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* Whether it\\\'s Screwtape or Wormwood who\\\'s the \\\"protagonist\\\" of \\\'\\\'TheScrewtapeLetters\\\'\\\' may be up for debate, but \\\'\\\'both\\\'\\\' count as a Villain Protagonist.
* The entire cast of the \\\'\\\'{{HIVE}}\\\'\\\' series.
* The \\\"My Side of the Story\\\" series of {{Disney}} picturebooks. One side of the book has the protagonists\\\' story while the literal flip side has the villain\\\'s account.
* Literature/{{Fantomas}}, protagonist of a series of stories written by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre.
** Medea from the final novel in \\\'\\\'TheIcemarkChronicles\\\'\\\'. Its debatable though if she should be included in the category as the book has so many main characters
** When the Marquis De Sade wasn\\\'t writing about good people that horrible things happen to, he was writing {{villain protagonist}}s.
** Creator/EdgarAllanPoe used this trope a lot; for example, in \\\"The Tell-Tale Heart.\\\"
* The \\\'\\\'MalusDarkblade\\\'\\\' series by Dan Abnett certainly qualifies though its plain Warhammer.
* Creator/DrSeuss wrote villain protagonists: TheGrinch in \\\'\\\'Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas\\\'\\\', the Once-ler in \\\'\\\'Literature/TheLorax\\\'\\\', and the eponymous Yertle the Turtle (based on \\\'\\\'Hitler\\\'\\\').
* [[JohannesCabalTheNecromancer Johannes Cabal]] in the series of the same name by Jonathan L. Howard.
* Chichikov in \\\'\\\'DeadSouls\\\'\\\'.
* \\\'\\\'ASongOfIceAndFire\\\'\\\' features a wide variety of POV chapters, including from characters who are considered the villains of Westeros.
* Colonel Sebastian Moran (and Professor Moriarty) in Kim Newman\\\'s \\\'\\\'The Hound of the d\\\'Urbervilles\\\'\\\', which tells their point of view in the Holmes stories and a number of other Victorian works.
* \\\'\\\'{{Blackadder}}\\\'\\\' in the third series. In the first series, he\\\'s set up as one, but comes off as an IneffectualSympatheticVillain.
* \\\'\\\'TheShield\\\'\\\' Vic Mackey, and the other members of the Strike Team.
* Jim Profit of \\\'\\\'{{Profit}}\\\'\\\'.
* Nucky Thompson in \\\'\\\'BoardwalkEmpire\\\'\\\'.
* Likewise, the viewpoint characters in Music/JonathanCoulton\\\'s \\\"Skullcrusher Mountain\\\" and \\\"Re: Your Brains\\\".
* Opera, by Mozart: \\\"Don Giovanni\\\". He probably even qualifies as a MagnificentBastard...
* ByronicHero ThePhantomOfTheOpera.
* Roxie Hart, Velma Kelly, and Billy Flynn from \\\'\\\'Theatre/{{Chicago}}\\\'\\\'.
* The \\\"Dark\\\" story in \\\'\\\'VideoGame/SonicAdventure2\\\'\\\' runs opposite in goals to the \\\"Hero\\\" story.
** Also, Blaze the Cat in SonicRush... intially.
* Anyone in the MMO \\\'\\\'CityOfVillains\\\'\\\'. It\\\'s kind of in the name.
* Agent 47 from the \\\'\\\'VideoGame/{{Hitman}}\\\'\\\' series borders on this, but his victims tend to be worse.
* Creator/{{Infocom}}\\\'s 1983 game \\\'\\\'Infidel\\\'\\\' featured a villain protagonist, making this trope in computer games OlderThanTheNES.
* Optionally, [[spoiler:the amnesiac Revan]] from \\\'\\\'VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic\\\'\\\' or the Jedi Exile from \\\'\\\'KOTOR II\\\'\\\'.
* Vile Mode in \\\'\\\'VideoGame/MegaManX: Maverick Hunter X\\\'\\\'.
