“ | (chuckles) Check this out. (chuckles) [Injury frontline.] Hello? [Can I help you?] Uh, yes. (chuckles) I've been injured. [You have?] Yeah, I've got a big crack in my butt. (chuckles for a while) That was cool. | „ |
~ Butt-Head prank calling the injury hotline. |
“ | Come on, it was just for fun! I mean, so you got a little bit of egg on your face, right? Nobody got hurt! | „ |
~ Josh Washington's reasoning for the prank on his friends (determinant). |
Mischievous Villains or Instigators are evildoers who are playful, misbehaved, disrespectful, and/or childish, as they do not always seek outright harm on others but like to cause trouble where ever they go. Their crimes are more harmless stuff like stealing and littering, which means they aren't real threats to society in the same way a heroic rapscallion can be. If they do cross the line, they are likely to feel remorseful instead of just sadistic. Examples are Dark Truder, Heinz Doofenshmirtz, and Megamind.
Mischievous villains are not meant to be taken too seriously (and don't even try to be); therefore, they cannot count as Pure Evil, even if Pure Evil characters act "mischievous" in a much more dangerous and lethal manner (e.g. Junko Enoshima, William Wharton, Henry Evans, Dimentio, Dr. Robotnik, Green Goblin, Bill Cipher, Lucas Baker, Ghirahim, Randall Boggs, Dick Hardly, Dr. James Sheridan, William Afton (Films) and most versions of The Joker).
However, mischievous villains can still be psychopaths/sociopaths or even have zero redeeming factors if they are at least partly serious, serve as a formidable antagonistic force and often engage in high mischief and misdemeanor action (e.g. Eric Cartman, Alie Peters, and Baron Bomburst).
Even if they are not Pure Evil, please DO NOT add villains who simply make sneaky smiles a lot, taunt/mock/tease their foes in a silly way at times or come off with sinister prank surprises, as this DOES NOT automatically mean that they are mischievous by default (e.g. Black Hat, Ercole Visconti, Aku, Oogie Boogie, Red Skull, Fawful, Dr. Kamikazi, Gallaxhar, Audrey II, Jevil, Loki, Professor Ratigan, Chris McLean, and Azula) as some of them can commit crimes too heinous to fit in this category since they would be played for total horror instead of laughs. These villains may instead go under Faux Affably Evil, Trickster, Sadists, and/or Thrill-Seekers if they're depicted in a more serious light.
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- Abis Mal
- Ace Remacho
- Adolf Hitler (Family Guy)
- Adolf Hitler (Super Science Friends)
- Adu Du
- Aileen Greene
- Akaspetchi & Pipospetchi
- Akira Kiyosumi
- Akita Rrrepulsa
- Akuma (Street Fighter)
- Al McWhiggin
- Alec Stoke-d'Urberville
- Alexa Bliss
- Alice Anotherbible
- Alice Spages
- Alternate Reality Mr. Krabs
- Amoeba Boys
- Amy Barlow
- Andy Hamilton
- Angelica Pickles
- Angry Kid
- Annie Scrambler
- Anti-Fairies
- Anti-Fairy Council
- Anti-Kivotos Halo Festival Club
- Anti-Mabel
- Ants (Garfield)
- Apex (Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures)
- April May
- Araga Kiwi
- Aran Ryan
- Arry and Bert
- Artie Ziff (The Simpsons)
- Asencia
- Ashen Eye
- Asher Shostak
- Axel (Tangled)
- B.O.B. (Bear*)
- Baachiyo
- Baby Bottle
- Baby Eddie
- Baby Face
- Baby Pumpkins
- Bad Piggies
- Bad Po
- Bad Witch Pete
- Bakeneko
- Balloon Boy
- Bandits (Dwarf Fortress)
- Bangladesh DuPree
- Barbie Wire
- Baron Bomburst
- Baron Quinn
- Barry (The Penguins of Madagascar)
- Bart Simpson (Poetic Interlude)
- Bart Simpson (Toy Gory)
- Bart Simpson's Creatures
- Battle Droids (Angry Birds Star Wars)
- Baxter (Back at the Barnyard)
- Beaky Buzzard
- Beast Master
- Beavis and Butt-Head
- Bebop (TMNT 2012)
- Bebop and Rocksteady (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Beetlejuice (Teen Titans Go!)
