History IneffectualSympatheticVillain / WesternAnimation

** And Sylvester was usually depicted as one of these.

* In ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown,'' Jack Spicer, despite being the main villain in some cases, is usually an IneffectualSympatheticVillain, especially in the later episodes.
** This is reinforced by Jack being probably the only fictional character, let alone villain, to have a breakdown failing to interrogate a parrot that simply repeated everything he said.
** The problem is that Jack is 'trying' to be a villain yet is fairly bad at it. When he turned to good for a while before returning to evil, it wasn't that he was planning to betray them from the start, he 'did' try to be good but was afraid he would fail at being good just like he failed at being evil.

* Control Freak from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans''. Despite being able to animate the inanimate to do his bidding and inadvertently altering television frequencies to literally rot people's brains, he STILL didn't get on the Titans' list of main villains.

** Dr. Drakken never gets the respect he thinks he should have; he always fails his capers, sometimes even without the help of Team Possible. He often gets mistaken for the more respected Dementor and, at the end of the series, he is outright told how much of a failure of a villain he has been (despite having come closer to [[TakeOverTheWorld taking over the world]] than any of his peers and ending up with [[spoiler: much of the credit for saving the world from the AlienInvasion]]). If it wasn't for his [[TheDragon Dragon]], Shego, he wouldn't be a villain at all. Keeping Shego on his payroll is possibly an impressive show of competence, especially when there are villains like Senor Senior Senior, who has [[{{Fiction500}} Scrooge McDuck levels of moolah]], since apparently they have contract that he sticks to.

* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'':
** Dr. Drakken never gets the respect he thinks he should have; he always fails his capers, sometimes even without the help of Team Possible. He often gets mistaken for the more respected Dementor and, at the end of the series, he is outright told how much of a failure of a villain he has been (despite having come closer to [[TakeOverTheWorld taking over the world]] than any of his peers and ending up with [[spoiler: much of the credit for saving the world from the AlienInvasion]]). If it wasn't for his [[TheDragon Dragon]], Shego, he wouldn't be a villain at all.
** Arguably, every villain in ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' is like this (except for Lord Monkeyfist, who is also the only villain to die in the series), aside from Shego, who's the only one with any amount of competence or fighting ability.
*** Keeping Shego on HIS payroll should be considered extremely competent, especially when there are villains like Senor Senior Senior, who has [[{{Fiction500}} Scrooge McDuck levels of moolah]].

* The Toilenator from ''WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor'' badly wants to be a villain, but is far too wimpy and incompetent to pull it off. He's a minor inconvenience to the KND, and most of the bad guys try not to be seen with him because of his clingy BumblingSidekick personality.
** He's a NotSoHarmlessVillain though, as he's able of using his "toilet powers" to "flush" the entire Grand Canyon with milk.
** He also managed to defeat the five main characters ''by himself'' on one occasion after getting fed up with being treated like garbage. [[spoiler:Only not really. He [[WhatAnIdiot beat the entire team of]] ''[[WhatAnIdiot villains]]'' [[WhatAnIdiot on his own, mistaking them for the kids]].]]

* [[OverlordJr Prince]] [[ButtMonkey Zuko]] in the first season of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. The second season puts him in AntiVillain status, with him and his Uncle spending more time being fugitives from [[TheEmpire the Fire Nation]] than trying to capture Aang, along with having CharacterDevelopment and EnemyMine "moments" as sprinkles. And then, about halfway in the final season, said "moments" are what causes Zuko to [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn become Aang's ally]].]] Then, in the series' ending, [[spoiler:he becomes the new Fire Lord]], with things getting better and better for him, effectively ''inverting'' this trope at that point.

** He has a few positive experiences even in the first season, and [[VillainsOutShopping got so much screen time not directly related]] to suffering or fighting the Gaang that he was practically a main character all along. He was even allowed to win against the other villain and get his first CMOA.

** Aladdin also occasionally had to deal with an inept thief named Amin Damoola (nicknamed "Butterfingers"). The only time Butterfingers was a serious threat was when he was using magical artifacts supplied by Mozenrath, who had replaced Jafar as Aladdin's main nemesis. Made even more pathetic by the fact that, in order to get those magical toys (which Mozenrath refers to as junk from his closet), Butterfingers has to deliver the Sultan-Turned-Gold-Statue by a timed deadline or become Mozenrath's slave. The kicker is, as Mozenrath's says, the evil wizard doesn't really care which scenario happens. This is just spring cleaning for him.

