History Monster / FullmetalAlchemist

* [[BigBad Father]] is a [[EldritchAbomination being from beyond the Gate]] given form in a small flask and named Homunculus by the nameless slave who would become van Hohenheim in the Xerxes empire. Desiring to escape the flask, Homunculus would trick the king of Xerxes into a ritual that slaughtered multiple people to initiate an alchemy ritual that killed everyone in Xerxes and split their souls between Hohenheim and Homunculus, to the latter's horror. Later founding the nation of Amestris and creating the Homunculi, he took the name of "Father", guiding Amestris to become a military dictatorship that initiated military conflicts to provide bloodshed for an even greater ritual, including the genocide of the Ishvalan people. Intending to kill and steal the souls of tens of millions so that [[AGodAmI he could devour God]], or Truth itself, Father demonstrates cold sadism when he faces Hohenheim and [[TrulySingleParent his children again]], [[MindRape mentally torturing]] them as he also abandons or [[AbusiveParents tries to absorb his own Homunculi children]]. While he sees himself as an existence above humans, this is simply a reflection of Father's arrogance and pride, desiring to [[ImmortalityImmorality ascend ever higher, no matter who or what he has to destroy to gain ultimate knowledge and power]].

* This version of {{Envy}} is an [[MisanthropeSupreme misanthropic]] sadist, who uses his powers to torment his victims by [[KickTheDog taking on the forms of people's loved ones]] before killing them. He is responsible for murdering Maes Hughes, by impersonating his wife and rubbing it at his face before killing him. Envy is mostly seen [[ManipulativeBastard manipulating Amestris's government behind the scenes]] with a string of mind games and murders. This all culminates in him killing Ed when he finds out that Envy is, in fact, the homunculus version of his half-sibling. Unlike other homunculi, who wanted to become humans, Envy was the sole exception, only working for Dante so [[PsychoForHire he could kill as many people as possible]], abusing both other homunculi and prisoners in the process simply for laughs. When captured by the Thule Society in his serpent form, Envy is kept docile by being allowed to painfully impale his father Hoenheim, with his fangs.

* [[MadScientist Shou Tucker]], the [[MadDoctor Sewing-Life Alchemist]], is known for his ability to create chimeras capable of speech. He's introduced to the Elric brothers as an awkward NiceGuy with a 4-year-old daughter named Nina. With his State Alchemist license soon to expire, Tucker created another Chimera by [[WouldHurtAChild fusing Nina and her dog Alexander]] into a miserable HalfHumanHybrid which is [[FateWorseThanDeath in constant agony]]. When the Elric brothers discovered Nina's new state, Edward's rage nearly drove him to kill Tucker. It is then revealed that the other speaking Chimera was actually his wife and Nina's mother, whom Tucker created by fusing her to another animal, earning him his State Alchemist status in the first place. Tucker [[ObliviouslyEvil refuses to admit what he did was horrible]], going as far as to tell the Elric brothers that they shouldn't have a problem with his actions and that anybody else would have done the same thing ForScience. While only appearing in one chapter, [[FourEyesZeroSoul Shou Tucker]] manages to be one of the most depraved characters in the manga and ''Brotherhood'' anime.

* ''[[Anime/FullMetalAlchemistTheSacredStarOfMilos The Sacred Star of Milos]]'': "Melvin Voyager", actually [[BigBad Security Chief Atlas]], is a [[AmbitionIsEvil power-hungry]], [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] Cretan soldier, who starts off by denouncing his vows to protect the Crichton family by brutally murdering the female protagonist Julia's parents and then [[FaceStealer rips the skin of Julia's brother's Ashleigh's face]] in order to steal his identity. This was done so that Atlas could easily [[ManipulativeBastard manipulate the rebel group, Bats]], into making a transmutation circle for him by promising Creta enough power to rival other nations. Ashleigh, in turn, ended up becoming a vengeful KnightTemplar, seeking revenge for Milos after losing his faith for its people. After showing his true colors, Atlas murders Bats' leader, Miranda, so that he can use her blood to activate the circle. He then proceeds to [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder murder his co-conspirator, Raul, as well]] when it turns out there is not enough sacrificial blood. After succeeding in activating the circle, Atlas sacrifices dozens of Amestrian soldiers by feeding them to Milos's machinery to create a PhilosophersStone for himself. A textbook sociopath who abandoned his honor and home country for power, Atlas stood out as one of the most vile villains in the ''Brotherhood'' canon.

