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[[File:Eris 1 7936.jpg|link=Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas|frame|Eris, the goddess of Discord, fits this trope like a glove.]]
{{quote|'''Aelius:''' I think that if someone tried to rob you in the street, you'd pick his pocket, sell him a better knife and probably offer him a job as a tax collector.
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== Fan Works ==
* Toltiir, from the fan writings of Greg "Metroanime" Sharpe and the community of writers that orbited him in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Toltiir, who usually takes the form of a talking black cat, is a former [[Eldritch Abomination|embodiment of Chaos]] now taking it easy as the god of Mischief; he originated in a ''[[
== Film ==
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** [[Bugs Bunny/Characters|Bugs Bunny]], the former [[Trope Namer]], is claimed to be a cross between Br'er Rabbit and [[Marx Brothers|Groucho Marx]], himself an example.
* [[The Grinch]] and [[Cat in The Hat]] both fit this archetype to a t. And they do look almost quite similar in their live action incarnations.
* Merry and Pippin from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' are also [[Those Two Guys]].
* [[Discworld|Granny Weatherwax]]. You don't have to have a sense of humour to be a Trickster!
** Also, Moist von Lipwig.
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* Uncle Arthur from ''[[Bewitched]]''.
* Avon from ''[[Blakes 7]]''.
* Gaius Baltar from ''[[Battlestar Galactica
* Rumplestiltskin in ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]''. Very, very much so—and he's pulled his tricks on ''everyone''.
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