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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' can be this trope depending on the episode. Some episodes have the girls doing some things that are [[UnscrupulousHero underhanded]] at best, ''un-heroic'' at worst. Unlike other examples, however, this is balanced out in some episodes as the girls ''do'' learn from their mistakes and better themselves.
** Buttercup. Known by most fans as the "bitchy one", despite being a hero she is very very much a Jerkass and often puts her own image before her sisters. For example, "All Chalked Up", and "Moral Decay".
** Buttercup. Known by most fans as the "bitchy one", despite being a hero she is very very much a Jerkass and often puts her own image before her sisters. For example, "All Chalked Up", and "Moral Decay".
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' can be this trope depending on the episode. Some episodes have the girls doing some things that are [[UnscrupulousHero underhanded]] at best, ''un-heroic'' at worst.worst and portrayed in the right. Unlike other examples, however, this is balanced out in some episodes as the girls ''do'' learn from their mistakes and better themselves. \n** Buttercup. Known by most fans as the "bitchy one", despite being a hero she is very very much a Jerkass and often puts her own image before her sisters. For example, "All Chalked Up", and "Moral Decay".
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* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'': Bloom and Sky in the first episode with Princess Diaspro. While Diaspro was derailed into a {{Yandere}} RichBitch later, in her first episode Bloom attacks her after [[{{Yandere}} seeing her in her boyfriend's presence]], immediately assuming she's Icy in disguise with absolutely no proof whatsoever to this. In fact, Diaspro proves she's ''not'' a witch by transforming into a fairy! And that's not even mentioning Sky's behaviour- He was technically cheating on poor Diaspro with Bloom, and no one calls him out on this!
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* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'': Bloom and Sky in the first episode with Princess Diaspro. While Diaspro was derailed into a {{Yandere}} RichBitch later, in her first episode Bloom attacks her after [[{{Yandere}} seeing her in her boyfriend's presence]], immediately assuming she's Icy in disguise with absolutely no proof whatsoever to this. In fact, Diaspro proves she's ''not'' a witch by transforming into a fairy! And that's not even mentioning Sky's behaviour- He was technically cheating on [[TheWoobie poor Diaspro Diaspro]] with Bloom, and no one calls him out on this!
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* ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'': Bloom and Sky in the first episode with Princess Diaspro. While Diaspro was derailed into a {{Yandere}} RichBitch later, in her first episode Bloom attacks her after [[{{Yandere}} seeing her in her boyfriend's presence]], immediately assuming she's Icy in disguise with absolutely no proof whatsoever to this. In fact, Diaspro proves she's ''not'' a witch by transforming into a fairy! And that's not even mentioning Sky's behaviour- He was technically cheating on poor Diaspro with Bloom, and no one calls him out on this!
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* Buttercup. Known by most fans as the "bitchy one", despite being a hero she is very very much a Jerkass and often puts her own image before her sisters. For example, "All Chalked Up", and "Moral Decay".
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*Buttercup. Known by most fans as the "bitchy one", despite being a hero she is very very much a Jerkass and often puts her own image before her sisters. For example, "All Chalked Up", and "Moral Decay".
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* This trope is the main complaint fans have with ''Animation/{{Pucca}}''. While the title heroine is a NiceGirl for the most part, she's also an AbhorrentAdmirer, a {{Yandere}}, a ClingyJealousGirl, ''and'' a StalkerWithACrush par excellence who torments Garu to no end and ''anyone'' who gets in between her and Garu is beaten senselessly whether they're right or wrong. Despite this, we're ''supposed'' to root for her because everyone in Sooga Village loves her unconditionally (even naming a year after her) even though she gets away with shit that would get any other character arrested years ago. The fact that she's an InvincibleHero who can effortlessly solve her problems does not help her case.
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* This trope is the main complaint fans have with ''Animation/{{Pucca}}''. While the title heroine is a NiceGirl for the most part, she's also an AbhorrentAdmirer, a {{Yandere}}, a ClingyJealousGirl, ''and'' a StalkerWithACrush par excellence who torments Garu to no end and ''anyone'' who gets in between her and Garu is beaten senselessly whether they're right or wrong. The other characters in the show are fully aware of how ridiculously creepy Pucca can be around Garu, but they write it off as "Funny Love". Despite this, we're ''supposed'' to root for her because everyone in Sooga Village loves her unconditionally (even naming a year after her) even though she gets away with shit that would get any other character arrested years ago. The fact that she's an InvincibleHero who can effortlessly solve her problems does not help her case.
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** In "Lazy Sunday", after Robin donates the couch to a retirement home in an attempt to curb Beast Boy and Cyborg's laziness, the two trick the others into helping them steal it back.
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** The titular Ben Tennyson himself becomes one thanks to {{Flanderization}}. His ChronicHeroSyndrome, his defining trait in the previous shows, is heavily toned down in favor of making him an arrogant, incompetent, and thoroughly obnoxious {{Jerkass}} who causes as many problems as he solves, takes next to nothing seriously, and cares more about having fun than actually helping people. It has gotten to the point that many fans prefer either [[HypercompetentSidekick Rook]] or some of Ben's alternate counterparts such as [[BadassNormal No-Watch Ben]], [[JerkassWoobie Ben 23]], or [[FutureBadass Ben 10,000]]. Some fans have even resorted to rooting for the villains as Ben is just too unlikable. This is even lampshaded by Proctor Sevantis, who outright says that the Omnitrix is too powerful to be left in the hands of someone as irresponsible as Ben.
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** The titular Ben Tennyson himself becomes one thanks to {{Flanderization}}. His ChronicHeroSyndrome, his defining trait in the previous shows, is heavily toned down in favor of making him an arrogant, incompetent, and thoroughly obnoxious {{Jerkass}} who causes as many problems as he solves, takes next to nothing seriously, and cares more about having fun than actually helping people.people, and as the series finale shows, [[spoiler: apparently cares more about ''[[TrademarkFavoriteFood Mr. Smoothies]]'' than his friends and family]]. It has gotten to the point that many fans prefer either [[HypercompetentSidekick Rook]] or some of Ben's alternate counterparts such as [[BadassNormal No-Watch Ben]], [[JerkassWoobie Ben 23]], or [[FutureBadass Ben 10,000]]. Some fans have even resorted to rooting for the villains as Ben is just too unlikable. This is even lampshaded by Proctor Sevantis, who outright says that the Omnitrix is too powerful to be left in the hands of someone as irresponsible as Ben.
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** [[Deconstructed|Trope]] in "A Very Special Blossom". On Father's Day, Blossom wants to get the Professor some very expensive golf clubs for a gift. So, after stopping Mojo Jojo's rampage, she finds the set and steals it, which causes the Professor to get arrested when he goes to a golf game. Blossom at first tries to lie her way out of it by saying Mojo sold her the golf clubs, but is eventually forced to confess that she stole them. She is then sentenced to Community Service.
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** [[Deconstructed|Trope]] [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] in "A Very Special Blossom". On Father's Day, Blossom wants to get the Professor some very expensive golf clubs for a gift. So, after stopping Mojo Jojo's rampage, she finds the set and steals it, which causes the Professor to get arrested when he goes to a golf game. Blossom at first tries to lie her way out of it by saying Mojo sold her the golf clubs, but is eventually forced to confess that she stole them. She is then sentenced to Community Service.
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** [[Deconstructed|Trope]] in "A Very Special Blossom". On Father's Day, Blossom wants to get the Professor some very expensive golf clubs for a gift. So, after stopping Mojo Jojo's rampage, she finds the set and steals it, which causes the Professor to get arrested when he goes to a golf game. Blossom at first tries to lie her way out of it by saying Mojo sold her the golf clubs, but is eventually forced to confess that she stole them. She is then sentenced to Community Service.
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** In "Brain Food", Beast Boy uses Raven's spell book to make the other Titans dumber than he is just as they are attempting to destroy an oncoming asteroid just so he could feel smart. Had Silkiest, accidentally made smarter by the spell, not come to the rescue with his giant robot, the city would've been destroyed.
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** In "Brain Food", Beast Boy uses Raven's spell book to make the other Titans dumber than he is just as they are attempting to destroy an oncoming asteroid just so he could feel smart. Had Silkiest, Silkie, accidentally made smarter by the spell, not come to the rescue with his giant robot, the city would've been destroyed.
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* In "Brain Food", Beast Boy uses Raven's spell book to make the other Titans dumber than he is just as they are attempting to destroy an oncoming asteroid just so he could feel smart. Had Silkiest, accidentally made smarter by the spell, not come to the rescue with his giant robot, the city would've been destroyed.
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** In "Breakfast Cheese", all four members of the team, sans Starfire, are depicted as blatant [[SociopathicHero sociopathic heroes]] who beat up criminals for fun and use being heroes as an excuse for their violent behavior. Starfire is disgusted by their actions and attempts to curb their violent tendencies.
* In "Brain Food", Beast Boy uses Raven's spell book to make the other Titans dumber than he is just as they are attempting to destroy an oncoming asteroid just so he could feel smart. Had Silkiest, accidentally made smarter by the spell, not come to the rescue with his giant robot, the city would've been destroyed.
* In "Brain Food", Beast Boy uses Raven's spell book to make the other Titans dumber than he is just as they are attempting to destroy an oncoming asteroid just so he could feel smart. Had Silkiest, accidentally made smarter by the spell, not come to the rescue with his giant robot, the city would've been destroyed.
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* This is the problem many fans have with ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo''. The Teen Titans, or "[[FanNickname Toddler Titans]]" as they are called (with the exception of [[NiceGirl Starfire]]), are depicted as selfish, bratty, borderline psychopathic jerks who screw over each other and the city on a regular basis. This is supposed to be a comedy about superheroes, but there is nothing even remotely heroic about them. This is even lampshaded poorly in the episode "Serious Business", where Robin outright states that the Titans spend 3% of their time actually fighting crime. The Titans's jerkass behavior eventually got so bad that it [[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Robin_%28Teen_Titans_Go!%29 landed]] [[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Raven_%28Teen_Titans_Go!%29 all]] [[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Cyborg_%28Teen_Titans_Go!%29 five]] [[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Beast_Boy_%28Teen_Titans_Go!%29 of]] [[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Starfire_%28Teen_Titans_Go!%29 them]] on ''The Villains Wiki'' and most fans would sooner [[RootingForTheEmpire root for the villains]] than the Titans themselves. When they're considered just as bad or WORSE than the rest of the villains, you know something's wrong. Notable instances are:
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* This is the problem many fans have with ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo''. The Teen Titans, or "[[FanNickname Toddler Titans]]" as they are called (with the exception of [[NiceGirl Starfire]]), are depicted as selfish, bratty, borderline psychopathic jerks who screw over each other and the city on a regular basis. This is supposed to be a comedy about superheroes, but there is nothing even remotely heroic about them. This is even lampshaded poorly in the episode "Serious Business", where Robin outright states that the Titans spend 3% of their time actually fighting crime. The Titans's jerkass behavior eventually got so bad that it [[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Robin_%28Teen_Titans_Go!%29 landed]] [[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Raven_%28Teen_Titans_Go!%29 all]] [[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Cyborg_%28Teen_Titans_Go!%29 five]] [[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Beast_Boy_%28Teen_Titans_Go!%29 of]] [[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Starfire_%28Teen_Titans_Go!%29 them]] on ''The Villains Wiki'' and most fans would sooner [[RootingForTheEmpire root for the villains]] than the Titans themselves. When they're the main heroes of the show are considered just as bad or WORSE ''worse'' than the rest of the ''actual'' villains, you know something's wrong. Notable instances are:
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*** The Galactic Monsters arc is a prime example. Despite Zs Skayr being on Anur Phaetos and plotting to take over the galaxy, [[BystanderSyndrome Ben's only concern is getting off the planet]]. Meaning that had he not been forced to stay on the planet longer than he wanted to, he would have left [[KarmaHoudini Zs Skayr undefeated and still scheming]].
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*** The Galactic Monsters arc is a prime example. Despite Zs Skayr being on Anur Phaetos and plotting to take over the galaxy, [[BystanderSyndrome Ben's only concern is getting off the planet]]. Meaning that had he not been forced to stay on the planet longer than he wanted to, he would have left [[KarmaHoudini Zs Skayr undefeated and still scheming]]. This is thankfully rectified in the episode "It's a Mad, Mad Ben World", where after getting Dr. Psychobos to fix his and Ben 23's Omnitrices, he opts to stay and help defeat Mad Ben.
