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 serious; this is the exact opposite of, and mutually exclusive from, Game Changer. These villains are usually seen in TV shows, as they sometimes become more nasty, depending on the episode. In particular, villains who fall under the Mischievous, Incompetent, Dimwits or Ensemble categories are likely to be part of this category.
It is almost impossible for a Big Bad to be a Comic Relief, 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 (e.g. Santiago).
Comic reliefs can and tend to 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.
Pure Evil villains can NEVER qualify because their acts are always serious and fearsome. This is applicable even if they appear to be funny because their humor is usually sadistic and makes them even more threatening (e.g. Hidan and Kefka Palazzo), while a Comic Relief's humor is genuinely played off to make them less threatening.
Comedy villains can never qualify unless there is a game changer in the story the villain is in, considering if a villain is in comic relief, it means the story is very serious but this villain lightens up the story, while comedy villains are in a story that is very comedy intended.
Examples include Condiment King and Tabitha.
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- Above Average (RDCWorld1)
- Acapulco (Hotel Artemis)
- Adam Monroe
- Adam Warlock (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Adda
- Adenoid Hynkel
- Adolf Hitler (Doctor Who)
- Adolf Hitler (Dragon Ball)
- Adolf Hitler (Literally Hitler)
- Adolf Hitler (Preacher)
- Adolf Hitler (South Park)
- Adolf Hitler (Studio C)
- Adon Coborlwitz
- Adu Du
- Agent Lovecraft
- Aggie (Craig of the Creek)
- Agâh Beyoğlu
- Ahmed & Salim
- Ahri
- Ai (Yu-Gi-Oh!)
- Akane Hiyama
- Akane's Suitors
- Akaspetchi & Pipospetchi
- Aku
- Alamein
- Alan Wolf
- Albus and Horace
- Alder and Dash
- Aleister Chamber
- Aleksis Dorsey
- Alessi
- Alexander Graham Wolf
- Alexander Romanov
- Alfrid Lickspittle
- Algolian Baurbon
- Alien Zarab
- Amaso
- Amazing Rope Guy
- Amazoness Quartet
- Amemura Short
- Amin Damoola
- Amy Squirrel
- Anastasia Tremaine
- Andrew Kersee Dunstan Francis Barbirolli
- Andrew Morris
- Andrew Oikonny
- Andrew Wells
- Anirbas
- Anne Droid
- Anti Guy
- Anti Spirit Team (Date A Live)
- Antonio Cesaro
- Anubis (Record of Ragnarok)
- Aphrodite (Record of Ragnarok)
- Aqual
- Aquamarine
- Arch Priest Gajah
- Argus Filch
- Aria Blaze
- Arktos (Tabaluga)
- Arm Head
- Asagi Asagiri
- Askin Nakk le Vaar
- Aspheera
- Attila, Evita and Todd
- Avarith
- Awful Alvin
- Axel (Disgaea)
- Axel (Tangled)
- Aziz Rahim
- B'Etor
- Ba Nan Ji
- Baachiyo
- Baby Dan & Phil
- Bachyura
- Bacterian
- Bad Mitten
- Badger (Breaking Bad)
- Balloon Man
- Balthazar (Supernatural)
- Bandora Gang
- Bang Bang Johnson
- Bangladesh DuPree
- Bank Robbing Gang
- Barbaric Brothers
- Baron & Junk
- Baron Alberto
- Baron Vain
- Barrels
- Barry the Chopper (Fullmetal Alchemist)
- Bart and Eddie
- Bartholomew Argus
- Bartley, Branson, and Blair
- Bartok
- Barton (Date A Live)
- Basil (Courage the Cowardly Dog)
- Basil Karlo (Gotham)
- Batroc the Leaper
- Battle Droids (Star Wars)
- Batzarro
- Baxter Stockboy
- Baxter Stockman (Archie Comics)
- Baxter Stockman (Batman vs. TMNT)
- Baxter Stockman (TMNT 1987)
- Baxter Stockman (TMNT 2012)
- Bayoking
- Baz and Bernie
- BB (Fate/stay night)
- Beach and Zack
- Beach and Zack (Arashi no Yoru Ni: Himitsu no Tomodachi)
- Beagle Boys
- Bear (Wacky World of Tex Avery)
- Beard Deer
- Beard Hunter
- Bearicorn
- Beauty & Dandy
- Bebop (TMNT 2012)
- Bebop and Rocksteady (Out of the Shadows)
- Bebop and Rocksteady (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Beerus
- Behemoth (Megamind)
- Belkar Bitterleaf
- Beni Gabor
- Benjamin Ragguch
- Benny Chan
- Beowulf (Disaster Movie)
- Berdly
- Betsy and Craig Kettleman
- Betty (Kung Pow! Enter the Fist)
- Beyonder (Marvel)
- Bi-Plane
- Bibi Love
- Big Al
- Big Chicken
- Big Fee
- Big Show
- Bill Clinton (Family Guy)
- Bill the Butcher (There's a Butcher Around)
- Billy Bickle
- Billy Numerous
- Billy the Kid (Popeye the Sailor Man)
- Birthday Boy Blam
- Bitch Spasms
- Bitil
- Bixby the Bean Seller
- Bizarro (DC)
- Black Baron
- Black Hanekawa
- Black Knight (Monty Python)
- Bladebeak
- Blag
- Blaird
- Blastmon
- Bling-Bling Boy
- Blitzen (Robbie the Reindeer)
- Blob (Marvel)
- Blue Meanies
- Blue Pearl
- Bluebird Azurite
- Blutarch Mann
- Bo Dallas
- Bob Velseb
- Bobby Hackett
- Boingo (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
- Bonmucho
- Bonne Family
- Bonnie and Clyde
- Bonnie the Bunny (Films)
- Boo Fly
- Booga
- Boogeyman (WWE)
- Boomblaster
- Boomer (Left 4 Dead)
- Boomerang
- Bopp-A-Roo
- Boris Grishenko
- Bossman Hero
- Bowser (White Knuckle Scorin')
- Boxertron
- Boyacky
- Br'er Bear
- Br'er Fox (Song of the South)
- Brafilius
- Brain Roidmude
- Brak
- Brat-A-Rat
- Breakdown (Generation One)
- Breakdown (Transformers: Prime)
- Breather (Student Bodies)
- Brett Wyden
- Brickleberry Ghost
- Bridge Keeper
- Brinker Martin
- Bronn
- Bronze Boogie Boarder
- Bronzlow
- Brooks & Elwyn
- Brother Love
- Bryce Tankthrust (Brandon Rogers)