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*** Kaa's [[DracoInLeatherPants DILP]] fanbase could deride from the fact that in the original book, [[AdaptationDecay he wasn't a villain.]] On the other hand, I don't think adaptational accuracy was [[FetishFuel what the fangirls had in mind.]]

* [[TheJungleBook Shere Khan]]. He's willing to kill Mowgli simply for being a human child due to his hatred/fear of human beings. That hasn't stopped the fans from swooning over him though. It's either due to the fact that [[RuleOfCool he's a tiger]] or being voiced by the late TonyJay.

*** There's also the fact that his voice actor did such an amazing job. The pain and confusion in his voice at times would make it hard ''not'' to feel for him a little.

* Many [[FanPreferredCouple WaulxTanya]] shippers in the AnAmericanTail fandom tend to get this way, and seem to gloss over the fact Waul tried to kill and eat Tanya's family.

* Tom of ''TomAndJerry''. While something of an IneffectualSympatheticVillain, fans have taken to downplaying his flaws ''completely'' and treat [[RonTheDeathEater Jerry]] as if he's the bad guy in all their altercations. The irony in all of this however is that, 9 times out of 10, Tom was the inital instigator of the altercations.
* Oogie Boogie of ''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' tend to get this a lot, often making Jack into [[RonTheDeathEater a bully]] to do so. Also, ''Jack'' is probably one of the rare, if not the ''only'', hero who gets this. Fans bash the military for shooting Jack down, despite the fact that they were [[{{Understatement}} justified]] in doing so.

* Many of the Fire Nation in ''AvatarTheLastAirbender'', usually Zuko, Azula, Zhao, and Ozai. Sure, Zuko is an AntiVillain and Azula gets [[FreudianExcuse sympathetic]] towards the end, but that doesn't excuse their evil actions. Zhao and Ozai have no redeeming qualities whatsoever, but [[EvilIsSexy they ARE good-looking...]]
** Oh, Azula - she'll make you gasp at her sadistic deeds... and then cream your pants from the way that she sounds like she's molesting everyone she speaks to, including her brother.

* Oogie Boogie of ''TheNightmareBeforeChristmas'' tend to get this a lot, often making Jack into [[CanonDefilement a bully]] to do so. Also, ''Jack'' is probably one of the rare, if not the ''only'', hero who gets this. Fans bash the military for shooting Jack down, despite the fact that they were [[{{Understatement}} justified]] in doing so.

* Tom of ''TomAndJerry''. While something of an IneffectualSympatheticVillain, fans have taken to downplaying his flaws ''completely'' and treat [[RonTheDeathEater Jerry]] as if he's the bad guy in all their altercations. The irony in all of this however is that, 9 times out of 10, Tom was the inital instigator of the altercations.

** Starscream's fanbase is somewhat justified in his ''[[TransformersArmada Transformers Armada incarnation]],'' which portrayed him in a more sympathetic manner with inner conflicts, a quasi-romantic relationship with Alexis and even a HeroicSacrifice.

* Frollo in [[DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney's]] ''TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''. There are people who think he should have ended up with Esmeralda instead of Phoebus. It doesn't help that he's WAY more sympathetic in the book.

** Similar for the [[JustBugsMe/ThePrincessAndTheFrog Princess and the Frog Just Bugs Me]] page. Apparently there are people who think Facilier and Lawrence were just [[SarcasmMode poor, misguided folks]] who never would have tried to swindle an innocent girl of money and murder her father and [[spoiler:let a pack of demons loose to prey on New Orleans]] if they had only gotten Mama Odie's message. Oh, and opening Naveen's jar a little so he could breath apparently redeems Lawrence.

** The original movie's villain, Jafar, has ''fans'', but doesn't usually get leather-pantsed in the actual definition (which is ''not'' just "oh look, people like this villain"). More often Jafar fans fall into [[EvilIsCool slightly]] [[FreakyIsCool different]] [[NightmareFetishist categories]] and don't ''want'' him to be less evil. OrSoIHeard.

* Tom of ''TomAndJerry''. While something of an IneffectualSympatheticVillain, fans have taken to downplaying his flaws ''completely'' and treat [[RonTheDeathEather Jerry]] as if he's the bad guy in all their altercations. The irony in all of this however is that, 9 times out of 10, Tom was the inital instigator of the altercations.

* Tom of ''TomAndJerry''. While something of an IneffectualSympatheticVillain, fans have taken to downplaying his flaws ''completely'' and treat [[RonTheDeathEather Jerry]] as if he's the bad guy in all their altercations. The irony in all of this however is that, 9 times out of 10, Tom was the inital instigator of the altercations.

