Sandbox / Former Magnificent Bastards

These are characters who were each deemed a Magnificent Bastard at one point, but were later disqualified for one reason or another based on the consensus of the cleanup thread (or the original cleanup thread).

Please note that this is NOT for characters who were brought up in the thread but were voted down, nor for characters who were unapproved to begin with and then cut. Only characters who were actually approved by the thread and later cut should go here.

Also note that while participants are allowed to have these characters re-evaluated provided they're not on the Resolved Items list, the reasons for their removal must be addressed. Providing a link to their cut post is also preferred. Similarities between different versions of a character is no longer grounds for the disqualification of a candidate. If someone wants to re-propose a candidate that was disqualified for this reason, please do so on the proposal thread.

All spoilers are unmarked. You Have Been Warned!

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By Troper

If you wish to examine any of these candidates yourself, feel free! Once you do so and verify whether a candidate counts or not, you can do one of two things:

1. If you believe the candidate counts, you can bring that to the proposal thread or the cleanup thread, and we can either reinstate the previous writeup (provided it was accurate and non-plagiarized) or rewrite it to be accurate.
2. If you believe the candidate does not count, take them to the cleanup thread to explain your reasoning. If the thread agrees with the reasoning provided, you can remove them from this list and move them to the appropriate folder on this page based on its media type. For the reason, rather than listing the reason they were cut, you can instead list the reason they don't count (for example, if the character suffers from an Undignified Death, list that as the reason rather than anything related to the proposal).

Happy viewing and reading!

G-Editor

G-Editor has made so many omissions and misstatements regarding candidates that we have removed every example they added that could not be vouched for.

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• Anime & Manga: Arata Kokonoe, Malcolm Eden, Kazunao Yamada, Angelo Lagusa, Count Saazbaum, Slaine Troyard, Nona, Yukiko Shirato, Fujimaki, Mikio Shirato, Ryugo Sakuma
• Fan Works: Bebe Stevens
• Film - Animated: Robin Baxter, Andrew Scott
• Film - Live-Action: Artemisia, Danny Buck Davidson, Leo, John Kelly, Floyd Banner, Robert "Gunther" Bendik, Francis Munch, Mason Skiles (Beirut), Karim Abu Rajal (Beirut), Leonard Brocht, Adam Franco (AKA)
• Literature: Kasane Kujiragi
• Live-Action TV: Siobhan Sadler, Paul Dierden, Marissa Wiegler, Erik Heller, Terri Miller, Trig, Yao, Ashin, Dolores Abernathy, Maeve Millay, James Reece, Ben Edwards, Leo, Gregory Volkov, Amber, Jerry Napek, Bertram "Bert" Cooper, Bob Benson, Yael Kadosh
• Video Games: Julianna Blake, Mara Sov, The Spider, Pavel, Saul, Tolya, Gumo, Wrench, Ana, Catarina Sforza, Selim bin Bayezid, Bartholomew Roberts, Christopher Gist, Aspasia, Amorges, The Student, Yang, Jasmine, Dodger, Proserpina
• Web Original: Dr. Rufus Weller
• Western Animation: George Spelvin, Rona Thorne, Hands, Reverend Rollo Goodlove, Bryce Fowler, Ichiro Hazaki

Echidna

Echidna has made too many omissions and misstatements regarding candidates (with at least one failing to get past the voting process) and his EPs are likely plagiarized. All examples that cannot be vouched for are removed.

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• Echidna, High Inquisitor Darklaw, The Storyteller, Tahrust Inmee, Black Suit

Proposed by Ban Evader

The following examples are proposed by Ban Evaders. All examples that cannot be vouched for or are not relitigated are removed.

