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While the trope can result in an entertaining villain, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools they can also be cheesy or shallow.]] 80s kid's shows made a lot of these, where the villain referred to themselves as evil. Writers apparently believed that the children watching [[ViewersAreMorons wouldn't be able to define the bad guy]] unless he was blowing up cities or poisoning lakes ForTheEvulz. It also reveals a condescending belief that children are unable to understand that evil people usually [[ObliviouslyEvil don't consider themselves evil]]. Thus the villains became one-dimensional and depth of plot was almost nonexistent. In works that are aimed at older audiences and/or uses GreyAndGrayMorality for its other villains, a Card-Carrying Villain has a good chance of ending up as a BaseBreakingCharacter or even TheScrappy.
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While the trope can result in an [[LaughablyEvil entertaining villain, villain]], [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools they can also be cheesy or shallow.]] 80s kid's shows made a lot of these, where the villain referred to themselves as evil. Writers apparently believed that the children watching [[ViewersAreMorons wouldn't be able to define the bad guy]] unless he was blowing up cities or poisoning lakes ForTheEvulz. It also reveals a condescending belief that children are unable to understand that evil people usually [[ObliviouslyEvil don't consider themselves evil]]. Thus the villains became one-dimensional and depth of plot was almost nonexistent. In works that are aimed at older audiences and/or uses GreyAndGrayMorality for its other villains, a Card-Carrying Villain has a good chance of ending up as a BaseBreakingCharacter or even TheScrappy.
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While the trope can result in an entertaining villain, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools they can also be cheesy or shallow.]] 80s kid's shows made a lot of these, where the villain referred to themselves as evil. Writers apparently believed that the children watching [[ViewersAreMorons wouldn't be able to define the bad guy]] unless he was blowing up cities or poisoning lakes ForTheEvulz. It also reveals a condescending belief that children are unable to understand that evil people usually [[ObliviouslyEvil don't consider themselves evil]]. Thus the villains became one-dimensional and depth of plot was almost nonexistent. In works that are aimed at older audiences and/or uses GreyAndGrayMorality for its other villains, a Card-Carrying Villain has a good chance of ending up as a BaseBreakingCharacter or even TheScrappy.
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Surprisingly, a Card-Carrying Villain occastionally has one "[[EvilVirtues redeeming]]" quality as far as villains go: [[AtLeastIAdmitIt They're honest.]] They will not hide the fact that they're the villainous scumbag, they will not deceive you that they were worthy of some sympathy by being a misguided WellIntentionedExtremist, [[EvenEvilHasStandards that's just]] [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocritical]]. This may make them more obvious targets for the heroes to gun down, but they will not hide behind sweet talks (unless it's meant to showcase a FauxAffablyEvil personality), and sometimes lies would hurt more than a blatant assault. They are also not self-righteous at all.
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Surprisingly, a Card-Carrying Villain occastionally occasionally has one "[[EvilVirtues redeeming]]" quality as far as villains go: [[AtLeastIAdmitIt They're honest.]] They will not hide the fact that they're the villainous scumbag, they will not deceive you that they were worthy of some sympathy by being a misguided WellIntentionedExtremist, [[EvenEvilHasStandards that's just]] [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocritical]]. This may make them more obvious targets for the heroes to gun down, but they will not hide behind sweet talks (unless it's meant to showcase a FauxAffablyEvil personality), and sometimes lies would hurt more than a blatant assault. They are also not self-righteous at all.
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The SmugSnake is one of the more likely villainous types to openly revel in their harmful actions, which tends to highlight the fact that they are not nearly as intelligent as their [[SmallNameBigEgo inflated ego]] leads them to believe they are.
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* MoralMyopia: Where the villain decries the evil acts of others while ignoring or rationalizing their own.
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* ObliviouslyEvil: When a villain believes that they aren't doing anything wrong.
* ObliviouslyEvil: When a villain believes that they aren't doing anything wrong.
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* Mercury in ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', unlike the rest of the villains, is not personally invested in Salem's plans and has fun trying to crush the protagonists' emotionally. When Emerald asks why he joined Salem, his response is that 'it was meant to be'. However, [[spoiler:Tyrian deconstructs this, stating because Mercury grew up badly abused, he is now too afraid to walk away from his life of pain and violence]].
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* Mercury in ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', unlike the rest of the villains, is not personally invested in Salem's plans and has fun trying to crush the protagonists' protagonists emotionally. When Emerald asks why he joined Salem, his response is that 'it was meant to be'. However, [[spoiler:Tyrian deconstructs this, stating because Mercury grew up badly abused, he is now too afraid to walk away from his life of pain and violence]].
