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* ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'': |
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** Etemon is a crowning example of this trope. |
** Etemon is a crowning example of this trope. |
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*** He is an Elvis-impersonating monkey with, if you look closely, a teddy bear worn on his belt. (The teddy bear's actually a doll of a teddy bear Mon that also proved [[Not So Harmless]].) You figure he's got no game... until he summons up his Dark Network that lets him control everything electronic in the area, which instantly disables our heroes' digital-[[Evolutionary Levels]]-based powers and destroys the entire village. Later episodes depict him having an army of very large and destructive Mons, and he himself being strong enough to throw around opponents many times his size while shrugging off their best attacks. |
*** He is an Elvis-impersonating monkey with, if you look closely, a teddy bear worn on his belt. (The teddy bear's actually a doll of a teddy bear Mon that also proved [[Not So Harmless]].) You figure he's got no game... until he summons up his Dark Network that lets him control everything electronic in the area, which instantly disables our heroes' digital-[[Evolutionary Levels]]-based powers and destroys the entire village. Later episodes depict him having an army of very large and destructive Mons, and he himself being strong enough to throw around opponents many times his size while shrugging off their best attacks. |
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*** Then by the end of the series, he came back more powerful than ever as MetalEtemon. Unfortunately for him, by that point the kids had become powerful enough that it took only two of them (with some help from Leomon's Mega form) to bring him down again, {{spoiler|even though Leomon did die from his injuries in the fight.}} |
*** Then by the end of the series, he came back more powerful than ever as MetalEtemon. Unfortunately for him, by that point the kids had become powerful enough that it took only two of them (with some help from Leomon's Mega form) to bring him down again, {{spoiler|even though Leomon did die from his injuries in the fight.}} |
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** Also happened with Tailmon, who looks like a harmless cat. When the children first met her Jyou tried to shoo her away... only to have her beat the crap out of all their Digimon. |
** Also happened with Tailmon, who looks like a harmless cat. When the children first met her Jyou tried to shoo her away... only to have her beat the crap out of all their Digimon. |
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* ''[[Death Note]]'': |
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** Although he's frightening to look at, it is easy to underestimate Ryuk. [[Villain Protagonist]] Light seems a lot worse, and with his addiction to apples and other humorous qualities, Ryuk tends to come across as [[Plucky Comic Relief]] and Light's [[The Kid With the Leash|"pet"]]. Then comes the ending of the series {{spoiler|where Ryuk fulfills his early promise that he will one day write Light's name in his notebook, and casually kills Light, who has just had a pathetic [[Villainous Breakdown]]}}. Truly, Light, like the audience, forgot that he was dealing with a ''death god''. |
** Although he's frightening to look at, it is easy to underestimate Ryuk. [[Villain Protagonist]] Light seems a lot worse, and with his addiction to apples and other humorous qualities, Ryuk tends to come across as [[Plucky Comic Relief]] and Light's [[The Kid With the Leash|"pet"]]. Then comes the ending of the series {{spoiler|where Ryuk fulfills his early promise that he will one day write Light's name in his notebook, and casually kills Light, who has just had a pathetic [[Villainous Breakdown]]}}. Truly, Light, like the audience, forgot that he was dealing with a ''death god''. |
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** Not to mention part of the [[Fridge Horror]] left in the ending is that Ryuk is the ultimate [[Karma Houdini]]; there's nothing stopping him from dropping a Death Note into the human world again if he ever gets bored. |
** Not to mention part of the [[Fridge Horror]] left in the ending is that Ryuk is the ultimate [[Karma Houdini]]; there's nothing stopping him from dropping a Death Note into the human world again if he ever gets bored. |
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* Toshiya from ''[[The World Is Mine]]'' starts out as [[Chaotic Evil|Mon's]] weak-willed bitch, even wearing a [[Villainous Crossdresser|female disguise]] and pretending to be Mon's girlfriend in public. Things begin to change after they're {{spoiler|killed by "Hakumadon"}} and Mon can't stand to kill. In addition to becoming the primary murderer of the two, he's also considerably more tech- and social-savvy than [[Wild Child]] Mon and he becomes increasingly vicious and [[Manipulative Bastard|manipulative]] as the story goes on. |
* Toshiya from ''[[The World Is Mine]]'' starts out as [[Chaotic Evil|Mon's]] weak-willed bitch, even wearing a [[Villainous Crossdresser|female disguise]] and pretending to be Mon's girlfriend in public. Things begin to change after they're {{spoiler|killed by "Hakumadon"}} and Mon can't stand to kill. In addition to becoming the primary murderer of the two, he's also considerably more tech- and social-savvy than [[Wild Child]] Mon and he becomes increasingly vicious and [[Manipulative Bastard|manipulative]] as the story goes on. |
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* Kurotowa in the ''[[Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind]]'' manga pulls the switch from "harmless" to "one to watch out for" in record time, going from appearing to be arrogant, toadying buffoon to effortlessly deflecting an assassination attempt in the space of his first appearance. And then, in his second appearance, he took control of a corvette and piloted it like an expert, even using the smoke from downed craft to cover his approach. It's even more jarring if you watched the anime first, as there all he manages is one of the most half-assed, pathetic [[Big Bad Wannabe]] attempts ever. |
* Kurotowa in the ''[[Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind]]'' manga pulls the switch from "harmless" to "one to watch out for" in record time, going from appearing to be arrogant, toadying buffoon to effortlessly deflecting an assassination attempt in the space of his first appearance. And then, in his second appearance, he took control of a corvette and piloted it like an expert, even using the smoke from downed craft to cover his approach. It's even more jarring if you watched the anime first, as there all he manages is one of the most half-assed, pathetic [[Big Bad Wannabe]] attempts ever. |
