History Main / HeroicComedicSociopath

** Possibly Rico from He's described at least once in universe as a "world-class psychopath," and he especially likes blowing stuff up and causing other characters bodily harm. That said, is there anybody out there who doesn't absolutely love Rico? I doubt it.

The Heroic Comedic Sociopath is a very ''special'' sort of comic relief who works toward a positive, morally affirming goal whilst being as evil as possible along the way. He differs from most AntiHero archetypes in that he's never ineffectual or angsty--he loves what he does for a living. His punishment, at worst, is that he may be on the receiving end of some ComedicSociopathy. Far more often, he deals out ComedicSociopathy and CrossesTheLineTwice. (Note that it is not ''always'' a "he", but female Heroic Sociopaths [[FemalesAreMoreInnocent are rarer]].)

* [[Characters/GravityFallsGrunkleStan Grunkle Stan]] in ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' isn't a true sociopath, but he certainly seems to enjoy acting like one: it's mentioned early on that the last "family bonding day" the twins had with him involved ''forging money'', casual theft is a major part of his arsenal, his day job is essentially "scam artist", and he makes casual reference to a multitude of past crimes, arrests, and schemes.

* Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin.

* Wrestling/{{Kane}}.
* Wrestling/TripleH and Wrestling/ShawnMichaels when they were together as D-X a few years ago. They could best be described as 40-year-old juveniles.

* The ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland'' series is consistently funny, much of the humour coming from the protagonist, Guybrush Threepwood, constantly using underhanded and destructive means to solve problems. It's implied that he's not particularly skilled at anything outside of SocialEngineering and MacGyvering things together, so when he's up against anyone who outclasses him in traditional ways (i.e. everyone), he needs to resort to petty theft and trickery to save the day. If it ruins someone else's day at the same time, Guybrush rarely seems particularly concerned. This gets lampshaded by Elaine in ''VideoGame/ReturnToMonkeyIsland'' as she learns of all the misdeeds he committed in that entry, but as usual it all gets shrugged off in the end.

'''Lancelot''': Oh dear...is he all right?

* Roger the Alien from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' is a [[SissyVillain camp]] and [[ExtremeOmnisexual omnisexual]] [[LovableCoward coward]] who loves to [[PaperThinDisguise play dress-up]]. He's also utterly [[WildCard amoral, selfish and unpredictable]], and his childish games sometimes turn [[PsychopathicManChild homicidal]]. It doesn't help that he's also a [[AddictionPowered drug addict]].
** When a fraternity refused to pay for Roger's limo service, he hunted them down in the limo and turned their lives into a cross between ''Film/TheCar'' and ''Film/FinalDestination''.
** Stan himself, in his capacity as a CIA agent, is capable of brutally murdering people without a second thought, even casually stating that he has shots his family and that is simply how they communicate in their family. One episode even has Stan destroy a man's house, ruin his business, brainwash his wife into leaving him, and eventually drive him to suicide (albeit unintentionally) after finding out he is an athiest.

* The title character of ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}''. He is an unrepentant JerkAss parody of James Bond, who despite being a somewhat incompetent alcoholic philanderer often ends up saving the day when it conveniences him or when forced by his mother Mallory Archer (also arguably an example of this trope). Also an example of a PoliticallyIncorrectHero.

* Stewie from ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' is a fan favorite whose antics are over the top mostly for comedic effect and he has little intent to kill or harm his family save for Lois. Yet it is made clear at varying times he does not always think much of Peter, Chris, or Meg either.

** Stewie has clearly inherited his evil traits from Peter. Peter is not so much a genuine moron and more a moron-themed super villain. He has been shown to murder for fun and profit, commit acts of terrorism and arson and even [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking wipe his boogers on Meg]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', Bender is a megalomaniacal robot who is only after his personal stimulation. He is frequently shown stealing just about anything he can get his claws on, as well as indulging in all manner of other crimes and immoral behavior. A recurring joke is his apparent desire to "kill all humans." DependingOnTheWriter, however, he can also be a LoveableRogue and/or a ManipulativeBastard.

* Grunkle Stan in ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' isn't a true sociopath, but he certainly seems to enjoy acting like one: it's mentioned early on that the last "family bonding day" the twins had with him involved ''forging money'', casual theft is a major part of his arsenal, his day job is essentially "scam artist", and he makes casual reference to a multitude of past crimes, arrests, and schemes.

* Rick Sanchez from ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' is an excellent example. Rick's motives are generally revealed to be at least minimally heroic by the end of most episodes, particularly where protecting his family or ForScience is concerned... but the means he employs are invariably of a strong sociopathic bent. Given that he's a supergenius MadScientist, the aforementioned means tend to be either hilariously gratuitous (like [[spoiler:his murder of King Jellybean for attempting to rape Morty]]) or hilariously indifferent (like [[spoiler:establishing an interdimensional daycare center for Jerrys since Jerrys have a high tendency to die on adventures, but then not caring whether he takes the correct Jerry home afterwards]]).
* Eric Cartman from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' tends to flip-flop back and forth between this and VillainProtagonist, depending upon the demands of a particular episode. Yes, he is a smarmy, self-serving, ''thoroughly'' sociopathic bully who has no qualms about doing literally whatever he wants, damn the consequences. But one side effect is that he's so completely fucked up that he can occasionally be called upon to get everyone else out of catastrophic situations when all else seems lost -- and he does so in ways so ruthlessly efficient and imaginative, only ''he'' could have ever come up with them. In TheMovie, for starters, he saves the entire world from being swallowed by the legions of Hell by electrocuting an undead Saddam Hussein with a combination of an overcharged anti-swearing implant and his own colorful vocabulary.

** Bernard pushes Edna Edison down the stairs as part of a puzzle.

* Jerry of ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' often displays these characteristics. In most (but not all) shorts, Tom [[KickTheDog Kicks The Dog]] at the beginning and Jerry spends the rest of the short dishing out DisproportionateRetribution. While his goals are usually either his own survival or to help out [[FriendToAllLivingThings another animal Tom is picking on]], [[DependingOnTheWriter he does sometimes]] screw with Tom's head just for fun.

--->'''Izzy:''' You'll never get me alive! AHAHAHAHAHA!!

* Korgoth from ''WesternAnimation/KorgothOfBarbaria'' is basically a combination of Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian and [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers Brock Samson]]. He is an apathetic and anti-social badass with an insatiable appetite for sex and violence in the most graphic degree. In just the first fight of the pilot episode, he tears off a man's arm and beats him to death with it, chops a man in half down the middle with an axe, and tears off another man's skin, douses him with alcohol, and lights him on fire. ''For laughs''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'':

Compare SociopathicHero, for when this kind of behavior is not PlayedForLaughs. See also TokenEvilTeammate and PsychoSupporter. Heroic Comedic Sociopaths are either a NominalHero (when they fulfill the heroic part) or VillainProtagonist (all the other times).

* ComicBook/TheCreeper is basically a heroic version of ComicBook/TheJoker. There have even been instances where the latter found him too unstable.

* As a [[BountyHunter Freelance Peackeeping Agent]], ComicBook/DeathsHead often falls into this role. He doesn't really care who his targets are as long as he gets paid, yet by various coincidences only the truly deserving end up dead.

* Also DependingOnTheWriter is DC's Franchise/{{Lobo}}, who can be anything from this trope to outright VillainProtagonist depending on how seriously he's being played in that particular issue.

* Hamel from ''Manga/ViolinistOfHameln'' is a pretty stunning example. From the very first pages, we see him playing a violin to call some birds nearby...and kill them by brutally bashing them with his huge violin. He always charge exorbitant amounts for his monster-fighting services (turning an entire small town into his personal playground/harem to settle their debt at one point), has no qualms selling his prospective love interest into slavery or abusing her and his other friends in hilarious ways to make money, and you don't want to know about how he [[CoolAndUnusualPunishment treats his enemies]]. He gets kinder after a certain plot development, but gets subverted almost immediately when he's shown making steaks out of a smiling cow he just rode on happily...

