History Main / VileVillainSaccharineShow

* [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] in ''TabletopGame/PrincessTheHopeful'', for which the premise is to take the ''TabletopGame/NewWorldOfDarkness'', a setting rivaled only by ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' when it comes to being a CrapsackWorld and throw cute, idealistic {{Magical Girl}}s as the protagonists.
* ''WebOriginal/Brighthammer40000'', the [[LighterAndSofter Lighter and Softer]] parody of ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', transforms the [[BlackAndGrayMorality ordinarily grim and gritty factions]] into nicer and and genuinely heroic people, with the exception of the Tau who are presented as a brutal fascist empire utilizing mind control, genocide, and cannibalistic troops. [[AdaptationalVillainy This is in contrast to the canon Tau]] who were the closest thing in the [[CrapsackWorld 40k galaxy]] that are [[TokenGoodTeammate good guy factions]]. The joke ? Apart from slightly exaggerating some of their questionable [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans motives]] and [[HeelFaceBrainwashing tactics]] from the original game, Brighthammer 40 000's Tau are pretty much identical and only look evil by contrast.

* ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'': The series primarily centers around meta-commentary and satirical humor, alongside many casual interactions and mischievous protagonists. Despite this, the villain, Monokuma/[[spoiler:Junko Enoshima]], darkens everything with the killing game and the motives provided to make the participants kill one another, and constantly gets in the way of the "saccharine" elements of the series. The same applies to the ones who work for the main villain too, following the events where [[spoiler:Monokuma's controller, Junko Enoshima, dies and then has her role taken by a successor of some sort.]]

** ''Series/PowerRangersMegaforce'' is notoriously known to be one of the more panned seasons, yet it has another disturbing villain in the form of [[ManipulativeBastard Vrak]]. Vrak is a [[{{Sadist}} sadistic]] [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] {{Chessmaster}} who also happens to be the youngest son of a GalacticConqueror. He is known to cheerfully manipulate and use his own allies like pawns, and frequently tricks them to their deaths, even his own admiral. His menacing cyborg form only shows that he has become delusional and egotistical enough to be totally [[LackofEmpathy uncaring]] towards the people who have been nothing but loyal to him, as shown when he practically told Metal Alice, who did nothing but rebuild him and serve him faithfully, that she meant nothing to him and left her to die without any remorse, an act which especially disgusted the Rangers.

* ''WebAnimation/HanazukiFullOfTreasures'' presents a world with bright colors, cute creatures that represent emotions, and an overarching villain known as the Big Bad, a black hole-like, all-consuming cosmic force with the ability to ravage moons of all life and turn them into a barren wasteland. The first moments of the show display its capability for destroying moons in mere seconds. Three Moonflowers end up facing this the hard way, Kiazuki, in addition to everything on her moon being destroyed, loses almost all her creatures to the depths of space except one (Zikoro) as her sole companion, and Maroshi [[spoiler: loses his moon by having the water that makes up much of the land turn to ice and then explode]]. As for the cute emotion creatures, as we see with Red Hemka, prolonged exposure to the Big Bad causes them to suffer an illness [[spoiler: that makes them fade into nonexistence if not treated.]] The only thing that can protect a moon from such a destructive being is the presence of Treasure Trees, and even then they need to be healthy and have a variety of colors shown, as Kyoshi's forest of black (despair) trees are powerless.

It's important to note that when the vile villain meets the saccharine world, the CerebusSyndrome and MoodDissonance are in full effect during the story of the work. A violation of [[{{Consistency}} Genre Consistency]]. May overlap with CrapsaccharineWorld, especially when that same villain [[BigBad is the main reason]] (or one of the main reasons) ''why'' the world in question is... well, crapsaccharine. Also compare WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids and WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids. A major cause of SugarApocalypse. See also VileVillainLaughableLackey, which this often overlaps with. See also EvilCannotStandCuteness.

* ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'': The series primarily centers around meta-commentary and satirical humor, alongside many casual interactions and mischievous protagonists. Despite this, the villain, Monokuma/[[spoiler:Junko Enoshima]] darkens everything with the killing game and the motives provided to make the participants kill one another, and constantly gets in the way of the "saccharine" elements of the series. The same applies to the ones who work for the main villain too, following the events where [[spoiler:Monokuma's controller, Junko Enoshima, dies and then has her role taken by a successor of some sort.]]

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** Much of the time, ''WebVideo/SuburbanKnights'' has the same tone as the rest of the site; definitely not for children and sometimes resorting to RefugeInAudacity, but still comical and not taking danger very seriously. However, this doesn't hold true when Malachite -- an apparent complete sociopath who murders multiple innocent people just for using technology -- is on screen. While most of the site's villains are [[PlayedForLaughs Played For]] [[BlackComedy Dark Comedy]], Malachite is almost always PlayedForDrama.

* ''Manga/{{Lady}}'': [[spoiler: Jeanne is a unnervingly realistic depiction of an emotionally AbusiveMom. She withholds affection from her six-year-old daughter Sophie, uses her as a therapist that she often takes out her anger on, and sets her up as a pawn against her personal enemies to sway them emotionally. When Sophie asks an innocent question or speaks back to her, Jeanne angrily berates her and accuses her of holding her back. Sophie is constantly reduced to tears whenever she's thinking about her. On top of that, she's a ManipulativeBitch who knows Sophie's biggest fear is being sent back to France, and threatens her with it to keep her in line.]]

