Kendall's last words before she died from her gunshot wounds are about the money, making it clear she was manipulating Beckett the whole time. Their fellow robbers Sykes and Henley argue about Beckett's stability and dependency on Kendall, with Sykes believing Beckett's gonna screw them over at Kendall's orders. The '90s TV movie Killers In The House made it clear that despite it appearing as though Delaney Beckett is the leader of the four bank robbers, his lover Kendall Dupree's the one who came up with the plan and goaded Delaney into doing it.Mary in Infernal Affairs II, possibly with or without her husband's knowledge.In the end, after the regime has completely collapsed, she's reduced to homelessness and trading sexual favours for basic life necessities.Įddie: "It's pretty clear to me who has the balls in this marriage." ![]() Later, however, as the Leader becomes mentally incapable of running the country, Helen shows her true colours as a savvy and ruthless manipulator who, having gotten the submissive Conrad his current position, now schemes to have him become Leader, albeit in name only: "I'm going to be like Eva Perón," she vows. In her brief appearance early on, she seems to be nothing more than a catty high-society woman. Helen Heyer of V for Vendetta, married to Conrad, the head of the Eye (the fascist Norsefire regime's video surveillance department).Sub-Mariner: Namor was manipulated by one-off villainess Rathia into attempting to conquer the surface world, leading into his famous tussle with the Human Torch.In an interesting variation, he knows that she's scheming and manipulating him he just doesn't care, because he genuinely loves her. Shazraella, wife of Baron Karza in IDW's Micronauts.Lady Death started out as this kind of character in Evil Ernie, using her seductive wiles to goad its Villain Protagonist to commit genocide after he became an undead serial killer.In the end, her machinations come back to bite her as the thoroughly Drunk on the Dark Side Cyclops decides he needs the last half of the Phoenix Force more than he needs her. X-Men sees Emma Frost become this as she eggs the increasingly unstable Cyclops on into the titular war with the Avengers, completing a long descent for both characters into Fallen Heroes. Though his way of getting Sensui to do his bidding and fight on his behalf (it's complicated) isn't outright nagging as much as it is passive-aggression, Undying Loyalty, and patience for Sensui to be completely broken according to his wishes. YuYu Hakusho: Yaminade no Itsuki might be a rare male one of these.Yui Ikari, the ACTUAL wife of Gendo Ikari, may or may not be one depending on how you interpret her and how much of the plot was actually because of her all along.A large part of her breakdown at the end of the series comes from realizing this, and that she's unintentionally followed in her mother Naoko's footsteps, since she played the same role, including being Gendo's lover, prior to her death. However, she's not a completely straight example as she is being manipulated by Gendo Ikari instead. Most notably, she created the Rei clones that were central to Instrumentality. Doctor Ritsuko Akagi from Neon Genesis Evangelion fits into this one, although she wasn't married to Gendo Ikari.She coerces him and their daughter to become evil, eventually taking over the reins, while her husband is now a janitor. Her husband is struggling to be a competent scientist. Rara of Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure acts as this. Empress Marianne vi Britannia turns out to be one in Code Geass. ![]() ![]() It goes badly for both of them: one is ruthlessly disposed of by Light himself when she is no longer useful to him and the other commits suicide after his death.
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