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14[[caption-width-right:274:Why [[RootingForTheEmpire ROOT for the empire]] when you can LEAD it?]]
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16->''"Creator/{{HBO}} has proven that we will follow for years and years some pretty reprehensible characters as long as they're ''fascinating''."''
17-->-- '''Creator/GeorgeRRMartin''' talking about ''Series/TheSopranos''
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19An interesting twist on conventional storytelling: make [[BigBad the bad guy]], or ''a'' bad guy, [[TheProtagonist the main character]].
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21Sometimes (but not always), this villainous main character will even get the SympatheticPOV On the other hand, it is not necessary for a villain to be sympathetic for them to be this trope. They simply need to be a villain whose morally reprehensible actions (however [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-intentioned]]) are in no way glossed over ''or'' justified within the context of the story. We are seeing the story from a villain's point of view. Villain Protagonists are also common in EvilVsEvil stories, where their nemesis is a VillainAntagonist.
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23A Villain Protagonist (especially in a comedy) is quite likely to go down in flames at the end. Whether this counts as a DownerEnding or not generally depends on [[SlidingScaleOfAntagonistVileness how many dogs they kick along the way]], how entertaining their HumiliationConga or KarmicDeath is or both. They may also do a HeelFaceTurn and become a HeroProtagonist (or at least an AntiVillain). This doesn't necessarily mean they ''will'' lose or perform a HeelFaceTurn. In fact, their status as a main character just makes it more likely that the story will end with [[TheBadGuyWins the villain winning]] than any other story would. In child-oriented media, the Villain Protagonist commonly pulls a HeelFaceTurn.
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25When this is done for one episode, it's a VillainEpisode.
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27This trope very often overlaps with a NominalHero and/or SociopathicHero, and sometimes with the more extreme cases of an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist. Note that they do not necessarily have to be the BigBad — a Villain Protagonist can, and often does, deal with [[EvilVersusEvil cases where they are the victim of some other villain]] rather than the aggressor and try to survive like anyone else would, but in order to be considered a SociopathicHero or a HeroicComedicSociopath as well, their struggle has to protect other victims of their enemy; it doesn't matter if they care at all [[MoralityPet about them]] or if any good that comes out of it is purely [[NominalHero coincidental]]. Actually, authors may find that it is easier to write a story where the antagonist makes the plot rather than the villain, which means that a villainous protagonist is often just as passive and reactive to other characters' actions as a more traditional heroic protagonist. In fact, it is rather rare for a Villain Protagonist to be ''the'' [[BigBad villain]] of a story, presumably because [[ALighterShadeOfBlack audiences still want to root for the protagonist]]. It can still easily result in TooBleakStoppedCaring if handled poorly, or if the Protagonist is ''[[MoralEventHorizon too]]'' Villainous. If this is a comedy where empathy isn't important, however, this isn't necessarily a bad thing.
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29Very often leads to MisaimedFandom. Do ''not'' confuse with the AntiHero, who lacks traditional heroic qualities and may have some unheroic ones, and may be more morally ambiguous, but is still ultimately on the side of good (although an AntiHero can end up becoming a Villain Protagonist if they end up [[HeWhoFightsMonsters crossing one too many lines]]). Also not to be confused with ByronicHero, who is simply a deeply flawed person, heroic or not. Many Byronic Heroes tend to zone in and out of Villain Protagonist territory, though. If the main character is the villain to ''themselves'' in their own story, they are HisOwnWorstEnemy. If a heroic protagonist is revealed to be EvilAllAlong towards the end, this is TheKillerInMe. If you get to see how a heroic protagonist gradually becomes evil over the course of the story, this is ProtagonistJourneyToVillain.
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31It is vanishingly rare for these characters to be a CompleteMonster or a HateSink, as regardless of how much a bad dude a protagonist may be, the audience will generally still desire to have at least a degree of relatability and sympathy for them, although it has happened in very rare circumstances, often in stand-alone and experimental works. This results in them almost always being the sympathetic party of a SympatheticVillainDespicableVillain duo. Very rarely, they might even show up in serialized series, which can lead to TooBleakStoppedCaring unless executed in a very careful fashion and are usually counterbalanced by either making it a HeWhoFightsMonsters story or adding a sympathetic {{Deuteragonist}} who shares near-equal screen time.
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33Contrast HeroAntagonist, both in terms of morality and role in the story. Compare and contrast VillainAntagonist and HeroProtagonist. Do not mix up with VanillaProtagonist, unless this particular villain is meant to emphasize how evil the other villains in the main cast are.
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37[[index]]
38* VillainProtagonist/AnimeAndManga
39* VillainProtagonist/ComicBooks
40* [[VillainProtagonist/LiveActionFilms Films — Live-Action]]
41* VillainProtagonist/LiveActionTV
42* VillainProtagonist/{{Literature}}
43* VillainProtagonist/VideoGames
44* VillainProtagonist/WesternAnimation
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49[[folder:Advertising]]
50* The ''Advertising/BiggieBear'' [=PSAs=] focus on the titular character and appear to be rather innocuous... [[SubvertedKidsShow until he comes across a poor schmuck and shows his true colors]].
51* In the UK, there were CGI advertisements for Kellogg's Fruit Winders starring anthropomorphic fruits who made Fruit Winders by killing other anthropomorphic fruits.
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54[[folder:Audio Plays]]
55* ''AudioPlay/BigFinishDoctorWho'':
56** The ''I, Davros'' series charts the StartOfDarkness of the Daleks' creator.
57** Big Finish love giving the Master's [[TheNthDoctor various incarnations]] series where they get to be the protagonists - the War Master, Missy, the Eric Roberts Master, the [[spoiler:Dhawan]] Master...
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60[[folder: Art]]
61* Creator/AlexandreCabanel's ''Art/TheFallenAngel'': The painting's subject is a newly banned from Heaven Lucifer. It's even in the title that he's now a FallenAngel who harbors nothing but shameful contempt toward the God he used to adore.
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65%%* Loki in some episodes of ''Fanfic/AgentLokiInternationalManOfMayhem''.
66* The three main characters in the ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13049548/1/Agents-of-Light Agents of Light]]'' are dragged from their world to the Yu-Gi-Oh world by The Light of Destruction. Due to this, they work for it to try and eliminate Jaden Yuki as a threat and allow The Light of Destruction to achieve its goals for the sake of being returned to their own world by the entity.
67* ''FanFic/AllForLuz'': All For One is the main {{Deuteragonist}} of the story to Luz Noceda and a straight up supervillain. He acts as Luz's EvilMentor inside her MentalWorld who secretly plans to take over TheMultiverse through the girl.
68* ''FanFic/AllsFairInLoveAndWarAndTurnaboutsFairPlay'' follows [[TheSociopath Lili Rossi]] plotting revenge after Adiren exposed her lies and true nature. The story gives an in-depth look at her psyche, such as how she sees everyone as selfish and deceitful as she is.
69* Naruto in the ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''/''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' crossover ''Fanfic/{{Amenaza}}'' swiftly becomes this despite his status as the HeroProtagonist in his canon universe.
70* ''Fanfic/BeAllMySins'' ordinary person Natalie is inserted into the ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' setting, and joins a chaos cult within the first fifteen minutes to survive.
71* One book in the ''Blog/BetterBonesAU'', ''Brokenstar's Cataclysm'', follows the villainous Brokenstar from his birth to his rise as leader of [=ShadowClan=], killing his father and a kit to get the power he needs to brutally retaliate against [=WindClan=].
72* ''Fanfic/ABetterClassOfCriminal'' features another SelfInsert, this one becomes a Batman villain.
73* ''Fanfic/BetterToReignInHeaven'' is written primarily from the perspective of Stanislaus Braun, and he's every bit as unrelentingly psychopathic and sadistic as he was in ''VideoGame/Fallout3'', if not [[AdaptationalVillainy more so.]] In any case, he spends most of the story brutally torturing people and refusing to apologize or repent for any of it.
74* The ''Literature/{{Temeraire}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/BlackWingsBlackSails'' has three perspective characters- Laurence, Temeraire, and Granby. Out of these three, Laurence by far gets the most focus and is treated by the narrative as its protagonist, in light of all of the significant changes to his worldview and lot- he's been deprived of his dragon and so completely soured to the sense of duty to king and country that so drives him in canon that he's wound up becoming a terrifying, ruthless pirate.
75* In ''Fanfic/TheButcherBird'', the entire crew of the Nightmare Pirates counts as this, being a pack of pirates who have a MadScientist captain, a [[Manga/TokyoGhoul ghoul]] as a first mate, [[ArmyOfThievesAndWhores various breeds of hardened killers and criminals as crewmen]], and a group of officers who range from PsychopathicManchild to BloodKnight in temperament. The OnlySaneMan is the Bosun, and even he's a PunchClockVillain by the standards of the setting.
76* ''Fanfic/CastlingCozyGlow'': [[EnfantTerrible Cozy Glow]] technically is still evil for most of the story. She still has her ambitions to seize power and still wants to get revenge on Twilight. But circumstances prevent her from doing any real villainy outside of trying to escape Twilight's custody and treating her with general hostility. Even after she starts to gain a circle of ponies she genuinely cares about, she doesn't abandon her ambitions or her hatred of Twilight. [[spoiler: Though she does agree to become Twilight's student and becomes somewhat less hostile… after Twilight mentions the '''possibility''' that she could eventually make Cozy an alicorn princess like Celestia did her one day. If she earns it and Twilight trusts it's in Equestria's best interest. And that's only after '''very''' narrowly resisting golden opportunity to steal Twilight's magic and seize power.]] By the [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/479606/the-once-and-the-future-princess sequel]], she's leaning more towards ReformedButNotTamed.
77* ''Fanfic/CatarinaClaesMustDie'' follows Lady Henrietta Garland, the daughter of an Earl who is the reincarnation of a [[BullyMagnet heavily bullied]] {{Otaku}} that found solace playing the Otome Game ''Fortune Lover'', specifically watching HateSink bully Catarina Claes die horribly at the bad ends of Geordo and Keith's respective routes. When Henrietta gets her memories back and realizes she's in the world of ''Fortune Lover'', she looks forward to seeing Catarina punished and killed like in the game. The problem is that Henrietta is in the world of ''Literature/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'', where Catarina had regained her own memories as a Japanese {{Otaku}} and is now an AllLovingHero LovedByAll. However, Henrietta refuses to accept these changes, and she will do anything to make Catarina pay for her "crimes".
78* The protagonists of [[Fanfic/TheCATverse the [=CATverse=]]] are Captain, Al, and Techie, three henchgirls/hangers-on of ComicBook/TheScarecrow. Since their actions are generally PlayedForLaughs (albeit BlackComedy) and the girls themselves are [[AffablyEvil quirky and likeable characters]], it's easy to forget that the trio commit robberies, regularly abduct innocent people to be experimented on by their supervillain employer, and commit the occasional murder. The Scarecrow himself, a supporting protagonist, is a full-blown supervillain who tortures civilians ForScience, isn't too picky about [[KickTheDog who he hurts]], is prone to vicious DisproportionateRetribution, and lacks his henchgirls' AffablyEvil traits.
79* Tyrin Lieph, a WellIntentionedExtremist who believes that UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans, is the protagonist equivalent in the EvilVersusEvil plotline of the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' fanfic ''The Council Era'', his WorthyOpponent and antagonist being Halak Marr.
80* Is [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9311942/1/Cultist-chan-Destroyer-of-Worlds Cultist-chan of Warhammer40k fame adorably stupid?]] Maybe. [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9426250/1/Cultist-chan-and-the-Re-re-re-re-re-re%C3%ABlection-of-Ronald-Reagan Does she have any redeeming features?]] Arguably. [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9384175/1/Cultist-chan-and-the-Glorious-BolognaTown-Groxburger-Crusade Is she still a genocidal, infanticidal, buffoonish pervert who causes catastrophic destruction everywhere she goes?]] Without a doubt.
81* ''Fanfic/ADevilAmongstWorms'': Makima is the main character of the story, and while she does do a lot of good things that help a lot of people, such as taking out threats like [[spoiler:Leviathan]], it's made pretty clear she's not doing this out of any sort of actual benevolence.
82* ''ComicBook/XMen'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/DevilsDiary'' is told from ComicBook/{{Magneto}}'s point of view and delves into his inner thoughts and motivations, as well as his firm belief that becoming a dictator is the only way to save his people.
