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{{quote|''"My aura has never been pinker!"''|'''Ty Lee''' letting her [[Ax Crazy]] boss know how she's doing, ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]''}}
A good way of applying the humor of [[The Comically Serious]] to villains is by pairing them with the [[Perky Female Minion]]. This character is something like the [[Distaff Counterpart]]/[[Foil]] to the [[Enigmatic Minion]]; they can range in psyche from [[Punch Clock Villain]] to [[Cute and Psycho|fairly psychotic]], but have an upbeat, [[Genki Girl]] personality in sharp contrast to the villain they serve who will be gloomy, [[Ax Crazy]], etc. If the female minion has a crush on the other villain, it will generally be of the [[Mad Love]] variety, although this affection isn't a requirement.
However, despite her cheerfulness and energy, she is usually still good at what she does. When this is the case, her employer usually views her as a [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]].
...and no. Not (necessarily) perky in ''[[Keep Abreast of This Index|that]]'' way. [[You Bastard|Get your heads out of the gutter.]]
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== [[Comics]] ==
* Harley Quinn was originally a psychiatrist to [[The Joker]], but wound up [[Mad Love|falling in love with him]] and helping him in his crimes. She's an unrepentant murderer, but so cheerful and so absolutely devoted to "Mistah J" that one can't help but pity her when he slaps her around and/or threatens to kill her.
* Minordomo, assistant to Majordomo (who is Mojo's assistant himself) in [[X-Men]]. She's so genki she suffers repeated ''heart attacks'' getting worked up over imagined disasters. Since she is also a robot, this typically just requires someone to hit her reset button, rather than having any lasting effect.
* Mariah is the Colonel's perky assassin in ''[[Sin City]]'' that is both fashionable and a [[Deadpan Snarker]].
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== Video Games ==
* Uzuki from ''[[The World Ends With You]]'' is a good example when paired with the composer, especially when she giggles.
* Lash in ''[[Advance Wars]]''. She plays it to the hilt when paired with [[The Stoic]] [[Enigmatic Minion]] Hawke in ''Dual Strike''.
* ''[[Grandia (video game)|Grandia]]'' (1) has ''[[Quirky Miniboss Squad|three]]'' of these; Nana, Saki, and Mio are ALL in love with the Colonel, and only fight with any effectiveness as a team. They are comically annoying even to their own side, but ultimately seem to be well-intentioned... Or at least intentioned alongside their boss. Who doesn't especially care for them, of course.
* ''[[Rival Schools|Project Justice]]'' has this in [[Deliberately Cute Child|Momo]], who serves [[Big Bad]] Kurow {{spoiler|until he betrays her because of his failures}}. She's not all fun and rainbows, though, as she does show quite an evil streak.
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* Snarky, rude supervillainess Vamp, to her boss The Necromancer in the [[Whateley Universe]]. You ''know'' no one named The Necromancer is going to be a comedian.
* As an inversion, Beth Vandelinder of ''[[Survival of the Fittest]]'' was rather perky and upbeat...until ''[[Rape as Drama|She]] [http://s10.zetaboards.com/SOTF_V2/topic/602526/1/ Bop]'' ([[NSFW]]), where she became [[Villain Sue|Melina Frost's]] minion.
** A more played straight example would be Lizzie Nolan of the Mini site spinoff ''Evolution'', who does the announcements detailing the subjects' horrible deaths in a rather... [[Genki Girl|energetic fashion]].
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