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Joker (Batman: The Killing Joke)

The **Joker** is the main antagonist of the 2016 animated adaptation of *Batman: The Killing Joke*. Just like many other adaptions of the Joker, this one also wants to prove that anyone can go insane after having a bad day.

## What makes him sympathetic?

* Initially he was a chemical engineer but left his job to pursue a career as a comedian. He is unsuccessful, ends up unemployed and this causes so much financial problems for him and his family that they are forced to contend with a landlady who hates him.
* He had a wife with a child and he loved them both and wanted to provide for them. At some point he lashed out at his wife due to stress but then immediately apologized and promised her that they would find a nice apartment to live in.
* The only reason why he agreed to rob Ace Chemicals with two crooks was because he wanted to ensure that his family would have a better life.
* Moments before the robbery he learned that his wife and his child had died due to being electrocuted by baby bottle heater accident.
* After he hears the news, he wants to quit the heist but the two crooks still force him to participate against his will.
* During the heist he falls into a vat of chemicals that disintegrate his skin and drive him to insanity. This is the reason why he commits so many crimes in the future.
* When Batman brings up the possibility that maybe the Joker is alone in his madness and not everyone cracks under severe pressure, the Joker widens his eyes for a moments and it's clear that the revelation has affected him.
* The Joker surrenders and shows regret over his actions, even considering the possibility of redemption. However, he then declines because of the severity of his actions.
* Batman shows sympathy for the Joker when he hears that he is insane due to a trauma in his past, offers to help him rehabilitate and the two of them even share a long laugh at one of the Joker's jokes.
Kratos

**Kratos**, also known as **Ghost of Sparta** and by the Gods of Olympus as **The Cursed Mortal**, is the main protagonist of the *God of War* video game franchise. His position as the protagonist of his series did not stop some from considering him as a villain due to his unending bloodlust, vengeful, and destructive behavior. His actions ultimately cause the downfall of Olympus and, along with it, all life on Earth; however, his attempted suicide had allowed the power of Hope to spread across the world.

## What makes him sympathetic?

* When Kratos was a young child, the Gods of Olympus took his brother, Deimos, away from him.
* Kratos is later tricked by Ares into murdering his own wife and daughter which causes the Spartan warrior to snap and commit many atrocities in his quest for vengeance against the Gods.
* When he is offered to meet with his daughter in exchange for his godly powers, Kratos refuses in order to save both the mortal world and Mount Olympus.
* After killing Ares, Kratos wants to commit suicide because he has lost his purpose in life. He is stopped only when Athena offers him the vacant title of God of War and new blades.
* Kratos meets with his lost mother who is transformed into a giant monster before his eyes. After Kratos is forced to kill her, he holds her in his hands while she thanks him for freeing her.
* Kratos goes to save his brother, Deimos, only to find out that he had been brutally tortured for years. Later, Deimos is killed before his eyes and an enraged Kratos swears vengeance on all the Gods.
* Kratos is betrayed by his father, Zeus, who impales him on his blade and he is then sent to Hades.
* When Kratos meets Pandora, he starts to like her because she reminds him of his daughter and wants to protect her.
* After he defeats Zeus, Kratos realises that his actions have caused great evils on the mortal world. He chooses to impale himself in order to give hope to the mortal people.
* Kratos had somehow survived his own suicide and had moved to Scandinavia. There he married a women named Faye and the two of them had a son, Atreus. Kratos genuinely loves his family.
* When Baldur attacks him, Kratos at first tries to restrain himself and gives him a chance to leave.
* When Atreus starts crying after killing a human cannibal, Kratos comforts him and assures him that he shouldn't feel sympathy for his enemies.
* Kratos saves Freya from being killed by her own son, Baldur, because he wants the cycle where the children kill their parents to end.
Doctor Octopus (Spider-Man Films)

**Otto Octavius**, later called **Doctor Octopus**, is the main antagonist of *Spider-Man 2.* He was a scientist who became possessed by his malevolent mechanical arms after an experiment with his fusion reactor went wrong. From there, Otto turned into a super villain.

He was Portrayed By Alfred Molina.

## What makes him sympathetic?

* He was a good person before the tentacles corrupted his mind. He liked Peter Parker, genuinely cared about his wife and was devoted to science and research.
* When one of his experiments goes wrong, his wife is killed. Later, he mourns her dead.
* The experiment also destroys the chip that prevents the tentacles from corrupting his mind. Because of this, he becomes a villainous figure who is determined to finish his experiment no matter the cost but it's not entirely his fault.
* During the final battle, when Doctor Octopus recognises Peter Parker, he comes to his senses and sacrifices his life in order to stop his machine and save the world.
Vixen's Kiss

**Vixen's Kiss** is a close-range Scorch-elemental assassination technique, used primarily by those who entrance and seduce their targets.

## Description

Upon getting within range of the target, either through gaining their trust, seducing them, or restraining them, the user kisses the target on the lips. While kissing the target, the user drains the target's body of moisture, killing them upon completion. This technique requires great stealth and deception to get within range of using this technique, or capabilities in restraining the target. In order for this technique to work, it must be completed from beginning to end, or up to a point when the target is incapacitated. Using chemicals or aphrodesiac to daze the target and mask the effects of this attack make it all the more effective. However, this attack involves getting *very* close to the target, putting the user within range of virtually any attack, should the target be not properly distracted or restrained.

