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** See also, Eustace Kid, at first presented as being disgusted with the [[Moral Event Horizon|World Government Slave Auctions]] and setting himself up as a worthy opponent to [[The Hero|Luffy]] and [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Trafalgar Law]]. Roughly a hundred chapters later he's seen crucifying pirates attempting to flee the ludicrously dangerous sea of the New World.
*** [[Word of God]] is that the only reason Kid's bounty was higher than Luffy's is that Kid leaves a trail of corpses wherever he goes. When he said that he kills anybody who laughs at his dreams, he's not joking.
*** While all of his acts of horrific violence have been off screen, its becoming more and more obvious that Trafalgar Law himself isn't the mellow pretty boy he acts. This trope hasn't been played straight as of yet, but as of chapter 659 {{spoiler|he sent the hearts of 100 pirates to the world government to become a shichibukai.}} Its also worth noting that in his first appearance, the other supernovas were as wary of him as they were of Kidd.
* ''[[Darker Than Black]]'' does this in the new season with the team of Japanese agents. While immediately established as antagonist's to Hei, this isn't really a strike against them for sympathy points, given the [[Grey and Gray Morality]] of the series. Mina is a [[Badass]] fighter and provides [[Girl-On-Girl Is Hot|lesbianism]] and Genma is highly [[Affably Evil|affable and funny]] and seems to be a [[Lovable Sex Maniac]]. Then, in the third episode, you have them ambushing a squad of Russian soldiers. Genma hijacks a train and as he uses it to kill, you see the mangled body of the conductor next to him. Then, after Mina shows up and slaughters several more soldiers, Gemna creates a gas explosion to kill the remainder and during this whole time, finds this carnage absolutely hilarious. This is shockingly violent, even for Contractors and conveys [[Lack of Empathy|total lack of empathy for human life]]. Finally, while Genma initially ''seems'' to be a [[Lovable Sex Maniac]], he's really more like a ''[[Shotacon|pedophile]]''.
** There's also the token human, Yoko. "Look at me, I'm all shy and glasses-y and [[Moe Moe]]! A girl kissed me and I liked it!" Then boom. {{spoiler|She [[De-Power|DePowers]] Hei PAINFULLY and seems [[For Science!|absolutely thrilled]] by it, like he's a guinea pig as opposed to a person.}} Not to mention Episode 6, when she starts pulling [[Scary Shiny Glasses]] and generally looking like Gendo Ikari was reincarnated as an early twenty-something year old girl.
* Izaya Orihara in ''[[Durarara]]'' is introduced acting like a nice guy and seems to be comforting a troubled girl named Rio Kamichika. Then, it turns out that he had persuaded Rio into a [[Suicide Pact]], and he tells her that all the nice things he said was just him screwing with her, which pushes poor Rio to ''really'' attempt suicide (she survives unharmed, but no thanks to him). After this scene, he is generally more [[Laughably Evil|comically evil]], but the show has moments once in a while to remind you what a creepy, sociopathic person Izaya is.
* [[Bleach|Aizen's]] a pretty nice guy right up until he {{spoiler|stabs Hinamori.}}
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[[Category:Characterization Tropes]]
[[Category:Heel Face Index]]▼
[[Category:Tropey the Wonder Dog]]
[[Category:Bait the Dog]]
[[Category:Example as a Thesis]]
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