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* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': Aresia, from the "Fury" two-parter, was the 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 aligned with women 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, does not change her mind. Even ignoring 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.
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* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': Aresia, from the "Fury" two-parter, was the 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 aligned allied herself with women 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, 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.
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** Taro '''tries''' to pass himself as well-meaning, but even Yama eventually sees him as the greedy bastard he is.
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** Taro '''tries''' to pass himself as well-meaning, well-meaning when he creates a theme park supposedly to get humans from outside Ishimura used to the idea of coexisting with gargoyles, but even his dupe Yama eventually sees him as the greedy bastard he is.
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** 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 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.
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** 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.
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** [[Characters/TheOwlHouseEmperorBelos Emperor Belos]] is implied to be one. He claims his oppressive autocracy is a NecessaryEvil to protect the Boiling Isles' denizens from the alleged dangers of wild magic, and that he's the enforcement of the Titan's will, but the series has been gradually dropping increasing hints that he's a power-hungry liar. [[spoiler:The truth of him is revealed in "Hollow Mind", and it's pretty horrific]].
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** [[Characters/TheOwlHouseEmperorBelos Emperor Belos]] is implied eventually revealed to be one. He claims his oppressive autocracy is a NecessaryEvil to protect the Boiling Isles' denizens from the alleged dangers of wild magic, and that he's the enforcement of the Titan's will, but promising them that they'll ascend to paradise on the "Day of Unity" if they follow him. But the series has been keeps gradually dropping increasing hints that he's a power-hungry liar. [[spoiler:The liar until the full truth of him is revealed in "Hollow Mind", and it's pretty horrific]].Mind": [[spoiler: Belos is not even a witch, but is actually a WitchHunter 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".]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' has Gabriel Agreste, a dour and strict father who claims that he does everything he does for his son Adrien after his wife was put into a coma. It turns out that he's actually [[BigBad Hawk Moth]], who is trying to steal Ladybug and Chat Noir's Miraculous in order to heal Emilie by erasing whatever caused her to fall into her coma [[spoiler:due to overuse of the [[ToxicPhlebotinum damaged Peacock Miraculous]]]]. Gabriel's [[EvilIsHammy hammy demeanor as Hawk Moth]], however, is an early sign that he's enjoying his villainy far too much for that excuse to hold water. He allows his assistant Nathalie to help him as [[TheDragon Mayura]], despite [[spoiler:the Peacock Miraculous still being damaged]], and he only intermittently shows concern for her well-being. Furthermore, Adrien cannot remember him being anything but controlling, even before what happened to his mother. Finally, the events of both "Chat Blanc" and "Ephemeral" have shown that [[spoiler:if he knew Adrien was Chat Noir, he would have no objections to turning his own son into his latest pawn]]. No matter how much he claims his actions are for his family, Gabriel is [[SecretlySelfish only truly dedicated to his own self-interest]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' has Gabriel Agreste, a dour and strict father who claims that he does everything he does for his son Adrien after his wife was put into a coma. It turns out that he's actually [[BigBad Hawk Moth]], who is trying to steal Ladybug and Chat Noir's Miraculous in order to heal Emilie by erasing whatever caused her to fall into her coma [[spoiler:due to overuse of the [[ToxicPhlebotinum damaged Peacock Miraculous]]]]. Gabriel's [[EvilIsHammy hammy demeanor as Hawk Moth]], however, is an early sign that he's enjoying his villainy far too much for that excuse to hold water. He allows his assistant Nathalie to help him as [[TheDragon Mayura]], despite [[spoiler:the Peacock Miraculous still being damaged]], and he only intermittently shows concern for her well-being. Furthermore, Adrien cannot remember him being anything but controlling, even before what happened to his mother. Finally, the events of both "Chat Blanc" and "Ephemeral" have shown that [[spoiler:if he knew Adrien was Chat Noir, he would have no objections to turning his own son into his latest pawn]]. No matter how much he claims his actions are for his family, Gabriel is [[SecretlySelfish only truly dedicated to his own self-interest]]. In "Evolution", [[spoiler: he has the perfect chance to save both Emilie and Nathalie, but passes it up to go after Ladybug and Chat Noir's Miraculous. This causes Nathalie to angrily denounce Gabriel and refuses to help him any longer.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'': If you asked [[spoiler:Qilby the Traitor]], he'll tell you that he's willing to drain the [[LifeEnergy wakfu]] out of planets in order to fuel his massive spaceship for the [[SpaceNomads Eliatropes]] and find the perfect home for them after their HomeworldEvacuation from the war that devastated their planet. In reality, he just wants to cruise the Krosmoz for eternity [[TheWorldIsJustAwesome and witness its marvels]] in order to stave off his eternal boredom, be damned to the consequences to anyone else. Once this little fact came out [[spoiler:along with the reveal ''he'' started the very war that required the Eliatropes to abandon their ravaged world because he had seen everything on their planet that was novel and [[HatesBeingAlone didn't want to be lonely on the trip]]]], his people turned against him [[spoiler:and tossed him into a BlankWhiteVoid.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'': If you asked [[spoiler:Qilby the Traitor]], Traitor]] of Season 2, he'll tell you that he's willing to drain the [[LifeEnergy wakfu]] out of planets in order to fuel his massive spaceship for the [[SpaceNomads Eliatropes]] and find the perfect home for them after their HomeworldEvacuation from the war that devastated their planet. In reality, he just wants to cruise the Krosmoz for eternity [[TheWorldIsJustAwesome and witness its marvels]] in order to stave off his eternal boredom, be damned to the consequences to anyone else. Once this little fact came out in the backstory [[spoiler:along with the reveal ''he'' started the very war that required the Eliatropes to abandon their ravaged world because he had seen everything on their planet that was novel and [[HatesBeingAlone didn't want to be lonely on the trip]]]], his people turned against him [[spoiler:and tossed him into a BlankWhiteVoid.]] When he returns in the present and once again outed for the truth, not even [[TheHero Yugo]], who felt SympathyForTheDevil when the genuine WellIntentionedExtremist Nox [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone wept as the consequences of his actions hit him]] in Season 1, shows him mercy when it becomes apparent [[spoiler:Qilby]] both [[ItsAllAboutMe selfishly says]] all his actions were WorthIt and [[IgnoredEpiphany flat-out denies feeling guilt]] [[spoiler:before locking him back in the BlankWhiteVoid.]]