** Rocky, while being a fairly well-meaning guy overall, has very little grasp of what's socially acceptable and scares most "normal" cats he talks to. When carrying out rumrunning duties, he is completely unaverse to revenge and forcibly putting other "establishments" out of business...and he does. Oh, and he's a pyromaniac. Yet, his childlike enthusiasm, general clumsiness and ineptitude, and lyrical ability make him pretty endearing to the reader.

** It may explain both Richard's callousness and his popularity that, of the group, he seems to be the only one who knows he's playing a game...and anyone who's ever played a video game knows that no sympathy needs to be wasted on [=NPCs=], and the only thing to do is to [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential amuse yourself with them]].

* Also DependingOnTheWriter is DC's ComicBook/{{Lobo}}, who can be anything from this trope to outright VillainProtagonist depending on how seriously he's being played in that particular issue.

* ''ComicBook/TransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'':

* Music/{{Eminem}}'s Slim Shady character is this, especially early on - a PsychopathicManchild alter ego who's had a similar life to the real Marshall Mathers, but is a [[GoingPostal rampaging white trash mass murderer]], persuades children to shoot up schools, [[BlackComedyRape rapes female]] [[AcceptableTargets celebrities]], masturbates until his palms are covered in hair, a woman-beater, pervert, homophobe, DepravedKidsShowHost, and (worst of all) [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking a vocal supporter of abortion rights and equal marriage]].

* Music/InsaneClownPosse likewise portray themselves as mass murderers and serial killers, mitigated by the sheer BloodyHilarious nature of their murders and by mostly attacking AcceptableTargets such as {{Dirty Cop}}s, {{Corrupt Politician}}s, and {{Pedophile Priest}}s.

** He does still kill a lot of people, even innocent people, especially in the early years. Though it's debatable that [[AcceptableTargets telemarketers]] are "innocent".

* From ''Manga/SoulEater'', we have Dr. Franken Stein, the "greatest meister to ever graduate from the DWMA". He was also Spirit's meister for many years, and would do experiments on him in his sleep every night. Spirit never suspected anything, simply wondering why new scars would show up on his body every morning. One day, another girl at school found out and told Spirit, who left Stein and partnered with her. She also bore his child. Many years later, Stein was asked to return to the DWMA as a teacher, and gained an apprentice. Her name was Maka, TheHero and a BadassBookworm. She also happened to be Spirit's daughter. Upon their first meeting, Stein talked about replacing her skin with sandpaper, while complaining about Maka's mother who "stole [his] test subject". This was just the first day. As the series goes on, his sociopathic side is shown in a much more negative light, and Stein himself actively fights it.
* ''Literature/BludgeoningAngelDokuroChan'': Dokuro-chan is an angel with the power of resurrection whose intent is to protect the male protagonist Sakura... [[GrotesqueCute when she's not manipulating, torturing, or killing him]] in a [[RefugeInAudacity hilariously over-the-top]] manner.
* Kogarashi from ''Manga/KamenNoMaidGuy'' is a seven-foot musclebound monster of a ''[[{{meido}} maid]]'' (and a male one, at that) with a permanent SlasherSmile, more wacky superpowers than you can shake a stick at (including 37 senses), an extremely perverted and sadistic streak and with absolutely no respect whatsoever for his erstwhile "master"--the only way his master keeps him under control is by frequent beatings in the skull with a nail bat, which is only effective for a few minutes at a time.
* Barry the Chopper from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'', who's treated as [[ComedicSociopathy sociopathic comic]] relief after his HeelFaceTurn. While this is true of the manga and the ''Brotherhood'' anime, the [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003 2003 anime series]] version of Barry was niether heroic nor comedic.
* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' has Mayuri Kurotsuchi, a psychotic MadScientist, and Kenpachi Zaraki, an equally psychotic BloodKnight. While they're both PlayedForDrama upon their first appearances (though Kenpachi considerably less, given his [[NoSenseOfDirection complete lack of direction]] and the RunningGag that he keeps looking for heroes to fight but gets lost), their villainous qualities quickly become PlayedForLaughs once they turn face. Especially Kenpachi, who came to be treated as almost a friend of [[TheHero Ichigo]] despite nothing at all about his personality changing. Then again, Kenpachi sees no contradiction in being somebody's friend and wanting to have a duel to the death with them.

* The eponymous Literature/{{Gokudo}}: Swordsman Extraordinaire.

* Okita Sougo from ''Manga/{{Gintama}}''. He's a sadist and is proud to be one. Yet, he is one of the good guys and indulges in PetTheDog occasionally. Lampshaded by the man himself that the benefit of being a heroic sociopath is that he can avoid HeelFaceDoorSlam when he feels like being nice.

* The pirate crew and surrounding characters in the manhwa ''Aron's Absurd Armada'' practically run on this; they have very little regard for one another, with every explicit mention of "friendship" or "comradeship" by one party (it was the reason they stayed with them for so long, it's the reason he's sticking his ass out to save him, and so on) being flippantly struck down by the other party with 95 to 100% sincerity in the next panel, and yet through some twisted form of TrueCompanions they still stick together and might possibly somehow even like one another in a way. It's largely due to the fault of their humongous [[FatalFlaw Fatal Flaws]], whether it be money/treasure (for Robin), rich boy frivolousness (for Aron), or misanthropy/genius (for Ronnie), etc. The only character by the end of volume one who's shown to have regular amounts of human compassion is Anton (and maybe the sushi chef, but mostly Anton), but his lone tendency to care in a manhwa full of Heroic Comedic Sociopaths [[ButtMonkey usually doesn't turn out well for him at all]].
* Ross of ''Manga/{{Senyuu}}.'', who's on the side of the hero, Alba, and has even [[HyperCompetentSidekick saved more people than him]] in really cool ways (to Alba's mute shock), will nonetheless do things like: stab him with a dagger and tell him in a very shoujo finger-fiddly {{tsundere}}-ish manner that he bought the dagger ''just'' to stab him with it, poison the hero's coffee in the morning and leave him to pay for it because it's "his hobby" (cue shoujo sparkles), give a huge PsychoticSmirk in answer to Alba's misfortunes, and fantasize [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything happily]] in the previously mentioned shoujo sparkling manner at the thought of Alba being hunted down as a fugitive after escaping jail for harboring the TokenMiniMoe Demon King at his side, among other things. He'll screw around with every other guy he comes across if the opportunity presents itself, too, to the point that one characters has to ask, "Is he a demon?" as if ''he (said character) isn't the actual demon there.''
* Nyarko from ''Literature/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove'' [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill doesn't understand the meaning of the word "mercy"]]. The second {{Mook|s}} she fights in the first episode learns this the hard way, as she beats it to death with a rock ([[GoryDiscretionShot off-screen]]) and comes away covered in its blood, as she does when she rips apart the third Mook with her [[CrowbarCombatant crowbar]]. On top of that, she's perfectly willing to break the very laws she's supposed to be protecting (namely, smuggling goods off the planet), justifying it by saying "[[NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught It's only a crime if you get caught]]". This all gets {{lampshade|Hanging}}d by Mahiro, who responds to this behavior by remarking that most of the time she looks a hell of a lot more like a criminal than a policewoman.
* Hiruma from ''Manga/Eyeshield21''. Threatens, blackmails, and violences his team into existence. Treats everyone to their own personal "fucking" nickname. Is generally a jerk. Thank goodness he's on the Devilbats' side because he's so ridiculously over the top, he's hilarious.
* In ''Manga/Brave10'', Kamanosuke, the TokenEvilTeammate, has no filter and a penchant for mixing bloody murder and affection which is usually PlayedForLaughs.
* Nejiru and the titular protagonist from ''[[Anime/{{Heybot}} Heybot!]]'', who will do ''anything'' to get Bokya Neji screws.
* Anime/BoboboboBobobo uses his allies Don Patch and Jelly Jiggler as shields and weapons, usually against their will. Sometimes he'll even outright attack them for no reason, only to blame the villain and say he'll never forgive them for what they did to his friends.

