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** Tolkien explains that Morgoth is not only the GodOfEvil but is responsible for diffusing his essence into all parts of the physical world, thereby giving an elemental evil spin to all particles of matter and creating the problem of, well, evil. By weakening himself and corrupting ordinary matter to serve his purposes, "[[AmplifierArtifact all of Middle Earth itself]] is [[TitleDrop Morgoth's Ring]]". Fortunately, his own body is not MadeOfEvil; he is merely [[ShapeshifterModeLock trapped in it]].

* The {{Franchise/Nasuverse}} has an odd example with its incarnation of [[UsefulNotes/{{Zoroastrianism}} Angra Mainyu]]. He was originally a normal guy whose fellow villagers wanted evil to have a physical form they could pin blame on, so they sacrificed him and began treating him as a GodOfEvil. Thus he's MadeOfEvil without actually ''being'' evil. [[spoiler:When someone summoned him as "Avenger" in the Third Holy Grail War, his death and subsequent reabsorption by the Grail caused it to begin granting the wish he embodied, resulting in [[UnholyHolySword its corrupted state]] during the events of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' and ''LightNovel/FateZero''. ''VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia'' actually features Avenger fighting his own physical manifestation.]]

* The main antagonist of the ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soulcalibur]]'' series is not a man but rather a [[LivingWeapon spirit]] of the [[EvilWeapon cursed weapon]] Soul Edge. After being taken into battle time and again, all the bloodshed imbued what was a normal sword with a wicked, sentient spirit that would corrupt anyone who touched it into becoming a soul-draining slave for the sword. The sword's spirit, Inferno, is MadeOfEvil but is bound by the restriction of only existing within a separate plane of existence called "Astral Chaos". To accomplish its ends, it uses DemonicPossession to bind people to its will via a process called "Malfestation". Eventually, it's forced to reside in the living world thanks to circumstances in ''III'' that result in him becoming the new Nightmare.

* As depicted in 2001, [[Toys/{{Bionicle}} Makuta]] was this, or at least claimed to be. He's not, actually, as later lore reveals, but then again, being [[spoiler: reduced to a pure gaseous state because one has shed such pesky things as conscience and compassion really does put some points in the "MadeOfEvil" column.]] On the other hand, his dialogue implies that the [[WhatCouldHaveBeen original plan of the development team]] was to invoke this trope literally, especially because early comments stated that he was meant to represent the destructive impulse kids feel after building with LEGOS (the "building" part represented by Makuta's counterpart and [[MetaphoricallyTrue metaphorical]] brother, Mata Nui).

* [[OnlyOneName Him]] in ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' is the living embodiment of evil. He's implied to be [[{{Satan}} the Devil]] or at least some type of demon, and is so powerful and monstrous that the [[HorrifyingTheHorror other villains]] shake in fear and respect whenever he gives them a phone call.

** In the third season two parter "The Birth of Evil", an [[EldritchAbomination immense black essense]] roamed across the cosmos. A pantheon of gods managed to near-incenerate the... thing, but a (relatively) tiny piece survives, plummets to Earth, [[PhlebotinumKilledTheDinosaurs killing anything that comes close.]] Aeons later, it crystallizes into the series' main antagonist [[BigBad Aku]], due to the efforts of Jack's father. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Whoops]].

* ''Film/TheNeverendingStory'': The Nothing is made up of children's losing of imagination and [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve unwillingness to believe]] in FairyTales (at least in the film version).

When killed, they usually "decompose" into a black, oily substance (of evil) or thick black smoke (of evil) before [[EverythingFades fading away]]. If they were a WalkingWasteland (of evil), expect there to be NoOntologicalInertia as [[WorldHealingWave flowers spring]] and the world lights up at their death; though the specific spot they die or are interred will become a cursed, haunted place. That said, killing them is often easier said than done, since they're the Evil equivalent of Jello, they don't have any vital organs (of evil) to hit, and can sometimes even regenerate FromASingleCell [[RunningGag (of evil)]]. Characters are strongly advised that [[BodyToJewel even the ashes]] of [[EvilIsNotAToy Evil are not a toy]], because touching, eating, drinking, or wearing anything [[InsubstantialIngredients made from]] ''pure evil'' will not end well. May be an example of AsLongAsThereIsEvil.

* ''Wiki/TVTropes itself'' can be considered to be Made of Evil. [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife It ruins your life]], and it draws you into its legion of tropers. Every single electron that makes up the data in [=TVTropes=] is a sacrifice of some poor guys' time. [[AsLongAsThereIsEvil And theoretically, it will never stop growing unless people stop making works of fiction]].

** The Primals in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' are god-like beings given physical form by worship, prayer, and crystallized aether. The one exception is [[spoiler:Shinryu]], who was not summoned as a thinking being, but the representation of the desire to cause calamity and destruction to his summoners' enemies. Because of this and the unique method of summoning, [[spoiler:Shinryu]] has no real sense of selve and exists as a creature of pure rage and violence.

Compare and contrast CompleteMonster, a character who is consciously purely immoral instead of being physically composed of immorality. The [[EvilCounterpart Good Counterpart]] is MadeOfGood.

** ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'': Some areas are coated in a purple-black substance known as Malice, out which grow eyes and mouths and which harms any non-evil being that touches it. It's implied to be Ganon's evil power and hatred given physical form. [[spoiler:Ganon himself constructs an ''enormous'' boar body out of the stuff for the final confrontation with Link, although assuming this form robs him of whatever scraps of sanity and intelligence he had left, leaving him a pure force of destruction.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/FernGullyTheLastRainforest'' has Hexxus, the semi-incorporeal [[ElementalEmbodiment manifestation]] of destruction and pollution, that has to be [[SealedEvilInACan sealed in a tree]] to be contained.

