Villians that weren't actually doing anything Illegal.

[Fenring]

Most Scooby-Doo villians, scaring people isn't a crime to my knowledge.

 

[newguy77]

No one mentions Tom from Tom and Jerry? If anything, Jerry was the villain for doing all that stuff to get Tom in trouble with his keepers. Tom, being a cat, was just doing his job of trying to get rid of a mouse.

Yeah, I always kind of thought that Jerry was a bit of a douche. Just putting the cat through so much torture, just so he could laugh.

Yes, blah, blah, blah, cartoon, grumble, grumble.

I'd Say all of the villains in the first Assassins Creed
They pulled a few dick moves but all in all they wanted to help people
except for the last boss, he was a true villain

Since this is about illegality

Tamir-Killed someone

Garnier-False imprisonment (Yes, did want to help people)

Talal-False imprisonment (Kind of wanted to help people)

Abu'l Nuquod-Killed entire party

William-Nothing I can recall right now (Wanted to help people)

Majd Addin-Killed without trials

Jubair-(Reaching a bit) Theft (Wanted to help people)

Sibrand-Killed innocent scholar (Insanity Plea)

Robert-Didn't see too much of him (World Peace 'n' all)

Maybe some laws were not laws back then, but this is my bit. Please feel free to correct me.

 

[Agayek]

Actually,one city don't mean a nation.

Unless....GASP! There are other Raptures!

*Grabs diving gear.*

I am forcefully reminded of the centuries, if not millenia, of human civilization wherein the primary form of government was the "city-state", wherein a single city and as much of its surroundings as it could police formed a nation.

 

[Caligulove]

Andrew Ryan?
He might not have been in the MORAL right, but what he did did make sense.

Yeah,but was it legal?

1) Andrew Ryan wasn't the villain, or even -a- villain. Would you kindly consider the rest of the game?
2) Absolutely his actions were legal. He didn't break any laws; he simply -couldn't- because he -made- that laws of that undersea nation. It's a logical impossibility.

Actually,one city don't mean a nation.

Vatican City?
Anyway... for MOST of the time I would say Lex Luthor. Yeah sure, other times hes a total dick and breaking laws all over BUT there are times when he just runs his business... and if you read Superman: Red Son... he pretty much saves humanity- then makes it better and nearly immortal.

But as for none-comic book related stuff.
I would say Diablo and his brothers... cos' it really seems more like theyre just doing their jobs rather than breaking the law

 

[SilentStranger]

Actually,one city don't mean a nation.

Unless....GASP! There are other Raptures!

*Grabs diving gear.*

I am forcefully reminded of the centuries, if not millenia, of human civilization wherein the primary form of government was the "city-state", wherein a single city and as much of its surroundings as it could police formed a nation.

They also, you know, want to plunge the world into darkness and horribly murder and torture all beings for eternity. It might be their jobs, but it's still illegal.

Alos, for those of you pointing out Wile E Coyote, sure, it's true, he's a wolf and just wants to eat, I always liked him, but you cant exactly hold it against the Road Runner for not wanting to get eaten

 

[Steeveeo]

Thw coyote from road runner... i mean he never actually did anything wrong... did he?

He bought from Acme.

Acme is a Cuban company, he's wanted for violating the embargo.

 

[hkisedu]

all 16 of the colossi

 

[HandsomeJack]

Urcila the sea witch. I mean that whole thing she had going on seemed to be politics that got way out of hand. I mean, what if she would have been a good ruler? Ariel's father seemed like a bigger jerk then urcila.At least Urcila put it all on paper her intentions and did relitivly fair dealings. Unlike her father who blows up all ariel's stuff and would have let that prince guy drown.

Active attempting by "Party A" to sabotage "Party B"'s attempts to meet the conditions of thier contract with "Party A" is actually a breach of contract (not really illegal, but the law is against you) and also collusion and conspiracy (since she made the contract with intent to break to ensure penalty charges)...which is illegal. In a way, it is a lot like a number of internet scams.

Oh, and Identity theft since she steals Ariel's voice to assume her identity as What's-his-face's rescuer.

 

[HandsomeJack]

Fuedal Laws...Who ever is the boss is judge and jury. No appeals system. So in a few of those cases, not illegal, just assholes, misguided, or insane. For a game made by "A diverse group of multinational people of varieing ethnicities and religions" that came really seemed to hate religion and europeans...

