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[[caption-width-right:350: When something appalls ‘’[[ComicBook/TheJoker the Joker]],’’ you know {{Understatement it’s bad news.}}]]

[[caption-width-right:350: When something appalls ‘’[[ComicBook/TheJoker the Joker]],’’ you know [[Understatement it’s bad news.]]]]

[[caption-width-right:350: When something appalls ‘’[[ComicBook/TheJoker the Joker]],’’ you know {{{Understatement it’s bad news.}}}]]

[[caption-width-right:350: When something appalls ‘’[[ComicBook/TheJoker the Joker]],’’ you know {{{ understatement it’s bad news.}}}]]

[[caption-width-right:350: When something appalls ‘’[[ComicBook/TheJoker the Joker]],’’ you know {{{understatement it’s bad news.}}}]]

[[caption-width-right:350: When something appalls ‘’[[ComicBook/TheJoker the Joker]],’’ you know {{understatement it’s bad news}}.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Even if you're a [[ComicBook/TheJoker a psycho clown]], the American way must be shielded from death.]]

The CompleteMonster in particular has a tendency to provoke invocations of this trope on the part of other villains, due to having next to zero moral standards (if that, and even then they're never treated as a mitigating factor for their ilk) and generally being the absolute worst when it comes to villainy. Complete Monsters themselves '''can never''' play this trope unless the example is either [[SubvertedTrope subverted later]] or PlayedForLaughs, as they will stoop to whatever low they can to carry out their goals.

[[caption-width-right:350:Even if you're a''ComicBook/TheJoker a psycho clown'', nobody likes a nazi.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:When something appalls ''ComicBook/TheJoker'', you ''know'' it's bad news.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:When something appalls the ''ComicBook/Joker'', you ''know'' it's bad news.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:When something appalls the ''ComicBook/TheJoker'', you ''know'' it's bad news.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:When ''ComicBook/TheJoker'' is appalled by something, you know it's bad news.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:You know it's bad news when there's a line ''ComicBook/TheJoker'' refuses to cross.]]

[[caption-width-right:350: When the Joker has a certain line, you know it's ''that'' horrible]]

[[caption-width-right:350: When the Joker has a certain line (Nazi), you know it's ''that'' horrible]]

[[caption-width-right:350: When the Joker has a certain line, you know it's ''that'' horrible]]

[[caption-width-right:350: When the Joker has a certain line, you ''know'' it's that ''horrible'']]

->"I'll kill a man in a fair fight. Or if I think he's gonna start a fair fight. Or if he bothers me. Or if there's a woman. Or if I'm gettin' paid. Mostly when I'm gettin' paid...but ''eating people alive?'' Where's ''that'' get fun?"

->''"I'll kill a man in a fair fight. Or if I think he's gonna start a fair fight. Or if he bothers me. Or if there's a woman. Or if I'm gettin' paid. Mostly when I'm gettin' paid...but ''eating people alive''? Where's'' that get fun?"

[[caption-width-right:350: When the Joker has a certain line, you ''know'' its that ''horrible'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:] When the Joker has a certain line, you ''know'' its that ''horrible'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:Even when [[ComicBook/TheJoker you're a psychopathic jester]], the American Way must be protected.]]

->''"I'll kill a man in a fair fight. Or if I think he's gonna start a fair fight. Or if he bothers me. Or if there's a woman. Or if I'm gettin' paid. Mostly when I'm gettin' paid... but ''eating people alive''? Where's'' that ''get fun?"''

The CompleteMonster in particular has a tendency to provoke invocations of this trope on the part of other villains, due to having next to zero moral standards (if that, and even then they're never treated as a mitigating factor for their ilk) and generally being the absolute worst when it comes to villainy. Complete Monsters themselves '''can never''' play this trope unless the example is either [[SubvertedTrope later subverted]] or PlayedForLaughs, as they will stoop to whatever low they can to carry out their goals.

The CompleteMonster in particular has a tendency to provoke invocations of this trope on the part of other villains, due to having next to zero moral standards (if that, and even then they're never treated as a mitigating factor for their ilk) and generally being the absolute worst when it comes to villainy. Complete Monsters themselves '''can never''' play this trope unless the example is either [[later subverted SubvertedTrope]] or PlayedForLaughs, as they will stoop to whatever low they can to carry out their goals.

The CompleteMonster in particular has a tendency to provoke invocations of this trope on the part of other villains, due to having next to zero moral standards (if that, and even then they're never treated as a mitigating factor for their ilk) and generally being the absolute worst when it comes to villainy. Complete Monsters themselves '''can never''' play this trope straight unless the example is PlayedForLaughs, as they will stoop to whatever low they can to carry out their goals.

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Can lead to an EnemyMine if the evil is another villain. Can also lead to a PetTheDog moment. Can contribute to making an AntiHero or VillainProtagonist ALighterShadeOfGrey than their enemies. Can also make it so that a conflict [[EvilVersusEvil where both major factions are malicious]] [[ALighterShadeOfBlack has someone for the audience to root for]]. In rare cases, a HeelFaceTurn can even develop from the villain taking a RedemptionQuest as a direct result of the conflict (most likely from HeelRealization).