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* ''[[The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel]]'' has Machiavelli. Well-dressed, well-spoken in an absurd amount of languages, esteemed art collector...and [[Magnificent Bastard]] immortal in service to an evil god. |
* ''[[The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel]]'' has Machiavelli. Well-dressed, well-spoken in an absurd amount of languages, esteemed art collector...and [[Magnificent Bastard]] immortal in service to an evil god. |
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* After concluding his [[Dead Person Impersonation]] in the first novel by forging a will from his impersonee leaving everything to himself, [[Villain Protagonist]] Tom Ripley of ''[[The Talented Mr. Ripley]]'' and other novels lives the good life in a French chateau, becoming a talented dabbler in art (both as an expert and as a painter), music, and fine cuisine. In between entertaining guests, he likes to amuse himself by carrying out odd jobs for gangsters, and once in a while (i.e. at least once per novel) kills the odd person who gets too close to exposing his past |
* After concluding his [[Dead Person Impersonation]] in the first novel by forging a will from his impersonee leaving everything to himself, [[Villain Protagonist]] Tom Ripley of ''[[The Talented Mr. Ripley]]'' and other novels lives the good life in a French chateau, becoming a talented dabbler in art (both as an expert and as a painter), music, and fine cuisine. In between entertaining guests, he likes to amuse himself by carrying out odd jobs for gangsters, and once in a while (i.e. at least once per novel) kills the odd person who gets too close to exposing his past |
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*Nazis in Wouk's [[The Winds of War and War and Remembrance]]. Sometimes just when [[Affably Evily|you start to like them]] they do a double take and shock you with how evil they really are. In fact they are a quite believable portrayal. |
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== Live-Action TV == |
== Live-Action TV == |