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* ''WesternAnimation/CatwomanHunted'': Characters/{{Catwoman|SelinaKyle}} and Characters/{{Batwoman}} end up facing enemies who aren't part of their usual rogues galleries; [[Characters/WonderWomanCheetah Cheetah]] (''ComicBook/WonderWoman''), Tobias Whale (''ComicBook/BlackLightning'' and ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}''), Nosferata (''ComicBook/{{Superboy}}''), [[Characters/TeenTitansCheshire Cheshire]] (''ComicBook/TeenTitans''), Boss Moxie Mannheim (''ComicBook/{{Superman}}''), Dr. Tzin (''ComicBook/{{Batman}}''), La Dama (''ComicBook/BlueBeetle''), [[Characters/BatmanTaliaAlGhul Talia Al-Ghul]] (''ComicBook/{{Batman}}''), and Oyabun Noguri (''ComicBook/{{The Outsiders|DCComics}}'' and given the codename "Mr. Yakuza" here). Black Mask is the only villain who is well known for facing against Catwoman, and ironically this movie seems to be their first meeting.
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* Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse:
** ''Film/{{Birds of Prey|2020}}'' pits Characters/{{Harley Quinn|TheCharacter}} as lead hero against Black Mask and Mr. Zsasz, who are both Gotham villains in the comics, but have rarely had much to do with her. (Both of them usually fight Batman, apart from the periods when Black Mask has been used as Catwoman's ArchEnemy in her solo title.) Of course, Harley herself is/was a Batman rogue, so this is a rather downplayed example.
** ''Film/TheSuicideSquad'' has the titular team go up against Starro the Conqueror, who usually acts as a foe to major heroes like the Justice League, rather than a smaller team like this one.
** The main villain of ''Film/{{Black Adam|2022}}'' is Sabbac, usually an enemy of [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Captain Marvel Jr. and the Marvel Family]] in the comics. In fact, the comics had previously portrayed Sabbac and Black Adam as ''allies'' rather than enemies.
*** According to various leaked information, some of it confirmed by Creator/ZacharyLevi, Creator/DwayneJohnson was pushing for this to happen to Black Adam himself. He convinced Warner Bros. to split the character off from ''Film/Shazam2019'' into its own movie, then veto cameos of two characters in each other's films and stopped members of Justice Society of America to appear in a scene in ''Film/ShazamFuryOfTheGods'' where Billy is recruited into the group, while going above board to get cameo of a character he clearly wanted Black Adam to be fighting with - Superman - instead. However, ''Black Adam' being a' BoxOfficeBomb prevented that from happenning.
** ''Film/{{Blue Beetle|2023}}'': Downplayed with Carapax; Carapax, under the identity of "The Indestructible Man", was indeed a foe to the Blue Beetle in the comics, but he specifically fought the Ted Kord iteration. Here, he fights Jaime Reyes, who is usually Kord's successor but is the first Blue Beetle here.

* Viper started off as a ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'' foe and is usually an enemy of ComicBook/NickFury and ComicBook/{{SHIELD}} as well (to the point that she's now known as [[ComicBook/{{HYDRA}} Madame Hydra]]). Despite this, she is one of the antagonists in ''Film/TheWolverine''. Understandable since, despite her connections to Captain America and S.H.I.E.L.D., she has appeared in several notable Wolverine storylines[[note]]This depiction was InNameOnly however[[/note]].

* ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' had the ComicBook/GreenArrow foe Clock King acting as a member of Batman's rogues gallery, setting a precedent for later adaptations. Contrary to popular belief the Puzzler and the Archer are NOT examples as them sharing the same names as 2 minor Golden Age supervillains was purely coincidental.

* ''Series/Peacemaker2022'':
** The show does this by way of CompositeCharacter. One of the core antagonists is Auggie Smith, the titular hero's white supremacist father, who in this continuity is also the armored supervillain White Dragon. In the comics, White Dragon was a ComicBook/SuicideSquad enemy who also clashed with ComicBook/{{Hawkman}} and the ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica.
** It's also established that one of Peacemaker's first public victories was against Kite Man, a D-list Batman villain in the comics.