## Users

* Trixie Bandicoot
* Fiamme (usually used while in Mobian form)

## Rank

Due to being used solely for assassination and murder, and being a risky close-range attack, this technique is an A-Rank attack.
Zarazan the Squirrel

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## Zarazan

### Abilities

Hand-to-hand combat;Good agility and speed;Respectable physical strength;Capable of adhesive climbing

### Weaponry

Longbow

**Zarazan the Squirrel** is a soldier that serves the Poison Clan of Dantamu. He is also the older brother of Terris the Squirrel, and a member of the *Anti Robian Alliance*.

## Physical Description

A lean squirrel who stands a little bit over three feet tall, Zarazan has a short muzzle with a triangular nose, medium-sized, somewhat triangular ears that are tufted at the tips, and a large, bushy tail. His front teeth are always slightly visible, even when his mouth is closed.

his fur is primarily Byzantium in color, with a white muzzle, chest, and stomach, while his ears, facial markings, forearms, and the tip of his tail are antique fuchsia in color. He has no hair on his head, instead having a tuft of longer fur, and his eyes are Blue bell in color.

## Abilities

Like the other Poison Clan soldiers, Zarazan is a fairly well-rounded fighter, who primarily excels in close-range combat; however, he wields a longbow as his weapon of choice, giving him the option to attack from afar should he need to. Despite his supposed lack of defined musculature, his physical strength is considerably higher than it looks, primarily due to his extensive training as a soldier; he can lift up to 300 lbs. without assistance.

Zarazan is a fairly adept toxikinetic as well, and primarily wields low to mid-tier melee techniques of the Poison element, with his ranged/energy-based options being somewhat weaker. Being a squirrel, he is a naturally climber, and his hard and sharp front teeth can make for a painful bite; he also has keen senses of both sight and hearing.

### Strengths/Resistances

Zarazan is relatively resistant to the Element of Poison. He is also quite agile, able to dodge slow-moving opponents and attacks with ease.

### Weaknesses

Zarazan is weak to the Element of Nature and, to a lesser extent, the Elements of Earth and Wind. His defenses aren't anything special, therefore he mostly relies on his agility to try and evade potentially devastating attacks.

## Friends and Foes

### Friends/Allies

* **Poison Clan of Dantamu** -
	+ **Tindikali the Scorpion** -
	+ **Nuodai the Rat** -
* **Anti-Robian Alliance** - The small group of Poison Clan members who do not like or trust Robians and half-Robians.
	+ **Verval the Tiger** -
	+ **Kimyasal the Mink** -
	+ **Ukaoza the Galago** -
	+ **Temero the Dog** -
	+ **Fiere the Phascogale** -
	+ **Venijin the Anole** -

### Enemies

* **Nature Clan of Mokuhana** -
	+ **Kalikasan Evergreen** -
	+ **Natyra the Deer** -
* **Nihlic Clan of Nihlus** -
	+ **Pianura the Hedgehog** -
	+ **Nulla the Hedgecat** -
* **The Eggman Empire** -
* **Robians/Half-Robians** -

## Personality

### Negative Traits

* Aggressive
* Racist (towards Robians)
* Stubborn
* Cocky

## Notes

His name is the Croatian word for "infectious".
Wrap

**Wrap** is a strange elementless technique, capable of sapping a target's strength for a short period of time.

## Description

The user catches the foe in a sudden, engulfing movement using either their own body, a long limb such a tail, tongue or an elastic arm/leg, or a long, flexible piece of equipment such as a vine, a length of rope, or even thread drawn from a piece of clothing. As the foe struggles, the constricting hold tightens, injuring them further. As such, the opponent is also restrained and unable to move, as long as the user can keep them tied up. As such, the user can still access most of their energy-based techniques, however physical techniques are impossible due to the requirement on using their physical strength to restrain and injure when they struggle. However, the initial impact is extremely weak, making it more likely to trigger them to struggle.

The technique can be broken through the use of the technique Rapid Spin, certain physical attributes such as contact poisons/paralytic agents/sedatives/etc, plus any easily-escaped armor/vehicle/piece of clothing that gets caught. However, the idea of being forced to shed clothing or armor to avoid pain is an awkward one, and as such is rarely seen.

## Users

* Agile the Hedgeril - before her transformation using her tail, afterwards with a specialized spool of thread.
* Bazba Cormac
* Hardrock the Echidna
* Varanthe

## Technique Rank

Due to the technique's extremely low impact power, it bears an E-rank. However, the few practitioners willing to disagree are quite vocal, and say that the technique should at least bear a C-rank due to it's sapping potential.
Renwick Smith

### Goals

Protect himself and Brisbane from The Boogeyman by doing what The Boogeyman asks of him (failed)
Help Phoenix Wright take down The Boogeyman (succeeded)

### What Makes Them Sympathetic

His only crimes were covering up murders and he did it in order to protect his friend. Plus, as he was The Boogeyman's one man clean up crew, he was forced to watch the murders.

### Type of Villain

Protective Anti-Villain

**Renwick Smith** is a recurring character in the *Ace Attorney* fan game *The Contempt of Court*. He is a detective who was forced to cover up the crimes of a serial killer.

