History HateSink / WesternAnimation

* ''WesternAnimation/XMenTheAnimatedSeries'': [[FantasticRacism Graydon Creed]] in the second season. Mainly due to the actual BigBad Mr. Sinister spending most of the season plotting from the Savage Lands and barely interacting with the characters until the season finale.

* ''HateSink/SouthPark''

* ''WesternAnimation/KipoAndTheAgeOfWonderbeasts'': For all her supposed good intentions, Dr. Emilia racks up a number of incredibly heinous deeds in pursuit of them, namely torturing Hugo for his pheromones, enslaving her mutated colleague to use as a weapon, and plotting to murder said colleague's daughter once she's outlived her usefulness purely because of her Mute powers. Nothing about her ruthlessness is played as funny or charming. [[spoiler:Season three reveals that she killed her own ''brother'' and blamed mutes for his death, and she tries to kill Kipo after she saved Emilia from being stuck as a mega-mute without any anchor]].

** [[spoiler: Beyond the LaughablyEvil tendencies as Darcy, The Core cements itself as this just after Andrias has displayed enough redeeming qualities to make him ineligible for the trope. Not only is it an amalgamation of genocidal imperialists that [[FreudianExcuse made Andrias who he is today]], it shows itself to be a sadistic and smug monster, forcing Andrias to fight when he has a guilt-induced breakdown, cutting off Grime's arm and quipping about it, and slicing Sasha's back. When Sasha cuts its cord, it initially thinks she cut its chest, dropping the arrogant composure for undignified fear, but then regains that smugness (though not for long) when it thinks she missed completely. When it's defeated, it then hijacks Amphibia's mechanical moon and intends to [[ColonyDrop use it to destroy the planet]] purely out of [[TakingYouWithMe spite]].]]

** The Night Owl, from the episode of the same name, is an immoral radio DJ obsessed with gaining fame and glory. To this end, he tricks Mordecai, Rigby, Muscle Man, and Hi-5 Ghost into a contest where he [[ManipulativeBastard lies to turn them against each other]], before [[HumanPopsicle freezing them]] for ''thousands of years'' as a display piece to build himself fame and power. When the heroes thaw out centuries later and try to escape his future museum, the now cybernetically-enhanced Night Owl attacks them while ranting about how they belong to him as "ice cubes in his long drink of success". Upon escaping to the present, Muscle Man punches out Night Owl before he can begin his contest. Even among other {{Jerkass}}es on the show, Night Owl's extreme entitlement and greed make him one of the very worst.

** Eve's father Adam Wilkins is sexist, controlling, and overall disrespectful towards his daughter. He claims she should forgive her ex-boyfriend for cheating on her and then says learning that she has powers was the worst day of his life, the latter of which brings her to tears. While he does genuinely love his daughter and worries about her safety, the fact that he's entirely incapable of expressing it in a way that doesn't come across as misogynistic ensures that he wins no audience sympathy.

** While he does have his sympathetic moments, [[GrumpyOldMan Eustace Bagge]] is still portrayed as a greedy asshole who [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals regularly mistreats Courage]] and [[UngratefulBastard shows him no gratitude whatsoever when Courage even risks his own life to save him]], not to mention how he often puts his love for wealth over his own family. Plus, a lot of his humor revolves more around his [[TheChewToy Chew Toy]] status, [[AssholeVictim which is rather satisfying to watch since he often has it coming]].

** Ana Spanakopita is a strange example. Her first few appearances in season 3 have her as [=BoJack=]'s publicist and sometimes-lover, where she is shown to be somewhat sexually-abusive towards him. We then learn later on that Ana had nearly drowned in an accident, which has earned her some sympathy. However, after [[spoiler:[=BoJack-] ends up firing her in season 5, Ana decides to leak a private conversation about what he and Penny almost did to Diane, leading to a rift between them]].