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* In ''[[Bakugan]]'' we have Rabeeder. She's a Hybrid Bakugan and servant of Naga. Compared to the other gate keepers, she and her sister are quite ditzy and silly and seems like a pushover when the heroes first meet her, challenging the heroes to... a race? In fact she's pretty much harmless and even hits on the main character. Total joke, right? Nope. When Rabeeder arrives on earth, Alice, while inexperienced at fighting on her own, volunteers to go after her under the impression that she is weak and with a little help seems to be doing fine. But then Rabeeder overhears that her sister had been defeated. Believing her sister to be KIA, she goes on a [[Unstoppable Rage|''total rampage'']] where she flings around the [[The Dragon|up-until-that-point's main and secondary antagonists' Bakugan]] like rag dolls and is totally unstoppable. She is only stopped by a lucky break when she discovers her sister isn't dead. The two reunite and Rabeeder calms down. [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|But if she hadn't...]] |
* In ''[[Bakugan]]'' we have Rabeeder. She's a Hybrid Bakugan and servant of Naga. Compared to the other gate keepers, she and her sister are quite ditzy and silly and seems like a pushover when the heroes first meet her, challenging the heroes to... a race? In fact she's pretty much harmless and even hits on the main character. Total joke, right? Nope. When Rabeeder arrives on earth, Alice, while inexperienced at fighting on her own, volunteers to go after her under the impression that she is weak and with a little help seems to be doing fine. But then Rabeeder overhears that her sister had been defeated. Believing her sister to be KIA, she goes on a [[Unstoppable Rage|''total rampage'']] where she flings around the [[The Dragon|up-until-that-point's main and secondary antagonists' Bakugan]] like rag dolls and is totally unstoppable. She is only stopped by a lucky break when she discovers her sister isn't dead. The two reunite and Rabeeder calms down. [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge|But if she hadn't...]] |
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* ''[[Sonic X]]'': |
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** Eggman alternates between being highly competent and totally [[Villain Decay|not competent at all]], so much so that it comes as quite a surprise for some when he talked [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Dark Sonic]] out of a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]], while his even more harmless robot buddies ''held off'' a Metarex leader. |
** Eggman alternates between being highly competent and totally [[Villain Decay|not competent at all]], so much so that it comes as quite a surprise for some when he talked [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Dark Sonic]] out of a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]], while his even more harmless robot buddies ''held off'' a Metarex leader. |
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** In earlier episodes at least, Eggman was actually genuinely formidable against most human forces and even the majority of the main protagonists. It is only against [[Invincible Hero|Sonic]] that he falls in a flash (and even then he did give him a run for his money a few odd times). He also seems to [[Laser Based Karma|become incredibly more competent]] whenever he forced to [[Enemy Mine|team up with Sonic]]. |
** In earlier episodes at least, Eggman was actually genuinely formidable against most human forces and even the majority of the main protagonists. It is only against [[Invincible Hero|Sonic]] that he falls in a flash (and even then he did give him a run for his money a few odd times). He also seems to [[Laser Based Karma|become incredibly more competent]] whenever he forced to [[Enemy Mine|team up with Sonic]]. |
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* Crump, [[The Dark Chick]] of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'''s Big 5 is a joke in his first appearance. His obsession with penguins makes him rather ludicrous, and he ultimately loses a match against Tea, one of the hero's cheerleaders. He returns a few episodes later, and alongside the rest of the Big 5, engages [[The Hero|Yugi]] and [[The Lancer|Joey]] in a team duel--where he performs exceptionally well, using his Deck Master ability to power up Ganzley's WATER monsters, and maintaining control of the duel for the Big 5. It's not until the Big 5 move away from playing WATER creatures that he's forced to yield to Johnson, and in terms of overall performance he's just behind [[The Dragon|Lector]]. |
* Crump, [[The Dark Chick]] of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'''s Big 5 is a joke in his first appearance. His obsession with penguins makes him rather ludicrous, and he ultimately loses a match against Tea, one of the hero's cheerleaders. He returns a few episodes later, and alongside the rest of the Big 5, engages [[The Hero|Yugi]] and [[The Lancer|Joey]] in a team duel--where he performs exceptionally well, using his Deck Master ability to power up Ganzley's WATER monsters, and maintaining control of the duel for the Big 5. It's not until the Big 5 move away from playing WATER creatures that he's forced to yield to Johnson, and in terms of overall performance he's just behind [[The Dragon|Lector]]. |
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* The [[Batman]] graphic novels: |
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** ''[[The Long Halloween]]'' and ''[[Dark Victory]]'' both do this for Calendar Man. Once a campy gag villain who committed relatively harmless crimes while dressing up in costumes based on specific days, his internment at Arkham changed him into a creepy, white-clad inmate who'd mastered the [[Hannibal Lecture]], already knew the answers to the mystery Batman's trying to solve, and later manipulated a rehabilitated character back into madness. Unfortunately, the change didn't stick. |
** ''[[The Long Halloween]]'' and ''[[Dark Victory]]'' both do this for Calendar Man. Once a campy gag villain who committed relatively harmless crimes while dressing up in costumes based on specific days, his internment at Arkham changed him into a creepy, white-clad inmate who'd mastered the [[Hannibal Lecture]], already knew the answers to the mystery Batman's trying to solve, and later manipulated a rehabilitated character back into madness. Unfortunately, the change didn't stick. |
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** Later, in the ''Hush'' story arc, {{spoiler|The Riddler}}, bitter that he's fallen so far in Gotham's criminal hierarchy, decides to team up with the new psycho on the block and puts Batman through the wringer. He figures out Batman's secret identity. The only thing that stops him from completely destroying Batman is that he has the answer to the ultimate riddle, and it's no good if everyone knows the answer. Thankfully for Batman, he eventually got hit in the skull with a mace and received a case of [[Easy Amnesia]]. |
** Later, in the ''Hush'' story arc, {{spoiler|The Riddler}}, bitter that he's fallen so far in Gotham's criminal hierarchy, decides to team up with the new psycho on the block and puts Batman through the wringer. He figures out Batman's secret identity. The only thing that stops him from completely destroying Batman is that he has the answer to the ultimate riddle, and it's no good if everyone knows the answer. Thankfully for Batman, he eventually got hit in the skull with a mace and received a case of [[Easy Amnesia]]. |
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{{quote|''' {{spoiler|Riddler}}:''' I used to be a somebody in this town. Now, everybody has a gimmick. I was going to show them all. And I did.}} |
