History YMMV / SleepyHollow

* MagnificentBastard: "[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/SleepyHollowS3E02WhispersInTheDark Whispers in the Dark]]" & "[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/SleepyHollowS3E05DeadMenTellNoTales Dead Men Tell No Tales]]": [[HistoricalDomainCharacter General William Howe]] served in the British army during the Revolutionary War as a strategist and supernatural expert. He used mystical resources to try to bring down the rebellion, bonding a Whispering Wraith to a traitor and sending him to George Washington's spies, leading an army of Draugur to take control of Manhattan, and sending a spy to infiltrate and sabotage Washington's expedition to the Catacombs (this time coming close to killing Washington and Betsy Ross). Having Crane captured, he tempted his former subordinate with an offer of amnesty in exchange for naming Washington's spies. Resurrected as a [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Draugur]] by Pandora over 200 years after his death, Howe raised a new unit of undead to attack Sleepy Hollow before being lured into a trap so his soldiers could be destroyed with Greek Fire. [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled He chose to incinerate himself rather than grant Crane the satisfaction of killing him.]]

* SeasonalRot:
** Already suffering from the SophomoreSlump, season 2 was universally agreed to be inferior to the first series. This was due in part to a shift of focus away from Ichabod and Abbie's relationship and already popular characters onto other [[BaseBreakingCharacter less popular and more controversial ones]] without them receiving any CharacterDevelopment to balance it out. The second half became even worse. Killing [[BigBad Moloch]] gave what had been (up to that point) the series plot an unsatisfying conclusion, the remainder of the season lost direction, with the writers forced to randomly introduce [[MonsterOfTheWeek new antagonists who never lasted longer than one episode]]. This completely destroyed the series' sense of urgency and faith that there was an overall plan, causing many fans to lose interest. The disjointed nature of the penultimate episode and the season finale did little to help.
** Season 3: The first half was regarded as something of a return to form, with a stronger storyline and a new villain, Pandora. However, the second half proved to be worse, with Pandora being reduced from the mastermind to her husband's submissive (not to mention abused) follower. The Hidden One was underwhelming, with him doing little more than sitting around and whining about his loss of power. The majority of the episodes had no overall focus, save the vague idea of restoring the Hidden One to his former power. Killing off [[spoiler:Joe Corbin]] (one of the more well-received changes of the season) wasn't taken well either, made worse by the writers choosing to do so by reintroducing a problem that had already been solved twice by this point, in an act that they unashamedly admitted was [[StuffedInTheFridge to make Jenny more miserable]]. The season finale was greatly disliked, due to it stuffing the Hidden One's death and Pandora returning to being the main antagonist resolution into one episode while most fans felt it would have benefited from more time. It climaxed in [[spoiler:killing off Abbie]] in a way that pretty much destroyed what was left of the show's fanbase.
* ShockingMoments: The first season finale's ending: [[spoiler:Henry Parrish is actually Ichabod and Katrina's son Jeremy, risen from the dead by Moloch 13 years prior, and the second Horseman, War, and the episode (and season) end with Ichabod trapped in what was formerly Jeremy's grave, Irving in police custody, Katrina in the clutches of the Headless Horseman, Abbie trapped in Purgatory, and Jenny unconscious in a car wreck after the Headless Horseman shot out one of her tires.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The second season finale set up what could have been a brilliant premise for the third series. Abbie and Katrina [[spoiler:are transported to the past, where Abbie is immediately treated with disdain for being black]]. She then has to find Ichabod and convince him that [[spoiler:she is from the future, and that Katrina is a witch hell-bent on revenge]]. There was even the possibility of [[spoiler:Katrina rekindling her relationship with Abraham]], but instead the issue was resolved in one episode, making it all seem very anti-climatic.