* Many of the members of the ComicBook/SquadronSupreme in ''ComicBook/SupremePower'', though mostly Zarda. She kills with particular glee, and has secret desires for global domination.
* The title character of Creator/JhonenVasquez's ''ComicBook/JohnnyTheHomicidalManiac''; at least when he's not being full of {{wangst}}.
-->'''Johnny:''' On a crowded street, I could drain a flower vendor of all his blood, and not get caught! People would scream and vomit, and yet, somehow, I would walk away unscathed. I could do that!...Oh, wait...I ''did'' do that!

* Also DependingOnTheWriter is DC's ComicBook/{{Lobo}}, who can be anything from this trope to outright VillainProtagonist depending on how seriously he's being played in that particular issue.

* [[ComedicSociopath Rasputin]] in the ''ComicBook/CortoMaltese'' series has no qualms about killing, and is generally considered as stable as a landmine while [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass far from that dangerous]].
* The Space Marine from the ''ComicBook/{{Doom}}'' comic. He may be batshit insane and enjoy his job way too much, but he ''is'' fighting demons from hell and is a human space marine. The intentional PlayedForLaughs aspect is debatable in that nobody is entirely sure if the comic was [[StealthParody meant to be serious or not]], but he's definitely "funny" either way.
* The Blazing Skull of the New Invaders used to be a pacifist. He doesn't exactly remember what that means, but anything with the word 'fist' in it can't be all bad.

* Princess Lucinda, of her own comic and the second volume of ''TabletopGame/WitchGirlsAdventures'', on those occasions when she's not being played as an outright VillainProtagonist. Yes, she actually ''is'' being played for laughs, despite what some might tell you--the ''Witch Girls'' franchise has tended toward BlackComedy.
%% * Hit Girl of ''ComicBook/KickAss''.

* As a [[BountyHunter Freelance Peackeeping Agent]], ComicBook/DeathsHead often falls into this role. He doesn't really care who his targets are as long as he gets paid, yet by various coincidences only the truly deserving end up dead.
* The scarab from ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle'' is quick to [[MurderIsTheBestSolution propose the murder]] of whatever obstacle Jaime has to deal with. [[spoiler:Jaime eventually influences it enough to give it a full HeelFaceTurn, but that doesn't stop it from occasionally proposing solutions so overkill that they have "theological implications"]].
* ComicBook/TheCreeper is basically a heroic version of ComicBook/TheJoker. There have even been instances where the latter found him too unstable.

* Gertrude from ''ComicBook/IHateFairyland'' is essentially an AxCrazy {{expy}} of [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz Dorothy Gale]] who was DrivenToMadness by the [[SickeninglySweet overly saccharine]] nature of the eponymous fantasy world. She has no compunctions with slaughtering every cutesy-wootsey creature in her path to find the key that will get her back home.

* Tech-bro quadrillionaire Rudy Zoom in ''Magazine/DoctorWhoMagazine'' comics is an unusually benign example. He is completely and utterly sociopathic, but he's so lacking in actual malice and has such a pampered life that he has no inclination to intentionally harm anyone, although he has got quite a few people killed by going where man was not meant to. On one occasion, a group of EmotionEater aliens who fed on people's guilt and self-loathing tried to feed off him. They didn't just find nothing, [[TooSpicyForYogSothoth they got poisoned]].

* Iron Will in ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/183015/iron-wills-foalcon-necrophilia-sex-rampage Iron Will's Foalcon Necrophilia Sex Rampage]]''.
* In ''Fanfic/IncarnationOfLegends'', Kojiro comes from a time where murder, duels to the death, and calamity were common. Because of this, he feels nothing when killing others and tends to solve most of his problems with violence, weather it's slitting the throats of men trying to kill Bell or threatening to kill a man if he doesn't confess his crimes. Even after a hard-fought duel against a Level 2 adventurer that ends with the latter in pieces, Kojiro's only real reaction is satisfaction from achieving his Tsubame Gaeshi again. As Bell comes to grips with this, he starts to worry if Kojiro cares about him at all, though Kojiro's own perspective shows that he cares about Bell more than he ever thought he would. Aside from this, it's mostly played for BlackComedy.

* The Hunter in ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached''. Though he considers himself "good", he constantly brags to the four about all the people he's killed and the destruction he's wrought. They find him completely repellent. Until [[spoiler:ThePowerOfFriendship (not of them to him but amongst themselves) causes him to reexamine his life and ultimately have a HeelFaceTurn]]. They're actually quite surprised to hear that he doesn't consider himself or his {{BFS}} evil.

* [[BloodKnight Rampage]] from ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestriaProjectHorizons'', at least whenever she's in a good mood and her [[spoiler:[[WouldHurtAChild foal-murdering]] personality hasn't [[SplitPersonalityTakeover taken over her body]]]].
-->'''Rampage:''' Can't we just kill them all and not care?
* Abra in the Pokemon fanfic ''Fanfic/AMidSinnohNightsDream'', to an extent. He threatens to invert his friends' anatomies on multiple occasions. They all know he's joking. [[spoiler: Probably.]]

* A good portion of protagonists from Creator/QuentinTarantino films, such as The Bride from ''Film/KillBill Vol. 1/2'' could qualify as this trope. And then there's ''Film/InglouriousBasterds'', which is completely based around the trope.
* ''Film/TheMask'' in his film and [[WesternAnimation/TheMask cartoon]] incarnations is an id-dominated maniac who is liable to act on everything that Stanley Ipkiss represses and it's all PlayedForLaughs. He also isn't actually that villainous when compared to the actual villains of said film and cartoon. His [[ComicBook/TheMask comics incarnation]], meanwhile, is a pure-up VillainProtagonist while The Mask is a genuine hero who cares about his friends, his dog Milo, the people who are nice to him in Edge City and cares about his unmasked alter ego Stanley with The Mask being the cooler older brother while Stanley is the unlucky younger brother who the Mask will take revenge on those who pick on him. It also helps that so many of the characters who get picked on by The Mask are {{Asshole Victim}}s. In fact, in the movie it often seems as if Edge City is ''swarming'' with all kinds of pests, weirdos, bullies, and all-around {{Jerkass}}es whose only purpose in life is to drive Stanley to impossible levels of madness and inspire him to wreak creatively ghoulish destruction as The Mask. Fittingly enough, it is eventually revealed that the title mask is an Old Norse archaeological find in which is trapped part of the power of Loki, God of Mischief. Among Stanley's outrageous actions as The Mask in the film:
** Folding a balloon into a tommy gun and chasing off some (unarmed) muggers with it (by firing wildly into the air).
** [[AssShove Shoving car parts up two auto mechanics]] [[DisproportionateRetribution who tried to gouge him]]. (And it's ''still'' better than [[CruelAndUnusualDeath their fate]] in the comic.)
** Carrying around a signed photo of the wife of the InspectorJavert in lingerie, which he finds [[ExtendedDisarming during a frisking session]].
** Acting ''extremely'' sleazy (in a WesternAnimation/PepeLePew kind of way) towards Stanley's LoveInterest.
* Lancelot from ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''. When he receives a note via arrow that someone is being forced to marry against their will, he rushes to the poor (presumed) princess' aid... and slaughters not only every unresisting guard in his way, but about half of the party guests as well, including brides' maids and elderly folks. Afterwards, he sincerely apologizes for the misunderstanding.
* Frank D'Arbo, the protagonist of ''Film/{{Super}}'', has a case of hyper-morality after being told by {{God}} himself to bring justice to the streets of his neighborhood. Inspired by comics, he assumes the superhero alter ego Crimson Bolt and [[WellIntentionedExtremist uses a wrench]] to smash the faces of not only criminals, but ''people who push in queues'', all ForGreatJustice. His sidekick, the self-named [[PsychoSupporter Boltie]], is another, even more extreme version of this.

