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8->'''ComicBook/GreenArrow:''' I can't believe your advice worked. We actually managed to turn Ra's Al-Ghul into an ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' villain.\
9'''ComicBook/{{Daredevil}}:''' Hey, it's like I said. We turned Kingpin from a ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' villain into a ''Daredevil'' villain in the seventies and I never looked back.
10-->-- ''WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC'', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSMPFhZYizE&ab_channel=ItsJustSomeRandomGuy Hi, I'm a Marvel...and I'm a DC...and I'm on TV]]"
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12Also known as [[http://www.oafe.net/blog/2007/01/the-supervillain-shuffle/ The Supervillain Shuffle]]. The occurrence wherein a villain, originally introduced as an enemy for a specific hero, subtly through time or ContinuityCreep, deliberately or unintentionally, becomes more identified with another hero.
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14While any SharedUniverse may depict a hero fighting another's antagonist, usually they remain identified with the original. For instance, Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}} may occasionally fight [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]], and Characters/{{Batman|TheCharacter}} may take on [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]] from time to time, but no one would ever claim that either bad guy is anything but the other hero's ArchEnemy. This trope refers specifically to characters that have reached the narrative point where the villain is now more identified in the popular consciousness as being an adversary to a character he did not originally fight.
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16There are various reasons why this occurs. Reasons include:
17# Sometimes, a hero's series gets cancelled, but one of their villains is [[BreakoutVillain such a cool character]] that they get transferred to a different hero, or turned into a general utility villain for the whole universe.
18# Or, years after the cancellation of a title has left them an obscure character, they get discovered by a new writer for a popular work or adaptation.
19# Alternatively, a new hero gets created, or an existing hero gets a significant revamp, and something about their personality, powers or theme makes a particular existing villain an obvious foil to them. It's easier to use a pre-existing villain to antagonize them than make one from scratch, and if the bigger-name isn't doing anything with them, might as well put the villain to use somewhere.
20# This can also be the result of a writer creating or forming a strong attachment to a villain while writing for one character, then moving on to another project and taking all of their toys with them.
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22!!Examples:
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24* RoguesGalleryTransplant/ComicBooks
25** RoguesGalleryTransplant/TheDCU
26*** ''RoguesGalleryTransplant/{{Arrowverse}}''
27** RoguesGalleryTransplant/MarvelUniverse
28*** ''RoguesGalleryTransplant/MarvelCinematicUniverse''
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33[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
34* ''Anime/BatmanNinja'' has Gorilla Grodd as being one of Batman's foes, despite having originated as a villain to Franchise/TheFlash. Similarly, Characters/{{Deathstroke}} also appears and while he tangles with Batman fairly often, he was originally the ArchEnemy of the ComicBook/TeenTitans (he normally still has plenty of connections to Batman, but only because he is an EvilCounterpart to Batman himself, and Batman's first protege Characters/{{Nightwing|DickGrayson}}, at times the Teen Titans' leader and whom also appears in the film, is the more specific ArchEnemy he singles out among the team).
35* The third volume of ''Manga/MaboroshiPanty'', a manga illustrated by Creator/GoNagai of ''Manga/KekkoKamen'' fame, had Kekko Kamen's nemesis Satan's Toenail serve as the main villain.
36* A rival version occurred in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries''. While usually rivals stick to one main character and maybe, at most, fight another member of the main cast once (May having battled and defeated Zoe, Dawn's main rival, at the Wallace Cup, for example), they are never really 'given' to another on a long term prospect, with Jessie's contest clashes with May, Dawn, and later showcase clashes with Serena being under general twerp on Team Rocket fighting. The one exception is during ''Anime/PokemonJourneysTheSeries'' where Gary, Ash's first rival who he had long since made peace with and diverged in goal from, coming to be Goh's rival as a competitor in Project Mew, taking on a more mature take on his dynamic with Ash in the original series with Goh. However, while both times had Gary stay near perpetually ahead of both, where Ash and Gary's rival was fueled by childhood rivalries and mutual ego and pride clashes, Gary's was more fueled by Goh's social issues that Gary just easily rubbed the wrong way in a mixture of purposely (to get Goh to grow past them) or unintentionally.
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40* The ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comic has an unusual example in the Threshold. They were originally created as villains for the Seventh Doctor and Ace, but the creation of the Eighth Doctor on TV happened at the same time. As a result the Threshold were responsible for Ace getting killed in the Seventh Doctor's final strip story, and went on to become the recurring villains in Eight's first long-term story arc. Their self-serving hyper-capitalistic villainy makes it pretty obvious that they were originally created as Seven-Ace villains, given the particularly overt leftist orientation of the original TV stories featuring those characters.
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44* In the ''Series/DoctorWho''/''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' crossover ''Fanfic/DangerousTenant'', while Albert Wesker still considers Chris Redfield his main opponent, he observes to Donna Noble that the Tenth Doctor is rapidly becoming someone else Wesker truly hates.
45* In the ''Fanfic/JusticeLeagueTheSpider'' series, while they remain focused on their traditional enemies, ''Web of Cadmus'' sees [[spoiler:the Joker and Metallo]] go after Spider-Man to avenge his past defeat of them.
46* In the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse fic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4942676/1/Mercy Mercy]]'', when Diana is trapped in a fantasy by the Black Mercy, her dream features her as the guardian of Gotham while her civilian identity is married to District Attorney Bruce Wayne, and she references encounters with foes such as Poison Ivy and the Joker.
47* ''Fanfic/KingdomHeartsTheAntipode:'' In contrast to the other Disney Villains, [[spoiler:[[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Hans]]]] is recruited into Organization XIII; a StandardEvilOrganizationSquad consisting of otherwise OriginalGeneration characters.
48* ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' has a couple of particular cases, as they're less of a "Rogues" and more of a "[[TheRival Rivals]]" Gallery Transplant. While both Gary and Paul are introduced early as rivals to Ash, as the story progresses their rivalry with each other gets more focus. Also, to a lesser extent, Ash ends up facing against Solidad, who in canon was a rival of May as a coordinator as opposed to a trainer (though it's hinted this is only a temporary thing, since Solidad plans on going to Contests full time once she's done participating in the Indigo League).
49* ''Fanfic/TheCuttingEdge'' features a minor example of this when Oliver's first target as the Hood after he returns to Starling City is Thomas "Tommy" Elliot, better known as the Batman villain Hush. While Elliot isn't a supervillain yet in the sense that he isn't going out in a costume to fight Batman, he's still a corporate criminal whom Oliver is justified in attacking.
50* In ''Fanfic/SpiderX'', when ComicBook/SpiderMan joins the ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' cast, several characters who were uniquely foes of Spider-Man in the comics, such as Electro, Venom and the Green Goblin, end up facing the X-Men (although a few foes such as Rhino, Shocker and Mysterio are still focused on the wall-crawler).
51* ''[[Fanfic/UltimateSleepwalker Ultimate Sleepwalker: The New Dreams]]'' greatly expands Sleepwalker's RoguesGallery beyond what he faced in the official comics. Its companion series ''[[Fanfic/UltimateSpiderWoman Ultimate Spider-Woman: Change With The Light]]'' has an entire gallery made of transplants since protagonist [[Characters/MarvelComicsMaryJaneWatson Mary Jane Watson]] doesn't actually have one in the comics.
52* Due to the nature of ''Fanfic/SuperRWBYSisters'' being a crossover fanfic, it leads to Team RWBY and friends joining the Mario Bros. on their adventures, and thus any villains that the Bros. face automatically become villains for Team RWBY to fight. Examples of this include Bowser, Hades, Cackletta, the Shroobs just to name a few.
53** In ''RWBY: DK 64'', King K Rool becomes this for Yang as well as the Kongs.
