History EvilIsCool / WebOriginal

** Speaking of this very wiki, there are ''plenty'' of villain-related [[YMMV/HomePage YMMV]] tropes such as CompleteMonster, DracoInLeatherPants, MoralEventHorizon, MagnificentBastard, ''this trope'', and many more, and those tropes have [[AccentutateTheNegative plenty of attention from the readers and this wiki's editors]]. What do heroes get instead? Basically nothing except maybe DesignatedHero, and even then it's about morally questionable to downright ''awful'' characters that are somehow portrayed in the right.

** Speaking of this very wiki, there are ''plenty'' of villain-related [[YMMV/HomePage YMMV]] tropes such as CompleteMonster, DracoInLeatherPants, MoralEventHorizon, MagnificentBastard, ''this trope'', and many more, and those tropes have plenty of attention from the reader and this wiki's editors. What do heroes get instead? Basically nothing except maybe DesignatedHero, and even then it's about morally questionable to downright ''awful'' characters that are somehow portrayed in the right.

* Take a look at this very wiki. Villains have more tropes and usually longer entries in their works. An excellent example is ''Characters/OnceUponATime'', where the Evil Queen and the Dark One each have their own page and are the only ones who do in a show with a large cast.

* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'':
** After the LaughablyEvil villains adequate for a comedy series, season 6, with [[CerebusSyndrome its more serious and elaborate plot]] alongside the wacky antics, introduced the Meta, the most badass villain in the entire series, a hulking monstrosity who shoots or punches with no reservations and has the strength of twenty bears.
** ''[[WebAnimation/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy The Chorus Trilogy]]'' had Locus, a deeply voiced and intimidating SpacePirate with an InvisibilityCloak and [[KnightOfCerebus who is never used for comedic purposes.]]
** While all three villains of ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlueZero'' aimed for this, the one that succeeded was Phase, an AffablyEvil Knife expert with a very flashy power, as that she [[TeleportSpam teleports to wherever the knife is thrown]].
* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
** Roman Torchwick was a surprising example, given his apparent NonActionGuy introduction. He proved himself to be quite the badass when he fended off both Blake and Sun at once and consistently gives his opponents a run for their money, all the while being stylish and snarky, and managing to look cool even while losing.
** Cinder Fall's debut had her PlayingWithFire and blocking bullets from Crescent Rose with her bare hands, then her subsequent battles showed off her materializing her bowsword out of volcanic glass and brutally curbstomping most of her opponents.
** Raven Branwen is essentially RWBY's take on a SocialDarwinist magical samurai Batman. Skewed morality aside, it is -at least- as cool as it sounds. Her decisive victory against Cinder truly cements how cool this woman is.
** Adam Taurus is a skilled swordsman, and capable of injuring Yang and sending the heroes running. Whilst he suffered BadassDecay in Volumes 4 and 5, he got to show off his charisma and skill once more in his own character short.
** Volume 7 cements Watts and Tyrian in this role, as they tear apart Atlas and Mantle with [[MagnificentBastard flair]] and [[EvilIsHammy enthusiasm.]]

* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': Flippy, or

* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': Flippy, or more specifically his evil form [[SplitPersonality Fliqpy]]. He has one of the highest body counts on the show, but fans love him anyways because of his creatively brutal kills and his conflict with Flippy's other, much nicer persona.
* Mecha Sonic from ''WebAnimation/SuperMarioBrosZ'' is incredibly evil, yet incredibly badass. Every time he appears in the story, he hands someone's ass over to them (Yoshi's [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown brutal defeat in episode 3]] and [[MookHorrorShow the utter massacre]] [[EarthShatteringKaboom that was episode 6 come to mind]]). The series is already 8 episodes long and the most heroes managed to do was temporarily inconvenience him.
* While calling him evil is a bit of a stretch, Strong Bad of ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' was originally intended to be a bumbling bad guy who always lost. He quickly became the most popular character on the website. His old introduction video actually said "you don't know it yet, but ''I'm'' the ''real'' reason you're here." From the first Strong Bad Email: "Do you use [your powers] for good, or for awesome?"

** Lord Vyce's badassery (with Linkara stating fighting him head on was impossible) and BadassBaritone earned him a lot of fans even if number of them agree that his story was [[ArcFatigue longer than it needed to be]].

** While all three villains of ''Red vs. Blue: Zero'' aimed for this, the one that succeeded was Phase, an AffablyEvil Knife expert with a very flashy power, as that she [[TeleportSpam teleports to wherever the knife is thrown]].