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* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': The Decepticons generally at least claim to have some sympathetic goal like restoring Cybertron to glory, preserving the Cybertronian race, or eliminating a FantasticCasteSystem. They're always undermined by the fact that most of their ranks are inherently cruel and vicious towards anyone who's not a Decepticon. The fact that the Autobots also share their goals, but pursue them in a much more humane way is what solidifies them as the villains of the franchise.
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* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': The Decepticons generally at least claim to have some sympathetic goal like restoring Cybertron to glory, preserving the Cybertronian race, or eliminating a FantasticCasteSystem. They're While sometimes they did legitimately start out that way, they're always undermined by the fact that most of their ranks are inherently cruel and vicious towards anyone who's not a Decepticon. The fact that the Autobots also share their goals, but pursue them in a much more humane way is what solidifies them as the villains of the franchise. franchise.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'': If you asked [[spoiler:Qilby the Traitor]], he'll tell you that he's willing to drain the [[LifeEnergy wakfu]] out of planets in order to fuel his massive spaceship for the [[SpaceNomads Eliatropes]] and find the perfect home for them after their HomeworldEvacuation from the war that devastated their planet. In reality, he just wants to cruise the Krosmoz for eternity [[TheWorldIsJustAwesome and witness its marvels]] in order to stave off his eternal boredom, be damned to the consequences to anyone else. Once this little fact came out [[spoiler:along with the reveal ''he'' started the very war that required the Eliatropes to abandon their ravaged world because he had seen everything on their planet that was novel and [[HatesBeingAlone didn't want to be lonely on the trip]]]], his people turned against him [[spoiler:and tossed him into a BlankWhiteVoid.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'': If you asked [[spoiler:Qilby the Traitor]], he'll tell you that he's willing to drain the [[LifeEnergy wakfu]] out of planets in order to fuel his massive spaceship for the [[SpaceNomads Eliatropes]] and find the perfect home for them after their HomeworldEvacuation from the war that devastated their planet. In reality, he just wants to cruise the Krosmoz for eternity [[TheWorldIsJustAwesome and witness its marvels]] in order to stave off his eternal boredom, be damned to the consequences to anyone else. Once this little fact came out [[spoiler:along with the reveal ''he'' started the very war that required the Eliatropes to abandon their ravaged world because he had seen everything on their planet that was novel and [[HatesBeingAlone didn't want to be lonely on the trip]]]], his people turned against him [[spoiler:and tossed him into a BlankWhiteVoid.]]
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** [[Characters/TheOwlHouseEmperorBelos Emperor Belos]] is implied to be one. He claims his oppressive autocracy is a NecessaryEvil to protect the Boiling Isles' denizens from the alleged dangers of wild magic, and that he's the enforcement of the Titan's will, but the series has been gradually dropping increasing hints that he's a power-hungry liar. [[spoiler:The truth of him is revealed in "Hollow Mind", and it's pretty horrific]].
** 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.
** [[Characters/TheOwlHouseEmperorBelos Emperor Belos]] is implied to be one. He claims his oppressive autocracy is a NecessaryEvil to protect the Boiling Isles' denizens from the alleged dangers of wild magic, and that he's the enforcement of the Titan's will, but the series has been gradually dropping increasing hints that he's a power-hungry liar. [[spoiler:The truth of him is revealed in "Hollow Mind", and it's pretty horrific]].
