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- 13 Reasons Why: Bryce Walker
(expresses genuine regret for his crimes in season 3, and is also disgusted with Monty for raping Tyler with a mop handle) - 24:
- Gary Matheson (just a domestic abuser who has only a few murders to his name and then tried to kill Kim)
- Ramon Salazar (only commits a few murders in comparison to the other antagonists who have attempted mass murder on a far larger scale)
- Navi Araz (only tried to kill his own wife and his abused son while just simply assisting Habib Marwan with his crimes and nothing more)
- Gary Matheson
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Taryan (is outdone by his son who is much more involved in the slavery operations)
- Alice in Borderland: Suguru Niragi (expresses genuine gratitude towards Tatto's Heroic Sacrifice)
- All My Children: Michael Cambias (doesn't pass the baseline)
- American Horror Story
- Asylum: Leigh Emerson (fails to stack up against Bloody Face in spite of similar resources as well as his backstory of getting sexually assaulted giving him a Freudian Excuse)
- Freak Show: Stanley (doesn't actually do much outside of daydreaming about murdering people)
- Angel:
- Marcus (his worst crimes are Offstage Villainy)
- Ryan Anderson (only commits a couple of murders, which is nowhere near heinous enough by the standards of the Buffyverse)
- Marcus
- The Angel's Game series: The Collector (loves his girlfriend)
- Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Peter Kirlian III (Alas, Poor Villain)
- Arrow:
- Daniel Brickwell (not bad enough for his tier and heinous standard)
- Konstantin Kovar (out-heinoused hard for a high-resource villain, with his single Mind Rape not being special enough on its own)
- Onyx Adams (entry was partially inaccurate, and she is fairly standard for a Villain of the Week in the show)
- Daniel Brickwell
- Banshee:
- Damien Sanchez (the pattern for his rapes is only vaguely implied, and he fails the heinous standard compared to the Albino)
- Calvin Bunker (is genuinely upset at being forced to kill one of his own men)
- Damien Sanchez
- Battlestar Galactica (2003): Admiral Helena Cain (her Freudian Excuse is legit, and in her final appearance she decides not to carry through on her planned assasination of Adama)
- Bellisarioverse:
- Hawaii Five-0: Ray Beckett (entry overstates his crimes; especially not bad enough compared to other franchise villains)
- NCIS: Rico and his partner (outheinoused by other villains with larger-scale plans)
- Hawaii Five-0: Ray Beckett
- Bitten:
- Roman Navikev (had remorse for killing his daughter despite refusing to take responsibility for it)
- Malcolm Danvers (last word is literally telling Elena to "run" to escape Aleister)
- Roman Navikev
- Black Mirror: Matthew Trent (fails the heinous standard and his fate is played for sympathy)
- Beverly Hills, 90210: Douglas Atherton (not heinous enough)
- Blue Bloods: The Phantom/Donald Washington and Uri Denko (neither are bad enough, both in general and by the standards of the series)
- Blue Heelers: Vincent Platt, Ashley Barker and Luke Knight (none of them pass the baseline, especially for the genre; probably fail the heinous standard of the series)
- Breaking Bad:
- The Cousins (cared about each other)
- Jack Welker (cared about his nephew Todd)
- The Cousins
- Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
- Lilith/Madame Satan (falls in love with the human Adam and later pulls a Heel–Face Turn in part 2)
- Satan (grows to genuinely care about Sabrina Morningstar in part 4)
- Lilith/Madame Satan
- Chouseishin Gransazer: Karin Saeki (not particularly heinous by the standards of the show and has genuine feelings for Akira)
- The Closer: Roger Stimple and Judd Whaley (neither pass the high heinous standard of the series)
- Criminal Minds:
- Billy "Prince of Darkness" Flynn (has a Pet the Dog moment and a sympathetic Freudian Excuse)
