One example of a villain who is misunderstood and hated in a story is the Evil Queen from Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs. She is made the villain of the story, after she attempts to kill Snow White to be named “the fairest in the land”. The Evil Queen becomes evil when she sends a huntsman …show more content…
Harley Quinn is not the main antagonist of the batman franchise, but she is still a villain since she steals, kills, and terrorizes cities. Harley Quinn was not a villain in the beginning of the story, instead she was a psychiatrist at the Arkham Asylum. Harley is made into a villain after she falls in love with a maniac, the hero’s enemy, the Joker. “Harleen fell in love with the villain, broke him out of Arkham and devoted her life to making him happy and spreading his bloody brand of mayhem.”(“Harley Quinn” 2017) In the story, Harley’s goal is not to torment Batman or his city, instead she just wants to make the Joker happy and would stop at nothing to do so. Harley is misunderstood as a psychotic sidekick, but she is actually just a young woman who is madly in love with an insane …show more content…
Plankton is also a misunderstood villain from the Spongebob Squarepants t.v. show on Nickelodeon. Plankton is a struggling restaurant owner, who is desperate to beat his competing restaurant The Krusty Krab. Plankton becomes the villain when he turns crude and jealous after seeing his arch-nemesis Krabs succeed in his business. He is the antagonist because in nearly every episode of the series, he makes crazy plans and gadgets to help him steal the Krabby Patty secret formula. Although Plankton has many plans, his main one is to obtain the secret formula and surpass the Krusty Krab with a more successful restaurant. “‘If only I could have managed to steal the secret to Krab’s success. The formula for the Krabby Patty. Then people would line up to eat at my restaurant!’,said Plankton” (“The Spongebob Squarepants Movie” 2004). Plankton is taken as a jealous varmint who wants to destroy Krab’s business, when he actually just wants to be a part of a successful restaurant, The Krusty Krab, that he one day he helped