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Oh, and they get angry when they have to suffer ''consequences'' for their actions, like guards and bounty hunters after them. [[It's All About Me|It's all about them, after all]]. If a '''Stupid Evil''' person has a choice between accepting a reward for accidentally finding a dog or killing the reward giver, they will choose killing every time. (Somehow figuring out how to do both requires systematic patience and intelligence that isn't part of being Stupid.)

 

 

Sadly, if a computer-based [[RPG]] offers an "evil" path, it's usually Stupid Evil, [[Evil Is Petty|and it involves committing completely random acts of violence]] just to get those precious [[Karma Meter]] points required to unlock the top tier evil abilities. Only relatively recently did they start adding options for players who want to play sneaky evil characters, with opportunities to [[Unwitting Pawn|manipulate other characters into doing your bidding]], or even cooking an [[Evil Plan]]. Sometimes, however, this is played anyway because of the [[Rule of Fun]]. Watching the ensuing chaos from randomly attacking people '''is''' sometimes fun, even if the novelty soon wears off.

 

 

 

Compare [[Lawful Stupid]], [[Chaotic Stupid]], [[Stupid Neutral]] and [[Stupid Good]]. Contrast as well [[Pragmatic Villainy]]; a villain who is evil only when it benefits them more. [[Chaotic Evil]] is the alignment most likely to be reduced to Stupid Evil, for some reason. [[Threw My Bike on the Roof]] often overlaps with this.

*** Anubis from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light]]''. How else would you describe someone whose plan involved manipulating Kaiba to get to Yugi, which, in effect, opposes both of them simultaneously?

*** Paradox from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: Bonds Beyond Time]]'' was worse. A bad guy challenging the main protagonist of a series is one thing, ''this'' idiot decides to challenge [[Dream Team|the protagonists of ''three'' series of a franchise]] ''simultaneously''.

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* The mere existence of the [[Suicide Squad]] seems to be showing how much an idiot Amanda Waller is, seeing as she usually uses them to covertly clean up some other mess she started and lost control of.

* In a story in the ''[[Batman: Streets of Gotham]]'', third-rate villain Jennifer Duffy (aka the Carpenter) is hired by the Director to build a [[Death Trap]] complex with the intent to use it on Batman and ''film'' it, intending to market the footage as a [[Snuff Film]]. And he doesn't plan to stop there either, having "scripted" similar films with [[Superman]] and [[Wonder Woman]] as victims. He even ''advertises'' these movies. One movie poster shows Diana's dead body hanging from a gallows. Duffy's own opinion of this is, [[Captain Obvious|Batman is going to curb-stomp him]], and she hopes to be paid and get miles away before that happens.

 

== [[Fan Works]] ==

 

== [[Film]] ==

* The [[Mega Corp|Umbrella Corporation]] in the ''[[Resident Evil (film)|Resident Evil]]'' film series seem to live and breathe Stupid Evil, not unlike the games they're based on. Their actions are geared entirely towards nothing more than propagating the existence of a deadly, uncontrollable virus that has no discernible practical applications.

* A big problem in ''[[Johnny Mnemonic]]''.

* Sebastian Shaw, the mutant villain of ''[[X-Men: First Class]]'', plans to purposely start a nuclear war between the United States and Russia, resulting in humans killing themselves so mutants can rule the world. Yeah, plans that start with "start [[World War III]] on purpose" never end well. First off, despite being labeled ''homo superior'', most mutants aren't much tougher than humans, meaning he'd probably kill as many mutants as he would humans. Even if they ''did'' outnumber humans in the end, what would be the point? All they'd have to "rule" over would be a nuclear-ravaged wasteland.

* [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] examples:

* The schemes of some [[James Bond]] villains can be pretty dumb sometimes, and not [[Bond Villain Stupidity|just for the obvious reason]]:

** Elliot Carver, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Tomorrow Never Dies]]''. A media mogul who is the embodiment of [[New Media Are Evil]] he seeks to provoke a war between the United States and China to boost sales and ratings of his news divisions. (Again, the old "start [[World War III]] on purpose scheme" that never ends well.) This guy can actually blackmail the President, something he does as a [[Character Establishing Moment]]; if he has ''that'' much influence, maybe he could fulfill his goal by manipulating something with, you know, much less chance of extensive civilian casualties and global economic crisis? Not only does this plan get 007 after him, but China's equivalent, who eventually sides with Bond.

