Board 8 > Best of the Trope Day 113: Magnificent Bastard

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Johnbobb
10/01/18 7:59:02 PM
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Yesterday's Results: Obfuscating Stupidity
Verbal Kint (The Usual Suspects) - 7
Columbo - 6
Captain Jack Sparrow - 5
Vash the Stampede - 3
himura kenshin - 3
Budd - 2
Mayor West - 1
Maximillion Pegasus - 1
Yanni Yogi (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney) - 1
Yoda - 1
Sans - 1
Lord Shojo (Order of the Stick) - 1
Matt Murdock - 1
Navy Ruby - 1
Dylan Rhodes (Now You See Me) - 1

Nominations
Always a Bigger Fish
Tall, Dark And Handsome
Flaming Hair
Glass Cannon
Evil Brit
Spotlight-Stealing Squad
No One Could Survive That
Calling Your Attacks
Disney Death
Bittersweet Ending
Combat Commentator
Interface Screw
Quest for Identity
Identity Absorption
Battleships
Signature Moves

Vote for UP TO THREE CHARACTERS/ETC. you think best embody the trope of the day (or just for your favorite characters that fit the trope). Feel free to change your vote, but if you do just specify who you're changing from and changing to. Try to include the source the character's from.

Feel free to nominate tropes for future days, preferably ones that have TV Tropes pages to make it easier. Day will end in 24 hours or so.

Full Results
https://board8.wikia.com/wiki/Best_of_the_Trope
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Cain and Abel - Solid and Liquid Snake (Metal Gear Solid)
Double Reverse Quadruple Agent - Revolver Ocelot (Metal Gear Solid)
Defeating the Undefeatable - Lu Bu (Dynasty Warriors)
What Could Have Been - Silent Hills
All-American Face - Captain America (Marvel)
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass - Ed (Ed, Edd n Eddy)
Nigh-Invulnerability - Superman (DC)
Intelligible Unintelligible - Boomhauer (King of the Hill)
100% Approval Rating - Jack Skellington (The Nightmare Before Christmas)
Upgrade vs. Prototype - Mewtwo v. Mew (Pokemon: The First Movie)
Spider Limbs - Doctor Octopus (Spider-Man)
Bizarre and Improbable Ballistics - The entire movie Wanted
The Man in Front of the Man - Alex (Golden Sun) / Revolver Ocelot (Metal Gear Solid)
Batman in my Basement - Eleven (Stranger Things)
Franchise Killer - Mass Effect Andromeda
Supervillain Lair - Castlevania (Castlevania)
Combat Commentator - Howard Holmes and Kreese Kreely (MadWorld)
Double Agent - Severus Snape (Harry Potter)
Villainous Breakdown - Azula (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
No One Could Survive That - Liquid Snake (Metal Gear Solid) / Seto Kaiba (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Obfuscating Stupidity - Verbal Kint (The Usual Suspects)

Today's tropes is the Magnificent Bastard
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MagnificentBastard

If there was ever a villain that deserved to be called "Magnificent", that character is the Magnificent Bastard. Capturing the audience with their charisma, incredible intellect, mastery of manipulation, and boldness of action, this character is a show-stealer, demanding your reverence at every turn.

Three necessary qualities:
1. They are brilliant and utterly devious, a smooth operator.
2. They have a goal, they're not going to stop until they've completed it.
3. They are charismatic, often charming, their personality is like a physical force.

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Pirate_Harris
10/01/18 8:01:48 PM
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Revolver Ocelot
Handsome jack
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Shonen_Bat
10/01/18 8:02:55 PM
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Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda)
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Shonen_Bat
10/01/18 8:03:22 PM
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but yeah, fully expecting Ocelot to win again
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Great_Paul
10/01/18 8:08:12 PM
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Revolver Ocelot
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Johnbobb
10/01/18 8:09:10 PM
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Maximillion Pegasus (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
Leslie Vernon (Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon)
Don Vito Corleone (The Godfather)

HM
Light Yagami (Death Note)
Magneto (X-Men)
Gus Fring (Breaking Bad)
Francis Underwood (House of Cards)
Amon (Legend of Korra)
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Pirate_Harris
10/01/18 8:09:40 PM
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Magneto
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Pirateking2000
10/01/18 8:10:08 PM
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Handsome Jack (Borderlands)
Hazama / Terumi (Blazblue)
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Johnbobb
10/01/18 8:13:58 PM
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really great trope that's a bit overused but has created some of my all-time favorite characters when used correctly

One major issue I have with the trope page: It lists pretty much every villain whose been any kind of mastermind or even any kind of completely driven villain. I think what really distinguishes a Magnificent Bastard from a typical mastermind villain is that their personality is as much a weapon as anything else

