History Main / PoliticallyCorrectVillain

** Following the series finale where [[spoiler:Korra and Asami became an OfficialCouple]], Amon's voice actor, Creator/SteveBlum, created an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS-h4Fk2v4E in-character video]] where he expresses support for them, making it clear that while he still sees [[spoiler:Korra and Asami]] as enemies, he has nothing against [[spoiler:their relationship]].

* ''Franchise/StarWars'': In the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends Expanded Universe'', the Empire is segregated by species, gender, race, and orientation. The officers seen are typically all white human men ([[EvilBrit with British accents]]), with prejudice directed within ranks at the rare female and gay recruits such as [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Isila_Drutch Isila Drutch]] and [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Sarn_Shild Sarn Shild]]. This was contrasted with the Rebellion who were overall more diverse than the Imperials, though the majority of their protagonists still tended to be white. Following the rebooted ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'', the Empire became more diverse, with a greater frequency of women and people of color among its ranks, including some who were openly queer such [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Rae_Sloane Rae Sloane]], [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Magna_Tolvan Magna Tolvan]], and in [[Literature/FromACertainPointOfView one story of ambiguous canonicity]], [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Wilhuff_Tarkin Grand Moff Tarkin himself]]. The Empire of the modern EU is still prejudiced, but its bigoted campaigns are directed upon nonhuman species or cultures made of mixed people groups such as Jedi and Mandalorians.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'': In the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends Expanded Universe'', the Empire is segregated by species, gender, race, and orientation. The officers seen are typically all white human men ([[EvilBrit with British accents]]), with prejudice directed within ranks at the rare female and gay recruits such as [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Isila_Drutch Isila Drutch]] and [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Sarn_Shild Sarn Shild]]. This was contrasted with the Rebellion who were overall more diverse than the Imperials, though the majority of their protagonists still tended to be white. Following the rebooted ''Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse'', the Empire became more diverse, with a greater frequency of women and people of color among its ranks, including some who were openly queer such [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Rae_Sloane Rae Sloane]], [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Magna_Tolvan Magna Tolvan]], and in [[Literature/FromACertainPointOfView one story of ambiguous canonicity]], [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Wilhuff_Tarkin Grand Moff Tarkin himself]]. The Empire of the modern EU is still prejudiced, but its bigoted campaigns are directed upon species or cultures made of mixed people groups such as Jedi and Mandalorians.

* ''Franchise/StarWars'': In the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends Expanded Universe'', the Empire is segregated by species, gender, race, and orientation. The officers seen are typically all white human men ([[EvilBrit with British accents]]), with prejudice directed within ranks at the rare female and gay recruits such as [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Isila_Drutch Isila Drutch]] and [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Sarn_Shild Sarn Shild]]. This was contrasted with the Rebellion who were overall more diverse than the Imperials, though the majority of their protagonists still tended to be white. Following the rebooted Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse, the Empire became more diverse, with a greater frequency of women and people of color among its ranks, including some who were openly queer such [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Rae_Sloane Rae Sloane]], [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Magna_Tolvan Magna Tolvan]], and in [[Literature/FromACertainPointOfView one story of ambiguous canonicity]], [[https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Wilhuff_Tarkin Grand Moff Tarkin himself]]. The Empire of the modern EU is still prejudiced, but its bigoted campaigns are directed upon species or cultures made of mixed people groups such as Jedi and Mandalorians.

* ''Series/Dracula2013'': Dracula is a very progressive person for the 1890s, having no problem with gay people (albeit he's not above using this for {{blackmail}}, with it implied he [[AmbiguouslyBi may be bisexual]] as well himself), accepts Renfield into his employ (here an [[RaceLift African-American]] attorney who was unable to get work as a result of racism in the US) while specifically Renfield's race doesn't matter to him and he wants to provide cheaper energy via wireless electricity (though it's partly to crush his foes, who invest in oil), while he's still of course a brutal vampire.

** Following the series finale where [[spoiler:Korra and Asami became an OfficialCouple]], Amon's voice actor, Creator/SteveBlum, created an [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS-h4Fk2v4E in-character video]] where he expresses support for them.

** The Legion of Doom kicked out Dr. Psycho for using [[CountryMatters inappropriate language]] during his fight with Wonder Woman. As Lex Luther put it, "It does not represent our brand of evil."

This odd counterpart to the more common PoliticallyIncorrectVillain sees no problem with [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking killing, plundering, double-crossing and handing in their library books too late]]... but they're very concerned with it all being done in an enlightened, progressive manner, without falling prey to racism, sexism or other despicable attitudes. They will insist on EqualOpportunityEvil, and sternly rebuke any of their fellow villains who fail to do the same.