83* While [[Franchise/AceAttorney Klavier and Apollo]] sometimes [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regret the]] [[IDidWhatIHadToDo lengths they go to]], [[WhatYouAreInTheDark will do what is right given a chance]], [[TheDogBitesBack and have]] [[DomesticAbuse understandable]] [[BadBoss reasons]] [[LoveMakesYouEvil for their]] StrangersOnATrainPlotMurder, they are this in ''Fanfic/DirtySympathy''. They are willing to manipulate others to get the results they want or to not dirty their hands. Klavier was willing to kill Phoenix to frame Kristoph until [[AssholeVictim Shadi Enigmar]] gave him an opportunity. Apollo is willing to [[AmoralAttorney manipulate witnesses]], attempted to get Machi to give himself to Daryan fully knowing the latter would abuse or kill him, tampered with a crime scene [[FrameUp to implicate someone else]], and let the murderer off with a lesser crime.
84%%* ''[[http://discorderlyconduct.tumblr.com/ Discorderly Conduct]]'' is just about the best example you can find for good old Discord.
85* Played with in ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': The land is torn with war, the forces of Light embattled with the vile Keepers — heralds and servants of dark gods. The Avatar of all that is good has [[TheEndOrIsIt been slain]]. So it has been for fifteen years when, suddenly, out of nowhere, a sorceress of unfathomable power emerges. [[FanFic/DungeonKeeperAmi Keeper Mercury]]. Taking the form of a [[Anime/SailorMoon lovely young woman]], this semi-demon seems to possess the antithesis of the Light's power. [[NotWhatItLooksLike Amoral]] and fiendishly [[MadScientist intelligent]], who knows what manner of [[RunningGag cunning]] works behind that deceptive smile...
86* ''FanFic/TheEndingOfTheEndLoveAndToleranceEdition'' The LegionOfDoom consisting of [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Queen Chrysalis]], [[PowerParasite Lord Tirek]] and [[FakeCutie Cozy Glow]], [[spoiler: [[SixthRanger and later]] [[EvilKnockoff Mean!Twilight]] and [[EvilOverlord King Sombra]]]], gets about as much focus as the mane heroes, as well as the bulk of the CharacterDevelopment. [[spoiler: And that's before they're forced into an EnemyMine situation with the heroes.]]
87* ''Fanfic/EntropyTheFateOfTheHeroSystem'': Momo Yaoyorozu/Arsenal, as per her FaceHeelTurn at the end of ''The Everything Hero: Arsenal'', as well as the rest of the Fallen Heroes Alliance.
88* ''Fanfic/{{Epiphany}}'': [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]] is a villain; he's also the main character of this story.
89* ''Fanfic/EscapeFromTheMoon'': [[spoiler:Doa/Spliced Genome, though this fact is kept secret until late in the story.]]
90* The Company™ in the crossover fanfic ''Fanfic/EventHorizonStormOfMagic'' is either this, or AntiHero at best. Yeah, they engage in a lot of questionable business practices (e.g. selling weapons to both sides of the Stark-Lannister war), but they also oppose the omnicidal factions like [[TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasy Chaos]] and [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Mordor]], and they've introducing a lot of social and technological progress to these worlds as well.
91** Of course, given the CrapsackWorld status of at least two of the planets, [[BlackAndGreyMorality it isn't very hard for The Company™ to come across as ''the good guys'' by comparison]].
92* L in ''Manga/DeathNote'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12041991/1/Fade Fade]]'' becomes this in his attempts to stop Kira's rise to power.
93* ''VideoGame/FinalNights2SinsOfTheFather'': You play as William Afton, defending himself in his house against animatronics that have come to life and now seek revenge on him.
94* As of episode 8, [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist Twilight Sparkle]] becomes this in the parody series ''WebVideo/FriendshipIsWitchcraft''. Twilight's characterization has always been [[ItsAllAboutMe self-centered]] and [[LackOfEmpathy apathetic]] but no real threat since the series began, until [[spoiler:she ruins Cadence's wedding, leaving her in a cave to die so that Twilight [[BrotherSisterIncest could marry her brother Francis]]]].
95* Ghost in the ''Armored Core'' cooperative fanfic ''[[Fanfic/ArmoredCoreFromTheAshes From the Ashes]]''. Relatively early on in the story, he [[spoiler:kills ''one hundred million people'']]. It's implied that he's been running a ''huge'' EvilPlan for a long, long time, and is most definitely a MagnificentBastard and TheChessmaster; he seems to believe that UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans, but in this case, the 'means' are genocide of the highest order. He gradually turns all the members of the rebuilt ORCA Brigade against him, and when his MoralityChain Holly [[spoiler:came out of a coma and didn't remember him... well, it's going to get a lot worse]]. Given that he's an [[spoiler:OmnicidalManiac]] already... the world should probably start running. Especially given that he's got the king of all SuperPrototype [=NEXTs=] and is a PersonOfMassDestruction when on foot... well, this is bad. ''Really'' bad.
96* In the ''Series/DoctorWho'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Gemini}},'' Captain June Harper is an AxCrazy SerialKillerKiller on the run from the Time Agency that she used to work for.
97* ''Fanfic/HarrysMadness'' has Harry Potter snap during his hearing for underage magic use and begin violently murdering his enemies, culminating in his becoming an eldritch horror and raising a legion of evil that makes Voldemort's look like amateurs to conquer England and possibly the world.
98* ''Fanfic/TheHeartTrilogy'' tells about [[Film/TheHobbit Smaug]] as well as his [[AMatchMadeInStockholm prisoner and eventual love interest Kathryn]]. Though Smaug [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes really loves Kathryn]], he's about as {{greed}}y, [[ItsAllAboutMe self-absorbed]] and [[AxCrazy homicidal]] as portrayed in canon. Though he [[SparedByTheAdaptation lives to take part in the War of the Ring]], he sides with the Free Peoples [[EvilVersusEvil against Sauron]] only because of what he can gain out of helping win Sauron and [[ItsPersonal because of what]] the Dark Lord and [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Fankil]] have done to him and Kathryn.
99* ''Fanfic/HeartsAflutter'': Granted, ''Literature/{{Worm}}'' practically ran on these, but while Taylor was a reluctant villain with standards, Ayano Aishi is an unapologetic murderess who kills anyone who gets between her and Taylor.
100* ''Fanfic/HoldingTheWorldOnTheirShoulders'' follows the ProtagonistJourneyToVillain of May Marigold who, in this continuity, becomes the Fall Maiden and agent of Salem, intent on tearing the city of Atlas from the sky and burning down the system that left her to suffer. While she is a WellIntentionedExtremist unaware of Salem's [[OmnicidalManiac true goals]], her slow descent into villainy has her committing more and more villainous acts.
101* The ''Anime/{{Bleach}}''[=/=]''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' crossover fanfic ''Fanfic/AHollowInEquestria'' has Ulquiorra Cifer, a literal villain of ''Bleach'', and the reluctant anti-hero protagonist of Equestria.
102* In ''Fanfic/HopeForTheHeartless'', [[OurLichesAreDifferent the Horned King]], the deceased BigBad of ''WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron'', is resurrected by [[CosmicEntities the Fates]] for unclear reasons and forced on a RedemptionQuest. If he manages to fulfill it in eighteen months, he'll be permanently freed from [[SoulJar the Black Cauldron]]; otherwise, he'll be [[SealedEvilInACan sealed in it]] for [[AndIMustScream all eternity]]. He initially doesn't believe he can fulfill [[ImpossibleTask the absurd quest]] (earning a human's love) and decides to settle for killing Taran, whom he believes to be responsible for his fate. However, he encounters a young human named [[PurityPersonified Avalina]]. He imprisons her, but during the long months [[MoralityPet the prisoner]] and her [[LimaSyndrome jailer]] spend time together, the Horned King slowly turns from a CardCarryingVillain into a NobleDemon. It remains to be seen if the Horned King manages to save his soul from eternal damnation.
103* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBoilingPoint'' follows the story of Boscha, the mean spirited bully from "Wing It Like Witches". And if you thought she was bad there, she's ''even worse'' here: pulling a DeadlyPrank that could endanger the entire school of Hexside, massacring and ''mutilating'' the Apex children, going on a rampage for her ''first week'' on the Train, and so on and so forth. And if you're not sure after this, she also happens to have one of the biggest starting numbers on the Train: '''16,670'''.
104* ''WebAnimation/InvaderZimAVeryTallProblem'': Almighty Tallest Red and Purple are a pair of petty, selfish, and callous {{Galactic Conqueror}}s responsible for enslaving and/or destroying hundreds of planets in their pursuit of universal domination. The very first episode opens with the duo about to blow up a planet full of [[WouldHurtAChild alien babies]] [[ItAmusedMe simply for their own amusement]] before they're overthrown by LaResistance and marooned on Earth.
105* ''Fanfic/JimmysVisitWithDrFranklin'': The story is told through Jimmy Osgood's perspective as he is telling Dr. Franklin about what lead up to the point of him committing a mass shooting.
106* ''WebVideo/TheJokerBlogs'': Lampshaded by patient 4479 himself in episode 17. "You want to hear something funny? Right now, they are all rooting for me.''"
107* Justin as Kira in ''Fanfic/KiraIsJustice''. However, his motive is that he is using the Death Note because he feels like "it is his duty".
108* ''Fanfic/KingSuperman'': Each and every one of the protagonists qualify, for acts including using the children of Little Lamplight as slaves and human shields, repeatedly leaving behind friends and allies to save their own asses, and convincing Cliff Briscoe to chug radioactive sludge.
109* In the short story series ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8700173/1/Lex-Luthor-Triumphant Lex Luthor Triumphant]]'' Lex Luthor gives Lois Lane an interview 8 months after Superman [[spoiler: vanished without a trace.]] Then it goes places.
110* Abby and Owen in the ''Film/LetMeIn'' fanfic ''[[Fanfic/AColdWintersNight A Cold Winter's Night]]''. In the same vein as the movie, the pair are murderous vampires who are frozen at the age of 12. While they kill more out of necessity than malice, they're very manipulative and ultimately only loyal to each other, and have no issues killing children if they think they're a risk.
111* Dark Yagami in ''Fanfic/LightAndDarkTheAdventuresOfDarkYagami''. While he's once referred to as the "hero" of the story (mainly to justify his PlotArmor), unlike many fanfics with sociopathic main characters, the author seems to acknowledge that he's almost pure evil.
112* ''Fanfic/TheMasksWeWearTeenTitans'' John Grayson is the villain protagonist after being ForcedIntoEvil by [[TheConspiracy the Court of Owls]] to protect his son, Dick. He is resurrected after his death and forced to work fro them until the Grandmaster [[BigBad Samantha Vanaver]] betrays him, setting off the events that cause John to take the identity of Slade and come into conflict with the Teen Titans.
113* Zachary Turner from ''[[Fanfic/MassFoundations Mass Foundations: Molten Lead]]''. He's a human supremacist/speciesist working for Cerberus, willing to sacrifice innocents to get what he wants, which was backed by a [[ItsAllAboutMe self-centered attitude]], and revels in violence.
114* ''Fanfic/MastermindStrategistForHire'' follows [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Izuku Midoriya]], who, after finding himself unable to find a job due to [[FantasticRacism prejudice against his Quirklessness]], becomes the titular Mastermind, using his [[AwesomenessByAnalysis analytical prowess]] to [[TheStrategist produce and sell plans to other Villains]] to make a living and quickly becoming one of the greatest threats to Pro Heroes in Japan as a result.
115* ''Fanfic/AMothToAFlame'': In this story, [[FallenHero Marcy]] is this, as she is still a major POV character in the story who happens to be on the side of evil and increasingly insane due to [[TheCorrupter Andrias's and the Core's manipulations]].
116* The ''Series/GameOfThrones'' / ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/TheMountainAndTheWolf'' is about the Norscan Chaos warrior Wulfrik and his travels throughout the continent of Westeros. While he's certainly no good guy, the people he frequently kills tend to be outright {{Asshole Victim}}s and {{Hate Sink}}s from the series (i.e. Ramsay Bolton and Gregor Clegane).
117* Maylu Sakurai from ''Fanfic/MaylusRevenge''. She wanted to get revenge against Roll for her actions as Empress in "Evil Empress Roll", the two-parter episode this fanfic takes place after. And she's willing to get it, even [[FaceHeelTurn siding with World Three]].