54** On a somewhat different note, [[spoiler: [[WebAnimation/RedVsBlue The Meta]] becomes this for Pyrrha due to her resemblance to [[WebAnimation/RedVsBlue Agent Carolina]].]]
55* ''Fanfic/RemnantsBizarreAdventure'':
56** Bruno Buccarati was Giorno's [[StarterVillain first Stand-using opponent]] before Giorno joined his team. Here he demonstrates the power of Stands to Team [=RWBY=] by fighting alongside Roman and Neo (since his services were provided by Polpo to Cinder), then faces off against Josuke.
57** Tamami Kobayashi was Koichi's StarterVillain in the manga, where here he is defeated by Blake and Weiss.
58** Toshikazu Hazamada fought against Josuke and Koichi in the manga and plotted to kill Jotaro. Here he tries to use his Stand Surface to mimic Jaune and force himself on Pyrrha (leading to a fight by the real Jaune and Koichi to try and stop him), [[SpotTheImposter only for Surface be found out and trounced by Pyrrha]].
59** The SerialKiller Anjuro "Angelo" Katagiri was Josuke's StarterVillain in the manga. Here he's defeated by Koichi and Neo.
60** Bug-Eater and Not-Bug Eater were killed by Josuke in the manga. Here they were defeated by Blake and Zwei.
61* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14230488/1/Fairytale-of-Doom Fairytale of Doom]]'' has this happen for the fairy tale villains from Disney classics as a result of a FairyTaleFreeForAll the Manga/FairyTail wizards (plus [[HonoraryTrueCompanion Jellal]] and [[BigBad Zeref]]) are trapped in.
62** Lady Tremaine in ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'' was primarily the WickedStepmother to the titular character. Here, [[AdaptationalJobChange she's now the Royal Advisor to her king]] (who Zeref is now in the role in) and is [[TreacherousAdvisor plotting to undermine the rule of Zeref and his brother Prince Natsu]].
63** In ''WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}'', Shan Yu and his Huns were antagonists to ImperialChina, with Shan a personal antagonist towards Mulan and Li Shang. In ''Fairytale of Doom'', the Huns are the enemy of multiple kingdoms. In addition, several incidents causes Shan Yu to fight against Erza (who thought she was Mulan but finds out she was meant to play [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Belle]]) and Laxus (who is meant to be [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Prince Phillip]]).
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67* ''WesternAnimation/CatwomanHunted'': Characters/{{Catwoman|SelinaKyle}} and Characters/{{Batwoman}} end up facing enemies who aren't part of their usual rogues galleries; [[Characters/WonderWomanCheetah Cheetah]] (''ComicBook/WonderWoman''), Tobias Whale (''ComicBook/BlackLightning'' and ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}''), Nosferata (''ComicBook/{{Superboy}}''), [[Characters/TeenTitansCheshire Cheshire]] (''ComicBook/TeenTitans''), Boss Moxie Mannheim (''ComicBook/{{Superman}}''), Dr. Tzin (''ComicBook/{{Batman}}''), La Dama (''ComicBook/BlueBeetle''), [[Characters/BatmanTaliaAlGhul Talia Al-Ghul]] (''ComicBook/{{Batman}}''), and Oyabun Noguri (''ComicBook/{{The Outsiders|DCComics}}'' and given the codename "Mr. Yakuza" here). Black Mask is the only villain who is well known for facing against Catwoman, and ironically this movie seems to be their first meeting.
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70[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
71* Both Franchise/{{Alien}} and Franchise/{{Predator}} started as antagonists in their own movies. Today, the two races are more known for [[Franchise/AlienVsPredator fighting each other]].
72* Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse:
73** ''Film/{{Birds of Prey|2020}}'' pits Characters/{{Harley Quinn|TheCharacter}} as lead hero against Black Mask and Mr. Zsasz, who are both Gotham villains in the comics, but have rarely had much to do with her. (Both of them usually fight Batman, apart from the periods when Black Mask has been used as Catwoman's ArchEnemy in her solo title.) Of course, Harley herself is/was a Batman rogue, so this is a rather downplayed example.
74** ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'' has the titular team go up against Starro the Conqueror, who usually acts as a foe to major heroes like the Justice League, rather than a smaller team like this one.
75** The main villain of ''Film/{{Black Adam|2022}}'' is Sabbac, usually an enemy of [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel Jr. and the Marvel Family]] in the comics. In fact, the comics had previously portrayed Sabbac and Black Adam as ''allies'' rather than enemies.
76*** According to various leaked information, some of it confirmed by Creator/ZacharyLevi, Creator/DwayneJohnson was pushing for this to happen to Black Adam himself. He convinced Warner Bros. to split the character off from ''Film/Shazam2019'' into its own movie, then veto cameos of two characters in each other's films and stopped members of Justice Society of America to appear in a scene in ''Film/ShazamFuryOfTheGods'' where Billy is recruited into the group, while going above board to get cameo of a character he clearly wanted Black Adam to be fighting with - Superman - instead. However, ''Black Adam' being a' BoxOfficeBomb prevented that from happenning.
77** ''Film/{{Blue Beetle|2023}}'': Downplayed with Carapax; Carapax, under the identity of "The Indestructible Man", was indeed a foe to the Blue Beetle in the comics, but he specifically fought the Ted Kord iteration. Here, he fights Jaime Reyes, who is usually Kord's successor but is the first Blue Beetle here.
78* The {{Kaiju}} Baragon was originally the enemy of a giant version of FrankensteinsMonster in ''Film/FrankensteinConquersTheWorld''. However, Baragon eventually became part of Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'s RoguesGallery thanks to video games, action figures, and the films ''Film/DestroyAllMonsters'' and ''Film/GodzillaMothraKingGhidorahGiantMonstersAllOutAttack''.
79** King Ghidorah, Godzilla's archenemy, was transplanted to the ''Film/RebirthOfMothra'' trilogy to fight Mothra and her son, Mothra Leo. Two different incarnations, Desghidorah and the King of Terror, serve as the main villains of the first and third films respectively.
80* Thulsa Doom originated in a ''Literature/{{Kull}}'' story, and most of the heroic characters in ''Film/ConanTheBarbarian1982'' would probably have been much happier people if he'd stayed there.
81* Akivasha in ''Film/KullTheConqueror'' was originally a minor Conan antagonist that gets promoted to BigBad here, ironically enough bringing this trope full circle.
82* ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'': [[spoiler: Khan]], in a change up from the original chain of events, ends up with [[spoiler: Spock]] as his primary adversary in this film. He lacks the grudge that defined him [[spoiler: from being marooned by Kirk in the prime-timeline, and ends up spending more time in an EnemyMine with Kirk than he does fighting him, since without that glaring flaw of ItsPersonal with Kirk, he can make wiser decisions around him]]. [[spoiler: Kirk]] still seems to gain his respect as a WorthyOpponent with a similar care for his crew, but this movie might be called [[spoiler: Wrath of Spock once Kirk's {{Almost Dead|Guy}}]].
83* Viper started off as a ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' foe and is usually an enemy of ComicBook/NickFury and ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} as well (to the point that she's now known as [[ComicBook/{{HYDRA}} Madame Hydra]]). Despite this, she is one of the antagonists in ''Film/TheWolverine''. Understandable since, despite her connections to Captain America and S.H.I.E.L.D., she has appeared in several notable Wolverine storylines[[note]]This depiction was InNameOnly however[[/note]].
84* The BigBad of ''Film/TheAbsentMindedProfessor'' and ''Film/SonOfFlubber'', Alonzo Hawk (Creator/KeenanWynn), later antagonized Herbie the Love Bug in ''[[Film/TheLoveBug Herbie Rides Again]]''.
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88* Randall Flagg was introduced as the enemy of Mother Abigail in Creator/StephenKing's ''Literature/TheStand'', amassing an army on Earth to attack and destroy her more peaceful followers. However, Flagg is ''far'' more well-known as the nemesis of Roland Deschain, the dimension-hopping hero of King's epic fantasy saga, ''Literature/TheDarkTower'', and acts as the main villain of that series, even though there's an even greater evil [[TheManBehindTheMan behind him]].