* The dub's version of [[BigBad ADAM]] in ''Anime/Sk8TheInfinity'' [[ZigZaggedTrope Zig-Zags]] this trope during one scene in which he greets a crowd with "HEY, BITCHES, BROS AND NONBINARY HOES!" which is a crasser version of the greeting "guys, gals and nonbinary pals". Kudos to him for acknowledging the existence of nonbinary people, not so much for calling women 'bitches'.

* [[GeneralRipper Kurtz]] from ''Literature/{{Dreamcatcher}}'', upon learning that one of his soldiers have referred to TheGrays as "space niggers," shoots the soldier in the leg and then gives him a passionate lecture -- while the soldier is writhing in agony on the ground -- about how while they are certainly going to [[GuiltFreeExterminationWar exterminate the aliens]], they are going to do so in accordance with the army's established standards of racial sensitivity.

* In the tv adaptation of ''[[Series/AmericanGods American Gods]]'', Technical Boy has the protagonist, Shadow Moon, beaten and nearly hanged by his henchmen. The other New Gods, Media and Mr. World are furious with him and make him apologize...because a supernatural being with the appearance of a white man ordering a black man to be beaten and lynched is rife with UnfortunateImplications!

* ''Series/Peacemaker2022'': Parodied. In the first episode the VigilanteMan VillainProtagonist asks a janitor if he's ever heard of him. The janitor has and is angered that he's talking to an unapologetic murderer... who kills a higher percentage of minority criminals than white ones, saying his ratio is suspiscious. Peacemaker is taken aback by the accusation and promises to try harder to find white criminals to kill (rather than just, for example, not extrajudicially murdering people at all). The janitor is satisfied by this.
* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': PlayedForLaughs in a sketch where a mafia boss (host Creator/BillBurr) returns from a two decade prison sentence and is dumbfounded by the family's new inclusive practices, such as objecting to him using politically incorrect terminology and allowing an African-American woman to join their group. They're all still willing to steal and murder, though.
* ''Series/Stargirl2020'': The Injustice Society want to create a New America where everyone embraces their ideals, such as... renewable power, universal healthcare, and an end to racial, gender and sexual-orientation discrimination. The heroes are somewhat conflicted over this. On the other hand, the villains have no compunctions about killing anyone who stand in their way, whether they're children, allies, [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs the children of allies]] or anyone else, and [[spoiler:their master plan has a projected death count of 25 million]]. To be fair, absolutely none of those killings were discrimination-based.

* In the ''VideoGame/HeartsOfIron 4'' mod ''VideoGame/FuhrerreichLegacyOfTheGreatWar'', the stand-ins for UsefulNotes/NaziGermany, the "Valkists", stand for progressive ideals such as rights for women, LGBT people and non-whites. This does not stop them from being totalitarian, revanchist ultranationalists willing to send thousands to their deaths in the name of forcing everyone conquered by them to adapt the superior German culture.

* While Arthur from ''GTA'''s sister series ''[[VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2 Red Dead]]'' is only really a villain if you [[KarmaMeter play him as low honor]], he's still an outlaw with a bounty on his head that's worth over $150,000 in today's dollars. That being said, he is certainly not prejudiced against anyone in stark contrast to the setting of [[DeliberateValuesDissonance 1899]]. He's not sexist and treats all women as equals. He actually says in his journal that the reason that he doesn't like his ex's dad is because he treats her as something to own without viewing her as her own person. He's not racist and of his best friends is half black/half Native American. He and his aforementioned friend help a Native American tribe because the government is stealing their land. He isn't even homophobic. A man kisses him as a distraction while [[ItMakesSenseInContext dressed in drag]] and he just calmly says, "Please don't do that again." He also says in his journal that he knows one of the other guys who's in the gang is hiding some sort of huge secret about himself (heavily implied to be that he's [[AmbiguouslyGay gay]]) but says he doesn't care what the secret is and doesn't treat him badly for it. Likewise, going back to the racism point, he outright hates the Klu Klux Klan, outright stating he'll kill every last one of them if you disrupt a Klan meeting.

* Darth Malgus in ''VideoGame/StarWarsTheOldRepublic''. Despite being a thoroughly evil Sith Lord who relishes violence, war and mayhem and murdered the love of his life to purge himself of the weakness this bond meant to him; he's still appalled by the racism of his [[TheEmpire Sith Empire]] and does his best to kick of a change that produces an Empire with the same philosophy and ideals, but purged of its anti-alien sentiment.

* Tommy from ''WebComic/SandraAndWoo'' is very proud of serving an Aztec God of War who does not discriminate on basis of gender, age, religion or race when it comes to virgin sacrifices. [[http://www.sandraandwoo.com/2015/11/09/0734-under-a-killer-balloon-the-cereal-killer-page-12/ The male virgin he's trying to sacrifice is less than thrilled with this enlightened position.]]