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* This is the problem many fans have with ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo''. The Teen Titans, or "[[FanNickname Toddler Titans]]" as they are called (with the exception of [[NiceGirl Starfire]]), are depicted as selfish, bratty, borderline psychopathic jerks who screw over each other and the city on a regular basis. This is supposed to be a comedy about superheroes, but there is nothing even remotely heroic about them. This is even lampshaded poorly in the episode "Serious Business", where Robin outright states that the Titans spend 3% of their time actually fighting crime. And in the episode "Mas Y Menos", Robin outright says he does heroic deeds solely for fame and glory. The Titans's jerkass behavior eventually got so bad that it [[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Robin_%28Teen_Titans_Go!%29 landed]] [[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Raven_%28Teen_Titans_Go!%29 all]] [[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Cyborg_%28Teen_Titans_Go!%29 five]] [[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Beast_Boy_%28Teen_Titans_Go!%29 of]] [[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Starfire_%28Teen_Titans_Go!%29 them]] on ''The Villains Wiki'' and most fans would sooner [[RootingForTheEmpire root for the villains]] than the Titans themselves. When they're considered just as bad or WORSE than the rest of the villains, you know something's wrong. Notable instances are:
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* This is the problem many fans have with ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo''. The Teen Titans, or "[[FanNickname Toddler Titans]]" as they are called (with the exception of [[NiceGirl Starfire]]), are depicted as selfish, bratty, borderline psychopathic jerks who screw over each other and the city on a regular basis. This is supposed to be a comedy about superheroes, but there is nothing even remotely heroic about them. This is even lampshaded poorly in the episode "Serious Business", where Robin outright states that the Titans spend 3% of their time actually fighting crime. And in the episode "Mas Y Menos", Robin outright says he does heroic deeds solely for fame and glory. The Titans's jerkass behavior eventually got so bad that it [[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Robin_%28Teen_Titans_Go!%29 landed]] [[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Raven_%28Teen_Titans_Go!%29 all]] [[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Cyborg_%28Teen_Titans_Go!%29 five]] [[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Beast_Boy_%28Teen_Titans_Go!%29 of]] [[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Starfire_%28Teen_Titans_Go!%29 them]] on ''The Villains Wiki'' and most fans would sooner [[RootingForTheEmpire root for the villains]] than the Titans themselves. When they're considered just as bad or WORSE than the rest of the villains, you know something's wrong. Notable instances are:
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** In the infamous "Staring at The Future", Beast Boy and Cyborg, upon being sent to a future where the rest of the Titans are responsible people with productive lives, decide to deliberately ruin the others futures just to create a world where they won't have to deal with responsibility.
** In "Baby Hands", Robin erases the others memories and makes himself look like Superman just to boost his own ego.
** In "Baby Hands", Robin erases the others memories and makes himself look like Superman just to boost his own ego.
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** In the infamous "Staring at The Future", Beast Boy and Cyborg, upon being sent to a future where the rest of the Titans are responsible people with productive lives, decide to selfishly and deliberately ruin the others futures just to create a world where they won't have to deal with responsibility.
** In "Baby Hands",Robin erases when the others Titans have their memories and makes himself look like Superman just erased by Brother Blood, Robin takes advantage of their amnesia to boost retrain them to respect him by telling them outlandish stories of their origins, all to feed his own ego.
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** In "Ghost Boy", Beast Boy treats Starfire like a slave as a prank and when turned into a ghost by Raven as a prank, he accidently gets the other Titans killed when they try to stop him from running into a volcano. But he shows no concern and even laughs at them.
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** In "Ghost Boy", Beast Boy treats Starfire like a slave as a prank and when turned the Titans cast a spell of transparency on him to make him think he's a real ghost, Beast Boy retaliates by pretending to jump into a ghost by Raven as a prank, he accidently gets volcano, leading to the other Titans killed ''accidently killing themselves'' when they try to stop him from running into a volcano. But he shows no concern and him. He even laughs has the gall to laugh at them.
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** In "Salty Codgers", Raven intentionally lets the others be turned into old people by Mad Mod because she loves old people, causing them to die of old age. And when she pulls a BatmanGambit on Death to get their souls back, he instead turns them into zombies. Raven shows no concern as she loves zombies too.
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** In "Salty Codgers", Raven intentionally lets the others be turned into old people by Mad Mod because she loves found old people, people adorable, causing them to die of old age. And when she pulls a BatmanGambit on Death to get their souls back, he instead turns them into zombies. zombies as revenge. Raven shows no concern as she loves finds zombies too. just as adorable as old people.
** In the episode "Mas Y Menos", while mentoring the title twins, Robin treats Menos horribly, believing him to be a hindrance to his brother Mas. He even lies to Menos about Mas being in a hospital so he could spend more time with Mas. The other Titans are appalled at his actions, but Robin shows no remorse. And when the twins's energy overloads and nearly endangers the city, Robin helps stop them, but at the end of the episode, he outright sais that the most important part of being the hero is to put yourself in the spotlight and steal the glory.
** In the episode "Puppets, Whaaaaat?", Robin is fed up with the Titans's constant disobedience, so he sells their souls to the evil Puppet Wizard and turns them into puppets. Though he helps the Titans regain their souls, the end of the episode implies he hasn't learned his lesson.
** In the episode "Mas Y Menos", while mentoring the title twins, Robin treats Menos horribly, believing him to be a hindrance to his brother Mas. He even lies to Menos about Mas being in a hospital so he could spend more time with Mas. The other Titans are appalled at his actions, but Robin shows no remorse. And when the twins's energy overloads and nearly endangers the city, Robin helps stop them, but at the end of the episode, he outright sais that the most important part of being the hero is to put yourself in the spotlight and steal the glory.
** In the episode "Puppets, Whaaaaat?", Robin is fed up with the Titans's constant disobedience, so he sells their souls to the evil Puppet Wizard and turns them into puppets. Though he helps the Titans regain their souls, the end of the episode implies he hasn't learned his lesson.
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** In one episode of ''TomAndJerryTales'', Tom is actually GenreSavvy to use this to his advantage, catching wise to the "[[WhatMeasureIsANonCute small underdog trickster always prevails]]" formula, he hires an even smaller cuter ant to steal back all the food Jerry took, and takes pleasure watching Jerry become the bumbling pursuer for once. Similarly this is rare occasion [[TeamRocketWins Tom gets the last laugh]].
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** In one episode of ''TomAndJerryTales'', Tom is actually GenreSavvy to use this to his advantage, catching wise to the "[[WhatMeasureIsANonCute small underdog trickster always prevails]]" formula, he hires an even smaller cuter ant to steal back all the food Jerry took, and takes pleasure watching Jerry become the bumbling pursuer for once. Similarly Similarly, this is a rare occasion in which [[TeamRocketWins Tom gets the last laugh]].
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* This trope is the main complaint fans have with ''{{Pucca}}''. While the titular heroine is a NiceGirl for the most part, she's also an AbhorrentAdmirer, a {{Yandere}}, a ClingyJealousGirl, ''and'' a StalkerWithACrush par excellence who torments Garu to no end and ''anyone'' who gets in between her and Garu is beaten senselessly whether they're right or wrong. Despite this, we're ''supposed'' to root for her because everyone in Sooga Village loves her unconditionally (even naming a year after her) even though she gets away with shit that would get any other character arrested years ago. The fact that she's an InvincibleHero who can effortlessly solve her problems does not help her case.
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* This trope is the main complaint fans have with ''{{Pucca}}''. ''Animation/{{Pucca}}''. While the titular title heroine is a NiceGirl for the most part, she's also an AbhorrentAdmirer, a {{Yandere}}, a ClingyJealousGirl, ''and'' a StalkerWithACrush par excellence who torments Garu to no end and ''anyone'' who gets in between her and Garu is beaten senselessly whether they're right or wrong. Despite this, we're ''supposed'' to root for her because everyone in Sooga Village loves her unconditionally (even naming a year after her) even though she gets away with shit that would get any other character arrested years ago. The fact that she's an InvincibleHero who can effortlessly solve her problems does not help her case.
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* The titular Ben Tennyson himself becomes one in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' thanks to {{Flanderization}}. His ChronicHeroSyndrome, his defining trait in the previous shows, is heavily toned down in favor of making him an arrogant, incompetent, and thoroughly obnoxious {{Jerkass}} who causes as many problems as he solves, takes next to nothing seriously, and cares more about having fun than actually helping people. It has gotten to the point that many fans prefer either [[HypercompetentSidekick Rook]] or some of Ben's alternate counterparts such as [[BadassNormal No-Watch Ben]], [[JerkassWoobie Ben 23]], or [[FutureBadass Ben 10,000]]. Some fans have even resorted to rooting for the villains as Ben is just too unlikable. This is even lampshaded by Proctor Sevantis, who outright says that the Omnitrix is too powerful to be left in the hands of someone as irresponsible as Ben.
** The Galactic Monsters arc is a prime example. Despite Zs Skayr being on Anur Phaetos and plotting to take over the galaxy, [[BystanderSyndrome Ben's only concern is getting off the planet]]. Meaning that had he not been forced to stay on the planet longer than he wanted to, he would have left [[KarmaHoudini Zs Skayr undefeated and still scheming]].
** The Galactic Monsters arc is a prime example. Despite Zs Skayr being on Anur Phaetos and plotting to take over the galaxy, [[BystanderSyndrome Ben's only concern is getting off the planet]]. Meaning that had he not been forced to stay on the planet longer than he wanted to, he would have left [[KarmaHoudini Zs Skayr undefeated and still scheming]].
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* The titular Ben Tennyson himself becomes one It seems that the main characters in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' have forgotten how to be heroes.
** The titular Ben Tennyson himself becomes one thanks to {{Flanderization}}. His ChronicHeroSyndrome, his defining trait in the previous shows, is heavily toned down in favor of making him an arrogant, incompetent, and thoroughly obnoxious {{Jerkass}} who causes as many problems as he solves, takes next to nothing seriously, and cares more about having fun than actually helping people. It has gotten to the point that many fans prefer either [[HypercompetentSidekick Rook]] or some of Ben's alternate counterparts such as [[BadassNormal No-Watch Ben]], [[JerkassWoobie Ben 23]], or [[FutureBadass Ben 10,000]]. Some fans have even resorted to rooting for the villains as Ben is just too unlikable. This is even lampshaded by Proctor Sevantis, who outright says that the Omnitrix is too powerful to be left in the hands of someone as irresponsible as Ben.
** *** The Galactic Monsters arc is a prime example. Despite Zs Skayr being on Anur Phaetos and plotting to take over the galaxy, [[BystanderSyndrome Ben's only concern is getting off the planet]]. Meaning that had he not been forced to stay on the planet longer than he wanted to, he would have left [[KarmaHoudini Zs Skayr undefeated and still scheming]].scheming]].
** Blukic and Driba to many fans. The many problems they cause by acting completely stupid and irresponsible don't exactly make them come out as charming, and their comments on Cerebrocrustaceans' intelligence just make them come out as flat-out [[FantasticRacism racist]].
** Azmuth can also be one depending on the episode by virtue of being UnintentionallyUnsympathetic. He is supposed to be the wise and benevolent ruler of Galvan Prime, but it's frequently shown that he can be just as much of a jerk as Ben. A prime example of this is at the end of the "Duel of the Duplicates" arc where he [[spoiler: punishes Albedo by permanently trapping him in the form of 10-year-old Ben.]] While Albedo was clearly meant to deserve that, to many fans, it came off as a needlessly petty KickThemWhileTheyAreDown moment. Especially since one of the reasons for Albedo's StartOfDarkness was him being fed up by Azmuth's treatment of him.
** The titular Ben Tennyson himself becomes one thanks to {{Flanderization}}. His ChronicHeroSyndrome, his defining trait in the previous shows, is heavily toned down in favor of making him an arrogant, incompetent, and thoroughly obnoxious {{Jerkass}} who causes as many problems as he solves, takes next to nothing seriously, and cares more about having fun than actually helping people. It has gotten to the point that many fans prefer either [[HypercompetentSidekick Rook]] or some of Ben's alternate counterparts such as [[BadassNormal No-Watch Ben]], [[JerkassWoobie Ben 23]], or [[FutureBadass Ben 10,000]]. Some fans have even resorted to rooting for the villains as Ben is just too unlikable. This is even lampshaded by Proctor Sevantis, who outright says that the Omnitrix is too powerful to be left in the hands of someone as irresponsible as Ben.
** Blukic and Driba to many fans. The many problems they cause by acting completely stupid and irresponsible don't exactly make them come out as charming, and their comments on Cerebrocrustaceans' intelligence just make them come out as flat-out [[FantasticRacism racist]].
** Azmuth can also be one depending on the episode by virtue of being UnintentionallyUnsympathetic. He is supposed to be the wise and benevolent ruler of Galvan Prime, but it's frequently shown that he can be just as much of a jerk as Ben. A prime example of this is at the end of the "Duel of the Duplicates" arc where he [[spoiler: punishes Albedo by permanently trapping him in the form of 10-year-old Ben.]] While Albedo was clearly meant to deserve that, to many fans, it came off as a needlessly petty KickThemWhileTheyAreDown moment. Especially since one of the reasons for Albedo's StartOfDarkness was him being fed up by Azmuth's treatment of him.
