History Main / MinionWithAnFInEvil

* Inferno of ''Webcomic/APTComic''. A henchman of [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Eggman]], and loyal unlike, say, Shadow. But he's not exactly doing anything worse than making pouty faces.

* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'': The Courtyard Droll, and by extension his troll's session counterpart Clubs Deuce. He gets close to [[TheHero John]], who creates for himself an [[InfinityPlusOneSword Infinity Plus One Hammer]], and what does he do? ''[[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} He high-fives John]]''. Being incredibly {{moe}} and something of a ShrinkingViolet doesn't help his case in the slightest.
** [[spoiler:He does try though: after being sent on a mission by John with the uberbunny and WV, he gets the idea to steal the wallet John gave WV. He then escapes and contacts his superior, Jack Noir. Unfortunately for him, that wasn't his mission in the first place, so he gets barked at. He then goes and actually does his mission, which was to kill Jade. Because of Jack Noir's feelings for Jade he inherited from Becquerel, he kills the Droll and sets up Jade's resurrection. Poor Courtyard Droll.]]
** Clubs Deuce as well, as seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLo22lvynNg here]][[labelnote: *]]declared canon by Creator/AndrewHussie[[/labelnote]].

Contrast MoreDespicableMinion, HarmlessVillain, WorthyOpponent, PunchClockVillain, TokenGoodCop, ReluctantMonster, and ObliviouslyEvil. See also BumblingHenchmenDuo, SurroundedByIdiots, TokenGoodTeammate, PokeThePoodle, WhiteSheep, MercifulMinion, GoodAllAlong, PeerPressuredBully, and VileVillainLaughableLackey. Compare and contrast HeroWithAnFInGood and UnderlingWithAnFInPR. Frequently hold back a truly terrifying boss due to ConservationOfCompetence. Often makes up a SmartJerkAndNiceMoron pair with his boss, who heaps abuse on him for his good tendencies.

Contrast MoreDespicableMinion, HarmlessVillain, WorthyOpponent, PunchClockVillain, ReluctantMonster, and ObliviouslyEvil. See also BumblingHenchmenDuo, SurroundedByIdiots, TokenGoodTeammate, PokeThePoodle, WhiteSheep, MercifulMinion, GoodAllAlong, PeerPressuredBully, and VileVillainLaughableLackey. Compare and contrast HeroWithAnFInGood and UnderlingWithAnFInPR. Frequently hold back a truly terrifying boss due to ConservationOfCompetence. Often makes up a SmartJerkAndNiceMoron pair with his boss, who heaps abuse on him for his good tendencies.

* ''Manga/GabrielDropOut'': The demon Vignette is more angelic than most of the actual angels we see, to the point that she has an actual holy aura. She has made attempts to be more demonic, but these amount to "evil" acts like [[PokeThePoodle baggy socks and leaving pens uncapped]]. She just doesn't have it in her to be anything but kind and responsible.

** Numbers 21 and 24, employed by the Monarch, especially fail at evil. If they took an evil test, they would not likely get more than a 10%. They are generally useless in combat, have little strategic ability, and they spend their time bickering over fantasy fistfights instead of actually participating in villainy. Their GenreSavvy ability is beyond compare though, making them in the words of the Monarch, "That special mix of expendable and invulnerable", which is how they survive for so long; they know being evil/loyal is the fastest way to die by Brock's hands.

*** Their own boss The Monarch has his own incompetent moments as well. When discussing his arching plans with Monstroso, he suggests "coating the Venture compound with honey so he's devoured by ants and jiggers" and then "stick him in a bag and beat him with a rake." Monstroso shoots down both plans as being stupid.

* In ''Theatre/NerdyPrudesMustDie'', [[JerkJock Max Jägerman]] torments the unpopular students of Hatchetfield High, but it's also shown that he's a bully and ToxicFriendInfluence to his fellow football players. When Max isn't around, his two cronies Kyle and Jason are shown to be generally pleasant and friendly kids, and a few lines indicate they mostly went along with the bullying out of fear that if they stood up to Max, they'd be next. This is foreshadowed early on when Max is harassing Richie, and sarcastically asks if he should "let him off with a warning" instead of beat him up. Jason enthusiastically says "Yeah!", to Max's annoyance.

* Henchman in ''WesternAnimation/TheCupheadShow!'' is a very friendly NiceGuy despite being a demon and serving as the Devil's NumberTwo who cares about his boss's well-being more than anything. While he does encourage the Devil to do evil, he seems to only do so as his boss seems to think EvilFeelsGood and he wants him to feel good.

* Henchman in ''WesternArnimation/TheCupheadShow!'' is a very friendly NiceGuy despite being a demon and serving as the Devil's NumberTwo who cares about his boss's well-being more than anything. While he does encourage the Devil to do evil, he seems to only do so as his boss seems to think EvilFeelsGood and he wants him to feel good.

