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Characters such as [[Magnificent Bastard]], [[Devil in Plain Sight]], [[Enfant Terrible]], [[Deliberately Cute Child]], and [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]] are all likely to pull off acts of Sugary Malice. A [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]] is in itself merely malicious, but the fake victim can make it sugary by for example gently "forgiving" the "abuser".
A character who is [[Obliviously Evil]], [[Totalitarian Utilitarian]], [[Principles Zealot]], [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] or similar might also pull off this kind of behaviour—sometimes without even realizing that his actions are in fact malicious.{{context|reason=If someone isn't malicious, does it count as malice?}} Such characters might cheerfully murder innocents, figuring that they have a good reason for doing it—maybe that [[Sliding Scale of Unavoidable Versus Unforgivable|the good outweighs the bad]] or even that [[Too Good for This Sinful Earth|their victims are better off dead]]. Or they might play [[Black Comedy Rape]] or [[Romanticized Abuse]] in some misguided belief that it is okay... maybe inspired by a [[Marital Rape License]] or a [[Scary Amoral Religion]]. However, in any case, the characters must understand that their actions are abuse or murder or whatever it is they are doing, and still actively choose to do it, otherwise it's [[Obliviously Evil]], not '''Sugary Malice'''.
Compare [[Faux Affably Evil]].
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== [[Literature]] ==
* [[James H. Schmitz]]'s [[Telzey Amberdon]] short story "Novice". Telzey's Aunt Halet cloaked her malicious intent behind a pleasant façade.
* In ''[[Harry Potter/Harry Potter and The Order of The Phoenix|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'', Dolores Umbridge tortures
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* ''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]''. Marie often made insulting comments to Debra while pretending to give friendly advice...
* In the ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'' episode "The Gazebo in the Maze Affair", the villain's wife, Edith Partridge, initially appears to be a sweet, if not-entirely-there, old lady who is oblivious to her husband's evil. It soon becomes apparent that she's pulling many of the strings, and she tortures the heroes — and gives her husband instructions on how to torture them "properly" — without ever changing her sweet manner.
* Anna in ''[[V-2009|V]]'' is pretty much the poster child for this. So sweet and innocent. And of course she is of peace, always. Even when she incites civil unrest, has people tortured to death and generally plots the destruction of mankind. ''Especially'' when she does those things.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* [[Punny Name|Mother]] [[Meaningful Name|May-Eye]] from ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'', a [[Reality Warper]] with a side-order of mind-control, is by far the scariest of all the villains the Titans faced (not that it's an area of great competition).
* Daemon from ''[[ReBoot]]'', though she honestly doesn't see her actions as malicious.{{context|reason=If she isn't malicious, does it count as malice?}}
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