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* ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'': Bolo is the Team Squad's most powerful ally and was the only Titan not corrupted by Invictus. Before the events of the series, he was imprisoned by his fellow Titans for sealing the portal from Final Space, preventing them from invading the universe. In the present day, he reaches out to Gary Goodspeed and guides him towards the dimensional keys needed to free him, but to ensure that Gary follows through, conceals the fact that a sixth key - a HumanSacrifice - is also needed. After being released, he continues helping the Team Squad, while completing his own agenda of killing his corrupted brethren. When Lord Commander merges with a Titan and destroys the Earth, he orders the Team Squad to flee, and upon being stabbed by him, calmly bids Gary farewell before getting his head ripped off.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': Springfield has many citizens and many villains – but despite so much competition the following still manage to leave their mark of devious charm:
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E11TheCrepesOfWrath The Crepes of Wrath]]": Adil Hoxha is an Albanian spy working undercover as a foreign exchange student. After integrating himself into the Simpson family with his politeness and helpful attitude, he requests Homer to let him visit the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, collecting information and successfully sending it his home government. After being caught and outed as a spy by the FBI, he thanks the Simpsons for their hospitality and tells them not to let the experience sour their thoughts on the student exchange program.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E11HomerTheVigilante Homer the Vigilante]]": [[CoolOldGuy Molloy]] is a resident of the Springfield Retirement Castle who moonlights as the Springfield Cat Burglar. When [[Characters/TheSimpsonsHomerSimpson Homer]], head of the new Neighbourhood Watch, was interviewed by Kent Brockman, Molloy phoned in to taunt Homer that he would steal the Springfield Museum's Zirconia and succeeds despite Homer's efforts. When arrested, Molloy gracefully [[GracefulLoser returns all his stolen goods]] before being put in jail, where he tells Homer and Chief Wiggum about where he hid all his stolen loot, leading to the whole town hunting for it. When the location Molloy described is found, all that is present is a note saying Molloy lied and [[KansasCityShuffle used the time they spent searching to escape]]. An archetypical GentlemanThief, Molloy remains memorable despite his only appearance and relatively humble goals.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E2YouOnlyMoveTwice You Only Move Twice]]": [[BenevolentBoss Hank Scorpio]] is the president of the Globex Corporation whose passions include his employees' wellbeing, fun runs and world domination. Threatening the UN with a DoomsdayDevice, Scorpio holds the world ransom while at the same time becoming friends with new hire Homer Simpson, actually managing to make Homer productive. Executing the escaping Mr. Bont after Homer tackles the agent and successfully repelling an attack on his lair, Scorpio amiably parts with Homer when the latter decides to return to Springfield for the sake of his family. Conquering the East Coast, Scorpio gives Homer the Denver Broncos as a farewell gift and assures him they will always be friends. Emulating the best aspects of the classic ''[[Franchise/JamesBond Bond]]'' villains he parodies, Scorpio also cares just as much--if not more--about his [[WeCare employees' happiness]] than he does about conquering the world. The height of AffablyEvil and perhaps the show's most successful villain, Hank Scorpio is a beloved character years after his single episode.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E24TheSimpsonsSpinOffShowcase The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase]]", "Chief Wiggum P.I.": [[TheDon Charles "Big" Daddy]] is the local crime boss in New Orleans, who boasts the feat of [[ImpossibleTheft stealing the Louisiana Governor's entire mansion and relocating it to a swamp]] to serve as his hideout. Feeling Chief Wiggum's new residency there is a threat to his activities and becomes determined to drive Wiggum off, making his presence known by throwing a skull into Wiggum's office. When this fails to unnerve Wiggum, Big Daddy instead sends a 'warning alligator' into Wiggum's bedroom through the window. While Wiggum and Skinny Boy are preoccupied, Big Daddy sneaks inside and kidnaps Wiggum's son, Ralph, and holds him ransom to give Wiggum incentive to leave New Orleans. When he is spotted taking Ralph to the Mardi Gras festival, Big Daddy alludes Wiggum and Skinner who chase him to his hideout, where he makes one final escape by throwing Ralph at Wiggum as a distraction.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E16TheWanderingJuvie The Wandering Juvie]]": [[EnfantTerrible Gina Vendetti]] is a troubled pre-teen, who got into a juvenile correctional facility by shoving Snow White off a building. She easily manipulates [[Characters/TheSimpsonsBartSimpson Bart]] by tricking him into going along with her by playing a WoundedGazelleGambit, using her wits to outsmart the Warden of the facility and escape using a disco ball connected to a rope and a blacksmith to remove their cuffs. Despite constantly hurting Bart both mentally and physically, she truly loves him, and has [[ParentalAbandonment no family]] to speak of and when caught she confesses everything get Bart set free. Troubled, and intelligent with a HiddenHeartOfGold, Gina showed herself to be among the most clever of Bart's girlfriends.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS19E13TheDebarted The Debarted]]": [[TheMole Donny]] is a troubled orphan from Shelbyville who quickly befriends Bart Simpson. Having been asked by Chalmers and Principal Skinner to infiltrate Bart's gang of friends, Donny takes the heat for one of Bart's pranks, tricks him into accusing Milhouse, and helps Skinner stay one step ahead of Bart at any given time. When Groundskeeper Willie sells Bart out, Donny has a HeelRealization and decides to stop Skinner and Chalmers. Troubled, calm, and a surprisingly good planner, Donny got the best of both Bart and Skinner.
** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS23E6TheBookJob The Book Job]]": Creator/NeilGaiman, the King of Fantasy Books, is a ConMan who regularly heists his way to the top. Overhearing the main crew coming up with their book idea, Gaiman decides to steal it for himself and integrates himself into the group. Pretending to be a fool, Gaiman secretly strikes a deal with Moe the Bartender. When the publishing company changes their book to be about vampires, Gaiman plays on their pride of authorship, costing them their millions, and convinces them to swap the company's flash drive with one holding their original book. While [[Characters/TheSimpsonsLisaSimpson Lisa]] is successful in swapping the flash drives, it is revealed that Gaiman had replaced theirs with one that gave him the credit, before escaping to Shelbyville and double-crossing Moe by poisoning him. Hammy, snarky, and smarter than he at first appears, Neil Gaiman is able to heist his way onto the bestseller list once again, despite not even being able to read.

* ''Franchise/TalesOfArcadia'': Morgana, also known as the Pale Lady, Literature/BabaYaga, and by many more names, was a young student of Merlin who despaired at her brother Arthur's persecution of magical beings. [[StartOfDarkness Falling to darkness when Arthur died]], Morgana would manipulate legions over the ensuing centuries to advance her goals of [[TakeOverTheWorld world conquest]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}} having the troll Angor Rot sell his soul to her]] to use him as her assassin. Upon returning to life in ''[[WesternAnimation/Wizards2020 Wizards]]'', Morgana later repents and joins the heroes to help defeat the evil [[Characters/TalesOfArcadiaArcaneOrder Arcane Order]] and the resurrected Arthur, giving her life to destroy him when she realizes he is beyond saving while reconciling with her mentor Merlin and following him into the afterlife.

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* ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'''s "[[Recap/CloneHighS1E09RaisinTheStakesARockOperaInThreeActs Raisin the Stakes: A Rock Opera in Three Acts]]": The Pusher, in actuality Larry Hardcore, is a rockstar drug dealer who sells raisins as drugs to teenagers. A loyal fan of the California Raisins who was hired by the raisin council to come up with a plan to sell more raisins to teens, the Pusher takes advantage of the average teenager's rebellious attitude to sell them raisins under the guise of hallucinogenic drugs, having done so to several high schools before doing the same to Clone High. Growing more powerful with each raisin buyer, the Pusher allows Principal Scudworth to create a divide between the students and their parents just to sell the teens more raisins.

