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* How have we not mentioned most villains from PowerRangers? The most prominent are the early ones, like Rita and Lord Zedd. For evilness' sake, her last name is Repulsa!

* In ''{{LazyTown}}'', one of Robbie Rotten's songs is "Good to be Bad".

* A philosophy that says that empathy and charity are humanity's greatest flaws and that the most virtuous people are those who only care about themselves sounds like this trope, doesn't it? Well that's pretty much what Objectivism is.

* Disney's Zeke, the Big Bad Wolf, is an early example. In the 1940s, he repeatedly rants and raves about how proper wolves are supposed to have countless bad habits and like anything "bad"?lying, littering, bad weather, and anyone else's misfortune, for example.

* In the WizardsOfWaverlyPlace episode "Alex Does Good," [[HeroicSociopath Alex Russo]] becomes increasingly distressed at the realization that she is becoming good under the tutelage of Mr. Laritate. She is pleased and relieved at the end of the episode when he calls her an evil genius.

** [[RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgment Sorta]]. [[UsefulNotesObjectivism Read more here.]]

* ''YetAnotherFantasyGamingComic'': A mom is called to school by the worried schoolteacher; her son does his homework, is nice to his classmates and cleans up after himself. The woman (a gnoll, btw) is really worried until he snarls at her that he hates her and wishes she was dead. Then she realises that there is some hope for her son!

* The Yugopotamians from ''{{Fairly OddParents}}'' have this inverted sense of quality, however their status as villains tends to vary wildly.

* Disney's Zeke, the Big Bad Wolf, is an ur-example. In the 1940s, he repeatedly rants and raves about how proper wolves are supposed to have countless bad habits and like anything "bad"?lying, littering, bad weather, and anyone else's misfortune, for example.

->'''Evil:''' Suddenly, I feel very, very good.\\
'''Robert:''' Oh, I'm sorry, Master.\\
'''Evil:''' No, it'll pass, it'll pass.
--->-- ''TimeBandits''

** ''"Bad is good and good is bad! Sacred is profane!"''

Sometimes it isn't enough for a villain to be [[ObviouslyEvil evil]]. They have to prove their evilness by [[GoodHurtsEvil eschewing all that is good]] and [[EvilFeelsGood embracing all that is bad]]. They'll eat [[TrademarkFavoriteFood foods that disgust the good guys]] and [[TheFunInFuneral laugh at funerals]]. They may also carry this over to their speech, making sure to only use negative phrases when most people would use a normal one, and correcting themselves if they "slip" ("Oh, goody! I mean, 'baddy.'") And they'll describe things as repulsive [[InsultBackfire like it's a good thing]]. They may be plagued by a MinionWithAnFInEvil.

Compare AboveGoodAndEvil and WhatIsEvil. Villains whose strong point is not logic will sometimes use both tropes to justify this.

* How have we not mentioned most villains from PowerRangers? The most prominent are the early ones, like Rita and Lord Zed. For evilness' sake, her last name is Repulsa!

* {{DMFA}}: Kria is dissapointed that her daughter [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_341.php doesn't go on rampages]] and [[http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_1045.php break the furniture]]:

->''So farewell, hope; and with hope farewell, fear'';\\
''Farewell, remorse! all good to me is lost'';\\
''Evil, be thou my good!''
-->--Satan, ''ParadiseLost''

->''Good can't help but do a little evil,''\\
''Evil can't help but do a little good...''\\
-- TomWaits