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** In the episode "Headsuckers Moxy", the girls find a way to trap the Robbing Leech, a thief with the abiltiy to drain a person's memories. Their plan is to trap the Leech by using the Mayor as bait under the belief he's too stupid to have any useful information for the Leech to drain. While their plan is successful, the Mayor ends up with memory loss like all the Leech's victims. In other words, the girls ended up endangering an innocent bystander to save the day. Okay...
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** Blossom herself becomes one in the episode "A Very Special Blossom". It's Father's Day and Blossom wants to get the Professor some very expensive golf clubs for a gift. So, after stopping Mojo Jojo's rampage, she finds the set and steals it, which causes the Professor to get arrested when he goes to a golf game. Blossom at first tries to lie her way out of it by saying Mojo sold her the golf clubs, but is eventually forced to confess that she stole them. She is then sentenced to Community Service.
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** [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Rainbow Dash]] is often accused of being this. Many fans of the show (but not of her) say she deserves a hell of a lot more than just AnAesop at the end of every episode for her [[HotBlooded brash]], careless, [[SmugSuper smug]], and cocky attitude. These same fans ignore her [[BullyHunter positive]] [[CoolBigSis qualities]] in favour of her more negative qualities. Many haters see Dash as a BitchInSheepsClothing who only cares about herself and provide pragmatic reasons for her kind behaviour in some episodes. In "Hurricane Fluttershy" for example, she helped Fluttershy because she cared more about breaking the record out of pride than bringing much-needed water to Cloudsdale. It's also evident in "The Last Roundup" where she deliberately left Pinkie Pie and Rarity behind while chasing Applejack.
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** Blossom herself becomes one in the episode "A Very Special Blossom". It's Father's Day and Blossom wants to get the Professor some very expensive golf clubs for a gift. So, after stopping Mojo Jojo's rampage, she finds the set and steals it, which causes the Professor to get arrested when he goes to a golf game. Blossom at first tries to lie her way out of it by saying Mojo sold her the golf clubs, but is eventually forced to confess that she stole them. She is then sentenced to Community Service.
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** [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Rainbow Dash]] is often accused of being this. Many fans of the show (but not of her) say she deserves a hell of a lot more than just AnAesop at the end of every episode for her [[HotBlooded brash]], careless, [[SmugSuper smug]], and cocky attitude. These same fans ignore her [[BullyHunter positive]] [[CoolBigSis qualities]] in favour of her more negative qualities. Many haters see Dash as a BitchInSheepsClothing who only cares about herself and provide pragmatic reasons for her kind behaviour in some episodes. In "Hurricane Fluttershy" for example, she helped Fluttershy because she cared more about breaking the record out of pride than bringing much-needed water to Cloudsdale. It's also evident in "The Last Roundup" where she deliberately left Pinkie Pie and Rarity behind while chasing Applejack.
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** In the episode "Headsuckers Moxy", the girls find a way to trap the Robbing Leech, a thief with the abiltiy to drain a person's memories. Their plan is to trap the Leech by using the Mayor as bait under the belief he's too stupid to have any useful information for the Leech to drain. While their plan is successful, the Mayor ends up with memory loss like all the Leech's victims. In other words, the girls ended up endangering an innocent bystander to save the day. Okay...
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** Blossom herself becomes one in the episode "A Very Special Blossom". It's Father's Day and Blossom wants to get the Professor some very expensive golf clubs for a gift. So, after stopping Mojo Jojo's rampage, she finds the set and steals it, which causes the Professor to get arrested when he goes to a golf game. Blossom at first tries to lie her way out of it by saying Mojo sold her the golf clubs, but is eventually forced to confess that she stole them. She is then sentenced to Community Service.
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** [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Rainbow Dash]] is often accused of being this. Many fans of the show (but not of her) say she deserves a hell of a lot more than just AnAesop at the end of every episode for her [[HotBlooded brash]], careless, [[SmugSuper smug]], and cocky attitude. These same fans ignore her [[BullyHunter positive]] [[CoolBigSis qualities]] in favour of her more negative qualities. Many haters see Dash as a BitchInSheepsClothing who only cares about herself and provide pragmatic reasons for her kind behaviour in some episodes. In "Hurricane Fluttershy" for example, she helped Fluttershy because she cared more about breaking the record out of pride than bringing much-needed water to Cloudsdale. It's also evident in "The Last Roundup" where she deliberately left Pinkie Pie and Rarity behind while chasing Applejack.
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** Even Twilight Sparkle falls into this trope, as evidenced during the height of her SanitySlippage in "Lesson Zero". Desperate to send Celestia a friendship lesson, she goes as far as causing a crowd fight over a stuffed animal (albeit accidentally).
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** [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Rainbow Dash]] is often accused of being this. Many fans of the show (but not of her) say she deserves a hell of a lot more than just AnAesop at the end of every episode for her [[HotBlooded brash]], careless, [[SmugSuper smug]], and cocky attitude. These same fans ignore her [[BullyHunter positive]] [[CoolBigSis qualities]] in favour of her more negative qualities. Many haters see Dash as a BitchInSheepsClothing who only cares about herself and provide pragmatic reasons for her kind behaviour in some episodes. In "Hurricane Fluttershy" for example, she helped Fluttershy because she cared more about breaking the record out of pride than bringing much-needed water to Cloudsdale. It's also evident in "The Last Roundup" where she cared more about bringing Applejack back to Ponyville than Pinkie Pie and Rarity who were separated from the group during the chase.
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** [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Rainbow Dash]] is often accused of being this. Many fans of the show (but not of her) say she deserves a hell of a lot more than just AnAesop at the end of every episode for her [[HotBlooded brash]], careless, [[SmugSuper smug]], and cocky attitude. These same fans ignore her [[BullyHunter positive]] [[CoolBigSis qualities]] in favour of her more negative qualities. Many haters see Dash as a BitchInSheepsClothing who only cares about herself and provide pragmatic reasons for her kind behaviour in some episodes. In "Hurricane Fluttershy" for example, she helped Fluttershy because she cared more about breaking the record out of pride than bringing much-needed water to Cloudsdale. It's also evident in "The Last Roundup" where she cared more about bringing Applejack back to Ponyville than deliberately left Pinkie Pie and Rarity who were separated from the group during the chase.behind while chasing Applejack.
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* [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Rainbow Dash]] from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' is often accused of being this. Many fans of the show (but not of her) say she deserved a hell of a lot more than just AnAesop at the end of every episode for her [[HotBlooded brash]], careless, [[SmugSuper smug]], and cocky attitude in several episodes similar to Bugs Bunny above. These same fans ignore her [[BullyHunter positive]] [[CoolBigSis qualities]] in favour of her more negative qualities. This happens with other ponies too, particularly Rarity. Angel is seen as this even more than Dash as he is incredibly abrasive to Fluttershy, Spike, and Iron Will (in a Friends Forever comic). Angel is such a DesignatedHero that he was even given his own spot on the villains wiki. Many haters see Dash as a BitchInSheepsClothing who only cares about herself and provide pragmatic reasons for her kind behaviour in some episodes. (She wanted to break the record out of pride, so she helped Fluttershy is one such example) Spitfire is getting this accusation hurled at her as well in recent days especially after Wonderbolts Academy and Rainbow Falls.
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** [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Rainbow Dash]]from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' is often accused of being this. Many fans of the show (but not of her) say she deserved deserves a hell of a lot more than just AnAesop at the end of every episode for her [[HotBlooded brash]], careless, [[SmugSuper smug]], and cocky attitude in several episodes similar to Bugs Bunny above.attitude. These same fans ignore her [[BullyHunter positive]] [[CoolBigSis qualities]] in favour of her more negative qualities. This happens with other ponies too, particularly Rarity. Angel is seen as this even more than Dash as he is incredibly abrasive to Fluttershy, Spike, and Iron Will (in a Friends Forever comic). Angel is such a DesignatedHero that he was even given his own spot on the villains wiki. Many haters see Dash as a BitchInSheepsClothing who only cares about herself and provide pragmatic reasons for her kind behaviour in some episodes. (She wanted to break the record out of pride, so In "Hurricane Fluttershy" for example, she helped Fluttershy because she cared more about breaking the record out of pride than bringing much-needed water to Cloudsdale. It's also evident in "The Last Roundup" where she cared more about bringing Applejack back to Ponyville than Pinkie Pie and Rarity who were separated from the group during the chase.
** Fluttershy's rabbit, Angel, isone seen as this even more than Dash as he is incredibly abrasive to Fluttershy, Spike, and Iron Will (in a Friends Forever comic). Angel is such example) a DesignatedHero that he was even given his own spot on the villains wiki.
** Even Twilight Sparkle falls into this trope, as evidenced during the height of her SanitySlippage in "Lesson Zero". Desperate to send Celestia a friendship lesson, she goes as far as causing an entire town fight over a stuffed animal.
** Spitfire is getting this accusation hurled at her as well in recent days especially after Wonderbolts Academy and Rainbow Falls.
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** Even Twilight Sparkle falls into this trope, as evidenced during the height of her SanitySlippage in "Lesson Zero". Desperate to send Celestia a friendship lesson, she goes as far as causing an entire town fight over a stuffed animal.
** Spitfire is getting this accusation hurled at her as well in recent days especially after Wonderbolts Academy and Rainbow Falls.
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** The Galactic Monsters arc is a prime example. Despite Zs Skayr being on Anur Phaetos and plotting to take over the galaxy, [[BystanderSyndrome Ben's only concern is getting off the planet]]. Meaning that had he not been forced to stay on the planet, he would have left [[KarmaHoudini Zs Skayr undefeated and still scheming]].
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* The titular Ben Tennyson himself becomes one in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' thanks to {{Flanderization}}. His ChronicHeroSyndrome, his defining trait in the previous shows, is heavily toned down in favor of making him an arrogant, incompetent, and thoroughly obnoxious {{Jerkass}} who causes as many problems as he solves and can be indifferent to others at times. The Galactic Monsters arc is a prime example. Despite Zs Skayr being on Anur Phaetos and plotting to take over the galaxy, [[BystanderSyndrome Ben's only concern is getting off the planet]]. Meaning that had he not been forced to stay on the planet, he would have left [[KarmaHoudini Zs Skayr undefeated and still scheming]].
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* The titular Ben Tennyson himself becomes one in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' thanks to {{Flanderization}}. His ChronicHeroSyndrome, his defining trait in the previous shows, is heavily toned down in favor of making him an arrogant, incompetent, and thoroughly obnoxious {{Jerkass}} who causes as many problems as he solves solves, takes next to nothing seriously, and can cares more about having fun than actually helping people. It has gotten to the point that many fans prefer either [[HypercompetentSidekick Rook]] or some of Ben's alternate counterparts such as [[BadassNormal No-Watch Ben]], [[JerkassWoobie Ben 23]], or [[FutureBadass Ben 10,000]]. Some fans have even resorted to rooting for the villains as Ben is just too unlikable. This is even lampshaded by Proctor Sevantis, who outright says that the Omnitrix is too powerful to be indifferent to others at times. left in the hands of someone as irresponsible as Ben.
** The Galactic Monsters arc is a prime example. Despite Zs Skayr being on Anur Phaetos and plotting to take over the galaxy, [[BystanderSyndrome Ben's only concern is getting off the planet]]. Meaning that had he not been forced to stay on the planet, he would have left [[KarmaHoudini Zs Skayr undefeated and still scheming]].
** The Galactic Monsters arc is a prime example. Despite Zs Skayr being on Anur Phaetos and plotting to take over the galaxy, [[BystanderSyndrome Ben's only concern is getting off the planet]]. Meaning that had he not been forced to stay on the planet, he would have left [[KarmaHoudini Zs Skayr undefeated and still scheming]].
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* [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Rainbow Dash]] from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' is often accused of being this. Many fans of the show (but not of her) say she deserved a hell of a lot more than just AnAesop at the end of every episode for her [[HotBlooded brash]], careless, [[SmugSuper smug]], and cocky attitude in several episodes similar to Bugs Bunny above. These same fans ignore her [[BullyHunter positive]] [[CoolBigSis qualities]] in favour of her more negative qualities. This happens with other ponies too, particularly Rarity. Angel is seen as this even more than Dash as he is incredibly abrasive to Fluttershy, Spike, and Iron Will (in a Friends Forever comic). Angel is such a DesignatedHero that he was even given his own spot on the villains wiki. Many haters see Dash as a BitchInSheepsClothing who only cares about herself and provide pragmatic reasons for her kind behaviour in some episodes. (She wanted to break the record out of pride, so she helped Fluttershy is one such example) Spitfire is getting this accusation hurled at her as well in recent days especially after Wonderbolts Academy and Rainbow Falls.
