History VillainsOutShopping / WesternAnimation

-->'''Rahzar''': Awww, right at the good part!

** "Telephonies" had the Gangreen Gang using the Powerpuff Hotline and sending the girls after other villains. They arrived to find (in turn) Mojo Jojo taking a nap after reading the morning paper, Fuzzy Lumpkins having a bath, and Him doing aerobics. After calling the mayor's office to complain, the three villains find out what happened, and beat the crud out of the Gangreen Gang.
** In "Just Another Manic Mojo", Mojo Jojo spends the first half of the episode going out to buy some eggs for his breakfast. When he leaves the house without his wallet, he even resorts to...going back inside to get it. As opposed to stealing the eggs as a how typical villain might.
** In "Meet the Beat-Alls", Mojo, Moko, Fuzzy, Princess, and Him are shown in a grocery store buying items that are all white.
** "Him Diddle Riddle" had Him working at a pancake restaurant.
** In "A Very Special Blossom" Mojo is seen in his home building a ship in a bottle.
** In "Get Back Jojo", Mojo is first seen carrying some groceries, before accidentally stumbling upon the professor showing his time-travel portal to the girls' class.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' is particularly fond of this trope, since it often focuses on the after-hours activities of super-scientists and super-villains.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries''
** "Joker's Wild" opened with The Joker and Poison Ivy...in Arkham bickering over the TV remote. Ivy wants to watch a gardening show, but Mr. J switches to something similar to ''Series/AmericasFunniestHomeVideos''. An annoyed guard comes by and changes the channel again, announcing that they're both going to watch the news and like it. (Especially funny because Ivy and Joker [[ManChild act like a bratty young sister and brother throughout the exchange]]).
--> '''Poison Ivy''' ''[peevishly crosses her arms]'' ''Fine'', I don't care! \\
'''The Joker:''' ''[Cheerful Salutes the Guard]'' Jawohl!!
** In "Harley's Holiday", a "reformed" Harley actually ''does'' go shopping -- [[FluffyTamer and takes her pet hyenas for a walk]]. When she buys a dress at a clothing store, she leaves with the dress before the cashier can remove the theft alarm from it. The shoplifter alarm starts ringing and the security guard comes over to try to explain that the cashier needs to remove the tag for her, but Harley sort of... freaks out, thinking she was going to be arrested again. HilarityEnsues.
-->'''Harley:''' I'm havin' a bad day! I'm sick of people trying to shoot me, ride over me and blow me up! ...I didn't get to keep my new dress, and I '''actually''' ''paid for it''!
** Also in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', viewers are privy to humorous shades of domesticity in the relationship between the Joker and Harley Quinn. For example, after he kicks her out of the gang in "Harley and Ivy", he is unable to find his socks and forgets to feed their pet hyenas.
** And then there's that Christmas episode where Harley and Poison Ivy kidnap Bruce Wayne and brainwash him to pay for all their Christmas shopping. After he snaps out of it, Batman is not amused.
** In the {{WesternAnimation/Superman|TheAnimatedSeries}} crossover episode they team up with [[PsychoElectro Livewire]] and hit the Mall. Harley and Ivy get a lot of these; they're like some kind of bizarre sitcom.
** An amusing subversion: the episode with ComicBook/TheCreeper has him tearing through a series of outfits in a shop while [[SuperStoicShopkeeper the bored woman at the till]] looks on. You thoroughly expect him to abscond with the clothes ''sans'' payment... except Batman traces his identity because he used his former self's credit card.
** The same episode later showed what the Joker's henchmen do when their boss (or in this case, Harley) gives them the night off: go to a bar down by the docks and [[BadGuysPlayPool shoot pool]]. Oddly, however, they don't take off their [[EnemyMime mime makeup]] to do this.
** "Almost Got 'Im" mostly consists of the villains hanging out playing poker, drinking tea, and swapping DeathTrap stories without being up to any evil schemes ([[spoiler:except for the Joker...]]).

* The humorous BeachEpisode of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' featured Zuko, Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee hanging around at a Fire Nation beach resort acting like normal kids (well, as normal as a QuirkyMinibossSquad, one brooding AntiVillain, and one megalomaniacal PsychoForHire can act), with the show's heroes only briefly appearing in a B-plot featuring them being chased around by "[[HavingABlast Combustion]] [[ImplacableMan Man]]".
** Also used in the episode "The Waterbending Scroll", where the villains (well, Iroh, who isn't exactly a villain) ''do'' go shopping. It's later shown that the Lotus tile he was seeking to buy was really [[spoiler: a secret password for the Lotus Society, thus he was actually trying to make contact with local operatives for his secret society.]]

