History Characters / AtopTheFourthWallMainVillains

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: For as much of an ineffectual, hammy combatant as he is, he proves unnervingly effective in [[{{Gaslighting}} manipulating Linkara into believing he had killed an innocent kill and trying to kill himself]].

* HarmlessVillain[=/=]TheLoad: He's more like one of these.

* DemonicPossession: Is able to possess people.

* TheArtifact: The Entity being [[spoiler:Missingno]] was a plot point in the finale of ''A Piece Of The World Is Missing''. However, when it's revealed to be [[spoiler:NotQuiteDead]] in ''The Sleepwalker'', it is only called The Entity and it's true nature as [[spoiler:a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' glitch]] is never brought up. The reason for this is most likely twofold: The Entity was [[spoiler:Missingno]] InNameOnly, and the show had generally stopped using characters from preexisting franchises in the storyline by then.

* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler: Literally represented through a chess game in the Sleepwalker arc.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Linkara convinces the functionally-confused Entity to do this after a successful LogicBomb. However, he turned out to be NotQuiteDead.]]

* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler:Missingno. started as a minor game glitch with laughably minor consequences... and went on to annihilate entire worlds, nearly swallowing the entire multiverse. And it only stopped because it ''agreed it was pointless.'']]

* GodOfEvil: [[spoiler: Or at least, it's worshipped as one by Whately and his {{Cult}}. It says a lot about the monster, however, that this still tells us ''nothing'' about it.]]

* InNameOnly: Despite being revealed to be [[spoiler:Missingno]] it has very little in common with its namesake. If anything, it's more like the [[Anime/DigimonTamers D-Reaper]].

* InvincibleVillain: [[spoiler: Acts almost unopposed until Linkara notices it, and he does see it just toys with him the whole time, he admits there's nothing he can do to stop it. It makes his BreakingSpeech towards it all the more awesome. However, Vyce and the Entity itself suggest that it ''can'' be injured, or at least 'diminished', but the only person that has accomplished this, or even knows ''how'' it is done is Lord Vyce.]]

* EldritchAbomination: A fairly young and weak one, but still -- that ''face'' sounds horrifying.
** [[spoiler: The camera can't hold a stable image when it appears. The image keeps sputtering and losing focus. Linkara is notably discomfort from being near it.]]

* NormalFishInATinyPond: It's considered a lesser being among an EldritchAbomination family, but it was still too powerful [[spoiler: for Linkara and his allies to kill even with weapons enhanced with technology meant to kill beings like it.]]

** [[spoiler: Then after Vyce is defeated again, it uses a cybermat to infect Harvey when Harvey is home alone. Uh oh.]]

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Its meddling [[spoiler:woke up the Entity which directly led to its death.]]

* BigBad: Becomes the main threat of its own arc after Vyce is defeated and exiled, glitching Linkara's videos and causing people to go missing until he and it are the only things left on earth. [[spoiler:It becomes the main antagonist again for the "Sleepwalker" arc.]]

The ineffectual villain behind the ''Comicbook/SilentHill'' comics. He turns out to be a follower of the Entity and has been using the aforementioned comics to try and drive Linkara mad to the point of becoming his {{Cult}}'s prophet... and also the person behind the sacrifice of Margaret to create the Magic Gun. Played by Loren Lovhaug.

* TheManBehindTheMan: Parodied. [[spoiler:He's the one behind the various ''Comicbook/SilentHill'' comics and the events connected to them, but he's less of a MagnificentBastard and more of a raging loon.]]

* MindRape: Attempted. [[spoiler:The ''Comicbook/SilentHill'' comics were intended to [[BrainwashedAndCrazy turn Linkara to their cause by driving him insane]].]]
* ShoutOut: His name is ''Comicbook/SilentHill'' comics writer Scott Ciencin's tribute to Wilbur Whateley from Creator/HPLovecraft's ''Literature/TheDunwichHorror''. On ''[=AT4W=]'', though, his name is pronounced "wut-ley" rather than "wait-ley" because of how [[FlatWhat WUT]]-inducing he is.

