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* Demidevimon from ''[[Digimon]]''. He also proves to be quite the [[Manipulative Bastard]].

* Impmon from the sequel, ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'', started this way, but like many tropes in that series, became [[Evolutionary Levels|something]] [[From Nobody to Nightmare|else]].

* ''[[Gankutsuou]]'' has [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|Peppo]] as an Imp to Albert, although he's not really malicious {{spoiler|[[Love Redeems|in part because he's in love with him]]}}, but just loves to screw wit Albert's naiveté.

 

* Mr. Mxyzpltk from ''[[Superman]]'' comic books—especially the late 1950s though the 1960s.

** And of course [[Batman]]'s imp Bat-Mite.

* Varkias from ''[[Thieves and Kings]]''.

 

* Salacious Crumb, the cackling monkey-lizard perched on Jabba the Hutt's tail, in ''[[Star Wars]]: Return of the Jedi''.

 

* Tyrion from [[Game of Thrones]] is even nicknamed "the Imp," and fits this trope to a tee.

 

* Midna from ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]: Twilight Princess''. With a half-twist. And lots of [[Not So Harmless]].

* Pete, from ''[[Kingdom Hearts]] 2''. The contrast between him and Maleficent is as sharp as an edge between chessboard squares.

* Overlord Zetta, the most powerful badass in the cosmos, from ''[[Makai Kingdom]]''. All that power and cunning means little when he's a book who can't even defend himself.

 

* Fuzzy from ''[[Sam and Fuzzy]]''.

* [[Sdrawkcab Name|Elttil Hctib]] from ''[[Looking for Group]]''. He is quite literally an imp.

* In [https://web.archive.org/web/20101213220440/http://bukucomics.com/loserz/go/339 this strip] of ''[[Loserz]]'' (in-story, in ''[[World of Warcraft]]'')

 

* Experiment 625 (aka "Reuben") from ''[[Lilo & Stitch: The Series]]'', who was supposedly as powerful as Stitch, but was so lazy he instead spent all of his time as sidekick to one of the villains, doing little more than making wisecracks (and sandwiches) and eating.

* Any WWII era-cartoon will likely play an Italian as this against a more serious and intimidating German [[Foil]].

* Imp from the animated series ''[[Imp]]''. His "accomplishments" include coming up with the world's most evil ringtone.

* From ''[[Wakfu]]'', Grufon the minor Shushu qualifies as the harmless kind as long as he's sealed in a map... {{spoiler|and the [[Not So Harmless]] kind when he gets free and possesses an arachne in episode 13.}}

* Wuya from ''[[Xiaolin Showdown]]''. She's easily one of the most powerful ([[Card-Carrying Villain|and evil]]) villains on the show, but since she's an intangible ghost for most of the first season and much of the second, she can't affect the physical world, rendering her completely harmless and dependent on her human partners until she is restored to a mortal form.

 

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