118%%Zero-context* In the ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' fanfic trilogy ''Fanfic/MyHostageNotYours'', Zim and Gaz spend the first two stories as {{Anti Hero}}es (with some SociopathicHero thrown in), but switch to this in the final story.
119* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11425806/1/Necrophobia Necrophobia]]''. With a [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast name]] like that and the fact that it is being led by a [[TheyWouldCutYouUp scalpel happy]] MadScientist named Dieter [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Mengele]], it is quite obvious that this [[Fanfic/{{Necrophobia}} guild]] is evil.
120* The ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'' fanfic ''A New Dawn'' is primarily told from Dawn Bellwether's point of view, with the first few chapters exclusively featuring her and her 'associates' Doug and Jesse. Later on, Judy, Nick, and Gideon are brought into the story and the point of view is spread out a little bit, but Dawn's perspective is very prominent throughout. The narration seems to stand with Dawn's belief that she did nothing wrong because all predators are monsters. Exactly ''why'' she believes this is not revealed until late into the story.
121* ''Fanfic/PagesOfHarmony'' has Twilight Sparkle, who [[spoiler:kidnaps, [[ColdBloodedTorture tortures]], and {{Mind Rape}}s her friends to extract their Elements]]. She is a WellIntentionedExtremist who sincerely believes her plan to destroy chaos and let Harmony rule are good, even if it means [[spoiler:killing her friends, coldly murdering ponies who get in her way before her plans are set, and utterly destroying every disharmonious being in all of reality]].
122* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic "Fanfic/PluralPossessive" has as its narrator [[EvilOverlord King Sombra]]'s VengefulGhost, who aims to [[DemonicPossession possess]] Twilight Sparkle and [[TakeOverTheWorld take over Equestria]], and only fails because he possesses [[MistakenIdentity the wrong person]].
123* ''Webcomic/PMDAnotherPerspective'': The main character is a member of Team Rocket who was sent into the world of Pokemon by the organization to complete some sort of mission.
124* ''Webcomic/PMDTheRogueTeam'': The story follows a morally questionable treecko who convinces an amnesiac, former human to join his Rogue team, in a quest to become the most powerful and well-known gang of outlaws.
125* [[ExpandedUniverse Several sidestories]] of ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'' have bad guys as the protagonists. These include the Dakim, Sabrina and Twenty Gyarados Bill Gaidens, and the Cipher and Guzma Interludes.
126* The ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'', being [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a POV series]], does this on occasion. But the example that stands out is [[spoiler:Princess Luna during her second POV. She starts out as a hero, but eventually performs a FaceHeelTurn due to her overpossessiveness of Pip. She gets into an argument with Celestia, resulting in her killing and bringing Pip back to life as an immortal undead so she can have him forever. When Celestia tries to convince her against making him immortal, she tries to murder her, killing a number of innocent ponies in the process. This leads to Celestia being a HeroAntagonist and fighting back to stop her now insane sister, ultimately killing her. It was AllJustADream, but still!]]
127** A milder example, but one that shouldn't be overlooked regardless, is any of the chapters set in the [[BadFuture Epilogue timeline]]. Being a VillainWorld where [[TheBadGuyWins Discord won]], it's to be expected that about 99% of the story is told from the POV of either Discord himself or the [[BrainwashedAndCrazy discorded Mane Six]], who now serve as his CoDragons. [[spoiler:At least until Twilight Tragedy performs a HeelFaceTurn, followed shortly there after by Liarjack. They then redeem Rarigreed and, much later, Traitor Dash and Angry Pie.]]
128** Queen Chrysalis' OriginsEpisode is entirely from her point of view, showing what a [[TheSociopath sociopath]] she was even from birth.
129* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' fanfic ''Fanfic/PrisonIslandBreak'' has all the main cast as violent convicted criminals. They don't even have a particuarly heroic goal; they just want to escape. But because the story is centered on them, they get the SympatheticPOV and you completely forget they're a collection of terrorists, serial killers and rapists (even though the writer never lets you forget).
130* Jade's FaceHeelTurn in ''Fanfic/QueenOfAllOni'' is what kicks off the entire plot in the first place, and she gets more much more focus than the heroes trying to stop her (though the author's started to rectify that in the latest chapters).
131* In ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' fanfic ''Fanfic/ResurrectedMemories'': Ember [[spoiler: for the first part of the story as she eventually undergoes a HeelFaceTurn.]]
132* The ''Manga/KimagureOrangeRoad'' fanfic ''Fanfic/RevengeRoad'' is told from the perspective of [[{{Yandere}} Hik]][[AxCrazy aru]], who [[MoralEventHorizon murders]] [[MurderTheHypotenuse Madoka]] and [[IfICantHaveYou Kyôsuke]] out of [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy]].
133* Ted/Darth Vulcan from ''Fanfic/TheRiseOfDarthVulcan''. A human who is brought to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Equestria]] by the [[ArtifactOfDoom Alicorn Amulet]] (which he [[GrailInTheGarbage purchased at a pawn shop]]), his disdain for the SugarBowl environment, and [[NiceJobBreakingItHero a series of altercations with the Mane 6]] drive him into [[FromNobodyToNightmare becoming the next major villain of Equestria]], with the power of the Amulet and the Diamond Dogs at his command. And since the story is told mainly from his perspective, it fits.
134* ''Fanfic/RWBYDark'''s first four chapters are about its version of team RWBY. Thing is the fic is a MirrorUniverse fic, so they're subject to AdaptationalVillainy with Ruby's chapter being about [[SelfMadeOrphan her murder of her parents]], and [[AnArmAndALeg mutil]][[EyeScream ation]] and [[MadeASlave enslavement]] of Yang; Weiss's is about her final descent into becoming a CorruptCorporateExecutive; Blake's being about her [[TheStarscream usurping control of the White Fang from]] [[AdaptationalHeroism Adam]] [[FantasticRacism for her genocidal ends]]; and Yang's is about [[BrainwashedAndCrazy her descent into becoming a feral slave]].
135* In ''WebVideo/SailorMoonAbridged'', Raye/Sailor Mars is very much this, being a {{Satan}}-worshipper (Human Sacrifice included) who was more than happy to [[spoiler:take Molly up on her offer of "Kill me first!" when she defended Nephlyte]]. All of it is played for [[RuleOfFunny laughs]].
136* [[PlayingWithTropes Played with]] in ''Fanfic/SithAcademy'', a ''Franchise/StarWars'' parody series with Darth Maul as the protagonist. While Maul himself is a (not-so-) HeroicComedicSociopath who take great pleasure in violently venting his anger and frustration on others, and his mentor Palpatine is a {{Sadist}}ic SissyVillain and MagnificentBastard who treats Maul more like a servant than a student, the series makes it clear that the Jedi aren't any better despite their supposed role as the champions of the Light Side.
137* ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' and ''Franchise/DCComics'' fanfic ''Fanfic/TheSupermen'' does show the point of view of other characters, but Wesker gets the most focus and most of the story is from his point of view, so he's quite clearly the protagonist so far. He's just as evil as he is in the games. As of Chapter 6, he has killed 8 innocent people (RedShirts) and is manipulating the Justice League as part of his plan to take over the world...and he's just getting started. The author has stated that they see Wesker as irredeemable.
138* For ''Fanfic/TemporalAnomaly'', the main protagonist is Sougo Tokiwa/Oma Zi-O, an ruthless and ambitious EvilOverlord intent on [[TakeOverTheWorld taking over the world]] he finds himself on after being erased from the timeline of his old world.
139* The ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' fan fiction ''Fanfic/TwoLetters'' deconstructs the "Saltinette" [[FandomSpecificPlot/MiraculousLadybug Fandom-Specific Plot]] (Marinette [[AccusationFic getting fed up with the rest of the cast bullying her or being incompetent]] by [[TookALevelInJerkass becoming an]] AlphaBitch) by [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggerating]] said reaction and turning her into one of these. The second of the titular two letters is a NoteToSelf in which she gloats to her post-quitting-being-a-Guardian-{{Laser Guided Amnesia}}c self how she orchestrated the downfall of all the other heroic Miraculous holders in Paris and allowed her biggest bully to become a SketchySuccessor who is currently causing mayhem with a MonsterProtectionRacket, all to get even with a city full of ([[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness alleged]]) {{Ungrateful Bastard}}s. As for the amnesiac Marinette, she is [[DisproportionateRetribution perfectly happy with this and even visibly gleeful about Parisans' newfound misery]].
140* The first chapter of ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/33994849/chapters/84549145 Watch Me Burn]]'' is written from Adrien's perspective, all the better to highlight how he finds it funny to overstep Marinette's boundaries and make her uncomfortable, then turn around and harass her as Ladybug until she loses her temper with him. The narration explicitly states that he loves the feeling of having power over her, and little things like Akumas are only noteworthy to him for providing more opportunities to emotionally abuse his girlfriend. The second chapter swaps to Ladybug's POV in order to show that Adrien is an UnreliableNarrator who doesn't even register that some of his actions (which he considers "fun ways to get a rise out of Ladybug") cross the MoralEventHorizon.
141* ''Fanfic/{{Webwork}}'', a part of Fanfic/ProjectDarkJade like ''Fanfic/QueenOfAllOni'' above, likewise has Jade's FaceHeelTurn instigating the plot, with her acting as TheHeavy and primary antagonist (though in this case, as DragonInChief, rather than BigBad).
142* Charles Cooper from the ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/YouSeemAcquaintedWithThoseDoors'' is a murderous psychopath who is responsible for the deadly conditions of [[SuckECheeses Freddy Fazbear's]].
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146* Achmed of ''Film/AchmedSavesAmerica'' was considered as one at some point until he [[spoiler: got a change of heart from the celebration of Americaville’s 100th birthday]]
147* ''WesternAnimation/AllDogsGoToHeaven'': While he doesn't do anything particularly evil and is very civil (so much so that he almost feels like a DesignatedVillain Protagonist) according to Charlie Barkin's [[OffstageVillainy life book in heaven, which involves every moment of his life from his birth to his untimely death, he has been involved with blackmailing, racketeering, double-crossing and loan-sharking at least by association]] with his much more dreadful partner-in-crime, mafia don Carface. While it appears that his crusade will be about life and revenge it actually [[spoiler:becomes one about character development and redemption.]]
148* The titular gang of ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys2022'' are a CaperCrew of [[PredatorsAreMean predatory animals]]. After being caught trying to pull the biggest heist of their careers, they try to [[FalselyReformedVillain feign reformation]] so they can return to their criminal lifestyle. [[spoiler:They eventually reform for real to clear their names after being framed for a crime they didn't commit.]]
149* The Beast in ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast''. He started off as a young selfish prince who ruled his kingdom with an iron fist. One night, he refused to offer shelter to an old beggar woman, who turns out to be a forceful enchantress in disguise. The enchantress places a spell on the prince's castle, turning all of servants into household objects and the prince into the Beast, all to punish him for his selfishness, an act that left him guilt-ridden. Despite his hot temper and vicious behavior, [[HiddenDepths he is not without redeemable qualities]] as the film revolves around him learning to reflect on his past behavior and exteriors to [[HeelFaceTurn become a better person]], with the assistance from Belle ([[LoveRedeems who breaks the spell by confessing her love for him after he rescues her and tends to her genuine interests]]). Even before that, the Beast goes to face against a more ungenerous villain in the form of Gaston, who only serves nothing more than a [[EvilCounterpart dark reflection of the Beast if he hadn't abandon his self-centeredness]].
150* ''WesternAnimation/{{Boogie}}'', the AntiHero titular protagonist. Who doesn't give a damn about collateral damage, tricks a child into ringing the doorbell of a mafia den (causing the child to be shredded by machine gun rounds, which Boogie hardly bats an eye towards), beats up senior citizens, shoots policemen who got in his way, and blows away his ''nanny'' for remarking he's a naughty kid.
151* Kenai from ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'' starts off as one. He hates bears, [[BearsareBadNews because they to him are "monsters"]], and even kills a bear out of revenge for killing his older brother Sitka, resulting in Sitka's ghost [[KarmicTransformation turning him into a bear himself]] as punishment. [[spoiler: It turns out near the end that the reason why Sitka turned Kenai into a bear as punishment was because the bear in question was none other than Koda's mother, with his bonding with Koda ultimately causing Kenai to gradually become a kinder person, and by the end of the movie Kenai even chooses to remain a bear permanently so that he and Koda can remain together forever.]]