* ForWantOfANail: [[spoiler:Unlike the Prime Universe Margaret/Mark, this version of Margaret openly embraced her world's dark god and relished the idea of killing in the name of their god. At least, so she claims.]]

* ArchEnemy: To Linkara (at least in the earlier parts of the WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall story line.)

* DemotedToExtra: Originally Insano was Linkara's archenemy, but because it was hard to coordinate with Spoony to do frequent cameos, his appearances grew fewer and fewer, until his role was taken over by Doctor Linksano, before the latter [[DivergentCharacterEvolution developed in a very different direction]], and thus Insano fell to the wayside, only appearing as [[spoiler:the FinalBoss of the Gunslinger arc]] and patenting his work to the government in ''WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWallTheMovie'' in what was basically a cameo, having not appeared since.[[note]]Noah basically stopping all scripted review work around 2015-17 probably had something to do with it.[[/note]]

** At the end of Linkara's ''Marvel Team Up's 74'', it's implied that [[spoiler:''he's'' suppressed all of Linkara's sorcery with, of all things, '''''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII an anti-magic field generator]]''''']].
** [[spoiler: HesBack with a vengeance. He manages to slip on board Comicron 1, steal Neutro, and arms himself with upgraded versions of the power gauntlets made by WebVideo/JesuOtaku.]]
--> [[spoiler: People of the Earth, your lord and master...''has returned''!]]

* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Or not. It turns out that not only has he failed to sell any anti-magic field generators since their defect against [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX blitzballs]] were discovered but he's ''still'' a HarmlessVillain.]]

** [[spoiler: Again in ''The Clone Saga'', but with a twist: this time he's now a human.]]

* HorrifyingTheHorror: Confession is a powerful spirit capable of controlling its own sub-dimension to send its captives into, in order to torture endlessly without any chance of interruption. So when the strange being experimenting on Linkara [[NoSell casually dismisses its dimension and is thoroughly unfazed by it]], Confession is nothing short of ''terrified.''

* EvilSoundsDeep: Constantly speaks in a deep, [[GutturalGrowler growling]] voice that only makes him all the more imposing and menacing.

* CatchPhrase: That buzzing sound that's been heard throughout the series: [[spoiler: HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMAAAAAAAAAN!!!]]

* CutLexLuthorACheck: TheMovie reveals that he sold all of the stuff he stole back from the crew in the end of ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee'' to the government. He says he would have done it earlier, he just thought it was so silly nobody would want it.
* DemotedToExtra: Originally Insano was Linkara's archenemy, but because it was hard to coordinate with Spoony to do frequent cameos, his appearances grew fewer and fewer, until his role was taken over by Doctor Linksano, before the latter [[DivergentCharacterEvolution developed in a very different direction]], and thus Insano fell to the wayside, only appearing as [[spoiler:the FinalBoss of the Gunslinger arc]] and patenting his work to the government in TheMovie in what was basically a cameo, having not appeared since.[[note]]Noah basically stopping all scripted review work around 2015-17 probably had something to do with it.[[/note]]

* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Due to awakening the Entity's fragment in Linkara, it is responsible for starting the ''Sleepwalker'' arc and likely contributed to Linkara's depressed state during TheMovie. Later on, it's revealed that the dimensional energies it was using to exert influence on Linkara's apartment were responsible for stranding Mirrorkara in Erin's universe, which eventually led to the ''Clone Saga'' storyline.]]

An evil android lookalike of Linkara harboring nefarious plans. Actually the AlternateUniverse doppelganger of Linkara's RobotBuddy Pollo, Mechakara started to believe he was a slave, so he killed his version of Linkara and grafted his skin onto his robotic body. Mechakara traveled to our world when Doctor Insano breached dimensions with his Hypertime device. Mechakara has since joined forces with other villains, including Lord Vyce and the Executor from ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee''. He was destroyed along with the Executor's space station, but has come back from the dead more than once before... He returns in Atop the Fourth Wall: TheMovie. He is again destroyed but returns in the 10th anniversary storyline but in a twist, has [[HumanityEnsues become human]].

* BigBad: [[spoiler: Of TheMovie.]]