* The ''[[Wishmaster]]'' films, in a big way. The [[Jerkass Genie]] actually has motivation for his job: once the person who releases him makes three wishes, genies will be freed from the hell-dimension they're trapped in and rampage across the Earth. Time and again, however, he proves not just to be [[Obviously Evil]], but also a unique combination of Stupid Evil and [[Chaotic Stupid]]. He could simply ''trust'' that the person who released him would have three things that they wanted to wish for - and the odds of that are pretty high - but instead, he insists on causing mayhem and destruction whenever someone makes a wish (particularly random people who ''aren't'' the person who can free the genies with three wishes), ensuring that whoever actually ''did'' free him will never make their three wishes.

** It's justified, although it tends to depend on the movie. In all movies, granting somebody's wish effectively allows him to take their soul when they die (and the interpretations of these wishes usually end up with the person making the wish dead); in the third movie, it's mentioned that he needs 1000 souls before he can achieve his goal, although this detail wasn't present in the first two movies.

* The Empire in ''[[Star Wars]]''. Seriously, the oft-copied and oft-mocked thermal exhaust port that renders their "invulnerable" battle station completely vulnerable to a single proton torpedo wasn't something a smart organization would overlook. Some fans point out that the intent of ''[[Rogue One]]'' was to explain this, but in truth, it only made the Empire look stupider. [[The Mole|Galen Erso]] might as well have [[Most Definitely Not a Villain|had "Rebel saboteur" printed on his forehead]], and once he was exposed as one, a smart dictator would have demanded ''every'' project he had been involved in checked with a fine-toothed comb. But again, the Empire is stupid.

** The time lapse between Erso's being exposed as the traitor and the destruction of the Death Star is ''maybe'' 48 hours (remember that the ending scene of ''Rogue One'' is immediately before the start of ANH), ''and'' the Scarif facility holding the reactor plans has been destroyed and Erso's death makes the original designer of the reactor unavailable, so faulting the Empire for not re-examining all of Erso's work after his death is a bit unfair. They have no time to complete such an examination and arguably don't have a clean copy of the schematics to examine with.

* The [[Big Bad]] in ''[[Catwoman (film)|Catwoman]]'' is an evil cosmetics CEO who plans to market an anti-aging cream which has rather dangerous side effects: prolonged use makes the user's skin deteriorate and atrophy if use is halted. She ''thinks'' this will ensure customers continue using it and bring a constant cash flow. She never considers that the FDA would likely outlaw it first, nor the onslaught of lawsuits she'd have to deal with.

* Deacon Frost in ''[[Blade]]''. This vampire's [[Evil Plan]] involves turning ''everyone'' on Earth into vampires. Several more sensible vampires in the movie see the obvious flaw here - vampires prey on humans, and without them, they'd starve. Even if Deacon planned to keep supplies of blood in cold storage, it would be a limited supply, and he'd just be ensuring the extinction of his own people.

* ''[[Batman and Robin (film)|Batman and Robin]]'' gave us two iconic villains turned into morons with another, "destroy the world without thinking about the long term” plot. Mr. Freeze plans to freeze the world so Poison Ivy can cover it with mutant plant life, so they can rule the world as [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Adam and Evil]] as Freeze calls it. The idea that two villains with such vastly different goals acting as a team is dumb enough ''without'' trying to consider what they'd do if they succeeded.

* ''[[Die Hard]]'' was a great movie with great writing and an equally great villain, but one has to wonder why Gruber expected his escape plan to work. Surely he realized he couldn't fit all his henchmen with their duffle bags loaded with stolen bearer bonds into that one ambulance? Even if he did get away, it's obvious he'd be the prime suspect when the authorities found the empty vault, especially with no bodies indicating anyone died in the explosion.

** Second, he hires the Mangalores to steal the Stones needed to halt the destruction. The alien mercenaries have the [[Proud Warrior Race]] mentality of the Klingons (apparent because Zorg mocks such an honor code in an early scene), but [[Dumb Muscle| the mental capacity of a box of hammers]]. Their attempt to steal them results in them grabbing a box they ''think'' contains the Stones, but turns out to be empty. After chewing them out for not having the brains to open the box first (an action he did not instruct them to do), he seems to calm down and pay them anyway, giving them the crate of high-tech weapons he had promised. And then activates the self-destruct mechanism inside the crate. Seeing as he would have lost those weapons either way. he is, in effect, making enemies of the Mangalores [[Evil is Petty| to protect his pride]], which would come back to bite him later.