* This version of [[MisanthropeSupreme Envy]] is an AxCrazy sadist, who uses his powers to torment his victims by [[KickTheDog taking on the forms of people's loved ones]] before killing them. He is responsible for murdering Maes Hughes, by impersonating his wife and rubbing it at his face before killing him. Envy is mostly seen [[ManipulativeBastard manipulating Amestris's government behind the scenes]] with a string of mind games and murders. This all culminates in him killing Ed when he finds out that Envy is, in fact, the homunculus version of his half-sibling. Unlike other homunculi, who wanted to become humans, Envy was the sole exception, only [[PsychoForHire working for Dante so he could kill as many people as possible]], abusing both other homunculi and prisoners in the process simply for laughs. When captured by the Thule Society in his serpent form, Envy is kept docile by being allowed to painfully impale his father Hoenheim, with his fangs.
* [[PresidentEvil King Bradley]]/Pride is [[TheGeneralissimo the military dictator]] of Amestris and one of [[BigBad Dante's]] most trusted homunculi. He is the mastermind behind the events that caused the [[FinalSolution genocide in Ishbal]], and worse yet, repeats the same actions in Reole in order to lead his own nation in destruction. At one point, he even releases infamous MadBomber [[AxCrazy Solf J. Kimblee]] from prison and unleashes him upon Reole citizens in order to take care of the deed as fast as possible. While mainly assisting Dante in her plans to create the PhilosophersStone all over again, it is made clear that Bradley enjoys committing these deeds for the sake of [[MasterRace "purifying" the population]] and expanding the country's territory. After Martel finds out about [[TheReveal Bradley's true identity]], he proceeds to [[MoralEventHorizon murder her cold-bloodedly in front of Al]] in order to keep her silent. It is not until the final arc of the series when Bradley reaches the level of an irredeemable monster, when he plays a sadistic cat-and-mouse game with Roy Mustang, torturing him both physically and emotionally, even bringing up the tragic fact that he couldn't save his best friend from a certain death. When his [[MoralityPet own son]] steps in the hopes of helping his father, Bradley [[OffingTheOffspring strangles him to death]] while ranting about being an agent of God.
* [[MadBomber Solf J. Kimblee]] stands out as [[CharacterExaggeration even more insane]] and [[AxCrazy psychotic]] than his [[BlueAndOrangeMorality manga counterpart]]. A [[PsychoForHire state alchemist]] with the ability to turn [[StuffBlowingUp objects]]—and [[WhyAmITicking people]]--- into explosives, Kimblee LovesTheSoundOfScreaming and earned a reputation during the Ishbal genocide for his ruthlessness. As seen in early flashbacks, Kimblee was responsible for massive explosions all around the region, all while laughing about it. He also tortured Scar by sadistically blasting him apart one piece at a time, making him the distinctive mark in his forehead. Later, Kimblee escapes the prison by using a fellow inmate as a bomb and starts working for Greed before betraying him to Frank Archer and being indirectly responsible for the Devil's Nest massacre. After his reinstatement, Kimblee reenacts the Ishbal genocide in Reole and tries to murder Al by transforming him into a walking time bomb. When encountered by Scar, Kimblee reveals that he has no reason for fighting, other than the fact that he sees [[MisanthropeSupreme humans—not exempting himself--as empty beings]] and that [[{{Sadist}} he simply enjoys seeing people suffer]].

* ''[[Anime/FullmetalAlchemistTheConquerorOfShamballa The Conqueror of Shamballa]]'': [[KnightTemplar Thule Society Chairman Dietlinde Eckhart]] is the BigBad and an [[{{Ghostapo}} occult supporter of the Nazi party]] trying to reach the titular Shamballa to gain the power to conquer the world. Capturing Envy to open the gate to the other world, Eckhart keeps the homunculus docile by allowing him to bite into Hoenheim, leaving the man in agony. When Hoenheim sacrifices himself to open the gate, Eckhart, no longer needing Ed's alchemy, shoots him and leads an assault into his world. Enthralled with her newfound ability to use alchemy but fearing others with the same power, Eckhart tries to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy the very world]] she once sought to conquer, a [[AbsoluteXenophobe xenophobic]] hypocrite who would not tolerate anyone but herself having authority.

* [[BigBad Dante]] is a [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld 400-year-old woman]] with a penchant for {{Body Surf}}ing; she's stayed alive this long by jacking innocent people's bodies, ditching them when they start to rot, and repeating the process infinitely. When her own Philosopher's Stone runs out, she sets in motion a plan to cause so much misery in Amestris that someone will be desperate enough to recreate the Stone, allowing her to steal it with no risk to herself. She's [[AbusiveParents abusive]] towards her Homunculi "children", arranges for Ed to kill Greed, [[GrandTheftMe jacks her own assistant's body]], and finally, attempts to steal the body of one of the hero's {{Love Interest}}s, who had already been severely traumatized by rape/pregnancy, solely so that she can force him to have sex with her. Said hero is both a [[{{Ephebophile}} teenager]], and her ''ex-boyfriend's son''. She later shatters the mind of one of her Homunculi servants when he dares to miss his dead friend, turning him into a mindless eating machine. She's never shown in a sympathetic light, comes off as an [[SmugSnake overconfident]] JerkAss in person, and doesn't even have the excuse of not being human to protect her.
* [[TheDragon Envy]] lacks all the [[AlasPoorVillain pitiful qualities]] that his manga counterpart had. An AxCrazy {{sadist}}, Envy uses his ShapeShifterGuiltTrip by taking on the forms of people's loved ones before killing them. He is the one responsible for murdering Maes Hughes, by impersonating his wife and rubbing it at his face before killing him. Envy is mostly seen [[ManipulativeBastard manipulating Amestris's government]] behind the scenes with a string of mind games and murders, while [[TheGeneralissimo Pride]] controls the military as King Bradley. This all culminates in him [[HeroKiller killing Ed]] when he finds out that Envy is in fact, the [[AntagonisticOffspring homunculus version of his half-sibling]]. Unlike other homunculi, who wanted to become humans, Envy was the sole exception, only working for [[BigBad Dante]] so he could [[PsychoForHire kill as many people as possible]], abusing both other homunculi and prisoners in the process simply [[ForTheEvulz for laughs]]. His ParentalAbandonment as a FreudianExcuse doesn't even come close to justifying his homicidal mania and Envy completely undermines it in ''Conqueror of Shamballa'' when he decides to murder his father rather than trying to reconnect with him.

