Villains whose heinous actions don't go beyond the baseline heinous standard of their respective series, or failed compared to another villain in the same setting. They might have committed crimes that are bad but don't go beyond the baseline heinous standards. They might have been outdone by another villain who has done far worse than them.

Complete Monsters and Inconsistently Heinous Villains can NEVER be Outright, due to the fact that they are supposed to be heinous enough, be very heinous, and commit atrocious crimes and go pass the general, baseline, and in-story heinous standards. If they failed next to another villain who could have done worse than the other then they aren't Complete Monsters or Inconsistently Heinous.

However, a outright villain can still be a Near Pure Evil if they meet all criteria and pass the baseline. In fact, most outright villains can qualify for NPE if failing the heinous standard is the only thing stopping them from being Complete Monsters (e.g Shadow Aaron and Mr. Hemmensway) unless their crimes are too standard.

Sliding Scale of Villainy[]

• Complete Monster - The worst of the worst. They clear the Heinous Standard, have no redeeming qualities (or they did, but lost them later), they know what they're doing and their deeds are played for horror.
• Near Pure Evils - They are almost about as bad as Complete Monsters, but they may have at least one or two or even three preventions that prevent them from truly qualifying. However, they still can stand out and be nearly as bad.
• Inconsistently Heinous - Whilst these villains are as heinous as Complete Monsters, they also have too many inconsistencies/redeeming qualities to count as either Near Pure Evil or a Complete Monster.
• Standard/Outright - These are villains who still have lines that they will not cross. They are better than CMs, but not by much.
• Affably Evil - These are villains who can be nice even through they're doing evil things. And they aren't just pretend friendly, they are genuinely friendly.
• Villains by Proxy - The best of the worst. These villains don't even want to be evil, but for some reason, they are evil.