History BigBadWannabe / AnimeAndManga

** For all his behind-the-scenes scheming to obtain Lumen Histoire and get back at both Fairy Tail in general and his father Makarov specifically, Ivan and the rest of the Raven Tail are nothing more than a bit player with grand ambitions ''far'' outside his ability to fulfill. From being played by [[TheMole Gajeel]], and his grand plan involved trying to browbeat his estranged son Laxus, into giving up a secret he never even knew about. Even his so called "anti-Fairy Tail" guild are utterly crushed by said son, and being the first of the [[BigBadEnsemble various antagonistic forces]] at the [[TournamentArc Grand Magic Games]] to go down with the least amount of effort.

* Lord Enorme from ''Manga/GushingOverMagicalGirls''. As the leader of Enormeeta, she's set up as a major threat for the protagonists, especially after she decides to [[TheStarscream betray]] Venalita when she thinks he's taking too long with his plans. She's even set up as an EvilCounterpart to Utena, having MookMaker powers and a sadistic streak. [[spoiler:When she finally has her showdown with Utena, she finds herself on the wrong side of a CurbStompBattle when Utena unleashes her full power. Venalita reveals that unlike the members of Enormeeta, she was just given a large amount of magical power from the get go, [[CantCatchUp but not the ability to grow any stronger]]. She'd just been a placeholder until a proper leader could be found and had been used as an UnwittingPawn to force the other members to grow stronger, so [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness with said purpose fulfilled, Venalita orders Sister Gigant to crush her former boss to death]].]]

** His HypercompetentSidekick Officer Black becomes this trope once he kills Red and takes over what is left of the Red Ribbon Army. He claims that he will lead the army into a new era of greatness and take over the world. He is killed within minutes of taking command by Goku.

** When Raditz first shows up in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', he seems to be an unstoppable menace the likes of which has never been seen before. Moreover, he's Goku's older brother, and surely such an obvious EvilCounterpart to the hero would be the main villain, right? But it turns out that in the larger scale of things, he's just a glorified EliteMook for Vegeta. He becomes an even smaller fish compared to the overall pond of Frieza's mooks (especially since both Nappa and Vegeta are stronger than he is, and even a ''[[{{Mook}} Saibaman]]'' is equal to him in power, which the Z Fighters are able to easily dispatch by the time Nappa and Vegeta arrive).
** Vegeta is reduced to this in the Frieza Saga. He is still a legitimate threat who kills many of Frieza's men, including his CoDragons Dodoria and Zarbon, and would have killed Krillin and Gohan if given enough reason, but he's little more than a flea compared to Frieza. What keeps him ahead is that he's cleverer than his former boss, who relies on brute force and his resources to get his way. However, once Vegeta is brought into the open and is forced to confront Frieza directly, he's left trembling in terror before the tyrant and is mercilessly tortured to death.
** Dr. Gero, aka Android 20. Although he is very powerful, being many times stronger than Frieza, him underestimating the Saiyans and Piccolo despite his research proves to be his undoing. That and he thought raw power alone was enough to beat a group who have trained their entire lives and he was shortsighted enough to give himself the weaker, outdated android design instead of the much more powerful endless energy model like Androids 17 and 18 (Though this is implied to be because the elderly Gero was too frail to survive being converted into the more powerful model).
** In spite of his dark magic powers, Babidi is really no match for any of the Z Fighters and is completely reliant on the likes of [[DragonInChief Dabura and Majin Buu]] to do all the fighting for him. Once Buu finally gets sick of his BS, it's all over for him. His [[BadFuture counterpart in Future Trunks' timeline]] was no better, as even though Dabura was a much larger threat to Trunks than he was to the Saiyans of the main timeline (that ultimately led to the death of Supreme Kai and by extension Beerus), Trunks ultimately killed them both before they could successfully resurrect Majin Buu.

* Lord Enorme from ''Manga/GushingOverMagicalGirls''. As the leader of Enormeeta, she’s set up as a major threat for the protagonists, especially after she decides to [[TheStarscream betray]] Venalita when she thinks he’s taking too long with his plans. She’s even set up as an EvilCounterpart to Utena, having MookMaker powers and a sadistic streak. [[spoiler:When she finally has her showdown with Utena, she finds herself on the wrong side of a CurbStompBattle when Utena unleashes her full power. Venalita reveals that unlike the members of Enormeeta, she was just given a large amount of magical power from the get go, [[CantCatchUp but not the ability to grow any stronger]]. She’d just been a placeholder until a proper leader could be found and had been used as an UnwittingPawn to force the other members to grow stronger, so with said purpose fulfilled, Venalita orders Sister Gigant to crush her former boss to death.]]

* Lord Enorme from ''Manga/GushingOverMagicalGirls''. As the leader of Enormeeta, she’s set up as a major threat for the protagonists, especially after she decides to [[TheStarscream betray]] Venalita when she thinks he’s taking too long with his plans. She’s even set up as an EvilCounterpart to Utena, having MookMaker powers and a sadistic streak. [[spoiler:When she finally has her showdown with Utena, she finds herself on the wrong side of a CurbStompBattle when Utena unleashes her full power. Venalita reveals that unlike the members of Enormeeta, she was just given a large amount of magical power from the get go, [[CantCatchUp but not the ability to grow any stronger]]. She’d just been a placeholder until a proper leader could be found and had been used as an UnwittingPawn to force the other members to grow stronger]].

** Speaking of which, [[BadassTeacher Hades]] had all the makings to become the BigBad upon his introduction: Immeasurable power and resources, a deeply rooted connection to the protagonists, a hand behind most of the series' major conflicts and being one of the most powerful foes they've faced. However, after his defeat by the end of the Sirius Island arc, Zeref emerges as the true BigBad and kills Hades.