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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Last Exile: Fam,
== [[Fanfic]] ==
* ''[[
* ''[[Ponies Make War (Fanfic)|Ponies Make War]]'': This is pretty much the justification for {{spoiler|allying with Discord}} in order to defeat [[Big Bad|Titan]]. As {{spoiler|Celestia}} puts it, they've dealt with the former before, and besides, "better the devil you know".
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* Roughly half the plot of ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' consists of dealing with these. In particular, "Gentleman" Johnny Marcone (a very powerful, cunning, and ruthless gangster) and Lara Raith (the ''de facto'' leader of one of the three Vampire Courts) fully qualify as evil despite both having moments of sympathy, but Harry Dresden and co. end up allied with them more often than not, if only because they're forces of stability who have no use for the wide-scale destruction many of the ''real'' villains have planned. Harry still doesn't trust either of them farther than he could throw them (which is wise, since both are certified [[Manipulative Bastard|manipulative bastards]]).
** {{spoiler|In ''Changes'', Harry becomes Mab's Winter Knight because he needs a power boost to save his daughter, and Mab is the least evil option.}}
* A major theme of the ''[[The Wheel of Time
* In ''[[Vorkosigan Saga]]'', Prince Serg is so [[Up to Eleven|outrageously]] [[The Caligula|psychopathic]] that his father considers it necessary to both start an unprovoked war and then lose it deliberately just so Prince Serg and his supporters can be killed in the process.
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* This is a focal point to the plot of ''[[
* In the first two ''[[
* In the second chapter of the original ''[[
* In ''[[Starcraft]]'' ''Brood War'', Jim Raynor and his allies side with Kerrigan against the Earth Directorate forces poised to conquer the sector. This is a case where the good guys misjudged which evil was the lesser one.
* ''[[
* In [[Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots]], Snake tries to stop Liquid from taking over the system. He would have total control over pretty much the whole world. Given how much of a nut he's proven himself to be, the protagonists feel that at least [[Ancient Conspiracy|The Patriots]] give the world more stability than Liquid would.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[
== [[Web Original]] ==
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