Line #8 JustForFun/HowToBeACompleteMonster


1	So you wanna be a [[CompleteMonster totally heinous villain with zero redeeming qualities]]? Here are the steps:
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3	# Be a ''{{villain\|s}}.'' This one should go without saying. If you [[FallenHero started out as a good person]] but [[FaceHeelTurn became evil later on]], you ''damn'' well better do an impressive exercise in grade-A villainy, because even then it's a stretch to undo all those pesky, previous noble acts of yours (look to [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Griffith/Femto for inspiration]]).
4	# Let the heroes come into your trap and kill them painfully; maybe using an actual DeathTrap.
5	# BreakTheCutie or {{kill\|TheCutie}} TheWoobie. For a [[FateWorseThanDeath better result]], keep TheWoobie alive, but [[CruelMercy make his/her life a living hell consciously]].
6	# CorruptTheCutie also works. If you're gonna be depraved, make sure others go down with you.
7	# KickTheDog. Especially if the dog is adorable. If you have a dog, kill it and/or torture it as soon as possible. Bonus points if it's a cat instead. Extra bonus points [[AssholeVictim if the dog had it coming]] and you [[EvilerThanThou still come off as an asshole]].
8	# Don't have a FreudianExcuse. If you by any chance have an excuse make sure your depravity [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse far outweighs your excuse]]. For example, you were bullied? Be willing to [[DisproportionateRetribution kill thousands]] ([[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Muruta Azrael]] is a good role model here).
9	# Be TheSocialDarwinist. If there's someone out there that's weaker than you, then kill them. If you encounter a group of people that happen to be less powerful than yourself, then it's genocide time. Bonus points if you're being a {{Hypocrite}} about it (say, [[VillainsWantMercy demanding mercy]] when you've been defeated yourself). If you ''are'' consistent, you should still stop at nothing even when you've been cornered. [[DoNotGoGentle Fight to the bitter end]] and make sure that there are no depths that you won't sink to in order to preserve yourself before you finally throw in the towel.
10	# Team Evil is ''not'' [[EvilIsOneBigHappyFamily one big happy family]]. Your minions are tools, not [[VillainousFriendship friends]], so use them and dispose of them as you see fit, especially if [[UngratefulBastard they've been nothing but loyal to you]]. [[YouHaveFailedMe Kill them for the slightest failure]] (Even better, [[BlofeldPloy kill them for]] ''[[BlofeldPloy someone else's]]'' [[BlofeldPloy failure]]), [[BadBoss murder them for sport]], [[DevourTheDragon eat your dragons]] (unless ''you'' are TheDragon; in that case, [[TheStarscream backstab your boss]] and [[DragonAscendant take over his position]] as soon as possible), it's all fair game in your book. Any appreciation you do have for them can only reflect on [[VillainCred how deliciously evil they are]].
11	# Alternatively, you do not need to be the BadBoss or TheStarscream. Just don't show any actual care for your minions, your boss or anyone on the same rank as you. Just be your own man and do as many heinous things as you could.
12	# Go way beyond the dark side of your own will. It's delightfully more heinous than [[ForcedIntoEvil being coerced to kick dogs]] or doing so [[MadeOfEvil because it's literally what you are]] and shows what an utter bastard you are.
13	# Love your BreakingSpeech and for extra ommph [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech tell the heroes they suck in the process]]. Don't be swayed [[ShutUpKirk by anyone's appeal for good]].
14	# MindRape your victims. This can lead to [[DespairEventHorizon loss of all hope]], [[GoMadFromTheRevelation destroy their remaining sanity]] or [[DrivenToSuicide put themselves out of their misery rather than be put to torture by whatever you have in store]]. They might even capitulate [[FaceHeelTurn and join your side]]. Some ways to psychologically break your victims:
15	** AbusiveParents: Extra points for combining it with TykeBomb.
16	** CorruptTheCutie: If you're going to be depraved, make sure others go down with you.
