History Main / AlwaysChaoticEvil

Be careful when writing these: may lead to UnfortunateImplications; for some of the methods by which authors attempt to avoid said Implications, see [[Analysis/AlwaysChaoticEvil this Analysis page]].

* ''Film/ThreeHundred'' was criticized for [[UnfortunateImplications portraying the Persians this way]], although it is justified by the UnreliableNarrator... and how the Persians are an ''invading army''. It's also implied that many of the Persian soldiers are {{Punch Clock Villain}}s cowering in fear of their god-emperor's might. It's only the immortals and literal demons who are pure inhuman evil.

* Both used and subverted in the ''Literature/LoneWolf'' franchise. Those beings created directly by [[BigBad Naar]], the [[GodOfEvil God of Darkness]], such as Agarash and the Darklords, have his essence in place of the souls that living creatures possess, accounting for their Always Chaotic Evil nature. Their servants, such as the orc-like Giaks, are evil only because they have never had any other choice, having been bred and used as warrior-slaves for generations. They do not know love, kindness, or compassion because they have never seen it, and readers are swiftly led to feel pity for them even as they kill and torture their way across the heroes' homelands. Also, anyone described as "swarthy" is ''not to be trusted'' (leading to some ''very'' UnfortunateImplications).

* The vampires/aberrations from ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'' conveniently sidestep any UnfortunateImplications that could be associated with this trope. Every one of them is a former human who willingly chose to become a monster in a bid for eternal life. They have to kill humans to survive, which could potentially be tragic if not for the fact that every one of them chose this, and the process of becoming a vampire destroys all conscience, or capacity for empathy, meaning that even if someone did stupidly decide to become a vampire for good reasons (say to continue pursuing a dangerous enemy past the end of their natural lifetime), they would very quickly lose that good motivation. While the comic's attitude mostly favors mercy, killing a vampire, even in cold blood, is always portrayed as a positive act. Mercy is pointless, as they cannot be redeemed, curing them [[NoOntologicalInertia automatically kills them]], and leaving them alive only gives them opportunity to kill again.

* The undead in ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13701065/9/Metagaming Metagaming?]]'' are all destined to eventually bcome this way. The necromantic magic animating them warps their souls and causes them to first envy and eventually hate all life until they want nothing more than to kill everyone and everything that isn't undead like them. Fortunately, Harry (after many months of experimentation) manages to find a way to resurrect the undead and remove the necromantic energies infecting them, though he admits many will later kill themselves anyway from the trauma of what they experienced.

* According to the [[UnreliableExpositor Flame King]] in ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'', all denizens of the fire kingdom are evil. Including [[CardCarryingVillain himself]], and his daughter [[ThirdOptionLoveInterest Flame Princess]]. That said, after a brief debate with [[TheHero Finn]], the Flame King concedes that by spending time with a "good guy", it would be in theory possible to turn Flame Princess good] though he notes that she'd [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons take penalties to experience for acting out of alignment.]] Later revelations in the show seem to suggest that this is a simplification. Flame people don't seem totally evil, though Flame Princess notes that they tend to be "deceitful [[ItMakesSenseInContext and Shakespeare]]." As it turns out, Flame king has no evidence to back up his claims and only calls his people evil because he wants them to be evil, and uses the concept of evil to psychologically abuse his daughter. After being overthrown with Flame Princess in charge, his claims are rendered moot, making the flame people a subversion

