History VillainsOutShopping / AnimeAndManga

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** And the actual game of ''358/2 Days'' shows us what Axel and Roxas like to do when they're off duty: hang out on the Twilight Town clocktower and eat ice cream, as shown in one of the previous page illustrations. In the same game, the other Organization members lounge in their castle's equivalent of a living room.

*** Cover-stories in general focus on defeated villains trying to deal with their lives after being clobbered by the Straw Hats. Wapol ends up inventing the One Piece equivalent of Lego and becomes filthy rich thanks to it, Hatchi fulfills his dream of owning a Takoyaki stand, and Gedatsu starts up his own hot-spring resort. The rest of the Baroque Works Officer Agents start up another Spiders Cafe.

* ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' does this much in the same vein as ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack''. One particularly memorable example is when AxCrazy PsychoForHire Claire Stanfield casually hits up [[HeroicBystander Rachel]] for a lunch date so he can ask her [[UnholyMatrimony how he can get this girl he likes to notice him...]]

* The main premise of ''LightNovel/TheDevilIsAPartTimer'', along with a helping of HeroesGoneFishing and occasionally GoKartingWithBowser.

* In the second season of ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'', while the party gets sidetracked from their main quest by the royal family, Zelgadis complains that Xellos will get ahead looking for the bible. Cut to Xellos enjoying a nice glass of water at a local cafe.

* ''Manga/DeathNote'' and ''Anime/CodeGeass'' use this as an InvokedTrope with the behavior of their respective VillainProtagonist and ByronicHero when they are aware they are under surveillance. Light has his infamous potato chip eating scene, and Lelouch has a perhaps better example in season 2, where he goes on a sort of date with Shirley at the mall and is observed by both his fellow classmates and the government, and manages to pretend to be oblivious to both, and to enact a scheme as Zero while on the date.
** In ''Manga/DeathNote'', [[HangingJudge Teru]] [[AxCrazy Mikami]] subscribes to a gym (though it does factor into Light's plan).
*** And if you don't take in to consideration that [[PsychopathicManchild Misa]] [[{{Yandere}} Amane]] is the Second Kira, she's actually a pretty fun person, as well as a ''very'' successful entertainer (model, IdolSinger, actress, etc). Don't cross either her or Light and you'll be okay.
*** Light and [[{{Shinigami}} Ryuk]] have been known to hang out watching wrestling matches and playing video games in between plotting and executing bouts of mass murder.

* In ''Anime/SSSSDynazenon'' the antagonistic Kaiju Eugenecists will usually take control of a Kaiju and make it go on a rampage through the city. In one episode there were no Kaiju around, so they spent the day going to see movies, playing sports, and various other activities.]

* During his FaceFramedInShadow period, Dio of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' was often seen lounging and reading books in his hideout with AGlassOfChianti.
** Kira Yoshikage, psychopath tendencies aside, was just your average wealthy businessman. He went to work, got his suit tailored, bought sandwiches,etc.

** Revy calls [[KnifeNut Shenhua]] at home to seek her help, and as Shenhua talks on the phone, you see her apartment mates Sawyer the Cleaner and Rotton the Wizard playing video games. Not so odd in Rotton's case, since he's a pretty decent guy, but definitely this trope for Shenhua and Sawyer, who are quite psychotic.

** In the 23rd ending credits for the anime for episodes 266-278, [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters every character]], villain or not, is seen in street clothes in the mortal world, participating in evening activities. [[spoiler: Only one who defies this is, naturally, Ulquiorra; instead of doing anything, he's out in the rain in an overcoat, still looking the same. No bags, no indication of what he's doing, and no one around him.]] (The song is 'Stay Beautiful' by Diggy Mo, if you're interested in searching for it on Youtube - no link provided as they have a tendency to get taken down.)

* When new villain, Villagiulio, appears in ''Anime/RinneNoLagrange'', he seems to be a serious deal. In the very next episode he spends most of time goofing out at the beach and goes drinking with Madoka's uncle after they got into a fight over a coat they both wanted to buy.

* ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'': [[EvilTwin Goku Black]] and Zamasu, the BigBadDuumvirate of the Future Trunks Saga, plot to [[KillAllHumans wipe out all mortal life]] to [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans create their own view of a paradise]]. In-between mass murder of the Earthlings, the two are shown chilling out in what looks to be a summer house located in a beautiful field, enjoying ASpotOfTea and admiring the view outside the city.

** Semi-used in ''Strikers''. Shortly after the new cyborgs are activated, most are seen relaxing in baths, sipping tea, or, in Scaglietti's case, getting a trim from his secretary. The only one who doesn't relax is Sette. This serves to emphasize her position as [[EmotionlessGirl the most robotic]] of the Numbers.