17	** {{Gaslighting}}
18	** ManipulativeBastard
19	** MoreThanMindControl
20	** UsefulNotes/StockholmSyndrome
21	** TraumaCongaLine
22	# [[EvilFeelsGood Enjoy every part of your evil acts]]. Or better yet, [[ForTheEvulz be completely reasonless in evil]].
23	# [[{{Troll}} Laugh at your victims' misery, especially at their lowest.]]
24	# Forget about [[EvenEvilHasStandards standards]], [[WouldHurtAChild children should be no different than adults from your point of view]] even if they're [[OffingTheOffspring yours]] unless you have a [[CorruptTheCutie special treatment for them]]. Better yet, just [[BurnTheOrphanage burn down elementary schools]] and be done with it. You ''can'' claim to have standards to let those heroes drop their guard down on you, but always be ready with a plan to subvert that standard, being a {{Hypocrite}} is great!
25	# If you DO have a standard, it should be used pragmatically if you want to go for [[VillainWithGoodPublicity a good publicity stint.]] For example, you hire an underling who personally disgusts you. It may look like you have some standards, but that disgusting guy can be used to do some dirty works that would be beneath your standard, so your public image amongst those fools stay clean and you can still plan on your heinous things behind. In other words, open up your job vacancy for {{More Despicable Minion}}s and start headhunting! No, we don't mean [[LiteralMinded trying to put their heads on pikes]], just give them job opportunities to cover up your wicked plans!
26	# If you actually have standards without trying to go for publicity stints, then make sure said standards do not outweigh the atrocities you'll do. Say, for personal reasons, [[JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife you're against jaywalking]]. People aren't going to remember that when you're also gleefully [[BurnTheOrphanage burning down orphanages]] without ever jaywalking.
27	** Addendum about standards: If the scenario is about EvilVersusOblivion, it goes two ways: If you're on the Oblivion side, you pass the test by default! If you're on the Evil side, then this is where you can pull [[EvenEvilHasStandards a legit standard]] and still have a shot in being a CompleteMonster. That Oblivion side is trying to destroy your playground of evil; if they succeed while you live, then no more bugs to squish, no more people to rule over and/or torture, no more emotions to wreck, NOTHING! So, take care of that EnemyMine deal with those heroes, just keep your plans to backstab them ready once the Oblivion side loses.
28	# Be a SelfMadeOrphan by killing your family [[ForTheEvulz for no real reason]]. Or you could kill them for [[EvilIsPetty an incredibly selfish reason]], like [[ItsAllAboutMe them punishing you for something bad you did]]. Were your parents bad people? Your depravity is still well beyond what a FreudianExcuse could mitigate!
29	# Make sure your favorite sound is [[LovesTheSoundOfScreaming 'screaming of other people']].
30	# If you're ever in charge of a military, make sure not to care about the lives of your own forces. [[WeHaveReserves Go ahead and frequently send them on deadly missions for almost no reason at all]].
31	# War crimes? [[WarForFunAndProfit War fun]]! If you're leading TheEvilArmy yourself, forget about winning and just go on endless campaigns of RapePillageAndBurn, the more civilians get killed the better. Be proud of [[SociopathicSoldier your boys]]! [[Film/FullMetalJacket The people you killed today are the finest human beings you will ever meet]].
32	# It is encouraged to have your army consisting of [[ChildSoldier children]] because nothing says despicable than robbing these kids with bright future and [[HarmfulToMinors scar their minds with war at such a tender age]]. Maybe kidnap them, brainwash them, or just trick their innocent mind as your method of 'drafting'.
33	# [[ExoticEntree Dine on Endangered Species]]; especially [[WhatMeasureIsANonCute cute ones]]. Alternatively, [[ImAHumanitarian dine on human flesh]], [[EatsBabies the younger the better.]]
34	# Love the sight of [[DespairEventHorizon people in despair]]. Even better: Actively [[HopeCrusher drive people into despair]], make it your hobby or something! Take good, noble, virtuous people, and try to drag them down to your level by systematically destroying their hopes, dreams and ideas while also brutally killing everyone they hold dear
35	# For extra bonus points, try ''[[HeWhoFightsMonsters dragging them down to your level]]''.
