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* Mr. Glass of ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}'' was revealed to be the BigBad behind a series of horrible disasters with massive casualties because he wanted to find and groom a heroic figure due to his obsession with superheroes and his [[DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife desire to find a purpose to his painful life.]] At the end of the movie, he realizes that this his doing so makes him a supervillain, and he embraces this purpose in opposition to the hero David Dunn.

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* Mr. Glass of ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}'' was revealed to be the BigBad behind a series of horrible disasters with massive casualties because he wanted to find and groom a heroic figure due to his obsession with superheroes and his [[DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife desire to find a purpose to his painful life.]] At the end of the movie, he realizes that this his doing so makes him a supervillain, and he embraces this purpose in opposition to the hero David Dunn.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Harley Quinn|2019}}'' features this issue in the episode "[[Recap/HarleyQuinn2019S1E4FindingMrRight Finding Mr. Right]]" where Harley desperately wants a nemesis so people will take her seriously as a villain. The whole "nemesis" thing [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything is treated as romantic relationships and/or sex]], complete with a "dating" site for finding compatibility. Harley eventually becomes stuck with Robin the Boy Wonder (and not Dick or Tim, but [[BrattyHalfPint Damien Wayne]]) as her nemesis, which she is not happy about, and attempts to either get rid of him or trade up. Once Robin stops being Harley's nemesis, he complains about wanting one because all his fellow Teen Titans have one, prompting Batman (his father) to tell him how [[TheTalk he will find one when he is ready]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Harley Quinn|2019}}'' features this issue in the episode "[[Recap/HarleyQuinn2019S1E4FindingMrRight Finding Mr. Right]]" where [[Characters/HarleyQuinn2019TheCharacter Harley Quinn]] desperately wants a nemesis so people will take her seriously as a villain. The whole "nemesis" thing [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything is treated as romantic relationships and/or sex]], complete with a "dating" site for finding compatibility. Harley eventually becomes stuck with Robin the Boy Wonder (and not Dick or Tim, but [[BrattyHalfPint Damien Wayne]]) as her nemesis, which she is not happy about, and attempts to either get rid of him or trade up. Once Robin stops being Harley's nemesis, he complains about wanting one because all his fellow Teen Titans have one, prompting Batman (his father) to tell him how [[TheTalk he will find one when he is ready]].



* In ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', Doctor Doofenshmirtz and Perry the Platypus are defined by their mutual animosity for each other. In "It's About Time!", Doofenshmirtz decides to shake it up a bit by fighting Peter the Panda instead, which leaves Perry in a depressed funk. Soon afterward, Doofenshmirtz is also feeling the blues after Peter fails to respect their hero-villain dynamic, joyfully reminiscing about how he first met Perry in the song, "My Nemesis".

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* In ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'', [[Characters/PhineasAndFerbHeinzDoofenshmirtz Doctor Doofenshmirtz Doofenshmirtz]] and Perry the Platypus are defined by their mutual animosity for each other. In "It's About Time!", Doofenshmirtz decides to shake it up a bit by fighting Peter the Panda instead, which leaves Perry in a depressed funk. Soon afterward, Doofenshmirtz is also feeling the blues after Peter fails to respect their hero-villain dynamic, joyfully reminiscing about how he first met Perry in the song, "My Nemesis".
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* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', Zenos yae Galvus yearns to stake his life in the thrill of battle, but is so overwhelmingly powerful that even [[TheHero the Warrior of Light]] fails to prove a proper challenge. But after realizing that the Warrior damaged his armor, he sees their potential to become a proper rival to him, sparing the Warrior in hopes that they'll grow strong enough to prove worthy prey. Zenos' wish is fulfilled when they clash again at Ala Mhigo as equals. He could not be happier with the result after years of boredom and ennui.
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* Stated outright in ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros''. Evidently the villains like the "arch" (as in -enemy) system, in which each is matched with a nemesis. Break up the system and you're just going to have a bunch of pissed-off guys with death rays, and that wouldn't be good for anyone. Best demonstrated when the Monarch lost Dr. Venture as his nemesis and started killing new designated arches in droves because they were not worthy of his hatred like Dr. Venture.

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* Stated outright in ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros''. Evidently the villains like the "arch" (as in -enemy) system, in which each is matched with a nemesis. Break up the system and you're just going to have a bunch of pissed-off guys with death rays, and that wouldn't be good for anyone. Best demonstrated when the Monarch lost Dr. Venture as his nemesis and started [[NoNonsenseNemesis casually]] killing [[HeroKiller new designated arches arches]] in droves because they were not worthy of his hatred like Dr. Venture.

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* In ''Videogame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'', Nemona serves as the game's designated Rival who spends her time following the protagonist's progress through the Gym Challenge and attempting to make sure that they become a worthy enough challenge for her to go all out.

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* In ''Videogame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'', Nemona serves as the game's designated Rival who spends her time following the protagonist's progress through the Gym Challenge and attempting to make sure that they become a worthy enough challenge for her to go all out. She even goes to the point of building a new team using [[WillfullyWeak the starter that's weak to yours]].

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