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* Don't be fooled by the occasional act of altruism from the great demon, Prince Beelzebub. (one of the main characters from ''Manga/{{Sandland}}'', a one shot manga by Akira Toriyama.) Sure, he may help out the occasional human, and seem really really nice at times...sure he may be one of the main protagonists, and ultimately helps save the day...but he is seriously evil! Why, he went to bed without brushing his teeth...twice!

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* ''Literature/TheSuperdictionary'':

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* ''Theatre/CyranoDeBergerac'': with a little touch of AristocratsAreEvil / EvilIsPetty: In Act I Scene I, a Marquis explains the reason because the band of young Marquises always get late to the theater:
-->'''A Marquis:''' ''(seeing that the hall is half empty)'' What now! So we make our entrance like a pack of woolen-drapers! \\
Peaceably, without disturbing the folk, or treading on their toes!—Oh, fie! \\
Fie!
* In ''Theatre/{{Ruddigore}}'', protagonist Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd is compelled to commit a daily crime by a family curse. He claims such evil acts as filing a false income tax return, disinheriting his unborn son, and forging his own will. This is not to the liking of the ghosts/portraits of his ancestors, who enforce the curse. His brother Despard (also a bad Baronet of Ruddigore) is written into John Myers Myers' book ''Silverlock'' as well, where he "kidnaps" helpless country girls. The kidnapping amounts to ''taking them to his manor and feeding them lunch.'' He always sends them home before dinnertime, too, so that their families won't worry.
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* Claire's bullying tactics towards Rae, in ''Literature/ImInLoveWithTheVillainess'', amount to this. For example, she pushes Rae down in a carpeted hallway where she wouldn't get hurt, and hides her textbooks instead of throwing them away. When Claire's GirlPosse suggests more extreme tactics, like putting broken glass in Rae's shoe, pushing her down a stairway, or burning her uniform, Claire is horrified.

* In Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit, the "scandalous affair" Eddie Valiant is hired to gather evidence of turns out to be [[spoiler: [[BaitAndSwitch Marvin Acme and Jessica Rabbit playing Paddycake]], as in literally the children's clapping game]]. Amusingly, the characters still react the same way they would to an actual affair.

* ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'':

* ''WebSite/CollegeHumor'' has a sketch in which an [[CosmopolitanCouncil assembly of supercriminals]] includes Jessica, who cheated on her diet. All the others agree this is very bad, leaving [[BladeBelowTheShoulder General Machete Hands]] as the OnlySaneMan trying to explain how TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers.

--> '''Carl:''' I don't get it, [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim can't you just throw the switch yourself]]?
--> '''Demon:''' Of course ''I'' can do it, [[ComplexityAddiction that's not the point]]! I'm supposed to make ''him'' do it! That's what makes it '''''[[EvilIsHammy evil]]'''''!
* The ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague Justice League Unlimited]]'' episode "The Great Brain Robbery" has the Flash [[FreakyFridayFlip ending up in Lex Luthor's body]]. He doesn't do a very good job of masquerading as him, and when asked by one of Luthor's co-villains why he didn't wash his hands after exiting the bathroom, he comes up with "'Cause I'm evil!". And when the times comes for "Luthor" to explain his plan to his co-conspirators, well...

* In a more serious example from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'', Red X [[spoiler:who is Robin in disguise,]] is attacked by the Titans. Although attacked, none of them suffer any real damage, the worst was Cyborg passing out and Beast Boy having to cut his hair. Even when one of them was going to be hurt by a passing train, he saved them. [[spoiler:Since it was Robin, he had no intention of hurting them to begin with. Slade figures that out too, sadly.]]

* As a show where supervillainy is treated as a career, ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'' has a lot of this:

Compare RuleAbidingRebel, which is about being acting rebellious rather than being evil, but has only simliar unimpressive results to show for it. A step higher up on the treat level is the IneffectualSympatheticVillain, who is smart enough to know what constitutes a ''real'' criminal act and also have the intend to carry it out, but at the same time is also far too incomptent to actually pull it off. Contrast ALighterShadeOfGrey. For when this is treated in-universe as a terrible thing, see FelonyMisdemeanor. Usually unrelated to StopPokingMe. A lot of jokes about DigitalPiracyIsEvil are built this way. The polar opposite of this trope is MoralEventHorizon and BeyondRedemption. For a trope about literal poodles, see PsychoPoodle. A particularly ineffective DismissiveKick can be an example.