- Belson Noles
- Bender Bending Rodríguez
- Beth (Best Summer Ever)
- Beth (Polly Pocket)
- Big Bad Wolf (Goldie & Bear)
- Big Bottom Girls
- Big Headed Genius Sheen
- Big Jet
- Birthday Boy Blam
- Blackrabbit
- Bleacher & Mrs. Scrubitt
- Bliblies
- Blitzo
- Blockheads
- Blocky
- BobbyBot
- Bocarter Humphrey
- Bogs (Disney)
- Bokkun
- Bonnet
- Bonnie and Clyde
- Boog
- Boom Boos
- Boos
- Booster
- Borf
- Bowser (Hotel Mario)
- Bowser (Super Mario-kun)
- Bowser Jr.
- Brit and Tiff
- Brobot (Phineas And Ferb)
- Bubble Bass
- Buggs (Kindergarten)
- Buggy the Clown
- Butch (Pokémon)
- Butch Dog
- Butch the Bully
- Bwario and Bwaluigi
- Bwonsamdi
- Caddicarus
- Cajun Fox
- Calvin Fischoeder
- Calvin’s Gang
- Camoflush
- Candice Catnipp
- Captain Boomerang (DC Extended Universe)
- Captain Boomerang (DC)
- Captain LeFwee
- Captain Qwark
- Carla Delgado
- Carlo Grimaldi
- Cassidy (Pokémon)
- Cats (Bad Cat)
- Catwoman (Arkhamverse)
- Catwoman (Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders)
- Catwoman (DC)
- Catwoman (Nolanverse)
- Catwoman (Telltale)
- Catwoman (The Lego Batman Movie)
- Cedric the Sorcerer
- Cell Jr.
- Chamblemon
- Chamelan
- Chandarva
- Chaneques (folklore)
- Chase (Total Drama)
- Chauncey (Luigi's Mansion)
- Cheapo
- Cheetu
- Chef Hatchet
- Cherino Renkawa
- Cheshire Cat (Disney)
- Chick Hicks
- Chill Bill
- Chin-Chin
- Chip (Bakugan 2023)
- Chip Chambers
- Chiyu Tamade
- Cirno
- Clayface (Harley Quinn TV Series)
- Clayton (The Amazing World of Gumball)
- Clem (Luigi's Mansion)
- Clive (Barbie)
- Clive (Despicable Me)
- Cloid (Zula Patrol)
- Clown Doll (Scary Movie)
- Clown Infected
- Cluck
- Cobrander
- Cockroaches (Oggy and the Cockroaches)
- Cod-Stealing Rabbit
- Cold Symptoms
- Colin and Felix
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- Cory (Housepets!)
- Cosmo Royale
- Coward, Fool and Pro
- Cozy Glow
- Cranaff
- Crash (Crash & Bernstein)
- Creature (Power Rangers)
- Croco D'Vile
- Cuddles (101 Dalmatian Street)
- Cyan (Rainbow Friends)
- D-Generation X
- Da Tap Dance Man
- Daedric Princes
- Daffy Duck
- Daniel (Dhar Mann)
- Danny Rebus
- Dark Gnomes
- Dark Phantom (Villainous)
- Dark Truder
- Darkrow
- Darnell (Pico's School)
- Darío & Ernesto
- Dave (Total Drama)
- David A. Dimaguiba
- Deadpool (2010 Marvel Animated Universe)
- Deadpool (Hulk Vs.)
- Deadpool (Marvel)
- Deadpool (X-Men Movies)
- Declan (Into the Badlands)
- Decoe and Bocoe
- Dee Dee (Five Nights at Freddy's)
- Dee Dee (Oggy and the Cockroaches)
- Deep Cut
- Deirdre Kendrick
- Deliria (Zula Patrol)
- Demencia
- Demons (Disgaea)
- Dennis "Denny" Rickman Jr.
- Devil (Storyteller)
- Devil Memetchi
- Di Lung