** Most of the Saiyans are barbaric, planet destroying bullies known, among other things, for their love of fighting. The known exceptions are Goku (who was raised as an Earthling and became mellow after hitting his head), his and Vegeta's children (who had human ancestry), Goku's mother Gine (who was born with a soft heart, and a soft retcon indicated Goku inherited her personality) Vegeta's younger brother Tarble and [[CanonImmigrant canon]] Broly (who’s ForcedIntoEvil by his father Paragus). The crux of it is that while gentler Saiyans did exist, they were the minority and were either cast out or on the lower rungs of their society. Later media such as ''VideoGame/DragonBallLegends'' would further [[CharacterizationMarchesOn subvert]] this revealing in ancient times Saiyans were a more righteous and benign race, but were overtaken by a sect of evil war-loving Saiyans who only became worse after [[GalacticConqueror King Cold]] found them and folded them into his evil galactic empire.
** Goku, the one consistently heroic Saiyan, even though generally peaceful and even a protector, was {{flanderiz|ation}}ed as TheCape in the anime adaptations, especially the movies. This was opposed to his original manga personality of someone who, though still moderately heroic, was mostly driven by a selfish desire for a good fight at the end of the day. This was walked back in ''Super'', where the change in personality was jarring to many fans who weren't familiar with the manga [[note]] Although admittedly ''Super'' does flanderize Goku’s worse qualities to a greater extent than the original manga [[RuleOfFunny for the sake of comedy]] [[/note]].
** Vegeta himself, the only other full-blooded Saiyan to survive the series, took ''years'' of living among humans to even ''slightly'' mellow out. While his overwhelming sense of pride would remain intact, years of living on Earth and becoming a family man made his eventual HeelFaceTurn, and in fact became even more family oriented than Goku usually is. This is often overlooked by fans, which Akira Toriyama parodied in Neko Majin Z with the character of [[FatBastard Onio]].
** Goku's father Bardock was just as much of a murderous warrior as the rest of the Saiyans, but he still fell in love with Gine and her gentle personality, and fathered two sons with her. This was unusual for Saiyans, who don't typically operate as a family, usually seeing their mates and children more as friends who can take care of themselves. Bardock also had a brief stint as [[TokenHeroicOrc a heroic Saiyan]] when he was given precognitive powers and learned that the Saiyans' employer Frieza was planning on destroying their planet. Bardock didn't make a HeelFaceTurn, but he made a stand against Frieza to protect what he valued, [[VillainousValour even in the face of a hopeless fight]].
** [[Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly Broly]], in contrast to his [[Anime/DragonBallZBrolyTheLegendarySuperSaiyan previous portrayal]] is a gentle hearted Saiyan like Gine, Goku and Tarble in {{canon}}. He doesn’t display any of the usual battle loving tendencies of his race and is a FluffyTamer similar Goku. Granted Broly does slip into the more [[InTheBlood violent Saiyan behaviour]], when protecting Cheelai and later when fighting Goku and Vegeta Broly gains a SlasherSmile the more he powers up, going on a UnstoppableRage that almost destroyed the planet. Although this can be explained due to the Super Saiyan transformation making the user more [[SuperpoweredEvilSide violent and vicious]] (also not helped by Frieza killing Paragus triggering Broly’s DespairEventHorizon) and is not reflective of Broly’s actual personality.
** ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' subverts this with Universe 6, which exists parallel to Universe 7, home to the mainline ''Dragon Ball'' series. U6 Saiyans are described as a race of noble warriors who sometimes take jobs to defeat villains and hunt down criminals. It's implied that this is just how Universe 6's Saiyans are; they still have their homeworld, Planet Sadala, which in Universe 7 was destroyed by internal conflict. Although like Universe 7 Saiyans, the Universe 6 Saiyans do become more aggressive and unhinged the more angry and powerful they get, which is a lot of them like Cabba [[TameHisAnger keep their temper and emotions in check]].

** Played straight with Frieza’s family species as his father King Cold, brother Cooler, son Kuriza and ancestor Chilled who are all just as as psychotic and violent as Frieza himself (although Cooler at the very least is a BenevolentBoss to his mooks and CoolUncle to Kuriza). Subverted with rest of Frieza’s race who despite their appearance are more benevolent and many of them are heroic Time Patrollers in ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse'', one such as Jierra even mentions how much he hates that Frieza’s clan has given his species such a bad reputation.

** Gnolls, [[HeinousHyena Heinous Hyenas]] with close ties to the [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Demon Lord Yeenoghu]], have [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]] this trope depending on the edition, though even Good-aligned gnolls tend not to be [[GoodIsNotNice shining pillars of morality]].

** As with many ''Exalted'' tropes, this one is implied to be more complex than at first glance: in the Roll of Glorious Divinity II, it's implied that demons are ''[[AllergicToLove afraid of love]]'', because the Yozis have ground it into them that there is no such thing as love without pain. Besides [[LoveRedeems certain plot hooks]], this begs the question: [[TraumaCongaLine what kind of life must a demon lead?]]

Members of an Always Chaotic Evil race usually cannot qualify as a CompleteMonster no matter how intelligent they are, because being evil is a part of their job and thus they don't pass the moral agency test. The only exceptions are situations where a supposedly Always Chaotic Evil race has multiple members manage to turn good.