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* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'':
** During the first season, before the show completely found its groove, the heroes could be this (Example: In one episode, Sissi tricks Ulrich by writing a note pretending to be Yumi, [[AndThatsTerrible and that's considered terrible.]] In a different episode, Ulrich and the gang trick Herve by writing a note pretending to be Sissi, [[MoralMyopia and that's considered perfectly OK!]]). Later seasons tone down this aspect, fortunately.
** Jeremie could sometimes be this even past the first season. Many problems in certain episodes were caused directly by him and he usually always has to resort to the ResetButton to clean his mess up.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'':
** This is taken UpToEleven in the episode "Operation: A.R.C.H.I.V.E.", about the origins of the title organization, which states that children only created adults [[SlaveRace to be their slaves]] and generally treating them horribly, and not doing one actual heroic thing the entire episode. {{Justified|Trope}} because the episode is not canon, but just the ramblings and speculations of [[ConspiracyTheorist Numbuh One]], who has no idea what he is talking about. Maybe. The episode ends on an ambiguous note (the teacher calls someone and says "They know."), and it may explain the origins of Grandfather.
** Numbuh One does seem to hint at both sides being at fault until adults usurped control (where the even tone began going maniacal)
* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'':
** Sometimes Jerry had reasons to act against Tom, sometimes, however, he was just being mean for the sake of it. The most common scenario seems to be: Tom is sleeping or otherwise doing nothing while Jerry, being a mouse, starts stealing Tom's owner's food. We're expected to support Jerry while Tom is constantly fed to the lions because, after all, CatsAreMean. Granted the writers weren't utterly oblivious to this, and actually let Jerry lose to Tom a fair few occasions he ''really'' crossed the line.
** One good example of Tom actually winning is "Timid Tabby", where Tom's identical cousin George, who is scared of mice, comes over. Jerry mistakes him for Tom and keeps tormenting him when he realizes his fear, making him come across as a jerk. Finally Tom and George work together to scare Jerry out of the house.
** There was one episode of the series where Tom was beheaded by his owner for failing to stop Jerry and that little nitwit baby mouse from stealing food set out on the royal banquet table. Not only are Jerry and Nibbles Musketeers in the episode, the food they're stealing is from the ''king'', the person they're supposed to be ''protecting'', with Tom as one of the palace guards designated to keep an eye on the banquet for later that night. Meaning, they're supposed to be ''on the same damn side'', and the mice are still stealing the food. At the end of the episode, as the mice are walking away with their tiny arms loaded with food, we hear a drum roll, and they look up to see the rise and drop of the guillotine. Nibbles, or whatever his name is in this one, swallows the bite of food in his mouth with a momentarily surprised look, says "Pauvre, pauvre pussycat," then casually shrugs his shoulders and says "[[MoralMyopia Ah, well, c'est la guerre]]!" and they go off happily munching with jaunty theme music in the background.
** The [=DtV=] movies are just as bad about this, with the exception being "The Fast and the Furry". In the others, Tom and Jerry often have to team up to save the day or find the MacGuffin, with Tom proving to be a good guy. But at the end, no matter what, Jerry screws over Tom without fail for no other reason. Which, considering Tom not deserving it [[CatsAreMean beyond being a cat]], turns Jerry into a [=Jerkass=] bordering on VillainProtagonist.
** The attitude towards Tom being the villain and Jerry the hero no matter what was probably best shown in Heavenly Puss, where Tom dies and is told by the Gatekeeper he will be sent to hell if he doesn't get Jerry's forgiveness for [[DesignatedVillain all the times he's persecuted him.]] Though it was AllJustADream, it shows very well who was always the "Good Guy" in the creator's mind.
** In one episode of ''TomAndJerryTales'', Tom is actually GenreSavvy to use this to his advantage, catching wise to the "[[WhatMeasureIsANonCute small underdog trickster always prevails]]" formula, he hires an even smaller cuter ant to steal back all the food Jerry took, and takes pleasure watching Jerry become the bumbling pursuer for once. Similarly this is rare occasion [[TeamRocketWins Tom gets the last laugh]].
** This slightly seems to be lampshaded in one episode where Tom is told by the King, who is trying to sleep, that if he hears a noise Tom loses his head. Jerry and Nibbles keep trying to make noise, finally causing Tom to scream in pain, waking the King. However they realise that they have gone too far and Nibbles sings the King back to sleep, after which the mice and Tom quietly leave the room and resume fighting.
** Another example involving Nibbles and Jerry as musketeers. Jerry is in love with a female mouse and has Nibbles deliver love letters to her. Each time, Nibbles is beaten senseless by Tom and comes back badly wounded, even ''crawling'' to him at one point. At no point does Jerry show any concern nor try to help him, all he cares about is whether he received a love letter from the girl. And when the girl sends him a letter that spurns his affections, he rips it up, pulls out a portrait of ''another girl'', and sends Nibbles out to [[HereWeGoAgain do it all over again]]. Made even worse by the fact that Nibbles is a ''[[HideYourChildren kid]].'' In other words, Jerry is essentially performing blatant child abuse on a kids show. Okay...
* Kevin from ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy''. Although he is made to be a HeroAntagonist, he has blatant shades of TheBully and is usually more a [=Jerkass=] who picks on the Eds, and some of the other (usually less provocative) kids in the cul-de-sac, for spite or [[ItAmusedMe a quick laugh]] rather than good intent. [[KarmaHoudini Him never getting struck by karma]] doesn't help either.
* Much of the WarnerBrothers animated stable have these characters as their leads:
** ''Characters/BugsBunny'' was like this [[CharacterizationMarchesOn in his early shorts]], where he was an obnoxious ScrewySquirrel and KarmaHoudini. In the later shorts this was rectified, with Bugs becoming a KarmicTrickster who only targeted those who deserved it though who "deserved" said retribution was still determined by ProtagonistCenteredMorality. Bugs more often than not though was very similar to Yakko and Dot below and works on the basis that Bugs just likes being a jerk, he didn't earn "ain't I a stinker?" as a catchphrase in an ironic sense.
** Everything said about Bugs Bunny also applies to WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker, except for the charm. Most other Walter Lantz heroes are similar.
** [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Chester and Spike]] were always the heroes of their shorts, and we're expected to cheer them on despite their goal in each and every one being to harass, torment and just plain beat the living shit out of poor Sylvester, who is always minding his own business and not doing anything wrong. Did mid-20th century cartoonists just hate cats ''that'' much?
** Same goes for Yakko, Wakko, and Dot Warner on ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''. While Wakko might get a pass because he's often portrayed as TheDitz, Yakko and Dot are undeniably aware they're making life a living hell for the people they annoy, even as they try to cover their behavior by [[ObfuscatingStupidity playing "innocent children."]] True, often the target of annoyance will be assigned a KickTheDog action or just come off as TheScrappy to "justify" the Warners' treatment of him (or, more rarely, her), but most of the time the Warners have no way of knowing this person is the DesignatedVillain. Also the Warner kids aren't above relying on the old WoundedGazelleGambit when a third party shows up (as in "The Big Candy Store").
* Vendetta, on the Creator/{{Nicktoons}} show ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'', is technically the antagonist of the story, since she creates the monsters that keep the rest of the town under her thumb. But when "good girl" Charlotte moves to town, the natural order of things is turned on its head by the fact that she's completely immune to the antics of Vendetta's creations and is completely obnoxious to boot. As she progresses blithely through the series, bringing about her own destruction in the process, the townspeople find her even more terrifying then Vendetta. More than once, Vendetta is forced into the role of hero to undo Charlotte's reign of tyranny. Maybe the evil test was right after all.
* ''WesternAnimation/ChipAndDale'' whenever they're put up against DonaldDuck.
** To an extent, the "Disney mainstream character vs mischevious cute animal" formula revolved around this. The title character would pitted against a rambunctious creature that was usually [[ScrewySquirrel disturbing them]] or [[DisproportionateRetribution victimizing them for a minor offense]]. [[WhatMeasureIsANonCute For obvious reasons]], the cute but abrasive little animal ''always'' won.
* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' with TheItchyAndScratchyShow; most of the time Scratchy is doing nothing wrong and Itchy brutally butchers or beats him for no reason. This is {{lampshade|Hanging}}d a few times:
-->'''Homer:''' Which one's the mouse?
-->'''Bart:''' Itchy.
-->'''Homer:''' Itchy's a jerk.
** It's taken to such elaborate measures InUniverse that the show's interpretation of ''God'' once sided with Itchy killing Scratchy for fun and sent the latter to burn in the pits of hell.
** [[BrattyHalfPint Bart]] and [[AbusiveParents Homer]] could be this on their bad days. For one, Homer's tried to kill his son quite a few times, and Bart has tried to break up his parents (even going back into the past so Homer and Marge never got together) on several occasions. Though both have very understandable Freudian Excuses (Homer was abused by his father, lost his mother, was scared by Waylon Smithers Sr.'s corpse...) that doesn't excuse the fact they do pretty dickish things on a regular basis.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' episode "Joyride" Avalanche becomes this while [[TheHero Scott/Cyclops]] of all people becomes the DesignatedVillain. To explain the premise of the plot: Lance decides he'd rather be in the X-Men to get closer to Kitty. Scott doesn't trust him. The episode consists of Lance making it as difficult as possible to be trusted (he ruins not one, but two different training exercises for the sake of being the center of attention, taunts Scott about his trashed car, etc) and so when the new recruits take the various X-Vehicles for [[TitleDrop joyrides]] Lance gets blamed, not because the kids frame him, but because he outright gives the adults reason to. When the new recruits take the X-Jet out, Lance jumps on with Kitty to stop them. However, when all the chaos ends Lance CONFESSES just to get into Scott's face. When Scott finds out he was innocent he apologizes, but Lance gets insulted by the fact he didn't trust him and quits the X-Men, not because of being blamed, but because he Just. Doesn't. Want. To. Try. We're supposed to have sympathy for Lance even though he did all he could to ruin his chance of freedom.
* In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' most of the cast qualify due to DependingOnTheWriter as they alter between HeroicComedicSociopath and VillainProtagonist in any ep or even within the same episode.
** Stan, Roger and to some extent Steve are at least deliberately portrayed as {{Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist}}s. Francine and Hayley however are designated into long suffering WomenAreWiser archetypes who have moral superiority 99% of the time, despite often proving to be equally [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocritical]], [[ItsAllAboutMe self serving]] or outright [[ComedicSociopath sociopathic]] as the [[DoubleStandard male Smiths]].
* ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Total Drama World Tour]]'' makes a big deal that [[VillainSue Alejandro]] is a much more evil version of [[AlphaBitch Heather]], the former villain; in the end, that makes Heather the "hero" when [[spoiler:they make it into the final two]]. But if you really compare Heather's actions over the course of the series, she's done every nasty thing Alejandro did--she was just less ''effective'' at it by season three, due to the others' {{Genre Savv|y}}iness about her and their perpetual IdiotBall about how ObviouslyEvil Al was.
* The heroes of the show ''WesternAnimation/{{Redakai}}'' seem to be having some trouble with how to act heroic.
** For example, they protect the Great Pyramids of Giza by ''[[TooDumbToLive leaping onto said monument and goading their enemies into firing at it.]]''
** In another episode, [[TheChick Maya]], who is supposed to be [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]], leads the charge to protect the forest they're in by ''[[KillItWithFire hurling flames everywhere.]]''
** One of the shows villain groups, The Imperiaz, are a trio of siblings working for the show's BigBad reluctantly because he's holding their parents hostage. The heroes are aware of this, but rather than wanting to help or at least showing a little sympathy, they have no remorse making light of the siblings' situation to taunt them.
** In the show, there exists something called "The Kairu Honor Code." So far, there are three parts of it. The Kairu must be taken from the object by the team that gets the rights to it. The second part is that Kairu Warriors must NEVER attack ordinary people. The third part is that attacking your opponent even after they forfeit is forbidden. Even [[BigBad Lokar]] [[EvenEvilHasStandards can't stand anyone who]] [[LawfulEvil breaks the code]] and actually disbands the team that does. Team Stax, the good guys, attack normal people, and not a single scolding because they're the heroes and can get away with it! Why have such a thing in place if the heroes ignore it?
** Oh yeah, one of those times, Team Stax attacked an ordinary person by [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything stringing him by his ankles]] to a pterodactyl. And they're supposed to be portrayed in the right when they do this. Wow...
* This is one of the ''many'' problems viewers have with ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest''. He bugs most everyone around him, is pretty okay with being used as a guinea pig by his sisters in return for favors, which by the way, continuously endangers him, his family, and possibly the rest of his town, and... really just being a textbook example of the [[BrattyHalfPint bratty]] KidHero, which makes it ''extremely'' difficult to like him, let alone root for him. It doesn't help that [[KarmaHoudini he gets away with his behavior nearly 99% of the time]].
