Line #60 TokenEvilTeammate/WesternAnimation


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9	* ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'':
10	** As time went on, the Ice King became less of a nemesis of Finn and Jake and more of a FriendlyEnemy, especially after they learn his [[BackstoryHorror tragic backstory]] as [[spoiler: an ordinary man corrupted by an ArtifactOfDoom]]. He eventually upgrades to a sometime-ally, especially after he's forced to live with Finn and Jake for a while in the later half of Season 5.
11	** Peppermint Butler. He's known to the Gumball Guardians as "The Dark One", he's best friends with [[TheGrimReaper Death]], and he frequently dabbles in black magic and demonology. And he's still Princess Bubblegum's loyal butler.
12	* ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries'': Iago, as the former servant of villain Jafar, is rehabilitated but still the one member of the team with the most nasty ideas. In some episodes, he subtly attempts to steal the Sultan's gold.
13	* Out of all the main characters in ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', Gumball himself seems to be this, for example, he is self-centered, egotistical, rude, obnoxious, inconsiderate, sometimes manipulative, and at his worse, (such as in "The Saint") he can be an outright ''VillainProtagonist''. But that said, he still has [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold a good heart underneath it all (most of the time)]] and can even be outright heroic when someone he cares about is in serious trouble.
14	%%* Adder from ''WesternAnimation/TheAnimalsOfFarthingWood''.
15	* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'':
16	** Roger, while none of the Smith household are exactly saintly in behavior, they can at least play the StraightMan or display a plausible conscience at times, DependingOnTheWriter. Roger on the other hand is a rather consistent ComedicSociopath [[LackOfEmpathy who has problems feeling for]] [[ItsAllAboutMe anyone over himself]] ([[CharacterizationMarchesOn at least par a few early occasions]]).
17	** Barry counts as this among Steve's friends. He's a psychotic criminal genius who takes medication that turns him into a good-natured idiot, but occasionally his true nature shines through.
18	* ''{{WesternAnimation/Amphibia}}'': [[spoiler: Marcy Wu unwillingly becomes this as of Season 3A after being possessed by The Core.]]
19	* ''WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce'': Shake, a bastard who lives to torture his roommates and for personal gain. The other members of the team often do evil things as well, but Shake is unique in that [[ForTheEvulz he doesn't need a reason]].
20	* ''WesternAnimation/AsToldByGinger'': Dodie is a downplayed example as she is not outright "evil". She is prone to ChronicBackstabbingDisorder, tried to break up Ginger and her boyfriend because she was jealous of Darren, and has other negative qualities.
21	* ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars'':
22	** Dinobot serves this role for the first two seasons. He starts out on Megatron's side, but is immediately cast out for trying to take over. He then challenges Optimus for leadership of the Maximals, but ends up joining the team. After joining, Dinobot still hungers for leadership, trying to take command anytime Optimus is out of commission (he respects Optimus' leadership too much to try and overthrow him). His [[UnscrupulousHero Predacon morals]] often end up clashing with his more heroic teammates.
23	** Shortly after [[spoiler: Dinobot's death, Blackarachnia]] takes over.
24	%%* Zorak from ''WesternAnimation/TheBrakShow''.
25	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Brickleberry}}'': Although none of the main characters are saints (even Ethel isn't without her NotSoAboveItAll moments), Malloy the bear stands out as the most amoral, callous, and sociopathic. Second to Malloy is Woody Johnson, the underhanded head of Brickleberry who is more than willing to endanger the lives of others ([[BadBoss even his subordinates]]) for money.
26	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Chaotic}}'': The Overworld is the de facto "good faction" of the setting. While not all of them have the most pleasant personalities, most Overworlders are at least neutral, morality-wise. Not Slurhk, a ScaryScorpion living in the Mipedian desert who seeks to reclaim the land for his faction, hates the locals and is eager to kill them in the process of reclaiming the desert. His status as an Overworlder is what makes Tom, a die-hard Overworld fanboy, realize that [[GreyAndGrayMorality everything's not so black-and-white]].
27	* ''WesternAnimation/ClassicDisneyShorts'': One of the players on WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse's team in ''WesternAnimation/MickeysPoloTeam'' is the Big Bad Wolf from Disney's ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeLittlePigs''. Though the only really mean thing he does is unleash his trademark huffing and puffing on Shirley Temple and the Three Little Pigs when they heckle him from the stands.
