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== Anime
* From [[Dragon Ball]], we have Vegeta, who is nicknamed {{spoiler|the Dark Prince, specifically after his [[Face Heel Turn]]}}.
* Tsukuyomi from ''[[Mugen Densetsu Takamagahara]] [[Dream Saga]]'' refuses to allow Amaterasu to awaken because her current incarnation, his sister, would quash his pollution-and-repression-happy regime in an instant. {{spoiler|Actually, she'd do [[The End of the World as We Know It|a lot more than that]]}}.
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* [[C. S. Lewis|CS Lewis]]'s ''[[Narnia]]'': Prince Rabadash in ''The Horse and his Boy''; Miraz from ''Prince Caspian'' killed his brother, stole the throne, and plotted to kill his nephew as soon as his own son and heir was born.
* In Tolkien's ''[[The Silmarillion]]'' we have Ar-Pharazôn, last King of Númenor, usurped the throne by the less usual method of marrying the rightful heiress and then forcibly reducing her role to that of his consort. There's also the example of Maeglin, the nephew of King Turgon of Gondolin, who betrays the city to Morgoth partially to gain rulership over it, but mostly because he [[Incest Is Relative|wants to marry his cousin]]. That she already has a husband and son doesn't stop him—he just plans to off them first.
* [[Discworld]]:
** Although based on ''[[Macbeth]]'', given that he's the brother of the king he murders, Duke Felmet of the
** This also seems to be played with in the novel ''[[
** The Duke of Sto Helit in ''[[
* Several Princes vying for Oberon's throne in the [[Chronicles of Amber]] by [[Roger Zelazny]]. Describing the exact intentions of the Nine would spoil most of the intrigue, but be prepared that some "evil" guys will be redeemed and some "good" ones will reveal themselves evil to the core.
* The novel ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' has an interesting example in the character of Black Michael, who plots to capture and kill his half-brother, the legitimate heir and take the throne for himself. Uniquely, he is [[Villain with Good Publicity|much more popular than their true heir]], suggested to be their father's favorite and doesn't come across as that evil outside of this plan.
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