Special:Badtitle/NS90:Talk:Complete Monster/Western Animation/"Examples" that should NOT be seen here.


 * Ixis Naugus from Sonic the Hedgehog - When the basis for his inclusion isn't anything he did (which was next to nothing) but just "the resident CM is afraid of him", then you know he doesn't qualify. In his one episode, he'd almost count as a Designated Villain!
 * Anyone from Avatar: The Last Airbender who is not Ozai - No Zhao, no Long Feng, no Azula, no Hama, no Koh, etc. Ozai is the only villain who fits the trope's criteria 100%.
 * The Trix from Winx Club - They've been shown to care for one another, and most of what they get up to doesn't go beyond standard villainy by the work's standards. They're simply tricksters, and being mean is not enough to qualify them.
 * Chris from Total Drama - His sadism and crimes, which could qualify him in another work, are totally Played for Laughs in this series. He also has some decent qualities, like a friendship with Chef and Even Evil Has Standards.
 * Pirate from Exo Squad - Fails the heinous standard, having been listed only for trying to kill a good guy, which is standard villainy.
 * Soto from Ice Age - Doesn't go beyond standard villainy, and is motivated by revenge for family he'd lost to human hunters.
 * Eric Cartman from South Park - If he ever crosses the line into this trope, he's always back out of it by the next episode due to Negative Continuity. He's also usually Played for Laughs, and actually has shown altruistic, redeeming features from time to time.
 * Anyone not named Rumpelstiltskin from Shrek: Farquaad, Fairy Godmother, and Prince Charming are not only often played for laughs, but are all varying levels of pompous asshole with a mean streak, and each one has at least one redeeming trait such as Farquaad honoring his deal with giving Shrek his swamp back and Fairy Godmother and Prince Charming loving each other. Plus, all three pale in comparison to Rumpelstiltskin when it comes to heinousness. (Note that while these three all died, Rumpel is given a torturous Fate Worse Than Death for his crimes.)
 * Lord Shen from Kung Fu Panda 2 - He has a valid Freudian Excuse and is shown in-universe to be a Tragic Villain, his relationship with the soothsayer shows altruistic qualities on his part, and the possibility of redemption was open to him: he just chose to find peace through dying instead. Word of God also says that he did harbor regrets for his actions deep down, but didn't want to turn from his path because it would mean facing the fact that everything he'd ever done was in vain, for no good cause at all.
 * Anyone from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic who is not Tirek - Not Nightmare Moon (who was a Split Personality of Luna, who clearly reformed, not Discord (who was initially Chaotic Evil by nature, didn't pass the heinous standard, and ended up reforming and becoming a friend to the ponies), not Chrysalis (whose murder attempts were not particularly gruesome, is wanting to steal energy as nourishment for her subjects, and indicates that she's Made of Evil), not King Sombra (who perhaps was a CM in life but is currently a Generic Doomsday Villain force of nature with no moral agency and a low rep sheet of heinousness), not Sunset Shimmer (who showed a few positive qualities and reformed in the end, being Easily Forgiven by the cast), not the Dazzlings (who have some form of bond with each other and aren't as heinous with their powers as they could be) and not minor villains like the Wendigos, Garble, or Lightning Dust (who all fail the heinous standard).
 * Anyone from Spongebob Squarepants - Mr. Krabs, Plankton, and both Dennis and the Cyclops from The Movie got this label the most. Krabs became an extreme Jerkass due to Flanderization, but even now is totally Played for Laughs, not feared and hated by others, and has redeeming features showcased in some episodes. Plankton is an Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain with notable redeeming features whose Moral Event Horizon crossing in The Movie was still standard villainy. Dennis is never shown actually killing anyone, and he has Laughably Evil moments despite being a Knight of Cerebus. And the Cyclops? While what he caused to happen was sad, he himself had no character and was entirely Played for Laughs.
 * Anyone from Family Guy and American Dad - Since these are comedy shows with low standards and Negative Continuity, no one can qualify. In the former, even the one character not Played for Laughs, Jeff, was only guilty of doing things that other characters have done and Played for Laughs in the past and are actually less heinous than other actions still, so the series actually has no standards against what his actions constituted.