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12	->''"I never realized how lucky I was dat so many people wanted to kill me!"''
13	-->-- '''WesternAnimation/BugsBunny''', ''WesternAnimation/InvasionOfTheBunnySnatchers''
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15	The Rogues Gallery is the cast of colorful and numerous {{Recurring Character}}s that show up to torment the heroes week after week.
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17	Having only a single antagonist can work, but as a series goes on [[VillainExclusivityClause it can become boring]]. On the other hand, audiences can never get attached to villains if they never come back again. The Rogues Gallery is a middle ground.
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19	For certain special episodes, members of the Rogues Gallery may [[VillainTeamUp team up]] against the heroes, forming a LegionOfDoom. Just as often they'll [[EnemyCivilWar fight each other]]. If the hero helps one enemy or group of enemies against another in such a setup, it's EnemyMine.
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21	Sometimes, a one-shot stylish villain will be [[EnsembleDarkhorse so popular]] with the audience that they join the ranks.
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23	SuperHero series, borrowing from the comic books, almost always have a Rogues Gallery. Of course, villains can and do appear outside their traditional rogues galleries, fighting heroes they don't usually face. Some even become part of more than one Rogues Gallery, with the Marvel villain ComicBook/TheKingpin being a major enemy of both ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} and ComicBook/SpiderMan. When this occurs to such an extent that the villain becomes more identified with the new hero, they become a RoguesGalleryTransplant.
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25	However large and varied the Rogues Gallery, it will usually contain at least one villain who is considered to be the hero's ArchEnemy. There is also a good chance that it will contain an EvilCounterpart (who may or may not be the same person as the ArchEnemy).
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27	In order to allow the heroes to sometimes win against the rogues but still leave the villains available for re-use, the prison that they're put in will often be [[CardboardPrison incredibly easy to escape from]], or they'll [[FalselyReformedVillain feign having reformed so that they get allowed out]], or they'll genuinely seek to reform and get allowed out, [[ChronicVillainy then revert to their old obsessions]]. Overall, members of the gallery tend to be protected by JokerImmunity.
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29	It is also common for a hero's Rogues Gallery to have some kind of unifying {{them\|aticRoguesGallery}}e that either [[AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance reflects]] or contrasts with the personality, powers and/or origin of the hero himself. For example, most of Spider-Man's enemies gained their powers through scientific mishaps, and many use animal motifs in their names and costumes. Conversely, Franchise/{{Batman}}'s array of brightly-colored lunatics falls squarely into the "contrasts with" category, with a smattering of reflection given Franchise/{{Batman}}'s own borderline personality - but it's also composed mostly of {{Badass Normal}}s like Bats himself. If all or most of the villains in the Rogues Gallery are linked in this way, then you have a ThematicRoguesGallery.
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31	While this trope is most prevalent in SuperHero stories, it's by no means restricted to them, as some of the examples below show. As long as the franchise has a group of recognizable, distinct antagonists who continually return to cause trouble for the hero, they count as a Rogues Gallery.
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33	Compare BigBadEnsemble, which is similar but refers to a number of major villains being active, and distinct, threats at a given time, and revolves around the threat they pose rather than the hero whose enemy they are. Contrast MonsterOfTheWeek, which is a parade of one-shot villains.
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35	Individual members of a Rogues Gallery have a strong tendency towards TheGimmick, for subtly obvious reasons.
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37	The name of the trope comes from the row of "Wanted" posters displayed in police stations.
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39	Can overlap with EnemiesEqualsGreatness. Compare EnemiesList.
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41	!!Example subpages:
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43	[[index]]
44	* RoguesGallery/AnimeAndManga
45	* RoguesGallery/ComicBooks
46	* RoguesGallery/ComicStrips
47	* RoguesGallery/FanWorks
48	* RoguesGallery/{{Film}}
49	* RoguesGallery/{{Literature}}
50	* RoguesGallery/LiveActionTV
51	* RoguesGallery/VideoGames
52	* RoguesGallery/WesternAnimation
53	[[/index]]
54
55	!!Other examples:
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57	[[foldercontrol]]
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59	[[folder:Pinballs]]
60	* ComicBook/SpiderMan's Rogues are prominently featured all over Creator/{{Gottlieb}}'s ''Pinball/TheAmazingSpiderMan'' pinball. Green Goblin, the Vulture, Dr. Octopus, and the [[AdaptationalVillainy Black Widow]] are on the backglass, while the playfield has the Lizard, the Kingpin, Kraven the Hunter, and the Scorpion.
