Villains who have Died in Disgrace

Villains who have Died in Disgrace is the negative counterpart of Heroes who have Died with Honor, although other villains are capable of dying with honor as they are redeemed. Villains who have died without any honor whatsoever, whether by pathetically begging for their life before the hero kills them, passing blame on other villains, causing their own death despite having a chance to prevent it, by performing one last attack before their deaths, using their last words to insult the hero, making a feeble attempt to run away or simply questioning how they could possibly be defeated. Most villains who have died apply for this because they are usually dishonorable and die without anyone caring about them or without mercy or regret. Heroes who have fallen or turned to dark side can die in disgrace, for example Light Yagami. The audience would be pleased or even satisfied when a hateable villain finally die in disgrace.

Examples would include the Shredder, the archnemesis of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, who in many incarnations would perform something dishonorable before being defeated, and Scar from Disney's The Lion King, who betrayed the hyenas and then tried a cowardly attack on Simba, who then tossed him off a cliff. Surviving the fall, he greets the hyenas as his friends, but they overheard him betraying them. Scar pitifully begs for his life before the hyenas rip him apart. Dick Hardly gets killed by his own creation after realizing that he never loved them. Other times, villains try to escape their fates or scream "No!" before their deaths. Another example is Luca Blight, where Riou defeats Luca, he shows no remorse and escapes his fate, thus dying with dishonor as he is the true face of evil.

• Villains who try to kill the heroes after being offered mercy only to end up dying in the process (Gaston is a good example)
• Villains who are betrayed by their fellows, as they've been forsaken even by their so-called "allies". Could be considered a kind of brutal karma.
• Villains who are pure evil (for examples of that, see the Complete Monster lists) that finally get their just desserts. Alternatively villains who die shortly after crossing the Moral Event Horizon (which does not automatically lead to a Complete Monster, though it can potentially, they die in this way). [With exception of completely monstrous villains who accepted their fate and dignity to die with honor without redeeming themselves].
• Villains who die in an ill-conceived, foolish, and/or desperate attempt on the heroes' life, such as an "I'm taking you with me" type attack that backfires.
• Villains who try to weasel their way out of their predicament by trying to talk the heroes into mercy, only for the disgusted hero to kill them anyway.
• Villains who die in the process of having a Villainous Breakdown. For more information on what that entails, please see either the TV Tropes or Villain's Wiki articles on the subject.
• Villains who commit suicide to avoid facing the music for their crimes (Hitler is the example of that)

Important Note: Villains who have been redeemed cannot die in disgrace because it's impossible for a hero to do so, though it is possible for a villain who died in disgrace to be a Scapegoat if they were killed unfairly or without mercy or warning by either a hero or villain.

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