** Ogres are on this list for a somewhat different reason than other races. They live in a society that is based only on one rule. Might makes right. Their god could easily be a weird mix of Slaanesh and Nugle, with gluttony and avarice being main virtues ogres value. Despite the fact that ogres seemingly follow many rules, one of their special characters had his hands chopped off for the crime of eating his leaders' gnoblars, despite him being shaman for their god. What makes ''Warhammer'' ogres chaotic is the fact that while ogres can be negotiated with successfully, unlike orcs and forces of Chaos, ogres don't feel bad for eating you a second after the contract is done. One of their tribes actually value iron more than gold for the simple reason that with gold they can buy a weapon of iron, but with a weapon of iron they can have all of your gold.

* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' has a few of such races, given [[LongRunners how long the story has gone on and how many planes have been detailed]], but the most prominent would be the Phyrexians, bio-technological assimilators native to the "clockwork hell" plane Phyrexia who served as the villains of the core plot for ''years'' in real-time. Even after Phyrexia was destroyed by heroes from Dominaria in the climax of that original storyarc, they've managed to resurface thanks to remnants of their "glistening oil" creating new Phyrexians.

* ''Literature/BalancingMySupportMagicAndSummoningMagicInADifferentWorld'' has the monsters of the new world. Regardless of race, they kill, rape, and destroy, for seemingly no reason, whatsoever, even their own underlings. It is presumed they are artificial constructs because when they die, they disappear in a puff of smoke, leaving loot behind.
* ''Literature/BanishedFromTheHerosParty'': Subverted or zigzagged with demons, since although they still ''act'' demonic, they are revealed to actually [[spoiler:worship the same god as humans, and thus consider the Demon Lord a heretic for going against them]]. Indeed it's stated that their war against humans is the demons [[spoiler:acting in accordance with the roles given to them by Divine Blessing, exactly the same as humans in the setting do]].

* [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent Goblins]] in ''Literature/GoblinSlayer''. Make no mistake, the goblins here are possibly [[NightmareFuel the most absolutely vile and depraved depiction]] of the standard fantasy goblin in modern fiction. Every goblin is without exception a self-obsessed and pitiless savage who would watch every other living thing on the planet die with a smile, including a fellow goblin. Adventurers captured by goblins can expect to be tortured, EatenAlive and, [[MarsNeedsWomen in the case of female adventurers]], [[RapeAsDrama raped]]. There is a conversation brought up from time to time about whether benevolent goblins exist or not, and interestingly enough, the eponymous Goblin Slayer himself -- who's a shameless full-blown SociopathicHero when it comes to killing goblins -- ''does'' actually believe that there might be goblins who aren't evil. But the way he sees it, if they ''do'' exist, they're likely to keep to themselves rather than seeking out any sort of interaction with humans in the first place, and his viewpoint is only reinforced by the sheer evilness of virtually every goblin the cast ever comes in contact with.
* Vampires in ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' are mostly like this. Good vampires, like Seras, are a very special exception. It is not clear if the transformation to a vampire brings out the worst of person or if all vampires are all irredeemably evil. It is possible that since the survival of a vampire requires killing people for blood and souls at some point all vampires simply give up to their bloodlust. At one point one vampire even comments on how he and his comrades can never enjoy things normal people enjoy, but are forced to live the life of a monster. Most of the vampires we see in the series were {{Card Carrying Villain}}s ''before'' becoming vampires, being vicious war-mongers. [[{{Ghostapo}} Who were also Nazis]]. In their case, becoming vampires didn't turn them evil. It just gave them fangs.

* With the exception of the protagonist Yuki in ''Literature/NowImADemonLordHappilyEverAfterWithMonsterGirlsInMyDungeon'', the general consensus among everyone, including other Demon Lords, is that Demon Lords are haughty, vicious, and vile beings who all commit atrocity purely for their own amusement. Yuki is the very, very rare exception because he's a reincarnated Earth human, and prefers to live quietly, at peace.
* ''Manga/InuYasha'':

** The yokai that have human-like appearances are different. Even among them there are many who are evil, but many are good. Apparently they are endowed with reason at the same level as sentient human beings, even if many of them despise the humans.

* Lampshaded in ''Literature/KyoKaraMaoh!'' After it is revealed to the main character that he is [[MosesInTheBulrushes really a demon lord]] and must seek out his [[OnlyTheChosenMayWield ultimate weapon]]:
-->'''Yuri:''' ... a holy sword that you need to defeat the last boss.\\
'''Wolfram:''' A holy sword?\\
'''Yuri:''' It's not?\\
...\\
'''Gwendal:''' Of course it's a demon sword!

* ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'':
** The Mazoku. Given that they [[TheHeartless feed on negative emotions]], they have a lot more reason to be this way. Also, they ''are'' [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]], whose stated goal is to [[OmnicidalManiac end existence]]. It's just how they were created. Oddly enough, the Dragons, servants of the gods, are oftentimes [[BlackAndGrayMorality morally ambiguous]]. [[spoiler: This moral ambiguity is a major point of Season 3.]] Throw in that [[LovableTraitor Xellos]], a Mazoku, can sometimes be [[AffablyEvil friendly and helpful]] when not actively trying to end existence, and you get a fair amount of moral ambiguity. At one point Xellos [[spoiler:helps save the world, because he [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou and the Mazoku of the ''Slayers'' dimension want to end it themselves]]]].
** Played utterly straight with trolls and other monsters (it is based on ''[[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons D&D]]'', after all).
* ''Literature/ReincarnatedAsASword'' has not only monsters, which are mindless beasts, at best, unless summoned by a mage and made into familiars, but the entire race, known as the blue-catkin tribe are so odious, it takes over 200 chapters before even one of them is shown to be anything but a SmugSnake CardCarryingVillain, and then because he was specifically raised ''opposite to his people's philosophy'' by a slaver caravan which wanted to present a "good face" to the general public.

* Ditto for the mazoku from ''Manga/ViolinistOfHameln''. There actually are [[spoiler: two exceptions]], but the rest feel that their calling is to torment humanity ForTheEvulz (Sure, their whole race exists through magical power gained by [[spoiler: consuming human blood and souls, but regular mazoku cannot extract it]], so [[ForTheEvulz evulz]] still is the driving reason for their atrocities).

** The '''ENTIRE WORLD''' was this in the time of Noah, hence why God decided to drown everyone in TheGreatFlood.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Rifts}}'' uses this trope, but also provides the interesting case of the Faustians in the ''[[SpaceOpera Phase World]]'' setting: An Always Chaotic Evil race that got on the wrong side of a war against an [[TheEmpire Evil Empire]] even worse than them, forcing them to run to [[TheFederation The Consortium of Civilized Worlds]] to survive. Being exceptionally smart that day, the CCW put the Faustians on a rather strict probationary membership, leaving the Faustians to harshly police their own bad sides. If even one of them pulls off any large-scale villainy, they ''all'' get booted out and right back into the waiting fangs of the Empire.

* The Reavers in ''Series/{{Firefly}}''. It's never quite explained why they don't kill/rape/eat each other, even though they travel in such massive groups. As revealed in the movie, ''Film/{{Serenity}}'', [[spoiler: Reavers are infected with a chemical agent that, in .1% of the population, causes uncontrolled aggression]].

** ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' subverts this with Universe 6, which exists parallel to Universe 7, home to the mainline ''Dragon Ball'' series. U6 Saiyans are described as a race of noble warriors who sometimes take jobs to defeat villains and hunt down criminals. Rather than being a case of ForWantOfANail, it's implied that this is just how Universe 6's Saiyans are; they still have their homeworld, Planet Sadala, which in Universe 7 was destroyed by internal conflict. Although like Universe 7 Saiyans, the Universe 6 Saiyans do become more aggressive and unhinged the more angry and powerful they get, which is a lot of them like Cabba [[TameHisAnger keep their temper and emotions in check]].

** The Cylons in ''Series/BattlestarGalactica1978''. were not created by humans, but by a different and now-extinct race. They were more like a weapon that got out of control than a species in their own right, as the newer series' Cylons were.

* In crossover AlternateUniverse fics, usually with the ''Franchise/StargateVerse'', the Twelve Colonies from ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}'' are portrayed as psycho gun-happy Earth invaders, despite there being no evidence for this. Most of these fics are absolutely horrible [[FollowTheLeader derivatives]] of ''Fanfic/ReunionsAreABitch'', which laid most of the blame on the ''leaders'', and the Average Joe Colonial earnestly believed that they're doing the right thing and helping Earth with their invasion.

* In ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'' the Magog are obligate carnivores who need to kill their prey themselves to start the digestive process, prefer sentient "food", and lay their eggs in the stomachs of other humanoids. Nietzscheans are genetically engineered superhumans who follow a themepark version of Creator/FriedrichNietzsche's philosophy mixed with a heavy dose of [[TheSocialDarwinist Social Darwinism]] and overthrew the Systems Commonwealth causing the Long Night. But the Andromeda Ascendant's crew includes one of both species, Rev Bem is a Magog converted to a non-violent religion called Wayism while Tyr Anasazi was a Nietzschean mercenary who saw the Andromeda as a way to further his own interests.