* Jin Kazama becomes this in \\\'\\\'VideoGame/{{Tekken}} 6\\\'\\\'.
** Also [[BaitTheDog as it is revealed]], Kazuya Mishima has always been this since the first game.
* \\\'\\\'VideoGame/DoubleSwitch\\\'\\\': [[spoiler:Eddie]] is revealed to be this later on.
* [[spoiler:Joshua]] in \\\'\\\'VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou\\\'\\\' especially when it\\\'s revealed [[spoiler:he is the Composer]].
* \\\'\\\'DragonAge\\\'\\\' has \\\"The Darkspawn Chronicles\\\" DLC.
* \\\'\\\'[[BasedOnATrueStory V-Tech Rampage\\\'\\\' and \\\'\\\'Super Columbine Massacre RPG]]\\\'\\\', in which the player assumes the role of...yeah.
* Webcomic/{{Niels}} and Duncan.
* This trope is basically the premise of \\\'\\\'WhenSheWasBad\\\'\\\'.
* \\\'\\\'SuicideForHire\\\'\\\'. Boy howdy, \\\'\\\'SuicideForHire\\\'\\\'. Especially Hunter. In their defense though the people who die such over the top deaths do tend to deserve it.
* \\\'\\\'[[http://www.drunkduck.com/Villian_Next_Door/ Villain Next Door]]\\\'\\\'
* The main characters of TrueVillains. Really though, what else would you expect in a comic by that title?
* The main characters of \\\'\\\'OverlordAcademy\\\'\\\', excluding [[StrangerInAStrangeSchool A-san]].
* \\\'\\\'Webcomic/{{Marla}}\\\'\\\', at least in Act 1.
* \\\'\\\'TheJokerBlogs\\\'\\\'. He knows that this time, you\\\'re rooting for him.
* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic (and the rest of the WebSite/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses crew) in \\\'\\\'{{Kickassia}}\\\'\\\'.
** In their regular shows, Lindsay Ellis has been making an effort into making sure everyone knows WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick is this.
* [[RedLetterMedia Mr. Plinkett]]. You\\\'re still rooting for him over Nadine, right?
* Duggan Masters aka Light Master in WaitingForAMiracle.
** [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Wile E. Coyote]], so much that ChuckJones made it a written lore that all sympathy must be directed to him instead of the [[HeroAntagonist Road Runner]].
* Captain Hero of \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether\\\'\\\'. He is anything but what its name indicates.
* The main characters of \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne\\\'\\\', which was originally part of the same show as \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy\\\'\\\'.
* Dick Dastardly and Muttley of both \\\'\\\'WackyRaces\\\'\\\' and \\\'\\\'DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines\\\'\\\'.
* Clay Puppington from \\\'\\\'MoralOrel\\\'\\\', especially the fact that season 3 is more focused onto him.
* \\\'\\\'LeagueOfSuperEvil\\\'\\\'
* Early Cuyler in \\\'\\\'{{Squidbillies}}\\\'\\\'.
* DuelingMovies \\\'\\\'DespicableMe\\\'\\\' and \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}\\\'\\\'.
* Bender in some episodes of \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}\\\'\\\'.
** The Professor in others, and Leela in an alternate reality.
* TheBlueRacer
* Dan of \\\'\\\'DanVs\\\'\\\', to the point where one wonders how in the world the cartoon managed to get aired on The Hub.
* While the first two \\\'\\\'{{Ringu}}\\\'\\\' movies antagonized Sadako, the third film, \\\'\\\'Ringu 0: Birthday\\\'\\\', treats her as the protagonist.
* As suggested by the title, the western spoof \\\'\\\'Film/TheVillain\\\'\\\' is an example of this trope.
These are also an example of WeblinksAreNotExamples.
* Played with for laughs at the start of WebComic/CommanderKitty. [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2009/01/25/groovy/ It seems CK\\\'s got some pretty lofty ambitions...]]
