History BewareTheSillyOnes / Film

*** To all appearances, ComicBook/SpiderHam is a goofy comic relief character. When he faces off against the Scorpion, the villain laughs at him. Scorpion then [[CurbStompBattle learned the hard way]] that you really don't want to mess with someone when they operate by ToonPhysics and you don't.

** ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAcrossTheSpiderVerse'': [[Characters/SpiderManSpiderVerseTheSpot The Spot]] starts off as an IneffectualSympatheticVillain who can't even get Miles to respect him, constantly referring him as a "villain of the week". But the film goes on to show just how dangerous he truly is thanks to his skillset, scientific expertise, and single-minded hared Miles. By the time the Spider-People see him again, he's playing circles around them all and when [[spoiler:he draws up more power from a Super-Collider, he becomes one of the biggest threats to the Spider-Verse, with his goal now being to make sure Miles suffers every second of what he went through.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', this applies mainly to Meilin Lee's red-panda form. While Mei is hustling the panda for her classmates [[spoiler:(and earning money toward concert tickets)]], she's far more goofy and energetic than she used to be, so that everyone sees the panda as a RidiculouslyCuteCritter that's also BigFun, approaching FunPersonified at times. None of them realize just how dangerous the panda is until [[spoiler:Tyler provokes Mei once too often while she's in panda form, and she loses her temper and attacks him.]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'' features Clopin Trouillefou, a seemingly harmless CloudCuckooLander and jester on the surface. Meet him again in the Court of Miracles as the leader of the Parisian underworld, where he'll gleefully hang you for trespassing and potentially working for Frollo. While singing and dancing.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'': Bomb Voyage. He's a guy who robs banks dressed like a ''mime''. He's also a DemolitionsExpert who robs banks single-handedly (with [[BadassNormal no discernible powers]], at that) and has absolutely no issue slapping a bomb onto a ''[[WouldHurtAChild 12-year old kid]]'' [[CombatPragmatist just so he can avoid fighting Mr. Incredible.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', Tai Lung's attempt to kill Master Shifu was interrupted by Po. The snow leopard scoffs at the idea that this comical panda could possibly be the Dragon Warrior, only to find out the hard way that he most definitely is!

* ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'': To all appearances, ComicBook/SpiderHam is a goofy comic relief character. When he faces off against the Scorpion, the villain laughs at him. Scorpion then [[CurbStompBattle learned the hard way]] that you really don't want to mess with someone when they operate by ToonPhysics and you don't.
** There's also [[GranolaGirl Dr. Olivia]], [[BigBad Kingpin's]] right-hand woman and chief scientist. She largely seems like a DitzyGenius who isn't at all evil, just [[WellIntentionedExtremist too focused]] on [[ForScience scientific advancement]] to notice the world around her. [[spoiler: Then she [[WhamLine tells Peter B. Parker that her last name is "Octavius"]], reveals herself as this universe's Dr. Octopus, and shows off the CombatTentacles and supervillain suit she was hiding under her lab coat and colorful clothes. She proves to be ''extremely'' dangerous in battle -- the only reason the Spider-Men are able to escape her at the film's end is because a truck hits her -- but never loses her silly, lighthearted edge as she cheerfully attempts to rip her enemies to shreds.]]

* ''[[{{Film/Paddington}} Paddington 2]]'': Phoenix Buchanan is an extremely camp and flamboyant down-and-out actor with a habit of talking to himself... who is also a MasterOfDisguise, a ManOfAThousandVoices, surprisingly skilled at both [[ThePlan planning]] and [[IndyPloy improvisation]], and, thanks to years of stunt and stage combat training, quite physically formidable too.

* ''Film/DungeonsAndDragonsHonorAmongThieves'' features the main party of heroes encountering [[TabletopGame/OutOfTheAbyss Themberchaud]], [[FatBastard a comically obese red dragon]] that's too heavy to fly and almost resembles a pug in just how stubby and goofy he looks, especially in motion. That doesn't change the fact that ''he's a giant, fire-breathing dragon'', [[InvincibleVillain and is just as much of a threat as Godzilla]] if for nothing else than [[{{Kaiju}} his enormous size]].

