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* ''WesternAnimation/Fantasia2000'':
** It's hard to qualify Nasty Nanny as a villain, as the only 'evil' thing she does is to take Rachel to her many classes despite that she doesn't perform well in any of them. In other words, she just does her job. However, her act of grabbing Rachel against her will, not letting her to say goodbye to her parents before they go to work, can count.
** The Firebird, in a way. For how destructive it is initially, its intervention was necessary for the Nature Sprite to not only revitalize the forest, but make it even more lush and green than before due to the ashes and lava rock in the soil. Basically, the actual [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_ecology fire ecology]] that's often part of a forest's natural life cycle.
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* [[spoiler:The Man Upstairs]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'' falls into the same category of "didn't know his victims were sentient." Though ''that'' conflict is purely a metaphor for [[spoiler: his relationship with his son, Finn, wherein he acts as a StopHavingFunGuys and squashes Finn's imagination and creativity]], which one could argue qualifies as non-designated villainy.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Leo}}'': Coach Kimura refusing to take a detour from going to the amusement park to find Leo at the Everglades is treated as an obstacle in the path of the rest of the class, and they dupe him and leave him behind the first chance they get. However, [[StrawmanHasAPoint he was right in that the Everglades is established to be a long way away from school, and taking a detour to go there before the amusement park would likely cause parents to worry about what's keeping their children]]. On arrival, he is willing to buy a large bundle of candy, drinks and other souvenirs for the kids without hesitation, which the kids use as a distraction to commandeer the bus and take it to the Everglades, leaving him behind, having been hit by a car and [[EyeScream squirted in the face with hand sanitizer]] for his troubles.

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* [[spoiler:The [[spoiler: The Man Upstairs]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'' falls into the same category of "didn't know his victims were sentient." Though ''that'' conflict is purely a metaphor for [[spoiler: his relationship with his son, Finn, wherein he acts as a StopHavingFunGuys and squashes Finn's imagination and creativity]], which one could argue qualifies as non-designated villainy.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Leo}}'': Coach Kimura refusing to take a detour from going to the amusement park to find Leo at the Everglades is treated as an obstacle in the path of the rest of the class, and they dupe him and leave him behind the first chance they get. However, [[StrawmanHasAPoint he was right in that the Everglades is established to be a long way away from school, and taking a detour to go there before the amusement park would likely cause parents to worry about what's keeping their children]]. On arrival, he is willing to buy a large bundle of candy, drinks drinks, and other souvenirs for the kids without hesitation, which the kids use as a distraction to commandeer the bus and take it to the Everglades, leaving him behind, having been hit by a car and [[EyeScream squirted in the face with hand sanitizer]] for his troubles.



* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'': Lampwick. He's a bit of a brat, and hardly a good role model, but he's still a kid. Plus, he isn't exactly heartless as it's shown he cares for Pinocchio, and judging by his heartbreaking screams, his mother too. He's much less malicious than the other KarmaHoudini villains (Honest John, Stromboli, The Coachman), yet he's the only one who is punished for his actions and the punishment was a horrible DisproportionateRetribution.
* Percy in ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'' is designated as a villain simply by being the pet of [[BigBad Ratcliffe]]. Although Ratcliffe is a [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain racist]], [[FinalSolution genocidal]] [[SmugSnake jerk]], Percy is actually a pretty decent dog. While aloof, he certainly isn't arrogant, and he doesn't attack anyone without any provocation. He just seems content with staying in the ship and enjoying his well-off, carefree life. Then, [[{{Jerkass}} Meeko]] bursts in and steals his food for no reason other than to be a {{Troll}}. By the end of the movie though they've made up, and have even exchanged accessories. Their rivalry is kept strictly a friendly one in the sequel, with Flit as a third party keeping it under control.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}}'': Lampwick. He's a bit of a brat, brat and hardly a good role model, but he's still a kid. Plus, he isn't exactly heartless as it's shown he cares for Pinocchio, and judging by his heartbreaking screams, his mother too. He's much less malicious than the other KarmaHoudini villains (Honest John, Stromboli, The Coachman), yet he's the only one who is punished for his actions actions, and the punishment was is a horrible DisproportionateRetribution.
* Percy in ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'' is designated as a villain simply by being the pet of [[BigBad Ratcliffe]]. Although Ratcliffe is a [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain racist]], [[FinalSolution genocidal]] [[SmugSnake jerk]], Percy is actually a pretty decent dog. While aloof, he certainly isn't arrogant, and he doesn't attack anyone without any provocation. He just seems content with staying in on the ship and enjoying his well-off, carefree life. Then, [[{{Jerkass}} Meeko]] bursts in and steals his food for no reason other than to be a {{Troll}}. By the end of the movie though they've made up, and have even exchanged accessories. Their rivalry is kept strictly a friendly one in the sequel, with Flit as a third party keeping it under control.



* ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty'': The humans, who need to eat food to survive, but are nonetheless portrayed as being evil, monstrous murderers. Probably intentional, as the food characters clearly don't know that and the humans aren't ''actually'' portrayed as "evil" (except for Darren, but he's more of just a typical {{jerkass}}). According to Firewater, the reason that the humans kill food is because it makes them stronger.

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* ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty'': The humans, who need to eat food to survive, but are nonetheless portrayed as being evil, monstrous murderers. Probably intentional, as the food characters clearly don't know that and the humans aren't ''actually'' portrayed as "evil" (except for Darren, but he's more of just a typical {{jerkass}}). According to Firewater, the reason that the humans kill food is because it makes them stronger.
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* Mr. St Peter the appliance repairman from ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster''. He rips apart appliances and uses the parts to build new ones, and since the film is from the viewpoint of the ''appliances'' he is equated to ''[[Franchise/{{Frankenstein}} Doctor Frankenstein]]''. The ones trapped in his shop have gone mad from watching it over and over. Like Sid, he has no clue at all that the appliances are sentient and isn't operating out of any malice, though he ''does'' sell used parts claiming they are new which really is fraudulent.

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* Mr. St Peter the appliance repairman from ''WesternAnimation/TheBraveLittleToaster''. He rips apart appliances and uses the parts to build new ones, and since the film is from the viewpoint of the ''appliances'' he is equated to ''[[Franchise/{{Frankenstein}} Doctor Frankenstein]]''. The ones trapped in his shop have gone mad from watching it over and over. Like Sid, he has no clue at all that the appliances are sentient and isn't operating out of any malice, though he ''does'' sell used parts by claiming they are new new, which really is fraudulent.



** Maltravers' manservant Geoffreys is a total MinionWithAnFInEvil, who even feels immense guilt just for ''spying'' on Elizabeth and Don Juan, and it's shown that he's mainly serving Maltravers out of fear of retribution, as the [[BadBoss latter]] makes it abundantly clear that he'll [[YouHaveFailedMe feed Geoffreys to the sharks should he fail him]], and yet Geoffreys is never given a chance to perform an HeelFaceTurn and suffers the same fate as his boss and Rachel at the end. Though he finally does get redemption at the end of ''Fantasy Island''.

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** Maltravers' Maltravers's manservant Geoffreys is a total MinionWithAnFInEvil, who even feels immense guilt just for ''spying'' on Elizabeth and Don Juan, and it's shown that he's mainly serving Maltravers out of fear of retribution, as the [[BadBoss latter]] makes it abundantly clear that he'll [[YouHaveFailedMe feed Geoffreys to the sharks should he fail him]], and yet Geoffreys is never given a chance to perform an HeelFaceTurn and suffers the same fate as his boss and Rachel at the end. Though he finally does get redemption at the end of ''Fantasy Island''.

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