* The whole point of the [[FanRemake Megaman DL series]]. As more-or-less lampshaded in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb4kS1drE7E this trailer.]]
* The entire cast of the \\\'\\\'{{HIVE}}\\\'\\\' series.
* The \\\"My Side of the Story\\\" series of {{Disney}} picturebooks. One side of the book has the protagonists\\\' story while the literal flip side has the villain\\\'s account.
* Literature/{{Fantomas}}, protagonist of a series of stories written by Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre.
** Medea from the final novel in \\\'\\\'TheIcemarkChronicles\\\'\\\'. Its debatable though if she should be included in the category as the book has so many main characters
** When the Marquis De Sade wasn\\\'t writing about good people that horrible things happen to, he was writing {{villain protagonist}}s.
** Creator/EdgarAllanPoe used this trope a lot; for example, in \\\"The Tell-Tale Heart.\\\"
* The \\\'\\\'MalusDarkblade\\\'\\\' series by Dan Abnett certainly qualifies though its plain Warhammer.
* Creator/DrSeuss wrote villain protagonists: TheGrinch in \\\'\\\'Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas\\\'\\\', the Once-ler in \\\'\\\'Literature/TheLorax\\\'\\\', and the eponymous Yertle the Turtle (based on \\\'\\\'Hitler\\\'\\\').
* [[JohannesCabalTheNecromancer Johannes Cabal]] in the series of the same name by Jonathan L. Howard.
* Chichikov in \\\'\\\'DeadSouls\\\'\\\'.
* \\\'\\\'ASongOfIceAndFire\\\'\\\' features a wide variety of POV chapters, including from characters who are considered the villains of Westeros.
* Colonel Sebastian Moran (and Professor Moriarty) in Kim Newman\\\'s \\\'\\\'The Hound of the d\\\'Urbervilles\\\'\\\', which tells their point of view in the Holmes stories and a number of other Victorian works.
* \\\'\\\'{{Blackadder}}\\\'\\\' in the third series. In the first series, he\\\'s set up as one, but comes off as an IneffectualSympatheticVillain.
* \\\'\\\'TheShield\\\'\\\' Vic Mackey, and the other members of the Strike Team.
* Jim Profit of \\\'\\\'{{Profit}}\\\'\\\'.
* Nucky Thompson in \\\'\\\'BoardwalkEmpire\\\'\\\'.
* Likewise, the viewpoint characters in Music/JonathanCoulton\\\'s \\\"Skullcrusher Mountain\\\" and \\\"Re: Your Brains\\\".
* Opera, by Mozart: \\\"Don Giovanni\\\". He probably even qualifies as a MagnificentBastard...
* ByronicHero ThePhantomOfTheOpera.
* Roxie Hart, Velma Kelly, and Billy Flynn from \\\'\\\'Theatre/{{Chicago}}\\\'\\\'.
* The \\\"Dark\\\" story in \\\'\\\'VideoGame/SonicAdventure2\\\'\\\' runs opposite in goals to the \\\"Hero\\\" story.
** Also, Blaze the Cat in SonicRush... intially.
* Anyone in the MMO \\\'\\\'CityOfVillains\\\'\\\'. It\\\'s kind of in the name.
* Agent 47 from the \\\'\\\'VideoGame/{{Hitman}}\\\'\\\' series borders on this, but his victims tend to be worse.
* Creator/{{Infocom}}\\\'s 1983 game \\\'\\\'Infidel\\\'\\\' featured a villain protagonist, making this trope in computer games OlderThanTheNES.
* Optionally, [[spoiler:the amnesiac Revan]] from \\\'\\\'VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic\\\'\\\' or the Jedi Exile from \\\'\\\'KOTOR II\\\'\\\'.
* Vile Mode in \\\'\\\'VideoGame/MegaManX: Maverick Hunter X\\\'\\\'.
* Jin Kazama becomes this in \\\'\\\'VideoGame/{{Tekken}} 6\\\'\\\'.
