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  • Anastasia: Bartok is this, being loyal to Rasputin but at the same time, more interested in partying and having fun and tries to inspire his master to abandon his vendetta against the Romanov dynasty and "get a life". He is not very realistic...
  • Captain Boomerang from Batman: Assault on Arkham might be a callous murderous jerk, but he's also clearly a ton of fun to be around when he's "off the clock". After gearing up at the Iceburg Lounge he's seen having a pint with some of Penguin's minions, all of whom are laughing hysterically and toasting one another. It's this and Deadshot's Consummate Professional nature that makes them mortal enemies over the course of the movie.
  • The "cutting edge" appliances from The Brave Little Toaster are friendly and welcoming to the main cast at first. But then they figure out their plans to reunite with their master, and all kindness is gone.
  • A Bug's Life: Molt is very cheerful and friendly, unlike the rest of the grasshoppers. He never really does anything bad in the film, and ultimately makes a Heel–Face Turn.
  • Despicable Me:
    • Gru is gradually softened into this over the course of the first film.
    • El Macho from the sequel counts too. It's pretty clear he's incredibly nice, even after he's revealed himself to be Not Quite Dead.
  • Generally, Smiler from The Emoji Movie is friendly and kind to the other emojis. However, that doesn't prevent her from being vicious to anything she views as a threat.
  • Kronk in The Emperor's New Groove is a charismatic Gentle Giant and only "evil" by virtue of being Yzma's henchman.
  • Frozen (2013): Duke of Weselton is this. He will kill to have his way (to secure trade advantages) but shows care and concern for his soldiers as well as the people of Arendelle.
  • Ice Age: The Meltdown: The Lone Gunslinger is very polite calm and decent with the herd.
  • The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire: Pterano is arrogant, unscrupulous, and motivated by wanting to rule all dinosaurs. That being said, he's generally a pleasant guy even to his enemies and people he doesn't like, wants power because he genuinely thinks him being in charge would be best for everybody, and refuses to hurt children. He even makes a Heel–Face Turn at the end of the movie.
  • The LEGO Movie: Good Cop isn't that much less evil than Bad Cop, but he's a lot more outwardly friendly.
  • Lilo & Stitch: Jumba Jookiba may constantly boast over his status as an evil genius, and he may have created over 600 artificial life-forms which range from mischievous to downright destructive, but he's a pretty decent and sociable guy overall. He even gets a Heel–Face Turn near the end of the movie.
  • Megamind may be a Card-Carrying Villain, but he's fairly laid-back and does villainous deeds not out of malice, but to get some attention. When he accidentally kills his arch-nemesis and takes over Metro City he tells the citizens that they should "Have fun with this", then does little more than throw some wild parties with a body count of 0.
  • Monsters, Inc.: Henry J. Waternoose is genuinely friendly with Sully, and is sincerely regretful when his plans require trapping him in the human world. Even after he has Sulley banished seemingly forever, Waternoose still defends his old friend's reputation and snaps angrily at his Dragon Randall for insulting him.
  • The Nightmare Before Christmas: Lock, Shock and Barrel may be a trio of spooky little brats, but they generally come off as friendly when they're not trying to make trouble.
  • Peter Pan: Mr. Smee is this, being a very cheerful and friendly fellow. He's only considered a villain because he serves Hook.
  • The Prince of Egypt: Rameses is quite a bit more sympathetic than other portrayals of the Biblical Pharaoh. He is a good loving father and genuinely loves his adoptive brother Moses. However he is far too obsessed with appeasing the wishes of his father that blinds him to the suffering of the Hebrews. His fatal flaws are his pride and stubbornness, which lead to all of Egypt's suffering.
    Rameses: I do not know this God. Neither will I let your people go.
    Moses: Rameses, please, you must listen.
    Rameses: I will not be the weak link!
  • Robin Hood (1973): Sir Hiss may be a snake both figuratively and literally, but he's considerably more pleasant than either Prince John or the Sheriff of Nottingham.
  • Sahara gives us the glowworms. They may turn out to be flesh-eating creatures who will trap whatever unlucky creature wanders into their lair in silk saliva, but they're nothing if not amiable. They gave Ajar and his friends directions to find the humans who took Eva, invited them to stay for a feast, then sang them a cheerful song (about eating their visitors). And then they proceeded to try and eat our heroes, but even then, the glowworms remain all giggly and cute and cheery.
  • In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Doctor Octopus starts quirky and approachable, and continues to geek out over every (however, now, turbulent) reappearance of the Web-Head. There's just that scene in the middle where the scientist accelerates from tying him up for a saliva sample to looking forward to seeing the interdimensional instability take Spidey apart to, as the picture becomes clear, the tentacles coming out.
  • Gabby Gabby from Toy Story 4 is a very polite, soft-spoken toy who definitely doesn't exude malice in the slightest. But she's very focused on what she wants, and will do morally-questionable things to get them. She holds Forky captive for information, but she treats him very well, coming to regard him as an actual friend. And once she has what she wants Woody's voice box, which she doesn't even take by force, but by diplomacy, she lets both Woody and Forky go without a fight. In the end, the "Evil" part of the Trope no longer applies, and it only applied in the first place because Gabby was desperate.
    Gabby: Stop them, please.
  • Captain Kiddie from Tom and Jerry: The Movie was a genuinely Nice Guy who treated Robyn very well and came across as a fun loving guy... until he found out about the million dollar reward for her return.
    Robyn: I thought you were a nice man.
    Captain Kiddie: But I am, my dear!
    Squawk: He'll be even nicer... with a million smackaroo!
  • King Llort from A Troll in Central Park. Unlike his wife Gnorga, he's more interested in good publicity than being bad for the sake of being bad and favors exile over the death penalty.
  • Charles Muntz from Up. He's genuinely polite and friendly to any visitors he may find... as long as he doesn't think they're after the bird. If Muntz does think someone is standing in his way, he shows just how off his rocker he is.


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