Avatar: The Last Airbender / The Legend of Korra - Oh hi there, just going to stop being the comedic character now

Love how they pulled this off with him.
Introduce him as somewhat comedic, hint that there's maybe something a little darker to him, but head straight back into comedic until he turns around in full magnificent bastard mode.

Evil, shady, or not, Varrick is still awesome.

New likable, funny and overall nice character

Aaaaaaaaand he's evil

"ASGJHROOREEJOGTEO"

(Made even worse that my wife called this all the way back in Episode 2 and I shunned it off)