Line #32 Main/CrossoverExclusiveVillain


1	A grand CrossOver story needs a suitably grand villain, but what happens when the already established bad guys aren't enough to fill the BigBad shoes?
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3	That's when you bust out the ''Crossover-Exclusive Villain'', a completely new character whose role in the story is to be the ultimate villain.
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5	What differs a regular BigBad and a Crossover-Exclusive Villain are a few related tropes that form a quite specific archetype. A Crossover Exclusive Villain often has any number or all of these traits:
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7	* No connection to previously established canon, or if there is, it's extremely HandWave-y. The most common origin of these characters tend to be from AnotherDimension.
8	* Immense amount of power, enough to be considered or actually ''is'' a PhysicalGod. Often with a dash of RealityWarper powers.
9	* [[GenericDoomsdayVillain Often with little personality, or none whatsoever beyond their immediate threat and menace.]] Tends to be either an EldritchAbomination or a MultiversalConqueror.
10	* If there is a VillainTeamUp between the franchise(s) established villains, they're the leader or the ManBehindTheMan.
11	* Tend to be the reason why the characters are in a crossover anyway.
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13	A SubTrope of OriginalGeneration. Compare CrossoverComboVillain. Contrast CrossoverVillainInChief, who are already established villains elevated to BigBad status in crossover works.
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15	!!Examples:
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20	* ''ComicBook/MarvelVersusDC'': The villains of the {{Crossover}} are "the Brothers", cosmic entities that the DC and Marvel universe each exist in. In order to decide [[ThereCanOnlyBeOne which of them should continue to exist]], they [[LetsYouAndHimFight pit the heroes of their respective universes against each other]], with the side with the most wins deciding the outcome.
21	** The subsequent miniseries featuring the OriginalGeneration character Access had as its villain [[spoiler:Dr Strangefate]], the last survivor of the Comicbook/AmalgamUniverse. The sequel had a BigBadDuumvirate of Comicbook/{{Magneto}} and Comicbook/{{Darkseid}}, but TheManBehindTheMan was [[spoiler:a BadFuture version of Access himself]].
22	* The Disney Afternoon Comics crossover, ''ComicBook/TheLegendOfTheChaosGod'', featured a new villain called Solego as the BigBad, possessing several Disney Afternoon characters (such as Rebecca, Dale, Fat Cat, a car owned by Pete and the Gizmoduck armour), before being sealed in a crystal by Darkwing Duck.
23	* During DC's "Worlds Collide" event, a new villain called Rift attempted to merge the mainstream DC universe and the [[Creator/MilestoneComics Dakotaverse]], forcing a team-up between ComicBook/{{Superman}} and ComicBook/{{Icon}}, as well as the various heroes of their respective universes.
24	* The first crossover with IDW's ''ComicBook/{{Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles\|IDW}}'' and ''ComicBook/{{Ghostbusters\|IDW}}'' series has Chi-You, a lost member of the Pantheon who ended up in the Ghostbusters' universe after the Turtles and their allies used a dimensional transporter. After both teams manage to trap him, he gets sent into deep space back in the Turtles' universe, but he has yet to come back outside of a single throwaway mention.
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28	* ''WesternAnimation/RugratsGoWild'': In this crossover between ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys'', the closest thing the film has to a villain is the clouded leapard, Siri, who tries to eat the babies.
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32	* ''Film/SuperiorUltraman8Brothers'': The Black Silhouettes were created for the film as the main antagonists and have not appeared in other works of the franchise ever since. The same goes for their trump card, [[HybridMonster Giga Khimaira]].
33	* ''Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster'' introduced the title character as this trope, an extraterrestrial threat so severe that he necessitated the crossover team-up of Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, Film/{{Mothra}}, and Film/{{Rodan}}. Unusual for this trope, however, Ghidorah would not end up as a simple one-off villain, and [[BreakoutVillain gradually became Godzilla's most iconic foe of all]].
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37	* ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'':
38	** In ''Series/CrisisOnEarthX'', [[Series/{{Arrow}} Green Arrow]], Series/{{the Flash\|2014}}, Series/{{Supergirl\|2015}}, and the Series/LegendsOfTomorrow team up to fight their {{evil counterpart}}s and Nazis from Earth-X.
39	** In ''Series/Elseworlds2018'', Barry and Oliver have their roles switched by a reality altering book being used by Dr. John Deegan.
40	** In ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019'', the heroes team up to save the Multiverse from the Anti-Monitor. Though mentioned throughout the season leading up to Crisis, the Anti-Monitor only shows up proper in the crossover event.
41	* ''Franchise/KamenRider'' has too many of these to count, due to the yearly crossover movies starting in 2008.
