History Main / PoliticallyInCorrectVillain

* Hinted at and then subverted (sort of) at WWE's new pay-per-view "Over the Limit" this May. After losing his Intercontinental Championship to Kofi Kingston and then getting attacked by a vengeful Matt Hardy, Scottish wrestler Drew [=McIntyre=] stormed into Theodore Long's office and demanded that Hardy be fired. When Long refused, [=McIntyre=] [[BerserkButton went berserk]] and went about smashing various objects in Long's office. Then he turned his attention to Long's treasured photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr., and for a few terrible moments it really looked like he was going to smash ''that'', too. Long begged him to leave the picture alone....whereupon [=McIntyre=] apparently had a change of heart and decided that it would be better to leave the photo of the civil rights leader intact: he explained that Teddy Long was "spineless" and needed to be reminded what a ''true'' leader looked like, and also that "''I am more like him than you will ever be''." It was a very uncomfortable sequence on a number of levels, especially since WWE programming is supposed to be geared toward family audiences now.

* In the ''HarryPotter'' books, [[Characters/HarryPotter Umbridge]] might be a workable example, in that the whole thing of her hating centaurs and ultimately sharing in persecuting Muggle-born wizards isn't really necessary for her to be unsympathetic and definitely compounds how unlikeable she is. She hates all non-humans (half-humans, in particular). Racists are usually the worst people in the PotterVerse. Umbridge hated anyone that wasn't a pure-blooded human. Skin color was coincidental. Voldemort could be interpreted as a power-hungry sociopath who simply exploits other people's prejudices to his own ends, or a racist. Related to the ''StarWars'' example above: a similar debate is ongoing about Emperor Palpatine.

* [[Film/StreetFighter M. Bison]] might also qualify, what with his "[[TemptingFate I know women and you are harmless]]" remark to [[ActionGirl Chun-Li]]. [[CaptainObvious Bad idea]].

** Granted, all those qualities were meant to be a reflection of the 1980's Wall Street high society in which he lived rather than a flaw specific to Bateman alone. Other than the serial killing, of course (maybe).

* Miles Quaritch from {{Film/Avatar}}, anyone? He was already clearly established as a villain from the beginning who had no real respect for anyone not on his side. Then, for no apparent reason, he starts babbling about inferiority and being a "traitor to your species" at the end. [[BaseBreaker Quite a divisive character.]]

--> '''Vegeta:''' Christopher REEVE! *Crushes Goku*
--> '''Goku:''' AAAAGH! That joke was in terrible taste!

* In the ''HarryPotter'' books, [[TheUmbridge Umbridge]] might be a workable example, in that the whole thing of her hating centaurs and ultimately sharing in persecuting Muggle-born wizards isn't really necessary for her to be unsympathetic and definitely compounds how unlikeable she is. She hates all non-humans (half-humans, in particular). Racists are usually the worst people in the PotterVerse.
** It wasn't just centaurs; Umbridge hated anyone that wasn't a pure-blooded human. Skin color was coincidental.
** There is discussion over whether ''HarryPotter''[='=]s Voldemort counts. Voldemort could be interpreted as a power-hungry sociopath who simply exploits other people's prejudices to his own ends, or a racist. Related to the ''StarWars'' example above: a similar debate is ongoing about Emperor Palpatine.

* System Lord Baal, the long-running TheStarscream on StargateSG1, was perhaps one of the show's more appealing villains, in that his approach was somewhat more subtle and frank than the usual AlwaysChaoticEvil, [[LawfulStupidChaoticStupid Chaotic Stupid]] rhetoric of the series various [[BigBad Big Bads]]. This was balanced out by him being a blatant misogynist, making several sexist comments (usually directed at Colonel Carter) throughout the show's run.

** There is discussion over whether ''HarryPotter''[='=]s Voldemort counts. Voldemort could be interpreted as a power-hungry sociopath who simply exploits other people's prejudices to his own ends, or a racist.

* In UltimateMarvel Pyro was revealed as an attempted rapist. Before that story, the difference between Ultimate Pyro and 616 Pyro was that Ultimate Pyro ''[[WallBanger was a good guy]]''.

** Not exactly a race example, but Azula shows an elitist example of this in the episode ''The Crossroads of Destiny'', where she backstabs [[spoiler: Long Feng]], a guy known for his ChronicBackstabbingDisorder, before giving a HannibalLecture where she states that [[spoiler: Long Feng]] had no chance of out maneuvering her because of her divine right to rule, making her better than him. This actually manages to get inside [[spoiler: Long Feng and the Dai Li's]] heads (well, with the later there was [[strike:some]] a lot of [[MachiavelliWasRight fear involved]]), and make him submit to her. Bonus point for this being the rationale used by actual monarchs for centuries, although somewhat politically incorrect in most western societies.