** The cover stories after the war also show the Marines lounging around, most notably, Admiral Akainu cutting a bonsai.
*** The [=CP9=] members actually go shopping during their Cover Story while they wait for Lucci to recover. After he does, they go bowling.
*** Cover-stories in general focus on defeated villains trying to deal with their lives after being clobbered by the Straw Hats. Wapol ends up inventing the One Piece equivalent of Lego and becomes filthy rich thanks to it, Hatchi fulfills his dream of owning a Takoyaki stand, and Gedatsu starts up his own hot-spring resort. The rest of the Baroque Works Officer Agents start up another Spiders Cafe.

* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' has [[spoiler: Chao]] managing a restaurant while she plots to break TheMasquerade. She even goes to the point of [[ProductPlacement doing an ad for it]] on a [[DoNotAdjustYourSet jumbotron type thing]] after she finishes her EvilGloating.

* In ''Anime/SSSSDynazenon'' the antagonistic Kaiju Eugenecists will usually take control of a Kaiju and make it go on a rampage through the city. In one episode there were no Kaiju around, so they spent the day going to see movies, playing sports, and various other activities.

** It was cake...or possibly steak. In the manga, it was definitely steak, not very cooked, and he was eating it with his arms still pinioned to his sides by his self-torture sarcophagus. [[spoiler: And this was about where Midvalley decided it was embarrassing to be obeying this guy and tried a coup. No dice, partner.]]

* In ''Manga/PsychicSquad'', when Hyoubu Kyosuke isn't organizing his evil organization for battle, he's playing video games against WeaselMascot Momotaro. And losing.
* On two occasions in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', members of Akatsuki are seen having dumplings for lunch; once in the beginning of the Return of Itachi arc with Itachi and Kisame, and once in the Three-Tails Arc with Deidara and Tobi.
* Envy from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' was revealed in one of the video games to have a thing for...chocolate parfait. Yes, how fearsome.
* While GrayAndGrayMorality means that no one is clearly a villain, there are still plenty of ''Antagonist Out Shopping'' scenes in ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack''. First, for the British agents- [[HardDrinkingPartyGirl April]] visiting a host club and complaining when the hosts collapse from drunkenness after she out-drinks them. Her partner [[EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor November 11]] is shown to have a FunnyAnsweringMachine, and is a fairly nice guy when off the job.
** In the same episode, November 11 is kidnapped by Amber's henchman Maki, a CreepyChild, and Amagiri, who have just finished blowing up several embassy buildings. Maki spends his spare time learning Japanese and complains about burning his tongue from his Remuneration of drinking hot milk.
*** A later episode has Amagiri complaining about how ''his'' Remuneration of eating hard boiled eggs is bad for his cholesterol.
* ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'' does this much in the same vein as ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack''. One particularly memorable example is when AxCrazy PsychoForHire Claire Stanfield casually hits up [[HeroicBystander Rachel]] for a lunch date so he can ask her [[UnholyMatrimony how he can get this girl he likes to notice him...]]
** Then again, Claire is arguably the main, or at least most proactive, hero. Yeah. It's that kind of series.
** In one of the light novels set in 2002, the leader of SAMPLE starts one of their cult meetings by apologizing for his lateness - he kept dying on the final boss. Those Japanese shooters are ''hard''.
* ''Manga/TentaiSenshiSunred'' is made of this trope, featuring villains with crappy part time jobs, the head of the evil organization getting lost in a department store, and sentai monsters having domestic squabbles about who ate whose ramen, among other things. The ending theme is set to a heartwarming sequence of the evil organization having a family dinner around a cozily small table.
* An example which overlaps with GoKartingWithBowser- in an episode of ''Manga/BusoRenkin'', the AffablyEvil villain [[SissyVillain Papillon]] wants to meet and talk with the heroes at a neutral location, and they chose the local burger joint. The waitstaff are horrified by Papillon's signature stripperific butterfly outfit and try to subtly indicate that they'd prefer him to carry out. It gets even funnier when the LargeHam BigGood Captain Bravo shows up in his costume and, like Papillon, is adamant about eating in the restaurant, and indicates his desire to eat there regularly.
* In ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'', Taruto, Pai, and Kish are once shown eating parfaits while complaining about global warming.

* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
** Some episodes feature the Team Rocket trio in this trope semi-frequently. One episode had [[TheDon Giovanni]] spending time catching some rays at the beach while James and Jessie pestered Ash and co. while they were researching Slowpoke evolution.
** Hilariously done in "The Island of Giant Pokémon", where in one scene, Koffing and Ekans are chilling and having tea while Ash's Pokémon give Meowth a good shellacking.
** Since Hoenn, Jessie has taken to entering Pokemon contests (usually in a PaperThinDisguise to avoid controversy), usually shanghaiing Meowth into the mix. This is especially evident in the Sinnoh contests and Kalos showcases, where they often competed without a villainous plan or intent of cheating, sometimes even [[TeamRocketWins winning from]] [[LaserGuidedKarma fair skills]].
** Jessie actually gets the occasional ShoppingMontage. On occasion, she ends up spending all their available funds.
* Even though the rest of his crew is doing questionable things, in ''Manga/OnePiece'', we meet our likely final BigBad [[EvilCounterpart Blackbeard]] just having some cherry pie and ale in a random bar.
** The cover stories after the war also show the Marines lounging around, most notably, Admiral Akainu cutting a bonsai.
*** The [=CP9=] members actually go shopping during their Cover Story while they wait for Lucci to recover. After he does, they go bowling.
*** Cover-stories in general focus on defeated villains trying to deal with their lives after being clobbered by the Straw Hats. Wapol ends up inventing the One Piece equivalent of Lego and becomes filthy rich thanks to it, Hatchi fulfills his dream of owning a Takoyaki stand, and Gedatsu starts up his own hot-spring resort. The rest of the Baroque Works Officer Agents start up another Spiders Cafe.
* The anime version of ''[[VideoGame/MegaManStarForce Ryuusei no Rockman]]'' had a {{Filler}} arc which showed several of the main villains as {{Punch Clock Villain}}s. Libra, in particular, took up a job as a GameShowHost and wrote a book, proving himself to be far better at entertaining humans than trying to destroy them.
** The manga ''Manga/MegaManMegamix'' has the Robot Masters from ''VideoGame/MegaMan5'' get part-time jobs at an amusement park. They dub themselves "The Part-Timer Squad" and consider their duties SeriousBusiness; when they're on the clock, they see nothing wrong with helping [=MegaMan=] and ignoring Wily's orders, as making customers happy is more important to them.
* Douglas Rosenberg, the BigBad of ''Anime/ElCazadorDeLaBruja'', spends much of the second half of the series on vacation, in order to avoid raising unwanted attention, but the casual comments he makes, like "fishing requires patience", imply that, at the same time, he's keeping a close eye on the protagonists.
* The 4th ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' OVA ED features the Millennium Organisation destroying London completely...Then moving on to Japan, not to destroy it, but to become {{otaku}}s. All this, while [[CatBoy Schrödinger]] strolls happily in the foreground. While in no way canonical, it is absolutely hilarious to watch The Major, Captain, and Doktor amongst the other prominent members of the organisation walking around acting all nerdy.
** In the episode proper, Rip's lieutenant laments that as a vampire he can no longer do simple things like feeding pigeons in the park.
* ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' applies this trope to the student council members in the filler episodes, and to the point of eeriness with Akio near the end of the series.
* When new villain, Villagiulio, appears in ''Anime/RinneNoLagrange'', he seems to be a serious deal. In the very next episode he spends most of time goofing out at the beach and goes drinking with Madoka's uncle after they got into a fight over a coat they both wanted to buy.

** FanFic example: Othercat's story, ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3854664/4/Chronology What Am I, an Errand Boy?]]'', shows Aion going shopping in a modern day supermarket. HilarityEnsues.

* During his FaceFramedInShadow period, Dio of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' was often seen lounging and reading books in his hideout with AGlassOfChianti.
** Kira Yoshikage, psychopath tendencies aside, was just your average wealthy businessman. He went to work, got his suit tailored, bought sandwiches,etc.

* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'':
** Androids 16, 17, and 18 did this a lot. One scene even had 18 shopping for new clothes.
*** In the BadFuture of ''Anime/DragonBallZTheHistoryOfTrunks'', Androids 17 and 18 take the time to enjoy a few rides in an amusement park in-between their rampage... also while killing everyone in the park and destroying it after they're over.
** In the movie ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'', the God of Destruction Beerus and his attendant Whis enjoy eating Sushi, playing bingo, and breakdancing before proceeding to fight the good guys.
** Zigzagged during the Buu Saga in one scene with Majin Buu, who has achieved his Super Buu form. He gets bored with no-one around (the heroes are trying to figure out how to make a successful attack against him, and he's not only somewhat concerned about it), and decides to get a snack at a bakery, saying, "no sense destroying the world on an empty stomach". (Well, he doesn't pay for anything, but then, the bakery and the town itself is deserted due to the crisis.)
* ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'': [[EvilTwin Goku Black]] and Zamasu, the BigBadDuumvirate of the Future Trunks Saga, plot to [[KillAllHumans wipe out all mortal life]] to [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans create their own view of a paradise]]. In-between mass murder of the Earthlings, the two are shown chilling out in what looks to be a summer house located in a beautiful field, enjoying ASpotOfTea and admiring the view outside the city.

