History Main / GodSaveUsfromTheQueen

* ''Series/DenshiSentaiDenziman'' has Queen Hedrian, the vain ruler of Vader Clan and a partial {{homage}} to the Evil Queen from ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhite'' (her introduction even has her doing a recreation of the classic "mirror, mirror" scene). Although even if she is evil, she's still a [[BenevolentBoss pretty good boss]] to her minions, which is why she has their [[UndyingLoyalty complete loyalty]].

* Likewise, [[LadyMacbeth Lady]] Theatre/{{Macbeth}} qualifies after she manipulates her husband into killing King Duncan and taking the throne.

** Mother Winter, Mab's mother, is another Queen to be wary of. She is the final end and has no qualms about doing what is necessary and actually considers Mab to be more TheMcCoy for some of her emotional displays. She once nearly ate Harry because he summoned her at an inconvenient time. While he freed himself of here binding and proved himself to her, she notes that either way she got something out of it: a hard-working mortal or dinner.

* ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'': Queen Narissa is the tyrannical EvilSorceress ruler of Andalasia, and she plots against he own stepson so he won't be crowded king and take the throne from her. It's implied she seduced and married his father for the sole purpose of usurping the throne.

* ''Webcomic/EnnuiGo'': Izzy isn't really evil, but she's still a mentally-unstable hedonist, so when she becomes queen of her own island nation it goes about as well as you'd expect. Among other things, she encourages PoliceBrutality in her military police force (as long as it's not motivated by bigotry), she'll give out business loans to anyone no matter how crazy their business idea is (leading to many a restaurant with bizarre and/or dangerous gimmicks), and she's having her scientists build an orbital death ray.

* In both ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade'' and ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'', "Prince" is the title given to the most important figure of the Vampire politics. The title can vary and some vampires may call themselves Sultans, Dons or even [[PresidentEvil Presidents]], yet most of them would humbly avoid being called "Kings", but the same cannot be said to some self-proclaimed "Queens". And to make things worse in ''TabletopGame/VampireTheRequiem'' the ones most inclined to pursue such a title are [[DiabolicalMastermind Ventrue]] [[TheBaroness Dominatrixes]] and [[EvilIsSexy Daeva]] [[TheVamp Maneaters]]. Good luck!

In fiction, an evil queen may occasionally be also [[EvilSorcerer an evil sorceress]] or a WickedWitch. The ability to do magic would easily explain why she is able to take power (and most importantly, keep it) in the male-dominated society that is most classical settings ruled by monarchs. Especially if she, being a woman, has no military or warrior abilities of her own.

* In ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool'', it's shown that as a [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Remnant of Despair]], [[spoiler: Sonia]] [[SelfMadeOrphan murdered her parents for the throne of her home country]] before brainwashing the entire populace into being footsoldiers for [[ApocalypseCult Ultimate Despair]] like her.
* Queen Iono from ''Manga/IonoTheFanatics''. She's a nice enough person, but she's really bad for the country.

** Shogun Tsunayoshi is seen as this is due to the economy tanking, her very unpopular Edicts for Compassion for Living Beings (which made it a crime to harm dogs, who ran wild and brought disease), her equally unpopular ruling on UsefulNotes/The47Ronin's actions (compounded by the fact that they were mostly men in a Japan where the male population was only a quarter of the female population), being surrounded by ineffective councilors, hoarding men to serve as her concubines even after she was past the age to conceive, and finally delaying her decision on who to name her heir because her father disagreed with the popular choice on the grounds that she was the granddaughter of his hated rival.
*** The sad thing is as a person she's not really that bad: selfish, certainly, but well-meaning, but the death of her only child really unhinged her and led to her getting pushed out of politics by her ineffective councilors to concentrate on baby-making. Her greatest fault is an eagerness to please her father, which is what led to the Edicts and the delay in naming her heir. Not to mention it wasn't ''her'' fault a famine occurred during her reign either. The ''really'' sad thing is Tsunayoshi knows she's hated and would have welcomed TheKingslayer to kill her. [[spoiler: It's unclear if she got her MercyKill or if the WomanScorned trope motivated her murder at Yoshiyasu's hands.]]

*** Esmeraude was a wannabe evil queen in the '90s anime who was also TooDumbToLive. Being "crowned" directly led to her death.

*** In the manga and ''Crystal'', Kaolinite and, to a lesser extent, the Witches 5 strive to be this trope as [[spoiler:Pharaoh 90's partner]], though he seems pretty attached to the one he already has.