{{quote|''' {{spoiler|Riddler}}:''' I used to be a somebody in this town. Now, everybody has a gimmick. I was going to show them all. And I did.}} |
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* ''[[G.I. Joe]]'': |
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* Black Hand was once a pathetic joke with a weapon that was dependent on stealing energy from [[Green Lantern]]'s ring and a gimmick of committing crimes based on famous folk sayings. Then he found out he's destined to be the [[The Antichrist|Antichrist]] leader of an [[Zombie Apocalypse|army of zombie supervillains]]. |
* Black Hand was once a pathetic joke with a weapon that was dependent on stealing energy from [[Green Lantern]]'s ring and a gimmick of committing crimes based on famous folk sayings. Then he found out he's destined to be the [[The Antichrist|Antichrist]] leader of an [[Zombie Apocalypse|army of zombie supervillains]]. |
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* Though he wasn't completely harmless before, Doctor Destiny was always a traditional silver age villain, using dream powers to mess with gravity and create chaos while not really killing anyone. Cut to The 24 Hours story in ''[[The Sandman]]'' #6. |
* Though he wasn't completely harmless before, Doctor Destiny was always a traditional silver age villain, using dream powers to mess with gravity and create chaos while not really killing anyone. Cut to The 24 Hours story in ''[[The Sandman]]'' #6. |
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** After twenty years of campy, oversized set pieces and pies in the face and bloodless bank robberies, [[The Joker]] goes after some of his old henchmen who ratted him out. Audiences are expecting sneezing powder or filling their house with balloons, as Joker hands the first henchman a cigar, he thinks of how "classic Joker" it is. The old [[Explosive Cigar|exploding cigar]]. Except the explosive in this one is nitroglycerin, and when the henchman lights it, waiting for a little "pop", it blows up his head and most of the room. Joker's back. |
** After twenty years of campy, oversized set pieces and pies in the face and bloodless bank robberies, [[The Joker]] goes after some of his old henchmen who ratted him out. Audiences are expecting sneezing powder or filling their house with balloons, as Joker hands the first henchman a cigar, he thinks of how "classic Joker" it is. The old [[Explosive Cigar|exploding cigar]]. Except the explosive in this one is nitroglycerin, and when the henchman lights it, waiting for a little "pop", it blows up his head and most of the room. Joker's back. |
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** This scene was echoed exactly two hundred issues later, in ''Batman'' #451. Here, Joker (whose reputation has been soundly bolstered by the likes of ''[[The Killing Joke]]'' and ''A Death in the Family'') goes hunting for the henchmen of a copycat Joker that has been terrorizing Gotham in his absence. He interrogates a small-time hood about the henchmen, and awards the guy with a cigar when he receives useful information. While the hood practically shits himself, thinking he's about to be blown to bits, Joker calmly walks away, musing to himself that it had been a perfectly ordinary cigar. "[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Never give 'em what they expect.]]" |
** This scene was echoed exactly two hundred issues later, in ''Batman'' #451. Here, Joker (whose reputation has been soundly bolstered by the likes of ''[[The Killing Joke]]'' and ''A Death in the Family'') goes hunting for the henchmen of a copycat Joker that has been terrorizing Gotham in his absence. He interrogates a small-time hood about the henchmen, and awards the guy with a cigar when he receives useful information. While the hood practically shits himself, thinking he's about to be blown to bits, Joker calmly walks away, musing to himself that it had been a perfectly ordinary cigar. "[[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Never give 'em what they expect.]]" |
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** The Violator looks like a harmless, morbidly obese, clown with hygiene problems, but he is super strong and capable of ripping a man in half with his bare hands. His true form is absolutely frightening. |
** The Violator looks like a harmless, morbidly obese, clown with hygiene problems, but he is super strong and capable of ripping a man in half with his bare hands. His true form is absolutely frightening. |
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** This especially comes up in the [[Animated Adaptation]], when Spawn dismisses and threatens the seemingly harmless Clown one time too many. Clown smirks and says "you don't know who you're dealing with... but it's time you found out," and proceeds to change into his true, [[One-Winged Angel]] form to give Spawn the [[Curb Stomp Battle]] of his life, all while lecturing him on his role in the coming apocalypse. |
** This especially comes up in the [[Animated Adaptation]], when Spawn dismisses and threatens the seemingly harmless Clown one time too many. Clown smirks and says "you don't know who you're dealing with... but it's time you found out," and proceeds to change into his true, [[One-Winged Angel]] form to give Spawn the [[Curb Stomp Battle]] of his life, all while lecturing him on his role in the coming apocalypse. |
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* The Intelligencia from ''[[Fall of the Hulks]]''. The team is made of [[MODOK]], Leader, Wizard, Red Ghost, and Mad Thinker. Together they have become a pretty deadly force. How deadly, you ask? They managed to [[Out-Gambitted|out gambit]] ''Doctor freakin' Doom''. |
* The Intelligencia from ''[[Fall of the Hulks]]''. The team is made of [[MODOK]], Leader, Wizard, Red Ghost, and Mad Thinker. Together they have become a pretty deadly force. How deadly, you ask? They managed to [[Out-Gambitted|out gambit]] ''Doctor freakin' Doom''. |
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* One of the upsides of the ''[[Brand New Day]]'' era of ''[[Spider-Man]]'', to many fans, has been the recasting of C- and D-list loser villains into competent and credible threats. The Spot comes back as a vengeful psychopath who slowly drives his prey insane by stalking him, while the White Rabbit is an [[Ax Crazy]] drug dealer who's willing to commit mass murder to collect the money she's owed. This also applies to classic Lee-Ditko-Romita villains like Electro, the Shocker, and the Rhino, who have all been rehabilitated from the [[Villain Decay]] they've suffered over the last several years. |
* One of the upsides of the ''[[Brand New Day]]'' era of ''[[Spider-Man]]'', to many fans, has been the recasting of C- and D-list loser villains into competent and credible threats. The Spot comes back as a vengeful psychopath who slowly drives his prey insane by stalking him, while the White Rabbit is an [[Ax Crazy]] drug dealer who's willing to commit mass murder to collect the money she's owed. This also applies to classic Lee-Ditko-Romita villains like Electro, the Shocker, and the Rhino, who have all been rehabilitated from the [[Villain Decay]] they've suffered over the last several years. |
