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** Even worse with the Forever Knights, who went from a mysterious evil organisation to ridiculously weak villains who served as the heroes' punching ball (to the point in one episode, Gwen felt like it was more important for Ben to assist his girlfriend's tennis match than keeping an eye on them). Fortunately corrected in season 2 of ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'', where their founder comes back and turns them back into a real threat. ''Omniverse'' bring them back into this trope, since their war with [[ReligionOfEvil the Esoterica]] has left them mostly decimated, with only a very small team still active led by a minor member named Joseph Chadwick (who had only showed up in ''one'' episode prior and was just a scientist in the group rather than an authority figure). The reboot ultimately replaced all of them with a lone, [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 Slade]]-esque, Forever Knight, who could prove to be a serious threat in any episode he turned up in.

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** Even worse with the The Forever Knights, who Knights went from a mysterious evil organisation to ridiculously weak villains who served as the heroes' punching ball (to the point in one episode, Gwen felt like it was more important for Ben to assist his girlfriend's tennis match than keeping an eye on them). Fortunately corrected in season 2 of ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'', where their founder comes back and turns them back into a real threat. ''Omniverse'' bring them back into this trope, since their war with [[ReligionOfEvil the Esoterica]] has left them mostly decimated, with only a very small team still active led by a minor member named Joseph Chadwick (who had only showed up in ''one'' episode prior and was just a scientist in the group rather than an authority figure). The reboot ultimately replaced all of them with a lone, [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 Slade]]-esque, Forever Knight, who could prove to be a serious threat in any episode he turned up in.



** Even worse, Mr. Burns used to be a greedy, heartless, megalomaniac CorruptCorporateExecutive, the villain of many episodes. He was regularly depicted as decrepit and with the mindset of a more reactionary era, but that didn't stop him from being entertainingly pure evil. Come Season 10 and beyond, he was inexplicably transformed into an inoffensive old man, most of the jokes about whom revolved around his senility and physical frailty. In other words, yet another victim of the terrible case of {{Flanderization}} which has plagued the series. Burns also showed a very dynamic sympathetic side, where he's almost a Scroogelike figure feeling the effects of a plentiful but empty life, but even this was usually used to reinforce his villainy by way of EvilCannotComprehendGood. This is still shown occasionally, but in a lighter manner.

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** Even worse, Mr. Burns used to be a greedy, heartless, megalomaniac CorruptCorporateExecutive, CorruptCorporateExecutive and the villain of many episodes. He was regularly depicted as decrepit and with the mindset of a more reactionary era, but that didn't stop him from being entertainingly pure evil. Come Season 10 and beyond, he was inexplicably transformed into an inoffensive old man, most of the jokes about whom revolved around his senility and physical frailty. In other words, yet another victim of the terrible case of {{Flanderization}} which has plagued the series. Burns also showed a very dynamic sympathetic side, where he's almost a Scroogelike figure feeling the effects of a plentiful but empty life, but even this was usually used to reinforce his villainy by way of EvilCannotComprehendGood. This is still shown occasionally, but in a lighter manner.
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* ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'':
** Savio was legitimately threatening in his first apperance, being able to go on a mammal rampage freely and the Penguins being unable to stop him, until they brought [[TheBigGuy Burt]] into the picture. In "All Tied Up with a Boa", he starts promising by getting rid of Burt and quickly outsmarting the Penguins, but once he finally gets to them, he falls into BondVillainStupidity and is then humiliatingly defeated by being covered on popcorn butter and getting slippy. Then in "The Terror of Madagascar", he doesn't display any of his usual intelligence and is defeated by a Fossa...a ''baby'' Fossa.
** Invoked and then played straight with [[spoiler: Dr. Blowhole]] in "The Penguin Who Loved Me". He's for most of the special fairly incompetent which is justified given [[spoiler: he had his memory wiped the last time we saw him]]. Sadly, once [[spoiler: he recovers his memory he doesn't achieve much neither and is quickly stopped by Kowalski]], a huge contrast to [[KnightOfCerebus how his previous fights with the penguins went]].
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* In ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', Plankton was actually a fairly menacing antagonist in his eponymous debut episode, nearly stealing the secret Krabby Patty formula on his own and only really failing due to a lack of self-control. In "Walking Small", his ''third'' major appearance, he's rendered completely ineffectual due to his small size and needs [=SpongeBob=]'s help to get anything done. He's pinballed between relatively competent, IneffectualSympatheticVillain, and outright HarmlessVillain ever since, DependingOnTheWriter. [[WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie The first movie]] shows him to be {{not so harmless|Villain}}--but only after his computer wife Karen tells him the alphabet has 26 letters. Plankton decayed even further in the AudienceAlienatingEra following said movie, to the point where it's hard to believe anyone ever considered him a threat (in one episode he has to be reminded to ''blink'').

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* In ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', Plankton was actually a fairly menacing antagonist in his eponymous debut episode, nearly stealing the secret Krabby Patty formula on his own and only really failing due to a lack of self-control. In "Walking Small", his ''third'' major appearance, he's rendered completely ineffectual due to his small size and needs [=SpongeBob=]'s help to get anything done. He's pinballed between relatively competent, IneffectualSympatheticVillain, and outright HarmlessVillain ever since, DependingOnTheWriter. [[WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie The first movie]] shows him to be {{not so harmless|Villain}}--but only after his computer wife Karen tells him the alphabet has 26 letters. Plankton decayed even further in the AudienceAlienatingEra following said movie, to the point where it's hard to believe anyone ever considered him a threat (in [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS6E18PetOrPestsKomputerOverload one episode episode]] he has to be reminded to ''blink'').
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** This is best exemplified by two of the Diesels, twins 'Arry and Bert. In their first appearance, they attempted to smelt down another engine named Stepney by pushing him into a shed and under a claw, and received no punishment for what boiled down to an attempted murder. In later appearances, the two lose much of what made them threatening and even take part in a few jobs with other engines with a few comedic moments as well.

