Editing Category:Scapegoat

The opposite of a Karma Houdini, a Scapegoat is a villain who is punished much more harshly than he/she would actually deserve. Good examples of scapegoats are:
*political pawns, who are wrongfully blamed for a acts or laws passed (King George III of England was not responsible for the taxes on the colonies; Parliament was.) by his/her government.
*villains who actually help others in some way or are well-intentioned, but are either misguided or people around them misinterpet their actions/plans as harmful.
*villains who, while categorized as villains, do not do anything especially evil or monstrous but face a punishment that would be considered harsh by today's standards (Marie Antoinette neglected her subjects, but never outright oppressed or purposely tormented them).
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-{{Quote|I have spent the best years of my life giving people the lighter pleasures, helping them have a good time, and all I get is abuse, the existence of a hunted man.|[[Al Capone]]}}
+The opposite of a Karma Houdini, a Scapegoat is a villain who is punished much more harshly than he/she would actually deserve. Good examples of scapegoats are:
-The opposite of a [[:Category:Karma Houdini|Karma Houdini]], a scapegoat is a villain who is punished much more harshly than he/she would actually deserve. Good examples of scapegoats are:
+*political pawns, who are wrongfully blamed for a acts or laws passed (King George III of England was not responsible for the taxes on the colonies; Parliament was.) by his/her government.
-*political pawns, who are wrongfully blamed for acts or laws passed ([[King George III]] of England was not responsible for the taxes on the colonies; Parliament was) by his/her government.
+*villains who actually help others in some way or are well-intentioned, but are either misguided or people around them misinterpet their actions/plans as harmful.
-*villains who actually help others in some way or are well-intentioned, but are either misguided or people around them misinterpret their actions/plans as harmful.
+*villains who, while categorized as villains, do not do anything especially evil or monstrous but face a punishment that would be considered harsh by today's standards (Marie Antoinette neglected her subjects, but never outright oppressed or purposely tormented them).
-*villains who, while categorized as villains, do not do anything especially evil or monstrous but face a punishment that would be considered harsh by today's standards ([[Marie Antoinette]] neglected her subjects, but never outright oppressed or purposely tormented them).
-*political leaders who are wrongly blamed for a crisis that occurs in their country during their term in power (Czar [[Nicholas II]] of Russia is blamed for "Bloody Sunday"; in reality, he never ordered it and was appalled by it when he found out).
-*[[:Category: Remorseful|remorseful villains]] who wanted to [[:Category: Redeemed|redeem]] themselves, but either was rejected or [[:Category: Deceased|died]] before they could do so. However, some scapegoats do manage to redeem themselves.
-[[Category:Tragic]]