History HateSink / Pokemon

* ''[[VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet The Teal Mask]]'' gives us [[spoiler: the Loyal Three, perhaps the most unambiguously evil Pokémon in the mainline games. Once a group of weak and unassuming Pokémon, the toxic chains around their bodies granted them something they desired (Okidogi was granted strength, Munkidori was granted intelligence, and Fezandpipiti was granted beauty). However, they chose to use this blessing selfishly, attacking people to steal anything they think is valuable. Eventually, they came to learn of the masks owned by Ogerpon and her companion, and decided to rob the masks for themselves, leading them to severely injure (and are implied to have killed) her companion. This enraged Ogerpon enough to kill them all, but they were mistakenly believed by the people of Kitakami to have given their lives protecting them from Ogerpon, [[VillainWithGoodPublicity leading them to be hailed as heroes for their so-called sacrifice]]. However, once the three were resurrected, they go right back to their treacherous ways, attempting to settle the score with Ogerpon, and requiring the player and Carmine to come and rescue her.]]

* ''[[VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet The Teal Mask]]'' gives us [[Spoiler: the Loyal Three, perhaps the most unambiguously evil Pokémon in the mainline games. Once a group of weak and unassuming Pokémon, the toxic chains around their bodies granted them something they desired (Okidogi was granted strength, Munkidori was granted intelligence, and Fezandpipiti was granted beauty). However, they chose to use this blessing selfishly, attacking people to steal anything they think is valuable. Eventually, they came to learn of the masks owned by Ogerpon and her companion, and decided to rob the masks for themselves, leading them to severely injure (and are implied to have killed) her companion. This enraged Ogerpon enough to kill them all, but they were mistakenly believed by the people of Kitakami to have given their lives protecting them from Ogerpon, [[VillainWithGoodPublicity leading them to be hailed as heroes for their so-called sacrifice]]. However, once the three were resurrected, they go right back to their treacherous ways, attempting to settle the score with Ogerpon, and requiring the player and Carmine to come and rescue her.]]

* ''[[VideoGame:/PokemonScarletAndViolet The Teal Mask]]'' gives us [[Spoiler: the Loyal Three, perhaps the most unambiguously evil Pokémon in the mainline games. Once a group of weak and unassuming Pokémon, the toxic chains around their bodies granted them something they desired (Okidogi was granted strength, Munkidori was granted intelligence, and Fezandpipiti was granted beauty). However, they chose to use this blessing selfishly, attacking people to steal anything they think is valuable. Eventually, they came to learn of the masks owned by Ogerpon and her companion, and decided to rob the masks for themselves, leading them to severely injure (and are implied to have killed) her companion. This enraged Ogerpon enough to kill them all, but they were mistakenly believed by the people of Kitakami to have given their lives protecting them from Ogerpon, [[VillainWithGoodPublicity leading them to be hailed as heroes for their so-called sacrifice]]. However, once the three were resurrected, they go right back to their treacherous ways, attempting to settle the score with Ogerpon, and requiring the player and Carmine to come and rescue her.]]

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* "[[Recap/PokemonS1E11CharmanderTheStrayPokemon]]": Damian, the original trainer of Ash’s Charmander, is meant to be despised mainly for his selfish [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals and abusive behavior]] in the only episode he appeared in. He abandoned his Charmander out in the woods because he [[KickTheDog believed it was weak and goes as far as lying to Charmander]], [[BlatantLies saying he would come back]], which makes Charmander wait for a long period of time until rain came. This jeopardized Charmander’s life, as the Pokédex said that if its tail flame goes out it would die, and it would have died in the rain and torn apart by Spearow if it were not for Ash intervening. Adding to this is the fact that Damian thought that Charmander was weak because it couldn't beat a Poliwag, even though a Fire-type like Charmander is inherently weak against water and it takes proper training and strategy to help a Pokémon overcome its weaknesses, which Damian clearly wasn't willing to invest in.
* "[[Recap/PokemonS2E22TheMysteryMenace]]": The Mayor of Trovitropolis is a SleazyPolitician who abandoned his Bulbasaur in a sewer as a boy just because it wouldn't evolve. He was also willing to ''seal three kids in a sewer'' in order to contain a mysterious ''monster'' (which happened to be said Bulbasaur), not caring they could possibly die down there.

