User blog comment:Zoether/Would you consider Courtney an Anti-Hero or Villain/@comment-1854897-20131231015105/@comment-24600224-20140112072541

Zoether, an antagonist is simply someone who is directly against the protagoinst in some fashion. Therefore, it's easily concluded that a heroic antagonist is someone who is directly against the protagonist and yet is heroic in nature. Right off the bat, I can already mention examples: Bart Simpson, Bender, Butters (South Park), Chris Griffin, Donkey Kong, and Ken Ichijofor (well, for the first half of the second season of digimon, anyway, before he joined the team).