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{{trope}}
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{{quote|''You're quasi-evil. You're semi-evil. You're the margarine of evil. You're the Diet Coke of evil. Just one calorie, not evil enough.''|'''Dr. Evil''' (to his [[Genre Savvy]] son Scott)|''[[Austin Powers]]: The Spy Who Shagged Me''}}
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* Jama-P in ''[[Wedding Peach]]'' takes this [[Heel Face Turn|to its logical extreme]]. He becomes a [[Sidekick]] to the good guys.
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* Antylamon, the last of the 12 Devas in ''[[Digimon Tamers]]''. While the other Devas would usually attack humans on sight, Antylamon doesn't attack or threaten Suzie, the first human she meets, at all. Suzie even makes her do a [[Heel Face Turn]], as she not only defends Suzie from Makuramon, but becomes her partner.
* Android 16, in ''[[Dragonball Z]]''. He was created for the sole purpose of destroying Goku, and refuses to fight anyone but him. He also takes an interest in birds and squirrels, and loves the world so much that the only character in the series he does try to kill is [[Big Bad|Cell]].
* In ''[[Pokemon]]'', James and Jesse tend to wind up like this in any scheme involving a higher-ranking member of Team Rocket.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
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== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Superman]]'' movies tend to depend on at least one of [[Lex Luthor]]'s henchmen being this; Eve Teschmacher (''[[Superman (film)|Superman]]'') and Kitty Kowalski (''[[Superman Returns]]'') are [[High Heel Face Turn|
* Whitey, the large albino rat from ''[[Flushed Away]]'', who comes across more as a [[Gentle Giant]] than anything.
* Non-comedic example in Rolfe from ''[[The Sound of Music]]''
* Fezzik, from ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]''.
{{quote|'''Vizzini:''' Finish him! Finish him, your way.
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'''Vizzini:''' Pick up one of those rocks, get behind a boulder, in a few minutes the man in black will come running around the bend, the minute his head is in view, ''hit it with the rock!''
'''Fezzik:''' My way is not very sportsman-like. }}
* Zangief from ''[[Street Fighter (film)|Street Fighter]]'' probably fits this- he legitimately thought that General Bison was the ''good'' guy, and that the forces of evil and oppression were against him because of it. He has a [[Heel Face Turn]] when
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** This has become Bobo the Bear's schtick post-''[[Muppets Tonight]]''. He's a F-grade minion to [[The Men in Black|K. Edgar Singer]] in ''[[Muppets from Space]]'';
▲* Doc Hopper's assistant, Max, from ''[[The Muppet Movie]]'' warned Kermit about Hopper's plans.
▲** This has become Bobo the Bear's schtick post-''[[Muppets Tonight]]''. He's a F-grade minion to [[The Men in Black|K. Edgar Singer]] in ''[[Muppets from Space]]''; to [[Overreacting Airport Security|Officer Frank Meany]] in ''[[A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa]]''; and to [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Tex Richman]] in ''[[The Muppets (film)|The Muppets]]''.
* Administrative Assistant Bob from ''[[Demolition Man]]'' isn't actively evil... he's just trying to help out whoever is in charge. (It's his job to help, after all.) This is why he can go from working for [[The Chessmaster|Doctor Raymond Cocteau]] to working for [[Card-Carrying Villain|Simon Phoenix]] to working for [[Rebellious Spirit|Edgar Friendly]] without once ever batting an eye.
* Dug in ''[[Up (animation)|Up]]'' before his [[Heel Face Turn]].
* Hopper's brother Molt in ''[[A Bug's Life|A Bugs Life]]''. While Hopper is malicious, cunning and depraved, Molt is... not.
{{quote|'''Hopper:''' ''(to Molt)'' I swear, if I hadn't promised ''mother,'' on her ''death-bed'' that I wouldn't kill you, I would ''kill'' you!}}
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* From ''[[The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]'': Drake Stone, an arrogant Morganian turned celebrity illusionist, is recruited by Horvath to release Morgana, but he never does anything ''that'' evil. It's pretty clear that Drake starts to feel incredibly uncomfortable with the consequences of his actions, especially when Horvath implies that children will die for his cause.