** 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.
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': [[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 the resource-harvesting is just a cover for being and continuing to be a MultiversalConqueror able to lord over others. And then it becomes clear that while that is indeed the goal of [[GreaterScopeVillain 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]].]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': [[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 the resource-harvesting is just a cover for being and continuing to be a MultiversalConqueror able to lord over others. And then it becomes clear that while that is indeed the goal of [[GreaterScopeVillain [[Characters/AmphibiaTheCore 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]].]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': [[spoiler: 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 the resource-harvesting is just a cover for being and continuing to be a MultiversalConqueror able to lord over others. And then it becomes clear that while that is indeed the goal of [[GreaterScopeVillain 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]].]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': [[spoiler: [[Characters/AmphibiaKingAndrias King Andrias]] 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 the resource-harvesting is just a cover for being and continuing to be a MultiversalConqueror able to lord over others. And then it becomes clear that while that is indeed the goal of [[GreaterScopeVillain 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]].]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': [[spoiler: King Andrias]] turns out to be one in the season 2 finale. [[spoiler: If his friends truly "betrayed" him because he was ''always'' planning on using the Calamity Box to become a MultiversalConqueror, then his claims to want to fix Newtopia don’t hold up. If the betrayal was legitimate, he cares so little about running his kingdom, is perfectly willing to kill other newts like his loyal general and royal advisor, and his [[{{Sadist}} very blatant love]] of [[KickTheDog kicking the dog]] still renders his claims moot. It should also be noted the "former glory" he’s referring to is conquering and enslaving entire universes by being a bloodline of {{Multiversal Conqueror}}s.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': [[spoiler: King Andrias]] turns out to be one in the season Season 2 finale. [[spoiler: If his friends truly "betrayed" him because he was ''always'' planning 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 Box's powers to become a MultiversalConqueror, then his claims to want to fix Newtopia don’t hold up. If the betrayal was legitimate, he cares so little about running his kingdom, is perfectly willing to kill invade other newts like his loyal general worlds and royal advisor, harvest the resources for their own use, but it's clear the resource-harvesting is just a cover for being and his [[{{Sadist}} very blatant love]] of [[KickTheDog kicking continuing to be a MultiversalConqueror able to lord over others. And then it becomes clear that while that is indeed the dog]] goal of [[GreaterScopeVillain 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 renders wants the Core's (i.e. his claims moot. It should also be noted the "former glory" he’s referring to is conquering ancestors' and enslaving entire universes by being a bloodline of {{Multiversal Conqueror}}s.especially his father's) approval]] and that [[IveComeTooFar trying to go against it after so long is meaningless]].]]
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*** 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).
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* ''WesternAnimation/XavierRenegadeAngel'': Xavier claims to want to help people, but he actually only cares about being ''seen as'' someone who helps people. The finale shows that he's totally fine with burning innocent people to death if he doesn't think he'll personally gain from helping them or just to get out of an awkward situation.
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* ''WesternAnimation/XavierRenegadeAngel'': Xavier claims to want to help people, but he actually only cares about being ''seen as'' someone who helps people. The finale shows that he's totally fine with burning innocent people to death if he doesn't think he'll personally gain from helping them or just to get out of an awkward situation.situation.
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* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': 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 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.
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* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'':
** 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 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 digestivesystems.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 them instead.]]
** 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 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
** 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.]]
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** ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'': Skonk from ''[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003S3E9HATE H.A.T.E.]]'' proclaims himself a defender of humanity, but has no qualms killing other humans to carry out his scheme of alien genocide.
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** ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'': Skonk from ''[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003S3E9HATE "[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003S3E9HATE H.A.T.E.]]'' ]]" proclaims himself a defender of humanity, but has no qualms killing other humans to carry out his scheme of alien genocide.
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* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': Aresia, from the "Fury" two-parter, was the 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 aligned with women who 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, does not change her mind. Even ignoring 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.
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* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': Aresia, from the "Fury" two-parter, was the 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 aligned with women 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, does not change her mind. Even ignoring 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.
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*** 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 her kind's 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.
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*** 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's kind is now finally the dominant species 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.
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** Hunter Cain wants everyone to see him as the hero of the people against the [=EVOs=]. It's clear to anyone who does meet him that he's full of hate and paranoia and looking for an excuse to kill anyone or anything he doesn't like. He will go to any extreme even if it goes against what he supposedly fights for, even threatening to murder an old woman for protecting the [=EVOs=] EVO children under her care.
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* ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'': 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 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.