* For a show that is typically in GreyAndGrayMorality, ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'' had a small number of characters that lacked the standards that our titular equine being has.
** Hank Hippopopalous is a comedian who was beloved until Diane reveals that he sexually harassed women for years. Nobody believes Diane's claim and some people have sent threatening letters to her (though Mr. Peanutbutter does initially defend her). Even [=BoJack=] refuses to believe her because he still felt hurt by his book that she had ghostwritten. However, Hank reveals to Diane that she was right the whole time despite lacking any evidence, [[KarmaHoudini but nobody would ever find out or care about his crimes]]. Hank is more despicable considering the scandal with Bill Cosby at the time, as well as the eventual Me Too movement, and he has yet to be properly punished.

** Vance Waggonner is an unapologetically sexist actor hired by Flip [=McVicker=], much to Diane's disgust. This time around, she isn't alone in her feelings, but only because of a misunderstanding involving [=BoJack=] [[ItMakesSenseInContext and a cheese platter]]. Eventually, Vance's role was filled by [[PlayingAgainstType Mr. Peanutbutter]], who was seeking to make a bad-boy image.

** “The Luck Stops Here” gives us Kismet, a cat who bullies Gadget after the former’s unlucky owner Cosgrove decides to adopt the latter for fixing his invention. Let’s just say that Gadget wasn’t the only one laughing when Kismet loses a lot of her fur. To a lesser extent, there is also Cosgrove’s boss Gribbish, who constantly yells at him and steals credit for an invention. The closest punishment he gets is the machine shoving vegetables in his mouth and ears.

* The GrandFinale of ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' has Numbuh 363, Numbuh 362's little brother. Unlike most of the characters on the show, he is hated by pretty much everyone in-universe aside from his sister for his selfish attitude towards Sector V and how he treats his own sector badly. Heck, he even makes Numbuh 86 seem nice by comparison! [[spoiler:It's satisfying that Numbuh 84 stuffs his yoyo in his mouth. Heck, he even gets decommissioned the following month.]]

** Mike Brikowski from "Cop Out", a lazy, irresponsible, short-tempered, and hypocritical cop who hates the Powerpuff Girls [[EvilIsPetty for very petty reasons]][[note]]Specifically, all he ever did was sit in his car and eat donuts all day. Then, when he's fired from his job for being lazy, he pulls NeverMyFault and reasons he got fired because the Powerpuff Girls stopping crime means that they caused him to lose his job.[[/note]], and was more than willing to murder them with glee.

** Miss Carol on the other hand is a more straight example. As a tv show host Angelica idolizes, she seems to be a gentle woman when filmed but is a complete ChildHater whenever her show is not on, constantly making profane insults about them. In one incident, she says a swear word to insult the children within earshot of Angelica. Karma comes straight back at Miss Carol when Angelica mistakes the insult for the fun phrase she is supposed to say on tv and given her age, Angelica did not know what the word meant. Miss Carol ultimately gets fired after Angelica uses the swear word on tv and calls Miss Carol out on this, leading to Miss Carol showing her true colors and gets fired in the process. Miss Carol can be considered the show’s version of Coco Labouche.

** In the episode "Pickles", Bubble Bass. He's probably more of a FatBastard than the [[Film/AustinPowers trope namer]]. He (intentionally) caused [=SpongeBob=] to have a HeroicBSOD, and when his lies were revealed, he tries to run away like a coward. The operative word here being "tries". What he does is less ''"running"'' and more ''"attempting to move faster than walking speed while wheezing heavily due to his morbid obesity"''.

** In "All That Glitters", it's hard to imagine how Le Spatula could be anything but this, given how cruelly he tells off [=SpongeBob=] after all the effort the guy put into acquiring him and declaring himself to be too good for the likes of the Krusty Krab kitchen before leaving.

** [[spoiler:The one-time villain Dr. Frakes. She is an incredibly egotistical scientist who has no problem performing dangerous experiments, and when she finds out the Plantars are frog people, she immediately tries to vivisect them. She also abuses her position of authority by threatening to blacklist Terri in the scientific community for trying to stop her murder. As Terri puts it, she is a massive jerk, and that may be [[{{Understatement}} putting it kindly]].]]