** Yet again in TheMovie. He even lampshades the fact that he always finds some way to survive.

** [[spoiler:By the time of his appearance in TheMovie Mechakara's finally given up on trying to kill Linkara with complicated schemes and resolves to either blow him up with his spaceship or killing him face to face. It doesn't end any better for him then the last time he tried to kill Linkara.]]

** [[spoiler: At the end of TheMovie, red smoke can be seen emanating from Mechakara's blown off hand, leaving the possibility for his return up in the air.]]

* KnightOfCerebus: The original. While prior threats were played for laughs or LaughablyEvil, Mechakara was the first villain on Atop The Fourth Wall (and Channel Awesome itself) to be have nothing comedic about him, and has remained as such in all his appearances. This especially notable in "To Boldly Flee" where the other villains have an element of comedy, [[WordOfGod while Lewis insisted he remain serious]]. TheMovie, which follows up on "To Boldly Flee", has him in this role as well, particularly for the other cast members, who rarely have to face off against a villain of his evil and brutality, and he's far more driven and direct there without the goofiness of Terl and the Executor to hold him back.

* SmugSnake: He's extremely arrogant and condescending to Linkara (and all other organic life, for that matter), constantly boasting of his own superiority and Linkara's inferiority, even though his plans consistently fail and he keeps getting his ass kicked. [[spoiler: This hits its apex in TheMovie, where he won't shut up about machine life being inherently superior to organic life and claims that Linkara didn't actually win any of their prior confrontations, even though he ''did'' by any reasonable standard, and winds up getting his flesh disguise burned away and his head knocked off by Linkara after one hateful word too many.]]

An evil android lookalike of Linkara harboring nefarious plans. Actually the AlternateUniverse doppelganger of Linkara's RobotBuddy Pollo, Mechakara started to believe he was a slave, so he killed his version of Linkara and grafted his skin onto his robotic body. Mechakara traveled to our world when Doctor Insano breached dimensions with his Hypertime device. Mechakara has since joined forces with other villains, including Lord Vyce and the Executor from ''WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee''. He was destroyed along with the Executor's space station, but has come back from the dead more than once before... He returns in Atop the Fourth Wall: TheMovie. He is again destroyed but returns in the 10th anniversary storyline [[spoiler:but in a twist, has [[HumanityEnsues become human]].]]

* DemotedToExtra: Originally Insano was Linkara's archenemy, but because it was hard to coordinate with Spoony to do frequent cameos, his appearances grew fewer and fewer, until his role was taken over by Doctor Linksano, before the latter [[DivergentCharacterEvolution developed in a very different direction]], and thus Insano fell to the wayside, only appearing as [[spoiler:the FinalBoss of the Gunslinger arc]] and patenting his work to the government in TheMovie in what was basically a cameo, having not appeared since.

* MoreDespicableMinion: During his service to both Lord Vyce and [[WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee the Executor]]. The former is a WellIntentionedExtremist driven to slay an EldritchAbomination, and while the latter's a CardCarryingVillain but [[LaughablyEvil he's a source of comedy despite that]], and the other minion/s they have are comical and light-hearted. Mechakara however lacks any levity or sympathetic traits, being a sadistic RoboticPsychopath who's desire to make Linkara suffer and KillAllHumans is played completely straight.

[[folder: The Voice]]
The main antagonist of ''AudioPlay/AVoiceFromTheDark'', a being from another universe who lost its body upon arriving in this one. It now exists as living sound.

[[folder: Mirror Magic Gun/Mirror Margaret]]
The MirrorUniverse version of Linkara's Magic Gun and the soul contained within. While she has pretty much the same backstory, the difference is that she was ''willingly'' placed in the gun and possesses a far more bloodthirsty personality.