** "[[Recap/SleepyHollowS2E04GoWhereISendThee Go Where I Send Thee]]": [[MusicalAssassin The Pied Piper]] is an extremely sinister demon who is known for mass slaughter of soldiers and for what it [[WouldHurtAChild does with children]]. Each generation, the Piper preys on a daughter of the Lancaster family; the child, when she turns 10, is kidnapped and taken to the Piper's lair to await her fate, which is usually her bones being made into the Piper's instruments--but only after being starved to death. Out of nothing but spite, when the girl is rescued, the Piper proceeds to infect all the girl's siblings with a fatal illness to [[SadisticChoice force the parents to either return the chosen girl to the Piper or watch their other children die]].

* AuthorsSavingThrow: In the opening episode of season 4, both Ichabod and his new ally Diana both admit how this new "change" in their lives is heartbreaking and ridiculous. Said change is [[spoiler:the loss of their partners, one of which was Abbie]]. Some fans saw this as the show being self-aware.

* UnfortunateImplications: It [[https://www.themarysue.com/abbie-mills-sleepy-hollow/ has been pointed out]] (spoilers at link) that it isn't exactly ''great'' for [[spoiler: a black female character to state that her purpose was to help a white male character (when that contradicts her earlier stated purpose of saving the world alongside him as an equal partner, not a helpmeet) and then die.]]

* ShipSinking:
** The Ichtrina ship went down in flames as of the season 2 finale in which [[spoiler:Crane stabs Katrina and kills her in order to save Abbie]].
** The Ichababbie ship did the same at the end of season 3 when [[spoiler:Abbie was KilledOffForReal]]. The fandom as a whole was '''not''' happy.

* EnsembleDarkHorse: [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Captain Irving]] has gotten this treatment for his ability to dish out the snark.

* FanPreferredCouple:
** Ichabod and Abbie.
*** Fans of this ship practically exploded with {{squee}} after Tom Mison gave an interview in which he said that Ichabod was [[http://www.tvguide.com/news/sleepy-hollow-abbie-vs-katrina-ichabod/ completely in love with Abbie]].
** After "Necromancer," a lot of fans are shipping Jenny and Irving.

* EndingAversion: The season 3 finale message board comments suggest there are a goodly deal of lapsed fans who have decided ''not'' to catch up with the show upon learning that [[spoiler:Abbie, the secondary lead, is KilledOffForReal]] in it. The show was cancelled after four seasons and a significant drop of ratings (a whopping ''800k viewers'' reported on the season four opening ratings) did not return after the decision.

** "[[Recap/SleepyHollowS2E04GoWhereISendThee Go Where I Send Thee]]": [[MusicalAssassin The Pied Piper]] is an extremely sinister demon who is known for mass slaughter of soldiers and for what it [[WouldHurtAChild does with children]]. Each generation, the Piper preys on a daughter of a specific family; the child, when she turns 10, is kidnapped and taken to the Piper's lair to await her fate, which is usually her bones being made into the Piper's instruments--but only after being starved to death. Out of nothing but spite, when the girl is rescued, the Piper proceeds to infect all the girl's siblings with a fatal illness to [[SadisticChoice force the parents to either return the chosen girl to the Piper or watch their other children die]].