36	** (For the above two points, look to what [[Characters/DanganronpaJunkoEnoshima Junko Enoshima]] did to Kyosuke Munakata in ''[[Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool Danganronpa 3]]'' for a good example.)
37	# [[IRegretNothing Have no guilt for your actions because it's much more fun to have immense joy in your misdeeds and not regretting a single one]].
38	# Be TheSociopath. If you're not lucky enough to be born with it, try to dull your empathy enough to be close.
39	# Torture the hero with the AgonyBeam. Better yet [[ForcedToWatch force them to watch as they have their loved ones tortured and killed before their eyes as they cave into despair]].
40	# Have [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil the hero and their loved ones raped]]. Bonus points if they're ForcedToWatch and/or are very young. If you want to top even ''that'', [[SerialRapist make a hobby out of it]]. This is important: People know that RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil and sometimes topping other kinds of special evils, doing so will ensure that you will be known for that one particular evil act and your transformation to a monster will be more or less complete. To better accelerate that, ''combine them!''. Own unwilling {{Sex Slave}}s (lots of them!), betray someone close by inflicting rape.
41	# The same goes [[SerialKiller for killing]]. The more, and [[CruelAndUnusualDeath the crueler]], the better.
42	# The logical extreme of that is to expand this to ''[[OmnicidalManiac everyone]]''. You just hate humanity or even every living thing ''so much'' that you'll turn the world into a graveyard or destroy reality itself to end them completely.
43	# You could also opt to use your murder hobby in a more productive way: become a [[ProfessionalKiller gun for hire]] or a [[TortureTechnician professional torturer]]. This way you get extra points for getting lucrative benefits out of all the people [[PsychoForHire you happily kill]] for your employers (who you may also think about killing), but be wary you don't fall into the HitmanWithAHeart type.
44	# Systematically kill off the hero's friends one by one [[ForcedToWatch in front of their eyes]] as they are helpless to save them.
45	# ColdBloodedTorture is a must for captured victims, its best to show the hero the results once you're done. For better results, have them suffer an AndIMustScream fate.
46	# See no distinction between those who can fend for themselves and those who are fleeing, surrendering or are helpless, and [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown attack the latter whenever you have the chance]]. Extra points is if it's [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown brutal]].
47	# If you ever had friends, betray them in the worst way possible [[HopeSpot just as things are looking good]].
48	# [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter Is there someone that still trusts you]]? [[GoodCannotComprehendEvil Do they still believe that there is goodness in you?]] Then ''act'' like they're right, like you're really a redeemable person, then [[EttuBrute betray them at the worst moment]].
49	# Speaking of HopeSpot, give the hero's party one, [[YankTheDogsChain just so you can take it away]] just to make their last hold of sanity fall apart.
50	# {{Honor\|BeforeReason}}? Fuck honor! Anything goes if it means achieving your goal! You could pretend to ''[[VillainWithGoodPublicity speak]]'' [[VillainWithGoodPublicity for honor and good]] while [[StrawHypocrite perverting them]] for your diabolical ends.
51	# [[FinalSolution Genocide]] is ''[[ANaziByAnyOtherName fun]]''! [[LaughingMad Laugh gleefully when you push the]] BigRedButton cuz [[GenocideDilemma regret's for losers]]. The race you terminate should always have many unique, sympathetic members who [[KilledOffForReal stay dead]]; merely [[OffstageVillainy alluding to]] or [[ShowDontTell claiming you did it] is not enough]].
52	# Be ''nasty'' about everything you do. Not the murdering type? ([[ARealManIsAKiller Wuss!]]) Just be [[KickTheDog mean to everyone]]. Remember, [[BurnTheOrphanage burning down an orphanage]] can be [[IDidWhatIHadToDo justifiable]]. [[BreakThemByTalking A nasty word in the right place]] or [[TheWoobie the right ear]], however, [[MoralEventHorizon can earn you the fandom's hate instantly]].