* [[SerialKiller Barry the Chopper]], unlike his [[PlayedForLaughs manga incarnation]], is [[AdaptationalVillainy far more vicious and horrifying]]. Barry was once a simple butcher living in Central City who had grown bored with his life of cutting up pigs and cows. One day, to see what it felt like, Barry decided to chop up his wife and quickly found that he loved the sensation. What followed was a string of women being brutally murdered. Barry's killing spree came to a temporary halt when he was arrested after trying to kill the Elrics' childhood friend, Winry. Rather than be executed, Barry was experimented on, had his soul bound to a suit of armor, and became one of the guards for the Fifth Laboratory. After the lab's destruction, Barry slaked his bloodlust by joining a group of mercenaries to slaughter a camp of harmless Ishvalans. An utter sociopath, Barry killed people for no other reason than because he enjoyed it. When asked by Alphonse if Barry was afraid that he wasn't the real Barry and was just an artificially constructed soul, like Barry accused Alphonse of being, Barry stated that it didn't matter if he was the original Barry or not[[labelnote:*]]He ''is'' the original Barry.[[/labelnote]]. Barry claimed that so long as he had the ability to kill people, he loved who he was: "I kill therefore I am."

* The [[NoNameGiven unnamed]] and utterly heinous [[GoldTooth Gold-Toothed]] [[MadDoctor Doctor]] crosses the MoralEventHorizon in one of Bradley's flashbacks, when he's shown cackling with glee as he [[MadScientist puts one subject after another]] through the [[ForScience process intended]] to create [[SuperSoldier Wrath]]; this process horrifically kills the first twelve candidates, deconstructing their bodies [[AndIMustScream while they are still alive]]. In the present day he only gets a few scenes, but they are more than enough. He uses his [[TheMedic medical alchemy]] to heal MadBomber [[SociopathicSoldier Solf J. Kimblee]] so that he might be unleashed upon the heroes again. He later looses the remaining Fuhrer candidates (all of whom have been reduced to an essentially mindless state) on Ed, Roy, Hawkeye, and Scar to prevent them from interfering with Father's plans to destroy the country, activates the Transmutation Circle that sends Ed, Al, and Izumi into Father's presence, and finally has one of the candidates [[SlashedThroat slit Riza Hawkeye's throat]] in an attempt at forcing Roy to perform human transmutation and open the Gate. Perhaps most importantly, he's privy to [[BigBad Father]]'s [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt endgame]] (unlike Central Command, who believe they are all going to receive immortality) and simply doesn't give a damn. No explanation for his actions is ever given, and he spends all of his appearances sporting a SlasherSmile and bragging about his achievements as a scientist.

* The manga version of [[BigBad Father]] lacks the AlasPoorVillain moment of his ''Brotherhood'' counterpart. Father is a [[EldritchAbomination being from beyond the Gate]] given form in a small flask and named Homunculus by the nameless slave who would become van Hohenheim in the Xerxes empire. Desiring to escape the flask, Homunculus would trick the king of Xerxes into a ritual that slaughtered multiple people to initiate an alchemy ritual that killed everyone in Xerxes and split their souls between Hohenheim and Homunculus, to the latter's horror. Later founding the nation of Amestris and creating the Homunculi, he took the name of "Father", guiding Amestris to become a military dictatorship that initiated military conflicts to provide bloodshed for an even greater ritual, including the genocide of the Ishvalan people. Intending to kill and steal the souls of tens of millions so that [[AGodAmI he could devour God]], or Truth itself, Father demonstrates cold sadism when he faces Hohenheim and [[TrulySingleParent his children again]], [[MindRape mentally torturing]] them as he also abandons or [[AbusiveParents tries to absorb his own Homunculi children]]. While he sees himself as an existence above humans, this is simply a reflection of Father's arrogance and pride, desiring to [[ImmortalityImmorality ascend ever higher, no matter who or what he has to destroy to gain ultimate knowledge and power]].

