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* Androids 17 and 18 of ''[[Dragonball Z]]'' -- in the main timeline, at least. In Trunk's timeline, they're sociopathic killers.
* Ali al-Saachez from ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' is a subversion of the normal [[Loveable Rogue]]; his men love him for his fun nature, and he ''does'' take care of them, often fighting Gundams by himself because he knows only he can match them in direct combat. However, he's also a [[Blood Knight]] who cares only for chaos and slaughter, and has proved himself a [[Complete Monster]] ''many times''; if it's not him causing a civil war, it's making children kill their parents to prove their devotion to the cause, or just random murder for the sake of it.
* Most of the principal cast of ''[[Baccano!]]'', especially Isaac and Miria.
* In ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'', the rough and brash thief Tasuki's first appearance consists of kidnapping the heroine Miaka, unleashing [[Goddamned Bats|ghost wolves]] against the heroes who try to stop him, and later faking his own death to avoid joining the heroes. However, he later shows up to [[Kill It with Fire|save the heroes]] from zombies and becomes completely dedicated to their cause, to the point of nearly making a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] on Miaka's behalf.
** Plus, the actual ''thieving'' of Tasuki's thief gang is easy to ignore, since they border on being [[The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything]] anyway (except when they briefly serve as [[The Cavalry]] later in the series, which makes their thieving ''even easier'' to ignore).
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* Dark in ''[[D.N.Angel]]'' most definitely fits this trope!
* Miroku from ''[[Inuyasha]]'' has no qualms about lying, drinking, womanizing, conning and stealing, being determined to enjoy life to its fullest, but he later shows that he's also loyal, wise, and is ready to help and protect others even with his own life.
** The womanising is more because he needs a son before his Wind Tunnel consumes him. His son would inherit the Wind Tunnel, but would also be able to fight Naraku to break the family curse.
* Dorian Gloria, the thief from ''[[From Eroica with Love]]'', who is essentially a gay Lupin III.
* [[Magic Kaito|Kaito]] [[Detective Conan|KID]].
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* [[Errol Flynn]] in ''[[Captain Blood]]''. [[Pirate|Pirates]] are prone to being Loveable Rogues, apparently.
* Cpt. Louis Renault of ''[[Casablanca]]'', although he [[Heel Face Turn|turns honest]] at the end.
* ''[[Repo! The Genetic Opera]]'' has Grave-Robber, who is, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|obviously]], a graverobber. He's also a drug dealer who sleeps in a dumpster, but he is very, very loveable.
* Bob, the title character of ''[[The Good Thief]]''. Even the cop who's after him has a soft spot for the guy.
* The Man With No Name, as played by [[Clint Eastwood]] in [[Sergio Leone]]'s ''[[Dollars Trilogy]]'', is a con-man, a thief and a murderer, but dammit, he's just so cool with that poncho of his.
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** Although some of the stuff he does in ''[[The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn]]'' crosses the line from "petty" to "[[What the Hell, Hero?]]"
* Simon Templar, aka [[The Saint]].
* [[Discworld]]:
** Moist von Lipwig is one of these turned [[Boxed Crook]]. There's a bit of [[Deconstruction]] on the idea that he's only conned big businesses and people who deserved it, and never hurt anyone. Mr Pump reckons that, if you add up the amount of harm he's done, it's equivalent to killing 2.338 people, and this really gets brought home when it turns out {{spoiler|his girlfriend lost her job when he defrauded the bank she worked for}}.
** The new miniseries subverts the expectations even more harshly; he apparently drove at least two people to suicide, and one innocent to prison, since he failed to realize that banks themselves would never admit mistakes on their part. It also multiplies the indirect deaths he's caused by a factor of (nearly) ten to 22.8.
** ''[[Discworld/Night Watch|Night Watch]]'''s Carcer Dun is a subversion; Vimes notes that he certainly looks and acts like one of your standard cheeky-yet-lovable-rascal types, but if you look closer you'll realise what an [[Complete Monster|insane and unrepentant monster he is]].
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* Mulch Diggums from the ''[[Artemis Fowl]]'' series.
* Packrat in the ''[[Shadowleague]]'' trilogy.
* Jonathan Small, opponent of ''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' in "Sign of the Four" has committed various acts of murder and robbery, which he tells of in detail - and still has much of the reader's sympathy. He has a strong loyalty to his three co-conspirators; also, much of his story takes place in a quite brutal penal colony - and of course, in this situation the reader tends to side with the prisoner against the guards.
* Otto of Shlepswig in [[Harry Turtledove]]'s ''Every Inch A King''
* Ostap Bender, [[Con Man]] in Soviet Russia in 1920s in [[The Twelve Chairs|dilogy]] [[The Little Golden Calf|of books]] by Ilf and Petrov and it's adaptations.
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* Hex from the ''[[Alpha Force]]'' series. A snarky serial hacker who's apparently broken into some highly classified websites, who admits he only does it for the challenge (Except when the person [[Pay Evil Unto Evil|really deserves to have their bank accounts emptied]]) and is otherwise highly moral.