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* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' has Gabriel Agreste, a dour and strict father who claims that he does everything he does for his son Adrien after his wife was put into a coma. It turns out that he's actually [[BigBad Hawk Moth]], who is trying to steal Ladybug and Chat Noir's Miraculous in order to heal Emilie by erasing whatever caused her to fall into her coma [[spoiler:due to overuse of the [[ToxicPhlebotinum damaged Peacock Miraculous]]. Gabriel's [[EvilIsHammy hammy demeanor as Hawk Moth]], however, is an early sign that he's enjoying his villainy far too much for that excuse to hold water. He allows his assistant Nathalie to help him as [[TheDragon Mayura]], despite [[spoiler:the Peacock Miraculous still being damaged]], and he only intermittently shows concern for her well-being. Furthermore, Adrien cannot remember him being anything but controlling, even before what happened to his mother. Finally, the events of both "Chat Blanc" and "Ephemeral" have shown that [[spoiler:if he knew Adrien was Chat Noir, he would have no objections to turning his own son into his latest pawn]]. No matter how much he claims his actions are for his family, Gabriel is [[SecretlySelfish only truly dedicated to his own self-interest]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' has Gabriel Agreste, a dour and strict father who claims that he does everything he does for his son Adrien after his wife was put into a coma. It turns out that he's actually [[BigBad Hawk Moth]], who is trying to steal Ladybug and Chat Noir's Miraculous in order to heal Emilie by erasing whatever caused her to fall into her coma [[spoiler:due to overuse of the [[ToxicPhlebotinum damaged Peacock Miraculous]].Miraculous]]]]. Gabriel's [[EvilIsHammy hammy demeanor as Hawk Moth]], however, is an early sign that he's enjoying his villainy far too much for that excuse to hold water. He allows his assistant Nathalie to help him as [[TheDragon Mayura]], despite [[spoiler:the Peacock Miraculous still being damaged]], and he only intermittently shows concern for her well-being. Furthermore, Adrien cannot remember him being anything but controlling, even before what happened to his mother. Finally, the events of both "Chat Blanc" and "Ephemeral" have shown that [[spoiler:if he knew Adrien was Chat Noir, he would have no objections to turning his own son into his latest pawn]]. No matter how much he claims his actions are for his family, Gabriel is [[SecretlySelfish only truly dedicated to his own self-interest]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' has Gabriel Agreste, a dour and strict father who claims that he does everything he does for his son Adrien after his wife was put into a coma. It turns out that he's actually Hawk Moth, who actively enjoys terrorizing Paris as often as possible by akumatizing people into villains. It's revealed later on that Adrien cannot remember him being anything but controlling, even before what happened to his mother, and an alternate version of Hawk Moth shown in Season 3 [[spoiler: was willing to akumatize Adrien the second he found out his son was Cat Noir]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' has Gabriel Agreste, a dour and strict father who claims that he does everything he does for his son Adrien after his wife was put into a coma. It turns out that he's actually [[BigBad Hawk Moth, Moth]], who actively enjoys terrorizing Paris as often as possible is trying to steal Ladybug and Chat Noir's Miraculous in order to heal Emilie by akumatizing people erasing whatever caused her to fall into villains. It's revealed later on her coma [[spoiler:due to overuse of the [[ToxicPhlebotinum damaged Peacock Miraculous]]. Gabriel's [[EvilIsHammy hammy demeanor as Hawk Moth]], however, is an early sign that he's enjoying his villainy far too much for that excuse to hold water. He allows his assistant Nathalie to help him as [[TheDragon Mayura]], despite [[spoiler:the Peacock Miraculous still being damaged]], and he only intermittently shows concern for her well-being. Furthermore, Adrien cannot remember him being anything but controlling, even before what happened to his mother, mother. Finally, the events of both "Chat Blanc" and an alternate version of Hawk Moth "Ephemeral" have shown in Season 3 [[spoiler: was willing to akumatize that [[spoiler:if he knew Adrien the second was Chat Noir, he found out would have no objections to turning his own son was Cat Noir]].into his latest pawn]]. No matter how much he claims his actions are for his family, Gabriel is [[SecretlySelfish only truly dedicated to his own self-interest]].
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* 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 Medusian Zero to MindRape those who don't follow him (prior to their escape, that is) and when given [[FriendOrIdolDecision the choice between 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 world that lead to his world's destruction. Even when Gwyn points out that all he needs to do is to go to the Federation and ''[[StateTheSimpleSolution just tell them to stay away]]'', he'd rather continue with his plot.]]
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* Starlight Glimmer from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E1TheCutieMapPart1 The Cutie Map – Part 1]]" and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E2TheCutieMapPart2 Part 2]]", she rules over a town where she collects the villagers' Cutie Marks, which removes their individual special talents -- sometimes taking them forcefully, then brainwashing the ponies into accepting their place in her kid-friendly Literature/HarrisonBergeron cult. Ostensibly, Starlight does this because she believes true friendship can only come through perfect equality, which in turn is only possible when everyone is equally (in)competent. But she retains her own considerable talent for magic, suggesting that she's really more interested in power than in equality. When called out on this {{hypocri|te}}sy, Starlight claims that it was necessary, because her own magic is needed to equalize everyone else. It's debatable whether she actually believes this, or is just covering her ass. And then Starlight reveals her past in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E26TheCutieRemarkPart2 The Cutie Re-Mark – Part 2]]'': she was heartbroken when her childhood friend, Sunburst, earned his Cutie Mark and moved away to pursue his special talent in magic, leaving Starlight behind as a result. Because of that, she blamed Cutie Marks for what happened between her and Sunburst and became a cult leader just to ensure that any other friends she made [[NeverBeHurtAgain would never be taken away by their Cutie Marks and leave her behind again]]. She possibly straddles the line between this trope and WellIntentionedExtremist, depending on how much she [[BelievingTheirOwnLies believes her own lies]] -- a point the show is ambiguous about.
** Queen Chrysalis is also one. When she reveals her true self to Princess Cadance who she impersonated, she 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.
** Queen Chrysalis is also one. When she reveals her true self to Princess Cadance who she impersonated, she 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.
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* Starlight Glimmer from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E1TheCutieMapPart1 The Cutie Map – Part 1]]" and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E2TheCutieMapPart2 Part 2]]", she rules over a town where she collects the villagers' Cutie Marks, which removes their individual special talents -- sometimes taking them forcefully, then brainwashing the ponies into accepting their place in her kid-friendly Literature/HarrisonBergeron cult. Ostensibly, Starlight does this because she believes true friendship can only come through perfect equality, which in turn is only possible when everyone is equally (in)competent. But she retains her own considerable talent for magic, suggesting that she's really more interested in power than in equality. When called out on this {{hypocri|te}}sy, Starlight claims that it was necessary, because her own magic is needed to equalize everyone else. It's debatable whether she actually believes this, or is just covering her ass. And then Starlight reveals her past in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E26TheCutieRemarkPart2 The Cutie Re-Mark – Part 2]]'': she was heartbroken when her childhood friend, Sunburst, earned his Cutie Mark and moved away to pursue his special talent in magic, leaving Starlight behind as a result. Because of that, she blamed Cutie Marks for what happened between her and Sunburst and became a cult leader just to ensure that any other friends she made [[NeverBeHurtAgain would never be taken away by their Cutie Marks and leave her behind again]]. She possibly straddles the line between this trope and WellIntentionedExtremist, depending on how much she [[BelievingTheirOwnLies believes her own lies]] -- a point the show is ambiguous about.