* "[[Recap/PokemonS3E25GoodQuilHunting]]": Koji is an egotistical trainer wanting a Cyndaquil that Ash was trying to catch. His arrogance is shown when he shouts at Ash to stay away from the Cyndaquil as [[EntitledBastard he feels entitled to obtain it]] through illicit means: at one point having his Sandslash use Sand-Attack on Ash and Pikachu while climbing up the mound where Cyndaquil resides. Despite Ash successfully catching Cyndaquil and defeating Koji's Sandslash, [[SoreLoser Koji still refused to accept his loss]], [[AshFace only to have the exact same fate befall him]].
* "[[Recap/PokemonS1E48HolyMatrimony]]" and "[[Recap/PokemonS12E49TheTreasureIsAllMine]]": Jessebelle, James's ex-fiancée and Jessie's doppelgänger, is defined by her [[{{Yandere}} unstable and violent obsession with James]] in both of her appearances. Although there was a time James did have a crush on her upon meeting each other at a young age (and actually planned on getting married) he then immediately saw Jessebelle's tyrannical personality as she [[IrrationalHatred shows disdain for his beloved Growlithe]] in favor of a Skitty, causing the engagement to be called off. When James unwillingly reunites with Jessebelle for the first time in years, she decides to [[WhipOfDominance literally whip him into shape]], [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown siccing her Vileplume on him at his most vulnerable]]. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Jessie and Meowth were appalled]].
* "[[Recap/PokemonS15E29EvolutionByFire]]": Shamus is supposed to be hated for the same reasons as Damian, being a [[{{Expy}} very similar kind of character]]. He abandoned his Tepig because it lost to a Deerling and tied it up to a post because it kept following him, resulting in it escaping and accidentally getting the rope tangled around its snout, causing it to starve until Ash helped it out. What's worse is that when doing this, he [[CrocodileTears put on a remorseful act so that Tepig would still care about him]], [[BitchInSheepsClothing and then laughed about it once he was out of the Pokémon's sight.]] And he implies he's done this on ''multiple occasions'' to ''other'' Pokémon as well.
* "[[Recap/PokemonS18E17ConfrontingTheDarkness]]": Dr. Belmondo is [[MadScientist a rogue scientist]] formerly affiliated with Lumiose University who dreams of creating the perfect robot using blatant plagiarism, hacking into Clemont's PC containing Clembot's blueprints to build [[CriminalDoppelganger Dark Clembot]]. He then has Dark Clembot commit various crimes throughout Lumiose City, [[FrameUp endangering the original Clembot's reputation]]. Staging a break-in at Lumiose Museum during the night, Belmondo and Clemont pit their Clembots in a Pokémon battle. [[EngineeredHeroics In a rather petulant display]], [[SmallNameBigEgo Belmondo considers himself superior to Clemont as a fellow man of science]], [[ShutUpHannibal which Clemont brushes off]], [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech quickly pointing out their main weakness]]: Belmondo and Dark Clembot's only concern is winning battles [[LackOfEmpathy without any regard for the Pokémon's safety]]. [[LaserGuidedKarma This results in an easy defeat by Clemont and their subsequent arrest]].

* Damian, the original trainer of Ash’s Charmander, is meant to be despised mainly for his selfish [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals and abusive behavior]] in the only episode he appeared in. He abandoned his Charmander out in the woods because he [[KickTheDog believed it was weak and goes as far as lying to Charmander]], [[BlatantLies saying he would come back]], which makes Charmander wait for a long period of time until rain came. This jeopardized Charmander’s life, as the Pokédex said that if its tail flame goes out it would die, and it would have died in the rain and torn apart by Spearow if it were not for Ash intervening. Adding to this is the fact that Damian thought that Charmander was weak because it couldn't beat a Poliwag, even though a Fire-type like Charmander is inherently weak against water and it takes proper training and strategy to help a Pokémon overcome its weaknesses, which Damian clearly wasn't willing to invest in.
* The mayor of Trovitropolis is a SleazyPolitician who abandoned his Bulbasaur in a sewer as a boy just because it wouldn't evolve. He was also willing to ''seal three kids in a sewer'' in order to contain a mysterious ''monster'' (which happened to be said Bulbasaur), not caring they could possibly die down there.