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• Live-Action TV: General Hunt Stockwell
• Video Games: Abel

By Work

Anime & Manga

• ERASED: Gaku Yashiro (Serial Killer of children with heavy pedophillic overtones)
• Moriarty the Patriot: Louis James Moriarty (doesn't do enough onscreen to qualify)
• My Hero Academia:
  • Dabi (undergoes severe Sanity Slippage before his final defeat)
  • All For One (the final arc reveals that he's too cruel and prideful, sees him getting outplayed too much, and he undergoes a severe Villainous Breakdown that ends in an Undignified Death)
• One Piece: "Red Leg" Zeff (doesn't do anything cunning enough to qualify)
• Yu-Gi-Oh!: Dark Bakura (too sadistic and cruel, especially since he shares a universe with several other characters who have actual redeeming qualities and less vile crimes)

Comic Books

• Age of Reptiles: Quetzal & Dark Eye (both don't show enough intelligence and are overconfident)
• Batman: Zombie, Bird and Trogg (Bird is outplayed and humiliated by Bane later on, while Zombie and Trogg are merely mildly more competent than average henchmen)
• The Boys: James Stillwell (went insane later on)
• Daredevil: Guardian Devil: Mysterio (forcibly drugs and impregnates a teenage girl)
• The Invisibles: Sir Miles Delacourt (kidnaps women to let them get sexually assaulted by a monster)
• Spirou & Fantasio: Zantafio (starts a War for Fun and Profit and is too spiteful)

Fan Works

• Arkham Patient Sessions: Hugo Strange (suffers a Villainous Breakdown and gives up on his plans)
• The Impossible Series: Oolong (has barely any personality and motive isn't clear)
• Red World: Bernie Sanders (plans are implied to be doomed to fail and has a serious implied breakdown)
• Un Futur D'enfer: XANA (mass murderer who institutes a brutal regime)

Films — Animated

• Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie: Lasombra (Smug Snake who's only slightly smarter than average)
• How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World: Grimmel the Grisly (has dozens of dragons horrifically experimented on in a tie-in video game)
• Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life: Marcus (not charismatic enough)
• Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie: Dr. Robotnik (subjected to too much undignified slapstick)
• The Tale of Despereaux: Roscuro (only commits one amoral action, manipulating Mig into kidnapping Princess Pea, which he quickly repents of and helps undo, and isn't magnificent enough due to easily manipulating someone who isn't the smartest person around)
• Wrath of the Ninja^note condensed adaptation of Yotoden: Ranmaru Mori (too smug and sadistic)

Films — Live-Action

• Big Game: Fred Herbert (zealot involved in terrorism, and original EP contained faulty information)
• Demon Knight: The Collector (throws tantrums when he loses and has too much power over the people he manipulates)
• The Dictator: Tamir Aladeen (too little screentime and has a couple of undiginified moments)
• Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler: Dr. Mabuse (undergoes a Villainous Breakdown and is too vile)
• How the Grinch Stole Christmas!: The Grinch (too childish and petty)
• I Am Mother: Mother (has too much power over the people she is manipulating)
• Inception: Yusuf (too much of a joke and can't stack up to the impressiveness of the others)
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: Dr. Irina Spalko (Karmic Death is too much; while more dignified than other Big Bads, she still falls victim to Be Careful What You Wish For)
• Pacific Rim: Hannibal Chau (a sequel comic has him suffer a Happy Ending Override that ends in him dying an Undignified Death)
• The Perfection: Lizzie Wells (torturing and mutilating the vicious Serial Rapist Anton isn't enough to net her the "bastard" label)
• The Running Man: Damon Killian (Smug Snake and a petty Bad Boss)
• Swordfish: Gabriel Shear (forces the protagonist into a blowjob)

Literature

• The Children of Húrin: Glaurung (tricks Turin into having sex with his sister)
• How to Train Your Dragon: Norbert the Nutjob (too temperamental and is subject to too much slapstick)
• Neuropath: Neil Cassidy (among other things, forces a man to cannibalize a child)
• Skulduggery Pleasant:
  • Remnant-possesesed Tanith Low (dies begging for her life)
  • Billy-Ray Sanguine (retains too much of his Smug Snake characterization even in his penultimate appearance)
• Sword Art Online: Seijirou Kikuoka (frequently gets outplayed and doesn't think things through)

