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** Belos, or rather, [[spoiler:Phillip Wittebane was raised during the 17th century and so believes that any and all magic is evil, leading to his plan to wipe out everyone on the Boiling Isles simply because they have magic. The idea that another human could actually like these people is alien to him, as shown by him believing both his brother as well as Luz to have been corrupted by the people of the Boiling Isles, instead of both seeing what he couldn't-that, much like humanity, the natives of the Boiling Isles can be good ''or'' evil, regardless of their magic.]]

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** Belos, or rather, [[spoiler:Phillip Wittebane was raised during the 17th century and so believes that any and all magic is evil, leading to his plan to wipe out everyone on the Boiling Isles simply because they have magic. The idea that another human could actually like these people is alien to him, as shown by him believing both his brother as well as Luz to have been corrupted by the people of the Boiling Isles, instead of both seeing what he couldn't-that, couldn't -- that, much like humanity, the natives of the Boiling Isles can be good ''or'' evil, regardless of their magic.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'': [[Characters/BeavisAndButtHeadTitularCharacters Beavis and Butt-Head]] are generally [[StupidEvil too stupid and amoral]] to recognize good deeds, feeling that something might be wrong. They mistake empathetic hugs for "scoring" and dismiss any genuine act of kindness as either mediocre or confusing.

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* ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButthead'': [[Characters/BeavisAndButtHeadTitularCharacters Beavis and Butt-Head]] The titular characters]] are generally [[StupidEvil too stupid and amoral]] to recognize good deeds, feeling that something might be wrong. They mistake empathetic hugs for "scoring" and dismiss any genuine act of kindness as either mediocre or confusing.



-->'''Computer:''' I just don't understand you. You're afraid of your own shadow, yet you feel the need to risk your life to try to stop me. People are such puzzles.

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-->'''Computer:''' --->'''Computer:''' I just don't understand you. You're afraid of your own shadow, yet you feel the need to risk your life to try to stop me. People are such puzzles.



--->'''Reed:''' Don't you understand, Victor? [Ben and Johnny] don't care how great your science is; they just care about rescuing us.\\

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--->'''Reed:''' -->'''Reed:''' Don't you understand, Victor? [Ben and Johnny] don't care how great your science is; they just care about rescuing us.\\



* Bill Cipher from ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' didn't believe Mabel [[JerkassRealization would feel remorse after treating Dipper]] like crap throughout the episode, ''Sock Opera''. Which is probably why his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech towards her [[NiceJobFixingItVillain not only fails]], but [[HeelRealization backfires spectacularly]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'':
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Bill Cipher from ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' didn't believe Mabel [[JerkassRealization would feel remorse after treating Dipper]] like crap throughout the episode, ''Sock Opera''. Which is probably why his TheReasonYouSuckSpeech towards her [[NiceJobFixingItVillain not only fails]], but [[HeelRealization backfires spectacularly]].



-->'''Mabel:''' ...''Dipper'' would.

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-->'''Mabel:''' ...--->'''Mabel:''' ...''Dipper'' would.



* In ''WesternAnimation/HulkAndTheAgentsOfSmash'': The Collector is unable to understand why the Hulks would rather have the real world than the LotusEaterMachine he put them in.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/HulkAndTheAgentsOfSmash'': The Collector is unable to understand why the Hulks would rather have the real world than the LotusEaterMachine he put them in.



* WesternAnimation/KevinSpencer, being an emotionless, violent sociopath, is completely caught off-guard when anyone shows him a form of kindness (such as a man giving him money when he finds out Kevin was a runaway). Kevin's eventual response to these situations is to violently attack the person, or just steal their money. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Allan himself is surprised by this,]] [[CuriosityCausesConversion and mused that the kindness of others could put his faith back in humanity.]]

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* WesternAnimation/KevinSpencer, ''WesternAnimation/KevinSpencer'': The titular character, being an emotionless, violent sociopath, is completely caught off-guard when anyone shows him a form of kindness (such as a man giving him money when he finds out Kevin was a runaway). Kevin's eventual response to these situations is to violently attack the person, or just steal their money. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Allan himself is surprised by this,]] [[CuriosityCausesConversion and mused that the kindness of others could put his faith back in humanity.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble:'' Screaming Mimi can't figure out why Hawkeye chose to reform and become an Avenger, speculating he's doing it just for the potential haul. After a few weeks as Songbird, she seems to have figured out what Hawkeye was getting at; GoodFeelsGood.

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Screaming Mimi can't figure out why Hawkeye chose to reform and become an Avenger, speculating he's doing it just for the potential haul. After a few weeks as Songbird, she seems to have figured out what Hawkeye was getting at; GoodFeelsGood.GoodFeelsGood.
** In "Planet Doom", Doom's plan was to prevent the Avengers from forming by preventing their heroic events. However, his inability to understand innate goodness and heroism led to his plan's failure. He attempted to control Tony Stark and Bruce Banner by altering their backstories, but their natural good natures resurfaced, proving they were still heroes, blinding Doom and ruining his plans.



* Two animated incarnations of Dr. Doom have this as their FatalFlaw.
** ''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourWorldsGreatestHeroes'': Lampshaded and subverted in "[[Recap/FantasticFourWorldsGreatestHeroesDoomsWordIsLaw Doom's Word Is Law]]". Doctor Doom at first thinks that kidnapping Reed and Susan will make defeating them easier as he believes Ben and Johnny to be too stupid to stop him without their help and is baffled that they are able to power through his defenses through luck and with Bruiser's help. But then he reveals he had a failsafe for Bruiser pulling a HeelFaceTurn.

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* Two animated incarnations ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': Part of Dr. Doom have this Vicky's {{Flanderization}}, as their FatalFlaw.
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shown in "Frenemy Mine", is she cannot understand love, to the point where she cannot comprehend her feelings after Timmy saves her.
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''WesternAnimation/FantasticFourWorldsGreatestHeroes'': Lampshaded and subverted in "[[Recap/FantasticFourWorldsGreatestHeroesDoomsWordIsLaw Doom's Word Is Law]]". Doctor Doom at first thinks that kidnapping Reed and Susan will make defeating them easier as he believes Ben and Johnny to be too stupid to stop him without their help and is baffled that they are able to power through his defenses through luck and with Bruiser's help. But then he reveals he had a failsafe for Bruiser pulling a HeelFaceTurn.



** In the ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' episode "Planet Doom", Doom's plan was to go back in time and stop the Avengers from forming by preventing the events that made each of them heroes, firmly believing that they only became heroes due to whatever fateful event that gave them their powers. However, while he rules the BadFuture with an iron fist, it also gave rise to new heroes who formed a team right under his nose with Thor's help. In other words, his inability to understand the fundamentally innate good and heroism within people doomed his plan to failure before it even began.
*** He further demonstrated this trope when he attempted to control Tony Stark and Bruce Banner by altering their backstories and preventing them from being superheroes, in addition to serving Doom with their scientific know-how. However, their natural good natures resurfaced with a little outside assistance, proving deep down they were still heroes, something that completely blind-sided Doom (as well as ruined his plans).
* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': Part of Vicky's {{Flanderization}}, as shown in "Frenemy Mine", is she cannot understand love, to the point where she cannot comprehend her feelings after Timmy saves her.

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