89* When ''Franchise/FactionParadox'' became an independent spin-off not under the aegis of the BBC, it took a few individually-licensed elements of the wider Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse, leading to [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E3PyramidsOfMars Sutekh]] or [[Literature/EighthDoctorAdventures Sabbath Dei]] now crossing paths with new characters like Justine and Eliza instead of the Doctor & friends.
90* ''Faction Paradox'' was later on the giving end of things with [[MadArtist Godfather Auteur]], a ''[=FP=]''-original character, making a slew of crossover appearances in prose franchises that aren't even properly part of the ''Doctor Who'' EU, including ''Literature/TheCrewOfTheCopperColoredCupids'' and ''10,000 Dawns'', now serving as antagonist to the Cupids and Graelyn Scythes, respectively.
91* ''Literature/MarvelsSpiderManHostileTakeover'' features Echo as an antagonist, with a storyline that loosely adapts her first appearance. However, this version of the character attacks [[Characters/MarvelComicsPeterParker Spider-Man]] after being tricked into believing he killed her father, unlike in the comics, where it was [[Characters/MarvelComicsMattMurdock Daredevil]] who was framed for the deed.
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95* ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' had the ComicBook/GreenArrow foe Clock King acting as a member of Batman's rogues gallery, setting a precedent for later adaptations. Contrary to popular belief the Puzzler and the Archer are NOT examples as them sharing the same names as 2 minor Golden Age supervillains was purely coincidental.
96* Darla was introduced in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' as a DarkActionGirl; she's killed off in the seventh episode, which also reveals that she's Angel's sire and ex-lover. When he got [[Series/{{Angel}} a spin-off series]], Darla was brought BackFromTheDead for a longer-lasting and more emotionally potent role.
97* On ''Series/DoctorWho'', the Slitheen family started out as briefly recurring antagonists of the Ninth Doctor, then disappeared from the main series and started showing up frequently on ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures''.
98* ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'' and its spin off ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'':
99** Ares, the [[WarGod God of War]], was occasionally fought by Hercules in its first season, but he became a regular antagonist to Xena. Hercules still fought Ares from time to time, specially after Season 3 where he was cast by Kevin Smith, but he is much more important to Xena, not just as an enemy, but also as a supporting character.
100** In regards to the original myths, the Minotaur was slain by the hero Theseus, while he is fought by Hercules in the TV-movie ''The Maze of the Minotaur'', where its revealed he is also his [[CainAndAbel half-brother]] and Theseus is AdaptedOut completely.
101** [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Bacchus]] first appeared on ''Xena'' and was killed off by the end of his episode, but he would appear in subsequent appearances in ''Series/YoungHercules'', a prequel to ''Legendary Journeys'' where he fought against Hercules in his early career more than once.
102* ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'': The ''Kamen Rider Brave'' special had Takeshi Asakura / Kamen Rider Ouja, one of the villains from ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'', as the main antagonist. In fact, the special came to be because Ouja was the favorite Rider of Brave's actor.
103* ''Series/OnceUponATime'' puts either Rumplestiltskin or the queen from Snow White in ''everything''. Rumple has been Cinderella's fairy godmother, Beauty's Beast, and Captain Hook's crocodile, while Regina has been the Little Mermaid's Sea Witch and the wicked stepmother who abandoned Hansel and Gretel (though not actually their stepmother, she was still responsible for the events.) Then there's the spin-off, ''Series/OnceUponATimeInWonderland'', in which Alice's main antagonist is [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Jafar.]]
104* ''Series/Peacemaker2022'':
105** The show does this by way of CompositeCharacter. One of the core antagonists is Auggie Smith, the titular hero's white supremacist father, who in this continuity is also the armored supervillain White Dragon. In the comics, White Dragon was a ComicBook/SuicideSquad enemy who also clashed with ComicBook/{{Hawkman}} and the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica.
106** It's also established that one of Peacemaker's first public victories was against Kite Man, a D-list Batman villain in the comics.
107* A meta example is done throughout ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', where a villain from one ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' show would end up fighting Power Rangers adapted from a completely different Super Sentai season. While the first example was a villain in ''Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger'' being in ''Series/PowerRangersLostGalaxy'' (adapted from ''Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman''), ''Series/ResshaSentaiToQger'' becomes a more prominent example as several villains from there are translated into villains for three different Power Rangers in a row. [[note]][[Series/PowerRangersNinjaSteel Cosmo Royale]] was adapted from Baron Nero, [[Series/PowerRangersBeastMorphers Scrozzle]] was loosely based off [[Film/ShurikenSentaiNinningerVsTokkyugerNinjasInWonderland Dark Doctor Mavro]], and [[Series/PowerRangersDinoFury Void Queen]] was adapted from Madame Noir.[[/note]]
108* ''Series/{{Stargirl 2020}}'':
109** The series sees the teenage {{Legacy Character}}s who make up the new ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica battling the Injustice Society of America, the villains who killed the original JSA. In the comics, most of the original Injustice Society members had either retired or died by the time most of the JSA legacies debuted in ''ComicBook/InfinityInc'', and it was their own children who instead did battle with the young heroes. The most notable example is probably Icicle, the first season’s BigBad, who, in the comics, died back in ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'', well before Stargirl was even created.
110** In a more specific example, the Gambler is said to have been the arch-nemesis of the original Doctor Mid-Nite. In the comics, the Gambler was actually created as an enemy of Alan Scott, the original ComicBook/GreenLantern.
111** The second season continues this trend by featuring Eclipso, ArchEnemy of ComicBook/TheSpectre, as an overarching antagonist for the JSA heroes.
112* The Cardassians began as villains of the week on ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' but ended up with much greater plot significance on ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]].''
113** To a somewhat lesser extent, the same thing could also be said of the Romulans being more associated with ''[[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Next Generation]]'' than with ''TOS''.
114** The Borg are a {{subver|tedTrope}}sion of sorts. After twenty (of which four were two-parters) appearances on ''Voyager'', plus a Borg character joining Voyager's main cast for the last four seasons, one might have expected them to be more associated with that series than with ''TNG'', which only featured them in four episodes (of which two were two-parters) plus ''First Contact''. Despite this, in popular consciousness, the Borg are still considered Picard's nemesis, and the real-world 21st century saw them play a major role in both the second and third seasons of ''Series/StarTrekPicard''.
115* ''Series/Titans2018'':
116** The first episode has the Acolyte, who was the BigBad to ComicBook/YoungJustice, the team that was the SpiritualSuccessor to the Titans in the comics. ComicBook/{{The Outsiders|DCComics}} villains the Nuclear Family also face the Titans throughout the first few episodes by being connected to [[ArchnemesisDad Trigon]] and targeting Raven, as Acolyte had tried.
117** Season 2 has Mercy Graves, [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]]'s [[BodyguardBabes bodyguard]], as a recurring villainess. In both the comics and ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' ([[CanonImmigrant where she was first introduced]]), she's primarily an enemy of Superman. Justified in that Superboy, the clone containing DNA from Superman and Lex Luthor, is her main target.
118** Season 3 features [[Characters/BatmanJasonTodd Red Hood]] as the main villain, and also brings iconic Batman villain [[Characters/BatmanTheScarecrow The Scarecrow]] into the mix, along with ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'' enemy Lady Vic.
119* In the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'', it's not uncommon for popular MonstersOfTheWeek to appear in later series to be pitted against new Ultra heroes. The original Series/{{Ultraman}}'s most famous foes Zetton, Gomora, Red King, Antlar, Baltan, and Mephilas have all battled at least five (and as many as ten; sometimes more) subsequent Ultramen since their debuts in the original 1966-1967 series.
