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Bump. As mentioned before, this is not the first time that dgenega5764 has done this (as indicated with a prior ATT post: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/query.php?parent_id=55724&type=att
Technically speaking the description doesn't require the relationship to be mutual. "some character's designated and most important enemy." so at least at a glance saying that Pilaf sees Goku as his is not strictly misuse. That said the obvious counterpoint is "Does Pilaf even have other enemies?" Could be worth a Trope Talk thread to discuss.
^From the description, Pilaf’s relationship to Goku is more of an Unknown Rival than arch-fiend. This can also apply to Buggy.
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It also says that is should (ideally) be from the hero's side.
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@Ghilz: As others have mentioned, the description states that they should generally be who the hero considers their Arch-Enemy. Even within the original Dragon Ball alone, Goku has a far more personal grudge against King Piccolo (which the latter would end up reciprocating as well). That's not even getting into the whole thing with Frieza either.
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Ever since they joined TV Tropes, dgenega5764 has been heavily focused on the Arch-Enemy page (and they have made tons of edits for nearly all of its subpages as well). There have been complaints about them shoehorning examples before, and I don't feel like things have really changed since then.
A lot of their examples simply boil down to two characters being enemies regardless of how personal or brief their enmity is. For example, they listed Buggy as an Arch-Enemy to Luffy, even though Luffy has openly stated that he simply sees Buggy as a moron.
Similarly, they listed Emperor Pilaf as an Arch-Enemy to Goku. While it may be true that Pilaf views Goku aa his greatest enemy, the same is definitely not true on Goku's end (especially considering that there are stronger, more personal, and more competent enemies to him; Pilaf is largely just comic relief).
They also listed Commander Red as one for Goku as well, which I think is even worse since the two never even met each other (and they only briefly interacted with each other in the anime over a radio).
I'm sure there are tons of other examples, but I feel like these illustrate my issues with their edits fairly well. They also have extensive history with pages like Greater-Scope Villain, Big Bad, etc.
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