Token Evil Teammate / Western Animation

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• Adventure Time:
  • As time went on, the Ice King became less of a nemesis of Finn and Jake and more of a Friendly Enemy, especially after they learn his tragic backstory as an ordinary man corrupted by an Artifact of Doom. 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.
  • Peppermint Butler. He's known to the Gumball Guardians as "The Dark One", he's best friends with Death, and he frequently dabbles in black magic and demonology. And he's still Princess Bubblegum's loyal butler.
• Aladdin: The Series: 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.
• Out of all the main characters in The Amazing World of Gumball, 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 Villain Protagonist. But that said, he still has 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.
• American Dad!:
  • Roger, while none of the Smith household are exactly saintly in behavior, they can at least play the Straight Man or display a plausible conscience at times, Depending on the Writer. Roger on the other hand is a rather consistent Comedic Sociopath who has problems feeling for anyone over himself (at least par a few early occasions).
  • 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.
• Amphibia: Marcy Wu unwillingly becomes this as of Season 3A after being possessed by The Core.
• Aqua Teen Hunger Force: 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 he doesn't need a reason.
• As Told by Ginger: Dodie is a downplayed example as she is not outright "evil". She is prone to Chronic Backstabbing Disorder, tried to break up Ginger and her boyfriend because she was jealous of Darren, and has other negative qualities.
• Beast Wars:
  • 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 Predacon morals often end up clashing with his more heroic teammates.
  • Shortly after Dinobot's death, Blackarachnia takes over.
• Brickleberry: Although none of the main characters are saints (even Ethel isn't without her Not So Above It All 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 (even his subordinates) for money.
• 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 Scary Scorpion 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 everything's not so black-and-white.
• Classic Disney Shorts: One of the players on Mickey Mouse's team in Mickey's Polo Team is the Big Bad Wolf from Disney's The Three Little Pigs. 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.
• 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, 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.
• Dragons: Riders of Berk: 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.
• DuckTales (2017): 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.
• Ed, Edd n Eddy:
  • Eddy, despite being The Leader, is the most devious and anti-heroic of the main trio.
  • Sarah and Kevin are the token jerks of the cul-de-sac kids.
• Family Guy:
  • Stewie Griffin in early seasons, since he really wanted to kill his mother. Ironically however, while the rest of the family Took a Level in Jerkass he's arguably evolved into one of the more likable characters in the show. He still has his moments though.
  • Among Peter's friends, Serial Rapist Glenn Quagmire is the most amoral. Unless you count Peter himself.
• Fanboy and Chum Chum: The Child Mage Kyle is not technically evil, he's just more grumpy and despising over the two titular boys, and is the least friendly classmate.
• Futurama: Bender.
  Bender: From now on I promise I'll never be too good or too evil again. I'll just be me.
  Leela: Do you think you could be a little less evil than that?
  Bender: I dunno. Do you think you could survive a 700 foot fall?
  Fry: Good old Bender.
  • Given his near-total lack of regard for human life and number of Doomsday devices, Farnsworth is also this.
• Gargoyles: Word of God is that if the planned spinoff Gargoyles 2198 ever gets made, Demona, Big Bad of the existing Gargoyles series, will take this role. It's not that she's gotten over her Fantastic Racism towards humans, but more that she's decided she likes the Scary Dogmatic Aliens who've taken over Earth even less — for now. Whether she'll eventually morph into The Atoner or take back the Big Bad role herself is left deliberately unanswered.
• The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy: Mandy, the only one of the heroes who's more evil than a demon from the underworld.
• 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).
• 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.
• Jimmy Two-Shoes: 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 Jimmy (who she has a crush on) to just have fun with him.
• Josie and the Pussycats: 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.
• Justice League: In the episode "Hereafter", when Superman was supposedly dead, Lobo stepped up to fill in the missing spot. He took Hero Insurance 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.
• 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.
• League of Super Evil: Doktor Frogg is the only member who is actually evil as opposed to just obnoxious. Though even then, he's only really villainous compared to his teammates; in any other show he'd be the Harmless Villain.
• The Legend of Korra: Varrick. His motives for helping 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 Sixth Ranger Traitor 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 Asami by stealing her equipment just to make her desperate enough to sell him controlling interest. By Books Three and Four, he pulls a Heel–Face Turn and becomes a critical member of the fight against the Big Bad in the Grand Finale, having grown a conscience.
• The Looney Tunes Show:
  • Marvin the Martian is a friend to Bugs, Daffy, and Porky 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.
