History LightIsNotGood / WesternAnimation

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': [[Characters/AmphibiaTheCore The Core]]'s mind palace looks like a bright, beautiful library, and the newts it's previously assimilated including Aldrich manifest as translucent, glowing golden figures in this place. They're all still very much aspects and agents of an utterly evil and malevolent monster that cares about nothing above its own power.

** [[Characters/GravityFallsBillCipher Bill Cipher]], a sadistic demon with megalomaniac tendencies, is usually accompanied by a bright glow, being based on the Eye of Providence.

* In Season 3 of ''WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince'', the Sunfire elves use a beam of light to purge Dark Magic from their prisoners. The prisoners are directed to stare into the light, which almost blinds the already deaf [[HandicappedBadass Amaya]] and causes [[spoiler: Aaravos' bug familiar to crawl out of Viren and bite the Sunfire priest, corrupting the sunforge and allowing Aaravos to possess him.]]

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* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': [[TheEmpire The Fire Nation]] has this secondary to KillItWithFire. ThePowerOfTheSun? Check. LawfulEvil tendencies? Check. The best Firebenders use of [[ShockAndAwe Lightning Bolts]]? Check. Subverted with the [[LightIsGood the good Firebenders]].

*** Ultimately, while [[NatureSpirit Raava]] herself is [[LightIsGood good]], the fact that people like Unalaq can use her essence willy-nilly showcases that light is neutral in this setting.

* The Overworlders from ''WesternAnimation/{{Chaotic}}'' count for this. Although being contrasted with the [[DarkIsNotEvil evil-looking Underworlders]] no side is given to be more or less evil then the other.

* [[Characters/TheOwlHouseEmperorBelos Emperor Belos]] and his forces from ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse,'' are a clad in white, Emperor Belos himself has a [[GoldAndWhiteAreDivine divine look]] in him and claims to speak for the Titan [[GiantCorpseWorld that makes up the boiling isles]], But has much more hidden motives than he lets on and his rule is nothing more than a dictatorship.
* Little Suzy, the usually pretty blonde little girl often spouting cute nonsensical words and adorable in almost everyone's eyes on ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' ...is actually a monster. She makes Candace's life a living hell whenever she's around to the point of Candace becoming frightened of her. This also applies to Buford. "Justified" in one episode where she tells Candace that it's just how she acts in order to control her older brother... which doesn't make it any better.
* In an episode of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'', an illustrious hero named Major Man comes to town and always manages to somehow beat [[BadassAdorable our big-eyed, cute crime-fighting heroines]] to the scene of the crime. Too bad he's actually setting up the crimes beforehand so he can rescue people and be the hero.

* Daemon, the most powerful villain and second BigBad in ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'', is brightly colored, speaks with a soft French accent, and is generally styled after UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc. She also wants to unite the entire Net under her order [[spoiler:and then destroy it, to create perfect order in oblivion]]. The methods of her followers are an obvious reference to religious fanatacism, complete with digital gospel singers and all.
* Jiminy Lummox, Stimpy's conscience in ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow''. A Jiminy Cricket {{expy}} who appears in a burst of light and goody-goody sounding music, offering platitudes with a twisted attempt at a warm facial expression and demeanor. He's really a dense, dangerous, domineering jerkwad who himself abuses Ren against his ''own'' conscience when he sees Ren pick on Stimpy (even when Stimpy deserves it, like using Ren's teeth to descale fish), and leaves Ren entirely alone otherwise despite having been lent to him to be his temporary conscience (since Ren ordinarily has none).
* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''

* In a segment of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' "Treehouse of Horror VI", Homer gets trapped in a 3D dimension. When Reverend Lovejoy asks if he sees a light Homer says yes and the Reverend instructs him to "Head into the light my son." Cue the sound of electricity and Homer screaming in pain.

* In ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'', the Exorcists are a class of angel that routinely perform genocide in {{Hell}} to prevent an OverpopulationCrisis and maintain the BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil. It's shown that they're {{Tautological Templar}}s who believe that every single sinner deserves death [[EasyRoadToHell even for minor crimes]], even OriginalMan Adam who was [[StrawHypocrite once a human sinner himself]] and didn't get much better after ascending. Their leaders, the [[CelestialParagonsAndArchangels seraphim]], aren't much better as they're {{Control Freak}}s who [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill despise the very concept of free will]].

* ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty'' once met a small nebulous being that looks like a gas cloud surrounded by cell nuclei. Rick warns Morty not to free him from the prison that they find him in, but of course Morty doesn't listen because it seems like Rick is just being his usual selfish self. Just before entering the portal to his own dimension, the nebulous being gratefully tells Morty that he and his kind are coming to eradicate all organic life in the universe which they see as a disease, almost seeming to think that Morty would look forward to this as much as he does. Then Morty kills the being with a laser gun while crying.

* [[CrapsaccharineWorld Endless Island]] in ''WesternAnimation/TwelveForever'' is cast in intense, [[EndlessDaytime endless]] [[DaylightHorror daylight]] but [[spoiler:it drives people insane, partly because there is no night to measure the time with.]]

** Mike [[MeaningfulName Morningstar]] from ''WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce''. [[BishieSparkle Sparkly, golden, glittery]] light powers. But to fuel these powers... he sucks [[LifeEnergy life-force]] from girls, turning them into his private zombie army. Yes, [[Literature/{{Twilight}} that does sound familiar]]. This becomes DarkIsEvil when he turns into the hideous Darkstar, though in one episode he manages to return to his old sparkling self by draining the life from his enemies, though it doesn't stick.

** Amon from ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra''. He wears a white mask with gold patterns and a sun symbol, has a KnightTemplar goal, and uses [[spoiler:a special brand of bloodbending to mimic the Avatar's energybending, making him a false prophet]].

** Bill Cipher, a sadistic demon with megalomaniac tendencies, is usually accompanied by a bright glow, being based on the Eye of Providence.

** While the show has lots of LightIsGood, there are some hints that light powers ≠ goodness. It is implied briefly that the stars helped free [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Nightmare]] [[{{Lunacy}} Moon]], and considering how actual star-made beings exist in the forms of [[BearsAreBadNews Ursa Minor and Major]], it isn't a stretch to think at least some are actual entities. [[GodOfEvil Discord]] also seems to like to teleport by using bright white flashes.
** The main villain of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls'' is Sunset Shimmer, who is bright yellow/red and has a sun for a cutie mark, and has a [[HeavenlyBlue teal aura]]. [[spoiler:Even her demon form is brightly coloured and uses light/fire balls. Subverted as of her HeelFaceTurn]] in ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks''.

* [[TheEmperor Emperor Belos]] and his forces from ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse,'' are a clad in white, Emperor Belos himself has a [[GoldAndWhiteAreDivine divine look]] in him and claims to speak for the Titan [[GiantCorpseWorld that makes up the boiling isles]], But has much more hidden motives than he lets on and his rule is nothing more than a dictatorship.

** [[GeneralRipper Yellow Diamond]] is named after a gemstone associated with sunlight in gemstone mythology and is represented by the color yellow. Doesn't stop her from being a callous GalacticConqueror who wants nothing more than the destruction of Earth and everyone on it [[spoiler: in order to avenge [[TheLostLenore Pink Diamond]]]].
** Blue Diamond has been repeatedly been compared to having a saint-like appearance along with Garnet's portrayal of her as calm and light spoken but is just horrible as Yellow Diamond by trying to murder the Pre-Crystal Gem Ruby for altering Sapphire's vision of Homeworld winning the war and fusing with Sapphire by accident. This is made worse by the fact Ruby wasn't aware of Sapphire's vision and was performing her duty of protecting Sapphire per her duties as her guard. However, episodes showing her in the present day portray her in a better [[AccidentalPun light]]. She "saves" Greg from the Cluster and even keeps the Rose Quartzes and the earth-born Quartzes alive (even if the former are bubbled) in Pink Diamond's memory. When she engages the Crystal Gems in battle she uses [[LightEmUp blue devil light attacks]]. [[spoiler:This trope is finally subverted in "Change Your Mind", in which she's the first of the remaining Diamonds to make a HeelFaceTurn, and openly admits that what she's done to her own subjects was wrong.]]
** [[GreaterScopeVillain White Diamond]] is finally introduced in "Legs From Here to Homeworld", and her body glows so brightly one can't even make out her gem... but even from her brief introduction, there's something deeply off about her. [[spoiler: She's basically Yellow, Blue, and Pink's condescending abusive mother who enforces Homeworld's HiveCasteSystem and strict rules against mixed Fusions, and the climax of the Season 5 finale "Change Your Mind" is about confronting her.]]

* In ''WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall,'' [[BigBad the Beast]] gets a lot of DarkIsEvil traits, but he also has eerie, glowing eyes and is absolutely obsessed with keeping his "Dark Lantern" lit. [[spoiler:The Lantern is his SoulJar, and if its flame goes out, he dies]].

* Franchise/{{Superman}} villain Luminus from the Franchise/{{DCAU}}. The Justice Lords may also qualify.