1 | Overarching Villain can refer to: |
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3 | * AntagonistTitle: A villain important to the work such it's after them. |
4 | * ArcVillain: Standalone villain of a single story arc in a much longer story. |
5 | * BigBad: The cause of all the story's bad events which the hero(es) must resolve. |
6 | * BreakoutVillain: A villain becomes a series mainstay in response to their fan popularity. |
7 | * DemotedToDragon: When a past BigBad returns as TheDragon to a new BigBad. |
8 | * ExBigBad: A former BigBad returns but is no longer the main threat, being overshadowed by a new BigBad. |
9 | * GreaterScopeVillain: A threat/villainous presence that's more dangerous, affects more people, or is more significant than the story's current BigBad in the setting as a whole, but isn't causing the conflict of the immediate story. |
10 | * TheHeavy: The villain that moves the plot forward and gets the most focus among the antagonists, even if they are not the BigBad. |
11 | * HijackedByGanon: An old villain turns out to be behind a new threat. |
12 | * JokerImmunity: Villains who are too good or too popular to be KilledOffForReal. |
13 | * TheManBehindTheMan: A bigger villain is revealed to be behind the actions of the original villain. |
14 | * TheManBehindTheMonsters: A human (or something resembling a human) leads an army of monsters. |
15 | * MascotVillain: A villain who serves as a SeriesMascot. |
16 | * ReturningBigBad: A previous BigBad returns to be the main threat later on in the story. |
17 | * VillainOnLeave: When a BigBad is absent for the second installment, but is present in the first and third. |
18 | * VillainousLegacy: The villain is no longer around, but the plot continues to be driven by things they did while alive. |
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