** Also, when his board of directors has “feelings” about budget concerns, he quickly decides to fire a million employees, including those in his taxi company. For one thing, this means Korben Dallas (the protagonist) is out of a job, leading to him reenlist in the Army, leading to him being the one to save humanity from the Great Evil. Granted, there is no way Zorg could have predicted this, but seriously, why axe the taxi company of all things? Transportation is an industry that, by design, will never lack demand, customers or profit, meaning getting rid of it will ensure Zorg losing profit in the long run. Even a [[Bad Boss]] with no concern for the welfare of his employees knows this is a boneheaded business decision, which he makes on a whim.

** Briefly moving away from Zorg as far as this Trope is concerned, his second in command, [[The Dragon| Right Arm]] (who is slightly smarter than Zorg, but not much) finds out the Stones are on a luxury cruise spaceship. Shouldn’t be hard for a multi-billionaire like his boss to get tickets, right? Wrong. Right Arm has to swipe them from a passenger. But rather than target a lower-key passenger for this, Right Arm tries to impersonate Ruby Rhod, a drag queen and celebrity host of a talent show with at least 50 billion viewers. Naturally, Right Arm blows it badly and does not get on board.

** So, after killing Right Arm by detonating a bomb in the public phone Right Arm uses to to report his failure (because, you know, [[You Have Failed Me| that’s what stupid villains do]]) Zorg decides [[If You Want Something Done Right, Do it Yourself| to finally get involved himself]]. He sneaks onto the ship - where by now, the Mangalores are causing chaos trying to steal the Stones themselves as part of a revenge plan against Zorg - and covertly grabs a box he thinks has them [[Hypocrite| (making the same idiotic mistake he lambasted the Mangalores for)]] and then sets a bomb to go off when he’s in the clear. In case it didn’t sink in yet, this guy loves blowing things up [[For the Evulz]], but in this case, the ship has bomb detectors (even Ruby Rhod knows this) and the crew and guests evacuate with ample time to spare. Certainly, should Zorg survive, this will not go unnoticed and his business will likely suffer tremendously.

** But he does not. He finally decides to get a look inside the box, and upon realizing it's empty, returns to the now-empty luxury ship in a panicked attempt to stop the countdown. That’s right, this multi-billionaire [[Arms Dealer]] did not have the sense to include a remote kill-command on the bomb. He makes it with ten seconds to spare, but unfortunately for him, the Mangalores placed another bomb, and they ''did'' have the sense to include a remote detonation mechanism on it.

*** Which brings us to that dubious achievement that no other science fiction villain had ever (or since) accomplished: he is done in completely by his own stupidity, ''never once'' interacting with the hero in any way. In fact, the snafu with boarding the luxury liner is pretty much the only thing the good guys do that affects his plans at all.<ref>The original script did have one scene where this happens, but seeing as it would have consisted of Zorg getting the tar beaten out of him by Korben in a [[Curb Stomp Battle]], it would likely have just made him look ''stupider''.</ref>

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* [[Ultimate Evil|Tak]] from [[Stephen King]]'s novel ''[[Desperation]]''. It murders an entire small town [[For the Evulz|for kicks]], despite needing [[Body Surf|a fresh supply of human hosts]] in order to survive. (To make this even more absurd, the town in question is ''in the middle of the desert''.) The characters even come to this conclusion when they question its actions.

* [[Big Bad|Voldemort]] was [[The Dreaded|the feared and dreaded]] symbol of [[Pure Evil]] in the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' franchise, and also one of the stupidest villains in modern fiction:

** Snape's crush on Lily was sort of creepy, but using a [[For Want of a Nail]] scenario, Lily's death was the sole reason Snape turned against him, giving Harry a potent ally. While Voldemort's most stated weakness is [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good|his inability to comprehend concepts like love and friendship]], he does know a thing or two about loyalty, pride, and holding grudges. He should have known Lily's death would enrage Snape to the point of desiring revenge; and for all his [[Jerkass]] tendencies and uppity attitude, Snape is a competent and ''very'' powerful wizard, and not someone you want on your bad side if you can help it. Indeed, had Snape remained loyal to Voldemort, it is very likely Snape would not have gone out of his way to save Harry during the Quidditch match where Quirrell booby-trapped Harry's broom, ending the young hero's career in his first year.

