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*** [[Goldfish Poop Gang]]
** [[Worthy Opponent]]
** The [[Hero Withwith an F In Good]] needs to stay around here or above to remain plausible as a good guy.
** The [[Minion Withwith an F In Evil]] usually goes here.
** [[Noble Demon]]
** If you're going to [[Bait the Dog]], the reveal of the villain's actual alignment needs to be at this level or below to get the proper 'punch'.
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** [[Nietzsche Wannabe]] (the villainous variety)
** [[Obviously Evil]]
** [[Bigger Bad]] (such as [[God of Evil]]) needs to be at or below this point to be taken credibly as a source of all evil (unless they're on a [[Sugar Bowl]] or such where 'all evil' means that they want [[Poke the Poodle|to cancel Christmas]]), though because of their tendency of being an [[Orcus Onon His Throne]] even the reality-destroying Eldritch Abomination might come across ''less'' vile than the ordinary [[Big Bad]].
* Characters likely to cross the [[Moral Event Horizon]]
** [[Faux Affably Evil]]
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* A good [[Freudian Excuse]] may pull a villain upward on the scale, but [[Complete Monster|Complete Monsterdom]], by definition, means that no [[Freudian Excuse]] can absolve them; sometimes the villain is savvy enough to have an excuse and not care about it as well.
* A [[Visionary Villain]] can be of any degree of vileness, but always has a provocative goal and plans to achieve them.
* [[Affably Evil]] characters average out near the bottom of [[Anti-Villain]] territory, but can be anything from a [[Hero Withwith an F In Good]] to a [[Complete Monster]] [[Villain Withwith Good Publicity|with gentlemanly manners]].
* A [[Villain Withwith Good Publicity]] will tend to be lower than they normally would be because of their tendency to [[Karma Houdini|get away with their crimes]].
* If [[Betty and Veronica|Betty or Veronica]] is the protagonist, the other will often be the antagonist. Can go anywhere from [[The Rival]] to [[Complete Monster]], depending on how driven she is.
* Any antagonist with [[Arson, Murder, and Admiration]] in his resume is probably on the Sillier side of the [[Sliding Scale of Silliness Versus Seriousness]], and thus probably pulled upward on the scale. Of course, [[Beware the Silly Ones]] can apply in this case.
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