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* In ''Comicbook/{{Fables}}'', The Adversary, the mysterious EvilOverlord BigBad of the first arc turns out to be the kindly toymaker [[{{Pinocchio}} Gepetto]].
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* In ''Comicbook/{{Fables}}'', The Adversary, the mysterious EvilOverlord BigBad of the first arc turns out to be the kindly toymaker [[{{Pinocchio}} Gepetto]]. And he rules thanks to an army of animated wooden soldiers.
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* An aversion in Creator/AlanMoore's ''ComicBook/TopTen''. Robyn Slinger uses some fairly creepy toys as weapons/footsoldiers, but is far from wicked. Ditto with her father, as seen in ''ComicBook/TheFortyNiners''.
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* An aversion in Creator/AlanMoore's ''ComicBook/TopTen''. Robyn Slinger uses some fairly creepy toys as weapons/footsoldiers, but is far from wicked. Ditto with her father, as seen in ''ComicBook/TheFortyNiners''.''The Forty Niners''.
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* Phillip Lemarchand from the ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'' series - Starts out a harmless toymaker and winds up creating dimensional doors to perverted hell dimensions.
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* On ''Series/{{Supergirl}},'' supporting character Winn is Toyman's estranged son, ashamed of his father's villainy.
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** Daniel Dial himself is a prime example of this, being risen to prominence by designing and creating the child-eating [[BlobMonster Gooshy Gooze]]. [[spoiler: He's actually a [[TabletopGame/MageTheAscension mage]], specifically [[FallenHero a fallen member]] of the [[MadScientist Sons Of Ether]].]]
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** Daniel Dial himself is a prime example of this, being having risen to prominence by designing and creating the child-eating [[BlobMonster Gooshy Gooze]]. [[spoiler: He's actually a [[TabletopGame/MageTheAscension mage]], specifically [[FallenHero a fallen member]] of the [[MadScientist Sons Of Ether]].]]
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** Daniel Dial himself is a prime example of this, being risen to prominence by designing and creating the child-eating [[BlobMonster Gooshy Gooze]]. [[spoiler: He's actually a [[TabletopGame/ MageTheAscension mage]], specifically [[FallenHero a fallen member]] of the [[MadScientist Sons Of Ether]].]]
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** Daniel Dial himself is a prime example of this, being risen to prominence by designing and creating the child-eating [[BlobMonster Gooshy Gooze]]. [[spoiler: He's actually a [[TabletopGame/ MageTheAscension [[TabletopGame/MageTheAscension mage]], specifically [[FallenHero a fallen member]] of the [[MadScientist Sons Of Ether]].]]
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* ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheApocalypse'' features one of these in the form of Avalon Toys, a subsidiary of [[EvilInc Pentex]]. As with most of the companies under the Pentex banner, they're dedicated to spreading the influence of the Wyrm and furthering the downfall of the human race by any means available to them, namely by handing out toys that turn children into monsters - both [[EnfantTerrible figuratively]] and [[BodyHorror literally]]. However, according to ''Subsidiaries,'' CEO Daniel Dial has been sidelining the monster-making toys in favour of toys that subtly whittle away at the free will of children, [[LongGame gradually]] ensuring a workforce of glassy-eyed zombies for other Pentex subsidiaries.
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* Ronald Turvey from the ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'' audio drama ''[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoSpecialsCuddlesome Cuddlesome]]''.
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* ''Series/InspectorRex'' once featured an author whose story about a criminal toymaker was rejected by a publishing company, so he used toys to hunt down and destroy the editors who rejected his work, one by one. Much use was made of radio-guided vehicles/aircraft, with simple plunger-triggered bombs on board.
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* [[MeaningfulName Drossel]] from the ''Manga/{{Kuroshitsuji}}'' anime. In life he was the puppeteer for a rich family, but CameBackWrong into a creepy puppeteer determined to turn those who had contact with the Shard of Hope into dolls.
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* [[MeaningfulName Drossel]] from the ''Manga/{{Kuroshitsuji}}'' ''Manga/BlackButler'' anime. In life he was the puppeteer for a rich family, but CameBackWrong into a creepy puppeteer determined to turn those who had contact with the Shard of Hope into dolls.