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* ''WesternAnimation/FinalSpace'': Bolo is the Team Squad's most powerful ally and was the only Titan not corrupted by Invictus. Before the events of the series, he was imprisoned by his fellow Titans for sealing the portal from Final Space, preventing them from invading the universe. In the present day, he reaches out to Gary Goodspeed and guides him towards the dimensional keys needed to free him, but to ensure that Gary follows through, conceals the fact that a sixth key - a HumanSacrifice - is also needed. After being released, he continues helping the Team Squad, while completing his own agenda of killing his corrupted brethren. [[spoiler: When Lord Commander merges with a Titan and destroys the Earth, he orders the Team Squad to flee, and upon being stabbed by him, calmly bids Gary farewell before getting his head ripped off]].

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* ''Franchise/TalesOfArcadia'': Morgana, also known as the Pale Lady, Literature/BabaYaga, and by many more names, was a young student of Merlin who despaired at her brother Arthur's persecution of magical beings. [[StartOfDarkness Falling to darkness when Arthur died]], Morgana would manipulate legions over the ensuing centuries to advance her goals of [[TakeOverTheWorld world conquest]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}} having the troll Angor Rot sell his soul to her]] to use him as her assassin. Upon returning to life in ''[[WesternAnimation/Wizards2020 Wizards]]'', Morgana later repents and joins the heroes to help defeat the evil Arcane Order and the resurrected Arthur, giving her life to destroy him when she realizes he is beyond saving while reconciling with her mentor Merlin and following him into the afterlife.

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* ''WesternAnimation/MortalKombatDefendersOfTheRealm'''s "The Secret of Quan-Chi": [[Characters/MortalKombatShinnokAndQuanChi Quan Chi]] himself is far less evil but just as cunning and manipulative as his [[Franchise/MortalKombat canon counterpart]]. Quan Chi is a free-roaming [[EvilSorcerer sorcerer]] who wants to conquer Earthrealm. To do so, he waits for the heroes to be distracted by an Outworld attack, then gets the gem of Tetsurri, which is an artifact that [[HatePlague brings out the worst traits of a person]]. Quan Chi disguises himself as an Outworld refugee to trick the heroes so he can secretly use the gem of Tetsurri on them, with his ultimate plan being to make the Earthrealm warriors fight each other, leaving their realm defensless and allowing Quan Chi to take over, a plan which [[NearVillainVictory nearly succeeds]].

* ''WesternAnimation/BlakeAndMortimer'': The animated incarnation of [[MadScientist Professor Miloch Georgevitch]], [[FakingTheDead faking his death]] after the events of "Heavy Weather", returns as the main antagonist of "The Infernal Machine". Leaving his time machine to Blake and Mortimer as inheritance, Miloch rigs it in order to leave them stranded in the past forever. He first attempt to lock Mortimer in several eras ranging from prehistoric times to the Middle Ages. When Blake arrives late and manages to send Mortimer back to the present, Miloch takes advantage of Blake checking on the unconscious Mortimer and Princess Agnès to trap Blake in the machine as well before sending them to the future. When Mortimer figures out how to come back to the present, Miloch activates the machine's self-destruct sequence, nearly killing Blake and Mortimer. [[SparedByTheAdaptation Surviving the events of this work]], Miloch proved to be just as cunning as--if not more than--his late comic self.

* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'': [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Aélita Schaeffer's xanafied self]] combines her good self's intelligence with XANA's ruthlessness. [[Recap/CodeLyokoS2E6 Pretending to be her good self in her first appearance]], she manipulates Jérémie Belpois into sending her to Lyoko, talking Yumi Ishiyama into going with them when Jérémie expresses reluctance in Aélita going on Lyoko alone. On Lyoko, XANA-Aélita stays ahead of her fellow [[Characters/CodeLyokoLyokoWarriors Lyoko Warriors]] through clever uses of her Creativity powers, leading to her all but completing her mission. Returning as a recurring villain, XANA-Aélita works well in tandem with XANA and its monsters, successfully destroying three of the four main sectors and setting up XANA's victory in that season. [[Recap/CodeLyokoS4E25 In her final appearance]], XANA-Aélita cleverly reacts to Ulrich Stern's attack, stealing one of his swords and defeating him with only a limited use of her powers, nearly completing her mission. Always thinking on the fly and [[SuperpoweredEvilSide showing how truly dangerous Aélita's powers could be]], her xanafied self proved to be one of the Lyoko Warriors' most dangerous threats.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Fillmore}}'':
** "[[Recap/FillmoreToMarAStall To Mar a Stall]]": [[MadArtist Randal Julian]] was a renowned Art champion until he started placing lower than first in competitions and then decided to become the tagger "Flava Sava" as a result of his disillusionment. Tagging almost every bathroom in X Middle School except the one in the Teachers' Lounge, Julian is caught by Cornelius Fillmore and becomes known instead as "Randal the Vandal". Serving indefinite detention for the rest of middle school, Julian is not allowed writing materials because on one occasion he vandalized the room in an extreme manner. When offered a reduced sentence, Julian [[ConsultingAConvictedKiller gives Fillmore and Ingrid Third info]] on a new tagger named "Stainless" and when he eventually finds out who "Stainless" is, Julian leaves them their photo before he escapes and vandalizes the room yet again. He's only stopped from following through with his original plan when Julian realizes he can't destroy his previous good legacy.
** "[[Recap/FillmoreTestoftheTested Test of the Tested]]": Elliot Funston is the performer of the mascot Lobstee the Lobster who uses the consume to steal the reviled SATTY-9 standardized tests after they’ve been completed. He does so to impress Enid Quintara who’s a very vocal protester of the test and has been secretly leaving her flowers often before that. To avoid suspicion, Elliot stages a scene that makes it look like he was [[MuggedForDisguise mugged for the costume]] and plays up his goofy demeanor in order to divert attention too. When discovered, he impedes, tricks and outruns both Fillmore and Ingrid and nearly escapes in the process. Even after Elliot's caught and is facing huge karma for what he's done though, he's ultimately won Enid's admiration.
** "[[Recap/FillmoreTheCurrencyOfDoubt The Currency of Doubt]]":
*** [[DanceBattler Natasha]] is a ballroom dancer whose partnership with Larry Wolfe ends after he drops her and hurts her leg, with Natasha retaining a psychosomatic limp. Natasha trains two other dancers, Toby and Tina, to win the trophy she and Larry won't compete for, only to view them as unbeatable rivals after she and Larry reconcile and her limp heals, causing them to try for the trophy after all. Natasha robs Toby and Tina and hides her reconciliation with Larry to make it appear that she has no possible motive and that Toby is the culprit, out to pay his gambling debts. She succeeds in breaking the dancers up and interferes with the ensuing investigation in an acrobatic way that would have further removed her from suspicion if not for Fillmore learning through other means that her limp was psychosomatic. After being exposed, she nearly escapes with the stolen loot as a ConsolationPrize before her capture. A superb athlete and actress who is NiceToTheWaiter offscreen, Natasha only fails to remain undercover until after the contest due to a series of lucky discoveries on the detectives' part.
*** [[SweetTooth Paulie]] is a shady character and collector of smoit tickets that come with candy bar wrappers and can be redeemed for prizes. He demonstrates a suspicious, knowledgable, and guardedly affable demeanor when interviewed over the theft of Toby's smoit stash. He gives the heroes useful information for their investigation while advising them not to trust anyone around smoits and secretly planning to follow them and steal the smoits himself once the heroes recover them. Paulie suceeds in getting his smoits, only to lose them to their original owner moments later. He shows disappointment over the loss of his fortune, but is largely accepting of this outcome. Alone among the show's villains, Paulie has a simple yet foolproof plan to escape the safety patrol after publicly revealing his criminal nature: his family is about to move across the country, so if he does get the smoits, he will depart from the safety patrol's jurisdiction before they can do anything to punish him or seek the return of the smoits.
** "[[Recap/FillmorePlayONMaestroPlayon Play on Maestro, Play on]]'': Arthur Stanley is an expert gamer who designs special [[RubeGoldbergDevice Rube Goldberg-type devices]] in order to commit thefts and uses the first two to steal a black wig and then a supply of bubble gum from a stand, leaving clues as he goes for the thrill of it. Arthur then sets off a third set of things to shut down the lights at the Ultrabox expo and nearly succeeds in stealing the Ultrabox game console while using his stolen items as a disguise. Caught, but still wanting to game, Arthur breaks out of Detention and sets off another set of devices at the expo and successfully steals the Ultrabox while making it look like a copycat. Arthur is asked to consult on the case and misdirects Fillmore and Ingrid, eventually trapping them in a net with another device when they follow his clues once again. He then willingly surrenders when Fillmore convinces him he's too obsessed.

** ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'''s "Bad Hair Day": [[NoNameGiven The yokai masseur]] is a spa and resort employee who's secretly a thief and a MadScientist. Plotting to rob the Hirsuté Resort and Spa's guests, the masseur convinces Leonardo into trying out his personal hair tonic so he'll be accepted into the club. Once Leo grows a seemingly sentient wig, the masseur sneaks into the club, hiding in plain sight while the hair on Leo's scalp manipulates his body into sleepwalking and pillaging the guests all while no one notices. After Leo discovers their schemes and apprehends the masseur and the wig, the wig scurries onto the masseur's head instead, thus making it appear like he's innocent and Leo is guilty; Leo is immediately sent to jail while the masseur and his hair [[TheBadGuyWins are rewarded with all the valuables they stole]].

* ''WesternAnimation/BlakeAndMortimer'': The animated incarnation of [[MadScientist Professor Miloch Georgevitch]], [[FakingTheDead faking his death]] after the events of "Heavy Weather", returns as the main antagonist of "The Infernal Machine". Leaving his time machine to Blake and Mortimer as inheritance, Miloch rigs it in order to leave them stranded in the past forever. He first attempt to lock Mortimer in several eras ranging from prehistoric times to the Middle Ages. When Blake arrives late and manages to send Mortimer back to the present, Miloch takes advantage of Blake checking on the unconscious Mortimer and Princess Agnès to trap Blake in the machine as well before sending them to the future. When Mortimer figures out how to come back to the present, Miloch activates the machine's self-destruct sequence, nearly killing Blake and Mortimer. [[SparedByTheAdaptation Surviving the events of this work]], Miloch proved to be just as cunning as--if not more than--his late comic self.

* ''WesternAnimation/ClassOfTheTitans'': [[BigBad Cronus]], Lord of Time and King of the Titans, is the ruthless villain who plots his own escape from Tartarus and promptly asks the Oracle of Delphi for what can stop him. Upon learning of the young would-be heroes, Cronus repeatedly showcases new plans that put him close to completely dominating the world with the young heroes struggling to match him. Cronus takes hostages to lure others into traps, including gods and even fakes his own defeat to take over the underworld. Rarely at a loss, Cronus always rebounds from his defeats and even ends the series defeated but alive and powerful as ever, plotting to weaponize the now unknown future to complete all his plans and dominate the world.

* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'': [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Aélita Schaeffer's xanafied self]] combines her good self's intelligence with XANA's ruthlessness. [[Recap/CodeLyokoS2E6 Pretending to be her good self in her first appearance]], she manipulates Jérémie Belpois into sending her to Lyoko, talking Yumi Ishiyama into going with them when Jérémie expresses reluctance in Aélita going on Lyoko alone. On Lyoko, XANA-Aélita stays ahead of her fellow [[Characters/CodeLyokoLyokoWarriors Lyoko Warriors]] through clever uses of her Creativity powers, leading to her all but completing her mission. Returning as a recurring villain, XANA-Aélita works well in tandem with XANA and its monsters, successfully destroying three of the four main sectors and setting up XANA's victory in that season. [[Recap/CodeLyokoS4E25 In her final appearance]], XANA-Aélita cleverly reacts to Ulrich Stern's attack, stealing one of his swords and defeating him with only a limited use of her powers, nearly completing her mission. Always thinking on the fly and [[SuperpoweredEvilSide showing how truly dangerous Aélita's powers could be]], her xanafied self proved to be one of the Lyoko Warriors' most dangerous threats.

* ''WesternAnimation/DanVs'': [[NoNameGiven The Imposter]] is the most [[AffablyEvil friendly antagonist in the show]], as well as the most crafty. While the Imposter's MO is stealing people's identities and taking over their lives, he generally goes after people who are isolated from society, winning over the town under their name. Despite being outsmarted by Dan in his first appearance, the Imposter evens the score and then some in his second when he [[BatmanGambit accurately predicts Dan's every move]], luring him and Chris into a trapped apartment, before implanting a transmitter into Dan's molar. The Imposter then orchestrates Dan's arrest by PlayingTheVictimCard in front of an officer.

** "[[Recap/InsideJobS1E7GhostProtocol Ghost Protocol]]": [[DiabolicalMastermind Dr. Skullfinger]] is Rafe Masters' hammy but AffablyEvil nemesis, a criminal mastermind with a mind-control plan so good that Incognito Inc. sees him as a rival to be removed. When Incognito teams up with Rafe to arrest Skullfinger, Skullfinger reveals that he can break out of prison whenever he wants, engaging in a sincere conversation with Reagan Ridley that nevertheless ends with him successfully [[TheCorrupter convincing her to essentially become a supervillain]] to break up with Rafe Masters. Skullfinger breaks out at the end and renews his rivalry with Rafe Masters, realizing for as suffocating as Rafe is, [[WorthyOpponent they're soulmates]].

* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'': "[[Characters/RickAndMortyEvilMorty Evil Morty]]" is a version of [[Characters/RickAndMortyMortySmith Morty Smith]] who grew tired of being [[Characters/RickAndMortyRickSanchez Rick Sanchez]]'s sidekick and planned to break free from his role by escaping the Central Finite Curve to enter a multiverse where Rick isn't the smartest man. Evil Morty mind controls one universe's Rick, proceeding to kill other Ricks and kidnapping Morties, torturing the Morties to make a force-field to prevent the [[Characters/RickAndMortyTheCitadel the Citadel]] from finding them while framing Rick-C137 and his Morty for the crimes, luring them to their hideout where they scan Rick's mind. Making his brainwashed Rick his scapegoat, Evil Morty hides amongst the kidnapped Morties to go to the Citadel where he runs for president, using his charisma to get the majority to vote for him and killing anyone who could pose a threat to him. Using his position to modify the Citadel into a giant portal gun, Evil Morty invites Rick-C137 for dinner to complete scanning Rick's mind before having the Ricks and Morties killed to use their blood to activate the Citadel's portal gun for him to escape the Central Finite Curve. Matching Rick's intellect and even outwitting him, Evil Morty manages to [[TheBadGuyWins succeed]] in escaping the Central Finite Curve and destroy it.

** ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'''s "Bad Hair Day": [[NoNameGiven The yokai masseur]] is a spa and resort employee who's secretly a thief and a MadScientist. Plotting to rob the Hirsuté Resort and Spa's guests, the masseur convinces Leonardo into trying out his personal hair tonic so he'll be accepted into the club. Once Leo grows a seemingly sentient wig, the masseur sneaks into the club, hiding in plain sight while the hair on Leo's scalp manipulates his body into sleepwalking and pillaging the guests all while no one notices. After Leo discovers their schemes and apprehends the masseur and the wig, the wig scurries onto the masseur's head instead, thus making it appear like he's innocent and Leo is guilty; Leo is immediately sent to jail while the masseur and his hair [[TheBadGuyWins are rewarded with all the valuables they stole]].