** One of his biggest mistakes was [[It's Personal|making the conflict with Harry a personal issue]]. Sure, Voldemort is an evil wizard, and it's understandable that he'd blame Harry for having to share Quirrell's body, feed on unicorn blood, and [[Evil Makes You Monstrous|looking, well, hideous]]. And he believed a prophecy about being the only one who could kill Harry. But frankly, he could have survived had he just let go a little. His vendetta was an obsession, and [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You|his insistence on doing Harry in himself]] is the biggest reason the Boy Who Lived, er, ''lived'' as long as he did. Due to his orders, his followers were goofing around giving the students cursed diaries rather than make any steps towards eliminating Harry, and even when he did come back, his "leave him to me” mentality only helped Harry escape, often with far more information than the villain would have liked.

*** Not to mention, if he really needed blood of an enemy, the dead body of poor Cedric was right there, but Voldemort was so hung up with his obsession with Harry to consider that option. In fact, the only folks who didn't qualify were the Death Eaters. Even Pettigrew (you know, the guy who thought spending three years as a rat was a valid plan?) thought this was a bad idea.

** There's also his complete inability to use subtlety in his assaults on Potter. Despite what Dumbledore would have you believe, [[Swiss Cheese Security|Hogwarts' security, to be blunt, stinks]]. A 12-foot-tall mountain troll manages to get as far as the dorms in the first book before the staff even realizes its there (requiring the [[Power Trio]] to take it down; Sirius Black, a fugitive convicted of murder who had just broken out of jail, was able to sneak in, vandalize the Fat Lady's painting and get away before anyone noticed; Rita Skeeter spied on numerous staff and students in order to write her slanderous stories; and Peter Pettigrew spent ''three years'' in the students' dorms disguised as a rat before anyone noticed. Had Voldemort actually tried to sneak in himself after Goblet of Fire (or had one of his minions do it), possibly using a Polyjuice potion to disguise himself as Ron, Hermione, or for that matter, anyone Harry trusted, it would have been all over. But each and every time he confronted Harry, he had to make a big show out of it, giving Harry the chance to escape or fight back.

** Another missed opportunity, [[Magically-Binding Contract|the Unbreakable Bond]]. This spell places two wizards into an agreement that will ''kill'' one of them should he break it, and it seems surprisingly easy to cast. Fred and George nearly made one with Ron when they were just kids, so it's absurd to think Voldemort couldn't have used it to prevent his own minions (including Snape, Karkaroff, and the Malfoy family) to prevent desertion and/or betrayal, but he seemed content on using the Black Mark, which in the long run, did little to ensure loyalty.

** [[Unwitting Instigator of Doom|Good old lovable idiot Horace Slugthorn]], the guy who inadvertently told Tom Riddle about Horcruxes in the first place. Poor guy was [[Properly Paranoid|paranoid that the Death Eaters would try to silence him]], but one has to wonder, did they even try at all? One would think Voldemort would put at least some effort into eliminating this dangerous loose end, but no, Slugthorn not only lived long enough to retire, but come out of retirement, and eventually give Harry the info he needed to take down Voldemort.

* From ''[[The Strange Case of Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]'': Killing a man in public and leaving behind part of the murder weapon wasn't the brightest idea on Hyde's part, and he does a sloppy job burning his papers at his rented room before fleeing, leaving many of them still legible. Indeed, Utterson recognizes the cane as belonging to Jekyll, confirming that the Mr. Hyde who killed Sir Danvers Carew is the "friend" of Jekyll he knows.

 

** While he's not the only example in the series, he's the only one who doesn't have the excuse of being on drugs or a stupid kid.