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* The 1966 Format Films ''Franchise/TheLoneRanger'' animated series included malevolent boy genius Tiny Tom who used animated toy soldiers to commit crimes.
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* In ''The ComicBook/PlasticMan Comedy/Adventure Show'' episode "Toyman", a villain called Toyman (unrealted to the Superman villain) is kidnapping famous people everywhere and is turning them into toys. Unfortunately for Plastic Man, he is the last person on Toyman's list to abduct.
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* In ''The ComicBook/PlasticMan Comedy/Adventure Show'' episode "Toyman", a villain called Toyman (unrealted ([[NamesTheSame unrelated to the Superman villain) villain]]) is kidnapping famous people everywhere and is turning them into toys. Unfortunately for Plastic Man, he is the last person on Toyman's list to abduct.
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** The Toyman as featured in this universe (SupermanTheAnimatedSeries and JusticeLeagueUnlimited) was probably one of the creepier incarnations, with a full head mask of a perpetually grinning little boy and a voice that sounded like MisterRogers on crack.
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* In ''The ComicBook/PlasticMan Comedy/Adventure Show'' episode "Toyman", a villain called Toyman (unrealted to the Superman villain) is kidnapping famous people everywhere and is turning them into toys. Unfortunately for Plastic Man, he is the last person on Toyman's list to abduct.
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* Gilbert Gottfried appeared in two episodes of ''Series/{{Superboy}}'' as a nasty, wisecracking criminal genius named Nick Knack who used toys to commit crimes
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* Gilbert Gottfried appeared in two episodes of ''Series/{{Superboy}}'' ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperboy'' as a nasty, wisecracking criminal genius named Nick Knack who used toys to commit crimescrimes.
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* Toyman appears in three episodes of ''Series/{{Smallville}}''. This version is Winslow Schott, a toymaker and former Queen Industries employee with a grudge against Oliver Queen. A great mind, though a bit eccentric, he expressed his individuality by bringing toys to work. However, he went too far when he began putting explosives in toys, which caused his immediate termination from the company. He is revealed to be working for Lex Luthor. He speaks to Luthor through a camera and microphone concealed in a wooden doll's head, and uses toys such as an exploding Newton's cradle, knockout gas-filled Mylar balloons, and an explosive cymbal-clanging monkey.
* Gilbert Gottfried appeared in two episodes of ''Series/{{Superboy}}'' as a nasty, wisecracking criminal genius named Nick Knack who used toys to commit crimes
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* Funhaus from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''.
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* Funhaus from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''. He planned on robbing various homes on Christmas Day using action figures he created called "Presto Playpals". When he was cornered by Batman and Red Tornado, he merged the action figures into a giant robot and attempted to destroy them along with the families he had robbed. Ultimately he was stopped by Red Tornado, who pushed himself to the point of self-destruction. Beside the aforementioned action figures, Fun Haus used toy flying saucers, robot Santas, and an exploding doll.
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* Phillip Lemarchand from the ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'' series - Starts out a harmless toymaker and winds up creating dimensional doors to perverted hell dimensions.
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** A second Toyman appeared during the show's run, this one actually called "The Toyman", played by Grant Shaud. Somewhat more sinister than the Winslow Schott character as portrayed by Helmsley, this Toyman whose real name is Harold Kripstly is responsible for several child abductions. Naturally, Superman foils his scheme and brings him to justice.
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* ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'': Blood Omen featured Elzevir the Dollmaker, who imprisoned the soul of King Ottmar's daughter with a doll he made. When Kain crashes his workshop, he goes up against Elzevir's creations.
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* ''WeaternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'': In "Toy Scary Boo", a wicked toymaker uses living toys to wreak havoc in a mall as a cover for his real crime.
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* Subverted in ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. In a HalloweenEpisode, an elderly toymaker finds Dawn and her friends vandalizing his property. He invites them in, and goes on a rant about how times have changed and made him angry, then takes out a knife... which he uses to cut them some rice crispy treats. [[spoiler: For his kindness, he gets murdered by Dawn's friends]].
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* Phillip Lemarchand from the ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'' series - Starts out a harmless toymaker and winds up creating dimensional doors to perverted hell dimensions.
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Look at all this stuff! [[CreepyDoll Creepy dolls]], [[DemonicDummy demonic dummies]], [[PerversePuppet wicked marionettes]]... who the hell ''makes'' all this stuff, and why hasn't he had his license revoked yet?