120* ''Series/ZoneFighter'' had two of Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'s RoguesGallery, Gigan and King Ghidorah, appear as [[MonsterOfTheWeek monsters of the week]] battling Zone, although Gigan's appearance also saw Godzilla help out a bit.
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124* The main purpose of Black Tiger is to oppose Tiger Mask. From the very beginning of the {{defictionalization}} of the feud though, Black Tiger also opposed, and ultimately defeated El Gran Hamada before [[Wrestling/SatoruSayama "first" Tiger Mask]] avenged him. Even though Tiger Mask would ultimately defeat Black Tiger, Tiger Mask was the one to "lose" his mask when it was bought from Wrestling/{{New Japan|ProWrestling}} by Wrestling/{{All Japan|ProWrestling}}. AJPW were uninterested in pitting [[Wrestling/MitsuharuMisawa Tiger Mask II]] against his traditional nemesis but Black Tiger simply changed targets again, going after The Cobra.
125* Besides the inevitable clash with his [[LegacyCharacter contemporary]] Tiger Mask, [[Wrestling/EddieGuerrero Black Tiger II]] was also known for harassing [[Wrestling/JushinThunderLiger Jushin Liger ]]and [[Wrestling/ChrisBenoit Pegasus Kid]].
126* Black Tiger III's demise came not at the hands of a Tiger Mask, but at [[Wrestling/LaParka L.A. Par-K]]'s at a Wrestling/{{CMLL}} event.
127* While Black Tiger IV was eventually unmasked by Tiger Mask IV, he did spend time going after Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA World Junior Heavyweight Champion Jason Rumble, if only to better position himself in later offenses on Tiger Mask.
128* Two years after Tiger Mask IV unmasked Black Tiger V, Black Tiger V reappeared in Wrestling/{{Toryumon}} Mexico to oppose Wrestling/UltimoDragon.[[/folder]]
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130[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
131* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 3rd edition book ''Elder Evils'' picks up Kyuss, the Worm That Walks, a well-known villain from ''TabletopGame/{{Greyhawk}}'', Zargon, a fan-favorite monster from ''TabletopGame/{{Mystara}}'' and Pandorym, villain from ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' novel ''Darkvision'', and reinvents them so they can now fit to any D&D setting.
132** The Fifth Edition Campaigns ''TabletopGame/TombOfAnnihilation'' and ''Princes of the Apocalypse'' transplant classic Greyhawk antagonists [[TabletopGame/TombOfHorrors demilich Acererak]] and [[TabletopGame/TheTempleOfElementalEvil the Cult of Elemental Evil]] into Forgotten Realms.
133** ''TabletopGame/VecnaTrilogy'' moves titular character from ''Greyhawk'' to ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' and then to ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}''. Since then Vecna has also branched out to Forgotten Realms and [[WebVideo/CriticalRole Exadia]].
134** Another ''Greyhawk'' villain, the GodOfEvil Tharizdun, is generally seen as a multiversal villain stretching far beyond the bounds of Planescape.
135* Downplayed in ''TabletopGame/SentinelsOfTheMultiverse''. Each heroes Nemesis will have more ItsPersonal backstories with variants of other heroes. Downplayed in that the Nemesis hasn't changed.
136** Probably due to the two being Foils, the Wraith has a decent amount of interaction with the Chairman. In particular, Freedom Six Wraith ends up killing The Chairman and taking over his operation.
137** This finally does wind up happening for a few villains in the Villains of the Multiverse expansion. Ambuscade switches from hunting Haka to The Naturalist, Plague Rat falls into the captivity of [=RevoCorp=] and is used to hunt their creation Setback, and Miss Information returns to take vengeance on the Freedom Five. Also, Citizens Hammer and Anvil get their own deck and nemesis in Visionary, whereas they were previously minions in Citizen Dawn's deck (nemesis: Expatriette).
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141* In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'', Simon Stagg, nemesis of C-Lister ComicBook/{{Metamorpho}}, shows up as a minor antagonist working with Scarecrow.
142* ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'' does this with some of the {{Guest Fighter}}s.
143** In his [[VideoGame/SilentHill2 first appearance]] in the ''Franchise/SilentHill'' franchise, Pyramid Head served as James Sunderland's tormentor. While James was added in a later update, Pyramid Head initially went after [[VideoGame/SilentHill3 Heather Mason]]'s head.[[note]]While not part of the game's canon, Heather has encountered Pyramid Head in ''Film/SilentHillRevelation3D'', but Pyramid was more of Heather's protector than tormentor.[[/note]]
144** Of the 8 playable Survivors ({{Palette Swap}}s included) that hail from ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'', [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil2 Leon S.]] [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 Kennedy]] and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis Carlos Oliveira]] are the only people to have never come into contact with Albert Wesker.[[note]]The closest Leon got to meeting Wesker was in ''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4'' when the latter observed the former from afar during Operation Javier.[[/note]] Likewise, the only ''Resident Evil'' survivors who have encountered [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil3Nemesis Nemesis]] are Jill Valentine and Carlos.
145* Merlock, the BigBad of the ''WesternAnimation/{{DuckTales|1987}}'' movie ''WesternAnimation/DuckTalesTheMovieTreasureOfTheLostLamp'', was featured in two video games, both of which starred protagonists other than Scrooge [=McDuck=] and his three grandnephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie. His first video game appearance was as a boss in ''VideoGame/LegendOfIllusion'', which starred Mickey Mouse. His second appearance in a video game was as the main antagonist and final boss in ''VideoGame/DonaldDuckGoinQuackers'', where he menaced Donald Duck by kidnapping Daisy.
146* Chaos from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyI'' is actually the BigBad of the entire ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' [[TheMultiverse Multiverse]] as of ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy''.
147** Also happened before that as well, since [[spoiler:he is actually Garland's OneWingedAngel incarnation, and Garland is TheManBehindTheMan in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', though it's ambiguous as to whether they're the same character]].
148** Gilgamesh was TheDragon in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'', but is now [[WalkingTheEarth Walking The Multi Verse]] as an OptionalBoss.
149* In the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series, most of the Disney villains stick to their own worlds and antagonizing their own heroes, even in [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI the first game]], the only one to feature a team of villains sharing a single headquarters. Maleficent, however, is promoted to a general antagonist, the only villain from a Disney movie to appear in multiple worlds and have an interest in the series' overarching plot. For example, Hollow Bastion the world where she is fought as a boss, is a world original to the game and your GuestStarPartyMember is the Beast from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''. It is not until ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep'' did we see her in the actual ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'' world, clashing with Prince Phillip and the three good fairies, and even then she made it clear that she had bigger ambitions.
150** Hades counts as well, as he's gone up against multiple heroes from the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series, if only because such heroes keep finding themselves in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' world for some reason.
151** Seifer of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII'', known for being Squall's RivalTurnedEvil plays TheRival to Roxas in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'' and has nothing to do with Squall.
152* Arianrhod the Steel Maiden fought the Special Support Section once in ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsToAzure'', but once she appeared in ''[[VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsOfColdSteel Cold Steel III]]'' she became far more associated with the Erebonia arc, through her past as Lianne Sandlot and connection to Osborne as [[spoiler: the reincarnation of her old love]]. To the point where, on this website, her character entry ended up being moved from the Crossbell games' characters page to the Erebonia one.
153* This is one of the plot points in ''VideoGame/LegoDimensions''- thanks to [[BigBad Lord Vortech's]] meddling around with rifts in his own attempt to conquer the multiverse, enemies from various franchises have been taken to different settings. [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Sauron]] has landed his tower in the middle of [[Franchise/{{Superman}} Metropolis]], [[WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie Lord Business]] is overseeing the invasion of [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Springfield]], and Vortech himself shows up to challenge the heroes in [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture 1885 Hill Valley]], and many more.
