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Mean Character, Nice Actor

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Mean Character, Nice Actor	comment	The inverse of Nice Character, Mean Actor â€” the guy playing the Big Bad, the badass or the For the Evulz Evil Overlord is, off-camera, the nicest, sweetest person you'll ever meet. Maybe they were previously pigeonholed into nice guys roles and they're relishing the chance for Playing Against Type; maybe they're in it for the Money, Dear Boy; maybe they're the resident Large Ham and they just like playing deliciously evil characters; or maybe they have the Face of a Thug and got cast because they look big and scary (despite being anything but). And when you think about it, villains â€” especially in genre fiction â€” tend to lose a lot, only exist for the primary characters to play off of, and often end up looking ridiculous. It's not a career path that necessarily goes with actually being an arrogant or selfish actor; if anything, truly egotistic actors tend to hate playing the villain. May overlap with Friends All Along, in situation where someone is playing the villain of a staged scenario for a friend. Contrast Nice Character, Mean Actor. Compare Monster FaÃ§ade, where a creature with scary looks but nice personality puts on a mean act, for other purposes than entertainment. See also Scary Musician, Harmless Music, Bad Influencer, and Hapless Self-Help, and compare Funny Character, Boring Actor.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_14cb9f30	comment	One outtake at the end of A Bug's Life has The Brute grasshopper Thumper anxiously asking the director about the quality of his Ax-Crazy performance of mere moments before, in a high-pitched nasally voice.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_160b4833	comment	In a related example, on Clone High, Marilyn Manson sings an insanely catchy Broadwayesque tune mostly about the importance of eating properly and paying attention to the food pyramid.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_179d32c8	comment	Notably, they take over the House in Mickey's House of Villains, but it doesn't really last for long. The film was more of a compilation of shorts, so when the villains did take over the club, they didn't really change it much aside from having to keep kicking out Mickey and the gang.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_17e6cb15	comment	Bojack Horseman: The fifth season is about the shooting of Bojack's new TV show, and eternal optimistic goofball Mr. Peanutbutter gets cast as the titular detective's shady partner Fritz. Cue the hilarity.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_196b618d	comment	In PokÃ©mon Black 2 and White 2, both Brycen and Sabrina play villains at least once in PokÃ©star Studio movies, and while they're both The Stoic, they're certainly a lot nicer than their movie characters.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_1b386512	comment	One Ranma Â½ fan comic (presenting the cast as Animated Actors) had Kodachi as Ranma's "real-life" wife, and far kinder (not to mention saner) than the character she plays.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_1cc0c1ee	comment	Blend-S: In Maika's job as a Cosplay CafÃ© waitress, she acts like a sadist due to her appearance, but she is actually one of the most pleasant people anyone would meet.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_22e5872a	comment	King K. Rool in one comic. He is very polite to Sakurai when he brings him dinner and even wonders why the fighters don't eat together, saying that it would be a good way to get to know the other fighters and boost morale (Sakurai tried that. It did not work out). Later comics would generally revert him back to a character similar to his original appearances.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_259fee1a	comment	Robert Englund's fictional counterpart in Wes Craven's New Nightmare is much like the real-life guy; talkative and jovial, and genuinely enjoys the villainous role he's playing.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_25f6f1a0	comment	In Umineko: When They Cry, the Stakes of Purgatory are ruthless and very much capable of killing in cold blood. Behind the scenes, they're not so bad - we see Beelzebub and Battler playfully fighting over Ronove's baking early in Episode 4, and let's not get into them gushing and squeeing over cute little Sakutaro.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_28f7a40b	comment	Ibiki Morino in I Am NOT Going Through Puberty Again!. This results in the time travelers failing to find any of his threats the least bit intimidating during the first phase of the Chuunin exams (since they're all personally acquainted with him in the future). Well, that and they know that he's bluffing. Sakura, in particular, describes him as "a great big fluffy teddybear when he wasn't on duty".