* ''WesternAnimation/BlakeAndMortimer'': The animated incarnation of [[MadScientist Professor Miloch Georgevitch]], [[FakingTheDead faking his death]] after the events of "Heavy Weather", returns as the main antagonist of "The Infernal Machine". Leaving his time machine to Blake and Mortimer as inheritance, Miloch rigs it in order to leave them stranded in the past forever. He first attempt to lock Mortimer in several eras ranging from prehistoric times to the Middle Ages. When Blake arrives late and manages to send Mortimer back to the present, Miloch takes advantage of Blake checking on the unconscious Mortimer and Princess Agnès to trap Blake in the machine as well before sending them to the future. When Mortimer figures out how to come back to the present, Miloch activates the machine's self-destruct sequence, nearly killing Blake and Mortimer. [[SparedByTheAdaptation Surviving the events of this work]], Miloch proved to be just as cunning as--if not more than--his late comic self.

* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'': [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Aélita Schaeffer's xanafied self]] combines her good self's intelligence with XANA's ruthlessness. [[Recap/CodeLyokoS2E6 Pretending to be her good self in her first appearance]], she manipulates Jérémie Belpois into sending her to Lyoko, talking Yumi Ishiyama into going with them when Jérémie expresses reluctance in Aélita going on Lyoko alone. On Lyoko, XANA-Aélita stays ahead of her fellow [[Characters/CodeLyokoLyokoWarriors Lyoko Warriors]] through clever uses of her Creativity powers, leading to her all but completing her mission. Returning as a recurring villain, XANA-Aélita works well in tandem with XANA and its monsters, successfully destroying three of the four main sectors and setting up XANA's victory in that season. [[Recap/CodeLyokoS4E25 In her final appearance]], XANA-Aélita cleverly reacts to Ulrich Stern's attack, stealing one of his swords and defeating him with only a limited use of her powers, nearly completing her mission. Always thinking on the fly and [[SuperpoweredEvilSide showing how truly dangerous Aélita's powers could be]], her xanafied self proved to be one of the Lyoko Warriors' most dangerous threats.

** ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'''s "Bad Hair Day": [[NoNameGiven The yokai masseur]] is a spa and resort employee who's secretly a thief and a MadScientist. Plotting to rob the Hirsuté Resort and Spa's guests, the masseur convinces Leonardo into trying out his personal hair tonic so he'll be accepted into the club. Once Leo grows a seemingly sentient wig, the masseur sneaks into the club, hiding in plain sight while the hair on Leo's scalp manipulates his body into sleepwalking and pillaging the guests all while no one notices. After Leo discovers their schemes and apprehends the masseur and the wig, the wig scurries onto the masseur's head instead, thus making it appear like he's innocent and Leo is guilty; Leo is immediately sent to jail while the masseur and his hair [[TheBadGuyWins are rewarded with all the valuables they stole]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/BlakeAndMortimer'': The animated incarnation of [[MadScientist Professor Miloch Georgevitch]], [[FakingTheDead faking his death]] after the events of "Heavy Weather", returns as the main antagonist of "The Infernal Machine". Leaving his time machine to Blake and Mortimer as inheritance, Miloch rigs it in order to leave them stranded in the past forever. He first attempt to lock Mortimer in several eras ranging from prehistoric times to the Middle Ages. When Blake arrives late and manages to send Mortimer back to the present, Miloch takes advantage of Blake checking on the unconscious Mortimer and Princess Agnès to trap Blake in the machine as well before sending them to the future. When Mortimer figures out how to come back to the present, Miloch activates the machine's self-destruct sequence, nearly killing Blake and Mortimer. [[SparedByTheAdaptation Surviving the events of this work]], Miloch proved to be just as cunning as--if not more than--his late comic self.

* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'': [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Aélita Schaeffer's xanafied self]] combines her good self's intelligence with XANA's ruthlessness. [[Recap/CodeLyokoS2E6 Pretending to be her good self in her first appearance]], she manipulates Jérémie Belpois into sending her to Lyoko, talking Yumi Ishiyama into going with them when Jérémie expresses reluctance in Aélita going on Lyoko alone. On Lyoko, XANA-Aélita stays ahead of her fellow [[Characters/CodeLyokoLyokoWarriors Lyoko Warriors]] through clever uses of her Creativity powers, leading to her all but completing her mission. Returning as a recurring villain, XANA-Aélita works well in tandem with XANA and its monsters, successfully destroying three of the four main sectors and setting up XANA's victory in that season. [[Recap/CodeLyokoS4E25 In her final appearance]], XANA-Aélita cleverly reacts to Ulrich Stern's attack, stealing one of his swords and defeating him with only a limited use of her powers, nearly completing her mission. Always thinking on the fly and [[SuperpoweredEvilSide showing how truly dangerous Aélita's powers could be]], her xanafied self proved to be one of the Lyoko Warriors' most dangerous threats.

* ''WesternAnimation/MortalKombatDefendersOfTheRealm'''s "The Secret of Quan-Chi": [[Characters/MortalKombatShinnokAndQuanChi Quan Chi]] himself is far less evil but just as cunning and manipulative as his [[Franchise/MortalKombat canon counterpart]]. Quan Chi is a free-roaming [[EvilSorcerer sorcerer]] who wants to conquer Earthrealm. To do so, he waits for the heroes to be distracted by an Outworld attack, then gets the gem of Tetsurri, which is an artifact that [[HatePlague brings out the worst traits of a person]]. Quan Chi disguises himself as an Outworld refugee to trick the heroes so he can secretly use the gem of Tetsurri on them, with his ultimate plan being to make the Earthrealm warriors fight each other, leaving their realm defensless and allowing Quan Chi to take over, a plan which [[NearVillainVictory nearly succeeds]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'''s "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS1E11SenseAndInsensitivity Sense and Insensitivity]]": Piniet is a manipulative publishing agent who promises aspiring witches and demons fame and fortune if they sign up with his publishing house. In truth, Piniet is a shamelessly greedy con artist who ensures his clients pump out one masterpiece after another by trapping them within literal writing blocks, forcing them to write on "crunch time" as the blocks squeeze. Piniet's made millions by the time he convinces King to publish a book with him, and when King can't produce a sequel, Piniet pieces together he's dependent on Luz and tosses them both into the writing block. Piniet sets himself above other one-shots with his sneaky charm and fun modus operandi, [[KarmaHoudini and he cheerfully escapes justice after finding an even better author than King]], letting the heroes off with no extra trouble.

** ''WesternAnimation/RiseOfTheTeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'''s "Bad Hair Day": [[NoNameGiven The yokai masseur]] is a spa and resort employee who's secretly a thief and a MadScientist. Plotting to rob the Hirsuté Resort and Spa's guests, the masseur convinces Leonardo into trying out his personal hair tonic so he'll be accepted into the club. Once Leo grows a seemingly sentient wig, the masseur sneaks into the club, hiding in plain sight while the hair on Leo's scalp manipulates his body into sleepwalking and pillaging the guests all while no one notices. After Leo discovers their schemes and apprehends the masseur and the wig, the wig scurries onto the masseur's head instead, thus making it appear like he's innocent and Leo is guilty; Leo is immediately sent to jail while the masseur and his hair [[TheBadGuyWins are rewarded with all the valuables they stole]].