  • Daffy is this compared to the people he hangs out with, though the "evil" part is usually just shameless selfishness.
• The Penguins of Madagascar:
  • 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.
  • King Julien isn't evil per se, but is a narcissistic Jerkass who often tags along with the penguins but only cares about himself.
  • Blue Hen is the only resident of Central Park Zoo that is completely evil and isn't just a jerkass like Joey or Bada and Bing.
• Phineas and Ferb: Buford isn't actually evil, but he is rude, intimidating, and a self-professed bully.
• Rugrats: Angelica is a manipulative bully to the babies (especially towards Chuckie) who sometimes joins in on their adventures together.
• On Ready Jet Go!, Mitchell is a downplayed version of this ever since he somewhat 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 Mindy.
• In Rick and Morty the titular Rick Sanchez is not a "good person" by any stretch of the term. Even his relatable, cowardly grandson, Morty, has said this on multiple occasions. That said, he's still the protagonist and the team sometimes does heroic things, even if typically only for self preservation or gain or 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 Character Development 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.
  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. He's more like a demon or a super fucked up god.
• In Shadow Raiders, Emperor Femur of Bone and Lord Mantel of Rock both qualify:
  • 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 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 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.
  • 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 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.
• In the third season of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, Shadow Weaver - formerly the second-in-command of the Horde, and Adora and Catra's Abusive Parent - 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 Heel–Face Turn; 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 Villainous Breakdown driven by her out-of-control envy of Adora. Ironically, for all her toxic and corrupting influence, Shadow Weaver is still an Older and Wiser veteran who comes off as far more mature and level-headed than several of the younger members of the Rebellion on several occasions.
• The Simpsons:
  • 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 Took a Level in Jerkass in later seasons and now he's often as reckless and sociopathic as Bart, or sometimes even worse Depending on the Writer.
  • Among Homer's friends, the bitter, Ax-Crazy Moe is the meanest. Unless you count Homer himself.
  • 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 gets nicer over the years, but he's still quite violent.
• Brainy in The Smurfs (1981) is a downplayed version of this combined with Just Eat Gilligan 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.
• South Park: Eric Cartman, who proves to be more evil than Satan (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 Pet the Dog moments, and is literally incapable of understanding good. Even his three "friends" aren't entirely sure why they let him hang around.
• SpongeBob SquarePants: 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 sold SpongeBob to the Flying Dutchman for 62 cents, an act which even horrified Squidward.) Meanwhile, as Plankton heads more into Ineffectual Sympathetic Villainy Krabs' responses become more extreme; once he actually 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). Word of God 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.
• Star Wars Rebels: In the second season finale, 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.
• Steven Universe: Peridot agrees to an Enemy Mine 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 Took a Level in Kindness.
• 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.
• Total Drama:
  • Duncan and Heather (the former being more childishly destructive, the latter being more of a Manipulative Bastard). Justin in Total Drama Action (as a Smug Snake). Alejandro in Total Drama World Tour (as a sort of Heather-Justin hybrid). Scott and Jo in Total Drama Revenge of the Island (the former as a Manipulative Bastard, and the latter as a sort of Drill Sergeant Nasty). Sugar in Total Drama Pahkitew Island.
  • 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 and Mike's new evil personality Mal.
• 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. 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.
• The Venture Bros.: Rusty Venture would really like to be a good guy (and has passed on at least one chance to become a Card-Carrying Villain), 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 a machine powered by an orphan's heart, here. Rusty is the reason for the Powered by a Forsaken Child trope. The aforementioned Lotus-Eater Machine was described as such by Doctor Orpheus.
• Wakfu: Rubilax is a brute who is always looking for a good fight and a chance to spread mayhem and destruction just For the Evulz. Being sealed in a sword forces him to use snarking as an outlet for his frustrated evil. Fortunately for him, his wielder Shushu Knight 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 possession of Sadlygrove in order to wreak havoc.
• Winnie the Pooh (2011): 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 Sour Supporter at worst, however, and to many audiences, the sanest and most relatable character of the series. He's even arguably the Big Bad of Springtime with Roo (and the Villain Protagonist) until he realizes the error of his ways.
• W.I.T.C.H.: Prince Phobos, the former season's Big Bad, takes this role briefly during the second season because he's the only person who can take the new Big Bad's Amplifier Artifact 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) and then he finally gets what he wants- said Amplifier Artifact for himself. He promptly betrays everybody and resumes the throne of Big Bad. Something Will fully expected from him and had planned for.
• The X's: Admit it, your first thought on Truman X would be the occasional Evil Laugh. 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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