 

[Dr. Love]

Was Dr. Wily actually doing anything evil? He just keeps putting evil robots at the end of grueling obstacle courses, after all.

You mean the robots he stole and reprogrammed after Dr. Light created (or maybe they at least CO-created) them for peaceful purposes?


Anyway, you know something that I'd really like to see?
Antagonists (i.e. "bad guys") that aren't actually doing anything WRONG. In the end it turns out that YOU are the smug asshole that's out to ruin it for everyone else. That's something that I'd really love to see a game pull off.
After running around destroying things, smashing faces, and so on for a long while... You (the player, not your character) realize that you've been the evil asshole all along and the final boss fight is a Hero that's come to rid the world of your evil.

Then again, there's a game (and it's sequel) that sort of did that, except instead of a big reveal in the end it was the whole selling point of the game that you were the bad guy all along, sending your minions out to destroy everything cute and fluffy they could get their grubby little hands on.
Ah, yes.. Good ol' Dungeon Keeper. ...What?

God I need to procure another copy of that game, so much fun and torturing dwarves never got old

 

[Code Monkey]

The trix rabbit.


GIVE HIM HIS DAMN CEREAL, AND HE'LL LEAVE YOU ALONE!!!

 

[hittite]

I'm surprised no one has said this yet.
Almost any boss from any Zelda game.
You break in to their homes, steal all their money, brutalize their pets, destroy as much property as you can, (in some cases) kill all their children, sneak into their bedroom, poke them in the eye with a sharp stick (on a side note, why is it always the eye?), and then loot all of their most prized possessions. All the monsters are usually trying to do is take a nap, uninterrupted in the safety of their own homes. Why do you think that they put all those traps up?

 

[Agayek]

They also, you know, want to plunge the world into darkness and horribly murder and torture all beings for eternity. It might be their jobs, but it's still illegal.

I am very, very confused by this.

What are you talking about?

 

[[Insert Name Here]]

Everyone in the first Rambo.

 

[j0z]

Andrew Ryan?
He might not have been in the MORAL right, but what he did did make sense.

Until he introduced the population to drugs, corruption, and he took little girls to create drugs. Up until then yea everything he was doin was perfectly understandable

Many of those things Ryan did not do directly, remember he believed in an Ayn Rand style government, which does not interfere with businesses at all. I do think he had the best of intentions, but things spiraled out of control.

 

[MGlBlaze]

What villain seemed to be just doing their job,making some money out of idiots or just your regular scam artist?

My one is the villain from Inspector Gadget,the film. He was just selling military hardware,and it was actually doing good! He was giving out robots so that he could technically end war (The Humans don't fight each other!) and possibly make Civilian tech out of it.

Thanks,Inspector Gadget,you doomed us to another million years of war.

Obtaining monetary or otherwise gain through deception is breaking the law. That's why scams are illegal.

Millitary hardware is also illegal to be owned or sold to the civillian populace, as well, as awesome as it would be to be able to have a laugh with an automatic weapon or two down at a shooting range.

The law generally doesn't take intent into account; I therefore state that the law is full of shit most of the time. Here in the UK, posessing a firearm is illegal, irrespective of whether or not you were going to use it for anything bad.

 

[WolfThomas]

If the villains in Quantum of Solace hadn't planned a military coup, everything they had planned could have been achieved (and in fact actually did happen in real life) legally.

 

[StBishop]

Was Dr. Wily actually doing anything evil? He just keeps putting evil robots at the end of grueling obstacle courses, after all.

Anyway, you know something that I'd really like to see?
Antagonists (i.e. "bad guys") that aren't actually doing anything WRONG. In the end it turns out that YOU are the smug asshole that's out to ruin it for everyone else. That's something that I'd really love to see a game pull off.
After running around destroying things, smashing faces, and so on for a long while... You (the player, not your character) realize that you've been the evil asshole all along and the final boss fight is a Hero that's come to rid the world of your evil.

I know it's not a game, but read I am Legend. The original book, they do some cool similar stuff in there that you might like based on what you just described.

 

[Amethyst Wind]

The Hollows from Bleach, hell, even up to the self-aware Arrancar. All they were doing was harvesting souls (which is how they sustain themselves) and fighting Shinigami (who keep trying to kill them). The only real villains from Bleach (filler does NOT count) are, surprise surprise, 3 rogue Shinigami.