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_2e1df124	comment	The main premise of Wreck-It Ralph revolves around this trope, as the way that characters act in their games doesn't necessarily reflect their actual personalities outside of gameplay. Antagonists such as Bowser, Clyde, M. Bison, Kano, and Dr. Robotnik are treated as this. When you see them in Bad-Anon, they're just nice people who play the role of the bad guy, and for this reason they tend to be mistreated. Zangief puts it best: The only antagonists to avert this are the Cy-Bugs. Being feral Cyborg insect monsters, they don't understand that they're in a game. Shank from the sequel. A Dark Action Girl gang leader in-game, a Cool Big Sis when she's off the clock.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_32d86902	comment	The Backyardigans occasionally play antagonistic roles (especially Pablo and Tasha), but when it all comes down, each one is as much of a fun-loving kid as each of the others.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_34411a6e	comment	In Archipelago Kor, one of the heirs, is a professional actor and we first see him on stage, playing a Magnificent Bastard. He himself is a sweet guy, slightly clumsy, bit indecisive, prone to falling in love and terrified of his boss (who, in fairness, is a villain).
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_36030c03	comment	In the French TV series Thierry la Fronde, one of Thierry's outlaw companions is an actor who loves animals, and is one of the gentlest souls in the show. The character he plays on stage when we first meet him? Judas Iscariot.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_38c225b6	comment	Played with in Flann O'Brien's modernist novel At Swim-Two-Birds, where the main character of the book the protagonist is writing, Dermot Trellis, is writing a moralistic novel where all the characters are awful and sinful. A metatextual conceit portrays the fictional characters of Trellis' novel as actors he has hired. We then see what they're doing when off-duty from their jobs as terrible people - mostly having dinner parties, discussing Irish poetry, and being very nice to each other. They then start to rebel against Trellis forcing them to be evil, and as their tormenting their own creator gets more and more genuinely cruel, we start to see Trellis himself - ostensibly set up an unpleasant, self-righteous fool - become more and more sympathetic, pitiable and reasonable as the story mutates further, and we see that the protagonist is using him to portray a villain the same way he is portraying his own characters. Much of the point of this is focused on the narrator's complicated relationship with his uncle (with whom he lives), and his gradual realization that people have more than one side to them.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_396e0331	comment	In the Disney Short, The Goofy Success Story, Goofy tells the audience, unlike his Mr. Wheeler persona in Motor Mania, he doesn't suffer from road rage in his offscreen life.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_3f20226f	comment	In Rocky III, Rocky Balboa agrees to a charity match with a massive pro-wrestler named Thunderlips, played by then known mostly only to wrestling fans Hulk Hogan. Rocky tries to goad Thunderlips into a friendly fun match but that soon leads to Rocky being tossed around the ring like a ragdoll, suplexed, back nearly broken over a knee, and finally tossed clear out of the ring well into the audience. After climbing back in the ring and delivering some bare-knuckled damage of his own, the match is finally determined a draw and the after-match interview reveals Thunderlips to be a pretty okay guy, congratulating Rocky on a good match and posing for pictures with his wife and kids, explaining his actions in the ring as "The name of the game." The final shot of the scene is a newspaper headline revealing that the charity match raised over 75,000 dollars for a local youth club.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_40b4d50d	comment	In Chesterton's Father Brown story The Actor and the Alibi, an actor who is The Watson to Father Brown is described as a kind man who usually plays villains.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_410978c2	comment	In Interspecies Reviewers, the fox succu-girl Mig is this. While she has more than enough cause to be mean in-character, as she works at what can most accurately be described as a rape roleplay brothel, her calling Crim a "disgusting rapist freak" nearly caused the angel to have a breakdown. She immediately broke character to assure him that everything was fine, though she did tell the other reviewers off for bringing an innocent guy like Crim to an establishment he clearly wouldn't enjoy.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_4320d945	comment	The Wrestler, being a movie about Professional Wrestling played on this, since both Faces and Heels were portrayed as friendly towards each other throughout. One particularly impressive scene had the main character (Randy, a Face) discussing the "script" of his upcoming extreme rules match with his opponent, who was a polite and soft-spoken man (real-life wrestler Dylan Keith Summers, whose ring name is Necro Butcher in real life too!). The scene was threaded with scenes from said match; including once with the Heel stapling a five dollar note to his own forehead before going nuts on Randy with the staple gun. Preceding question: "How do you feel about staples?" In a less extreme example, a similar scene with Randy's old 'nemesis' from The '80s, the Ayatollah, showed him to be a quite pleasant and nice man. During the climactic fight, he also shows concern for Randy's health and ends up trying to persuade Randy to just go for the pin. Randy refuses.