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[[File:funnyhowthingsturnout_6804.jpg|link=Batman|frame|Works best against [[Faux Affably Evil]] villains.]]

 

'''[[Badass Longcoat|Spike]]:''' Well, what did you expect? Out alone in this neighborhood -- I've got half a mind to kill you myself, you half-wit.<br />

'''Woman in alley:''' What?<br />

* The [[Wise Prince|dwarven noble]] [[Guile Hero|protagonist]] in [[Dragon Age: The Crown of Thorns|Dragon Age the Crown of Thorns]] does usually maintain an affable manner, but he doesn't bother being overly amiable to people who press his buttons like {{spoiler|Lady Isolde, King Cailan and the Orzammar Assembly}}, to name a few.

** Gwenith 'Gwen' Cousland is the more straight example. She has a tendency of getting into bar fights and is overall quite [[Hot-Blooded]], getting angry easily and yelling often. She also seems to take people for granted. Nonetheless, she ''does'' mean well, proven particularly accurately by how she, though not without help from some of the other Wardens, {{spoiler|spent some time holding off the darkspawn attacking Redcliffe in order to help the remaining refugees flee}}.

* [http://www.fanfiction.net/~mrevil Mr.Evil's] [[Original Character]] Fredi "Frediano" Heat is described as a borderline sociopath, isn't afraid of practically crippling or killing anyone in his path, and ultimately hates being referred to as a "good guy". Despite all of this, he is extremely loyal and gets the job done. The police are just happy that he is on their side.

{{quote|'''Fredi''': “Whoever said I had to be a ‘good guy’ to do my job?”}}

** ''New Vegas'' however has them gunning down unarmed Humanitarians for daring to think about taking in a former member, and attacking anyone with any tech higher than a lightbulb, until the Other [[Good Is Not Nice]] Faction, [[The Federation|The NCR]] killed most of them.

** In the ''Honest Hearts'' DLC, we have Joshua Graham, the former Malpais Legate (now a good guy again). While he truly cares for the tribals he's sworn to defend, he is completely over the top [[Papa Wolf]] who will (and has) gone [[Beyond the Impossible]] to prove fucking with those under his protection will result in the Wrath Of God killing the hell out of you. {{spoiler|However, depending on how things play out, you can either encourage him to take this to it's logical, ultraviolent conclusion, or help him temper his ultraviolence for a good cause with a little mercy.}}

* ''[[Fate/stay night|Fate Stay Night]]'' Archer, Archer, Archer. To be fair, he would seem like less of a (rather badass) jerk if he wasn't always going up against Shirou. Almost all of the above examples apply to him. {{spoiler|The constant [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder|switching of sides]] really muddies the issue of whether he's 'good' or not for a while. As a matter of fact, he's [[True Neutral]].}}

* Some of your allies in the ''[[Suikoden]]'' series can come off as complete jerks who you nonetheless respect [[Bunny Ears Lawyer|because they're good at what they do]]. [[Suikoden II|Shu]] and [[Suikoden V|Zerase]] immediately spring to mind.

** He's just topping the Night Elves' performance. Rather than informing Grom that he's trespassing on their land (which wouldn't have stopped him), their solution was to launch a series of aggressive raids on the orcs. In fact, night elves' attitude in WC3 was generally "shoot first, ask questions later".

** Maiev, leader of the Wardens, got an increasingly concentrated dose of this in ''The Frozen Throne''. She was utterly obsessed with capturing Illidan, her efforts [[He Who Fights Monsters|gradually becoming more and more fanatical as time passed]].

** To the surprise of ''no one'', by the time of ''[[Riviera: The Promised Land]]'' [[It Was His Sled|she's already become a]] [[Fallen Hero]].

* Jimmy Hopkins from ''[[Bully (video game)|Bully]]'' IS this trope. We could rename it "The Jimmy Hopkins", and not lose any meaning.