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** Daimyo Kubota is an always plotting, [[Genre Savvy]] [[Aristocrats Are Evil|aristocrat]]. Almost everything he does to try to usurp Hinjo's position is just plain hateful, culminating in him {{spoiler|ordering the assassination of a pair of former commoners who were promoted to nobility. The wife is pregnant}}. When the plan fails, he {{spoiler|murders his own number two with poison just to give himself time to escape}}. When {{spoiler|he's captured, he plans to use his [[Villain
** Likewise, [[Card-Carrying Villain|Nale]], leader of the Linear Guild and Elan's [[Evil Twin]], isn't nearly the [[Magnificent Bastard]] and evil mastermind he likes to think he is; Vaarsuvius points out that most of his plans, which he likes to think of as works of genius, are in fact rather trite and cliched (if nevertheless somewhat effective), and he has the tendency to come off as being rather smug rather than magnificent. {{spoiler|Elan and Nale's father, General Tarquin, a genuine [[Magnificent Bastard]], more or less confirms this when he is insulted by being compared to Nale:}}
{{quote| "Your brother was a disorganized buffoon who cared more about satisfying his own ego than any realistic plan for world domination. All he ever cared about was that everyone knew HE was the victor, even when the situation called for keeping a low profile." }}
** Tsukiko is an incredibly vain sorceress who [[Thinks Like a Romance Novel|believes she's the heroine of]] some ''[[Twilight (
* The [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|slimy, manipulative businessman]] Serk Brakkis in ''[[Dominic Deegan]]: Oracle For Hire'' is a walking embodiment of this trope. He uses his power to utterly ruin people's lives, [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money|takes their money and then hides behind Byzantine laws]]. In the end, however, he is trampled under a ''[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|very]]'' [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|satisfying]] [[Humiliation Conga]], beginning with a fencer flicking his wig off ("''Toupee!''"). Much later, when it looks like he's going to [[Karma Houdini|beat the rap]] after another foiled scheme, {{spoiler|Celesto shows up and turns him inside out.}}
* Faz in ''[[Walkyverse|Shortpacked]]'' is a toadying, [[Ambition Is Evil|nakedly ambitious]] sycophant with a permanent smug expression and a tendency to openly plot against and undermine the people he works with. Absolutely no one in the store, including his boss, particularly gives a damn about his continuing existence or welfare.
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