* In [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney's]] ''Aladdin'' sequel ''WesternAnimation/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'' and [[WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries the TV series]], there's [[PunnyName Abis Mal]]. His patheticness is particularly compounded by being an {{expy}} of the legendary loser, George Costanza, on ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', since Jason Alexander plays both roles. He does get at least one NotSoHarmlessVillain moment in [[RecycledTheSeries the series]], in which he gets a hold of another lamp and wishes that the protagonists get smashed like bugs. When told that genies can't kill, he has a moment of brilliance and asks for the protagonists to be turned into bugs so that ''he'' can smash them like bugs. He also went back in time and rewrote Agrabah's history in one episode so that he could be Sultan.
** Aladdin also occasionally had to deal with an inept thief named Amin Damoola (nicknamed "Butterfingers"). The only time Butterfingers was a serious threat was when he was using magical artifacts supplied by Mozenrath, who had essentially replaced Jafar as Aladdin's main nemesis. Made even more pathetic by the fact that, in order to get those magical toys (which Mozenrath actually refers to as junk from his closet), Butterfingers has to deliver the Sultan-Turned-Gold-Statue by a timed deadline or become Mozenrath's slave. The kicker is, as stated during one of Mozenrath's scenes in the episode, the evil wizard doesn't really care which scenario happens. This is just spring cleaning for him.

* The Box Ghost of ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' draws the line between this and HarmlessVillain. He has the potential to be a great baddie (if one episode and his [[spoiler: [[FutureBadass badass future self]]]] is any indications), but he just never makes it. Out of all the ghosts Danny has fought, Box Ghost is strictly in the "Who Cares" category, but he tries, he oh so tries.
** And his love of boxes is reminiscent of [[KidsPreferBoxes a small child who prefers the box to the toy that came in it.]]

** Subverted in the 2000-era re-imagining. While Skeletor's still a CardCarryingVillain SurroundedByIdiots, and Evil-Lyn is clearly his mental superior, Skeletor's clearly a threat this time around and every bit as powerful, terrifying, and evil as he claimed to be and twice defeating the BigBad that the heroes themselves could not. While still sometimes played for laughs, and never shown as even 1/10 as threatening as Hordak, Skeletor crossed the line, at least.

** Subverted in the 2000-era re-imagining. While Skeletor's still a CardCarryingVillain SurroundedByIdiots, and Evil-Lyn is clearly his mental superior, Skeletor's clearly a threat this time around and every bit as powerful, terrifying, and evil as he claimed to be, having destroyed half of Eternia before the show starts, and twice defeating the BigBad that the heroes themselves could not. While still sometimes played for laughs, and never shown as even 1/10 as threatening as Hordak, Skeletor crossed the line, at least.

** Squidward could also count. He may be an egotistical, grouchy Jerkass, but he can't get any peace and quiet [[ButtMonkey and is always the subject of abuse from other people and things]], and he is ''constantly'' interrupted by SpongeBob and Patrick's obnoxious behavior [[SurroundedByIdiots and it's very obvious why he hates them]].

* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansTheSeries'': Cruella is downgraded to one for the more slapstick tone of the show (Jasper and Horace are even worse). Several other one shots are also added to the mix.

*** Of course this all gets flipped on it's head once we learn his BackstoryHorror. At that point, not only is the sympathetic part taken to whole new levels, but the protagonists start treating him better and he develops into the TokenEvilTeammate.

** Aladdin also occasionally had to deal with an inept thief named Amin Damoola (nicknamed "Butterfingers"). The only time Butterfingers was a serious threat was when he was using magical artifacts supplied by Mozenrath, who had essentially replaced Jafar as Aladdin's main nemesis. Made even more pathetic by the fact that, in order to get those magical toys (which Mozenrath actually refers to as junk from his closet) Butterfingers has to deliver the Sultan-Turned-Gold-Statue by a timed deadline or become Mozenrath's slave. The kicker is, as stated during one of Mozenrath's scenes in the episode, the evil wizard doesn't really care which scenario happens. This is just spring cleaning for him.
* ''WesternAnimation/AngelaAnaconda'': Nanette Manoir may come off as this, since, while she is an AlphaBitch, her actions are rather tame and in-line with what would be expected of kids her age. Angela, meanwhile, practically OnceAnEpisode, fantasizes about humiliating her, tormenting her or even sometimes ''killing her'' in the most brutal ways she can think of.