152* The various adaptations of ''Literature/AChristmasCarol'' have Ebenezer Scrooge as a rapacious and insensitive businessman, who thinks nothing of financially taking advantage of the poor and destitute, one of the more prominent being ''WesternAnimation/AChristmasCarol2009''.
153* ''WesternAnimation/DespicableMe1'': Its protagonist is Gru. He's a villain, but he is not the best in the world. However, it's a point of pride for him that he's pretty close. [[spoiler:The sequels abandon this idea for more than just window dressing after his HeelFaceTurn at the end of the first film.]]
154* Kuzco from ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove''. He's very insensitive and cocky, and everyone despises him, but his EvilChancellor Yzma is way more wicked than him, and the film revolves around him going on an odyssey that [[HeelFaceTurn helps him become a better person]].
155* Since it is called ''WesternAnimation/LuckyLukeBalladOfTheDaltons'', the four desperados are in the spotlight as much as ComicBook/LuckyLuke if not more so and the film follows their attempts to become rich by [[GottaKillThemAll murdering all the members of the jury]] that sent their uncle to the hangman's noose. Luke simply gets dragged along and BlackComedy ensues.
156* ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'' is played as the stereotypical Big Ham villain; however, he finds his life to be meaningless after he "defeats" Metroman. Afterwards he plays hero against a much worse villain of Tighten.
157* PlayedWith in ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'', as the title character only ''[[MeanCharacterNiceActor plays]]'' the villain, but is clearly otherwise ''[[MeanCharacterNiceActor not]]'' a villain in reality. His quest is to prove to the so-called "[[IronicNickname Nicelanders]]" that he's capable of doing good, much to their disbelief (particularly from Mayor Gene).
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161See also [[VillainSong/{{Music}} the music page]] for VillainSong.
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163* Barnacle Bill the Sailor from the BawdySong of the same name is occasionally depicted as this, especially in the more vulgar versions of the song. If the fair young maiden asks what will happen if her parents see him, he will answer that he will "kill your pa and fuck your ma". When asked about what will happen if he goes to jail, Barnacle Bill will brag that he will escape. At the very least, the cleaner versions of the song make it clear that Barnacle Bill is [[{{Jerkass}} not a pleasant fellow]].
164* Music/TheBeatles had a few examples: the title characters in John's [[GreatWhiteHunter "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill"]], Paul's [[SerialKiller "Maxwell's Silver Hammer"]] and George's [[IntimidatingRevenueService "Taxman"]] (the last one is also the viewpoint character), the persona in John's [[CrazyJealousGuy "Run for Your Life"]], and John's persona in the second half of [[TriggerHappy "Happiness is a Warm Gun".]]
165* Music/BlackSabbath's "Iron Man" is about a hero who travels to the future and witnesses TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, and when he travels back to the present, [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie he is transformed into the title's villain]] who [[StableTimeLoop causes the future destruction]] in the first place.
166* Music/BlueOysterCult gives us the song {{ME262}}, which positively goes into rhapsodies about the UsefulNotes/WorldWarII German jet fighter, and the joys of shooting down bombers for the Nazi regime.
167-->"{{ME262}} Prince of Turbojets, Junkers Jumo 004, blasts from clustered [=R4M=] quartets in my snout, and see these English planes go burn..."
168** The cover of the album on which the single appears, "Secret Treaties", even features the band standing around the plane with the group's logo replacing the German markings on it.
169** Blue Öyster Cult does this a lot, really. Some other examples include "Career of Evil", "Then Came the Last Days of May", "Harvester of Eyes", and "Dr. Music".
170** Their RockOpera ''Music/{{Imaginos}}'' and Albert Bouchard's sequel ''Music/ImaginosIIBombsOverGermany'' follow the story of the [[ManipulativeBastard flamboyantly amoral]] shapeshifter Desdinova.
171* Music/TheBoomtownRats' "I Don't Like Mondays" was written about Brenda Spencer, who killed two adults and injured nine children in a school shooting in San Diego in 1979.
172* Music/CherLloyd's song ''Want U Back'' is about a petty, jealous woman who dumped her ex because he wasn't cool enough for her and is furious to see he's doing just fine without her. She wants him back not because she likes him but because he's not allowed to be happy without her.
173* Music/DavidBowie's ''Music/StationToStation'' is narrated by the Thin White Duke, a heartless fascist who the opening line of the album describes as "throwing darts in lovers' eyes." Bowie himself described the Duke as "a nasty character indeed," and the threat of becoming LostInCharacter motivated his decision to eschew stage personas once the album's promotional cycle wrapped up.
174* Music/NickCave has a few songs about villain protagonists, most notably the entire album ''Music/MurderBallads''.
175* PlayedForLaughs with Music/JonathanCoulton, whose protagonists have variously included [[FullyEmbracedFiend a sapient zombie]] ("Re: Your Brains"), a wannabe MadScientist ("The Future Soon"), an ''actual'' MadScientist ("Skullcrusher Mountain") and so on. He also wrote SelfDemonstrating/GLaDOS' songs for the ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' games.
176* The Rake from Music/TheDecemberists' "The Rake's Song" sings, without so much as a hint of regret, about how he killed his three children in order to escape from the responsibilities of parenthood. It's quite good.
177* [[{{Music/Chieftain}} "Strong"]] by Clamavi de Profundis tells the story of a Viking tribe who goes to invade a monastery, fully intending to kill everyone there, and loot all their gold.
178* Music/TheEagles' 1973 album ''Desperado'' tells the story of real-life wild west outlaws Bill Doolin and Bill Dalton.
179* Music/{{Eminem}}'s early music told the stories of Slim Shady, an AxCrazy, [[StrawMisogynist sexist]], [[HeteronormativeCrusader homophobic]], [[DrugsAreBad drugged-up]], ChaoticStupid {{sociopath}} who leaves a trail of violence and wanton destruction wherever he goes.
180* The band, ''Music/FearFactory's'', earlier albums were based on a continues storyline about a futuristic war between man and machine; machines being the villains. Many of their songs at the time had the machine leader giving it's commentary on wanting to wipe out the human race.
181* Music/PeterGabriel's songs "Intruder" and "Family Snapshot" are told from the perspectives of a burglar and Lee Harvey Oswald/Arthur Bremmer, respectively.
182* Music/GreatBigSea's "Harbour Lecou" is narrated by a sailor seeking marital infidelity in a port away from his home & family.
183* The heavy metal band Music/{{GWAR}} can be classified as this.
184* Music/IronMaiden has a few, such as "Run to the Hills" (the first half is sung by a BadassNative, then a PerspectiveFlip goes to a cavalryman gloating about destroying their tribes) and "El Dorado" (sung by a CorruptCorporateExecutive who cons people without any shame).
185* Hip-Hop artists like Music/JayZ or Music/FiftyCent were allegedly criminals before having music careers, and many of their songs deal with this topic from their perspective.
186* Music/EltonJohn's "Ticking" has an initially unassuming protagonist going on to kill 14 people in a mass shooting before being gunned down by police.
187* Music/TheKinks "Sunny Afternoon" is told from the prescriptive of a [[RichBitch Rich Bastard]] who complains about "the tax man [taking] all [he's] got" (yet he still lives in a "stately home"), being unable to use his yacht and is an [[TheAlcoholic Alcoholic]] that is "cruel" to his girlfriend.
188* ''All'' of Music/{{Macabre}}'s are told from the perspective of the most wicked killers in human history.
189* Music/{{Metallica}}'s "Jump in the Fire" is sung by the Devil.
190* Everything that happens in a Music/MonsterMagnet song happens with a fistful of pills. Protagonists run the gamut from garden-variety drug abusers/dealers to comic-book-style supervillains and demonic agents. There are a lot of bombs getting planted, and things might get a little rape-y. Notable are the infanticidal couple of "See You in Hell", the drug-addled character in "Tractor", and various personifications of evil in "Kiss of the Scorpion", "Atomic Clock", and "Bummer".
191-->''I drove out to the Meadowlands to throw our baby away.'' --"See You in Hell"
192-->''If you wanna spank your demons and make them pay, well baby, I'm your man of the hour'' --"Bummer"
193-->''Got a knife in my back, got a hole in my arm, I'm driving a tractor on a drug farm'' --"Tractor"
194* The main character from Music/NineInchNails' ''The Downward Spiral'' starts off as someone who indulges heavily in sex and drugs to try to feel something, but crosses the MoralEventHorizon when he eventually rapes someone.
195** Several songs on ''Year Zero'' are also from the villains' perspectives. "God Given" and "Capital G" are from the viewpoints of the corrupt church and state respectively, "The Great Destroyer" is most likely the viewpoint of a character known as "The Angry Sniper," and the last half of "The Warning" has the disembodied hand in the sky known as The Presence threaten to destroy mankind if they don't change their ways.
196** "Big Man With A Gun" is sung from the point of view of a SerialRapist, and in one of the lines he talks about wanting to put a hole in someone's head [[ForTheEvulz "Just for the fuck of it.]]
197* The Music/{{Nirvana}} song "Polly" is sung from the point of view of a rapist who holds his victim captive and tortures her with razors and a blowtorch. It was based on a true story.
198* Pink, from Music/PinkFloyd's ''Music/TheWall''. Though the album begins with a StartOfDarkness and ends with a redemption of sorts.
199* ''Music/ThePolice'': in "Every Step You Take" the protagonist is very clearly meant to be a StalkerWithACrush, and [[WordOfGod Sting himself]] said the lyrics are meant to be very sinister. Despite all this, some people still say they [[MisaimedFandom find the song romantic.]]
200* The Music/{{Primus}} song "My Name Is Mud" is sung from the perspective of a man who murdered his friend and is burying the body.
201* "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Music/{{Queen}} is sung by a condemned murderer who is only sorry he didn't get away with it. [[WordSaladLyrics Maybe.]] At the very least, we know Beelzebub has a devil put aside for him. For him. For ''hiiiiiiiiiiiim''.
202* Then there's "Sympathy for the Devil" by Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}}, which as the title makes clear is narrated by Satan himself.
203* Music/{{Slayer}}'s "Angel of Death," about [[ThoseWackyNazis Josef Mengele.]]
204* The song "Sex Dwarf" by ''Music/SoftCell'' is from the point of view of some kind of pimp or something, and has an oft-repeated line about [[CorruptTheCutie "Luring disco dollies to a life of vice."]]
205* Music/AlStewart's "Running Man" is about a SternChase, told from the sympathetic perspective of the fugitive. He's implied to be an [[ArgentinaIsNaziland old Nazi]].
206* The Music/TalkingHeads song "Psycho Killer" is sung from the point of view of the Son of Sam killer.
207* Ziltoid from the Ziltoid the Omniscient album by Music/DevinTownsend is definitely this. He destroys earth, because he didn't like the coffee they presented him, follows the escaping humans to another planet, unsuccessfully attempts to destroy that one, then he asks the Planet Smasher to destroy another planet, which is populated by sentient being, just to lift his mood.
208* The narrator of Music/TaylorSwift's "Anti-Hero" is responsible for all the conflict and misery around her, including her own future possible murder.
209* Music/{{U2}}'s "Until the End of the World" is sung from the perspective of Judas Iscariot, the apostle who betrayed [[UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} Jesus Christ.]]
210* "Caught" by ''Velvet Acid Christ'' is song from the point of view of a SerialKiller who mainly preys on [[WouldHurtAChild children, especially little girls]], who apparently leaves his victims [[GuttedLikeAFish "Eviscerated, with their tongues cut out"]], and [[CardCarryingVillain brags about how evil and scary he is and how no one will catch him.]]
211* Many, many Music/{{Vocaloid}} songs. Notable examples include Mothy-P's Story of Evil and the numerous "yandere" songs like "Luka's Love Disease," "Miku's Rotten Girl," and "Grotesque Romance."
212* The viewpoint character of Voltaire's song "When You're Evil" is a CardCarryingVillain. Also "Almost Human", and "The Chosen" and "Brains"... he kinda likes that one.
213* The Irish traditional "Whiskey In The Jar" famously performed by Music/ThePogues and Music/TheDubliners follows the crimes and arrest of a highway-robbing drunkard.
214* "Behind Blue Eyes" by Music/TheWho is this with an AntiVillain.
215* Music/WithinTemptation uses these most significantly in their [[ConceptAlbum "Unforgiving" album]] [[AllThereInTheManual (and supplemental arc videos),]] which revolves around a [[SerialKillerKiller vigilante serial killer cult]] [[ResurrectedForAJob recruited from the souls of the damned.]]
