Comrade Mateo said:
Simple question for all you escapees:
Out of all the villains in any media, who do you hate the most?
Note: not hate because they are a poor character or because of their appearance, but their deeds and actions.
ah, you mean good examples of the OPPOSIte of this:
"Offstage Villainy :
This occurs when a villain is only really evil because we're told he is; most or all of his actions seem completely reasonable and justified. Essentially their evil-ness is an Informed Ability. Happens when lazy writers can't be bothered to show the villain actually being evil, and think that people simply calling them that and having good characters fight him will be enough. This is often a characteristic of The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything.
Can also occur when a writer fails to make an antagonist actually antagonistic enough, and expects the audience to hate the character just as much as the writer does. This may also be due to Executive Meddling; especially at times when the Moral Guardians would complain about the villain doing anything too evil for the kids to handle.
Usually an aspect of the Designated Villain. Villains treated this way can be morphed into The Woobie or Draco In Leather Pants by fans who realize the character has never actually done anything bad. It's not uncommon for a hero with Protagonist Centered Morality to consider these bad guys redeemable, and easily forgive them just about anything.
Of course, this makes it easier for fans to accept a Heel Face Turn if they haven't actually done anything to make the audience dislike them. Contrast Villainy Discretion Shot and A Million Is A Statistic."
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OffstageVillainy
A movie that succeeded in making me REALLY want to smash the villain was "braveheart".
