Likable Villain

This is the supertrope for the cases where villains have qualities that make them more likable. This kind of thing easily leads into Anti-Villain when more than a smidgen of these tropes is added. See also the Sliding Scale of Antagonist Vileness.

Evoking Admiration For the audience:
 * Evil Is Cool
 * Worthy Opponent
 * Magnificent Bastard
 * Love to Hate

Showing Attachment to Other People
 * Antagonist in Mourning
 * Defrosting Ice Queen
 * Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold
 * Morality Pet

Bravery
 * Villainous Valour

Friendliness
 * Affably Evil
 * Friendly Enemy

Good Intentions
 * Obliviously Evil
 * Non-Malicious Monster
 * Utopia Justifies the Means
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist

Having a Sense of Humor For the audience:
 * Laughably Evil
 * Evilly Affable

Intelligence For the audience:
 * Wicked Cultured
 * Straw Man Has a Point

Morality
 * Never Hurt an Innocent
 * Noble Demon
 * Even Evil Has Standards

Normalcy For the audience:
 * Go-Karting With Bowser
 * Punch Clock Villain
 * Villains Out Shopping

Pitifulness For the audience:
 * Forced Into Evil
 * Monster Sob Story
 * Harmless Villain
 * Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain
 * Jerkass Woobie
 * Mook Horror Show
 * Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds

Sex Appeal For the Audience:
 * All Girls Want Bad Boys
 * Evil Is Sexy
 * Draco in Leather Pants
 * Foe Yay

Understanding His/Her Point of View For the audience:
 * Freudian Excuse
 * Sympathetic Murderer
 * Sympathy for The Devil
 * Cry for The Devil
 * Start of Darkness

May or may not be Unintentionally Sympathetic.