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** ''VideoGame/FarCry5'': Joseph Seed, leader of Heaven's Gate, is a DarkMessiah who loves his siblings and believes in his cause. The Cook, one of his subordinates, is a sadistic {{pyromaniac}} who starves his victims before burning them alive( often against the orders of his superiors), once force-fed body parts of a couple to their children, and only cares about ascending to Heaven while listening to the screams of his victims.

* ''Anime/MichikoAndHatchin'': Shinsuke Rodriguez is a vicious gangster under Satoshi Batista but lacks any of his boss' nobility, charm or intelligence. After betraying Satoshi, Shinsuke spends the rest of the series cowardly running for his life and when finally drawn out by Satoshi, has his men easily dispatched and pathetically dies crying and begging for his life.

** Ostensible BigBad Jamitov Hymem is quite hands off in his villainy, even as the commander of the horrific Titans forces and seems to be genuine in his intentions to want humanity to live on Earth. By contrast his right-hand man Bask Om is a total nightmare who oversees experimentation on children to create unstable super soldiers and gasses colonies opposing him. He's even far more personal, having been the one to order the death of hero Kamille Bidan's mother.

* ''Fanfic/TheMountainAndTheWolf:'' The titular Wolf is AffablyEvil and only targets {{Asshole Victim}}s, but has a Slaanesh-blessed champion working for him named Kruissla Iron-Skin, a CombatSadomasochist who gets his name from the innumerable iron darts (cast in the shape of Slaanesh's symbol) pierced all over his entire body (he's actually always naked, but the darts make him look like he's wearing chainmeal). He spends all of his onscreen time delivering a CurbStompBattle to Jaime Lannister, at least until [[spoiler:Jaime is given a functional hand again.]] According to the Wolf, Kruissla puts a new dart in for every kill, regardless of whether it was a WorthyOpponent or not, and is mentioned to have slaughtered (and presumably raped) his way through a Shallyan nunnery.

** ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy'': Despite his goal of killing half the universe, [[OverarchingVillain Thanos]] has a tragic backstory (he's the only survivor of his planet), loves his children (especially Gamora) and genuinely believes he's trying to save the universe. Ronan the Accuser, who works for Thanos during the events of the film, is a brutal, bigoted, sadistic bastard who plans to destroy entire planets, and even betrays Thanos in the end.

* In ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'', Tywin Lannister is brutal and violently crushes all dissent, but he has scruples and a genuine loyalty to his family. This contrasts him with Gregor Clegane, his choice of PsychoForHire, who has no standards or restraint, and is basically the human equivalent of RapePillageAndBurn.

* ''Literature/TheOtherworld'': Balaam is the demon lord who set the plot of the final novels in motion to rule the world but is affable, calm and seems to honestly care for his daughter and granddaughter. Gilles De Rais /Giles Reyes who serves as TheHeavy who he sent to set the plot in motion in contrast is a sadistic and smug psycho who gleefuly assists him.

** ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'': While the BigBad Shiro Kanzaki has instituted the [[DeadlyGame Rider Battle]] as a means to an end (namely reviving his DeadLittleSister), [[TheHeavy Takeshi Asakura/Kamen Rider Ouja]], who Kanzaki brought into the battle as a way to force the other Riders to hurry up and kill each other, ''really'' couldn't care less about that. Asakura is a pyschotic SerialKiller who revels in the death and destruction he is able to bring about as a Kamen Rider, and if given one wish, freely admits that he'd start the battle all over again [[BloodKnight for fun.]]

** ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'': While Ryubee Sonozaki/Terror Dopant is definitely no saint, his ultimate goal is an AssimilationPlot [[WellIntentionedExtremist driven by his fear of humanity's extinction and desire to save them.]] Unfortunately his eldest daughter Saeko/Taboo Dopant/Nasca Dopant R has no idea about said goal and only cares about herself and ruling over [[CityOfAdventure Futo's]] criminal underworld, accruing more power and [[TheUnfavorite usurping her younger sister Wakana's position as their father's favorite]]. Likewise, Saeko's one time lover Shinkuro Isaka/Weather Dopant is a CompleteMonster who went on a killing spree to test his Dopant powers, has killed other Dopants to take their [[TransformationTrinket Gaia Memories]] for himself to absorb their powers and has a total LackOfEmpathy. Much like Saeko he only truly cares for himself and will do anything and everything to sate his hunger for more power.