The Wicked Toymaker is someone who makes broken toys, and not in the "need new parts" sense. A subversion of the fairy tale trope of the beloved innocent toymaker who cares for children everywhere, the toymaker will often have a love for children that, while not often going into {{Squick}} territory, is nonetheless twisted. Perhaps they have a child's whimsy... and [[PsychopathicManchild impertinence]]. Maybe they value kids so much, they want them to be safe and happy... especially from meddling parents. Or maybe it's the toys themselves that matter, and any kid who's dumb enough to break them deserves his wrath.
If this character sells their creations to other villains it's also an example of WelcomeToEvilMart.
Compare RobotMaster.
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* ''Anime/OnePiece'': Sugar of Donquixote Pirates eats Hobi Hobi Fruit which makes her able to turn people (or even animals) into LivingToys. Also included is the ability to issue any kind of command into the toys, as well as making everyone forget about the former human's existence.
* [[MeaningfulName Drossel]] from the ''Manga/{{Kuroshitsuji}}'' anime. In life he was the puppeteer for a rich family, but CameBackWrong into a creepy puppeteer determined to turn those who had contact with the Shard of Hope into dolls.
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* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}''
** Toyman, a villain whose motivation varies from telling to telling but usually focuses on the fact that he's a somewhat broken man who makes deadly little toys.
** Another Superman villain called the Prankster had this kind of mindset - if you want to split hairs, he technically used practical jokes rather than toys. He teamed up with Toyman more than once.
* ''Comicbook/{{Wanted}}'' has a supervillain called the Doll-Master who is a CaptainErsatz of Toyman (with maybe a bit of the Tinkerer of Marvel Comics thrown in). He's a family man who [[FamilyValuesVillain will kill innocents, but won't swear in front of children]].
* In ''Comicbook/{{Fables}}'', The Adversary, the mysterious EvilOverlord BigBad of the first arc turns out to be the kindly toymaker [[{{Pinocchio}} Gepetto]].
* SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker sometimes came across as this. His base in the cartoons seems to be some kind of abandoned hideous toy factory that still haunts some viewer's dreams.
* An aversion in Creator/AlanMoore's ''ComicBook/TopTen''. Robyn Slinger uses some fairly creepy toys as weapons/footsoldiers, but is far from wicked. Ditto with her father, as seen in ''ComicBook/TheFortyNiners''.
* The ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' villain the Puppeteer used remote controlled marionettes to murder people.
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* Andre Toulon of the ''Film/PuppetMaster'' series has created puppets that are definitely twisted in design. They range from the hook and knife handed Blade to the leech spewing Leech Woman. [[NegativeContinuity Depending on which movie of the series however]], Andre is either a good guy who uses his puppets to fight against Nazis and other sorts of evils, or a wicked zombie who uses them to murder people for body parts.
* In the film ''Film/{{Attack of the Puppet People}}'', a friendly puppet/dollmaker is shown to secretly shrink people in order to store them in his lab. Every once in a while he pulls them out and makes them "play" for him.
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* Inverted in ''Discworld/WitchesAbroad'': The toymaker is by no means evil, but he is not [[HappinessIsMandatory jovial and red faced, nor does he whistle as he works]], and that is a very serious crime indeed in Genua (think [=DisneyWorld=] turned UpToEleven).
* Phillip Lemarchand from the ''Literature/{{Hellraiser}}'' series - Starts out a harmless toymaker and winds up creating dimensional doors to perverted hell dimensions.
* In ''Oddkins: A Fable for All Ages'' by Creator/DeanKoontz, a group of living toys must find the toymaker their creator had selected to take over his work. If they do not, an evil toymaker will inherit his power instead and create magical toys that will harm children instead of helping them.
* ''Literature/TalesOfTheMagicLand'': Urfin Jus starts out making dolls with horrific grimaces that scare children, before progressing to magical golems with horrific grimaces that scare adults. [[spoiler:After he [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone gains conscience]], he starts making smiling toys.]]
* In the ''Literature/StrangeMatter'' book ''Toy Trouble'', the creepy toymaker Mr. Kepler sells evil toys that come to life.
