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* Murdoc of the ''[[Gorillaz]]'' is often seen this way, despite being a canonically alcoholic, exhibitionist, verbally and physically abusive megalomaniac.
* Murdoc of the ''[[Gorillaz]]'' is often seen this way, despite being a canonically alcoholic, exhibitionist, verbally and physically abusive megalomaniac.
** The trope is even employed in-universe, since despite many of these traits being publicly known, Murdoc does not lack for bedmates.
** The trope is even employed in-universe, since despite many of these traits being publicly known, Murdoc does not lack for bedmates.
* Plankton in ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''. It has been established that he's evil as he continued to try to take Krabs' secret formula in myriad ways. One episode even had him as a [[Jerk with a Heart of Jerk]] with him saying [[Card-Carrying Villain|"Being evil is just too much fun."]] He's also been shown to be a big [[Jerkass]] with all his screaming and being angry. In [[The Movie]], he had definitely crossed the [[Moral Event Horizon]]. But due to [[Flanderization]] and [[Took a Level In Jerkass]] on the parts of the main characters in the later seasons (especially Mr. Krabs, who has become ''worse'' than Plankton now!), some fans sided with Plankton, forgetting all the evil and nasty stuff he did in the earlier seasons.
* Plankton in ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''. It has been established that he's evil as he continued to try to take Krabs' secret formula in myriad ways. One episode even had him as a [[Jerk with a Heart of Jerk]] with him saying [[Card-Carrying Villain|"Being evil is just too much fun."]] He's also been shown to be a big [[Jerkass]] with all his screaming and being angry. In [[The Movie]], he had definitely crossed the [[Moral Event Horizon]]. But due to [[Flanderization]] and [[Took a Level in Jerkass]] on the parts of the main characters in the later seasons (especially Mr. Krabs, who has become ''worse'' than Plankton now!), some fans sided with Plankton, forgetting all the evil and nasty stuff he did in the earlier seasons.
** It sometimes seems that the ''writers'' forgot all the evil and nasty stuff he did in earlier seasons. Plankton's evil schemes once involved him trying to [[Take Over the World]], but in later episodes all he wants to do is compete with the Krusty Krab. Not even destroy them or run them out of business; just ''compete''. As in, do something that would economically benefit all of Bikini Bottom. Meanwhile, Mr. Krabs is the one trying to monopolize business, and has gone as low as charging money from applicants who want to work with him for the fist couple of sessions, and charging money for ([[Fridge Logic|presumably fresh, otherwise nobody would pay for it]]) water. Who's really evil, here?
** It sometimes seems that the ''writers'' forgot all the evil and nasty stuff he did in earlier seasons. Plankton's evil schemes once involved him trying to [[Take Over the World]], but in later episodes all he wants to do is compete with the Krusty Krab. Not even destroy them or run them out of business; just ''compete''. As in, do something that would economically benefit all of Bikini Bottom. Meanwhile, Mr. Krabs is the one trying to monopolize business, and has gone as low as charging money from applicants who want to work with him for the fist couple of sessions, and charging money for ([[Fridge Logic|presumably fresh, otherwise nobody would pay for it]]) water. Who's really evil, here?
** A lot of his sympathy arises from the episode "Plankton's Regular" which established Plankton's ambitions as being so low he'd gladly call a truce with Krabs if he could have just one regular customer, something Krab's rebuffs, either out of spite or obsession with his product's popularity (the supposed regular Plankton gains despises Krabby Patties). Adding to that this episode largely establishing his computer wife Karen's Flanderization from a frustrated but caring assistant to a apathetic verbally abusive snarker, it's easy to see where some of the fan sympathy comes from. Thankfully most episodes tone things back down at least a little, though this story comes ''really'' close to a canonical use of the trope.
** A lot of his sympathy arises from the episode "Plankton's Regular" which established Plankton's ambitions as being so low he'd gladly call a truce with Krabs if he could have just one regular customer, something Krab's rebuffs, either out of spite or obsession with his product's popularity (the supposed regular Plankton gains despises Krabby Patties). Adding to that this episode largely establishing his computer wife Karen's Flanderization from a frustrated but caring assistant to a apathetic verbally abusive snarker, it's easy to see where some of the fan sympathy comes from. Thankfully most episodes tone things back down at least a little, though this story comes ''really'' close to a canonical use of the trope.
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