* Tasslehoff from ''[[Dragonlance]]'' could count as this.
* Han "Cuffs" Alister from ''[[The Seven Realms Series]]'' is this.
== Live Action TV ==
* Bret Maverick, from the aptly named western ''[[Maverick (TV series)|Maverick]]''. Most often Bret is forced to break the law by escaping jail for crimes he's framed of, or commits crimes as part of schemes and cons to outwit those they have wronged him, (stolen his winnings), or his loved ones.
* Del Boy from ''[[Only Fools and Horses]]''.
** Boycie, originally a [[Smug Snake|less loveable]] [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]] for Del Boy, [[Your Mileage May Vary|arguably]] [[Character Development|developed]] into one following [[The Green Green Grass|his own turn in the spotlight]].
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* Newkirk from ''[[Hogan's Heroes]]'', pickpocket and card-cheater. Good thing he only uses his skills on the Nazis.
** Hogan might also qualify, given how much of a [[Manipulative Bastard]] he is.
* Autolycus, the King of Thieves from ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]'' and ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]''.
** Made more loveable by being played by [[Bruce Campbell]] himself.
* Vila Restal from ''[[Blake's
* Captain Malcolm Reynolds from ''[[Firefly]]'' and ''Serenity''.
** Jayne fits the type, even if it's only the audience that finds him lovable. He's like Mal, but without the (semi-)moral compass. Or the smarts ... though he ''does'' look cunning in that hat.
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** In season 5, he [[Character Development|develops]] from [[Loveable Rogue]] into a snarky but otherwise perfectly heroic character. {{spoiler|The actor has said that Juliet's death will push him into [[Loveable Rogue]] territory again in season 6... except drop the "loveable".}}
* Claude Greengrass in the British period police soap ''[[Heartbeat]]''. Lampshaded when a character calls Greengrass a rogue and he responds "Yes, but I'm loveable".
** Also later Peggy Armstrong, who began as an Unlovable Rogue but was subsequently softened. In between there was Vernon Scripps, who is often considered this, but stayed on the right side of the law.
* Jack and Stan from ''[[On the Buses]]''. Not criminals, just terminally lazy.
* Pretty much the entire cast of ''[[Leverage]]''.
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* Claude Rains, the [[Invisible]], [[Homeless Pigeon Person|pigeon-keeping]] thief in the first season of ''[[Heroes (TV series)|Heroes]]'' is utterly cynical, lives invisibly (thus isolating himself from the rest of society), hates everyone, and steals everything he needs,but everyone loves him because we've seen glimpses of [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|something more underneath all that]].
** It also helps that he's played by [[Doctor Who|the]] [[The Nth Doctor|Ninth]] [[Christopher Eccleston|Doctor]].
* Jack ([[Bruce Campbell]]) from ''[[Jack of All Trades (TV series)|Jack of All Trades]]''.
* Neal, the main character of ''[[White Collar]]'' personifies this trope.
* Omar, from the HBO series, ''[[The Wire]]'' definitely falls under this category. He makes his living ripping off drug dealers and is constantly killing people. But he has a moral code of "all in the game" and he is just too loveable for the audience not to, well, love.
* Neil from ''[[The Librarians]]'' sees himself as a loveable rogue. No one else does.
* All of the members of ''[[The A-Team]]'' are this since the bad guys are so one-dimensionally horrible, but Face probably fits here the most since he's the slick and charming [[Handsome Lech|ladies' man]] (and [[Con Man]]). The team also fits as a group of [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type II Anti-Heroes]].
* [[NCIS|Anthony Dinozzo Sr.]]
* Taja from ''[[Mortal Kombat: Conquest|Mortal Kombat Conquest]]'' is still mostly this after joining the group.
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** Also Julian, from Shadow Dragon, though that's more brought on by the [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]] of Lena.
* Zidane Tribal from ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]''.
** The rest of Tantalus probably qualifies too.
* The new Prince in ''[[Prince of Persia]]'' seems to be this, considering how the developers have stated that he's inspired by Harrison Ford's characters. {{spoiler|Although the ending also has a VERY serious moment that might theoretically be crossing the [[Moral Event Horizon]].}}
* Milanor the Silver Wolf from ''[[Yggdra Union]]'' is the leader of a loosely-knit group of vagabonds, but he also helps the eponymous princess form [[La Résistance|a counter-imperial rebellion]].
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* Imoen, {{spoiler|[[Big Brother Instinct|your own little sister]]}}, from the ''[[Baldur's Gate]]'' series definitely qualifies, though she dual-classes into a [[Squishy Wizard]] in the sequel. Her merciless torture at the hands of Jon Irenicus is a vicious [[Player Punch]] and one of the main reason for you to hate Irenicus' guts.
