History NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist / WesternAnimation

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}: For all his talk of wanting Zaun free of Piltover for its abuses, Silco is perfectly fine with flooding his side of the river with drugs, and preying on the desperate for unethical experiments while letting his thugs run amok, especially Jinx, to stay in power. In fact when Silco finally has a way of getting Zaun's independence [[spoiler: he ultimately refuses it, because it would mean giving up his surrogate daughter.]]

* ''WesternAnimation:{{Arcane}}: For all his talk of wanting Zaun free of Piltover for its abuses, Silco is perfectly fine with flooding his side of the river with drugs, and preying on the desperate for unethical experiments while letting his thugs run amok, especially Jinx, to stay in power. In fact when Silco finally has a way of getting Zaun's independence [[spoiler: he ultimately refuses it, because it would mean giving up his surrogate daughter.]]

** [[Characters/TheOwlHouseEmperorBelos Emperor Belos]] is eventually revealed to be one. He claims his oppressive autocracy is necessary to protect the Boiling Isles' denizens from the alleged dangers of wild magic, and that he's the enforcement of the Titan's will, promising them that they'll ascend to paradise on the "Day of Unity" if they follow him. But the series keeps gradually dropping increasing hints that he's a power-hungry liar until the full truth is revealed in "Hollow Mind": [[spoiler:Belos is not even a witch, but is actually a [[TheWitchHunter Witch Hunter]] from the Human Realm who is hypocritically using very dark and forbidden magic and has spent the last few centuries plotting to [[FinalSolution wipe out all of witchkind]] on the Day of Unity before returning to Earth as a "hero". And even then, it's explicitly spelled out by the Titan that Belos only really cares about [[HeroicWannabe playing the hero]] in his own twisted fantasy rather than protecting humanity from any kind of legitimate threat, and would rather the Isles burn [[NeverMyFault than admit otherwise]]]].
** Jacob Hopkins on Earth. He's convinced himself he's TheHero who's saving the world from teeth-stealing demons from Mars (yes, you read that right), but a ''lot'' of his cues, inflections and word choices when he's finally caught Vee and he thinks the President has sent someone to verify the find show that he's solely motivated by the attention and the perceived [[GloryHound glory]] he believes he'll get for proving the existence of demons; he doesn't care about the feelings of others.

* ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'': [[Characters/Invincible2021OmniMan Omni-Man]] reveals that he really came to Earth in order to facilitate an AlienInvasion by his home planet Viltrum, an [[TheEmpire intergalactic empire]] that dominated thousands of planets beforehand. He claims this is a good thing as the Viltrum empire can better the planet and protect it from danger... except the Viltrumites are shown to be ruthless [[TheSocialDarwinist social darwinists]] that only care about ruling over lesser species and putting down any resistance. Omni-Man himself murdered Earth's mightiest heroes to make the planet easier to conquer, and he makes it clear that he'll slaughter countless more if there is opposition.

*** Sozin claims the Fire Nation's campaign of global conquest is a way of "sharing their wealth and ideals with the rest of the world and uniting the four nations". Over the 100 years this campaign lasted, the Fire Nation has committed actions such as the genocide of the Air Nomads (a peaceful people) to try and wipe out the next Avatar, the kidnapping and displacement of the Southern Water Tribe, attempted genocide of the Sun Warriors (who themselves are Fire Nation), occupation of Earth Kingdom territory, and propaganda meant to paint other nations as savage and evil. While the flashbacks show Sozin [[WellIntentionedExtremist genuinely believed]] in that goal [[HeelRealization and ultimately realized how far he had fallen on his deathbed]], his successors would exploit that reasoning as nothing more than a cover for the plain goal to TakeOverTheWorld. Zuko calls out his father Ozai and by extension the entire Fire Nation out on this pointing out that the Fire Nation's actions have justifiably earned them nothing but hate and fear from the people all around the world.
*** Hama was a waterbender from the Southern Water Tribe who was kidnapped by Fire Nation soldiers from home. She escaped using a technique she invented that allowed her to manipulate the water in people's bodies. (She left the remaining waterbender prisoners to die, and whatever she did to the presently helpless guards on her way out, it's implied the story was one reason many further waterbenders attacked by the Fire Nation - including Katara's mother - were killed by frightened soldiers rather than captured as per orders.) She later hid as a Fire Nation citizen and used her power to kidnap townspeople and hide them in a cave. She ''claims'' that she's doing her duty to combat the Fire Nation- but ''unlike'' Katara (who has spent the last two and a half seasons directly combating the Fire Nation Military), there's no sign that she's actually tried to do anything that would even inconvenience the war effort; just tormenting ordinary civilians who are in no way complicit with the Fire Nation's atrocities besides maybe believing the propaganda (and that just makes it worse).
** Most villains in the SequelSeries ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'' legitimately want to make the world a better place, but just go overboard. (Though [[GodOfEvil Vaatu]], the BigBad of Season 2, is the [[MadeOfEvil personification of evil itself]], and [[ObviouslyEvil doesn't hide his true nature in the least]].) Among the human antagonists, the one clear exception is Korra's [[EvilUncle uncle]], the ''other'' BigBad of Season 2, [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters Unalaq]]. A strongly religious KnightTemplar, Unalaq seeks to unite the spirit and material worlds and argues that the world needs to respect the spirits, but Korra calls him out for being a power-hungry {{Hypocrite}}. He is shown ready to sacrifice his own children to achieve his ends, and is also working with the ''literal embodiment of all evil''. Whatever good intentions he had may have been genuine at one point, but by the time he's introduced, it's become a sham, warped to {{Omnicidal Mania|c}} by his desire for power. If even a genuine extremist like Zaheer is calling you selfish, you REALLY qualify.