** [[HornedHumanoid Moloch]], the BigBad of season 1 and the first half of season 2, is a ruthless and relentless FallenAngel whose goal is to unleash the [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Apocalypse]] to destroy and subjugate all who live. As guardian of Purgatory, it is Moloch who devises all the tortures its prisoners suffer. Trapped in Purgatory, he steadily [[TheCorrupter corrupts humans]] to act as his servants, including [[TheHero Ichabod Crane]]'s best friend Abraham Van Brunt, who becomes the [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse Horseman of Death]] in return for Moloch promising him Ichabod's beloved Katrina, whom Moloch holds prisoner in Purgatory. Moloch [[HistoricalRapSheet spends centuries manipulating events]], turning numerous humans into monsters and orchestrates murder after murder, [[YouHaveFailedMe punishing failure with brutal execution or torture]]. He attempts to steal Ichabod and Katrina's infant son Jeremy, then waits nearly two centuries to liberate Jeremy from being buried alive to turn him into his the Horseman of War and set him against his parents. Whilst Jeremy comes to see Moloch as a father, Moloch [[AbusiveParents viciously abuses and manipulates him]], informing Jeremy he is only a servant who should follow his will before sending him on a potential suicide mission.
** "[[Recap/SleepyHollowS2E04GoWhereISendThee Go Where I Send Thee]]": [[MusicalAssassin The Pied Piper]] is an extremely sinister demon who is known for mass slaughter of soldiers and for what it [[WouldHurtAChild does with children]]. Each generation, the Piper preys on a daughter of a specific family; the child, when she turns 10, is kidnapped and taken to the Piper's lair to await her fate, which is usually her bones being made into the Piper's instruments--but only after being starved to death. What's worse, however, is what happens when the girl is rescued. Out of nothing but spite, the Piper proceeds to infect all the girl's siblings with a fatal illness to force the parents to either return the chosen girl to the Piper or watch their other children die. While the Piper was betrayed by his employer, his RevengeByProxy far outweighs this excuse; considering he seemed to enjoy killing and made a DealWithTheDevil beforehand, he was psychotic from the start. Even in ''Sleepy Hollow'', the Piper remains one of the worst Ichabod and Abbie have ever faced.
** Season 3: [[PhysicalGod The Hidden One]] was a cruel, [[ItsAllAboutMe arrogant]], [[HairTriggerTemper hot-tempered]] deity, driven by [[AmbitionIsEvil lust for power]] and a hatred of mankind. Ten thousand years ago, due to his evil nature his fellow gods banished him to [[EldritchLocation the Catacombs]], where he seduced Pandora, promising he would make her his wife if she freed him. Giving her a box which could steal a god’s power, he sent her to slaughter his fellow deities, leaving him as the one all-powerful god. However, using a mystical artifact to strip him of his power, the humans [[SealedEvilInACan imprisoned him in the Catacombs]]. In the present, Pandora managed to free him, however due to Abbie Mills his power source was lost. Obsessed with restoring himself, his minions summoned monsters from all over world to Sleepy Hollow so he could feed off them, causing many deaths. When [[OurHomunculiAreDifferent The Kindred and Kindress]] instead fell in love, the furious Hidden One murdered them. Despite initial appearances the Hidden One proved too only care about power, [[DomesticAbuse mistreating and berating Pandora]]. Attempting to kill the witnesses the Hidden One trapped himself in the same spell that originally defeated him, where he learned that acting in good faith Pandora had told the original humans of its existence. [[UngratefulBastard Not caring that she saved him for a second time]], the Hidden One proceeded to torture his wife. When Jenny Mills tried to stop him from restoring himself, The Hidden One [[KickTheDog cursed her boyfriend]] Joe Corbin to become a {{Wendigo}}, forcing Jenny to kill Joe. Finally regaining his former powers, the Hidden One imprisoned Pandora then bragged how he would wipe mankind out gradually, so he could bask in their fear and suffering.
** Season 4's BigBad, [[TheChessmaster Malcolm Dreyfuss]], was an [[CorruptCorporateExecutive internet tech billionaire]] who's obsessed with [[ImmortalitySeeker gaining immortality]]. Originally a harmless, nerdish man who was forced into a DealWithTheDevil, to avoid keeping his end of the deal Dreyfuss sought the most powerful mystical artifact of all, the PhilosophersStone. His pursuits caused numerous deaths, including Diana Thomas's partner and friend Eric, Dreyfuss's efforts climaxed in him attempting to sacrifice over a hundred thousand people. [[ImmortalityImmorality Gaining his immortality, convinced he was destined for greatness, Dreyfuss sort to conquer America]]. To accomplish this he raised TheFourHorsemenOfTheApocalypse; spreading a supernatural plague through Washington, causing multiple deaths through spontaneous combustion or having their soul devoured, for his horseman of Pestilence and then releasing a Chinese hunger demon which killed several people through either starvation or cannibalism, to raise his horseman of Famine. [[TheBadGuyWins His plans succeeding]], Malcolm turned [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie Diana into his horseman of War]] effectively killing her. Dreyfuss then attacked Camp David and used the Four Horsemen to slaughter the entire US army, forcing the government to crown him immortal dictator of America. [[TheCaligula Malcolm proceeded to ruthlessly suppress all freedoms and execute all dissidents]], using the Four Horseman as his personal hit squad. Unable to kill [[TheChosenOne the Witnesses]], Malcolm had Crane imprisoned and adopted Diana's daughter Molly, rechristening her Laura; he spent years lying and manipulating Laura, until upon one assault to wipe out the last of the resistance she learned the truth. Realizing that Laura was going to [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong attempt to undo his handy work]], Malcolm immediately tried to murder her. Despite his [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist claims]] and [[FreudianExcuse excuses]], underneath a [[FauxAffablyEvil seemingly earnest façade]] Dreyfuss was a callous, ruthless and fundamental selfish man, who proved that sometimes [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters humans can be just as evil as demons]].
** [[TheDragon Jobe]], a [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Prince of Pain from Hell's sixth circle]], served as Malcolm's assistant, bodyguard and assassin throughout the season. Implementing the majority of Malcolm's plans, Jobe never missed an opportunity to commit murder, often choosing [[CruelAndUnusualDeath particularly painful methods]] for his victims. It was Jobe who originally shanghaied Malcolm into a deal for his soul, [[TheCorrupter setting him off on the path to becoming a monster]]. Without Malcolm's knowledge, Jobe manipulated the terms of the deal to also send his best friend, the completely innocent Ansel, to hell. Jobe personally joined his fellow demons in torturing Ansel for twenty years even carving his name into his chest. Assisting Malcolm every step of the way, Jobe murders Mr. Wong in such a brutal manner it's mistaken for an animal attack; tortures [[WideEyedIdealist Jake Wells]] for information, partially through [[ColdBloodedTorture physical pain]], partially by [[MindRape giving him a nightmarish vision]] of him [[NeckSnap murdering Alex]]; and raised an army of Hessians as [[EliteMooks Draugurs]] to restore the HeadlessHorseman. Having no more use for them, he sent them to burn Sleepy Hollow to the ground. Disliking the prospect of serving Malcolm for eternity, Jobe helped bring about his downfall, and happily dragged the screaming Dreyfuss into Hell. Beneath his professionalism and tranquil appearance, Jobe was an arrogant, disloyal, {{sadist}}ic monster.