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** This is best exemplified by two of the Diesels, twins 'Arry and Bert. In their first appearance, they attempted to smelt down another engine named Stepney by pushing him into a shed and under a claw, and received no punishment for what boiled down to an attempted murder. In later appearances, the two lose much of what made them threatening instead bully the engines and even take part in a few jobs with other engines with a few comedic moments as well.them.
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** Jasper was a terrifying foe in her first appearance, taking out Garnet in one hit and later fighting her to a standstill. While she's still as powerful in subsequent appearances she lacks her resources and support, and the Crystal Gems have both grown in number and competence. Her subsequent appearances feature two fusions (and Lapis Lazuli) who are able to handle her without much issue, and her final moments before being defeated [[VillainousBreakdown are pretty pathetic.]] [[spoiler:After Homeworld makes peace with Earth and the Diamond Authority disbands, she's reduced to a hermit living in the woods near Beach City, [[StillFightingTheCivilWar training for a war that's very much over]] and largely being ignored by the Crystal Gems.]]
** After the TimeSkip, Aquamarine and Eyeball, previously [[KnightOfCerebus Knights of Cerebus]], return to take vengeance on Steven as a BigBadDuumvirate... but now they no longer have Homeworld's support and resources, leaving them as [[BigBadWannabe nothing but a pair of jobless losers with no plan beyond taking Greg hostage to blackmail Steven]], which immediately fails because Greg easily escapes from them. Once things come down to a real fight, the Crystal Gems [[CurbStompBattle wipe the floor with them]].

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** Jasper [[TheBrute Jasper]] was a terrifying foe in [[Recap/StevenUniverseS1E48TheReturn her first appearance, appearance]], taking out Garnet in one hit and later fighting her to a standstill. While she's still as powerful in subsequent appearances she lacks her resources and support, and the Crystal Gems have both grown in number and competence. Her subsequent appearances feature two fusions (and Lapis Lazuli) who are able to handle her without much issue, and her final moments before being defeated [[VillainousBreakdown are pretty pathetic.]] [[spoiler:After Homeworld makes peace with Earth and the Diamond Authority disbands, she's reduced to a hermit living in the woods near Beach City, [[StillFightingTheCivilWar training for a war that's very much over]] and largely being ignored by the Crystal Gems.]]
** After the TimeSkip, Aquamarine [[NoNonsenseNemesis Aquamarine]] and Eyeball, previously [[KnightOfCerebus Knights of Cerebus]], return to take vengeance on Steven as a BigBadDuumvirate... but now they no longer have Homeworld's support and resources, leaving them as [[BigBadWannabe nothing but a pair of jobless losers with no plan beyond taking Greg hostage to blackmail Steven]], which immediately fails because Greg easily escapes from them. Once things come down to a real fight, the Crystal Gems [[CurbStompBattle wipe the floor with them]].
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** Peridot, the show's first real villain, was introduced as a coldly emotionless and calculating agent of the Gem Homeworld, at one point crushing one of her robots underfoot because it had sustained damage. Half a season later, after being trapped on Earth, stripped of her vehicles and robots, defeated regularly and losing a foot, she's reduced to abducting Steven in the hope his healing powers can fix the Homeworld Warp panel and get her off this rock. [[spoiler:And shortly after that, she's poofed, loses her [[ArtificialLimbs Limb Enhancers]] - leaving her the size of a ten-year-old - and her schemes are reduced to locking herself in Steven's bathroom and refusing to come out, then offering an EnemyMine since it's the only way to preserve her own skin. Spending time with Steven and the Crystal Gems brings about a HeelFaceTurn after failing to reason with Yellow Diamond to save the Earth.]]

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** Peridot, the show's first real villain, was introduced as a coldly emotionless and calculating agent of the Gem Homeworld, at one point crushing one of her robots underfoot because it had sustained damage. Half a season later, after being trapped on Earth, stripped of her vehicles and robots, defeated regularly and losing a foot, she's reduced to abducting Steven in the hope his healing powers can fix the Homeworld Warp panel and get her off this rock. [[spoiler:And shortly after that, she's poofed, loses her [[ArtificialLimbs Limb Enhancers]] - leaving her the size of a ten-year-old - and her schemes are reduced to locking herself in Steven's bathroom and refusing to come out, then offering an EnemyMine since it's the only way to preserve her own skin. Spending time with Steven and the Crystal Gems [[CuriosityCausesConversion brings about about]] a HeelFaceTurn after failing to reason with Yellow Diamond to save the Earth.]]
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* The Diesels and Spencer from ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' suffered a lot from this trope. Diesel 10 as well. In TheMovie, he tried to have every single steam locomotive destroyed and ended up being thrown off a bridge and onto a barge full of sludge, but in one of the sequels he actually wants to take over the Steamworks because of the Dieselworks' poor conditions, and later trapping Thomas and Percy inside the Dieselworks and setting the entire place on fire only to end up being scolded by Sir Topham Hatt at the last minute and is forced to put out the fire he started and repair the entire Dieselworks as punishment because of this!

