Yeah, James is technically a villian, but it seems hard to decide whether he's really a bad guy or just misunderstood. Below are clips and pics of James being quite the saint and quite a sinner.

Being Bad: James holds a gun to a ranger's head while Jess tries to seduce him (No Import: Legend of Dratini) - Jpeg1 - Jpeg2 James plays "bad cop" while interrogating the ranger (No Import: Legend of Dratini) - Jpeg James says that Melvin has "no choice" about being bound (40: March of the Exeggcutor Squad) - Jpeg James casually tosses a bomb at the twerps (83: Shell Shock!) - Jpeg James lookin' all mean (he's about to lay the hurt on Meowth) (103: Pokemon Water War) - Jpeg Jessie and James make fun of the villagers whose food they just pilfered (104: Pokemon Food Fight) - Jpeg1 - Jpeg2 Plans for world domination using gyarados (106: The Wacky Watcher) - Jpeg TR commiserates (108: Hello, Pummello) - Jpeg James is quite happy that he is a burglar (120: Spinarak Attack) - Wav James gives his best evil laugh (122: Little Bighorn) - Wav TR has a crayon drawing of their sinister scheme (125: The Whistle Stop!) - Jpeg James shoots a rocket launcher (125: The Whistle Stop!) - Jpeg J and J commiserate on a fiendish plan (127: Bout with a Sprout) - Jpeg James ties up Pikachu (127: Bout with a Sprout) - Jpeg How do you like them apples? (129: For Crying Out Loud) - Wav TR taunts the twerps by doing an eyelid pull (134: Foul Weather Friends) - Jpeg James becomes a supervillian, Metapodman! (135: Superhero Secret) - Jpeg1 - Jpeg2 James claims to be "mean and snide" (139: Shadow of a Drought) - Wav Me-yow! James likes pouncing! (on the Twerps' pokemon -_-) (148: The Totodile Duel) - Jpeg - Wav If it's all the same to you, James would rather be nasty! (150: Love, Totodile Style) - Wav James is about to test a dangerous potion on Meowth (167: A Better Pill to Swallow) - Jpeg Here he plans to use Meowth's tail for bait (172: The Trouble With Snubbull) - Jpeg Littering? That's a serious offense, mister! (177: Houndoom's Special Delivery) - Jpeg James, insane from the loss of his bottle caps, decides to blow the Murkrow away! (182: All That Glitters) - Jpeg1 - Jpeg2 - Wav James villainously steals the swinub (186: Spring Fever) - Jpeg1 - Jpeg2 James is ready and raring to destroy balloons with his mallet (200: Big Balloon Blow Up) - Jpeg James thinks cheating is fun! (200: Big Balloon Blow Up) - Wav That cad! James says that one of TR's heists involved swindling his Grandma! (210: A Corsola Caper!) - Wav James enjoys doing lowdown dirty stuff (211: Mantine Overboard.) - Wav James' team is nasty, too! (217: The Mystery is History!) - Wav J and J exchange a sinister smile (219: A Promise is a Promise) - Jpeg James' advice? Get even! (248: Fangs for Nothin') - Wav Being Good: James shows his gratitude to the twerps for saving his life (even though it make Jessie mad) (57: Beach Blank-out Blastoise) - Wav James enjoys honest work (74: The Fourth Round Rumble) - Wav James tries to keep Jessie from ripping Meowth's head off (79: A Scare in the Air) - Jpeg James is just doing his part (they certainly didn't commit any crimes that episode) (87: Stage Fight!) - Wav James roots for Ash, Misty and Tracey (110: Viva Las Lapras) - Wav James' conscience bothers him a little (114: Don't Touch That 'Dile) - Wav Such altruism! James roots for Charizard right before it fries him (131: Charizard's Burning Ambition) - Wav A pang of guilt at being a theif (170: Wobbu-Palooza!) - Wav James, everybody's friend, invites an Ursaring to join their group. (183: UnBEARable) - Jpeg- Wav At least James can appreciate beauty, such as with this painting (195: The Art of Pokemon) - Jpeg- Wav James wants to help all mankind? (215: Plant it Now, Diglett Later) - Wav J and J say they're superheroes (219: A Promise is a Promise) - Wav James wants to be nice! (220: Throwing in the Noctowl) - Wav James prevents Jess from punching an Aipom in the face. (238: Hocus Pokemon) - Jpeg James wants ENLIGHTENMENT, not theirvery! How dare anyone misjudge him? (241: Enlighten Up!) - Jpeg Lying to little kiddies tears James up inside (242: Will the Real Professor Oak Please Stand Up?) - Wav