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* ''[[Candy Candy]]'' is a [[Slice of Life]] story, with the Regan family (Ruth, Eliza and Neil) filling the antagonist role. They personify the worst traits of the [[Rich Bitch]] trope, especially Neil, and are guaranteed to gain the reader's wrath. Worse, they're usually [[Karma Houdini]]s, which makes the moments when they [[Karma Houdini Warranty|finally]] pay for their actions a spectacular sight to behold.

* ''[[Kill la Kill]]'': Satsuki [[Invoked Trope|invokes]] this trope for the first half of the series. She intentionally makes herself the target of Ryuko's hate, even suggesting she had something to do with her ({{spoiler|or, better said, ''their''}}) father's murder to fuel her hatred. She did this so {{spoiler|Ryuko will be powerful enough to join the battle against the [[Big Bad]] Ragyo.}}

** A straight example would be [[Cute and Psycho|Nui Harime]], {{spoiler|the actual killer}}. A sadistic, disgustingly childish madman bordering on [[Villain Sue]], it was made clear she existed to be hated. Nui herself lampshades this, stating hate and love are pretty much the same thing, and wants to earn love by making everyone hate her. [[Love to Hate|She succeeded]].

** And she's nothing compared to [[Big Bad|Ragyo Kiryuin]], Satsuki's mother {{spoiler|who turns out to be Ryuko's mother too.}} She's considered to be the "Worst Anime Mother Ever", and for very good reasons, given her [[Parental Incest|sexual abuse]] of Satsuki, {{spoiler|her experimenting on and ditching Ryuko as a baby, raping Ryuko mentally (and possibly physically too), and being the one who created Nui in the first place, with her "raising" being the reason why Nui is such a Hate Sink as well, making her a [[Jerkass Woobie]] in retrospect}}. The fact she doesn't have a reason for being evil apart from [[For the Evulz|liking it]] doesn't help in the least.

* Griffith from ''[[Berserk]]'', possibly the most hated character in the entire genre of Anime. His fall from grace leading to the murder of his trusted and loyal allies for makes his name synonymous with "betrayal".

* Admiral Akainu from ''[[One Piece]]'', a man who believes the end ''always'' justifies the means, a man who has committed some of the gravest atrocities in the series in the name of Justice. Slaughtering civilians and his own soldiers, using blatantly untrue propaganda, his brand of "justice" seems to do little but cause more ''injustice''. His worst act by far is {{spoiler|[[Moral Event Horizon|murdering Ace right in front of Luffy]], causing the poor guy to go on an [[Heroic BSOD]].}} It really says a lot about him he makes ''[[Evil Counterpart|Blackbeard]]'' look better by comparison. He downplays this trope [[Love to Hate|a little]] by being [[Badass|a scarily competent fighter]], which is more than can be said for the examples below.

* ''[[Minimonsters]]'' is a comic filled with several characters, so it's expected to have [[Jerkass|jerks]] and even [[Arc Villain|outright villains]] among its cast. [[Jerkass Woobie|Due]] [[Laughably Evil|to]] [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|several]] [[Pet the Dog|factors]], none of them could be considered truly hateful. The exception is [[The Grotesque|Quasim]], the [[Dumb Muscle|dumb]], [[The Brute|brutish]] [[The Bully|bully]] of [[Quirky Town|Villa Susto]]. His only role in the plot is to torment the students [[Up to Eleven|and teachers]] and generally being a pain in the ass. To reinforce this trope, his favorite victim is the local [[Cute Ghost Girl|Cute Ghost Guy]] [[Adorkable|Gus]], [[The Woobie|who is the least deserving of his abusive treatment]]. He usually [[Karma Houdini|doesn't get any comeuppances]], but when he [[Karma Houdini Warranty|does]], is extremely satisfying to watch.