** [[ArchnemesisDad Rand Ridley]] is Reagan's [[AbusiveParents abusive father]]. [[FreudianExcuse All of Reagan's emotional and psychological problems can be traced directly back to him]] (for example, Reagan's inability to hug is a result of him never hugging her and getting a robot to do it instead). In the current day, Rand treats Reagan as a tool to make his own life better, both figuratively and literally as the season 1 finale would reveal that [[spoiler:he erased her memories of her OnlyFriend growing up to ensure nothing would get in the way of him raising her to be his ticket back into Cognito if he was ever ousted.]] Slightly subverted by the end of season 2, as while he ultimately comes to realize how much he loves Reagan and sincerely apologizes to her for the pain he caused her, he more or less remains petty when he goes to Shadow Prison X.

** Warren Ampersand. If you thought that Martin and Flame King were bad fathers, just see what Warren is like. [[spoiler: This shapeshifter fathered Jake for the sole reason of taking his lifespan away to make himself younger again. It was revealed in the semi-penultimate episode to the series finale that he had done this countless times to other children that he fathered and attempted to do the same to Jake’s kids.]]
** The sequel miniseries WesternAnimation/AdventureTimeDistantLands has the royal advisors. They are all cowardly, incompetent, xenophobic jerks who try to control the princess through intimidation, and constantly tell her she should give up the crown and put them in charge. [[spoiler:When the dragon attacks they run away and hide, then try to kill Glassboy, Marceline and Bubblegum, by locking them in the furnace with the Dragon.]]

** Councilor Chang is easily one of the least likable villains in the show, being harsh and condescending towards basically everyone, being a stickler for the rules, especially if they don’t benefit Jake, like when she tried to argue with Kulde and Andam against Jake getting his powers back despite Jake saving her (along with the rest of the Dragon Council) from the Huntsclan in "The Halloween Bash," she still tries to eliminate him whenever she gets the chance.

** ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'': While even the most monstrous villains(like Vilgax and Ghostfreak) avert this by virtue of being as cool as they are vicious, the initial leader of the Forever Knights, Enoch falls into this perfectly. Beneath his classy demeanor, Enoch is merely a pretentious, power-hungry SmugSnake who thinks he's way smarter than he actually is. He's introduced capturing Ben as Grey Matter to vivisect him for study, while being [[UngratefulBastard completely dismissive of the man who brought him the alien to begin with.]] He later shows [[WouldHurtAChild he has no problem killing Ben and Gwen(two 10 year olds)]] for getting in his way, and later tries to get the Omnitrix for himself by tormenting Ben in a LotusEaterMachine, which speaks ''volumes'' just how petty and childish the man is. It's later revealed the Forever Knights were founded to protect humanity from Extraterrestrial threats, meaning Enoch is disloyal even to ''the oath he swore by.''

* ''WesternAnimation/DinoCity2020'' is a show for pre-schoolers with a setting that's not too SugarBowl but not too CrapsackWorld and often has NoAntagonist in many of its episodes and the conflict coming from a misunderstanding, but this trope is [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]]; the only character who seems to be hateful is Di Vega, wife of Mr.Raptorson, a local millionaire. She's snobbish, an AlphaBitch, belittles and humiliates other characters, and is a {{Jerkass}} a lot of the time. But she's never shown as ''evil'' due to the show's setting and audience, so it's toned down. But there has been the occasional episode that shows her as likeable, although very infrequently, therefore zig-zagging this trope.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': Vicky is a [[BabysitterFromHell sadistic babysitter]] whose primary purpose on the show is always making Timmy's life miserable. Also, she has a habit of [[BigBrotherBully bullying her own little sister Tootie]]. It is VERY satisfying to see her get LaserGuidedKarma from Cosmo and Wanda every now and then. Though she DOES have PetTheDog moments, these tend to be so rare that they don't really balance out her nastiness. This was downplayed in the earlier season of the show where she was simply a babysitter trying to do her job, though even then she made Timmy's life miserable enough for him to have fairy godparents in the first place.