* Cylons in ''Series/BattlestarGalactica1978''. The Cylons in the original series were not created by humans, but by a different and now-extinct race. They were more like a weapon that got out of control than a species in their own right, as the newer series' Cylons were.
* ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003'' is [[GreyAndGrayMorality considerably more nuanced]]. Indeed, the logical impossibility of an Always Chaotic Evil race is Helo's argument against [[spoiler: the proposed genocide of the Cylons]] in the episode "A Measure of Salvation". He really hammers home the point when talking to his Cylon wife, after she says she "chose to be a person."
-->"You were a person before you put on that uniform, okay? You were a person before I fell in love with you."

* [[PigMan Muzzles]] in ''Bullets of Justice'' are a sadistic species without exception, completely obsessed with farming humans for food or killing them in painful ways. A completely justified case, since they were created by a Government Program during WorldWarIII as {{Super Soldier}}s. To make things worse, when they began to attack civilians, the military [[TooDumbToLive decided to kill the witnesses instead of doing anything to stop them, making possible the setting 25 years later instead of dealing now with the problem]].
* Warlocks, demons, Darklighters, and vampires in ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}''. There was literally only two members of one of those species (demon) who displayed a capacity for good, and even then it was only due to special circumstances (one had acquired a soul, while the other was an empathic seer who was capable of feeling and experiencing things -- if only tangentially -- that others demons simply could not). While some are worse than others, it is constantly emphasized that being evil is a part of their very nature, and that they only do good for pragmatic reasons, because they are being forced to, or because they are a HalfHumanHybrid (like Brendan Rowe, Cole Turner, or the [[OurManticoresAreSpinier manticores]]). One episode even went as far as revealing that the Elders employ an agent whose job is to round up and exterminate demon children, all of whom were portrayed as deceitful and murderous EnfantTerrible.

** [[Characters/DoctorWhoDaleks The Daleks]]: mutated aliens in travel machines who are only capable of hate and negative emotions due to being bred that way by MadScientist Davros. They simply are made to believe Daleks are a supreme race and, [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E12ThePandoricaOpens unless events outside of their control are threatening reality with oblivion]], everyone else deserves to die. [[ScaryDogmaticAliens They're]] [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace Space]] [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Nazis]] (in the serial [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E4GenesisOfTheDaleks "Genesis of the Daleks"]], we learn that Davros "removed the brain cells of the conscience" from the proto-Daleks -- a feat that would be, to put it mildly, challenging). In fact, the Daleks are so evil that the good Daleks or Dalek factions can be counted on one hand, and most of them turned good after being [[HumanityIsInfectious infected by humanity]]. In the episode [[Recap/DoctorWhoS34E2IntoTheDalek "Into the Dalek"]], the Doctor reveals that part of every Dalek's extensive cybernetic modification is a computer that constantly monitors the Dalek's mind and memories to delete any trace of compassion or empathy. This is probably a {{Revision}} of the "[[ScienceMarchesOn removed the brain cells of the conscience]]" origin.

** Subverted by the Ice Warriors. In their first story, they are a NobleDemon civilization, and in their second they are a genocidal invasion force that uses {{Terraform}}ing as a weapon and the Doctor [[GenocideDilemma fires the entire invasion fleet into the Sun with no remorse at all]]. In their third appearance, the Doctor holds the Ice Warrior Ambassador as prime suspect in a TenLittleMurderVictims case on the grounds that they're a "savage and warlike race", even though the Ice Warrior insists he [[ScaryMinoritySuspect didn't do it]]. He didn't, and is definitely a good guy.
** [[Characters/DoctorWhoSontarans The Sontarans]]: A {{Proud Warrior Race|Guy}} who [[BloodKnight worship war]]; they're all clones of one guy, churned out by the trillions to fight an endless war against shapeshifting green blobs. And they fit into this trope as being Sometimes Lawful Neutral, since their actions always have a military objective and, [[LawfulEvil unless they involve Earth]], are not good or evil at face value.
** The Nestene, a HiveMind species made of plastic who have spent a thousand million years colonising other worlds, apparently wiping out the local populations in the process. However, the short story "Revenge of the Nestene" revealed that they ''did'' give up on their war-like ways for a time and made peace with their neighbours, even falling in love with a fellow HiveMind... right before shrapnel from the Time War (planets that had been used as bullets and waves of [[RapidAging time]] [[FountainOfYouth energy]]) burned off the surface of their homeworld and [[GoMadFromTheRevelation drove them completely insane]]. After that, they're right back to trying to wipe out humanity so they can make Earth their new home.
** [[Characters/DoctorWhoWeepingAngels The Weeping Angels]]: Abstract alien entities from the "Dark Age" of the universe when the Time Lords were ascending to prominence, known to be filled with all manner of evil creatures. They are, apparently, the ideas of living things come to life to torture and kill us, which is a pretty scary concept. Their normal way of killing someone is actually rather nice -- they send you back in time to a point where you can lead a full and happy life, dying eventually from old age long before you would have normally. They do this because they feed off of your "potential" energy, that you would have used. They can also kill you and feed off your potential energy that way; in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E4TheTimeOfAngels "The Time of Angels"]], they kill people, and rip out at least one spinal cord to use as a communications device.