** Well, even if he didn't allow himself to be used as a guinea pig, his sisters would simply perform the experiment on him anyways, such as the 'grow your own monster' episode where they had replaced a glass of water with a glass of 'runoff' from a behavior modification liquid behind his back, simply to see what happens should he drink it. And considering it turned one of those 'sponge' toys into a living, breathing monster... At least he's getting something in return by volunteering.
** One infamous example of this is when Johnny unintentionally zaps his sisters with a ray that lowers their IQ. Rather than immediately trying to find a way to return them back to their genius selves, he takes total advantage of their stupidity for his own amusement initially. In fact, the ''only'' reason he turns them back to normal (with the help of Bling-Bling Boy) is because the school the girls go to would've gone through a nuclear meltdown ([[MST3KMantra Don't ask]]).
** Dukey, despite being the more level-headed one, isn't exempt from this either. While he ''does'' point out when Johnny is about to do something stupid and/or irresponsible, he's perfectly willing to join in with his friend's antics (And, if not, he's easily bribed with meat). One episode even had Dukey blatantly distracting Johnny from getting his schoolwork done causing Johnny to have to do extra credit (so he wouldn't have to go to summer school). Not once is Dukey called out or punished for essentially putting Johnny in that situation in the first place (It's also OutOfCharacter for Dukey since he's often the more responsible one of the two).
** Another infamous episode featured Dukey acting like a [=Jerkass=] dog (Including chewing up the sisters' belts and eating their food) causing said sisters' to invent an obedience collar for him to get him under control (albeit using him as a servant). In the end, it's ''Susan and Mary'' who end up being punished and Dukey and Johnny mock them for it. Again, Dukey is portrayed as a KarmaHoudini here.
** Susan and Mary are as likely as Johnny to put themselves, their family, and the world in danger with their inventions, and usually Johnny is the one who ends up fixing it.
* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': Hank Hill is usually a well-meaning person, but at times he is shown to be laughably old-fashioned compared to a more modern family that it's not even funny. Other times, he shows total disregard to his family and friends (ex. "Texas City Twister", "Pretty Pretty Dresses", etc.).
** The most ludicrous example probably has to be “Hank’s on Board”. After Hank and Bill discover that Dale and Boomhauer take secret fishing trips every summer, Hank thinks that they have been trying to avoid Bill. But, when the guys open up a vacation to include their relatives he discovers that Boomhauer and Dale are trying to get away from Hank because he is too bossy. When Hank cuts loose, the guys get into big trouble just as Hank thought, stranded in the ocean next to their fishing boat with no way to climb back up to it. Hank's take-charge nature saves the four in the end, as he devises a means to summon help so they can be rescued. The problem is, [[StrawmanHasAPoint as Dale said]], it was Hank’s fault that they got in trouble as not only was he the last one to jump off the boat, but Dale and Boomhauer have been doing this four years without a problem. To make matters worse, it turns out that Bill, Dale and Boomhauer [[AssPull faked the fabulous time they had without Hank]] even though he didn’t find out that they were trying to get away from him until after they did that.
** Also, Peggy. She sees herself as the sensible, long-suffering one, but there are [[SmallNameBigEgo many]], ''[[{{Jerkass}} many]]'', '''''[[SmugSnake many]]''''' reasons she's TheScrappy.
* Rabbit from the short-lived series ''WesternAnimation/SkunkFu'' certainly counts. He's supposed to be a hero, yet he spends most of the time acting like an arrogant [=Jerkass=] around everyone else. This is the same series in which the BigBad got his StartOfDarkness for being arrogant.
** The Heavens themselves could be seen as this despite being the BigGood of the series. It's explained in the [[AllThereInTheManual official source material]] of the series that when Dragon asked if he could use his water powers to save the village, The Heavens said nothing. This causes Dragon to use his powers making The Heavens take away his water powers (he originally could control fire ''and'' water). Not once did The Heavens simply tell Dragon he couldn't use his powers to save the village (Which, by the way, was dying from a drought). Even worse is that they are said to have punished Dragon for his arrogance. Even if Dragon ''was'' acting haughty at the time, causing him to want to essentially ''destroy'' the same village he tried to save years ago out of vengence is far from a heroic act.
* WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants, DependingOnTheWriter, is occasionally thrown the IdiotBall or JerkassBall. As much as Squidward is painted as a hopeless pessimist, living next door to a nuisance who repeatedly breaks into his home and destroys his artistic creations means he's earned every bit of his impatience. And let's not forget about the infamous "A Pal For Gary". [[TakeOurWordForIt The less said about that, the better]]. The only one who can tolerate Spongebob for any length of time is Patrick...who frequently gets into just as much trouble. However, at least his excuse is that he's an idiot, though it could be interpreted Patrick is faking being stupid, as shown in "The Card"
** Mr. Krabs. It used to be that he was a bit greedy, but eventually he became {{Flanderiz|ation}}ed to the point of psychotically spending a full episode trying to get a single penny from [=SpongeBob=]. (On another occasion he [[DealWithTheDevil sold SpongeBob to the Flying Dutchman]] for 62 cents, an act which even horrified Squidward.) Meanwhile, as Plankton heads more into {{Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain}}y Krabs' responses become more extreme; once he actually [[DrivenToSuicide drove Plankton to attempt suicide]]. In some episodes the Chum Bucket is a legitimate business Krabs is bullying profit away from (in one episode he became obsessed with ruining the Chum Bucket just because he earned ''one'' regular customer).
* The civilians of the Land Of Dreams in ''WesternAnimation/TheDreamstone'' are portrayed as unambiguously peaceful and heroic, however the SeriousBusiness nature of the war (over dreams no less) and the fact the Urpneys were such [[HarmlessVillain meek pushovers]] ([[TrappedInVillainy and thoroughly unwilling on top of it]]) meant it was incredibly easy for the heroes to [[DisproportionateRetribution cross the line of provocation]] and look more like overzealous bullies. The earliest episodes seem reliant on them being [[NoSympathy completely apathetic]] to the fact Urpneys are ''killed'' for failing orders, and most of the contemptuous and violent tendencies actually tend to stem more from the heroes than towards them, again primarily for trying to ruin their lovely dreams. The later episodes circumvent this by making the heroes more easy going, and the villains' intents far more menacing, but since the Urpneys were still as pathetic as ever, it remained a very delicate dance.
* A fairly common trait of AbridgedSeries.
* An in-universe example on ''WesternAnimation/{{Sidekick}}'' is Maxum Man, who is hailed as the greatest hero of all time, even though he mostly just takes credit for the actions of his sidekicks, who are rewarded by being maimed repeatedly, often ''by him'' (sidekicks in this universe are generally small children), and many of the villains he faces became supervillains as DisproportionateRetribution for Maxum Man being a jerk to them.
* Benson from ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' in the episode "Muscle Mentor", where he makes Rigby go through Muscle Man's mentorship to get his job back despite the mentorship being just being abused for no reason, and involves nearly drowning him to death at one point.
** Mordecai and Rigby themselves fall into this a lot of the time, thanks to being lazy slackers who blow off their park-keeper jobs to spend [[ThisLoserIsYou hours playing video games.]] Since they get to live in a house provided for them by their job, it comes off worse, because there is no way [[ManChild either of them have the life skills to support themselves.]] When it comes to any job they're assigned, they usually do it halfheartedly and poorly. It's no wonder Benson comes off as an uptight {{Jerkass}} around them, and it's been shown when they actually do an okay job, he lightens up and becomes friendly towards them.
** Rigby alone must get a mention for being incredibly childish, bad-tempered, petty and fickle. Much of the conflict in the show is caused by him getting mad over something trivial. Special mention to the episode where he learns the "Death Punch" and goes around beating everyone up. The reason? [[DisproportionateRetribution Mordecai made him be Player 2 in a video game.]]
* Finn gets hit with this in the ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode "Too Old". After manipulating his girlfriend into a fight with one of the antagonists of the series [[WhatTheHellHero and being dumped for it]], Finn is on the rebound and quickly tries to establish a relationship with Princess Bubblegum all over again. This leads to him making some very out of character decisions like telling Jake PB hates him just so they'd have some time alone, ignoring the torment the citizens of Lemongrab's kingdom are enduring because Lemongrab 1 [[TookALevelInJerkass has become a ruthless tyrant]] [[NightmareFuel who also ate half the face of his brother Lemongrab 2]], suggesting they play a prank "like the old days" as a plan to free one of Lemongrab 1's prisoners even though it has no logic to it (though PB does use it to her advantage to make an actual plan), refuses to call Jake to save them when Lemongrab 1 wises up to their schemes and continues suggesting pointless pranks in the face of defeat just to woo PB even more. At the end of the day, Finn lets go of PB not because he learned that his rebound flirting almost got them imprisoned (or worse) [[BrokenAesop but because older people aren't as fun]].
* Sam Manson of ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' is seen as Danny's [[OneTruePairing true love]] and is [[CreatorsPet favored by the creator, Butch Hartman]]. However, many see her as a {{Hypocrite}} and worse than the other girl that showed interest, [[DatingCatwoman Valerie]]. In the first episode, she had the entire school menu changed to fit her vegetarian lifestyle, without the consent (or knowledge) of her peers, or the teaching staff. When this angers the Lunch Lady Ghost, instead of reverting to save her friends, she insists that the school stay in danger for her agenda. She forces Danny to try and free a gorilla through blackmail. She enters a beauty pageant solely to make a statement about how it disrespects modern women (and when she won, she simply calls it stupid) despite that the other contestants were competing to actually win (and not demeaning her in the process). She spies on Danny when he went on a date yet when he did it to her she yelled at him and threatened to end their friendship (Danny thought the kid was trying to hurt Sam, and something like this did happen before, and nearly killed his sister Jazz.) In the final episode, she scolds Danny for [[spoiler: purposely getting rid of his powers]] without considering the stress and trouble he was going through, and that Amity had ghost protectors already.
* This is the problem many fans have with ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo''. The Teen Titans, or "[[FanNickname Toddler Titans]]" as they are called (with the exception of [[NiceGirl Starfire]]), are depicted as selfish, bratty, borderline psychopathic jerks who screw over each other and the city on a regular basis. This is supposed to be a comedy about superheroes, but there is nothing even remotely heroic about them. This is even lampshaded poorly in the episode "Serious Business", where Robin outright states that the Titans spend 3% of their time actually fighting crime. And in the episode "Mas Y Menos", Robin outright says he does heroic deeds solely for fame and glory. The Titans's jerkass behavior eventually got so bad that it [[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Robin_%28Teen_Titans_Go!%29 landed]] [[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Raven_%28Teen_Titans_Go!%29 all]] [[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Cyborg_%28Teen_Titans_Go!%29 five]] [[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Beast_Boy_%28Teen_Titans_Go!%29 of]] [[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Starfire_%28Teen_Titans_Go!%29 them]] on ''The Villains Wiki'' and most fans would sooner [[RootingForTheEmpire root for the villains]] than the Titans themselves. When they're considered just as bad or WORSE than the rest of the villains, you know something's wrong. Notable instances are:
** In "Girls Night Out", Starfire and Raven free Jinx and they go on a crime spree.
** In "Artful Dodgers", the Titans cheat at a dodgeball game between them and the Hive Five, and it's hinted they have done this before. Made worse by the fact that at the beginning of the episode, after stopping the Hive Five from robbing a bank, Robin taunts them by saying that "[[{{Hypocrite}} cheaters never prosper.]]"
** In the infamous "Staring at The Future", Beast Boy and Cyborg, upon being sent to a future where the rest of the Titans are responsible people with productive lives, decide to deliberately ruin the others futures just to create a world where they won't have to deal with responsibility.
** In "Baby Hands", Robin erases the others memories and makes himself look like Superman just to boost his own ego.
** In "Second Christmas", Beast Boy, Cyborg and Raven lie to Starfire, causing her to miss a holiday on her planet, just so they can have more stuff.
** In "Ghost Boy", Beast Boy treats Starfire like a slave as a prank and when turned into a ghost by Raven as a prank, he accidently gets the other Titans killed when they try to stop him from running into a volcano. But he shows no concern and even laughs at them.
** In "Opposites", Cyborg begins dating Jinx for no reason even though she's a villain, and eventually convinces the other titans to become criminals so there is nothing to keep them apart.
** In "Salty Codgers", Raven intentionally lets the others be turned into old people by Mad Mod because she loves old people, causing them to die of old age. And when she pulls a BatmanGambit on Death to get their souls back, he instead turns them into zombies. Raven shows no concern as she loves zombies too.