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_479f38d7	comment	Shining Song Starnova has Kile, who plays the main villain of the Black Opera TV adaptation in Mika's route. Kile's character is a Manipulative Bastard who brainwashes women into becoming his sex slaves and subjects the main heroine to horrible, degrading scenarios. Kile himself is so ashamed of the things his part requires him to say and do to his co-star Mika that he breaks character and runs off the set in tears during a particularly grueling scene.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_480ec6f0	comment	Similarly, a Bonkers comic in Disney Adventures had Monstro from Pinocchio as a long-out-of-work Toon actor who was actually pretty friendly (albeit destructive due to his size) off the set.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_49a87cb3	comment	Nearly every villain member of the roster is this with the exception of Sephiroth. Even Bowser is willing to put his life on the line when Sephiroth threatens to destroy the rest of the deceased fighters' bodies so that they can't be revived.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_49cb0175	comment	Shank from the sequel. A Dark Action Girl gang leader in-game, a Cool Big Sis when she's off the clock.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_4b790c7b	comment	In Iron Man 3, Trevor Slattery AKA The Mandarin fits this. He's not really a terrorist leader, he's just pretending for the cameras.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_4e17a195	comment	In Yo-kai Watch, Sgt. Burly is a personal trainer who adopts a Drill Sergeant Nasty persona during his training sessions, and whose personal style is somewhat harsh. However, he's shown to actually be a very kind Yo-kai who's passionate about helping people get fit, and his strict motivation during training coupled with his kindness afterward has made him extremely popular.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_4e5b6428	comment	In Making Money and Unseen Academicals, there's Dr. Hix, an Unseen University professor along these lines. They need someone to act like an evil Necromancer (or rather, Post-Mortem Communicator), and Dr. Hix, despite his talent for dramatic summonings and unpleasant, divisive remarks, and his enjoyment of wearing skull motifs, is actually an affable nerd. This arrangement benefits Unseen University immensely, as they have someone who's "not really into the whole peeled skulls thing" and is on their side and can throw fireballs at unauthorized Post-Mortem Communicators.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_50b9086a	comment	In the Ready Jet Go! episode "Lone Star", Sean plays a Jerkass shopkeeper who doesn't believe Lone Star. However, Sean wouldn't hurt a fly in real life.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_52382563	comment	This is the entire premise of Detroit Metal City: The main character is a young farm boy who wants to be a sappy pop idol, moves to the big city to pursue that career, and discovers he can only get a job as the lead singer of a death metal band, with rumors of him being a rapist and a murderer. He's perpetually terrified.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_569093cc	comment	A "Turn Off Your Phone" PSA based off of the DuckTales (2017) intro reveals that the giant scorpion monster is this when he politely asks if they can get on with the filming since he has a 4:00 appointment. The Show Within a Show of Darkwing Duck gets an edgy reboot film, portraying the already gruff and arrogant Darkwing as a terror who "fights darkness with more darkness," (though we don't actually see anything more of him in the trailer than just a smirk). The actor cast in the role (who just so happens to be Drake Mallard) turns out to be a huge dork who has modeled his life on the original (in-universe) portrayal and enjoys roleplaying with Launchpad and has a strong heroic streak of his own.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_5afbc0cb	comment	Undertale sets the Player Character up as the "actor" in one scenario. The non-Genocide version of Mettaton EX's boss fight is presented as a TV show, and acting like a Card-Carrying Villain is a good way to gain viewers (other ways include being a Large Ham, using on-brand products, and living up to your boasts). Not only can you play the bad guy and keep your Pacifist Run going so long as you don't actually harm Mettaton, but gaining enough viewers lets you end the fight with minimal violence (well, except to you, since this way requires you to get hit), so you're actually encouraged to play this way. Mettaton himself plays with this trope, as he acts like a Killer Robot and isn't afraid of playing up to it. While he does try to kill you, the real reason behind it is more complicated. His various employees and fans (with the noteworthy exception of Burgerpants) talk about how kind and supportive he is toward them.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_625cdb0c	comment	This is most explicit in Mario Power Tennis, where Bowser, Wario and Waluigi are shown to be joking around and laughing at their mistakes during the "blooper reel".