** Robin Food and his Hungry Men from "Operation: L.U.N.C.H." say their modus operandi is to steal food from the kids and give to the starving senior citizens. At the end of the episode, it's revealed they're the cafeteria staff of a retirement home who are too lazy and incompetent to cook meals for the elderly so they steal food from kids. Adding on to this, the senior citizens don't even like the food they steal because it's for kids and thus it messes with their digestive systems.
** In "Operation: F.O.O.D.F.I.T.E.", Grandma Stuffum sings about how if she force-feeds the Kids Next Door her disgusting food, they'll become too fat and listless to get in trouble. Right after Sector V initially defeats her, Grandma Stuffum returns with Slamwich and essentially says that if she can't force the Kids Next Door to eat her food, then [[SwallowedWhole Slamwich will eat the Kids instead.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'': Walker is the warden of the Ghost Zone prison and seems keen to combat the chaos with order in his prison. However, the rules he establishes are extreme, which includes arresting Danny for "real world contraband" even after Danny says he's arrived to retrieve it. While there are ghosts who intend to do harm, the fact that Wulf, who is not evil, was a prisoner suggests he's not actively doing any real good. Add on how he had his men attack Amity Park, framed Danny Phantom, and kidnapped teenagers as hostages, it's clear he's just a ControlFreak and nothing more.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'':

** General Lunaris portrays his invasion of the Earth to his people as them simply acting in self-preservation...except the "attack" on the moon was orchestrated by Lunaris himself, and his actions are driven more by a desire to surpass the Earth, as opposed to any concern for his people. [[spoiler:Any illusions that he was acting for his people's interests are swept aside when he attempts to destroy the Earth while all his people are still on it, purely so it "won't be a planet" anymore.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}''

* ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'' has the stated reason for Heaven enacting genocide on Hell once a year be to simply curb Hell's overpopulation issues...then the opening to the first episode reveals some demons believe that the ''real'' reason is so Hell can never rise up against Heaven. To make it worse, Adam, the leader of the Exorcists (the angels that enact the genocide) not only states that they ''enjoy'' doing it but that they're going to start doing it ''twice a year'' just because they ''can''. [[spoiler:It's revealed this is actually because an unknown demon killed a ''single angel'' in the last genocide and they want to make sure no one else ever gets that idea again. This gets further compounded in ''Welcome to Heaven'' where it's revealed that the majority of Heaven ''has no idea that the Exterminations are happening''. And if that wasn't enough, Adam promises to start the next purge at the titular location, ''just to spite Charlie''.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021'': [[Characters/Invincible2021OmniMan Omni-Man]] reveals that he really came to Earth in order to facilitate an AlienInvasion by his home planet Viltrum, an [[TheEmpire intergalactic empire]] that dominated thousands of planets beforehand. He claims this is a good thing as the Viltrum empire can better the planet and protect it from danger...except the Viltrumites are shown to be ruthless [[TheSocialDarwinist social darwinists]] that only care about ruling over lesser species and putting down any resistance. Omni-Man himself murdered Earth's mightiest heroes to make the planet easier to conquer, and he makes it clear that he'll slaughter countless more if there is opposition.
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': Aresia, from the "Fury" two-parter, was a victim of war who was shipwrecked and raised on the Amazon island [[LadyLand Themyscira]]. Growing an intense hatred of all men, she assembled a chemical bomb that was designed to kill all of them, creating what she would see as a utopia inhabited only by women. She ignores men like Superman actively rescuing people, or the fact she's allied herself with female supervillains who are as violent as the men she despises. Queen Hippolyta leaves Themyscira and, to Fury's surprise, objects to her plan for worldwide murder. Even learning that the captain of the ship she was on, a man, saved her life when she was a child, does not change her mind. Even ignoring that a planet of one gender would likely die out, it's clear she's only taking the revenge she desires on those who destroyed her birth home out on all men, ignoring the harm she'd do the world.