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* [[TheDragon Envy]] lacks all the [[AlasPoorVillain pitiful qualities]] that his manga counterpart had. An AxCrazy {{ sadist}}, Envy uses his ShapeShifterGuiltTrip by taking on the forms of people's loved ones before killing them. He is the one responsible for murdering Maes Hughes, by impersonating his wife and rubbing it at his face before killing him. Envy is mostly seen [[ManipulativeBastard manipulating Amestris's government]] behind the scenes with a string of mind games and murders, while [[TheGeneralissimo Pride]] controls the military as King Bradley. This all culminates in him [[HeroKiller killing Ed]] when he finds out that Envy is in fact, the [[AntagonisticOffspring homunculus version of his half-sibling]]. Unlike other homunculi, who wanted to become humans, Envy was the sole exception, only working for [[BigBad Dante]] so he could [[PsychoForHire kill as many people as possible]], abusing both other homunculi and prisoners in the process simply [[ForTheEvulz for laughs]]. His ParentalAbandonment as a FreudianExcuse doesn't even come close to justifying his homicidal mania and Envy completely undermines it in ''Conqueror of Shamballa'' when he decides to murder his father rather than trying to reconnect with him.

* [[TheDragon Envy’s]] manga counterpart was [[AlasPoorVillain pitiful enough in the end]] to avert this trope. This version however is a malevolent {{sadist}} who gets his kicks out of ruining people's lives (joining up with his BigBad mom [[PsychoForHire solely so he can kill as many people as possible]]), abusing both the other Homunculi and anybody they've managed to take prisoner, and making liberal use of the ShapeShifterGuiltTrip, taking on the forms of people's loved ones before attacking them. He crosses the MoralEventHorizon with Hughes' murder and then follows it up with a string of murders and mind games that end with [[HeroKiller his killing Ed]]. He's got ParentalAbandonment as a FreudianExcuse, but it doesn't come close to justifying his homicidal mania, and he ultimately undermines it when he kills his father rather than trying to reconnect with him.
* [[PresidentEvil King Bradley]][=/=]{{Pride}} is already a [[TheGeneralissimo military dictator]]. He gets worse when it’s revealed that he's the one who ordered the [[FinalSolution genocide]] in Ishbal, and worse still when he has those actions repeated in Liore, with the intent of leading his own nation to destruction. Then he crosses the MoralEventHorizon with his cold-bloodedly nonchalant murder of Marta and [[OffingTheOffspring throttles his own son]], who had served as his MoralityPet, to death in the finale, while ranting about being [[AGodAmI an agent of God]], thus establishing himself firmly as an irredeemable bastard.

* ''[[Anime/FullMetalAlchemistTheSacredStarOfMilos The Sacred Star of Milos]]'': [[BigBad Security Chief Atlas]] killed the movie's female protagonist's parents, then [[FaceStealer stole her brother Ashley's skin]] and used it as a disguise in order to trick the rebel group, Bats, into making a Transmutation circle for him in order to gain power to rival other nations. He then killed the Bats' leader, Miranda, for her sacrificial blood, [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder murdered his co-conspirator to gain his blood as well]], and sacrificed dozens of Amestrian soldiers by "feeding them" to Milos's machinery to create a Philosopher's Stone for himself.

* [[MadScientist Shou Tucker]] transforms his own daughter and her dog into a HalfHumanHybrid, partly [[ForScience to see if he can]] and partly to retain his State Alchemist status. He had previously done the same thing to his wife. He's the only character who even comes close to evoking [[NiceGuy Al]]'s rage, and what he did leaves a stain on the Elric brothers' memories for the rest of their lives. Making Tucker even more abhorrent is his complete refusal to own up to what he did. He acts as though the Elric brothers shouldn't have a problem with his actions, assumes that anybody else would have done the same thing, and when thrown in jail, spends all of his time whining about how "nobody understands" that he did it ForScience. Destroying his family because he was either too lazy, or too devoid of talent to come up with another way of keeping his status, Tucker is one of the few characters in the manga to possess absolutely no redeeming traits or sympathetic moments.

[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Original manga]] and ''Brotherhood'':

''[[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist 2003 Anime]]'':

* [[MadBomber Solf J. Kimblee]], unlike his [[MoralSociopathy manga]] [[RousseauWasRight counterpart]], is a PsychoForHire, NietzscheWannabe, and MisanthropeSupreme par excellence, who LovesTheSoundOfScreaming and isn't afraid to share it with you. He committed genocide in Ishbal, tortured Scar by blasting him apart one piece at a time, blew up his fellow prisoners in order to escape from prison, betrayed [[AntiVillain Greed]] to [[GeneralRipper Frank Archer]], tries to murder Al soon after his reinstatement, reenacts the Ishbal genocide in Liore, and finally dies while [[TakingYouWithMe trying to take Al and Scar with him]], succeeding in killing Scar. Kimblee is a truly appalling mix of rage, hatred, and pure nihilism.