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_6a8a2fbf	comment	The hero of The Alien Factor intentionally acts cold towards the townspeople in order to get them to leave him alone in his quest to kill the monsters rampaging through the town. Turns out he too is an alien sent to kill the creatures and knows the townsfolk don't stand a chance against the monsters if they should run in to them.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_6c234f75	comment	On Dr. Crafty, because of his deep-set insecurities, Colin is the only Crafty Crewmate who feels compelled to put on an act, whether the camera is rolling or not. He's far from perfect, but when acting as Dr. Crafty, he takes some of his worst traits, amplifies them, and adds some new ones to make him seem that much more like a bumbling, jerkish cartoon villain. By contrast, the man behind the act is rather kindhearted, something that continuously grows more apparent as he gradually lets his better qualities shine through his Crafty persona. Eventually, he starts feeling comfortable with dropping the act entirely at key moments. The first time in which Colin outwardly acknowledges this dichotomy is in "Crafty Hearts Re:Grouped." After filming is wrapped up, he takes Nurse aside and breaks character to deliver a genuine apology for bickering with her so much before this episode. It's in response to Nurse's own apology over the matter earlier; he realizes that he too holds some blame over what happened between them, and he's finally ready to hold himself accountable. He's noticeably awkward and deliberate with his words, as though he hasn't opened up to someone like this in a long time. In "LoveCrafty," Crafty narrowly misses a chance to see Sasha again and snaps at Nurse far harsher than ever before. The shock of what he had done convinces Crafty to drop all pretense and open up about himself again. Unlike "Crafty Hearts Re:Grouped," he does so during filming, and he reveals more about himself than ever before. Through an art therapy session with Nurse, he candidly elaborates on some personal issues from his past and allows the audience to listen in, not even bothering to maintain his act. From that point forward, Crafty slowly becomes more comfortable expressing his true self beyond basic interests, allowing him to create an even stronger rapport with his crew that transcends his show. When Mindstein goes on a tirade against Nurse for her loyalty to Crafty in "I Need a Hero Academia's" final part, she attacks Crafty for not being a genuine villain, only acting as one for branding purposes. It's all but outright stated that this is the one aspect of Crafty's character she respects the least.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_6c6852c4	comment	A side story of Yakuza 0 has Kiryu bump into Krazy Kyo, the frontman of a greaser Yanki band known as the Yokomichi Silvers. They're very popular with the local punks, and they have the image to match. The only problem is that they are terrible at the act. Kyo ends up mixing polite, minced oath-laden apologies with brash (attempted) insults until it becomes clear that Kiryu doesn't know who he is, at which point he drops the act. In fact, the goal of the substory is for the gangster initiate Kiryu to coach the Silvers on their image, given that they've let their music do the talking up until their upcoming Q&A session.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_6cd3b44f	comment	Black Lagoon has a bonus chapter showing 'behind the scenes' content as if the story were a live-action TV series. It's the villains (and the least-heroic heroes) who are often depicted as the most outgoingly friendly with their fellow actors.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_6d7c7f1c	comment	Something*Positive: Davan writes a play in which the villain is very obviously modeled after his own father. When Fred demands to know why he's the bad guy, Davan responds that the villain is usually the most interesting part both to play and to watch, so of course he based the guy off Fred.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_7257afca	comment	An in-universe example in Sword Art Online Abridged with a Salamander player who works in the soup kitchen by day, but at night, he just wants to log into Alfheim Online and roleplay as "a sexually predatory general named Pantysmasher". OOC, he is nice enough to coach Suguha (aka Leafa) on roleplaying due to her lack of talent.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_72e68fc6	comment	Zigzagged in Spirit Of Justice with Mr. Reus and Bonny de Famme, who play the Big Bad and The Dragon respectively in "Trucy in Gramarye Land". The ones in the actual show are genuinely nice people, but Betty de Famme and the real Mr. Reus are the culprits of the case.