History VileVillainSaccharineShow / VideoGames

** The Bros.' ArchEnemy Bowser [[DependingOnTheWriter sometimes]] counts [[BewareTheSillyOnes underneath all the]] [[LargeHam ham]]. He is the ''Great Demon King Koopa'' after all, and can cause major damage when he's actually trying. He tries on [[ResetButton two separate occasions]] to remake the universe in his own image, which is exactly what [[spoiler:Dimentio]] wanted to do, but old Bowser did it by stealing from a powerful cosmic caretaker of baby stars with nothing but his [[CoolAirship Airship fleet]] and [[BadassArmy his army]]. Dry Bowser is him resurrected as [[DemBones a huge demonic skeleton]]. And there's [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Giga Bowser...]]

** ''VideoGame/MarioPlusRabbidsSparksOfHope'': [[EldritchAbomination Cursa]] is by far and away not only one of the most serious Mario villains, but also one of the genuinely '''''scariest'''''. A ''very'' sadistic and cruel creature who has no problem [[WouldHurtAChild killing hundreds to millions of innocent Star babies]] just to ''spite'' their adoptive mother. Absolutely NOTHING about this thing is even ''remotely'' silly or comedic and is an extremely '''dead''' serious villain for a ''Mario'' game, let alone a ''[[VideoGame/RavingRabbids Rabbids]]'' game.

*** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoOnline'' continues the CrapsaccharineWorld aspect of San Andreas in the main game, with the best people you can encounter being [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Jerks with Hearts of Gold]], and the worst being the nasty criminals or even {{Corrupt Politician}}s, [[spoiler:but when [[OmnicidalManiac Avon]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Hertz]] comes to orchestrate a massive genocide event on the entire human race, he is hands down the most-vile villain in the entire ''Grand Theft Auto'' franchise, outtrumping Peter Dreyfuss and all other most-despicable villains of other games]].

** Can't get any viler than having [[{{Satan}} Old Scratch]] serve as the main villain. The game itself is a lighthearted GenreThrowback to [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation 1930s cartoons]] with an anthropomorphic cup and mug serving as the protagonists that provides AnAesop on the dangers of gambling. Then there's the Devil himself, who has no qualms with forcing two innocent people to do his dirty work for him in collecting [[MagicallyBindingContract the Soul Contracts]] from the inhabitants who lost the gambles against him and also [[spoiler:killing said protagonists if they back out of his deal, or turning them into his demonic servants if they agree to join him]]. Fittingly, he's the only boss who has a HaveANiceDeath screen that is ''not'' PlayedForLaughs. While every other boss gets some kind of pun related to their attacks and/or overall theme, The Devil has one that is simply "''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterII Anyone who opposes me will be destroyed!]]''" as he [[spoiler:[[DeadGuyOnDisplay shows off the brothers' shrivelled, decapitated heads]] with a vicious grin]].

* ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'': [[WretchedHive Night City]] is intentionally a vibrant horror show, with colorfully-traumatizing advertisements packed across ''every'' square meter of wall and a collection of weird and wacky gangs shooting each other down on the streets with intentionally low-quality chatter, all while corrupt mega-corporations own everything and still obsess over new ways to buy the souls of their already-broken slaves. It's meant to be so ''cartoonishly'' villainous that it's funny. And then we have [[MoreDespicableMinion Adam Smasher]], [[SociopathicSoldier Arasaka's Ace attack-dog]] who outright [[ForTheEvulz personifies 'evil for the sake of evil']] compared to his power-hungry but pragmatic handlers, [[HeroKiller and is obsessed with finding 'street heroes' to brutally torture and murder in increasingly humiliating ways]]. Victims include Johnny Silverhand, Rebecca, Davd Martinez, and potentially Saul or Rogue, all of whom he personally insults with as much racism, sexism, and bigotry as he can pack into a sentence for the sheer hell of it. [[HateSink Any scene with him involved is meant to be serious and geared towards learning how to hate him even more]].

* The Night City in ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'' is [[CrapsaccharineWorld one of the worst places to live in spite of colorful buildings covered in corporate advertisements and luxury hijinks]], being OneNationUnderCopyright controlled by shady [[MegaCorp megacorporations]] such as [[PuttingOnTheReich Arasaka]] and [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic Militech]], but one of Arasaka's enforcers, [[MoreDespicableMinion Adam Smasher]], is a SociopathicSoldier who gleefully enjoys killing people for his sheer sadism, in which [[HeroKiller he brutally killed one of the heroes]] during [[AllThereInTheManual an event]] in [[TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}} the book games]].

*** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoOnline'' continues the CrapsaccharineWorld aspect of San Andreas in the main game, with the best people you can encounter being [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Jerks with Hearts of Gold]], and the worst being the nasty criminals or even {{Corrupt Politician}}s, [[spoiler:but when [[OmnicidalManiac Avon]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Hertz]] comes to orchestrate a massive genocide event on the entire human race, he is hands down the most-vile villain in the entire ''Grand Theft Auto'' franchise, outtrumping Peter Dreyfuss and all other most-despicable villains in the entire franchise]].

** ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoOnline'''s San Andreas is [[CrapsaccharineWorld by no means a promising land despite their sunny, fresh surface]], with the best people you can encounter being [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Jerks with Hearts of Gold]], and the worst being the nasty criminals or even {{Corrupt Politician}}s, [[spoiler:but when [[OmnicidalManiac Avon]] [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Hertz]] comes to orchestrate a massive genocide event on the entire human race, he is hands down the most-vile villain in the entire ''Grand Theft Auto'' franchise, bar none]].

* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' deserves special elaboration, because it is very upbeat and happy, for a ''Rare Ltd.'' game, and yet it also contains [[BigBad Gruntilda]], who is a WickedWitch, and a pretty cruel villain by the standards of a family-friendly game, even without the possibility of her obsession with beauty leading to the destruction of the natural environment. She immediately imprisons the Jinjos so they'll no longer be a nuisance to her plans. She also kidnaps Tooty, so she can use a machine to suck all the beauty out of her. [[MoralEventHorizon This gets much worse in ''Tooie'', where she destroys Banjo's house and kills Bottles, as well as murdering her own sisters for their failures]]. Though some of this is lessened by her LaughablyEvil traits.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'': While Bullworth Academy is far from a pleasant place for those looking to spend time at the boarding school, the level of violence in the game remains subdued enough for its content to not exceed a T rating, especially when compared to other games from the [[Creator/RockstarGames same company]] (such as the ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' franchise). However, Jimmy Hopkins's FalseFriend, [[BigBad Gary Smith]], stands out for being an exceptionally vile, contemptible, {{sociopath}}ic, {{sadist}}ic, and despicable villain, constantly devising dangerous and even lethal tactics against students to actively and genuinely endanger them. He's essentially the dangerous psychopath or mobster [[TeensAreMonsters in his teenage years]]. It's telling that even the other students ''know he's a {{sociopath}}'', so they go to great lengths to avoid any form of association or interaction with him.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'': While Bullworth Academy is far from a pleasant place for those looking to spend time at the boarding school, the level of violence in the game remains subdued enough for its content to not exceed a T rating, especially when compared to other games from the [[Creator/RockstarGames same company]] (such as the Grand Theft Auto franchise). However, Jimmy Hopkins's FalseFriend, [[BigBad Gary Smith]], stands out for being an exceptionally vile, contemptible, {{sociopath}}ic, {{sadist}}ic, and despicable villain, constantly devising dangerous and even lethal tactics against students to actively and genuinely endanger them. He's essentially the dangerous psychopath or mobster [[TeensAreMonsters in his teenage years]]. It's telling that even the other students ''know he's a {{sociopath}}'', so they go to great lengths to avoid any form of association or interaction with him.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'': While Bullworth Academy is far from a pleasant place for those looking to spend time at the boarding school, the level of violence in the game remains subdued enough for its content to not exceed a T rating, especially when compared to other games from the [[Creator/RockstarGames same company]] (such as the Grand Theft Auto franchise). However, Jimmy's FalseFriend, [[BigBad Gary Smith]], stands out for being an exceptionally vile, contemptible, {{sociopath}}ic, {{sadist}}ic, and despicable villain, constantly devising dangerous and even lethal tactics against students to actively and genuinely endanger them. He's essentially the dangerous psychopath or mobster [[TeensAreMonsters in his teenage years]]. It's telling that even the other students ''know he's a {{sociopath}}'', so they go to great lengths to avoid any form of association or interaction with him.

** ''VideoGame/KirbyTripleDeluxe'': While most villains are just generic "smother the world in darkness" sorts, Sectonia outright states her intentions are to [[AndIMustScream fuel her ascension to godhood by feeding on Pop Star and its inhabitants for eternity.]]

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' brings [=ExDeath=]. For a game that's lighthearted and at times outright silly, [=ExDeath=]'s appearance serves to ram the severity of the world's problems into the heads of the characters. Most of the time when he shows up, the tone gets much darker and something in the world changes, usually for the worst.

