History TheSociopath / LiveACtionTV

** A lot of villains are this. [[Series/DengekiSentaiChangeman Bazeu and Dr. Kumazawa]], [[Series/ChoushinseiFlashman Ra Deus and Lie Kopflen]], [[Series/HikariSentaiMaskman Zeba]], [[spoiler: [[Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman Bias]]]], [[Series/KousokuSentaiTurboranger Lagorn and Jarmin]], [[spoiler: [[Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman Vulgyre]]]], [[Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman Radiguet, Tran/Tranza and Supreme Commander Akira Ichijou]], [[Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger Colonel Shadam]], [[Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger Exhaus]], [[Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger Guirail]], [[Series/KyukyuSentaiGoGoV Grandienne]], [[spoiler: [[Series/MiraiSentaiTimeranger Gien and Ryuya]]]], [[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Tau Zant and Sandaaru]], [[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger Abrella]], [[Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger N Ma and Dagon]], [[Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger Yaiba]], [[Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger Long]], [[spoiler: [[Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger Yogoshimacritein]]]], [[Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger Brajira and Robogog]], [[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger Basco]], [[Series/TokumeiSentaiGoBusters Enter]], [[Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger D]], [[Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger Genegtsu and Mangetsu]], [[Series/DoubutsuSentaiZyuohger Ginis, Quval, and Bangray]], [[Series/UchuSentaiKyuranger Don Armage]], [[Series/KishiryuSentaiRyusoulger Gachireus]], [[Series/MashinSentaiKiramager Galza]], [[Series/OhsamaSentaiKingOhger Racules]]... and these are just one or two of the most notable ones from each season, for the most part.

* ''Series/{{Dexter}}'': Averted with the eponymous Dexter Morgan, the most famous SociopathicHero and SerialKillerKiller on TV, is an example of a sociopath with a ''moral code'' his father instilled to direct his murderous urges at other killers. As such, he self-identifies as a sociopath but he usually only lies & manipulates his targets or [[HeroAntagonist people who are trying to hunt him down]] or to maintain a facade of normalcy (he initially gets into a relationship with Rita entirely as a disguise). With his CharacterDevelopment, he's a hybrid of schizoid and sociopath who displays enough guilt, love and empathy to qualify as a reformed sociopath, though it's dubious whether such development is realistic.

* ''Film/PerfectAssassins'': Dr. Samuel Greely, who performs psychologically abusive experiments on children to turn them into assassins, frames his assistants to prevent himself from being caught, and laughs at his victims being beaten.

* ''Film/RedWerewolfHunter'': Gabriel, a werewolf who believes he should be able to kill humans for fun, and decides to turn the opposition's boyfriend into one of him just to spite her. In fact, he's so inhuman that he's the first werewolf to be able to turn at will.
* ''Film/ReignOfTheGargoyles'': Lieutenant Mueller, a coldhearted Nazi who doesn't even blink at the thought of killing children as an interrogation tactic.

* ''Film/SSDoomtrooper'': Dr. Ullman, a coldhearted MadScientist doing experiments to make Nazi super soldiers. He does not care about his bosses' cause, only that he can win the war and revolutionize genetics at the same time.

* ''Film/{{Vampirella}}'': Vlad Dracula, who kills the king of his planet because he believes drinking artificial blood has made vampires soft, and then goes to Earth with his army to prey on humanity.

* ''{{Series/Rake}}'': Cleaver defends two teenage girls charged with manslaughter who he eventually realizes both have this disorder, and actually committed premeditated cold-blooded murder. They're explicitly compared to Leopold and Loeb, two similar (though male) "thrill killers" in Chicago during the 1920s.
* ''Series/RedDwarf'': The episode "Cured" reveals the Cat to be a psychopath, but a relatively harmless (if [[LackOfEmpathy incredibly self-absorbed]]) one. [[spoiler:Unfortunately for the Boys, Professor Telford is the violent type of psychopath. Un-unfortunately, the Cat exploits Telford's own psychopathy to get him to hand him a gun, which he then shoots Telford with to save his crewmates]].

