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** In the first game he may have genuinely wanted Liquid to succeed. He certainly did nothing to stop him, and his only "treachery" was not being there at the end (fat lot of good he would have done with {{spoiler|only one hand}}, and selling the Metal Gear design to various countries after the events of the game are over, something that might actually have furthered Liquid's goal anyway. At one point he tells Snake that he greatly admires Liquid and that he is the one man who can make his dreams come true, and while he lies and says the dream is the revival of Mother Russia, he does briefly admit that his real motivations was to reignite conflict because it was the only thing that allowed humanity's emotions to be revealed, something he feels the current age was suppressing, which are actually very similar to Liquid's goals, or more specifically {{spoiler|Big Boss's goals}}.
** Liquid himself probably fits more into the trope, if only in spirit, in regards to Big Boss (even though he technically isn't Big Boss's dragon due to Big Boss being dead/in a coma during the events of the game). Although he intends to bring about Big Boss's dream, he hates Big Boss for his role in his creation, and also implies that he's really only bringing about Big Boss's goal in order to further tarnish his already soured reputation ("Now I'll finish the work that father began. I will surpass him... I will destroy him!").
* ''[[Final Fantasy]]'' has a few:
* Seemingly invoked with ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'', where despite Baron and the King being the enemy for the first third of the game, it's the captain of the Red Wings Golbez that everyone is worried about. However, it later turns out the King was killed and replaced by one of Golbez's minions long before he appeared on the scene, so Golbez actually ''was'' the controlling force of Baron all along.▼
** [[Evil Sorcerer|Xande]] is the most visible villain in ''[[Final Fantasy III]]''; it's not revealed until he is defeated that he is actually taking orders from [[Evil Is Sexy|Cloud of Darkness]], the true antagonist.
** Actually, {{spoiler|not even Golbez, but Zemus. Golbez was actually brainwashed}}.▼
▲** Seemingly invoked with ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'', where despite Baron and the King being the enemy for the first third of the game, it's the captain of the Red Wings Golbez that everyone is worried about. However, it later turns out the King was killed and replaced by one of Golbez's minions long before he appeared on the scene, so Golbez actually ''was'' the controlling force of Baron all along.
* Gestahl in ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' is [[The Emperor]] of [[The Empire]], but it's [[Monster Clown|Kefka]], his court mage, who leads the Imperial forces in most every run-in you have with them. He goes on to {{spoiler|become a [[Dragon Ascendant]] by kicking Gestahl to a [[Disney Villain Death]] (after [[Electric Torture|humiliating him by having the Warring Triad zap him with lightning]] before absorbing the powers of the Warring Triad to [[A God Am I|become a god]]}}.▼
▲*** Actually, {{spoiler|not even Golbez, but Zemus. Golbez was actually brainwashed}}.
* In ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', though it turns out {{spoiler|all of Yevon is evil and corrupt}}, before and after this it's Seymour who serves as the game's main villain besides Sin. Sin itself is also this in a way, being the beast the game centers around before [[The Reveal]] that Sin (or rather, the current incarnation of Sin) is just {{spoiler|Jecht as the Final Aeon under the control of Yu Yevon.}}▼
▲** Gestahl in ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'' is [[The Emperor]] of [[The Empire]], but it's [[Monster Clown|Kefka]], his court mage, who leads the Imperial forces in most every run-in you have with them. He goes on to {{spoiler|become a [[Dragon Ascendant]] by kicking Gestahl to a [[Disney Villain Death]] (after [[Electric Torture|humiliating him by having the Warring Triad zap him with lightning]] before absorbing the powers of the Warring Triad to [[A God Am I|become a god]]}}.
* ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'', Emperor Gramis is the leader of the Arcadians, but everyone is worried about [[Evil Prince|Vayne]], Gramis' son and a ruthless, power-hungry politician that has everyone worried about another war. He eventually {{spoiler|kills Gramis and assumes the throne}}.▼
▲** In ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'', though it turns out {{spoiler|all of Yevon is evil and corrupt}}, before and after this it's Seymour who serves as the game's main villain besides Sin. Sin itself is also this in a way, being the beast the game centers around before [[The Reveal]] that Sin (or rather, the current incarnation of Sin) is just {{spoiler|Jecht as the Final Aeon under the control of Yu Yevon.}}
* Pious Augustus in ''[[Eternal Darkness]]:[[Sanitys Requiem]]'' if he's working for Chattur'gha.▼
▲** ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'', Emperor Gramis is the leader of the Arcadians, but everyone is worried about [[Evil Prince|Vayne]], Gramis' son and a ruthless, power-hungry politician that has everyone worried about another war. He eventually {{spoiler|kills Gramis and assumes the throne}}.
▲** Pious Augustus in ''[[Eternal Darkness]]:[[Sanitys Requiem]]'' if he's working for Chattur'gha.
* A variation occours in ''[[Mass Effect]]'', as it is revealed later on that Saren is {{spoiler|not actually the [[Big Bad]] in control of an invincible ship, but the ship Sovereign is the true villain and Saren only its Dragon. To outsiders it would seems that Sovereign is a Dragon in Chief, but they both knew that Sovereign was the master and Saren just his most valuable minion.}}
** By the time of the sequel, two years of 'verse time later, nobody believes that {{spoiler|Sovereign}} was in charge. Everybody's back to blaming Saren for everything, not seeing the threat that's staring at them.
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