* The Dream Queen, from ''ComicBook/AlphaFlight''. Think sort of a combination of The Joker and Freddy Krueger; her father was Nightmare.

* The aptly named Death Queen in ''ComicBook/LadyDeath'' is an absolutely insane ruler who dethrones the titular character and rules the {{Hell}} with an iron fist, and turns into an OmnicidalManiac as her madness progresses. To make matters worse, she is also revealed to be [[spoiler:[[LukeIAmYourFather the heroine's mother]].]]

** TCB!Celestia from ''Fanfic/TheConversionBureauTheOtherSideOfTheSpectrum'' promoted herself to a queen before the story began. Her plan is to [[AssimilationPlot convert all of humanity]] into her newfoal slaves, and then [[MultiversalConqueror move on to the next world to conquer]]. Worse is that turning a human into a pony is MindRape of the highest order, reducing them to a near-zombified ExtremeDoormat with little (if any) brain function or free will and even if someone isn't turned, the [[AdvancingWallOfDoom Barrier]] will just destroy everything made by humans and melting everyone in its path, utterly obliterating human culture. Thanks to said Barrier, Celestia's conquered roughly half the world, with over two billion humans dead or ponified. It's also implied that she's [[BigBrotherIsWatching turned Equestria into an Orwellian state]] with re-education camps for anyone that doesn't agree with her, placed a mind-control spell on her guards so they will be loyal unto death and even praise Celestia more than their own families, magically {{Mind Rape}}d most of her country into xenocidal monsters that believe humanity should be ponified. On top of that, she [[spoiler: petrified her sister, and {{Mind Rape}}d the Mane Six by placing magical homunculi into their bodies, which [[AndIMustScream control their every move and leave the actual girls with all the agency of someone possessed by a]] [[Literature/{{Animorphs}} Yeerk]].]]

* In ''Fanfic/WithThisRingGreenLantern'', [[Franchise/GreenLantern Carol Ferris]] has become the queen of Zamaron after falling under the influence of her evil split personality, the Predator. Her actions prompt Hal Jordan to convince her to get rid of the Predator, not for him, but for the Zamaronians, who don't deserve to be ruled by a merciless, ruthless queen.

* The main villainess in ''WesternAnimation/ThePiratesInAnAdventureWithScientists'' is Queen Victoria herself, as she hates pirates [[spoiler:and has a thing for eating endangered species]].

* The Dark Queen in ''Film/MirrorMask''. Also happens to be [[MyBelovedSmother extremely pushy]].

* ''{{Film/Willow}}'''s BigBad is Bavmorda, feared across the land of Tir Asleen as the Demon Queen, a cruel tyrant and a horrible and powerful witch capable of powerful curses. The story involves her trying to kill a baby that is prophesied to end her reign through means of a ritual meant to kill her and send her soul to the Netherworld, where she will never be able to reincarnate.

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* Queen Elizabeth II and the entire British royal family are some sort of reptilian overlords, according to the published conspiracy theories of David Icke. [[Series/DoctorWho Or werewolves. Werewolves are cool.]]
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** The Lady of the Green Kirtle from ''Literature/TheSilverChair'' is sometimes called the Queen of Underland, though given how her "subjects" were captive mind-controlled gnomes and her "kingdom" was more or less a palace under the ground, it's uncertain how certifiable her claims for the title are. Still, she would have become that had her plan succeeded.

%%* ''Literature/{{Redwall}}''[='s=] Tsarmina, Silth, and Vilaya are examples. Lantur would have been one had she held onto the crown long enough to actually use the power.

* [[Music/SexPistols The Sex Pistols]]' "God Save The Queen" is all about this trope.

* This is cited as the "moral" of the Ulster Cycle story ''Literature/TheCattleRaidOfCooley'' where Queen Medb, eager to prove an arrogant boast that she is equal to her husband, touches off a terribly destructive war in an attempt to acquire a bull the equal of the best of his.