* Dear God, the Borg. While dreaded and feared in ''[[Star Trek]]'' mythos, a combination of poor design, lack of creativity, inability to adapt, and lack foresight makes them absurdly easy to outsmart. A supercomputer is no good if it uses no firewall or antivirus, and the Borg takes such an analogy [[Up To Eleven]]. They never prepare for stealth-based viruses and sabotage, never learn from their defeats from such, and never seem to come up with new ideas on their own. They're unable to even ''see'' beings not registered as threats, meaning you could waltz right into one of their giant cubes, plant a nuclear bomb, and leave without being caught, so long as you made no threatening moves. Seven of Nine's parents lived and studied them ''right under their noses for two years'' before being caught, and they didn't even learn from ''that''. They also never bother to study the history of the races they assimilate; Picard was able to mow them down with a tommy gun in one episode involving the Holodeck, something that should have been the equivalent of an American soldier standing up to a Blitzkreig with a squirtgun. How they ever became powerful enough to be considered [[The Dreaded]] in the first place is a mystery. [[Catch Phrase| "Resistance if futile"]]? More like "Resistance is Fruitful".

** A good analysis of why this dreaded, technologically superior Collective is, in fact, a bunch of idiots is [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ioY3Xhb-0k detailed here.]

* In ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', the Cardassians could often be considered a whole civilization that fits this Trope, but special emphasis goes to Dukat. An incompetent [[Small Name, Big Ego|egotist and narcissist bordering on a messiah complex]], Dukat claims he only wants what all Cardassians want - to protect his family, serve his people, and to save and empower the Cardassian state, and if those were indeed his goals, he'd make a great leader. However, he lies. His true goals, illustrated by his actions, are to be a legendary hero known throughout the galaxy. He wants the respect and approval of both his allies and enemies, including Sisko. (Or rather, ''especially Sisko''.) He wants the Bajorans to slavishly bow to him (the Star Trek equivalent of [[Impossible Task|the Israelis surrendering to the Arabic nations and worshipping them]], or vice versa). And of course, his desire to [[Villainous Crush|get into Kira's pants]], despite the small inconvenience that she utterly despises him. Not that he's above using other Cardassian women as [[Sex Slave]]s. In pursuing these impossible goals, he is a complete failure, and as a result, he is responsible for about 90% of the idiotic things the Cardassians do, their plans always ruined and any progress they make undone by his own rash desires and the poor decisions he makes as a result. [[Jerkass Has a Point|Even Quark laughs at the idea]] anyone would consider him admirable or competent. Detailing all examples would take too long, so an example will do of how he justifies his crimes and claims he deserves the respect and prestige he desires:

'''Dukat:''' ''False!'' I tried to ''save'' lives during my administration! I was convinced that a gentler hand was required to deal with the Bajorans. [[Wants a Prize For Basic Decency|Child labor was abolished]]. Medical care was improved, food rations were increased. After one month of my administration, [[Insane Troll Logic|the death rate had dropped by 20%]]. They blew up an orbital dry dock. I ordered 200 members of the resistance rounded up and executed, 200 lives for 200 lives. Time and again, I would reach out as an open hand of friendship, [[Moral Myopia|and time and again]], they would slap it away!}}

:* Okay, let's analyze this. Dukat is basically saying, "I tried to be friendly, but those ungrateful Bajoran terrorists had the audacity to try to liberate their people from the folks that enslaved them, and the other subjugated slaves still treated me like dirt." More rations? Of yes, thanks for giving back a few more crumbs of the rations you stole in the first place, and the fact that there even ''was'' child labor in those prison camps or a death rate you could reduce speaks volumes. Dukat's naïve attempt to convince his victims that he was a benevolent dictator while acting like a tyrant was the political equivalent of pissing into the wind.

 

== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths and Legends ==

** Moloch's ending somewhat counts as well. Yes he is a lumbering, towering, destructive demon from hell, but his non canonical ending in ''[[Mortal Kombat Armageddon|Armageddon]]'' reinforces that stereotype by telling that he would gain so much power and rage, becoming the ultimate destroyer, but in his stupidity and haste to unleash his power straight away, he destroys all portals to escape the realm he is in, and thus is unable to inflict his wrath upon other worlds.

** Kronika from ''[[Mortal Kombat 11]]'' is this on many levels; the sad part is, it’s easy to tell that the developers were trying to make her a [[Magnificent Bitch]] whose diabolical schemes could rival those of David Xanatos, but they wound up with an idiot:

* In the Lost Chapters version of ''[[Fable (video game series)|Fable]]'', the evil option of the final choice is this. The options are either A. Throw an evil talking mask into the lava (Good) or B. put on the talking mask that tempts you with power and obviously just wants you to put it on so it can possess you (evil). Guess which option is the smart one and which is the really, ''really'' stupid one. Come on, guess.