** Aqualad is depicted in much the same way in the episode "Pirates". Instead of being a FriendToAllLivingThings, he treats his sea creatures like slaves, constantly standing on them and using them as stepping stones. Aqualad even has a large amount of sea creatures fed to sharks to impress Raven (who, being a Designated Hero herself, enjoys watching them be eaten). At the end of the episode, it turns out he's a pirate. It would be more shocking that a superhero became a looting, pillaging, murdering pirate who treats sea creatures like slaves and has them fed to sharks if half the show wasn't essentially an animated FauxtivationalPoster.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' can be this trope depending on the episode. Some episodes have the girls doing some things that are [[UnscrupulousHero underhanded]] at best, ''un-heroic'' at worst. Unlike other examples, however, this is balanced out in some episodes as the girls ''do'' learn from their mistakes and better themselves.
** One of the more infamous examples happens in the episode "Mime for a Change". A freak accident involving a truck full of bleach turns Rainbow the Clown into Mr. Mime, who begins to drain Townsville of all color and sound. The girls managed to return the town and Rainbow to normal, but when he thanks them for bringing him back to his senses, the girls [[DisproportionateRetribution beat him to a pulp and send him to prison]] even though it was painfully clear he was NotHimself. The issue apparently got cleared up as he is seen attending the girl's birthday party in a later episode.
** In the episode "Major Competiton", A new superhero named Major Man stops crimes before the girls can, but they eventually discover he's a fraud who sets up crimes in advance. Their plan to expose him? Hire a giant monster to attack the town without him knowing and force him to confess. The girls managed to get away with it even.
** One of the more egregious examples happen in the episode "Candy Is Dandy". The girls develop an addiction to candy and the Mayor will give them candy whenever they save the day. When crime in Townsville is slow, they decide to hire Mojo Jojo to attack the town, get defeated by the girls, and they would break him out on the next day to do it again. When the Mayor informs them that Mojo stole their candy, the girls give him a ''vicious'' WhatTheHellHero that leaves the poor man in tears before confronting Mojo, who gleefully admits he stole their candy [[ForTheEvulz just to get under their skin]]. Cue one of the most [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown vicious beatdowns]] in the series as they kick the everloving shit out of him. It was so bad that ''[[HeelRealization the girls themselves]]'' [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone eventually saw how far they've fallen and apologize to the Mayor for their actions]].
** In the episode "Headsuckers Moxy", the girls find a way to trap the Robbing Leech, a thief with the abiltiy to drain a person's memories. Their plan is to trap the Leech by using the Mayor as bait under the belief he's too stupid to have any useful information for the Leech to drain. While their plan is successful, the Mayor ends up with memory loss like all the Leech's victims. In other words, the girls ended up endangering an innocent bystander to save the day. Okay...
** In the episode "Ploys R Us", the girls awake to find their room filled with toys and discover the Professor has been robbing the toy store while sleepwalking. Instead of trying to prevent it, the girls take advantage of his nighttime strolls and have him steal toys for them while pretending to investigate the thefts. Eventually, the professor catches on to the girls's scheme and with the Mayor's help, tricks them into confessing. The girls again apologize for their actions, but get to keep the toys as they were all paid for.
** Blossom herself becomes one in the episode "A Very Special Blossom". It's Father's Day and Blossom wants to get the Professor some very expensive golf clubs for a gift. So, after stopping Mojo Jojo's rampage, she finds the set and steals it, which causes the Professor to get arrested when he goes to a golf game. Blossom at first tries to lie her way out of it by saying Mojo sold her the golf clubs, but is eventually forced to confess that she stole them. She is then sentenced to Community Service.
** In the episode "Slave the Day", The girls save Billy of the Gangreen Gang from being killed by an oncoming subway and to show his gratitude, he becomes their personal butler. With each well-intentioned feat, he causes horrendous collateral damage and eventally gets a vicious WhatTheHellHero from Blossom which causes him to go back to the gang. The gang tries to kill the girls by trapping them on a subway track, but Billy gets a change of heart and rescues them. Instead of gratiude, the girls beat the crap out of him along with the gang even though he had clearly turned against the gang.
* The titular Ben Tennyson himself becomes one in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' thanks to {{Flanderization}}. His ChronicHeroSyndrome, his defining trait in the previous shows, is heavily toned down in favor of making him an arrogant, incompetent, and thoroughly obnoxious {{Jerkass}} who causes as many problems as he solves and can be indifferent to others at times. The Galactic Monsters arc is a prime example. Despite Zs Skayr being on Anur Phaetos and plotting to take over the galaxy, [[BystanderSyndrome Ben's only concern is getting off the planet]]. Meaning that had he not been forced to stay on the planet, he would have left [[KarmaHoudini Zs Skayr undefeated and still scheming]].
* ''WesternAnimation/RocketMonkeys'' has the titular protagonists Gus and Wally, who, despite the show labeling them as "heroes", had committed acts such as starving a baby orphan, blowing up countless planets, murdering the elderly, setting fire to the statue of a well-respected explorer, and even deliberately driving an innocent person to villainy. They never show remorse for what they do, either.
* This trope is the main complaint fans have with ''{{Pucca}}''. While the titular heroine is a NiceGirl for the most part, she's also an AbhorrentAdmirer, a {{Yandere}}, a ClingyJealousGirl, ''and'' a StalkerWithACrush par excellence who torments Garu to no end and ''anyone'' who gets in between her and Garu is beaten senselessly whether they're right or wrong. Despite this, we're ''supposed'' to root for her because everyone in Sooga Village loves her unconditionally (even naming a year after her) even though she gets away with shit that would get any other character arrested years ago. The fact that she's an InvincibleHero who can effortlessly solve her problems does not help her case.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', while Mandy is intentionally a VillainProtagonist, Billy is generally portrayed as a KindheartedSimpleton and the TokenGoodTeammate. This is in spite of the fact that he is often just as much of a jerk, treats his supposed friend Grim like a slave, has been known to use Grim's control over death as a weapon to get rid of people he dislikes (or attempt to anyway), and has committed all kinds of evil acts for little to no reason, such as sacrificing everyone else in town to an alien creature for no reason other than that he didn't have anything better to do.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Nicole and Anais are generally good people, and when not it's usually a case of TemporarilyAVillain, but they definitely become this in "The Hero". When Gumball and Darwin call Richard useless when they don't know he's there, rather than pointing out things Richard had done for them (like raising them), Nicole and Anais throw cupcakes made of cement at them and then Nicole denies him access to anything ''she'' provides until they apologize, including ''food'', until they apologize, and Anais supports her decision. They are portrayed as being in the right and never feel remorse or get punished, and no one points out that this is blatant child abuse.
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** During the first season, before the show completely found its groove, the heroes could be this (Example: In one episode, Sissi tricks Ulrich by writing a note pretending to be Yumi, [[AndThatsTerrible and that's considered terrible.]] In a different episode, Ulrich and the gang trick Herve by writing a note pretending to be Sissi, [[MoralMyopia and that's considered perfectly OK!]]). Later seasons tone down this aspect, fortunately.
** Jeremie could sometimes be this even past the first season. Many problems in certain episodes were caused directly by him and he usually always has to resort to the ResetButton to clean his mess up.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'':
** This is taken UpToEleven in the episode "Operation: A.R.C.H.I.V.E.", about the origins of the title organization, which states that children only created adults [[SlaveRace to be their slaves]] and generally treating them horribly, and not doing one actual heroic thing the entire episode. {{Justified|Trope}} because the episode is not canon, but just the ramblings and speculations of [[ConspiracyTheorist Numbuh One]], who has no idea what he is talking about. Maybe. The episode ends on an ambiguous note (the teacher calls someone and says "They know."), and it may explain the origins of Grandfather.
** Numbuh One does seem to hint at both sides being at fault until adults usurped control (where the even tone began going maniacal)
* ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'':
** Sometimes Jerry had reasons to act against Tom, sometimes, however, he was just being mean for the sake of it. The most common scenario seems to be: Tom is sleeping or otherwise doing nothing while Jerry, being a mouse, starts stealing Tom's owner's food. We're expected to support Jerry while Tom is constantly fed to the lions because, after all, CatsAreMean. Granted the writers weren't utterly oblivious to this, and actually let Jerry lose to Tom a fair few occasions he ''really'' crossed the line.
** One good example of Tom actually winning is "Timid Tabby", where Tom's identical cousin George, who is scared of mice, comes over. Jerry mistakes him for Tom and keeps tormenting him when he realizes his fear, making him come across as a jerk. Finally Tom and George work together to scare Jerry out of the house.
** There was one episode of the series where Tom was beheaded by his owner for failing to stop Jerry and that little nitwit baby mouse from stealing food set out on the royal banquet table. Not only are Jerry and Nibbles Musketeers in the episode, the food they're stealing is from the ''king'', the person they're supposed to be ''protecting'', with Tom as one of the palace guards designated to keep an eye on the banquet for later that night. Meaning, they're supposed to be ''on the same damn side'', and the mice are still stealing the food. At the end of the episode, as the mice are walking away with their tiny arms loaded with food, we hear a drum roll, and they look up to see the rise and drop of the guillotine. Nibbles, or whatever his name is in this one, swallows the bite of food in his mouth with a momentarily surprised look, says "Pauvre, pauvre pussycat," then casually shrugs his shoulders and says "[[MoralMyopia Ah, well, c'est la guerre]]!" and they go off happily munching with jaunty theme music in the background.
** The [=DtV=] movies are just as bad about this, with the exception being "The Fast and the Furry". In the others, Tom and Jerry often have to team up to save the day or find the MacGuffin, with Tom proving to be a good guy. But at the end, no matter what, Jerry screws over Tom without fail for no other reason. Which, considering Tom not deserving it [[CatsAreMean beyond being a cat]], turns Jerry into a [=Jerkass=] bordering on VillainProtagonist.
** The attitude towards Tom being the villain and Jerry the hero no matter what was probably best shown in Heavenly Puss, where Tom dies and is told by the Gatekeeper he will be sent to hell if he doesn't get Jerry's forgiveness for [[DesignatedVillain all the times he's persecuted him.]] Though it was AllJustADream, it shows very well who was always the "Good Guy" in the creator's mind.
** In one episode of ''TomAndJerryTales'', Tom is actually GenreSavvy to use this to his advantage, catching wise to the "[[WhatMeasureIsANonCute small underdog trickster always prevails]]" formula, he hires an even smaller cuter ant to steal back all the food Jerry took, and takes pleasure watching Jerry become the bumbling pursuer for once. Similarly this is rare occasion [[TeamRocketWins Tom gets the last laugh]].
** This slightly seems to be lampshaded in one episode where Tom is told by the King, who is trying to sleep, that if he hears a noise Tom loses his head. Jerry and Nibbles keep trying to make noise, finally causing Tom to scream in pain, waking the King. However they realise that they have gone too far and Nibbles sings the King back to sleep, after which the mice and Tom quietly leave the room and resume fighting.
** Another example involving Nibbles and Jerry as musketeers. Jerry is in love with a female mouse and has Nibbles deliver love letters to her. Each time, Nibbles is beaten senseless by Tom and comes back badly wounded, even ''crawling'' to him at one point. At no point does Jerry show any concern nor try to help him, all he cares about is whether he received a love letter from the girl. And when the girl sends him a letter that spurns his affections, he rips it up, pulls out a portrait of ''another girl'', and sends Nibbles out to [[HereWeGoAgain do it all over again]]. Made even worse by the fact that Nibbles is a ''[[HideYourChildren kid]].'' In other words, Jerry is essentially performing blatant child abuse on a kids show. Okay...
* Kevin from ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy''. Although he is made to be a HeroAntagonist, he has blatant shades of TheBully and is usually more a [=Jerkass=] who picks on the Eds, and some of the other (usually less provocative) kids in the cul-de-sac, for spite or [[ItAmusedMe a quick laugh]] rather than good intent. [[KarmaHoudini Him never getting struck by karma]] doesn't help either.
* Much of the WarnerBrothers animated stable have these characters as their leads:
** ''Characters/BugsBunny'' was like this [[CharacterizationMarchesOn in his early shorts]], where he was an obnoxious ScrewySquirrel and KarmaHoudini. In the later shorts this was rectified, with Bugs becoming a KarmicTrickster who only targeted those who deserved it though who "deserved" said retribution was still determined by ProtagonistCenteredMorality. Bugs more often than not though was very similar to Yakko and Dot below and works on the basis that Bugs just likes being a jerk, he didn't earn "ain't I a stinker?" as a catchphrase in an ironic sense.
** Everything said about Bugs Bunny also applies to WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker, except for the charm. Most other Walter Lantz heroes are similar.
** [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Chester and Spike]] were always the heroes of their shorts, and we're expected to cheer them on despite their goal in each and every one being to harass, torment and just plain beat the living shit out of poor Sylvester, who is always minding his own business and not doing anything wrong. Did mid-20th century cartoonists just hate cats ''that'' much?
