Baddie Flattery: Difference between revisions

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A villain who seems glad to see you, comments on your nice outfit, and how you're better at heroism lately than you used to be. They may even [[Combat Compliment|salute your proficiency in battle]]. The disturbing thing is they don't seem sarcastic about it at all.

 

Contrast to [[Affably Evil]], while the villain is not necessarily trying to annoy or flatter the hero, but rather that's genuinely what they're like. See also [[Your Approval Fills Me with Shame]].

 

== Anime and Manga ==

* Doctor Muraki of ''[[Yami no Matsuei]]'' does this mostly to jerk Tsuzuki's chain.

* ''[[Claymore]]'' has the character Priscilla who is unfailingly polite and apologetic even when things are not even really her fault. That is until {{spoiler|she Awakens and becomes her [[Super-Powered Evil Side]].}}

* Ichimaru Gin from ''[[Bleach]]'' and his treatment of "Hinamori-chan", whom he taunts gently yet sarcastically to make her (and others) believe he's a criminal and a traitor. {{spoiler|Turns out he * was* a betrayer, but not quite as the others imagined}}. He even takes time to talk to Rukia in her way to be executed and give her the hope that she ''might'' have her life spared... and then practically say he was kidding, dashing her last bits of hope {{spoiler|before Ichigo fight his way in the execution fields [[Big Damn Heroes|and * does* save her]].}}

 

 

* In ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'' {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Orphan]]}} delivers a pretty epic example by outright ''praising'' [[Humanity Is Superior|the strength of humanity]] {{spoiler|which makes them the perfect tools to circumvent the Fal'Cies' own hardwired limitations}}.

{{quote|'''{{spoiler|Orphan}}''': Have you ever paused to consider our reason for making l'Cie of men? We fal'Cie are crafted for a single purpose, and granted finite power to that end. With men it is not so. Men, dream, aspire, and through indomitable force of will achieve the impossible. Your power is beyond measure. We take l'Cie that we might wield such strength. Through you, we obtain [[Death Seeker|freedom from our bondage.]]}}

* In ''[[Dragon Age]]: Origins'', if the Warden chooses to duel Loghain to decide the fate of Ferelden, the old general will comment that "a man is made by the quality of his enemies," which was a saying of his old friend Maric. He then wonders if that's more of a compliment to him or to you.

* In ''[[Dragon Age II]]'', if Hawke proves him/herself to be upright and respectful in his/her dealings with the Arishok, the Arishok {{spoiler|during his attempted takeover of Kirkwall}} will address him/her as "Basalit-an"—meaning he thinks of Hawke as a person rather than a thing which is standard operating procedure when dealing with anyone outside of the Qun—and then condemn the nobles as "bas" (things). He respects Hawke enough to offer to settle things with a duel.

{{quote|'''Aqualad''': You sound more like a fanboy than a nemesis.}}

** He later went fanboy crazy over the Titans East, so much so that he ''couldn't resist'' teleporting himself in front of them after they just survived all his "tests" and attempts to blow up the city.

* ''[[Danny Phantom]]'': Vlad Plasmius often used this tactic in conjunction with [[Not So Different]].

* From ''[[The Incredibles]]'':

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