* EndingAversion: The season 3 finale message board comments suggest there are a goodly deal of lapsed fans who have decided ''not'' to catch up with the show upon learning that [[spoiler:Abbie, the secondary lead, is KilledOffForReal]] in it. The show was cancelled after four seasons and a significant drop of ratings since the decision.

* MagnificentBastard: It's hard not to be impressed with [[spoiler:Henry/Jeremy/War after what he pulled off over the course of season 1]].

** One of the most notable instances was [[spoiler:Captain Irving]] doing a [[Film/TheMatrix Matrix]]-style dodge to avoid a spinning axe thrown by the Horseman. In slow motion, no less!

* AuthorsSavingThrow: In the opening episode of season 4, both Ichabod and his new ally Diana both admit how this new "change" in their lives is heartbreaking and ridiculous. Said change is [[spoiler:the loss of their partners, one of which was Abbie]]. Fans saw this as the show being self-aware.

** There is definitely a rift between those who love Katrina and those who think that she takes precious screen time away from the other actresses. So much so that [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sleepy_Hollow_episodes the ratings began to plunge downward]] from "Deliverance" and onward as some frustrated viewers who disliked Katrina's takeover began to jump ship. It didn't help that, in season 2, [[spoiler:she makes a series of bad decisions, most of them based around the possibility of somehow redeeming Henry and/or Abraham, only for none of them to pan out until the season finally culminates in her turning into a murderous enemy]]. (One of the people frustrated by the character, it turns out, was Katia Winter, [[http://www.tvguide.com/news/even-katia-winter-thinks-sleepy-hollow-has-a-katrina-problem/ the actress who played the part]].) [[spoiler:Basically, there weren't many complaints when Katrina bought it in the season 2 finale.]]

