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{{quote|''"Odd," he said, "how willing they are to grant a man the quality of courage in battle. They have only tradition to go on, and yet not one of them questions it. Not one of them, in fact, fails to stress it."''
''"It was an enemy's tribute..."''
|''[[The Daughter of Time]]''}}
This is one method for avoiding doldrums from having a [[Boring Invincible Hero]]. Scenes of [[Villainous Valor]] show the antagonists to be outmatched, forcing them to rely on daring, cunning, skill and determination to hold their own against the heroes, or at least go out with a little dignity. They sometimes even [[Last Villain Stand|continue a hopeless battle]] for higher reasons than spite! This often results in a tense back-and-forth as the heroes' raw power is set against whatever the villains brought.
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* On shows such as ''[[COPS (series)|COPS]]'' and ''[[Worlds Wildest Police Videos]]'', there will sometimes be a perp who leads the police on a bit of a chase... No matter what terrible thing they may be accused of doing, considering the [[Can't Get Away with Nuthin']] the shows are (rightfully) based on, there will still be a small part of your brain (depending on your political leanings, it might not even be small) that wants to root for them.
* Hilary Briss on ''[[The League of Gentlemen]]''. Creepy as hell though he may be, he's presented as the [[Villain Protagonist]] of his own arc, and you sort of want him to escape.
* An episode of the classic [[World War Two]] series ''[[Combat! (TV series)|Combat!]]'' called "The Cossack" had the most tenacious German soldier of all time. In the teaser, he fails to blow up a strategically important bridge during the German retreat, and tries to complete the task before the rest of the American army comes through. He infiltrates the local Church and disguises himself as the town priest. He manages to keep his disguise with all the Americans around him, making up cover stories for his German accent ("I'm Swiss.") and being near the bridge ("I'm going fishing.") on the fly, even managing to get away with killing the young Catholic GI who sees through him without anyone seeing. It was almost disappointing to see him fail in the end, he'd worked so hard up to that point.
* Happens to [[Evilutionary Biologist|Davros]], of [[Complete Monster|all people]], in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' story "Revelation of the Daleks". Even though he's as nasty as usual, it's hard not to respect him for having apparently found himself completely alone on the planet, with none of his usual allies, and still got himself into the top position.
** This could apply to the Daleks themselves. No matter what The Doctor does to them, they still manage to keep themselves going.
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