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* Waterbending in ''[[
** In [[Sequel Series]] ''[[
*** Asami Sato from the same series wears [[Red and Black
** Firebending too. Fire benders wear red and black and many of them are powered by the anger inside them, and it originated from dragons, but they are normal people too, outside of the Fire Nation royal family (excluding Iroh) and in fact the avatar before Aang was a Firebender.
* Raven of ''[[Teen Titans (
** Though in an instance of [[Beauty Equals Goodness]], Raven is [[Most Common Superpower|gorgeous]] and [[The Woobie|tender-hearted]], despite her (largely unconvincing) attempts to look and sound like a [[Dark Magical Girl]] version of Daria.
** Also {{spoiler|Jinx, [[Heel Face Turn|eventually]]. In "Lightspeed" it's implied she became a villain because [[Deconstructed Trope|she assumed having]] [[Bad Powers, Bad People|bad-luck powers gave her no other choice]], but in the final battle (and ''[[Teen Titans Go
* The title characters of ''[[
** This trope may only apply to the main characters, who were Scottish gargoyles. Gargoyles from other countries can have different appearances; the English ones resemble mythological beings like griffons.
* Dib from ''[[Invader Zim]]'' raised network concerns because he looked like the kind of kid who would pull off a school shooting. He's the only person trying to save the Earth from an insane alien. (Although admittedly, he's [[Good Is Not Nice|not always nice]] about it, either.)
* The Gaoul from ''[[Titan
* The ''[[Ruby Gloom]]'' cartoon intentionally exemplifies this trope. [[Perky Goth]] Ruby Gloom's friends include a two-headed [[Frankenstein's Monster]], an animate skeleton, a banshee, a cyclops, a black cat, a bat, and three ravens. Despite being traditionally being monstrous or "dark", all are decidedly not evil, and very friendly, if a bit eccentric.
** Other characters introduced along the way (including, among other things, a ghost, a mad scientist ''with the brains exposed'' and a carnivorous plant) are always examples of this trope if they are friendly. And there's an episode where the dark clouds covering the sky of their home place disappear; [[Light Is Not Good|cue the oppressive hot sun]].
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* In the [[Grand Finale]] of ''[[Fairly Oddparents]]'' {{spoiler|the cosmic entity know as "the Darkness" turns out to have never been seeking trouble; everyone that saw it simply got scared and preemptively started filling it full of explosives. When Timmy decides to be the first one to send anything ''nice'' into it (namely a smile made from light coming from every planet in the solar system) it returns all the people it swallowed and its [[Killer Robot|Killer Robots]] started hugging people}}.
* The [[Pixar Shorts|Pixar Short]] ''Partly Cloudy'' follows a storm cloud who is only capable of making potentially dangerous creatures such as baby gators, porcupines or sharks for his [[Delivery Stork]] while all other clouds make cute little babies or puppies. Nevertheless, he is depicted as well-meaning, only wishing for companionship and not at all malevolent.
* Grim, [[The Grim Reaper]] of ''[[
** It's no wonder if Grim seems like a nice (or at least likable) fellow compared to [[Enfant Terrible|the company]] he is forced to keep.
* The [[Men in Black (
* [[Don Bluth]]'s animation for [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMtaUZ_5vMI Scizzor Sisters] has a a warlock/wizard that helps the hero to save his girl. He looks like your average magic wielding villain though.
** Now that I've mentioned [[Don Bluth]] there's also the owl and Nicodemus from ''[[The Secret of NIMH]]'', both of which are old looking and very scary characters that are on the good side.
* Several aliens in ''[[
* Sid Philip's mutilated toys in ''[[Toy Story]]'', despite being some of the creepiest things Pixar has ever rendered, are all pretty nice guys and have a knack for fixing things.
** The toy version of Emperor Zurg (Buzz Lightyear's archnemesis) would probably count. The real reason why he appears evil is because he thinks he's evil, believing that he is the ''real'' Zurg, just like how Buzz himself thinks that he is the ''real'' Buzz. The toy Zurg is actually very friendly.
* If not [[Affably Evil]], [[Our Gryphons Are Different|the Griffin]] from ''[[Quest for Camelot]]'' could arguably count. He's pretty much just the bad guy's pet, who ends up as being quite sympathetic for his [[Butt Monkey]] status, as the movie pretty much only shows him suffer in a way or another. The worst thing he did was his attempt to get revenge on the good guy's falcon ({{spoiler|and getting burned by a siamese twins dragon for that}}), but then again [[Small Annoying Creature|he was asking for it]].
* Disney's ''[[Tarzan (Disney film)|Tarzan]]'' movie uses this along with [[Light Is Not Good]] with symbolization with the lighting. Deep shadows represent being hidden and well protected, while sunny areas resemble being vulnerable and out in the open.
