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* ''[[Soon I Will Be Invincible]]'': Trophies from his past exploits indicate Baron Ether was one of these in his youth, before becoming an [[Evil Overlord]].
* ''[[Discworld]]''
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* Alec D'Urberville, from ''[[Tess of the D'Urbervilles]]'', is an early version of this trope played straight (it's Victorian melodrama with a Realist touch). Hardy starts to give him [[Hidden Depths]] when he attempts to become a religious man, but he soon drops it and goes back to his dastardly, womanizing ways.
* "Squire Hardman" from [[H.P. Lovecraft]]'s "Sweet Ermengarde" is an early parody:
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