** Same goes for Yakko, Wakko, and Dot Warner on ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''. While Wakko might get a pass because he's often portrayed as TheDitz, Yakko and Dot are undeniably aware they're making life a living hell for the people they annoy, even as they try to cover their behavior by [[ObfuscatingStupidity playing "innocent children."]] True, often the target of annoyance will be assigned a KickTheDog action or just come off as TheScrappy to "justify" the Warners' treatment of him (or, more rarely, her), but most of the time the Warners have no way of knowing this person is the DesignatedVillain. Also the Warner kids aren't above relying on the old WoundedGazelleGambit when a third party shows up (as in "The Big Candy Store").
* Vendetta, on the Creator/{{Nicktoons}} show ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'', is technically the antagonist of the story, since she creates the monsters that keep the rest of the town under her thumb. But when "good girl" Charlotte moves to town, the natural order of things is turned on its head by the fact that she's completely immune to the antics of Vendetta's creations and is completely obnoxious to boot. As she progresses blithely through the series, bringing about her own destruction in the process, the townspeople find her even more terrifying then Vendetta. More than once, Vendetta is forced into the role of hero to undo Charlotte's reign of tyranny. Maybe the evil test was right after all.
* ''WesternAnimation/ChipAndDale'' whenever they're put up against DonaldDuck.
** To an extent, the "Disney mainstream character vs mischevious cute animal" formula revolved around this. The title character would pitted against a rambunctious creature that was usually [[ScrewySquirrel disturbing them]] or [[DisproportionateRetribution victimizing them for a minor offense]]. [[WhatMeasureIsANonCute For obvious reasons]], the cute but abrasive little animal ''always'' won.
* Parodied in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' with TheItchyAndScratchyShow; most of the time Scratchy is doing nothing wrong and Itchy brutally butchers or beats him for no reason. This is {{lampshade|Hanging}}d a few times:
-->'''Homer:''' Which one's the mouse?
-->'''Bart:''' Itchy.
-->'''Homer:''' Itchy's a jerk.
** It's taken to such elaborate measures InUniverse that the show's interpretation of ''God'' once sided with Itchy killing Scratchy for fun and sent the latter to burn in the pits of hell.
** [[BrattyHalfPint Bart]] and [[AbusiveParents Homer]] could be this on their bad days. For one, Homer's tried to kill his son quite a few times, and Bart has tried to break up his parents (even going back into the past so Homer and Marge never got together) on several occasions. Though both have very understandable Freudian Excuses (Homer was abused by his father, lost his mother, was scared by Waylon Smithers Sr.'s corpse...) that doesn't excuse the fact they do pretty dickish things on a regular basis.
* In the ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' episode "Joyride" Avalanche becomes this while [[TheHero Scott/Cyclops]] of all people becomes the DesignatedVillain. To explain the premise of the plot: Lance decides he'd rather be in the X-Men to get closer to Kitty. Scott doesn't trust him. The episode consists of Lance making it as difficult as possible to be trusted (he ruins not one, but two different training exercises for the sake of being the center of attention, taunts Scott about his trashed car, etc) and so when the new recruits take the various X-Vehicles for [[TitleDrop joyrides]] Lance gets blamed, not because the kids frame him, but because he outright gives the adults reason to. When the new recruits take the X-Jet out, Lance jumps on with Kitty to stop them. However, when all the chaos ends Lance CONFESSES just to get into Scott's face. When Scott finds out he was innocent he apologizes, but Lance gets insulted by the fact he didn't trust him and quits the X-Men, not because of being blamed, but because he Just. Doesn't. Want. To. Try. We're supposed to have sympathy for Lance even though he did all he could to ruin his chance of freedom.
* In ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' most of the cast qualify due to DependingOnTheWriter as they alter between HeroicComedicSociopath and VillainProtagonist in any ep or even within the same episode.
** Stan, Roger and to some extent Steve are at least deliberately portrayed as {{Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist}}s. Francine and Hayley however are designated into long suffering WomenAreWiser archetypes who have moral superiority 99% of the time, despite often proving to be equally [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocritical]], [[ItsAllAboutMe self serving]] or outright [[ComedicSociopath sociopathic]] as the [[DoubleStandard male Smiths]].
* ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Total Drama World Tour]]'' makes a big deal that [[VillainSue Alejandro]] is a much more evil version of [[AlphaBitch Heather]], the former villain; in the end, that makes Heather the "hero" when [[spoiler:they make it into the final two]]. But if you really compare Heather's actions over the course of the series, she's done every nasty thing Alejandro did--she was just less ''effective'' at it by season three, due to the others' {{Genre Savv|y}}iness about her and their perpetual IdiotBall about how ObviouslyEvil Al was.
* The heroes of the show ''WesternAnimation/{{Redakai}}'' seem to be having some trouble with how to act heroic.
** For example, they protect the Great Pyramids of Giza by ''[[TooDumbToLive leaping onto said monument and goading their enemies into firing at it.]]''
** In another episode, [[TheChick Maya]], who is supposed to be [[TheSmartGuy The Smart Girl]], leads the charge to protect the forest they're in by ''[[KillItWithFire hurling flames everywhere.]]''
** One of the shows villain groups, The Imperiaz, are a trio of siblings working for the show's BigBad reluctantly because he's holding their parents hostage. The heroes are aware of this, but rather than wanting to help or at least showing a little sympathy, they have no remorse making light of the siblings' situation to taunt them.
** In the show, there exists something called "The Kairu Honor Code." So far, there are three parts of it. The Kairu must be taken from the object by the team that gets the rights to it. The second part is that Kairu Warriors must NEVER attack ordinary people. The third part is that attacking your opponent even after they forfeit is forbidden. Even [[BigBad Lokar]] [[EvenEvilHasStandards can't stand anyone who]] [[LawfulEvil breaks the code]] and actually disbands the team that does. Team Stax, the good guys, attack normal people, and not a single scolding because they're the heroes and can get away with it! Why have such a thing in place if the heroes ignore it?
** Oh yeah, one of those times, Team Stax attacked an ordinary person by [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything stringing him by his ankles]] to a pterodactyl. And they're supposed to be portrayed in the right when they do this. Wow...
* This is one of the ''many'' problems viewers have with ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest''. He bugs most everyone around him, is pretty okay with being used as a guinea pig by his sisters in return for favors, which by the way, continuously endangers him, his family, and possibly the rest of his town, and... really just being a textbook example of the [[BrattyHalfPint bratty]] KidHero, which makes it ''extremely'' difficult to like him, let alone root for him. It doesn't help that [[KarmaHoudini he gets away with his behavior nearly 99% of the time]].
** Well, even if he didn't allow himself to be used as a guinea pig, his sisters would simply perform the experiment on him anyways, such as the 'grow your own monster' episode where they had replaced a glass of water with a glass of 'runoff' from a behavior modification liquid behind his back, simply to see what happens should he drink it. And considering it turned one of those 'sponge' toys into a living, breathing monster... At least he's getting something in return by volunteering.
** One infamous example of this is when Johnny unintentionally zaps his sisters with a ray that lowers their IQ. Rather than immediately trying to find a way to return them back to their genius selves, he takes total advantage of their stupidity for his own amusement initially. In fact, the ''only'' reason he turns them back to normal (with the help of Bling-Bling Boy) is because the school the girls go to would've gone through a nuclear meltdown ([[MST3KMantra Don't ask]]).
** Dukey, despite being the more level-headed one, isn't exempt from this either. While he ''does'' point out when Johnny is about to do something stupid and/or irresponsible, he's perfectly willing to join in with his friend's antics (And, if not, he's easily bribed with meat). One episode even had Dukey blatantly distracting Johnny from getting his schoolwork done causing Johnny to have to do extra credit (so he wouldn't have to go to summer school). Not once is Dukey called out or punished for essentially putting Johnny in that situation in the first place (It's also OutOfCharacter for Dukey since he's often the more responsible one of the two).
** Another infamous episode featured Dukey acting like a [=Jerkass=] dog (Including chewing up the sisters' belts and eating their food) causing said sisters' to invent an obedience collar for him to get him under control (albeit using him as a servant). In the end, it's ''Susan and Mary'' who end up being punished and Dukey and Johnny mock them for it. Again, Dukey is portrayed as a KarmaHoudini here.
** Susan and Mary are as likely as Johnny to put themselves, their family, and the world in danger with their inventions, and usually Johnny is the one who ends up fixing it.
* ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'': Hank Hill is usually a well-meaning person, but at times he is shown to be laughably old-fashioned compared to a more modern family that it's not even funny. Other times, he shows total disregard to his family and friends (ex. "Texas City Twister", "Pretty Pretty Dresses", etc.).
** The most ludicrous example probably has to be “Hank’s on Board”. After Hank and Bill discover that Dale and Boomhauer take secret fishing trips every summer, Hank thinks that they have been trying to avoid Bill. But, when the guys open up a vacation to include their relatives he discovers that Boomhauer and Dale are trying to get away from Hank because he is too bossy. When Hank cuts loose, the guys get into big trouble just as Hank thought, stranded in the ocean next to their fishing boat with no way to climb back up to it. Hank's take-charge nature saves the four in the end, as he devises a means to summon help so they can be rescued. The problem is, [[StrawmanHasAPoint as Dale said]], it was Hank’s fault that they got in trouble as not only was he the last one to jump off the boat, but Dale and Boomhauer have been doing this four years without a problem. To make matters worse, it turns out that Bill, Dale and Boomhauer [[AssPull faked the fabulous time they had without Hank]] even though he didn’t find out that they were trying to get away from him until after they did that.
** Also, Peggy. She sees herself as the sensible, long-suffering one, but there are [[SmallNameBigEgo many]], ''[[{{Jerkass}} many]]'', '''''[[SmugSnake many]]''''' reasons she's TheScrappy.
* Rabbit from the short-lived series ''WesternAnimation/SkunkFu'' certainly counts. He's supposed to be a hero, yet he spends most of the time acting like an arrogant [=Jerkass=] around everyone else. This is the same series in which the BigBad got his StartOfDarkness for being arrogant.
** The Heavens themselves could be seen as this despite being the BigGood of the series. It's explained in the [[AllThereInTheManual official source material]] of the series that when Dragon asked if he could use his water powers to save the village, The Heavens said nothing. This causes Dragon to use his powers making The Heavens take away his water powers (he originally could control fire ''and'' water). Not once did The Heavens simply tell Dragon he couldn't use his powers to save the village (Which, by the way, was dying from a drought). Even worse is that they are said to have punished Dragon for his arrogance. Even if Dragon ''was'' acting haughty at the time, causing him to want to essentially ''destroy'' the same village he tried to save years ago out of vengence is far from a heroic act.
* WesternAnimation/SpongebobSquarepants, DependingOnTheWriter, is occasionally thrown the IdiotBall or JerkassBall. As much as Squidward is painted as a hopeless pessimist, living next door to a nuisance who repeatedly breaks into his home and destroys his artistic creations means he's earned every bit of his impatience. And let's not forget about the infamous "A Pal For Gary". [[TakeOurWordForIt The less said about that, the better]]. The only one who can tolerate Spongebob for any length of time is Patrick...who frequently gets into just as much trouble. However, at least his excuse is that he's an idiot, though it could be interpreted Patrick is faking being stupid, as shown in "The Card"
** Mr. Krabs. It used to be that he was a bit greedy, but eventually he became {{Flanderiz|ation}}ed to the point of psychotically spending a full episode trying to get a single penny from [=SpongeBob=]. (On another occasion he [[DealWithTheDevil sold SpongeBob to the Flying Dutchman]] for 62 cents, an act which even horrified Squidward.) Meanwhile, as Plankton heads more into {{Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain}}y Krabs' responses become more extreme; once he actually [[DrivenToSuicide drove Plankton to attempt suicide]]. In some episodes the Chum Bucket is a legitimate business Krabs is bullying profit away from (in one episode he became obsessed with ruining the Chum Bucket just because he earned ''one'' regular customer).
* The civilians of the Land Of Dreams in ''WesternAnimation/TheDreamstone'' are portrayed as unambiguously peaceful and heroic, however the SeriousBusiness nature of the war (over dreams no less) and the fact the Urpneys were such [[HarmlessVillain meek pushovers]] ([[TrappedInVillainy and thoroughly unwilling on top of it]]) meant it was incredibly easy for the heroes to [[DisproportionateRetribution cross the line of provocation]] and look more like overzealous bullies. The earliest episodes seem reliant on them being [[NoSympathy completely apathetic]] to the fact Urpneys are ''killed'' for failing orders, and most of the contemptuous and violent tendencies actually tend to stem more from the heroes than towards them, again primarily for trying to ruin their lovely dreams. The later episodes circumvent this by making the heroes more easy going, and the villains' intents far more menacing, but since the Urpneys were still as pathetic as ever, it remained a very delicate dance.
* A fairly common trait of AbridgedSeries.