** A scene in the GrandFinale has some Fire Nation soldiers making small talk and discussing someone's birthday, [[RefugeInAudacity when just minutes before, they were getting ready to launch a campaign of genocide.]]
** Many of Iroh and Zuko's subplots in season two (e.g. Iroh starting up his own tea shop) could count as this depending on whether or not you regard them as villains at that point. The best example is "Tales of Ba Sing Se", in which Iroh shops for a picnic basket and Zuko goes out on a date with an Earth Kingdom girl.

** Zuko infiltrated a high-security prison trying to free Sokka's dad and the rest of his tribe. He tries to get over some information.

'''Zuko:''' [Thinking quickly] But what if there is an incident? If I'm not prepared someone could sneak up on me and bash me over the head. [[[PunchclockVillain The male and female guard]] laughs their asses off] \\

[The Female Guard throws her cup at him, causing a third guard at the table to laugh up a storm.]

* ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' had a variation: the episode "Flash and Substance" opened with a conversation between various minor villains in a [[BadGuyBar bar frequented by other minor villains]]. They chat and drink (''[[FrothyMugsOfWater milk]]''-- Captain Cold has ulcers) and welcome a fellow [[RuleofThree minor villain]] heartily when he shows up, newly released from jail.
** Later in the same episode, it turns out that Flash knows all about their little "hole-in-the-wall on Fourth Street."
** The beginning of the episode "Double Date" opened on a conversation between two {{Mooks}} named Cecil and Tony:
---> '''Cecil:''' How come when I make the scones, they don't got that good flavor like yours, Tony?
---> '''Tony:''' Do I have to tell you again how you gotta add the orange zest, Cecil? You gonna make me give you the recipe ''again'', huh? You're killing me here, Cecil, killing me!

** In the episode "Brother from Another Series," Bart laments his inability to know what his nemesis Sideshow Bob is thinking. Cut to Sideshow Bob, wondering whether they still make that shampoo he likes. Cue [[ScareChord Jarring chord]].
*** At the end of the same episode, when Bob is sent to jail with his brother Cecil, Chief Wiggum says "who knows what diabolical schemes they might concoct?" Cut to Bob and Cecil having a WimpFight over the top bunk. After losing, Cecil asks where the menus are.

** A literal example in "The Old Man and Lisa" where after losing his fortune, Mr. Burns has to shop for himself. HilarityEnsues.
-->'''Store employee:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2-1basQhX8 He's, uh, talking to the ketchup now.]]

** In the ShowWithinAShow "Chief Wiggum, P.I." of the spinoff showcase, Wiggum tracks down New Orleans crime boss Big Daddy. He proclaims that he has interests in the city and not just stamp collecting, which he finds extremely interesting.
* One episode of ''WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers'' features Marvin the Martian on his day off, playing golf, and [[HilarityEnsues not having the best of luck.]] (This was also a VillainEpisode, as Dodgers only appears when Marvin envisions the ball as him.)
* ''WesternAnimation/BeastWars''

** Additionally, most of the villains to Mermaidman and Barnacle Boy are, like the heroes themselves, long since retired. Man-Ray in particular is frequently seen out buying groceries, and no one thinks anything of it. We actually see in multiple episodes that, being long retired, the heroes and villains have relatively casual and friendly relationships.

'''Zuko:''' So can the new guy ask a few questions? \\
'''Female Guard:''' ''No'', you can't date any of the female guards. \\
'''Male Guard:''' Trust me, you don't wanna! \\

* This trope occurs a plethora of times in ''WesternAnimation/SkylandersAcademy'', where the villains of Skylands, ranging from the [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain laughable]] like Kaos to the feared like the Doom Raiders, doing public activities without getting into trouble.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'':

* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'': Tigress [[spoiler: a disguised Artemis]] temporarily swaps her guarding position with a mook, telling the boss she needs some coffee. She goes into another room, where an unmasked [[FacelessGoons faceless goon]], nonchalantly offers her a "fresh pot."

** A literal example in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10 Omniverse}}''. In "Bengeance Is Mine", Psyphon is seen shopping in Undertown before he overhears Ben and Rook talking about Vilgax's return.

->''"Look, Perry the Platypus, just because ''I'm'' [[CardCarryingVillain evil]] [[HitlerAteSugar doesn't mean everything I]] ''[[HitlerAteSugar do]]'' [[HitlerAteSugar is evil."]]''

** Also in ''Omniverse'', [[FauxbaFett SevenSeven]] is seen enjoying a car show with his baby sister in "OTTO Motives".

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': The Hive 5 get an episode around them, showing that they're incredibly immature, at one point almost all the members go off to build a pillow fort. Eventually they split up and go on a crime spree across the city. Kid Flash foils their robbery attempts one by one, and it eventually cuts to Mammoth exiting a convenience store with a candy bar. There's a blur of light as Kid Flash swipes the candy bar, followed by Mammoth angrily exclaiming, "I paid for that!"