* ''Series/{{Lost}}'': Although Charles Widmore seems like an outright bastard when first introduced, and is ruthless enough to turn Benjamin Linus into ALighterShadeOfBlack, he does have some more sympathetic layers added to his character later on, and even makes a HeelFaceTurn in the final season. His [[TheHeavy Heavy]] during the events of Season 4, Martin Keamy, is one of the most despicable characters in the series, a SociopathicSoldier who wages an all-out war on the Barracks even after being told [[WouldHurtAChild there is a baby there]], coldly executes Ben's 16 year old daughter Alex just to make a point, and doesn't even care when he accidentally kills his own loyal henchman Omar.

** [[TheDreaded Simon Adebisi]] is an AxCrazy psycho, but he's too charismatic and badass to hate. His initially henchman Kenny Wangler, however, [[TookALevelInJerkass quickly degenerates into an arrogant bully]] who spends his days [[SmugSnake acting like a big shot while bullying weaker inmates and people who cannot retaliate.]] He in turn has his own more loathsome sidekick Junior Pierce, who is just as much of a bully and lacks Wangler's (admittedly few) redeeming qualities.

*** The second is Mark Mack, who's just an annoying jerk who's constantly making an ass out of himself and bullied and threatens Busmalis and Rebadow, a pair of [[NiceGuy kindhearted]] [[CoolOldGuy old men]] who keep to themselves, eventually hijacking their plan to escape through a escape tunnel Busmalis dug and leaving them behind. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for him, [[TheDogBitesBack they sabotaged the support beams]] and he's BuriedAlive.]]

** ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace'': While [[BigBad Astronema]] is a serious villain, she's still sympathetic and tragic, and [[GreaterScopeVillain Dark Spector]] isn't around much and [[GenericDoomsdayVillain lacks a strong personality]]. Their henchman, the mercenary Darkonda is a much more vile character who's responsible for the people of KO-5 abandoning their colony, regularly betrays his allies and [[spoiler: is responsible for Karone's kidnapping and brainwashing into Astronema and ends up betraying and killing Dark Spector.]]
** ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'': Master Xandred is the leader of the Nighlok and the FinalBoss, but he has quit a bit of comedic moments and [[OrcusOnHisThrone does not do much himself]]. Serrator, the Nighlok King who joins him halfway through, is not only more proactive but far worse, being personally responsible for Dayu and Deker?s torment and having a plan to [[spoiler:crack open the Earth and kill millions of humans, even sacrificing his own Nighlok and betraying his boss to do so]].

* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'': Played with. Childe is a genuinely pleasant person usually, but only serves the Tsaritsa as it gives him opportunities to sate his bloodlust on the battlefield, with him even mocking the other Harbingers for avoiding battle and using less bloody schemes to get what they want. However, he himself describes the Tsaritsa as someone who declared war because she is really a gentle soul who wants peace, but had to toughen herself.

* ''VideoGame/NeverwinterNights2'': If you decide to work for the ThievesGuild when you first arrive in the city, your first handler, Moire, is a cruel ControlFreak who approves of you using brutality to inspire fear in the guilds enemies and will go to any lengths to demonstrate the guild's power, culminating in her ordering you to burn down a City Watch post in the docks. After this you stop reporting to her and start taking orders directly from her boss, Axle, who's AffablyEvil and a big believer in PragmaticVillainy, who chews you and Moire out for starting a war between the thieves' guild and the City Watch which he desperately wanted to avoid.
* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles'': Egil is the leader of the Mechon Army with a goal of total extermination of all life on Bionis. But he is a noble man who cares about his people, the Machina, and is revealed to have a sympathetic backstory. The party have a far more personal vendetta with his subordinate Metal Face/[[spoiler:Mumkhar]], who is responsible for things like the burning of Colony 9, Fiora's death, the death of [[spoiler:the High Entia Emperor]], and generally going out of his way to make their lives as miserable as possible, while being as smug about it as possible. Unlike his boss, he does not care one bit about the Machina- he just wants to [[DrivenByEnvy show up Dunban]].

* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'': Sir George is the founder and leader of the anti-alien organisation, the Forever Knights, but is a NobleDemon and AntiVillain who brims with EvilVirtues. This doesn't apply to his underlings like Enoch or Chadwick who are racist, petty and smug murderers in contrast to their boss.

* ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain: Grace and Simon were this since their debut in the Book 2 episode, "The Mall Car". Their dynamic is further explored and while Grace is initially the leader, Simon is revealed to be more of an irredeemable asshole while Grace learns empathy and develops over time.

* ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'': For all his faults, René Belloq is an AffablyEvil villain who treats his enemies with respect and has a few standards. The most despicable villain of the film is undoubtedly Arnold Thot, a sadistic murderer who lacks any redeeming qualities.

