Archetype:Villainous Hero

Villainous Hero
While superheroes, Britt Reid aka the Green Hornet and his sidekick, Kato (Green Hornet) publicly operate as criminals in order to get closer to their enemies.
Archetype of:	Villainous Hero

"The Blue Morpho is a bad guy!"

― Don Fitzcarraldo (The Venture Bros)

"Honor? Is that what you are all talking about? Then let us speak instead of our duty to the Gotei 13. Honor will not protect the world. I do not believe that using evil to defeat evil is itself an evil act. Don't try to be a good kid. Whether it's a loan or a debt, from the moment a war starts, both sides are evil."

― Shunsui Kyoraku (Bleach)

"Think I'm going soft, do you? Give it a rest, Croco-bum. I'm only human, and every human has a heart no matter how large or small. People can call me a monster all they want, but the reality is I can't be the strongest pirate forever. If I can save this one young man's life, I'll have earned the right to retire from this world once and for all."

― Edward Newgate/Whitebeard (One Piece)

"A hero? Hell no!"
"But why!?"
"Obviously because we're pirates! C'mon! Heroes are great, but I'm not one! Seriously, do you even know what you're asking me to do? Let's say there's a chunk of meat, right? Pirates love a banquet and dig right in, but a hero would give it to other people instead of eating it. Screw that! My meat is mine!"

― Monkey D. Luffy describing his idea of being a hero to Jinbe (One Piece).

The archetype of a hero masquerading as a villain. Opposite of Heroic Villain.

Also Called

• False Villain
• Pseudo-Villain

Properties

The character is a hero that intentionally fools others into believing them to be a villain. Heroes can take the role of villain for various reasons, but in the end, their end goal is for the betterment of others at the cost of themselves. They could also be characters who are branded as villains by society, but still perform heroic deeds regardless.

Associated Powers

• Acting Mastery
• Betrayal Empowerment
• Bond Destruction
• Deception Mastery
• Doubt Inducement
• Heroic Luck
• Psychological Mastery
• Social Cloaking
• Treachery Inducement
• Indomitable Heroism

Relationship

• Anti-Hero
  • Can be seen as a less extreme version of the archetype.
• Heroic
  • The true nature of villainous heroes
• Spy
  • May act as spies against villains
• Trickster
  • Were able to trick multiple people into thinking they are villains
• Villain
  • Pose as villains.

Example Characters

• Britt Reid/Green Hornet (Green Hornet)
• Eren Yeager (Attack on Titan)
• Gin Ichimaru (Bleach)
• Lelouch vi Britannia (Code Geass)
• Drake (Goddess of Victory: Nikke)
• Vector (Hero Killer)
• Itachi Uchiha (Naruto)
• Many pirates (One Piece)
  • Edward Newgate aka Whitebeard
  • Monkey D. Luffy
• Ogerpon (Pokémon)
• Velvet Crowe (The Tales of Berseria)
• Jin Kazama (Tekken)
• Don Fitzcarraldo/Blue Morpho (The Venture Bros.)
• Kaldur’ahm/Aqualad (Young Justice)

Gallery

Eren Yaeger (Attack on Titan) committed global level genocide while knowing that his friends would stop and kill him before he could finish, setting up the circumstances for the freedom of the Eldians at the cost of his own life and reputation.

Gin Ichimaru (Bleach) posed as Aizen’s faithful assistant in his goal to overthrow the Soul King, but in reality, he was just waiting for an opportunity to get close to Aizen so he could kill him.

Lelouch vi Britannia (Code Geass) set himself up as the Demon Emperor to unite the world in their hatred of him before letting himself be publicly assassinated.

Drake (Goddess of Victory: Nikke) is always seen as a hero although she always looks and acts like a villain (wannabe).

Itachi Uchiha (Naruto) intentionally framed himself as the heartless man who murdered his entire clan and joined the Akatsuki. In reality he had killed his clan to prevent a coup and was working as a double agent within the Akatsuki, but kept it secret so that his brother could kill him and purify the name of their clan.

In the past, Ogerpon (Pokémon) was feared as an evil ogre in Kitakami when she defeated the "Loyal" Three to avenge her human friend and retrieve the masks without most of the citizens knowing the full story,

Jin Kazama (Tekken) is known as the evil man who plunged the world into WWIII. In reality, he only did this to stop Azazel from awakening after his lifetime and destroying the world.

Kaldur’ahm/Aqualad (Young Justice) seemingly betrayed the team and the justice league by joining Black Manta’s side after the death of Toola. However, Kaldur was actually working as a double agent to infiltrate the light.

Videos

Code-Breaker- Hitomi's Death-2

Code Geass- Lelouch's Death (English Sub)-2

Eren's Death -4K- - Attack On Titan Final Season-2

Itachi Uchiha vs Sasuke Uchiha - Itachi's Death - English Sub - HD-2

OPs, Themes, and EDs

【네이버 웹툰 ‘히어로 킬러(HERO KILLER)’ 54화 BGM】 MZ - 코스믹 호러-2

【네이버 웹툰 ‘히어로 킬러(HERO KILLER)’ 124화 BGM】 MZ - 왕이 잠든 밤-2