- Frank Breitkopf (monstrous Serial Killer who both has an triple-digit bodycount and brutally dissects his victims, but is indicated to be too unstable to have agency)
- Karl "The Fox" Arnold; (outclassed by Billy "Prince of Darkness" Flynn note , who not only also targets entire families, but kills and rapes over 200 people)
- Floyd Feylinn Ferrell, Clark Preston, J.B. Allen, and John Curtis (all of them fail the series' massive heinous standard, as their body counts do not reach double digits compared to other UnSubs, nor do they stand out compared to the actual CMs who either have a body count ranging from the 20s to the triple digits, did something so viscerally horrible and unique to make up for low victim counts, or even both)
- Eduardo Ramos (his crimes are entirely offscreen)
- Billy "Prince of Darkness" Flynn
- CSI-verse:
- CSI: Jenny Carroll (fails the massive heinous standard compared to many other killers in the series)
- CSI: NY: Colin Clark (may have the biggest number of rapes, but not significantly worse than the series's murderers and pedophiles)
- Cold Case:
- Rayanne Leland (only behind the deaths of 2 people, which isn't heinous enough by the standards of the show)
- Daniel Patterson (doesn't pass the baseline)
- Roger Mulvaney (standard Domestic Abuser who is only slightly nastier than average)
- Jim Larkin (doesn't have a clear victim count beyond the two seen onscreen)
- Rayanne Leland
- Without a Trace:
- Emil Dornvald (doesn't pass the baseline with only 1 kill and threatening a few people)
- Isaac Garang (a pattern for his crimes is not properly established)
- Emil Dornvald
- CSI: Jenny Carroll
- Dexter: Alex Timmons (fails the standard compared to the numerous other killers in the series)
- Designated Survivor: Patrick Lloyd (is shown in season 2 to believe in his ideals and be motivated by his father's wrongful imprisonment leading to his death; he also sent his estranged son money)
- Elementary: Jamie Moriarty (cares for her daughter)
- ER: Steve Curtis (fails the massive heinous standard of the show and allows Sam to save Luca)
- Fear the Walking Dead: Theodore "Teddy" Maddox (regretted killing his mother)
- The Good Wife: Duke Roscoe (fails the baseline heinous standard)
- Gotham:
- Theo Galavan (not sufficiently heinous compared to other villains like Jerome who has fewer resources)
- Eduardo Flamingo (doesn't stand out on his tier even with the few resources he has)
- Theo Galavan
- The Haunting Hour: Lilly D. (several of the other antagonists have far higher bodycounts than her)
- Home and Away: Johnny Cooper (doesn't pass the baseline)
- Horatio Hornblower: Jack Simpson (not bad enough, especially compared to Moncoutant)
- I, Claudius: Caligula (loves his sister and is genuinely insane)
- iZombie: Blaine McDonough (has remorse for his crimes in season 2 and loves his family and girlfriend)
- Justified: Fletcher "The Icepick" Nix (only commits a couple of brutal murders, in comparison to other antgonists who do far worse)
- Kamen Rider:
- Ryuki: Masashi Sudoh/Kamen Rider Scissors (not heinous enough)
- Double: Shinkuro Isaka/Weather Dopant (is indicated to care for Saeko)
- OOO: Kazari/the Feline Greeed (every one of his crimes is replicated and surpassed by other villains, and he frequently gets subjected to Eviler than Thou moments by said villains)
- Gaim: Ryoma Sengoku/Kamen Rider Duke (shown to care for Takatora in the sequel movie)
- Ex-Aid:
- Kuroto Dan/Kamen Rider Genm (loved his mother)
- Masamune Dan/Kamen Rider Cronus (loved his wife)
- Kuroto Dan/Kamen Rider Genm
- Ryuki: Masashi Sudoh/Kamen Rider Scissors
- Kingdom (2019): Queen Consort Cho (Freudian Excuse regarding her father)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit:
- Joseph Serumaga (his worst crimes are Offstage Villainy)
- Bill Harris (not heinous enough for the series)
- Matthew Linwood Brodus (shows genuine affection for his mother)
- Joseph Serumaga