* Junior in ''Film/ProblemChild'', a BadToTheBone seven year old who ruins the lives of those who wronged him even the slightest. In the third movie his victims are left severely injured and are mummified in bandages.
* Chev Chelios, the main protagonist in the ''Film/{{Crank}}'' movies. Most of the stunts he pulls off would have been pretty reprehensible in other context such as threatening civilians, shoving up shotguns up his enemies's bottoms, picking up fights at random and having public sex with his reluctant girlfriend. He would have been a VillainProtagonist if not for the fact that these antics are PlayedForLaughs and RuleOfCool and the people he fights against tend to be much worse.
* The entire cast of ''Film/TheAddamsFamily'' and its sequel ''Film/AddamsFamilyValues'' is based around this trope.
-->'''Debbie''': I bet you are a lady killer.
-->'''Gomez''': Acquitted.
** They also use a dead body instead of cans tied to the "Just Married" sign in the car after Fester's wedding. Their sociopathic behavior is not only towards society in general but also among them (especially between the children--Pugsley seems to genuinely enjoy a lot of the torture Wednesday inflicts on him and isn't seriously harmed by it, and there doesn't seem to be that much genuine dislike between them, but they do both seriously try to kill the baby out of jealousy), but the charisma of the actors and great writing made them lovable still. All other versions of the Addams Family (with the exception of the original comics, where several of the darker scenes such as pouring boiling pitch on Christmas carollers come from) are lighter in tone and, though with eccentric and bizarre behaviors that often include violent motifs, they are shown as often being quite friendly, though even the 60s show occasionally implies they've killed people offscreen (for instance, Grandmama's line while holding an axe of "I haven't used this since the taxman came!").
** However, it's slightly unclear how much of this is genuine sociopathy and how much is BlueAndOrangeMorality caused by the fact they are totally unharmed by many things that would kill a human (or it hurts but they enjoy it--either way, they don't always seem fully aware of what is and isn't fatal for humans), and that even death isn't quite as permanent a state for them what with them having the ability to contact dead people in the afterlife, and their dead ancestors can even be "woken" from their graves on Halloween.

* Yulia Latynina's sci-fi political thriller ''Insider'' gives us Kissur The White Falcon, imperial favourite, former prime minister, supreme tactician and feudal overlord of the [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Aloms]]. He is also a reckless madman that spends most of the book either committing or threatening to commit acts of over the top violence. In the first chapter, for instance, he drives around recklessly at night, slams his car into the first other car he finds and mugs the recently arrived protagonist. ''Twice''. Just for fun. He befriends the protagonist out of respect for him actually fighting back on the next day. It gets better and better through the novel. In the words of another character, "If [Kissur] sees a house that is on fire, he'll rush inside to save the baby; if he sees a house that ''isn't'' on fire, he'll set fire to it."
* Viruk from Creator/DavidGemmell's ''Echoes of the Great Song''. Viruk takes great pleasure from fighting and killing his enemies. He believes that the Source (God) talks to him and orders him to kill people. He is described as being very changeable as a person; he kills a convoy of raiders and their caravan drivers and finally decides to let one live. Later on in the book he kills a king and is about to kill the man's bodyguards when he sees some flowers nearby and becomes distracted. Near the end of the book, when all of the remaining Avatars go on a death charge against their enemies, everyone is grim and determined; however, when it switches to Viruk's point of view, it shows that he is in ecstasy and truly enjoying the brutal fighting.
** He later goes down in legend as the god of war and spring/nature.
* Carnival of the ''Literature/DeepgateCodex'' series is about as AxCrazy as AxCrazy gets (and has a HairTriggerTemper), but she's just [[{{Moe}} so damn cute]] that her insanity winds up being part of her appeal.
* ''Literature/TheActsOfCaine'': Caine of Garthan Hold skirts the line of this. Well, maybe dances on it. Okay, he does a full soft-shoe number up and down with Broadway routines and a full stage orchestra in the background.

* [[TheJeeves Jeeves]] of ''Literature/JeevesAndWooster'' constantly throws people--''especially'' his employer--under the bus in order to further his {{Zany Scheme}}s. Since most of the said schemes ultimately benefit the people involved, he gets away with it.
* ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': The Luggage and Greebo are both allied with the heroes, but don't display much in the way of scruples themselves, and are capable of dishing out extraordinary amounts of humorously-portrayed violence, especially for a travel trunk and a house cat.
* ''Literature/{{Flashman}}'' is this. He’s an absolutely abhorrent individual even by the standards of Victorian England, but the absurdity of the situations he gets himself into are generally played for laughs and a great deal of the series’ draw is finding out how his cowardice and various misdeeds will somehow end up resulting in him being hailed as a hero or (at worst) a lovable rogue by everyone else. It doesn’t hurt that his sociopathy is mostly of the ChronicBackstabbingDisorder variety; the people who think they’re doing good are usually responsible for far more horrific acts than him.

* Joy Merryweather, who is referenced on the ''Series/DropTheDeadDonkey'' page.

* [[AlmightyJanitor The Janitor]] from ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' approaches this on occasion.

* Stuart Jones, one of the two leads in the UK version of ''Series/QueerAsFolk''. He's much more of a bastard than a hero really, but every now and then he does something so outrageous and awesome you can't completely hate him.

* On ''Series/{{Leverage}}'', [[ClassyCatBurglar Parker]] is this, stealing from random people out of boredom and without really concern over their possessions. She starts to become more caring as the series goes on.
** One of the later episodes in the series has an exchange where Parker is genuinely surprised when someone explained to her that pushing other people off buildings without any warning is, in fact, Not OK, and that the screaming and flailing wasn't just them playing along with the joke.
* All the main characters from ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia''.
* The eponymous protagonist from ''Series/{{House}}''. He goes out of his way to humiliate and torture co-workers and patients and seems to get off on it. Said sociopathy is PlayedForLaughs, but is surprisingly effective at producing results and usually well-intentioned.
* Barney Stinson from ''Series/HowIMetYourMother'' has been this, and he's not afraid to admit it, sometimes even being ''proud'' of these tendencies. Lily has elements of this, also.
* Guerrero from ''Series/HumanTarget'' skirts this trope.
* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'': Bebe likes to portray herself as this. When Frasier fires her in "Roz's Turn":
-->'''Bebe:''' That's it, is it? I'm not virtuous enough for you, not noble. Fine, quit! Next time you need a deal made, call the Dalai Lama. A long time ago, I had to make a choice between being a good agent and a good person, because trust me, you can't be both! So forgive me if I don't have time to make everybody warm and fuzzy. I am just too busy spending every waking minute pouring any drink, pulling any shameless tricks I can to make my clients' dreams come true! '''I AM A STARMAKER!'''
* ''Series/DirkGently'': Dirk treats everyone around him like dirt and it's ''hilarious''. At one point, he goes so far as to give the wrong address to a pizza place in the hope of getting it free because it's late. He also has a fine line in lying to the police and going through the pockets of the dead.