## What Makes Him Sympathetic?

* For his first case as a detective, he was tasked with running an investigation on Vex Vulper's courtroom assault on Erol Brisbane. During which, he stole the enigmium playing card from the crime scene and gave it to a furious Brisbane in order to calm him down and because he believed that it was rightfully his. This, combined with finding a third victim of a serial killer named "The Boogeyman", led said serial killer to contact Renwick to find out where the enigmium was. Despite being threatened with either being killed himself or framed for murder, Renwick kept his silence, believing that Brisbane was a sitting duck if The Boogeyman learned he had it.
* However, The Boogeyman decided to spare Renwick, believing that he'd crack eventually and forced the detective to watch and clean up after his murders. This went on for five years, with The Boogeyman claiming four more victims.
* It didn't matter in the end, as The Boogeyman eventually tried to kill Brisbane and ended up beating him severely, of which he tried to pin the blame on Renwick for.
* While, he's a bit of jerk, his only real crimes were cover up, which he was forced to do in order to protect himself and Brisbane. This makes it questionable if he could even be considered a villain or not.
* His friendship with Brisbane is genuine.
Scent Conduct

**Scent Conduct** is a mid-tier genetic ability, based around the communication of information and messages through scent.

## Description

Beings with this ability are naturally in-tune with their own natural pheromones, and similar to a user of Sweet Scent, can control the bursts of scent that they release to alter the perceptions of others. However, unlike Sweet Scent, this ability allows them to choose and transmit more advanced concepts through scent alone, rather than just basic emotions and desires. For example, the user could generate a scent that transmits a tactical plan to his allies, or a pungent odor designed to force someone else's mind to literally crash with a sensory overload.

However, the downside is simple. The scent message is understood by all who smell it, and as such, it is limited for tactical use, and equally an issue if used as a weapon - if an ally smells it, they too can suffer the intended effects.

## Technique Rank

The technique is pending evaluation, but it is known to be mid-tier.
Sareth

**Sareth** is the main protagonist of Dark Messiah Might and Magic. He was the son of Queen Isabel Greyhound and the Demon Sovereign, Kha-Beleth, the demonic dark messiah of whom Sar-Shazar wrote a prophecy.

## What makes him sympathetic

* Even though they know who he really is (with the exception of Arantir), people like and love him and see the heroic human in him, not the demonic dark messiah.
* Even when he finds out who he really is, despite Xana’s manipulation, he still likes Leanna and the humans.
* In the Leanna endings he bathes in the holy water of the sanctuary of Ylath, thus getting rid of Xana and his demonic being and becoming human forever.
* In Leanna and Xanna good ending, he save their lives and the world from his demonic father.
The Hunter

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* Alive
* Undead

Get Revenge on Jules Archibald and Redmond Mann for experimenting on him and having him fight in the gravel wars. (Succeeded)

### What Makes Them Sympathetic

Like Stalingrad, The Butcher, The Creature, and The Jaunts, he was executed, experimented on and forged into the gravel wars.

### Type of Villain

No information

**The Hunter**, formerly known as The Sniper or Mundy, is a Major Antagonist of the 2023 Team Fortress 2 Fan-film, *Emesis Blue*.

He was a RED Sniper who was experimented on for the Mann Brothers' gravel war. However, after going through dying only to respawn again, he seeked for revenge by Joining the Conagher Brothers at the Conagher Slaughterhouse.

He was voiced by Chad Payne who also voiced Stalingrad and Maynard Conagher in the same film.
Darth Maul

**Darth Maul** is one of the main antagonists in the Star Wars franchise and the archenemy of Obi-Wan Kenobi. He first appears in Phantom Menace where he is killed by Obi-Wan but later returns in the Clone Wars and in Rebels.

## What makes him sympathetic?

* He was taken away from his parents by Darth Sidious when he was still a baby.
* He was brutally tortured (both physically and mentally) by Sidious in order to mold him into a brutal murderer who would carry out his commands.
* Maul seems to have some insecurities about his relationship with Sidious, sees him as a father figure and wants to impress. Sidious responds to any such attempts by punishing him severely.
* At an academy for assassins, Maul falls in love with a woman. Sidious orders him to her as well as the other students which leaves Maul heartbroken.
* After Darth Maul fails in his mission, Darth Sidious doesn't try to look for him and has no qualms about replacing him with another student.
* After he is saved by Savage Oppress, Maul starts to feel genuine affection for him and is sad when Sidious kills Savage.
* Darth Sidious kidnaps Darth Maul, takes him to a secret fortress where he is tortured again for a very long period of time.
* He genuinely loved Mother Talzin and is sad when she is killed by Sidious, Dooku and Grievous.
* In Rebels he seems to have some respect for Ezra Bridger and even offers him to take him as his student and train him, saves his life on one occasion and gives him advice to be more ruthless because otherwise he would be killed.
* His death at the hands of Obi-Wan Kenobi is portrayed sympathetically. Obi-Wan holds Maul while he is dying and Maul seems to have reconciled with his archenemy in his last moments. He asks if Luke is the chosen one and expresses hope that he would avenge them both.
Mirage Express

### What Makes Them Sympathetic

They genuinely had a close bond and care for the Conductor, as they wanted to be with him forever as they feared of being forgotten about.
They completely regretted all of their actions right before dying, telling the Conductor that all they wanted to do was to not see him go.

### Type of Villain

Sympathetic Extremist Robot

> I... I just... \*zzt\* couldn't bear to see you go... I'm... Sorry... \*zzt\* for the t-trouble...
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> The Mirage Express' last words to the Conductor before deactivating.