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* The Celestial Toymaker from ''Series/DoctorWho'', who abducts people to his little dimension, forces them to play lethal games, and threatens to destroy them utterly if they don't comply.
* Two versions of Superman's nemesis Toyman appeared in ''Series/LoisAndClark''.
** Winslow Schott, played by ''Series/TheJeffersons'' actor Sherman Helmsley (with the late Isabel Sandford, his Jeffersons co-star, playing his secretary Ms. Duffy), appeared in Metropolis at Christmas time, handing out toys with a chemical additive that turned children greedy and caused adults to act like children. Immune to the effect, Superman eventually found the source of the chemical and neutralized Schott's operation. At one point, Schott is referred to as "A Toyman" but is never actually called by the villain's name. Unlike the comics, the Schott character had a happy ending, finding romance with Ms. Duffy.
** A second Toyman appeared during the show's run, this one actually called "The Toyman", played by Grant Shaud. Somewhat more sinister than the Winslow Schott character as portrayed by Helmsley, this Toyman whose real name is Harold Kripstly is responsible for several child abductions. Naturally, Superman foils his scheme and brings him to justice.
* One of the first ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' recurring sketches was a segment called "Consumer Probe". The interviewer always wound up interviewing toymaker Irwin Mainway (Creator/DanAykroyd), who made and marketed children's toys like "Bag o' Glass" and "General Tranh's Secret Police Confession Kit".
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* ''Music/DoctorSteel''. Not necessarily ''wicked'', per se, but most definitely a creator of twisted toys. "Buzzsaw Babies", "Rabies Babies", "Polly Pukes-A-Lot", and gasoline-filled Super Soakers, just to name a few.
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* Ronald Turvey from the BigFinish ''Series/DoctorWho'' audio adventure ''[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoSpecialsCuddlesome Cuddlesome]]''.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Champions}}'' has has least two villainous toymakers who make lethal toys to aid them in their crimes: Dark Harlequin and Punchinello.
* In ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''' ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' setting, toymaker Guiseppe is not actually evil, but went insane after his Disney/{{Pinocchio}} {{Expy}} turned into a serial killer. He still makes toys, but they should most definitely be kept out of reach of children (and anyone else you don't want to die or be horribly cursed.)
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* Stauf from ''VideoGame/TheSeventhGuest'' earned a reputation as a toymaker, creating dolls from his strange dreams that serve as a means of killing several children. And it only goes downhill from there...
* The Dollmaker, the FinalBoss of ''VideoGame/AliceMadnessReturns''. Is also [[spoiler: the Wonderland representation of Alice's psychiatrist, who is trying to brainwash her into a prostitute]].
* ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'': Blood Omen featured Elzevir the Dollmaker, who imprisoned the soul of King Ottmar's daughter with a doll he made. When Kain crashes his workshop, he goes up against Elzevir's creations.
* In ''VideoGame/FatalFrame 2'', Mr. Kiryu, the Dollmaker, makes a doll that looks like one of his twins, both little girls. It was life-sized, with long dark hair in its face. Oh, and it was possessed by a vengeful spirit that wanted to kill its sister. Granted, the poor man thought he was doing his little girl a solid. It just didn't turn out quite right.
* The Toymaker from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'' series was originally not this. He however was cursed and transformed into demonic version of himself. Having been transformed as such, he has created various twisted creations which range from monster puppets to a lethal carousel.
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* Dr. Wondertainment from the ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'', purveyor of {{My Little Panzer}}s by the dozens.
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* Quackerjack from ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' is a supervillain with this as his schtick.
* From ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' episode "Toys for Cash" we have Cosmo Krank. After his production was shut down because his toys were unnecessarily dangerous, he starts making deadly toys to get back at Bruce Wayne.
* Funhaus from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''.
* These show up from time to time on ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy''. "Log" is harmless[[note]]It's big. It's heavy. It's wood. It's log![[/note]]. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Don't Whiz On The Electric Fence]] not so much.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': Combined with MadBomber in the episode "Beware The Gray Ghost" in which a toy collector uses remote control toys loaded with bombs to steal money to feed his obsession and buy more toys.
* ''WeaternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'': In "Toy Scary Boo", a wicked toymaker uses living toys to wreak havoc in a mall as a cover for his real crime.
