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Villains are bad, right? They have [[Evil Plan|evil plans]] that involve [[Take Over the World|world domination]], [[The End of the World as We Know It|planet destruction]], and [[Murder Arson and Jaywalking|kicked]] [[Kick the Dog|puppies]].
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== Comic Books ==
* Lex Luthor, [[Depending on the Writer]], believes what he is doing is right and honorable. From his perspective,<ref>
* {{spoiler|Ozymandias}} from ''[[Watchmen]]''. Now ''there's'' a misunderstood villain. He single-handedly kills off half of New York City in order to avert a nuclear war between the US and the Soviet Union that would destroy the world. I'm still not sure whether Alan Moore was trying to portray him as the villain or the tragic hero of the story. If he's the hero, then that'd make Rorschach the villain, and he's definitely misunderstood as well.
** Wait...Was {{spoiler|Ozymandias}} the hero and Rorschach the villain, or Rorschach the hero and {{spoiler|Ozy}} the villain? [[Mathematician's Answer|Yes.]] [[Black and Gray Morality]] doesn't even ''begin'' to define Watchmen.
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== Video Games ==
* The Charr of ''[[Guild Wars]]'' have been revealed to be this in ''[[Guild Wars 2]]'', now that their side of the story has been presented. Yes, they are ruthless and militaristic, but their war against humans in the first game was a struggle to reclaim their occupied homeland, and the human propaganda painting them as [[Complete Monster
* [[Star Fox Adventures]] has General Scales, when meeting Krystal, claiming that he's not evil.
* The {{spoiler|geth}} of ''[[Mass Effect]]''. Most [[Heroic Neutral|just want to be left alone]], and the ones you fight in ''[[Mass Effect 1]]'' are actually [[Vocal Minority|a splinter group]] that worship the [[Omnicidal Maniac|rea]][[Eldritch Abomination|pers]]. This is especially true in ''[[Mass Effect 3]]'', when {{spoiler|geth memories of the Morning War depict them in an extremely sympathetic light, depicting the quarians as [[Neglectful Precursors]] or even [[Abusive Precursors]]. They spared the fleeing quarian survivors and even ''want peace'' with them}}. Unfortunately, the splinter group running around wreaking havoc, and their [[Blue and Orange Morality]], mean they are all painted as [[Complete Monster
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* [[Your Terrorists Are Our Freedom Fighters]]
* Animals recognized for a pattern of savage attacks on humans will always have some people come to their defense claiming this. [[Grizzly Man|Timothy Treadwell]] was one of the most famous - and according to Grizzly Bears, ''[[Irony|delicious]]'' - champions of this argument. Of course, such people are half-right; it stands repeating that such animals don't intend malice when they attack people, [[Don't Try This At Home|but they are still highly dangerous creatures and should ''never'' be trifled with]].
* Related: Pit bulls. They were bred for dogfighting, so they attack other dogs a ''lot''; however, for the exact same reason, they've also been bred to get along well with humans.<ref>You don't want a dog that strong trying to bite your fingers off, after all</ref>
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