* The [[NoNameGiven unnamed]] and utterly heinous [[GoldTooth Gold-Toothed]] [[MadDoctor Doctor]] crosses the MoralEventHorizon in one of Bradley's flashbacks, when he's shown cackling with glee as he [[MadScientist puts one subject after another]] through the [[ForScience process intended]] to create [[SuperSoldier Wrath]]; this process horrifically kills the first twelve candidates, deconstructing their bodies [[AndIMustScream while they are still alive]]. In the present day he only gets a few scenes, but they are more than enough. He uses his [[TheMedic medical alchemy]] to heal MadBomber [[SociopathicSoldier Solf J. Kimblee]] so that he might be unleashed upon the heroes again. He later looses the remaining Fuhrer candidates (all of whom have been reduced to an essentially mindless state) on Ed, Roy, Hawkeye, and Scar to prevent them from interfering with Father's plans to destroy the country, activates the Transmutation Circle that sends Ed, Al, and Izumi into Father's presence, and finally has one of the candidates [[SlashedThroat slit Riza Hawkeye's throat]] in an attempt at forcing Roy to perform human transmutation and open the Gate. Perhaps most importantly, he's privy to [[BigBad Father]]'s [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt endgame]] (unlike Central Command, who believe they are all going to receive immortality) and simply doesn't give a damn. No explanation for his actions is ever given, and he spends all of his appearances sporting a SlasherSmile and bragging about his achievements as a [[MadScientist scientist]].

* The [[NoNameGiven unnamed]] and utterly heinous [[FanNickname Dr. Goldtooth]] is essentially Tucker with talent. This {{gold tooth}}ed [[MadDoctor doctor]] crosses the MoralEventHorizon in one of Bradley's flashbacks, when he's shown cackling with glee as he puts one subject after another through the process intended to create [[SuperSoldier Wrath]]--a process which horrifically kills the first twelve candidates, deconstructing their bodies while they are still alive. In the present day he only gets a few scenes, but they are more than enough. He uses his [[TheMedic medical alchemy]] to heal MadBomber [[SociopathicSoldier Solf J. Kimblee]] so that he might be unleashed upon the heroes again. He later looses the remaining Fuhrer candidates (all of whom have been reduced to an essentially mindless state) on Ed, Roy, Hawkeye, and Scar to prevent them from interfering with Father's plans to destroy the country, activates the Transmutation Circle that sends Ed, Al, and Izumi into Father's presence, and finally has one of the candidates [[SlashedThroat slit Riza Hawkeye's throat]] in an attempt at forcing Roy to perform human transmutation and open the Gate. Perhaps most importantly, he's privy to [[BigBad Father]]'s [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt endgame]] (unlike Central Command, who believe they are all going to receive immortality) and simply doesn't give a damn. No explanation for his actions is ever given, and he spends all of his appearances sporting a SlasherSmile and bragging about his achievements as a [[MadScientist scientist]].

->''"You asked what about me? It's simple. I love cutting up live people, and I like killing people so much, I can't stand it. I kill; therefore I am! WI am who I am. That's all the evidence I need!"''

* [[MadScientist Shou Tucker]] transforms his own daughter and her dog into a HalfHumanHybrid, partly to see if he can and partly to retain his State Alchemist status. He had previously done the same thing to his wife. He's the only character who even comes close to evoking [[NiceGuy Al]]'s rage, and what he did leaves a stain on the Elric brothers' memories for the rest of their lives. Making Tucker even more abhorrent is his complete refusal to own up to what he did. He acts as though the Elric brothers shouldn't have a problem with his actions, assumes that anybody else would have done the same thing, and when thrown in jail, spends all of his time whining about how "nobody understands" that he did it ForScience. Destroying his family because he was either too lazy, or too devoid of talent to come up with another way of keeping his status, Tucker is one of the few characters in the manga to possess absolutely no redeeming traits or sympathetic moments.
* The [[NoNameGiven unnamed]] and utterly heinous [[FanNickname Dr. Goldtooth]] is essentially Tucker with talent. This {{gold tooth}}ed [[MadDoctor doctor]] crosses the MoralEventHorizon in one of Bradley's flashbacks, when he's shown cackling with glee as he puts one subject after another through the process intended to create [[SuperSoldier Wrath]]--a process which horrifically kills the first twelve candidates, deconstructing their bodies while they are still alive. In the present day he only gets a few scenes, but they are more than enough. He uses his [[TheMedic medical alchemy]] to heal MadBomber [[SociopathicSoldier Solf J. Kimblee]] so that he might be unleashed upon the heroes again. He later looses the remaining Fuhrer candidates (all of whom have been reduced to an essentially mindless state) on Ed, Roy, Hawkeye, and Scar to prevent them from interfering with Father's plans to destroy the country, activates the Transmutation Circle that sends Ed, Al, and Izumi into Father's presence, and finally has one of the candidates [[SlashedThroad slit Riza Hawkeye's throat]] in an attempt at forcing Roy to perform human transmutation and open the Gate. Perhaps most importantly, he's privy to [[BigBad Father]]'s [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt endgame]] (unlike Central Command, who believe they are all going to receive immortality) and simply doesn't give a damn. No explanation for his actions is ever given, and he spends all of his appearances sporting a SlasherSmile and bragging about his achievements as a [[MadScientist scientist]].

