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7	[[caption-width-right:350: A Complete Monster holding a complete pack of Monster. [-Image courtesy of Tropers/KoshaVinka-]]]
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13	->''"I met him, fifteen years ago; I was told there was nothing left; no reason, no conscience, no understanding; and even the most rudimentary sense of life or death, of good or evil, right or wrong. I met this six-year-old child, with this blank, pale, emotionless face, and the blackest eyes...the devil's eyes. I spent eight years trying to reach him, and then another seven trying to keep him locked up because I realized that what was living behind that boy's eyes was purely and simply...evil."''
14	-->-- '''[[Characters/HalloweenSamuelLoomis Dr. Samuel "Sam" J. Loomis]]''', about '''[[Characters/HalloweenMichaelMyers Michael Myers]]''', ''Film/Halloween1978''
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18	The Complete Monster is the most depraved of all characters; a villain utterly lacking in redeeming features. Trying to put a value on the evilness of a Complete Monster is like calculating the credit score of Bill Gates: it's a moot point.
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20	Or, anyway, that is how the character is presented in the story. The character is a bad guy, full stop. The author has not taken the character through any actions toward redemption, or at least any that stuck.
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22	The Complete Monster can be recognized by the following signs. Note that this is not an exhaustive list of traits; the complete rules cay be found [[Administrivia/CompleteMonster here]].
23	* The character is truly heinous by the standards of the story, which makes no attempt to present the character in any positive way.
24	* The character's terribleness is played seriously at all times, evoking fear, revulsion and hatred from the other characters in the story.
25	* They are completely devoid of altruistic qualities. They show no regret for their crimes.
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28	Characters calling out other characters for their crimes InUniverse is YouMonster.
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30	'''Examples go through the Complete Monster [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16738556630A78599000 proposal thread]] (for new additions) and [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=16706336400A42573900 cleanup thread]] (for discussion of existing examples).'''
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33	!!Examples:
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35	[[index]]
36	* Monster/AnimeAndManga
37	* Monster/ComicBooks (includes NewspaperComics)
38	* Monster/FanGames
39	* Monster/FanWorks
40	* [[Monster/AnimatedFilms Film — Animated]]
41	* [[Monster/LiveActionFilms Film — Live-Action]]
42	* [[Monster/MadeForTVMovies Film — Made-for-TV]]
43	* Monster/{{Gamebooks}}
44	* Monster/{{Literature}}
45	* Monster/LiveActionTV
46	* Monster/{{Music}}
47	* Monster/MythologyAndReligion
48	* Monster/{{Podcasts}}
49	* [[Monster/{{Scripts}} Scripts & Screenplays]]
50	* Monster/TabletopGames
51	* Monster/{{Theatre}}
52	* Monster/VideoGames
53	* Monster/VisualNovels
54	* Monster/{{Webcomics}}
55	* Monster/WebAnimation
56	* Monster/WebSerialNovels
57	* Monster/WebVideos
58	* Monster/WesternAnimation
59	* Monster/OtherMedia
60	[[/index]]

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