216* Clockwork Quartet's [[http://clockworkquartet.com/music.php 'The Watchmaker's Apprentice']] is told from the perspective of a man who frames his boss for murder.
217* The narrator of the Wreckers song "Crazy People". There's a ''reason'' only crazy people fall in love with you, lady.
218* The narrator of Music/WarrenZevon's "Mr. Bad Example". He starts out stealing from a church fund for widows and orphans as a young boy, and only gets worse from there. The AxCrazy subject from "Excitable Boy" would be another example.
219* The Ian Dury and the Blockheads song "Billericay Dickie" is about a man boasting about all the women he's raped.
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223* An interesting [[Literature/TheBible Biblical]] example is the prophet Jonah (although he can also be seen as a very unpleasant sort of AntiHero). God has a plan to push the entire city of Nineveh into a HeelFaceTurn and He wants Jonah's help, but Jonah refuses. Eventually God convinces him to play along and the city does indeed get saved - but Jonah is explicitly noted to be "angry enough to die" about it. He ''wanted'' the city to remain evil. In particular, he appears to have been hoping that they would remain evil and dangerous enough for God to have no choice but to destroy them, which almost implies the prophet was a closeted BloodKnight. While not the only Biblical protagonist to ''start off'' by opposing God, he is the only one who doesn't seem to learn the error of his ways. The narrative ends with God giving him a WhatTheHellHero speech before apparently leaving him alone.
224* Ishtar in Myth/MesopotamianMythology, particularly in ''Literature/InannasDescentToTheNetherworld'' where her goal is basically to take over three worlds.
225* Iktomi in numerous [[Myth/NativeAmericanMythology Lakota fables]]. Despite being a member of the Wacan Sica, he is also the paradigm of human advancement, meaning that he will appear in these stories to teach the characters and readers valuable lessons (often [[StealthMentor indirectly]]).
226* The husbands in Literature/TheSwanMaiden myths. They essentially force the swan maidens to be their wives by hiding their animal skins, which effectively traps them.
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230* In Creator/{{Capcom}}'s unreleased ''Pinball/{{Kingpin}},'' the player is an up-and-coming mobster who wants to get to the top of the organization by [[KlingonPromotion killing everyone in his way.]]
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234* John Wilkes Booth is this in the ''Podcast/EighteenSixtyFive'' prequel miniseries.
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238* Wrestling/StoneColdSteveAustin. While there's no question that he was an AntiHero from 1998 onward, it could be argued that he was basically this in 1997. Although the crowd was firmly on his side against the Hart Foundation, he acted like the same vicious heel he had always been - beating up on babyfaces, even the ones who helped him. When [[Wrestling/MickFoley Mankind]] helped him in a handicap match, for example, he hugged him and then gave him a Stunner and told him he'd never work with a freak like him. When he was forced to relinquish the Intercontinental and Tag Team Titles [[RealLifeWritesThePlot thanks to his neck injury]], he made a hitlist of the three main authority figures (lead announcer Wrestling/JimRoss, Commissioner Wrestling/SgtSlaughter, and Wrestling/VinceMcMahon) and made sure to beat them all up while mocking them for it the whole time. Mind you, they were all babyfaces and were looking out for his safety. Just 18 months earlier, that same type of storyline was used to get Wrestling/{{Vader}} over as a monster heel. RealLifeWritesThePlot intervened to create a brilliant HeelFaceTurn against Wrestling/BretHart (who did a FaceHeelTurn in the same match), and Austin became the number one most popular guy in the golden era of wrestling.
239* Wrestling/TripleH became this in 2002 after the aforementioned Steve Austin and Wrestling/TheRock were slowly being phased out of the company, [[note]]Austin due to his chronic neck issues and Rock beginning his break into Hollywood[[/note]] and due to being actually married into the [=McMahon=] family by this point, he took the opportunity to book himself as the de facto face of the company. He became the inaugural World Heavyweight Champion and began his infamous "Reign of Terror" where for the next few years, he was the main focus. The A-show, Monday Night Raw and often had segments that opened and closed the show. Even if he would occasionally lose the title, he ''always'' got it back somehow, having a grand total of '''609''' days, across ''five'' different reigns. Even after finally being dethroned by his protégé Wrestling/{{Batista}} in 2005, Trips always found himself somewhere near the main event scene up until his retirement from in-ring action in 2022.
240* Wrestling/RomanReigns became this as of his return and subsequent FaceHeelTurn in the second half of 2020. After roughly five years of XPacHeat due to creative forcing him into the same roles that Wrestling/HulkHogan and Wrestling/JohnCena previously filled, Reigns became a full on villain after allying himself with Wrestling/PaulHeyman and winning the Universal Championship and would go on to defeat every heroic face that challenged him and become the longest reigning champion of the modern era since Hulk Hogan's first run as world champion in 1984. Reigns is notably the first wrestler pushed as the company's ace to be a Heel.
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244* Thomas in ''Radio/OldHarrysGame'' is the focus of most of the story lines he's in. He's also such a godawful person that ''Satan'' (himself an example of this trope) is shocked by how evil he is at times.
245* Ghost of ''Radio/TrueCapitalist Radio'' can be this at his worst. Usually, he is an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist with many PetTheDog moments, but he occasionally lets his mean-spiritedness and bullying nature get the better of him.
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249* ''Roleplay/DestroyTheGodmodder'': In Be the Godmodders, you played as godmodders, trashing the last safe haven left.
250* The main character of ''Roleplay/DigimonWorldInfamy'' is solely motivated by {{Revenge}} and killing the "heroes", not caring in the least bit about wiping out any number of random Digimon if it helps him achieve his goals.
251* ''Roleplay/DorfQuest'''s Beardbeard embodies this trope - cutting down forests, killing elves, attacking small children, and [[spoiler:promoting Satan himself to godhood.]]
252* Eric from ''Roleplay/MallFight''. Originally he was HeroicNeutral, a Type IV Anti Hero at worst, but in the latest canon he rules over a WretchedHive, keeping dozens of slave girls and [[StalkerWithACrush a former classmate he's obsessed with]] as his queen [[AbductionIsLove against her will.]] He still tries to do good and wants to be a hero, he just doesn't care about what anyone else wants.
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256* Though not specific to any system in particular, it's very much the point to many campaigns. The "evil campaign" is often used to change things up where the [=PCs=] are the group of troublesome goblins, the terrorizing bandits or eclectic grouping of monsters. The goals tend to vary from pure destruction for the sake of destruction, sticking it to a certain group, actual goals of city/country/world domination or even a subversion of the genre.
257* ''TabletopGame/{{Atmosfear}}'''s player characters include a shyster mummy, a serial-killer vampire, a bloodthirsty werewolf, an angry poltergeist, a vodou-spinning zombie, a vain gorgon, a pyromaniac witch or skeletal bandits trying to escape an even BIGGER asshole in the form of the Gatekeeper.
258* ''Bloody Inn'' has the players act as members of a villainous family of innkeepers who compete to see who can murder and rob more guests without being caught by the authorities.
259* The ''TabletopGame/DeltaGreen'' adventure "Iconoclasts" has perhaps one of the more outstanding examples of this in tabletop games, with the first chapter of the multi-part adventure making the player characters for the scenario members of ISIS who are tasked with destroying "blasphemous" artifacts. This being ''Delta Green'', the adventure is typically meant to end with [[spoiler: a total party kill after the extremists damage the wrong jar and unleash a Mask of Nyarlathotep that takes the form of a flensing storm of shards of obsidian, with the other chapters focused on Delta Green picking up the wreckage]].
260* While ''TabletopGame/EmpireOfSatanis'' tries to explain it with a "master morality", the bottom line is that you are a demon who performs evil acts and torments humans so you can become a god and be even more evil.
261* The basic assumption when you play an Abyssal in ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}''. One chapter even has discussion about how to make the game more than one slaughterfest after another; they are ''that'' bad.
262** This is where you're assumed to start as a Green Sun Prince in 2e. Subverted, however, if you quickly catch on that the [[DemonLordsAndArchDevils Yozis]] are (A) certifiably insane and (B) can't actually rope you in. You can become a PunchClockVillain looking for an escape, a WellIntentionedExtremist AntiHero using a loose interpretation of your orders to push an ultimately productive agenda, or just a plain ol' NobleDemon who just wants to be left alone, before you slip the leash entirely. It's dropped in 3e and ''Essence'', which see the Yozis letting you do your own thing without mandating any particular behavior, figuring you'll serve the Yozis' ends just by being yourself and disrupting Creation's established power structures as you go (and given you're among the most powerful of the Exalted, it's hard to say they're wrong...).
263* ''Legendary Encounters: Predator'' has a variant where the players play as Predators who are hunting humans for trophies.
264* After two expansions to their ''TabletopGame/{{Middle Earth|RolePlaying}} CCG'', Iron Crown Entertainment tried shaking things up by releasing a whole second basic set called "The Lidless Eye", casting the players as one of the nine Nazgul, working in the shadows to locate the Ringbearer and/or rally the monstrous races into an army. [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot An interesting idea]], but unfortunately, one which did nothing to [[CCGImportanceDissonance stem fan complaints of "filler lore"]], and only ruffled ''more'' feathers by being largely incompatible with cards from the previous set.
265* ''TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}}'': The players are ''supposed'' to be this, as the goal of the game is not to simply make the most money, but to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin buy out everyone else or put them out of business.]] The game was meant to have a CapitalismIsBad message. Unfortunately, this [[MisaimedFandom goes right over the heads of most modern day players.]]
266* The TabletopGame/{{SavageWorlds}} setting ''TabletopGame/NecessaryEvil'' has the players make supervillain characters to combat an alien invasion.
267* The ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' RPG has an Adventure Path called Hell's Vengeance where the whole point is to play evil characters serving [[TheEmpire Cheliax.]]
268** Second edition has the Blood Lords adventure path, where the players take the role of troubleshooters working under the titular Blood Lords, ministers of the [[TheNecrocracy undead-ruled nation of Geb]]. The player companion does say that the players don't ''need'' to be evil -- Neutral-aligned or even ''LawfulGood'' characters can work if they're played the right way -- but Geb as a whole is a LawfulEvil nation, and the AP is primarily designed for characters who are TrueNeutral at best.
269* By definition, {{Player Character}}s in ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' are all criminals, and more often than not criminals performing not only illegal but also immoral acts on the behest of one MegaCorp or [[TheSyndicate Syndicate]] or another. Most game masters will pit the characters against opponents who are at least a little worse than they are.
270* ''TabletopGame/TrogdorTheBoardGame'' casts the players as the Keepers of Trogdor, who help the ferocious dragon Trogdor the Burninator and guide his actions as he rampages across the kingdom of Peasantry, burninating the countryside, the peasants, and the thatched-roof cottages.
271* ''TabletopGame/ViolenceTheRoleplayingGameOfEgregiousAndRepulsiveBloodshed'' casts the players as sociopathic murderers and criminal scum who rob, rape, and kill innocents. Justified as the game is a dark satire of conventional hack-n-slash [=RPGs=].
272* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': Due to the EvilVersusEvil setting, every faction could be seen as a villain protagonist when they're being played. From [[BloodKnight war-crazed Ork swarms]] to [[TheLegionsOfHell Chaos demons]] to [[AbsoluteXenophobe fascist, genocidal humans]], no one group could be said to be "the good guys." The Craftworld Eldar, Tau Empire, and some sub-factions of the Imperium could probably get away with being called dark [[AntiHero Anti Heroes]], but everyone else (including the bulk of the Imperium) is firmly in OmnicidalManiac territory to anyone outside of their faction... and even a lot of people within it.
273** That said, the Imperium's Villain Protagonist status is more evident in earlier editions of the game. As the game grew more popular and mainstream, since the Imperium was the de facto protagonist faction due to being the "Human Over-Faction", it got progressively LighterAndSofter to make it palatable.
274* ''TabletopGame/WickedOnes'' is heavily inspired by the video games ''VideoGame/DungeonKeeper'' and ''VideoGame/WarForTheOverworld'', with the players all taking on the roles of the titular Wicked Ones: fantasy monsters trying to develop and maintain a dungeon staffed with evil minions and filled with plunder taken from those hapless do-gooders as they work towards their nefarious goals.