** Lampshaded when [[Characters/SouthParkEricCartman Eric Cartman]] dons his superhero alter-ego, the Coon, and commits several atrocities with [[DidYouJustScamCthulhu Cthulhu's help]]. Kenny, AKA Mysterion, immediately calls him out on it.

** In "Cartoon Wars, Part 1", when terrorists threaten reprisals over a depiction of UsefulNotes/TheProphetMuhammad in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'', Cartman uncharacteristically takes the point of view that people could get hurt over it, and convinces Kyle to help him get the episode taken off the air. However, it turns out he just hates ''Family Guy'' and wants to exploit the controversy to get the show cancelled.
** Lennart Bedrager from Season 20 seems to want to stop {{troll}}ing and make the world a safer place and prevent similar fates like Freja. However many of his methods result in massive destruction, [[spoiler:such as the incident in Fort Collins, and his plan to pit countries against each other.]] Then it is [[TheReveal revealed]] in "Not Funny" that [[spoiler:he has no good intentions at all and wants to cause WorldWarIII solely because [[ItAmusedMe he finds it amusing]]]].

*** In the episode "Cry H.A.V.O.C.!", the Turtles meet the mutant organization H.A.V.O.C., which claims to protect mutants shunned by humans; Donatello and Raphael, sick of being [[HeroWithBadPublicity Heroes with Bad Publicity]] and [[UngratefulTownsfolk dealing with the ingratitude of humans]], decide to join them... until they discover H.A.V.O.C. mutating a captive man and realize their ''real'' goal is to mutate people to dominate humanity completely, not much different than Howard.

** Jacob Hopkins on Earth. He's convinced himself he's TheHero who's saving the world from teeth-stealing demons from Mars (yes, you read that right), but a ''lot'' of his cues, inflections and word choices when he's finally caught Vee and he thinks the President has sent someone to verify the find show that he's solely motivated by the attention and the perceived [[GloryHound glory]] he believes he'll get for proving the existence of demons, and he doesn't care about the feelings of others.

** [[spoiler:[[Characters/AmphibiaKingAndrias King Andrias]]]] turns out to be one in the Season 2 finale [[spoiler:only to then subvert it in Season 3. He might put on airs that he's looking out for Amphibia's interests in using the Calamity Box's powers to invade other worlds and harvest the resources for their own use, but it's clear that while this is indeed the goal of the Core, Andrias himself is just a tool to carry out their will and deep down he's really more ambivalent on the whole thing and [[BeingEvilSucks hates what he's lost in pursuit of it]], but continues to spout the lines because he [[WellDoneSonGuy still wants the Core's (i.e., his ancestors' and especially his father's) approval]] and that [[IveComeTooFar trying to go against it after so long is meaningless]].]]
** [[spoiler:[[Characters/AmphibiaTheCore The Core]], on the other hand, is this played straight. As the collective consciousness of all past rulers of Amphibia, including Andrias' father Aldrich, it boasts their continued intent to use the stones in their goals of being a MultiversalConqueror as a means to aid their world of Amphibia; however, their stripping other worlds of their resources, their decades of familial abuse, encouraging bigotry towards other amphibians, and draining their own world's natural resources paint a clear picture that it only wants power and glory for its own sake. This is evident when, as Darcy, it shows sadistic pleasure in attacking Earth. Once its plans are thwarted, the Core attempts to destroy the entire planet by [[ColonyDrop ramming the moon into it]] out of spite.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': [[Characters/GravityFallsBillCipher Bill Cipher]] claims he wants to [[spoiler:liberate the heroes' dimension and make it a fun world with no rules or restrictions. However, that would [[RealityWarpingIsNotAToy render it pure chaos inhospitable to non-demonic life]], and it and his Weirdmageddon back in his own decaying world is heavily implied to be why it's decaying in the first place. Considering his sadism and how he admits he's [[TheMadHatter insane]] and [[CardCarryingVillain wicked]] either way, it's very likely his claim is just an excuse [[ItsAllAboutMe for his own enjoyment]].]]