* AGodAmI: She views herself as a god after her change into the being she is today. [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Linkara flatly refutes this to her while being tortured]], pointing out that not only has he faced [[EldritchAbomination god-like beings before]], but that her behavior is nothing more than an angry child lashing out in cruelty at others to feed her delusions, and that when push comes to shove, people will only see her as nothing but a parasite who they'll be relieved to be free of, not a "god" to be worshipped. [[BerserkButton She doesn't take this well at all.]]
* AlwaysABiggerFish: She ends up being this compared to her former wielder Mirrorkara, by virtue of her coming to him and using him as her pawn. [[spoiler: She ends up on the receiving end of this by Moarte, as for all of his indifference towards Linkara's "petty squabbles", he is far ''far more powerful'' than she is. If Mechakara had not narrowly saved her, Moarte would have eliminated her like he did Mirrorkara.]]
* ArcVillain: The villain of the 2022 ''Ashock the Fourth Wall'' storyline "Be All My Sins Remembered".
* BerserkButton: Being harmed. While she is fine harming others, she ''hates'' it when other people manage to harm her. In addition, do NOT insinuate or imply that she isn't a god.
* ArtifactOfDoom: Played straight, in contrast to the normal universe's Magic Gun.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Despite him still using his Magic Gun, Mirror Margaret curiously doesn't show up at all. [[spoiler:[[TheBusCameBack She returns in "The Ring Vol. 3: Spiral" review.]] And she's bent on getting her revenge on Linkara for what happened to her version of him.]]
* TheDragon: To Captain Linkara/Mirrorkara.
* EvilCostumeSwitch: Her initial human avatar appears as a greenish skinned version of the normal Margaret wearing a black dress and sunglasses.
* ForWantOfANail: [[spoiler:Unlike the Prime Universe Margaret/Mark, this version of Margaret openly embraced her world's dark god and relished the idea of killing in the name of their god. At least, so she claims.]]
* FreudianExcuseDenial: [[spoiler: As Prime Universe Mark points out to her, Mirror Margaret suffered the exact same childhood as he did, and it's implied that for all of her attempts to claim she volunteered for the ritual, that deep down she was just as scared and confused as he was, forced into her position by the {{Cult}} her family was part of like him. The key difference however is that whereas he recognized the evil his parents had inflicted on him and decisively chose to destroy said cult to free himself of their mission, Mirror Margaret instead doubles down and continues to fight for her dark god out of sheer denial of just how truly broken she really is.]]
* TheStarscream: She ''still'' blew up the cult who made her, even though by all appearances she's happy as she is and she ''volunteered'' for the ritual.

[[folder: Pyramid Head]]

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The creature from Franchise/SilentHill. Tried to kill Linkara while he was stuck in the netherworld, but Linkara just trapped it in a [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pokeball]]. Killed by Lord Vyce. Later, Whately appears with two of them and Linkara captures another before defeating him.

* {{BFS}}: Pyramid Head's trademark knife.
* CurbStompBattle: On the receiving end of one from Lord Vyce.
* {{Mons}}: Parodied. [[spoiler:Twice.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Due to Linkara catching it in a Pokeball.

[[folder:The Ghost of Terence Baxter]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[SarcasmMode ''Clearly'' a trustworthy soul seeking repentance by being freed from his well-deserved torment.]]]]

A Jacob Marley-esque ghost, bound in chains made from his own sins. He convinces Eliza to free him under the pretense of helping her, but is actually quite malevolent and looking forward to what new destruction he can wreak.

* CardCarryingVillain: He's quite proud of the havoc he wreaked when alive.
* ChainedByFashion: Just like Jacob Marley, he's weighed down by his evil deeds in the form of chains. ''Unlike'' Marley however, [[TheAtoner who in most popular incarnations is genuinely repentant for his past misdeeds]], Terrance couldn't care less about how much damage he caused, instead only trying to escape his torment to continue his cruelty.
* CorruptedCharacterCopy: He's a clear reference to [[Literature/AChristmasCarol Jacob Marley]], being a spirit who's punished for their sins in life by being bound in chains. However Jacob was repentant and showed up to his old friend so he wouldn't suffer the same fate, while Terence Baxter is unapologetic and is using Eliza just so he can be free to cause more pain again.
* ManipulativeBastard: He tricks Eliza into freeing him by pretending that he wants to atone for his sins by helping her, when in truth he wants to cause even more harm.
* SealedEvilInACan: Eliza has to unseal him from the Proton Pack before he can cause any harm.

