Mischievous

Mischievous villains are evildoers who are playful, misbehaved, disrespectful and/or childish, as they do not always seek outright harm on others. They are very similar to Tricksters: however, mischievous villains cross the line when they allow their misbehavior or love of play to override such things as basic law and order, changing them from harmless pranksters to reckless individuals who can harm themselves and others. That said, they aren't going to cross some lines and are to be played for laughs.

There are, however, times a mischievous villain can prove to be a threat or dangerous in some scenarios, even though he/she is mostly played for laugh. For an example, there’s Chris McLean who, despite being mischievous, is sadistic and often enjoys the contestants suffering on Total Drama whilst tormenting them for fun. There’s also Zim, who despite his incompetency, actually manages to prove himself to be evil if he actually puts his mind to it, where he nearly succeeded in getting Earth sucked into a Florpus hole and harvested children's organs in one case. Loki and Dr. Robotnik are also some of these examples.

However, even if they cross the Moral Event Horizon at times or occasionally, mischievous characters are not meant to be taken too seriously; therefore, they cannot count as Pure Evil. Even in very rare cases, some Purely Evil characters can pull pranks in a much more dangerous and often lethal manner, (e.g. Junko Enoshima, Henry Evans, Dimentio, Bill Cipher and The Joker) they should go under the Trickster category instead. So, these two categories are mutually exclusive and a villain can't be both of them.

Even if they are not Pure Evil, please DO NOT add villains who simply make sneaky smiles a lot or taunt/mock their foes at times, as this DOES NOT automatically mean that they are mischievous (e.g. Randall Boggs, Ercole Visconti, Oogie Boogie, Ghirahim, Majora, Gallaxhar, Audrey II and Professor Ratigan).