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The Wicked Toymaker is someone who makes broken toys, and not in the "need new parts" sense. A subversion of the fairy tale trope of the beloved innocent toymaker who cares for children everywhere, the toymaker will often have a love for children that, while not often going into {{Squick}} territory, is nonetheless twisted. Perhaps they have a child's whimsy... and [[PsychopathicManchild impertinence]]. Maybe they value kids so much, they want them to be safe and happy... especially from meddling parents. Or maybe it's the toys themselves that matter, and any kid who's dumb enough to break them deserves his wrath.
If this character sells their creations to other villains it's also an example of WelcomeToEvilMart.
Compare RobotMaster.
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!!Examples of this trope include:
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* ''Anime/OnePiece'': Sugar of Donquixote Pirates eats Hobi Hobi Fruit which makes her able to turn people (or even animals) into LivingToys. Also included is the ability to issue any kind of command into the toys, as well as making everyone forget about the former human's existence.
* [[MeaningfulName Drossel]] from the ''Manga/{{Kuroshitsuji}}'' anime. In life he was the puppeteer for a rich family, but CameBackWrong into a creepy puppeteer determined to turn those who had contact with the Shard of Hope into dolls.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* ''Franchise/{{Superman}}''
** Toyman, a villain whose motivation varies from telling to telling but usually focuses on the fact that he's a somewhat broken man who makes deadly little toys.
** Another Superman villain called the Prankster had this kind of mindset - if you want to split hairs, he technically used practical jokes rather than toys. He teamed up with Toyman more than once.
* ''Comicbook/{{Wanted}}'' has a supervillain called the Doll-Master who is a CaptainErsatz of Toyman (with maybe a bit of the Tinkerer of Marvel Comics thrown in). He's a family man who [[FamilyValuesVillain will kill innocents, but won't swear in front of children]].
* In ''Comicbook/{{Fables}}'', The Adversary, the mysterious EvilOverlord BigBad of the first arc turns out to be the kindly toymaker [[{{Pinocchio}} Gepetto]].
* SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker sometimes came across as this. His base in the cartoons seems to be some kind of abandoned hideous toy factory that still haunts some viewer's dreams.
* An aversion in Creator/AlanMoore's ''ComicBook/TopTen''. Robyn Slinger uses some fairly creepy toys as weapons/footsoldiers, but is far from wicked. Ditto with her father, as seen in ''ComicBook/TheFortyNiners''.
* The ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' villain the Puppeteer used remote controlled marionettes to murder people.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Film]]
* Andre Toulon of the ''Film/PuppetMaster'' series has created puppets that are definitely twisted in design. They range from the hook and knife handed Blade to the leech spewing Leech Woman. [[NegativeContinuity Depending on which movie of the series however]], Andre is either a good guy who uses his puppets to fight against Nazis and other sorts of evils, or a wicked zombie who uses them to murder people for body parts.
* In the film ''Film/{{Attack of the Puppet People}}'', a friendly puppet/dollmaker is shown to secretly shrink people in order to store them in his lab. Every once in a while he pulls them out and makes them "play" for him.
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* Inverted in ''Discworld/WitchesAbroad'': The toymaker is by no means evil, but he is not [[HappinessIsMandatory jovial and red faced, nor does he whistle as he works]], and that is a very serious crime indeed in Genua (think [=DisneyWorld=] turned UpToEleven).
* Phillip Lemarchand from the ''Literature/{{Hellraiser}}'' series - Starts out a harmless toymaker and winds up creating dimensional doors to perverted hell dimensions.
* In ''Oddkins: A Fable for All Ages'' by Creator/DeanKoontz, a group of living toys must find the toymaker their creator had selected to take over his work. If they do not, an evil toymaker will inherit his power instead and create magical toys that will harm children instead of helping them.
* ''Literature/TalesOfTheMagicLand'': Urfin Jus starts out making dolls with horrific grimaces that scare children, before progressing to magical golems with horrific grimaces that scare adults. [[spoiler:After he [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone gains conscience]], he starts making smiling toys.]]
* In the ''Literature/StrangeMatter'' book ''Toy Trouble'', the creepy toymaker Mr. Kepler sells evil toys that come to life.
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[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* The Celestial Toymaker from ''Series/DoctorWho'', who abducts people to his little dimension, forces them to play lethal games, and threatens to destroy them utterly if they don't comply.