** [[MusicalAssassin The Pied Piper]], from season 2's "[[Recap/SleepyHollowS2E04GoWhereISendThee Go Where I Send Thee]]", is an extremely sinister demon who is known for mass slaughter of soldiers and for what it [[WouldHurtAChild does with children]]. Each generation, the Piper preys on a daughter of a specific family; the child, when she turns 10, is kidnapped and taken to the Piper's lair to await her fate, which is usually her bones being made into the Piper's flutes--but only after being starved to death. What's worse, however, is what happens when the girl is rescued. Out of nothing but spite, the Piper proceeds to infect all the girl's siblings with a fatal illness to force the parents to either return the chosen girl to the Piper or watch their other children die. While the Piper was betrayed by his employer, his RevengeByProxy far outweighs this excuse; considering he seemed to enjoy killing and made a DealWithTheDevil beforehand, he was psychotic from the start. Even in ''Sleepy Hollow'', the Piper remains one of the worst Ichabod and Abbie have ever faced.
** [[PhysicalGod The Hidden One]], from season 3, is a cruel, [[ItsAllAboutMe arrogant]], and [[HairTriggerTemper hot-tempered]] deity driven by [[AmbitionIsEvil lust for power]] and [[FantasticRacism a hatred of mankind]]. Ten thousand years ago, due to his evil nature, his fellow gods banished him to [[EldritchLocation the Catacombs]], where he seduced Pandora, promising he would make her his wife if she freed him. Giving her a box which could steal a god's power, he sent her to slaughter his fellow deities, leaving him as the one all-powerful god. However, using a mystical artifact to strip him of his power, the humans [[SealedEvilInACan imprisoned him in the Catacombs]]. In the present, Pandora managed to free him; however, due to Abbie, his power source was lost. Obsessed with restoring himself, he had his minions summon monsters from all over world to Sleepy Hollow so he could feed off them, causing many deaths. When [[OurHomunculiAreDifferent the Kindred and Kindress]] instead fell in love, the furious Hidden One murdered them. Despite initial appearances, the Hidden One proved to only care about power, [[DomesticAbuse mistreating and berating Pandora]]. Attempting to kill the Witnesses, the Hidden One trapped himself in the same spell that originally defeated him, where he learned that, acting in good faith, Pandora had told the original humans of its existence. [[UngratefulBastard Not caring that his wife saved him for a second time]], the Hidden One proceeded to torture Pandora. When Jenny tried to stop him from restoring himself, he [[KickTheDog cursed her boyfriend]] Joe Corbin to become a {{Wendigo}} once again, forcing [[spoiler:Jenny to kill Joe]]. Finally regaining his former powers, the Hidden One imprisoned Pandora, then bragged how he would wipe mankind out gradually so he could bask in their fear and suffering.
** [[TheChessmaster Malcolm Dreyfuss]], the BigBad of season 4, was an [[CorruptCorporateExecutive internet tech billionaire]] obsessed with [[ImmortalitySeeker gaining immortality]]. Originally a harmless, nerdish man who was forced into a DealWithTheDevil, to avoid keeping his end of the deal, Dreyfuss sought the PhilosophersStone; his pursuits caused numerous deaths, including that of Diana Thomas's partner and friend Eric. His efforts climaxed with him attempting to sacrifice over a hundred thousand people. [[ImmortalityImmorality Gaining his immortality, convinced he was destined for greatness, Dreyfuss sought to conquer America]]; to accomplish this, he raised TheFourHorsemenOfTheApocalypse; spreading a supernatural plague through Washington, causing multiple deaths through spontaneous combustion or having their soul devoured, for his Horseman of Pestilence, then releasing a Chinese hunger demon which killed several people through either starvation or cannibalism to raise his Horseman of Famine. [[TheBadGuyWins His plans succeeding]], he turned [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie Diana into his Horseman of War]], effectively killing her. Dreyfuss then attacked Camp David and used the Four Horsemen to slaughter the entire US Army, forcing the government to crown him immortal dictator of America. [[TheCaligula He proceeded to ruthlessly suppress all freedoms and execute all dissidents]], using the Four Horseman as his personal hit squad. Unable to kill [[TheChosenOne the Witnesses]], Dreyfuss had Ichabod imprisoned and adopted Diana's daughter Molly, rechristening her "Laura"; he then spent years lying and manipulating Laura until she learned the truth during an assault to wipe out the last of [[LaResistance the resistance]] against Dreyfuss's regime. Realizing that Laura was going to [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong attempt to undo his handiwork]], Dreyfuss immediately tried to murder her. Despite his [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist claims]], [[FreudianExcuse excuses]], and [[FauxAffablyEvil seemingly earnest façade]], Dreyfuss was a callous, ruthless and fundamentally selfish man who proved that sometimes [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters humans can be just as evil as demons]].
** [[TheDragon Jobe]], a [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils Prince of Pain from Hell's sixth circle]], served as Dreyfuss's assistant, bodyguard and assassin throughout the final season. Implementing the majority of Dreyfuss's plans, he never missed an opportunity to commit murder, often choosing [[CruelAndUnusualDeath particularly painful methods]] for his victims. It was Jobe who originally shanghaied Dreyfuss into a deal for his soul, [[TheCorrupter setting him off on the path to becoming a monster]]. Without Dreyfuss's knowledge, Jobe manipulated the terms of the deal to also send his best friend, the completely innocent Ansel, to Hell. He personally joined his fellow demons in torturing Ansel for twenty years, even carving his name into his chest. Assisting Dreyfuss every step of the way, Jobe murdered Mr. Wong in such a brutal manner it was mistaken for an animal attack; tortured [[WideEyedIdealist Jake Wells]] for information, partially through [[ColdBloodedTorture physical pain]], partially by [[MindRape giving Jake a nightmarish vision]] of him (Jobe) [[NeckSnap murdering Alex]]; and raised an army of Hessians as [[EliteMooks Draugurs]] to restore the HeadlessHorseman. Having no more use for them, he sent them to burn Sleepy Hollow to the ground. Disliking the prospect of serving Dreyfuss for eternity, Jobe helped bring about his downfall and happily dragged the screaming Dreyfuss into Hell. Beneath his professionalism and tranquil appearance, Jobe was an arrogant, disloyal, and {{sadist}}ic monster.