** Worst of all is Big Bob's frequent associate Nick Vermicelli, whose name [[BilingualBonus includes the Italian word for "worm."]] He's a figuratively and literally [[{{Slimeball}} greasy]] SmugSnake who cares about nothing other than making money and actually makes Bob look sympathetic by comparison. If he and Bob are together in an episode, chances are that the episode will end with Bob (temporarily) learning his lesson after watching Nick cross a line he isn't willing to, usually [[WouldHurtAChild physically harming Helga]] or another child, and in TheMovie, he sells Bob out to [[BigBad Alphonse Scheck]] and demonstrates he may even be okay with casual murder.

** King Phillip from "Joust Like a Woman," who uses his Renaissance Faire's "historical accuracy" as an excuse to be a sexist creep. He limits the job options for women to terrible jobs, punishes them for breaking character, and at one point he grabbed one of them by the ass. His female employees only keep their jobs because they need the money and it's their only option until Peggy beats him in a jousting and convinces them to sue him. The ending of the episode heavily implies that he loses his job and, at least, is forced to go back to a job he hates.

** Rad Cunningham is forced to take on this role in one episode by doing performances to pay off a parking fine. Chrysalis notes he is "so effortlessly hatable."

** Wind Rider in "Rarity Investigates." He's a retired Wonderbolt who is admired by a lot of ponies, especially Rainbow Dash. That is until he sends Spitfire away on a wild goose chase by giving her a fake letter saying that her mother was sick and she needed to find a rare flower to cure her, and he tried to frame Rainbow Dash for it and get her kicked out of the Wonderbolts Reserves, all because he was afraid that Rainbow Dash would break his flight speed record.

** Svengallop in "The Mane Attraction." The manager of Applejack's ChildhoodFriend Coloratura, throughout the episode he was obnoxious towards ''everypony'' whether it be Applejack, children, or even Coloratura herself. The final nail in the coffin for him was his treatment of [[FunPersonified Pinkie Pie]] to the point where she's battered and almost about to cry.
** Zesty Gourmand in "Spice Up Your Life." She's a famous food critic who believes that only her opinion matters and forces all of the restaurants in Canterlot to serve food that only ''she'' likes, or else she won't give them her three-hoof stamp of approval. At the end of the episode, Zesty badmouths the Tasty Treat for not serving any food she likes, despite it having tons of customers. Even when Rarity suggests that she at least give the food a try, Zesty refuses and leaves in a huff.

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': Dr. Doofenshmirtz, the closest thing that the show has to a BigBad, is nigh-impossible to hate due to his delightfully hammy nature and being a HarmlessVillain through and through. His parents, on the others hand, are a completely different story. They saw their son as an object instead of a person, which led to them being [[AbusiveParents horribly abusive]] towards him. Just to give a couple of examples, they forced Doofenshmirtz to stand as a lawn gnome for months on end, his dad named their dog "Only Son," his mother showed clear favoritism towards his younger brother, Rodger, they outright abandoned Doofenshmirtz at one point, forcing him to be raised by Ocelots, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Even though the abuse is mostly PlayedForLaughs, it's still easy to feel bad for Doofenshmirtz and to resent his parents for their horrible treatment of him; [[SympathyForTheDevil even Doof's nemesis Perry feels sorry for Doof after seeing how shallow Doof's parents are towards him]].

** The Night Owl, from the episode of the same name, is an immoral radio DJ obsessed with gaining fame and glory. To this end, he tricks Mordecai, Rigby, Muscle Man, and Hi-5 Ghost into a contest where he [[ManipulativeBastard lies to turn them against each other]], before [[HumanPopsicle freezing them]] for ''thousands of years'' as a display piece to build himself fame and power. When the heroes thaw out centuries later and try to escape his future museum, the now cybernetically-enhanced Night Owl attacks them while ranting about how they belong to him as "ice cubes in his long drink of success." Upon escaping to the present, Muscle Man punches out Night Owl before he can begin his contest. Even among other {{Jerkass}}es on the show, Night Owl's extreme entitlement and greed make him one of the very worst.

** Mayor Thomas Tompkins' a {{jerkass}} that [[UngratefulBastard tries to get a bunch of superhero teens and his daughter's groupie arrested for stopping a supervillain]] for a petty reason. Aquaman and the Outsiders have no patience for him and put him in his place when he tries to stop them from doing their jobs.