** Yoshimo also works ''hard'' to project this image, although there are [[Foreshadowing|moments]] where it's a little off. From all indications he was 100% this trope prior to {{spoiler|selling his life and soul to Irenicus}}.
* Tomi Undergallows from ''[[Neverwinter Nights]]'' is probably the most entertaining henchman for his sense of humor and his [[Unreliable Narrator|questionably accurate tales of working for evil monstrous humanoids and stealing the hearts of women twice his size]]. Deekin from the expansion packs also counts because, well, he's a kobold bard. A [[
* Neeshka from ''[[Neverwinter Nights 2]]''. Though some people find her more [[Your Mileage May Vary|annoying than loveable]], she is a sort of a tiefling reincarnation of Imoen. Safiya's familiar in Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask Of The Betrayer may count as well.
* Chousokabe Motochika from ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'' is a kleptomaniac [[Pirate]] known as the "Demon of the Western Sea" who crushes peoples skulls in with a [[Anchors Away|giant anchor]]. However once you get past this he's actually a fairly honest, charming and good-hearted guy who values things like friendship and keeping promises, and overall one of the most moral characters around.
* Lara Croft from ''[[Tomb Raider]]''. While the game would prefer you to see her as an [[Adventurer Archaeologist]], in [[Real Life|the real world]] she would be called an ordinary [[Grave Robbing|grave robber]].
** Speaking of Eidos, [[Gex]] was reportedly suppossed to be this, as revealed in the interview with the creator at the end of the Enter The Gecko Strategy Guide.
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* Julio Scoundrel in ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'', who briefly becomes Elan's mentor.
** And back in the main party, Haley Starshine probably qualifies, even though we almost never see her actually break any laws (at least, in the strip itself).
*** We see her doing a sneaky burglary and theft in the prequel ''On the Origin of [[Player Character|PCs]]'', and likewise in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0577.html this online comic strip]. Suffice to say, in ''[[Dungeons and Dragons|Dungeons & Dragons]]'' the Thief or Rogue has been a character class from the beginning, and a life of crime does not mean a thief character is automatically considered ''evil'' in alignment, he just cannot be ''lawful''.
*** At least in the 3.5 and 4th editions, even that was dropped when rogues were generalized towards "sneaky and talented one", including characters like spies or assassins with codes of honour.
* In ''[[Freefall]]'' Captain Sam Starfall is not only a Loveable Rogue, he apparently comes from an entire ''race'' of them
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** Just to give a frame of reference, he asks this prior to {{spoiler|driving a flaming truck into a barn/distillery}}.
* The pirates from ''[[Dubious Company]]''. Sure they steal [[Hero Stole My Bike|ships]], [[Trademark Favorite Food|rum]], and [[Magitek|polyphase conductors]], but overall they're [[Poke the Poodle|terrible]] [[Minion with an F In Evil|pirates]]. Of course their main adversaries, the Imperial Guard, are [[What the Hell, Hero?|terrible]] [[Hero with an F In Good|officers]]. A major arc involved the pirates trying to stop the Imperial Guard from giving the [[Evil Overlord|Emperor]] [[Fusion Dance|superpowers]], by [[Human Sacrifice|murdering]] an otherwise innocent priestess.
* ''[[Greg (webcomic)|Greg]]'': Ted displays his rouge tendencies by sneaking onto a college campus disguised as a professor to score the digits of the female students and [http://gregcomic.com/2011/09/09/storyline-back-to-campus-part-1/ more].
* This trope is [[Invoked Trope|invoked]] in ''[[Homestuck]]'' to describe [http://www.mspaintadventures.com/?s=6&p=006414 the difference between the Rogue and Thief classes]:
{{quote|{{color|#929292|UU: a rogUe is a passive class. yoU see, there are passive (+) and active (-) classes. some more strongly passive or active than others. }}
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* [[Secret Identity|The Blue Spirit]] of ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', the "lovable" part established in Season 1, with the "rogueish" part not really coming out until he committed several thefts and at least one death threat.
* ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' has Red X, who is not only entertainingly witty during combat, but also manages to ''completely dominate'' all five Titans at once. He also remarks that he doesn't steal for any sort of incomprehensibly psychopathic reason; he's just doing it all for the fun.
* [[Daffy Duck]] of ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' fame, under Robert McKimson's direction was evolved into a [[Composite Character|compromise]] of both his [[Screwy Squirrel|former]] and [[Ted Baxter|latter]] forms, often acting as a con artist or door to door salesman. In tradition with this trope, his luck was often [[Laser-Guided Karma|karma based]], when trying to swindle protaganists such as [[Bugs Bunny]] and Porky Pig he was usually foiled, when trying to make money out of antagonists such as Elmer Fudd and the Tazmanian Devil however, Daffy would often make a profit.
* Puck from ''[[Gargoyles]]'' most definitely qualifies. "Sunny disposition and always kind to animals" indeed.
* Jerry of ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'' was supposed to be this, but [[Your Mileage May Vary]] on the lovable part.
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