History WesternAnimation / TheBadGuys2022

** The police chief, although [[HeroicSociopath a little on the crazy side]], is a [[Franchise/LupinIII Zenigata-esque]] dedicated law enforcement officer and initially the gang's primary opponent who pursues them throughout the movie.

* EasilyForgiven: Both downplayed and averted. [[spoiler:The other Bad Guys don't forgive Mr. Wolf for letting their second Dolphin heist attempt fall through, and Snake hearing Marmalade trying to get Wolf to abandon his friends for the "good life" certainly doesn't help; however after getting their own GoodFeelsGood epiphany, they all understand Wolf's intentions and instantly go back to support him. Even when Snake still seemingly averts this when playing FakeDefector, Wolf and the others all later drop everything to try and get him back with no hard feelings. Wolf ultimately encourages the aversion of this trope when he and the rest of his crew turn themselves in after they thwart Marmalade's plan, saying that even though they didn't steal the Love Crater Meteorite, they did steal a lot of ''other'' things. This act of penitence is what allows them to finally be accepted by society, along with being released after a year in prison for good behavior]].

* TheTeam: Less obvious than CaperCrew, but still applies:
** TheLeader: Mr. Wolf ([[CaptainObvious he's the leader]])
** TheLancer: Mr. Snake ([[HeterosexualLifePartners Wolf's best buddy]])
** TheSmartGuy: Ms. Tarantula ([[TheCracker the master hacker]])
** TheBigGuy: Mr. Piranha ([[PintSizedPowerhouse the "muscle"]])
** TheHeart: Mr. Shark ([[MasterOfDisguise the infiltrator and distraction]], one of whose disguises is to cross-dress, and the most emotionally sensitive of the team)
** [[spoiler:EleventhHourRanger: Diane, the closest thing to a BigGood in the movie]]

* PoorCommunicationKills: Mr. Wolf doesn't tell the others about his encounter with the old lady at the museum, nor about the feeling he gets from being good. [[spoiler:Marmalade exploits this to make Mr. Snake believe Wolf was willing to abandon the gang in search of a better life, leading to their nasty falling out in the prison.]]

* SpeciesSubversives: Dianne Foxington is kind, helpful, and diligent, [[FoulFox the exact opposite of how foxes are normally portrayed]]. [[spoiler:It's because she [[ThenLetMeBeEvil was once a thief because of negative stereotypes associated with her species]], similar to The Bad Guys themselves. However, one day, Dianne realized that she had her life all wrong; not only did she make a full HeelFaceTurn, but she took her entire life 180 degrees to become a well-respected governess.]]

** [[spoiler:Diane gets the lightest slap on the wrist. She is the only criminal not arrested in the end (though not through lack of trying), however her hubris throughout the film results in her winning streak as the Crimson Paw being blotched, her getting outplayed and humiliated by both Marmalade and the seemingly inferior Bad Guys, and the Zumpango Diamond, a stolen item she kept even after atoning, being stolen from ''her'' and ultimately ending up back in legal hands. On the flip side, her redeeming and sticking up for Wolf and the other Bad Guys finally gives her {{True Companions}} and {{Secret Keepers}}, leaving her secret identity maintained and ending a rather lonely atonement.]]

Rounding out the cast are Creator/ZazieBeetz, Creator/AlexBorstein, [[WebVideo/IISuperwomanII Lilly Singh]], and Creator/RichardAyoade. The film released on April 22nd, 2022 in the US, distributed by Creator/UniversalPictures. A holiday special, ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuysAVeryBadHoliday'', released on Creator/{{Netflix}} in 2023. [[https://deadline.com/2024/03/the-bad-guys-2-release-date-1235868833/ A sequel]] is scheduled for release on August 1, 2025, with Perifel and the cast returning.

[[caption-width-right:349:[[{{Tagline}} Good is no fun at all.]][[note]]Clockwise from left to right: [[PintSizedPowerhouse Mr. Piranha]], [[MasterOfDisguise Mr. Shark]], [[SnakesAreSinister Mr. Snake]], [[BadassDriver Mr. Wolf]], and [[TheCracker Ms. Tarantula]].[[/note]]]]

Rounding out the cast are Creator/ZazieBeetz, Creator/AlexBorstein, [[WebVideo/IISuperwomanII Lilly Singh]], and Creator/RichardAyoade. The film released on April 22nd, 2022 in the US, distributed by Creator/UniversalPictures. A holiday special, ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuysAVeryBadHoliday'', released on Creator/{{Netflix}} in 2023.

* AnAesop:
** A justice system focused solely on punishment and imprisonment doesn’t work; without any attempt to rehabilitate the perpetrator, they’ll simply fall back into the behaviors that got them locked up to begin with. Only by giving them the tools, training, and emotional support to turn their lives around can they truly reform.
** Seeing certain people or groups of individuals in [[BlackAndWhiteMorality black-and-white]] -- where certain people are either unambiguously good or irredeemable villains -- is a harmful way to see the world. In doing so, the ones labeled as “bad guys” only further alienates them from any honest attempts to help them become better people, while treating someone as inherently good allows them open to get away with horrible things by being manipulative and deceptive.

** When shown the cat stuck up a tree, Marmalade asks the gang what their hearts are telling them to do about it. They all suggest something more or less violent -- cooking it, hurting it, eating it, [[TheLastofTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers singing to it]] -- before a dumbfounded Marmalade tells them they're supposed to ''save'' it.

** When Diane tells him off for his inability to change, Wolf loses his patience with her and tells her off in return for not putting herself into their position and asked her even if he and his friends ''did'' change their ways: ''Who'' will believe them?

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:Diane, as the Crimson Paw, was famed as the most unstoppable criminal in history, and even before TheReveal shows a textbook savviness of heists and thievery, setting her up as AlwaysSomeoneBetter to the Bad Guys. However, since her master expertise revolves around her physical tactics as a cat-burglar rather than games of manipulation against fellow criminals, she ends up getting {{Outgambitted}} very quick into the film, with both her and Wolf making fools of each other at the award ceremony when the latter tries to take the Golden Dolphin, and Marmalade then easily exploiting them for his own heist. The fact Diane's heists never went wrong before also leaves her without any contingency plan in these circumstances, leading her to FreakOut .]]