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* Styx Hades in ''[[Thursday Next]]: The Eyre Affair'' is a parody of this type of character. Though both he and his brother Acheron have [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]], Acheron is a self-confessed [[Complete Monster]] and Styx spends his time doing things like calling people to look at the used car they're selling and never showing up, stealing ballpoints, and scratching LPs in record stores. Thursday and her colleagues are not impressed.

* Prince Rupert in ''[[Enchanted Forest Chronicles|Searching for Dragons]]'' had to do an evil act or get thrown out of the Men's Auxiliary to the Right Honorable [[Wicked Stepmother]]s' Travelling, Drinking, and Debating Society. So he decided, while regent, [[Evil Uncle|to abandon his nephew the crown prince]] in the Enchanted Forest (it was actually the nephew's idea; he was hoping to have an adventure). But Rupert couldn't find anywhere that he felt sure the boy wouldn't ''really'' come to any harm.

* In ''[[Animorphs]]'', resident alien Ax thinks that juvenile delinquents pull harmless pranks, such as rearranging the shelf stock. Needless to say, [[Most Definitely Not a Villain|when he poses as one]], [[Hilarity Ensues]].

{{quote|'''Ax:''' There. I have now shamelessly destroyed the symmetry of this shelf, undoing hours of labor by underpaid store employees. If you could see me, you would be frightened.}}

{{quote|With his passionate desire to distinguish himself, he was sometimes ready for a most reckless leap; but when it came to the point of making the reckless leap, our hero always proved too clever to venture upon it. This was killing him. He might even have ventured, on occasion, upon an extremely base deed, so long as he achieved at least something of what he dreamed; but, as if on purpose, when it reached the limit, he always proved too honest for an extremely base deed. (On a small base deed, however, he was always ready to agree.) [...] Upon entering Epanchin's service, he immediately said to himself: "If I am to be mean, then I shall be mean to the end, so long as I win out"--and--he was almost never mean to the end.}}

 

* In [[The Suite Life of Zack and Cody]] episode Lip Synchin' in the Rain, Maddie gets turned down for the role of Sharpay because she's "too nice"; she tries to defend her ability to be mean with, "Sometimes, when I give sandwiches to the poor, I don't cut off the crusts!"

* When Anya in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' gets her Vengeance Demon powers back, she isn't very good at the whole vengeance thing at first. (Turning someone French instead of into a literal frog, for example.) {{spoiler|Then she starts turning people into demon worms and tears out people's hearts. [[Must Make Amends|She does try to fix it though...]] }}

 

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