* ''Series/{{Stargirl 2020}}'':
** The series sees the teenage {{Legacy Character}}s who make up the new ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica battling the Injustice Society of America, the villains who killed the original JSA. In the comics, most of the original Injustice Society members had either retired or died by the time most of the JSA legacies debuted in ''ComicBook/InfinityInc'', and it was their own children who instead did battle with the young heroes. The most notable example is probably Icicle, the first season's BigBad, who, in the comics, died back in ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'', well before Stargirl was even created.
** In a more specific example, the Gambler is said to have been the arch-nemesis of the original Doctor Mid-Nite. In the comics, the Gambler was actually created as an enemy of Alan Scott, the original ComicBook/GreenLantern.
** The second season continues this trend by featuring Eclipso, ArchEnemy of ComicBook/TheSpectre, as an overarching antagonist for the JSA heroes.

* ''Series/Titans2018'':
** The first episode has the Acolyte, who was the BigBad to ComicBook/YoungJustice, the team that was the SpiritualSuccessor to the Titans in the comics. ComicBook/{{The Outsiders|DCComics}} villains the Nuclear Family also face the Titans throughout the first few episodes by being connected to [[ArchnemesisDad Trigon]] and targeting Raven, as Acolyte had tried.
** Season 2 has Mercy Graves, [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]]'s [[BodyguardBabes bodyguard]], as a recurring villainess. In both the comics and ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' ([[CanonImmigrant where she was first introduced]]), she's primarily an enemy of Superman. Justified in that Superboy, the clone containing DNA from Superman and Lex Luthor, is her main target.
** Season 3 features [[Characters/BatmanJasonTodd Red Hood]] as the main villain, and also brings iconic Batman villain [[Characters/BatmanTheScarecrow The Scarecrow]] into the mix, along with ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'' enemy Lady Vic.

* In ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamKnight'', Simon Stagg, nemesis of C-Lister ComicBook/{{Metamorpho}}, shows up as a minor antagonist working with Scarecrow.

* ''VideoGame/SpiderManAndTheXMenInArcadesRevenge'': The boss of the second Spider-Man level (first if you don't count the intro stage) is N'astirh, a relatively obscure X-Men villain from the ''ComicBook/{{Inferno|1988}}'' CrisisCrossover.
* ''VideoGame/SpiderManPS4'':
** The original game features [[Characters/MarvelComicsTaskmaster Taskmaster]] as an enemy and boss fight. Though he has fought Spidey before (most notably the ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider|Man2012}}-Man'' cartoon), Taskmaster debuted in ''ComicBook/TheAvengers'' and more commonly menaces heroes more heavily associated with that team. Here, while the Avengers do exist, they don't appear in this game, leaving Spider-Man to deal with him.
** ''VideoGame/SpiderManMilesMorales'': The game's main villain is Simon Krieger, whose comic book counterpart was a TokenMotivationalNemesis for Iron Man and had no connection to neither Peter Parker nor Miles Morales.