** [[Characters/TheDragonPrinceViren Lord Viren]], in the interests of "protecting humanity", has betrayed his best friend Harrow, convinced Harrow to kill the Dragon King, wanted to kill the princes of Katolis (Harrow's sons) so he could seize power, driven his own son Soren away through this behavior, and waged war against the elven land of Xadia. He claims everything he did was to protect humanity, but in reality his cause is rooted in paranoia, xenophobia, and his own desire for power. He uses this as an excuse to conquer Xadia, vaguely asserting it's necessary for "Humanity to flourish", which Aaravos lampshades when trying to get Viren to admit that he really seeks to rule/conquer Xadia.

* In ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekProdigy'', we have [[ArcVillain the Diviner]]. His main goal is to claim the ''Protostar'', a SuperPrototype Starfleet cruiser, which he claims will be the salvation of his people. However, his actions are driven by [[ItsAllAboutMe his own desires and ambitions]], ruling the prison colony Tars Lemora with an iron fist, using the Medusan Zero to MindRape those who don't follow him (prior to their escape, that is) and when given the choice between [[FriendOrIdolDecision saving his daughter Gwyn and claiming the ship]], [[AbusiveParents he chose the ship]]. [[spoiler:Then there's the fact that the reason he wants the ''Protostar'' is to destroy the Federation because, some fifty years into the future, FirstContact with his race lead to a civil war between those who embraced continued isolationism and those wanting acceptance with the universe that lead to his world's destruction. Even when Gwyn points out that [[RevengeBeforeReason all he needs to do]] is to go to the Federation and ''just tell them to stay away'', he'd rather continue with his plot.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'': The HighPriestess of a cult that worships [[BigBad Aku]] raised her daughters to believe Aku was a force of good and [[TheHero Samurai Jack]] was the evil ruining their world. [[spoiler:The sole survivor, Ashi, discovers the opposite is true and sides with Jack]]. Later, she attempts to kill Jack herself while he's unable to fight back, showing she's just a fanatic blindly loyal to Aku [[DirtyCoward who would rather have her own children risk their lives than she herself]].

** [[Characters/TheOwlHouseEmperorBelos Emperor Belos]] is eventually revealed to be one. He claims his oppressive autocracy is necessary to protect the Boiling Isles' denizens from the alleged dangers of wild magic, and that he's the enforcement of the Titan's will, promising them that they'll ascend to paradise on the "Day of Unity" if they follow him. But the series keeps gradually dropping increasing hints that he's a power-hungry liar until the full truth is revealed in "Hollow Mind": [[spoiler:Belos is not even a witch, but is actually a [[TheWitchHunter Witch Hunter]] from the Human Realm who is hypocritically using very dark and forbidden magic and has spent the last few centuries plotting to [[FinalSolution wipe out all of witchkind]] on the Day of Unity before returning to Earth as a "hero". And even then, it's explicitly spelled out by the Titan that Belos only really cares about [[HeroicWannabe playing the hero]] rather than protecting humanity from any kind of legitimate threat, and would rather the Isles burn [[NeverMyFault than admit otherwise]]]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyAdventuresWithSuperman'', [[BlackBossLady Amanda Waller]] argues TheNeedsOfTheMany in Task Force X's mission to eradicate Superman, but her willingness to endanger civilians proves that she's lying to herself and simply has [[MoralMyopia tunnel vision on revenge]] against the being she believes [[BewareTheSuperman slaughtered her entire team on Zero Day]] (in fact it was a different Kryptonian in a cape and armor, as Superman was just a baby at the time). [[spoiler:To that end she deliberately threatens Metropolis and unleashes empowered and [[RecruitingTheCriminal now-trained super criminals]] back onto the streets so that she can pull a TyrantTakesTheHelm by scapegoating General Sam Lane, after he has second thoughts]]. She's also shown to be a TautologicalTemplar who refuses to entertain the idea that she could be wrong.

