Schadenfreude is a positive emotion that is defined as experiencing pleasure at the expense of another’s misfortune. During a between-subjects study with three scenarios each intended to elicit a separate cognitive appraisal (deservingness, competitiveness, and detachedness), participants show that they are more likely to experience joy when justice is served and when they experience self-gain than when a detached other experiences a misfortune. Further analysis will examine the Dark Tetrad as schadenfreude moderators.