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* ''WebAnimation/DCSuperHeroGirls'' has a lot of this, largely due to many villains being alignment-swapped in this universe and pulling out more obscure DC villains to act as enemies. For instance, the Double Dare Twins are little-known ''ComicBook/{{Nightwing}}'' villains, but are often used in a VillainOfTheWeek role, either against [[Characters/TheOutsidersDCComics Katana]] or the Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}}/Characters/{{Batgirl}}/Characters/{{Supergirl|TheCharacter}} team, while he hasn't shown up at all. Dark Opal ''kind'' of counts, as while he menaces the DCSHG team, mainly Supergirl, here, his backstory {{flashback}} shows that he got there by running away from ComicBook/{{Amethyst|PrincessOfGemworld}}.
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* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' uses Impossible Man, another ComicBook/FantasticFour enemy, as well as Doctor Doom. [[LegionOfDoom The Cabal]], originally created as the EvilCounterpart of ComicBook/TheIlluminati, act as the first main antagonists, founded by Captain America's ArchEnemy [[Characters/MarvelComicsRedSkull Red Skull]] and his other enemy [[Characters/MarvelComicsAIM M.O.D.O.K.]] (whom is more acknowledged here by his later encounters with Iron Man), with Dracula, ComicBook/SubMariner rogue Attuma, and Hyperion (a member of the ComicBook/SquadronSupreme, though his overall depiction is closer to the villainous Squadron Sinister version) also added. Later arcs find ways to add Thanos and the Black Order (though CrisisCrossover events do see Thanos face the team in the comics despite being better known for his encounters with cosmic heroes), a new Cabal featuring [[spoiler: the Leader, Zola, Enchantress, and Loki]], all enemies of [[spoiler:Hulk, Captain America, and Thor, though Loki was the Avengers' original StarterVillain]], and Madame Masque, whom normally faced Iron Man and Hawkeye (Kate Bishop), was used in a season that was heavily centric to ComicBook/BlackPanther, just to name a few, that same season mainly having his enemy [[Characters/BlackPantherEnemies Erik Killmonger]] as the main antagonist.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'' essentially made the ComicBook/BlackPanther villain Klaw into an ComicBook/AntMan foe, as Ant-Man is the one who mangles his hand and later comes up with the strategy to defeat him. This left Black Panther without an ArchEnemy or someone to yell YouKilledMyFather at, so the writers made Man-Ape into his father's murderer instead. Klaw does still participate from the shadows, but its only because T'Chaka's fight with Man-Ape was really a TrialByCombat fight to the death for the throne, where Klaw's sabotage gave Man-Ape the advantage and victory.
* While many of the villains on ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' came from the rogues galleries of other heroes, most of them were depicted as such. Only 2 villains of those villains were portrayed as being regular parts of Batman's rogues gallery: Gorilla Grodd and Gentleman Ghost. [[Characters/TheFlashRoguesGallery Gorilla Grodd]] (a [[ComicBook/TheFlash Flash]] villain) was depicted as being completely obsessed with Batman, regarding him as the only 1 worthy of his intellect and a regular inmate of Arkham Asylum...despite having almost no interaction with Batman in the comics[[note]]The justification for this is that Barry Allen, the Flash that Grodd fought against, was revealed to have been thought dead, and was saved much later into the show[[/note]]. [[Characters/{{Hawkman}} Gentleman Ghost]] was a major enemy of ComicBook/{{Hawkman}} who had three episodes in a Batman-centric show devoted to him before Hawkman was even ''mentioned''. [[OlderThanTheyThink Although for a brief period in the Bronze Age Gentleman Ghost WAS considered a Batman rogue]].
** Occasionally this may also happen from the opposite side and a Batman villain may be an enemy of another hero. This is seen with minor Batman villain Kite-Man, who is depicted as the criminal who ComicBook/PlasticMan worked for prior to him gaining his superpowers, and who kidnaps the hero's family for revenge in one episode.
* ''WesternAnimation/BewareTheBatman'' uses Tobias Whale, who is traditionally an enemy of ComicBook/BlackLightning and Simon Stagg, who is the archenemy of ComicBook/{{Metamorpho}} (who, unlike Black Lightning, ''did'' appear). Characters/{{Deathstroke}} also appears, and while he is pretty much a general DC Universe menace these days and ''has'' fought Batman quite a bit, having some moments as an EvilCounterpart of Batman (this time around, Alfred mentored him too), the character originated as a ComicBook/TeenTitans villain.

* Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse:
** ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' used Clock King and Count Vertigo (the latter depicted as a former friend of [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's Al-Ghul]] to justify his inclusion), who were originally ComicBook/GreenArrow villains in the comics.
** Inverted in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' where Superman briefly takes over vigilante duty in Gotham, posing as Batman. He falls into a trap set by Bane, Mad Hatter, and the Riddler, but escapes the trap with brute force, beating Bane into submission with ease, before using his super speed to apprehend the others, [[OutsideGenreFoe to their absolute shock.]]
** While [[Characters/GreenLanternThaalSinestro Sinestro]] in the comics fought several ComicBook/{{Green Lantern}}s, he was the archenemy and EvilMentor of Hal Jordan. In the DCAU, his debut in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries'' saw him fight Kyle Rayner (and be the one to murder [[DeathByOriginStory Abin Sur]], therefore causing Kyle to get the ring) and ''WesternAnimation/StaticShock'' gave John Stewart Hal's role in Sinestro's expulsion from the GLC.
** Inverted with the Royal Flush Gang as they made their DCAU debut in the future-set ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' and the Gang is explicitly stated to have a history with Batman. However, a different version of the Gang formed by ComicBook/TheJoker chronologically made their debut fighting the WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague, the Gang's traditional enemies.
** ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'':
*** [[Characters/GreenLantern1941 Solomon Grundy]] does not fight against ComicBook/GreenLantern ''or'' Characters/{{Batman|TheCharacter}}, but instead against Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}} and Hawkgirl. Somewhat justified by Grundy occasionally facing Superman in Bronze Age stories.
*** ''Unlimited'' portrayed Devil Ray (the CaptainErsatz of Black Manta) as a foe of Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}} instead of ComicBook/{{Aquaman}}. This was due to rights issues with the failed ''Mercy Reef'' pilot that kept Aquaman himself from appearing in the last season of JLU.
*** Gentleman Ghost and Shadow Thief spend most of their time-fighting ComicBook/GreenLantern instead of Hawkman, although in the latter's case, it is due to the LoveTriangle involving Hawkgirl.
*** Instead of being a foe of the ComicBook/{{Justice Society|OfAmerica}}, Roulette appears as a foe of the League. However, her debut does, however, involve ComicBook/{{Wildcat}} and Characters/BlackCanary, members of the JSA in the comics.
** While he's crossed paths with Batman before and was involved in the origins of [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]], the Floronic Man made his DCAU debut in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAndHarleyQuinn'' whereas the comic character started out as an enemy of ComicBook/TheAtom and is a regular opponent of ComicBook/SwampThing (the latter of whom cameos in the film).
* ''WesternAnimation/{{DC Super Hero Girls|2019}}'' does the same thing as its Web Animation counterpart:
** Giganta is the nemesis of Bumblebee (as both girls are {{Sizeshifter}}s, a reference to ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'' connecting her size-shifting powers to Apache Chief) rather than Wonder Woman.
** [[Characters/BatmanPoisonIvy Poison Ivy]] is ComicBook/GreenLantern ([[LegacyCharacter Jessica Cruz]])'s nemesis and idealogical EvilCounterpart.
** Cavalier, traditionally a minor Batman villain, is ComicBook/GreenArrow's arch-rival here, and also has a grudge against Characters/{{Zatanna}}.