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': Aresia, from the "Fury" two-parter, was a victim of war raised on Themyscira. Growing an intense hatred of all men, she assembled a chemical bomb that was designed to kill all of them, creating what she would see as a utopia. She ignores men like Superman actively rescuing people, or that she's allied herself with female supervillains who are as violent as the men she despises. Hippolyta leaves Themyscira and, to Fury's surprise, objects to her plan for worldwide murder. Even learning that the captain of the ship she was on, a man, saved her life when she was a child, does not change her mind. Even ignoring that a planet of one gender would likely die out, it's clear she's only taking the revenge she desires on those who destroyed her birth home out on all men, ignoring the harm she'd do the world.

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyAdventuresWithSuperman'', [[BlackBossLady Amanda Waller]] argues TheNeedsOfTheMany in Task Force X's mission to eradicate Superman, but her willingness to endanger civilians proves that she's lying to herself and simply has [[MoralMyopia tunnel vision on revenge]] against the being she believes [[BewareTheSuperman slaughtered her entire team on Zero Day]]. [[spoiler:To that end she deliberately threatens Metropolis and unleashes the empowered and [[RecruitingTheCriminal now trained super criminals]] back onto the streets so she could pull a TyrantTakesTheHelm.]] She's also shown to be a TautologicalTemplar who refuses to entertain the idea that she could be wrong.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicQueenChrysalis Queen Chrysalis]] claims right away that as the Changeling queen, it's her job to feed her people with the love energy of others. However, her true motive is to conquer Equestria for the power that she herself craves and has conditioned her people to think taking love is how to be fulfilled when it really doesn't. When the changelings realize that she truly cares only about herself and not them, they waste no time turning on her to gain their better forms and becoming allies to Equestria under the leadership of the truly benevolent King Thorax.

** [[Characters/TheDragonPrinceViren Lord Viren]], in the interests of "protecting humanity", has betrayed his best friend Harrow, convinced him to kill the Dragon King, wanted to kill the princes of Katolis so he could seize power, drove his own son away, and waged war against Xadia. He claimed everything he did was to protect humanity, but in reality his cause is rooted in paranoia, xenophobia, and his own desire for power. He uses this as an excuse to conquer Xadia, vaguely asserting it's necessary for "Humanity to flourish", which Aaravos lampshades when trying to get Viren to admit that he really seeks to rule/conquer Xadia.
*** Averted later on in Books 4 and 5, when Viren realizes the error of his ways and simply seeks to spend his remaining life with his daughter.
** Sol Regem fits this trope as well. While Sol Regem asserted that Dark Magic was immoral and demanded it cease, threatening to slaughter an entire city of innocent humans if they didn't give it up, he also claims that humans are "lesser beings" because they don't have magic, demonstrating that he wasn't just acting out of moral opposition, but xenophobia and magical supremacy as well.

** [[Characters/DuckTales2017BradfordBuzzard Bradford Buzzard]] claims that the entire purpose of F.O.W.L. is to take the [=McDuck=] family out of the picture due to the fact that their many adventures have regularly put the world at risk. Then "The Last Adventure!" came around and did away with any good intentions he might've had; he's fully willing to eliminate children and innocents to reach his goals, he backstabs his allies the second Scrooge points out he'd be a hypocrite to keep working with them, and even forces Scrooge into signing the Papyrus of Binding by threatening to erase Donald from existence and then tries to do so anyway after Scrooge signs it. [[spoiler:Top all that off with TheReveal that A) him getting dragged along on Isabella Finch's expeditions gave him a lifelong hatred of anything adventurous and B) he was the one who told Della about the Spear of Selene (which is the direct cause of both of the conflicts of the past two seasons), and it paints a clear picture of Bradford being little more than a [[TautologicalTemplar self-righteous]] villain lashing out in an attempt to give himself some emotional security.]]

