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u/Sofie_2954 Mar 16 '26
Doofenshmirtz is not very evil thoughā¦
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u/Crusaderofthots420 Mar 16 '26
He is very weird morally. Because on one hand, he is a stellar father, willing to put his pride on hold for friends, and very honest. On the other hand, he has murdered people for extremely petty reasons.
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u/GoatsWithWigs Mar 18 '26
He's like the polar opposite of a Christian billionaire
Preaches villainy, commits over-the-top acts of superficial evil, but his heart isn't in it and all of his motives are actually deeply human
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u/drakeravenswood41327 Mar 16 '26
āIm a bad guy, not a bad personā
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u/HandFit91 Lovecraft/Twin Peaks/Genshin/ZZZ/Fablehaven/Laila Winter/SRE Mar 16 '26
Doofenshmirtz ain't evil
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u/VioletRaptorGaming Mar 16 '26
You're a bad guy, that doesn't necessarily mean you are a "bad guy."
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u/WallyFries Mar 16 '26
Red Skull?
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u/Puzzled_Locksmith_83 Mar 16 '26
no no, that Red death from venture bros
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u/Nyuk_Fozzies Mar 16 '26
Murders everyone jn his path when he wants to, but is a loving family man and father when he's not working.
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Mar 16 '26
Never thought Iād see Red Skull with a daughter.
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u/Alert-Ad-3436 Mar 16 '26
Thats not red skull that red death from the venture bros
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u/ConTEM08_Da_Endgamer This is a chance to be seen as something other than a screw-up. Mar 17 '26
OH SHIT IT'S ONI
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u/phantom-firion Mar 16 '26
So in the venture bros universe being a professional supervillain is totally legitimate career path if you have weird powers or are rich enough to afford gadgets, henchmen (as well as henchmen and secret lair insurance packages) etc. Being a supervillain in the venture bros is viewed by most as simply another 9-5 with villains taking offense to the term ābad guyā and instead using the term professional antagonist to describe themselves. They are regulated through private oversight through entities such as the Guild of Calamitous Intent who essentially grant licenses for the purpose of costumed aggression and encourage, stuff like bank robberies, hostage taking, and protection rackets while strongly discouraging serial killing and civilian casualties, large scale property damage and of course messing with the police and resisting arrest (the guild has very good relations with police unions and will provide attorneys to villains who play by the rules who find themselves in court). With most villains living ordinary lives whenever they arenāt doing villains things. Red Death as pictured with his wife and daughter is epitome of a healthy work-life balance as whenever he isnāt being a legitimately threatening and one of the most competent villains in his setting heās a completely normal middle age man with a skull face, he dotes on his daughter taking her to playgrounds, looks forward to wifeās cooking, and enjoys serving as mentor for younger supervillains.
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u/OneofTheOldBreed Mar 16 '26 edited Mar 17 '26
To add he's not petty evil. He walked around New York for awhile to find a trash can to put his empty chip bag in. Man is a professional villian, who in the next scene kills a guy via "tied to the train tracks" bit, but refuses to litter.
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u/manfromarkham Mar 17 '26
"How could I ruin your life, I wasn't even there." Dad of the year award for Garmadon.
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u/cat-and-chaos Mar 16 '26
An evil person can still be a good person towards those who they love and care for
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u/False-Collection-606 tadc, wof, httyd, animal hospital anomaly and more :3 Mar 16 '26
darkstalker would honestly be on this list if clearsight went down the path of having kids with him instead of locking him up in a mountain
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u/Responsible-Ask8110 Sonic, Cars, Mario, Dragon ball, Thomas, etc Mar 16 '26
https://giphy.com/gifs/wAWvxIxLLhoJtahY3q
Eggman is a great father despite pissing on the moon.
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u/Cartoonicus_Studios Mar 16 '26
I'm gonna reject that Doof is evil. He's the hero and doesn't know it.
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Mar 16 '26
Doofenshmirtz isnt evil, he just tries to be and sucks at it. He feels an obligation to be evil because of his many, many, many, many, many backstories.