* Mick Rory (AKA Heatwave) in ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''. Notably is that he hardly considers himself a hero. He just enjoys killing people and sees TimeTravel as an opportunity to party and steal things.
* ''Series/{{NTSFSDSUV}}'': The Agents (especially [[CowboyCop Trent Hauser]]) regularly resort to the JackBauerInterrogationTechnique and "shoot first, don't ask questions" tactics to combat any threat, but it's all played for BlackComedy.

* ''Series/PersonOfInterest'': Root and Sameen Shaw are both self-acknowledged sociopaths, but once they join Team Machine their antics are often played for laughs.
* ''Series/{{Peacemaker|2022}}'': Vigilante is an AxCrazy {{vigilante|Man}} who kills people for [[DisproportionateRetribution graffiti]] and admits to getting pleasure from it, but he's also a dorky {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who's frequently PlayedForLaughs.

* Alastor from ''WebAnimation/HazbinHotel''. One of Hell's [[Main/DemonLordsAndArchdevils Overlords]], Alastor is immensely more powerful than the other protagonists and scares the crap out of most of them. He acts like an AffablyEvil old-time LargeHamRadio Announcer, but will casually tear people to shreds with tendrils of pure darkness if they annoy him before immediately going back to talking about his old mother's cooking. Oh, and he only hangs out with the protagonists' attempt at redeeming the demons of Hell because he's bored and thinks the whole ordeal is doomed to failure, wanting to savour the inevitable crushed dreams of Charlie and anyone who enters the Hotel in person.
* ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'': Blitzo fits the bill to a tee. He has absolutely no qualms about killing technically innocent people on earth if it means he gets paid, insults as often as he breathes and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick enjoys trying to mentally torture an old man into killing himself]]. However, it's all a facade for how he's unable to form meaningful relationships with people due to his past.

* Belkar Bitterleaf from ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' is a [[AxCrazy hot]]-[[HotBlooded headed]], [[LeeroyJenkins impulsive]], [[SociopathicHero homicidal]] ChaoticEvil halfling ranger/barbarian. Almost all of his screen time is spent being a giggling killing machine, a [[ButtMonkey wacky hijinks victim]], or both. [[spoiler:However, he's been growing out of this behavior post-''Blood Runs in the Family'', as his faked CharacterDevelopment actually ends up turning into ''real'' CharacterDevelopment.]]

* Richard from ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'' is an undead warlock spellcaster of immense power with {{Cloudcuckoolander}} tendencies who likes to slaughter innocent peasants and ''[[EatsBabies eat babies]]''. His catchphrase is a variation on a line spoken in this comic: "You all saw it! That orphanage attacked me!" with the burning building in the background. Being undead, he can take normally fatal injuries (as being impaled through the stomach, getting an ax in the forehead or being TooKinkyToTorture) and joke about it, and is capable of destroying anything with his ice and fire spells (at the cost of needing to rest after exerting himself). His "partner" is the naïve elf Cale'Anon Vatay, who wishes to be good and noble (even though elves in his time are feared as brutal and callous after wiping out the last remaining nation of their noble kindred in the past). Richard's excuse for traveling with the other characters is that he "likes killing things" and gets bored easily. Richard treats Cale like an amusing pet, but he "respects [Cale's] willingness to kill" whenever Cale is confronted with obvious Bad Guys.
** It's been said that if they changed LFG's title to "Richard Fucks Shit Up", all about Richard and his nonsense, readership would double. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcbazH6aE2g Hell, they even made him a musical]].
** It may explain both Richard's callousness and his popularity that, of the group, he seems to be the only one who knows he's playing a game...and anyone who's ever played a video game knows that no sympathy needs to be wasted on [=NPCs=], and the only thing to do is to [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential amuse yourself with them]].
* Bun-bun, the lop-eared switch-blade-wielding rabbit of ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance''. His plans usually fall through, often due to Kiki's screwups, but he almost never suffers any consequences... usually because no one's brave enough to try punishing him.
** He does still kill a lot of people, even innocent people, especially in the early years. Though it's debatable that [[AcceptableTargets telemarketers]] are "innocent".
* ''Webcomic/WalkyVerse'' Abductee Mike Warner, who especially enjoys Halloween: in different years, he's tried to sacrifice Joyce's dog in a Black Mass, dressed up as Saddam Hussein (and putting a fake beard on the same dog he tried kill, calling him "Osama bin Doggie"), dressed again as the recently deceased head of the GovernmentConspiracy they worked for, and given out candy with razor blades in it. And that's what he does for fun; he's even worse the rest of the year. He crosses the line so many times that it has become blurred beyond all recognition.
** He's almost as bad in the ''[[Webcomic/DumbingOfAge DumbingVerse]]'', although with the more realistic setting he's more into emotional manipulation than wacky hi-jinx.
* Fuzzy from ''Webcomic/SamAndFuzzy'' began the webcomic lapsing between this trope and TheImp depending on what would be funnier. As CerebusSyndrome set in, [[SubvertedTrope this trope became increasingly dialled down]] as Fuzzy began suffering consequences for his actions and they got re-contextualised less as 'funny' and more '{{Jerkass}} using learned behaviour from the first person he met after suffering LaserGuidedAmnesia'. By the end of the comic Fuzzy sees his previous behaviour as his FatalFlaw.
* The title character of ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary''. At their worst, several other members of Tagon's Toughs would qualify as well, but Schlock is responsible for the lion's share. This is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Tagon, who says "Schlock may be a sociopath, but he's ''our'' sociopath."
** Schlock has been known to refer to his "random act of violence fix for the day".
*** And he literally [[IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten Eats Kittens]]. As snack-food.
---->'''Lt. Sorlie:''' I've read your dossier. It's fat with the blood of kittens.
** And then there's [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2007-06-29 Lieutenant Piebald]], for whom sociopathy would be the least of his conditions.
--->'''Ennesby:''' Thurl's really fleshed out the company. He had to turn away a few crazies, though.\\
'''Tagon:''' Violent sociopaths?\\
'''Ennesby:''' No, those are all getting signed right up.\\
'''Tagon:''' Good man, Thurl.

* Black Hat Guy from ''Webcomic/{{xkcd}}''. [[http://xkcd.com/496/ And he's proud of this]].
** And his female rival-turned-girlfriend, who has no nickname. [[http://xkcd.com/481/ Not a typical malware author...]]
* "Red" from ''Webcomic/NoRestForTheWicked''. She carries around an ax, enjoys causing fear in the people around her, smells death, and tells little girls her cloak is dyed in blood. Her partner is Princess November, a young naive girl who bruises easily. A very mild form, but still qualifies.
* Psycho Mantis from ''Webcomic/TheLastDaysOfFoxhound''. The webcomic also gives an excellent insight into the differences between this trope (Mantis) and the MagnificentBastard (Ocelot)--anyone who tangles with the latter on an intellectual level is going ''down'', but it is hard to engage in intellectual battle when your opponent just sets you on fire with his mind instead.
* Most of the characters from ''Webcomic/CharbyTheVampirate'' fit this trope given how little they value human life (though the titular character eventually decides to stop killing people for the sake of his friendship with resident BadassLongcoat demon hunter Vic, the other characters continue to maim, [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Charby_the_Vampirate/4786993/ kill]], [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Charby_the_Vampirate/4787235/ slaughter]] and [[http://www.drunkduck.com/Charby_the_Vampirate/5172207/ eat]] whomever the want, whenever they feel like it).