154* ''VideoGame/MagicalTetrisChallenge'': The Big Bad Wolf was originally the enemy of WesternAnimation/TheThreeLittlePigs, but here, he's going up against Franchise/MickeyMouse and his friends as a henchman to Mickey's archenemy, WesternAnimation/{{Pete}}. The pigs don't make an appearance.
155* ''VideoGame/{{Pico}}'': Piconjo is often thought of as one of Pico's adversaries, due to him being a comparatively unhinged OddballDoppelganger. In Piconjo's original series, however, Pico is never encountered, with Piconjo instead fighting his nemesis [=LegendaryFrog=].
156* The ''[[VideoGame/ThePunisherCapcom Punisher]]'' game from Creator/{{Capcom}} features the Reavers as enemies. While the Reavers did once clash with the Punisher in the comics, they're otherwise almost exclusively treated as X-Men villains.
157* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'':
158** Pazuzu was somewhat inexplicably an ally of [[GodIsEvil YHVH]] in his first major story role in ''VideoGame/MegamiTenseiII''. Later games typically have him as a member of Lucifer's Chaos faction.
159** [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Nyarlathotep]] appeared as a summonable demon and occasional boss in earlier SMT games, but due to his stint as the BigBad of ''VideoGame/Persona2'' and occasional call-backs in later entries, he's commonly thought of as a ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' villain now.
160* ''VideoGame/SoulSeries'':
161** [[BigBad Nightmare]] was originally the main antagonist to Kilik, Xianghua and Maxi. In fact, Xianghua used Soul Calibur to defeat him in the end. Afterwards, Nightmare has had little to do with those three and instead became an enemy to Siegfried, Nightmare's former host, after their [[EnemyWithout split]] for the rest of the series.
162** [[GhostPirate Cervantes]] was introduced as the first BigBad and was defeated by Sophitia and Taki teaming up together. Afterwards, he instead became a villain to his [[ChildByRape illegitimate daughter]] Ivy following her introduction.
163* ''VideoGame/SpiderManAndTheXMenInArcadesRevenge'': The boss of the second Spider-Man level (first if you don't count the intro stage) is N'astirh, a relatively obscure X-Men villain from the ''ComicBook/{{Inferno|1988}}'' CrisisCrossover.
164* ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4'':
165** The original game features [[Characters/MarvelComicsTaskmaster Taskmaster]] as an enemy and boss fight. Though he has fought Spidey before (most notably the ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider|Man2012}}-Man'' cartoon), Taskmaster debuted in ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' and more commonly menaces heroes more heavily associated with that team. Here, while the Avengers do exist, they don't appear in this game, leaving Spider-Man to deal with him.
166** ''VideoGame/SpiderManMilesMorales'': The game's main villain is Simon Krieger, whose comic book counterpart was a TokenMotivationalNemesis for Iron Man and had no connection to neither Peter Parker nor Miles Morales.
167* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
168** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros2'' was a DolledUpInstallment of ''VideoGame/DokiDokiPanic'', hence all the enemies in the game, including Shy Guys, Bob-ombs, Pokeys, Birdo, etc. were not originally Mario's nor did they start off aligned with Bowser (they are part of Wart's 8-Bit army in their original appearance). In turn, Shy Guys and Snifits later became part of the standard bestiary of the ''VideoGame/YoshisIsland'' series, while Yoshi didn't even exist yet when ''Super Mario Bros. 2'' came out. Birdo, likewise, would undergo a HeelFaceTurn and primarily appear in the spinoff sport titles, sometimes even as a partner of Yoshi.
169** In reverse, Kamek, Baby Bowser's caretaker from the Yoshi games, has made frequent appearances in the mainline games and [=RPG=] spin-offs to the point of being (adult) Bowser's [[TheDragon right-hand man]] in several games.
170** King Boo was formally introduced as Luigi's archnemesis in the ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion'' games, but he still makes appearances in the ''Mario'' platformers and sports spin-offs every now and then (although he looks [[YouDontLookLikeYou different in those]]), so he doesn't end up being much different from the other several {{King Mook}}s that Mario himself faces in the series.
171* While the ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' series does, of necessity, involve various HumongousMecha fighting enemies from different shows, it can sometimes veer into this territory with especially strong enmities developing between characters of different series, especially in regards to OriginalGeneration characters. The best example would probably be from ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration 2'', where Axel Almer of '' VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsAdvance'' fame becomes the arch nemesis of the [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsCompact2 Impact series]]' Kyosuke Nanbu.
172* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'':
173** ''VIdeoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'': In ''The Subspace Emissary'', [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Bowser]], [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Ganondorf]], and VideoGame/{{Wario}} become a general BigBadEnsemble of the Creator/{{Nintendo}} universe, facing characters they never fought in their respective series. For instance, Wario becomes a nemesis for Lucas from ''VideoGame/Mother3''.
174** Master Hand, one of the series' [[OriginalGeneration original characters]], becomes a Kirby mini-boss and then teams up with Crazy Hand to be a boss proper in ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheAmazingMirror''. In this case, it's because both games were made by Creator/HALLaboratory.
175* In ''X-Men: The Official Game'' (the prequel to ''Film/XMenTheLastStand''), ComicBook/{{HYDRA}} is revealed to be the organization behind Master Mold and the Sentinels, the mutant-hunting {{Killer Robot}}s from the X-Men books. In the actual comics, HYDRA is traditionally depicted as a threat to [[Characters/MarvelComicsSteveRogers Captain America]] and ComicBook/TheAvengers.
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179* ''WebAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls'' has a lot of this, largely due to many villains being alignment-swapped in this universe and pulling out more obscure DC villains to act as enemies. For instance, the Double Dare Twins are little-known ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'' villains, but are often used in a VillainOfTheWeek role, either against [[Characters/TheOutsidersDCComics Katana]] or the Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}}/Characters/{{Batgirl}}/Characters/{{Supergirl|TheCharacter}} team, while he hasn't shown up at all. Dark Opal ''kind'' of counts, as while he menaces the DCSHG team, mainly Supergirl, here, his backstory {{flashback}} shows that he got there by running away from ComicBook/{{Amethyst|PrincessOfGemworld}}.
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183* The Angry German Kid originally started out as a Website/YouTube Meme, but eventually became one of the main memes at Nico Douga, with the new moniker of Keyboard Crusher.
184* {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d on ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall:''
185-->'''Cloak #1:''' They think ''that's'' confusing? Why am I suddenly one of your bad guys when you weren't even in the group I was harassing in ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights?''
186* After WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic's battle with Creator/MaraWilson, she shows up in WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick's review of ''Film/{{Matilda}}.'' At first Mara wants to kill her to get to the Critic, but since [[spoiler:he died in ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'']] the two try to come up with another reason to hate each other, to no avail. Later she appears in other Team [=NChick=] videos, with only a HandWave why she's not trying to kill anyone. [[RealLifeWritesThePlot She and Lindsay both lived in New York]], so the transfer just made things easier.
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190* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' uses Impossible Man, another ComicBook/FantasticFour enemy, as well as Doctor Doom. [[LegionOfDoom The Cabal]], originally created as the EvilCounterpart of ComicBook/TheIlluminati, act as the first main antagonists, founded by Captain America's ArchEnemy [[Characters/MarvelComicsRedSkull Red Skull]] and his other enemy [[Characters/MarvelComicsAIM M.O.D.O.K.]] (whom is more acknowledged here by his later encounters with Iron Man), with Dracula, ComicBook/SubMariner rogue Attuma, and Hyperion (a member of the ComicBook/SquadronSupreme, though his overall depiction is closer to the villainous Squadron Sinister version) also added. Later arcs find ways to add Thanos and the Black Order (though CrisisCrossover events do see Thanos face the team in the comics despite being better known for his encounters with cosmic heroes), a new Cabal featuring [[spoiler: the Leader, Zola, Enchantress, and Loki]], all enemies of [[spoiler:Hulk, Captain America, and Thor, though Loki was the Avengers' original StarterVillain]], and Madame Masque, whom normally faced Iron Man and Hawkeye (Kate Bishop), was used in a season that was heavily centric to ComicBook/BlackPanther, just to name a few, that same season mainly having his enemy [[Characters/BlackPantherEnemies Erik Killmonger]] as the main antagonist.
191* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' essentially made the ComicBook/BlackPanther villain Klaw into an ComicBook/AntMan foe, as Ant-Man is the one who mangles his hand and later comes up with the strategy to defeat him. This left Black Panther without an ArchEnemy or someone to yell YouKilledMyFather at, so the writers made Man-Ape into his father's murderer instead. Klaw does still participate from the shadows, but its only because T'Chaka's fight with Man-Ape was really a TrialByCombat fight to the death for the throne, where Klaw's sabotage gave Man-Ape the advantage and victory.
192* While many of the villains on ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' came from the rogues galleries of other heroes, most of them were depicted as such. Only 2 villains of those villains were portrayed as being regular parts of Batman's rogues gallery: Gorilla Grodd and Gentleman Ghost. [[Characters/TheFlashRoguesGallery Gorilla Grodd]] (a [[ComicBook/TheFlash Flash]] villain) was depicted as being completely obsessed with Batman, regarding him as the only 1 worthy of his intellect and a regular inmate of Arkham Asylum...despite having almost no interaction with Batman in the comics[[note]]The justification for this is that Barry Allen, the Flash that Grodd fought against, was revealed to have been thought dead, and was saved much later into the show[[/note]]. [[Characters/{{Hawkman}} Gentleman Ghost]] was a major enemy of ComicBook/{{Hawkman}} who had three episodes in a Batman-centric show devoted to him before Hawkman was even ''mentioned''. [[OlderThanTheyThink Although for a brief period in the Bronze Age Gentleman Ghost WAS considered a Batman rogue]].
193** Occasionally this may also happen from the opposite side and a Batman villain may be an enemy of another hero. This is seen with minor Batman villain Kite-Man, who is depicted as the criminal who ComicBook/PlasticMan worked for prior to him gaining his superpowers, and who kidnaps the hero's family for revenge in one episode.
194* ''WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman'' uses Tobias Whale, who is traditionally an enemy of ComicBook/BlackLightning and Simon Stagg, who is the archenemy of ComicBook/{{Metamorpho}} (who, unlike Black Lightning, ''did'' appear). Characters/{{Deathstroke}} also appears, and while he is pretty much a general DC Universe menace these days and ''has'' fought Batman quite a bit, having some moments as an EvilCounterpart of Batman (this time around, Alfred mentored him too), the character originated as a ComicBook/TeenTitans villain.
195* They aren't really villains, but WesternAnimation/ChipAndDale originally started out as recurring antagonists for WesternAnimation/{{Pluto|ThePup}}. Though they still pester Pluto at times, they're far better known nowadays for always bothering WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck, or else being key components of [[WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers the Rescue Rangers team]].
196* The [[{{Satan}} Red]] [[CampGay Guy]] from ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'' would also frequently antagonize ''WesternAnimation/IAmWeasel'' as well.
197* Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse:
198** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' used Clock King and Count Vertigo (the latter depicted as a former friend of [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's Al-Ghul]] to justify his inclusion), who were originally ComicBook/GreenArrow villains in the comics.
199** Inverted in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' where Superman briefly takes over vigilante duty in Gotham, posing as Batman. He falls into a trap set by Bane, Mad Hatter, and the Riddler, but escapes the trap with brute force, beating Bane into submission with ease, before using his super speed to apprehend the others, [[OutsideGenreFoe to their absolute shock.]]
200** While [[Characters/GreenLanternThaalSinestro Sinestro]] in the comics fought several ComicBook/{{Green Lantern}}s, he was the archenemy and EvilMentor of Hal Jordan. In the DCAU, his debut in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' saw him fight Kyle Rayner (and be the one to murder [[DeathByOriginStory Abin Sur]], therefore causing Kyle to get the ring) and ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'' gave John Stewart Hal's role in Sinestro's expulsion from the GLC.
201** Inverted with the Royal Flush Gang as they made their DCAU debut in the future-set ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' and the Gang is explicitly stated to have a history with Batman. However, a different version of the Gang formed by ComicBook/TheJoker chronologically made their debut fighting the WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague, the Gang's traditional enemies.
202** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'':
203*** [[Characters/GreenLantern1941 Solomon Grundy]] does not fight against ComicBook/GreenLantern ''or'' Characters/{{Batman|TheCharacter}}, but instead against Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}} and Hawkgirl. Somewhat justified by Grundy occasionally facing Superman in Bronze Age stories.
204*** ''Unlimited'' portrayed Devil Ray (the CaptainErsatz of Black Manta) as a foe of Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}} instead of ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}. This was due to rights issues with the failed ''Mercy Reef'' pilot that kept Aquaman himself from appearing in the last season of JLU.
205*** Gentleman Ghost and Shadow Thief spend most of their time-fighting ComicBook/GreenLantern instead of Hawkman, although in the latter's case, it is due to the LoveTriangle involving Hawkgirl.
206*** Instead of being a foe of the ComicBook/{{Justice Society|OfAmerica}}, Roulette appears as a foe of the League. However, her debut does, however, involve ComicBook/{{Wildcat}} and Characters/BlackCanary, members of the JSA in the comics.
207** While he's crossed paths with Batman before and was involved in the origins of [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]], the Floronic Man made his DCAU debut in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAndHarleyQuinn'' whereas the comic character started out as an enemy of ComicBook/TheAtom and is a regular opponent of ComicBook/SwampThing (the latter of whom cameos in the film).
208* ''WesternAnimation/{{DC Super Hero Girls|2019}}'' does the same thing as its Web Animation counterpart:
209** Giganta is the nemesis of Bumblebee (as both girls are {{Sizeshifter}}s, a reference to ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'' connecting her size-shifting powers to Apache Chief) rather than Wonder Woman.
210** [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]] is ComicBook/GreenLantern ([[LegacyCharacter Jessica Cruz]])'s nemesis and idealogical EvilCounterpart.
211** Cavalier, traditionally a minor Batman villain, is ComicBook/GreenArrow's arch-rival here, and also has a grudge against Characters/{{Zatanna}}.
212* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'' had an episode called "All Ducks on Deck", where the villain was the Phantom Blot, who first appeared as an enemy of WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse in old [[ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse Mickey Mouse comics]].
213* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'':
214** Don Karnage, one of the primary antagonists from ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'', is a recurring villain that ends up declaring Dewey his ArchEnemy.
215** F.O.W.L. are mentioned and eventually decide to destroy Scrooge [=McDuck=] and his associates, rather than WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck (who ''is'' one of Scrooge's allies, even though nobody treats him with respect). [[ZigZaggingTrope They technically first appeared in an episode of the original]] ''WesternAnimation/{{DuckTales|1987}}'', but the reboot largely bases them on the more fleshed-out version shown in ''Darkwing Duck'' (including their [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness shadowy board of director]] and Steelbeak).
216** The Phantom Blot, WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse's enemy from the [[ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse Disney comics]], is also a member of F.O.W.L. and has sworn vengeance on Magica De Spell (along with anything magical in general due to his and Magica's history).
217* ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'' uses Byth Rok, who is traditionally a foe of ComicBook/{{Hawkman}}.
218* The sole costumed supervillain to show up in the first season of ''WesternAnimation/HitMonkey'' is Lady Bullseye, who is an enemy of [[Characters/MarvelComicsMattMurdock Daredevil]] in the comics.