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45	* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemWarriors'' uses Velezark as the BigBad of this CrisisCrossover for the ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' franchise, opening Outrealms that let in various characters from across the multiverse and ultimately threatened their worlds in addition to the original world he inhabits.
46	* In ''VideoGame/FusionFall'', a MMORPG combining elements of many of Creator/CartoonNetwork's popular shows, the enemy is a group of aliens called the Fusions lead by Lord Fuse, whose only appearance is in this game.
47	* The story of ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriors'' involves a plot to revive main ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' villain Ganondorf, whose evil essence was split into four parts and scattered across different eras. This is mainly carried out by Cia, a character unique to the game whose time travelling abilities makes this gathering possible. Cia’s two henchmen, Wizzro and Volga, are also original villains.
48	* ''VideoGame/JumpForce'': Prometheus serves as the BigBad of this crossover between various ''Magazine/ShonenJump'' series'. Exclusive to this game, Prometheus is a powerful entity who desires to merge the various Jump worlds into one which would allow him to rule them all as a god.
49	* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI'' started off as a fairly straightforward crossover game between various classic Disney franchises, with ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' gameplay elements and character cameos. For most of the game, the classic Disney villains serve as an OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness and {{Arc Villain}}s of each world. However, towards the end of the game, TheManBehindTheMan is revealed to be an OriginalGeneration character: Ansem, the Seeker of Darkness, setting up the MythArc for the series as a whole.
50	** The sequels would bring in newer villains tied to Ansem in some way, but the most important one is his creator--Master Xehanort, the GreaterScopeVillain of the franchise.
51	* ''VideoGame/NicktoonsUnite'':
52	** The villain of the second game, ''Battle for Volcano Island'', is a purple monster called the Mawgu. Said villain has never been in any of the four shows.
53	** ''Globs of Doom'' features a giant orange BlobMonster called Globulous Maximus as the BigBad, who is technically based off the Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} slime imagery but doesn't actually appear in any of the represented shows.
54	** While not a part of the same series, the arcade racer ''Nicktoons Nitro'' has its own example in the form of Lord Nitro, an alien who forces the Nicktoons to race for his amusement.
55	* ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom2'': The game introduces a new villain called Abyss, a mysterious creature with vague motivations and not much personality, who creates a miasma that threatens to destroy both the Marvel and Capcom worlds. Regardless, its menace proves to be so great that both heroes and villains agree that working together is the only way to solve the crisis.
56	* The plot of ''VideoGame/PlaystationMoveHeroes'' involves VideoGame/JakAndDaxter, Franchise/RatchetAndClank, and [[VideoGame/SlyCooper Sly and Bentley]], being pulled into a realm outside of their universes by Gleeber and Lunk, two aliens who want to harness the natural resources of what used to be an alien world they conquered to kill the heroes and take their places in the respective universes.
57	* ''VideoGame/ProjectXZone'': The new villains belong to the Oros Phlox organization, whose objective is to warp reality and mesh multiple worlds together by tampering with a mysterious artifact called Portal Stone. However, the members receive little focus, as they mostly resort to sending established Namco, Capcom and Sega villains to do their work. The true nature of the organization isn't revealed until the final chapter: [[spoiler:They are all [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-intentioned extremists]] who want to create a new reality without any of the flaws from the preexisting worlds.]]
58	** The original basis for ''Project X Zone'', ''VideoGame/NamcoXCapcom'', also has an original villain named Saya, a were-fox who works for the Ouma origination, which wants to merge all worlds together. She also appears in ''Project X Zone'' and it's sequel.
59	* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'', being one of the biggest crossovers ever, has quite a few examples:
60	** Master Hand has been around since [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros64 the first game]], and has appeared as the FinalBoss in every game after. Meanwhile, their counterpart Crazy Hand started appearing since ''Melee'' either alone or helping Master Hand.
61	** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosMelee'': In addition to introducing Crazy Hand, the game also marked the debut of Giga Bowser as the TrueFinalBoss in Adventure Mode as well as Event Match.
62	** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' has Tabuu, the BigBad of the Subspace Emissary mode. He has no connection to any of the franchises present, has no dialogue, his only real goal is to drag the world into his home dimension of Subspace, and his design is completely unlike anything else in the game.
63	** ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' has Galeem [[spoiler:and later his counterpart, [[DarkIsEvil Dharkon]]]] as the BigBad of Adventure Mode. The [[LightIsNotGood Lord Of Light]] is an [[AngelicAbomination angelic]] creature who, like Tabuu, also has no dialogue and very little known motivations. Its EstablishingCharacterMoment is to wipe out all of the Fighters in the intro cutscene, with only Franchise/{{Kirby}} managing to survive.
