Magnificent Bastard

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A TV Tropes label for a villain or morally gray character who is clever, charismatic and always a step ahead, so that audiences enjoy watching the scheming even while opposing it. Fans use it to praise a character's style and competence rather than their morality.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

""Every scene with the chancellor is a Magnificent Bastard moment: he loses nothing and smiles through all of it.""

LORE & ORIGIN

Trope name from the TV Tropes wiki, which Wikipedia says was founded in 2004. A 2009 Semantic Universe article titled "From Mary Sue to Magnificent Bastards" about the site is cited by Wikipedia. No dated first use of the phrase was found.

FIRST SEEN

Unknown (TV Tropes trope name; no dated first use found)

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2010s

CURRENT STATUS

Legacy / Decaying Slang

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AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+1 AURA

TREND STATUS

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CULTURE CATEGORY

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