Category:Comic Relief

Comic Relief Villains is a type of villains who are considerably less dark and evil than what is considered normal for the work in which they appear, having a comedic presence within a story that is otherwise more serious works. This is the exact opposite of, and mutually exclusive from, Game Changer. These villains are usually seen in TV shows as their characters sometimes become more nasty then less depending on the episode.

Please do not confuse this with the standard Comedy Villain. It is almost impossible for a Big Bad to be a Comic Relief Villain, because if the main antagonist is comical, then by default most of the story's other elements will be comical as well and this trope cannot apply to the work. The only exception would be if a story primarily driven by realistic drama inexplicably had a comical or cartoonish bad guy who was the only recurrent antagonist but who was irrelevant to the rest of the plot.

Comic relief villains can have their more threatening moments (such as when their true intentions are revealed, i.e. GLaDOS) but their comedy must be more prominent and/or remembered.

Complete Monsters can never qualify because their acts are serious and fear-causing.

Examples include Condiment King, Tabitha and Shlubb and Klump.