The **Mirage Express** (also referred to as the **Train**) is the main antagonist of the 2023 visual novel *The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog*.

It is a train that was modified into a highly intelligent Badnik by Dr. Eggman in order for it to successfully kidnap Sonic and his friends in order for him to turn them into robots. Despite that, the Mirage Express had it's own personal goals of trying to keep the Conductor forever (which Eggman promised to give them if they succeeded with their mission).

## What Makes Them Sympathetic?

* Despite their extremist actions, the Mirage Express did genuinely care for the Conductor, as it formed a bond with him for over 32 years.
* It attempted to bring Sonic and his friends to Dr. Eggman due to it wanting Eggman to fulfill it's wish of being with the Conductor forever.
* While their attempt of keeping the Conductor forever could be seen as selfish (which the other characters do call them out for being so), it was actually due to them suffering from extreme abandonment and loneliness issues, as they did feared that the Conductor would forget about them once he retired.
* While the Mirage Express does have several breakdowns during the game (such as when it's called out for their actions or when the Conductor told it that he could not be with them forever), it is mainly due their emotional insecurities rather than being actively malicious.
* The Mirage Express has an incredibly sympathetic death, as right before deactivating, it openly admitted to regretting what it did to the Conductor and that all they wanted to do was to not see him leave them behind and become forgotten about.
* While the Mirage Express has clear moral agency and is incredibly intelligent and self aware for a robot, none of it is portrayed as them being sadistic, as they are portrayed as emotionally broken throughout the whole story of the game.
* Unlike some other Badnik villains who are portrayed as sympathetic, the Mirage Express does not have any major corrupting qualities that detract from their sympathy (such as them not being openly sadistic about destroying other Badniks unlike someone such as E-102 Gamma).
Asriel Dreemurr

## Sympathetic Villain

### Type of Villain

No information

*Asriel Dreemurr* is the main antagonist of Undertale.

## Why he is sympathetic

* He was originally a peaceful prince who cared for his family.
* Was brutally killed after he tried to bury his adoptive sibling, Chara.
* When he was resurrected as Flowey, he was completely amoral and insecure.
* After you spare him in a pacifist route, he acts insecure and runs away.
* He eventually redeems himself and sacrifices his freedom to free monsterkind
Captain Fray

Captain Fray is the central antagonist of the The Monica And Friends franchise. He is Smudge's uncle.

## What Makes Him Sympathetic

* When he was young, His entire Family died.
* He accidentally made a deal with the snake because he was afraid to die.
* He was mistreated by the owner of the orphanage.
* When he drew up, he was a fantastic uncle to Smudge.
* He only accepted to become The Horse Of Decay because if he hadn't accepted it, Smudge would have received the Curse Of Decay.
* He tried to save Smudge after he was cured by Maggy.
* He absorbed back The Curse Of Decay to save Smudge.
* He befriended Uran and helped save her life.
John Silver (Treasure Planet)

**John silver** is the main antagonist, turned anti-hero, of Disney's forty-third full-length animated feature film *Treasure Planet.*

## What makes him sympathetic?

* He genuinely cares about his pet, Morph.
* When John meets the young Jim Hawkins, he genuinely starts to like. He spends time with him, defends him from one of his men and calms him down when on one occasion Jim is sad and starts crying.
* When Scroop kills Mr. Arrow, John is angry and starts beating and threatening Scroop which shows that he has some standards.
* When Jim's life is in danger, John decides to give up on the treasure in order to save the young man from dead.
* When John Silver departs and Jim lets him go out of gratitude, John gives him all the money he had managed to acquire from the treasure because he knows that Jim's mother would need it to restore the inn.
* In *Treasure Planet: Battle at Procyon,* John Silver saves Jim's life again by ramming his ship into a Procyon ship and aids in the war against the Procyons. Because of this, he is posthumously absolved of all of his crimes since no trace of him was found even though Jim doesn't believe that he has died.
Vrochi the Shark

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### Abilities

General hand-to-hand combat;High level of physical strength;Respectable durability

### Weaponry

Dane axe

**Vrochi the Shark** is the head knight that serves the Water Clan of Neso.

## Physical Description

A stocky and sturdily-built lemon shark who stands a good deal over 4 feet tall, Vrochi has a fairly short muzzle with slit nostrils, a large dorsal fin extending from the back of his head, two fins on the sides of his head, a smaller pair of fins on his back, and a medium-length tail ending in a crescent-shaped fin. He also has a small fin on both of his forearms.

His scales are primarily Majorelle blue in color, with a periwinkle muzzle, chest and eye markings. He has no hair on his head, and his eyes are saffron in color.

His attire consists of leather pauldrons, a thick leather belt, boots and black shorts; he also wears a cloak on occasion, and has a few rings in his fins.

## Abilities

As a knight, Vrochi has incredible physical strength, able to easily overwhelm weaker foes with sheer physical force alone. He wields a Dane axe as his weapon of choice, which is a type of polearm with a heavy crescent-shaped head. The relatively long length of the weapon allows Vrochi to keep a bit of distance from his foes if necessary.

He is quite durable, thanks to both his scales and his naturally sturdy body, and excels in the realm of close-quarters combat. He is also a proficient Hydrokinetic, yet almost exclusively uses physical, melee-range attacks of the Water Element, due to a fairly weak connection to the Chaos Force that doesn't allow for powerful long-range attacks. Being a shark, he has powerful jaws and razor-sharp teeth, and can deliver a punishing bite.