* Koji is an egotistical trainer wanting a Cyndaquil that Ash was trying to catch. His arrogance is shown when he shouts at Ash to stay away from the Cyndaquil as [[EntitledBastard he feels entitled to obtain it]] through illicit means: at one point having his Sandslash use Sand-Attack on Ash and Pikachu while climbing up the mound where Cyndaquil resides. Despite Ash successfully catching Cyndaquil and defeating Koji's Sandslash, [[SoreLoser Koji still refused to accept his loss]], [[AshFace only to have the exact same fate befall him]].
* Jessebelle, James' ex-fiancée and Jessie's doppelgänger, is defined by her [[{{Yandere}} unstable and violent obsession with James]] in both of her appearances. Although there was a time James did have a crush on her upon meeting each other at a young age (and actually planned on getting married) he then immediately saw Jessebelle's tyrannical personality as she [[IrrationalHatred shows disdain for his beloved Growlithe]] in favor of a Skitty, causing the engagement to be called off. When James unwillingly reunites with Jessebelle for the first time in years, she decides to [[ATasteOfTheLash literally whip him into shape]], [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown siccing her Vileplume on him at his most vulnerable]]. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Jessie and Meowth were appalled]].
* Shamus from ''Best Wishes!'' is supposed to be hated for the same reasons as Damian, being a [[{{Expy}} very similar kind of character]]. He abandoned his Tepig because it lost to a Deerling and tied it up to a post because it kept following him, resulting in it escaping and accidentally getting the rope tangled around its snout, causing it to starve until Ash helped it out. What's worse is that when doing this, he [[CrocodileTears put on a remorseful act so that Tepig would still care about him]], [[BitchInSheepsClothing and then laughed about it once he was out of the Pokémon's sight.]] And he implies he's done this on ''multiple occasions'' to ''other'' Pokémon as well.
* Dr. Belmondo is [[MadScientist a rogue scientist]] formerly affiliated with Lumiose University who dreams of creating the perfect robot using blatant plagiarism, hacking into Clemont's PC containing Clembot's blueprints to build [[CriminalDoppelganger Dark Clembot]]. He then has Dark Clembot commit various crimes throughout Lumiose City, [[FrameUp endangering the original Clembot's reputation]]. Staging a break-in at Lumiose Museum during the night, Belmondo and Clemont pit their Clembots in a Pokémon battle. [[EngineeredHeroics In a rather petulant display]], [[SmallNameBigEgo Belmondo considers himself superior to Clemont as a fellow man of science]], [[ShutUpHannibal which Clemont brushes off]], [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech quickly pointing out their main weakness]]: Belmondo and Dark Clembot's only concern is winning battles [[LackOfEmpathy without any regard for the Pokémon's safety]]. [[LaserGuidedKarma This results in an easy defeat by Clemont and their subsequent arrest]].

* The Cipher organization as a ''whole'' in ''VideoGame/PokemonColosseum'' and ''VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness'' are seemingly ''designed'' to be so repulsive and awful that they will put Ghetsis to shame. They corrupt innocent Pokémon into mindless killing machines, perform violent takeovers against entire urban residences, and in general commit all sorts of violent and underhanded acts unparalleled by any other Pokémon villain. Just for the Plusle Miror B. took as hostage to blackmail Duking for incompetency, you'll want to remove the entire group off the face of Orre. The sequel tones this down a lot by giving all but one of the executive branch personnel some redeeming qualities just to not make them too repulsive.

* ''VideoGame/PokemonColosseum'' has two of the boss characters in contrast to the more entertaining Miror B. and Venus. Dakim is a one dimensional thug, although he does develop a grudging respect for Wes. Ein on the other hand is far more repulsive, as he was the one who experimented on Pokémon and turned them into the Shadow Pokémon, who by the time you fight him have been established as being in constant pain from the modifications he's made to them. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Also, his combat style makes it really hard to snag his Shadow Pokémon.]]
* ''VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness'', the sequel to ''Colosseum'' gives us Ardos, a fanatic who advocates blowing up Cipher's base, killing hundreds of loyal staff and their Pokémon, just so he and his father Greevil can escape. It's also worth mentioning he's the only Cipher Admin seen in that game that doesn't reform.