** [[GodOfEvil Discord]] is the antagonist of the second season. He seemed to be [[AnthropomorphicPersonification the embodiment of strife between ponies]] ([[MeaningfulName duh]]), and he has quite the ability to [[TheCorrupter engender it]]. He'd re-appear in Season 3, where it's eventually revealed to simply be a case of [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove What Is This Thing You Call Love]]: He has existed for so long without ever having a friend that he simply didn't understand what love and friendship were, and had never once considered using his immense power for anything but his own childish amusement. [[HeelFaceTurn He gets better]] thanks to ThePowerOfFriendship.

* The "Forgotten Truths" event from ''VideoGame/DragaliaLost'' reveals that [[spoiler:Morsayati manifested from the hatred of Mordecai into a sperate being after Elysium seemingly killed Ilia]].

* ''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero''(Web Novel only): [[spoiler: Princess Malty Melromarc(a.k.a. Myne Sophia) is revealed to be an ArtificialHuman reality-warped into existence by the truly despicable [[GodOfEvil Medea Pideth Machina]], intentionally programmed to cause as much evil as humanly possible. Averted in the other versions, as she's just a spoiled sociopath.]].

* The Dark Star and Dark Bowser in ''[[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''.

Compare and contrast CompleteMonster, a character who is consciously purely immoral instead of being composed of immortality. The [[EvilCounterpart Good Counterpart]] is MadeOfGood.

Compare CompleteMonster. The [[EvilCounterpart Good Counterpart]] is MadeOfGood.

** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', the phantom boss of the Shadow Temple appears to be a dark energetic shadow, both when it first appears and when it's killed.
** In ''Videogame/TheLegendOfZeldaSkywardSword'', it is revealed in the end that [[spoiler:[[BigBad Ganondorf]] is the physical manifestation of [[GodOfEvil Demon King Demise's]] hatred for Link and Zelda, existing solely to plague their incarnations for all of eternity.]]
** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', some areas are coated in a purple-black substance known as Malice, out which grow eyes and mouths and which harms any non-evil being that touches it. It's implied to be Ganon's evil power made physical. [[spoiler:Ganon himself constructs an ''enormous'' boar body out of the stuff for the final confrontation with Link, although assuming this form robs him of whatever scraps of sanity and intelligence he had left, leaving him a pure force of destruction.]]

The [[EvilCounterpart Good Counterpart]] is MadeOfGood.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': Armus, the eponymous skin in "Skin of Evil", is a being made up of an entire civilization's discarded negative thoughts and emotions. He killed Tasha Yar and was one of the few beings that the emotionless android Data felt should be destroyed without question.

* In ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', just as the Inner Planes are home to {{Elemental Embodiment}}s of the forces of Air, Earth, Fire and Water (and Positive and Negative Energy, depending on the cosmology), creatures from the Outer Planes, sometimes categorized as "Outsiders," physically embody the ethical philosophies of the CharacterAlignment spectrum. So Fiends in general are Made of Evil, Celestials are MadeOfGood, Modrons are [[LawfulNeutral Made of Order]], and Slaadi are [[ChaoticNeutral Made of Chaos]]. Outsiders can embody more than one of these forces, so Devils for example are Made of LawfulEvil, while Demons are Made of ChaoticEvil. If an Outsider changes their individual alignment, they still retain the "(Good)," "(Lawful)," etc. subtypes from their original alignment. This means that a FallenAngel would still register as "good" under the effect of DetectEvil, while an AscendedDemon would still take extra damage from a SmiteEvil attack, ''and'' would also count as Lawful and Good for the purposes of effects that deal extra damage to those alignments.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' has the final boss Zeromus, the embodiment of [[BigBad Zemus]]'s rage and hatred that emerges after he is slain.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' gives us X-Death/Exdeath/Exodus/[[SpellMyNameWithAnS whatever they're calling him this week]]. He's what happens when one demon too many is [[SealedEvilInACan sealed]] within [[WhenTreesAttack a tree]] and said tree somehow transforms into an ambulatory would-be world conqueror.
* Whenever "Sephiroth" from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' shows up in the game before the FinalBattle, it's actually a clone made of JENOVA cells, which is as close to being Made Of Evil as one can get in the setting. The actual Sephiroth is also made entirely of JENOVA cells when he appears near the end, since his original mostly (he was infused with JENOVA cells as a fetus) human body was destroyed when he fell into the Lifestream in the backstory.
* The Primals in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' are god-like beings given physical form by worship, prayer, and crystalized aether. The one exception is [[spoiler:Shinryu]], who was not summoned as a thinking being, but the representation of the desire to cause calamity and destruction to his summoners' enemies. Because of this and the unique method of summoning, [[spoiler:Shinryu]] has no real sense of selve and exists as a creature of pure rage and violence.
* The BigBad of ''Videogame/FinalFantasyXV'' looks human, but his body is actually made of the Starscourge plaguing Eos with daemons and lengthening the nights. This is because, long ago, he cured people of the Starscourge by absorbing it into his body.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess'': A Royal Family Tale'': The Forbidden Arts is the living embodiment of BlackMagic.
* Depending on [[EnemyWithout interpretation]], the Minotaur in ''Anime/{{Tekkonkinkreet}}'' embodies [[spoiler: Black]]'s inner darkness.