275* Many gamelines of the ''TabletopGame/WorldOfDarkness'' have the players as traditional "monsters", vampires, werewolves, mummies, etc. But there are a few where the player character actually has to be evil, ''TabletopGame/BeastThePrimordial'' is one of those exceptions. Beasts have to inspire fear, often destructively, else their Soul runs rampant and does it anyway, with a chance of creating Heroes obsessed with slaying them. But even Beasts can feed their hunger without being destructive by watching other supernaturals feed.
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279* Roxie Hart, the protagonist of ''Theatre/{{Chicago}}'', is an unrepentant murderer who cheats her husband, shoots the man she cheated with after finding out he lied about being able to get her into show business, refuses to admit she did anything wrong, lies in order to gain press sympathy...and [[KarmaHoudini eventually gets off scot-free.]]
280* ''Theatre/DoctorFaustus'' sells his soul to the devil for diabolical powers that he uses for selfish and often petty goals.
281* ''Theatre/DonGiovanni'' is a lecherous noble who has had sex with over two thousand women before callously abandoning them. The opera begins with him trying to rape a woman, then [[spoiler:killing her father when he defends her honor.]]
282* While most of the cast of ''Theatre/GreatBritain'' are morally ambiguous at best, the main character, Paige Britain, is most definitely a villain, being a worker at a tabloid paper, who rapidly becomes more corrupt and goes to greater ends to try and further her career. She eventually crosses the MoralEventHorizon [[spoiler:by allowing a Page Seven model to starve to death so she can have the exclusive rights to her death story]].
283* Harry Bogen from ''Theatre/ICanGetItForYouWholesale'' spends the entire musical lying, cheating, betraying and embezzling his way to success.
284* ''Theatre/TheJewOfMalta'' goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge that takes in a lot of innocent bystanders, including an entire convent full of nuns.
285* The title character of ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'' is somewhat of an AntiVillain despite his MoralEventHorizon against the family of the play's HeroAntagonist; though his antivillainy isn't really of the "[[WellIntentionedExtremist good intentions]]" variety so much as the "[[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds just plain pitiable]]" variety.
286* Medea from Greek Myth, at least as presented by Creator/{{Euripides}} in the play ''Theatre/{{Medea}}''. A straight reading of the facts of the myth makes Medea come across as an irredeemably evil multiple murderess (her victims included [[spoiler:her younger brother]] and [[spoiler:her sons]]), yet [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Euripides presents her as sympathetic]], or at least understandable.
287* Shylock from ''Theatre/TheMerchantOfVenice'', although Bassanio and Portia have about as much or more lines. Some productions turn Shylock into an AntiVillain, as the play was FairForItsDay and gives him legitimate reasons for being so ruthless.
288* ''Theatre/NoExit'': All three main characters have well earned being condemned to Hell together. [[spoiler:Ines is a self-proclaimed sadist who murdered her own cousin to get with his wife, Garcin is a narcissistic DirtyCoward who emotionally abused and cheated on his wife, and Estelle is an unhinged psychopath who drowned ''her own baby'' and drove her lover to suicide in order to cover up an affair.]]
289* Although ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'' is ostensibly a play about Othello, Iago is really the protagonist and most definitely the villain.
290* Richard of Gloucester (a.k.a. King Richard III) from Creator/WilliamShakespeare's ''Theatre/RichardIII'' is [[JustForFun/TheZerothLawOfTropeExamples one of the earliest]] Villain Protagonists.
291* Arnolphe, from ''Theatre/{{The School for Wives}}'' (''L'école des femmes''), is a clear example, although he is usually seen as sympathetic because all his plans are easily thwarted and his villainy stems mostly from his desire to have a loving wife who will not be unfaithful to him.
292* ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'': The title character kills everyone who comes into his barbershop and [[CrossesTheLineTwice has them baked into meat pies]] to get rid of the bodies. [[ImAHumanitarian Mrs. Lovett]] fits the trope as well.
293* ''Theatre/{{Tamburlaine}}'' features as its protagonist a man who mutilates, kills, subjugates, and rapes at any opportunity he gets. He locks up the Ottoman Emperor in a cage and feeds him his wife; he kills one of his own sons for being unwilling to fight; he is driven around in a chariot drawn by deposed kings and emperors. In the end, he burns a [[Literature/TheQuran Qur'an]] and [[BoltOfDivineRetribution dies suddenly]].
294* In ''Theatre/UsedCars'', the salesman protagonists lie, cheat, and steal from essentially everyone they meet.
295* ''Theatre/{{Volpone}}'' from Creator/BenJonson's play of the same name is a greedy and lecherous con man; the play's main plot is about him faking being on the edge of death to trick people into giving him gifts in the hopes that he'd name them as his heir.
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299* ''Ride/DoctorDoomsFearfall'' at [[Ride/UniversalStudios Universal's Islands of Adventure]] focuses on none other than the Fantastic Four's arch-nemesis, Doctor Doom, and his attempts to recruit guests into fueling his "Fusion Dynamo" device that he will use to destroy the quartet.
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303* A number of "dark" visual novels of the {{Hentai}} variety feature a protagonist who, from the beginning, intends nothing better than to rape and/or enslave as many targets as possible.
304* ''VisualNovel/AtlachNacha'', where the protagonist Hatsune is a [[ImAHumanitarian humanitarian]] GiantSpider who lusts after tender young schoolgirls to replenish her energy and fight HeroAntagonist Shirogane, though she can be played as a NominalHero, [[spoiler:and Shirogane himself is the true BigBad who made her that way]].
305* ''VisualNovel/BeyondEden'''s protagonist Alex Wake is essentially a younger, more emotionally broken [[Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo Edmund Dantes]] who doesn't shy away from using rape and blackmail in revenge against those he sees as responsible for his sister's death. The entire VN revolves around uncovering what turned a moral and good child into such a man, and whether the targets of his (misguided) revenge could still get through to him and convince him of the possibility of atonement.
306* In ''VisualNovel/CookingCompanions'', it's greatly implied that [[spoiler:the protagonist is Baba Yaga, and they have been luring countless guests to their home in order to slowly murder and cannibalize them. This only applies to the main game, as the Chompettes Origins is from the perspective of [[StepfordSmiler Ryna/Raspberry]].]]
307* Towards the climax of ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', it's revealed that [[spoiler:all the quirky, but not exactly evil, students are actually dangerous terrorists put in a LotusEaterMachine in an attempt to be rehabilitated]]. In fact, [[spoiler:[[TheHero Hajime Hinata]], as his alter ego and [[BigBad Junko Enoshima]]'s [[TheDragon second-in-command]], Izuru Kamukura]], is responsible for not just the events of the game, but also [[spoiler:the Tragedy that sparked ''the entire series'']]. By the end, however, [[spoiler:[[HeelFaceTurn all the survivors choose to atone for their actions]], and in-game most of them are decent people who don’t act villainously, with the exception of the various culprits.]]
308** Further subverted in the Despair Arc of ''Anime/Danganronpa3TheEndOfHopesPeakHighSchool'', which reveals that [[spoiler:all the students had been brainwashed by Junko]], though this is a FanDislikedExplanation.
309* Servant Avenger from ''VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia'', originally [[spoiler:the GreaterScopeVillain of the original story]], is definitely a Villain Protagonist - he ''is'' supposed to be Evil Incarnate, after all. His soul itself is twisted and AlwaysChaoticEvil, and he actively pursues murder and rape to [[ForTheEvulz pass the time]]. This does not prevent him from becoming a character you can sympathise with, especially after the flashback to his horrific StartOfDarkness and some very poignant conversations with other characters. Despite hating humanity, he still shoulders the responsibility [[HumansAreBastards that was forced onto him]] - [[spoiler:to bear every sin ever committed and will be committed by a human]] and forever serve as a twisted 'champion' of humanity. The ending is complete with [[spoiler: a {{Tear Jerk|er}}ing HeroicSacrifice]].
310-->"Even if humanity is worthless, the history that has been laid down until now has meaning.\
311(...) It is not a sin to exist."
312* Deconstructed with Keisuke Takato from ''Euphoria''. At first glance, he's an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent, but he's bottling up some rather serious [[{{Sadist}} sadistic tendencies when it comes to sex]]. The thing is, he knows that these tendencies are socially unacceptable and wasn't planning on acting on them - too bad he's been thrown into a DeadlyGame in which everyone's survival rests entirely on him succumbing to his violent urges. Your choices decide whether [[MultipleEndings he changes for the better... or the worse]].
313* ''VisualNovel/Never7'' attempts to subvert traditional visual novel dating sim storytelling by placing the player in the shoes of the character who would typically be considered TheRival. Although [[TheSlacker Makoto]] begins the game as simply a lazy womanizer, over the course of the game he ends up [[spoiler:[[KickTheDog assaulting a small dog]], [[{{Ephebophile}} grooming a child to date him]], lashing out in anger whenever events don't go his way, fantasizing about breaking all of the bones of a middle schooler, and even attacking fellow main characters who attempt to explain to him what's really been going on behind the scenes of the game]].
314** This comes to a head in the two final routes of the game. In the original final route, it's pointed out to [[{{Jerkass}} Makoto]] how much his actions are harming those around him, which is followed up by Makoto [[spoiler:conspiring to [[DisproportionateRetribution mentally torture his rival in the game]]]], and if the player so wishes, they can even make him [[spoiler:cheat on his lover while all of this is going on]].
315** In the revised final route of the game, it's revealed that [[spoiler: the entirety of every route has been [[AllJustADream Makoto's fantasy in his own mind]] as he [[GroundhogDayLoop repeats the events infinitely]] until getting the result he desires, and [[{{Retconjuration}} changing reality to match his dream]]]]. Taking this in context with [[spoiler:the ending where he breaks free of curé syndrome, and enters the real world again, it can be assumed that every other route involved him attempting to romance a girl that he wasn't actually dating in the real world, thus the entire game can be seen as [[LoveMakesYouCrazy a delusional man attempting to change reality to force the women around him to like him]].]]
316* About halfway through ''VisualNovel/SayaNoUta'', [[spoiler:it’s [[TheReveal revealed]] that the protagonist Fuminori Sakisaka and female lead [[OnlyOneName Saya]] are an insane, cannibalistic killer and an amoral EldritchAbomination, respectively. Although Fuminori doesn't start out that way, only [[FaceHeelTurn becoming evil]] if he chooses to stay with her at the first branching point and crosses the MoralEventHorizon, and they're both [[AntiVillain sympathetic]]]].
317* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'' loves to play with this trope, at least in-universe. Namely, in the 5th Arc, [[spoiler:Battler become the [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie Endless Sorcerer]]]] while a Mary Sue of [[spoiler:Bernkastel]]'s creation takes up the in-universe 'protagonist' role. (That is, has a reliable perspective.) In reality, though, no face heels or heel faces occur. The 'protagonist' role simply gets taken over by the two most evil characters in the series while they force the good guys into the 'antagonist' role.
318* In ''VisualNovel/SwanSong'' one of the protagonists slowly becomes this throughout the story. [[spoiler:That being, Takuma, who has a [[FaceHeelTurn righteous fall from grace]] after being betrayed numerous times throughout the story. Ultimately becoming the [[BigBad Big Bad]] by the end of the story.]]
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322* ''WebAnimation/TheAnnoyingOrange'': Orange is a PsychopathicManchild who often [[LackOfEmpathy laughs at the brutal deaths of the foods he comes across]], makes his friends (especially [[NoRespectGuy Pear]]) the butt of jokes, [[MadBomber obsesses over explosives]], and makes sadistic jokes at others' expense. That being said, he is [[AdaptationalNiceGuy much nicer]] in the Cartoon Network series (not that it says much).
323* ''WebAnimation/{{Counterspell}}'': Black Mage and Bruiser are both bosses who were supposed to fight the heroes to the death only to run away and cause chaos outside of their zone.
324* The title character of Felix Colgrave's ''WebAnimation/DoubleKing'' is a strange little creature who spends the whole cartoon running around, killing other rulers and stealing their kingdoms, all so he can wear their crowns.
325* The main cast of ''WebAnimation/{{Eddsworld}}'' counts, due to their violent, but affable behavior, but mostly [[PsychopathicManchild Tom and Tord]] fall into this.
326* The title character of ''WebAnimation/FatherTucker'' is a PedophilePriest who has [[KarmaHoudini gotten away with his actions]] due to forcing his victims into keeping quiet by claiming they'll go to Hell if they squeal on him and [[AdultsAreUseless none of the adults suspecting anything wrong]].
327* ''WebAnimation/GEOWeasel'' focuses on The Big Weas, whose goal is to take over the world, though he is [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything not seen doing much to that end]].
