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** This is made even worse because Bill and Jonas ''have the exact same goal'' - using the Dorothy system to gain valuable scientific data that could lead to better tornado warning systems that could save lives. Not only that, Jonas does not once use evil means to achieve these ends. There's no difference between Bill and Jonas ... except that Jonas is a [[Protagonist-Centered Morality|a big fat meanie to Bill]].

* High School Dean Edward R. Rooney in ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off|Ferris Buellers Day Off]]'' is presented as a villain, even though it is his job to enforce school rules. The film makes him rather crazy about his job, resorting to breaking and entering, to make him the villain.

* The disaster film ''Meteor'' had an American general be portrayed in a bad light for objecting to Russians getting access to a top secret American command center during the height of the Cold War. [[Straw Man Has a Point]].

* Mrs Tingle in ''[[Teaching Mrs. Tingle]]'' is really the only sensible and likable character. Most of the movie involves the [[Designated Hero|jerkass protagonist]] and her friends trying to torture and murder her because she accused the protagonist of cheating when she had every reason to believe that the protagonist had, in fact, been cheating. The movie also heavily implies that Trudy, the protagonist's competitor for the stipendium, deserves to be killed [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|merely for being studious]].

* In [[Patch Adams]], anyone who expects Adams to conform is an antagonist. Adams's nonconformity includes [[Protagonist-Centered Morality|practicing medicine without a license, stealing from a hospital, and ignoring background history.]]<ref>If you're wondering why [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|that last one]]</ref> is bad, {{spoiler|it causes people to die.}} No one specifically calls him out on those three, but they call him out on other things [[Straw Man Has a Point|which are also good reasons for Adams to conform]].

** Adams' roommate (played by Phillip Seymour Hoffman) is particularly bad for this. The audience is expected to hate him because he's a stick in the mud and insufferably smug, but it's clear he tries earnestly to get good grades and we can understand why he might feel jealous of Patch (who gets the highest grades in the class without studying at all). He accuses Patch of cheating on his tests, and since we never see him study (whenever he's with the other med students, he just goofs off while ''they'' try to work), it does seem suspect for Adams to have such high grades. We can also understand why having a roommate as annoying as Patch might make one a little snippy, especially when the guy disrupts your tests by cracking jokes.

 

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