* Killer Moth from ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' is given this treatment when he joins "Team Penguin". All he's ever shown doing is using a cocoon gun that continuously backfires on him and make coffee for the Penguin. This changes however, when some chemicals [[TookALevelInBadass change him into a giant moth mutant.]]

*** In the comic-turned-episode "[[Recap/TheNewBatmanAdventuresE21MadLove Mad Love]]", Harley did manage to succeed in trapping Batman. Batman's only hope was to have her inform the Joker, who he knew would free Batman because ''[[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou it wasn't HE [the Joker] that defeated Batman!]]'' Batman even admitted that Harley came closer to killing him than the Joker ever did. Harley also suggested [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim just shooting Batman]], instead of elaborate death traps. Ironically, at the end of the episode, [[spoiler:Harley almost succeeded in killing Bats with an elaborate death trap, while the ''Joker'', who previously slapped Harley for even suggesting such a thing, tried simply shooting him...and failed.]]

---> '''Police Radio:''' Suspect is a male costumed extremist armed with what appears to be a... ''ketchup'' gun.
---> '''Batman:''' It's gonna be one of those nights.
---> (Later, after effortlessly taking him down with a single gut punch)
---> '''Batman:''' Listen, Mustard Man, or whatever your name is, you're obviously new at this so I'm willing to go easy on you if you return the loot and never even think about doing this again!

** Of the primary villains of the [[WesternAnimation/CareBears1980s earlier series]], No-Heart and his niece Shreeky don't count. No-Heart was a legitimately powerful and evil sorcerer who had a habit of blasting Beastly with lightning bolts whenever he screwed up; and while Shreeky never actually did anything evil, she was a SpoiledBrat with a voice so loud that she made ''No-Heart'' wince. Mr. Beastly, No-Heart's primary lacky, definitely fits somewhere between here and ButtMonkey. In the one episode that Beastly had, with him in the spotlight, him infuriates No-Heart by breaking No-Heart's crystal amulet (which is the source of his shapechanging spells), then breaks No-Heart's throne (something he ''knows'' No-Heart will be livid about), get turned into a horrific mishmash of animals while using No-Heart's broken amulet to catch some of the Care Bears, then be blackmailed into letting the Care Bears go after they tape-record him chanting a litany of "I care" to break the broken spell and be turned back to normal, and then, when No-Heart arrives, having calmed down due to finding an even more powerful crystal, he sits on his crudely repaired throne...and it breaks to pieces. Meaning more electroshocking for Beastly.

* Dr. Reginald Bushroot of ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck''. He mutated himself in an attempt to impress a girl. When that went [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption about as well as expected]], most of schemes throughout the series involved trying to grow a companion or feed his plants. He certainly seemed like [[AffablyEvil a nice enough guy]] most of the time, only turning violent when Darkwing tried to stop his plans. It should be noted though that for all his [[AntiVillain sympathetic qualities]], Bushroot is one of the few villains who is known to have successfully committed murder. Granted his victims were the jerk doctors who made fun of him, but as the other prominent villain in this category is KnightOfCerebus Taurus Bulba, this is still a rather shocking feat.
* The Tyrannos from ''WesternAnimation/{{Dinosaucers}}'' are extremely gullible, and it's more or less stated that the Dinosaucers were sent to Earth just to keep a spare eye on them. Of all the group, only Quackpot has shown instances of competence, and it didn't really stick in the long run.

