Evil Is Cool / Web Original

• On a more or less literal example, sites like Something Awful and Encyclopedia Dramatica took off on and later propagated the idea that e-baggery is hip and whoever feels empathy for others is not a true nerd.
• Arc villains in Atop the Fourth Wall, assuming they aren't set up to humorous, play this trope straight.
  • Mechakara is badass and outright menacing, nearly killing Linkara in both fights and proving unlike early villains, he's no joke.
  • Lord Vyce's badassery (with Linkara stating fighting him head on was impossible) and baritone earned him a lot of fans even if number of them agree that his story was longer than it needed to be.
• Part of the love Team Four Star gets with their Abridged Series work is that any characters they work are just as awesome as canon incarnations. Special mention goes to Dragon Ball Z Abridged's Freeza, who despite being a lot funnier in their series, is still the Hero Killer he was in canon, and some of the humorous moments done actually make him an Adaptational Badass as it has him laughing off a Bolt of Divine Retribution after daring God to strike him down.
• Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Movie, where Kaiba (the Anti-Hero) says to Yami (The Hero) during their duel "You're pathetic! No one cares about you! I'm the only reason people watch Yu-Gi-Oh!. Me, Seto Kaiba! I have all the cool gadgets, I have all the best outfits, and I have the most powerful monsters. Nobody would be watching this movie right now if it weren't for me. So just this once I deserve to win."
• Take a look at this very wiki. Villains have more tropes and usually longer entries in their works than heroes do. An excellent example is Once Upon a Time, where the Evil Queen and the Dark One each have their own page and are the only ones who do in a show with a large cast.
  • Speaking of this very wiki, there are plenty of villain-related YMMV tropes such as Complete Monster, Draco in Leather Pants, Moral Event Horizon, Magnificent Bastard, this trope, and many more, and those tropes have plenty of attention from the readers and this wiki's editors. What do heroes get instead? Basically nothing except maybe Designated Hero, and even then it's about morally questionable to downright awful characters that are somehow portrayed in the right.
• Kakos Industries takes this concept and very well runs it for its money. In this world, being Evil and in the ranks with the named corporation, promises rare gourmet food, parties, orgies, and robot fights in between the average dose of torment the corporation might feel like dishing out for fun.
• Discussed in BuzzFeed Unsolved from time to time, especially in the True Crime videos. If a criminal is clever or charismatic enough, sometimes Ryan and Shane will admit to liking them. In the episode where they discussed the Gardner Museum Heist, Shane is outright rooting for the thieves from the start, and loves how awesome the heist was.
• Striker from Helluva Boss. Striker is a slick, smooth-talking, tough and intelligent assassin who proves capable of taking on multiple members of I.M.P at the same time. And on top of this, he's voiced by Norman Reedus (in season 1). Naturally, he falls into this.

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