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* Similar to Tucker, there's [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing|Malty Melromarc]] from ''[[The Rising of the Shield Hero]]''. It says a ''lot'' when the fans are siding with the in-story crowd screaming for a young woman's blood as she's dragged out to be publicly executed. She made the [[False Rape Accusation]] that ruined [[The Hero|Naofumi]]'s life, and she spends her screentime corrupting and ruining people's lives [[For the Evulz]], her atrocities becoming bigger and bigger as time passes. Not even {{spoiler|being a fragment of [[Jerkass Gods|Medea]]}} saves her from this spot. Tellingly, she's the top 1 of both "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHDAx6pWlFs Top 10 Hated Anime Characters Ever]" and "[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j07TpI3enR8 Top 10 Hottest Girls with the Worst Personalities]", and deservedly so. Not to mention that ever since [[Cool and Unusual Punishment|she was made to change her name to "Bitch"]], some fans seem to exclusively refer to her as such, for obvious reasons.

* There are a ''lot'' in ''[[Dragon Ball]]'', but one of the biggest examples would be Frieza from ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]'', specifically during the Namek saga. As [[Evil Is Cool|badass]] as he is, it's clear that Akira Toriyama ''really'' went out of his way to make him utterly despicable as a middle finger to the real estate speculators he based him off of. He's a smarmy sadist who takes a lot of glee in ordering planetary massacres as well as killing people in the most horrible ways he can think of. And when Goku defeats him for the first time, he takes a hit to his coolness factor when he turns out to be a wimpy little coward who begs Goku for mercy, only to try to murder him once he helps him. However, his effectiveness as a villain got him a ''lot'' of fans, so once he returned in ''Super'', he properly left this status due to developing a few genuine [[Evil Virtues]] during the Tournament of Power.

** Quite a few of Frieza's henchmen are ~~just~~ as disgusting as their master. There's Goku's brother Raditz, who lacks the cool factor most Saiyans have going for them due to being a cowardly bully. Then there's [[Fat Bastard|Dodoria]], who's just as cowardly as Raditz but far crueler, to the point of being ''way'' too happy to murder Namekian children. And finally, Vegeta himself started off as this. Before he became the cool [[Anti Hero]] people fell in love with, he was just as twisted and sociopathic as Frieza, and spent a lot of time acting like an utter prick to everyone around him until his [[Character Development]] really kicked into full swing.

** Quite a few of Frieza's henchmen are disgusting, though not as disgusting as their master overall. There's Goku's brother Raditz, who lacks the cool factor most Saiyans have going for them due to being a cowardly bully. Then there's [[Fat Bastard|Dodoria]], who's just as cowardly as Raditz but far crueler, to the point of being ''way'' too happy to murder Namekian children. And finally, Vegeta himself started off as this. Before he became the cool [[Anti Hero]] people fell in love with, he was just as twisted and sociopathic as Frieza, and spent a lot of time acting like an utter prick to everyone around him until his [[Character Development]] really kicked into full swing.

** Following Frieza's example would be Zamasu in ''[[Dragon Ball Super]]'' ({{spoiler|both his present and past selves}}). While {{spoiler|Goku Black}} is just as bad due to {{spoiler|possessing all of Zamasu's negative qualities, he at least gets a lot of showings as a genuine badass}}. Zamasu, on the other hand, is defined by his vanity and vindictiveness, and is motivated to destroy all mortals because {{spoiler|he couldn't cope with the idea that Goku, a mortal, was stronger than him, a Kai}}. And like any Hate Sink worth his salt, he goes from [[Smug Snake|confident and smug when he has the upper hand]] to a petulant, tantrum-throwing manchild when he loses the advantage.

* While most of the demons encountered in ''Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba'' are evil, a lot of them have [[Tragic Villain|tragic backgrounds]] and [[Alas, Poor Villain|deaths]] that make them sympathetic both [[Sympathy for the Devil|in-universe]] and [[Cry for the Devil|out]]. Nevertheless, there's still some despicable demons designed to be hated:

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* ''[[Bug Fables]]'': While a vile piece of work himself, the Wasp King doesn't go out of his way to antagonize the good guys and is a pretty impersonal foe at the end of the day. The same does ''not'' go for [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing|Mothiva]], Team Snakemouth's explorer rival. Despite acting the part of a friendly bubbly popstar, it's all an act for her fans. When she's out of the public eye, she's a rude and antagonistic pain in the ass who attacks Team Snakemouth twice in order to steal their glory. The second time is especially bad, since she's threatening to ruin important negotiations with another kingdom to help save the world and doesn't give a damn when [[The Big Guy|Kabbu]] tells her this. The one guy she's decent to is her partner Zasp, but that's because he's useful to have around. If he falls in battle first during Team Mothiva's boss fights, she's every bit as rude and bitchy to him as she is with everyone else.

* As befitting of one of the [[Darker and Edgier|darkest]] takes on the [[Batman]] universe, the ''Batman: Arkham'' series has quite a few nasty, despicable punks that will make you want to bash their skulls in with a Batarang.

** Unlike most incarnations who are classy, dignified, and possess ''something'' resembling a redeeming quality, the [[Adaptational Villainy|Arkhamverse's Penguin]] is a crude, classless thug of a man who milks every bit of screentime he has to make the player hate his guts. He's as cruel as the Joker but with none of his charm, and when he isn't horribly killing or torturing someone, he's usually screaming death threats at his men or smugly taunting a helpless victim he's about to do horrible, ''horrible'' things to. Thankfully he's also a [[Dirty Coward|huge coward]], which makes his freakouts when you turn the tables on him so deliciously satisfying.

** Unlike most incarnations who are classy, dignified, and possess ''something'' resembling a redeeming quality, the [[Adaptational Villainy|Arkhamverse's Penguin]] is a crude, classless thug of a man who milks every bit of screentime he has to make the player hate his guts. He's as cruel as the Joker but with none of his charm, and when he isn't horribly killing or torturing someone, he's usually screaming death threats at his men or smugly taunting a helpless victim he's about to do horrible, ''horrible'' things to. Thankfully he's also a [[Dirty Coward|huge coward]], which makes his freakouts when you turn the tables on him so deliciously satisfying. Ironically, he himself hates the Joker.

** Fellow classic villain Riddler doesn't fare much better. Here, [[Smug Snake|he's an insufferable douchebag]] who won't ''shut the fuck up'' about how much smarter he is than everyone else, and constantly taunts and belittles Batman while he's collecting his trophies and solving his puzzles. And while it's satisfying as hell to make him freak out when you keep proving that he's not as smart as he thinks he is, his immature [[Sore Loser]] mentality makes him that much more obnoxious. Tellingly, most characters hate the guy as much as the player.

** [[Dirty Cop|Branden]] is the living embodiment of everything wrong with Gotham's police force before Commissioner Gordon cleans house. He and the cops loyal to him are corrupt bastards who are making underhanded deals with criminals and brutalize and arrest Gotham's homeless for no good reason. Meanwhile, Branden himself cheats on his wife and tries to have then-Captain Gordon killed in a prison riot he instigates. He's also an arrogant idiot who thinks he can go toe-to-toe with Batman, but luckily, the player gets quite a few moments to prove him wrong. [[Curb Stomp Battle|VERY wrong.]]