused to pay his rent to his landlord until his door is fixed, and after that he finally perform evil acts, such as manipulating people and punching them (accidentally).

* Stephen in ''[[The Ides of March (Film)|The Ides of March]]'' goes from idealism to cynicism and worse.

* Magneto in ''[[X-Men (Film)|X-Men]]: First Class''; a really good and interesting example in that he starts the movie already as an [[Anti Hero]] and spends most of the movie establishing his attitude that would cause him to slip into evil before he actually does so. And while he's undeniably a [[Jerkass]] in opposition to the heroes by the end of the movie, he still isn't evil and never really crosses the [[Moral Event Horizon]].

* Magneto in ''[[X-Men (Film)|X-Men]]: First Class''; a really good and interesting example in that he starts the movie already as an [[Anti-Hero]] and spends most of the movie establishing his attitude that would cause him to slip into evil before he actually does so. And while he's undeniably a [[Jerkass]] in opposition to the heroes by the end of the movie, he still isn't evil and never really crosses the [[Moral Event Horizon]].

== [[Literature]] ==

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* In ''[[Mafia]]: The City of Lost Haven'', Tommy starts off trashing a rival family's cars and finishes the game as a stone-cold killer.

* Kefka from ''[[Final Fantasy VI (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VI]]'' starts as a [[Harmless Villain]], but finishes as an [[Omnicidal Maniac]] [[A God I Am|Godlike]] [[Big Bad]].

* Arthas in ''[[Warcraft III]]'' is initially a [[Well Intentioned Extremist]] when he decides to kill the citizens of Stratholme [[Zombie Infectee|who ate infected grain which turns humans into zombies and would soon morph into the undead]]. After unwittingly [[Deal With the Devil|selling his soul to the Lich King]] in order to make use of the sword called Frostmourne, [[The Evil Prince|he kills his father, the king of Lordaeron]], destroys the elven capital of Quel'thalas, and aids in the opening of a demonic portal for the Burning Legion.

* Arthas in ''[[Warcraft III]]'' is initially a [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] when he decides to kill the citizens of Stratholme [[Zombie Infectee|who ate infected grain which turns humans into zombies and would soon morph into the undead]]. After unwittingly [[Deal With the Devil|selling his soul to the Lich King]] in order to make use of the sword called Frostmourne, [[The Evil Prince|he kills his father, the king of Lordaeron]], destroys the elven capital of Quel'thalas, and aids in the opening of a demonic portal for the Burning Legion.

* In ''[[World of Warcraft]]'', the Horde under the [[Blood Knight|war-mongering]] [[Fantastic Racism|racist]] Garrosh Hellscream is slowly becoming [[The Horde]] again (though it's not quite ''that'' bad yet), and this time they don't even have the excuse of Fel corruption. The Forsaken under Sylvanas have become more explicitly villainous after Sylvanas experienced [[The Nothing After Death]] which drove her to basically turn her Forsaken into the Scourge 2.0 in a bid to avoid death forever. Even ''Garrosh'' thinks she's going too far.

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== [[Web Original]] ==

* ''[[Doctor ~~Horribles~~ Sing Along Blog (Web Video)|Doctor Horribles Sing Along Blog]]'' - the eponymous character starts off as an [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|ineffectual]] [[Anti Villain]], maybe with [[Well Intentioned Extremist|good intentions]], but through constant humiliation, [[Love Makes You Evil|losing his love interest]] to [[Jerkass|the superhero]] Captain Hammer, and his own urge to join the Evil League of Evil, he takes a long ride down the evil slope, culminating in the attempted murder of Captain Hammer.

* ''[[Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (Web Video)|Doctor Horribles Sing Along Blog]]'' - the eponymous character starts off as an [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|ineffectual]] [[Anti-Villain]], maybe with [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|good intentions]], but through constant humiliation, [[Love Makes You Evil|losing his love interest]] to [[Jerkass|the superhero]] Captain Hammer, and his own urge to join the Evil League of Evil, he takes a long ride down the evil slope, culminating in the attempted murder of Captain Hammer.

== [[Western Animation]] ==