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* The Diesels and Spencer from ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' suffered a lot from this trope. Diesel 10 as well. In TheMovie, he tried to have every single steam locomotive destroyed and ended up being thrown off a bridge and onto a barge full of sludge, but in one of the sequels he actually wants to take over the Steamworks because of the Dieselworks' poor conditions, and later trapping Thomas and Percy inside the Dieselworks and Dieselworks, with Percy accidentally setting the entire place on fire only to end up being scolded by Sir Topham Hatt at the last minute and is forced to help put out the fire he Percy started and repair the entire Dieselworks as punishment because of this!
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** Nightmare Moon, but shown in reverse order. In the Season 4 flashback, which was chronologically when she first appeared, she fights Celestia in a scene reminiscent of ''Star Wars'' space battles and tries to kill her. In the Season 1 premier when she actually appears in the present day, she imprisons Celestia off camera (though likely as revenge for giving her the same fate for a thousand years), and while she does try to kill the Mane 6 on her first attempt to stop them from reaching the Elements of Harmony (except Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy, who can fly), her next two attempts are scare tactics, and her next two attempts are simply blocking their way. While it is worth noting that Season 2 is where the true epicness and more threatening villains begin due to the writers being more definitively aware of the fandom, of all the alternate futures in the Season 6 finale, the one where Nightmare Moon wins looks the least worst.
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* The third ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|2012}}'' gave us Chris Bradford and Xever Montes, originally serving as Shredder's CoDragons. During the first season, they proved formidable opponents to the Turtles, even before they were mutated into Dogpound and Fishface, respectively. However, as the show goes on, they become increasingly less effective against the Turtles to the point that Karai and later, Tiger Claw takes their spot as Shredder's top henchmen. During Season 2, Bradford was mutated again, becoming Rahzar, but it seemed too little, too late by this point.

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* The third ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|2012}}'' gave us Chris Bradford and Xever Montes, originally serving as Shredder's CoDragons. During the first season, they proved formidable opponents to the Turtles, even before they were mutated into Dogpound and Fishface, respectively. However, as the show goes on, they become increasingly less effective against the Turtles to the point that Karai and later, Tiger Claw takes take their spot as Shredder's top henchmen. During Season 2, Bradford was mutated again, becoming Rahzar, but it seemed too little, too late by this point.
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* The third ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|2012}}'' gave us Chris Bradford and Xever Montes, originally serving as Shredder's CoDragons. During the first season, they proved formidable opponents to the Turtles, even before they were mutated into Dogpound and Fishface, respectively. However, as the show goes on, they become increasingly less effective against the Turtles to the point that Karai and later, Tiger Claw takes their spot as Shredder's top henchmen. During Season 2, Bradford was mutated again, becoming Rahzar, but it seemed too little, too late by this point.
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* Probably played for laughs in ''WesternAnimation/TheCupheadShow''. The Devil is literally Satan and is treated as such in the first episode, with the carnival goers all screaming and running for their lives as soon as he appears. However, in episode 9, he and Cuphead spend the whole day waiting in line for a new ride at another carnival and nobody around them bats an eye. They even start chatting amiably! He's also this compared with [[VideoGame/{{Cuphead}} the game]] he originally comes from, being much more flamboyant and silly.

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* Probably played for laughs in ''WesternAnimation/TheCupheadShow''. The In ''WesternAnimation/TheCupheadShow'' the Devil is literally Satan and is treated as such in the first episode, with the carnival goers all screaming and running for their lives as soon as he appears. However, in a later episode 9, from the same season, he and Cuphead spend the whole day waiting in line for a new ride at another carnival and nobody around them bats an eye. They even start chatting amiably! He's In the following seasons he appears much more and, while the episodes zig-zag this a bit, he's even more temperamental and melodramatic while failing to harm or scare the cups, bordering on IneffectualSympatheticVillain at times. The Devil is also this compared with [[VideoGame/{{Cuphead}} the game]] he originally comes from, being much more flamboyant sillier and silly.less threatening.

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** Ra's Al Ghul himself suffered from this in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' and his subsequent appearances in the DCAU. Introduced as the leader of a global secret society, whose first villain plan involved wiping out 99% of the human race to save the planet, and once described by Batman himself in the ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "The Demon Reborn," as "a criminal mastermind more dangerous than ComicBook/LexLuthor and ComicBook/TheJoker put together", Ra's would end up spending EVERY SINGLE ONE of his episodes trying out various wacky schemes to cheat death and expand his already 600 year long lifespan, instead of doing anything productive to menace the human race. Ra's al Ghul's Villain Decay is still debatable, considering how later in the canon, they refer to something called "The Near-Apocalypse of '09," which Ra's was behind, and apparently took the whole Justice League to stop. In a more justified example its not that he became less formidable, as much as the fact that his primary motivation became less harmful. Ra himself says in "The Demon Reborn" that he realized the Lazarus Pits effects were becoming shorter and shorter, so perhaps he was concentrating on finding out a way to live longer before trying another [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination effort]]. His diminished threat is cemented in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' where not only has he pulled a GrandTheftMe on his own daughter in yet another plan to avoid death, he suffers an epic TheReasonYouSuckSpeech from Batman himself who tells him "You don't cheat death, you whimper in fear of it... [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And you hit like a girl.]]"

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** [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's Al Ghul Ghul]] himself suffered from this in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' and his subsequent appearances in the DCAU. Introduced as the leader of a global secret society, whose first villain plan involved wiping out 99% of the human race to save the planet, and once described by Batman himself in the ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "The Demon Reborn," as "a criminal mastermind more dangerous than ComicBook/LexLuthor [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] and ComicBook/TheJoker [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] put together", Ra's would end up spending EVERY SINGLE ONE of his episodes trying out various wacky schemes to cheat death and expand his already 600 year long lifespan, instead of doing anything productive to menace the human race. Ra's al Ghul's Villain Decay is still debatable, considering how later in the canon, they refer to something called "The Near-Apocalypse of '09," which Ra's was behind, and apparently took the whole Justice League to stop. In a more justified example its not that he became less formidable, as much as the fact that his primary motivation became less harmful. Ra himself says in "The Demon Reborn" that he realized the Lazarus Pits effects were becoming shorter and shorter, so perhaps he was concentrating on finding out a way to live longer before trying another [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination effort]]. His diminished threat is cemented in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' where not only has he pulled a GrandTheftMe on his own daughter in yet another plan to avoid death, he suffers an epic TheReasonYouSuckSpeech from Batman himself who tells him "You don't cheat death, you whimper in fear of it... [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And you hit like a girl.]]"



