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* [[The Joker]], in most incarnations. It doesn't matter whether he's a giggling, goofy clown prince of crime (e.g. the 60's ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' television series), a mass-murdering sociopathic [[Monster Clown]] (e.g. ''[[The Dark Knight Saga]]''), or a seemingly impossible mixture of the two (e.g. ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]''), he will inevitably overshadow every other character, have all the best lines, and, while Batman will always have the best toys (he's the goddamn Batman, after all), the Joker will find the most creative and spectacular ways to use the tools at his disposal. No matter what he does or who he does it to, he ''will'' make you laugh, because of the simple fact that he's just that good.
** Discussed in an issue of ''Batman: Black and White'', a short-story anthology. In this story, Batman and the Joker are actors playing their comic book roles as if they were roles in a movie. The Joker brings up the fact that Batman always gets to make a big, dramatic, splash-panel entrances, complaining that he never gets to look that good. Batman then points out that the Joker always gets the best lines, while he just has generic crime-fighting hero lines.
** Ahem, [[Harley Quinn]]; in fact, she is often ''much'' cooler when she's evil than she is when she's an [[Anti Hero]].
** ''[[Batman]]'' in general is a magnet for this. When your main character is a traumatized billionaire dressed as a bat and you have villains drawing your attention far away from ''that'', it really says something.
{{quote|'''[[The Venture Brothers|Le Tueur]]''': I have a confession to make: I only like the Batman because he has the best villains!}}
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* [[Daredevil]] villain Bullseye; even if he's a [[Psycho for Hire]], he still has enough style that it's gained him many fans.
* Played with in ''[[Sin City]]''. The pure evil characters are usually pretty ugly and often cowardly, or just plain creepy. Some of the good guys, however, are [[Anti-Hero|at the extreme end of anti-herodom]]. The most popular tend to be Marv, Dwight, and Miho, who would normally be considered bad guys in any other work. They are also damn cool.
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