* [[http://thecobradays.net/view.php?date=2006-01-18 The Fear]], [[http://thecobradays.net/view.php?date=2006-02-08 The Pain]], and [[http://thecobradays.net/view.php?date=2006-02-20 The Fury]] from ''Webcomic/TheCobraDays''. When they're not fighting agents of the Axis powers, they spend a lot of their time violently bickering with each other or picking on [[TheWoobie The Sorrow]].
* Rocky from ''Webcomic/{{Lackadaisy}}'', while being a fairly well-meaning guy overall, has very little grasp of what's socially acceptable and scares most "normal" cats he talks to. When carrying out rumrunning duties, he is completely unaverse to revenge and forcibly putting other "establishments" out of business...and he does. Oh, and he's a pyromaniac. Yet, his childlike enthusiasm, general clumsiness and ineptitude, and lyrical ability make him pretty endearing to the reader.

* Black Mage from ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'' exemplifies the archetype, in spite of being the comic's major ChewToy on top of it.
** As Fighter himself once [[http://www.nuklearpower.com/2005/05/10/episode-551-so-close-and-yet-so-far/ said]]...
--->'''Fighter:''' Oh, we usually murder our way to the top and claim victory whilst astride a pile of mangled bodies.\\
'''Garland:''' I see...\\
'''Fighter:''' But we're heroes, so it's okay when '''''we''''' do that.

* ''Webcomic/{{Chicanery}}'' has Ness, Pokey, Jeff and Mr. Saturn from ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994''. The gang have saved the world on more than one occasion--but are just as likely to steal, cheat and murder indiscriminately to get what they want.
* Skoll of ''Webcomic/CryHavoc'' qualifies. She is a good guy...but only because the people she mutilates and kills are slightly worse, or at least less skilled, than her.
* Ethan from ''Webcomic/CtrlAltDel'' who consistently has absent-minded daydreams about strange ways to kill or injure his co-worker Rob, a ''VideoGame/CounterStrike''-playing idiot, and sometimes enacts these daydreams...he also daydreams about killing or injuring customers of the video game store he works at.
* ''Webcomic/{{Freefall}}'' has [[spoiler:the robot Edge]], who helps Florence Ambrose to prevent a [[ApocalypseHow genocide]] on RidiculouslyHumanRobots...[[spoiler:so '''''HE''''' doesn't get [[FateWorseThanDeath lobotomised]]]].
** Sam, the kleptomaniac, greedy, [[ItsAllAboutMe totally self-centered squid]].
* Doctor Hubris from ''[[http://www.theappleofdiscord.com The Apple of Discord]]'' (and later ''[[http://www.drunkduck.com/Apple_Valley Apple Valley]]'') is usually responsible for whatever horrible things are going on in the comic, including [[spoiler:inventing the technology that created Gayzilla]] and creating a highly contagious form of "robot cancer". It's been implied several times that he hired Doyle just to kill him, and that the superheroes of Apple Valley classify him as a supervillain. It's even been implied that [[spoiler:he is the one who actually broke the barrier separating reality, not Arthur]], which has been more-or-less confirmed by WordOfGod.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Noblesse}}'', we have [[spoiler:Franken]], who sounds like a mostly NiceGuy (albeit with [[NeatFreak a little obsession with cleanness]]) but he's actually THE BIGGEST MadScientist in the series who can pull out very scary SlasherSmile and impale people with brutal ease and the worst of all, ''enjoys'' it.
* ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort'': Insofar as the protagonists can be called "heroes", about half of them qualify. Axel kills people constantly for no reason, and if he's looking at you you'd better ''hope'' it's no reason, 'cause he gets ''brutal'' when he has actual motive beyond "likes killing things". Zexion takes pride in his {{Jerkass}} credentials and commits crimes just to prove he can. Red XIII views the whole of humanity as food. And as for Larxene...well, we're not sure what Larxene's deal is apart from huge quantities of drugs and AttentionDeficitOohShiny, but she's a little too fond of killing things.
* ''Webcomic/SaturdayMorningBreakfastCereal'' brings us the aptly-named [[http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2666 Iron Sociopath]].
* [[NunTooHoly Mary Dixon]] of ''Webcomic/JosephAndYusra'' shoots up robbers with a SlasherSmile on her face, and is perfectly willing to hold her friend hostage on top of a partially constructed building (tied to a chair) and kick her cousin off said building from lethal heights (sure, it was to test their hidden psychic powers, but still).
* [[http://www.redmeat.com/redmeat/meatlocker/milkmandan.html Milkman Dan]] from Max Cannon's ''Webcomic/RedMeat'', author-proclaimed "Booze-fueled paragon of pointless cruelty and wanton sadism". Especially noticeable in his repeated pestering of BrattyHalfPint Karen.

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' has [[ArachnidAppearanceAndAttire Vriska Serket,]] a sociopathic, egotistical serial killer who only cares about winning and being the best, and among other things threw one of her friends off a cliff, paralyzing him [[CrossesTheLineTwice and then later making him apologize for being a cripple.]] While she eventually undergoes CharacterDevelopment and starts earnestly fighting against [[BigBad Lord English,]] she never fully abandons her callous, smug and cruel behavior and remains a source of much BlackComedy throughout the story.
** [[BlindSeer Terezi Pyrope]] is a morally detached, creepy girl who [[SenseFreak licks and sniffs everything,]] mercilessly teases and picks on her friends, and almost ''[[TheHyena never]]'' stops grinning and giggling. She aspires to be a [[JudgeJuryAndExecutioner Legislacerator]] one day, and practices for this role by roleplaying courtroom scenes with her plush toys, [[HangingJudge which always end in hanging.]] Later on, her reaction to finding the corpse of one of her best friends is roleplaying a PoliceProcedural with the aforementioned toys, and [[BadBoss kicking them off a cliff for doing a bad job at the scene of the crime.]] All of the aforementioned things are absolutely hilarious in context, and incidentally Terezi is one of the most heroically-aligned characters in the comic.
** [[RebelliousPrincess Meenah Peixes,]] leader of the [[LaResistance ghost army]] against Lord English. Cheerfully ignorant, violent, [[MoneyFetish loves her bling more than her friends,]] and idolizes [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen a genocidal tyrant]] who is responsible for at least a third of the horrible things going on in the story. The hilarity is further increased by the fact that her mannerisms are based on [[Music/NickiMinaj Nicki Minaj's.]]
-->'''Meenah:''' dont know who she[[note]]Roxy[[/note]] is but i know W)(AT she is
-->'''Meenah:''' shes done
-->'''[[TheHero John:]]''' huh?
-->'''Meenah:''' ever do any baking nerd
-->'''John:''' yeah, a little...
-->'''Meenah:''' then you know -EXACTLY what you do with somefin thats done
-->'''Meenah:''' [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice you stick a fork in it]]
* In ''Webcomic/MagicalBoy'', Max's mother Hikari has a rather narrow view of things when it comes to her family's role as the descendants of Aurora to the point of being insufferable. She tries enforcing strict gender-roles onto Max while completely overlooking him coming out as trans, does everything she can to make him fulfill his role as the current goddess without considering how he feels about any of it. It is even implied that the only reason why she married her husband was because she would have named her daughter "Áine Own", a name that has symbolic significance with the CreationMyth and the LegacyOfTheChosen.