* [[Mega Corp|The Umbrella Corporation]] in the ''[[Resident Evil]]'' series. This group of [[Mad Scientist]]-slash-[[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] types were obsessed with manipulating DNA and creating biological weapons ("BOWs”) in order to market them to various military firms, only to run into some problems. Problem #1: These BOWs are unpredictable, unstable, and usually destroy whatever facility they're developed in. Problem #2: Said results of these BOWs are usually defeated and destroyed by one police officer. On top of that, they have a task force dedicated to cleaning up these accidents, but most of them are either eaten alive or infected. Problem #3, they ''never'' learn, never having any concern for repercussions of their experiments, even when the brunt of such repercussions come crashing down on their heads, and often come off as "evil for evil's sake". They'd nuke a school bus full of preschoolers if they thought it could be [[For Science]], and that is clearly [[Not Hyperbole]]; they definitely would. Calling Umbrella "incompetent” would be an understatement. As noted above, the movie's incarnation stay true to this portrayal.

* Cave Johnson from ''[[Portal]]'', another [[Posthumous Character]] whose own stupidity is the reason he's "posthumous". By his own admission, he always "trusted his gut" rather than thinking with his brain. As an industrialist and CEO of Aperture Science, his MO was to greenlight ''every single'' idea he thought up, no matter how absurd, ill-conceived, or outright ''dumb'' it sounded, and see if any of them panned out, and he claimed a thousand of these ideas were tested ''a day''. While he did manage to make some scientific breakthroughs like matter-manipulating gel, sapient AI programs, and of course, the portal gun, there were dozens of [[Epic Fail]]s per success, and he simply didn't ''learn''. To give one example of his insane experiments, Chell finds one recording intended for the ''second'' group of test subjects for a project involving injecting human subjects with praying mantis DNA, telling them the test was postponed indefinitely, but he now had another test for them - fighting the ''first'' group that was now an army of mindless mantis-men. Supposedly, Johnson died from kidney and lung failure due to "moon rock poisoning", and seeing as moon rocks were a main ingredient in the aforementioned gels, he was clearly [[Hoist by His Own Petard]].

* The Ancestor in ''[[Darkest Dungeon]]''. The foul corruption that has turned the Hamlet into a barely-habitable [[Überwald]], every boss encountered in the game (and for that matter, every Mook in the game) is a result of the blasphemous experiments he conducted in his attempts to unearth the eponymous dungeon, squandering his fortune ''multiple'' times, often making more mistakes in his attempts to fund his goal, all because ''he was bored''. The Crimson Court DLC shows that the action that caused him to cross the [[Moral Event Horizon]] involved ''drinking vampire blood'', not the wisest choice there. And despite ''acknowledging'' every mistake he made and often regretting every mistake, he never considered halting the insane goal, only realizing the sheer scope of his folly and taking steps to undo it (possibly) after succeeding and inadvertently unleashing a fiend with the intent to bring about [[The End of the World as We Know It]].

 

=== [[Visual Novels]] ===

* In the [[DuckTales (2017)|''DuckTales'' relaunch]], the leaders of F.O.W.L. try very hard to avoid this, their preferred methods being global domination through subtlety and subterfuge. Unfortunately, they just can't seem to keep their agents from [[They Just Don't Get It|acting like open and blatant supervillains]], which tends to [[Surrounded by Idiots|cause their carefully-planned schemes to collapse into chaos]]. In fact, Bradford - the founder of the group - had simply wanted to call it O.W.L. (Organization for World Larceny) only adding the "F" - for "Fiendish" - in order to convince [[Dark Action Girl|Black Heron]] to join them.

* Bullies tend to be [[Dumb Muscle]] types, but Flats the Flounder from the aptly-named ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' episode "The Bully" emphasizes the "dumb" part. And he's ''pretty'' dumb. It's unknown why he's so dead-set on flattening SpongeBob, but he spends ''days'' trying to do so using [[Good Old Fisticuffs]], never seeming to realize that SpongeBob is, well, a sponge. After several days of this and it never sinking in that he's not hurting his victim much, Flats collapses from exhaustion.

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