History IneffectualSympatheticVillain / LiveActionTV

** Lucifer becomes this in Season 13, where he starts it out by being stranded in an alternate universe, and gets captured by that universe's [[ArchangelMichael Michael]] (A [[BloodKnight bloodthirsty]] KnightTemplar). Michael then takes Lucifer's grace in order to open a portal to the main reality, thus leaving Lucifer weakened immensely. Once Lucifer escapes and tries to get Castiel help him take down alternate Michael, they immediately get captured and overpowered by [[DragonAscendant Asmodeus]]. They both manage to escape, and with the help of rogue angel Anael, he gets into {{Heaven}} and takes it over, only to abandon it when he fails miserably at running it. He then gets captured by Gabriel and Rowena, brought to the Winchester, and has his grace siphoned continuously in order to keep a portal to the other world open long enough for Team Free Will to rescue Jack and Mary. He manages to escape and follow them into the universe, where he meets Jack, his son. After being given TheReasonYouSuckSpeech from Gabriel, Lucifer gets abandoned in the alternate world by Sam, which causes Lucifer to reluctantly broker a deal with Michael in order to make it to the main reality. Once he arrives, he makes another attempt at getting Jack to join him, only for Jack to [[YouAreNotMyFather reject him]] and call him [[YouMonster a monster]] after finding out Lucifer killed a human. [[spoiler: And then horribly [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] as Lucifer has a VillainousBreakdown after this, absorbs Jack's {{Nephilim}} grace and rendering the latter a full human, while Lucifer's powers now reach an all-time high. He takes Jack and Sam to a convent, forcing one of them to kill the other in order to escape, all while revealing his plans to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy the universe]] and [[AGodAmI rebuild it in his own image]], all of which can be summed up as his MoralEventHorizon. Has Dean not made a deal with Michael letting him share Dean's body (AKA Michael's True Vessel) but with Dean in control, thus giving them a chance at defeating Lucifer, Lucifer would've succeeded in his plans. Thankfully, Dean [[KickTheSonOfABitch kills Lucifer]] just in time, thus bringing [[KilledOffForReal an end to him for good]]...and then Michael [[MovingTheGoalposts goes back on his deal]] with Dean, and [[GrandTheftMe takes full control of Dean's body]].]]

* The ''Series/DiagnosisMurder'' episode "[[Recap/DiagnosisMurderS4E23ComedyIsMurder Comedy is Murder]]" centers around comedian Tim Conrad trying to murder his old comedy partner in revenge for him screwing him out of a contract for the rights to their show. This would fit a standard motive for a murder mystery, but Tim is so affable (which comes with the Creator/TimConway territory), and is just sucks so hilariously hard at being a killer you can't help but smile at him. [[spoiler:The fact that he turns out to not be the episode's true killer is a plus.]]

* The ''Series/DiagnosisMurder'' episode "[[Recap/DiagnosisMurderS4E23ComedyIsMurder Comedy is Murder]]" centers around comedian Tim Conrad trying to murder his old comedy partner in revenge for him screwing him out of a contract for the rights to their show. This would fit a standard motive for a murder mystery, but Tim is so affable (which comes with the Creator/TimConway territory, and is just sucks so hilariously hard at being a killer you can't help but smile at him. [[spoiler:The fact that he turns out to not be the episode's true killer is a plus.]]

** Cassandra gets this treatment in her second appearence in New Earth, in contrast to her [[ClassicVillain more serious debut in The End Of The World.]] [[BestServedCold She is still a villainess out for revenge the second time she shows up,]] but her villanous traits are [[PlayedForLaughs mocked and]] even added [[ComicRelief for]] its [[FantasticRacism comedic]] value, her plans fail her and she even gets to be the source for [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl most of the fanservice]] during the plot. [[GrandTheftMe Unfortunately for Rose,]] of course.

* ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'': Prince Blackadder the First was such a foolish loser that he was mostly an object of pity for the audience, despite being a mentally under-developed sneak. It didn't help that much of the time he was more of a victim than an aggressor. Or the fact that [[EvilerThanThou a lot of people surrounding him were more successful in their evil including his father King Richard IV]]. His descendants were also often victims but as far as competence was concerned, they were very much not worthy of pity (the fourth one would have no problem of getting it, however). Downplayed, as each Blackadder (including the Prince) might had constantly failed his primary goal, but they did win against the VillainOfTheWeek.

* ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'': Prince Blackadder the First was such a foolish loser that he was mostly an object of pity for the audience, despite being a mentally under-developed sneak. It didn't help that much of the time he was more of a victim than an aggressor. Or the fact that [[EvilerThanThou a lot of people surrounding him were more successful in their evil including his father King Richard IV]]. His descendants were also often victims but as far as competence was concerned, they were very much not worthy of pity (the fourth one would have no problem of getting it, however). Downplayed, as each Blackadder might had constantly failed his primary goal, but they did win against the VillainOfTheWeek.

* ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'': Prince Blackadder the First was such a foolish loser that he was mostly an object of pity for the audience, despite being a mentally under-developed sneak. It didn't help that much of the time he was more of a victim than an aggressor. Or the fact that [[EvilerThanThou a lot of people surrounding him were more successful in their evil including his father King Richard IV]]. His descendants were also often victims but as far as competence was concerned, they were very much not worthy of pity (the fourth one would have no problem of getting it, however).