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* Mercury in ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', unlike the rest of the villains, is not personally invested in Salem's plans and has fun trying to crush the protagonists. When Emerald asks why he joined Salem, his response is that 'it was meant to be'. However, [[spoiler:Tyrian deconstructs this, stating because Mercury grew up badly abused, he is now too afraid to walk away from his life of pain and violence]].
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* Mercury in ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', unlike the rest of the villains, is not personally invested in Salem's plans and has fun trying to crush the protagonists.protagonists' emotionally. When Emerald asks why he joined Salem, his response is that 'it was meant to be'. However, [[spoiler:Tyrian deconstructs this, stating because Mercury grew up badly abused, he is now too afraid to walk away from his life of pain and violence]].
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* Lord Komatsu, the BigBad of the second arc of the ''Manga/InuYasha'' ContinuationFic ''Fanfic/BeyondTomorrow'', fits this to a T. When his daughter Arina demands to know how he could possibly cause harm to someone as pure as [[OriginalGeneration Hanyuu]], his word-for-word response is:
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* ''Fanfic/BeyondTomorrow'': Lord Komatsu, the BigBad of the second arc of the ''Manga/InuYasha'' ContinuationFic ''Fanfic/BeyondTomorrow'', fits this to a T. When his daughter Arina demands to know how he could possibly cause harm to someone as pure as [[OriginalGeneration Hanyuu]], his word-for-word response is:
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* Most villains from ''Fanfic/TheCalvinverse'', really.
** Evil Calvin from ''Fanfic/RetroChill'' is a rather glaring example.
** Dr. Brainstorm of ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'' is a HarmlessVillain who gleefully follows several cliche MadScientist tropes.
* ''Fanfic/CodePrime'': When C.C. calls Megatron "[[YouMonster a monster, a demon, and the Devil incarnate]]" after she witnesses his [[spoiler:Dark Geass]], Megatron simply asks her if she is only realizing this ''now''.
** Evil Calvin from ''Fanfic/RetroChill'' is a rather glaring example.
** Dr. Brainstorm of ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheSeries'' is a HarmlessVillain who gleefully follows several cliche MadScientist tropes.
* ''Fanfic/CodePrime'': When C.C. calls Megatron "[[YouMonster a monster, a demon, and the Devil incarnate]]" after she witnesses his [[spoiler:Dark Geass]], Megatron simply asks her if she is only realizing this ''now''.
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* In ''Harry Potter and the Evil Summer Vacation'', villains and villain wannabes had a magazine called ''Evil Monthly''. Hermione mentioned having read an article in it about the conference Harry had mistakenly attended that summer and when he asked her what she was doing with it, she replied [[TakeThat "I'm sure you know that both my parents are dentists."]]
* Justified in ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy''. Satan Girl is Kara Zor-El's duplicate, her dark side's embodiment. Evil, unfettered desires and impulses is literally everything she is made of, so it's perfectly reasonable for her delighting in doing evil things or killing and destroying just because she can.
* Justified in ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy''. Satan Girl is Kara Zor-El's duplicate, her dark side's embodiment. Evil, unfettered desires and impulses is literally everything she is made of, so it's perfectly reasonable for her delighting in doing evil things or killing and destroying just because she can.
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* In ''Harry Potter and the Evil Summer Vacation'', Vacation'': The villains and villain wannabes had have a magazine called ''Evil Monthly''. Hermione mentioned mentions having read an article in it about the conference Harry had mistakenly attended that summer and when he asked her what she was doing with it, she replied replies [[TakeThat "I'm sure you know that both my parents are dentists."]]
*Justified in ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy''.''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'': Justified. Satan Girl is Kara Zor-El's duplicate, her dark side's embodiment. Evil, unfettered desires and impulses is literally everything she is made of, so it's perfectly reasonable for her delighting in doing evil things or killing and destroying just because she can.
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* ''[[FanFic/LegolasByLaura legolas by laura]]'' features orcs who refer to themselves as "us all the bad guys".
* In ''Fanfic/TheLionKingAdventures'', when Nala tells Timon and Pumbaa that they are evil, Timon replys "Who cares? Evil makes the world go round".
* In ''Fanfic/MassEffectHumanRevolution'', Jules Leng almmost gleefully admits to rape when Adam confronts him.
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* In ''Fanfic/TheLionKingAdventures'', when Nala tells Timon and Pumbaa that they are evil, Timon replys "Who cares? Evil makes the world go round".
* In ''Fanfic/MassEffectHumanRevolution'', Jules Leng almmost gleefully admits to rape when Adam confronts him.
* Titan from ''Fanfic/MyBravePonyStarfleetMagic''. He introduces himself as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Emperor of Chaos and Nightmares]], but most of the time does nothing besides [[OrcusOnHisThrone gloat on his throne]].