**''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Queen Chrysalis is also one. When she reveals her true self to Princess Cadance who she impersonated, she 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.
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* ''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, from 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.
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* ''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, from 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.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AlfredJKwak'': Dolf leads a fascist coup of Great Waterland after building up his own political movement and making public speeches denouncing the King's terrible spending and that he doesn't take his job very seriously. While [[VillainHasAPoint Dolf is absolutely right about those things]] and [[VillainWithGoodPublicity his own popularity with the people]] is what gets him into power, he is actually only interested in seizing the throne for himself. After deposing the King, he immediately names himself Emperor and becomes even more tyrannical than his predecessor.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AlfredJKwak'': Dolf leads a fascist coup of Great Waterland after building up his own political movement and making public speeches denouncing the King's terrible spending and that he doesn't take his job very seriously. While [[VillainHasAPoint Dolf is absolutely right about those things]] and [[VillainWithGoodPublicity his own popularity with the people]] is what gets him into power, he is actually only interested in seizing the throne for himself. After deposing the King, he immediately names himself Emperor and becomes [[FullCircleRevolution even more tyrannical than his predecessor.predecessor]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' has Gabriel Agreste, a dour and strict father who claims that he does everything he does for his son Adrien after his wife was put into a coma. It turns out that he's actually Hawk Moth, who actively enjoys terrorizing Paris as often as possible by akumatizing people into villains. It's revealed later on that Adrien cannot remember him being anything but controlling, even before what happened to his mother, and an alternate version of Hawk Moth shown in Season 3 [[spoiler: was willing to akumatize Adrien the second he found out his son was Cat Noir]].
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania 2017}}'': [[SinisterMinister 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]].]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania 2017}}'': [[SinisterMinister 2017}}'':
** [[Characters/Castlevania2017DraculasArmy 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.
** [[Characters/Castlevania2017Antagonists 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]].]]
** [[Characters/Castlevania2017DraculasArmy 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.
** [[Characters/Castlevania2017Antagonists 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]].]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty:'' Evil Morty's goal of bringing down the Central Finite Curve is, on paper, the objectively right thing to do. The Citadel of Ricks built a wall around infinity so the only alternate realities they had to coexist with were all ones where Rick was the smartest man in the universe, giving them free reign to play God in their corners of the multiverse as well as literally engineer Mortys to sell to other Ricks as disposable sidekicks. Doing gruesome things in the name of that goal could be seen as well-intentioned, except Evil Morty only cares about getting freedom for himself, not for any other person who's also been victimized by the system he's bringing down.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ActionMan2000'': Dr. X claims he's trying to help humanity evolve, even if many won't survive the transformation into [[MasterRace "Neo-Humanity"]]. In actuality, he's a psychopath with delusions of grandeur and world conquest. In fact, his plan is a very literal example of InTheirOwnImage, as he plots to turn the most physically powerful survivors into clones of himself. When his plans start to crumble, he decides to decimate the Earth with an asteroid. He basically says "I am humanity" during his final WeCanRuleTogether speech to Action Man.
* ''WesternAnimation/AlfredJKwak'': Dolf leads a fascist coup of Great Waterland after building up his own political movement and making public speeches denouncing the King's terrible spending and that he doesn't take his job very seriously. While [[VillainHasAPoint Dolf is absolutely right about those things]] and [[VillainWithGoodPublicity his own popularity with the people]] is what gets him into power, he is actually only interested in seizing the throne for himself. After deposing the King, he immediately names himself Emperor and becomes even more tyrannical than his predecessor.
* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'': The Dark Dragon's goal is to wipe out all humans so that magical creatures can reclaim the Earth. His goals have made him the #1 enemy of the Magical Community, including to his fellow dragons, whom he has eliminated for rejecting his plans. This includes magical creatures who don't share his anti-human beliefs. If he ever really did care for making the world a better place for magical creatures, it's now more of an excuse for genocide and world domination.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': [[spoiler: King Andrias]] turns out to be one in the season 2 finale. [[spoiler: If his friends truly "betrayed" him because he was ''always'' planning on using the Calamity Box to become a MultiversalConqueror, then his claims to want to fix Newtopia don’t hold up. If the betrayal was legitimate, he cares so little about running his kingdom, is perfectly willing to kill other newts like his loyal general and royal advisor, and his [[{{Sadist}} very blatant love]] of [[KickTheDog kicking the dog]] still renders his claims moot. It should also be noted the "former glory" he’s referring to is conquering and enslaving entire universes by being a bloodline of {{Multiversal Conqueror}}s.]]
* ''Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
** From [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender the original cartoon]]:
*** 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 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 [[KnightOfCerebus 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.
* Hyperion in ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' constantly passes himself off as a hero whose brutal methods towards others are to keep people safe and establish order, but not only does threatening people's lives go against the intent to protect them, but he is unwilling to make compromises, has no sense of compassion whatsoever and he later says he's only interested in having power over others.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'': During the two-part premiere episode of the fifth season, ComicBook/LexLuthor puts Franchise/{{Superman}} under his control to help in his plan to control Earth's defense systems. Since an AlienInvasion took place previously, he insists that this is to make sure no one tries to take over the world. Batman points out the one hypocritical point of his plan: Lex is basically trying to TakeOverTheWorld himself since this involves robots that destroy foreign military bases that step out of line. Lex half-heartedly defends himself by saying that "someone has to be in charge".