61	[[/folder]]
62
63	[[folder:Podcasts]]
64	* The ''Podcast/DrunkenPeasants'' have a selection of people whose videos they respond to. While the roster changes from time to time, but the most recurring ones right now are [[ConspiracyTheorist The Vigilant Christian Mario]], [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Gazi Kodzo]], [[ItsAllAboutMe Onision]], [[{{Eagleland}} Wild Bill]] and Tommy Sotomayor. [[ManipulativeBastard Brett Keane]] was also featured on many episodes of DP, to the point of having an entire segment dedicated to him, but the Peasants eventually decided to stop giving him attention and to let his channel starve.
65	* ''Podcast/EveryFrameAPause'' has a form of this in the various [=YouTubers=] whose videos the hosts have repeatedly featured on the show to respond to, including WebVideo/QuintonReviews, Patrick Willems, Jack Saint, WebAnimation/ExtraCredits, Website/{{Wisecrack}}, WebVideo/JennyNicholson and, of course, WebVideo/MovieBob, whom the hosts seem to jokingly treat as their ArchEnemy.
66	* The ''Podcast/ThrillingAdventureHour:''
67	** "The Adventures of Captain Laserbeam", a parody of Silver Age comic stories, has a large number of {{Punny Name}}d rogues for its two main superheroes, Captain Laserbeam and Phillip Fathom, Deep Sea Detective. Among them include the Numbler, Shape Ape, and the Die-Brarian for Captain Laserbeam. Phillip Fathom's foes tends to be more aquatic themed, such as Fishwife, Thug Boat, and Angler Management. Fathom, as a Batman expy, also has his equivalent to the Joker with Tom Foolery.
68	** Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars has a modest gallery of his own, consisting of the likes of Jupiter spy Jib Janeen, robot outlaw Techs, Los Banditos Mutantes, Kevin the Spider, and the [=MurderMen=].
69	** While "The Cross-Time Adventures of Colonel Tick-Tock" features temporal anomalies as often as it does actual supervillains, the Colonel has still faced off with foes like the Greenwich Meanie, the Timekeeper, and a former confederate of his, Tetley Archibald Drake.
70	** "Beyond Belief" has a few recurring foes alongside the standard supernatural nasties Frank and Sadie Doyle confront, most prominent among them being archenemy Nightmares the Clown, but also including the LargeHam vampire Carlysle Ravencastle, Dark Husband to the Midnight and wannabe conman Bobo Brubaker.
71	* The ''Podcast/RedPandaAdventures'' has a sizable Rogue's Gallery that frequently challenge the Terrific Twosome of Toronto. A few examples include Professor Zombie, a woman whose thugs are zombies she raised into undeath, Nazi scientist and occultist Friedrich von Schlitz, who is responsible for the setting's StupidJetpackHitler technology, and self-proclaimed archnemesis the Mad Monkey serving as a Joker to the Red Panda's Batman.
72	* The trolls that regularly call in on ''[[Radio/TrueCapitalist True Capitalist Radio]]'' among other things composed of a guy who pretty much lives on a bathtub, stereotypical African-American welfare fraud who lives "the ghetto way", numerous trans- and homosexuals who want to have sex with Ghost, bronies as well as actual ponies from [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic the show]], African man who likes to read erotic Anne Frank fanfiction, guy who Ghost genuinely liked until finding out that he has a diaper fetish and wrote My Little Pony fan fics about it, guy who keeps drinking his own urine over and over again, former [=McDonalds=] mascot and current white supremacist rapper with a moon for a head, sick twisted version of [[Series/SesameStreet Kermit the Frog]] who wants to have sex with Ghost and various other things and the list goes on and on.
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75	[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
76	* Many an AllAmericanFace in ProfessionalWrestling has developed quite a rogues gallery if one or more of his championship reigns lasted more than a few months. Wrestling/HulkHogan, for example, probably had the most colorful adversaries throughout his career: Wrestling/TheIronSheik, Wrestling/KingKongBundy, "Million Dollar Man" Wrestling/TedDiBiase, Wrestling/AndreTheGiant, "Macho Man" Wrestling/RandySavage, Zeus, Wrestling/SgtSlaughter, and Wrestling/UltimateWarrior to name a few. More recently, Wrestling/JohnCena has had his share of nemeses, the most infamous being [[Wrestling/JohnBradshawLayfield JBL]], Wrestling/{{Edge\|Wrestler}}, Wrestling/RandyOrton, Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio, and Wrestling/CMPunk.