* ''Franchise/DeathNote'': Beyond Birthday/BB from ''[[Literature/AnotherNote Death Note: Another Note - The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases]]'' stands out as an unusually horrific, disturbing and dark villain, ''even by Death Note standards''. Make no mistake, Death Note is by no means a family-friendly story, but much of its dark and sinister tone is balanced by its continued {{Shonen}} elements, with Light Yagami's [[EvilIsHammy entertainingly hammy speeches]], and occasional humorous or lighthearted moments. [[KnightOfCerebus Any trace of lightness or levity disappears whenever BB is involved in the plot of Another Note]], however. If anything, this is exactly what you would expect from an AxCrazy SerialKiller and {{sociopath}} who carries out a series of elaborate and brutal murders, adding a new layer of darkness to the already somber tone of the franchise and pushing the series into BloodierAndGorier territory never before seen in the main series, almost bordering on a GenreShift.

* This can happen by RoguesGalleryTransplant. Characters like [[{{Satan}} Mephisto]], [[DreamWeaver Nightmare]] and [[EldritchAbomination Shuma-Gorath]] in Marvel are all really dark villains, but they also moved from antagonizing characters like ComicBook/GhostRider and ComicBook/DoctorStrange, where they aren't out of place, and are now general threats to the entire Franchise/MarvelUniverse. Which means sometimes they can show up in much lighter series, while retaining all their usual qualities (though Mephisto and Nightmare can ramp up BlackComedy a bit to fit better). Case in point, Mephisto showed up in the abovementioned ''Loki: Agent of Asgard'' (how it went could be described as OutGambitted with liberal doses of YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame and {{Incredibly Lame Pun}}s), Nightmare was an antagonist in a pretty comedic ComicBook/FantasticFour story and a one-shot issue of ComicBook/TheUnbeatableSquirrelGirl (an all-ages comic), and Shuma-Gorath fought the ComicBook/MightyAvengers in a straight superhero adventure.

* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SlifofinaDragon]]’s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' [[ModernAUFic modern day]] fanfics (set after the ''Gakuen Basara'' anime), we’ve got UsefulNotes/ToyotomiHideyoshi serving as the [[DiscOneFinalBoss first main antagonist]] and his [[DaddysLittleVillain daughter]] Kagehime. Whereas most ''SB'' villains have [[AdaptationalNiceGuy toned down]] and have [[PlayedForLaughs laughable]] moments, she’s almost as dark as her Warring States counterpart, attempting to get revenge through the usage of [[BlackMagic witchcraft]] on UsefulNotes/DateMasamune and [[UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura Sanada]] [[MisterSeahorse Yukimura]]’s son Masa for the latter’s SplitPersonality Sei for wiping out the Toyotomi syndicate as payback for Oyamada Nobushige’s murder, even if it inflicts death.

* There is in the "Untidaled" comic arc one of the darkest villain in any of ''Franchise/SpongeBobSquarePants'' media, The Kraken. To give you an idea he stands out for being by far the most evil and sadistic villain SpongeBob and company has ever come across, even surpassing Pankton, Dennis, and the Cyclops in terms of complete and utter depravity. Being a SerialKiller who drains the entire ocean and uses Krabby Pattys to lure in his victims in order to devour them, and forcing Mr. Krabs to watch as he holds his daughter Pearl hostage forcing him into compliance.

* ''Anime/SoundOfTheSky'' as a whole is a laid-back MilitaryMoe series starring cute girls doing cute things (basically ''Manga/KOn''). And then the last two episodes introduce its BigBad, Colonel Hopkins, a brutal warmongering ColonelKilgore who ''wiped out three entire cities'' in the backstory- with a flashback showing some of the carnage- and wants to spark war between Helvetia and Rome just for his own enjoyment.

A violation of [[{{Consistency}} Genre Consistency]]. Compare and contrast the CrapsaccharineWorld, where it's not just the villain, but the ''entire world'' that is rotten to the core while sparkly and sweet on the surface. Also compare WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids and WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids. A major cause of SugarApocalypse. See also VileVillainLaughableLackey, which this often overlaps with. See also EvilCannotStandCuteness.

* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon SlifofinaDragon]]’s ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' [[ModernAUFic modern day]] fanfics (set after the ''Gakuen Basara'' anime), we’ve got UsefulNotes/ToyotomiHideyoshi’s [[DaddysLittleVillain daughter]] Kagehime. Whereas most ''SB'' villains have [[AdaptationalNiceGuy toned down]] and have [[PlayedForLaughs laughable]] moments, she’s almost as dark as her Warring States counterpart, attempting to get revenge through the usage of [[BlackMagic witchcraft]] on UsefulNotes/DateMasamune and [[UsefulNotes/SanadaYukimura Sanada]] [[MisterSeahorse Yukimura]]’s son Masa for the latter’s SplitPersonality Sei for wiping out the Toyotomi syndicate as payback for Oyamada Nobushige’s murder, even if it inflicts death.

** Despite initially playing this trope straight, Billy Squire of the Red Circus ultimately ends up playing with this trope. He's portrayed as both dangerous and scary, particularly since he and his accomplices take a bus full of children hostage. That said, we soon learn that he has ''some'' standards, in that the explosive collars he put on Anya and Damien [[spoiler:were fake, and he never had any intention of harming any of the children (unlike his accomplices, who have no such issues)]]. In fact, in the climax of his arc, he has some rather comical reactions as Anya talks him down. What really makes him a "playing with tropes" example is the fact that his backstory and current actions also bring to the forefront the most dangerous aspects of Ostania's totalitarian government, revealing just what it's willing to do for the sake of maintaining the illusion of peace.