** Demona's biggest flaw aside from her NeverMyFault tendencies is her ongoing delusion that her paranoia against humankind is justified. The show demonstrates Demona is simply an utterly vengeful, bitter woman lashing out from centuries of [[TragicVillain isolation]] and [[NeverMyFault denial]], and she's more concerned with having a scapegoat for her sins so she can keep being the victim. She has blamed humanity for all of the betrayals that have fallen the two clans she was part of, not recognizing those betrayals were due to her own distrust towards humans. When the trickster Puck deliberately misconstrues Demona's genocidal wish to be rid of humans by turning all humans into gargoyles, instead of being thrilled that her kind is now finally the dominant species, she's disgusted humans have been granted the gift of being a gargoyle. Demona simply cannot let go of wanting humans to die even when she's finally gained the world she proclaims she's been fighting for.

** [[Characters/TheOwlHouseEmperorBelos Emperor Belos]] is eventually revealed to be one. He claims his oppressive autocracy is necessary to protect the Boiling Isles' denizens from the alleged dangers of wild magic, and that he's the enforcement of the Titan's will, promising them that they'll ascend to paradise on the "Day of Unity" if they follow him. But the series keeps gradually dropping increasing hints that he's a power-hungry liar until the full truth is revealed in "Hollow Mind": [[spoiler:Belos is not even a witch, but is actually a [[TheWitchHunter Witch Hunter]] from the Human Realm who has spent the last few centuries plotting to [[FinalSolution wipe out all of witchkind]] on the Day of Unity before returning to Earth as a "hero". And even then, it's explicitly spelled out by the Titan that Belos only really cares about [[HeroicWannabe playing the hero]], and would rather the Isles burn [[NeverMyFault than admit otherwise]]]].

** In "Operation: F.O.O.D.F.I.T.E.", Grandma Stuffum sings about how if she force-feeds the Kids Next Door her disgusting food, they'll become too fat and listless to get in trouble. Right after Sector V initially defeats her, Grandma Stuffum returns with Slamwich and essentially says that if she can't force the Kids Next Door to eat her food, then [[SwallowedWhole Slamwich will eat them instead.]]

** With his true love Lisa having been murdered by the superstitious people of Wallachia, Dracula remains a lot more sympathetic than most examples in spite of this trope. The majority of his War Council are vampires who join his KillAllHumans campaign believing they'll get to rule the world once humanity's been eradicated, and the two human Devil Forgemasters on the council are convinced that Dracula will make the world a better place by removing human cruelty. In actuality, Dracula's campaign is at its heart just a SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum, and Dracula wholly expects the vampires, himself included, to follow humanity to the grave.

** Dracula remains a lot more sympathetic than most examples in spite of this trope. The majority of his War Council join his KillAllHumans campaign believing they'll get to rule the world once humanity's been eradicated, and both of Dracula's Forgemasters are respectively convinced that Dracula will make the world a better place by removing human cruelty. In actuality, Dracula's campaign is at its heart just a SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum, and Dracula wholly expects the vampires, himself included, to follow humanity to the grave.
** The Bishop abuses his authority to use anyone fighting Dracula's monsters not affiliated with the Church as scapegoats to his denial that Dracula's rampage was his fault, even though Dracula said ''to his face'' that it was due to the Bishop ordering his wife Lisa burned at the stake. He also seems fine with all the murder as it gives him a higher standing in the Church with fewer people. Ultimately his supposed goal of helping the people are just hollow lies to get away with murder and heartlessness. [[spoiler:In the end, he's killed by the demon Blue Fangs, who tells him point-blank that his KnightTemplar ways have desanctified his Church and [[GodIsDispleased caused God to turn His back on him]].]]

* ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries'': [[spoiler:Di says she will go to ''any'' and ''every'' measure to cure the real Liv Amara's terminal illness. The issue is that she takes her "progress at all costs" mantra way too literally. There were ways to find a cure that were easier, cheaper, and more scrupulous, but Di was too proud and callous to come up with any, and doesn't mind mutating humans into monsters for funding.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'' has the stated reason for Heaven enacting genocide on Hell once a year be to simply curb Hell's overpopulation issues...then the opening to the first episode reveals some demons believe that the ''real'' reason is so Hell can never rise up against Heaven. To make it worse, Adam, the leader of the Exorcists (the angels that enact the genocide) not only states that they ''enjoy'' doing it but that they're going to start doing it ''twice a year'' just because they ''can''. [[spoiler:It's revealed this is actually because an unknown demon killed a ''single angel'' in the last genocide and they want to make sure no one else ever gets that idea again.]]