* The Professor from the [[WesternAnimation/JoeOrioloFelixTheCat TV Felix the Cat cartoons]]. While he's a crook, he's also one of the most pathetic villains in all of western animation. In over 120 episodes of his series, [[ComicallyLopsidedRivalry he never earned a single victory over Felix the Cat]] and almost never even comes close, and couldn't have won anyway [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption since the Magic Bag of Tricks won't work for him]]. Personality wise, he's a petulant ManChild who throws tantrums and literally tortures himself over his failures. His crimes also tend to be really petty misdeeds like [[PokeThePoodle cornering the market on rubber for toys]]. On top of that, Felix himself rarely even takes him seriously as a bad guy, just seeing him as a friendly enemy or nuisance at worst.

* ''WesternAnimation/GIJoe'': Cobra Commander, who was constantly mocked, ignored, or pushed aside not only by other would-be world conquerors, but by his ''own minions''.

*** He does get the ineffectual part still - sometimes as part of a {{plan}}, sometimes because it's an imposter performing poorly. And sometimes, Destro just plain doesn't like him, and is willing to take the loss just to make him look bad, mostly because of his 'thing' for the Baroness.

* ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' has [[spoiler:bumbling time traveler Blendin Blandin]], who in his second appearance was a villain. Made more sympathetic by the fact that he's mostly right: the kids did ruin his life, and stealing the time machine and intentionally ruining the past were objectively crappy things to do.

** Dr. Drakken never gets the respect he thinks he should have; he always fails his capers, sometimes even without the help of Team Possible. He often gets mistaken for the more respected Dementor and, at the end of the series, he is outright told how much of a failure of a villain he has been (despite having come closer to [[TakeOverTheWorld taking over the world]] than any of his peers, and ending up with [[spoiler: much of the credit for saving the world from the AlienInvasion]]). If it wasn't for his [[TheDragon Dragon]], Shego, he wouldn't be a villain at all.

** WesternAnimation/ElmerFudd, who was so ineffectual that WesternAnimation/BugsBunny [[DesignatedHero sometimes came off as a bully when beating him]]. Because of this, Yosemite Sam was introduced as a [[KnightOfCerebus more threatening and less sympathetic foe]]. Though [[{{Jerkass}} less sympathetic]], Sam wasn't that much more threatening after a [[VillainDecay few cartoons]]. Following this, Marvin the Martian was created, who, despite having super advanced planet-obliterating technology at his will, was only ''slightly'' more formidable.

** Yosemite Sam was actually a deliberate subversion of the trope, because audiences were starting to favor Elmer too much.The idea was to feel sorry for the guy, but it was getting to the point where Bugs was starting to look like a relentless bully instead of a wiseacre outwitting the buffoon who was trying to victimize him. Sam was both smarter and more belligerent than Elmer, meaning that Bugs was free to lead him on all he wanted. But even Yosemite Sam, while pretty dark for a Looney Tunes villain, was still fairly ineffectual compared to the average non-Looney-Tunes villain.

** In part 2 of "The Crystal Empire", his reason for his actions are put in a new light as we learn his greatest fear: [[spoiler:Twilight no longer needing him]].

** The Gangreen Gang can also qualify as this. While they're not anywhere near as incompetent as the Amoeba Boys, it's pretty hard to take them seriously as actual villains since their crimes are really based on typical bullying, prank calling, vandalism, etc. In fact, in the episode "Aspirations", the girls couldn't even take them seriously as a criminal element and called them nuisances. It also doesn't help that they're teenagers, making them younger than most of the other villains the three superheroes fought.

** Granted a lot of Robotnik's harmless streak is implied to be solely because of [[InvincibleHero Sonic]]. Many episodes show Sonic encountering civilians that have been [[BewareTheSillyOnes successfully terrorized or enslaved by Robotnik without his help]], while in other episodes he actually manages to pull off cunning plans that temporarily [[NotSoHarmlessVillain dispose of his foe]]. His henchbots Scratch and Grounder however, were definitely incompetent, [[NiceJobFixingItVillain often destroying their own schemes]] before Sonic even got the chance to stop them.While Robotnik could at least genuinely cook up a malicious plan every now and then, his duncebot's Wile E Coyote-esque traps hardly ever worked on anyone but themselves. At one point he claims [[BlatantLies that he purposely made his robots dumb, so they would be too incompetent to ever consider betraying him]] in a rather unconvincing tone.