** Also Vegeta, when he has a kinda-sorta HeelFaceTurn at the end of season 2.

* Simon, the ''Literature/BastardOperatorFromHell'', whose sole purpose is to act out all the malevolent revenge fantasies of the readership.
* ''1 For All'' follows a TabletopGames/DungeonsAndDragons adventuring party consisting of a murderhobo fighter, a pyromaniac mage and a hedonistic, narcissist bard; nearly all their sessions inevitably [[OffTheRails devolve]] into them slaughtering and pillaging innocent NPC's. On occasion they've brought in other players, who want to play as LawfulGood classic fantasy heroes and turn on the main three, deciding they are the real villains of the story. The only thing that keeps them from being full-on VillainProtagonists is that they occasionally defeat a [[ALighterShadeOfBlack greater evil]], if the DM can prod them that way with a promise of violence and loot.
* Many LetsPlay sessions wind up turning video game protagonists into these, partly to keep it more as an OC. For instance, take Misty from LetsPlay/{{Chorocojo}}'s LP of ''[[http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/Pokemon%20Emerald/ Pokémon Emerald]]''. In her spare time, she apparently enjoys beating things and watching her Pokémon eat smaller ones and has killed (and eaten) several of her ''own'' Pokémon simply because they annoyed her. Her cameo in ''Pokémon Crystal'' has her kill Red.
* ''WebVideo/PurePwnage'''s FPS_Doug gives off this vibe sometimes, particularly in the [[BoomHeadshot "BOOM HEADSHOT!"]] segment from episode 5.
* ''WebAnimation/CoxAndCombesWashington'', albeit heavy on the "sociopath" and light on the "heroic" part. Well, he did save the children... but not the British children. In fact, he was about to save the children from their burning school, realized they were British, and then pushed the whole building over a cliff.
* A common attribute of WebOriginal/ProtectorsOfThePlotContinuum, especially those in the Department of Floaters, the Department of "Mary Sues," and the Department of Geological Aberrations. Given that the last two are [[MurderIsTheBestSolution Assassins]] and [[DestructiveSaviour Pyros]], and they are all volunteers, this should not be particularly surprising.
* Luffy from ''Webvideo/NonePiece'': "Those passengers aren't just gonna kill themselves, ya know!"

* Alucard from ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged''. Enough said.

* ''WebVideo/FreemansMind'' posits that the best explanation for [[VideoGame/HalfLife Gordon Freeman]] surviving the Black Mesa Incident would be if he were "some sort of paranoid psychopath."
%%* ''WebAnimation/ChristianBrutalSniper''
* WebVideo/ShinyObjectsVideos: It's kind of hard to determine if it's this or flat-out VillainProtagonist, but the protagonists are pretty unfazed by the suffering of others. Particularly of [[TheWoobie Guido]].
* The protagonist of Creator/RachelBloom's video [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucmsunDs3jE "I Steal Pets"]] steals the pets of her schoolmates, locks them in a shed, dresses them up like their former owners and lives out with the pets the social life she'd like to have but doesn't have in real life. Climaxing when she recreates the Seventh Grade dance, slow dances with "Greg Mandelson's Terrier mix" and actually makes out with it.
* Sarge of ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'': "I love blood and violence! I've got a boner for murder!"
** Tex sometimes qualifies as well. In the first couple seasons she has to remind the Blue team that she's a mercenary. When a teammate asks sarcastically if she could kill one of them, she treats it briefly like a contract negotiation.
* Sonic of ''WebVideo/SonicTheOtherMovie'' doesn't care about the people he saves, just the praise and adoration he gets for doing so.
* Kirito in ''WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged'' starts out as a SmugSuper, before [[MyGreatestFailure the events of Episode 3]] push him ''[[AdaptationalVillainy deep]]'' into "sociopath" territory, but he still remains subject to ChronicHeroSyndrome. As the series has gone on, though, CharacterDevelopment is moving him closer to the "heroic" side of this trope. Also, it turns out that [[spoiler:Asuna]] isn't so different.

* In Podcast/TheAdventureZone, Taako, and to a lesser degree, Merle and Magnus, have shades of this. Hilarity (and a not-entirely-necessary death count) ensue.
* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': Alex is a good guy, but he's also rather violent and AmbiguouslyEvil.

* Eric Cartman from ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' tends to flip-flop back and forth between this and VillainProtagonist, depending upon the demands of a particular episode. Yes, he is a smarmy, self-serving, ''thoroughly'' sociopathic bully who has no qualms about doing literally whatever he wants, damn the consequences. But one side effect is that he's so completely fucked up that he can occasionally be called upon to get everyone else out of catastrophic situations when all else seems lost -- and he does so in ways so ruthlessly efficient and imaginative, only ''he'' could have ever come up with them. In TheMovie, for starters, he saves the entire world from being swallowed by the legions of Hell by electrocuting an undead Saddam Hussein with a combination of an overcharged anti-swearing implant and his own colorful vocabulary.
** Lampshaded in "The Snook" when he makes the case to Kyle that his fanatic racism toward Muslims is what led to the thwarting of a terrorist attack. Kyle was not amused at the fact that racism saved the day.
*** Even better is that while Cartman triggers the hunt due to his suspicion of Muslims, the actual terrorists were [[spoiler: the British.]].

* Roger the Alien from ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'' is a [[SissyVillain camp]] and [[ExtremeOmnisexual omnisexual]] [[LovableCoward coward]] who loves to [[PaperThinDisguise play dress-up]]. He's also utterly [[WildCard amoral, selfish and unpredictable]], and his childish games sometimes turn [[PsychopathicManChild homicidal]]. It doesn't help that he's also a [[AddictionPowered drug addict]].
** When a fraternity refused to pay for Roger's limo service, he hunted them down in the limo and turned their lives into a cross between ''Film/TheCar'' and ''Film/FinalDestination''.
** Stan himself, in his capacity as a CIA agent, is capable of brutally murdering people without a second thought, even casually stating that he has shots his family and that is simply how they communicate in their family. One episode even has Stan destroy a man's house, ruin his business, brainwash his wife into leaving him, and eventually drive him to suicide (albeit unintentionally) after finding out he is an athiest.

* A possible case in the Warden from ''WesternAnimation/{{Superjail}}''. While dedicated to his job and perfecting the art of incarceration, he is AT LEAST a psychopathic sadist the show isn't afraid to play for laughs. Most of the people he ends up killing -- generally indirectly -- are dangerous inmates who pose a clear threat to society.
* Brock Samson from ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' is a scientist's bodyguard whose main priority (at least in the beginning) is to brutally murder his enemies while having sex with as many women as possible. His college football career (and scholarship) ended when he accidentally killed another player, so he joined the army. He wound up as a government agent with his own license to kill, which he's been known to take advantage of if a bartender makes fun of his mullet.
** Also Rusty, from the same show. While not as bloodthirsty as Brock, he isn't above screwing over friends, family, or innocent bystanders just to gain the most minor of conveniences. Not to mention his Joy Can, a virtual reality simulator ''[[PoweredByAForsakenChild powered by an orphan's heart]]''!
* Captain Hero from ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'' is ostensibly a superhero, but has almost no regard for human life whatsoever (although he may simply be too stupid to know what he's doing). An example of his sociopathy is throwing an entire planet (which happens to be his ''home planet'') and everything living on it into a star to prove he's "heroic". And his clever use of human shields. This led to the character becoming a controversial CreatorsPet as the writers found out that a character who was a moron and someone with no sense of morality or restraint whatsoever was ideal for a show where 95% of the humour is CringeComedy.
-->'''Hero:''' Captain Hero One! Billions of Innocent Zeblonians... um... dead. Oh. I uh... ''(Slinks away)''
** Ling Ling, the Pikachu spoof from the same show is initially portrayed as this as well; a murderous sociopath who wants to kill and destroy everyone he encounters in hilariously brutal manners, but later becomes a frequent ChewToy[=/=]ButtMonkey (given [[SadistShow the nature of the show]], this could apply to anybody, though). It takes on a whole new dimension when "Clum Babies" reveals that among his people, battles to the death are an allegory for sex, complete with one-night stands and unsatisfied opponents faking it.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'' [[AntiHero Riley]] [[VillainProtagonist Freeman]] takes juvenile delinquency to whole new levels. He often hangs out with local criminals such as Ed Wuncler III, Gin Rummy, or Lamilton Taeshawn, helping them out as an accomplice to their mayhem.