* ''Literature/TheGodfather'': Don Vito Corleone is an AffablyEvil Mafia leader, caring for his family and friends. In contrast, his henchman Luca Brasi is a sadistic brute he employed for his pure brutality and who once burned alive his own baby because he didn't want this child. After taking over, Michael Corleone will have his own version with Albert Neri, a cop with a violent streak dismissed for PoliceBrutality after he had beaten to death a suspect, harbour racist ideas and now can give even less restrictions to his innate violence now he belongs to the mob.

* ''Literature/AnnoDracula'': The main villains of the first novel are SerialKiller Dr John Seward and GreaterScopeVillain Dracula. Seward has a fairly tragic descent into insanity while Dracula himself despite his vast evil only appears in small apperances and is at least charimatic which makes them both hard to hate. The actual targets of hate are two of Dracula's henchmen, Vardalek and Von Klatka. Von Klatka is a smug, cruel killer and all around scumbag while Vardalek is the only pedophile of the series and oozes revolting smugness.

Compare with OverzealousUnderling and PoisonousFriend. Contrast DragonInChief, which is when a minion is more competent and has more power than their supposed boss, and TheManBehindTheMan, where the minion secretly controls their boss- in both cases, the minion is not truly a minion, so this trope does not apply. Also contrast NobleTopEnforcer, where The Dragon is nicer than their boss; MinionWithAnFInEvil, where any minion is nicer than their boss; and VileVillainLaughableLackey, where the minions are more comical than their boss.

Note that this is not simply cases where the minion is a {{Jerkass}} while their boss is AffablyEvil- the minion has to be at least as heinous as their boss and more heinous than a jerk.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpaceKidettes'': While Captain Skyhook will use every dirty trick he can to get the Kidettes treasure map, he draws the line at actually hurting or torturing them. His first mate Static on the other hand is always quick to suggest doing something violent like baking or disintegrating them.

* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'': Sir George is the founder and leader of the anti-alien organisation, the Forever Knights, but is a NobleDemon and AntiVillain who brims with EvilVirtues. This doesn't appply to his underlings like Enoch or Chadwick who are racist, petty and smug murderers in contrast to their boss.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'': Megatron is a ruthless warlord who has no qualms about destroying all in his path if it means the complete and total conquest of the universe. [[TheStarscream Starscream]], on the other hand, is far worse because, while his master thinks (in a rather twisted way) that he's being evil for the good of the universe, the treacherous back-stabber is only out for his own aims--and that makes him far more willing to cross lines that even Megatron wouldn't dare touch.
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* In ''Series/TinMan'', while WickedWitch Azkadellia has standards and [[spoiler:tries to fight back while possessed]], her main henchman, Zero, is a sadist who revels in the pain he caused Caine and his family.

* ''Film/NightAtTheMuseum'': Even after being revealed as the BigBad, Cecil still [[AffablyEvil acts like a pretty friendly guy]] towards our protagonist Larry. Gus, one of his two henchmen, is a grumpy jerk who treats Larry like crap from day one.

Compare with OverzealousUnderling. Contrast DragonInChief, which is when a minion is more competent and has more power than their supposed boss, and TheManBehindTheMan, where the minion secretly controls their boss- in both cases, the minion is not truly a minion, so this trope does not apply. Also contrast NobleTopEnforcer, where The Dragon is nicer than their boss; MinionWithAnFInEvil, where any minion is nicer than their boss; and VileVillainLaughableLackey, where the minions are more comical than their boss.

* ''Anime/CowboyBebopKnockinOnHeavensDoor'': Lee Sampson was hired by Vincent Volaju to help him unleash a deadly nanovirus and kill many innocents. While Vincent himself is a TragicVillain, Sampson wants to help him kill all life on Mars just for fun and FameThroughInfamy.

* ''Film/TotalRecall2012'': While [[BigBad Chancellor Cohaagen]] is very evil, he does seem to genuinely care for his former henchman Hauser and is despondent when he attempts to kill him. His henchman [[TheDragon Lori]] on the other hand lack any redeeming or likable qualities, kills several innocent people, goes against Cohaagen's order not to kill Quaid/Hauser and is more than happy to help Cohaagen in his plan to wipe out the Colony so the UFB can take it over.

'''Note:''' After discussing it in my [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/discussion.php?id=i1wfyb844s7r763zmjslxja2 More Hatable Lesser Villain draft]], I decided that it would be a good idea to split off minions worse than their bosses to their own trope. I will also copy-paste a few examples from the draft that fit this trope better and may rewrite them.
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