* [[BigBad Dante]]is a [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld 400-year-old woman]] with a penchant for {{Body Surf}}ing; she's stayed alive this long by jacking innocent people's bodies, ditching them when they start to rot, and repeating the process infinitely. When her own Philosopher's Stone runs out, she sets in motion a plan to cause so much misery in Amestris that someone will be desperate enough to recreate the Stone, allowing her to steal it with no risk to herself. She's [[AbusiveParents abusive]] towards her Homunculi "children", arranges for Ed to kill Greed, [[GrandTheftMe jacks her own assistant's body]], and finally, attempts to steal the body of one of the hero's {{Love Interest}}s, who had already been severely traumatized by rape/pregnancy, solely so that she can force him to have sex with her. Said hero is both a [[{{Ephebophile}} teenager]], and her ''ex-boyfriend's son''. She later shatters the mind of one of her Homunculi servants when he dares to miss his dead friend, turning him into a mindless eating machine. She's never shown in a sympathetic light, comes off as an [[SmugSnake overconfident]] JerkAss in person, and doesn't even have the excuse of not being human to protect her.

''Fullmetal Alchemist'' ''Manga'' and ''Brotherhood'':

* Shou Tucker, a MadScientist who transforms his own daughter and her dog into a HalfHumanHybrid, partly to see if he can and partly to retain his State Alchemist status. He had previously done the same thing to his wife. He's the only character who even comes close to evoking [[NiceGuy Al]]'s rage, and what he did leaves a stain on the Elric brothers' memories for the rest of their lives. Making Tucker even more abhorrent is his complete refusal to own up to what he did. He acts as though the Elric brothers shouldn't have a problem with his actions, assumes that anybody else would have done the same thing, and when thrown in jail, spends all of his time whining about how "nobody understands" that he did it ForScience. Destroying his family because he was either too lazy, or too devoid of talent to come up with another way of keeping his status, Tucker is one of the few characters in the manga to possess absolutely no redeeming traits or sympathetic moments.
* The [[NoNameGiven unnamed]] and utterly heinous [[FanNickname Dr. Goldtooth]] is essentially Tucker with talent. He crosses the MoralEventHorizon in one of Bradley's flashbacks, when he's shown cackling with glee as he puts one subject after another through the process intended to create [[SuperSoldier Wrath]]--a process which horrifically kills the first twelve candidates, deconstructing their bodies while they are still alive. In the present day he only gets a few scenes, but they are more than enough. He uses his [[TheMedic medical alchemy]] to heal MadBomber [[SociopathicSoldier Solf J. Kimblee]] so that he might be unleashed upon the heroes again. He later looses the remaining Fuhrer candidates (all of whom have been reduced to an essentially mindless state) on Ed, Roy, Hawkeye, and Scar to prevent them from interfering with Father's plans to destroy the country, activates the Transmutation Circle that sends Ed, Al, and Izumi into Father's presence, and finally, [[spoiler:has one of the candidates slit Riza Hawkeye's throat]] in an attempt at forcing Roy to perform human transmutation and open the Gate. Perhaps most importantly, he's privy to [[BigBad Father]]'s [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt endgame]] (unlike Central Command, who believe they are all going to receive immortality) and simply doesn't give a damn. No explanation for his actions is ever given, and he spends all of his appearances sporting a SlasherSmile and bragging about his achievements as a scientist.
* From the ''Brotherhood movie'', we have Security Chief Atlas, who killed the movie's female protagonist's parents, [[spoiler: then [[FaceStealer stole her brother Ashley's skin]], and used it as a disguise in order to trick the rebel group, Bats, into making a Transmutation circle for him in order to gain power to rival other nations]]. He then killed the Bats' leader, Miranda, for her sacrificial blood, [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder murdered his co-conspirator to gain his blood as well]], and sacrificed dozens of Amestrian soldiers by "feeding them" to Milos's machinery to create a Philosopher's Stone for himself.

