“ | There it is! His dark personality worse than any evil in the world! His calm and collective attitude was all a mask! This is his true self! | „ |
~ Speedwagon points out Dio's feign affability. |
“ | Welcome to the Predacons, Rampage. You shall be an honored member...so long as you never forget one important fact about your new life: It's mine. Welcome, my new servant, yes. Welcome...to the Beast Wars! | „ |
~ Megatron feigning cordiality as he forces Rampage to become his minion. |
Pure Evils who fake kindness, generally to manipulate others. Pure Evils under this category are especially cunning and dangerous because they appear nice and likeable to other characters while hiding their demonic true colors, making them a highly insidious threat to their universe. They are the opposite to Pure Goods who are False Antagonists.
NOTE: Not all Pure Evils feign affability. Some villains are just straight-up hostile from start to finish and don't even bother feigning politeness (e.g. Gregor Clegane, Bob Ewell, William Wharton, Ryker Grimborn, Crimson-Masked Saiyan, Yoon Gwi-nam, Badger, Rip Blazkowicz, King Ghidorah, The Radiance, Yomi Hellsmile, Thumper, and Big Smile Lee )
- However, this rule does not apply to villains who are hostile to almost everyone yet are superficially polite to at least one person (e.g. Zhan Tiri, Prince Joachim, Shao Kahn, Lord Commander, and Edwin Epps)
- On the contrary, the above note of course doesn’t apply to villains such as Blackbeard who are faux affable towards everyone in general and specifically never seem sincere in their politeness.
- There is a likable possibility that Pure Evils were truly Affable to begin with (assuming that their kindness was actually true and not a facade) before descending towards the point of no return, especially if they pull a complete 180 as a result of permanently ditching their overall genuine and friendly nature. Thomas Sinclair is a perfect example of a villain who was once truly affable before permanently shredding his true, genuine nature.
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