![]() At least until Best Wishes, when their boss gives them an actual serious assignment. The Team Rocket trio from Pokémon: The Series are this, which is the reason why they are so popular.He's a goofy cat-god who loves gorging on food, and also happens to want to blow up Earth for petty reasons. Beerus from Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, for a certain value of "evil".Unlike others, he honestly doesn't know what he's doing is wrong (at least as Fat Buu), and Mr Satan manages to single-handedly convert him to good. Majin Buu, especially in his Fat Buu form, where his antics and are so childish, goofy, and cartoonish that you almost forget that his "games" are killing millions of people, at least until the Establishing Shot of the barren wasteland where a thriving city used to be.They're also the definitive Quirky Miniboss Squad, who punctuate their beatdowns with well-rehearsed Super Sentai poses and play Rock–Paper–Scissors to decide who gets to fight when. The Ginyu Force from Dragon Ball Z are Frieza's top soldiers, and regularly lay waste to entire planets, and give the heroes the beating of their lives.Such villains include General Blue, who is utterly hilarious in personality (and also Camp Gay) but also a very deadly opponent, and Emperor Pilaf, who has no idea what he's doing. Most of the villains of early Dragon Ball are like this.Too bad this is overshadowed by his over the top hubris, which pushes him firmly into the "Laughably" part of this trope. When he's not being an egotistical fop, he's actually frighteningly competent. A particularly Card-Carrying Villain with emphasis put on the comical aspects of their " Bad Is Good and Good Is Bad" morality can very easily turn into a Laughably Evil villain. Alternatively, they may have an Un-Evil Laugh. A villain who is laughably evil need not have an Evil Laugh, though it can help. Contrast with Knight of Cerebus, The Killjoy, The Comically Serious. See also Laugh with Me! and Beware the Silly Ones. Tends to be the sort who Crosses the Line Twice. ![]() Interestingly, this either subverts or complements Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor, as does Too Funny to Be Evil, a closely related sister trope. It's also a prerequisite for the Bumbling Henchmen Duo, the Terrible Trio and the Quirky Miniboss Squad. And with Large Ham (playing a villain seems to be very fun). Often overlaps with the Harmless Villain (Harmless Villains are inherently funny, but funny villains are not inherently harmless), Affably Evil, Faux Affably Evil (who are often funny), Love to Hate, the Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain and Magnificent Bastard. ![]() In these cases, what makes them funny also makes them very unsettling because of how much fun they have committing the most horrific acts possible. Just because a character qualifies, it does not prevent them from being completely evil and there are many villains that manage to be both (again, see the page image). See the trope picture for an excellent example of this subtype. A truly well written one can manage to pull off both at once. Same villain doing the exact same laugh when shooting them for real a few seconds later? Creepy. Villain laughing at faking someone out with a gun with a "BANG!" flag coming out? Funny. ![]() In fact, if done correctly, the very things that make a villain qualify can make them downright disturbing once they begin crossing the Moral Event Horizon. Praise be to the villain who can cause a chuckle from the audience, right before viciously thwarting the hero's best efforts. Of course, funny does not always equal weak. In any case, some villains will always be funny. ![]() It might be because they’re an idiot, it might be that you empathize with them, it might be because they’re quick with a quip, or it might be simply that their actions are so unexpected. but special attention goes to the villain that makes you laugh. magnificent, horrific, self-obsessed, philosophical and even sympathetic. ![]()
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