* Each member of Dethklok in ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'', brutally killing and maiming people ''even live on stage'' with no consequences whatsoever. In fact, it seems that because of this nature they are ridiculously powerful and wealthy; ranking as the [[NGOSuperpower 12th most powerful nation in the world, despite only being a band]].
** It should be noted that very rarely is Dethklok the ''direct'' cause of the violence around them, and even when they are, it's not always intentional. Not that they necessarily care about a few thousand casualties, of course. Until it starts to affect their record sales.
*** And then there's their manager...
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', Bender is a megalomaniacal robot who is only after his personal stimulation. He is frequently shown stealing just about anything he can get his claws on, as well as indulging in all manner of other crimes and immoral behavior. A recurring joke is his apparent desire to "kill all humans." DependingOnTheWriter, however, he can also be a LoveableRogue and/or a ManipulativeBastard.
-->"I came here with a simple dream... a dream of killing all humans. And this is how it must end? Who's the real 7 billion ton robot monster here? Not I... Not I..."
* Killface (real name Evelyn) from ''WesternAnimation/FriskyDingo''. His goal for much of the series is to use his [[WeaponOfMassDestruction Annihilatrix]] to propel Earth into the sun for no apparent reason, and he kills and mains people at the drop of the hat. In the pilot episode he kills a man and uses the corpse to stage an impromptu ventriloquist act (oblivious to how appallingly lame his jokes are). [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nr7n6tQhB-w Watch some choice moments.]]
** And yet he's still more sympathetic than Xander Crews. Proving, forever, that it's better to be a sociopath than a douchebag.
* The title character in ''WesternAnimation/AssyMcGee'' may very well qualify, being a ultra-violent and remorseless parody of 70s/80s cops that makes [[Series/TwentyFour Jack Bauer]] look tame by comparison.
* Izzy of ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'', who not only looks back at the time she BLEW UP A MOUNTIES' CAMP with cheer, but enjoys being hunted down by them!
--->'''Izzy:''' You'll never get me alive! AHAHAHAHAHA!!
* ''WesternAnimation/TheBrakShow'' features Zorak Jones, an [[Series/LeaveItToBeaver Eddie Haskell-esque]] character who is also a sadistic, sociopathic, morally bankrupt misanthrope. He is basically what you get when you mix [[WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce Master Shake]] and [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Cartman]]. Luckily though, [[TheChewToy he often gets killed horrifically]] during each episode, which might make him somewhat of a subversion.
* Heloise from ''WesternAnimation/JimmyTwoShoes'' is this. She works for Misery Inc. as [[MadScientist top inventor]] to make hazardous products and she also like to [[EnfanteTerrible destroy things for fun]]. However, she likes to hangs out with [[MoralityPet Jimmy due to her crush on him]].
* Possibly Rico from ''WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar.'' He's described at least once in universe as a "world-class psychopath," and he especially likes blowing stuff up and causing other characters bodily harm. That said, is there anybody out there who doesn't absolutely love Rico? I doubt it.

* [[{{Music/Gorillaz}} Murdoc Niccals]], big time. His rap sheet includes fraud, kidnapping, extortion, OrganTheft, tons and tons of assault and possibly homicide. Despite this, he's still technically a protagonist, and maintains a [[KavorkaMan sizable fanbase]] as such.
* [[spoiler:Cesar Salazar]] of ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'' is a subversion of this. He is described as "kooky" and "kinda off" and appears for a while to just be a wacky inventor, but pretty normal otherwise. But as time goes on, he begins to display a marked lack of concern for people (including his own ''brother'') or ethics. It seems he has no moral code of his own, even.

* WesternAnimation/BugsBunny alternates between this and a KarmicTrickster. In his earliest shorts he was actually much worse, attacking for no good reason other than his personal amusement, but Creator/TexAvery and Creator/BobClampett soon established a moral code for the character that, for the most part, he followed for the next five or six decades, using tricks and cartoon physics to deal with bullies, thugs and other kinds of miscreants mostly as self-defense but also occasionally for other characters' benefit. And even in those cases he was not above getting a random person blown up if that meant that he could pin the blame on the villain and have him thrashed by said victim.
* [[WesternAnimation/DanVs Dan's]] entire purpose in life is to exact revenge on anyone or anything he perceives as having wronged him (whether they actually did anything or not). Many of his schemes result in spectacular failure, but when he does succeed, more often than not it turns out that his victims really did have it coming.
* Jake the Dog from ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' borders on this. He sometimes comes off as an asshole, holding off on helping Finn (when he really needs it too) just to suit his own needs. But he usually ends up saving the day afterwards.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012'' has an InUniverse ShowWithinAShow example with Captain Ryan, the "hero" of the ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'' parody "Space Heroes". He's clearly an utter maniac with no respect for his crew, casually letting his crew die, describing himself as "humane" for opening an airlock and sucking out the noisy Tribble-expies into space, and a rampant womanizer, but he's supposed to be the hero of the show and is played for laughs. Admittedly, the actual audience laughs more at Leonardo, who seems to think Captain Ryan is a good "heroic role model" for himself and never seems to notice his NominalHero status.
* The titular team from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' are this, [[AdaptationalJerkass especially]] when compared to their [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003 previous incarnations]]. When they're not [[VitriolicBestBuds giving each other hell]], they're driving their foes crazy.
* Grunkle Stan in ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls'' isn't a true sociopath, but he certainly seems to enjoy acting like one: it's mentioned early on that the last "family bonding day" the twins had with him involved ''forging money'', casual theft is a major part of his arsenal, his day job is essentially "scam artist", and he makes casual reference to a multitude of past crimes, arrests, and schemes.
-->'''Stan:''' When there's no cops around, anything's legal!
* Rick Sanchez from ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' is an excellent example. Rick's motives are generally revealed to be at least minimally heroic by the end of most episodes, particularly where protecting his family or ForScience is concerned... but the means he employs are invariably of a strong sociopathic bent. Given that he's a supergenius MadScientist, the aforementioned means tend to be either hilariously gratuitous (like [[spoiler:his murder of King Jellybean for attempting to rape Morty]]) or hilariously indifferent (like [[spoiler:establishing an interdimensional daycare center for Jerrys since Jerrys have a high tendency to die on adventures, but then not caring whether he takes the correct Jerry home afterwards]]).
* Chopper, the crew's astromech droid on ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'' is a good guy and he will usually end up helping or even saving the day when necessary, but he often seems to enjoy his shipmates' distress or embarrassment a bit too much, and is so outright jealous of other droids he functionally "kills" at least one by throwing him out of a ship! And when Hera tells him to [[EarthShatteringKaboom gather up all the explosives he can find]] in ''Hera's Heroes'', he's...disturbingly overenthusiastic about it. To the point fans have speculated he's an assassin droid in disguise or a former assassin droid that's had his CPU put in an astromech droid.
* The title character of ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}''. He is an unrepentant JerkAss parody of James Bond, who despite being a somewhat incompetent alcoholic philanderer often ends up saving the day when it conveniences him or when forced by his mother Mallory Archer (also arguably an example of this trope). Also an example of a PoliticallyIncorrectHero.
* Gaz in ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' when it comes to the crunch (it's probably worth noting that she leaves Zim alone mainly because she's savvy enough to realize that he's too dumb to succeed in his mission).
-->'''Gaz:''' Are there any video games around here?
-->'''Zim's computer:''' No, not really.
-->'''Gaz:''' I ''guess'' I'll help save the Earth, then.
* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Disenchantment}}'', Luci may be a demon, but he's actually not a bad friend or adventuring companion. Nevertheless, even apart from his mission to corrupt Bean, he is prone to doing things explicitly to cause mayhem. But he can also turn it off when he wants to, although he will almost certainly complain about having to do so.
-->'''Luci:''' I should be the one killing everyone! I should be the one creeping everyone out!