* Sandman in ''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'' can never quite get his big score. Before his superpowers, Spider-Man jokes about how many times Sandman has been caught. After all, he can actually fight Spidey, but then proceeds to forget or be unable to keep his take when he escapes down the drain. He also gets a couple of PetTheDog moments when it's revealed that while he cares a lot about the Big Score, he doesn't really want to hurt anybody (other than Spider-Man, of course).

** Jasper starts out as one of Yellow Diamond's high-ranking officers. Even though she is considered one of the greatest soldiers made on Earth at the Kindergarten, she still feels held back with the need to go further to get ahead, oppressing and bullying other Gems. Even though she considers fusion a despicable action on Homeworld, [[{{Hypocrite}} she is ready to abandon this in order to gain a victory and come out on top]], After the Jasper-Lapis Lazuli fusion results in Malachite, with Lapis attempting to maintain the fusion to prevent Jasper from gaining the upper hand. After Lapis is rescued, she later fuses with another Jasper, becoming corrupted and mutated. In "Change Your Mind", Jasper joins the other Gems at Rose's fountain and accepts healing.

** In the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 original cartoon]], ArchEnemy Shredder was many times this, particularly in later crossover after the initial story arc of the first season. Only in that one though; the other media tends to show him as a real threat.''WesternAnimation/TurtlesForever''.

* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'': Series "[[BigBadWannabe main]]" antagonist Lord Hater fell into this after the series premier, going from fearsome tyrant to whining man-child whose only major goals consist of being recognized by the people of the universe, for better or for worse, and destroying his nemesis, titular Wander. At his core, he just wants to be respected, but is so distracted by Wander that he comes off as a joke to everyone instead. [[spoiler: Come the second season and the series' true main antagonist enters the picture, and Hater embraces his role as this for the better...[[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor or not]]...]]

* ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'': Toad and the rest of the Brotherhood, at least by Season two. At first, they were at least even with the X-Men, and were able to overpower them in one episode, [[ButtMonkey except for Toad]]. But slowly, each one got more and more Pathetic. Pietro became more cowardly, Blob became more dumb, and Avalanche went through massive character Derailment. In season 3, they were bested by only ''Two X''-Men, one being the weakest member. It was why the Acolytes were introduced, who were definitely ''not'' this.

*** In the comic-turned-episode "Mad Love", Harley did manage to succeed in trapping Batman. Batman's only hope was to have her inform the Joker, who he knew would free Batman because ''[[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou it wasn't HE [the Joker] that defeated Batman!]]'' Batman even admitted that Harley came closer to killing him than the Joker ever did. Harley also suggested [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim just shooting Batman]], instead of elaborate death traps. Ironically, at the end of the episode, [[spoiler:Harley almost succeeded in killing Bats with an elaborate death trap, while the ''Joker'', who previously slapped Harley for even suggesting such a thing, tried simply shooting him...and failed.]]
** "The Man Who Killed Batman" was focused on Sidney Debris AKA "Sid the Squid", a nebbish and meek bumbling mob underling who dreams of being a bigshot. He gets his wish when Batman is apparently killed and his gang believes Sidney did it. Unfortunately, as Sid finds out, that reputation comes with a price... [[spoiler:The episode has a happy ending for Sid, however. He still goes to jail, but Batman lets everyone keep believing that he almost killed Batman and made a fool out of the Joker, turning Sid into a celebrity in prison.]]
** ''All'' of the "villains" from "Make 'em Laugh", though they're only villains [[spoiler:because they were brainwashed by The Joker]]. They're all pretty ineffective, but most notable is the "Condiment King". Even '''Batman''' takes pity on the guy.

* Like Tom above, ''WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck'' can sometimes come off this, especially when he crosses paths with ''WesternAnimation/ChipAndDale''. Sometimes Donald ''does'' start the fight, most of the time, by affecting their natural environment and being insensitive to the problems that this causes them, like trying to cut down their tree-house or taking away all their food provisions, other times he just ends up getting picked on and losing.

* Pretty much the ''entire'' ''WesternAnimation/ChipNDaleRescueRangers'' rogues gallery is quite harmless. And probably the whole reason that only a bunch of rodents are even bothered to take the time to deal with them. Case in point: inventing a self-propelled walking laser cannon capable of cutting up a ''glacier'', (those things aren't exactly "just" a big ice cube) and only using it to warm up a giant vat of jello used to create an earthquake machine to break open a gold depository. Instead of, y'know, ''blasting your way in'' with said self-propelled walking laser cannon.