77	* Wrestling/RingOfHonor's tumultuous [[RealLifeWritesThePlot relationship]] with Wrestling/{{TNA}} saw Wrestling/CMPunk gain/create a rogues gallery out of Wrestling/SamoaJoe, Wrestling/ChristopherDaniels, Wrestling/AJStyles and Wrestling/LowKi, the former three he already feuded with but added another layer of personal animosity when willingly played TNA's games instead of forcing the company to honor their contracts and help ROH. This also included Wrestling/{{Raven}}, Wrestling/PrinceNana and Wrestling/RickySteamboat for entirely unrelated reasons. This happened again for Punk in WWE. Wrestling/TheMiz and Wrestling/JohnMorrison already disliked Punk for reasons and then bonded after being forced into a TagTeam over their hatred of Punk. Wrestling/{{Chavo Guerrero Jr}}, Wrestling/SheltonBenjamin, Wrestling/{{Kane}}, Wrestling/DolphZiggler, and Wrestling/AlbertoDelRio were also used as pawns by WWE officials against Punk, be it general manager Wrestling/AJLee, COO Wrestling/TripleH, talent relations head Wrestling/JohnLaurinaitis or Wrestling/VinceMcMahon himself. Wrestling/{{Edge}}, Wrestling/RandyOrton, Wrestling/ChrisJericho, and Wrestling/PaulHeyman all antagonized Punk for basically no good reason, giving Punk reason to go after them in revenge, leading to Punk also fighting "Paul Heyman Guy" Wrestling/BrockLesnar, who mericully for him left...only to be replaced with Wrestling/{{Ryback}}. In Wrestling/AllEliteWrestling Punk willingly pursued Darby Allin seeking friendly competition only to be targeted by "Team Wrestling/{{Taz\|}}z", putting Punk at odds with Ricky Starks in particular, as well as by Wrestling/EddieKingston, who view Punk as the best representative of everything he disliked about Wrestling/RingOfHonor, Wrestling/{{MJF}} who was a fan that felt Punk didn't give him enough attention, and Wrestling/AdamPage, who cut an incomprehensible promo on Punk out of the mistaken belief Punk tried to get Wrestling/ColtCabana fired and has been a source of Punk's ire ever sense. Then there is Samoa Joe, again, looking to continue his "legacy" of greatness with Punk from ROH. Ricky Starks and Samoa Joe were both using unrelated methods to goad Punk into a rematch ''[[GambitPileup at the same time]]'' CM Punk was trying to goad MJF into one.
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80	[[folder:Radio]]
81	* ''Radio/TheShadow'', who started out as the star/host of a RadioDrama anthology series and later became the main character of several titular pulp magazines, usually faced a lot of one-shot villains who always got killed off at the end of the adventure where they were featured. However, he did manage to get a gallery of recurring enemies, especially once he branched out into comic books (including several mini-series across different publishers and even crossovers with the likes of Franchise/{{Batman}}).
82	** The most notable recurring foe that the Shadow had in the pulps was [[EvilCounterpart Shiwan Khan]], who made a total of four appearances there and also made a number of appearances in the comic books and was the main villain in [[Film/TheShadow the 1994 film]]. Others who made multiple appearances in the pulps were [[SinisterMinister Voodoo Master]] (three), The Prince of Evil (three), The Wasp (two), "Diamond" Bert Farwell (two), Isaac Coffran (two), Steve Cronin (four, two times acting as TheDragon to Farwell and Coffran, respectively), and King Kauger (two, one as the story's unseen mastermind). The Shadow also fought the criminal organization known as the Hand (no, not [[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} that]] Hand), with him defeat one of the group's five "Fingers" across different stories, and another collective called the Silent Seven, a conspiracy of underworld criminals which sought to control a violent crime wave in New York City.
83	** Among the one-shot villains in the pulps, we have Gray Ghost, Blue-Face, Five-Face, Zemba, Gray Fist, Silver Skull, Red Envoy, Red Blot, Dr. Z, the Blur, and the Cobra, plus a host of others.
84	** Unique to the various comic books (standalone series and crossovers alike), we have [[DatingCatwoman Black Sparrow]], [[CompellingVoice Dr. Gerhard Zorn]], [[SerialKiller The Stag]], [[LightIsNotGood The Light]], Black Dragon (a one-shot villain in the pulps), [[PlayingWithFire Devil Kyoti]], The Talon, [[EvilOldFolks Monstradamus]], [[EvilGenius Professor Solarus]], and even ComicBook/{{Grendel}} and Shiwan Khan's granddaughter Batu Khan.
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87	[[folder:Theme Parks]]
88	You know you've made it as a villain when you're popular enough to get your own amusement park ride.
89	* Ride/SixFlags has a long-standing licensing agreement with Warner/DC, and has taken full advantage.
