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* Apocalypse first appeared in ''XFactor'' as a low-level crime boss (not unlike the Kingpin above, he filled a role in the story originally intended for the Owl) and was a frequent X-Factor villain before graduating to become one of the [[XMen X-Men's]] most powerful foes and being RetConned as Cable's archenemy.
* Deathbird started as a Ms. Marvel villain before becoming a recurring foe of the XMen in general and Professor X's girlfriend (and, it turned out, Deathbird's sister) Lilandra in particular. Like Msytique above, this is a result of ChrisClaremont creating a villain for one book, then moving her to another when the first was canceled.

* Bolivar Trask is most associated with the XMen in mainstream Marvel continuity, but in the UltimateUniverse he became integrated into Ultimate Spider-Man's mythos, eventually becoming the BigBad of the video game adaptation..
** Similarly, Omega Red is introduced as an Ultimate Spider-Man villain despite traditionally being an X-Men foe.

** Similarly, [[DirtyCommunists OmegaRed]] is introduced as an Ultimate Spider-Man villain despite traditionally being an X-Men foe.

* Bolivar Trask is most associated with the XMen in mainstream Marvel continuity, but in the UltimateUniverse he became integrated into Ultimate Spider-Man's mythos, eventually becoming the BigBad of the video game adaptation.
* The Absorbing Man, who was able to [[MegaManning mimic and absorb the physical properties of anything he touched]], started out as a recurring enemy of TheMightyThor and remains a charter member of Thor's RoguesGallery. However, he's also tangled with the IncredibleHulk enough times that, as with the Rhino (see above), it's arguably shared custody.

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* Mister Hyde, a villain based on the [[TheStrangeCaseOfDoctorJekyllAndMrHyde story of the same name]], started out as a [[TheMightyThor Thor]] villain but would later move on to become a {{Daredevil}} regular, although he also took the time to mess with {{Spider-Man}}, {{Captain America}}, Comicbook/GhostRider, and [[Comicbook/IncredibleHulk the Hulk]], finally settling in to become a regular foe of the latter two.

* Moses Magnum started out fighting Spider-Man and ThePunisher, but seems to have eventually settled on antagonizing BlackPanther.

* Deathstroke the Terminator started out as his own character in the DC Universe, a complex mercenary who skirted the line between [[AntiVillain antivillain]] and villain (and sometimes accidentally veering into [[AntiHero antihero]] territory). Then he spent a few years as a ComicBook/TeenTitans rogue, [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor turned back towards antiheroism again]], and was (after IdentityCrisis) a sort of generic DCUniverse villain, being as much of a dick to as many superheroes as he could manage.

* ''TeenTitans'' transferred a few general DC villains into their own gallery, including [[HarmlessVillain Dr Light]] and [[BigBad Slade]].

* Darla was introduced in ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' as a DarkActionGirl Female Vampire Antagonist for Buffy, though was killed off soon after her debut. However, she was revived as a much more potent and ongoing adversary for {{Angel}} in his eponymous spinoff, including the creation of a centuries-long backstory the two were revealed to share together.

** He's also fairly strongly associated with the LegionOfSuperheroes, thanks to the classic storyline "The Great Darkness Saga".

* Superboy-Prime first appeared as a hero in the {{Superman}} team-up series ''DC Comics Presents''. His FaceHeelTurn occurred in a CrisisCrossover called ''InfiniteCrisis'', which put him up against many heroes of TheDCU. He later faced GreenLantern as an ally of the Sinestro Corps. After that, he fought TheLegionOfSuperheroes during ''FinalCrisis''. Most recently, he got to be the VillainProtagonist of his own EvilVersusEvil story during ''BlackestNight''.

* Big Bad Pete originally appeared in WaltDisney's ''AliceComedies'' before becoming an enemy of OswaldTheLuckyRabbit and eventually Mickey Mouse. In the later years of Disney shorts, Pete mainly menaced [[DonaldDuck Donald]], though mainly as a [[JerkAss bullying jerkass]] than a straight up villain. To modern audiences he's probably best known for his role as Goofy's PoisonousFriend on ''GoofTroop''. ** And speaking of Disney comic book villains: [[MadScientist Emil Eagle]] originally was made up to give Gyro Gearloose a criminal rival, but he later became a recurring character in Mickey Mouse comics by Paul Murry et al., mostly to explain how people like [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Idget the Midget and Dangerous Dan McBoo]] or [[PsychoForHire Pete]] could have sophisticated plans or super-science equipment.