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* Koji is an egotistical trainer wanting a Cyndaquil that Ash was trying to catch. His arrogance is shown when he shouts at Ash to stay away from the Cyndaquil as he feels entitled to obtain it through illicit means: at one point having his Sandslash use Sand-Attack on Ash and Pikachu while climbing up the mound where Cyndaquil resides. Despite Ash successfully catching Cyndaquil and defeating Koji's Sandslash, [[SoreLoser Koji still refused to accept his loss]], [[AshFace only to have the exact same fate befall him]].
* Jessebelle, James's ex-fiancée and Jessie's doppelgänger, is defined by her [[{{Yandere}} unstable and violent obsession with James]] in both of her appearances. Although there was a time James did have a crush on her upon meeting each other at a young age (and actually planned on getting married) he then immediately saw Jessebelle's tyrannical personality as she [[IrrationalHatred shows disdain for his beloved Growlithe]] in favor of a Skitty, causing the engagement to be called off. When James unwillingly reunites with Jessebelle for the first time in years, she decides to [[ATasteOfTheLash literally whip him into shape]], [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown siccing her Vileplume on him at his most vulnerable]]. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Jessie and Meowth were appalled]].

* Dr. Belmondo is [[MadScientist a rogue scientist]] formerly affiliated with Lumiose University who dreams of creating the perfect robot using blatant plagiarism, hacking into Clemont's PC containing Clembot's blueprints to build [[CriminalDoppelganger Dark Clembot]]. He then has Dark Clembot commit various crimes throughout Lumiose City, [[FrameUp endangering the original Clembot's reputation]]. Staging a break-in at Lumiose Museum during the night, Belmondo and Clemont pit their Clembots in a Pokémon battle. [[SmallNameBigEgo In a rather petulant display]], [[EngineeredHeroics Belmondo considers himself superior to Clemont as a fellow man of science]], [[ShutUpHannibal which Clemont brushes off]], [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech quickly pointing out their main weakness]]: Belmondo and Dark Clembot's only concern is winning battles [[LackOfEmpathy without any regard for the Pokémon's safety]]. [[LaserGuidedKarma This results in an easy defeat by Clemont and their subsequent arrest]].

* Jessebelle, James's ex-fiancée and Jessie's doppelgänger, is defined by her [[{{Yandere}} unstable and violent obsession with James]] in both of her appearances. Although there was a time James did have a crush on her upon meeting each other at a young age (and actually planned on getting married) he then immediately saw Jessebelle's tyrannical personality as she [[IrrationalHatred shows disdain for his beloved Growlithe]] in favor of a Skitty, causing the engagement to be called off. When James unwillingly reunites with Jessebelle for the first time in years, she decides to [[WhipItGood literally whip him into shape]], [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown siccing her Vileplume on him at his most vulnerable]]. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Jessie and Meowth were appalled]].

** [[VideoGame/PokemonXDGaleOfDarkness The sequel]] gives us Ardos, a fanatic who advocates blowing up Cipher's base, killing hundreds of loyal staff and their Pokémon, just so he and his father Greevil can escape. It's also worth mentioning he's the only Cipher Admin seen in that game that doesn't reform.

* ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl'' has Mindy, a trainer in Snowpoint City who offers to trade you her Haunter for a Medicham. One would expect that this trade would net them a sweet Gengar, only to find after the trade that the Haunter holds an Everstone that prevents it from evolving. Then Mindy has the ''audacity'' to mock you for thinking you would get a Gengar.

* Damian, the original trainer of Ash’s Charmander, is meant to be despised mainly for his [[{{Jerkass}} selfish]] [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals and abusive behavior]] in the only episode he appeared in. He abandoned his Charmander out in the woods because he [[KickTheDog believed it was weak and goes as far as lying to Charmander]], [[BlatantLies saying he would come back]], which makes Charmander wait for a long period of time until rain came. This jeopardized Charmander’s life, as the Pokédex said that if its tail flame goes out it would die, and it would have died in the rain and torn apart by Spearow if it were not for Ash intervening. Adding to this is the fact that Damian thought that Charmander was weak because it couldn't beat a Poliwag, even though a Fire-type like Charmander is inherently weak against water and it takes proper training and strategy to help a Pokémon overcome its weaknesses, which Damian clearly wasn't willing to invest in.