328* The webseries ''WebAnimation/GothamGirls'' stars four of ComicBook/{{Batman}}'s most prominent supporting ladies. One of them is the vigilante superhero Batgirl... and the other three are jewel thief Catwoman, eco-terrorist Poison Ivy and supporting henchgirl Harley Quinn. Their shenanigans can be entertaining, but they never let up with the thievery and crime.
329* ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'':
330** While Lumpy is usually portrayed as well-meaning but extremely stupid, there are some episodes where he is instead portrayed as this, such as "We're Scrooged" where he murders Toothy for the sake of selling his body parts, "Banjo Frenzy" when he goes on a killing spree because nobody liked his song, and "All in Vein" when he's a vampire, and not the [[FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire friendly kind.]]
331** Lifty and Shifty are the focus of most episodes where they appear. They also swindle and steal from the other characters on a regular basis, often knowingly killing the victim in the process.
332** While Splendid is usually just a HeroicComedicSociopath, he's this full-on in his one appearance in "Ka-Pow!" when he starts a fight with Splendont which destroys half the town and kills countless people just because Splendont wouldn't shake his hand.
333** While Flippy isn't a villain to start with (most of the time), his SuperpoweredEvilSide usually takes over midway through most episodes focusing on him.
334* ''WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss'': Blitzo, Moxxie, Millie, and Loona are the main protagonists in this series. As demons working in an agency in {{Hell}} that specializes in assassination and who regularly kill living humans at the request of dead sinners, they are ''far'' from good guys.
335* ''WebAnimation/LlamasWithHats'': Carl is an AxeCrazy psychopath who sinks cruise ships, nukes cities, mutilates babies to steal their hands, and eventually goes on to [[spoiler:end all life on Earth]].
336* ''WebAnimation/TheMostEpicStoryEverToldInAllOfHumanHistory'': Ridiculously Epic, the BigBad, takes center stage and is more or less the main protagonist of episodes 2 and 7, “Ten Steps to Saving the World that Totally Won’t Work” and “The Most Epic Supervillain Origin Story”, respectively. He is just as evil as usual during these episodes.
337* ''WebAnimation/MysterySkullsAnimated'': "Ghost" and "Freaking Out" feature the powerful vengeful ghost Lewis as a major focus; the former song is from his perspective, and the second part of the latter video is devoted mostly to him resolving to find Vivi and get Revenge on Arthur.
338* In the prequel segments of ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'', the Freelancers fall in this category... but they're not portrayed as bad guys, just as guys being told the bad things they're doing are actually for good reasons.
339* Many YoutubePoop and {{Platform/GoAnimate}} protagonists will murder, rape, and do all kinds of horrific things for little to no reason.
340* In two shows created by Mark Cope and Carlos Moss: [[AlphaBitch Mackenzie Zales]] from ''WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool'' and [[TakeOverTheWorld Dr. Havoc]] from ''WebAnimation/DrHavocsDiary''. While the former often succeeds in her plans, the latter doesn't.
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344* [[OmnicidalManiac Black Mage]] of ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater''. Actually, [[CrapsackWorld every main character]] that isn't [[OnlySaneWoman White Mage]] is not someone you'd want to share a bus ride with (and she's not that nice either). Strangely enough, Garland (the main "villain") is [[HarmlessVillain the next friendliest]] character. Fighter is mostly just played as being [[DumbIsGood way too stupid]] [[PsychopathicManChild to understand morality above a kindergarten level]].
345* ''Webcomic/TheAntagonist'', which follows a villain after he fails. K, the Antagonist, is largely AffablyEvil. He frequently [[NoFourthWall talks to the readers]], an act which confuses [[GenreBlind everyone around him]], sounding sometimes like the narrator of a book, and he believes his life is ruled by an overreaching "plot".
346* ''Webcomic/AntiHeroes''. The title sums it up, although we should avoid confusion by saying that they're the opposite of heroes (i.e. villains, but sympathetic and fun) NOT {{Anti Hero}}es as we know them.
347* ''Webcomic/BadGuyHigh'', which is about a school for wannabe supervillains.
348* Although the stakes in the real-life parts of ''Webcomic/BasicInstructions'' are not particularly high, the author, Scott Meyer, has said he views his AuthorAvatar as one of the comic's main villains, since Comic!Scott is [[ComedicSociopathy an asshole]] to his fellow employees, his company's clients, his depressed best friend, the list goes on. That being said, Comic!Scott is still shown to be ALighterShadeOfBlack than, for example, Mullet Boss.
349-->'''TheRant:''' I’ve said that I consider myself to be the villain of the comic, and the angry customer comics are a good example of why. All he wants is for my company to do the job he paid us to do, and all he gets is abuse.
350* The main protagonist of ''Webcomic/BasketsOfGuts'' is a three hundred years old lich, who wants to conquer the world with an army of undead. And though for the most of the story he may seem to be funny, reasonable and [[VillainsActHeroesReact kind of passive]], his intentions are genuine.
351* ''Webcomic/BeyondTheVeil'' is about a deposed Galactic Emperor resurrected in the stolen body of a hapless ([[GenderBender female]]) explorer. Her plan to regain her throne seems to involve spreading misinformation and fear by unleashing a genetically engineered monster and a henchman who can't remember what order to RapePillageAndBurn on a medieval planet.
352* Every character in ''Webcomic/CryHavoc'' bar Hati is greedy, violent, sadistic, or manipulative. The only defining characteristic the protagonists share is a sense of group loyalty (that may or may not be innate).
353* ''Webcomic/{{Darken}}'' features a party of evil characters led by Gort, the Lord of Hellfire, who wants to unite the three Artifacts of Hell in order to become a demonic demi-god and rule all of Darken with an iron fist.
354* Every major character in ''Webcomic/{{EVIL|2016}}'', except probably [[LoserProtagonist Trevor]]. Not surprising, considering it is set in a [[WackyCollege university]] [[AcademyOfEvil for villains]].
355* Dr. Kinesis, and in fact, most of the main characters in ''Webcomic/EvilPlan''. The webcomic is about supervillains, so this trope applies heavily.
356* ''Webcomic/TheFourth'' is about Dark Lord Tiberius Skarva [[CharacterTitle IV]] and his plans to take over the local kingdom.
357* ''Webcomic/{{Goblins}}'' follows a band of goblins from a role-playing game, usually regarded as low-level adventurer fodder, leading you to expect it would be this. However, the goblins are actually pretty heroic. A couple of straight examples do occur in the series, though, particularly the character of K'Seliss. (K'Seliss is part of a party including a couple of more admirable characters, though; the truly ''evil'' characters in the setting are never really used as viewpoint characters.)
358* The stunningly mis-named Angel of ''Webcomic/TheGoodWitch'', who has a FreudianExcuse, but long since went over the MoralEventHorizon.
359* ''Webcomic/GrieferBelt'''s main cast work for The Belt, a company that specializes in [[ProfessionalKiller professional killing]] as well as [[OrganTheft organ harvesting]], and they have no qualms over it.
360* [[http://cockeyed.the-comic.org/comics/47/ Harry the Dagger]] is a fairly low-level example.
361* ''Webcomic/{{Heist}}'' stars Geist, an IntangibleMan master thief who makes the same mistake [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Icarus]] did.
362%%* ''Webcomic/HipsterHitler. [ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin? ADD MORE CONTEXT]
363* Asa and Rook of ''Webcomic/{{Hotblood}}'', who -- when introduced to us, the audience -- are hightailing it away from law inforcement. Rook notes he has a bounty of $800 on his head (a lot of money, for TheWildWest).
364* Jerome in ''Webcomic/HungryCity'' is an unscrupulous vampire who has no qualms about hunting humans for food, and only the ZombieApocalypse happening all around him forces him to protect the one human survivor he manages to find, rather than drain her dry right out of the gate.
365* ''Webcomic/{{Jared}}'' features three main characters who are all varying shades of evil; Jared, Mary and Lilac, as well as some with questionable motives; corrupt police officer Carl and Hat Cat. The [[DesignatedHero good guy]] is not introduced until the last page of the first arc.
366* ''Webcomic/TheLastDaysOfFoxhound'' is as pure an example of this trope as you can find, given that the [[QuirkyMiniBossSquad six lead characters]] are all the freak mercenary terrorists that Solid Snake must fight in ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid''. It's also a subversion. Foxhound might be villains by the time of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', but they start out the comic as heroes working for the US government, and remain so right up until the very end, where they become heroes working against The Patriots, Metal Gear's version of the Illuminati.
367* ''Webcomic/LifeAndDeath'' while played for laughs, Steve takes his job as Death seriously and murders a lot of people as does his assistant Sally.
368%%* ''Webcomic/TheManiacChainsawWieldingDuckbilledPlatypus''.
369* ''Webcomic/MinionComics'' focuses on the lives of minions who sign up with an evil organization.
370* ''Webcomic/{{Narbonic}}'''s protagonists are evil, but it's [[AffablyEvil cute fluffy evil]]. The MadScientist is an upbeat, plump, 26-year old blonde woman ([[RealTime aging to ~32 by the end of the strip's run]]) with pink glasses and a T-shirt that says "evil" with the "i" dotted with a heart. They're all {{Card Carrying Villain}}s, too.
371* Really, were you expecting anything different from a webcomic named ''Webcomic/{{Nefarious}}''? Crow is as delightfully evil as he was in his [[VideoGame/{{Nefarious}} game]].
372* ''Webcomic/NonPack'' is a MatureAnimalStory about {{Gangbangers}} struggling for power in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals version of UsefulNotes/PuertoRico. The protagonists, Los Satos, are a criminal gang of thieves and drug dealers. However, ALighterShadeOfBlack is in full effect for them; they care for each other like a FamilyOfChoice[[note]]and two of them are literally brother and sister[[/note]], and the other crooks they deal with are much worse than they are.
373* ''Webcomic/ProjectBlackfire'' follows a group of bank robbers/supervillains turned mercenaries.
374* The eponymous characters of the MegaCrossover ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'' are [[Film/{{Labyrinth}} Jareth the Goblin King]], [[Theatre/ThePhantomOfTheOpera Erik]], [[Theatre/LesMiserables Javert]], and [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean Norrington]].
375* ''Webcomic/SecondEmpire'' has the [[Series/DoctorWho Daleks]] of the Second Dalek Empire going against the slightly more evil First Dalek Empire.
376* ''Webcomic/TheSecretKnots'': The protagonist in "11 signs you are not getting enough sleep" turns out to be a murderous werewolf, who doesn't remember anything they've done while transformed.
377* ''[[Webcomic/{{Sins}} The Sins]]''. Sure they are the {{Anthropomorphic Personification}}s of The SevenDeadlySins and no matter how [[TheCutie innocent their unwitting host is]] they lose their soul instantly, but they are also pretty fun guys to have around. That they are also {{Punch Clock Villain}}s and AffablyEvil helps.
378* Bun Bun of ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' is a sociopathic, switchblade-wielding, possibly immortal madman (well, madrabbit) who cuts anything that annoys him, and he was actually the protagonist of a story arc.
379* ''Webcomic/StringTheory2009'' is about Dr. Schtein's descent into villainy.
380* The title characters of ''Webcomic/SuccubusJustice'' are soul stealing demons who regularly mutilate innocent people.
381* ''Webcomic/TotalUndeadDrama'': Storm is pretty much the lead and considered the villain of the story due to the fact he's the one that turns and leads the growing vampire coven. Starting with his turning of Sadie and Katie and things escalating when Courtney finds out and sets her sights on staking him.
382* ''Webcomic/TrueVillains'' is about a former NominalHero trying out the dark side of the alignment divide with a CardCarryingVillain demon, an AxCrazy {{Necromancer}}, and a power-hungry mage. It doesn't take him too long to stop being put off by how ''[[ForTheEvulz fun]]'' his new boss finds villainy.
383* The GreyAndGreyMorality of ''Webcomic/TwoRooks'' complicates matters, but protagonist Dea O'Malley ''is'' a ruthless assassin working for a crime syndicate, and his opposite number, Serus Eden, ''is'' undeniably ALighterShadeOfGrey. But neither side is all that nice.
384* ''Webcomic/UnOrdinary'': [[TheEveryman John Doe]] is an heroic and kind high-school student at first, but as him and his best friend Seraphina get [[CrapsackWorld systematically bullied by the entire school]], he eventually vows to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge beat all the elite students and destroy their hierarchy]]. He succeeds, but while those students learn from it and start working to improve their environment, John [[HeWhoFightsMonsters refuses to forgive them and begins to rule the school as a tyrant]], actually thwarting the other students' efforts to end the bullying.