* Hera from Myth/ClassicalMythology in any story about Zeus' affairs, though it's not like she has any power to stop him so she goes after his mistresses and their children (ancient Greece was ''very'' misogynistic). Many modern adaptations portray Hera as having gone insane from jealousy. The more sympathetic portrayals have her as someone easily angered and not to cross lightly.
** Hera wasn't exactly nice to her own kids, either: she hated [[WarGod Ares]] and, in some legends, threw Hephaestus off of Olympus for being born ugly.
* Christianization turned Persephone/Proserpina into the queen of Hell; you can find her referenced in a few medieval knight novels. That said, your average ancient Greek was probably liable to fear her too since she was still queen of the underworld and they definitely feared her husband.
** Some theorize Persephone originally played this more straight. Originally Poseidon's daughter, Persephone started as the chthonic goddess Despoina and was later retconned into being Hades' wife, also conflating her with the nature goddess Kore. In fact, as Despoina, Persephone may even predate Hades.
* Hel, goddess-queen of the (non-warrior) underworld in Myth/NorseMythology, doesn't seem to have been well-liked even by pagans, let alone Christians.

* Sarah Kerrigan, self-styled (and earned through serious ass-kicking) "Queen Bitch of the Universe", from ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}''.

* In ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', there is Vlaakith (known a Vlaakith CLVII (157th) prior to 5th edition), lich-queen of the Githyanki. Vlaakith is a paranoid egomaniac who consumes the souls of those among her people who grow too strong, sends them to plunder and destroy the material plane as she sees fit and seeks to ultimately become a true god. It is also almost certain that she fed Gith, the beloved original ruler of the Githyanki, to Tiamat, although that part is left ambiguous. The Githyanki worship her and follow every single one of her commands unquestionably, despite their cultural stigma against religion and slavery. They are simply too indoctrinated to see that they are nothing but slaves to their goddess.

** Princess Hilda from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds''. Subverted in that [[spoiler:she conspired to steal Hyrule's Triforce in order to save her own kingdom from destruction. At least she's repentant about her actions, unlike another Hilda.....]]

* Queen Protea of Granorg in ''VideoGame/RadiantHistoria'' bears a more-than-passing resemblance to Empress Theodora from ''VideoGame/SkiesOfArcadia'', right down to having an heir-apparent who futilely resists her greed, egomania, and expansionist ambitions. In her very first appearance, she goes on a lengthy rant about how living in outrageous opulence while the people starve is perfectly okay, since she's such an amazing individual that her mere ''presence'' imbues the life of the 'common rabble' with a purpose -- they should be ''happy'' that they get to toil in poverty for her leisure. If nothing else, she does a great job of setting herself up as [[SmugSnake someone you]] ''[[SmugSnake REALLY]]'' [[SmugSnake want to slap]].

* Oddly enough [[spoiler: Merlina]] in ''[[VideoGame/SonicStorybookSeries Sonic and the Black Knight]]''. TheReveal that [[spoiler: she arranged the whole thing so that she could preserve the kingdom forever in a twisted state]] and [[KickTheDog sheer ruthlessness she had in achieving this goal]] was the most shocking moment in the series.

* On ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'', one of the main villains is Queen Bee, a mind-controlling supervillainess who rules [[{{Qurac}} Bialya]].

* Queen Juliana in ''WesternAnimation/FireAndIce'' is the sinister Queen of Icepeak and [[BigBad Nekron's]] mother. While she is more of a "Queen-mother" type since her son is the actual ruler, she sends her minions to kidnap a princess and make her a concubine to Nekron.

** Some theorize Persephone originally played this more straight. Originally Poseidon's daughter, Persephone started as a chthonic goddess and was later retconned into being Hades' wife. In fact, myths about Persephone may even predate those about Hades. Many early Greek texts emphasize her as something dreaded before the flower goddess story was codified. It doesn't help that many early beliefs about Persephone originated in mystery cults.

** Some theorize it was the other way around. Originally Poseidon's daughter, Persephone started as a chthonic goddess and was later retconned into being Hades' wife. Many early Greek texts emphasize her as something dreaded before the flower goddess story was codified. It doesn't help that many early beliefs about Persephone originated in mystery cults.

** The ''WebVideo/MyLittlePonyTheMentallyAdvancedSeries'' version of Celestia is pretty much the same as the UFP version mentioned above, except possibly even ''more'' feared, cruel, and ruthless and [[BadassBaritone with a by far more intimidating voice.]] Best seen with her treatment of her "faithful student" Twilight who has grown up fearing her to the point that the thought of failing her, causes the normally level headed Twilight to have a complete mental break down:

* The Queen in ''Manga/MiyukiChanInWonderland''. She is a [[{{Yandere}} crazy]] {{Dominatrix}} with an iron whip and a fearsome reputation. The Card Girls and Rose Girls all wish for her to "punish" them. She tries to make NaiveEverygirl Miyuki "submit".