* ''Film/DungeonsAndDragonsHonorAmongThieves'' features the main party of heroes encountering [[TabletopGame/OutOfTheAbyss Themberchaud]], [[FatBastard a comically obese red dragon]] that's too heavy to fly and almost resembles a pug in just how stubby and goofy he looks, especially in motion. That doesn't change the fact that ''he's a giant, fire-breathing dragon'', [[InvincibleVillain and is just as much of a threat as Godzilla]] if for nothing beyond [[{{Kaiju}} his enormous size]].

* ''[[{{Film/Paddington}} Paddington 2}}]]'': Phoenix Buchanan is an extremely camp and flamboyant down-and-out actor with a habit of talking to himself... who is also a MasterOfDisguise, a ManOfAThousandVoices, surprisingly skilled at both [[ThePlan planning]] and [[IndyPloy improvisation]], and, thanks to years of stunt and stage combat training, quite physically formidable too.

* Denahi from ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear''. When we first meet him, he's the highly immature prankster and comic relief. But after his older brother dies in a HeroicSacrifice, he becomes serious and tries to be more wise, but then his little brother Kenai tries to avenge their older brother's death by killing the bear that attacked them. By the time Denahi finds Kenai, all is left of him is his torn clothes. Overcome with grief and anger over both of his brothers' deaths, he decides to hunt down the bear responsible; unfortunately, the bear in question is actually a transformed Kenai. Throughout the movie, Denahi tracks Kenai down with intent to kill him, becoming an ImplacableMan, and starts undergoing SanitySlippage towards the climax, tragically no longer resembling the light-hearted prankster from the beginning. Even Kenai says he no longer recognizes him. He gets better though.

* Disney's Willie the Giant from ''WesternAnimation/FunAndFancyFree''. In the first scenes of the ''Mickey and the Beanstalk'' segment of the film, Willie is introduced as a terrifying kleptomaniac who seems more storm cloud than giant. In his second entrance, he appears as a goofy shapeshifter with a fondness for [[RealMenWearPink pink bunnies]], and an inability to pronounce the word "pistachio." Oh, and he's also a BigEater who almost [[ImAHumanitarian accidentally eats]] the Disney power trio of WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse, WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck and WesternAnimation/{{Goofy}}. [[TemptingFate But don't confuse his playfulness for dimwittedness]] like Mickey, Donald and Goofy tried to. Count yourself lucky if he keeps you as a literal souvenir in a box, rather than squishing you like an insect. And when Willie gets really riled up, he also wields an iron morning star the size of a two-story house.

** Pumbaa too. Despite being the dumber one of the comic relief duo and really nice guy he's still a Warthog even bigger then the Hyenas and able to easily ram his way through a whole crowd of them and send any ones he missed flying with a back kick. When Banzai calls him a pig he flips out and wipes the floor with the Hyena trio singlehandedly and mostly off screen. Timon and Zazu were there too but considering he's several times their size it's implied Pumbaa did most of the heavy lifting.

* [[BlobMonster Hedorah]] from '''Film/GodzillaVsHedorah''' is a campy monster made of literal trash and sludge with a goofy design, silly theme song, and numerous goofy effects. It's also a giant [[TheWormThatWalks mass]] of poison that visibly skeletonized dozens of people, burned one of Godzilla's hands to the bone, and '''shot out one of his eyes'''.

* ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe'': Vector is a nerdy villain who creates technology like a "piranha gun" and a "squid launcher", and is constantly abused by everything. At the same time, he's competent enough to steal the Pyramids, his fortress is guarded by a MacrossMissileMassacre, and he has no qualms about kidnapping and potentially killing young girls.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing'':