** To me, the only implication in Jessup's tone was that he thought Weinberg was a wimp. If anything, better examples would be his somewhat misogynist monologue about sexy female superior officers and his "faggoty white uniform" remark earlier in the film.

** Red Skull's right hand man Crossbones a racist.

* Every now and then, some [[RunningTheAsylum yahoo]] over at Marvel [[ViewersAreMorons feels the need to remind us all]] that Dr. Victor Von Doom is a Very Evil Man, and they usually do it by having him spout white supremacist rhetoric [[BreadEggsMilkSquick in passing]]. This pointedly (or pointlessly) ignores the fact that [[DidNotDoTheResearch he's of Roma extraction and has also been written as participating in a kind of a Latverian Civil Rights Movement]]. In the latter case, it must be admitted that it is hilarious to imagine Victor marching down the street singing ''''DOOM SHALL OVERCOME!''''
** If anything Doom is a Doom Supremacist. Especially odd, since the first time he and Storm of the Comicbook/{{X-Men}} met, they were [[FoeYay a hair's breadth away from hooking up]]. Well, one of the [[RobotMe Doombots]] anyway. Let's just admit that the whole "Racist Doom" thing is discontinuity.

** Dracula eats people for fun. Compared to that, racism seems to be toning the character DOWN. He was also racist in Buffy Season 8 - but, ironically, more sympathetic than usual. Vlad the Impaler is still honored in Romania for defeating invading Muslim Turks, anti-Muslim prejudice would be perfectly understandable.
** He was also their prisoner for much of his childhood, a hostage for his father's good behaviour.
** He does however find the idea of an alternate universe Reed Richards (who happens to have the alternate Doom's mind) abducting Susan Storm to be his own to be abhorrent, and sets him up for failure. "He's old world. Go fig." - Layla Miller

** [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity Ensued]] on one occasion when he tried to team up with [[TooDumbToLive holocaust survivor Magneto]].

* Copperfield and the Creeper from ''TheSuffering: Ties That Bind.'' One's a slave hunter with an approach to work taken from TheMostDangerousGame; the other's a misogynistic ex-pimp serial killer who uses the corpses of his victims as CombatTentacles.

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--> '''Vegeta:''' Christopher REEVE!
--> '''Goku:''' That joke was in terrible taste!
--> '''Vegeta:''' Don't care! Evil!

* In ''{{Prototype}}'', Hope, Idaho was used for an experiment [[spoiler: to ''develop'' a virus that might as well be Syphon Filter]].

* Tom Buchanan in ''TheGreatGatsby'' cites white supremacist tracts as if these were scientific truths.

* ''HajimeNoIppo'': To add to the huge list of {{jerkass}}ery of Bryan Hawk, he's also shown to be racist against Japanese. In an AxCrazy rant, he basically tells the Japanese that if they want to be world champion so badly, they should send him all of their women so he'll give them his genes. In twenty years, Japan would be crawling with world champions. SoYeah.

* The ''Doctor Who'' episode "Human Nature" features an already fairly unlikeable snobby public schoolboy who then snidely comments to Martha, who's working undercover as a maid, "with hands that colour, how can you tell when anything's clean?". This was more to cement his unsympathetic nature rather than his evil nature, as a few scenes later he dies at the hands of some aliens in such a way that the audience is not meant to feel sorry for him.

** It also sounds alarmingly like General McArthur after he went slightly (more) unstable and wanted to lay down a permanent nuclear barrier around China.

* Hinted at and then subverted (sort of) at WWE's new pay-per-view "Over the Limit" this May. After losing his Intercontinental Championship to Kofi Kingston and then getting attacked by a vengeful Matt Hardy, Scottish wrestler Drew McIntyre stormed into Theodore Long's office and demanded that Hardy be fired. When Long refused, McIntyre [[BerserkButton went berserk]] and went about smashing various objects in Long's office. Then he turned his attention to Long's treasured photograph of Martin Luther King, Jr., and for a few terrible moments it really looked like he was going to smash ''that'', too. Long begged him to leave the picture alone....whereupon McIntyre apparently had a change of heart and decided that it would be better to leave the photo of the civil rights leader intact: he explained that Teddy Long was "spineless" and needed to be reminded what a ''true'' leader looked like, and also that "''I am more like him than you will ever be''." It was a very uncomfortable sequence on a number of levels, especially since WWE programming is supposed to be geared toward family audiences now.

Want to show that your EvilOverlord, or someone within TheEmpire is a genuine bad guy, regardless of their rank in TheEmpire or how minor a character they are? Simple, all you have to do is have them KickTheDog, right? Well, what if there isn't a handy dog around? Have them kick whatever minority race, species or gender is around instead to show that they're a ''really'' bad guy. Bonus points if either the heroes or some highly sympathetic character is a member of said minority.