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* There once was a low-level biomage named Fleshmaster in ''[[Empowered]]''. After being humiliated by his peers, he finally dared to use his powers on himself, and returned as {{spoiler|the new superhero dWARf!. But since he was still being pissed off, he cooked up a really [[Big Bad]]-worthy scheme. Which was about killing all his peers at the same place where they once had humiliated them, the Capeys Awards.}} |
* There once was a low-level biomage named Fleshmaster in ''[[Empowered]]''. After being humiliated by his peers, he finally dared to use his powers on himself, and returned as {{spoiler|the new superhero dWARf!. But since he was still being pissed off, he cooked up a really [[Big Bad]]-worthy scheme. Which was about killing all his peers at the same place where they once had humiliated them, the Capeys Awards.}} |
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* Catman has received this treatment in spades, courtesy of [[Gail Simone]] in ''[[Secret Six]]''. Essentially, he went from a fat slob with a cat gimmick to a sociopathic, lion-pride-leading, muscly badass somewhere in the Sahara with his insignia carved into his chest (by his own hand!) and a pair of razor claws. |
* Catman has received this treatment in spades, courtesy of [[Gail Simone]] in ''[[Secret Six]]''. Essentially, he went from a fat slob with a cat gimmick to a sociopathic, lion-pride-leading, muscly badass somewhere in the Sahara with his insignia carved into his chest (by his own hand!) and a pair of razor claws. |
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* The clown "Magnifico Giganticus" in [[Isaac Asimov]]'s ''[[Foundation]] and Empire'' is a pathetic, misshapen sad sack who is rescued by the main characters and travels with them, until we find out {{spoiler|he is the [[Big Bad]] of the novel, the mutant conqueror known as "The Mule."}} |
* The clown "Magnifico Giganticus" in [[Isaac Asimov]]'s ''[[Foundation]] and Empire'' is a pathetic, misshapen sad sack who is rescued by the main characters and travels with them, until we find out {{spoiler|he is the [[Big Bad]] of the novel, the mutant conqueror known as "The Mule."}} |
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* ''[[The Pillars of the Earth]]'': Yeah, see that idiot, envious kid named William Hamleigh?]] Got made a fool of, butt of a lot of marriage jokes, and he lusts after a girl he'll never...[[Moral Event Horizon|OH SHIT DID HE JUST RAPE ALIENA!]] He gets worse from that. |
* ''[[The Pillars of the Earth]]'': Yeah, see that idiot, envious kid named William Hamleigh?]] Got made a fool of, butt of a lot of marriage jokes, and he lusts after a girl he'll never...[[Moral Event Horizon|OH SHIT DID HE JUST RAPE ALIENA!]] He gets worse from that. |
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* In ''[[Counselors and Kings]]'' {{spoiler|Dhamari}} is introduced as a middle-aged wizard of unremarkable talents and unassuming nature significant only because he was once married to one protagonist's mother. {{spoiler|He's actually one of the trilogy's main villains who's been helping half of the [[Big Bad Duumvirate]] with her schemes ever since they were apprentices together, and while he's no more magically talented than he looks and is too petty to be a true Chessmaster, he's got more than his fair share of low cunning and [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]}}. |
* In ''[[Counselors and Kings]]'' {{spoiler|Dhamari}} is introduced as a middle-aged wizard of unremarkable talents and unassuming nature significant only because he was once married to one protagonist's mother. {{spoiler|He's actually one of the trilogy's main villains who's been helping half of the [[Big Bad Duumvirate]] with her schemes ever since they were apprentices together, and while he's no more magically talented than he looks and is too petty to be a true Chessmaster, he's got more than his fair share of low cunning and [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]}}. |
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* ''[[Honor Harrington]]'' presents us with {{spoiler|Mesa}}, a small, horribly corrupt star nation run by a coalition of [[Mega Corp|Mega Corps]], being responsible for a wide variety of atrocities in the name of [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money|the bottom line]]. Despite the fact that they are effectively untouchable due to being wrapped in a tangled web of backroom political deals and blackmail of various powerful officials across the galaxy, they are considered largely a minor sideshow given the fact that the Peoples Republic of Haven and the Star Kingdom of Manticore are fighting the largest interstellar war in the history of mankind. {{spoiler|And then the Mesans launch their surprise attack on the Manticoran and Grayson homeworlds, smashing industrial infrastructure and causing millions of deaths, all with no warning.}} |
* ''[[Honor Harrington]]'' presents us with {{spoiler|Mesa}}, a small, horribly corrupt star nation run by a coalition of [[Mega Corp|Mega Corps]], being responsible for a wide variety of atrocities in the name of [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money|the bottom line]]. Despite the fact that they are effectively untouchable due to being wrapped in a tangled web of backroom political deals and blackmail of various powerful officials across the galaxy, they are considered largely a minor sideshow given the fact that the Peoples Republic of Haven and the Star Kingdom of Manticore are fighting the largest interstellar war in the history of mankind. {{spoiler|And then the Mesans launch their surprise attack on the Manticoran and Grayson homeworlds, smashing industrial infrastructure and causing millions of deaths, all with no warning.}} |
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** The characters, fans, and writers in seasons 4 through 6, kept forgetting that Spike was a soulless demon, and had to be reminded about it every once in a while. |
** The characters, fans, and writers in seasons 4 through 6, kept forgetting that Spike was a soulless demon, and had to be reminded about it every once in a while. |
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* Mirror Hoshi on ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise|Enterprise]]''. At the start of the two-part episode, she is the captain's sex-bunny and background character in all the plotting and conspiring; as it ends she has just {{spoiler|made herself Empress.}} |
* Mirror Hoshi on ''[[Star Trek: Enterprise|Enterprise]]''. At the start of the two-part episode, she is the captain's sex-bunny and background character in all the plotting and conspiring; as it ends she has just {{spoiler|made herself Empress.}} |
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* In ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]'', in "Changing Face of Evil", the Dominion allies with the Breens, a race that can only live in the cold, and was previously known only as pirates and slavers, so the first reaction was "WTF? Next time Dominion makes alliance with cavem...". Then the Breen {{spoiler|attack Earth}} and ''then'' they {{spoiler|whip out the energy draining gun, pwning 300 ships at once and endangering all others}}. |
