Pure Evil Villains who have moments of cowardice. These types of villains often prefer to not confront their enemies by themselves, beg for mercy, only target those who are unable to fight back, and/or are prone to run away from a situation that they feel they are not in control of.

Examples of cowardice include:

• Villains who endanger others or throw them under the bus to save their own skin, which is even worse if it involves a loved one (e.g. Alan Yates, Peter Pettigrew, Clarence Darby, Syndrome, Diodora Astaroth, Sam Choksey, and Keeper Agruss).
• Villains who have the nerve to ask someone they badly hurt and/or is enemies with for help, often betraying them immediately after they do so, or at least intending to (e.g. Henry Evans, Dolores Umbridge, Lotso, and Jeremy Blaire).
• Villains who act all smug when the odds are in their favor, but then cheat, panic or retreat as soon as they're in actual personal danger (e.g. Samuel Norton, Andy Evans, Dag, Scorpio, Joffrey Baratheon, and Hornet).
• Villains who simply lack any real bravery and only target those who are at a disadvantage (e.g. Bob Ewell, Commodus, Simon, Ramsay Bolton, and General Dreykov).
• Villains who show a combination of all four factors (e.g. Hadrian, Scar, Hit The Target, Dick Hardly, Dimitri Rascalov, Jang Deok-su, and Wallace Breen).

NOTE: Not everyone who shows fear is automatically cowardly. In some cases (e.g. Katz, Judge Claude Frollo, Dr. Facilier, William Afton, Emperor Belos, Ego, Randall Boggs, Ozai, The Dark Lord and The Thinker), they react reasonably to being faced with a genuine threat, and they may even have moments of genuine bravery otherwise.

The opposite can be true too. There are cowards who only show fear a few times because they are lucky enough to almost never be in actual danger. This only counts if they qualify for one of the factors above, having at least one significant moment of cowardice (e.g. Agatha Trunchbull).

Ironically, some pure evil villains get scared by witnessing something terrible which doesn't even hurt them or isn't intended to be scary or threatening. This happens out of cowardice and/or confusion, NOT out of remorse or sympathy. (e.g. Thumper)

They are the opposite of their good counterpart, who are afraid of a lot of things but don't rely on dirty tricks to hide it (and usually aren't ashamed of letting it show).