* Evil's assistants in ''[[Time Bandits]]'' are all pretty dim and full of useless suggestions.
* Mr. Smee from Disney's ''[[Peter Pan (Disney film)|Peter Pan]]'' seems pretty evil, he's just... too dumb to act on it, and is likely the henchman who came the closest to killing his own boss, accidentally shooting poor Captain Hook while aiming for Peter. Even worse, Hook wasn't dead and tried to sneak up behind Peter to ambush him, only for Smee to start cheering for Hook and give him away. He's gullible too - he easily falls for Peter imitating Hook's voice, nearly blowing their attempt to nab Tiger Lily, and is undoubtedly the one most at fault when they ''do'' blow it.
== Literature ==
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* The children's book ''Which Witch?'' features Belladonna, who tries her hardest to be an evil, hag-faced black witch like all the rest. Unfortunately her natural tendency is that of a [[Purity Sue]]-level white witch that makes all the other witches feel sick.
* Some of the mooks in the ''[[Redwall]]'' series.
* Draco Malfoy from ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]''. For the first five books, he was a [[Jerkass]] who never got closer than [[Red Herring]] to being a real villain. When he was finally given an important job by the bad guys in ''Half-Blood Prince'', it quickly became clear that he couldn't do real evil; he tried to kill Dumbledore indirectly but all of his attempts failed. When he finally had a golden opportunity to kill him on the spot, he couldn't go through with it, and only disarmed him. The only reason he tried to go through with it was fear of what Voldemort would do to him and his family. {{spoiler|Oh, and Dumbledore was perfectly aware of what he was up to the whole time, but didn't approach him for fear of Voldemort catching on through Legilemency.}}]
** Also in ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (novel)|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', when the trio are caught and brought to Malfoy Manor, and Draco is asked to take a look at them to see if they've got the real Harry Potter, he clearly knows it's them, and is clearly reluctant to identify them, since he knows that doing so will ensure that Voldemort will come and kill them.
== [[Live
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' has plenty of examples, most recently{{when}} Luke Rattigan in ''[[Doctor Who/Recap/S30/E05 The Poison Sky|The Poison Sky]]'', who thinks the Sontarans killing people with his inventions is cool but lacks the nerve to get his own hands dirty and {{spoiler|ultimately sacrifices himself so the Doctor won't have to.}}
** Davey in the pilot of ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''. This is the guy who refuses to follow Maria and Luke into a womens' bathroom, because "That room is designated for females only. We are males... this culture says we must never go in."
* Damar in ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' is a non-silly version.
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{{quote|'''Buffy:''' Harmony, when you tried to be head cheerleader, you were bad. When you tried to chair the homecoming committee, you were ''really'' bad. But when you try to ''be'' bad? '''''[["The Reason You Suck" Speech|You suck]].'''''}}
* Rusty the Tow Truck in the preschool series ''[[The Big Garage]]''. In fact, [[Once an Episode|in every single episode]], he always joins the cast for the final song of the episode, and leaves the garage just before the credits roll.
* In ''[[Power Rangers in Space]]'', there was Waspicable, a bee-like [[Monster of the Week]] working for Astronema who could not be evil no matter how much he tried. A depressed and miserable creature, he thought that his reluctance to do evil made him a bad monster. When he had Cassie dead to rights, aiming a laser gun at her point-blank, he instead chose to shoot a Quantron behind her. Cassie actually felt bad later about hurting his feelings. His ultimate fate is unknown, but more than likely, his kind heart spared him from being destroyed by Zordon's energy wave in "Countdown To Destruction".
== [[Radio]] ==
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'''[[Impossible Thief|Thief]]:''' Seriously, hiding the bodies is as important as the murder. }}
* The minon in [http://www.superstupor.com/sust04072008.shtml this] ''[[Super Stupor]]'' comic; not so much an F in Evil as U for "Ungraded".
* Inverted with Khrima of ''[[Adventurers!]]'' who despite his [[Big Bad]] status [https://web.archive.org/web/20090725032840/http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/0036.html keeps forgetting to act villainous]. Sometimes his [[Evil Minions]] have to remind him.