53	# Being a {{Jerkass}} all the time won't make you seem truly evil as you need to be? Then play the JerkWithAHeartOfJerk card! By pretending to PetTheDog by helping people, your purpose of making them [[BaitTheDog eas]][[FauxAffablyEvil ier]] to [[KickTheDog erase]] and [[DespairEventHorizon fill them with hopelessness]].
54	# EvilCannotComprehendGood? Yes and no. [[BitchInSheepsClothing Passing yourself as a harmless good guy]] is one of the most effective tactics in the CompleteMonster's arsenal. Just don't [[BecomingTheMask get too absorbed with your harmless good guy attitude]]. But ultimately, you must always keep in mind that Good only existed to be played like a puppet and tossed when it's of no use anymore. Don't even think that these good wusses are great because they could understand that stupid thing called 'goodness', evil is where it's at!
55	# Be a ManipulativeBastard. Learn some psychology -- not only will it make it easier to BreakTheCutie, but it won't let you fall into the trap of [[EvilCannotComprehendGood not understanding the heroes]].
56	# It's never good to be too [[StupidEvil recklessly evil]] or you might hurt yourself. Plan out your actions meticulously [[TheBadGuyWins to ensure your victory]] and [[KarmaHoudini lack of consequences.]] Sometimes, [[PragmaticVillainy being "good" to that one]] {{Woobie}} makes you finally crushing her under your heel all the more satisfying.
57	# Your EvilPlan must involve horrific pain and/or death for many, random, {{Innocent Bystander}}s. If your target is focused on one person then others might get the wrong idea and believe that [[LoveRedeems you can be redeemed.]] Of course, you can target one person, and wipe them off the map along with whole village/town/kingdom they happen to be in at time. Just make it clear that you don't care about that ''little'' collateral damage. You can say it's unfortunate that those people are in your way, but not because they're necessary sacrifices, it's because you don't value those lives.
58	# If you have a [[TakeOverTheWorld grand plan for conquest]], make it as selfish or sadistic as possible. Screw "[[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans the ends justifies the means]]", you have no [[WellIntentionedExtremist good intentions]] period ([[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist but you can talk about good intentions to cover up your motives]], [[VillainWithGoodPublicity that'll give you good publicity for the unaware morons and makes the heroes harder to reach you]]). [[DespotismJustifiesTheMeans Force humanity to be your slaves]], [[DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans toys]], [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs slavery toys]], or both. If you're feeling {{ambitio\|nisevil}}us, try to expand your reach [[MultiversalConqueror as far as possible]], so you can have the joy of ThePowersThatBe grovel and cry at your feet (and if ThePowersThatBe are [[GodIsGood good]]? ''Even better!'')
59	# Don't feel the need to remember every evil act you commit. [[ButForMeItWasTuesday Evil acts should be such a daily thing that if someone call you out for it, you can just say you forget and add up with "Oh, must be Tuesday."]] However, you should always remember your greatest crimes. For example, you should remember how TheHero's spouse pitifully begged to spare their life and their child and how their pleas fell on deaf ears, how their sister keep calling their name as your {{mooks}} had fun with her, how their comrades died horrifically as you killed them, and how much ''fun'' you had as you slaughtered everyone in their hometown. So you could later [[WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied tell them with delightful detail]].
60	# Be fully aware of right and wrong. The morally [[ObliviouslyEvil unaware]] don't know any better, and the morally [[BlueAndOrangeMorality alien]] are being good in a different way. Having a sense of right and wrong the same as everyone else means your actions have even less justifications, since you know better. Being a CardCarryingVillain is a good way to show this off, since it proves how comfortable you are with being a CompleteMonster and that you'll ''never'' change your mind.