* In ''Manga/{{Beelzebub}}'', a side arc involves tissues from the demon world, which summon members of Behemoth's 34 Pillar Squad (En's personal army) when used properly. The arc just so happens to take place during the squad's monthly trip to a family restaurant, and they're all very annoyed that their meal-time bonding is being interrupted.
* Done in an episode of ''Anime/SailorMoon'' S. Professor Tomoe actually comes back from shopping to find that he's locked out of his house. Cue him doing his FaceFramedInShadow[=/=]LargeHam moments in public and snacking on the food he bought.
* The main premise of ''LightNovel/TheDevilIsAPartTimer'', along with a helping of HeroesGoneFishing and occasionally GoKartingWithBowser.
* There's quite a bit of this in the anime adaption of ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles''. You have Jaeger fooling around, Selvaria trying desperately to do whatever Maximillian wants done and Karl hanging around trying to be helpful. Neither Gregor nor Maximillian take part in this, which is a clue to who the viewers are supposed to sympathise with. The [=OVAs=] play this up even further. The first two end with Selvaria hanging around a beach alone, and hanging around at a festival alone, hoping Maximillian will turn up. Then there's Selvaria's dress-up OVA and the card-game between the four main villains.
* ''Manga/{{Ratman}}'' is centered around an evil organization that does this on a weekly basis. They're less about world domination and more about causing chaos, just to discuss it over Fatman(CO) pizza. Most of the plot arcs involve abnormal heroes noticing the fully-dressed minions (Jackies) shopping around for daikon. Normal heroes don't think they exist because of the ridiculously low bounty (FIVE. HUNDRED. YEN.), but weirdoes attracted include a catgirl with wrestling mastery and a maid android with rocket arms.
* In ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'', Makoto Shishio, the BigBad is seen drinking sake and enjoying a nice picnic with his girlfriend, Yumi. In the [[DirectorsCut remastered version]], they are also seen having sex.
* ''Manga/SgtFrog'': Hell, this could be the ''alternate title'' of the series!

** The manga ''Manga/[=MegaMan=]Megamix'' has the Robot Masters from ''VideoGame/MegaMan5'' get part-time jobs at an amusement park. They dub themselves "The Part-Timer Squad" and consider their duties SeriousBusiness; when they're on the clock, they see nothing wrong with helping [=MegaMan=] and ignoring Wily's orders, as making customers happy is more important to them.

** The manga ''[=MegaMan=] Gigamix'' has the Robot Masters from ''VideoGame/MegaMan5'' get part-time jobs at an amusement park. They dub themselves "The Part-Timer Squad" and consider their duties SeriousBusiness; when they're on the clock, they see nothing wrong with helping [=MegaMan=] and ignoring Wily's orders, as making customers happy is more important to them.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}''

* When Nagi (in both his ''Anime/MyHime'' and ''Anime/MaiOtome'' incarnations) isn't [[ManipulativeBastard messing with people's heads for fun]], he's sometimes seen reading from his favorite book and/or enjoying the local scenery.

* Arguably, ''Manga/DeathNote'' and ''Anime/CodeGeass'' use this as an InvokedTrope with the behavior of their respective VillainProtagonist and ByronicHero when they are aware they are under surveillance. Light has his infamous potato chip eating scene, and Lelouch has a perhaps better example in season 2, where he goes on a sort of date with Shirley at the mall and is observed by both his fellow classmates and the government, and manages to pretend to be oblivious to both, and to enact a scheme as Zero while on the date.

* When Nagi (in both his ''Anime/MyHime'' and ''Anime/MaiOtome'' incarnations) isn't [[ManipulativeBastard messing with people's heads for fun]], he's sometimes seen reading from his favorite book and/or enjoying the local scenery.* Once his initial arc introducing him as a bad guy in ''Manga/MythicalDetectiveLokiRagnarok'' is over, Heimdall spends nearly all of his time getting dragged out shopping by Frey.

* ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' has [[spoiler: Chao]] managing a restaurant while she plots to break TheMasquerade. She even goes to the point of [[ProductPlacement doing an ad for it]] on a [[DoNotAdjustYourSet jumbotron type thing]] after she finishes her EvilGloating.
* When Nagi (in both his ''Anime/MaiHime'' and ''Anime/MaiOtome'' incarnations) isn't [[ManipulativeBastard messing with people's heads for fun]], he's sometimes seen reading from his favorite book and/or enjoying the local scenery.

* Once his initial arc introducing him as a bad guy in ''Manga/MythicalDetectiveLokiRagnarok'' is over, Heimdall spends nearly all of his time getting dragged out shopping by Frey.