* In ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek Deep Space Nine]]'', in "Changing Face of Evil", the Dominion allies with the Breens, a race that can only live in the cold, and was previously known only as pirates and slavers, so the first reaction was "WTF? Next time Dominion makes alliance with cavem...". Then the Breen {{spoiler|attack Earth}} and ''then'' they {{spoiler|whip out the energy draining gun, pwning 300 ships at once and endangering all others}}. |
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* Trakeena of ''[[Power Rangers Lost Galaxy]]''. Becoming Not So Harmless was what her whole character is about. At first, she's Big Bad Scorpius' spoiled daughter, and spends most of the time whining or backstabbing the villains who do know what they're doing in order to rise in the ranks. Eventually, she leaves, eventually meets up with an old ally of her dad's, and gets some combat training. The real fun begins when [[The Starscream]], Deviot, arranges Scorpius' death (oh, a lot of backstabbing going on in ''Lost Galaxy'') and succeeds. Trakeena returns to take his place... and the new, badder Trakeena is worse than her dad ever was. She starts out as a competent and more proactive Big Bad, and gets more and more driven (and insane) until finally reaching unimaginable heights of evil. The final arc is something that wouldn't fly in a kids show (or any show short of ''[[24]]'', for that matter) this side of 9/11. |
* Trakeena of ''[[Power Rangers Lost Galaxy]]''. Becoming Not So Harmless was what her whole character is about. At first, she's Big Bad Scorpius' spoiled daughter, and spends most of the time whining or backstabbing the villains who do know what they're doing in order to rise in the ranks. Eventually, she leaves, eventually meets up with an old ally of her dad's, and gets some combat training. The real fun begins when [[The Starscream]], Deviot, arranges Scorpius' death (oh, a lot of backstabbing going on in ''Lost Galaxy'') and succeeds. Trakeena returns to take his place... and the new, badder Trakeena is worse than her dad ever was. She starts out as a competent and more proactive Big Bad, and gets more and more driven (and insane) until finally reaching unimaginable heights of evil. The final arc is something that wouldn't fly in a kids show (or any show short of ''[[24]]'', for that matter) this side of 9/11. |
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== Sports == |
== Sports == |
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* In sports, the "Wounded Tiger" and "Ewing" theories both assert that a team known for one or two star players is more likely to thrive when said star(s) are not playing. The point being that opposing teams will write them off as they would a wounded tiger, not realizing that a wounded tiger fights the hardest. So when Deron Williams is nursing an injury, either watch out for the New Jersey Nets or prepare to be baffled and ashamed in defeat; the wounded tiger is on the prowl. |
* In sports, the "Wounded Tiger" and "Ewing" theories both assert that a team known for one or two star players is more likely to thrive when said star(s) are not playing. The point being that opposing teams will write them off as they would a wounded tiger, not realizing that a wounded tiger fights the hardest. So when Deron Williams is nursing an injury, either watch out for the New Jersey Nets or prepare to be baffled and ashamed in defeat; the wounded tiger is on the prowl. |
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** For instance; after LeBron James and Shaquille O'Neal left them in the summer, the now-starless Cleveland Cavaliers opened the 2010-2011 season... by beating last season's runner-up squad, the Boston Celtics. This was both an incredible upset and a slap in the face to LeBron, whose Miami Heat had lost to the Celtics the day before, and Shaq, who now played for the Celtics. Similarly, shortly after breaking a record-setting losing streak, the "Cleveland Cadavers" showed they were still alive... by beating the previous year's ''champions'', the LA Lakers. And about a month later, ''they beat the Heat''. |
** For instance; after LeBron James and Shaquille O'Neal left them in the summer, the now-starless Cleveland Cavaliers opened the 2010-2011 season... by beating last season's runner-up squad, the Boston Celtics. This was both an incredible upset and a slap in the face to LeBron, whose Miami Heat had lost to the Celtics the day before, and Shaq, who now played for the Celtics. Similarly, shortly after breaking a record-setting losing streak, the "Cleveland Cadavers" showed they were still alive... by beating the previous year's ''champions'', the LA Lakers. And about a month later, ''they beat the Heat''. |
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** In general: Humans are slow, feeble, ignorant, nearly powerless, and only an actual danger to supernaturals in significant numbers. Until the supernaturals find themselves facing [[Hunter: The Vigil|the exceptions]], who are ''very'' capable of fighting the supernaturals on their own turf and winning, by means as diverse as Task Force: VALKYRIE's plasma cannons and bullets that phase into the spirit realm and harm incorporeal entities, to the Malleus Maleficarum's habit of calling down the literal wrath of God, to an insanely brave and fiendishly clever group of everyday men and women who have gotten fed up with the things that go bump in the night and broken out whatever weapons or tools that are handy. |
** In general: Humans are slow, feeble, ignorant, nearly powerless, and only an actual danger to supernaturals in significant numbers. Until the supernaturals find themselves facing [[Hunter: The Vigil|the exceptions]], who are ''very'' capable of fighting the supernaturals on their own turf and winning, by means as diverse as Task Force: VALKYRIE's plasma cannons and bullets that phase into the spirit realm and harm incorporeal entities, to the Malleus Maleficarum's habit of calling down the literal wrath of God, to an insanely brave and fiendishly clever group of everyday men and women who have gotten fed up with the things that go bump in the night and broken out whatever weapons or tools that are handy. |
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** ''[[Hunter: The Vigil]]'' also has an example within its own bounds. The Keepers of the Source are a group of feel-good [[New Age Retro Hippy|New Ager neo-hippie]] types based out of San Francisco. They also believe that mages and other practitioners draw upon the life energy of Gaia in order to power their magic, and really, ''really'', '''''really''''' aren't happy with this arrangement. |
** ''[[Hunter: The Vigil]]'' also has an example within its own bounds. The Keepers of the Source are a group of feel-good [[New Age Retro Hippy|New Ager neo-hippie]] types based out of San Francisco. They also believe that mages and other practitioners draw upon the life energy of Gaia in order to power their magic, and really, ''really'', '''''really''''' aren't happy with this arrangement. |
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* In [[Warhammer 40000]] the Imperial guard are generally portrayed as the Imperium's trillions strong [[Redshirt Army]]. A popular joke in the fandom goes "what do you call a lasgun (the Imperial guard's main weapon) with a laser sight? Double-barreled." Then again, it is possible to have so many in even small games - the saying goes: "One lasgun is a joke. 150 lasguns is not." |