** {{Inverted|Trope}} in ''Batman Beyond'' by Mad Stan, the show's resident BombThrowingAnarchist, who began the series as a comical, over the top paranoid weirdo whose grand plan was to blow up a library, and ended it as one of the few [[BadassNormal non-powered]] villains who posed a legitimate physical threat to Terry, and almost destroyed Gotham with a suitcase nuke.

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** {{Inverted|Trope}} in ''Batman Beyond'' by Mad Stan, the show's resident BombThrowingAnarchist, [[BombThrowingAnarchists Bomb-Throwing Anarchist]], who began the series as a comical, over the top paranoid weirdo whose grand plan was to blow up a library, and ended it as one of the few [[BadassNormal non-powered]] villains who posed a legitimate physical threat to Terry, and almost destroyed Gotham with a suitcase nuke.



*** Kalibak was perhaps the most obvious example. His first appearance was a whole-episode slugfest where he stood toe-to-toe with Superman. In subsequent appearances, he's little more than a doorstop: Superman punches him out in less than a minute in "Legacy", and although he beat Franchise/WonderWoman in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', he got stalled out by Batman.
-->'''Superman:''' ''[after punching Kalibak out]'' For what it's worth, I don't think you could've taken Batman, either.
** In ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'', Hotstreak started out as the biggest bully in school and the leader of a local street gang who becomes even more dangerous when he got exposed to the Big Bang gas with the ability to control fire. He was a genuine threat for his first couple of appearances but as the series went on he became more and more pathetic. He was decayed so badly that, on one occasion, when one of the heroines gave him a wedgie, he ran away crying.
*** Ebon also suffers for this. He's threatening at first, but gets his ass handed to him in nearly every appearance even with help form his henchmen, and loses fights against supporting characters.

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*** Kalibak was perhaps the most obvious example. His first appearance was a whole-episode slugfest where he stood toe-to-toe with Superman. In subsequent appearances, he's little more than a doorstop: Superman punches him out in less than a minute in "Legacy", and although he beat Franchise/WonderWoman Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}} in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', he got stalled out by Batman.
-->'''Superman:''' ---->'''Superman:''' ''[after punching Kalibak out]'' For what it's worth, I don't think you could've taken Batman, either.
** In ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'', Hotstreak started out as the biggest bully in school and the leader of a local street gang who becomes even more dangerous when he got exposed to the Big Bang gas with the ability to control fire. He was a genuine threat for his first couple of appearances but as the series went on he became more and more pathetic. He was decayed so badly that, on one occasion, when one of the heroines gave him a wedgie, he ran away crying.
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crying. Ebon also suffers for this. He's threatening at first, but gets his ass handed to him in nearly every appearance even with help form his henchmen, and loses fights against supporting characters.



** Even worse with the Forever Knights, who went from a mysterious evil organisation to ridiculously weak villains who served as the heroes' punching ball (to the point in one episode, Gwen felt like it was more important for Ben to assist his girlfriend's tennis match than keeping an eye on them). Fortunately corrected in season 2 of ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'', where their founder comes back and turns them back into a real threat. ''Omniverse'' bring them back into this trope, since their war with [[ReligionOfEvil the Esoterica]] has left them mostly decimated, with only a very small team still active led by a minor member named Joseph Chadwick (who had only showed up in ''one'' episode prior and was just a scientist in the group rather than an authority figure). The reboot ultimately replaced all of them with a lone, [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans Slade]]-esque, Forever Knight, who could prove to be a serious threat in any episode he turned up in.

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** Even worse with the Forever Knights, who went from a mysterious evil organisation to ridiculously weak villains who served as the heroes' punching ball (to the point in one episode, Gwen felt like it was more important for Ben to assist his girlfriend's tennis match than keeping an eye on them). Fortunately corrected in season 2 of ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien'', where their founder comes back and turns them back into a real threat. ''Omniverse'' bring them back into this trope, since their war with [[ReligionOfEvil the Esoterica]] has left them mostly decimated, with only a very small team still active led by a minor member named Joseph Chadwick (who had only showed up in ''one'' episode prior and was just a scientist in the group rather than an authority figure). The reboot ultimately replaced all of them with a lone, [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 Slade]]-esque, Forever Knight, who could prove to be a serious threat in any episode he turned up in.



* Cobra Commander, the main villain of ''Franchise/GIJoe'', follows other aforementioned 80s cartoon villains' example but he's worth special mention because in parallel to his bumbling persona in the cartoon, his original comic book persona remained a ruthless MagnificentBastard all throughout to its final issues. This decay was probably intentional because his bloodthirsty ways needed to be [[ButNotTooEvil toned down for the Sunbow series]]. Though also worth mention is that while the cartoon Commander was mostly inept by the end of G.I. Joe's second season, at least he was a part of the sub-plot concerning an internal civil war within Cobra where Commander and a few others made up the secret sub-group Coil in an effort to slowly wrestle control of Cobra away from Cobra emperor Serpentor, giving the villain at least some credibility by the end. However in the [[WesternAnimation/GIJoeTheMovie animated movie]], Coil is never mentioned and Cobra Commander goes beyond becoming everyone's ButtMonkey for the film in a literal sense, in a way decaying the character in two different ways. Fans of G.I. Joe tend to not like the movie very much based on this, and the fact the movie attempts to retcon what is known about the Commander's past to something beyond ludicrous…even by 80s cartoon standards.

