Category:Scapegoat

A scapegoat is the opposite of a Karma Houdini: a villain that is punished much more than he/she would actually deserve.

Just being a "bad guy" and having bad intentions isn't enough to suffer a punishment, which must be given according to acts. Some villains, however, are submitted to a retribution that can be very harsh, even unfair. They can be:


 * Incompetent villains, whose recuring defeats are humiliating (Disney version of Captain Hook)
 * Comic villains who are defeated/punished in a slapstick manner (Looney tunes villains, like Elmer)
 * Minions that are often unfairly abused by their master (Lefou, by Gaston)
 * A tragic villain who, in the end, suffered more than he made suffer (Gollum)
 * Or simply a villain whose fate would almost make the audience feel pity (Barty Crouch Jr. suffering the kiss of the dementor, which is worse than death)