* In [[Warhammer 40000]] the Imperial guard are generally portrayed as the Imperium's trillions strong [[Redshirt Army]]. A popular joke in the fandom goes "what do you call a lasgun (the Imperial guard's main weapon) with a laser sight? Double-barreled." Then again, it is possible to have so many in even small games - the saying goes: "One lasgun is a joke. 150 lasguns is not." |
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** The Cactuar deserves a spot on this page. The first time you ever see one, it looks and even sounds unbearably cute and harmless. It's just a little walking cactus. In nearly all of the games though, not only do they possess insane evasion and magic defense making it extremely difficult to damage them, they also possess their infamous 1000 Needles [[Fixed Damage Attack]], which ignores all defenses and can kill a character in one hit depending on HP caps. That's not even mentioning the stronger varieties that have the 10,000 needle and 100,000 needle variants. Basically, no matter how powerful your characters are, there's bound to be a cactus that can murder the hell out of them with [[One-Hit Kill|one blow]]. |
** The Cactuar deserves a spot on this page. The first time you ever see one, it looks and even sounds unbearably cute and harmless. It's just a little walking cactus. In nearly all of the games though, not only do they possess insane evasion and magic defense making it extremely difficult to damage them, they also possess their infamous 1000 Needles [[Fixed Damage Attack]], which ignores all defenses and can kill a character in one hit depending on HP caps. That's not even mentioning the stronger varieties that have the 10,000 needle and 100,000 needle variants. Basically, no matter how powerful your characters are, there's bound to be a cactus that can murder the hell out of them with [[One-Hit Kill|one blow]]. |
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** And then we have to go full circle and bring up Kefka again. More specifically, his [[Dissidia Final Fantasy]] incarnation. Due to the way that universe is built up, when a character dies, s/he will simply be resurrected again, though of at expense of the memories of his/her previous life. All through the 13th resurrection circle, Kefka is trying, with the help of [[Final Fantasy III|the Cloud of Darkness]], to get Terra Branford to join their side. Again. See, she actually WAS on their side in the 12th circle, but due to Kefka being neglectful she pulled a [[High Heel Face Turn]]... So, why does the Cloud of Darkness not call Kefka out on it being his fault? And why does she act like she had never seen Terra before? Well, because she tipped the heroes off on how to stop the invasion of [[Mook|Manikins]], beings that can nullify the resurrection process, and Kefka did not like that... So he killed her... Let me repeat that, and then you can sit there and let it sink in: The gibbering [[Psychopathic Manchild]], Kefka, pulled a [[You Have Failed Me]] on the [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] [[Humanoid Abomination|of the realm of nothingness]]. <ref> To put that into further perspective; not even the Onion Knight, the Cloud of Darkness' fated nemesis, could kill her in his main storyline.</ref> |
** And then we have to go full circle and bring up Kefka again. More specifically, his [[Dissidia Final Fantasy]] incarnation. Due to the way that universe is built up, when a character dies, s/he will simply be resurrected again, though of at expense of the memories of his/her previous life. All through the 13th resurrection circle, Kefka is trying, with the help of [[Final Fantasy III|the Cloud of Darkness]], to get Terra Branford to join their side. Again. See, she actually WAS on their side in the 12th circle, but due to Kefka being neglectful she pulled a [[High Heel Face Turn]]... So, why does the Cloud of Darkness not call Kefka out on it being his fault? And why does she act like she had never seen Terra before? Well, because she tipped the heroes off on how to stop the invasion of [[Mook|Manikins]], beings that can nullify the resurrection process, and Kefka did not like that... So he killed her... Let me repeat that, and then you can sit there and let it sink in: The gibbering [[Psychopathic Manchild]], Kefka, pulled a [[You Have Failed Me]] on the [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] [[Humanoid Abomination|of the realm of nothingness]]. <ref> To put that into further perspective; not even the Onion Knight, the Cloud of Darkness' fated nemesis, could kill her in his main storyline.</ref> |
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* ''[[Devil May Cry]] 3'' gives us Jester, goofy [[Monster Clown|clown demon]] who shows up randomly to annoy Dante and give him advice on how to proceed. Then you have to fight him as a boss and even that ends up being funny due to Jester's [[Affably Evil|personality]], but during [[The Reveal]] {{spoiler|you find out he's Arkham's Devil Trigger and has been manipulating Dante, Vergil, and Lady in a [[Evil Plan]] to open the portal to the demon world, give him the sealed power of Sparda, and generally bring [[Hell on Earth]]}}. |
* ''[[Devil May Cry]] 3'' gives us Jester, goofy [[Monster Clown|clown demon]] who shows up randomly to annoy Dante and give him advice on how to proceed. Then you have to fight him as a boss and even that ends up being funny due to Jester's [[Affably Evil|personality]], but during [[The Reveal]] {{spoiler|you find out he's Arkham's Devil Trigger and has been manipulating Dante, Vergil, and Lady in a [[Evil Plan]] to open the portal to the demon world, give him the sealed power of Sparda, and generally bring [[Hell on Earth]]}}. |
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* [[Making a Splash|Alex]] of ''[[Golden Sun]]'' fame is little more of a [[Smug Snake]] in the first game, whereas his companions always throw themselves into the thick of combat and are more than willing to risk their lives to achieve their dream of restoring Alchemy to the world. Then the sequel rolls around and in the first five minutes he ''[[Curb Stomp Battle|curb stomps]]'' the same elite soldiers that Saturos and Menardi did a game ago before nonchalantly responding to their threat of backup by asking if they thought even ''a hundred'' of their soldiers would be enough to stop him. He then reveals true colours as a [[Magnificent Bastard]], employing tactics such as hiring {{spoiler|replacements for his old companions}} in order to intimidate [[Anti-Hero|Felix]] into lighting the remaining beacons. He then ([[Epileptic Trees|presumably]]) steals [[The Hero|Isaac]]'s ship so he can {{spoiler|be there when the Golden Sun forms over Mt. Aleph after all four Elemental Lighthouse beacons are lit so that [[A God Am I|he can obtain absolute power and]] [[Immortality]].}} |