* [[spoiler: [[BigBad Dante]]]]: A [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld 400 year old bitch]] with a penchant for {{Body Surf}}ing, she's stayed alive this long by jacking innocent people's bodies, ditching them when they start to rot, and repeating the process infinitely. When her own Philosopher's Stone runs out, she sets in motion a plan to cause so much misery in Amestris that someone will be desperate enough to recreate the Stone, allowing her to steal it with no risk to herself. She's [[AbusiveMom abusive]] towards her Homunculi "children", arranges for Ed to [[spoiler:kill Greed]], [[GrandTheftMe jacks]] her own assistant's body, and finally, attempts to steal the body of one of the hero's {{Love Interest}}s, who had already been severely traumatized by rape/pregnancy, solely so that she can force him to have sex with her. Said hero is both a [[{{Ephebophile}} teenager]], and her ''ex-boyfriend's son''. She later shatters the mind of one of her Homunculi servants when he dares to miss his dead friend, turning him into a mindless eating machine. She's never shown in a sympathetic light, comes off as an [[SmugSnake overconfident]] JerkAss in person, and doesn't even have the excuse of not being human to protect her.
* [[TheDragon Envy]]: His manga counterpart was [[AlasPoorVillain pitiful enough in the end]] to avert this trope. This version on the other hand, is not, and takes the former's evil and {{Jerkass}}ery UpToEleven. He's a malevolent sadist who gets his kicks out of ruining people's lives (joining up with his BigBad mom [[PsychoForHire solely so he can kill as many people as possible]]), abuses both the other Homunculi and anybody they've managed to take prisoner, and makes liberal use of the ShapeShifterGuiltTrip, taking on the forms of people's loved ones before attacking them. He crosses the MoralEventHorizon with [[spoiler:Hughes' murder]] and then follows it up with a string of murders and mind games that end with [[spoiler:[[HeroKiller his killing Ed]]]]. He's got ParentalAbandonment as a FreudianExcuse, but it doesn't come close to justifying his homicidal mania, and [[spoiler:and he ultimately undermines it when he kills his father rather then trying to reconnect with him]].
* [[spoiler:[[PresidentEvil King Bradley]]]][=/=]{{Pride}}: You know he's not going to be a nice guy right off the bat, what with the whole [[spoiler:"[[TheGeneralissimo military dictator]]"]] thing. It gets worse when you realise that he's the one who ordered the [[spoiler:[[FinalSolution genocide]] in Ishbal]] and worse still when he has those actions repeated in Liore, with the intent of leading his own nation to destruction. Then he crosses the MoralEventHorizon with his cold-bloodedly nonchalant murder of [[spoiler:Marta]] and [[OffingTheOffspring throttles his own son]], who had served as his MoralityPet, to death in the finale, while ranting about being [[AGodAmI an agent of God]], thus establishing himself firmly as a totally irredeemable bastard.
* [[MadBomber Solf J. Kimblee]]: Unlike his manga counterpart, who has a definite case of MoralSociopathy going on and believes RousseauWasRight, this version is a PsychoForHire, NietzscheWannabe, and MisanthropeSupreme par excellence, who LovesTheSoundOfScreaming and isn't afraid to share it with you. He committed genocide in Ishbal, tortured Scar by blasting him apart one piece at a time, blew up his fellow prisoners in order to escape from prison, betrayed [[AntiVillain Greed]] to [[GeneralRipper Frank Archer]], tries to murder Al soon after his reinstatement, reenacts the Ishbal genocide in Liore, and finally [[spoiler:dies while [[TakingYouWithMe trying to take Al and Scar with him]]]], succeeding in killing [[spoiler:Scar]]. A truly appalling mix of rage, hatred, and pure nihilism.
* [[SerialKiller Barry the Chopper]]: Unlike his manga incarnation, who was PlayedForLaughs, his iteration in the 2003 anime was [[AdaptationalVillainy far more vicious and horrifying]]. Barry was once a simple butcher living in Central City who had grown bored with his life of cutting up pigs and cows. One day, to see what it felt like, Barry decided to chop up his wife and quickly found that he loved the sensation. What followed was a string of women being brutally murdered. Barry's killing spree came to a temporary halt when he was arrested after trying to kill the Elrics' childhood friend, Winry. Rather than be executed, Barry was experimented on, had his soul bound to a suit of armor, and became one of the guards for the Fifth Laboratory. After the lab's destruction, Barry slaked his bloodlust by joining a group of mercenaries to slaughter a camp of harmless Ishvalans. An utter sociopath, Barry killed people for no other reason than because he enjoyed it. When asked by Alphonse if Barry was afraid that he wasn't the real Barry and was just an artificially constructed soul, like Barry accused Alphonse of being, Barry stated that it didn't matter if he was the original Barry or not[[labelnote:*]]He ''is'' the original Barry.[[/labelnote]]. Barry claimed that so long as he had the ability to kill people, he loved who he was: "I kill therefore I am."

* [[TheDragon Envy]]: His manga counterpart was [[AlasPoorVillain pitiful enough in the end]] to avert this trope. This version on the other hand, is not, and takes the former's evil and {{Jerkass}}ery UpToEleven. He's a malevolent sadist who gets his kicks out of ruining people's lives (joining up with his BigBad mom [[PsychoForHire solely so he can kill as many people as possible]]), abuses both the other Homunculi and anybody they've managed to take prisoner, and makes liberal use of the ShapeShifterGuiltTrip, taking on the forms of people's loved ones before attacking them. He crosses the MoralEventHorizon with [[spoiler:Hughes' murder]] and then follows it up with a string of murders and mind games that end with [[spoiler:[[HeroKiller his killing Ed]]]]. He's got ParentalAbandonment as a FreudianExcuse, but it doesn't come close to justifying his homicidal mania, and [[spoiler:and he ultimately undermines it when he kills his father rather then trying to reconnect with him.]].