61	# Be [[ItsAllAboutMe completely and utterly selfish]]. If someone decides to punish you for your crimes? [[{{Hypocrite}} Whine and moan about it]], preferably while [[DisproportionateRetribution destroying that someone's lives.]] The hero's about to [[PayEvilUntoEvil kill you for all you've done]]? [[VillainsWantMercy Beg and beg]] until they decide to give you mercy, and since you only use mercy as a tool [[UngratefulBastard kill them when you've been spared.]] If none of this works, spend your last moments [[HannibalLecture insulting them for not saving your life]]; yes, [[AssholeVictim you know you deserve it]], but then again [[ItsAllAboutMe It's All About You and you alone.]]
62	# Alternately, [[DefiantToTheEnd reject any offer of mercy]] and continue to try to make the Heroes miserable, preferably [[VillainousValour putting up a good fight, making sure you go out on your own terms]]; you have too much fucking pride, and lack too much human decency, to beg for undeserved mercy.
63	# Kill the most beloved character in the series in a massive [[TearJerker traumatizing way]], this will cause not only most of, if not ''[[HatedByAll all]]'' the characters to hate you, [[HateSink but the fans as well]]...after which you let their hate sink into you and laugh at their hatred.
64	# Joy is a lie, anything but misery and despair is just a delusion for the masses. Embrace nihilism. The sole exception of this: Schadenfreude, the joy of seeing others being in misery and pain.
65	# Furthermore, as an alternative to the idea that you enjoy evil, take no pleasure whatsoever in what you do. You do not [[{{Sadist}} enjoy the suffering of others]], you just feel such hatred, disgust, or some other motive for them that your cruelty is limitless. Maybe the entire world fills you with so much revulsion that you think it deserves nothing but the worst tortures you can imagine. Evil doesn't feel good necessarily, because that would provide you with the implicit motive that you do evil because it feels good in the same way people do good because it feels good to them.
66	# Brush up on philosophy. Not for qualifying as WickedCultured, which shouldn't be a motivation anyway, but because there are some excellent ways to induce misery in the world through words alone. In essence, think of philosophical subject matters as a means of enhancing your beloved {{Breaking Speech}}es. Here's a few good tropes to start with:
67	** StrawNihilist: Being able to articulate a logical argument that truly strikes to the core of what someone claims to believe in, tearing it apart as the worthless, empty, useless facade it truly is, is a skill of undeniable power.
68	** ForHappiness: AKA Utilitarianism. Learn how to make this sound so childish and so primitive, guilt-tripping anyone who fights for peace, love, and etc., especially if you make it clear that one person's happiness and gain will always result in another's sorrow and loss.
69	** HumansAreBastards: Don't just claim it, prove it. Drive less strong-willed people (bonus points for former heroes, Triple Evil Score for a friend of the protagonists) to lives of SelfishEvil through your methods and use them as proof that any given monkey can become a rotten piece of filth. Take pointers from 1984's Room 101 methodology.
70	** EvilVersusEvil: Do your best to paint everything as this. The heroes are just as awful as you are and [[AtLeastIAdmitIt you're the only one who is honest enough to own up to it]].
71	** MoralMyopia: If the heroes are slaying evildoers or minions and are proud of it, mockingly point out that they've never really cared about redeeming anybody. They're just killing people because they're annoyed by those people. A NotSoDifferentRemark is the obligatory follow-up.
72	# Take subtle ways up, that look like good deeds but truly aren't. A master of this fools the idiots around them into believing they're trustworthy, while doing nothing but ensuring that despair propagates and the status quo's problems see no resolution. A good EvilPlan for DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans is a worthwhile goal for any CompleteMonster, but don't let the big picture distract you from little bits of misery to wring from the lives of others either. Give a little paltry coin to the homeless now and then, if you can. Not to save them, of course, but to preserve their wretched lives of misery and despair. When you hear the cries of homeless, hungry children, you don't want that to END now, would you? Death is mercy, let them have none.
73	# [[SoftspokenSadist Be quiet]] as opposed to a LargeHam. Never raise your voice, or just maintain a [[CreepyMonotone monotone register]] even [[DissonantSerenity as you're tearing people limb from limb]]. For one thing, a shrieking VillainousBreakdown will quickly undo everything you worked so hard to foster. For another, it just makes you seem that much more unsettling and scary, to be so confident and composed at all times. Pairs well with ButForMeItWasTuesday, mentioned above.