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* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue''
** After the LaughablyEvil villains adequate for a comedy series, season 6, with [[CerebusSyndrome its more serious and elaborate plot]] alongside the wacky antics, introduced the Meta, the most badass villain in the entire series, a hulking monstruosity who shoots or punches with no reservations and has the strength of twenty bears.
** ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlueTheChorusTrilogy The Chorus Trilogy]]'' had Locus, a deeply voiced and intimidating SpacePirate with an InvisibilityCloak and [[KnightOfCerebus who is never used for comedic purposes.]]

** While all three villains of ''Red vs. Blue: Zero'' aimed for this, the one that succeeded was Phase, an AffablyEvil KnifeNut with a very flashy power, as that she [[TeleportSpam teleports to wherever the knife is thrown]].

* Take a look at this very wiki. Villains have more tropes and usually longer entries in their works. An excellent example is ''Characters/OnceUponATime'', where the Evil Queen and the Dark One each have their own page and are the only ones who do in a show with LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters.

* Evil Flippy from ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends''.

* WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}:

** ** Roman Torchwick was a surprising example, given his apparent NonActionGuy introduction. He proved himself to be quite the badass when he fended off both Blake and Sun at once and consistently gives his opponents a run for their money, all the while being stylish and snarky, and managing to look cool even while losing.

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* WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} has [[BigBad Roman Torchwick]], for being a stylish, snarky, badass who can mange to look cool even while losing, and [[spoiler:[[TheManInFrontOfTheMan Cinder Fall]], for being mysterious and CreepyAwesome. [[ManBehindTheMan Cinder's apparent boss, Salem,]] also qualifies, with a seriously cool design, and being voiced by Jen freaking Taylor]].
** Raven Branwen, Yang's MissingMom, is essentially a samurai [[TheSocialDarwinist Social Darwinist]] magically-empowered ActionMom Franchise/{{Batman}} who [[spoiler:curbstomps Cinder and presumably kills her at the end of Volume 5.]] Fuckin' awesome.

* WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} has [[BigBad Roman Torchwick]] and [[spoiler:[[TheManInFrontOfTheMan Cinder Fall]]]]. Roman for being a stylish, snarky, badass who can mange to look cool even while losing. [[spoiler:Cinder]] for being mysterious and CreepyAwesome. [[spoiler: [[ManBehindTheMan Cinder's apparent boss, Salem,]] also qualifies, with a seriously cool design, and being voiced by Jen freaking Taylor.]]

* WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} has Roman Torchwick and Cinder Fall. Roman for being a stylish, snarky, badass who can mange to look cool even while losing. Cinder for being mysterious and CreepyAwesome. [[spoiler: [[BigBad Cinder's apparent boss, Salem,]] also qualifies, with a seriously cool design, and being voiced by Jen freaking Taylor.]]

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* Part of the love ''Creator/TeamFourStar'' gets with their AbridgedSeries work is that any characters they work are just as awesome as canon incarnations. Special mention goes to ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'''s Freeza, who despite being [[LaughablyEvil a lot funnier]] in their series, is still the HeroKiller he was in canon, and some of the humorous moments done actually make him an AdapationalBadass as it has him [[NoSell laughing off]] a BoltOfDivineRetribution after daring {{God}} to strike him down.

** Raven Branwen, Yang's MissingMom, is essentially a samurai RedBlackAndEvilAllOver [[TheSocialDarwinist Social Darwinist]] ActionMom Franchise/Batman who [[spoiler:curbstomps Cinder and presumably kills her at the end of Volume 5.]]

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} has Roman Torchwick and Cinder Fall. Roman for being a stylish, snarky, badass who can mange to look cool even while losing. Cinder for being mysterious and CreepyAwesome. [[spoiler: [[BigBad Cinder's apparent boss, Salem,]] also qualifies, with a seriously cool design, and being voiced by Jen freaking Taylor.]]

* '[[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Movie]]'', where Kaiba (the AntiHero) says to Yami (TheHero) during their duel "You're pathetic! No one cares about you! I'm the only reason people watch ''Anime/YuGiOh''. Me, Seto Kaiba! I have [[WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys all the cool gadgets]], I have [[BadassLongcoat all the best outfits]], and I have the most powerful monsters. [[EnsembleDarkhorse Nobody would be watching this movie right now if it weren't for me]]. So just this once I deserve to win."