* Zigzagged with Demons in ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss''. Humans and angels certainly ''think'' Demons are this, a viewpoint supported by the fact that Demons initially appear to be MadeOfEvil on account of their black blood, but the longer the series goes on, the more cracks in that viewpoint we start to see. We learn in ''C.H.E.R.U.B.'' that Angels are not AlwaysLawfulGood. Though the first Demons may have been MadeOfEvil, they engage in natural reproduction and marry for a lot of the same reasons that humans do. Though many demons ''are'' evil, they are evil to varying degrees and some aren't even evil at all, ranging from open reveling in being a heartless monster like Striker and Mammon, to being [[PunchClockVillain punch clock villains]] with many sympathetic qualities like I.M.P. and Stolas, to EvenEvilHasStandards like Asmodeus and Beelzebub, to Fizzaroli who just wants to sing, dance, and be held by his big, strong, Demon Lord boyfriend.

* Zigzagged with Demons in ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss''. Humans and angels certainly ''think'' Demons are this, a viewpoint supported by the fact that Demons initially appear to be MadeOfEvil on account of their black blood, but the longer the series goes on, the more cracks in that viewpoint we start to see. We learn in ''C.H.E.R.U.B.'' that Angels are not AlwaysLawfulGood. Though the first Demons may have been MadeOfEvil, they engage in natural reproduction and marry for a lot of the same reasons that humans do. Though many demons ''are'' evil, they are evil to varying degrees and some aren't even evil at all, ranging from open reveling in being a heartless monster like Striker and Mammon, to being [[PunchClockVillain punch clock villains]] like I.M.P. and Stolas, to EvenEvilHasStandards like Asmodeus and Beelzebub, to Fizzaroli who just wants to sing, dance, and be held by his big, strong, Demon Lord boyfriend.

-->''“Which is why target discrimination and appropriate levels of force are integral parts of our military’s training. We know that purely evil people and groups are thankfully rare. So we exercise careful attention when it comes to meting out judgment on those who become our enemies.” Daniel swallowed a bit of his own fish. “And as for Jinnai, we’ll see to him later. Death may be a little too merciful for him.”''

* Demons in ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'' are literally MadeOfEvil in the sense that they spawn from the residue evil in Hell. The main characters of the series are members of the [[MurderInc Immediate Murder Professionals]] business company and none of them have displayed any at all moral reservations about their career choices... Well, with the exception of Moxxie who, in the first episode, expressed a desire for them to be a bit more selective about the jobs they accepted so as to keep innocents out of harm's way, which his wife Millie countered with the argument that "guilty and innocent aren't our business, Mox, killing who we're paid to ''is'' our business." The series does go out of its way, however, to show that no-one, be they the worst of sinners or a demon spawn of Hell, is completely unneuanced, that most of them have reasons behind their behavior, and "EvenEvilHasLovedOnes" could just as well be regarded as the central theme of the series.

* The Irken race, from which WesternAnimation/InvaderZim hails, is, as far as we know, entirely bent on conquering vast swaths of space. Zim himself may be an exaggeration of the Irken racial personality, but each Invader introduced seems to enjoy large death machines and lots of destructive fire. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Unaired episodes]] would've revealed that they're barely even a real alien race. They're created and controlled by a group of powerful {{A|rtificialIntelligence}}Is to take over the universe on their behalf.