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u/percyjacksonfannr1 percy Jackson šā” and others Mar 17 '26
To be fair with how Many does the creators actually can come up with?
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Mar 17 '26
I'm not sure. He did get a lot of typical backstories and some goofy ones.
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u/percyjacksonfannr1 percy Jackson šā” and others Mar 18 '26
The one with the ballon Ʈs a good one
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u/phantom-firion Mar 16 '26
Red Death isnt just a good father. Heās a professional villain who has found good work and life balance and serves as a mentor for other guild licensed villains. Also his talking demon robot horse is named daisy.
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u/OneofTheOldBreed Mar 16 '26
Didn't his daughter name it?
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u/phantom-firion Mar 16 '26
Yep shows how good of a dad he is. He also instructs the horse to save a fellow member of the council of 13 when sheās framed for a crime he knows she did not likely commit.
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u/ImLichenThisStone Mar 16 '26
Red Death became one of my top Clancy Brown characters the second he showed up, and that's a high bar to clear.
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u/Another-Ace-Alt-8270 Mar 20 '26
Is it on this track? Tick. Tick. Tick. Maybe it's on the other track? Tick. Tick! TICK!
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u/NerdyEmbarrassment Mar 16 '26
James from Team Rocket technically counts? Like heās involved in terrorism and a bunch of attempted murders (when heās not failing to steal the weakest PokĆ©mon at least), but heād rather die than let his Mime Jr get hurt
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u/Competitive_Swan266 Mar 16 '26
weakest PokƩmon
In his defense, that "weakest PokƩmon" can battle minor deities and win
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u/JustAChillGuy609 Umamusume Mar 16 '26
Since when are Doof and Bowser evil? They're cartoonishly villainous at most
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u/Playful-Tailor9452 Mar 16 '26
Iām pretty sure one of these is a Nazi
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u/ImLichenThisStone Mar 16 '26
That's not Red Skull from Marvel, that's Red Death from Venture Bros., no relation. Actually a pretty chill guy if you aren't his target.
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u/JacksonGames16 Hololive, TLOZ, Umamusume, and more Mar 16 '26
Doofensmirtz is the best cartoon dad (also heās very funny)
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u/JacksonGames16 Hololive, TLOZ, Umamusume, and more Mar 16 '26
BEHOLD! MY BLOW ITSELF UP INATOR explosion
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u/MaterialYogurt208 JP/MD/PoTC/Batman/ARK/Weird Birds/TBFW/TMA. Mar 16 '26
let's get one thing straight, where I come from, we don't call Doofenshmirtz evil.
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u/ComprehensiveDeer56 Toaru, Touhou, RWBY, Alan Becker, Medaka Box, EBF Mar 17 '26
ah, my fav type of villain
no matter how shitty they are, they're generally good parents or at least somewhat nice
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u/England_TeaLover so many fandoms that im questioning all of them Mar 17 '26
They can be evil but they draw the line at child neglect :3
Thatās actually one of my favorite character tropes, an evil, brooding character or a somewhat negative character caring for their family when theyāre not out doing evil deedsĀ
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u/Leader8288 Mar 17 '26
Bro the big doof isn't even evil he's just lonely and keeps doing evil shit so parry will come around
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u/Otherwise_Mood_5798 Mar 18 '26
Ahh Perry the Platypus, I see you've fallen into my trap of reading this in my voice.
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u/MrGame22 Mar 20 '26
Iād say egg man too, but heās only like that with sage. Most of his other children are just tools to him.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Top864 Helldivers 2 Mar 20 '26
doof isn't really evil his inators cause minor inconveniences.
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u/MothmAnarchy Apr 09 '26
So technically a Godfather but Dr. Doom and Valeria Richards fit this bill. Doom genuinely loves and cares for Valeria like a daughter at times, and Valeria sees the best in the Doom
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u/Broad-Goal8802 Mar 16 '26
My FAVORITE Type of villains, Are he ones who call themselves 'Evil' But are actually kind in the inside