* Jessebelle, James's ex-fiancée and Jessie's doppelgänger, is defined by her [[{{Yandere}} unstable and violent obsession with James]] in both of her appearances. Although there was a time James did have a crush on her upon meeting each other at a young age (and actually planned on getting married) he then immediately saw Jessebelle's tyrannical personality as she [[IrrationalHatred shows disdain for his beloved Growlithe]] in favor of a Skitty, causing the engagement to be called off. When James unwillingly reunites with Jessebelle for the first time in years, she [[DressedLikeADominatrix decides to literally]] [[WhipItGood whip him into shape]], [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown siccing her Vileplume on him at his most vulnerable]]. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Jessie and Meowth were appalled]].
* Shamus from ''Best Wishes!'' is supposed to be hated for the same reasons as Damian, being a [[{{Expy}} very similar kind of character]]. He abandoned his Tepig because it lost to a Deerling and tied it up to a post because it kept following him, resulting in it escaping and accidentally getting the rope tangled around its snout, causing it to starve until Ash helped it out. What's worse is that when doing this, he [[CrocodileTears put on a remorseful act so that Tepig would still care about him,]] [[BitchInSheepsClothing and then laughed about it once he was out of the Pokémon's sight.]] And he implies he's done this on ''multiple occasions'' to ''other'' Pokémon as well.
* Dr. Belmondo is [[MadScientist a rogue scientist]] formerly affiliated with Lumiose University who dreams of creating the perfect robot using blatant plagiarism, hacking into Clemont's PC containing Clembot's blueprints to build [[EvilKnockoff Dark]] [[CriminalDoppelganger Clembot]]. He then has Dark Clembot commit various crimes throughout Lumiose City, [[FrameUp endangering the original Clembot's reputation]]. Staging a break-in at Lumiose Museum during the night, Belmondo and Clemont pit their Clembots in a Pokémon battle. [[SmallNameBigEgo In a rather petulant display]], [[EngineeredHeroics Belmondo considers himself superior to Clemont as a fellow man of science]], [[ShutUpHannibal which Clemont brushes off]], [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech quickly pointing out their main weakness]]: Belmondo and Dark Clembot's only concern is winning battles [[LackOfEmpathy without any regard for the Pokémon's safety]]. [[LaserGuidedKarma This results in an easy defeat by Clemont and their subsequent arrest]].

* Damian, the original trainer of Ash’s Charmander, is meant to be despised mainly for his [[{{Jerkass}} selfish and abusive behavior]] in the only episode he appeared in. He abandoned his Charmander out in the woods because he [[KickTheDog believed it was weak and goes as far as lying to Charmander]], [[BlatantLies saying he would come back]], which makes Charmander wait for a long period of time until rain came. This jeopardized Charmander’s life, as the Pokédex said that if its tail flame goes out it would die, and it would have died in the rain and torn apart by Spearow if it were not for Ash intervening. Adding to this is the fact that Damian thought that Charmander was weak because it couldn't beat a Poliwag, even though a Fire-type like Charmander is inherently weak against water and it takes proper training and strategy to help a Pokémon overcome its weaknesses, which Damian clearly wasn't willing to invest in.

* Jessebelle, James's ex-fiancée and Jessie's doppelgänger, is defined by her [[{{Yandere}} unstable and violent obsession with James]] in both of her appearances. Although there was a time James did have a crush on her upon meeting each other at a young age (and actually planned on getting married) he then immediately saw Jessebelle's tyrannical personality as she [[IrrationalHatred shows disdain for his beloved Growlithe]] in favor of a Skitty, causing the engagement to be called off. When James unwillingly reunites with Jessebelle for the first time in years, she [[DressedLikeADominatrix decides to literally]] [[WhipItGood whip him into shape]], siccing her [[FoulFlower Vileplume]] [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown on him at his most vulnerable]]. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Jessie and Meowth were appalled]].

* Dr. Belmondo is [[MadScientist a rogue scientist]] formerly affiliated with Lumiose University who dreams of creating the perfect robot using blatant plagiarism, hacking into Clemont's PC containing Clembot's blueprints to build [[EvilKnockoff Dark]] [[CriminalDoppelganger Clembot]]. He then has Dark Clembot commit various crimes throughout Lumiose City, endangering the original Clembot's reputation. Staging a break-in at Lumiose Museum during the night, Belmondo and Clemont pit their Clembots in a Pokémon battle. In a rather petulant display, [[SmallNameBigEgo Belmondo considers himself superior to Clemont as a fellow man of science]], [[ShutUpHannibal which Clemont brushes off]], [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech quickly pointing out their main weakness]]: Belmondo and Dark Clembot's only concern is winning battles without any regard for the Pokémon's safety. [[LaserGuidedKarma This results in an easy defeat by Clemont and their subsequent arrest]].