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* ''[[FanFic/LegolasByLaura legolas by laura]]'' ''Fanfic/LegolasByLaura'' features orcs who refer to themselves as "us all the bad guys".
*In ''Fanfic/TheLionKingAdventures'', when ''Fanfic/LimpetAU'': Even after everything, Vader still sees himself as an evil Sith Lord, and at one point mentions his intentions to take down the Jedi and the New Republic and re-establish the Empire if ever the opportunity arises. At least, so he claims. While trying to deny the fact that he is, in fact, spoiling his grandchildren and -- to his own disgust -- gone soft.
* ''Fanfic/TheLionKingAdventures'': When Nala tells Timon and Pumbaa that they are evil, Timon replys "Who cares? Evil makes the world go round".
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' fic ''Fanfic/QueenOfAllOni'', Jade, after her FaceHeelTurn, openly identifies as being evil, as does practically every other villainous character.
* ''Fanfic/RomansEmpire'': It's a story about organized crime, so most of the main characters won't deny that they're not good people. However, two examples stand out.
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* Indus from ''Fanfic/TeamLVDR'' is a dark example. He’s a faunus trafficker, and he enjoyed every second of it.
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* ''[[FanFic/HTFTheStranger The Stranger]]'', a ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' fanfic, has the MadScientist BigBad scam innocent people into [[FateWorseThanDeath trapping them in a virtual reality where he has total control, forcing them to die over and over]]. He openly admits to the protagonist that he is SickAndWrong, but all he wanted was to [[GodhoodSeeker fulfill his dream of playing God]], and he doesn't believe he brought any harm to his captives since their memories are frequently reset.
* Queen Celesia from ''Fanfic/TwilightSparklesAwesomeAdventure''.
* The Brotherhood's top brass in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/2170677 The Zero Context Series]]'' are card-carriers by and large, being antagonists for antagonism's sake.
* Queen Celesia from ''Fanfic/TwilightSparklesAwesomeAdventure''.
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* ''[[FanFic/HTFTheStranger The Stranger]]'', ''Fanfic/HTFTheStranger'', a ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' fanfic, has the MadScientist BigBad scam innocent people into [[FateWorseThanDeath trapping them in a virtual reality where he has total control, forcing them to die over and over]]. He openly admits to the protagonist that he is SickAndWrong, but all he wanted was to [[GodhoodSeeker fulfill his dream of playing God]], and he doesn't believe he brought any harm to his captives since their memories are frequently reset.
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* NobleDemon: A villain who makes no bones about that fact, but will generally do less [[KickTheDog dog-kicking]].
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: A character gains immense power, usually via BlackMagic, and undergoes a SanitySlippage because they enjoy their newfound powers too much, regardless of morality or lack thereof. If the character wasn't a Card-Carrying Villain before, they are now.
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* NobleDemon: A villain who makes no bones about that fact, but will generally do less [[KickTheDog dog-kicking]].
* AboveGoodAndEvil: When a villain dismisses morality as a meaningless concept.
* BeingEvilSucks: When a villain becomes ashamed of their evil actions and leaves the dark side.
* BeingEvilSucks: When a villain becomes ashamed of their evil actions and leaves the dark side.
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* The ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi'' version of Cinder Fall is a complete 180 of her normal counterpart, using EvilLaughter, enjoying the idea of killing kittens and using copious amounts of MostDefinitelyNotAVillain.
* The ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi'' version of Cinder Fall is a complete 180 of her normal counterpart, using EvilLaughter, enjoying the idea of killing kittens and using copious amounts of MostDefinitelyNotAVillain.
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* ThenLetMeBeEvil: A character eventually becomes a villain after [[ConvictedByPublicOpinion being labelled as one]], having lost all hope in changing others' opinion of them. They know they are a villain and embrace the image, but they do so out of bitterness at being misunderstood, not pride.
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: A character eventually becomes a villain after [[ConvictedByPublicOpinion being labelled as one]], having lost all hope in changing others' opinion of them. They know they are a villain and embrace the image, but they do so out of bitterness at being misunderstood, not pride.
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* In ''Animation/BoBoiBoy'', Adu Du, his henchmen, and his family acknowledge that they are evil and take pride in calling themselves evil, as some other villains tend to do as well.
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* In ''Animation/BoBoiBoy'', Adu Du, his henchmen, and his family acknowledge that they are evil and take pride in calling themselves evil, as some other villains tend to do as well.
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# ''[[TheCorrupter Corruption]]'' — the Villain wants to [[TheCorrupter turn other people Evil]]. Give in to TheDarkSide!
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# ''[[TheCorrupter Corruption]]'' — the Villain wants to [[TheCorrupter turn other people Evil]].Evil]], and often ToCreateAPlaygroundForEvil. Give in to TheDarkSide!