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheCupheadShow'': [[AdaptationalVillainy Ms. Chalice]] is a [[LittleMissConArtist young con artist]] who uses her natural charm to manipulate others, introduced tricking multiple citizens into giving her free items with nothing but her charm. Encountering Cuphead and Mugman spying on her, she decides to teach them her tricks out of amusement, training them on charming others and how to escape when caught, sincerely growing fond of the boys in the process. Forced to reluctantly abandon them during a break-in gone awry, she later convinces Elder Kettle to hide her from an angry mob before having fun with the boys as a genuine apology for her actions, saving them from the mob when they find her. Revealing her ghost powers to them, she later helps them gain money by acting as a hostile ghost for them to catch for money, once again saving the boys when their scheme gets them attacked by real ghosts.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Cyberchase}}'''s "Sensible Flats": The seemingly friendly Ledge reveals himself as the mastermind behind the outbreak. Devising a machine that transforms its victims into replicas of the Hacker in three minutes, Ledge deceives the Cybersquad into exhausting themselves, [[NearVillainVictory nearly succeeding]] at disposing them. In his next appearance, Ledge decides to [[CardCarryingVillain outdo his former idol as a villain]]. Tricking the Hacker into wearing a clown suit, Ledge snaps a picture at his expense and publishes it worldwide. Upon learning of the Blue Bird of Zappiness, Ledge bugs the Hacker and effortlessly manipulates Buzz & Delete to his side, having backup plans in store if they proved to be problematic. Despite his few appearances, Ledge earns the ire of both the Cybersquad and the Hacker and stands as the most competent and dangerous of the series' antagonists for a reason.

** "[[Recap/CourageTheCowardlyDogS3E27MurielMeetsHerMatchCourageVsMechaCourage Muriel Meets Her Match]]": [[OutlawCouple Maria and Mano Ladrones]] are a criminal couple who seek to use [[CriminalDoppelganger Maria's resemblance to Muriel]] to con her into being a patsy for their next heist. Maria plays the two off as friendly new neighbors for the Bagges and worms her way into Muriel's trust by complementing her looks and fashion, all the while Mano, [[EvilHand a sentient hand]], cuts the farmhouse's cable to lure away Eustace to watch TV in their RV. Getting her hair dyed and some clothes from Muriel, Maria becomes her doppelganger while Mano sneaks in at night and steals her documentation to plant at their next heist. Successfully framing Muriel, the pair [[NearVillainVictory nearly escape]] with their loot if a last ditch chase by Courage and Muriel hadn't caused them to crash and be arrested.

* ''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'': [[KarmicTrickster Shirley the Medium]] is a FortuneTeller who wields magical abilities that she uses to make money, as well as put [[GypsyCurse gypsy curses]] on those who cross her, yet always leaves a loophole for her victims to get put of it or will undo the curse herself when she feels they have learned the error of their ways. Among the main characters, [[AssholeVictim Eustace]] is her primary target putting a curse on him in several episodes such as having a rainstorm follow him wherever he goes until he finds the generosity in his heart and in another episode she sets him up against his wife until he learns to be more empathetic towards her. Becoming a helpful ally to Courage, the two manipulate Muriel into speaking by unleashing a spirit of destruction in the form of a starfish monster on their farm.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Primal}}'': [[WickedWitch Lula]] is a sorrowful yet cunning witch who belongs to a coven that performs ritualistic HumanSacrifice to create newborn daughters for their order. Losing her own child to an unfortunate accident, Lula subdues Spear and Fang when they stumble upon the coven and plans to sacrifice Spear to replace her dead daughter. Upon witnessing their close bond, Lula travels into their memories and witnesses the shared loss of their own families and resolves to free the pair out of [[HeelFaceTurn newfound sympathy]]. In a clever ambush, Lula attacks her coven while they are distracted by the birthing ritual and slays her matriarch's mount to draw her into a duel. Holding off her former mistress, she sends Fang to rescue and run away with Spear, and she ultimately dies [[FaceDeathWithDignity accepting her fate]] and reunites with her daughter in the afterlife.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'':
** [[Characters/ArcaneSilco Silco]] is a ruthless, complex crime lord and revolutionary, hellbent on securing the future of Zaun no matter the cost. Betrayed and scarred by his old partner Vander long ago when Silco's attempted uprising against Piltover grew violent, Silco bided his time for years as he secured himself a position in Zaun's criminal underworld, mass producing the drug Shimmer and swaying the chembarons under his banner. Ascending to further power as the unofficial leader of Zaun after he eliminates Vander, Silco keeps the ambitious chembarons under his thumb, earns the loyalty of his right-hand Sevika, and sows unrest through Piltover. Having adopted young Powder and molded her into [[Characters/ArcaneJinx Jinx]] as his surrogate daughter, Silco keeps the unhinged girl under his control despite her growing psychosis, and even when he has all bargaining power to cow Piltover to his demands, Silco gives it all up to secure Jinx's safety, maintaining his love for her as his child even when she unintentionally kills him. Charismatic, dangerously savvy, and possessing [[HiddenDepths far more humanity and vulnerability than expected]], Silco was defined by his love for Zaun and Jinx, [[WellIntentionedExtremist determined to ensure empowerment of them both no matter the cost]].
** [[TheDragon Sevika]], the intelligent right hand of Silco, is a crafty and dangerous woman with claim to be one of the finest in Zhaun. Frequently advising Silco of Jinx's instability, Sevika is put in charge of Silco's operations, which she handles with intelligent maneuvering. When one underboss attempts to get her to betray Silco, Sevika kills him and uses the death to push the others in line. Upon Silco's death, Sevika is left looking at the now empty throne with [[DragonAscendant her own ascent]] seemingly assured.

** [[TheEvilPrince Prince Lotor]] is the handsome, charismatic son of Zarkon and Honerva. Returning when his father is incapacitated, Lotor uses his charisma to win the [[Characters/VoltronLegendaryDefenderGalraEmpire Galra]] to his side and proves a deadly enemy of [[Characters/VoltronLegendaryDefenderTeamVoltron Voltron]] with his brilliance. Even when Zarkon awakens, Lotor changes gears to ally with Voltron, eventually killing his father and becoming the new head of Galra. Manipulating the Paladins, it is eventually revealed Lotor has preserved the Altean race, albeit while harvesting some for their Quintessence, leading to a massive confrontation. Despite his evil actions, even Allura acknowledges Lotor's [[WellIntentionedExtremist good intent]] in the end, and he remains one of Voltron's most utterly brilliant and capable adversaries.

* ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'': [[FallenHero Chase Young]] was once a great hero tempted into drinking the Lao Mang Lone soup which gave him eternal youth in exchange for corrupting his soul to the Heylin side. Betraying his benefactor, Chase spent 1,500 years honing his own skills while maintaining his youthful appearance. Seeking world domination, Chase saw interest in Omi, whom he constantly helped deal with common threats earning the young monk's trust. Chase eventually tricked Omi into defecting to his side by trapping Master Fung into the Ying-Yang world, forcing Omi to use the Ying Yo-Yo to rescue him, unaware that his good chi will be left behind. Even after Omi reverts back to the Xiaolin side, Chase took advantage of [[HonorBeforeReason Omi's adherence]] by showing him a vision of his Heylin self pledging his loyalty to him, causing Omi to reluctantly remain by his side. When the Xiaolin monks defeats him in a showdown, Chase [[GracefulLoser accepts his loss and releases Omi from his grasp]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003'': Agent John Bishop is the leader and founder of the Earth Protection Force, an anti-alien task force Bishop designed after undergoing trauma and experimentation at the hands of aliens. Believing that all aliens and mutations are enemies of humanity, Bishop keeps himself alive for centuries to secure humanity's "safety", creating an entire clone army under the U.S. government's nose and even successfully staging an alien invasion to gain more funding for the EPF. Bishop is as dangerous in combat as he is in strategy, as he dances around entire groups of trained combatants including the Turtles, Karai and Hun, always using nothing but his surroundings and quick-thinking to get the upper hand and keep up. By the year 2105, Bishop has come to see the error in his hatred of all aliens, and develops a peace treaty between several alien worlds and Earth, becoming the beloved President of the new galactic federation and keeping the peace with a gentle but firm hand.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'': [[Characters/ArcaneSilco Silco]] is a ruthless, complex crime lord and revolutionary, hellbent on securing the future of Zaun no matter the cost. Betrayed and scarred by his old partner Vander long ago when Silco's attempted uprising against Piltover grew violent, Silco bided his time for years as he secured himself a position in Zaun's criminal underworld, mass producing the drug Shimmer and swaying the chembarons under his banner. Ascending to further power as the unofficial leader of Zaun after he eliminates Vander, Silco keeps the ambitious chembarons under his thumb, earns the loyalty of his right-hand Sevika, and sows unrest through Piltover. Having adopted young Powder and molded her into [[Characters/ArcaneJinx Jinx]] as his surrogate daughter, Silco keeps the unhinged girl under his control despite her growing psychosis, and even when he has all bargaining power to cow Piltover to his demands, Silco gives it all up to secure Jinx's safety, maintaining his love for her as his child even when she unintentionally kills him. Charismatic, dangerously savvy, and possessing [[HiddenDepths far more humanity and vulnerability than expected]], Silco was defined by his love for Zaun and Jinx, [[WellIntentionedExtremist determined to ensure empowerment of them both no matter the cost]].

