Thread:Jester of chaos/@comment-38785722-20190317004420/@comment-25008763-20190322082106

if I remember right a character to qualify as a villain for this wiki they must have 2 traits:

1) they MUST commit at least one crime that would land a "real" person in jail - or abuse power to such an extent they are viewed as tyrants by the outside world and even some of their own people.. for cosmic entities etc they must pose a significant danger to life, even if they are "doing their job" (aka: Galactus etc) : animals do not count either, unless they are monstrous and dangerous to human life (aka: xenomorphs etc).

2) they MUST be mostly remembered as a "bad guy" - such as Darth Vader, Magneto etc.. even if they redeem later (Diamonds and pretty much EVERY SINGLE villain ever on Steven Universe) or are on-and-off (Juggernaut etc).

I also think in-universe heinous standards should be applied, this is why Sesame Street villains and so on are often very mild - because they inhabit a universe where the standards required to be a "bad" character as significantly low : a bully on Sesame Street could count, though not always..

However, I think like Jester said Hey Arnold has worse characters than Helga, which means she would fail the base heinous standards - just like how Peckman failed the base heinous standards in Ghostbusters because the actual villains in that franchise dwarf him significantly in what they do.. also why Squidward doesn't qualify as Spongebob heinous standards are beyond the acts Squidward normally does.