** [[SpoiledBrat Duchess]] is one too, as her purpose on the show is to be nothing but a spoiled diva who bosses around all of the other imaginary friends in the house, and behaves very badly during most of her screen time (even out right trying to have Bloo be '''''EATEN ALIVE''''' [[EvilIsPetty simply because the daughter of a rich family wanted him instead of her]]. In "[[Recap/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriendsS3E4DuchessOfWails Duchess of Wails]]", her behavior got to the point where Mac and Bloo got fed up with her and tried to get rid of her by having her adopted by another family...who happens to live next door to Mac. Eventually, his mother gets so fed up with Duchess' constant wailing that she plans to move as far away from her and her adoptive family as possible, and what's worse, [[BigBrotherBully Terrence]] exaggerates it to a ridiculous degree [[BlatantLies by creating a huge lie about moving to Singapore]], which Mac believes and is frightened since it means he won't be able to see Bloo again and he'll end up being adopted.

** [[SpoiledBrat Duchess]] is one too, as her purpose on the show is to be nothing but a spoiled diva who bosses around all of the other imaginary friends in the house, and behaves very badly during most of her screen time. In one episode, her behavior got to the point where Mac and Bloo got fed up with her and tried to get rid of her by having her adopted by another family...who happens to live next door to Mac. Eventually, his mother gets so fed up with Duchess' constant wailing that she plans to move as far away from her and her adoptive family as possible, and what's worse, [[BigBrotherBully Terrence]] exaggerates it to a ridiculous degree [[BlatantLies by creating a huge lie about moving to Singapore]], which Mac believes and is frightened since it means he won't be able to see Bloo again and he'll end up being adopted.
** [[ManipulativeBastard Bendy]] in his first and only major appearance on the show, was deliberately written to be despised for one thing and that is breaking the rules of the Foster home and [[WoundedGazelleGambit framing other imaginary friends in the house for the rule-breaking.]] He constantly framed Bloo, Wilt, Coco, and Eduardo for a lot of misdeeds he committed in the house and got them all severely punished by Mr. Herriman. Many fans believed that Bendy crossed the MoralEventHorizon when he framed Bloo for playing around with the house loudspeaker and got him grounded from his TV, video game, and paddleball privileges. What makes Bendy different from other examples is that he [[TheScrappy got more hate than it was intended]] because he became a KarmaHoudini at the end of the episode. As a result, the episode actually got so much backlash that its writer eventually apologized for it, and Bendy was not featured in any more episodes.
** Kip Snip, the main villain of the episode "The Sweet Stench Of Success" is the sleazy and abusive CEO of the Deo brand deodorant company who is in reality a fraud and an abusive pet owner. He tricked Bloo into signing adoption papers by disguising them as acting contracts and then overworks him in filming commercials for Deo while never paying him. He even refuses to feed Bloo for days and makes him sleep in a small pet crate. Later on when Bloo with the help of Max and the other foster friends exposes Kip and reveals that Deo does not make people smell good, Kip does not deny this fact and says that Deo makes people smell worse. This cathartically gets Kip arrested by the police for false advertising.

** [[spoiler:King Aldrich Leviathan. As revealed in "The Core & The King", Aldrich was the one truly responsible for the events of the series. He was shown to be abusive towards his son Andrias and was responsible for ruining Andrias' friendship with Leif and Barrel and putting Andrias on the dark path he was shown to be on in "True Colors". Even in death, Aldrich continued to manipulate and abuse his son by assimilating himself with The Core and trying to manipulate him into [[AlienInvasion invading]] and [[PlanetLooters ravaging Earth]].]]