* ''WesternAnimation/BobsBurgers''' "[[Recap/BobsBurgersS4E10PrestoTinaO Presto Tina-O]]": [[FatBastard Mars Sazerac]] is a charming magician who takes advantage of Bob Belcher's 50% discount by inviting his friends to Bob's restaurants and performing magic tricks for them. When Bob bans Sazerac from his restaurant, the magician puts Bob's name in his [[DeadlyBook "Enemies of Magic" book]], cursing Bob into having to endure magic-related mishaps in his restaurant. Sazerac would also [[BatmanGambit anticipate]] Bob's attempt to get his name off his book, allowing Louise to steal his book, where he writes Bob a note saying that he farted on the salami Bob had licked.

** [[APirate400YearsTooLate Stickybeard]] is a boisterous, candy-stealing pirate who nonetheless possesses honor and guile. A frequent foe of the Kids Next Door who often outdoes them with his candy-themed weapons, Stickybeard has swiped all of the candy of their members more than once, using clever tactics to leave them robbed blind. Having a genuine [[VillainRespect admiration]] towards and [[FriendlyEnemy kinship]] with Numbuh 5, Stickybeard regularly offers her a place by his side on his crew, teams up with her to outsmart take down the evil Black John Licorice, and saves her and her friends from the Asparagus Sea out of respect for their status as enemies.
** [[LoveMakesYouEvil Jimmy Nixon [=McGarfield=]]] is a [[CorruptPolitician corrupt school politician]], who uses his power to oppress KND and find true love. Introduced as [[VillainWithGoodPublicity a beloved class president liked by all students including Sector V]], Jimmy manipulates Sector V into being his allies long enough to transport him to City Hall, where he then reveals he has teamed up with Father to increase restrictions on local schools and make KND's missions harder. Later, Jimmy uses a vast arsenal of weaponry and tactics to wage war on KND, trying to brainwash Numbuh One's girlfriend into falling for the villain instead, and even when his plans are foiled solely by the trickery of his own aide, Jimmy happily looks forward to prison with her, hoping they can kindle a relationship.

** [[BearsAreBadNews Bear-o]] is the unassuming, overly friendly hugging robot created by Rand Ridley for his daughter Reagan. Spending the series as a background character mostly used for humor, Bear-o is revealed to be TheMole inside Cognito, Inc., stealing secret files and playing the entire organization against itself to dismantle it from the inside. Bear-o intends to annihilate Cognito and all of Reagan's toxic friends, accurately having deduced that without them or her stressful job, she will no doubt have a happier life. When Reagan learns the truth and prevents Bear-o from his master plan to leak Cognito's files, Bear-o simply changes tactics to murdering the staff of Cognito, easily [[OneManArmy tearing through its defenses]] and even defeating the Gang's last-ditch ally ROBOTUS, coming within a hairsbreadth of completing his goals to improve Reagan's work-life balance.

* ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'': Once the greatest hero to have ever lived, [[FallenHero Chase Young]] was tempted into drinking the Lao Mang Lone soup which gave him eternal youth in exchange for corrupting his soul to the Heylin side. Betraying his benefactor, Chase spent 1500 years honing his own skills while maintaining his youthful appearance. Seeking world domination, Chase saw interest in Omi, whom he constantly helped deal with common threats earning the young monk's trust. Chase eventually tricked Omi into defecting to his side by trapping Master Fung into the Ying-Yang world, forcing Omi to use the Ying Yo-Yo to rescue him, unaware that his good chi will be left behind. Even after Omi reverts back to the Xiaolin side, Chase took advantage of [[HonorBeforeReason Omi's adherence]] by showing him a vision of his Heylin self pledging his loyalty to him, causing Omi to reluctantly remain by his side. When the Xiaolin monks defeats him in a showdown, [[GracefulLoser Chase accepts his loss and releases Omi from his grasp]]. [[AffablyEvil A ruthless, self-serving yet charismatic and honorable Heylin warlord]], Chase Young stood out as one of the Xiaolin's greatest foe, never being truly defeated in the end despite suffering numerous setbacks.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'': [[VisionaryVillain Silco]] is a ruthless, complex crime lord and revolutionary, hellbent on securing the future of Zaun no matter the cost. Betrayed and scarred by his old partner Vander long ago when Silco's attempted uprising against Piltover grew violent, Silco bided his time for years as he secured himself a position in Zaun's criminal underworld, mass producing the drug Shimmer and swaying the chembarons under his banner. Ascending to further power as the unofficial leader of Zaun after he eliminates Vander, Silco keeps the ambitious chembarons under his thumb, earns the loyalty of his right-hand Sevika, and sows unrest through Piltover. Having adopted young Powder and molded her into [[Characters/ArcaneJinx Jinx]] as his surrogate daughter, Silco keeps the unhinged girl under his control despite her growing psychosis, and even when he has all bargaining power to cow Piltover to his demands, Silco gives it all up to secure Jinx's safety, maintaining his love for her as his child even when she unintentionally kills him. Charismatic, dangerously savvy, and possessing [[HiddenDepths far more humanity and vulnerability than expected]], Silco was defined by his love for Zaun and Jinx, [[WellIntentionedExtremist determined to ensure empowerment of them both no matter the cost]].