 

* In the 2002 movie ''[[Groove Squad]]'', the villains can't be hated for several reasons: [[Big Bad|Dr. Nightingale]] is entertaining in his ambition of [[Take Over the World|TOTAL! WORLD! DOMINATION!]]; [[The Dragon|Flower Power]] are a trio of evil hippies with cool powers, and the Giant Worm is a... well... [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|giant worm]]. So the movie has one in the form of [[Rich Bitch|Star]], [[The Hero|Chrissy]]'s [[Alpha Bitch|bitchy]] rival at the squad. Every moment of her screentime is her [[Green-Eyed Monster|complaining]] about how [[Lovable Alpha Bitch|Chrissy]]'s the cheerleader captain and not her, constantly trying to [[The Starscream|take her place in the squad]] and steal her [[Love Interest]]. And if that wasn't enough, {{spoiler|she's revealed to be Nightingale's [[Daddy's Little Villain|daughter]], which makes him kidnap the heroines to make her the captain. Unlike her [[Karma Houdini]] father, she gets her comeuppance at the end of the film.}}

* [[Subverted Trope|Subverted]] [[Tragic Villain|tragically]] in ''[[ParaNorman]]''. {{spoiler|[[Hanging Judge|Judge Hopkins and the other Puritan citizens]] ''did'' [[Moral Event Horizon|cross the line]] by [[Would Hurt a Child|sentencing]] [[The Heavy|The Witch]]/[[Dark Magical Girl|Agatha Prenderghast]] [[Would Hurt a Child|to death]], showing nothing but [[Dissonant Serenity|callous dismissal]] over the whole thing, which led to [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|Aggie]] [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|viciously retaliating by transforming them into zombies, leading to Blithe Hollow's famous curse]].}} As it turns out later, {{spoiler|Hopkins did not do this out of [[For the Evulz|senseless cruelty]], but because [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|he wanted to protect his people]] and was afraid of Aggie's ability to speak to the dead (the [[Deliberate Values Dissonance|time period]] didn't help matters). The zombies [[My God, What Have I Done?|are crushed with guilt over this]], and the reason they help [[The Hero|Norman]] is [[The Atoner|to make up for the mess they've caused]].}} Their state, instead of being portrayed as a [[Catharsis Factor]], shows how [[Jerkass Woobie|tragic]] they are {{spoiler|and how [[He Who Fights Monsters|deranged]] {{spoiler|Aggie}} [[Revenge Before Reason|has become]]. Due to this, [[Nice Guy|Norman]] [[Talking the Monster to Death|talks her out of her rage]] in order for her and the zombies to finally pass away and end the curse once and for all.}}

* Bob's boss Mr. Huph from ''[[The Incredibles]]'' isn't a murderous supervillain like Syndrome or even a criminal, but he makes up for his lack of crimes with his startling [[Lack of Empathy]]. He belittles Bob for trying to help Insuricare's customers get paid, refuses to let him stop a mugger, and takes a sickening amount of glee in humiliating him. You'd be hard-pressed to shed a tear once Bob has enough and breaks every bone in his body by throwing him through several walls, [[Reality Ensues|even though he gets fired for it in the process.]]

* Lord Barkis from ''[[Corpse Bride]]'' is not just a deplorable [[Gold Digger|gold digging]] murderer, but also a smug blowhard with no good qualities to his name. Him tricking the lovable Emily into eloping with him only to murder her once he got his hands on her family's money is horrible enough, but when he cruelly mocks her for never being able to marry either the men she loved, the viewer's bound to have no sympathy for him when his own stupidity leads to his death and horrible afterlife.

* ''[[Titanic]]'': Billy Zane's character, Cal. He [[It Will Never Catch On|disparages the Picasso paintings]]; [[Domestic Abuser|verbally and physically abuses Rose]]; [[Murder the Hypotenuse|tries to have Jack killed]]; is exposed to [[Greed|care more about money than Rose]]; and finally [[Dirty Coward|cowardly escapes on a lifeboat using a small child]]. Although he survives, he is deprived of Rose in the end, loses his money through bad investments and ultimately puts a pistol in his mouth and that is the audiences' consolation.

* ''[[Independence Day]]'': The Secretary of Defense, Mr. Nimzicki (a.k.a. [[Riff Trax|Foily McAntagonist]]). The aliens are inscrutable, have [[Cool Ship|cool ships]] and bring the [[Monumental Damage]] and massive carnage that is [[Just Here for Godzilla|the reason you bought the ticket]]. This guy knows about the aliens ahead of time but stays silent to give the President "plausible deniability." He continually pushes the use of nukes that are ineffective. He cockily celebrates victory too soon only to immediately be proven wrong. Finally he is the only person to disagree with the final plan that ends up working. His comeuppance is being fired by President Whitmore in person.