“ | Flash: I can never figure you out! One minute, you're a hero, the next you're a criminal! Catwoman: I'm a complicated woman. |
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~ Catwoman, when The Flash calls her out on her constantly changing alignment. |
Characters who sometimes act as heroes and sometimes they don't. Typically, this means that they "switch sides" (i.e. go back and forth) more than twice. These types of characters are very common in cartoons. Majority of heroes who belong to this category are anti-heroes.
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- The hero is only corrupted or redeemed if he or she stops switching sides and decides to stay evil or good in the end.
- However, if a previous On & Off villain decisively redeems themselves and decides to stay good thus reforming themselves from On & Off, they can no longer qualify as On & Off (e.g. King Dedede, Heinz Doofenshmirtz, Simon Petrikov, Shadow the Hedgehog, Grunkle Stan)
- None of these characters are Pure Good because there are no breaks in the Purely Good heroes' heroism. Furthermore, heroes who have joined or briefly joined the villains' side out of PRAGMATIC and SELF-SERVING needs but still retain their heroic way can NEVER count. Either some of them have already returned to the good side, or these types of heroes will abandon their villain facade ways once their needs and/or wants are fulfilled (e.g. Eleven, Sunset Shimmer, Buzz Lightyear (Toy Story), James P. Sullivan, Mario, Frodo Baggins, Emmet Brickowski, Lewis Robinson, Elsa, and Doctor Octopus (Raimiverse). Those should go under Type Dependent on Version, Ensemble, Dissociative, Virtually Resourceful, Alter-Egos and/or Good Vs. Good instead of this category.
- On and Off heroes can still be sympathetic if their heroic acts are admirable enough and show significant kindness, even crossing the Goodness Zone at times. (e.g. Clementine, Jesse, Duncan, and Eleanor Lamb). In some cases, the on & off nature of a certain hero is because he/she is a video game character with multiple canon choices.
- This category is only for heroes who constantly switch sides and remain inconsistent by the end of the story they are in, so do NOT add either the Fallen or Redeemed Villains categories to any page under On & Off, as those two categories are meant for characters who choose to permanently stay on the evil or good.
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- Terrifi-Guy
- Terry Perry
- Tess Servopoulos
- Tewi Inaba
- Tex Avery
- Thad Castle
- The Angry German Kid
- The Barden Bellas
- The Black Lotus
- The Boss (Saints Row)
- The Bow
- The Constellations (Omniscient Reader)
- The Courier
- The Crew of the Nautilus
- The Earl
- The Egg Boiz
- The Families
- The Farmer (Shaun the Sheep)
- The Female (The Boys)
- The Female (TV Series)
- The Fish (The Cat in the Hat)
- The Gang (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
- The General
- The Great Hunt Champion (Light Side)
- The Gremlins
- The Grumpy Old Troll
- The Kid (Codename: Kids Next Door)
- The Lamb (Cult of the Lamb)
- The Mask
- The Mayor of Townsville
- The Minecraft Players
- The Miz
- The Mole (Happy Tree Friends)
- The Mummy (Tad: The Lost Explorer)
- The Narrator (Fight Club)
- The Noid
- The Order of the Stone
- The Phantom of the Opera
- The Pirate Captain
- The Player (Poppy Playtime)
- The Professor (Felix the Cat)
- The Punisher (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- The Punisher (Marvel)
- The Puppets
- The Rock
- The Scotsman's Wife
- The Sniper (Let's Find Larry!)
- The Source Hunters
- The Space Man
- The Spectre
- The Truth
- The Undertaker (WWE series and comics)
- The Undertaker (WWE)
- The Wolf (Bamse)
- Thekla
- Thelonious Jaha
- Theresa Fowler
- Thester Carbomb IV
- Thomas Wayne (Flashpoint)
- Thompson and Thomson
- Thornn
- Three Bears (Looney Tunes)
- Three Mischievous Fairies
- Thunderbolt Ross (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Thunderbolt Ross (Marvel)
- Tiffany Case
- Tim Ferguson (DAAS Kapital)
- Tim Kliest
- Timmy and Tommy Tibble
- Timmy the Lamb
- Tina Russo
- Tiona Hiryute
- Tione Hiryute
- Tobias Beecher
- Tobias Wilson
- Tolkien Black
- Tom (Eddsworld)
- Tom Cat
- Tom Cat, Jr.
- Tom Oliver
- Tom Thorne
- Tommy Vercetti
- Tomo Aizawa
- Toni Cipriani
- Too Loud Bear
- Toot Braunstein
- Top Cat
- Topaz (Honkai: Star Rail)
- Toralei Stripe
- Torque
- Tory Nichols
- Toth
- Toyosatomimi no Miko
- Trace Legacy
- Tracey De Santa
- Transformers Reaction Force
- Travis Bickle
- Travis Touchdown
- Tree (BFDI)
- Trevor Troublemeyer
- Trina Vega
- Trini "Gordo" Garcia
- Triple H
- Trixie (LazyTown)
- Trixie Tang
- Tron Bonne
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- Tsukasa Shishio
- Tuong Lu Kim
- Turbo K.O.
- Tweek Tweak
- Tyler (Bug Off!)
- Tyler Locke
- Tyrion Lannister
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- V (Murder Drones)
- V (V for Vendetta)
- Val-Yor
- Valentine (Skullgirls)
- Vali Lucifer
- Valtiel
- Vampirella
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- Vegapunk
- Venom (Marvel)
- Venom (Spider-Man: The Animated Series)
- Vergil (Devil May Cry)
- Vernon Roche
- Veronica (Guest of Honour)
- Veronica Lodge
- Veronica Lodge (Riverdale)
- Vesper Lynd
- Vic Criss
- Vicious
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- Victor Pivert
- Victor Vance
- Vigilante (DC Extended Universe)
- Vince (Fast & Furious)
- Vincent (Titan Academy)
- Vincent Caffarello
- Vincent Smith
- Vincent Vega
- Viridi
- Vyvyan Basterd
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- Waddle Dees
- Wade Hebert
- Wahlberg Baigan
- Wallabee Beetles
- Wally Walrus
- Waluigi
- Wario
- Washington
- Watterson Family
- Wave the Swallow (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Waylon Smithers
- Wei Shen
- White Spy
- White Woz
- Wikus Van De Merwe
- Wilbur Cobb
- Wilfred
- Willa Lykensen
- William Dunbar
- William H. Doe
- Willow (Piggy)
- Willy Wonka
- Winslow T. Oddfellow
- Winston Williams
- Winter Soldier (Yost Universe)
- Wirbel
- Wirewolf
- Wolf (Mega Man Star Force)
- Wolverine (Marvel)
- Wolves (Minecraft)
- Wonder Man
- Woody Woodpecker
- Worms
- Worzel Gummidge
- Wright Lewis