* [[MadBomber Solf J. Kimblee]]: Unlike his manga counterpart, who has a definite case of MoralSociopathy going on and believes RousseauWasRight, this version is a PsychoForHire, NietzscheWannabe, and MisanthropeSupreme par excellence, who LovesTheSoundOfScreaming and isn't afraid to share it with you. He comitted genocide in Ishbal, tortured Scar by blasting him apart one piece at a time, blew up his fellow prisoners in order to escape from prison, betrayed [[AntiVillain Greed]] to [[GeneralRipper Frank Archer]], tries to murder Al soon after his reinstatement, reenacts the Ishbal genocide in Liore, and finally [[spoiler:dies while [[TakingYouWithMe trying to take Al and Scar with him]]]], succeeding in killing [[spoiler:Scar]]. A truly appalling mix of rage, hatred, and pure nihilism.

* [[spoiler: [[BigBad Dante]]]]: A [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld 400 year old bitch]] with a penchant for {{Body Surf}}ing, she's stayed alive this long by jacking innocent people's bodies, ditching them when they start to rot, and repeating the process infinitely. When her own Philosopher's Stone runs out, she sets in motion a plan to cause so much misery in Amestris that someone will be desperate enough to recreate the Stone, allowing her to steal it with no risk to herself. She's abusive towards her Homunculi "children", arranges for Ed to [[spoiler:kill Greed]], jacks her own assistant's body, and finally, attempts to steal the body of one of the hero's {{Love Interest}}s, who had already been severely traumatized by rape/pregnancy, solely so that she can force him to have sex with her. Said hero is both a teenager, and her ''ex-boyfriend's son''. She later shatters the mind of one of her Homunculi servants when he dares to miss his dead friend. She's never shown in a sympathetic light, comes off as an [[SmugSnake overconfident]] JerkAss in person, and doesn't even have the excuse of not being human to protect her. [[spoiler:At least her aforementioned victimization of Gluttony leads directly to her KarmicDeath.]]

* [[spoiler:[[PresidentEvil King Bradley/Pride]]]]: You know he's not going to be a nice guy right off the bat, what with the whole [[spoiler:"military dictator"]] thing. It gets worse when you realise that he's the one who ordered the [[spoiler:[[FinalSolution genocide]] in Ishbal]] and worse still when he has those actions repeated in Liore. Then he crosses the MoralEventHorizon with his cold-bloodedly nonchalant murder of [[spoiler:Marta]] and [[OffingTheOffspring throttles his own son]], who had served as his MoralityPet, to death in the finale, while ranting about being [[AGodAmI an agent of God]], thus establishing himself firmly as a totally irredeemable bastard.
* [[MadBomber Solf J. Kimblee]]: Unlike his manga counterpart, who has a definite case of MoralSociopathy going on and believes RousseauWasRight, this version is a PsychoForHire, NietzscheWannabe, and MisanthropeSupreme par excellence, who LovesTheSoundOfScreaming and isn't afraid to share it with you. He comitted genocide in Ishbal, tortured Scar by blasting him apart one piece at a time, blew up his fellow prisoners in order to escape from prison, betrayed [[AntiVillain Greed]] to [[GeneralRipper Frank Archer]], tries to murder Al soon after his reinstatement, reenacts the Ishbal genocide in Liore, and finally [[spoiler:dies while trying to take Al and Scar with him]]. A truly appalling mix of rage, hatred, and pure nihilism.
* [[SerialKiller Barry the Chopper]]: Unlike his manga incarnation, which was PlayedForLaughs, his iteration in the 2003 anime was [[AdaptationalVillainy far more vicious and horrifying]]. Barry was once a simple butcher living in Central City who had grown bored with his life of cutting up pigs and cows. One day, to see what it felt like, Barry decided to chop up his wife and quickly found that he loved the sensation. What followed was a string of women being brutally murdered. Barry's killing spree came to a temporary halt when he was arrested after trying to kill the Elrics' childhood friend, Winry. Rather than be executed, Barry was experimented on, had his soul bound to a suit of armor, and became one of the guards for the Fifth Laboratory. After the lab's destruction, Barry slaked his bloodlust by joining a group of mercenaries to slaughter a camp of harmless Ishvalans. An utter sociopath, Barry killed people for no other reason than because he enjoyed it. When asked by Alphonse if Barry was afraid that he wasn't the real Barry and was just an artificially constructed soul, like Barry accused Alphonse of being, Barry stated that it didn't matter if he was the original Barry or not[[labelnote:*]]He ''is'' the original Barry.[[/labelnote]]. Barry claimed that so long as he had the ability to kill people, he loved who he was: "I kill therefore I am."