History ContrastingSequelAntagonist / AnimatedFilms

* ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'':
** The Red Death from the first movie is a dragon (a type of animal the Vikings regularly fight against) that is so massive that neither dragons (that it can control against their will so that they could feed it) nor vikings can fight alone, with Hiccup and Toothless (a human and a dragon working together) being the only ones that could fight it.

** Marina Del Ray in ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIIArielsBeginning'' is the most significant example of this trope in the franchise. She's a mermaid rather than a cecaelia like Ursula and Morgana were, she doesn't use magic, and while power-hungry, she doesn't aim to go after the trident, instead wishing to replace Sebastian as Triton's attache after growing dissatisfied with her job as governess for Triton's daughters. Furthermore, unlike her predecessors, who were introduced as enemies of Atlantica, Marina starts out as a trusted servant to Triton until her desperation to secure her dream job makes her cross the MoralEventHorizon by attempting to kill Ariel, and later Sebastian.

* ''Franchise/{{Trolls}}'' has this going on with the main villains of each film

** ''WesternAnimation/TrollsBandTogether'': Velvet and Veneer are a BrotherSisterTeam of aspiring pop musicians from Mount Rageous aiming to achieve fame and fortune by abducting and stealing the talent of Branch's brothers and fellow [=BroZone=] performers to fake their way to the top. In contrast to previous single villains who were in some way connected to royalty (Chef being a servant to Bergen Town's rulers and Barb being the Queen of the Hard Rock Trolls), Velvet and Veneer are a [[BigBadDuumvirate duo]] of [[SpoiledBrat spoiled rich kids]] from a cushy background whose pampered upbringing made them feel [[EntitledBastard entitled]] to whatever they wanted despite doing nothing to earn it. They juxtapose Chef's goal to kill and feed the Pop trolls to the Bergens to achieve power by depending on a single troll [[spoiler: (though they later manage to imprison all but one member of [=BroZone=])]] to siphon his talent to compensate for their utter lack of natural singing ability, which also contrasts Barb's genuine talent as a rock musician.

* The villain of the fourth film, Rumpelstiltskin, also serves as this to Farquaad. Despite the fact that they are both short people with delusions of grandeur, Lord Farquaad is an ordinary person without any magical powers, not penchant for cunning plans, always keeping his word and not posing a sufficient degree of danger despite all his ambitions. Rumpel on the other hand is smart, manipulative, and a long-term planner who makes magical deals with others, deceiving them in the process and achieving his goals more than Farquaad could ever have hoped.

** Cretaceous and Maelstrom from the second movie sort of contrast against Rudy from the third movie. They are all predators who operate on instinct but whereas Cretaceous and Maelstrom were mindless killing machines, Rudy had a lot more self-awareness.

*** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'': Sid Phillips is a hyperactive child who likes to perform sadistic experiments on his toys, disassembling and reassembling them into hideous mutations, and occasionally blowing them up with rockets for fun. Though the toys understandably fear Sid, he's ultimately just a very curious child with a destructive streak, since he's unaware that his toys are sentient creatures, with his most overtly antagonistic trait being that he’s a jerk to his sister.

** WesternAnimation/TrollsBandTogether'': Velvet and Veneer are a BrotherSisterTeam of aspiring pop musicians from Mount Rageous aiming to achieve fame and fortune by abducting and stealing the talent of Branch's brothers and fellow [=BroZone=] performers to fake their way to the top. In contrast to previous single villains who were in some way connected to royalty (Chef being a servant to Bergen Town's rulers and Barb being the Queen of the Hard Rock Trolls), Velvet and Veneer are a [[BigBadDuumvirate duo]] of [[SpoiledBrat spoiled rich kids]] from a cushy background whose pampered upbringing made them feel [[EntitledBastard entitled]] to whatever they wanted despite doing nothing to earn it. They juxtapose Chef's goal to kill and feed the Pop trolls to the Bergens to achieve power by depending on a single troll [[spoiler (though they later manage to imprison all but one member of [=BroZone=])]] to siphon his talent to compensate for their utter lack of natural singing ability, which also contrasts Barb's genuine talent as a rock musician.