90	** [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bats']] rogues are far in the lead: [[ComicBook/TheRiddler Ed]], [[ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} Selina]], [[ComicBook/HarleyQuinn Harleen]], Viktor Fries (Mr. Freeze), and of course '' [[ComicBook/TheJoker The Clown Prince of Crime]] himself all have their own rides; curiously, Bizarro is the first and so far the only other DC villain to be so honored.
91	* On the Marvel side, Ride/UniversalStudios still (for better or worse) has a stranglehold on the rights to most characters, at least in the US: possibly as a result, Ride/DoctorDoomsFearfall is the first and, so far, only attraction to be centered around a [[ComicBook/DoctorDoom Marvel villain]].
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94	[[folder:Web Animation]]
95	* Usually ObjectShows, if the plot called for it, has this one BigBad trying to win the competition through [[ManipulativeBastard illi]][[ObfuscatingStupidity cit]] [[BitchInSheepsClothing means]]. This is definitely not the case for ''WebAnimation/TheDailyObjectShow'', building up an impressive array of villains that only increase every season. Currently, there's two [[EvilDoppelganger Evil Doppelgängers]], a [[MindManipulation mind-manipulating]] AncientEvil with his CloneArmy, an EvilFormerFriend and two evil chicks. All hell-bent on [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination]], attacking the cast and/or enacting {{Revenge}} on the main protagonist.
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98	[[folder:Webcomics]]
99	* ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'' has been building up towards a proper gallery for some time now, with members like [[VillainWithGoodPublicity King Radical]], [[PublicDomainCharacter Dracula]], [[TheAhnold Frans Rayner]], [[TheBrute Mongo the Uberninja]], [[CaptainErsatz Donald]] [[MonsterClown Mc Bonald]], and Dr. [[EvilCounterpart Mc Luchador]].
100	* The annual villains of ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'' are [[HeelFaceTurn Yellow Demon]], [[CainAndAbel B]][[EvilCounterpart o]][[PlayingWithFire b]], [[EvilOverlord M]][[CardCarryingVillain y]][[GenreSavvy n]][[LethalJokeCharacter d]], [[FaceHeelTurn Me]][[VillainProtagonist ga]][[BrainwashedAndCrazy Man]], [[BigBad Helm]][[TheManBehindTheMan eted]] [[RealityWarper Author]] / [[IHaveManyNames Fistandantilus]] / [[ShoutOut Raistlin]], EvilOverlord [[EvilKnockoff Mike]] / [[InSeriesNickname Ninja Ned]] and [[ItMakesSenseInContext Non-Alternate]] [[TheDragon Mynd]], [[AIisaCrapshoot X]] and [[FinalBoss Bob again]]. There's also [[HarmlessVillain Dr. Wily]].
101	* Most of the contestants of ''Webcomic/LastRes0rt'' ARE the Rogues Gallery. Having a pack of condemned criminals tends to indicate they've all been put there for SOME reason...
102	* ''Webcomic/TheNonAdventuresOfWonderella'' parodies this trope as all members of her Rogues Gallery have names ending in 'ella. She even told one would-be nemesis whose first alias did ''not'' end in 'ella that she couldn't be in her Rogue's Gallery until she got with the program. (They also function as a support group.)
103	* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' often brings villains back in new arcs, especially the Linear Guild, with its rotating cast of evil opposites (some of which return each time), and arguably Miko being brought back after her initial "go fetch the Order" arc to participate in the Battle of Azure City. Currently, the Order's rouge's gallery consists of the members of [[BigBad Xykon's]] Team Evil, the Linear Guild, the ThievesGuild (technically), General Tarquin and his team [[spoiler:excluding Malack, who was killed by Nale]], the IFCC (though only V knows about them, and he/she doesn't know the extent of their threat), and Qarr the imp. [[KnightTemplar Miko]] and [[FillerVillain Kubota]] both qualified, but not anymore, due to [[spoiler:both being dead. Given that the current only member of the Linear Guild who hasn't jumped ship (Hilgya, Leeky Windstaff, Pompey) or killed (the various Kobolds, Nale, Zz'dtri, and presumably Thog) is Sabine, it can probably be safely assumed that they no longer pose a threat to the Order]]. [[spoiler:Durkon]] probably also qualified, due to his brief membership of the Linear Guild following his vampirization, and especially following his FaceHeelTurn when he revealed himself to be the High Priest of Hel (at least until [[spoiler:the vampire was destroyed and resurrected back as a regular Durkon]]).