* ''Series/Accused2023'': In "Scott's Story" Hunter is clearly a sociopath, showing no empathy toward others but is also skilled at concealing this and manipulating them.

* ''Series/{{Angel}}'': The episode "I've Got You Under My Skin" has a young boy who is possessed by a demon. When Angel and Wesley successfully exorcise him, the terrified demon explains that he didn't have ''any'' influence over the boy at all - the child is a complete sociopath (possibly literally soulless as well), and all the destructive acts he took throughout the episode were ''his own doing''. The demon was actually ''trapped'' in the boy, and is so broken that he doesn't even ''try'' to resist when Angel kills him. The end of the episode sees Angel [[spoiler:race to rescue the boy's family as the boy sets their house on fire to punish his sister ''for having more marshmallows in her cocoa'']].
* ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger'': A borderline case is Dr. Mikoto Nakadai, the man is a super smart surgeon who was so bored with his life, that when he became Abare Killer he joined the Evolians and use his powers to what he consider as good use. In which case he formulate his own evil plans that are close to working and make the old villains look comical. It doesn't help the fact that [[spoiler:he had a shard of the Evolian god Dezumozorlya.]]
** A lot of ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' villains are this. [[Series/DengekiSentaiChangeman Bazeu and Dr. Kumazawa]], [[Series/ChoushinseiFlashman Ra Deus and Lie Kopflen]], [[Series/HikariSentaiMaskman Zeba]], [[spoiler: [[Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman Bias]]]], [[Series/KousokuSentaiTurboranger Lagorn and Jarmin]], [[spoiler: [[Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman Vulgyre]]]], [[Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman Radiguet, Tran/Tranza and Supreme Commander Akira Ichijou]], [[Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger Colonel Shadam]], [[Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger Exhaus]], [[Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger Guirail]], [[Series/KyukyuSentaiGoGoV Grandienne]], [[spoiler: [[Series/MiraiSentaiTimeranger Gien and Ryuya]]]], [[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Tau Zant and Sandaaru]], [[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger Abrella]], [[Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger N Ma and Dagon]], [[Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger Yaiba]], [[Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger Long]], [[spoiler: [[Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger Yogoshimacritein]]]], [[Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger Brajira and Robogog]], [[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger Basco]], [[Series/TokumeiSentaiGoBusters Enter]], [[Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger D]], [[Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger Genegtsu and Mangetsu]], [[Series/DoubutsuSentaiZyuohger Ginis, Quval, and Bangray]], [[Series/UchuSentaiKyuranger Don Armage]], [[Series/KishiryuSentaiRyusoulger Gachireus]], [[Series/MashinSentaiKiramager Galza]], [[Series/OhsamaSentaiKingOhger Racules]]... and these are just one or two of the most notable ones from each season, for the most part.

* ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'': The eponymous character's ArchEnemy, [[PsychoForHire James Moriarty]], is this trope played ''very'' straight: he has [[LackOfEmpathy no empathy whatsoever]], is a [[ConsummateLiar liar]], [[TheCharmer charmer]], and [[DiabolicalMastermind manipulator]] who easily surpasses Sherlock in all three departments, is a criminal mastermind who has orchestrated scores of crimes -- up to and including murder -- throughout Europe merely because he was bored, and by the end of Season 2 has [[spoiler:single-handedly wrecked Sherlock's credibility, career and relationships]]. The difference between the two is probably best underlined when they first meet face to face.
-->'''Sherlock:''' People have died.\\