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_746814ae	comment	Arthur: Deconstructed in "Caught in the Crosswires" where the Crosswires are cast in a reality show and the TV crew gets Muffy to act like a Spoiled Brat who abuses her butler Bailey, whom she is very close to in reality. At first, Muffy is aware it's just an act, but starts to feel uncomfortable with it after being told by her friends what she is coming across as, with Buster saying she's the villain.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_74f6246e	comment	And possibly Emperor Zurg, who is actually evil because he always thinks that he is the real Zurg, much like the toy version of Buzz Lightyear constantly thinking that he is the real Buzz and not a toy.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_74f7210c	comment	Ganondorf counts as well. In Yiga Knockout, the Yiga Clan give him Mario, Sheik, The Ice Climbers, and DK to feast on after he is revived. Ganondorf swiftly takes care of Kohga and the rest of the clan, and he and the others leave.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_75584731	comment	Tugg Speedman from Tropic Thunder. Action movie star, donates to panda conservation charities, co-wrote a children's book, and is very close friends with his agent.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_7832b74c	comment	Steven Universe: In the Pro Wrestling Episode "Tiger Millionaire", the lovable and happy-go-lucky Steven gets into professional wrestling as a heel character, the rude and ruthless Corrupt Corporate Executive Tiger Millionaire.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_7bf6a74c	comment	One episode of The Beverly Hillbillies featured a wrestling match with such an actress playing a brutish woman against a poor country girl (who incidentally, was a Nice Character, Mean Actor). Not knowing that the performance was staged, when Granny saw the country girl lose, she jumped in the ring and whooped her opponent.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_8192cba	comment	Both Hamm and Mr. Potato Head from Toy Story. Whenever Andy is playing with them, they're always cast as the bad guys. In-universe it can happen with any toy after all. And possibly Emperor Zurg, who is actually evil because he always thinks that he is the real Zurg, much like the toy version of Buzz Lightyear constantly thinking that he is the real Buzz and not a toy. For Toy Story 3, there's Dolly, one of Bonnie's toys. Whenever Bonnie is playing, she's always cast as the villain of her stories. And since all of Andy's remaining toys now live in Bonnie's house, during playtime, Hamm, Mr. (and Mrs.) Potato Head, and Dolly will all be the villains. In Toy Story 2's "Outtakes" Stinky Pete is shown to be a sincerely affable guy who makes jokes with the rest of the cast, while also chatting up his female costars.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_8203cde7	comment	EDENS ZERO: Played With for Ziggy, Shiki's adoptive grandfather. Protagonist Shiki was Raised by Robots in an abandoned amusement park. His kindly, adoptive grandfather was the Demon King in the park's fantasy setting (in fact, that also seems to have been his name). Then again, he winds up coming back from the dead as the Big Bad, but it's revealed that he was possessed by his ship's malicious AI. Also Played With with Laguna, a Master Actor introduced as a member of Drakken Joe's Quirky Miniboss Squad but joins the heroes afterwards. He only joined Drakken Joe in hopes that he'll be strong enough to defeat Poseidon Nero and thus free his homeworld Oasis from The Empire's control, and he considers his time there as a role to play for his own agenda. That said, he still acted as a Token Good Teammate, which let's Rebecca vouch for him when Witch recruits his help. This is much more played straight in Universe Zero, where Shiki and the others witness Laguna ruthlessly killing a woman with head shot, which turns out to be a scene for a movie the Oasis resistance is filming and said woman is perfectly fine. Universe Zero Laguna is one that never lost faith in the Resistance and continues to fight alongside them against the Nero Empire, rising up to become their leader in place of Goodwin.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_8258e260	comment	The entire Super Mario Bros. franchise may be this, as even Miyamoto himself justifies Go-Karting with Bowser as the characters all being Animated Actors (which may explain the "stage show" aesthetic of Super Mario Bros. 3). This is most explicit in Mario Power Tennis, where Bowser, Wario and Waluigi are shown to be joking around and laughing at their mistakes during the "blooper reel".
