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** This can also be the case for the conflict between Andy and Dwight: both were trying to get each other fired, but we're supposed to side with Dwight.
** The UK version of ''The Office'' features this trope in regards to Neil Godwin (Brent's boss) who, according to [[Word of God]], we are not supposed to like. His crimes are neatly summed up in [[The Other Wiki]] as "He is dismissive towards David's dog and shared a joke with Chris Finch at the expense of David's Christmas party date, Carol." That Christmas Party doesn't happen until the very last episode.
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** Nevel starts out this way by [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|trying to steal a kiss]] from Carly (which is apparently pretty bad if you’re not into [[Gonk]] nerds). Then, he [[Took a Level In Jerkass|unbecame this trope]] when he decided that revenge was in order.
** Even then, he comes across as more of a [[Jerkass]] than a true villain
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* While this is debatable, in ''[[Blaz Blue]]'', the NOL is straddling this line. For the most part, the organization is filled with lots and lots of [[Punch Clock Villain|Punch Clock Villains]], who were doing their jobs for their paycheck, and they truly believed in their goal in creating a peaceful world free of conflicts. However, because Ragna mainly opposes them and they employ several [[Complete Monster]] like Hazama and Relius, combined with the fact that they are mainly composed of rich people and make up some dictatorship rule ([[Well-Intentioned Extremist|even if it's for preventing total chaos]]), it becomes easy to paint them as a tyrannical group of villains or a merciless [[The Empire|Empire]] type organization.
* Cao Cao and the Wei forces in ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]'', in keeping with his characterization from ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]]''. The game runs on this. No matter who you play as, the other 2 kingdoms (and minor forces) tend to be painted as the bad guys (which makes sense, since they're trying to unite china under their rule too), so it's a conflict of interest. Except [[Complete Monster|Dong Zhuo]] and, to a lesser extent, [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder|Lu Bu]].
* Played with in ''[[Star Ocean: Till the End of Time]]''. During the search for Amelia, you run into Rodger, and then run into a bandit leader. He was willing to ignore you and go about his way, but the party members kept saying he looked 'evil'. The only reason you fight him is because they wouldn't stop saying that and the bandit snapped.
* The Dark Ones in ''[[Metro 2033 (video game)|Metro 2033]]''. Whether or not you choose to treat them as villains is central to the plot.
* Simply going by what the players see, the [[The Empire|UED]] in ''Starcraft: Brood War'' turn into this. They don't come off as particularly evil when you're playing as them in the Terran campaign, and many players were glad that you force Mengsk off his throne playing as them. Yet in the Zerg campaign you find [[The Hero|Jim Raynor]], who loathes Mengsk with passion, and the Protoss, who the UED barely have any contact with, helping Kerrigan try push them out when she ultimately proves to be the worse of two evils.
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** Squidward comes across this way too. All he really wants is for SpongeBob and Patrick to allow him some peaceful and quiet time to himself. But apparently wanting some downtime and respite from his loud and obnoxious [[Designated Hero]] neighbor makes Squidward a [[Jerkass]]...somehow. Honestly, many viewers end up sympathizing with Squidward's desire to have some time to himself to relax, away from SpongeBob's loudness and intrusiveness.
** Mrs. Puff too. Before she attempted to murder Spongebob, all she wanted to do was to not have to deal with Spongebob's bad driving, and because of that, it makes her a jerk who deserves the abuse she gets, simply because she dislikes Spongebob, when really, fans sympathize with her because Spongebob is un-teachable and Mrs. Puff shouldn't have to put up with him.
* [[Alpha Bitch|Heather]] on ''[[Total Drama Island]]'' is the legitimate villain of season 1, but after that, she becomes mostly ineffective because everybody knows how manipulative she is. As a result, she goes through seasons 2 and 3 being snarky and rude at times, but never doing anything wrong...and yet, the other characters still constantly act as if she is still evil. Probably the best/worst example is when [[Sassy Black Woman|Leshawna]] ''[[Disproportionate Retribution|knocked Heather's tooth out]]'' when Heather tried to explain that the new villain, [[Villain Sue|Alejandro]], was manipulating her; even when Leshawna finds out that this is true, she still openly brags about attacking Heather and never seems to consider that it was completely unjustified. Particularly [[Egregious]], because ''Courtney'' was the [[Designated Villain]] of season 2 and [[Easily Forgiven|nobody treats her badly about it at all]]. This might just be because the writers [[Canon
* [[Doctor Doom]] in Season 5 of ''[[Spider-Man: The Animated Series]]''. He's created a utopia in what is otherwise a wasteland and helped out one of the heroes by improving his powers. True, he has ultimate power over the place, but there are no signs that he has abused it. To be fair, he later obtains power he can't handle, but it's not like the heroes knew that would happen.
* ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy]]'':
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