- Legends of Tomorrow: Vandal Savage (befriends Ray Palmer in a cameo that is entirely Played for Laughs in season 4)
- Legion (2017): Amahl Farouk (develops care for David in season 3)
- Lie to Me: Paul Russel (fails the heinous standard compared to the listed villains)
- Locke & Key (2020): The demon possessing Dodge (teams up with the heroes to save the world from Gideon in season 3)
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E.: Randolph (doesn't pass the baseline and likely fails the standard of the show)
- Marco Polo: Jia Sidao (visibly cries when the concubine who betrayed him commits suicide out of shame. He even says "I loved you" to her beforehand)
- María la del barrio: Soraya Montenegro (shows regret a few times)
- Miami Vice: Elio Escobar (the writeup inaccurately assigned a few crimes to him and he wasn't heinous enough with what he had compared to the other villains)
- Mr. Robot:
- Only Murders in the Building: Jan Bellows (genuinely affable and proven to legitimately care about ex-boyfriend Charles-Haden Savage)
- The Originals: Monique Deveraux (not bad enough for the setting even with her attempt at killing a baby)
- The Orville: Kaylon Primary (realizes his Absolute Xenophobe beliefs are wrong and agrees to peace with the Union)
- Oz: Claire Howell (indicated to care about her unseen brother)
- Power Rangers:
- Lost Galaxy: Deviot (not heinous enough)
- Samurai: Master Xandred (fails the heinous standard compared to Serrator)
- Lost Galaxy: Deviot
- Pretty Little Liars: Lyndon James (only commits a couple of murders, which fails the baseline and doesn't compare to the other villains who use psychological torture on top of murders)
- Revolution: Will Strausser (honored a deal he made to Mia with no evidence that it was done out of pragmatism)
- Ripper Street: Jedediah Shine (becomes fond of Reid's daughter and spares Reid so as to not leave her an orphan)
- Slasher: Iain Vaughn (showed remorse for killing his girlfriend)
- The Sopranos:
- Livia Soprano (genuinely cares for her grandchildren, there are numerous hints that she's mentally ill, and the only person she ever tries to kill is her mob boss son)
- Richie Aprile (while his personality is venal, he fails the show's high heinous standard)
- Livia Soprano
- Spartacus: Blood and Sand: Tullius (only commits one murder)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation: Lore (Alas, Poor Villain death scene and only became evil due to an error in his programming)
- Stranger Things:
- Dr. Martin Brenner (is shown in Season 4 to care about his test subjects and is horrified when they are all killed, cares about Eleven, and pulls a Heel–Face Turn)
- Vecna/Henry Creel (revealed to be controlled by the Mind Flayer and shows remorse for killing his family)
- Dr. Martin Brenner
- Super Sentai:
- Kousoku Sentai Turboranger: Jarmin (mourned the death of a partner)
- Gosei Sentai Dairanger: Lieutenant Colonel Shadam (not heinous enough)
- Mahou Sentai Magiranger:
- Cyclops (not as heinous as Dagon or N Ma)
- N Ma (not enough motivation; Made of Evil)
- Cyclops
- Kousoku Sentai Turboranger: Jarmin
- Teen Wolf:
- Theo Raeken (pulls a Heel–Face Turn in season 6)
- Jennifer Blake (has a Freudian Excuse in being almost murdered by her leader, is a Well-Intentioned Extremist who tries to stop the Alpha Pack, and is insufficiently heinous compared to other villains)
- Theo Raeken
- Torchwood: Brian Green (he's a Dirty Coward but doesn't do anything other than supporting the Ambassador)
- The Twilight Zone (1959): Pamela Morris (not an explicitly high enough body count compared to the others listed)
- The Umbrella Academy: Harold Jenkins (original effortpost was found to have falsely attributed trying to destroy the world to him)
- W11—Wydział Śledczy: Witold Tarasiuk, Mirosław Pielecki and Sebastian Kubczak (fail the heinous standard of the show)
- Wizards of Waverly Place: Gorog (Played for Laughs and crimes relied on Fridge Horror)
