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Jack: How could you hold the world hostage like that, Vladdie? And after the good fortune you've had in your life.
Vlad: Good fortune?! You infect me with ghost DNA then steal the love of my life and you call that good fortune?
Jack: I infected you? You mean…
Vlad: Yes, fool! It was your bumbling that made me what I am today! But, I suppose I should be saying thank you. For without you, I wouldn't be moments away from becoming ruler of the Earth.
Jack: I never meant to hurt you. What happened was an accident. I'm your friend, Vladdie. I've always been your friend. I even voted for you!
Vlad: I'll remember that when I steal Maddie from you and make her my queen.
~ Vlad Plasmius officially ending his friendship with Jack Fenton.

With heroes as friends, these villains don't need enemies. Though not as dramatic as being related to heroes, villains being one of a hero’s former friends is a recurring trait in stories. This is because the idea of people the hero trusted as friends turning on them can have a psychological effect on the heroes and make them reluctant to stand against those people or in some cases, make them seek revenge on the friend who used them or even worse, murdered anyone else who was close to them.

The friend frequently joins the side of evil because of being brainwashed and/or possessed so as to be used against the hero which makes the hero even more reluctant to go up in a fight with them. These characters can also be in an on & off status, changing between good and evil at random times (e.g. Duncan, Eric Cartman, New Goblin, Bryce Walker, Kevin Levin and Mr. Krabs). In these examples when the friends of the heroes are not busy being villains, they can get along rather well with the heroes and are as likely to help them out as they are to oppose them. Only a protective or affably evil villain is able to be genuine friends with a hero without being remorseful, on and off, or redeemed.

On the flip side, these villains' betrayals or other acts can otherwise make the heroes despise and want nothing more than to dispose of their old friends.

This can also count for redeemed villains who actually become friends with the heroes they fought (e.g. Namaari, Tohru, Ian Hawke, Jack Frost, Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon) and remorseful villains if they still feel friendship towards any heroes, but consider themselves too far gone (e.g. most versions of Magneto).

IMPORTANT: This is only for villains who were (or still are) genuine friends with any heroes (e.g. Scuttlebutt, Doug Judy, Plankton, Ernesto de la Cruz, Randall Boggs, Koba, Carface Carruthers, Darth Vader, Charles F. Muntz, Bowler Hat Guy, Shredder (2012), Dutch van der Linde, The Once-Ler, most versions of Doctor Doom, Magneto, and Alec Trevelyan). Villains who fake friendship for manipulation, pragmatism and achieving goals DO NOT qualify (i.e. Emperor Palpatine, Lord Voldemort, The Beldam, Bill Cipher, Judge Claude Frollo, Henry Evans, Jafar, Chucky, Utrom Shredder, Ego, Sir Miles Axlerod, Dimitri Rascalov, William Afton, Leo Kasper, Samuel Norton, Evil Spirit, Janson, Chelsea Van Der Zee, Gary Smith, Cozy Glow, Dawn Bellwether, Micah Bell, General Lunaris, Newtralizer, Rumpelstiltskin, Mizuki, Griffin and Dr. Robotnik); those should go under Faux Affably Evil, Charismatic, Liars, Master Manipulator, Trickster, Con Artists and/or Sophisticated instead.

However, even Pure Evil villains can qualify if they were once true friends of the heroes (i.e. Donald Love, Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear, Emperor Belos, Commodus, Tenjuro Banno, Doctor Doom, Dr. Robotnik (SATAM), Isaac Ray Peram Westcott, Griffith, Mysterio, Cobra Commander, Makuta Teridax, Yuuki Terumi, King Runeard, PAMA, Albert Wesker, Zhan Tiri, Commander Rourke, Alpha, Porky Minch, Taurus Bulba, Colm O'Driscoll, Saruman, General Dreykov, Rita Repulsa and the Dark Lord). Unfortunately, this category CANNOT apply to the Pure Evil villain in the present as the character does not value a genuine friendship with the hero; thus, this could only apply to the Pure Evil villain if the said villain was friend of the hero IN THE PAST before they became Pure Evil. Even if they are a friend of the hero in the present while remaining Pure Evil, it is merely out of self-interest and is not genuine friendship - therefore these types would not count either.

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