* Two versions of Superman's nemesis Toyman appeared in ''Series/LoisAndClark''.
** Winslow Schott, played by ''Series/TheJeffersons'' actor Sherman Helmsley (with the late Isabel Sandford, his Jeffersons co-star, playing his secretary Ms. Duffy), appeared in Metropolis at Christmas time, handing out toys with a chemical additive that turned children greedy and caused adults to act like children. Immune to the effect, Superman eventually found the source of the chemical and neutralized Schott's operation. At one point, Schott is referred to as "A Toyman" but is never actually called by the villain's name. Unlike the comics, the Schott character had a happy ending, finding romance with Ms. Duffy.
** A second Toyman appeared during the show's run, this one actually called "The Toyman", played by Grant Shaud. Somewhat more sinister than the Winslow Schott character as portrayed by Helmsley, this Toyman whose real name is Harold Kripstly is responsible for several child abductions. Naturally, Superman foils his scheme and brings him to justice.
* One of the first ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' recurring sketches was a segment called "Consumer Probe". The interviewer always wound up interviewing toymaker Irwin Mainway (Creator/DanAykroyd), who made and marketed children's toys like "Bag o' Glass" and "General Tranh's Secret Police Confession Kit".
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* ''Music/DoctorSteel''. Not necessarily ''wicked'', per se, but most definitely a creator of twisted toys. "Buzzsaw Babies", "Rabies Babies", "Polly Pukes-A-Lot", and gasoline-filled Super Soakers, just to name a few.
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* Ronald Turvey from the BigFinish ''Series/DoctorWho'' audio adventure ''[[Recap/BigFinishDoctorWhoSpecialsCuddlesome Cuddlesome]]''.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Champions}}'' has has least two villainous toymakers who make lethal toys to aid them in their crimes: Dark Harlequin and Punchinello.
* In ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''' ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' setting, toymaker Guiseppe is not actually evil, but went insane after his Disney/{{Pinocchio}} {{Expy}} turned into a serial killer. He still makes toys, but they should most definitely be kept out of reach of children (and anyone else you don't want to die or be horribly cursed.)
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* Stauf from ''VideoGame/TheSeventhGuest'' earned a reputation as a toymaker, creating dolls from his strange dreams that serve as a means of killing several children. And it only goes downhill from there...
* The Dollmaker, the FinalBoss of ''VideoGame/AliceMadnessReturns''. Is also [[spoiler: the Wonderland representation of Alice's psychiatrist, who is trying to brainwash her into a prostitute]].
* ''VideoGame/LegacyOfKain'': Blood Omen featured Elzevir the Dollmaker, who imprisoned the soul of King Ottmar's daughter with a doll he made. When Kain crashes his workshop, he goes up against Elzevir's creations.
* In ''VideoGame/FatalFrame 2'', Mr. Kiryu, the Dollmaker, makes a doll that looks like one of his twins, both little girls. It was life-sized, with long dark hair in its face. Oh, and it was possessed by a vengeful spirit that wanted to kill its sister. Granted, the poor man thought he was doing his little girl a solid. It just didn't turn out quite right.
* The Toymaker from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaLordsOfShadow'' series was originally not this. He however was cursed and transformed into demonic version of himself. Having been transformed as such, he has created various twisted creations which range from monster puppets to a lethal carousel.
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* Dr. Wondertainment from the ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'', purveyor of {{My Little Panzer}}s by the dozens.
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* Quackerjack from ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'' is a supervillain with this as his schtick.
* From ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' episode "Toys for Cash" we have Cosmo Krank. After his production was shut down because his toys were unnecessarily dangerous, he starts making deadly toys to get back at Bruce Wayne.
* Funhaus from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''.
* These show up from time to time on ''WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy''. "Log" is harmless[[note]]It's big. It's heavy. It's wood. It's log![[/note]]. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Don't Whiz On The Electric Fence]] not so much.
* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': Combined with MadBomber in the episode "Beware The Gray Ghost" in which a toy collector uses remote control toys loaded with bombs to steal money to feed his obsession and buy more toys.
* ''WeaternAnimation/WhatsNewScoobyDoo'': In "Toy Scary Boo", a wicked toymaker uses living toys to wreak havoc in a mall as a cover for his real crime.
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