* HolyShitQuotient: The first season finale's ending: [[spoiler:Henry Parrish is actually Ichabod and Katrina's son Jeremy, risen from the dead by Moloch 13 years prior, and the second Horseman, War, and the episode (and season) end with Ichabod trapped in what was formerly Jeremy's grave, Irving in police custody, Katrina in the clutches of the Headless Horseman, Abbie trapped in Purgatory, and Jenny unconscious in a car wreck after the Headless Horseman shot out one of her tires.]]

** Similarly, from the movie version of ''[[Film/TheLordOfTheRings The Return of the King]]'', [[spoiler:when we meet [[Creator/JohnNoble Denethor]] for the first time, Gandalf tells him that "War has come to Gondor." Apparently, War was already there, ruling as king.]]

** [[MusicalAssassin The Pied Piper]], from season 2's "[[Recap/SleepyHollowS2E04GoWhereISendThee Go Where I Send Thee]]", is an extremely sinister demon who is known for mass slaughter of soldiers and for what it [[WouldHurtAChild does with children]]. Each generation, the Piper preys on a daughter of a specific family; the child, when she turns 10, is kidnapped and taken to the Piper's lair to await her fate, which is usually her bones being made into the Piper's instruments--but only after being starved to death. What's worse, however, is what happens when the girl is rescued. Out of nothing but spite, the Piper proceeds to infect all the girl's siblings with a fatal illness to force the parents to either return the chosen girl to the Piper or watch their other children die. While the Piper was betrayed by his employer, his RevengeByProxy far outweighs this excuse; considering he seemed to enjoy killing and made a DealWithTheDevil beforehand, he was psychotic from the start. Even in ''Sleepy Hollow'', the Piper remains one of the worst Ichabod and Abbie have ever faced.