* ''WesternAnimation/ClueClub:''
** "The Real Gone Gondola": [[EvilNephew Tom Coldwell]] schemes to kidnap his paraplegic aunt Clara and fake her death so he can inherit her ski resort and sell it for a million dollars. He is well-liked by everyone and seems to have no desire to genuinely harm his aunt. After kidnapping Clara, Tom dresses a balloon in Clara's clothes and wheels it onto a gondola. He pops the balloon and takes it with him while making an excuse to leave the gondola, then pulling a lever to send it heading up the slope, as if Clara started it herself. Tom also sends a letter from a supposed MadScientist extortionist threatening to disintegrate Clara and their other guests to cover his crime. Tom then works to scare everyone away from the shack Clara is imprisoned in until he can sell the resort. He uses gimmicks like a remote-controlled snowmobile and a living snowman disguise. When Clara is rescued seconds before Tom can sell the resort, he does a good job of acting happy at her return, before [[GracefulLoser giving up and going away quietly]] once the case against him is laid out.
** "Who's To Blame for the Empty Frame": [[TheDogWasTheMastermind Harvey Tobias and Martin Carlottie]] are a clock repairman and a 3-foot tall pantomime artist who conspire to rob one of Tobias's clients, a rich antique collector. Carlottie poses as a clock figure to be able together past Harrison's security system and steal the best items in his collection late at night. He hides a painting in the back of a mirror that Tobias pretends to damage by accident so he can have an excuse to take it off the premises, supposedly for repairs. The two men are exposed and confronted after robbing Harrison a second time, at which point an unfazed Carlottie bows to the investigators when his deception is exposed. They don't panic and deny their guilt, with Carlottie pointing out that the crimes that can be proven against them lack any significant punishment. When the painting is found in Tobias's shop, though, they [[KnowWhenToFoldEm Carlottie tells Tobias that denying their guilt is futile]], and Tobias agrees, [[SpannerInTheWorks musing how it is only the unexpected presence of the Clue Club that kept the plan from succeeding.]]
** "The Green Thumb Caper": [[CaringGardener Melinda Carter]] and [[TheButlerDidIt Joseph Wilkins]] are a pair of jewel thieves who pose as a gardener who provides floral arrangements and a butler. At several charity fundraisers they are hired to work at they turn off the lights, then rob the guests while using an ultraviolet flashlight, the beams of which can only be seen with ultraviolet goggles. The duo cover the stolen valuables in gray and feed them to Carter's beloved Venus flytraps to smuggle them out amidst the police searches. When the Clue Club uncovers evidence of their crimes, a disguised Wilkins tries to steal it back before Dotty can analyze it. After discarding his disguise, he acts like a source of helpful information while subtly making Larry suspicious of the ImpoverishedPatrician hosting the charity parties. When the two are exposed, [[NoHonorAmongThieves Carter does an impressive job of acting innocent and accusing Wilkins]] of using her and her poor innocent Venus flytraps before being taken in.
** "The Disappearing Airport Caper": [[OnlyOneName Eddie]] is a mechanic who plots to steal a valuable experimental jet. Eddie jams the pilot's radio and sonar, then sets up fake landing lights to make the jet land at nearby farm on a foggy night. Eddie disguises a Quonset hut as the airport's hanger. Obscuring his face, he sends the tired pilot to a shack to get some sleep. [[RefugeInAudacity He wears his own name tag and distinctive baseball cap after reporting it stolen]] to make it seem like [[FramingTheGuiltyParty someone is trying to frame him]]. Eddie then removes the lights and Quonset hut and hides the jet beneath a haystack. The pilot wakes up surround by cows and hay, with no trace of the plane or the airport. Eddie acts helpful and cordial throughout the episode, inviting the heroes to watch him demonstrate a remote-controlled plane. Even when the plane is recovered, it is unclear if the heroes have enough evidence to [[KarmaHoudini have Eddie arrested for the crime]].
** "The Walking House Caper": [[{{Shopkeeper}} Mr. Benchley]] is a rural general store owner who--according to Larry--schemes to steal a valuable steel formula to sell it for the money to buy back land that once belonged to his family before an amusement park company can purchase it. The formula is being kept in a safe made of the new steel process and will take days, weeks, or even months to break into. Benchley uses [[KnockoutGas sleeping gas]] to knock out the Clue Club as they guard the formula, then takes them to a nearby house that looks exactly the same inside and outside, while making an empty impression in the floor where the safe is in the original house. When the kids investigate, Benchley acts like an interested, innocent man and a source of useful local lore. Benchley gracefully apologizes and gives Woofer and Wimper dog biscuits when his [[UnusualPetsForUnusualPeople guard lobster]] bites their tails. It is also implied that he has an accomplice and that they take turns scaring people away in a monster costume so that [[PlausibleDeniability Benchley will have an alibi]].
** "The Dissolving Statue Caper": [[TheVietnamVet Dave Crane]] steals a fifteen-ton statue meant to benefit a failing theme park. Crane makes a copy of the statue out of cotton candy and uses his helicopter to fly it to a fair as he has been contracted to while hiding the original nearby. Crane then trains his pet monkey Sheena to spray the cotton candy statue with a hose, melting it after the fair employees cover it in a tarp. This causes the statue to vanish from under the nose of hundreds of people [[PlausibleDeniability while Crane is miles away]]. Crane alternately chases DD and Pepper in a clown outfit and speaks to Larry without the costume to try and establish an alibi. When he's exposed, Crane gracefully confesses and asks an acquaintance to give Sheena a good home while he's in prison.
** "One of Our Elephants Is Missing": [[EvilPoacher Chris Carloff]] is an exotic animal supplier for zoos who decides to rob one of his clients to supply the others while also making the zoo he robs come to him for replacement animals. Carloff and an accomplice abduct several zoo animals in the middle of the night. Carloff then dresses up as a gorilla that they stole and remains behind. He uses his gorilla disguise to spy on the investigation, plan a second string of kidnappings, and divert the detectives by acting like a wild and angry animal. He puts a stuffed gorilla in his cage while he sneaks out and meet with the zoo director, [[PlausibleDeniability establishing an alibi for himself]] for when he plans to reveal the gorilla was a human imposter. Upon being confronted with the evidence against him, Carloff responds bitterly, but also recognizes that [[GracefulLoser it's futile to deny the truth]], and confirms Larry's hypothesis is right.
** "The Amazing Heist": [[GrandeDame Madame Hortense]] and [[AlmightyJanitor Oslanski]], an elderly convention center owner and her maintience man, are [[TheExile the deposed princess and prime minister of the European nation of Dileria.]] When a Dilerian crown which Hortense sees as her birthright comes through town, Hortense arranges for it to be displayed at her center and the two engineer a blackout and steal it, using Oslanski's skills with electronics and trap doors. They deliberately violate local sanitation laws by leaving a pile of trash in the hall so that Oslanski can smuggle the crown out of the building under the guise of complying with Sheriff Bagley's inevitable order to get rid of the garbage. Hortense works hard to make Oslanski seem BeneathNotice during the investigation, but fails, leading to the pair's exposure. They defiantly reveal their real identities and insist that Hortense is the crown's rightful owner, something that Bagley seems to consider and advises them to argue in court as he arrests them.
** "The Prehistoric Monster Caper": [[FallenOnHardTimesJob Alan Wolf]] is the former co-owner of a movie production company, reduced to working as a prop man after his partner, Simmons, swindled him out of his share. He kidnaps Simmons, [[AmbiguousSituation presumably either to exact deadly revenge on him or to get back his shares of the company]], and disguises himself as Simmons to enter a crane hoist before using mountain-climbing gear to sneak down while a fog machine is obscuring everyone's view. Wolf tries to scare the Clue Club away from where he is keeping Simmons, brings up other people's motives, and freely admits that he has a motive to kidnap Simmons while nearly fooling them into thinking he lacks the skills to be guilty. When Larry figures out the truth, Wolf compliments his intelligence while refusing to admit anything and arguing that they need a witness to prove his guilt. Once Simmons is rescued and identifies him, Wolf quietly accepts his defeat.