### Resistances

Vrochi is relatively resistant to the Elements of Water and Fire (his Water resistance is somewhat higher, however). Being a knight, he is also better at tanking damage than his more fragile comrades. He is also quite fast in the water.

### Weaknesses

Vrochi is weak to the Elements of Electricity and Nature. His speed and agility on land are only average, therefore much faster opponents can run circles around him. As he tends to rely on melee-range attacks, opponents who can reliably attack from afar can wear him down with little risk to themselves. Being a manipulator of Water, severe ambient heat can render his powers nigh useless, and can also easily dehydrate him.

## Friends and Foes

### Friends/Allies

* **Water Clan of Neso** -
	+ **Tsunamos Riverspell** -
	+ **Nabiku the Chameleon** -
* **The Ocean Nomads** -

### Enemies

* **Electric Clan of Haeos** -
	+ **Voltassa Stormdriver** -
	+ **Shingai the Weasel** -
* **Nihlic Clan of Nihlus** -
	+ **Pianura the Hedgehog** -
	+ **Nulla the Hedgecat** -
* **The Ionic Kingdom** -

## Personality

Vrochi is a bit of a crude person, with a tendency to flirt playfully with virtually all of his comrades, male or female. Despite this, he is genuinely kind, with a bold disposition.

### Positive Traits

* Kind
* Loyal
Dylan (Deadly Night)

Dylan is the main antagonist of the 2022 horror videogame Deadly Night.

He's a tall adult Caucasian male stands pretty tall anywhere from (5’11 (180.3 cm)- 6’2.5 (189 cm) his description is described as large built, bulky, tall as well as a cannibalistic serial killer who haunts the rural backroads and woods. He is also the younger brother of the main protagonist Carol.

## What Makes Him Sympathetic?

* He was in a abusive family where his mother takes his older sister and him to a room were pedophiles raped her while she makes him watch all of it.
* He was locked in a closet because of drawing on the walls.
* During the house fire, he gotten brain damage from it and was raised by a cannibalistic serial killer Mr Miller.
* While he did try to kill his sister, it still heavily implies that due to his brain damage he forgotten her.
Gabby Gabby

**Gabby Gabby** is the redeemed main antagonist of 2019 Pixar animated film, *Toy Story 4*. She was a vintage doll created in the 1950s who lived in the Second Chance Antiques shop with a broken voice box, desiring the attention of a little girl named Harmony.

## What makes her sympathetic?

* She's a genuinely sweet and polite toy.
* She treats her minions, the Bensons, with genuine respect and kindness.
* Unlike Lots-o'-Huggin'-Bear, her actions were motivated by desperation rather than genuine malice or betrayal.
* Her voice box was defected by a poorly-manufacturing doll factory and has been forgotten in an antique shop for 60 years.
* She never abused or tortured Forky during her time with him and even fixed him up.
* She calmly reasoned with Woody to give her his voice box over her need for a child to play with her.
* While she did feel crushed and disappointed after being rejected by Harmony as an "uninteresting toy", she never showed any negative sentiment like Lotso'.
* She offered to return Woody's voice box due to thinking that she didn't need it anymore out of sadness.
* Gabby ultimately redeems herself by helping and comforting a lost girl who took her in.
Yuno Gasai

**Yuno Gasai** is the main female protagonist/villain of the anime/manga series *Future Diary*. She is the second diary owner in the Survival Game, and she is the owner of the "Yukiteru Diary/Diary of Future Love", and a yandere who has an obsessive crush on Yukiteru Amano.

## What makes her sympathetic?

* She was abused by her adoptive mother, Saika Gasai (both physically and mentally), which is why her mind is broken.
* She truly loves Yukiteru and a lot of the bad things she does are simply to protect him.
* She helps Yukiteru on many occasions including winning the survival game.
* While she destroys the entire world, she does it because she is sad that she can't revive Yuki.
* Her alternative version and Yuki and embrace each other lovingly and set out to restore the world that Yuki had destroyed.
* Yuno feels so much remorse for her actions that she stabs herself to death and shared a final kiss with Yuki. Her death is played for sympathy.
Magneto (X-Men Movies)

**Erik Lensherr**, also known as **Magneto**, is the main antagonist of the *X-Men* film series. He is a ruthless and extremely powerful mutant who can manipulate metal.

He fights for the survival of mutants and wants to protect them from the humans who in turn want to exterminate them.