** [[Literature/ThePiedPiperOfHamelin The Pied Piper]], from season 2's "[[Recap/SleepyHollowS2E04GoWhereISendThee Go Where I Send Thee]]", is an extremely sinister demon who is known for mass slaughter of soldiers and for what it [[WouldHurtAChild does with children]]. Each generation, the Piper preys on a daughter of a specific family; the child, when she turns 10, is kidnapped and taken to the Piper's lair to await her fate, which is usually her bones being made into the Piper's instruments. What's worse, however, is what happens when the girl is rescued. Out of nothing but spite, the Piper proceeds to infect all the girl's siblings with a fatal illness to force the parents to either return the chosen girl to the Piper or watch their other children die. While the Piper was betrayed by his employer, his RevengeByProxy far outweighs this excuse; considering he seemed to enjoy killing and made a DealWithTheDevil beforehand, he was psychotic from the start. Even in ''Sleepy Hollow'', the Piper remains one of the worst Ichabod and Abbie have ever faced.

** [[MusicalAssassin The Pied Piper]] from season 2's "[[Recap/SleepyHollowS2E04GoWhereISendThee Go Where I Send Thee]]" is an extremely sinister demon who is known for mass slaughter of soldiers and for what it [[WouldHurtAChild does with children]]. Each generation, the Piper preys on a daughter of a specific family; the child, when she turns 10, is kidnapped and taken to the Piper's lair to await her fate, which is usually her bones being made into the Piper's instruments. What's worse, however, is what happens when the girl is rescued. Out of nothing but spite, the Piper proceeds to infect all the girl's siblings with a fatal illness to force the parents to either return the chosen girl to the Piper or watch their other children die. While the Piper was betrayed by his employer, his RevengeByProxy far outweighs this excuse; considering he seemed to enjoy killing and made a DealWithTheDevil beforehand, he was psychotic from the start. Even in ''Sleepy Hollow'', the Piper remains one of the worst Ichabod and Abbie have ever faced.

* UnfortunateImplications: It [[https://www.themarysue.com/abbie-mills-sleepy-hollow/ has been pointed out]] (spoilers at link) that it isn't exactly ''great'' for [[spoiler: a black female character to state that her purpose was to help a white male character (when that contradicts her earlier stated purpose of saving the world alongside him as an equal partner, not a helpmeet) and then die.]]

** [[PhysicalGod The Hidden One]], from season 3, is a cruel, [[ItsAllAboutMe arrogant]], and [[HairTriggerTemper hot-tempered]] deity driven by [[AmbitionIsEvil lust for power]] and [[FantasticRacism a hatred of mankind]]. Ten thousand years ago, due to his evil nature, his fellow gods banished him to [[EldritchLocation the Catacombs]], where he seduced Pandora, promising he would make her his wife if she freed him. Giving her a box which could steal a god's power, he sent her to slaughter his fellow deities, leaving him as the one all-powerful god. However, using a mystical artifact to strip him of his power, the humans [[SealedEvilInACan imprisoned him in the Catacombs]]. In the present, Pandora managed to free him; however, due to Abbie, his power source was lost. Obsessed with restoring himself, he had his minions summon monsters from all over world to Sleepy Hollow so he could feed off them, causing many deaths. When [[OurHomunculiAreDifferent the Kindred and Kindress]] instead fell in love, the furious Hidden One murdered them. Despite initial appearances, the Hidden One proved to only care about power, [[DomesticAbuser mistreating and berating Pandora]]. Attempting to kill the Witnesses, the Hidden One trapped himself in the same spell that originally defeated him, where he learned that, acting in good faith, Pandora had told the original humans of its existence. [[UngratefulBastard Not caring that his wife saved him for a second time]], the Hidden One proceeded to torture Pandora. When Jenny tried to stop him from restoring himself, he [[KickTheDog cursed her boyfriend]] Joe Corbin to become a {{Wendigo}} once again, forcing [[spoiler:Jenny to kill Joe]]. Finally regaining his former powers, the Hidden One imprisoned Pandora, then bragged how he would wipe mankind out gradually so he could bask in their fear and suffering.