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_880cfa15	comment	Sgt. Carter of Hogan's Heroes is a nice, enthusiastic young man. He's also the best at impersonating angry German officers and Adolf Hitler.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_8889af94	comment	In one episode of Newhart, guest Don Rickles's character is eventually revealed to be an example of this trope, in an obvious comment on Rickle's "real life" stage persona.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_8d81bc90	comment	MASH Frank Burns was an all-around nasty character. However, Burns actor Larry Linville was pretty much the complete opposite of Burns and was well-liked by his cast mates. He and Radar actor Gary Burghoff were close. Linville was a highly intelligent man who built an airplane and knew the intricacies of Egyptian pyramids. In interviews, Linville said that people approached him expecting to get a Burns-like reaction and found Linville to be a much kinder man.note The Frank Burns character was once called "A dangerous little man with a scalpel." That jibe had not been made by any of the other MASH characters or cast mates, but something Linville himself once said. While the Sam Flagg character was not well-liked by the other characters, the Flagg actor Ed Winter was well-liked by the MAS*H cast members.note It was noted that the cast members were always happy to see Ed Winter.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_8f8df73b	comment	Special Edition releases of The Lion King (1994) feature an outtake short that similarly conveys Scar and the hyenas as nice guys doing an acting job.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_8fd3db0b	comment	Star Trek: Lower Decks: In "Crisis Point", Mariner, a Jerk with a Heart of Gold, plays an Ax-Crazy phaser-happy villain. Rutherford and Tendi play her henchmen, and they are the nicest characters on the ship.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_90a3a7f4	comment	In the Kim Possible episode "Pain King vs. Cleopatra", we meet pro wrestlers Pain King and Steel Toe blustering at each other how the other is "going down", and then see them chatting in a nice friendly fashion in the locker room.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_92c2bc2a	comment	In Souls for Sale, the actress described as "the best-hated vampire" in movies is actually a "sweet lady" who helps the heroine to establish a career in Hollywood.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_976efc02	comment	Mystery Science Theater 3000: Played for laughs: Megaweapon, a spike-encrusted, flame-throwing post-apocalyptic dump truck fielded by the Nazi-esque Omega faction from "Warrior of the Lost World", gets a brief phone call (voiced by future host Michael Nelson) where he's a cheerful, friendly speaker who takes the damage the movie did to his career with good graces and mentions looking after kids. The Phantom of Krankor from Prince of Space (who the characters just call Krankor) shows up in two episodes. In the first place, he's merely there to assist Mike with a good-natured prank. In the second he does act like a villain at first, but is so touched when the characters are pleased to see him that he relents, accepts hugs, cries Tears of Joy, and leaves peacefully
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_9891fcdd	comment	Dumbo: In the circus parade scene, the gorilla acts like a typical Killer Gorilla, shaking the bars of his cage and letting out a vicious roar - until he accidentally breaks one of the bars of his cage and screws it back with a sheepish expression.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_99c003af	comment	The Boondocks episode "The S-Word" suggests this with a parody of Ann Coulter, who actually isn't a fiery provocateur, but is just playing one for ratings, even being on friendly terms with the man she fiercely insulted on-camera.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_9b4f3856	comment	In Young Rock, Dewey and his parents visit his grandmother's apartment, which is filled with heels who cheerfully welcome them and sit down over a friendly game of cards. The only tension comes from AndrÃ© the Giant taking offense to Dewey claiming wrestling is fake, but he promptly brushes it aside and gives the boy a big hug.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_9b530c26	comment	Discussed in one issue of Archie Comics. Reggie is booing and heckling a pro-wrestler and egging him on, knowing the guy can't do jack to him. So later when Reggie's car gets a flat and that same wrestler pulls over (to help him out), Reggie is terrified until the guy explains what The Heel is in wrestling and that the whole point of his character is to be booed and heckled.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_9b80db5f	comment	In The Idolmaster anime, sweet and kind Haruka plays the Big Bad of a movie according to the trailers. She apparently was enjoying it.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_9d90d9b7	comment	In The Mysterious Disappearance of Leon (I mean Noel), Newton Pinckney, a television actor who always plays villains, kindly clears up a major confusion that drives the plot, though he was largely responsible for creating it.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_9dbdbeac	comment	The Phantom of Krankor from Prince of Space (who the characters just call Krankor) shows up in two episodes. In the first place, he's merely there to assist Mike with a good-natured prank. In the second he does act like a villain at first, but is so touched when the characters are pleased to see him that he relents, accepts hugs, cries Tears of Joy, and leaves peacefully