* ''WesternAnimation/GreenLanternTheAnimatedSeries'' uses Byth Rok, who is traditionally a foe of ComicBook/{{Hawkman}}.
* The sole costumed supervillain to show up in the first season of ''WesternAnimation/HitMonkey'' is Lady Bullseye, who is an enemy of [[Characters/MarvelComicsMattMurdock Daredevil]] in the comics.
* ''WesternAnimation/HulkAndTheAgentsOfSMASH'' has put the Hulks up against Annihilus, Blastaar, and Ego, the Living Planet, all longtime ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' headaches, and Doctor Doom above especially. Bonus points for ''ComicBook/XMen'' foe Sauron. However, TheManBehindTheMan villain of the series is the Leader, who ''is'' a Hulk villain.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{The Incredible Hulk|1982}}'', some episodes pit the Hulk against other heroes' enemies.
** Spider-Man foe Doctor Octopus is the villain in "Tomb of the Unknown Hulk".
** "Prisoner of the Monster" features Iron Man adversary Spymaster as the antagonist.
** "Bruce Banner Unmasked" has the Hulk fight the Puppet Master, whose usual adversaries the Fantastic Four get no acknowledgement aside from his step-daughter Alicia Masters having a bust of the Thing among her statues of Marvel characters.
** The forces of Hydra are fought in "Enter: She-Hulk", when the organization is ordinarily an enemy of S.H.I.E.L.D. or Captain America.
* The Mad Thinker and Awesome Android pop up in ''WesternAnimation/IronManArmoredAdventures'' as enemies (and classmates) of Tony and his buddies. In the comics, they're traditionally enemies of the ComicBook/FantasticFour, even in the ComicBook/UltimateMarvel universe (which the show went with, depicting the Mad Thinker as a [[AgeLift teenaged]] [[GenderFlip girl]], instead of an adult man like the original). And then there's [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]] and Characters/{{Ma|rvelComicsMagneto}}gneto, who both show up in Season 2 (Magneto's appearance, in fairness, also features Professor X and Jean Grey, both of whom were from the X-Men).
* The "Armor Wars" two-parter in ''WesternAnimation/IronManTheAnimatedSeries'' sees the title character hunting down various armored characters from across the Marvel Universe, including the Beetle (originally a Human Torch villain and best known for fighting Spider-Man) and Stilt-Man (an enemy of Daredevil).