* {{Parodied|Trope}} in ''WesternAnimation/Invincible2021''. [[MadScientist Doc Seismic]], in the middle of a fight with Invincible and Atom Eve, insults the latter for how gender normative her super-hero costume is. When Atom Eve replies that she designed it herself and asks back why he cares about that, Doc Seismic says that, despite his doctorate being in Seismology, he was also an undergraduate degree in Sociology and Women's Studies (with a minor in African Dance). He also mentions that the reason he wants to blow up Mt. Rushmore is that he hates the founding fathers for being racist slaveowners... even though only two of the faces on it were founding fathers, and he outright wants people to bow before and worship him.

* ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'': Harley assumes that Mr. Freeze is just as much of a misogynistic ControlFreak as the rest of the Legion of Doom but she's wrong. Freeze tells her he saved her life by convincing them to freeze her instead because a bunch of heterosexual, cisgender, white males love to get off on humiliating women. King Shark calls him [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative "the most woke ice-themed villain in New New Gotham"]].

* ''Fanfic/GuysBeingDudes'': Not only are all of the Team Rocket representatives we see completely accepting of Arlo being transgender and dating a man, their healthcare plan also covers gender-affirming surgeries and they support name changes.

* Zig-Zagged with Emperor Belos in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''. [[spoiler:He has immense FantasticRacism towards the witches and demons of the Boiling Isles as one would expect for a person from the 1600s, but he seems to be fairly progressive in some areas. He allows women in positions of authority, Kikimora acting as his right-hand and Lilith the Head of his Coven, despite being from a time and place where women were seen more as brood-mares to be brought to heel. The Boiling Isles, for all of its [[WorldOfJerkass troubling normalcies]], [[NonHeteronormativeSociety doesn't seem to have any judicial or cultural biases against queer relationships or gender non-conformity]]. While some of this might be excused as irrelevant considering he was going to kill all of them anyway, he's shown to have [[VillainRespect some level of respect]] for Luz, who is a queer, Afro-Latina girl, three qualities that people of his demographic would look down upon in his time.]]

* While Arthur from ''GTA'''s sister series ''[[VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2 Red Dead]]'' is only really a villain if you [[KarmaMeter play him as low honor]], he's still an outlaw with a bounty on his head that's worth over $150,000 in today's dollar. That being said, he is certainly not prejudiced against anyone in stark contrast to the setting of [[DeliberateValuesDissonance 1899]]. He's not sexist and treats all women as equals. He actually says in his journal that the reason that he doesn't like his ex's dad is because he treats her as something to own without viewing her as her own person. He's not racist and of his best friends is half black/half Native American. He and his aforementioned friend help a Native American tribe because the government is stealing their land. He isn't even homophobic. A man kisses him as a distraction while [[ItMakesSenseInContext dressed in drag]] and he just calmly says, "Please don't do that again." He also says in his journal that he knows one of the other guys who's in the gang is hiding some sort of huge secret about himself (heavily implied to be that he's [[AmbiguouslyGay gay]]) but says he doesn't care what the secret is and doesn't treat him badly for it. Likewise, going back to the racism point, he outright hates the Klu Klux Klan, outright stating he'll kill every last one of them if you disrupt a Klan meeting.

# The writers want to deliver their [[AnAesop Aesop]] more straightforwardly that day -- "Hey, kids! Racism is ''so'' evil that even the CardCarryingVillain who gleefully slaughters innocent people by the dozen ForTheEvulz thinks it's unacceptable! So don't be racist!"

* While Arthur from ''GTA'''s sister series ''[[VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption2 Red Dead]]'' is only really a villain if you [[KarmaMeter play him as low honor]], he's still an outlaw with a bounty on his head that's worth over $150,000 in today's dollar. That being said, he is certainly not prejudiced against anyone in stark contrast to the setting of [[DeliberateValuesDissonance 1899]]. He's not sexist and treats all women as equals. He actually says in his journal that the reason that he doesn't like his ex's dad is because he treats her as something to own without viewing her as her own person. He's not racist and of his best friends is half black/ half Native American. He and his aforementioned friend help a Native American tribe because the government is stealing their land. He isn't even homophobic. A man kisses him as a distraction while [[ItMakesSenseInContext dressed in drag]] and he just calmly says, "Please don't do that again." He also says in his journal that he knows one of the other guys who's in the gang is hiding some sort of huge secret about himself (heavily implied to be that he's [[AmbiguouslyGay gay]]) but says he doesn't care what the secret is and doesn't treat him badly for it. Likewise, going back to the racism point, he outright hates the Klu Klux Klan, outright stating he'll kill every last one of them if you disrupt a Klan meeting.

* An episode of ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' has Johnny and a female secret agent foil a nerdy villain, whose plan was to use a DoomsdayDevice to make everyone in the world look exactly like him. The reason? No one can be more or less attractive than he is. The agent acknowledged how horrible, yet politically correct, it is.