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_9f48001f	comment	Joker (2019): Murray Franklin plays a snide Deadpan Snarker who mocks Arthur's disaster first gig on national television, but when he later invites "Joker" on the show, he is polite and decent to him in person backstage. When Arthur proudly confesses his murders of the three Wall Street guys, Murray expresses disgust but attempts to reach out and reason with him and refutes his claim that all people are awful. Sadly for Murray, Joker doesn't buy it.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_9fd048c8	comment	When Heather Locklear appears on Muppets Tonight, the Muppets are terrified of her, fearing that she might be as bad as her character on Melrose Place. Heather assures them it's just an act, and that she's very nice in real life... an assurance that comes to naught when Heather eats some mood-altering snacks. In that same episode, Kermit the Frog plays a vicious monster in one sketch; "This is fun! I never get to play the bad guy!"
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_a0ae46f	comment	In Toy Story 2's "Outtakes" Stinky Pete is shown to be a sincerely affable guy who makes jokes with the rest of the cast, while also chatting up his female costars.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_a3bd3918	comment	In BIGTOP BURGER, while the members of rival foodtruck Zomburger come across as homicidally hostile during their first appearance, it turns out they're all just a bunch of theater majors playing a role, with not a psychopath in the bunch (except maybe their boss).
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_bc848d30	comment	SpongeBob SquarePants: Zig-zagged but justified with Angry Jack, a one-shot character in from an episode where SpongeBob accidentally breaks Gary's shell and goes off to buy him another shell from "Angry Jack's Shell Emporium". At first, he is kind enough to let SpongeBob accidentally break one shell without repercussions when trying to find the right shell size for Gary, but the episode's running gag of SpongeBob's clumsiness causing him to break EVERY shell at the Emporium ultimately causes him to revert to his "Angry Jack" persona, where he angrily forces SpongeBob to repay him for every single shell he broke.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_c28e848b	comment	Everyone Is Home: King K. Rool in one comic. He is very polite to Sakurai when he brings him dinner and even wonders why the fighters don't eat together, saying that it would be a good way to get to know the other fighters and boost morale (Sakurai tried that. It did not work out). Later comics would generally revert him back to a character similar to his original appearances. Ganondorf counts as well. In Yiga Knockout, the Yiga Clan give him Mario, Sheik, The Ice Climbers, and DK to feast on after he is revived. Ganondorf swiftly takes care of Kohga and the rest of the clan, and he and the others leave. Nearly every villain member of the roster is this with the exception of Sephiroth. Even Bowser is willing to put his life on the line when Sephiroth threatens to destroy the rest of the deceased fighters' bodies so that they can't be revived. Played straight with Sephiroth thanks to the change of Heart finally setting in.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_c4282b71	comment	My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic: "Hearth's Warming Eve" sees Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash play three tyrannical tribal leaders (with many but not all of the exact opposite traits) for the historical play.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_d8c7398f	comment	Pound Puppies (2010): The Dog of the Week, Pooches the dog actress, stars in the popular sitcom Pippy vs. Pooches, alongside a child actress who plays Pippy, a Bratty Half-Pint who serves as Pooches's Arch-Enemy. Pippy is so selfish and vindictive towards the dog while the cameras are rolling, Pooches believes that's what she's really like. However, she soon finds out that Pippy, whose real name is Amy, is sweet and gentle off-set, and actually adores Pooches.
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Mean Character, Nice Actor / int_da3a2b69	comment	The Munsters features an episode with a fictional Horror Host named "Zombo", who, to Eddie's disappointment, isn't a blood-thirsty ghoul outside of his television show. The actor playing Zombo is in fact disgusted with the character and the example he sets for children like Eddie.