* Van Kleiss of ''GeneratorRex''.

* Duncan from ''{{Total Drama Island}},'' oh so very much. It's invariably difficult to keep him in character seeing as his softer side overrules his bad-boy charm in the eyes of most fans, whereas in the series he shows his jerk side far more than his soft one. If you find a fanfic involving Duncan/Courtney, Duncan/Gwen, Duncan/ANYBODY, expect Draco In Leather Pants to come into play.

*** Decepticons as a whole can be called Robots in Leather Pants. Lots of fan like them more than protagonists and tend to underplay their evilness.

** For the record, they're not actually ''pointlessly'' nasty: they have reasons, but being sociopaths those reasons seem alien to any sane mind. For example, Hoggish Greedly is just a rich oil tycoon who wants to make money...the fact he'll wipe out whole species and destroy wildlife preserves is meaningless to him because of his overwhelming greed.
** Also some of the characters did have genuinely sympathic reasons for their actions, insane or not--Verminus Scum is a mutant rat-man who, basically, wants to make more of his own kind and his method of doing so is, for obvious reasons, not deadly just devastating to the environment; Duke Nukem was, according to some throwaway dialogue, a scientist whose experiments turned him into a monster and has to pollute his environment just to live.

*** To be fair you were supposed to be feel sorry for Lawrence, at before he goes [[DisproportionateRetribution too far]]. We're talking about a [[ButtMonkey man]] that spent his whole life being pushed around by Naveen, his mother, his sister, his brother, and even his hypothetical wife. While Facilier is explaining this Naveen even laughs at the poor guy. Doesn't excuse his later actions but gives some motive and sympathy.

*** On the other hand, other people don't vilify Oogway and Shifu, instead merely pointing out that they made mistakes and are no more perfect than Tai Lung is. And that even if he was the one who made his choices and became the monster he did, they were the ones who enabled it to happen by setting up the right circumstances--villainy does not occur in a vacuum, unless you're born a sociopath (i.e. not right in the head, with no justification at all for why you turned out as you did). Another thing to keep in mind: not only did Tai Lung have twenty years to brood over [[ItsAllAboutMe what was denied him]] and replace any good feelings he had for Shifu with hatred, but if he were no longer a WellDoneSonGuy at all, he would not have hesitated and almost accepted Shifu's apology. End result: it's very easy to see why some people would think, not that Tai Lung is a poor innocent [[TheWoobie Woobie]] who never did anything wrong, but that there are inklings and glimmers of hope for redemption in him. Particularly when [[TheMessiah Po]] [[TheChosenOne is brought]] [[NiceGuy into the mix]] as a [[ThePowerOfFriendship friend]] to him (a very popular choice in the fandom), and the Wuxi Finger Hold is inverted to be [[YinYangBomb a force of purification instead of destruction]], taking the rage and insanity out of the mix.
* [[{{Transformers}} Transfans]] have quite a few of these; [[TheStarscream Starscream]] (who they feel is correct in becoming the leader of the Decepticons), Ravage (especially after his upgrade in ''Beast Wars''), BW Rampage, Animated Lockdown and Megatron...
** Starscream's fanbase is somewhat justified thanks to ''Transformers Armada,'' which portrayed him in a more sympathetic manner with inner conflicts, a quasi-romantic relationship with Alexis and even a HeroicSacrifice.
*** Armada's Starscream is justified in receiving fan sympathy but all the other incarnations of Starscream have no excuse, considering almost all of them are bad and treacherous to the bone. One can certainly view them as badass [[MagnificentBastard Magnificent Bastards]] [[GeneralFailure (if that)]] but seeing them as these fluffy and cute characters who deserve a hug is kind of taking it too far.
** Decepticons as a whole can be called Robots in Leather Pants. Lots of fan like them more than protagonists and tend to underplay their evilness.
*** Hey, EvilIsSexy. Even if the main antagonists ''are'' giant alien robots.

** YourMileageMayVary, there is such a thing as fanboys.

* Demona from ''{{Gargoyles}}'' is often a victim of this. While the character is definitely a three-dimensional villain, and you understand where she is coming from, a lot of fanfic authors spin this off into either being an apologist or completely re-writing the character to the point where she is Demona in name only. Usually, her daughter Angela will either wave a finger in Demona's face, and Demona magically gives up her hatred to have a relationship with her, or Demona magically falls in love with a human (often a human female) and sees that humans are not all bad. A lot of the time, Goliath is portrayed as an evil misogynist. Generally, most of these fanfics are just an excuse to get Demona naked, and some authors have admitted that canon Demona is too difficult to write. Of course, WordOfGod states that Demona will still be plotting against humanity long after Angela and most of the cast are dead.
** Add in the fact that she's [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds already somewhat sympathetic by design]] and there you go.

