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** Also Grimmer and Bonaparta, both of whom end up as subversions
*** It's suggested, even more chillingly, in the semi-sequel ''Another Monster'' that Johan may actually possess empathy. [[Complete Monster|He just also has the ability to efficiently ignore it.]]
* Sagara Sousuke from ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]'' is a heroic example of this. He finds it ''extremely'' hard to understand other people's feelings, and tends to do very morally ambiguous things without much consideration for others. Most of the time [[Comedic Sociopathy|it's played for laughs]]. There are numerous times where he finds himself [[Sociopathic Hero|unable to understand why someone feels fear or sadness]] (even when someone ''died'').
** Justified somewhat as he's been exposed to death quite a bit and [[Heroic BSOD|BSODing]] on the battlefield can get you killed.
** Also Gauron and Gates.
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* ''[[A Clockwork Orange (novel)|A Clockwork Orange]]'': Alex. He starts out being set up as a [[Complete Monster]], but once he's arrested and has everything taken from him piece by piece, including his family and free will, he becomes a bit more sympathetic. However, this doesn't change the fact that everything Alex does is about Alex.
* ''[[Harry Potter]]''
** [[Harry Potter
** Pretty much all of Voldemort's Death Eaters. Particularly Bellatrix, who seems to be a sadist as well as mentally unbalanced in general.
** Vernon, Petunia Dursley, and Aunt Marge, aren't much better, either.
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** Vilgax was originally this in Ben Ten, then he became a sort of ''[[Noble Demon]]'' in Ben Ten: Alien Force, which was quickly revealed to be an act.
* Van Kleiss from ''[[Generator Rex]]''. Is willing to kill EVO henchmen who displease him without a second thought, kidnap a little girl so he could force her EVO father to go on a rampage, and messes with Rex's emotions simply because he can.
** White Knight also counts. Despite dedicating himself to wiping the threat of
** But at least White Knight has some justification, unlike Van Kleiss. He's the only true human left on the planet, everyone else could mutate into a rampaging EVO at any moment, some of which cannot be cured and must be killed. In his position, he's got some justification for being unfeeling to most other people, he's litterally the only person on Earth who can be trusted to never mutate into an EVO.
* Eustace from ''[[Courage the Cowardly Dog]]''. Throughout the series the only moment he ever showed true empathy was when he hallucinated Courage as a version of his younger self, and gave him his hat out of pity. It makes the audience wonder what worth his kind wife Muriel sees in him.
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