104	* ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' - [[NebulousEvilOrganisation Hereti Corp]], [[{{Yandere}} Oasis]], [[DemonicPossession K'Z'K]], the [[TheLegionsOfHell Dimension of Pain demons]], [[MadScientist Dr. Crabtree]], [[CatsAreMean The Evil]], and, depending on the storyline, [[KillerRabbit Bun-Bun]]. Different members of the Rouges Gallery meeting each other has been pretty rare so far, though [[spoiler:a potential meeting between Hereti Corp and K'Z'K's cult is supposedly enough to lead to the destruction of reality]].
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107	[[folder:Web Original]]
108	* Website/TVTropes has begun acquiring its own Rogues Gallery of sorts, including the Administrivia/DataVampires, the hivemind behind DarthWiki/DarthWiki, that "Q" hacker, DarthWiki/TheWikiWitchOfTheWeb, {{troll}}s on the forums, {{Wiki Vandal}}s, Tropers/TheAdvertisementServer, (though it's more of a TokenEvilTeammate) and our SitcomArchNemesis, [[Website/{{Wikipedia}} The Other Wiki]] (although [[UnknownRival he doesn't really seem to think]] that TV Tropes is worth much).
109	* ''Literature/InterviewingLeather'' discusses these sorts of groups, from the so-called "C-list super villain" perspective. The Henchman's guild charges them a LOT more, due to the higher injury and death rates... And the work tends to be less profitable overall. They do get more publicity, though.
110	* ''Blog/HowToHero'' has an entry on this [[https://howtohero.tumblr.com/post/170369069397/rogues-gallery-nemesquad here]].
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113	[[folder:Web Videos]]
114	* Website/ChannelAwesome has been developing a few throughout its shows, mainly thanks to the increasing amounts of plot present in them.
115	** [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Linkara's]] getting quite a list as he's the desperate-to-be-a-hero guy of the site.[[note]]Thanks to Apollo, he's no longer alone as a hero, but Linkara is still the main protector.[[/note]] He's fought [[MadScientist Doctor Insano]], [[RobotMe Mechakara]], [[BigBadWannabe Dr. Linksano]], [[HumongousMecha Neutro]], Dolorem, [[EvilCounterpart Judas Liz]], [[BigBad Lord Vyce]], [[EldritchAbomination The King of Worms]], [[HarmlessVillain Whatley]], [[EvilCounterpart Mirror Universe Linkara]], [[DealWithTheDevil and the evil ghosts]]. And then there's [[GreaterScopeVillain The]] [[EldritchAbomination Entity]].
116	** [[WebVideo/TheSpoonyExperiment Spoony]] has been garnering his own group of villains to contend with. Dr. Insano harasses him as much as he does Linkara, and there's also [[ComicBook/BlackestNight Black Lantern Spoony]], The Wrestling/UltimateWarrior, The Gatecleaner, and [[VideoGame/UltimaVI Fucking Chuckles]]. [[spoiler: All of whom seem to be forming an alliance of [[Franchise/GreenLantern Lanterns]] working under [[VideoGame/UltimaVII The Guardian]]]].
117	** WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic himself has a small group of his own, made up of WebVideo/{{Ask That Guy\|WithTheGlasses}}, Doctor Insano (to a lesser extent than Spoony or Linkara), Teddy Ruxpin, Zack the Lego Maniac, [[Series/LostInSpace Dr. Smith]], [[WebVideo/{{Kickassia}} Kevin Baugh]], and [[FanDumb Douchey McNitpick]] (the latter has also harassed other contributors). And [[Film/TheRoom2003 Tommy Wiseau]]. And he also has a SitcomArchNemesis in the form of the WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd, with whom he's a good friend in RealLife, but whose characters are always at loggerheads with each other.
118	** Other Channel Awesome villains include Spaceguy and the Alien Space Pants of Nash's ''WebVideo/WhatTheFuckIsWrongWithYou'', [[WebVideo/BadMovieBeatdown Professor Celluloid]], Luke Mochrie's Inner Serial Killer Ralph, half of the WebVideo/{{Phelous}} clones, [[WebVideo/TheAngryJoeShow Bizarro Joe, Corporate Commander]], [[WebVideo/PawDugan Dark Paw]], a Satan/Devil/Demon allegory played by Y, [[Film/TheRoom2003 Tommy Wiseau]], [[Film/BattlefieldEarth Terl]], the villains of [[Creator/ApolloZHack The Reviewaverse Saga]], and [[WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick Dark Nella]].
119	* The video {{crossover}} genre, ''WebVideo/PoohsAdventures'' features ''tons'' of villains for Pooh and his friends to face, ranging from an alliance of Disney Villains, to [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Bowser's Family]]. There's even a group called the "Villain [[RougeAnglesOfSatin Leage]]". Its wiki [[http://poohadventures.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_Pooh%27s_Adventures_villains has a full list of the villains]].
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