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* Cobra Commander, the main villain of ''Franchise/GIJoe'', ''WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero'', follows other aforementioned 80s cartoon villains' example but he's worth special mention because in parallel to his bumbling persona in the cartoon, his original comic book persona remained a ruthless MagnificentBastard all throughout to its final issues. This decay was probably intentional because his bloodthirsty ways needed to be [[ButNotTooEvil toned down for the Sunbow series]]. Though also worth mention is that while the cartoon Commander was mostly inept by the end of G.I. Joe's second season, at least he was a part of the sub-plot concerning an internal civil war within Cobra where Commander and a few others made up the secret sub-group Coil in an effort to slowly wrestle control of Cobra away from Cobra emperor Serpentor, giving the villain at least some credibility by the end. However in the [[WesternAnimation/GIJoeTheMovie animated movie]], Coil is never mentioned and Cobra Commander goes beyond becoming everyone's ButtMonkey for the film in a literal sense, in a way decaying the character in two different ways. Fans of G.I. Joe tend to not like the movie very much based on this, and the fact the movie attempts to retcon what is known about the Commander's past to something beyond ludicrous…even by 80s cartoon standards.



* In early episodes of WesternAnimation/KryptoTheSuperdog, [[BigBad Mechanikat]] was presented as a shadowy, behind the scenes type villain akin to [[Franchise/JamesBond Ernst Stavro Blofeld]] or [[WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget Dr. Claw]], only acting through his hench-cats Snooky Wookums and/or Delilah. But once he started taking a more active role in the series, he is given many more comical moments and humiliating defeats, more than once [[HoistByHisOwnPetard having his own plans backfire on him.]]

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* In early episodes of WesternAnimation/KryptoTheSuperdog, ''WesternAnimation/KryptoTheSuperdog'', [[BigBad Mechanikat]] was presented as a shadowy, behind the scenes type villain akin to [[Franchise/JamesBond Ernst Stavro Blofeld]] or [[WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget Dr. Claw]], only acting through his hench-cats Snooky Wookums and/or Delilah. But once he started taking a more active role in the series, he is given many more comical moments and humiliating defeats, more than once [[HoistByHisOwnPetard having his own plans backfire on him.]]



** After the TimeSkip, Aquamarine and Eyeball, previously [[KnightOfCerebus Knights Of Cerebus]], return to take vengeance on Steven as a BigBadDuumvirate... but now they no longer have Homeworld's support and resources, leaving them as [[BigBadWannabe nothing but a pair of jobless losers with no plan beyond taking Greg hostage to blackmail Steven]], which immediately fails because Greg easily escapes from them. Once things come down to a real fight, the Crystal Gems [[CurbStompBattle wipe the floor with them]].

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** After the TimeSkip, Aquamarine and Eyeball, previously [[KnightOfCerebus Knights Of of Cerebus]], return to take vengeance on Steven as a BigBadDuumvirate... but now they no longer have Homeworld's support and resources, leaving them as [[BigBadWannabe nothing but a pair of jobless losers with no plan beyond taking Greg hostage to blackmail Steven]], which immediately fails because Greg easily escapes from them. Once things come down to a real fight, the Crystal Gems [[CurbStompBattle wipe the floor with them]].



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** Starscream took a level up in badassery when he first fought the Autobots and was too strong for them (making up somewhat for the stupidity he displayed earlier), but later he's largely a joke because of how he kept getting his ass kicked by Megatron. Two other Decepticons, Blitzwing and Lugnut also suffered from this. Initially, they would be considered {{Not So Harmless Villain}}s. They were dumb, but either of them could take all the Autobots on his own. But as time went on, they kept on getting beaten by plot devices and largely become jokes.

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** Starscream took a level up in badassery when he first fought the Autobots and was too strong for them (making up somewhat for the stupidity he displayed earlier), but later he's largely a joke because of how he kept getting his ass kicked by Megatron. Two other Decepticons, Blitzwing and Lugnut also suffered from this. Initially, they would be considered {{Not So Harmless Villain}}s.[[NotSoHarmlessVillain Not-So-Harmless Villains]]. They were dumb, but either of them could take all the Autobots on his own. But as time went on, they kept on getting beaten by plot devices and largely become jokes.



* ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009'' had the Brotherhood of Mutants first appear with a relatively clever plan that framed the X-Men for an attempted assassination. As the series went on and on, however, [[Comicbook/{{Quicksilver}} Pietro]] became [[TookALevelInDumbass increasingly stupider]], and the effectiveness of group decreased.

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* ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009'' had the Brotherhood of Mutants first appear with a relatively clever plan that framed the X-Men for an attempted assassination. As the series went on and on, however, [[Comicbook/{{Quicksilver}} [[Characters/MarvelComicsQuicksilver Pietro]] became [[TookALevelInDumbass increasingly stupider]], and the effectiveness of group decreased.
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* All villains from ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' other than HIM suffered villain decay, especially Mojo Jojo, who was actually able to take over Townsville with an army of monkeys in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie'', which takes place before any other event in the series. Even HIM suffered a few degrading roles in the show as well (in the writers' defense, he was an insane effeminate crossdresser, how could they resist?), though Mojo continued to have the odd threatening role. While a lot of other villains got progressively worse, the competence for both former characters was arguably more a case of DependingOnTheWriter.

