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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy's Big Picture Show]]'' introduces the closest this series has to a [[Big Bad]] in the form of {{spoiler|Eddy's previously unseen older brother}}, who [[Small Role, Big Impact|changes most things of the entire series in their short-timed presence]]. {{spoiler|Previously seen as [[The Ace]], he's revealed to be instead a [[Big Brother Bully|repugnant excuse for a brother]] who has been [[Domestic Abuse|abusing Eddy]] all his life, making him the [[Broken Bird|messed-up kid]] he is, and revealing to have lied abut him and [[Jerkass Facade|himself]] in order to be accepted}}. What makes this character repulsive is {{spoiler|his [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown|beatdown]] on Eddy and Edd is played [[Played for Drama|mostly seriously]], [[Sadist Show|unlike anything else in this show]], and everyone is [[Everyone Has Standards|absolutely repulsed]] by his actions.}} The reason why {{spoiler|he}} exists is {{spoiler|to [[Heel Face Turn|redeem]] Eddy and the rest of the kids for a [[Earn Your Happy Ending|well-deserved happy ending]].}}
* The [[Netflix]] animated series ''Bojack Horseman'' is all about showing how [[Horrible Hollywood]] can be, and as such, it has many characters worth the viewers' hatred and revulsion. That said, it provides a unique spin on this trope by making the Hate Sinks as three-dimensional as possible, either by showing some [[Even Evil Has Loved Ones|redeeming qualities]] ([[Villainous Friendship|Vanessa Gecko and Rutabaga]]), [[Jerkass Woobie|genuine tragedies that made them the way they are even if their actions are still inexcusable]] ([[Abusive Parents|Beatrice and Butterscotch Horseman]]) or [[Deliberate Values Dissonance|simply following the standards of the era]] ({{spoiler|Beatrice's father Joseph Sugarman}}) The point is that, while they're horrible people whose actions can ''never'' be excused, they're still people whose role in the show isn't just commit horrible deeds [[For the Evulz|for the sake of it]], but rather to illustrate what kind of extreme [[Crapsack World]] would require to make them such Hate Sinks in the first place.
* ''[[Recess]]'' has Randall, who’s hated by pretty much every student at Third Street Elementary School. The reason for that? He's a snitch who rats out students to Mrs. Finster. He also happens to be a coward. For this reason, he's one of the enemies of the Recess gang. "Randall's Friends" reveals that he doesn't have friends at school, and it's not hard to see why. Even the Ashleys dislike him. Inevitably, Prince Randall (in which he obtains power over the playground by King Bob, due to Randall blackmailing Bob) has him become [[The Caligula]].
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* Burgermeister Meisterburger from ''[[Santa Claus is Comin' to Town]]'' is a lot goofier than most examples of this trope, but since he's a humorless adult obsessed with not letting the children of Sombertown have fun in a [[Christmas Special]], he still runs afoul of it. It's best exemplified when he gets so fed up with Kris sneaking toys to the children, that he has them all tossed into a roaring bonfire while the crying children are forced to watch. Being petty is one thing, but the Burgermeister definitely takes it to new heights.
* Gill from ''[[Kim Possible]]'' is this, though he also doubles as a scary swamp monster. He is a bully at his core that more or less bullies Ron for the fun of it. While he teased Ron about not wanting to swim in Lake Wannaweep, he shows no remorse when he discovers that it was polluted (the hints were there) and it turned people into mutants, which eventually happened to him. (To put it in perspective, only prolonged exposure resulted in someone becoming a mutant, so he could have avoided it if he didn’t swim in it so much.) So he isn’t such a tragic monster. And he’s even worse in his second appearance.
* Princess Morebucks from ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]''. While being a [[Spoiled Brat]] isn't enough to make fans detest a villain; that Trope could apply to [[Xiaolin Showdown|Jack Spicer]] and many other fan-favorite characters. Princess is unique in that it is her sole motivation, and has no redeemable qualities at all. No [[Freudian Excuse]], no [[Hidden Depths]], as Blossom puts it in the episode where she first appears, "you're nothing but a brat", and at that, one who never learns.
* The [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|CEO of Insane Groundbreaking Games]] from the Season 2 premiere of ''[[Smiling Friends]]'' is a rude, obnoxious, ugly [[Fat Bastard]] who's introduced mocking Gwimbly, the abandoned mascot of the game franchise that put his company on the map. Despite knowing the poor guy is homeless and clearly not in a good spot emotionally, he refuses to make a new Gwimbly game and is willing to murder him, Pim, and Alan when they try to crowdfund an independent game [[Evil Is Petty|since he's hellbent on sitting on older IP's and doing nothing with them.]] It really speaks to just how unlikable he is when Alan, the resident [[Token Evil Teammate]], can't stand the guy. Ditto for [[Nice Guy|Gwimbly]] trying to kick his ass two different times and having to be physically restrained before he can seriously hurt him.
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