## What makes him sympathetic?

* Erik is a Holocaust survivor and he had to witness how the Nazis massacred his people and murdered his mother.
* He had a genuine friendship with Charles Xavier and the two of them stopped World War III at one point.
* When the humans try to kill them all, Magneto becomes convinced that they all need to be killed, so that the mutants can survive.
* He genuinely cares about the survival of mutants (his kind) and loves Mystique.
* He tried to save President Kennedy in vain because he had falsely believed that he is a mutant.
* Magneto was falsely convicted for Kennedy's murder and put to jail even though he had tried to save his life.
* Magneto teams up on several occasions with Charles and X-Man to ensure the safety of mutants.
* Magneto tried to live a normal life in Poland and even got married and had a child. However, on one occasion when the life of one of his co-workers was in danger, he used his powers to save. The worker in question reported him to the police.
* The policemen accidentally shot his wife and daughter which causes Magneto to go on rampage again.
* Even though he assists Apocalypse in his attempt to destroy the world, he has a change of heart when Mystique convinces him that not all is lost yet. He helps the heroes kill Apocalypse.
* He sympathizes with Jean Grey (Phoenix) and tries to hep her control her powers.
* He helps the X-Men defeat Vuk and save Earth once again.
* Magneto reconciles with Charles Xavier and the two of them restore their friendship.
* In the alternative timeline, he forms an uneasy allience with the X-Men to stop William Stryker from destroys all mutants (even though Magneto himself tries to destroy all humanity moments later).
* When Jean kills professor Xavier, Magneto feels heartbroken because he was partially responsible for his death.
* He feels bad for manipulating Jean which had caused her to have a breakdown.
* He teams up with X-Man again to save the world from the Sentinels.
Hordak (Netfix reboot)

**Hordak** is the central antagonist of the Netflix original series *She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.* He is a ruthless and pragmatic alien warlord who invaded Etheria and leads an evil army called the Horde.

It's later revealed that he is a defective clone of Horde Prime, the ruler of the universe. Decades before the series, Hordak served as Prime's greatest general in the Galactic Horde before he was cast aside due to his defective nature. After being stranded on Etheria, he became bent on conquering the planet in hopes of regaining Horde Prime's favor.

## What makes him sympathetic?

* He was cloned by the evil galactic conquerer, Horde Prime, and the only things he knew were serving his master and conquering new planets.
* Horde Prime is a narcissist who wants onlt perfect clones of himself. When Hordak shows a small defect, his master banishes him and he ends up stranded on the planet of Etheria.
* Hordak's entire motivation to conquer Etheria is because he wants to prove to his master that he is not a failure and to return to his good graces.
* Hordak suffers from extreme insecurities that he is worthless and a failure.
* He loves his pet demon.
* When Entrapta proves her intelligence to Hordak, he accepts her as his lab partner and falls in love with her. This is the first relationship he ever had with another person.
* When Catra lies to him that Entrapta had betrayed them, he is heartbroken and for a small period of time doesn't want to continue with the invasion of Etheria. Later, when he discovers that Catra had lied to him, he is so furious that he attempts to kill her.
* When Catra proves that he is competent and a valuable asset to his army, he congratulates her and starts treating her as his equal for a short period of time.
* When he is transported on Horde Prime's ship, Hordak begs his master to accept him in his good graces again and says that he has conquered Etheria for him. however, Horde Prime, who is a narcissist, doesn't appreciate his efforts and subjects him to mind rape and brainwashing to make him "perfect" and to cleanse his "defects".
* In the final episode, Hordak turns against Horde Prime when he sees that he is about to kill Entrapta. He grabs his master and throws him into a shaft.
* In the end, Hordak redeems himself and everyone accepts him. He lives with Entrapta afterwards.
Joshua Washington

**Joshua "Josh" Washington**, also called "**The Psycho**", is the secondary antagonist of the 2015 video game *Until Dawn*. He is the older brother of Beth and Hannah, blaming his friends for their disappearance—as a result of the prank that prompted Hannah and Beth to leave the lodge in the first place—and has arranged a prank of his own to get revenge.

## What makes him sympathetic?

* He was diagnosed with schizophrenia/depression since the age of 11, and still struggles with hallucinations and emotional issues in the present.
* He lost his two younger sisters, some of the only people who ever truly cared about him, due to a deadly prank that resulted in them running outside into a blizzard never to be seen again. This even drove him to attempt suicide at one point.
* Unlike the Wendigos (or even some of the other protagonists), Josh never kills anybody nor does he try to. His traps were only meant to scare, not kill, and he was genuinely hoping everyone would all have a good laugh after he revealed himself that he was planning to upload this "prank" of his online. All he wanted was non-lethal closure for his sisters' deaths.
* It's implied that he loves Sam, and the feeling may be mutual. She was the only one who comforted him after he lost his sisters, with him even calling her "the only one who understood him". She scolds Chris if he hits Josh in the shed, and understands that his "game" was all a cry for help rather than anything malicious if she finds enough clues.
* Even after everything he did that night, Chris still tries to save him when he's trapped outside with the Wendigo.
* He shows remorse for his actions, yelling that he didn't want anyone to die when he finds his friends' mutilated corpses in the mines. He can also choose to apologize during his second-to-last conversation with Dr. Hill.
* He's the only main character that can't be saved no matter what you do, either getting his head crushed by his own possessed sister or becoming a Wendigo himself (which is practically a fate worse than death).
Catra (Netflix reboot)

**Catra** is one of the two main protagonists (alongside Adora) of the Netflix original series *She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.* At first she was a true friend to Adora but then Adora leaves for the Rebellion to become She-Ra which leaves Catra deeply hurt. She takes Adora's position as a Force Captain and fights against the Rebellion but in season 5 she redeems herself and helps defeat Horde Prime and save the universe. So far, this is the most popular incarnation of Catra.