* Henchman in ''WesternArnimation/TheCupheadShow'' is a very friendly NiceGuy despite being a demon and serving as the Devil's NumberTwo who cares about his boss's well-being more than anything. While he does encourage the Devil to do evil, he seems to only do so as his boss seems to think EvilFeelsGood and he wants him to feel good.

* In the "Fallen Angel" episode of ''WesternAnimation/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|2003}}'' (2003), there was Angel, a young girl from Casey's neighborhood who he tried to be a BigBrotherMentor to, wanted to join the Purple Dragons because she thought EvilIsCool, despite Casey's attempts to talk her out of it. She changed her mind quickly when his attempts led to him being captured by the Dragons, who obviously intended to kill him as the finale to their violent initiation rites. Fortunately, Casey told her where to get help. (Of course, Angel may never have even qualified as a "minion" in the first place, seeing as she bolted in the middle of what was supposed to be her initiation.)

* Guild henchmen from ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' (except for the Guild Blackout squad sent to assassinate the Venture family under orders from Phantom Limb) In fact, the typical henchman is more along the lines of a PunchClockVillain than a true servant of evil. Guild henchmen are portrayed as ordinary civilians who just chose an atypical line of work, and thus most of them can't really comprehend their boss' schemes. They can and are used as deadly tools of the supervillain's mastery, but are more typically comfortable with engineering or secretarial positions, or just tag along with the supervillain as he or she live their own lives.

%%** Max could also be considered this. It's not that he doesn't ''want'' to be evil, but quite frankly, he's a much better babysitter than he is a villain.

* In ''[[Literature/TheShipWho The Ship Avenged]]'', the [[ScaryBlackMan Kolnari]] are AlwaysChaoticEvil... except for the BigBad's eldest surviving son Karak, who's generally [[TokenHeroicOrc mocked for his lack of sinister cunning and martial ambition]]. Karak comes to Soamosa's cell planning to intimidate and bully her, but he's been ordered not to hit her. With violence off the table, he fails ''completely'' at establishing dominance. He sees Soamosa's [[DefiantCaptive defiance and unwillingness to show fear]] as true fearlessness which wins respect from him. When he points out that she's got ClothingDamage and she completely NoSells the implied threat he sneeringly offers to get her something to replace it and is so floored by her automatic polite response ("That would be kind of you, thank you") that he genuinely decides to find her something. Karak ends up entirely on the back foot and happy to generally do as Soamosa wants, including inoculating her against the SyntheticPlague and outright DefectingForLove. His father watches the entire thing over security cameras and roars with laughter, deciding to let them go - Karak didn't inoculate ''himself'' and is likely to die horribly anyway.

** Another ''Franchise/StarWars'' example was Atour Riten, an Imperial Officer serving on the first Death Star (who is featured prominently in the novel ''Death Star''). He saw the destruction of Alderaan as beyond cruel, and silently swore to devote his life to fighting his employers. He later helped Luke Skywalker and Han Solo rescue Leia by lowering the security systems on her cell block, although he doubted they would succeed (as he told them himself, "Good luck, you'll need it."). He later aided a team of other defectors in escaping the Death Star during the Battle of Yavin. And ultimately, to ensure that they would escape, he forfeited his chance to do so himself, [[HeroicSacrifice dying when the Death Star was destroyed as a result.]]

* ''VideoGame/SonicSuperstars'': Has Trip the Sungazer, who was ForcedIntoEvil by Eggman and Fang. The issue is, she's too clumsy to be helpful to Eggman and Fang, not helped by her shy demeanor and actually being a [[TokenGoodTeammate genuninely nice girl]]- not helped by the fact that she gets no respect from Eggman or Fang. [[spoiler:Is it any wonder that she eventually [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal switched]] [[HeelFaceTurn sides]] when she'd had enough of Fang, aiding Sonic and co. instead? This was also helped by [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe Amy showing her genuine kindness.]]]]

* ''VideoGame/SonicSuperstars'': Has Trip the Sungazer, who was ForcedIntoEvil by Eggman and Fang. The issue is, she's too clumsy to be helpful to Eggman and Fang, not helped by her shy demeanor and actually being a [[TokenGoodTeammate genuninely nice girl]]- not helped by the fact that she gets no respect from Eggman or Fang. [[spoiler:Is it any wonder that she eventually [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal switched]] [[HeelFaceTurn sides]] when she'd had enough of Fang, aiding Sonic and co. instead?]]

* ''VideoGame/SonicSuperstars'': Has Trip the Sungazer, who was ForcedIntoEvil by Eggman and Fang. The issue is, she's too clumsy to be helpful to Eggman and Fang, not helped by her shy demeanor and actually being a [[TokenGoodTeammate genuninely nice girl]]- not helped by the fact that she gets no respect from Eggman or Fang. [[spoiler:Is it any wonder that she eventually [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal switched]] [[HeelFaceTurn sides]] when she'd had enough, aiding Sonic and co. instead?]]