Live-Action TV

• Arrow:
  • Ra's Al Ghul (implied to have committed rape and lacks charm)
  • Adrian Chase/Prometheus (too sadistic and petty, and too much of an unhinged lunatic)
• The Big Bang Theory: Wil Wheaton (too much of a Jerkass personality wise)
• Camelot: Morgan Pendragon (was never properly EP'd, raped Merlin and Arthur)
• Deal or No Deal: The Banker (doesn't perform any morally dubious actions and the work lacks a sufficient narrative)
• Doctor Who: Dalek Sec (Ultimately outplayed by Dalek Caan)
• The Flash (2014): Clifford DeVoe/The Thinker (too pointlessly cruel and abuses his wife)
• Justified: Ellstin Limehouse (racist and too much of a Jerkass)
• Kamen Rider Zi-O: Swartz (not enough charisma while showing hints of sadism and pettiness)
• Kings: Silas (homophobic, has two Villainous Breakdowns, and forces his son to engage in Rape by Proxy)
• Loki (2021): Miss Minutes (becomes too sadistic and crazy over the second season)
• Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger: Seventh Spear, Sandaaru (his actions are too Played for Horror and his manipulations aren't impressive enough)
• Power Rangers:
  • Lost Galaxy: The Shark Brothers (not magnificent enough and their scheme is entirely Treacheron's idea)
  • Mystic Force:
    • Serpentina (too smug and her scheme gets ruined due to Itassis' intervention)
    • Oculous (not magnificent enough and doesn't stand out from any other Monster of the Week)
    • Hekatoid (suffers a humiliating defeat and lacks the personality for this trope)
• Psych:
  • Adrian Viccellio (not charismatic enough, and frequently doesn't think things through)
  • Marlowe Vicellio (her scheming fails to stand out amongst other candidates)
  • Grace Larsen (her motivation is fundamentally petty)
• You (2018): Love Quinn (too unhinged and impulsive)

Music

• The Protomen: Dr. Albert Wily (too needlessly petty and sadistic)
• The Ballad of D.B. Cooper: D.B. Cooper (too close to Real Life)

Tabletop Games

• BattleTech: Nicholas Kerensky (attempts to wipe out a rival clan by sterilizing and experimenting on them)
• Magic: The Gathering:
  • Elesh Norn (suffers from an indignant Villainous Breakdown at the end)
  • Jin-Gitaxias (death and downfall is too much of an Idiot Ball)
• Warhammer 40,000: Asdrubael Vect (too sadistic and cruel)

Theatre

• Hadestown: Hades (too evil for how he treats the workers, who are essentially slaves who either die or completely lose their memories and identity over time)
• Urinetown: Caldwell B. Cladwell (doesn't scheme or adapt enough and is too cruel)
• We Will Rock You: High Commander Khashoggi (Dirty Coward in most productions and his death is too humiliating)

Video Games

• Assassin's Creed: Odyssey: Juno (conducts horrific experiments on humans out of Fantastic Racism)
• Baldur's Gate: Sarevok Anchev (Baldur's Gate III portrays him as a sad broken man who also abused his daughter and had a child with her)
• Banjo-Kazooie: Gruntilda Winkybunion (her defeats in her last two appearances are too humiliating; she also becomes too petty in later appearances)
• Batman: The Telltale Series: Lady Arkham (has a Villainous Breakdown in one of her defeat scenarios)
• BlazBlue: Relius Clover (conducts horrific experiments for the sake of his god complex)
• Call of Duty: Black Ops II: Raul Menendez (has too big of a Villainous Breakdown in the Golden Ending)
• Crash Bandicoot (Original Timeline): Dr. Nefarious Tropy (never grows out of his Smug Snake mentality and ruins his own plan in his last major appearance)
• Criminal Case: World Edition: Omar Bahir (too much of a Smug Snake)
• The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Astrid (makes a huge mistake that ends up derailing her plans and doesn't do enough to make up for it)
• Far Cry 4: Pagan Min (runs a Human Trafficking ring and ruins a woman's life because she criticized him)
• Final Fantasy:
  • Final Fantasy VII: Sephiroth (too arrogant and petty)
  • Dissidia Final Fantasy: The Emperor (too arrogant and smug)
• Ghostrunner: Connor (Ghostrunner 2 has characters implying his plans to be doomed to fail, becomes too petty towards Bakunin, and his death is pretty undignifying)
• Heavy Rain: Scott Shelby (is a coward in one of the endings)
• Hitman:
  • Arthur Edwards (undone by his own arrogance)
  • Mark Faba (his magnificent deeds are off-screen, doesn't learn from previous mistakes and is killed because of it)
• In Famous Second Son: Brooke Augustine (Smug Snake and is needlessly sadistic to the point that it undoes her plans)
• Kirby: Squeak Squad: Daroach (gets possessed as a result of his own greed and isn't enough of a bastard afterwards)
• LittleBigPlanet: The Negativitron (not as cunning as the other candidates from the franchise and isn't explicitly confirmed to be a tactician)
• Mary Skelter: Nightmares: Snark (begins laughing like a maniac when his true colors are revealed and is too vile)
• Overwatch: Moira (doesn't scheme enough)
• Super Paper Mario: Dimentio (tries to destroy all of reality during his Villainous Breakdown, and is too cruel and sadistic)
• World of Warcraft: Drakuru (out-gambitted by the player and has an ignoble death scene)