28	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Disenchantment}}'' has Luci, who not only takes the cake, but steals it, runs off with it, then eats it when you aren't looking and just licks up your delicious tears. (Just so you know, [[RunningGag he's not a cat.]]) The only times he's not actually screwing over the main characters are the ones where he's actively screwing over everyone else -- like his boss.
29	* ''WesternAnimation/DragonsRidersOfBerk'': Tuffnut and Ruffnut are considered to be too violent and reckless even for vikings' standards. They also find some pleasure in chaos and destruction and show some sociopathic behavior, but mostly harmless.
30	* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'': When asked who is the "evil triplet" in the series premiere, Huey and Dewey both point at Louie (the most cunning, lazy, and greedy of the brothers), who agrees.
31	* ''WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy'':
32	** Eddy, despite being TheLeader, is the most devious and anti-heroic of the main trio.
33	** [[SpoiledBrat Sarah]] and [[JerkJock Kevin]] are the token jerks of the cul-de-sac kids.
34	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'':
35	** Stewie Griffin in early seasons, since he really wanted to kill his mother. Ironically however, while the rest of the family TookALevelInJerkass he's arguably [[TookALevelInKindness evolved into one of the more likable characters in the show]]. He still has his moments though.
36	** Among Peter's friends, SerialRapist Glenn Quagmire is the most amoral. Unless you count [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist Peter himself]].
37	* ''WesternAnimation/FanboyAndChumChum'': The ChildMage Kyle is not technically evil, he's just more grumpy and despising over the two titular boys, and is the least friendly classmate.
38	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'': Bender.
39	-->'''Bender:''' From now on I promise I'll never be too good or too evil again. I'll just be me.\
40	'''Leela:''' Do you think you could be a little less evil than that?\
41	'''Bender:''' I dunno. Do you think you could survive a 700 foot fall?\
42	'''Fry:''' Good old Bender.
43	** Given his near-total lack of regard for human life and number of Doomsday devices, [[MadScientist Farnsworth]] is also this.
44	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}}'': WordOfGod is that if the planned spinoff ''Gargoyles 2198'' ever gets made, Demona, BigBad of the existing ''Gargoyles'' series, will take this role. It's not that she's gotten over her FantasticRacism towards humans, but more that she's decided she likes the ScaryDogmaticAliens who've taken over Earth even less -- for now. Whether she'll eventually morph into TheAtoner or take back the BigBad role herself is left deliberately unanswered.
45	* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'': Mandy, the only one of the heroes who's more evil than a demon from the underworld.
46	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Grojband}}'': Trina Riffin, as much as being a hindrance to the band, she's also an unwitting help to them (Corey's inability to come up with lyrics is part of the reason).
47	%%* Joseph Stalin in the "Freedom League" sketch on ''WesternAnimation/{{Histeria}}''.
48	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'': The Misfits are all varying degrees of mean (though Stormer is only pretending to fit in) and are constantly making The Holograms lives miserable however Jetta is worse than the others. She and Roxy loathe each other, she picks on Stormer despite Stormer being the reason she's in the band (then again the others pick on her too), and she almost scammed Pizzazz out of at least a million dollars. It's a wonder they keep her around.
49	* ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'': [[EnfantTerrible Heloise]] is as often seen in the company of Lucius as the brains of his misery-making schemes as she is seen in the company of [[NiceGuy Jimmy]] (who she has a crush on) to just have fun with him.
50	* ''WesternAnimation/JosieAndThePussycats'': Alexandra only tags along with the group because her brother Alexander is the manager. Every episode usually features her either trying to steal Alan away from Josie or sabotage the band in some way.
51	* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'': In the episode "[[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E19And20Hereafter Hereafter]]", when Superman was supposedly dead, Lobo stepped up to fill in the missing spot. He took HeroInsurance to ridiculous new levels. Of course, the other members of the league never agreed to it but they really needed an extra hand at the time. When Superman returns, they get Lobo to scram.
52	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}}'': Mr. Cat is one of the protagonists of the show and is a friend of the main cast, but he normally does evil stuff and actually plays the villain in several episodes.