* ''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.]]
* ''Franchise/CareBears'': The Wizard's goal is to bring law and order to Wonderland. In any other context, this would ordinarily make him the de-facto hero, in trying to bring order to chaos - but this is Wonderland. His plan would destroy the life and soul of this alternate reality. Moreover, he's also hinted to be a hypocrite, as the reason he brings law and order is to have "everything at [his] command".
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania 2017}}'': [[SinisterMinister 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/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, from 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.
* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'':
** 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.]]
** 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/{{Gargoyles}}''
** 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 isolation and denial, and she's more concerned with having a scapegoat for her sins so she can keep being the victim.
*** Demona's spent centuries clinging to the belief both her clans were destroyed because of humans and thinks she's reclaiming the Earth for gargoyles by trying to kill every human on the planet. While it's true gargoyles have suffered a lot thinks to human intolerance, they've suffered just as much thanks to Demona's backstabbing. Her original clan was destroyed because she helped betray Wyvern Castle to the viking invaders, and her second clan was destroyed because she allied with Canmore thinking Macbeth was gonna betray her first. Both times happened because Demona automatically assumed the worst and acted without any perspective, but she still insists she did nothing wrong.
*** 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 her kind's 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.
** Taro '''tries''' to pass himself as well-meaning, but even Yama eventually sees him as the greedy bastard he is.
* ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'':
** Van Kleiss claims all of his evil is him merely working to create a better future for all [=EVOs=], but [[spoiler:it's propaganda. He's been going for [[AGodAmI omnipotence]] since before the start.]]
** Hunter Cain wants everyone to see him as the hero of the people against the [=EVOs=]. It's clear to anyone who does meet him that he's full of hate and paranoia and looking for an excuse to kill anyone or anything he doesn't like. He will go to any extreme even if it goes against what he supposedly fights for, even threatening to murder an old woman for protecting the [=EVOs=] children under her care.
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': 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]].]]
* ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'': Atrocitus formed the Red Lantern Corps to take revenge on the Guardians for the Manhunters' destruction of the forgotten zone. However, he's [[{{Hypocrite}} also destroyed countless worlds and murdered millions of innocents to add to his army]]. He rejects Hal Jordan's offer to help the forgotten zone, meaning he's a violent monster who is more interested in killing the Guardians than actually helping his sector.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}'': Erik Ahlberg quickly proves himself to be this; while he does occasionally point out legitimate security concerns, like Vittra tunnels running under the wall being a way that trolls could get into the city, he's a GloryHound who, in his debut episode, nearly gets himself and Hilda killed by a troll because he keeps ringing a bell despite having read Hilda's essay and thus knowing that trolls are more annoyed than scared of bells.
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': Aresia, from the "Fury" two-parter, was the 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 aligned with women who 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, does not change her mind. Even ignoring 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.
* Starlight Glimmer from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E1TheCutieMapPart1 The Cutie Map – Part 1]]" and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E2TheCutieMapPart2 Part 2]]", she rules over a town where she collects the villagers' Cutie Marks, which removes their individual special talents -- sometimes taking them forcefully, then brainwashing the ponies into accepting their place in her kid-friendly Literature/HarrisonBergeron cult. Ostensibly, Starlight does this because she believes true friendship can only come through perfect equality, which in turn is only possible when everyone is equally (in)competent. But she retains her own considerable talent for magic, suggesting that she's really more interested in power than in equality. When called out on this {{hypocri|te}}sy, Starlight claims that it was necessary, because her own magic is needed to equalize everyone else. It's debatable whether she actually believes this, or is just covering her ass. And then Starlight reveals her past in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E26TheCutieRemarkPart2 The Cutie Re-Mark – Part 2]]'': she was heartbroken when her childhood friend, Sunburst, earned his Cutie Mark and moved away to pursue his special talent in magic, leaving Starlight behind as a result. Because of that, she blamed Cutie Marks for what happened between her and Sunburst and became a cult leader just to ensure that any other friends she made [[NeverBeHurtAgain would never be taken away by their Cutie Marks and leave her behind again]]. She possibly straddles the line between this trope and WellIntentionedExtremist, depending on how much she [[BelievingTheirOwnLies believes her own lies]] -- a point the show is ambiguous about.
** Queen Chrysalis is also one. When she reveals her true self to Princess Cadance who she impersonated, she 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.
* ''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]].
* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': While [[TheChessmaster Toffee]] was implied to have once had good intentions in the form of wanting to liberate his monster brethren from oppression on Mewni, these seem to be completely gone by the present in favor of revenge. Even then, it's eventually revealed he murdered Comet more out of hatred than her having actually done anything wrong, as she was probably the single most pro-monster queen other than Eclipsa and genuinely trying to give the monsters racial equality.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
** Lampshaded when 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.
--->'''Cartman:''' I'm making the world a better place.
--->'''Mysterion:''' For YOU! You're making the world a better place for YOU!
--->'''Cartman:''' ...[[EvilCannotComprehendGood Right, that's what superheroes]] ''[[EvilCannotComprehendGood do]]''.