74	# Or alternatively, at times, being a LargeHam is very fine. After all, the more people know you're [[EvilFeelsGood enjoying your evilness]], the better. Especially when you do your EvilLaugh. ''Especially'' when you're the ridiculing, mocking {{Troll}} type.
75	# Death need not be the end of your despair-inflicting on others. If a particular soul has passed on and is [[YourSoulIsMine out of your grasp for torturing]], perhaps [[{{Necromancer}} dabble in necromancy]] to make sure "eternal rest" is anything but. Special mention goes to yanking the spirits of another character's DarkAndTroubledPast out like dirty laundry. If you can resurrect a protagonist's dead baby sister as your tortured, [[ReforgedIntoAMinion unliving vessel of misery]], or even [[NightOfTheLivingMooks recruiting her into a part of your undead legions]], why in the world wouldn't you? That said, make sure you can send them back at any time and keep it under control. ThePowerOfLove might be a bit whiffy for you, and giving a hero the chance to make peace with a fallen loved one would be a disastrous backfire. On the other hand, YankTheDogsChain can be wonderfully employed.
76	# On that note, know about ThePowerOfLove thing. Namely, remember that LoveMakesYouEvil too, and that many a villain's career started with a broken heart. And hey, if you can teach people to be jaded, cynical, and even hostile to the idea of expressing love, you've done your part in making the world a colder, sadder place overall. Go you! (But be careful of the ''[[LoveRedeems other]]'' part of love that could be your undoing as a CompleteMonster.)
77	# Exploit the local MartyrWithoutACause too while you're at it. If you can induce a SenselessSacrifice in them, not only is it probably hilarious to you in some way but you've also struck a powerful demoralizing blow against their friends and allies. Can be extrapolated into a BreakingSpeech to exploit the ensuing survivor's guilt, blaming the sacrificial lamb's friends for being too weak or uncaring to stop the act.
78	# If people know about your true nature, ideally without being able to prove or act on that knowledge, that's your chance to make them live in constant fear. If they have the proof, erase that proof and kill them on sight to avoid any traces of your villainy spread toward others. Those who [[HeKnowsTooMuch know too much]] do not deserve to know how evil you truly are.
79	# Call out any and all {{Double Standard}}s, {{Hypocrite}}s, and WhatTheHellHero moments. If anyone is qualified to cruelly taunt a hero over their failings, it's you. However, be sure to emphasize that they didn't have a choice. No, it wasn't their fault. No heinous act is ever their fault...
80	# ...And everyone wants to be a hero, after all. The road to hell is paved with good intentions, isn't it? Turn that road into a one-way bullet train. You can manipulate people with utter ease if you convince them that they'll be doing the right thing and be honored for it. For example, sparing you is the greater act of heroics, because a redeemed villain is better than a dead one, and a valuable asset at that. Which of course you'll turn right around, as mentioned above. Another example would be encouraging SmitingEvilFeelsGood, and enthusiasm to a cause, while being fully aware of HeWhoFightsMonsters syndrome.
81	# If you're in a series with supernatural elements of faith, brush up on your Antitheism and/or Misotheism. It may not be appropriate or accurate in all circumstances, but being able to mock a pious character that their deity has either abandoned them or was never there in the first place is a good nerve-rattler.
82	# Now, there ARE people who could consider the former a redeeming trait. So for the sake of brunting that problem, be sure to practice arguing that the unfaithful are cowardly and lack any ability to believe something not explicitly spoon-fed to them. Don't play favorites when addressing demographics, though TheCutie is always a juicy target.
83	# Base your BreakingSpeech victim selection criteria on cold pragmatism rather than anything else, by extension. If an InvincibleHero is around or an IncorruptiblePurePureness character blunders into things, well that just means their less ironclad friends and family will be more ripe for you. On the other hand, if a PuritySue or GodModeSue happens to be present, one of the most vile things you can do is encourage them.