## What makes her sympathetic?

* She was horribly abused by her foster mother, Shadow Weaver, throughout her childhood (both physically and mentally).
* She was raised as a child soldier by the Evil Horde to fight against the Princesses and their Rebellion.
* She is not very good at making friends. Her only friend throughout her childhood was Adora and it's heavily implied that she was bullied by the other Cadets at the Horde.
* She had to live in Adora's shadow throughout her childhood which made her resentful and jealous even though she still cared about Adora.
* When Adora left the Horde to join the Rebellion, Catra felt hurt on a personal level which drives a lot of her actions.
* Even though she is abusive towards Scorpia, it's clear that she cares about her (has a few good moments with her, tries to protect her by making sure that she wouldn't rescue Catra when she is imprisoned and is emotionally devastated when Scorpia leaves her).
* She also cares about Entrapta, tries to protect her from Hordak's wrath and feels bad about zapping her and sending her to Beast Island.
* During her time as a Force Captain, she was abused and tortured by Hordak for her failures and at one point was even sent to the Crimson Waste to die.
* Tries to form a bond with Shadow Weaver even though the later has abused her. When Shadow Weaver betrays her trust and leaves her to join Adora and the Rebellion, Catra is emotionally devastated which causes her to become even more destructive.
* When Adora and Catra get into the dream reality, Catra's dream is to be loved by Shadow Weaver and respected by the other cadets.
* Becomes friends with Double Trouble. When the later leaves, Catra feels betrayed and breaks down.
* During her time at Horde Prime's ship, Catra starts feeling bad about the things she has done. She forms a bond with Glimmer and helps her escape to do one good thing in her life even though she knows that Horde Prime would punish her severely afterwards.
* Is subjected to mind rape and brainwashing by Horde prime to become part of his cult.
* Once she is saved by Adora, Glimmer and Bow, she joins the Rebellion, apologies to everyone and helps them defeat Horde Prime.
* When Shadow Weaver sacrifices her life for Catra, she starts crying even though Shadow Weaver had abused her.
* Confesses her love to Adora in the final episode.
Odium

**Odium Ansel Sui** or just **Odium** is a fan character from the *My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic* franchise. He's the central antagonist of the fanfiction, *The Day of Reckoning*. Originally just an altruistic wolf who was psychologically manipulated for years in thinking that the Mane Six were evil by a seer named Calypso. After her traumatizing death, he traveled by himself to Equestria to make the heroes pay for their perceived misdeeds.

## What makes him sympathetic?

* Used to have a sweet, gentle, shy, and curious personality as a young pup.
* Has good intentions and genuinely wants to help other people and stop injustice.
* Was manipulated by Calypso for 27 years into thinking that the Mane Six were evil and that his actions are justified.
* Cares about his mother-figure/mentor, Calypso, and was completely unaware of her manipulation as well as horrified by her death right in front of him.
* He has a sense of honor, shows mercy, and is considerate towards the loved ones of his enemies.
* He suffers from PTSD from his time with Calypso, despite not initially knowing why.
* He does get brutally beaten up and put through a lot more physical and verbal abuse and punishment than he deserves, to the point where he even starts bleeding.
* He can be genuinely affable.
* After realizing for himself how horrible, idiotic, violent, and monstrous he's become, even after learning the truth, when he’s supposed to be helping others and stopping injustice, he genuinely sees himself as completely irredeemable, rejects the Mane Six's friendship, and wants to be punished for all the pain he tried to put them through, even if it meant death or imprisonment for eternity and accepts it with fortitude, regardless of his intentions or past circumstances.
* Even after being punished, he still refuses their friendship and decides to leave to fix the rest of his mistakes by himself and go back to helping others and stopping injustice.
Zuko

**Prince Zuko** is one of the main antagonists, turned anti-hero, in the animated series *Avatar: The Last Airbender*. He was the crown Prince of the Fire Nation who was banished by his abusive father, Fire Lord Ozai, and tasked with tracking down the Avatar. He later turns against his tyrannical father, joins the Gang and becomes a noble and just ruler to the Fire Nation.

## What makes him sympathetic?

* He loves his mother, who teaches him how to be a good person.
* During his childhood, he was abused by both his father, Ozai, and his sister, Azula.
* At some point, his mother ran away and left him alone with his father and sister.
* Has insecurities that he is not as talented as his sister and that his father appreciates her more than him.
* Was brainwashed from a young age into believing the Fire Nation's propaganda, that their war is justified because they bring prosperity to the world.
* A flashback shows that at a war meeting Zuko spoke up against a plan that would sacrifice many Fire Nation soldiers, showing that he is a good person.
* Because of this, his father, Ozai, challenged him to a duel, burned one of his eyes and banished him from the Fire Nation until he kills the Avatar ( a task that's considered impossible).
* Even though Zuko sometimes mistreats his uncle, Iroh, he still cares deeply about him. At one point he even endangers his own mission to save his life. He also visits Iroh when he is in prison even though he knows that this would put his own life at risk.
* In the very first episode Zuko promises that he would spare the Water Tribe village if Aang surrenders to him. Zuko keeps his promise which shows that he has a sense of honor.
* When he fights against Admiral Zhao in a duel, he fights with honor and doesn't do anything to his opponent once he is fallen to the ground unlike Zhao himself.
* Saves the life of one of his crewmen which shows that he cares about them.
* Saves a village from a band of Earth Kingdom soldiers who terrorize it. When the villagers turn on him after discovering his identity, he simply walks away and accepts their attitude.
* Falls in love with a girl and wants to stay with her but ultimately decides that his mission is more important.
* Suffers throughout the entire course of the show simply because he wants to prove himself to his abusive family and regain his honor.
* When he realises that his family is evil, he turns against them and defies his father.
* Joins the Gang, reconciles with them and becomes their friend and teaches Aang the Fire element.
* During his final confrontational with Azula, when he sees that a lightning would hit Katara, he jumps in its way and protects Katara with hos own body.
* After Azula's defeat, Zuko shows mercy to his sister and sends her to an assylum instead of sending her to prison like he did with their father.
* Falls in love with Mai and marries her.
* After his father's defeat, Zuko rules the Fire Nation as a just and noble Fire Lord and puts an end to the Hundred Year War which has claimed the lives of millions of people throughout the world.
Ratcatcher 2

