History Main / EvilOrphan

* In ''[[https://www.deviantart.com/chopperstophat/art/Story-The-Liar-278262693 The Liar]]'', all of the foals at the orphanage where Trixie lived bullied her relentlessly, although it's debatable if they could be called truly "evil". But even if they don't qualify for evil, Snowbank unquestionably does. He [[BaitTheDog pretended to be nice to Trixie to gain her trust]] and then framed her for beating the crap out of a filly named Peach Blossom (who is no victim, either—she cooperated with his plan, letting him cast a spell to put fake bruises on her body). His plot worked flawlessly, because the matron didn’t even try to look for proof that Trixie was the one who hurt Peach before throwing her out onto the streets. The worst part? Snowbank did all of this just so he could increase his popularity with the other foals, who all hated Trixie and wanted her gone. Despite his young age, his actions easily qualify as a MoralEventHorizon.

* [[SerialKiller Johan Liebert]] from ''Anime/{{Monster}}'' combines this with WhereIWasBornAndRazed. ''Repeatedly.''

* Mukuro from ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'' is adopted by another family but soon uses the man taking care of him to kill off the entire family.

* While the audience knows that her orphan status has nothing to do with her sociopathic and sinister nature, other than Being-X, no one else knows anything about the history and origin of Tanya Von Degurechaff from ''LightNovel/YoujoSenki'' (aka The Saga of Tayna the Evil). As far as anyone in-show is concerned Tayna is just one of an innumerable amount of war orphans in their country. And considering she joined the military at age 9 (and continues base her decision to join on her status as an orphan), there is literally nothing else for them to go on regarding the source of her sadistically ruthless personality.

* The novel ''Discworld/{{Hogfather}}'' features [[KnifeNut Mr. Teatime]], who was taken in by the Assassin's Guild after both his parents died suddenly when he was very young. In the words of guildmaster Lord Downey, "[[FridgeHorror In hindsight]], [[SelfMadeOrphan perhaps we should have looked into that a bit more]]."

* ''Film/TheOmen1976''. The boy Damien is an orphan substituted for the couple's real child, who died shortly after birth.

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* [[SerialKiller Johan Liebert]] from ''{{Anime/Monster}}'' combines this with WhereIWasBornAndRazed. ''Repeatedly.''

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** In Theatre/HarryPotterAndTheCursedChild, [[spoiler: Voldemort's daughter Delphi also qualifies, since she was born shortly before both of her parents (Bellatrix Lestrange was her mother) died.]]

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* The antagonist of ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', Loki, had this trope forced on him, seeing as he was lied to his entire life about his parentage. He doesn't become evil until he finds out he is adopted.

* The antagonist of ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/TheAvengers2012'', Loki, had this trope forced on him, seeing as he was lied to his entire life about his parentage. He didn't become evil until he found out he was adopted.

[[JustForFun/HowToStopTheDeusExMachina For the sake of the story]], the young couple will have no idea anything is wrong, but [[TvTropesWillEnhanceYourLife tropers will know]] right away there's something not right with this newcomer. She's a CreepyChild, who looks like she strolled out of the UncannyValley. It's not long before things start going wrong around her. [[EvilDetectingDog Pets start acting up]]. Things go missing. There are [[PyroManiac fires]]. Injuries. [[OminousOwl Nocturnal birds of prey]] show up ''everywhere''.

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->''We are the Abandoned One, born but now to die. Our name is Orphan. By our hand, the world shall know redemption!''
-->'''[[SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum fal'Cie Orphan]]''', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII''

* The whole point of ''Film/{{Orphan}}''.

[[HowToStopTheDeusExMachina For the sake of the story]], the young couple will have no idea anything is wrong, but [[TvTropesWillEnhanceYourLife tropers will know]] right away there's something not right with this newcomer. She's a CreepyChild, who looks like she strolled out of the UncannyValley. It's not long before things start going wrong around her. [[EvilDetectingDog Pets start acting up]]. Things go missing. There are [[PyroManiac fires]]. Injuries. [[OminousOwl Nocturnal birds of prey]] show up ''everywhere''.

** Harry himself is an [[AvertedTrope aversion]], as is [[spoiler:Teddy]] in the last book.

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* Whole bunch of them in ''RuleOfRose'', though all have their own FreudianExcuse, and you will end up feeling more pity than loathing for them by the end. [[spoiler:Wendy tops all the others by making the others kill Jennifer's dog, and then setting a serial killer loose on the orphanage. [[LoveMakesYouEvil All because Jennifer didn't love her alone.]]]]
* [[spoiler:Clive]] in ''ProfessorLaytonAndTheUnwoundFuture'', who lost his parents in [[spoiler:a time machine explosion]] 10 years ago, and schemed to take vengeance on the people responsible with the money he inherited from his adoptive mother.
* In ''MissionCritical'', you find TheMole's secret diary, where he explains his reasons for betraying TheAlliance to the [[UnitedNationsIsASuperPower UN]]. His parents were scientists. He and his brother were visiting them at work one day, and a [[GreyGoo batch of nanites]] programmed to clean up oil spills was accidentally let loose, and his parents (or rather, all oils in their bodies) were eaten from inside out right in front of them. From that moment, he decided that the UN was right in limiting technological development.

%%* The whole point of ''Film/{{Orphan}}''.

The polar opposite of the HeartWarmingOrphan.

* The antagonist of ''Film/{{Thor}}'' and ''Film/TheAvengers'', Loki, had this trope forced on him, seeing as he was lied to his entire life about his parentage. He didn't become evil until he found out he was adopted.
* The whole point of ''Film/{{Orphan}}''.

* Alexander on ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' is an infant clone of LexLuthor. Tess Mercer hoped that by raising him to be good, she could save him from the Luthor legacy. Unfortunately, Alexander has all of Lex's memories, and is aging very rapidly to boot. As of "Luthor" he's gone AWOL, and is out there, somewhere, plotting revenge on her and Clark. [[spoiler:Eventually inverted, since he ended up losing these memories and becoming ComicBook/{{Superboy}}.]]

* ''Film/TheOmen''. The boy Damien is an orphan substituted for the couple's real child, who died shortly after birth.

* ''{{CSI}}'' has the very [[CreepyChild Creepy]] and InsufferableGenius Hannah, whose parents have died ([[FridgeHorror the details are never explained]]) by her second appearance. [[spoiler: In her first appearance she gets her brother off a murder charge (albeit an accidental one). In her second she frames him and [[DrivenToSuicide Drives Him To Suicide]] to keep him dependent on her]]. She also {{Breaking Speech}}es Sara, possibly contributing to her decision to [[PutOnABus go on a vacation to the rainforest]].