* Big Bad Pete originally appeared in WaltDisney's ''AliceComedies'' before becoming an enemy of OswaldTheLuckyRabbit and eventually Mickey Mouse. To modern audiences he's probably best known for his role as Goofy's PoisonousFriend on ''GoofTroop''.
** And speaking of Disney comic book villains: [[MadScientist Emil Eagle]] originally was made up to give Gyro Gearloose a criminal rival, but he later became a recurring character in Mickey Mouse comics by Paul Murry et al., mostly to explain how people like [[ThoseTwoBadGuys Idget the Midget and Dangerous Dan McBoo]] or [[PsychoForHire Pete]] could have sophisticated plans or super-science equipment.

* Solomon Grundy was originally specifically an enemy of the (GoldenAge) GreenLantern. However, since the Green Lantern titles now tend to focus on more interstellar action, Solomon now fits more into {{Batman}}'s RoguesGallery.

* Big Bad Pete originally appeared in WaltDisney's ''Alice Comedies'' before becoming an enemy of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit and eventually Mickey Mouse. To modern audiences he's probably best known for his role as Goofy's PoisonousFriend on ''GoofTroop''.

** Other Spidey villains have been known to torment Daredevil from time to time.

* Minor-league IronMan villains [[AnIcePerson Blizzard]] and [[PlayingWithFire Firebrand]] started out fighting Shellhead, but eventually transitioned to fighting street-level heroes like {{Spider-Man}} after Tony Stark's equipment began to completely outclass theirs.

* In the ''GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse'', Doctor XXS was originally created to be an ongoing antagonist for the titular Global Guardians team. But then, after the GameMaster for the [[SuperheroSchool Hyperion Academy]] campaign got ahold of her, she tended to never appear in any other campaign so as to "not ruin her amazing portrayal in that campaign".

** Another example from early ''Starman'' is how The Mist originally fought the Wesley Dodds incarnation of Sandman, before moving to Opal City and fighting Starman. This fact is used as a plot-point in the 1990s series.
*** This is an In-Universe idea only; in the GoldenAge comics, the Mist was always Starman's foe.

* Mephisto works well as a recent, deliberate change example: He was originally introduced in the ''SilverSurfer'' series, but has spent stints as an adversary of both TheMightyThor and Comicbook/GhostRider.

While any SharedUniverse may depict a hero fighting another's antagonist, usually they remain identified with the original. For instance, Superman may occasionally fight the Joker, but no one would claim the latter is anything but a Batman villain. This trope refers specifically to characters that have reached the narrative point where the villain is now more identified in the popular consciousness as being an adversary to a character he did not originally fight.

Often occurs when an obscure character is used in a recent popular work or adaptation. In many cases, it also happens when the villain is better suited to another hero either thematically or with regard to powers. Can also be the result of a writer creating a villain while writing for one character, then moving on to another project and taking all of their toys with them.

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* In the very early days of the {{Marvel Universe}}, the Human Torch had his own rogues gallery as a solo hero. Two of his mainstays, the Wizard and the Trapster, would later become enemies of the {{Fantastic Four}} as a whole, with the Wizard becoming an {{Evil Counterpart}} to Reed Richards and even forming his own {{Evil Counterpart}} team in the Frightful Four, of which the Trapster was a charter member. The Trapster and the Beetle, another long-standing enemy of the Torch, would also become recurring enemies of {{Spider-Man}}. The Eel also originally debuted as a foe of the Human Torch before becoming a semi-regular {{Daredevil}} villain.

* Deathbird started as a Ms. Marvel villain before becoming a recurring foe of the XMen in general and Professor X's girlfriend (and, it turned out, Deathbird's sister) Lilandra in particular. Like Msytique above, this is a result of ChrisClaremont creating a villain for one book, then moving her to another when the first was cancelled.