** Canonically, Xanatos ''does'' get a whole slue of PetTheDog moments and arguably evolves into an AntiVillain by the end. That said, he still commits a lot of ruthless or downright evil acts (especially early on) and never seriously regrets any of them (except maybe Thailog). He's a trickster to the bone, but like many tricksters he's friendly a lot of the time, but a downright ''bastard'' at other points, and neither aspect of his personality should be ignored.
** As a whole, the villains of Gargoyles are a bit prone to this due to the fact that nearly all of them have reasons for their actions that tend to portray them sympathetically, such as Demona using humanity as a scapegoat for her own self loathing ("The password is... 'Alone.'"), Macbeth simply wants to kill Demona [[spoiler: so he can finally die]], or Thailog's rage at merely being thought of as an experiment, or a "freak." Xanatos isn't portrayed in a sympathetic light via backstory, but he isn't 100% "evil" either. He's just ''very'' unscrupulous, and eventually performs a sort of HeelFaceTurn. The only recurring villains who aren't in some way sympathetic are [[EvenTheGuysWantHim Tony Dracon]] and [[TimCurry Sevarius]], who both sometime gets the [[DracoInLeatherPants DILP]] effect simply because of the former's looks, and the latter because he reminds us of a certain... ''familiar'' mad scientist with a suspiciously similar voice.

** Just to note, it may not all stem from his voice actor being Tony Jay--this was, after all, a [[AuthorExistenceFailure replacement for the original actor]], George Saunders, he of the swooningly charismatic, richly deep, suavely sophisticated voice. Witness how many people seem taken with [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome his single sung line in the entire movie]]. Interestingly enough this doesn't seem to apply to ''TheGhostAndMrsMuir'', where he portrays the {{Foil}} and romantic [[TheRival rival]] to the eponymous ghost but comes off more as [[ThePaolo smarmy, slick, and annoying]]. Somehow the crusty captain seems like the better choice for her in comparison. (Possible justification for rooting for a SlapSlapKiss? Or a {{Deconstruction}} of Rex Harrison's usual curmudgeonly roles?) This could be a function of the fact he turned out to be [[spoiler:[[OopsIForgotIWasMarried already married]] [[YourCheatingHeart while he romanced Mrs. Muir]]]], or it could mean people found his voice more attractive than his face. Don't know enough about the fellow to be aware of how he was viewed at the time, though from what I've read he was a popular actor.

* Duncan from ''{{Total Drama Island}},'' oh so very much. It's invariably difficult to keep him in character seeing as his softer side overrules his bad-boy charm in the eyes of most fans. If you find a fanfic involving Duncan/Courtney, Duncan/Gwen, Duncan/ANYBODY, expect Draco In Leather Pants to come into play.

* There are a rare few who give Lotso from ''ToyStory 3'' this treatment. In "The Art of Toy Story 3" book, the movie's creative staff note that members of an early test audience reacted this way; wanting Lotso to pull a HeelFaceTurn and become good. In response, they went back and ''amped up'' his cruelty by adding a plotline between him and Big Baby, in which he lies to Big Baby about their owner not loving him anymore, and when the lie comes out later on and brings Big Baby to tears, Lotso results by smashing his locket and then striking him with his cane. As the film director put it, the audience had to realizes that Lotso was [[CompleteMonster way too far gone now]] and deserved [[FateWorseThanDeath what he got in the end.]]

** During the song in the episode, she claims that she's not evil, she's just so old that she's lost track of her ethical code. That, and the fact that in [[AdventureTime the land of Ooo]], vampires are after [[OurVampiresAreDifferent the color red rather than blood specifically]], seems to have been taken as a free ticket to claim she was totally justified in her every misdeed.

* Marceline the Vampire Queen from AdventureTime does [[ChaoticNeutral whatever she feels like, whenever she feels like it]]. Unfortunately, [[ChaoticEvil what she feels like tend to be things like stealing and attempting to vampirize people's beloved dogs without any provocation]]. Despite this, she has a massive fanbase who are busy justifying her actions.

* [[{{Transformers}} Transfans]] have quite a few of these; [[TheStarscream Starscream]] (who they feel is correct in becoming the leader of the Decepticons), Ravage (especially after his upgrade in ''Beast Wars''), BW Rampage, Animated Lockdown...