History Characters / KingdomHeartsSquareEnixVillains

** HeelFaceDoorSlame: In Riku's, he goes to antagonize the real Riku after Marluxia's death to Axel's goading.

* HeelFaceTurn: At least during Sora's storyline; in Riku's, he goes to antagonize the real Riku after Marluxia's death due to Axel's goading.

A mantis Nightmare commanded by [[spoiler:CLU-2]], faced by Riku in the Grid.

** LightEmUp: Surprisingly, instead of [[CastingAShadow Dark]] attacks, it fights almost exclusively with Light attacks. [[spoiler:Even Sora's evil, hyped up on enough dark data to make [[Webcomic/EightBitTheater Black Mage]] look like a rookie, can't help but LightEmUp. [[TheMessiah God]] ''[[IncorruptiblePurePureness damn!'']]]]

* BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil: According to the press release blurb for ''Videogame/KingdomHeartsIII'', Xehanort(s) believes the scales are too tipped in light's favor, motivating his darkness-based plot.

--> Voiced by: ToshiyukiMorikawa (Japanese), [[Music/NSync Lance Bass]] / Creator/GeorgeNewbern (English)

* PaletteSwap: The Red Armor, which is fought during a tournament at Olympus Coliseum, but doesn't get named until ''Final Mix'', which also gives the Guard Armor and Opposite Armor a more varied color scheme. ''Days'' gives us the Powered Armor, which is blue.

* BossArenaIdiocy: Played straight in the first game and subverted in ''Chain of Memories''. The only way you can hit this boss is to get up on the table at the center of the room and attack its faces. In ''Chain of Memories'', however, it can collapse the table.

* EyeBeams: Homing ones.

* BlingOfWar: Its wings are made of golden swords.

* {{Acrofatic}}: The Volcanic Lord can bounce Sora to attack.

* FanNickname: "Red Eye" or "Hunter of the Dark", the latter after its boss theme.

** CharacterizationMarchesOn: Being filled in about his true nature would undoubtedly dispel many of the beliefs he held and he'd naturally become a different person for it. He was also pretty sadistic to begin with, mocking Maleficent's demise, and Riku, after possessing him, and his words of encouragement were so he could just that. Not to mention, his goal in the end was simply to get power for himself.

** LightEmUp: Surprisingly, instead of [[CastingAShadow Dark]] attacks, it fights almost exclusively with Light attacks. [[spoiler:Even Sora's evil, hyped up on enough dark data to make [[Webcomic/EightBitTheater Black Mage]] look like a rookie, can't help but LightEmUp. [[TheMessiah God]] ''[[IncorruptiblePurePureness damn!'']]

** LightEmUp: Surprisingly, instead of [[CastingAShadow Dark]] attacks, it fights almost exclusively with Light attacks. [[spoiler:Even Sora's evil, hyped up on enough dark data to make [[EightBitTheater Black Mage]] look like a rookie, can't help but LightEmUp. [[TheMessiah God]] ''[[IncorruptiblePurePureness damn!'']]

* TurnsRed: It becomes more aggressive when its tail is destroyed (and, fortunately, easier to hit).

* FanNickname: [[spoiler: Terranort]]

* StartOfDarkness: ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts/BirthBySleep''.

* VoicesAreMental: As covered under RelationshipVoiceActor, Xehanort is voiced by the son of Master Xehanort's voice actor, the intended effect presumably to be that the two characters have the same, but age-affected, voice.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChikaoOhtsuka (Japanese), LeonardNimoy (English)

* CelebrityVoiceActor: LeonardNimoy, best known as [[TheSpock Spock Prime]] of ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', in the English release.

* [[AbusiveParents Abusive]] ParentalSubstitute: [[spoiler: Toward [[AdorablyPrecociousChild Ven]], Xehanort's original apprentice.]]

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Is portrayed as such in [[http://remember-kingdom-hearts.tumblr.com/post/28798364782/bonus-translation-of-the-novel-chapter-dark-memory the]] [[http://remember-kingdom-hearts.tumblr.com/post/28870649241/bonus-translation-of-the-novel-chapter-contrast novelization]], in stark contrast to the unrepentent sociopath in the actual game. [[spoiler:He's unable to control his ability to spawn Unversed, which are created autonomously every time he feels a strong emotion, and he hates them as a sign of his lack of control and a reminder of the true nature of his existence. Furthermore Master Xehanort forced him to train by fighting the Unversed, and Vanitas felt the emotions and physical pain they did upon being killed every time, which in turn fueled his dark emotions more and spawned stronger Unversed. And while all this TrainingFromHell was going on, he was still connected to Ven and felt all the friendship and happiness Ven was experiencing training under Eraqus]].

* EldritchAbomination: He is a being of pure darkness whose existence unbalances the laws of the worlds, and he is [[spoiler:the source of all Unversed]].

* LossOfIdentity: Most of his motivation was built up to be based around this before TheReveal in ''3D''.

** GetBackHereBoss: Dashes around and is immune to damage after you use a special attack like magic or a shotlock.

* DarthVaderClone: Subtle, but its there. Young kid who wanted to leave his quiet little home to explore other worlds and discovered he's TheChosenOne? Check. FallenHero? Check. Black cloak and booming voice? Check. And don't forget Xemnas's red Etheral Blades. Master Xehanort in turn takes some cues with Palpatine with his manipulations of Terra and him hiding his true nature as the villain behind everything.

* DisappearsIntoLight: The Emblem Heartless upon defeated. Followed by the release of their corrupted heart from their physical body. For Pureblood Heartless, on the other hand, it disappears into darkness, instead.