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* Lots of fan speculation regarding [[Inuyasha]]'s [[Aloof Big Brother]] Sesshomaru, though this is highly debatable.
* It's speculated that this was the crux of Gendo's plan in [[Neon Genesis Evangelion]] : get Shinji to hate him so he can synchronize with Unit 01. Of course, this i heavily debated, given that much is left ambiguous by the [[Mind Screw]]. A much straighter example is in [[Rebuild of Evangelion]].
* Some fans of [[Ranma
* {{spoiler|[[Aloof Big Brother|Itachi Uchiha]]}} is/was apparently one for Sasuke Uchiha {{spoiler|and Naruto Uzumaki himself}} in ''[[Naruto]]''. He made Sasuke hate him so much that he would spend his entire life training to get strong enough to kill him, and {{spoiler|upon his death}} transferred his strongest techniques to him to protect him {{spoiler|from Madara.}} His methods were a little [[Mind Rape|harsher]] than most of the examples on this page, but he got the job done...
** [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|Too bad what Sasuke decided to do with this power, really.]] {{spoiler|As for Naruto, it is still unknown.}}
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* ''[[Disgaea Hour of Darkness]]'': Mid-Boss! {{spoiler|Or, rather, King Krichevoshky.}}
* In ''[[Dissidia Final Fantasy]]'', [[Final Fantasy IV|Golbez]] is given this role, because it would be extremely awkward if after all that happened in his original game {{spoiler|about him making peace with Cecil in the end of the game (as well as being revealed as his brother)}}, he'd willingly turn his back and smack Cecil around [[For the Evulz]]. He's also the only villain who has a different 'death' cutscene, in which he doesn't [[Everything Fades|vanish with dark energy]], but just retreats.
* Nero from ''[[My World, My Way]]'' is a mentor-in-secret to the game's [[Spoiled Brat]] protagonist. The player can even choose what type of "help" he gives her at the end of each level (usually in the form of a quickie boss battle).
* In the first ''[[Super Robot Wars Original Generation]]'' game, {{spoiler|pretty much ''every'' villain}} is a [[Stealth Mentor]]. In particular, [[Large Ham|Sanger Zonvolt]] is particularly unsubtle that this is his plan, to the extent that none of his teammates ever ''really'' think he's betrayed them.
** {{spoiler|Ingram}} is another particularly interesting example, in that he actually begins as a mentor character before [[Broken Pedestal|betraying the party]] and revealing that he only helped train the heroes so that they'd be more useful when they were [[Brainwashed and Crazy|brainwashed and integrated into the Aerogaters' army]]. He even admits that he's continuing to train them by being their enemy. {{spoiler|Of course, he's actually counting on them winning.}}
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