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* ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'''s [[Terrible Trio|Team Rocket trio]] is one of the [[Goldfish Poop Gang|quintessential inept villain teams]], but they've often tried to help out the hero on occasions, in which case their skills go way up. This often showcases that being on the side of good is probably the best thing for them, but for some reason they [[Card-Carrying Villain|insist on causing trouble anyway]].

** If you look at their pre-anime timeline flashback episodes, Jessie and James are pretty serious. Even when they became goofier/more open toward each other and friendlier toward each other, they were good criminals. Though, soon after they met Ash...they became the "lovable losers" that they are today.

* Grandis, Hanson, and Sanson from the ''[[Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water]]'' started out as a [[Goldfish Poop Gang|highly]] [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|inept]] [[Terrible Trio]] who always lost to Nadia. Yet after making a permanent [[Heel Face Turn]], they're powers and skills proved to be extremely essential. Hanson was able to shine as a [[Gadgeteer Genius]], even smarter then the [[Kid Hero]] protagonist in that area, Sanson's [[Charles Atlas Superpower|super strength]] saved the gang dozens of times, and Grandis showed herself as a capable leader

* Viral in ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' is a quintessential example. Prior to his [[Heel Face Turn]] he was a permanent victim of [[Villain Decay]], each vow of new determination to avenge his slain allies or regain his honor only making the next beatdown even more painfully abrupt. But once he {{spoiler|joins Simon to save the Earth}} he demonstrates his masterful skill as a brilliant copilot whose sole handicap is his relative lack of Spiral energy. (And even that may be [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann/WMG|debatable]].)

* Yusuke comments on this fact in ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'', talking about how Hiei is doing a lot better fighting for him than when he used to fight against him.

** The key difference is that the victory-or-death scenarios he faces with Yusuke force him to do desperate things to reinvent himself. He gains massive power by mastering the Dragon of the Darkness Flame, which most demons would never even attempt, because it's just as likely to kill them as their opponents.

* Beelzebumon from ''[[Digimon Tamers]]''. A pseudo-[[Deal with the Devil]] let him go from a non-threat to a [[Knight of Cerebus]] in a single jump, only to be [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|taken down hard]] once he crossed the line by {{spoiler|[[Sacrificial Lion|killing Leomon]]}}. Making amends with the human partners he ran away from boosted him back up to Mega-level, with a [[Hand Cannon]] and a spiffy set of wings to boot.

*** [[Power of Love|"I've never felt this kind of power before...!"]]

*** [[Justified Trope|By way of explanation]], the Vorts' more godlike powers are fueled by an extract which they procure from antlions. Presumably, their former masters took no interest in their animal husbandry.

* Not exactly "evil" so much as doing his job, in ''[[Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney]]: Justice For All'' when Detective Gumshoe {{spoiler|is fired}} and helps Phoenix briefly, he shows shades of significant competence.

* Subverted in ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]] 7''. Bass was one of Mega Man's most intimidating foes in the first game he appeared in and had two [[Best Boss Ever]] fights. He also matches Mega Man's strength in the [[Classic Cheat Code|secret two-player mode]]. However, it's played completely straight in all later games when he became a [[Suicidal Overconfidence|a weak robot who just had to battle Mega Man despite him having zero chances of defeating him]] in Mega Man 8 as opposed to being a very impressive and powerful robot who is successful at what he does in the games where he is fighting against evil rather than Mega Man. In Mega Man and Bass, Bass underwent his heaviest [[Divergent Character Evolution]] and arguably became a [[Game Breaker]].

* In ''[[Star Wars Battlefront]]'', whatever faction you are using, the player is a ''lot'' smarter than the AI. So you could be fighting against utterly ineffective clone troopers one battle, then the next be using a hyper-competent one.

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