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* All ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'': Any villains who weren't {{harmless|Villain}} from ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' the get-go, other than HIM HIM, suffered villain decay, especially decay. Especially Mojo Jojo, who was actually able to take over Townsville with an army of monkeys in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie'', which takes place before any other event in the series. Even HIM suffered a few degrading roles in the show as well (in the writers' defense, he was an insane effeminate crossdresser, how could they resist?), though Mojo continued to have the odd threatening role. While a lot of other villains got progressively worse, the competence for both former characters was arguably more a case of DependingOnTheWriter.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SimbaENatoUnRe'': Shere Khan is an odd example, as his most effective moments, those being murdering Simba's mother and Buckshot`s father, and orchestrating the King`s death, are all shown in flashbacks, or in the case of the latter, in the first minute of the pilot (and later in more detail in another flashback). After that, however, he becomes little more than a lazy and foolish coward who spends the entire series ordering his incompetent henchmen around and having his army rather easily defeated by the heroes. Maybe he let his initial success get to his head?
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Cleanup. Not Decay if they were never a threat onscreen.


* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyMakeYourMark'': Presumably hundreds of years ago, Opaline divided Equestria, a land that was last seen in absolute harmony, by manipulating ponies into turning against each other, possibly drove the non-ponies to extinction (or near-extinction in the dragons' case), and [[spoiler:Twilight Sparkle had to resort to ending magic to stop her]]. By the present day, however, she comes across as weak and incompetent and her evil plans seem more of a sideshow than a serious threat.

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** For a meta example, Grogar himself. In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends'', he’s one of the most dangerous villains Megan and the ponies ever faced, and was one of the closest out of any of them to beating them. In G4, he is hyped up as a threat, [[spoiler:but turns out to just be a disguise for Discord, with the ''real'' Grogar still missing and presumably still haven't recovered from his banishment and imprisonment, assuming he hasn't died of old age by now.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyMakeYourMark'': Presumably hundreds of years ago, Opaline divided Equestria, a land that was last seen in absolute harmony, by manipulating ponies into turning against each other, possibly drove the non-ponies to extinction (or near-extinction in the dragons' case), and it's even implied that she [[spoiler:killed Twilight Sparkle ''after'' the latter had to resort to ending magic to stop her.]] By the present day, however, she comes across as weak and incompetent and her evil plans seem more of a sideshow than a serious threat.

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** For a meta example, Grogar himself. In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends'', he’s one of the most dangerous villains Megan and the ponies ever faced, and was one of the closest out of any of them to beating them. In G4, he is hyped up as a threat, [[spoiler:but turns out to just be a disguise for Discord, with the ''real'' Grogar still missing and presumably still haven't recovered from his banishment and imprisonment, assuming he hasn't died of old age by now.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyMakeYourMark'': Presumably hundreds of years ago, Opaline divided Equestria, a land that was last seen in absolute harmony, by manipulating ponies into turning against each other, possibly drove the non-ponies to extinction (or near-extinction in the dragons' case), and it's even implied that she [[spoiler:killed Twilight [[spoiler:Twilight Sparkle ''after'' the latter had to resort to ending magic to stop her.]] her]]. By the present day, however, she comes across as weak and incompetent and her evil plans seem more of a sideshow than a serious threat.
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** For a meta example, Grogar himself. In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends'', he’s one of the most dangerous villains Megan and the ponies ever faced, and came the closest out of any of them to beating her. In G4, he is hyped up as a threat, [[spoiler:but turns out to just be a disguise for Discord, with the ''real'' Grogar still missing and presumably still haven't recovered from his banishment and imprisonment, assuming he hasn't died of old age by now.]]

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** For a meta example, Grogar himself. In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyAndFriends'', he’s one of the most dangerous villains Megan and the ponies ever faced, and came was one of the closest out of any of them to beating her.them. In G4, he is hyped up as a threat, [[spoiler:but turns out to just be a disguise for Discord, with the ''real'' Grogar still missing and presumably still haven't recovered from his banishment and imprisonment, assuming he hasn't died of old age by now.]]

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I know nothing about what is considered spoilers for this series. Funny enough, this character was considered Pure Evil for a while on Villains Wiki until a successful removal proposal came.


* Originally in ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'', Bigmouth was a greedy and selfish VillainousGlutton who barely avoided slipping past the MoralEventHorizon in one early story by stealing the village's winter stores, not caring at all if it meant the rightful owners starving as a result. But as the series progressed, he slipped into going between LaughablyEvil and ObliviouslyEvil, and by the time he met Bignose, became more of a FriendlyEnemy to the smurfs.

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Bigmouth was a greedy and selfish VillainousGlutton who barely avoided slipping past the MoralEventHorizon in one early story by stealing the village's winter stores, not caring at all if it meant the rightful owners starving as a result. But as the series progressed, he slipped into going between LaughablyEvil and ObliviouslyEvil, and by the time he met Bignose, became more of a FriendlyEnemy to the smurfs. smurfs.
** Lord Balthazar went from at least trying to be serious, with crimes such as killing a baby duck (that was later revived), attempting to kill many Smurfs, experimenting on a baby Smurf, and even attempting to undo time itself; only to gradually become more comedic, to the point of being a completely comedic character in an episode where he has to take care of his niece. It's less dymanic than some other examples here since his first defeat, having some animals chase after him, happens early after his introduction.
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* All villains from ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' other than HIM suffered villain decay, especially Mojo Jojo, who was actually able to take over Townsville with an army of monkeys in the movie, which takes place before any other event in the series. Even HIM suffered a few degrading roles in the show as well (in the writers' defense, he was an insane effeminate crossdresser, how could they resist?), though Mojo continued to have the odd threatening role. While a lot of other villains got progressively worse, the competence for both former characters was arguably more a case of DependingOnTheWriter.