** His minion, Mitzuna, is a [https://web.archive.org/web/20150502113331/http://adventurers.keenspot.com/d/20030408.html straightforward example.]
* During the "That Which Redeems" story arc from ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'', the Dimension of Pain demons start turning people in the Dimension of Lame into demons as well. However, as one demon puts it, "When you start with wussie mortals you get wussie demons."
* [[Butt Monkey|Neeg]], one of the aliens from ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20200313130906/http://www.agameoffools.com/ A Game of Fools]'', who is [https://web.archive.org/web/20101212100717/http://www.agameoffools.com/comic_22.html terrified at the very sight of humans] and is repeatedly abused (and, it's implied, [https://web.archive.org/web/20101212100941/http://www.agameoffools.com/comic_28.html much worse]) by his [[Depraved Bisexual]] superior Gloog eventually ends up [https://web.archive.org/web/20101212100946/http://www.agameoffools.com/comic_29.html betraying him] and [[Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal|helping the heroes]]. Ironically, he then comes to closest out of any of the aliens to actually [https://web.archive.org/web/20101212100951/http://www.agameoffools.com/comic_30.html killing the main characters], but that was more due to his own cowardice than any actual malice.
** Much later on, a journey to the Earth's surface to rescue Gloog from the main characters instead results in him being [https://web.archive.org/web/20100615044322/http://agameoffools.com/comic_118.html forced into helping] and then being [https://web.archive.org/web/20100615044339/http://agameoffools.com/comic_133.html beaten senseless] by a senile old woman.
* Jurinjo from ''[[Emergency Exit]]'' is amazing at this trope. He helps [[Cloudcuckoolander|Eddie]] buy groceries, delays reporting back from a mission until he eats ice cream and sees a dancing monkey, shows the heroes the location of a [[Plot Coupon]], has doubts about continuing to work for the villain, doesn't want to attack an opponent who seems to be less well armed then he is, is upset when another villain attacks one of the heroes , offers to heal the hero and has to be reminded that villains usually asks for payment, and actually holds up his end of the deal and seems to be making friends with one of the heroes.
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* Fuchsia from ''[[Sinfest]]'' is well on her way to becoming this after crushing on Criminy. Now, instead of tormenting the souls of the damned, she reads them stories and sings comforting songs to them.
** Lil' E is Devil's "[https://web.archive.org/web/20140209170538/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=935 true believer]" and [[Loony Fan]], but of [[Seven Deadly Sins]] he has any skill [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209160837/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=976 only in Sloth], otherwise his attempts to be [[Card-Carrying Villain|E-e-evil]] end up [[Poke the Poodle|less than impressive]], hilarious or even adorable. He consistently [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209171353/http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=1529 fails at evil].
* Wilson and especially Pickett, [
* [[Evil Diva (webcomic)|Evil Diva]]: The title character. Even when the school sends home a letter to alert her parents to how good she is acting, she can't help herself but help a kitten caught in a tree.
* Dr Virginia Lee in ''[[Skin Horse]]'', the [[Government Conspiracy]]'s resident [[Mad Scientist]] ... except she's actually a [[Motherly Scientist]] who isn't at all mad and [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/shaenongarrity/skinhorse/series.php?view=archive&chapter=35741#strip4 can't even manage] an [[Evil Laugh]]. The [http://www.webcomicsnation.com/shaenongarrity/skinhorse/character.php?character_ID=2596 cast page] says the trick is to never let her actually think about what she's doing.
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* Heartbreaker and Jello of The Masterminds, in the [[Whateley Universe]]. They seem a lot more interested on protecting their friends than in actual villainy.
* Anni Hilator from [[Coyle Command]]. Doesn't help that so far his most useful action has been getting shot to test a gun.
* Hilariously done in [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_788TYlzCSI this web comic/animatic]. A knight is tricked by a harpy who proceeds to carry him to her nest with the intent of feeding him to her daughters. Then she leaves, comes back, and is upset to see the two young harpys "playing with their food", as in, playing cards with him.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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* Stormer on ''[[Jem]]''; a few episodes even dealt with the fact.