* Pretty much the ''entire'' ''WesternAnimation/RescueRangers'' rogues gallery is quite harmless. And probably the whole reason that only a bunch of rodents are even bothered to take the time to deal with them. Case in point: inventing a self-propelled walking laser cannon capable of cutting up a ''glacier'', (those things aren't exactly "just" a big ice cube) and only using it to warm up a giant vat of jello used to create an earthquake machine to break open a gold depository. Instead of, y'know, ''blasting your way in'' with said self-propelled walking laser cannon.

* Note that in the ''WesternAnimation/SonicSatAM'' series that was aired around the same time, Robotnik is...very much not harmless. ''[[VillainWorld At all.]]'' Snively though is a reedy and sneering little man who is always consumed by his Uncle Robotnik's quite massive shadow. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Also, he's a baldy.]] [[spoiler: However, he turns out to be a NotSoHarmlessVillain when he manages to slip out before his uncle is killed, and return as a TheEndOrIsIt cliffhanger for a season that we will never receive.]] [[WordOfGod In one interview with screen-writer Ben Hurst]] regarding the third season that never arrived, it was revealed that Snively was going to take a shot at becoming the new BigBad, only to be shortly upstaged by Ixis Naugus, and would later make a HeelFaceTurn and join the Freedom Fighters.]]

** [[AnIcePerson Ice King]] plays this as a {{Deconstruction}} / ZigZaggingTrope: he wants to force a [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses princess]] into [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe marrying him]], but he comes across as sincerely lonely and desperate for love. At some points, however, he'll wind up saying or doing something ''really'' messed up, [[DoubleSubversion cluing the viewer in that he's really just a sociopath]].

** WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck, initially just a ScrewySquirrel or AntiHero, eventually evolved into one for WesternAnimation/BugsBunny and WesternAnimation/SpeedyGonzales.

* In [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney's]] ''Aladdin'' sequel ''Disney/AladdinTheReturnOfJafar'' and [[WesternAnimation/AladdinTheSeries the TV series]], there's [[PunnyName Abis Mal]]. His patheticness is particularly compounded by being an {{expy}} of the legendary loser, George Costanza, on ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', since Jason Alexander plays both roles. He does get at least one NotSoHarmlessVillain moment in [[RecycledTheSeries the series]], in which he gets a hold of another lamp and wishes that the protagonists get smashed like bugs. When told that genies can't kill, he has a moment of brilliance and asks for the protagonists to be turned into bugs so that ''he'' can smash them like bugs. He also went back in time and rewrote Agrabah's history in one episode so that he could be Sultan.

* Tabaqui from the 2012 CGI adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook'' fits this like a glove. He's Shere Khan's faithful henchman who often tries to trick and manipulate Mowgli in hopes Shere Khan will eat him and give him scraps but he's such a NervousWreck and the butt of slapstick humor that more often then not, he comes across as a JerkassWoobie.

** ''all'' of the "villains" from "Make 'em Laugh", though they're only villains [[spoiler:because they were brainwashed by The Joker]]. They're all pretty ineffective, but most notable is the "Condiment King". Even '''Batman''' takes pity on the guy.

* ''WesternAnimation/CaptainNTheGameMaster'': Mother Brain's two henchmen, Eggplant Wizard and King Hippo, suck at their jobs and constantly screw up. At one point she even fires them. Averted by her two other henchmen, Dr. Wily and Dracula, who are much more competent.

* ''WesternAnimation/AngelaAnaconda'': Nanette Manoir may come off as this, since, while she is an AlphaBitch, her actions are rather tame and in-line with what would be expected of kids her age. Angela, meanwhile, fantasizes about humiliating her, tormenting her or even sometimes ''killing her'' in the most brutal ways she can think of.

*** When that didn't work, they teach the Cute King and his subjects to [[CutenessProximity weaponize their cuteness itself instead]] and point them at an AcceptableTarget for manipulation: [[spoiler: The Ice King]]