** Swackhammer was a [[AliensAreBastards alien]] CorruptCorporateExecutive who sought to enslave the Looney Tunes and Michael Jordan to draw in customers for his struggling intergalactic amusement park, Moron Mountain. Al-G, on the other hand, is an artificial intelligence turned evil who wanted to outright delete the Tunes from existence for no apparent reason other than spite.

** Whereas Swackhammer was a NonActionBigBad who kept on the sidelines and acted as the coach of his [=MonStars=] team, Al-G decided to enter the game himself when it wasn't going in his favor.

** WesternAnimation/TrollsBandTogether'': Velvet and Veneer are a BrotherSisterTeam of aspiring pop musicians from Mount Rageous aiming to achieve fame and fortune by abducting and stealing the talent of Branch's brothers and fellow BroZone performers to fake their way to the top. In contrast to previous single villains who were in some way connected to royalty (Chef being a servant to Bergen Town's rulers and Barb being the Queen of the Hard Rock Trolls), Velvet and Veneer are a [[BigBadDuumvirate duo]] of [[SpoiledBrat spoiled rich kids]] from a cushy background whose pampered upbringing made them feel [[EntitledBastard entitled]] to whatever they wanted despite doing nothing to earn it. They juxtapose Chef's goal to kill and feed the Pop trolls to the Bergens to achieve power by depending on a single troll [[spoiler (though they later manage to imprison all but one member of BroZone)]] to siphon his talent to compensate for their utter lack of natural singing ability, which also contrasts Barb's genuine talent as a rock musician.

* Queen Barb in ''WesternAnimation/TrollsWorldTour'' is this to Chef from the first ''{{WesternAnimation/Trolls}}'' film.
** Chef was the aged, resentful former royal chef to the ruling family of Bergen Town who sought to exploit her re-discovery of the Pop Trolls in order to overthrow King Gristle Jr., out of revenge for his father scapegoating and exiling her twenty years prior for the Pop Trolls escaping their kingdom. Barb is the young, devil-may-care queen of the Hard Rock Trolls who seeks to forcefully unify all the troll tribes under her music by destroying their respective genres so that only rock music remains.
** Chef was a ManipulativeBitch who opted to hide her goals behind the facade of wanting to atone for her past failures and make her people happy once more, while Barb is all too honest with what she wants to do with the strings of the other troll tribes.
** Whereas Chef immediately established herself as a threat to Poppy by kidnapping her friends and usually did her own dirty work, Barb never properly interacted with Poppy before the final act of the sequel, up until which point she had relied on bounty hunters to locate Poppy and bring her to Barb with the Pop trolls' string.
** Chef wanted to rule over the Bergens for the sake of power and respect, which left her with little-to-no redeeming factors. Barb, on the other hand, was only trying to wipe out all non-Rock music in a [[WellIntentionedExtremist misguided attempt]] to bring peace and unity to all trolls; she eventually learns her lesson and [[HeelFaceTurn changes for the better]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/FernGullyTheLastRainforest'''s BigBad is Hexxus, a primordial spirit of destruction who manipulates a logging company staffed by a FatAndSkinny duo of {{Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain}}s; as soon as they realize that the Leveler has been taken over by Hexxus and they've actually been receiving orders from him, they freak out and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere refuse to participate]] in Hexxus' plan to destroy Ferngully. ''WesternAnimation/FernGully2TheMagicalRescue'' switches this dynamic up a bit with a duo of {{Evil Poacher}}s, one a sinister [[WesternAnimation/TheRescuersDownUnder Percival McLeach]] type as the DragonInChief, and the other a bumbling and greedy FatBastard, who are later assisted by a crooked smuggler captain in the climax. Since the antagonists are now completely human, [[StoryBreakerPower Crysta has to be kept out of the action]] for most of the film--she's too busy restoring [=FernGully=] after the two poachers caused a forest fire. When she does show up in to save the captured animals, the villains are swiftly dispatched thanks to her fairy magic.

** Tai Lung, villain of [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda the first movie]], is the Fighter and Physical, being a martial arts master adopted and trained by Shifu, and fought with kung fu and nerve strikes, using no weapons (although he does make good use of his surroundings). He's never shown with any known followers (''not'' counting the video games, which are non-canon). His most personal adversary is Shifu, being his aforementioned adoptive father who trained him in kung fu, but ultimately goes along with Oogway's denial of Tai Lung being the Dragon Warrior, setting the stage for their animosity.

*** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'': Al [=McWhiggin=] is a slovenly, socially inept adult who likes to collect toys, and insists on keeping them in mint condition instead of playing with them. Sid became the antagonist because he wanted to destroy Buzz, while Al becomes the antagonist because he wants to keep Woody in a display case for his entire life, depriving him of human contact. Whereas Sid was curious and hyperactive, Al is materialistic and emotionally repressed. Plus while Sid only stole from his sister, Al is above outright theft from strangers.

*** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'': Sid Phillips is a hyperactive child who likes to perform sadistic experiments on his toys, disassembling and reassembling them into hideous mutations, and occasionally blowing them up with rockets for fun. Though the toys understandably fear Sid, he's ultimately just a very curious child with a destructive streak, since he's unaware that his toys are sentient creatures.
*** ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'': Al [=McWhiggin=] is a slovenly, socially inept adult who likes to collect toys, and insists on keeping them in mint condition instead of playing with them. Sid became the antagonist because he wanted to destroy Buzz, while Al becomes the antagonist because he wants to keep Woody in a display case for his entire life, depriving him of human contact. Whereas Sid was curious and hyperactive, Al is materialistic and emotionally repressed.

** Tai Lung, villain of [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda the first movie]], was a martial arts master, and fought with kung fu and nerve strikes, using no weapons (although he does make good use of his surroundings). He's never shown with any known followers (''not'' counting the video games, which are non-canon). His most personal adversary is Shifu, being his adoptive father who trained him in kung fu, but ultimately goes along with Oogway's denial of Tai Lung being the Dragon Warrior, setting the stage for their animosity.
** Lord Shen, villain of [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2 the second movie]], fights personally using throwing knives, and is more likely to fight from a distance using cannons (which he invented), or send his minions to fight for him. Speaking of minions, he has a pack of wolves (one KingMook being [[TheDragon his Dragon]]) and a few occasional gorillas that willingly serve him. His most personal adversary is Po, being the one responsible for massacring his home and murdering his mother out of fear that he would eventually be TheChosenOne to defeat him (which he did).
** Kai the Collector, the villain of [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3 the third movie]], fought with chi, supernatural powers, and 'jombies' (constructs made from jade in the form of dead kung fu masters). The 'jombies' are mindless beings with no will of their own whatsoever. His most personal adversary is Oogway, being his BigBadFriend who turned to villainy after disagreeing with Oogway's attempts to share their chi.

** Rasputin is associated with dark colors such as browns, greens, and grays. He was casted out from his position of confidant early on by Czar Nicholas, who realized his treacherous and evil nature early on, causing Rasputin to make a DealWithTheDevil to enact a curse to wipe out the Romanov lineage including several attempts on the sole survivor, Anastasia. He's a lich slowly rotting away with demonic powers aiding him and alternates between depressed and maniacally malicious. Bartok was his emotional support until he's become too consumed by {{Revenge}} for Bartok to try to redeem him.

** Tai Lung, villain of [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda the first movie]], was a martial arts master, and fought with kung fu and nerve strikes, using no weapons (although he does make good use of his surroundings). He's never shown with any known followers (''not'' counting the video games, which are non-canon).
** Lord Shen, villain of [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2 the second movie]], fights personally using throwing knives, and is more likely to fight from a distance using cannons (which he invented), or send his minions to fight for him. Speaking of minions, he has a pack of wolves (one KingMook being [[TheDragon his Dragon]]) and a few occasional gorillas that willingly serve him.
** Kai the Collector, the villain of [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3 the third movie]], fought with chi, supernatural powers, and 'jombies' (constructs made from jade in the form of dead kung fu masters). The 'jombies' are mindless beings with no will of their own whatsoever.

** Tai Lung, villain of [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda the first movie]], was a martial arts master, and fought with kung fu and nerve strikes, using no weapons (although he does make good use of his surroundings).
** Lord Shen, villain of [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2 the second movie]], fights personally using throwing knives, and is more likely to fight from a distance using cannons (which he invented), or send his minions to fight for him.
** Kai, the villain of [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda3 the third movie]], fought with chi, supernatural powers, and 'jombies' (constructs made from jade in the form of dead kung fu masters).