* An in-universe example on ''WesternAnimation/{{Sidekick}}'' is Maxum Man, who is hailed as the greatest hero of all time, even though he mostly just takes credit for the actions of his sidekicks, who are rewarded by being maimed repeatedly, often ''by him'' (sidekicks in this universe are generally small children), and many of the villains he faces became supervillains as DisproportionateRetribution for Maxum Man being a jerk to them.
* Benson from ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' in the episode "Muscle Mentor", where he makes Rigby go through Muscle Man's mentorship to get his job back despite the mentorship being just being abused for no reason, and involves nearly drowning him to death at one point.
** Mordecai and Rigby themselves fall into this a lot of the time, thanks to being lazy slackers who blow off their park-keeper jobs to spend [[ThisLoserIsYou hours playing video games.]] Since they get to live in a house provided for them by their job, it comes off worse, because there is no way [[ManChild either of them have the life skills to support themselves.]] When it comes to any job they're assigned, they usually do it halfheartedly and poorly. It's no wonder Benson comes off as an uptight {{Jerkass}} around them, and it's been shown when they actually do an okay job, he lightens up and becomes friendly towards them.
** Rigby alone must get a mention for being incredibly childish, bad-tempered, petty and fickle. Much of the conflict in the show is caused by him getting mad over something trivial. Special mention to the episode where he learns the "Death Punch" and goes around beating everyone up. The reason? [[DisproportionateRetribution Mordecai made him be Player 2 in a video game.]]
* Finn gets hit with this in the ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' episode "Too Old". After manipulating his girlfriend into a fight with one of the antagonists of the series [[WhatTheHellHero and being dumped for it]], Finn is on the rebound and quickly tries to establish a relationship with Princess Bubblegum all over again. This leads to him making some very out of character decisions like telling Jake PB hates him just so they'd have some time alone, ignoring the torment the citizens of Lemongrab's kingdom are enduring because Lemongrab 1 [[TookALevelInJerkass has become a ruthless tyrant]] [[NightmareFuel who also ate half the face of his brother Lemongrab 2]], suggesting they play a prank "like the old days" as a plan to free one of Lemongrab 1's prisoners even though it has no logic to it (though PB does use it to her advantage to make an actual plan), refuses to call Jake to save them when Lemongrab 1 wises up to their schemes and continues suggesting pointless pranks in the face of defeat just to woo PB even more. At the end of the day, Finn lets go of PB not because he learned that his rebound flirting almost got them imprisoned (or worse) [[BrokenAesop but because older people aren't as fun]].
* Sam Manson of ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' is seen as Danny's [[OneTruePairing true love]] and is [[CreatorsPet favored by the creator, Butch Hartman]]. However, many see her as a {{Hypocrite}} and worse than the other girl that showed interest, [[DatingCatwoman Valerie]]. In the first episode, she had the entire school menu changed to fit her vegetarian lifestyle, without the consent (or knowledge) of her peers, or the teaching staff. When this angers the Lunch Lady Ghost, instead of reverting to save her friends, she insists that the school stay in danger for her agenda. She forces Danny to try and free a gorilla through blackmail. She enters a beauty pageant solely to make a statement about how it disrespects modern women (and when she won, she simply calls it stupid) despite that the other contestants were competing to actually win (and not demeaning her in the process). She spies on Danny when he went on a date yet when he did it to her she yelled at him and threatened to end their friendship (Danny thought the kid was trying to hurt Sam, and something like this did happen before, and nearly killed his sister Jazz.) In the final episode, she scolds Danny for [[spoiler: purposely getting rid of his powers]] without considering the stress and trouble he was going through, and that Amity had ghost protectors already.
* This is the problem many fans have with ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo''. The Teen Titans, or "[[FanNickname Toddler Titans]]" as they are called (with the exception of [[NiceGirl Starfire]]), are depicted as selfish, bratty, borderline psychopathic jerks who screw over each other and the city on a regular basis. This is supposed to be a comedy about superheroes, but there is nothing even remotely heroic about them. This is even lampshaded poorly in the episode "Serious Business", where Robin outright states that the Titans spend 3% of their time actually fighting crime. And in the episode "Mas Y Menos", Robin outright says he does heroic deeds solely for fame and glory. The Titans's jerkass behavior eventually got so bad that it [[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Robin_%28Teen_Titans_Go!%29 landed]] [[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Raven_%28Teen_Titans_Go!%29 all]] [[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Cyborg_%28Teen_Titans_Go!%29 five]] [[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Beast_Boy_%28Teen_Titans_Go!%29 of]] [[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Starfire_%28Teen_Titans_Go!%29 them]] on ''The Villains Wiki'' and most fans would sooner [[RootingForTheEmpire root for the villains]] than the Titans themselves. When they're considered just as bad or WORSE than the rest of the villains, you know something's wrong. Notable instances are:
** In "Girls Night Out", Starfire and Raven free Jinx and they go on a crime spree.
** In "Artful Dodgers", the Titans cheat at a dodgeball game between them and the Hive Five, and it's hinted they have done this before. Made worse by the fact that at the beginning of the episode, after stopping the Hive Five from robbing a bank, Robin taunts them by saying that "[[{{Hypocrite}} cheaters never prosper.]]"
** In the infamous "Staring at The Future", Beast Boy and Cyborg, upon being sent to a future where the rest of the Titans are responsible people with productive lives, decide to deliberately ruin the others futures just to create a world where they won't have to deal with responsibility.
** In "Baby Hands", Robin erases the others memories and makes himself look like Superman just to boost his own ego.
** In "Second Christmas", Beast Boy, Cyborg and Raven lie to Starfire, causing her to miss a holiday on her planet, just so they can have more stuff.
** In "Ghost Boy", Beast Boy treats Starfire like a slave as a prank and when turned into a ghost by Raven as a prank, he accidently gets the other Titans killed when they try to stop him from running into a volcano. But he shows no concern and even laughs at them.
** In "Opposites", Cyborg begins dating Jinx for no reason even though she's a villain, and eventually convinces the other titans to become criminals so there is nothing to keep them apart.
** In "Salty Codgers", Raven intentionally lets the others be turned into old people by Mad Mod because she loves old people, causing them to die of old age. And when she pulls a BatmanGambit on Death to get their souls back, he instead turns them into zombies. Raven shows no concern as she loves zombies too.
** Aqualad is depicted in much the same way in the episode "Pirates". Instead of being a FriendToAllLivingThings, he treats his sea creatures like slaves, constantly standing on them and using them as stepping stones. Aqualad even has a large amount of sea creatures fed to sharks to impress Raven (who, being a Designated Hero herself, enjoys watching them be eaten). At the end of the episode, it turns out he's a pirate. It would be more shocking that a superhero became a looting, pillaging, murdering pirate who treats sea creatures like slaves and has them fed to sharks if half the show wasn't essentially an animated FauxtivationalPoster.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' can be this trope depending on the episode. Some episodes have the girls doing some things that are [[UnscrupulousHero underhanded]] at best, ''un-heroic'' at worst. Unlike other examples, however, this is balanced out in some episodes as the girls ''do'' learn from their mistakes and better themselves.
** One of the more infamous examples happens in the episode "Mime for a Change". A freak accident involving a truck full of bleach turns Rainbow the Clown into Mr. Mime, who begins to drain Townsville of all color and sound. The girls managed to return the town and Rainbow to normal, but when he thanks them for bringing him back to his senses, the girls [[DisproportionateRetribution beat him to a pulp and send him to prison]] even though it was painfully clear he was NotHimself. The issue apparently got cleared up as he is seen attending the girl's birthday party in a later episode.
** In the episode "Major Competiton", A new superhero named Major Man stops crimes before the girls can, but they eventually discover he's a fraud who sets up crimes in advance. Their plan to expose him? Hire a giant monster to attack the town without him knowing and force him to confess. The girls managed to get away with it even.
** One of the more egregious examples happen in the episode "Candy Is Dandy". The girls develop an addiction to candy and the Mayor will give them candy whenever they save the day. When crime in Townsville is slow, they decide to hire Mojo Jojo to attack the town, get defeated by the girls, and they would break him out on the next day to do it again. When the Mayor informs them that Mojo stole their candy, the girls give him a ''vicious'' WhatTheHellHero that leaves the poor man in tears before confronting Mojo, who gleefully admits he stole their candy [[ForTheEvulz just to get under their skin]]. Cue one of the most [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown vicious beatdowns]] in the series as they kick the everloving shit out of him. It was so bad that ''[[HeelRealization the girls themselves]]'' [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone eventually saw how far they've fallen and apologize to the Mayor for their actions]].
** In the episode "Headsuckers Moxy", the girls find a way to trap the Robbing Leech, a thief with the abiltiy to drain a person's memories. Their plan is to trap the Leech by using the Mayor as bait under the belief he's too stupid to have any useful information for the Leech to drain. While their plan is successful, the Mayor ends up with memory loss like all the Leech's victims. In other words, the girls ended up endangering an innocent bystander to save the day. Okay...
** In the episode "Ploys R Us", the girls awake to find their room filled with toys and discover the Professor has been robbing the toy store while sleepwalking. Instead of trying to prevent it, the girls take advantage of his nighttime strolls and have him steal toys for them while pretending to investigate the thefts. Eventually, the professor catches on to the girls's scheme and with the Mayor's help, tricks them into confessing. The girls again apologize for their actions, but get to keep the toys as they were all paid for.
** Blossom herself becomes one in the episode "A Very Special Blossom". It's Father's Day and Blossom wants to get the Professor some very expensive golf clubs for a gift. So, after stopping Mojo Jojo's rampage, she finds the set and steals it, which causes the Professor to get arrested when he goes to a golf game. Blossom at first tries to lie her way out of it by saying Mojo sold her the golf clubs, but is eventually forced to confess that she stole them. She is then sentenced to Community Service.
** In the episode "Slave the Day", The girls save Billy of the Gangreen Gang from being killed by an oncoming subway and to show his gratitude, he becomes their personal butler. With each well-intentioned feat, he causes horrendous collateral damage and eventally gets a vicious WhatTheHellHero from Blossom which causes him to go back to the gang. The gang tries to kill the girls by trapping them on a subway track, but Billy gets a change of heart and rescues them. Instead of gratiude, the girls beat the crap out of him along with the gang even though he had clearly turned against the gang.
* The titular Ben Tennyson himself becomes one in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse'' thanks to {{Flanderization}}. His ChronicHeroSyndrome, his defining trait in the previous shows, is heavily toned down in favor of making him an arrogant, incompetent, and thoroughly obnoxious {{Jerkass}} who causes as many problems as he solves and can be indifferent to others at times. The Galactic Monsters arc is a prime example. Despite Zs Skayr being on Anur Phaetos and plotting to take over the galaxy, [[BystanderSyndrome Ben's only concern is getting off the planet]]. Meaning that had he not been forced to stay on the planet, he would have left [[KarmaHoudini Zs Skayr undefeated and still scheming]].
* ''WesternAnimation/RocketMonkeys'' has the titular protagonists Gus and Wally, who, despite the show labeling them as "heroes", had committed acts such as starving a baby orphan, blowing up countless planets, murdering the elderly, setting fire to the statue of a well-respected explorer, and even deliberately driving an innocent person to villainy. They never show remorse for what they do, either.
* This trope is the main complaint fans have with ''{{Pucca}}''. While the titular heroine is a NiceGirl for the most part, she's also an AbhorrentAdmirer, a {{Yandere}}, a ClingyJealousGirl, ''and'' a StalkerWithACrush par excellence who torments Garu to no end and ''anyone'' who gets in between her and Garu is beaten senselessly whether they're right or wrong. Despite this, we're ''supposed'' to root for her because everyone in Sooga Village loves her unconditionally (even naming a year after her) even though she gets away with shit that would get any other character arrested years ago. The fact that she's an InvincibleHero who can effortlessly solve her problems does not help her case.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'', while Mandy is intentionally a VillainProtagonist, Billy is generally portrayed as a KindheartedSimpleton and the TokenGoodTeammate. This is in spite of the fact that he is often just as much of a jerk, treats his supposed friend Grim like a slave, has been known to use Grim's control over death as a weapon to get rid of people he dislikes (or attempt to anyway), and has committed all kinds of evil acts for little to no reason, such as sacrificing everyone else in town to an alien creature for no reason other than that he didn't have anything better to do.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'': Nicole and Anais are generally good people, and when not it's usually a case of TemporarilyAVillain, but they definitely become this in "The Hero". When Gumball and Darwin call Richard useless when they don't know he's there, rather than pointing out things Richard had done for them (like raising them), Nicole and Anais throw cupcakes made of cement at them and then Nicole denies him access to anything ''she'' provides until they apologize, including ''food'', until they apologize, and Anais supports her decision. They are portrayed as being in the right and never feel remorse or get punished, and no one points out that this is blatant child abuse.
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