Compare RuleAbidingRebel, which is about being acting rebellious rather than being evil, but has only simliar unimpressive results to show for it. A step higher up on the treat level is the IneffectualSympathicVillain, who is smart enough to know what constitutes a ''real'' criminal act and also have the intend to carry it out, but at the same time is also far too incomptent to actually pull it off. Contrast ALighterShadeOfGrey. For when this is treated in-universe as a terrible thing, see FelonyMisdemeanor. Usually unrelated to StopPokingMe. A lot of jokes about DigitalPiracyIsEvil are built this way. The polar opposite of this trope is MoralEventHorizon and BeyondRedemption. For a trope about literal poodles, see PsychoPoodle. A particularly ineffective DismissiveKick can be an example.

Compare RuleAbidingRebel, which is about being acting rebellious rather than being evil, but has only simliar unimpressive results to show for it. A step higher up on the treat level is the IneffectalSympathicVillain, who is smart enough to know what constitudes a ''real'' criminal act and also have the intend to carry it out, but at the same time is also far too incomptent to actually pull it off. Contrast ALighterShadeOfGrey. For when this is treated in-universe as a terrible thing, see FelonyMisdemeanor. Usually unrelated to StopPokingMe. A lot of jokes about DigitalPiracyIsEvil are built this way. The polar opposite of this trope is MoralEventHorizon and BeyondRedemption. For a trope about literal poodles, see PsychoPoodle. A particularly ineffective DismissiveKick can be an example.

Compare TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily. Contrast ALighterShadeOfGrey. For when this is treated in-universe as a terrible thing, see FelonyMisdemeanor. Usually unrelated to StopPokingMe. A lot of jokes about DigitalPiracyIsEvil are built this way. The polar opposite of this trope is MoralEventHorizon and BeyondRedemption. For a trope about literal poodles, see PsychoPoodle. A particularly ineffective DismissiveKick can be an example.

* In Franchise/TheDCU, Dr. Light was at first able to defeat the Justice League single-handed, but after a period of BadassDecay this became his M.O.... until the ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis/2004'' {{Retcon}}.

* In Franchise/TheDCU, Dr. Light was at first able to defeat the Justice League single-handed, but after a period of BadassDecay this became his M.O.... until the ''ComicBook/IdentityCrisis'' {{Retcon}}.

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* In ''Literature/DragonBones'', Oreg is an immortal slave, bound by magic to not harm his owner. Therefore, if he is angry, he can't do anything ''really'' nasty. Last time he was really angry, he wrote a curse on the wall of [[PoweredByAForsakenChild castle Hurog]], or rather, used a knife to scratch it into the stone. Might count as self-harm, because he's sort of the GeniusLoci of the place. According to him, it's rather a prophecy of what is going to happen, not an actual curse. Nevertheless, he was punished. When he's angry at Ward, his current owner, he does some poodle-poking by proxy, persuading some rat-like creatures to eat Ward's food and pee on his blankets. Ward is annoyed but holds no grudge.

* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' [[http://www.egscomics.com/index.php?arcid=16 Sisters arc, Part VI: Scattered Pieces]]. Ellen (Elliot's magic-spawned OppositeSexClone) suffers a mental breakdown from the [[CloningBlues emotional trauma of her "birth"]] and believes that she's his EvilTwin, and tries to get him in trouble at school by doing various "evil" acts such as telling off an incompetent teacher, choosing inappropriate topics for a speech, threatening a bully and informing the principal that his toupee makes him look like Hitler. Her complete lack of success just makes her more miserable, and by the end of the day, [[HeelFaceTurn she shows her true colors]], risking her life to stop a rampaging monster.
* [[WhiteHairBlackHeart Xoltan]] of ''Webcomic/EnnuiGo'' considers himself the EvilTwin to his brother Hashim and acts accordingly -- however, [[http://ennuigo.thecomicseries.com/comics/712 his idea of an evil rampage]] is stealing a cup of soda, driving with his turn signal on with no intention to turn, violating store rules that require wearing a shirt and limit one coupon per customer, and not sorting his recycling. At least the turn signal thing might cause a car accident.