It's why I didn't vote John Kramer from Saw; he's a driven mastermind but he really stays out of the spotlight as much as possible, speaking to everyone with neutral temperament and hiding his face

hell even Shadow the Hedgehog is listed on there as an example, that's like the opposite of this trope
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hylianknight3
10/01/18 8:28:52 PM
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David Xanatos (Gargoyles)
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trdl23
10/01/18 9:05:03 PM
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Lord Vetinari (Discworld)
Figaro (The Barber of Seville/Marriage of Figaro)
Magneto
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Snake5555555555
10/01/18 9:05:13 PM
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Lucifer Morningstar (Lucifer)
Leslie Vernon (Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon)
Slade Wilson (Arrow)

HMs:
Light Yagami (Death Note)
Adrian Chase (Arrow)
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Pirate_Harris
10/01/18 9:06:19 PM
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Drop magneto and add lucifer Morningstar
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Pokewars
10/01/18 9:07:45 PM
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Hannibal Lecter (The Silence of the Lambs)
Magneto (X-Men)
David Xanatos ( Gargoyles)
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hylianknight3
10/01/18 9:26:59 PM
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Slade Wilson (Arrow)
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tazzyboyishere
10/01/18 9:31:18 PM
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Andrew Ryan
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Johnbobb
10/02/18 7:02:46 AM
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up
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malyg
10/02/18 7:26:12 AM
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Seto Kaiba
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Pirate_Harris
10/02/18 7:28:20 AM
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It could be anyone's game at this point
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Johnbobb
10/02/18 10:49:31 AM
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Johnbobb posted...
up

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XIII_rocks
10/02/18 10:50:49 AM
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Ocelot

Always Ocelot
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DeathChicken
10/02/18 11:00:07 AM
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Magneto
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We are thought, and reality, and concept, and the unimaginable
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Anagram
10/02/18 11:00:24 AM
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Great_Paul posted...
Revolver Ocelot

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Sheep007
10/02/18 11:07:49 AM
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Yagami Light
Hans Landa
Lelouch Lamperouge
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GenesisSaga
10/02/18 11:46:09 AM
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Light Yagami
Slade Wilson
David Xanatos
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FBike1
10/02/18 11:48:40 AM
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Light Yagami
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illuminatusbubu
10/02/18 12:01:11 PM
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Hans Landa
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kevwaffles
10/02/18 12:04:18 PM
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Hans Landa
Revolver Ocelot
Gustavo Fring
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-Toad, SMB3
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5tarscream
10/02/18 12:31:59 PM
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Arden(sp?) (FFXV)
Magneto
Hollywood Hogan (WCW)
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Sheep007
10/02/18 12:46:13 PM
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I'm shocked nobody thought of Hans Landa til me

He's like the definition of the trope to me
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SeabassDebeste
10/02/18 12:46:54 PM
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hannibal lecter
gustavo fring
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trdl23
10/02/18 12:52:46 PM
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Sheep007 posted...
I'm shocked nobody thought of Hans Landa til me

He's like the definition of the trope to me

Who
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NFUN
10/02/18 12:55:46 PM
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Verbal Kint (The Usual Suspects)
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Life before death. Strength before weakness. Journey before destination.
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NFUN
10/02/18 12:56:03 PM
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trdl23 posted...
Sheep007 posted...
I'm shocked nobody thought of Hans Landa til me

He's like the definition of the trope to me

Who

Jesus christ trdl
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Cavedweller2000
10/02/18 1:02:39 PM
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Sheep007 posted...
I'm shocked nobody thought of Hans Landa til me

He's like the definition of the trope to me

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trdl23
10/02/18 1:06:22 PM
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NFUN posted...
trdl23 posted...
Sheep007 posted...
I'm shocked nobody thought of Hans Landa til me

He's like the definition of the trope to me

Who

Jesus christ trdl

I never saw that movie!
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v_charon
10/02/18 1:20:26 PM
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Light
Xanatos
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Underleveled
10/02/18 1:24:21 PM
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Hmm, I hate to sound like a broken record and vote for him in EVERY villain trope, but I guess he really is a trope master...

Gaston
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Janus5k
10/02/18 1:44:17 PM
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Kuja
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Johnbobb
10/02/18 3:44:51 PM
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one more up
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Suprak the Stud
10/02/18 4:06:48 PM
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Handsome Jack (Borderlands)
Hades (Hercules)
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Johnbobb
10/02/18 7:12:36 PM
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change don vito to Hans Landa
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kevwaffles
10/02/18 8:05:59 PM
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HM: John Smith (The Man in the High Castle)
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SeabassDebeste
10/03/18 10:58:27 PM
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ah man i forgot ben linus
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