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* Phenotrans, the [[Mega Corp]] main antagonists of the ''[[Dead Rising]]'' series. This is the group that markets a drug called Zombrex, a daily dose of which is required for anyone infected by a zombie, in order to stay human. And they charge an astronomical price for it. The apocalyptic ramifications of this deliberate price gouging - not to mention profiteering, as they deliberately try to worsen the [[Zombie Apocalypse]] - never occurs to them, nor do they ever realize that the overwhelming profits they're making are going to collapse once customers start to lose the funds to afford it. Not to mention they risk turning the entire world into a state where said profits will be worthless.
== Visual Novels ==
* From the ''[[Danganronpa]]''Predecessor series, theVillain|The original Student Council]] isof anotherHope's examplePeak ofAcademy from the ''[[Predecessor VillainDanganronpa]]s'' who fit that Trope as a result of their stupidityseries. Short version: Hope's PeakThe Academy had a reputation of being one of the best (and one of the most expensive) schools in the world, with students who graduated being renowned as experts in their fields. The Academy was originally rather picky about who was admitted. As a result of that, however,until profits from tuition started to decline, so theythe Council decided to start a remedial program, (the Reserve Course), that was just as expensive but lower quality. This eventually led to a caste-like social class system developing inside the school, which led to discrimination against the Reserve Course (by both by students and faculty), which- ledthat discrimination soon gave way to violence, whichfollowed led toby actual murders and suicides, whichand eventually led to the the first of the Killing Games, thewith its first victims of which were [[Hoist By Their Own Petard|the Student Council themselves. in effect, they had created social classes in order to boost their profit margins, an ill-conceived idea that ultimately did them in]].
== Web Comics ==
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