* Koji, much like Damian and Shamus mentioned above, is an egotistical trainer wanting a Cyndaquil that Ash was trying to catch. His arrogance is shown when he shouts at Ash to stay away from the Cyndaquil as he feels entitled to obtain it through illicit means: at one point having his Sandslash use Sand-Attack on Ash and Pikachu while climbing up the mound where Cyndaquil resides. Despite Ash successfully catching Cyndaquil and defeating Koji's Sandslash, [[SoreLoser Koji still refused to accept his loss]], [[AshFace only to have the exact same fate befall him]].
* Jessebelle, James's ex-fiancée and Jessie's doppelgänger, is defined by her [[{{Yandere}} unstable and violent obsession with James]] in both of her appearances. Although there was a time James did have a crush on her upon meeting each other at a young age (and actually planned on getting married) he then immediately saw Jessebelle's tyrannical personality as she [[IrrationalHatred shows disdain for his beloved Growlithe]] in favor of a Skitty, causing the engagement to be called off. When James unwillingly reunites with Jessebelle for the first time in years, she [[DressedLikeADominatrix decides to literally]] [[WhipItGood whip him into shape]], siccing her [[FoulFlower Vileplume]] [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown on him at his most vulnerable]]. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Even Jessie and Meowth were appalled]].
* The mayor of Trovitropolis is a SleazyPolitician who abandoned his Bulbasaur in a sewer as a boy just because it wouldn't evolve. He was also willing to ''seal three kids in a sewer'' in order to contain a mysterious ''monster'' (which happened to be said Bulbasaur), not caring they could possibly die down there.
* An arc focusing on Larvitar has the Pokémon Poacher Brothers who stole the Rock Skin Pokémon from its mother Tyranitar and harmed her when it was still in its egg. The poachers' actions have traumatized Larvitar so much that it can't let its guard down around humans other than Ash, who hatched and nurtured it after receiving the egg. Thankfully, [[EarnYourHappyEnding Larvitar eventually reunites with its mother]] and they are also saved from the poachers by Ash and his allies.
* ''Anime/PokemonZoroarkMasterOfIllusions'' brings us the BigBad, Grings Kodai, who happens to be one of [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters the most despicable human beings]] in the otherwise-lighthearted ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' franchise. He imported Zoroark and her adorable Zorua son from Unova into Sinnoh and used Zoroark to terrorize Crown City using illusions of the Legendary Beasts, and he's responsible for the disaster that caused all the trees and plant life to die 20 years prior to the film for his own greed, and he plans to touch another of Celebi's time ripples and absorb their power again at the threat of killing off all plant life again solely for the money. He even holds Zorua hostage and electrocutes it to near-fatal extents to get Zoroark's guard down before having his Ghost-types move in to attack it, and he [[EvilGloating gloats about how no one will know what he's done and that he doesn't care about the plant life as long as his visionary powers are renewed]]. And to top it all off, he is defined by [[AmbitionIsEvil ambition]], [[SmugSnake sheer arrogance]], and being a selfish opportunist of the worst kind. The tables were turned on him near the end of the movie as he got his own HumiliationConga that started when he was tricked by Zoroark, and it continued as he had his gauntlet destroyed by her, was attacked and pursued by the real Legendary Beasts, made to hallucinate that he was safe on his airship again until the illusion faded and saw to him knocking himself out, and even when he came to, his conga continued as he witnessed to his horror his EvilGloating being broadcasted to everyone in Crown City, and to make it all the more crushing, he was surrounded by the main cast giving him {{Death Glare}}s, and was finally turned in to the police for his crimes. His fate in the manga adaptation, on the other hand, had him being chased by Zoroark's vines until he suffered his DisneyVillainDeath in said adaptation. Both fates were truly satisfying, as the tropes describing him show how he is all the more easier to hate than any other antagonist. Even his [[https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Grings_Kodai Bulbapedia entry]] goes to great lengths describing what a nasty scumbag he truly is.