** 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]]]].
* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'':
** ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'':
*** In the episode "[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987S07E24DirkSavageMutantHunter Dirk Savage: Mutant Hunter]]", A.J. Howard hires the eponymous mutant hunter to capture mutants claiming them to be a menace to society with no regard to them being good or evil. However, not only is Howard a mutant himself, he plans to build an army of brainwashed mutants in hopes of mutating and controlling the entire human race. This leads to Don and Raph stopping a vengeful Rahzar from killing Dirk in order to convince him to turn against Howard.
*** 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.
** ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'': Skonk from ''[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003S3E9HATE H.A.T.E.]]'' proclaims himself a defender of humanity, but has no qualms killing other humans to carry out his scheme of alien genocide.
** ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'': [[KnightOfCerebus Rat King]], despite stating his goal is to liberate rats, has sent several plummeting to their doom to kill Splinter, doesn't lift a finger to help one that mutated itself by accident, and called them disgusting shortly before his mutation. It seems more likely he considers his brethren a means to an end than actually believing in his goals.
* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': The Decepticons generally at least claim to have some sympathetic goal like restoring Cybertron to glory, preserving the Cybertronian race, or eliminating a FantasticCasteSystem. They're always undermined by the fact that most of their ranks are inherently cruel and vicious towards anyone who's not a Decepticon. The fact that the Autobots also share their goals, but pursue them in a much more humane way is what solidifies them as the villains of the franchise.
* ''WesternAnimation/XavierRenegadeAngel'': Xavier claims to want to help people, but he actually only cares about being ''seen as'' someone who helps people. The finale shows that he's totally fine with burning innocent people to death if he doesn't think he'll personally gain from helping them or just to get out of an awkward situation.
* ''WesternAnimation/AlfredJKwak'': Dolf leads a fascist coup of Great Waterland after building up his own political movement and making public speeches denouncing the King's terrible spending and that he doesn't take his job very seriously. While [[VillainHasAPoint Dolf is absolutely right about those things]] and [[VillainWithGoodPublicity his own popularity with the people]] is what gets him into power, he is actually only interested in seizing the throne for himself. After deposing the King, he immediately names himself Emperor and becomes even more tyrannical than his predecessor.
* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'': The Dark Dragon's goal is to wipe out all humans so that magical creatures can reclaim the Earth. His goals have made him the #1 enemy of the Magical Community, including to his fellow dragons, whom he has eliminated for rejecting his plans. This includes magical creatures who don't share his anti-human beliefs. If he ever really did care for making the world a better place for magical creatures, it's now more of an excuse for genocide and world domination.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': [[spoiler: King Andrias]] turns out to be one in the season 2 finale. [[spoiler: If his friends truly "betrayed" him because he was ''always'' planning on using the Calamity Box to become a MultiversalConqueror, then his claims to want to fix Newtopia don’t hold up. If the betrayal was legitimate, he cares so little about running his kingdom, is perfectly willing to kill other newts like his loyal general and royal advisor, and his [[{{Sadist}} very blatant love]] of [[KickTheDog kicking the dog]] still renders his claims moot. It should also be noted the "former glory" he’s referring to is conquering and enslaving entire universes by being a bloodline of {{Multiversal Conqueror}}s.]]
* ''Franchise/AvatarTheLastAirbender'':
** From [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender the original cartoon]]:
*** 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 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 [[KnightOfCerebus 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.
* Hyperion in ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' constantly passes himself off as a hero whose brutal methods towards others are to keep people safe and establish order, but not only does threatening people's lives go against the intent to protect them, but he is unwilling to make compromises, has no sense of compassion whatsoever and he later says he's only interested in having power over others.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'': During the two-part premiere episode of the fifth season, ComicBook/LexLuthor puts Franchise/{{Superman}} under his control to help in his plan to control Earth's defense systems. Since an AlienInvasion took place previously, he insists that this is to make sure no one tries to take over the world. Batman points out the one hypocritical point of his plan: Lex is basically trying to TakeOverTheWorld himself since this involves robots that destroy foreign military bases that step out of line. Lex half-heartedly defends himself by saying that "someone has to be in charge".
* ''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.]]
* ''Franchise/CareBears'': The Wizard's goal is to bring law and order to Wonderland. In any other context, this would ordinarily make him the de-facto hero, in trying to bring order to chaos - but this is Wonderland. His plan would destroy the life and soul of this alternate reality. Moreover, he's also hinted to be a hypocrite, as the reason he brings law and order is to have "everything at [his] command".
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania 2017}}'': [[SinisterMinister 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/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, from 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.
* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'':
** 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.]]
** 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/{{Gargoyles}}''
** 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 isolation and denial, and she's more concerned with having a scapegoat for her sins so she can keep being the victim.
*** Demona's spent centuries clinging to the belief both her clans were destroyed because of humans and thinks she's reclaiming the Earth for gargoyles by trying to kill every human on the planet. While it's true gargoyles have suffered a lot thinks to human intolerance, they've suffered just as much thanks to Demona's backstabbing. Her original clan was destroyed because she helped betray Wyvern Castle to the viking invaders, and her second clan was destroyed because she allied with Canmore thinking Macbeth was gonna betray her first. Both times happened because Demona automatically assumed the worst and acted without any perspective, but she still insists she did nothing wrong.
*** 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 her kind's 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.
** Taro '''tries''' to pass himself as well-meaning, but even Yama eventually sees him as the greedy bastard he is.
* ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'':
** Van Kleiss claims all of his evil is him merely working to create a better future for all [=EVOs=], but [[spoiler:it's propaganda. He's been going for [[AGodAmI omnipotence]] since before the start.]]