** The best known being the one where she and Kimber form their own duo group; Stormer only returns to the Misfits because she cares too much to let her friends utterly fail, which they would without her.
* Hack and Slash from ''[[
* Is there a grade lower than F for Silverbolt before his [[Heel Face Turn]] in ''[[Beast Wars]]''?
* Senor Senior Jr. on ''[[Kim Possible]].'' His father, [[Repetitive Name|Senor Senior Sr.]], took up villainy [[Punch Clock Villain|as a hobby after retiring]] and often ropes his son into acting as an accomplice in his schemes. Senior Senior Jr. has no interest in villainy and would much rather be a boy-band singer.
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* Wingnut, Grizzle's robot minion from ''[[Care Bears|Oopsy Does It]]''. Eventually he stands up to his master, as the entire movie was basically one big [[Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal]].
** Grizzle seems to have trouble making suitably evil minions, as his two recurring minions in the series are an [[Affably Evil]] [[Deadpan Snarker]] and [[Too Dumb to Live]]. This could be due to his [[Harmless Villain]] status, though: even when he created the '[[The Spock|smartest robot ever]],' it [[Straw Vulcan|logically]] decided he was the flaw in his own plan and [[The Computer Is Your Friend|kicked him out of his own lair]].
* [[SpongeBob SquarePants]] is this whenever Mr. Krabs uses him as an accomplice in one of his schemes.
* In ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'', the pirate Stickybeard had a henchman named Dumb John Silver. (Give you one guess [[Meaningful Name| how he got that name]].) Of course, maybe he wasn't ''too'' dumb... He was smart enough to quit after Stickybeard insulted him for not being evil enough.
* In the "Fallen Angel" episode of ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 series)|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'', there was Angel, a young girl from Casey's neighborhood who he tried to be a [[Big Brother Mentor]] to, wanted to join the Purple Dragons because she thought [[Evil Is Cool]], despite Casey's attempts to talk her out of it. She changed her mind quickly when his attempts led to him being captured by the Dragons, who obviously intended to kill him in as the finale to their violent initiation rites. Fortunately, Casey told her where to get help. Of course, Angel may never have even qualified as a "minion" in the first place, seeing as she bolted in the middle of what was supposed to be her initiation.
* Prime Evil from ''[[Filmation's Ghostbusters]]'' has this problem with minions a lot. In one episode, he tries to scare Belfry into submission by locking him in a dark cell with three ghosts who are supposed to terrify him. When he checks on them, Belfry and the ghosts are ''playing cards.''
* In ''[[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]]'' (2002 version), Kobra Khan has about a "C" in evil, it seems, at least compared to the other Snake-Men. He's okay with fighting the heroes and other races in general, and is perfectly okay with the plans of enslaving the other races of Eternia that King Hsss pursues, but having spent most of his life away from his species has made him very reluctant to do some of the things they are most notorious for, like feed on sentient beings. A few of the others try to push him towards those ends, calling this reluctance a sign of being "soft", but he's very nervous whenever the opportunity comes up.
* Batso from ''[[Happily Ever After (film)|Happily Ever After]]''.
* Nazi [[Mook]] Schulz from ''[[Looney Tunes|Daffy the Commando]]''.
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{{quote|'''Letta:''' She's new.}}
* [[Brainless Beauty|Lindsay]] and [[Not Good with People|Beth]] to [[Alpha Bitch|Heather]] in ''[[Total Drama Island]]''. Eventually, both [[Backstabbing the Alpha Bitch|betray]] Heather ''epically''.
* Several members of the '''Evil''' Horde in ''[[She-Ra and the Princesses of Power]]'' are far too nice to be in a group with such a name. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2NFU0C1iZc Scorpia is probably the "worst" in that regard] - she is friendly almost to a fault.
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[[Category:No One Respects the Spanish Inquisition]]
[[Category:Villains]]
[[Category:Minion with an F In Evil]]
[[Category:Competence Tropes]]
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