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* All villains from ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' other than HIM suffered villain decay, especially Mojo Jojo, who was actually able to take over Townsville with an army of monkeys in the movie, ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirlsMovie'', which takes place before any other event in the series. Even HIM suffered a few degrading roles in the show as well (in the writers' defense, he was an insane effeminate crossdresser, how could they resist?), though Mojo continued to have the odd threatening role. While a lot of other villains got progressively worse, the competence for both former characters was arguably more a case of DependingOnTheWriter.

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* The recurring villains in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard'' all fall into this; going from genuine threats to either smug, inept or smug and inept.

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* The recurring villains in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard'' all fall into this; going from genuine threats to either smug, inept or [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs smug and inept.inept]].



** Mzingo was a sinister FeatheredFiend who served as Janja's personal spy. However, his competence went down as the series went on. In his most recent appearance, aside from a brief moment of competence, he's a bumbling ButtMonkey who is defeated almost embarrassingly easily in one of the series' most one-sided curbstomps.

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** Mzingo was a sinister FeatheredFiend who served as Janja's personal spy. However, his competence went down as the series went on. In his most recent appearance, aside from a brief moment of competence, he's a bumbling ButtMonkey who is defeated almost embarrassingly easily in one of the series' most one-sided curbstomps.curb-stomps.



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* In his first appearance in ''WesternAnimation/YinYangYo'', Kraggler is an incredibly elderly gargoyle who is discounted by the siblings due to his age, then proves to be a very powerful and capable villain, who, rather than being defeated, is convinced to stop because of an apology for his mistreatment. From then on, he's treated as a joke villain (even moreso than the other villains, this being a comedy series) who's only a threat if he uses magic to reduce his age.

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* In his first appearance in ''WesternAnimation/YinYangYo'', Kraggler is an incredibly elderly gargoyle who is discounted by the siblings Yin and Yang due to his age, then proves to be a very powerful and capable villain, who, rather than being defeated, is convinced to stop because of an apology for his mistreatment. From then on, he's treated as a joke villain (even moreso than the other villains, this being a comedy series) who's only a threat if he uses magic to reduce his age.age.
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*** Kalibak was perhaps the most obvious example. His first appearance was a whole-episode slugfest where he stood toe-to-toe with Superman. In subsequent appearances, he's little more than a doorstop: Superman punches him out in less than a minute in "Legacy", and although he beat Franchise/WonderWoman he loses to Batman in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''.
** In ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'', Hotstreak started out as the biggest bully in school and the leader of a local street gang who becomes even more dangerous when he got exposed to the big bang gas with the ability to control fire. He was a genuine threat for his first couple of appearances but as the series went on he became more and more pathetic. He was decayed so badly that on one occasion when one of the heroines gave him a wedgie he ran away crying. What is he now, Jack Spicer?

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*** Kalibak was perhaps the most obvious example. His first appearance was a whole-episode slugfest where he stood toe-to-toe with Superman. In subsequent appearances, he's little more than a doorstop: Superman punches him out in less than a minute in "Legacy", and although he beat Franchise/WonderWoman in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', he loses to Batman in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''.
got stalled out by Batman.
-->'''Superman:''' ''[after punching Kalibak out]'' For what it's worth, I don't think you could've taken Batman, either.
** In ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'', Hotstreak started out as the biggest bully in school and the leader of a local street gang who becomes even more dangerous when he got exposed to the big bang Big Bang gas with the ability to control fire. He was a genuine threat for his first couple of appearances but as the series went on he became more and more pathetic. He was decayed so badly that that, on one occasion occasion, when one of the heroines gave him a wedgie wedgie, he ran away crying. What is he now, Jack Spicer?crying.



** Just ''look'' at Valmont. In the early seasons, he was a charismatic, refined, [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney rich-out-his-ass leader of a worldwide criminal organization]] who could very well be mistaken for a MagnificentBastard (He was even able to hold his own against (and get the better of) Jackie in their personal confrontations.) Then take a gander at the later seasons...knocking over convenience stores, living in an apartment no bigger than your bathroom (seriously), and leaning on the three goons he has left to pay for the bill at a pancake shop. The last time he's ever seen, in the show's final episode, he's become a ''bus driver''.

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** Just ''look'' at Valmont. In the early seasons, he was a charismatic, refined, [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney rich-out-his-ass leader of a worldwide criminal organization]] who could very well be mistaken for a MagnificentBastard (He MagnificentBastard. He was even able to hold his own against (and get the better of) Jackie in their personal confrontations.) confrontations. Then take a gander at the later seasons...seasons: knocking over convenience stores, living in an apartment no bigger than your bathroom (seriously), and leaning on the three goons he has left to pay for the bill at a pancake shop. The last time he's ever seen, in the show's final episode, he's become a ''bus driver''.



** Shendu also suffers from this. Early on, he's an ominous and threatening figure, despite being stuck as a statue. During the end of the 1st season, when he's finally regained his powers, he's a vastly powerful and menacing evil dragon. During the 2nd season, however, he's beat up by his demon siblings because he lost his body and they still have their's, then gets stuck sharing Valmont's body and is largely a joke, except during the finale, and when he later returns during the finale of the 3rd season. During the series finale, however, he's stuck helping the heroes, and is largely a joke when fighting his son Drago.

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** Shendu also suffers from this. Early on, he's an ominous and threatening figure, despite being stuck as a statue. During the end of the 1st season, when he's finally regained his powers, he's a vastly powerful and menacing evil dragon. During the 2nd season, however, he's beat up by his demon siblings because he lost his body and they still have their's, theirs, then gets stuck sharing Valmont's body and is largely a joke, except during the finale, and when he later returns during the finale of the 3rd season. During the series finale, however, he's stuck helping the heroes, and is largely a joke when fighting his son Drago.