53	* ''WesternAnimation/LeagueOfSuperEvil'': Doktor Frogg is the only member who is actually evil as opposed to [[HarmlessVillain just obnoxious]]. Though even then, he's only really villainous compared to his teammates; in any other show ''he'd'' be the HarmlessVillain.
54	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'': Varrick. His motives for helping [[LaResistance Team Avatar]] against Unalaq were far from altruistic, as he did not care for the interests of the Southern Water Tribe, only for profiting from the conflict. He is willing to go to extremes, such as breaking the law to do this. However, he ended up becoming a SixthRangerTraitor and he was sabotaging their mission from the start. He masterminded terrorist attacks behind the heroes' backs that were executed by triads. He even took advantage of [[FallenPrincess Asami]] by stealing her equipment just to make her desperate enough to sell him controlling interest. By Books Three and Four, he pulls a HeelFaceTurn and becomes a critical member of the fight against the BigBad in the GrandFinale, having grown a conscience.
55	* ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow'':
56	** Marvin the Martian is a friend to WesternAnimation/{{Bugs\|Bunny}}, WesternAnimation/{{Daffy\|Duck}}, and WesternAnimation/{{Porky\|Pig}} in this continuity. He still wants to blow up the Earth, though considering we never see him attempt anything evil might be a bit of a stretch.
57	** Daffy is this compared to the people he hangs out with, though the "evil" part is usually just shameless selfishness.
58	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar'':
59	** Rico. He's canonically classed by Skipper as their resident psychopath, and out of any of the members of the penguin team, causes the most trouble intentionally.
60	** King Julien isn't evil ''per se'', but is a narcissistic {{Jerkass}} who often tags along with the penguins but only cares about himself.
61	** [[spoiler: Blue Hen is the only resident of Central Park Zoo that is completely evil and isn't just a jerkass like [[BoxingKangaroo Joey]] or [[KillerGorilla Bada and Bing]].]]
62	* ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'': Buford isn't actually evil, but he is rude, intimidating, and a self-professed bully.
63	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'': Angelica is a manipulative bully to the babies ([[JerkassToOne especially towards Chuckie]]) who sometimes joins in on their adventures together.
64	* On ''WesternAnimation/ReadyJetGo'', Mitchell is a downplayed version of this ever since he somewhat [[spoiler: joined Team Propulsion in "Holidays in Boxwood Terrace"]]. He definitely has the most vices of the cast, being aloof, sarcastic, vain, and temperamental. Plus, he's out to expose Jet's identity. However, he is not evil and has many good qualities, especially when around [[CheerfulChild Mindy]].
65	* In ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' the titular [[HeroicComedicSociopath Rick Sanchez]] is not a "good person" by any stretch of the term. Even his [[ThisLoserIsYou relatable]], cowardly grandson, [[TokenGoodTeammate Morty]], has said this on multiple occasions. That said, he's still the [[VillainProtagonist protagonist]] and the team sometimes does heroic things, even if typically only for [[NominalHero self preservation or gain]] or [[MoralityChain because Morty pressured him into it]], and the enemies they face are usually worse than they are. In fact, a ''massive'' portion of the show's CharacterDevelopment are various characters, first Morty, then Summer, and then even ''Beth'', realizing Rick is not the good person and hero they like to prop him up as.
66	--> '''Morty:''' I don't renounce Rick, and I never have. I was just trying to protect my sister. I wanted you to have a normal life. That's something you can't have when Rick shows up. Everything real turns fake. Everything right is wrong. All you know is that you know nothing and he knows everything. And, well -- well, he's not a villain, Summer, but he shouldn't be your hero. [[WildCard He's more like a demon or a super fucked up god]].
67	* In ''WesternAnimation/ShadowRaiders'', Emperor Femur of Bone and Lord Mantel of Rock both qualify:
68	** Femur is a sleazy, opportunistic coward who’s mainly out for himself, and many of the actions he takes end up hindering the Alliance’s ability to fight back against the Beast Drones. Highlights include betraying and holding Alliance leaders hostage on multiple occasions, stealing Planet Rock’s Battle Moons for himself, and [[spoiler:pulling his forces out of the Battle of Remora, leaving Ice and Fire to take the brunt of the casualties]]. This last action puts him in hot water with everyone, including his own warriors (who feel dishonoured at [[spoiler:being forced to retreat from a major battle]]), forcing Femur to try and improve his image with the rest of the Alliance. Despite this, most of his actions are played for laughs.