* ''WesternAnimation/MarvelsSpiderMan'' has two examples:
** The Blizzard used for this series, Randall Macklin, is a one-shot enemy of Iron Man, who does not appear in this episode, and his origin involves Harry and Peter's invention, likely in reference to Blizzard sometimes facing Spider-Man.
** Absorbing Man is normally a foe of the Hulk and Thor, the former having appeared in only the Halloween episode, and the latter only appearing in later seasons.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelSuperHeroes'' had an episode of the ''Sub-Mariner'' segment feature Doctor Doom as its villain. Doom's usual enemies the Fantastic Four couldn't appear because of rights issues (having already been used by Creator/HannaBarbera for ''WesternAnimation/TheFantasticFour1967''), so they were replaced by the original roster of the X-Men, albeit referred to as the Allies for Peace.
* The true villain of the first season of ''WesternAnimation/MODOK2021'' is ultimately revealed to be [[spoiler:Hexus the Living Corporation, who originated in Creator/GrantMorrison's ''Marvel Boy'' limited series]].

* [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]] was featured as a villain in the 1981 ''WesternAnimation/{{Spider|Man1981}}-Man'' series and its related series ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'', neither of which acknowledged his usual enemies the Fantastic Four. Spider-Man considered him his ArchEnemy instead of Doctor Octopus or Green Goblin in those series.
* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManUnlimited'' had Spidey going up against the High Evolutionary, normally a cosmic Marvel villain (though he has ties to the X-Men; he was once a colleague of Spidey's foe Jackal in the comics, but that was about it for pre-existing connections).
* The ''WesternAnimation/SpiderWoman'' episode "Realm of Darkness" had Spider-Woman fight Dormammu, who was traditionally an enemy of ComicBook/DoctorStrange.
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}'' occasionally featured Killer Moth, a villain mostly associated with the Batman franchise and Characters/{{Batgirl}} in particular.