** The Hobgoblin experiences this, being outclassed by the Green Goblin in his last appearance. The story editor John Semper hated The Hobgoblin character and only used him due to ExecutiveMeddling (his predecessor had plans to use the Hobgoblin instead of The Green Goblin and by the time Semper replaced him the toy had been commissioned and it was too late to change plans). So no surprise he became the Green Goblin's bitch.
** Doctor Octopus also suffers from this where in as the series goes he descends into being nothing more but Kingpin's lackey.

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** The Hobgoblin experiences this, being outclassed by the Green Goblin in his last appearance. The story editor John Semper hated The Hobgoblin character and only used him due to ExecutiveMeddling (his predecessor had plans to use the Hobgoblin instead of The the Green Goblin and by the time Semper replaced him the toy had been commissioned and it was too late to change plans). So no surprise he became the Green Goblin's bitch.
** Doctor Octopus also suffers from this where in as the series goes he descends into being nothing more but than Kingpin's lackey.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', Plankton was actually a fairly menacing antagonist in his eponymous debut episode, nearly stealing the secret Krabby Patty formula on his own and only really failing due to a lack of self-control. In "Walking Small", his ''third'' major appearance, he's rendered completely ineffectual due to his small size and needs [=SpongeBob=]'s help to get anything done. He's pinballed between relatively competent, IneffectualSympatheticVillain, and outright HarmlessVillain ever since, DependingOnTheWriter. [[WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie The first movie]] shows him to be {{not so harmless|Villain}}--but only after his computer wife Karen tells him the alphabet has 26 letters. Plankton decayed even further in the DorkAge following said movie, to the point where it's hard to believe anyone ever considered him a threat (in one episode he has to be reminded to ''blink'').

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* In ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', Plankton was actually a fairly menacing antagonist in his eponymous debut episode, nearly stealing the secret Krabby Patty formula on his own and only really failing due to a lack of self-control. In "Walking Small", his ''third'' major appearance, he's rendered completely ineffectual due to his small size and needs [=SpongeBob=]'s help to get anything done. He's pinballed between relatively competent, IneffectualSympatheticVillain, and outright HarmlessVillain ever since, DependingOnTheWriter. [[WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie The first movie]] shows him to be {{not so harmless|Villain}}--but only after his computer wife Karen tells him the alphabet has 26 letters. Plankton decayed even further in the DorkAge AudienceAlienatingEra following said movie, to the point where it's hard to believe anyone ever considered him a threat (in one episode he has to be reminded to ''blink'').
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* The Hacker from ''WesternAnimation/{{Cyberchase}}'' was hit ''hard'' with this. He used to be the most feared person throughout all of Cyberspace as his sheer name alone was enough to make people cower in fear. This made sense considering his main goal to take over Cyberspace by going after [[BigGood Motherboard]] and his threat level was enough to put the entirely of Cyberspace in danger as he has done numerous of times (even [[TheBadGuyWins succeeding for a short while in a two-parter episode]]). However, later in the seasons as the Cybergang managed to foil his plans each and every time, The Hacker's threat level took a drastic drop to the point that not even ordianry citizens are afraid of him anymore and the Cybergang in general treat him more as an annoyance than an actual threat. The Hacker knows about this and constantly tries to find ways to make himself feared again while trying to take over Cyberspace, but [[StatusQuoIsGod fails each and every time]].

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* The Hacker from ''WesternAnimation/{{Cyberchase}}'' was hit ''hard'' with this. He used to be the most feared person throughout all of Cyberspace as his sheer name alone was enough to make people cower in fear. This made sense considering his main goal to take over Cyberspace by going after [[BigGood Motherboard]] and his threat level was enough to put the entirely of Cyberspace in danger as he has done numerous of times (even [[TheBadGuyWins succeeding for a short while in a two-parter episode]]). However, later in the seasons as the Cybergang managed to foil his plans each and every time, The Hacker's threat level took a drastic drop to the point that not even ordianry ordinary citizens are afraid of him anymore and the Cybergang in general treat him more as an annoyance than an actual threat. The Hacker knows about this and constantly tries to find ways to make himself feared again while trying to take over Cyberspace, but [[StatusQuoIsGod fails each and every time]].

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* In ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', the CIS as a whole suffered from this greatly in early seasons compared to their film counterparts. The battle droids went from a cold, calculating fighting force to a batch of extremely cowardly and ineffective foot soldiers, having essentially been turned into an army of comic relief bots. Their military leaders, such as General Grievous, were being foiled at every turn by the heroes, and even Nute Gunray was captured at one point, which would've been unthinkable in the films. It got to the point where you're left to wonder how the war has lasted as long as it has when the villains are this incompetent.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', the ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': "[[Recap/StarTrekLowerDecksS1E10NoSmallParts No Small Parts]]": The evil computer Landru from ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' has been downgraded to merely demanding that people obey him rather than assimilating them, and is cowed by Freeman with a threat of a LogicBomb.
-->'''Landru:''' CONSUME THE INTRUDERS! OBEY LANDRU!\\
'''Freeman:''' Hey! Don't make me [[LogicBomb paradox you into destroying yourself]]!\\
'''Landru:''' LANDRU APOLOGIZES.
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CIS as a whole suffered from this greatly in early seasons compared to their film counterparts. The battle droids went from a cold, calculating fighting force to a batch of extremely cowardly and ineffective foot soldiers, having essentially been turned into an army of comic relief bots. Their military leaders, such as General Grievous, were being foiled at every turn by the heroes, and even Nute Gunray was captured at one point, which would've been unthinkable in the films. It got to the point where you're left to wonder how the war has lasted as long as it has when the villains are this incompetent.

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