** If we are to believe [[ArchnemesisDad Lionel Luthor]], his BastardBastard Lucas is one of these. Lionel himself, and his son, Lex, both display traits of the disorder as well, but not enough to qualify. A much better example is probably [[AlternateUniverse Earth-2's]] [[EvilTwin Clark Luthor]] aka Ultraman. A promiscous ProfessionalKiller and PsychoForHire, he lies like a dog to everyone he meets, has a violent, HairTriggerTemper, and switches between moods quickly enough to give you whiplash. His adoptive father, Earth-2 Lionel is likely an example as well, with a LackOfEmpathy that runs so deep it's almost frightening. The same goes for SerialKiller and TortureTechnician Desaad.
** Lx-3, Lex's clone and ShadowArchetype from Season 10's "Lazarus" is a solid example. He spends all his time on-screen committing mass murder, has a HairTriggerTemper and a sadistic streak, seems to actively enjoy murder for its own sake, and hates everyone. He tries to kill every person he meets.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'':
** Kivas Fajo from "The Most Toys" is, to those who meet him briefly, simply an eccentric collector of rare artifacts from the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Bubble Local Bubble]]. However, he is utterly without pity, and kidnaps Data -- already legally established as a person -- as the centerpiece of his collection. Another of his prize items is the dreaded Varon-T disruptor, illegal in the Federation because of how [[CruelAndUnusualDeath horribly it kills the target]]. He actually ''uses'' it on a broken employee simply because [[ItAmusedMe it amuses him]] to pose Data with a moral dilemma. It backfires on him epically when Data proves that he doesn’t need to have an emotional reaction to decide that Fajo should die, and the only reason why Fajo doesn’t die is because the Enterprise beams Data up just as Data pulls the trigger on the Varon-T disruptor.
* ''{{Series/Supernatural}}'':

* ''Film/TrilogyOfTerror'':
** Chad Morgan, a misogynist who fixates on his English professor, drugging her so he can take compromising photos and blackmail her into a relationship. He flat-out admits that he does not care what she feels about anything, only his own needs.
** [[spoiler:Julie Eldridge, who pretends to be a mild-mannered English teacher and perfect victim for predatory men, only to manipulate them until she gets bored and kills them. She does not do this out of any moral objection to sexual predation, but solely for her own amusement.]]

** Joe Caswell in "Execution" has lost track of how many people he's murdered, and when they string him up to be hanged tells the father of one of his victims that he'd do it all over again if he had the chance.
*** Paul Johnson from the same episode is a petty crook who [[spoiler:kills Caswell simply because he's in the way, and then tries to ransack the place -- in the process inadvertently beaming himself into his comeuppance at the hanging eighty years earlier]].
** "A Nice Place to Visit" gives us petty crook Henry Francis ("Rocky") Valentine, who's gone from head of a juvenile street gang [[EnfantTerrible while still in grade school]] to a petty thief who's shot resisting arrest. [[spoiler:He does get what's coming to him: an eternity of frustrating boredom.]]
** In "Death's-Head Revisited", former [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany concentration camp]] commandant Gunter Lütze had tortured helpless captives during the Holocaust, and [[{{Sadist}} called it "the good old days"]], but when it dawns on him merely that he might be imprisoned, [[ItsAllAboutMe he cries inhumanity]]. He gets what's coming to him (after a trial that looks like a rejected last chance to repent): [[spoiler:to hallucinate being put through everything he put captives through]].
** Peter Craig in "The Little People" wants to lord it over others, and finds a planet populated with microscopic people. He lords it over them until [[spoiler:he is accidentally crushed himself by a giant alien explorer]].
** In "The Jeopardy Room", Commissar Vassiloff prides himself on being an artist in killing and cruelty. [[RunningGag He, too, gets what's coming to him]]: [[spoiler:thanks to the stupidity of his right-hand man Boris, his own cruelty literally blows up in his face]].

* Dan Egan from ''{{Series/Veep}}''. The show is giving less-subtle hints that Dan seems to be of the high-functioning variety. The fact that he reveals that he killed a stray dog as a child to win a dare leaves little room for doubt. He later claims that he once "broke off an engagement at an Applebee's and then ordered dessert."

* ''Film/CastADeadlySpell'': [[spoiler:Amos Hackshaw, a sorcerer who is willing to sacrifice his own daughter and summon the Old Gods to destroy the world so long as he can rule over the ashes.]]
** Considering that he’s a former detective turned ruthless crime boss who is perfectly fine with having people murdered in horrible ways, and is knowingly and willingly working with the above in exchange for power, it’s safe to say that Harry Bordon is one as well.
* ''Film/CitizenX'': Andrei Chikatilo, who vents his feelings of inadequacy by raping and murdering children.

* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'':

** [[spoiler:Julie Eldridge, who pretends to be mild-mannered English teacher and perfect victim for predatory men, only to manipulate them until she gets bored and kills them. She does not do this out of any moral standard against sexual predation, but solely for her own amusement.]]

