Category:Pure Evils with Cooling-off Periods

Pure Evil villains who have significant periods in their character history where they are not a major threat to the heroes. These villains have "cool-off" moments where they are not an active threat to the heroes or anyone as they were when they were the main threat in their main story arc.

After their defeat where they have not died or were not seen again, the villain appears where they are no longer an immediate threat to the heroes. These villains may only appear to speak or to do a task that another character tells them to do. As these villains are temporarily not a major threat, they appear to serve another role in the story.

Some cases include:


 * 1) The villain lost their powers and can no longer be a major threat (e.g. Arba).
 * 2) The villain lost their (legal) authority and are subservient to another character after their defeat (e.g. Hugo Strange).
 * 3) The villain temporarily allying with the heroes to fight against a big threat (e.g. Frieza or Ridley).
 * 4) The villain spends a significant amount of time being imprisoned or taken as a hostage on-screen (e.g. Caesar Clown).
 * 5) The story moves onto other villains and arcs and the villain is no longer the main or immediate focus to the heroes (e.g. Akainu).
 * 6) The villain is left alive or active after suffering a major defeat that either left them in a permanently different condition or handicap. The villain then works for another character (e.g. again, Ridley).
 * 7) The villain for whatever reason can only attack and commit evil at certain times and spends the rest of the time doing nothing (e.g. It who only attacks the town of Dairy every 27 years).

It is important to note that these villains do not have any redeeming qualities and have not expressed any remorse for their past actions. These villains are only serving others for their own self-interests. They may still antagonize the heroes or commit crimes during the time where they are not the main threat. The moments for these villains may go on for a single story arc to multiple story arcs. In some cases, the story could end with them not coming back up to be the main threat to the heroes (e.g. Arba). However, these moments are usually temporary until the villain returns to being a major threat to the heroes.

Some of these villains can qualify as Karma Houdinis especially if they got off scot-free during their "cooling-off" period (e.g. Aarfy, Caesar Clown and Frieza).

This category only applies to Pure Evil villains who are not a major threat for a significant amount of time in the story.

They are counterparts to On & Off villains.