![]() He strung along local blacks until almost everyone got sick of him, including the media, but he still has a small handful of followers. Ricco: Black militant Frankie Steele may once have had genuine ideals, like black people owning their own neighborhoods, but once he started getting media attention and government funding for his projects, he embezzled most of the money, leaving almost none of it for the people he was supposed to be helping. In fact, he's only using them as muscle while he gains power, and plans to enslave them all once he takes over Lemuria. Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn: Jared-Syn tells the Nomads that he'll use his magic powers to help them win back their ancestral lands, causing them to accept him as chief.Revenge of the Sith: Palpatine, a Dark Lord of the Sith religious order, lies to Anakin Skywalker about being able to cheat death so the latter will become his apprentice out of desperation to save his wife and unborn child.This is also why Thanos doesn't use benevolent methods to prevent extinction, like creating even more resources, granting immortality, or making a cure for every disease that's ever existed. Joe Russo says in the DVD Commentary that the real reason he's committing genocide is to prove to himself that his rejected solution to save his species-killing half of them-would have worked. Marvel Cinematic Universe: Thanos claims that he wants to kill half of all life in the universe so that the other half can will be saved from extinction by having more resources to consume.Nix: I was not born to show people the error of their ways, I was born to murder the world. It goes without saying this is No Real Life Examples, Please!. Compare with Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist. Compare Dark Messiah for another savior figure that uses unethical tactics, but may actually be genuine in their faith and intentions unlike a False Prophet. This trope is closely related to the Fake Faith Healer, Greedy Televangelist, Phony Psychic, and Scam Religion. Money, power, revenge, lust, a combination of the aforementioned reasons-the False Prophet's true motives could be any of those or something else entirely. Their true goals are different from what they preach, and they are inherently selfish goals. If the universe has a chosen one prophecy, this individual will likely claim they're The Chosen One.īut in one way or another, this figure is deceiving their followers. If they don't already have it, this figure will request assistance-physically, monetarily, or in some other way-so that their goals can be achieved. ![]() People will flock to them out of hope, or because they see an opportunity to increase their own power by aligning with the prophet. Someone comes along and preaches a message about how they're going to make everyone's lives better. ![]()
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