**Ratcatcher 2** Is The Deuteragonist Of The 2021 Movie The Suicide Squad . At first she is a villain but in the end redeems hersef when she helps to defeat Starro

## What Makes Her Sympathetic

* She Loved Her Father And Their Rats
* Her only crime was armed robbery, and only because the court counted her rats as weapons. Meaning she never wanted to hurt anyone.
* She Is Very Kind
* When Nanaue Tries To Eat Her , She Forgives Him And Befriends Him
* She Befriends Bloodsport
* She , Alongside Her Teammates , Betrays Amanda Waller, Redeeming Herself
* She Uses Her Rats To Defeat Starro
* She Mourns Polka Dot Mans Death
* She Hugs Nanaue After Seeing That He Is Alive
Negan (The Walking Dead Comic Book Series)

**Negan** (known as **Negan Smith** in the TV show) is one of the main antagonists from *The Walking Dead* comic book series and AMC's television series. Negan is the totalitarian and magisterial leader of The Saviors, a hostile group of outbreak survivors that are pitted against Rick Grimes' group. At first he starts out as a villain but later becomes an anti-hero.

## What makes him sympathetic?

* Before the zombie apocalypse, his wife had been diagnosed with cancer. Because of this, he decided to end his extra marital affair, stays with his wife, confesses to her and apologises for what he had done.
* His wife dies from the cancer, turns into undead and tries to kill him.
* Negan saves the life of a 13-year-old-boy and tries to give him life advices.
* Later, Negan finds a group of other survivors, bonds with them and helps them out.
* Negan takes in a child named Carl in his group instead of leaving him to starve. When he offends Carl by accident and the kid starts crying, Negan feels bad and tries to apologise.
* He later returns Carl to his father, Rick.
* Negan makes an offhand comment about Olivia's weight, who overhears it and starts to cry. When he tries to apologise to the woman she slaps him. When several men suggest that they should kill her, Negan dismisses them.
* When a man named Spencer talks behind the back of his leader Rick and suggests that Negan should kill him and promote Spencer as the new leader, Negan is disgusted by this act of cowardice and slashes the man's stomach.
* He saves Holly from the zombies.
* When Negan catches one of his men trying to rape Holly, Negan expresses his hate for sexual violence and kills the man in question.
* When Rick goes to his cell for advice, Negan advises him to keep his people happy even if it means lying to them.
* When Negan has a chance to join the Whisperers and take revenge on Rick, he instead kills the Whisperers' leader, presents her head to Rick and expresses a desire to fight side by side with him.
* He has named his baseball bat Lucille after his dead wife. When it is broken in battle, he tears up and then buries it as a way to honor his wife.
* Negan saves Rick's life on a few occasions and the two of them develop a friendship.
* Negan reflects on his past life and realises that what he did was wrong.
Roy Batty

**Roy Batty** is the main antagonist of the Philip K. Dick science fiction novel *Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?* and Ridley Scott's 1982 dark sci-fi thriller film *Blade Runner* which was based on the novel. He is a replicant who wants to extend his extremely short lifespan.

## What makes him sympathetic?

* He was forced to perform slave labor on off-world colonies before he rebelled along with five other replicants.
* All of Roy's actions throughout the film are motivated by his desire to reach his creator and ask him to increase his extremely short lifespan of 4 years.
* He genuinely cares about the other replicants from his group and wants to avenge their deaths.
* In the end, Roy saves the life of Blade Runner, Deckard, even though the later had previously tried to murder Roy.
* Roy succumbs to his fate and dies allowing a dove he had carried to fly into the night. His death is portrayed sympathetically and even Deckard feels bad for him.
Yokai (Big Hero 6)

**Professor Robert Callaghan**, or also better known by his supervillain name **Yokai**, is the main antagonist of Disney's 54th full-length animated feature film *Big Hero 6* and a minor character in *Big Hero 6: The Series*. He is also the former archenemy of Hiro Hamada and Baymax.

He is a former university teacher presumed dead in a fire; until he later re-emerged using a vast army of microbots in his plan to take revenge on Alistair Krei, whom he blames for the supposed death of his daughter Abigail Callaghan.

## What nakes him sympathetic?

* He was a true friend to Professor Granville.
* He lost his daughter when an experiment goes horribly wrong and she was trapped in another dimension.
* He blames Alistair Krei for the death of his daughter and all of his actions are caused by his desire to avenge her.
* When Big Hero 6 rescue his daughter, he is rejoiced to see her again and feels remorse for his actions as he is driven away by a police car.
* He apologises to hiro for causing the death of his brother and hopes that some day he would forgive him.
* He realises that Big Hero 6 are good and even defends them in fron of Chief Cruz when they are declared fugitives.