219* ''WesternAnimation/HulkAndTheAgentsOfSMASH'' has put the Hulks up against Annihilus, Blastaar, and Ego, the Living Planet, all longtime ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' headaches, and Doctor Doom above especially. Bonus points for ''ComicBook/XMen'' foe Sauron. However, TheManBehindTheMan villain of the series is the Leader, who ''is'' a Hulk villain.
220* In ''WesternAnimation/{{The Incredible Hulk|1982}}'', some episodes pit the Hulk against other heroes' enemies.
221** Spider-Man foe Doctor Octopus is the villain in "Tomb of the Unknown Hulk".
222** "Prisoner of the Monster" features Iron Man adversary Spymaster as the antagonist.
223** "Bruce Banner Unmasked" has the Hulk fight the Puppet Master, whose usual adversaries the Fantastic Four get no acknowledgement aside from his step-daughter Alicia Masters having a bust of the Thing among her statues of Marvel characters.
224** The forces of Hydra are fought in "Enter: She-Hulk", when the organization is ordinarily an enemy of S.H.I.E.L.D. or Captain America.
225* The Mad Thinker and Awesome Android pop up in ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'' as enemies (and classmates) of Tony and his buddies. In the comics, they're traditionally enemies of the ComicBook/FantasticFour, even in the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe (which the show went with, depicting the Mad Thinker as a [[AgeLift teenaged]] [[GenderFlip girl]], instead of an adult man like the original). And then there's [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]] and Characters/{{Ma|rvelComicsMagneto}}gneto, who both show up in Season 2 (Magneto's appearance, in fairness, also features Professor X and Jean Grey, both of whom were from the X-Men).
226* The "Armor Wars" two-parter in ''WesternAnimation/IronManTheAnimatedSeries'' sees the title character hunting down various armored characters from across the Marvel Universe, including the Beetle (originally a Human Torch villain and best known for fighting Spider-Man) and Stilt-Man (an enemy of Daredevil).
227* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' occasionally reveals that one villain or another that the titular character fights used to be traditionally opposed by another group of heroes, Team Go, of which Kim's ArchEnemy Shego used to be a part of. One of these villains, the Mathter, even completely shifted his vendetta from that team's leader to Kim's sidekick Ron. Naturally for the show, this was lampshaded.
228* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'':
229** On a few occasions when he wasn't trying and failing to catch the Road Runner, a SuddenlyVoiced [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Wile E. Coyote]] showed up to antagonize WesternAnimation/BugsBunny in five shorts. That said, the final one, "Hare-Breadth Hurry" plays with this, as Bugs is essentially acting out the Road Runner's usual role.
230** Similarly WesternAnimation/ElmerFudd, originally set up as Bugs' ArchEnemy, would frequently be placed against WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck or WesternAnimation/{{Sylvester|TheCatAndTweetyBird}} in some shorts. Since both of them were often as bungling and hubris driven as Elmer, it tended to be less lopsided who would come out on top, or even if Elmer was the actual villain of the two.
231** WesternAnimation/YosemiteSam is pitted against Bugs in all but two cartoons: "WesternAnimation/AlongCameDaffy" (in which he and his black-haired twin brother pursue Daffy Duck) and "WesternAnimation/HoneysMoney" (in which he marries a wealthy but shrewish widow and tries to kill her idiot son).
232** Marvin the Martian debuted in the short ''WesternAnimation/HaredevilHare'' as a foe for Bugs Bunny. Three of the four following shorts featuring Marvin have him opposing Bugs. The fourth follow-up, ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgersInTheTwentyFourthAndAHalfCentury'' pits Marvin against Daffy Duck and WesternAnimation/PorkyPig in sci-fi-roles - that short laid the basis for the ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'' animated series where Marvin was a recurring villain and is probably most known for by modern audiences.
233** WesternAnimation/SpeedyGonzales' main two recurring antagonists in his cartoons had already been previously established foes to other Looney Tunes: Sylvester (archenemy to Tweety) and Daffy Duck (archenemy to Bugs)
234** The Tasmanian Devil debuted in ''WesternAnimation/DevilMayHare'' where he antagonised Bugs. Three of his other shorts would likewise pit him against Bugs. There was [[WesternAnimation/DuckingTheDevil one other short]] where Taz went after Daffy instead.
235* ''WesternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan'' has two examples:
236** The Blizzard used for this series, Randall Macklin, is a one-shot enemy of Iron Man, who does not appear in this episode, and his origin involves Harry and Peter's invention, likely in reference to Blizzard sometimes facing Spider-Man.
237** Absorbing Man is normally a foe of the Hulk and Thor, the former having appeared in only the Halloween episode, and the latter only appearing in later seasons.
238* ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelSuperHeroes'' had an episode of the ''Sub-Mariner'' segment feature Doctor Doom as its villain. Doom's usual enemies the Fantastic Four couldn't appear because of rights issues (having already been used by Creator/HannaBarbera for ''WesternAnimation/TheFantasticFour1967''), so they were replaced by the original roster of the X-Men, albeit referred to as the Allies for Peace.
239* The true villain of the first season of ''WesternAnimation/MODOK2021'' is ultimately revealed to be [[spoiler:Hexus the Living Corporation, who originated in Creator/GrantMorrison's ''Marvel Boy'' limited series]].
240* ''WesternAnimation/MightyMouse'' foe Oil Can Harry originates from the older and black-and-white ''Fanny Zilch'' cartoons, where he was a human rather than a cat and an enemy of J. Leffingwell Strongheart.
241* BigBad WesternAnimation/{{Pete}} originally appeared in Creator/WaltDisney's ''WesternAnimation/AliceComedies'' before becoming an enemy of WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit and eventually WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse. In the later years of Disney shorts, Pete mainly menaced WesternAnimation/{{Donald|Duck}}, though more as a [[JerkAss bullying jerkass]] than a straight up villain. To modern audiences he's probably best known for his role as Goofy's FalseFriend on ''WesternAnimation/GoofTroop'', or his role in the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' series as the thuggish [[TheDragon enforcer]] of [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]]. He also is featured in several episodes of the original ''WesternAnimation/{{DuckTales|1987}}'' series, seemingly "playing" different villain roles. ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' however brought him back to being Mickey's ArchEnemy in the early 2000's in animation, a role he was portrayed [[ComicBook/MickeyMouseComicUniverse in the comics]] from the beginning.
242* According to the ''WesternAnimation/{{The Powerpuff Girls|1998}}'' episode "Bought and Scold", Quackor the Fowl from ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' is one of their enemies. On a similar note, Huntor from "Dial M for Monkey" appeared as a bounty hunter in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' called "Episode VIII: Jack vs Mad Jack".
243* [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]] was featured as a villain in the 1981 ''WesternAnimation/{{Spider|Man1981}}-Man'' series and its related series ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'', neither of which acknowledged his usual enemies the Fantastic Four. Spider-Man considered him his ArchEnemy instead of Doctor Octopus or Green Goblin in those series.
244* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManUnlimited'' had Spidey going up against the High Evolutionary, normally a cosmic Marvel villain (though he has ties to the X-Men; he was once a colleague of Spidey's foe Jackal in the comics, but that was about it for pre-existing connections).
245* The ''WesternAnimation/SpiderWoman'' episode "Realm of Darkness" had Spider-Woman fight Dormammu, who was traditionally an enemy of ComicBook/DoctorStrange.
246* ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}'' occasionally featured Killer Moth, a villain mostly associated with the Batman franchise and Characters/{{Batgirl}} in particular.
247* While he isn't referred to by his real name, the same voice actor, the mirror mask, blue uniform hidden under trenchcoat and yelling "COBRA!" at the end of the episode made rather obvious the man called Old Snake, one-episode antagonist from ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'', is [[WesternAnimation/GIJoeARealAmericanHero Cobra Commander]].