* The titular character of ''Series/{{Fujiko}}'' is a BlueAndOrangeMorality-type sociopath. The general consensus of the public is that the [[DarkAndTroubledPast childhood trauma]] of having come home to her family [[CruelAndUnusualDeath brutally murdered and dismembered]] and almost being [[OnlyMostlyDead killed herself]] [[MoralEventHorizon warped]] her [[LackOfEmpathy sense of empathy]]...that is, assuming she didn't [[BeneathSuspicion kill them herself]]. However, through various experiences and influences in her life, she has come to believe that she can "reset" her own miserable circumstances by [[MurderIsTheBestSolution taking the life]] of those who get in the way. Fujiko also chalks it up to "[[LoserSonOfLoserDad The children of scum are scum]]"; and indeed, [[spoiler:her family's ''real'' murderer]] has told her as much.

** A lot of ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' villains are this. [[Series/DengekiSentaiChangeman Bazeu and Dr. Kumazawa]], [[Series/ChoushinseiFlashman Ra Deus and Lie Kopflen]], [[Series/HikariSentaiMaskman Zeba]], [[spoiler: [[Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman Bias]]]], [[Series/KousokuSentaiTurboranger Lagorn and Jarmin]], [[spoiler: [[Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman Vulgyre]]]], [[Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman Radiguet, Tran/Tranza and Supreme Commander Akira Ichijou]], [[Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger Colonel Shadam]], [[Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger Exhaus]], [[Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger Guirail]], [[Series/KyukyuSentaiGoGoV Grandienne]], [[spoiler: [[Series/MiraiSentaiTimeranger Gien and Ryuya]]]], [[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Tau Zant and Sandaaru]], [[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger Abrella]], [[Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger N Ma and Dagon]], [[Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger Yaiba]], [[Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger Long]], [[spoiler: [[Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger Yogoshimacritein]]]], [[Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger Brajira and Robogog]], [[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger Basco]], [[Series/TokumeiSentaiGoBusters Enter]], [[Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger D]], [[Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger Genegtsu and Mangetsu]], [[Series/DoubutsuSentaiZyuohger Ginis, Quval, and Bangray]], [[Series/UchuSentaiKyuranger Don Armage]], [[Series/KishiryuSentaiRyusoulger Gachireus]], [[Series/MashinSentaiKiramager Galza]]... and these are just one or two of the most notable ones from each season, for the most part.

** A lot of ''Sentai'' villains are this. [[Series/DengekiSentaiChangeman Bazeu and Dr. Kumazawa]], [[Series/ChoushinseiFlashman Ra Deus and Lie Kopflen]], [[Series/HikariSentaiMaskman Zeba]], [[spoiler: [[Series/ChoujuuSentaiLiveman Bias]]]], [[Series/KousokuSentaiTurboranger Lagorn and Jarmin]], [[spoiler: [[Series/ChikyuuSentaiFiveman Vulgyre]]]], [[Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman Radiguet, Tran/Tranza and Supreme Commander Akira Ichijou]], [[Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger Colonel Shadam]], [[Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger Exhaus]], [[Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger Guirail]], [[Series/KyukyuSentaiGoGoV Grandienne]], [[spoiler: [[Series/MiraiSentaiTimeranger Gien and Ryuya]]]], [[Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger Tau Zant and Sandaaru]], [[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger Abrella]], [[Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger N Ma and Dagon]], [[Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger Yaiba]], [[Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger Long]], [[spoiler: [[Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger Yogoshimacritein]]]], [[Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger Brajira and Robogog]], [[Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger Basco]], [[Series/TokumeiSentaiGoBusters Enter]], [[Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger D]], [[Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger Genegtsu and Mangetsu]], [[Series/DoubutsuSentaiZyuohger Ginis, Quval, and Bangray]], [[Series/UchuSentaiKyuranger Don Armage]], [[Series/KishiryuSentaiRyusoulger Gachireus]], [[Series/MashinSentaiKiramager Galza]]... and these are just one or two of the most notable ones from each season, for the most part.