Role added by eclipsestarling on September 15, 2023
One of the easiest ways to highlight just how bad something or someone evil is: have an otherwise-remorseless villain reject it. It's often to show that a new villain is really bad if even Doctor Annihilation is appalled by them. Another way that it's used is to keep a villain safely on the "still sympathetic" side of the Moral Event Horizon; give him something that he simply will not do. It may be specifically invoked to prove that it's OK for our hero to work with villains who have standards when the need is great enough.
Fan Casting
Even Evil Has Standards
Megamind
Staff Sergeant Robert Barnes (Platoon)
Mirage
Felonius Gru
Huntsman
Rumplestiltskin
Death (Puss in Boots)
Killian Jones
Bowler Hat Guy
Rattlesnake Jake
Harley Quinn
Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz
Kaa (The Jungle Book)
Karai (TMNT 2007)
Jacob Marley (Scrooge 1970)
Mr. Smee
Ra's al Ghul
Chef Skinner
Oswald Cobblepot (Gotham)
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