In cartoons, villains don't always have pointy horns or black hats and heroes sometimes have powers people usually associate with evil, like death, destruction, or oblivion. After all, comics have given us heroes like Spider-Man and Batman, each designed on animals people are often afraid of.

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Sometimes, their powers are directly linked to an actual villain's in the story. Often, this is done by giving a villainous character with typical villainous powers a child or descendant, who serves as an innocent that just happened to inherit said powers or abilities. Occasionally, a villain might turn over to the more heroic side but keep their powers.

10 Adventure Time: Sweet P Used To Be The Lich

Adventure Time Lich Sweet P

In the early episodes of Adventure Time, the Lich, an undead sorcerer, was set up as a major antagonist. Then at some point, he was immersed with healing blood that effectively rendered him a living being, the sweet-natured, innocent Sweet P.

That said, it's shown he still retains the Lich's powers and they can manifest during periods of emotional duress. Unfortunately, it appears the Lich can even control him at times, although this is rare. He also appears to be immortal.

9 Avatar: Katara Eventually Learns To Become A Bloodbender

Avatar Closeup of Katara with Hand in Front of Her Face, Bloodbending

In Avatar: The Last Airbender, Katara is normally just a waterbender, which is not particularly demonized, but one story reveals it has a dark side: bloodbending. In fact, Katara was manipulated by the witch-like Hama into discovering this power in herself.

In the series, bloodbending is never really treated as justified, to the point where it becomes illegal in the sequel series, but Katara usually stays a good, kind character overall, although not without her darker moments.

8 Miraculous Ladybug: Chat Noir Wields The Power Of Destruction

Miraculous Ladybug Cat Noir

In Miraculous Ladybug, Ladybug's sidekick, Chat Noir has the power of "Cataclysm," which allows him to destroy anything he touches, in contrast to Ladybug's powers of creation and restoration.

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Likewise, his costume connects him to the black cat, an animal famously associated with bad luck and witchcraft. In fact, the original opening touches on this by having Marinette trip over a random black cat. He also seems slightly patterned off the Spider-Man villain Black Cat. Like many dark superheroes, villainy might actually be in his blood, but this is something of a plot twist.

7 He-Man & The Masters Of The Universe: He-Man & She-Ra Get Their Powers From Castle Grayskull

HE-MAN AND SHE-RA IN THE SECRET OF THE SWORDS

Prince Adam famously summons his power from Castle Grayskull to become He-Man, which even looks like it could be a supervillain's lair, especially since the main villain of the series is the skull-faced Skeletor.

Likewise, his sister Adora draws her power from "the honor of Grayskull" to become She-Ra. In one story, Adora's sword breaks and she must seek help from the First Ones, ancient fiery spirits who live in an underground inferno, essentially the classic depiction of Hell.

6 Generator Rex: Rex Wasn't That Heroic Before Losing His Memories

Cartoon Comic Weapons Generator Rex

In Generator Rex, Rex has power over nanomachines called Nanites, which have infected every living thing on Earth, normally turning people into monsters. Luckily, Rex's powers include being able to cure these mutations.

Through most of the series, Rex has amnesia, which ultimately turns out to be a chronic issue. While a heroic character at the start of the series, it's been shown he actually was more self-serving and destructive, especially since his most recent memory loss. This turns out to be the reason Providence is so concerned with keeping an eye on him.

5 Danny Phantom: Danny Can Even Possess People With His Ghost Powers

Danny Phantom

In Danny Phantom, an accident in his parents' lab has turned the titular hero into a ghost-human hybrid, complete with a whole list of spooky powers, including being able to possess people.

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One infamous story reveals he, or at least his ghost-half, can grow to become a villain, the murderous Ultimate Enemy, dubbed Dark Danny. Interestingly, Danny learned his Ghostly Wail attack from him.

4 W.I.T.C.H.: Shagon & Khor Eventually Side With The Good Guys

Witch Shagon Khor

When W.I.T.C.H. made the transition from comics to cartoon, it was decided to combine some of the villain Nerissa's minions with established characters, a few of whom were friends with the Guardians. In the cartoon, she makes Shagon, the Hate, out of Will's love interest Matt and Khor the Destroyer out of Mr. Huggles, Matt's pet dormouse.

While initially loyal to Nerissa, they eventually break out of Nerissa's control and becomes allies to the Guardians, even keeping their powers.

3 Winx Club: Mirta Might Be The Good Fairy Of Absolute Darkness

Winx Mirta

In Winx Club, the good witch-turned-fairy Mirta's main power is said to be creating illusions from emotions, dubbed "emo-images," but it's once shown she can command the "absolute powers of darkness" when attacked. Notably, while it's probably meant to show she remembers her witch background, she first uses this power after switching sides to become a fairy.

Interestingly, her set of powers, both illusions and darkness, make her similar to one of the villains, the more classically evil witch Darcy.

2 Sesame Street: King Minus Is A Tragic Hero Who Destroys Anything & Anyone He Touches

King Minus Sesame Street

In a classic Sesame Street short, King Minus has the power to send anything he touches to oblivion. Unlike his namesake, Midas, who reversed his golden touch with water, there is no hope for whatever he touches to be restored.

He uses this ability to rescue a maiden in a tower from four dragons, cutting their number down to zero, teaching the kids at home about subtraction. In a dark, yet expected, twist, however, he himself ends up vanquishing the maiden, his horse, and himself by the end of the short.

1 The Venture Bros.: Dr. Orpheus Is A Friendly Neighborhood Necromancer

Orpheus

In The Venture Bros., Dr. Orpheus is a powerful necromancer who lives in the back of the Venture Compound. Thanks to his dark aesthetic, he's even been mistaken for "a Dracula." He mostly identifies as a necromancer because he likes the term better than "wizard" or "magician," but there have been a few times he's dealt with actual necromancy, or spells involving the dead.

Despite all this, he's one of the nicest and most heroic characters in the series. He's also the de facto leader of the magical Order of the Triad, which has dedicated itself to defending Earth from supernatural threats.

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