* [[Making a Splash|Alex]] of ''[[Golden Sun]]'' fame is little more of a [[Smug Snake]] in the first game, whereas his companions always throw themselves into the thick of combat and are more than willing to risk their lives to achieve their dream of restoring Alchemy to the world. Then the sequel rolls around and in the first five minutes he ''[[Curb Stomp Battle|curb stomps]]'' the same elite soldiers that Saturos and Menardi did a game ago before nonchalantly responding to their threat of backup by asking if they thought even ''a hundred'' of their soldiers would be enough to stop him. He then reveals true colours as a [[Magnificent Bastard]], employing tactics such as hiring {{spoiler|replacements for his old companions}} in order to intimidate [[Anti-Hero|Felix]] into lighting the remaining beacons. He then ([[Epileptic Trees|presumably]]) steals [[The Hero|Isaac]]'s ship so he can {{spoiler|be there when the Golden Sun forms over Mt. Aleph after all four Elemental Lighthouse beacons are lit so that [[A God Am I|he can obtain absolute power and]] [[Immortality]].}} |
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* ''[[The King of Fighters]] '97'' has the New Faces Team. At first they appear to be just some punk kids (or whatever kind of band they had) with upbeat attitudes and realistic fighting styles. Supplemental materials suggest that they hate Iori and may have punked the '94 Sports Team, but otherwise they're pretty normal. Then it is revealed that all three of them are villains from the Orochi bloodline, and they display highly powerful elemental abilities in their new forms. And then one of them becomes Orochi himself, and you're suddenly fighting a world-destroying god. A world destroying god who was originally ''Chris'', the Team's [[Cute Shotaro Boy]] and [[Fragile Speedster]]. |
* ''[[The King of Fighters]] '97'' has the New Faces Team. At first they appear to be just some punk kids (or whatever kind of band they had) with upbeat attitudes and realistic fighting styles. Supplemental materials suggest that they hate Iori and may have punked the '94 Sports Team, but otherwise they're pretty normal. Then it is revealed that all three of them are villains from the Orochi bloodline, and they display highly powerful elemental abilities in their new forms. And then one of them becomes Orochi himself, and you're suddenly fighting a world-destroying god. A world destroying god who was originally ''Chris'', the Team's [[Cute Shotaro Boy]] and [[Fragile Speedster]]. |
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* Garland, of the original ''[[Final Fantasy I]]''. Wussy first boss of a knight that you'd probably forget about once you reach the final dungeon, where he turns out to be the [[Big Bad]]. |
* Garland, of the original ''[[Final Fantasy I]]''. Wussy first boss of a knight that you'd probably forget about once you reach the final dungeon, where he turns out to be the [[Big Bad]]. |
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** Okay, pretty much nobody considered [[Knife Nut]] [[Evil Chancellor|Archagent]] Jack Noir to be ''harmless'', but then he {{spoiler|ascended to [[Big Bad]] status, killed off the previous Big Bads, massacred a huge army from both Kingdoms and wrecked two planets}}. |
** Okay, pretty much nobody considered [[Knife Nut]] [[Evil Chancellor|Archagent]] Jack Noir to be ''harmless'', but then he {{spoiler|ascended to [[Big Bad]] status, killed off the previous Big Bads, massacred a huge army from both Kingdoms and wrecked two planets}}. |
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** The better Homestuck example is [[Fantastic Racism|Troll Racist]] Eridan Ampora. After spending most of Act Five failing at genocide and wallowing in [[Running Gag|exaggerated emotional theatrics]], {{spoiler|he decides that his best chance of survival after everything goes to hell is to [[Face Heel Turn|side with]] [[Big Bad|Jack]]. When Sollux and Feferi try to stop him, he knocks the first one out and ''[[Moral Event Horizon|kills]]'' [[Kill the Cutie|the latter]].}} Then, when {{spoiler|Kanaya, who he had previously shown to be the landdweller who he cares about the most (in that he would [[You Will Be Spared|spare her when he commits genocide]])}} tries to stop him, he {{spoiler|destroys the Matriorb, thereby destroying the last hope the trolls as a race had of surviving, then ''blasts a hole through her stomach''.}} |
** The better Homestuck example is [[Fantastic Racism|Troll Racist]] Eridan Ampora. After spending most of Act Five failing at genocide and wallowing in [[Running Gag|exaggerated emotional theatrics]], {{spoiler|he decides that his best chance of survival after everything goes to hell is to [[Face Heel Turn|side with]] [[Big Bad|Jack]]. When Sollux and Feferi try to stop him, he knocks the first one out and ''[[Moral Event Horizon|kills]]'' [[Kill the Cutie|the latter]].}} Then, when {{spoiler|Kanaya, who he had previously shown to be the landdweller who he cares about the most (in that he would [[You Will Be Spared|spare her when he commits genocide]])}} tries to stop him, he {{spoiler|destroys the Matriorb, thereby destroying the last hope the trolls as a race had of surviving, then ''blasts a hole through her stomach''.}} |
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** Oh, it gets better. While Eridan had his issues, no one ever suspected that {{spoiler|Gamzee, upon becoming sober from his sopor slime, would attempt to kill everyone on the station as a show of his inherent superiority.}} Boy were we wrong. |
** Oh, it gets better. While Eridan had his issues, no one ever suspected that {{spoiler|Gamzee, upon becoming sober from his sopor slime, would attempt to kill everyone on the station as a show of his inherent superiority.}} Boy were we wrong. |
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** Courtyard Droll would like to remind you that he's Clubs Deuce's alternate by {{spoiler|blowing up Jade to death}}. His post-scratch self does the same by {{spoiler|murdering Jake's dreamself in his sleep}}, although he does feel a little bad about it. |
** Courtyard Droll would like to remind you that he's Clubs Deuce's alternate by {{spoiler|blowing up Jade to death}}. His post-scratch self does the same by {{spoiler|murdering Jake's dreamself in his sleep}}, although he does feel a little bad about it. |
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*** And there was his "[http://www.adultswim.com/video/?episodeID=a0d1ed018e2470b11d4c073403b10822 minty fresh entrance]". |
*** And there was his "[http://www.adultswim.com/video/?episodeID=a0d1ed018e2470b11d4c073403b10822 minty fresh entrance]". |
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*** The effect of this trope is enhanced due to the fact that the series does a good job making you forget that he's disturbingly competent despite being played for laughs. |
*** The effect of this trope is enhanced due to the fact that the series does a good job making you forget that he's disturbingly competent despite being played for laughs. |
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*** This also applies to The Monarch's henchmen. This was the only time that they were depicted as a competent fighting force. |
*** This also applies to The Monarch's henchmen. This was the only time that they were depicted as a competent fighting force. |
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*** During his forced hiatus of arching Doctor Venture, apparently even thinking about Doctor Venture was his [[Berserk Button]]. During one instance where he failed to muster the hatred to combat his new "weenis" of a protagonist, his wife suggested he pretend that he was Doctor Venture instead. The Monarch then immediately executed the poor walrus-man with a laser cannon. |