[[folder: The Vohrsoth]]

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A race of evil aliens from ''VideoGame/StarTrekEliteForce''. After the ending of the game, Lieutenant Munroe continued fighting against them and successfully destroyed most of their bases, until he came to the last one and found it ruled by a "boss" Vohrsoth that overwhelmed him. The aliens were experimenting with interdimensional travel to "our" universe, and Munroe was able to escape here. The Vohrsoth leader followed, but Linkara and Munroe were able to defeat it together. Munroe informed Linkara that the Vohrsoth were engineered by none other than Lord Vyce. To make things worse, when Munroe and the Vohrsoth beamed to our universe, something else followed behind them -- ''the Entity''.

* BreathWeapon: It spits energy balls.
* EvilSoundsDeep: It has a very deep voice.
* HordeOfAlienLocusts: It's a member of such a race.
* RogerRabbitEffect: Just barely.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: [[invoked]] [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]--"My God, it's the Vohrsoth! And it's very poorly animated!"
* StarfishAliens: It doesn't look remotely human.
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[[folder: Whately]]

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The ineffectual villain behind the ''Comicbook/SilentHill'' comics. He turns out to be a follower of the Entity and has been using the aforementioned comics to try and drive Linkara mad to the point of becoming his {{Cult}}'s prophet... and also the person behind the sacrifice of Margaret to create the Magic Gun. Played by Loren Lovhaug.
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* BerserkButton: Being harmed. While she is fine harming others, she ''hates'' it when other people manage to harm her.

* FreudianExcuseDenial: [[spoiler: As Prime Universe Mark points out to her, Mirror Margaret suffered the exact same childhood as he did, and it's implied that for all of her attempts to claim she volunteered for the ritual, that deep down she was just as scared and confused as he was, forced into her position by the {{Cult}} her family was part of like him. The key difference however is that whereas he recognized the evil his parents had inflicted on him and decisively chose to destroy said cult to free himself of their mission, Mirror Margaret instead doubles down and continues to fight for her dark god.]]

** Works as [[spoiler: Linkara's]] too, since they look the same and are both excellent strategists. [[spoiler: This is especially the case after Mechakara became a human.]]

* JokerImmunity: Has survived being torn apart twice now.

* KnightOfCerebus: The original. While prior threats were played for laughs or LaughablyEvil, Mechakara was the first villain on Atop The Fourth Wall (and Channel Awesome itself) to be have nothing comedic about him, and has remained as such in all his appearances. This especially notable in "To Boldly Flee" where the other villains have an element of comedy, [[WordOfGod while Lewis insisted he remain serious]].

* MeatsackRobot: Much like [[TerminatorImpersonator his inspiration]] he's a robot wearing the skin of a human (his version of Linkara), though instead of infiltration it's because he needs organic components to use magic. [[spoiler:Eventually he becomes entirely human instead of a robot wearing human tissue.]]

* TheStoic: He's easily among the most serious of Linkara's villains. In early appearances, he was more reserved and only started becoming aggressive when provoked, [[HairTriggerTemper something which is admittedly pretty easy to do]]. Each successive defeat by Linkara has him becoming more prone to screaming and lashing out. [[spoiler: When he finds out he’s become human, this is pretty much thrown out the window in favor of [[SanitySlippage terrifying madness]].]]

* VileVillainSaccharineShow: He is ''incredibly dark'', especially for a review show featuring a guy sitting on a green futon reading comic books.

* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler: While the Entity was still the main villain of "The Sleepwalker", Mirrorkara still contributed to that storyline thanks to him using Erin to do his bidding.]]

* ForWantOfANail: [[spoiler:Unlike the Prime Universe Margaret/Mark, this version of Margaret openly embraced her world's dark god and relished the idea of killing in the name of their god.]]

* ArcVillain: The villain of the 2022 ''Ashock the Fourth Wall'' storyline "Be All My Sins Remembered"

The MirrorUniverse version of Linkara's Magic Gun and the soul contained within. She has pretty much the same backstory, with the caveat she was willingly placed in the gun and possesses a far more bloodthirsty personality.