69	** Lord Mantel, by contrast, is an aggressive and hot-tempered jackass who talks down to everyone, be they commoners or royalty. He stubbornly refuses to admit that the Beast Planet is too great a threat for Planet Rock to handle alone, remains unjustly confident that the Battle Moons can handle anything the Beast throws at them (even after the Beast Planet itself swats two of the Moons like flies), exiles Graveheart for daring to put the common good before that of Rock, and [[spoiler:forces Jayde to steal vital Alliance codes so that he can seize control of it in a coup]]. Unlike Femur, Mantel’s hostility and belligerence are (usually) not played for laughs.
70	* In the third season of ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'', Shadow Weaver - formerly the second-in-command of the Horde, and Adora and Catra's {{Abusive Parent\|s}} - defects to the Rebellion in order to get revenge on Hordak and slots into this role. The show ''adamantly'' refuses to treat this as a HeelFaceTurn; notably, when Shadow Weaver comes up against Catra, it's treated not as a victory for the heroes, but as Catra's abuser coming back to hurt her again, even though at this point Catra is in the middle of a full-blown VillainousBreakdown driven by [[GreenEyedMonster her out-of-control envy of Adora]]. Ironically, for all her toxic and corrupting influence, Shadow Weaver is still an OlderAndWiser veteran who comes off as far more mature and level-headed than several of the younger members of the Rebellion on several occasions.
71	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
72	** In early seasons, Bart, despite his good side, was the most reckless and sociopathic of the family to the point that his antics and mischievousness often went too far, in some cases even causing real harm (both emotional or physical). However, Homer TookALevelInJerkass in later seasons and now he's often as reckless and sociopathic as Bart, or sometimes even worse DependingOnTheWriter.
73	** Among Homer's friends, the bitter, AxCrazy Moe is the meanest. Unless you count [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist Homer himself]].
74	** Among Bart's friends, Nelson is this. He often hangs out with Bart's group, despite being a bully to Bart and other kids in other episodes. He [[TookALevelInKindness gets nicer]] over the years, but he's still quite violent.
75	* Brainy in ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs1981'' is a downplayed version of this combined with JustEatGilligan at times. He might not be as malicious as most examples here but is self-centered, arrogant and selfish, often reckless for his own ego to the point of endanger others, so would qualify for Smurfs' standards.
76	* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': Eric Cartman, who proves to be more evil than Satan ([[SatanIsGood though admittedly that's not too difficult]]), was able to tame Cthulhu, created imaginary characters that terrified the likes of Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees, has few and far between PetTheDog moments, and is ''literally'' incapable of understanding good. Even his three "friends" aren't entirely sure why they let him hang around.
77	* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'': Mr. Krabs after his {{Flanderization}} into a more malicious, abusive boss. He reached the point of psychotically spending a full episode trying to get a single penny from [=SpongeBob=]. (On another occasion he [[DealWithTheDevil sold SpongeBob to the Flying Dutchman]] for 62 cents, an act which even horrified Squidward.) Meanwhile, as Plankton heads more into {{Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain}}y Krabs' responses become more extreme; once he actually [[DrivenToSuicide drove Plankton to attempt suicide]]. In some episodes the Chum Bucket is a legitimate business Krabs is bullying profit away from (in one episode he became obsessed with ruining the Chum Bucket just because he earned ''one'' regular customer). WordOfGod is that he was supposed to be as much of a villain as Plankton, only less obvious. After all, many of his crimes were before the Movie.
78	* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': In the second season finale, [[spoiler:Darth Maul]] serves as this to the main Jedi cast as he has his own reasons for wanting Palpatine and the Empire to fall. However, it's soon subverted as when it looks like he's going to win, turns on them, and he becomes a recurring antagonist in the third season.
79	* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Peridot agrees to an EnemyMine with the Crystal Gems in the second season when she is stranded on Earth and they face a common danger in the Cluster. She eventually is forced to join the Crystal Gems for real in "Message Received" when she unthinkingly mouths off at Yellow Diamond, who proves to not be the goddess of logic that she believed her to be, nor as respectful to her as the Crystal Gems. Come Season 3, this is more or less subverted after Peridot TookALevelInKindness.