*** During his forced hiatus of arching Doctor Venture, apparently even thinking about Doctor Venture was his [[Berserk Button]]. During one instance where he failed to muster the hatred to combat his new "weenis" of a protagonist, his wife suggested he pretend that he was Doctor Venture instead. The Monarch then immediately executed the poor walrus-man with a laser cannon. |
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** Ted, leader of a group of parodies of ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' characters, seems like, well, Fred from ''Scooby-Doo'', plus 30 years. Until it comes to light that he's a sadistic kidnapping control freak who has a gun and isn't afraid to use it. Also, you better find some clues in that "haunted house", or he'll "chain you to the back of my van and road haul you 'til you're nothing but a pelvis wearing a belt." It doesn't help that he's also a parody of [[Serial Killer|Ted Bundy]]. |
** Ted, leader of a group of parodies of ''[[Scooby Doo]]'' characters, seems like, well, Fred from ''Scooby-Doo'', plus 30 years. Until it comes to light that he's a sadistic kidnapping control freak who has a gun and isn't afraid to use it. Also, you better find some clues in that "haunted house", or he'll "chain you to the back of my van and road haul you 'til you're nothing but a pelvis wearing a belt." It doesn't help that he's also a parody of [[Serial Killer|Ted Bundy]]. |
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** Teenage wanna-be villain Jack Spicer, who underwent [[Villain Decay]] almost the moment he was introduced in the pilot, and quickly became a one-man [[Goldfish Poop Gang]]. At least, until the penultimate episode, when a [[Bad Future]] shows that, in a timeline where the heroes weren't around to constantly thwart him, he'd actually defeated all the major villains who were taken more seriously than him, conquered the world, and rechristened himself the Emperor of Darkness. |
** Teenage wanna-be villain Jack Spicer, who underwent [[Villain Decay]] almost the moment he was introduced in the pilot, and quickly became a one-man [[Goldfish Poop Gang]]. At least, until the penultimate episode, when a [[Bad Future]] shows that, in a timeline where the heroes weren't around to constantly thwart him, he'd actually defeated all the major villains who were taken more seriously than him, conquered the world, and rechristened himself the Emperor of Darkness. |
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** [[Big Bad|Hannibal Roy Bean]] even lampshades it in his first appearance by telling Jack that he would have no problems becoming the worst villain ever, if he ever learned to conquer his fears. |
** [[Big Bad|Hannibal Roy Bean]] even lampshades it in his first appearance by telling Jack that he would have no problems becoming the worst villain ever, if he ever learned to conquer his fears. |
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* ''[[Gargoyles]]''' Owen Burnett at first merely seems like an uptight man Friday for David Xanatos-- but not only does he quickly prove to be an extremely competent badass in his own right, he is in fact {{spoiler|Puck, an immortal [[Trickster]] with vast magical powers}}. |
* ''[[Gargoyles]]''' Owen Burnett at first merely seems like an uptight man Friday for David Xanatos-- but not only does he quickly prove to be an extremely competent badass in his own right, he is in fact {{spoiler|Puck, an immortal [[Trickster]] with vast magical powers}}. |
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** In the second finale, he underwent a plant mutation that at first made it look like he was [[One-Winged Angel|turning into a monster]], but then it appeared to make him look even more ridiculous. Turns out though, this mutation gave him powerful, destructive vines that he used to crush the [[Tripod Terror|alien walkers]], earning him his very first victory. If the writers had decided to continue the series, he really would be a force to be reckoned with. |
** In the second finale, he underwent a plant mutation that at first made it look like he was [[One-Winged Angel|turning into a monster]], but then it appeared to make him look even more ridiculous. Turns out though, this mutation gave him powerful, destructive vines that he used to crush the [[Tripod Terror|alien walkers]], earning him his very first victory. If the writers had decided to continue the series, he really would be a force to be reckoned with. |
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** Subverted with [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|the Amoeba Boys]]. One episode has them unleash a potentially life-threatening virus that quickly spreads throughout the whole city. This would normally make them qualify, except for the facts that A. it was a complete accident on their part, B. they literally had no idea that they were the ones responsible for the outbreak until the Girls convinced them to hope create a vaccine, and C. ''They themselves were infected by the virus''. |
** Subverted with [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|the Amoeba Boys]]. One episode has them unleash a potentially life-threatening virus that quickly spreads throughout the whole city. This would normally make them qualify, except for the facts that A. it was a complete accident on their part, B. they literally had no idea that they were the ones responsible for the outbreak until the Girls convinced them to hope create a vaccine, and C. ''They themselves were infected by the virus''. |
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** In another episode, the girls believe they were [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] after being caught in a trap. Of course the trap was really the plan of Mojo Jojo and the girls were the ones who set it up. |
** In another episode, the girls believe they were [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] after being caught in a trap. Of course the trap was really the plan of Mojo Jojo and the girls were the ones who set it up. |
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* Inverted with Valmont from ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]]''. Involves a [[Timey-Wimey Ball]] and complications. |
* Inverted with Valmont from ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]]''. Involves a [[Timey-Wimey Ball]] and complications. |
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* Lucius on ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' is usually the posterboy for [[The Devil Is a Loser]]. However, according to [[Word of God]], he has powers that can allow him to ''remake the planet to his will!'' The sole reason he doesn't is because he wants to prove to everyone he doesn't need to. |
* Lucius on ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'' is usually the posterboy for [[The Devil Is a Loser]]. However, according to [[Word of God]], he has powers that can allow him to ''remake the planet to his will!'' The sole reason he doesn't is because he wants to prove to everyone he doesn't need to. |
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