84	# Engineer things so that a neutral, Unfettered, or otherwise risk-taking character learns a smattering of TheDarkSide's ways, perhaps by helpfully providing the hero(es) in question with some knowledge of yours in the dangers of the subject. Not only do you seem helpful and a warning mentor figure, but you introduce the idea that a suitably desperate situation would merit the use of TheDarkSide for a good purpose. One slippery slope later, and you'll have engineered a tragedy with nobody the wiser, some characters perhaps even trying to console you and assure you it wasn't your fault!
85	# If you are caught in a situation where there is no hope for you, brag endlessly about you evil deeds and tell your killer [[IRegretNothing how you feel no remorse and wish you could continue to commit evil acts]]. Unless you think you can deceive them, don't [[VillainsWantMercy beg the hero for mercy]] - if you wanted mercy, you'd have been more restrained earlier. [[DyingDeclarationOfHate Go out cursing their very existence]], which is probably how you're feeling in that moment anyway. But of course, you can just [[ISurrenderSuckers pretend to beg for mercy]] and strike them when they were distracted.
86	# If you start out with anything resembling [[WellIntentionedExtremist noble motivations]], make sure to shred them to death for the sole purpose of advancing your own goals. The [[HeWhoFightsMonsters more disgusted your previous self would be with how you are now,]] the better! Make [[Manga/DeathNote Light Yagami proud!]]
87	# There's nothing wrong with playing a [[LaughablyEvil practical joke or two]], just make sure it doesn't get in the way of how threatening you are to the heroes. If you really want to mix it up, you can be [[CrossesTheLineTwice funny and horrifically brutal]] at the same time! Just ask the [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker Clown Prince of Crime himself!]]
88	# Be a PoliticallyIncorrectVillain. It only adds to being sickeningly disgusting by burning the cigarette of societal discrimination right on that broad or [[NWordPrivileges troper]] face! Ask around for our exalted hero [[VideoGame/BioshockInfinite Father Comstock to give you more advice.]]
89	# Alternatively, [[HatesEveryoneEqually Hate everyone equally]]. Nothing shows the world how progressive you are by making it clear you have the same amount of love for all people in your heart, regardless of background, gender, sexual orientation or race. That is to say, NONE AT ALL!
90	#Just remember this philosophy: [[BadisGoodandGoodisBad Everything that's bad is the truth, and anything that's good is a lie.]]
91	# Finally, since you're out to be sickest bastard possible, the crowning achievement is to make [[EvenEvilHasStandards even other villains wince at the sheer height of your depravity]]. Obviously [[EvilerThanThou they're nothing but amateurs to you]]. Become TheDreaded.
92	# If you have 'close allies' in your quest of evil, aside of the point above, always try to top your 'allies' in whatever evil you do, backstab them if opportunity presents itself and it'll give you more power to claim the throne of evil for yourself. A CompleteMonster doesn't share, and for a CompleteMonster, 'allies of evil' in the end are just pawns for your own long game. Want a reference? Check out that [[Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman Count Radiguet]]...
93	# One extra addendum: If you become a HateSink, that's a milestone achievement. You thrive off everybody's hatred, having no regrets as they all come to hate you and plan to make you pay for your punishment as you continue to topple them and subject them to unspeakable cruelties, and the readers of your tale will hate and despise you... but that is one of your goals. And at the very least, you can still be viewed more 'favorably' as a despicable antagonist than those [[JerksAreWorseThanVillains jerky losers with no charisma points.]] (Please refer to some of the points above about how not to lose charisma points)
94	# On the other hand, if you're careful enough, you can be a MagnificentBastard as well. Bare in mind this is a careful balancing act, as it's difficult to be both truly horrified and impressed by your actions at the same time, and characters that would normally qualify are often disqualified due to being too despicable or smug, but if you can manage it, you can both amaze the audience while making them curse your name.
95	#Whatever evil deeds you do, make sure you receive a ZeroPercentApprovalRating.