* Oddly enough, the zombies in ''[[Scooby Doo
** However, some of the zombies weren't nice people when they were alive, as for instance {{spoiler|the pirates responsible for killing the original settlers of the island.}}
** Speaking of ''[[Scooby Doo]]'', how about ''[[Scooby
** See the [[Real Life]] page for more, but in ''[[Scooby Doo]] and the Witch's Ghost'', Wicca is portrayed as good and its even gone into detail as to the fact they're very different from witches. {{spoiler|Of course the 'Wiccan' they thought they were clearing the name of was actually an evil witch, but Wiccans were the ones who imprisoned her inside her own spell book and only a Wiccan could imprison her again.}} The Hex Girls (introduced in this movie) also play this trope; they dress like vampires for their act, but are actually three really nice girls and love the environment. They even help the Gang everytime they meet, and {{spoiler|their leader is the one to banish Sarah the witch back into her prison}}.
* The Web Riders in ''[[Re Boot]]''. Sure they fight the heroes and look like something made up of pure [[Nightmare Fuel]], but are actually quite nice and helpful once you get to know them. They weren't fighting the heroes because they were evil or malicious, but because they were defending their herd of Web Creatures from the Net invaders.
* Disney plays with its portrayal of villains in ''[[
* Then there's the [[Our Vampires Are Different|Vampire Queen]] Marceline from ''[[
* In ''[[
* The kindhearted necromancer Dr. Orpheus from ''[[The Venture Bros]]''. He states that he only took the title of Necromancer because the other titles for sorcerers were taken.
* The Gypsies from ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]''. This is especially noticable with Esmeralda's design.
** Speaking of Disney, [[Beauty and
* Lumpy from ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]''.
* In ''[[He
** In the 2002 animated series episode King Randor, Adam and Man-At-Arms travel to the underground land of Subternia to negotiate between two races, one of which is a fearsome-looking tribe of bat people that a freaked Adam nearly pulls his sword on before Duncan stops him. Despite their appearance they're very friendly towards the visitors and Randor is greeted warmly by their king Lord Dactus. There's a funny moment of [[Not So Different]] when Adam expresses disbelief that Dactus is really their king and Dactus gently calls him on it.
{{quote| '''Randor:''' I apologize for my son...<br />
'''Dactus:''' I've been apologizing for mine for ''years''! (''they laugh as Adam and Man-At-Arms give each other wry looks'') }}
* In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
** Her [[Big Entrance]] in "Luna Eclipsed" pretty much has about every villain appearance trope you could imagine... And the point of the episode is her trying to [[The Atoner|make up for all the evil she did as Nightmare Moon.]]
** Another example would be the [[Token Minority|zebra]] Zecora. She lives in a hut deep in [[Lost Woods|a dark forest full of spooky monsters]], speaks in rhyme, and collects herbs for brewing natural remedies (or in the townsponies' eyes, evil witchcraft). Despite this, she has never shown any ill intent towards anyone or acted threatening. In fact, [[An Aesop|the moral]] of the episode where she makes her first appearance, "Bridle Gossip", is "Don't judge a book by its cover."
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* Despite his name, Filmation character John [[Blackstar]] is not evil. [[In Name Only|Or really all that dark.]]
* Selma the weasel/badger-like creature from ''[[Chucklewood Critters]]''.
* Bleak from ''[[Lite Sprites]]''. Though the toys portray her as a friendless rebel sprite who steals color [[For the Evulz]], in the special she's more of a [[Grumpy Bear]] [[Jerk
* In ''[[
** In "Omens Part One," [[Deconstructed]] As a [[Lizard Folk]] prisoner explains in a [[Motive Rant]]/[[Screw You, Elves]] to [[Catfolk]] Prince Lion-O, he can hardly be expected to [[Justified Criminal|do anything but steal]] from the Cats' crops since they control the best territories, and habitually oppress and [[Made a Slave|enslave]] the Lizards.
** In "The Forest Of Magi Oar" This is [[Played Straight]] with Viragor, a [[Giant Flyer|giant]], yellow-eyed, purple [[Big Badass Bird of Prey|horned owl]], (with very literal horns) who while [[Good Is Not Nice|aggressive]] in method, turns out to be more [[The Owl-Knowing One]] than [[Owl Be Damned]].
* [[Danny Phantom]] wears a black jumpsuit with white detailing. His [[Arch Nemesis]] [[Light Is Not Good|wears a white one with black detailing]]. His [[Future Me Scares Me|evil future self]], conversely, wears a 50/50 mix of the two. {{spoiler|Actually appropriate, seeing as his evil self is a merging of the ghostly alter egos of the two.}}
* Gill from ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' is a sinister-looking Moorish Idol, but he actually helps Nemo and the other fish in the fish tank escape back into the ocean.
* Like his comic counterpart, the demon-like Nightcrawler fits this trope to a T in [[X
* The film adaptation of ''[[Watership Down]]'' does this with the Black Rabbit. In the book he is a dark omen of death, pretty much the grim reaper for rabbits. In the film he is merged with El-ahrairah, a rabbit folklore hero. At the end of the film {{spoiler|he appears before an old Hazel and invites him to join his Owsla}}. The two depart peacefully into the afterlife.
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