80	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Super 4}}'': Ruby is a family-friendly version of the trope, as she tends to be focused on stealing treasure, but is still loyal to her friends.
81	* ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'':
82	** [[TroubledButCute Duncan]] and [[AlphaBitch Heather]] (the former being more childishly destructive, the latter being more of a ManipulativeBastard). [[ScrewTheRulesImBeautiful Justin]] in ''Total Drama Action'' (as a SmugSnake). [[TheChessmaster Alejandro]] in ''Total Drama World Tour'' (as a sort of Heather-Justin hybrid). [[TeamKiller Scott]] and [[JerkJock Jo]] in ''Total Drama Revenge of the Island'' (the former as a ManipulativeBastard, and the latter as a sort of DrillSergeantNasty). [[FatBitch Sugar]] in ''Total Drama Pahkitew Island''.
83	** Both played straight and inverted in ''Total Drama All Stars''. Inverted with the Villainous Vultures having Gwen (who doesn't even want to be evil) and played straight with Courtney and later Duncan on the Heroic Hamsters [[spoiler:and Mike's new evil personality Mal]].
84	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Velma}}'': Despite being the protagonist, Velma is considered to have the least redeeming qualities out of the gang. Even Fred and Daphne are saints compared to her. [[spoiler:One very defining moment that exemplifies this happens in the climax of the season one finale, where Norville manages to redirect a bullet from the murderer (Victoria Jones/Fred's mom) which instead hits a stalactite on top of her, resulting in it coming down to skewer her and cover everyone around her in blood. Fred, Daphne, and Norville react to the gruesome death they just witnessed with appropriate shock and horror. Velma, on the other hand, quickly becomes '''ecstatic''' over what just happened, taking credit for solving the case and ''twerking over the corpse'' victoriously.]]
85	* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'': Rusty Venture would really like to be a good guy (and has passed on at least one chance to become a CardCarryingVillain), but he's far too lazy and selfish to pass up an opportunity to make a buck just because it hurts someone else. We're talking about a guy who built [[RefugeInAudacity a machine powered by an orphan's heart]], here. Rusty is the reason for the PoweredByAForsakenChild trope. The aforementioned LotusEaterMachine was described as such by [[TropeNamers Doctor Orpheus]].
86	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'': [[EvilWeapon Rubilax]] is a [[TheBrute brute]] who is always [[BloodKnight looking for a good fight]] and a [[OmnicidalManiac chance to spread mayhem and destruction]] just ForTheEvulz. [[SealedEvilInACan Being sealed in a sword]] forces him to use [[DeadpanSnarker snarking]] as an outlet for his frustrated evil. Fortunately for him, his wielder Shushu Knight [[IdiotHero Sadlygrove]] provides plenty of mockeries. For most of the series, Rubilax is a double-edged sword -- pun intended -- since he is a powerful weapon that can use different elemental powers depending on the situation. On the other hand, he's always trying to take [[DemonicPossession possession]] of Sadlygrove in order to wreak havoc.
87	* ''WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh2011'': Rabbit often acts as a child-friendly variant of the trope. He is certainly the most antagonistic of the other docile members of the Hundred Acre Wood, he is a SourSupporter at worst, however, and to many audiences, the [[OnlySaneMan sanest]] and [[ThisLoserIsYou most relatable character]] of the series. He's even arguably the BigBad of ''Springtime with Roo'' (and the VillainProtagonist) until he realizes the error of his ways.
88	* ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}'': Prince Phobos, the former season's BigBad, takes this role briefly during the second season because he's the only person who can take the new BigBad's AmplifierArtifact away from her without it instantly teleporting back. Phobos spends a handful of episodes grudgingly helping the heroes (while acting like a titanic JerkAss to them all the while) [[spoiler: and then he finally gets what he wants- said AmplifierArtifact for himself. He promptly betrays everybody and resumes the throne of BigBad. [[GenreSavvy Something Will fully expected from him and had planned for]]]].
89	* ''WesternAnimation/TheXs'': Admit it, your first thought on Truman X would be the occasional EvilLaugh. The kid's a massive troublemaker with access to tons of weapons and gadgets, and the brains to use them. And he was persuaded into joining the villains' side for one episode. Thankfully, his genuine love for his family won out in the end, and he soon came back.
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