Visual Novels

• Ace Attorney:
  • Gyakuten Kenji 2:
    • Katherine Hall (tries to make it so only the true murderer would get caught in her trap)
    • Simon Keyes (ends off on a pathetic Villainous Breakdown)
  • The Great Ace Attorney:
    • Kazuma Asogi (is not an Amoral Attorney and apologizes for his one transgression)
    • Mael Stronghart (too much of a Sore Loser)
• Fate/stay night: Caster (the only route where she does anything magnificent also has her attempt to turn Saber into a Sex Slave, and she is ultimately outwitted by Archer)
• Super Danganronpa Another 2: Mikado Sannoji (incredibly sadistic, and also too smug)

Web Animation

• RWBY:
  • Arthur Watts (tries to have an entire city freeze to death out of spite; his motivation is also fundamentally petty)
  • Hazel Rainart (doesn't do enough clever acts and largely just serves as muscle)

Western Animation

• Avatar: The Last Airbender: Azula (was revealed in the sequel comic Azula in the Spirit Temple to still be suffering from her massive Sanity Slippage caused in the series' Grand Finale)
• Avengers Assemble:
  • Nighthawk (blows up his own home planet just because it refused to submit to his ideals and treats his teammates horribly)
  • N'Jadaka (Wakandan supremacist who runs a brutal totalitarian regime)
• The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes:
  • Loki (his motivation is fundamentally petty)
  • Kang the Conqueror (fantasically racist and too arrogant)
  • Baron Heinrich Zemo (used chemical weapons in WWII and tries to wipe out all life just so he can live)
• Ben 10: Ultimate Alien: Aggregor (too personally despicable, lacks sufficient charm, and has an anti-climactic defeat)
• Danny Phantom:
  • Freakshow (defeated by Danny exploiting his Berserk Button)
  • Dark Danny (the sequel comic A Glitch In Time gives him a fundamentally petty motivation, Villainous Breakdown, and pathetic ending)
• G.I. Joe: Resolute: Snake Eyes (only takes out characters who are willingly supporting a genocidal monster)
• Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: Janice (doesn’t do anything worse than humiliating Ami & Yumi)
• Infinity Train: Lake (nothing she does is immoral enough)
• Kamp Koral: Narlene Narwhal (Obliviously Evil if anything, lacks charm and planning, and her EP only covered her first appearance)
• Kappa Mikey: Mariko (has a Villainous Breakdown when her plan is foiled)
• Miraculous Ladybug: Timetagger (Smug Snake who gets tricked by Ladybug)
• The Scooby-Doo Show: Julie (an average Monster of the Week by the franchise's standards)
• South Park: Leslie Meyers (is indicated to be just one part of a larger collective and lacks charm)
• Steven Universe: Navy (not smart enough and manipulations aren't impressive enough)
• The Super Hero Squad Show: Nick Fury (unambiguously a hero who never hurts anyone)
• Superman: The Animated Series: Darkseid (too sadistic and petty, and has Superman raped by proxy)
• Total Drama: Alejandro Burromuerto (too much of a Butt-Monkey)

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