385* The ''Webcomic/VampireCheerleaders'' were meant to come across as a group of [[HeroicComedicSociopath comedic sociopaths]], but wound up being perceived as this trope instead, [[http://www.vampirecheerleaders.net/strips-vc/meet_the_parents_4 due to the severity]] of [[DudeNotFunny some of their actions.]] They officially became villains during the ''"Vampire Cheerleaders Must Die!"'' crossover which cast the ''Webcomic/ParanormalMysterySquad'' as [[HeroAntagonist heroic]] [[http://www.vampirecheerleaders.net/strips-vc/bat_is_out_of_the_bag antagonists]], who were out to save Bakertown High [[http://www.vampirecheerleaders.net/strips-vc/prom_aftermath from Lori and her Coven of vampires.]]
386* ''Webcomic/VoodooWalrus'' ended their first year with a massive storyline focusing on baddies Mac and Shmeerm viciously taking down ''BigBad'' Cyradwee and every last one of his underlings.
387* ''Webcomic/WhenSheWasBad'' focuses on Gail Swanson, a gang member who accidentally receives some superpowers meant for Amber Price, who is TheChosenOne and also happens to be an AlphaBitch who bullied her in high school. Rather than be a hero like Amber, Gail decides to use her powers to become a supervillain.
388* [[{{Pyromaniac}} Florence de Beaumont]] and [[FemmeFatale Risa Bellerose]] are both [[BloodKnight brutal]] [[{{Psychopath}} psychopaths]], with Florence burning whole cities to the ground and often attempting to [[DepravedHomosexual harass male players]], and Risa seducing others and stealing their money. They eventually manage to become better over time, but are still very [[AntiHero antiheroic characters]]. [[EvilVsEvil Not that the other players are any better.]]
389* Arthur Yahtzee from ''Webcomic/YahtzeeTakesOnTheWorld'' (by Creator/{{Yahtzee}}) is a wannabe EvilGenius who's trying to take over the world.
390* ''Webcomic/YetAnotherFantasyGamerComic'' is from the point of view of a group of evil humanoids (and unnatural beings) living underground.
391* ''Webcomic/YourThrone'': The protagonist is Lady Medea Solon who is an ambitious and murderous noble who desires the throne for herself and will go to ruthless aims to get it. Her being opposed by far worse opponents makes her ALighterShadeOfBlack, however.
392* In ''Webcomic/ZebraGirl'', the eponymous character's transformation into a demon was initially PlayedForLaughs, but the long-running CerebusSyndrome is turning her into a Villain Protagonist.
393* Ziggy Pig is the central character of ''Webcomic/ZiggyPigAndSillySeal2022'', and he's ''definitely'' not nice -- he hatches a plan to FrameUp various Creator/MarvelComics animal super-beings being rude in order to raise his own reputation, starts a super-villain team to battle the ComicBook/PetAvengers, sneaks [[PineappleRuinsPizza pineapples onto pizzas,]] and ends up getting his friend beaten up in prison on a daily basis.
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397* ''Literature/ThirtyDaysInSpring'': Ryan Rhodes, who has spent his life hurting others and goes on a killing spree when stranded deep in the woods.
398* Muschio in ''Webcomic/DiveQuest'''s goal is to "become the Devil" and has no qualms about burning down peaceful villages and assassinating his rivals to get his way.
399--> Muschio: When I was very young, I asked my mother what I would have grown up to be, if I were not the Prince. She told me, "Muschio. Whatever you desire, that you shall have tenfold. If you want to be a soldier, you will become a general. If you want to be a monk, you shall become pope." I wanted to be a villain. *Beat* And I do not intend to stop until I have become the Devil.
400* [[EvilVersusEvil Whichever way you look at it]] in ''Fanfic/FarceOfTheThreeKingdoms.'' Liu Bei, the DesignatedHero, is cowardly, hypocritical, and self-centered, and Zhuge Liang is arguably an irredeemable monster. Cao Cao is generally more likable, and frequently [[PetTheDog Pets The Dog]], but he's definitely a paranoid, murderous tyrant. Sun Quan is ALighterShadeOfGrey, but he gets much less focus.
401* Iriana from ''Literature/IlivaisX'' gradually becomes this. At first, she's mostly freaked out, having narrowly escaped from an eternity of servitude to an empire that half-unwittingly tortured her for more than half of her life. As such, she spends her first week or so taking respite, learning to use the eponymous robot, defending herself, getting in close with Mille, and generally being moderately suspicious but even pitiable at times. But soon she realizes the infinitely destructive power of her robot, and her grudge against the Aztecs and the world in general begins to surface. She begins antagonizing the empires far more adamantly for little reason aside from wanting them destroyed, manipulates and forces people into serving her (especially Mille), and shows an unwillingness to accept things that aren't in her control- and if that doesn't change, she deigns to erase it from existence.
402* In ''Literature/TheIronTeeth'', Blacknail frequently murders and steals, and does not even comprehend why any action that doesn't further his or his master's interests might be morally wrong.
403* Unlike most superhero-based {{Shared Universe}}s, the ''WebVideo/{{Metaverse}}'' focuses primarily on the villains. And then, a lot of the heroes aren't all that heroic....
404* ''Script/{{Migraine}}'' has Ken Muntz, a seemingly typical American wanting to earn money to buy a new apartment. It's later revealed that he's [[spoiler:a serial killer who kidnaps people, kills them, and sells their flesh on the BlackMarket so he can use said money to buy said apartment]].
405* The version of Creator/BillyMays featured in [=Nashmetal100=]'s YouTubePoop videos is depicted as a downright {{Jerkass}}, being depicted as racist towards black people, Germans, and Mexicans in "The Billy Mays Dating Experience", constantly interrupting Anthony Sullivan's attempt to sell a product in at least two videos of his, and even going as far as to murder Vince Offer.
406* ''Literature/APracticalGuideToEvil'': Cat, the protagonist of the series is nominally aligned to Evil (capital E) in order to protect her kingdom from the abuses of [[TheEmpire Praes]]. Over time, however, she definitly commits enough atrocities to deserve being called a villain.
407* Michael from ''Literature/TheSalvationWar''. Though the humans are undoubtedly the real heroes of the story, Michael acts as our main viewpoint in Heaven, and has quite sympathetic motivations in wanting to limit the damage done to Heaven when the humans inevitably invade, even as he keeps crossing the MoralEventHorizon to accomplish this.
408* ''Website/SFDebris'' portrays Captain Janeway of ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' in this way -- a power-crazed, murderous sadist who is deliberately spreading chaos throughout the Delta Quadrant and has set up a XanatosGambit to gain control of the Alpha Quadrant.
409* The Blogfic [[http://sooniwillrule.blogspot.com/ Soon, I will Rule The World!]] has one of these. He's a [[OurLichesAreDifferent Lich]] who [[MageInManhattan has come to our world to take it over]]. He hasn't really crossed the MoralEventHorizon yet, and he's decent to his minions, but does collect protection money from a substantial chunk of the city and did try (and fail) to hypnotize some orphans to mess with his nemesis. Though it is implied (Albeit barely, though the author says that more on that is planned) that he does have a FreudianExcuse.
410* Deconstructed with Rast Racklyn from ''Literature/TailsOfFame''. Rast turns to a life of crime in order to get famous, but the story shows that everything he does is horrific, absolutely nothing he does is justified, and he only cares about himself and his ego.
411* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'':
412** The story "Mimeographic", featuring the supervillain Mimeo. He's not an amoral street thug. He's an amoral street thug with unstoppable superpowers.
413** Or "It's Good to be the Don", told from the viewpoint of Don Sebastiano.
414** Or the Jobe stories. Or "Razzle Dazzle", told by a supervillain who may have been, among other supervillains, the legendary Cerebrex. It's hard to be sure, since it clearly has an UnreliableNarrator.
415** "The Final Trump" and "The Mark of Miss Scarlet" feature the [[TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether Harrow family]], who are three generations of AffablyEvil supervillains, con artists, and dark wizards.
416* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', not only is the protagonist a villain (well, [[TheInfiltration sort of, at first]] -- [[spoiler:although she later becomes one for [[AntiVillain sort-of real]]]]) but most of the perspectives seen via [[ADayInTheLimelight Interludes]] are also villainous. Anti-villainy varies greatly.
417* Psycho Gecko is a murderous, insane supervillain protagonist in the WebSerialNovel ''Literature/WorldDominationInRetrospect''. BlackComedy and BloodyHilarious violence abound.
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421* ''WebVideo/BarneyBunch'' stars [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Drew Pickles]] as the [[DepravedHomosexual gayest man in the universe]], with his videos having him going to places, only to go on rampages ranging from [[BlackComedyRape raping men]] or [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain beating women to death with his dick for being women]] often over [[DisproportionateRetribution minor inconveniences]]. Such "offenses" include extremely long lines, workers refusing to make his disgusting meal requests, or just about anything that wrongs him.
422** ''WebVideo/SecretMissingEpisodes'', a offshoot of ''Barney Bunch'', tends to do this if the protagonists of shows [[AdaptationalVillainy do depraved acts in the style of Drew Pickles]], especially if they’re made a pedophile.
423* The point of the [[http://causeofdeath.weebly.com/ entire series]] ''WebVideo/CauseOfDeath'', where individual serial killers and psychos end up joining together and, in some cases, dueling against one another. It's up to the viewer to decide who to root for, because everyone in the show is going to Hell anyway.
424* Website/ChannelAwesome:
425** The most blatant example on the site would be WebVideo/DiamandaHagan, who is an actual supervillain.
426--->'''Diamanda:''' Doctor Doom [[TakeThat is a pussy!]]
427** WebVideo/AskThatGuyWithTheGlasses is a rapist, commits DomesticAbuse, a pedophile, a murderer, works for the devil and yet still stays [[SympatheticPOV sympathetic and charming]].
428** WebVideo/BennettTheSage, who [[EvenEvilHasStandards disgusts and terrifies even That Guy with the Glasses]], and may or may not ''be'' {{Satan}}.
429** In ''WebVideo/{{Kickassia}}'', WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic, who even dresses up as [[Franchise/StreetFighter M. Bison]].
430* All the main characters in ''WebVideo/SuperMarioLogan'' can easily qualify. [[BrattyHalfPint Bowser Jr.]], [[InsufferableImbecile Jeffy]], and [[AntiRoleModel Black Yoshi]] are the biggest cases, but other characters like [[{{Manchild}} Brooklyn Guy]], [[{{Jerkass}} Chef Pee Pee]], and even [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Mario]] himself can be villainous at times. On the whole, they have attempted to murder others and sometimes each other, pull felonies like robberies, blackmail, and theft, and tend to cause chaos with their [[InsufferableImbecile stupidity]] and [[PsychopathicManchild immaturity]].
431* Doctor Horrible from ''WebVideo/DrHorriblesSingAlongBlog'' is a [[CardCarryingVillain self-proclaimed]] {{supervillain}}, and the story opens with him practicing his EvilLaugh. As a nerdy, AffablyEvil, WellIntentionedExtremist, he's contrasted starkly with HeroAntagonist Captain Hammer, who is closer to a KnightTemplar VillainWithGoodPublicity than anything resembling an actual hero. Though this really counts as a {{Deconstruction}}: Billy/Dr. Horrible insists that UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans, but even he seems confused sometimes about his motives (''"All the cash, all the fame -- and social change!/Anarchy, that I run..."''), in contrast to [[LoveInterest Penny]]'s more traditional, charitable methods of improving the world. And, of course, there's [[DownerEnding the ending]].
432* ''WebVideo/Jerma985'' gradually becomes increasingly psychotic in his in-universe persona starting in 2017, [[spoiler: having murdered Santa Claus and various memes, unleashing a HumanoidAbomination by mistake and devouring people on a hot-air balloon trip, though he's still firmly in the category of a LaughablyEvil NobleDemon.]]
433* ''WebVideo/SAndDTier'' follows two supervillains, Alex and Morgan. While they have wildly contrasting levels of danger (Alex is a NighInvulnerable HeroKiller, Morgan has a [[WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway practically useless power]] and prefers to focus on heists), neither of them are exactly good people. Morgan may be less dangerous than Alex, but they're still perfectly fine hanging out with a mass murderer.
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