** [[spoiler: [[Characters/AmphibiaKingAndrias King Andrias]]]] turns out to be one in the Season 2 finale [[spoiler:only to then subvert it in Season 3. He might put on airs that he's looking out for Amphibia's interests in using the Calamity Box's powers to invade other worlds and harvest the resources for their own use, but it's clear that while this is indeed the goal of the Core, Andrias himself is just a tool to carry out their will and deep down he's really more ambivalent on the whole thing and [[BeingEvilSucks hates what he's lost in pursuit of it]], but continues to spout the lines because he [[WellDoneSonGuy still wants the Core's (i.e., his ancestors' and especially his father's) approval]] and that [[IveComeTooFar trying to go against it after so long is meaningless]].]]
** [[spoiler: [[Characters/AmphibiaTheCore The Core]], on the other hand, is this played straight. As the collective consciousness of all past rulers of Amphibia, including Andrias' father Aldrich, it boasts their continued intent to use the stones in their goals of being a MultiversalConqueror as a means to aid their world of Amphibia; however, their stripping other worlds of their resources, their decades of familial abuse, encouraging bigotry towards other amphibians, and draining their own world's natural resources paint a clear picture that it only wants power and glory for its own sake. This is evident when, as Darcy, it shows sadistic pleasure in attacking Earth. Once its plans are thwarted, the Core attempts to destroy the entire planet by [[ColonyDrop ramming the moon into it]] out of spite.]]

** General Lunaris portrays his invasion of the Earth to his people as them simply acting in self-preservation...except the "attack" on the moon was orchestrated by Lunaris himself, and his actions are driven more by a desire to surpass the Earth, as opposed to any concern for his people. [[spoiler: Any illusions that he was acting for his people's interests are swept aside when he attempts to destroy the Earth while all his people are still on it, purely so it "won't be a planet" anymore.]]
** [[Characters/DuckTales2017BradfordBuzzard Bradford Buzzard]] claims that the entire purpose of F.O.W.L. is to take the [=McDuck=] family out of the picture due to the fact that their many adventures have regularly put the world at risk. Then "The Last Adventure!" came around and did away with any good intentions he might've had; he's fully willing to eliminate children and innocents to reach his goals, he backstabs his allies the second Scrooge points out he'd be a hypocrite to keep working with them, and even forces Scrooge into signing the Papyrus of Binding by threatening to erase Donald from existence and then tries to do so anyway after Scrooge signs it. [[spoiler: Top all that off with TheReveal that A) him getting dragged along on Isabella Finch's expeditions gave him a lifelong hatred of anything adventurous and B) he was the one who told Della about the Spear of Selene (which is the direct cause of both of the conflicts of the past two seasons), and it paints a clear picture of Bradford being little more than a [[TautologicalTemplar self-righteous]] villain lashing out in an attempt to give himself some emotional security.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'' has the stated reason for Heaven enacting genocide on Hell once a year be to simply curb Hell's overpopulation issues...then the opening to the first episode reveals some demons believe that the ''real'' reason is so Hell can never rise up against Heaven. To make it worse, Adam, the leader of the Exorcists (the angels that enact the genocide) not only states that they ''enjoy'' doing it but that they're going to start doing it ''twice a year'' just because they ''can''. [[spoiler: It's revealed this is actually because an unknown demon killed a ''single angel'' in the last genocide and they want to make sure no one else ever gets that idea again.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyAdventuresWithSuperman'', [[BlackBossLady Amanda Waller]] argues TheNeedsOfTheMany in Task Force X's mission to eradicate Superman, but her willingness to endanger civilians proves that she's lying to herself and simply has [[MoralMyopia tunnel vision on revenge]] against the being she believes [[BewareTheSuperman slaughtered her entire team on Zero Day]]. [[spoiler:To that end she deliberately threatens Metropolis and unleashes the empowered and now trained super criminals back onto the streets so she could pull a TyrantTakesTheHelm.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/MyAdventuresWithSuperman'', IronLady [[BlackBossLady Amanda Waller]] argues TheNeedsOfTheMany in Task Force X's mission to eradicate Superman, but her willingness to endanger civilians proves that she's lying to herself and simply has [[MoralMyopia tunnel vision on revenge against the being she believes]] [[BewareTheSuperman slaughtered her entire team on Zero Day]]. [[spoiler:To that end she deliberately threatens Metropolis and unleashes the empowered and now trained super criminals back onto the streets so she could pull a TyrantTakesTheHelm.]]