History PlayingWith / AntiVillain

* '''Downplayed''': General Drake is basically a DrillSergeantNasty, but he does have [[EvenEvilHasStandards standards]], and cares about [[BenevolentBoss the people working under him]].

* '''Conversed''': "Why does General Drake seem to be more [[AntiHero heroic than the hero]] in this show?

** As we see more and more of General Drake, it's becomes clear that he's [[AntiHero Not even a Villain]] in the first place.

'''Basic Trope''': A villainous character who lacks the negative traits of a traditional villain.

'''Basic Trope''': A villainous character with redeeming qualities.

'''Basic Trope''': A villain that lacks traditional villainous traits.

'''Basic Trope''': A villain that isn't completely evil.

'''Basic Trope''': A character that is presented as a villain yet lacks traditional villainous qualities.

'''Basic Trope''': A villainous character that lacks the [[CompleteMonster unrepentant evilness]] of a traditional villain.

'''Basic Trope''': A villainous character that lacks the[[CompleteMonster unrepentant evilness]] of a traditional villain.

'''Basic Trope''': A villainous character that lacks the negative traits of a traditional villain.

'''Basic Trope''': A villainous character that lacks the [[CompleteMonster unrepentant evilness]] of a traditional villain.

'''Basic Trope''': A villainous character that lacks the negative traits of a traditional villain.

'''Basic Trope''': A character playing the role of a [[{{Villains}} villain]] that lacks typical villainous traits.

'''Basic Trope''': A character playing the role of a [[{{Villains}} The Villain]] that lacks typical villainous traits.

'''Basic Trope''': A character playing the role of a [[{{Villains}} villain]] that lacks typical villainous traits.

'''Basic Trope''': A character placed in a [[Villains villainous role]] that lacks typical villainous traits.

'''Basic Trope''': A character placed in a [[TheVillain villainous role]] that lacks typical villainous traits.

'''Basic Trope''': A villainous character that lacks the negative traits of a regular villain.

'''Basic Trope''': A villain that isn't completely evil.

** AntiHero, a hero that is morally ambiguous.
** CompleteMonster, a villain that is totally and unambiguously evil.

'''Basic Trope''': A villainous character with some not-so-bad qualities.

'''Basic Trope''': A villain that is morally ambiguous.

** General Drake lives in a SupervillainLair, practices his EvilLaugh, and [[CardCarryingVillain declares that he's evil]] and will TakeOverTheWorld, but rarely causes any real trouble. He's just likes the villainous lifestyle.

** AntiHero.
** CompleteMonster.

* '''Straight''': Alice is a villain who follows a [[NobleDemon strict moral code]] and does what she does because she sees [[TheHero heroes]] as ineffectual in getting good done.

** Alice has hardly any villainous traits and is a villain in name only.
** Alice lives in a SupervillainLair, practices her EvilLaugh, and [[CardCarryingVillain declares that she's evil]] and will TakeOverTheWorld, but rarely causes any real trouble. She just likes the villainous lifestyle.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice is basically a bad guy, but she does have [[EvenEvilHasStandards standards]], and cares about [[BenevolentBoss the people working under her]].
* '''Justified''': Alice has a sympathetic BackStory and comes from a setting where the heroes are either [[GoodIsDumb incompetent]], {{Knight Templar}}s, or [[DirtyCop corrupt]]. Overlaps with HeroAntagonist.

** Alice is a heroic villain... Most of the time, at least, but from time to time, she flies off the handle and went JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope, performing outright villainous acts.
** She is a [[VillainWithGoodPublicity villain with such good publicity]] that even the viewer doesn't believe that she is really evil... until her true goals become apparent, which are far over the MoralEventHorizon.
** As we see more and more of Alice, it's becomes clear that she's [[AntiHero Not even a Villain]] in the first place.
* '''Double Subverted''': Alice realizes her mistakes and is trying to keep herself on the blurry line of anti-villainy.

** Alice likes to think of herself as villainous, but in reality, she is a true hero whose fellow villains aren't even convinced of her evil.

* '''Zig Zagged''': Alice continues to cross the line between hero and villain, depending on the situation.
* '''Averted''': Alice is a traditional villain with all that entails, only having enough sympathetic traits to make her believable.

** "Hey, we need a counter-point to our AntiHero... Let's make Alice sympathetic!"

* '''Invoked''': Alice intentionally acts as a morally ambiguous villain so as to capitalize on ProtagonistCenteredMorality.
* '''Exploited''': TheHero tries talking Alice into his side by letting her know that they can work together.
* '''Defied''': Alice tries as hard as possible to deny her good side so that she doesn't have to be upset with herself.
* '''Discussed''': "Don't feel bad that we defeated her, she was evil!" "But she was trying to [[WellIntentionedExtremist save the world... just differently]]."
* '''Conversed''': "Why does Alice seem to be more [[AntiHero heroic than the hero]] in this show?

** Being so close to the blurry moral line of Villainy and Heroism causes Alice to be constantly wracked with guilt and eventually have a complete mental breakdown.
** Due to Alice's ambiguity, the cops don't know whether she's a hero or a villain this week. To be on the safe side, they shoot her anyway.

** ...but returns to power to continue mission after deciding that what she has been doing is really for the better.
** She takes the villain's position to heart and tries to either help the villain (if possible, to do so within good morals) or work harder to prevent people from becoming like the anti-villain (as in, she works to prevent the tragedies that resulted in the anti-villain to become a villain).