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** [[Terrible Trio|Team Rocket]] also fall into this sometimes, mostly in the movies where they sometimes only show up to keep up appearances.

* In the first season of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's]]'', there was Devack, one of the Dark Signers; while most members of this group had extensive backgrounds, motivations, and some sort of connection to the heroes, Devack had none whatsoever in all three areas. He was a [[Card-Carrying Villain]] who seemed to despise the Signers for no known reason. (The ''Yu-Gi-Oh! 10th Anniversary Animation Book'' explains that Devack was originally intended to be from [[Religion of Evil| a demon worshipping cult]] and was [[Human Sacrifice| sacrificed to the Earthbound Gods]], but then reborn as a Dark Signer.)

* ''[[One ~~piece~~]]'' ~~has~~ Wapol, the closest thing to a [[Big Bad]] in the Drum Island Arc. While this guy had a cool Devil Fruit power with the potential to make him a threat, he was never even a ''small'' threat to the heroes, he was just... ''there'', and the arc would have gone smoother had he ''not'' been there. Ironically, he became a rather complex and interesting character after he quit being a villain and went into toymaking.

* ''[[One Piece]]'' had Wapol, the closest thing to a [[Big Bad]] in the Drum Island Arc. While this guy had a cool Devil Fruit power with the potential to make him a threat, he was never even a ''small'' threat to the heroes, he was just... ''there'', and the arc would have gone smoother had he ''not'' been there. Ironically, he became a rather complex and interesting character after he quit being a villain and went into toymaking.

* In ''[[Wizard's Soul - Koi no Seisen]]'', the [[Alpha Bitch]] and her two lackies try to sabatoge Monika's chance at victory in the TCG tournament by doing things like file Monika's card sleeves so it looks like Monika's a cheater.

* ''[[Sword Art Online]]'' has an odd in-universe example: the [[Big Bad]] and [[Final Boss]] of the [[Fictional Video Game]] was originally a demon (for lack of a better term) called An Incarnation of the Radius, which was to be fought at the summit of the giant tower of Aincrad - the tower's full name is "Aincrad, an Incarnating Radius", making this Boss a personification of the tower itself. However, when Kayaba Akihiko (the [[Big Bad]] of the original series and the game's in-universe designer) turned SAO into a [[Deadly Game]], he replaced the Final Boss with an avatar of himself as the Final Boss. ([[Word of God]] states that Kayaba believed he had made the monster too strong and that no players would ''ever'' defeat it; while he had no concern for their lives, his ultimate goal required someone to eventually defeat the final boss.