History Main / VillainsOutShopping

* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' has Cruella de Vil, who likes shopping and visiting old schoolmates (i.e., Anita Radcliffe).

** One scene shows the monsters having a pre-race party and happily dancing.

Generally used to humanize the villain, who, more often than not, is AffablyEvil and/or a PunchClockVillain; as such, do not expect the CompleteMonster to engage in this, except perhaps to subvert it (however, even ''they'' can do this without subverting it, since they can have also harmless interests and know how to blend in).

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* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' has Cruella de Vil, who likes shopping and visiting old schoolmates (i.e., Anita Ra).

* [[WesternAnimation/HeManAndTheMastersOfTheUniverse Skeletor ]][[https://youtu.be/nqhLn76kCv0 saved with MoneySupermarket.com and now he feels... epic!]]
* In this [[https://youtu.be/ls3PBZgtG2o 2020 Super Bowl commercial]], Wal-Mart is visited by a number of aliens from different films and shows. Among them are the Martians from ''Film/MarsAttacks'', who take their shopping order, thank the Wal-Mart employees, and depart without any problem.

--> '''Moriarty:''' "At four PM, I shall return home for a nap and an early dinner... ...At seven, I shall go the gala at Buckingham Palace and blow the place to kingdom come!''

* The video ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pdF1a7Qi9c Jason & Friends]]'', by Ian “Worthikids” Worthington, has [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]] along with a few other notable horror antagonists (including [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]], [[Literature/TheRing Sadako Yamamura]], and [[VideoGame/ClockTower Bobby Barrows]]) casually shopping at a convenience store.

* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'': Has happened a number of times, most notably in "Saks and Violence" (in which Jadis and co. run into [[HotScientist Dr Venus]] at a clothing boutique, who decided that it was an ideal chance grab the lot of them for her experiments) and "The Book of Darwin, Part 2" (where [[WellIntentionedExtremist Dr. Diabolik]] was in Darwin looking for Christmas gifts for Jadis and Mal when [[OmnicidalManiac Professor Reaper]]'s attack occurred).

* [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1295 SCP-1295]] from the ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'' features [[spoiler:the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]]. Due to a screwup on the part of [[spoiler:War, who mistook the detonation of an atomic bomb as the beginning of Armageddon]] the four old men are stranded on Earth. In the present day, they spend their days patronizing a diner and only manifest dangerous powers if anything or anyone tries to keep them away from it. The four enjoy the diner's food, coffee, and atmosphere while counting down the days [[spoiler:until the world truly ends.]]

* VillainsOutShopping/WebComics

* In the [[https://youtu.be/ls3PBZgtG2o 2020 Super Bowl commercial]], Wal-Mart is visited by a number of aliens from different films and shows. Among them are the Martians from ''Film/MarsAttacks'', who take their order, thank the Wal-Mart employees, and depart without any problem.

** Pretty much the idea for ''WebAnimation/StrongBadEmail''; when he isn't antagonizing Homestar, Strong Bad answers emails from his fans. Heck, Strong Bad in general is pretty much the epitome of this trope, if you still consider him a villain. He's been seen shopping at Bubs's Concession Stand, regularly invites the other characters over to his house, goes fishing and a whole bunch of non-evil, non-villainous things.

* ''WEsternAnimation/ToyStory2'': Implied. After Buzz's RousingSpeech to the other toys, it cuts to Al's apartment, where he's asleep on the sofa, and a bowl of cheese puffs in his arm falls to the floor as his arm goes limp.

* ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'' has Cruella de Vil, who likes shopping and visiting old schoolmates (i.e., Anita Ra.

* ''WesternAnimaton/ScoobyDooAndTheReluctantWerewolf'':

** One scene shows the monsters have ng a pre-race party and happily dancing.

The heroes are on the ropes, the EvilOverlord has been [[SealedEvilInACan awakened from his ancient slumber]] and [[MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours his kung fu is stronger than theirs]]. While the heroes are licking their wounds, they wonder what unspeakable evil he's plotting, and the camera makes a cut to...''(DramaticPause!)''...the villain trying out some jeans and t-shirts at Hot Topic.

** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-100 SCP-100 ("Jamaican Joe's Junkyard Jubilee")]] is a scrapyard and storefront in South Carolina. It is staffed and run by SCP-100-1, a humanoid made out of metallic objects. Outside work hours, SCP-100-1 spends its leisure time like a normal human being, and even treats the property's guardian robots like pets.

** Outside work hours, [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-100 SCP-100]]-1 spends its leisure time like a normal human being, and even treats the property's guardian robots like pets.

For the heroic version, see HeroesGoneFishing.

Similar to a GilliganCut with a villain as the Gilligan, Villains Out Shopping is a humorous cut to the villain doing or enjoying a perfectly mundane hobby unrelated to [[ToThePain torture]] or [[EvilFeelsGood being evil]] in general, sometimes in an [[MundaneMadeAwesome absurdly dramatic or menacing manner]] for extra funny. Occasionally, the hero will join in and go GoKartingWithBowser, and they generally won't attack villains during such activities, if only due to the market being a TruceZone.

** The most famous routine in her stand-up show ''Circle'' features [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader]] vainly attempting to get served with some lunch in the Death Star's canteen. Watch it [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hp69rg6Hdlo here]].

* The first verse of Music/{{Eminem}}'s "3 a.m." is about a drug-addicted serial killer murdering a bunch of civilians and not being able to understand why he is doing it. In the second verse we end up back in his house where he hangs around watching TV, and masturbates so hard to it that he knocks all the candles off his mantelpiece with the force of his ejaculate.