64	* ''VideoGame/WarriorsOrochi'' has [[AntagonistTitle Orochi]], depicted in this series as a powerful demon lord who creates a dimension that fuses [[VideoGame/DynastyWarriors China's Three Kingdoms]] and [[VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors Japan's Sengoku era]] in order to battle with the warriors of said eras.
65	* ''VideoGame/{{Battletoads}} & VideoGame/DoubleDragon'' involves a VillainTeamUp between The Dark Queen and the mysterious Shadow Boss, leader of the Shadow Gang. The former is the established BigBad of her series, but the Shadow Boss is a LegacyCharacter and this specific Shadow Boss is completely original character who never appeared anywhere else in the ''Double Dragon'' franchise.
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69	* In ''Crisis on Two Comics'', a crossover between Doc Glasgow's two comics ''Webcomic/EnnuiGO'' and ''[[Webcomic/BlackHole2019 Black Hole (2019)]]'', the villains are a tantric sex cult called the Gardeners. According to their leader Mother Rose, they are a self-help group that focuses on radical sexual exploration. However, it's revealed that their true intentions are much more sinister as members of their group are mysteriously disappearing and a member of Key Manati's diamond guard is caught as an infiltrator, thus inspiring Izzy to contact Diana Nox for her assistance. After the [[GodhoodSeeker leader's]] [[LoveGoddess plan]] is revealed and the cult is defeated, they were sent away to Key Manati's prison, where Mother Rose implies that she may return to face the protagonists again.
70	* In ''WebComic/StrangeTalesOfTheDAMultiverse'', a crossover between a number of superheroes created by Website/DeviantArt users, the villains are original characters Lord Dies and his Protectorate, each member of which is an EvilCounterpart to one of the heroes or a character connected to that hero (Marv the Demon for Merv the Griffin, Tango for Burst Lion, Rush for Astro Lass, etc.) To date, none of the evil counterparts have been seen outside of the comic.
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74	* ''WesternAnimation/Ben10GeneratorRexHeroesUnited'', features the main Antagonist Alpha. Despite never having appeared before or since, he was made into a big player in the ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'' world, having been Ceaser's original control nanite before the Omega. However, due to being unsustainable and too dangerous, he was banished to a parallel dimension, later revealed to be the Null Void. He manages to return to his homeworld, in search of a new body [[spoiler:but defeated by the combined efforts of Ben & Rex. He is sent back into the Null Void, trapped in a spherical form, though TheStinger shows him breaking free of his prison]].
75	* ''WesternAnimation/CartoonAllStarsToTheRescue'': Characters from many popular cartoons such as WesternAnimation/BugsBunny, [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Michelangelo]], Series/{{Alf}}, WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks, [[WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987 Huey, Dewey, and Louie]], ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}, [[WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984 Baby Kermit, Baby Piggy, Baby Gonzo]], Franchise/WinnieThePooh, [[WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters Slimer]], and Franchise/TheSmurfs, team up to convince a teenager, Michael, not to do drugs. The villain is a one-off character, Smoke, an anthropomorphic puff of smoke voiced by Creator/GeorgeCScott, trying to convince Michael that smoking is cool.
76	* ''WesternAnimation/RudolphAndFrostysChristmasInJuly'': WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer and WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman join forces to take on the wizard Winterbolt.
77	* The ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'' episode "Crossover Nexus" features a villain named Strike who does not appear before or since. He lives in Advertising/CNCity, which is portrayed as a sort of HubWorld where the heroes of various Creator/CartoonNetwork shows once lived and met up before Strike began terrorizing them by stealing their powers, turning them to stone, and stamping them with a red "X". Strike also summons heroes from other dimensions into CN City so he can destroy them. The episode focuses on K.O., [[WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo Raven]], [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Garnet]], and [[WesternAnimation/Ben102016 Ben Tennyson]] teaming up to defeat Strike.
78	* ''WesternAnimation/TheJimmyTimmyPowerHour'': While the first two specials use the regular villains from ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'', the third one, "The Jerkinators!", has Timmy and Jimmy create a new villain to fight; [[TomTheDarkLord Shirley]]. But things take a turn for the worse when Shirley steals Cosmo and Wanda's magic powers and Jimmy's intelligence.
79	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pibby}}'': The EldritchAbomination seen in the trailer invades several different worlds, [[TheAssimilator absorbing and taking control of their citizens]]. It's not from any of the real shows included in the crossover because ''Pibby'''s target demographic is far more adult than theirs – underscored by the disturbing manner in which it assimilates its victims (all of which are children's cartoon characters).
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