96	#Be {{polite\|VillainsRudeHeroes}}...[[FauxAffablyEvil if only to]] torture the heroes. What's more fun than faking humility in front of the heroes just so you can watch them break?
97	#EvilIsPetty. Make sure you become evil down to the smallest details of your everyday life...and relish in the evils you've done there.
98	#Should you die an AssholeVictim, tell the heroes who killed you that they've lost and that whatever your evil plan was had succeeded [[DefianttotheEnd before you draw your last breath]]. Besides, even when nobody will miss you, there's nothing else for the heroes to do other than to watch the result of your evil plan come to fruition, right?
99	#If you believe that only you are right and everyone else is wrong, you are a KnightTemplar and not a CompleteMonster, therefore disqualifying you. Whatever you do, it must be wrong to not only others but also yourself. And did I also forget to mention that once you do what is wrong, you have to keep it up and not stray from it?
100	#Take all insults that insinuate your vileness as compliments. Let's say someone call you "[[Wrestling/DwayneJohnson the biggest asshole walking God's green Earth]]". Your response? "[[InsultBackfire Thanks a lot.]]" And if they hope you go to hell, respond with "Don't worry, that's on my schedule." But, insults about your prowess in doing evil or any other inconsequential things to you should NOT be tolerated, you should keep your DisproportionateRetribution and ColdBloodedTorture cards ready as response to those.
101	#And speaking of Hell... You know how those afterlife realms, especially Hell, ruled with the deity of the dead who may be evil bastards tormenting the poor deceased souls, like Lucifer/Satan, and considered the top tier evil beings? Show'em who's boss. [[HellHasNewManagement Take over Hell]], then do even worse things to the poor souls or the demons inhabiting said infernal realm. If they end up swearing loyalty to you, then nice, more pawns for you to use! If they end up disgusted and invokes EvenEvilHasStandards, another milestone of being a monster reached! Win-win scenario!
102	** The inversion works too. Heaven up there? Topple the God(s) there and show them and those puny mortals that LightIsNotGood and smite whoever rejects your rule! If the former residents of Heavens are already [[JerkassGods jerkasses]] or [[GodIsEvil evil douches]], be sure to one-up that douchebaggery and evilness, just like how you did it to the demons and devils down there!
103	#If you happen to be an EvilOverlord, all you had to do was follow your EvilOverlordList to the co--[[Wrestling/{{MJF}} Actually, scratch that!]] The EvilOverlordList SUCKS! A CompleteMonster of an EvilOverlord must take everything on that last to the evilest extreme without any limitations or restrictions, period!
104	#If you happen to be ObliviouslyEvil and think that everything you're doing is right- number one, ''poser''! Number two, ignore all moral standards since after all, [[TautologicalTemplar you're the one doing it, so there's no way it could be wrong!]] Be sure to ramp up the [[KickTheDog puppy-punting]] if you fall under this category, too, otherwise the ends might start to look like they could possibly, maybe, somehow justify the means. Or better yet, have ends that are not in any way good, but you believe to be so. For instance, the [[FinalSolution complete extermination of some oppressed group]], or maintaining control of TheEmpire. It's good to be a complete, blind, screaming zealot here too.
105	** [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameDisney Judge Frollo]] is ''the'' definitive example of this. Take notes!
106	# TearJerker is a good tool to inflict unto others, but by all that is unpleasant, learn dodging and make sure you never get hit with it! You are not supposed to incite sympathy of your misery, tears of the audience are just for the victims of your evil actions! If somehow you DO get a TearJerker scene about you, then please make sure that you [[MoralEventHorizon do something else even worse]] [[BaitTheDog that could make the audience regret shedding tears to you!]] Once again, contact [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Griffith]] for this, he's a pro in making the audience regret they ever feel sad about him.
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108	In short, go to extreme lengths to enjoy yourself at the expense of people's lives. Regret nothing, and demonstrate your absolute power while you are at it.\
109	Now go out there and be the biggest, most successful bastard in the verse...and die an AssholeVictim.\

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