* The ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonRescueTeam'' games has Gengar, the leader of Team Meanies. His despicable acts towards you gradually escalate from stealing your mission letters to blaming you for [[spoiler:being the human who got cursed by Ninetales and forcing your team to go on the run to find the truth]]. However, he does have somewhat of a change of heart when the true reasons for the plot are revealed.
* In ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', Ghetsis Harmonia is a much more straight example of this trope than the above. Although the game's main conflict is about clashing ideals between the protagonist and [[AntiVillain N]], [[spoiler:Ghetsis is largely responsible for N's [[AmbiguousInnocence mindset]], is a horrible father to N, spends the entire game giving speeches to try and convince everyone to break their bonds with their Pokémon and release them (so he can take over the world, not because he actually believes that it's better for the Pokémon, unlike his son), is [[ItsAllAboutMe extremely arrogant]], and [[ManipulativeBastard manipulates everyone around him]]; however it's quite emotionally cathartic when at the end of the game you get to lay the smackdown on him after he calls N [[KickTheDog a freak to his face]].]] In the sequel ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'', he's more clearly the BigBad from the start, but even then his underlings in this game (specifically Zinzolin, Colress and the Shadow Triad) are still way more sympathetic than him. In the end, he even attempts to ''[[WouldHurtAChild freeze the player]]''.
** In ''VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon'' [[spoiler:Ghetsis returns and plans to be TheStarscream to Giovanni and, after being defeated, threatens Lillie's life in an attempt to get you to surrender, which shows him as the SoreLoser he truly is.]]
* Lusamine's EvilGenius Faba counts. He's a selfish, greedy coward who only cares about standing on top of the company, and even being "reformed" along with the company doesn't help his case. [[spoiler: Even more so in his Ultra appearances, where he sells out his own company for his own advancement.]] And unlike Lusamine, he's fully aware of his own actions.

* Damian, the original trainer of Ash’s Charmander, is meant to be despised mainly for his selfish and abusive behavior in the only episode he appeared in. He abandoned his Charmander out in the woods because he believed it was weak and goes as far as lying to Charmander, saying he would come back, which makes Charmander wait for a long period of time until rain came. This jeopardized Charmander’s life, as the Pokédex said that if its tail flame goes out it would die, and it would have died in the rain and torn apart by Spearow if it were not for Ash intervening. Adding to this is the fact that Damian thought that Charmander was weak because it couldn't beat a Poliwag, even though a Fire-type like Charmander is inherently weak against water and it takes proper training and strategy to help a Pokémon overcome its weaknesses, which Damian clearly wasn't willing to invest in.
* Shamus from ''Best Wishes!'' is supposed to be hated for the same reasons as Damian, being a [[{{Expy}} very similar]] kind of character. He abandoned his Tepig because it lost to a Deerling and tied it up to a post because it kept following him, resulting in it escaping and accidentally getting the rope tangled around its snout, causing it to starve until Ash helped it out. What's worse is that when doing this, he [[CrocodileTears put on a remorseful act so that Tepig would still care about him,]] [[BitchInSheepsClothing and then laughed about it once he was out of the Pokémon's sight.]] And he implies he's done this on ''multiple occasions'' to ''other'' Pokémon as well.

* Dr. Belmondo is [[MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate a rogue scientist]] formerly affiliated with Lumiose University who dreams of creating the perfect robot using blatant plagiarism, hacking into Clemont's PC containing Clembot's blueprints to build [[EvilKnockoff Dark]] [[CriminalDoppelganger Clembot]]. He then has Dark Clembot commit various crimes throughout Lumiose City, endangering the original Clembot's reputation. Staging a break-in at Lumiose Museum during the night, Belmondo and Clemont pit their Clembots in a Pokémon battle. In a rather petulant display, [[SmallNameBigEgo Belmondo considers himself superior to Clemont as a fellow man of science]], [[ShutUpHannibal which Clemont brushes off]], [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech quickly pointing out their main weakness]]: Belmondo and Dark Clembot's only concern is winning battles without any regard for the Pokémon's safety. [[LaserGuidedKarma This results in an easy defeat by Clemont and their subsequent arrest]].