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* [[The Don]] of the Magliozzi Family in ''[[Sin City]]'' is a very morally uptight guy despite being the head of a crime family. He despises "sinful pleasures" and finds Dwight and Miho repugnant.

* [[Johnny the Homicidal Maniac]] hates drugs and sex. He HATES them.

{{quote| '''Johnny''': ''"[When I tried to tell her I wasn't going to rape her] I said 'lady, I wouldn't rape you with a ten foot pole.' But now that I think about it, if I ''had'' to do it... I'd use that pole."''}}

{{quote|'''Johnny''': ''"[When I tried to tell her I wasn't going to rape her] I said 'lady, I wouldn't rape you with a ten foot pole.' But now that I think about it, if I ''had'' to do it... I'd use that pole."''}}

== [[Film]] ==

* ''[[Thunderball]]'': Vargas, [[The Dragon]] of [[Big Bad]] Emilio Largo.

{{quote| '''Largo''': Vargas does not drink. Does not smoke. Does not make love. }}

{{quote|'''Largo''': Vargas does not drink. Does not smoke. Does not make love. }}

* Frank Lucas in ''[[American Gangster]]'' refuses to live the ostentatious lifestyle of his peers. Justified, in that this helps him avoid police attention. In fact, the one time when he lives up to the gangster stereotype, wearing [[Fur and Loathing|a flashy fur coat]] that his wife got him, ultimately leads to Ritchie noticing him and his subsequent downfall.

* Doyle Lonegan from ''[[The Sting]].'' Either celibate or [[Ambiguously Gay]], a sober country-club-member banking gentleman whose only vice is poker {{spoiler|...and he cheats. Also, his real money comes from his numbers racket, and he won't hesitate to murder anyone who cons him out of a single payment from a single runner on a single day of it.}}

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== [[Theater]] ==

* Malvolio from ''[[Twelfth Night]]'' could be an example of this. Although he may not be portrayed as evil necessarily, he is certainly a villain, one who is power hungry, mocking, and oppressive to the members of Olivia's household.

{{quote| '''Sir Toby''': Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, that there will be no more cakes and ale?}}

{{quote|'''Sir Toby''': Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, that there will be no more cakes and ale?}}

* The "precise" (Jacobean for "puritanical") Angelo in ''[[Measure for Measure]]'' is another example; his first action as regent of Vienna is to resurrect a law that makes extramarital sex a capital offense, and when he issues a [[Scarpia Ultimatum]] to the sister of a man condemned under this law, it's because he finds her ''virtue'' a turn-on (she's a novice in a convent).

* Shakespeare also invokes this trope in dialogue when he has the title character in ''[[Julius Caesar (theatre)|Julius Caesar]]'' remark that he prefers "men...that are fat, / Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep o' nights," and that Cassius is clearly untrustworthy because he "loves no plays" and "hears no music." Whether Cassius actually counts as an example is [[Your Mileage May Vary|a matter of interpretation]].