History PlayingWith / CardCarryingVillain

** KnightTemplar, a bad guy who thinks he's moral and just.

** It was decided that the audience [[ViewersAreMorons wouldn't be able to tell]] that Dr. Villainous Evil was a bad guy unless they gave him that kind of name and self-description. Perhaps because, [[BlackAndGreyMorality without it, there wouldn't be much difference between Dr. Evil and his enemies.]]

** Dr Villainous Evil is an [[AxCrazy]] psychopath that gleefully embraces his title as a villain and loves seeing others suffer.

** Even when he's [[TheMole trying to infiltrate the heroes' organization,]] Dr. Villainous Evil still gives himself away by referring to himself as a villain. (Or, he would have given himself away, but such examples [[RuleOfFunny almost always]] [[MostDefinitelyNotAVillain go unnoticed]] by [[GoodIsDumb the heroes]].

** Dr Villainous Evil [[MeanGuyNiceActor isn't a bad guy]]-he's only acting it because it makes him [[EvilIsCool seem cool.]]

** Dr Villainous Evil is so into the idea that he's a villain, he [[AtLeastIAdmitIt actively hates any villain]] [[KnightTemplar who doesn't acknowledge they are in the wrong.]]

** Dr Villainous Evil is a PunchClockVillain. He knows that he commits evil for a living but [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes also has kids to feed.]]

** The heroes confront the WellIntentionedExtremist and he remarks, "Right, my only reason for doing any of this is that I'm evil." [[SarcasmBlind The heroes fail to note that he is being sarcastic.]]

** Dr Villainous Evil is a PunchClockVillain. He knows that he commits evil for a living but also has kids to feed.

* '''Exploited''': ???

** Dr Villainous Evil [[FaceHeelTurn used to be good]] and also believed [[BlackAndWhiteMorality in moral absolutism.]] He refuses to give up his moral absolutism even as a villain, and because of this, he believes himself to be in the wrong.

** Dr Villainous Evil is so into the idea that he's a villain, he actively hates any villain [[KnightTemplar who doesn't acknowledge they are in the wrong.]]

** A character who is [[IdealHero not,]] [[KnightInShiningArmor in fact]], Evil [[AllLovingHero in the]] [[IncorruptiblePurePureness slightest]] (or is [[KnightInSourArmor just a bit worse]] [[DisneyAntiHero than ideal]]), still pretends to be such to the heroes because he finds it funny, doesn't want to discuss morality with heroes or just has a [[BlackAndBlackMorality jaded]] [[EvilVersusEvil outlook]] on the [[CrapsackWorld world]]. Or because it's [[ZeroApprovalGambit all a part of his plot to save the world]]. [[JustifiedTrope Or for some other reason a genuine villain can do this]].

** A character who is [[IdealHero not,]] [[KnightInShiningArmor in fact]], Evil [[AllLovingHero in the]] [[IncorrubtiblePurePureness slightest]] (or is [[KnightInSourArmor just a bit worse than ideal]]), still pretends to be such to the heroes because he finds it funny, doesn't want to discuss morality with heroes or just has a [[BlackAndBlackMorality jaded]] [[EvilVersusEvil outlook]] on the [[CrapsackWorld world]]. Or because it's [[ZeroApprovalGambit all a part of his plot to save the world]]. [[JustifiedTrope Or for some other reason a genuine villain can do this]].

* A character who is not, in fact, Evil in the slightest, still pretends to be such to the heroes because he finds it funny, doesn't want to discuss morality with heroes or just has a [[BlackAndBlackMorality jaded]] [[EvilVersusEvil outlook]] on the [[CrapsackWorld world]]. Or because it's [[ZeroApprovalGambit all a part of his plot to save the world]].
* '''Double Subversion''': The villain [[StrawHypocrite doesn't believe in his]] WellIntentionedExtremist motivations at all, and really is just doing it ForTheEvulz.

** BlackAndWhiteMorality: They have to [[{{Anvilicious}} enforce the idea that evil people think they're ''eeeevill!'']]

** Dr Villanous Evil he can't possibly find a way to justify or explain his actions as anything other than him being evil.
** Dr Villanous Evil [[FaceHeelTurn used to be good]] and also believed [[BlackAndWhiteMorality in moral absolutism.]] He refuses to give up his moral absolutism even as a villain, and because of this, he believes himself to be in the wrong.

* '''Downplayed''': Dr. Villainous Evil claims that he's evil, but doesn't have the [[NobleDemon heart]] to use vile methods to achieve his goals and because of this can only PokeThePoodle.

* '''Exagerrated''':

* '''Downplayed''': Dr. Villainous Evil claims that he's evil, but doesn't have the [[NobleDemon heart]] to use vile methods to acheve his goals and because of this can only PokeThePoodle.

** EvilIsCool or EvilIsSexy: Dr Villanous Evil doesn't personally think he's evil, however, he pretends to think he's one as villains are popular/chicks dig the bad guys.

** Dr Villanous Evil [[FaceHeelTurn used to be good]] and also believed [[BlackAndWhiteMorality in moral absolutim.]] He refuses to give up his moral absolutism even as a villain, and because of this, he believes himself to be in the wrong.

* '''Downplayed''': Dr. Villainous Evil claims that he's evil, but doesn't have the [[NobleDemon heart]] to use vile methods to acheve his goals and his only 'evil' actions [[PokeThePoodle don't cause much effect.]]

* '''Downplayed''': ???

** Doctor Villainous Evil considers himself a CompleteMonster, [[PokeThePoodle yet he can't harm a fly.]]

* '''Deconstructed''':
** Dr. Villainous Evil is doomed to a ZeroPercentApprovalRating because he never pretends to be anything but evil.
** The reason Dr. Villainous Evil chose that name is that he's actually disgusted by the moral absolutism of the [[KnightTemplar "heroes"]]. Ultimately, he ends up saving the world since he's a NobleDemon, but since he presented himself as the ultimate bad guy, no one realizes this until long after his lonely and [[AndThereWasMuchRejoicing celebrated]] death, having been bound by his own ideological image.
** Dr Villainous Evil comes to the realisation that he no longer needs to justify his actions in any moralistic fashion, since it would clash with seeing himself as the villain. This leads him [[TheUnfettered to become unrestrained in his evil]], [[MoralEventHorizon plummeting into depravity.]]
** Dr Villainous Evil sees himself as evil due to his self-hatred.
* '''Reconstructed''': [[LegionOfDoom The Evil League of Villains]] gains a great deal of grudging respect from most non-members because, after all, they are [[EvilIsCool cool and powerful]], and [[AtLeastIAdmitIt at least they're not hypocritical about their evilness]], like so many other people.
** Dr Villainous Evil is proud of his own evil, but is smart/clever/cunning enough to put up a facade to fool people into getting what he wants. Any kind of noble or reasonable words he says to fool or gain support are flat-out lies.

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** Dr Villanous Evil is such a CompleteMonster that he can't possibly find a way to justify or explain his actions as anything other than him being evil.

** Dr Villainous Evil comes to the realisation that he no longer needs to justify his actions in any moralistic fashion, since it would clash with seeing himself as the villain. This leads him [[TheUnfettered to become unrestrained in his evil]], [[MoralEventHorizon plummeting]] [[CompleteMonster into depravity.]]