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** [[SantaClaus Robot Santa]], the terrifying monster of Xmas, sees almost everyone on the Naughty List and conducts a terrifying yearly raid that leaves many dead or maimed. Upon judging Fry and friends naughty--save Dr. Zoidberg, [[PetTheDog who gets a pogo stick]])--Santa is driven back but vows to return the next Xmas. Seemingly bested in favor of Bender, Santa frees Bender and ropes him in for the rampage before revealing a threat to Bender to never play Santa ever again. Even after being dethroned, Santa is able to launch a [[BestServedCold plot of revenge]] after enjoying a rap with the Hanukkah Zombie and Kwanzaa Bot.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'':
** [[HypercompetentSidekick Charles Foster Offdensen]] is the manager of Dethklok and the man who singlehandedly keeps their multitrillion dollar enterprise operating and successful. Charles is a genius accountant who plans the band's ridiculously complex and expensive concert venues and the wide variety of mass market merchandising. [[ConsummateProfessional Utterly professional]], he also ensures the five manchildren that form the band are satisfied despite giving him no respect and proves a brilliant tactician and leader that commands the undyingly loyal [[RedShirtArmy Klokateers]] in protecting the band from threats like the Revengencers and the mysterious Tribunal. Beneath his calm exterior, Charles is also a [[CorruptCorporateExecutive ruthless businessman]] who has everyone from digital pirates to insulting media kidnapped and imprisoned for threatening the band's welfare. Secretly, Charles has been working with the Church of the Black Klok to ensure the culmination of the Metalocalypse Prophecy so that his cherished band can ascend to godhood and stave off the doomsday sought by the demonic [[BigBad Mr. Salacia]].
** [[ShadowArchetype Magnus Hammersmith]] was once the rhythm guitarist for Dethklok until a sudden bout of violent outbursts led him to being kicked out of the band. Magnus swore vengeance for the pain of his shattered brotherhood and for being left behind as the band became world renowned. Later joining the Masked Metal Assassin and his Revengencers, Magnus met his replacement Toki Wartooth incognito at a band camp and became [[BigBadFriend his closest friend]] after saving his life from bullies. He uses this connection to set the band up for a surprise attack at their record head's funeral and kidnaps Toki to be used as bait. Psychologically tormenting Toki, he reveals his intent to imprison the band and have them [[LaserGuidedKarma fade into obscurity]] like everyone else they abandoned. Seeing the Assassin's brutality ultimately causes Magnus to turn against him and finally end his own life when he sees he was [[HeelRealization the true villain]].
** [[BigGood Ishnifus Meaddle]] is the High Holy Priest of the [[AncientTradition Church of the Black Klok]] and dedicates his life to ensuring the Metalocalypse Prophecy comes to fruition. Seeking to stave off Doomsday, Ishnifus has secretly kept Dethklok safe countless times while allowing their Curse to kill countless people during their concerts. He later resurrects Charles after his death and makes him invisible to the sight of Salacia in the process, all the while training Charles to take his place as the next High Priest. When Toki is kidnapped and Charles is unable to help, Ishnifus leads the band to the rescue and [[HeroicSacrifice provides a distraction]] to allow them to escape. [[DefiantToTheEnd Staring down execution]] by the Masked Metal Assassin, he dies without fear knowing his life's work would soon reach its conclusion.
** "Bluesklok": [[OldMaster Mashed Potato Johnson]] sold his soul to the Devil to become a world famous Blues musician and becomes the mentor to Dethklok when depression prevents them from playing. Johnson puts the band through rigorous and cruel training methods to have them master the Blues before having them sell their souls to the Devil as well. Deciding a hippie music festival desperately needed the Blues, Johnson looks on in satisfaction as the band skillfully puts their lessons to the test and destroy the festival when their music summons storms and tornadoes.
** "P.R. Klok": [[FauxAffablyEvil Liz Bane]] was once an infamous cult leader that led numerous massacres yet always used her dark charisma to evade convictions. She later uses her skills to create the most successful public relations firm in history and turns Pickles into the world's most famous celebrity. She then manipulates him and the band by proxy to gather a horde of mind controlled followers, and then tries to kill them all in a concert by colliding a meteor into them. Nearly escaping with all their wealth, she only meets her end when Salacia magically forces the comet to kill her instead.
** "Dethsources": [[BitchInSheepsClothing Melmord Fjordslorn]] is hired by Dethklok to be a perfect manager to hang out with and indulge their desires when Charles proves too stoic and distant. Melmord casually ingratiates himself with the band by taking drugs and alcohol and sleeping with groupies, all the while slowly turning them against Charles to have them sign over managerial powers to him alone. With the band in his hands, he ambushes Charles and challenges him to an extended rapier duel. Cornering his rival and on the cusp of victory, Melmord only loses and dies after a last skilled parry by Offdensen.
** "Rehabklok": [[AIIsACrapshoot [=X2P1158=]]] is a drumming robot put in the band to replace Pickles after a round of heavy drinking causes disaster and he is sent to rehab. X2 predictably gains sentience and wins over the band when his masterful drumming and quick adaptation to the rocker lifestyle overshadows the now sober Pickles. Proving more popular with fans than the other band members, a jealous Dethklok fires X2 and is kidnapped by the robot in vengeance. Imprisoning Pickles to stop his interference, X2 nearly blows up the band before a drunken rampaging Pickles destroys the bot even as it tries to take Pickles with it.
* ''WesternAnimation/MonsterForce'': {{Dracula}} himself, a vicious but elegant pastiche of his Creator/{{Universal}} incarnation, stands as the Monster Force's most formidable adversary. Dracula constantly executes schemes to net himself more power at any cost, usually running rings around the Monster Force until it's almost too late to stop him, always operating with sadistic charm and rebounding from every defeat. Dracula makes pawns of his other vampire cohorts in a scheme meant to steal their energy so he can become a god, outsmarts Dr. Crawley in the guise of vampire hunter Creator/BramStoker and nearly drives him to despair, and even mounts a successful invasion of Monster Force's own base in the finale through guile.

** [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Original show]]'s "[[Recap/ThePowerpuffGirlsS6EP16SeeMeFeelMeGnomey See Me, Feel Me, Gnomey]]": [[OurGnomesAreDifferent The Gnome]] seeks to create a utopia revolving around himself. To this end, he manipulates the Powerpuff Girls into making a deal with him promising to get rid of the town's villains if they gave him their powers in return. Quickly asserting himself as the ruler of Townsville after vanquishing the other villains, the citizens of Townsville worship the Gnome and establish a cult dedicated to him. In his final moments, the Gnome [[HeelRealization realized the error of his ways]], and willed himself to die, concluding that he couldn't exist in his perfect utopia.

** "[[Recap/TheBoondocksS1E12RileyWuzHere Riley Wuz Here]]": The "[[NoNameGiven Art Teacher]]" is a [[FromCamouflageToCriminal former veteran-turned-crook who moonlights as an educator. Upon overseeing Riley spray painting a house, he immediately takes a liking to him and takes him under his wing. Teaching Riley basic drawing before moving out a bigger canvas, he has Riley paint several beautiful murals on various homes. Proposing on the last night to paint someone who isn't in the picture anymore, he has Riley paint a mural of his deceased parents. When the police show up, the art teacher shoots their tires and takes off. Despite only appearing in one episode, the art teacher stood out as one of the most soft spoken antagonists and provided one of the most touching scenes in the show.

** "[[Recap/TheBoondocksS1E12RileyWuzHere Riley Wuz Here]]": The [[NoNameGiven "Art Teacher"]] is a former ShellShockedVeteran turned crook who moonlights as an educator. Upon overseeing Riley spray painting a house, he immediately takes a liking to him and takes him under his wing. Teaching Riley basic drawing before moving out a bigger canvas, he has Riley paint several beautiful murals on various homes. Proposing on the last night to paint someone who isn't in the picture anymore, he has Riley paint a mural of his deceased parents. When the police show up, the art teacher shoots their tires and takes off. Despite only appearing in one episode, the art teacher stood out as one of the most soft spoken antagonists and provided one of the most touching scenes in the show.

* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'''s "[[Recap/WanderOverYonderS2E13TheCartoonTheBot The Cartoon]]": The Lord Hater as portrayed in the [[ShowWithinAShow titular cartoon]] is [[AdaptationalBadass far more competent]] and lacks his real self's [[PsychopathicManchild childishness]]. Finding the Staff of Power, Lord Hater is challenged by Emperor Awesome and his Fistfighters, whom he easily dispatches alongside his Watchdogs. When Wander shows up to stop him, Lord Hater is able to best him in battle after a lengthy clash. After Wander admits that all he wanted was to be his friend, Lord Hater seemingly has a sudden HeelFaceTurn and participates in a montage of friendly activities with him. Lord Hater then attacks Wander while his guard his down, revealing that he was only pretending to be his friend as a means to crush his spirits before destroying him; [[TheBadGuyWins ending the cartoon with his nemesis completely at his mercy]].