** [[spoiler:King Aldrich Leviathan. As revealed in "The Core & The King", Aldrich was the one truly responsible for the events of the series. He was shown to be abusive towards his son Andrias and was responsible for ruining Andrias' friendship with Leif and Barrel and putting Andrias on the dark path he was shown to be on in "True Colors". Even in death, Aldrich continued to manipulate and abuse his son by assimilating himself with The Core and trying to manipulate him into invading and ravaging Earth.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheBadBatch'':
** Lieutenant Nolan is a human Pong Krell - a ruthless, arrogant asshole who has a limitless supply of hatred for clone troopers. It's telling that in his first few minutes of screentime, he reacts with annoyance about being put in charge of a team of clones, going so far as to call them "used equipment", and shortly thereafter, when he slips on a patch of ice and one of his men attempts to help him, he thanks the trooper by angrily pushing him away. The worst of it is when [[spoiler: at the end of the episode, Crosshair and Mayday make it back to the outpost after narrowly surviving a deadly avalanche, but without the cargo they were sent to retrieve. Nolan criticizes them both for failing, and also refuses to provide medical aid for a dying Mayday, even as the otherwise cold-hearted Crosshair ''begs'' him to help his comrade. It's little wonder why Crosshair reaches a breaking point and frags Nolan after he pushes Crosshair too far.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/XMen

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'': David Wheeler from "The Last Resort". A child psychologist who advertises his rehab clinic as a friendly place to send teenagers at to improve their behaviour, it is soon revealed that the clinic is actually a ranch where Wheeler [[WouldHurtAChild psychologically abuses all the teenagers sent there.]] He forces them to listen to his rants towards them for hours and hours, refusing to let them go anywhere else, and punishes them by sending them to ISO, a room completely deprived of any light and sound, to deprive anyone of their senses. He is also a [[DirtyCoward coward]] to boot, as he pathetically begs for his life when one teenager at the ranch threatens to throw Wheeler off the roof of the building. Lacking any of the sympathetic or cool qualities of most other villains, Wheeler stands out as one of the very worst, if not the worst villain in the whole series.

** [[spoiler: [[GeneralRipper General]] [[BigBad Lunaris]] enjoys deceiving and betraying anyone who trusts him for selfish reasons and will gladly cross the line, as he tricked Della into fixing up his rockets before attempting to kill her and using this event as an excuse to authorize an invasion on Earth. He even gloated to a captured Donald about his plan to personally target and kill the triplets in order to demoralize Scrooge and the others from trying to stop him. When Lunaris finally initiates his invasion, he succeeds in forcing the Earth into orbit, which is likely to cause eternal freeze around the planet and endanger billions of lives; even managing to counterattack Scrooge's smart moves. Even when his plan fails, Lunaris attempts to crash his ship to destroy the Earth in revenge, not caring that his own soldiers are still on it.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': Dr. Doofenshmirtz, the closest thing that the show has to a BigBad, is nigh-impossible to hate due to his delightfully hammy nature and being a HarmlessVillain through and through. His parents, on the others hand, are a completely different story. They saw their son as an object instead of a person, which led to them being [[AbusiveParents horribly abusive]] towards him. Just to give a couple of examples, they forced Doofenshmirtz to stand as a lawn gnome for months on end, his dad named their dog "Only Son," his mother showed clear favoritism towards his younger brother, Rodger, they outright abandoned Doofenshmirtz at one point, forcing him to be raised by Ocelots, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Even though the abuse is mostly PlayedForLaughs, it's still easy to feel bad for Doofenshmirtz and to resent his parents for their horrible treatment of him; [[SympathyForTheDeveil even Doof's nemesis Perry himself feels sorry for Doof after seeing how shallow Doof's parents are towards him]].

* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': Dr. Doofenshmirtz, the closest thing that the show has to a BigBad, is nigh-impossible to hate due to his delightfully hammy nature and being a HarmlessVillain through and through. His parents, on the others hand, are a completely different story. They saw their son as an object instead of a person, which led to them being [[AbusiveParents horribly abusive]] towards him. Just to give a couple of examples, they forced Doofenshmirtz to stand as a lawn gnome for months on end, his dad named their dog "Only Son," his mother showed clear favoritism towards his younger brother, Rodger, they outright abandoned Doofenshmirtz at one point, forcing him to be raised by Ocelots, and that's just the tip of the iceberg. Even though the abuse is mostly PlayedForLaughs, it's still easy to feel bad for Doofenshmirtz and to resent his parents for their horrible treatment of him.