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Wayne's World / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Wes Craven's New Nightmare / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Philomena Cunk (Franchise) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Toy Story (Franchise) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Versus (Lets Play) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Happy Appy / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Heidi / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Meg Langslow Mysteries / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
The Disaster Artist / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
The Magic School Bus / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
AndrewScott	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
AnthonyHopkins	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
BenWhishaw	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
BrianThompson	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
BryanMassey	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
DannyTrejo	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
DavidMeunier	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
EddieSpears	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
GideonEmery	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
HughJackman	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
JackieEarleHaley	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
JonathanGroff	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
KatDennings	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
KenichiMatsuyama	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
KirkDouglas	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
MaryMcDonnell	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
MeaghanMartin	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
MichaelChiklis	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
MichaelEmerson	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
MichaelMadsen	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
NathanielParker	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
RyuseiNakao	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
SamKinison	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
SanaaLathan	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Spartan0214	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
TakakoFuji	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
TheGleeProject	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
TonyJay	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Warsoul	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Case Closed (Manga) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Detroit Metal City (Manga) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Goodbye, Eri (Manga) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Love Lucky (Manga) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Ramen Fighter Miki (Manga) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Uzumaki (Manga) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Cannibal Corpse (Music) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Lindsey Stirling (Music) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Shiv-r	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Call To Order (Roleplay) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
American Horror Story: Roanoke / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Extraordinary You / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Family Ties / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
LEGO Masters / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Primetime Glick / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
The Biggest Loser / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
What Would You Do? / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Young Rock / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Sweeten That Aesop / Sugar Wiki / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Dear Evan Hansen (Theatre) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
MANKAI STAGE A3! (Theatre) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Bug! (1995) (Video Game) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Love & War (Video Game) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Mario Party (Video Game) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Postal 2 (Video Game) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare (Video Game) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3: Mutant Nightmare (Video Game) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
The Envelopes, Please! (Video Game) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
The Mighty Quest For Epic Loot (Video Game)	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster Busts Loose! (Video Game) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Katahane (Visual Novel) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Ristorante Amore (Visual Novel) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Shining Song Starnova (Visual Novel) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
The Heist: Monaco (Visual Novel) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
The Pirate's Fate (Visual Novel) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Dove Self-Esteem Project x Steven Universe (Web Animation) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Emirichu (Web Animation) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
JoCat (Web Animation) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Murder Drones (Web Animation) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Rooster Teeth Animated Adventures (Web Animation) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Freelancers (Web Video) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
HeartOfGaming	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
McJuggerNuggets (Web Video) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Regular Ordinary Swedish Meal Time (Web Video) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Seriously Strange (Web Video) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Shane Dawson (Web Video) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Sword Art Online Abridged (Web Video) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
The Angry Grandpa (Web Video) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
The Game BOOB Show (Web Video) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
The Key of Awesome (Web Video) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
The Unexpectables (Web Video) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Thomas Sanders (Web Video) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
WorstMusicOfTheYear	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Aim for the Stars (Webcomic) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Everyone Is Home (Webcomic) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Miss Guillotine (Webcomic) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Modest Medusa (Webcomic) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
The Sponge Bob Community (Website)	seeAlso	Mean Character, Nice Actor
A Bug's Life / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Bolt / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Cat Burglar / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Celebrity Deathmatch / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Dumbo / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Eleanor’s Secret / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
It's a Mystery, Charlie Brown / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Jacob Two-Two / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Kappa Mikey / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Martha Speaks / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Mickey's Mellerdrammer / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Monsters, Inc. / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Monsters, Inc. / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Pound Puppies (2010) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Ralph Breaks the Internet / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
The LEGO Movie / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Toy Story 2 / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
VeggieTales / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Wreck-It Ralph / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Io Shirai (Wrestling) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Karrion Kross (Wrestling) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Randy Orton (Wrestling) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Nashville / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Backstage Pass (Visual Novel) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Friendship Games / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor
Chris Jericho (Wrestling) / int_687c8839	type	Mean Character, Nice Actor

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