248* Taken to the extreme in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider|Man2012}}-Man'', as part of the show's apparent attempt to be as different as possible to the traditional Spider-Man formula. So far, the show has largely avoided classic Spider-Man antagonists, the only ones showing up after more than ''twenty'' episodes being ComicBook/{{Venom}} ([[spoiler:with Harry Osborn as the host instead of Eddie Brock, though the symbiote later goes to Flash Thompson and turn him into Agent Venom as it does in the comics]]), [[Characters/MarvelComicsOttoOctavius Doctor Octopus]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Norman Osborn]] (who doesn't become the Green Goblin until the ''season finale'') and Sandman. The other episodes involve either crossover episodes with other heroes involving villains from the guest-star's rogue gallery (Living Laser for ComicBook/IronMan, Loki for [[Characters/MarvelComicsThorOdinson Thor]], Zzzax for [[Characters/MarvelComicsBruceBanner Hulk]], Mesmero and [[Characters/MarvelComicsSabretooth Sabretooth]] for [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]]) or villains from other Rogues Galleries who are treated like they were Spider-Man's regular villains (Doctor Doom and the Frightful Four, who are Fantastic Four villains, Batroc the Leaper, who is a Captain America villain, [[Characters/MarvelComicsTaskmaster Taskmaster]], who debuted as an Avengers villain, Whirlwind, originally a foe of Ant-Man, the Characters/{{Juggernaut|MarvelComics}} (though justified in that there was one notable comic story where Spider-Man did fight Juggernaut)...) As an added twist, some of Spider-Man's foes are now tied to other heroes, such as Kraven being the one who killed Characters/{{White Tiger|MarvelComics}}'s father, and the Scorpion being from the same mythical city as Characters/IronFist. Even though the show did eventually bring in more Spider-Man rogues and storylines, the aforementioned Taskmaster becomes TheHeavy in the first half of season 3, where he recruits potential new S.H.I.E.L.D. heroes [[spoiler:to spring Green Goblin from prison, leading to Goblin's travels across the Spider-Verse]], and in season 4, ComicBook/{{HYDRA}} and its leader Arnim Zola, both foes of Captain America and S.H.I.E.L.D. (the latter being the mentors to Spider-Man and other heroes) begin to back the Sinister Six, and Crossbones, another foe of Cap and S.H.I.E.L.D., [[spoiler:is selected by HYDRA to replace Dr. Curt Connors as the Lizard when Spider-Man successfully cures Connors for good]].
249* Dick Dastardly and Muttley started out as the enemies of the other racers in ''WesternAnimation/WackyRaces'' but then they gained a new enemy in Yankee Doodle Pidgeon in their own show, ''WesternAnimation/DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines''. But then the two started antagonizing ''WesternAnimation/YogiBear'' and the others starting with ''WesternAnimation/YogisTreasureHunt'', then it continues in ''Fender Bender 500'', ''WesternAnimation/YoYogi'' and ''Ride/TheFuntasticWorldOfHannaBarbera''. However due to rights issues they were replaced with Dread Baron and Mumbly and they antagonized Yogi and the others in ''[[WesternAnimation/LaffALympics Laff-A-Lympics]]'' and ''Yogi Bear and the Magical Flight of the Spruce Goose'', but the latter made them sound and act more like Dick Dastardly and Muttley so it's obvious on who they're replacing. ''WesternAnimation/{{Scoob}}'' features Dick Dastardly as the BigBad, this time to [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang]], [[WesternAnimation/DynomuttDogWonder Blue Falcon and Dynomutt]], and [[WesternAnimation/CaptainCavemanAndTheTeenAngels Captain Caveman and Dee Dee Skyes]].
250* WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker's traditional archnemesis Wally Walrus was placed against WesternAnimation/ChillyWilly in two 1961 cartoons, "Clash and Carry" and "Tricky Trout", 8 years since Wally's last appearance. Wally Walrus also antagonized WesternAnimation/AndyPanda in the 1946 cartoon "Dog Tax Dodgers".
251* ''WesternAnimation/{{Young Justice|2010}}'':
252** The ''majority'' of villains are not associated to any specific hero. Almost all the heroes work for or with the Justice League [[EvilIsOneBigHappyFamily while most of the villains are part of]] [[LegionOfDoom The Light]]. Speaking of The Light, the main council is led by [[Characters/DCComicsVandalSavage Vandal Savage]], whom originally faced [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Alan Scott]] but became an overarching villain to the DC universe as a whole, in this case here as a WellIntentionedExtremist, and has maintained ComicBook/{{Superman}} villain [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]], ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational villain Queen Bee, and ComicBook/{{Etrigan}} villain ComicBook/KlarionTheWitchBoy, who is also remembered for his role in the storyline ''Sins of Youth''. Other members of The Light, most of which were rotated out and replaced by other villains, include ComicBook/{{Batman}} villain [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's Al-Ghul]], ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} villains Ocean Master and Black Manta, ComicBook/DoomPatrol villain the Brain, ComicBook/TeenTitans and ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} villain Characters/{{Deathstroke}}, original Superman archenemy and later Justice Society villain Ultra-Humanite, ComicBook/NewGods and Mister Miracle villain Granny Goodness, and [[spoiler:ComicBook/{{The Outsiders|DCComics}} villain Bad Samaritan, here an ambassador of Markovia in the United Nations]]. By the show's present time period, the whole concept of a Rogues Gallery [[ExaggeratedTrope has pretty much vanished]].
253** Speaking of Luthor, he never interacts with Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}} (though he retains his connection to [[Characters/SupermanConnerKent Superboy]] in being his source of human DNA, a father of sorts). In fact, overall he comes comes off more as an [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Arrow Family]] villain--his first appearance sees him engaged in a XanatosGambit against [[spoiler:clone]] Roy, and he's eventually revealed to be behind [[spoiler:the capture of the original Roy Harper and creation of clone!Roy as a ManchurianAgent]]. After that, [[spoiler:he uses his Secretary-General position to attempt to promote the Justice League and the Outsiders as HeroesWithBadPublicity]].
254** Queen Bee was originally the main enemy to Justice League International, even acting as an EvilCounterpart to Maxwell Lord before his FaceHeelTurn, but is positioned against [[ComicBook/TeenTitans Miss Martian and Beast Boy]] because [[spoiler:she murdered Miss Martian's idol and inspiration for her human identity in revenge for impersonating and humiliating her and worming her way out of being blackmailed by her, said idol being Beast Boy's mother and therefore making Queen Bee the reason he is orphaned this time]].
255** Klarion here is depicted as a Lord of Chaos on par with Nabu and a ComicBook/DoctorFate foe, killing the Kent Nelson Doctor Fate in an attempt to get his helmet. He did actually have run ins with the original Young Justice team of the comics, but he is shown in a more powerful light this time around, filling the role Bedlam had in Young Justice story "World Without Grown Ups".
256** Even taking into account how Ma'alefa'ak, typically the ArchEnemy of Martian Manhunter, was changed from his brother to Miss Martian's brother, he is also mainly seen as an adversary for the ComicBook/NewGods due to his loyalty to [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]] and his stirring of tensions on New Genesis. [[spoiler:His later loyalty for Lor-Zod, revamped as a time traveler, also makes him become an adversary of the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes.]]
257** [[spoiler:General Zod became the StarterVillain of the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes rather than being one of Superman's major enemies, due to only finally being let out of the Phantom Zone in their time and being re-imprisoned by them. His son Lor-Zod, adapting [[AdaptationalVillainy changes]] in ''ComicBook/SupermanFamilyAdventures'' and ''ComicBook/SupermanRebirth'' and being depicted as a time traveler, likewise becomes one when he hopes that killing [[Characters/SupermanConnerKent Conner Kent]] will [[RetGone erase]] the Legion, and becomes another New Gods adversary through his partnership with Darkseid.]]
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