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* In ''[[Wanted]]'', Wesley is unwittingly doing this by joining the Brotherhood; he escapes his mundane daily job, which he hates with a passion, and a girlfriend who is cheating on him, and becomes an Assassin. {{spoiler|[[The Reveal]] is that the [[Big Bad]] was the Brotherhood leader, who was supposed to liquidate the entire order as it is implied that it had served its purpose. Instead, he uses his position to increase his power and influence.}}
** This is to say nothing of the book the film was based on, in which, rather than being recruited by assassins to become a badass hero, Wesley's trained to become a supervillain. The Fraternity of the graphic novel make no pretense of heroism or righteousness -- theyrighteousness—they cross the [[Moral Event Horizon]] on a regular basis ''because it's fun'', and encourage Wesley to do the same. In fact, at the end, {{spoiler|in a fabulous deconstruction of the [[Comes Great Responsibility]] [[An Aesop|Aesop]], Wesley pretends to have a moral epiphany, tells his sidekick/fuck buddy that he was just kidding, then mocks the reader for having a moral compass. And then he rapes you.}}
** It really should have been obvious to Wesley that he was doing evil. He was never given any believable or verifiable explanation for why he was killing strangers.
* In ''[[Fight Club]]'', Tyler Durden helps the [[No Name Given|protagonist]] live a better life by abandoning materialism and consumerism. Too bad {{spoiler|Tyler is his [[Split Personality|alter ego]] who uses Fight Club as a training program for a nihilistic assault on modern society.}}
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