*** '''VideoGame/PaperMario64'': Some of the later bosses come off like this. You have the "Invincible" Tubba Blubba, who's essentially this unbeatable, soulless-looking zombie that even ghosts are afraid of, until you find his sentient heart, Huff-N-Puff, who outright tried to kill the inhabitants of Flower Fields by covering the skies in clouds ([[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown even goes so far as to try and take their source of water to do so]], which he'd also need to power his cloud machine), and the Crystal King, a mysterious being completely unknown to any species in the Mario universe who took over the sacred palace he resides in, and [[HumanPopsicle makes the most direct threat on Mario's life in his dialogue than the other bosses. ]]

** ''VideoGame/LuigisMansionDarkMoon'' shows that after his defeat, King Boo is willing to do anything to make Luigi and Gadd suffer as much as possible, even [[spoiler:attempting to destroy the fabric of the universe.]]

** ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'': One of the penultimate bosses that Mario faces off is the Ruined Dragon. It falls into UncannyValley due its appearance looking like it came from Skyrim.
* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' is usually a relatively fun time for various Creator/{{Nintendo}} characters, both goofy and gritty. It story modes mostly follow suit, until the villains are involved.

** Within the roster we get characters like Ganondorf and [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Ridley]], who's most intimidating beastly appearances contradict the cartoony villains like Bowser, King Dedede and King K. Rool. A 3rd-Party example is the human character [[VideoGame/{{FinalFantasyVII}} Sephiroth]].
** Introduced since Melee is Giga Bowser, who turns Bowser, (who's appearance in Smash changed from his canon appearances) into a more terrifying beast. This form has never made it in any Mario games outside of Smash.

** The main games have villains including [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Yakuza (Japanese version)/Mafia (International versions) stand-ins]] [[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver involved in Pokémon trafficking and murder]], [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire delusional eco-terrorists Maxie and Archie that nearly end the entire world with horrific natural disasters]], [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl emotion-hating and omnicidal Cyrus that calls upon the power of two gods to remake the entire universe in his image]], [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite narcissistic childbreaker, Pokemon abuser, terrorist and manipulator Ghetsis]], [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY genocidal lunatic Lysandre]], [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon hyper-obsessive and abusive "collector" Lusamine]]]], [[VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield sociopathic businessman and "philanthropist" Rose]], and [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus deranged history buff Volo]]]].

** Most of the villains are all kind of silly in their own way. Then you get to Queen Vanessa's Manor, and find that the titular Queen Vanessa is the exception. She is completely AxCrazy, having turned into a psychotic shadow monster who's very presence is the reason for the state of Subcon Forest. She literally looks like a LivingShadow, with GlowingEyesOfDoom. And though Hat Kid can fight against other bosses, there is literally nothing that she can do to Queen Vanessa, while [[OneHitKill if she gets her hands on the Hat Kid]], [[AnIcePerson Queen Vanessa can turn her into an ice sculpture.]] It's one of the few times in the game where Hat Kid looks genuinely afraid for her life: for the record, '''[[https://i.ibb.co/HNGcVBy/Mission3-4-webp.png this]]''' is the TitleCard for that mission.

* The Japanese Nintendo 3DS downloadable game ''Cororoke no Mori Poitto'' is a very saccharine game, having [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter cute Mononoke]] and a pleasant setting. The villains, however, are Mononoke that represent disasters (Pollution, wildfires, floods, pests, and paranoia) and the final one is a [[spoiler:[[EldritchAbomination demonic eye void-like entity that is the king of all disasters]]]].

** ''VideoGame/MarioPlusRabbidsSparksOfHope'': [[EldritchAbomination Cursa]] is by far and away not only one of the most serious Mario villains, but also one of the genuinely '''''scariest'''''. A ''very'' sadistic and cruel creature who has no problem [[WouldHurtAChild killing hundreds to millions of innocent Star babies]] just to ''spite'' their adoptive mother. Absolutely NOTHING about this thing is even ''remotely'' silly or comedic and is an extremely '''dead''' serious villain for a ''Mario'' game, and let alone a ''[[VideoGame/RavingRabbids Rabbids]]'' game.

** ''VideoGame/MarioPlusRabbidsSparksOfHope'': [[EldritchAbomination Cursa]] is by far and away not only one of the most serious Mario villains, but also one of the genuinely '''''scariest'''''. A ''very'' sadistic and cruel creature who has no problem [[WouldHurtAChild killing hundreds to millions of innocent Star babies]] just to ''spite'' their adoptive mother. Absolutely NOTHING about this thing is even ''remotely'' silly or comedic and is an extremely '''dead''' serious villain for a ''Mario'' game, and let alone a ''Rabbids'' game.