** Hunter Cain wants everyone to see him as the hero of the people against the [=EVOs=]. It's clear to anyone who does meet him that he's full of hate and paranoia and looking for an excuse to kill anyone or anything he doesn't like. He will go to any extreme even if it goes against what he supposedly fights for, even threatening to murder an old woman for protecting the [=EVOs=] children under her care.
* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'': 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]].]]
* ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'': Atrocitus formed the Red Lantern Corps to take revenge on the Guardians for the Manhunters' destruction of the forgotten zone. However, he's [[{{Hypocrite}} also destroyed countless worlds and murdered millions of innocents to add to his army]]. He rejects Hal Jordan's offer to help the forgotten zone, meaning he's a violent monster who is more interested in killing the Guardians than actually helping his sector.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hilda}}'': Erik Ahlberg quickly proves himself to be this; while he does occasionally point out legitimate security concerns, like Vittra tunnels running under the wall being a way that trolls could get into the city, he's a GloryHound who, in his debut episode, nearly gets himself and Hilda killed by a troll because he keeps ringing a bell despite having read Hilda's essay and thus knowing that trolls are more annoyed than scared of bells.
* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': Aresia, from the "Fury" two-parter, was the 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 aligned with women who 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, does not change her mind. Even ignoring 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.
* Starlight Glimmer from ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''. In "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E1TheCutieMapPart1 The Cutie Map – Part 1]]" and "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E2TheCutieMapPart2 Part 2]]", she rules over a town where she collects the villagers' Cutie Marks, which removes their individual special talents -- sometimes taking them forcefully, then brainwashing the ponies into accepting their place in her kid-friendly Literature/HarrisonBergeron cult. Ostensibly, Starlight does this because she believes true friendship can only come through perfect equality, which in turn is only possible when everyone is equally (in)competent. But she retains her own considerable talent for magic, suggesting that she's really more interested in power than in equality. When called out on this {{hypocri|te}}sy, Starlight claims that it was necessary, because her own magic is needed to equalize everyone else. It's debatable whether she actually believes this, or is just covering her ass. And then Starlight reveals her past in "[[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E26TheCutieRemarkPart2 The Cutie Re-Mark – Part 2]]'': she was heartbroken when her childhood friend, Sunburst, earned his Cutie Mark and moved away to pursue his special talent in magic, leaving Starlight behind as a result. Because of that, she blamed Cutie Marks for what happened between her and Sunburst and became a cult leader just to ensure that any other friends she made [[NeverBeHurtAgain would never be taken away by their Cutie Marks and leave her behind again]]. She possibly straddles the line between this trope and WellIntentionedExtremist, depending on how much she [[BelievingTheirOwnLies believes her own lies]] -- a point the show is ambiguous about.
** Queen Chrysalis is also one. When she reveals her true self to Princess Cadance who she impersonated, she 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.
* ''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]].
* ''WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil'': While [[TheChessmaster Toffee]] was implied to have once had good intentions in the form of wanting to liberate his monster brethren from oppression on Mewni, these seem to be completely gone by the present in favor of revenge. Even then, it's eventually revealed he murdered Comet more out of hatred than her having actually done anything wrong, as she was probably the single most pro-monster queen other than Eclipsa and genuinely trying to give the monsters racial equality.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'':
** Lampshaded when 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.
--->'''Cartman:''' I'm making the world a better place.
--->'''Mysterion:''' For YOU! You're making the world a better place for YOU!
--->'''Cartman:''' ...[[EvilCannotComprehendGood Right, that's what superheroes]] ''[[EvilCannotComprehendGood do]]''.
** 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]]]].
* ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'':
** ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'':
*** In the episode "[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987S07E24DirkSavageMutantHunter Dirk Savage: Mutant Hunter]]", A.J. Howard hires the eponymous mutant hunter to capture mutants claiming them to be a menace to society with no regard to them being good or evil. However, not only is Howard a mutant himself, he plans to build an army of brainwashed mutants in hopes of mutating and controlling the entire human race. This leads to Don and Raph stopping a vengeful Rahzar from killing Dirk in order to convince him to turn against Howard.
*** 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.
** ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'': Skonk from ''[[Recap/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003S3E9HATE H.A.T.E.]]'' proclaims himself a defender of humanity, but has no qualms killing other humans to carry out his scheme of alien genocide.
** ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'': [[KnightOfCerebus Rat King]], despite stating his goal is to liberate rats, has sent several plummeting to their doom to kill Splinter, doesn't lift a finger to help one that mutated itself by accident, and called them disgusting shortly before his mutation. It seems more likely he considers his brethren a means to an end than actually believing in his goals.
* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': The Decepticons generally at least claim to have some sympathetic goal like restoring Cybertron to glory, preserving the Cybertronian race, or eliminating a FantasticCasteSystem. They're always undermined by the fact that most of their ranks are inherently cruel and vicious towards anyone who's not a Decepticon. The fact that the Autobots also share their goals, but pursue them in a much more humane way is what solidifies them as the villains of the franchise.
* ''WesternAnimation/XavierRenegadeAngel'': Xavier claims to want to help people, but he actually only cares about being ''seen as'' someone who helps people. The finale shows that he's totally fine with burning innocent people to death if he doesn't think he'll personally gain from helping them or just to get out of an awkward situation.