* Taken to the extreme in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ultimate Spider|Man2012}}-Man'', as part of the show's apparent attempt to be as different as possible to the traditional Spider-Man formula. So far, the show has largely avoided classic Spider-Man antagonists, the only ones showing up after more than ''twenty'' episodes being ComicBook/{{Venom}} ([[spoiler:with Harry Osborn as the host instead of Eddie Brock, though the symbiote later goes to Flash Thompson and turn him into Agent Venom as it does in the comics]]), [[Characters/MarvelComicsOttoOctavius Doctor Octopus]], [[Characters/MarvelComicsNormanOsborn Norman Osborn]] (who doesn't become the Green Goblin until the ''season finale'') and Sandman. The other episodes involve either crossover episodes with other heroes involving villains from the guest-star's rogue gallery (Living Laser for ComicBook/IronMan, Loki for [[Characters/MarvelComicsThorOdinson Thor]], Zzzax for [[Characters/MarvelComicsBruceBanner Hulk]], Mesmero and [[Characters/MarvelComicsSabretooth Sabretooth]] for [[Characters/MarvelComicsLogan Wolverine]]) or villains from other Rogues Galleries who are treated like they were Spider-Man's regular villains (Doctor Doom and the Frightful Four, who are Fantastic Four villains, Batroc the Leaper, who is a Captain America villain, [[Characters/MarvelComicsTaskmaster Taskmaster]], who debuted as an Avengers villain, Whirlwind, originally a foe of Ant-Man, the Characters/{{Juggernaut|MarvelComics}} (though justified in that there was one notable comic story where Spider-Man did fight Juggernaut)...) As an added twist, some of Spider-Man's foes are now tied to other heroes, such as Kraven being the one who killed Characters/{{White Tiger|MarvelComics}}'s father, and the Scorpion being from the same mythical city as Characters/IronFist. Even though the show did eventually bring in more Spider-Man rogues and storylines, the aforementioned Taskmaster becomes TheHeavy in the first half of season 3, where he recruits potential new S.H.I.E.L.D. heroes [[spoiler:to spring Green Goblin from prison, leading to Goblin's travels across the Spider-Verse]], and in season 4, ComicBook/{{HYDRA}} and its leader Arnim Zola, both foes of Captain America and S.H.I.E.L.D. (the latter being the mentors to Spider-Man and other heroes) begin to back the Sinister Six, and Crossbones, another foe of Cap and S.H.I.E.L.D., [[spoiler:is selected by HYDRA to replace Dr. Curt Connors as the Lizard when Spider-Man successfully cures Connors for good]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Young Justice|2010}}'':
** The ''majority'' of villains are not associated to any specific hero. Almost all the heroes work for or with the Justice League [[EvilIsOneBigHappyFamily while most of the villains are part of]] [[LegionOfDoom The Light]]. Speaking of The Light, the main council is led by [[Characters/DCComicsVandalSavage Vandal Savage]], whom originally faced [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Alan Scott]] but became an overarching villain to the DC universe as a whole, in this case here as a WellIntentionedExtremist, and has maintained ComicBook/{{Superman}} villain [[Characters/SupermanLexLuthor Lex Luthor]], ComicBook/JusticeLeagueInternational villain Queen Bee, and ComicBook/{{Etrigan}} villain ComicBook/KlarionTheWitchBoy, who is also remembered for his role in the storyline ''Sins of Youth''. Other members of The Light, most of which were rotated out and replaced by other villains, include ComicBook/{{Batman}} villain [[Characters/BatmanRasAlGhul Ra's Al-Ghul]], ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} villains Ocean Master and Black Manta, ComicBook/DoomPatrol villain the Brain, ComicBook/TeenTitans and ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} villain Characters/{{Deathstroke}}, original Superman archenemy and later Justice Society villain Ultra-Humanite, ComicBook/NewGods and Mister Miracle villain Granny Goodness, and [[spoiler:ComicBook/{{The Outsiders|DCComics}} villain Bad Samaritan, here an ambassador of Markovia in the United Nations]]. By the show's present time period, the whole concept of a Rogues Gallery [[ExaggeratedTrope has pretty much vanished]].
** Speaking of Luthor, he never interacts with Characters/{{Superman|TheCharacter}} (though he retains his connection to [[Characters/SupermanConnerKent Superboy]] in being his source of human DNA, a father of sorts). In fact, overall he comes comes off more as an [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Arrow Family]] villain--his first appearance sees him engaged in a XanatosGambit against [[spoiler:clone]] Roy, and he's eventually revealed to be behind [[spoiler:the capture of the original Roy Harper and creation of clone!Roy as a ManchurianAgent]]. After that, [[spoiler:he uses his Secretary-General position to attempt to promote the Justice League and the Outsiders as HeroesWithBadPublicity]].
** Queen Bee was originally the main enemy to Justice League International, even acting as an EvilCounterpart to Maxwell Lord before his FaceHeelTurn, but is positioned against [[ComicBook/TeenTitans Miss Martian and Beast Boy]] because [[spoiler:she murdered Miss Martian's idol and inspiration for her human identity in revenge for impersonating and humiliating her and worming her way out of being blackmailed by her, said idol being Beast Boy's mother and therefore making Queen Bee the reason he is orphaned this time]].
** Klarion here is depicted as a Lord of Chaos on par with Nabu and a ComicBook/DoctorFate foe, killing the Kent Nelson Doctor Fate in an attempt to get his helmet. He did actually have run ins with the original Young Justice team of the comics, but he is shown in a more powerful light this time around, filling the role Bedlam had in Young Justice story "World Without Grown Ups".
** Even taking into account how Ma'alefa'ak, typically the ArchEnemy of Martian Manhunter, was changed from his brother to Miss Martian's brother, he is also mainly seen as an adversary for the ComicBook/NewGods due to his loyalty to [[Characters/NewGodsDarkseid Darkseid]] and his stirring of tensions on New Genesis. [[spoiler:His later loyalty for Lor-Zod, revamped as a time traveler, also makes him become an adversary of the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes.]]
** [[spoiler:General Zod became the StarterVillain of the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes rather than being one of Superman's major enemies, due to only finally being let out of the Phantom Zone in their time and being re-imprisoned by them. His son Lor-Zod, adapting [[AdaptationalVillainy changes]] in ''ComicBook/SupermanFamilyAdventures'' and ''ComicBook/SupermanRebirth'' and being depicted as a time traveler, likewise becomes one when he hopes that killing [[Characters/SupermanConnerKent Conner Kent]] will [[RetGone erase]] the Legion, and becomes another New Gods adversary through his partnership with Darkseid.]]

* WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker's traditional archnemesis Wally Walrus was placed against WesternAnimation/ChillyWilly in two 1961 cartoons, "Clash and Carry" and "Tricky Trout", 8 years since Wally's last appearance. Wally Walrus also antagonized WesternAnimation/AndyPanda in the 1946 cartoon "Dog Tax Dodgers".

** The Borg are a {{subver|tedTrope}}sion of sorts. After twenty (of which four were two-parters) appearances on ''Voyager'', plus a Borg character joining Voyager's main cast for the last four seasons, one might have expected them to be more associated with that series than with ''TNG'', which only featured them in four episodes (of which two were two-parters) plus ''First Contact''. Despite this, in popular consciousness, the Borg are still considered Picard's nemesis.