** Also [[BaitTheDog as it is revealed]], Kazuya Mishima has always been this since the first game.
* \\\'\\\'VideoGame/DoubleSwitch\\\'\\\': [[spoiler:Eddie]] is revealed to be this later on.
* [[spoiler:Joshua]] in \\\'\\\'VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou\\\'\\\' especially when it\\\'s revealed [[spoiler:he is the Composer]].
* \\\'\\\'DragonAge\\\'\\\' has \\\"The Darkspawn Chronicles\\\" DLC.
* \\\'\\\'[[BasedOnATrueStory V-Tech Rampage\\\'\\\' and \\\'\\\'Super Columbine Massacre RPG]]\\\'\\\', in which the player assumes the role of...yeah.
* Webcomic/{{Niels}} and Duncan.
* This trope is basically the premise of \\\'\\\'WhenSheWasBad\\\'\\\'.
* \\\'\\\'SuicideForHire\\\'\\\'. Boy howdy, \\\'\\\'SuicideForHire\\\'\\\'. Especially Hunter. In their defense though the people who die such over the top deaths do tend to deserve it.
* \\\'\\\'[[http://www.drunkduck.com/Villian_Next_Door/ Villain Next Door]]\\\'\\\'
* The main characters of TrueVillains. Really though, what else would you expect in a comic by that title?
* The main characters of \\\'\\\'OverlordAcademy\\\'\\\', excluding [[StrangerInAStrangeSchool A-san]].
* \\\'\\\'Webcomic/{{Marla}}\\\'\\\', at least in Act 1.
* \\\'\\\'TheJokerBlogs\\\'\\\'. He knows that this time, you\\\'re rooting for him.
* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic (and the rest of the WebSite/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses crew) in \\\'\\\'{{Kickassia}}\\\'\\\'.
** In their regular shows, Lindsay Ellis has been making an effort into making sure everyone knows WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick is this.
* [[RedLetterMedia Mr. Plinkett]]. You\\\'re still rooting for him over Nadine, right?
* Duggan Masters aka Light Master in WaitingForAMiracle.
** [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Wile E. Coyote]], so much that ChuckJones made it a written lore that all sympathy must be directed to him instead of the [[HeroAntagonist Road Runner]].
* Captain Hero of \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether\\\'\\\'. He is anything but what its name indicates.
* The main characters of \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/EvilConCarne\\\'\\\', which was originally part of the same show as \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy\\\'\\\'.
* Dick Dastardly and Muttley of both \\\'\\\'WackyRaces\\\'\\\' and \\\'\\\'DastardlyAndMuttleyInTheirFlyingMachines\\\'\\\'.
* Clay Puppington from \\\'\\\'MoralOrel\\\'\\\', especially the fact that season 3 is more focused onto him.
* \\\'\\\'LeagueOfSuperEvil\\\'\\\'
* Early Cuyler in \\\'\\\'{{Squidbillies}}\\\'\\\'.
* DuelingMovies \\\'\\\'DespicableMe\\\'\\\' and \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}\\\'\\\'.
* Bender in some episodes of \\\'\\\'WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}\\\'\\\'.
** The Professor in others, and Leela in an alternate reality.
* TheBlueRacer
* Dan of \\\'\\\'DanVs\\\'\\\', to the point where one wonders how in the world the cartoon managed to get aired on The Hub.
* While the first two \\\'\\\'{{Ringu}}\\\'\\\' movies antagonized Sadako, the third film, \\\'\\\'Ringu 0: Birthday\\\'\\\', treats her as the protagonist.
* As suggested by the title, the western spoof \\\'\\\'Film/TheVillain\\\'\\\' is an example of this trope.
These are also an example of WeblinksAreNotExamples.
* Played with for laughs at the start of WebComic/CommanderKitty. [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2009/01/25/groovy/ It seems CK\\\'s got some pretty lofty ambitions...]]
* The whole point of the [[FanRemake Megaman DL series]]. As more-or-less lampshaded in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cb4kS1drE7E this trailer.]]
