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15->''"You asked what about me? It's simple. I love cutting up live people, and I like killing people so much, I can't stand it. I kill; therefore I am! I am who I am. That's all the evidence I need!"''
16-->— '''Barry the Chopper''', [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003 2003 anime]], "[[Recap/FullmetalAlchemistE21TheRedGlow The Red Glow]]"
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18Of all the horrors Edward and Alphonse Elric encounter on [[Franchise/FullmetalAlchemist their journey]] for the PhilosophersStone, these individuals stand out as the [[CompleteMonster most irredeemably depraved]].
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24[[AC:[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Original manga]] and ''Brotherhood'']]
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26* [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistFather Father]] is a being from beyond the Gate given form as the "Dwarf in the Flask" and named Homunculus by the nameless slave who would become van Hohenheim in the Xerxes empire. Desiring to escape the flask, Homunculus would trick the king of Xerxes into a ritual that slaughtered multiple people to initiate an alchemy ritual that killed everyone in Xerxes and split their souls between Hohenheim and Homunculus, to the former's horror. Later founding the nation of Amestris and creating [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistHomunculi the Homunculi]], he took the name of "Father", guiding Amestris to become [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistMilitary a military dictatorship]] that initiated military conflicts to provide bloodshed for an even greater ritual, including the genocide of the Ishvalan people. Intending to kill and steal the souls of tens of millions so that he could [[GodEating devour God]], or Truth itself to absorb its power, Father demonstrates cold sadism when he faces Hohenheim and the latter's [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistBrothers children]], [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistEdwardElric Edward]] and Alphonse Elric, mentally torturing them as he also abandons or [[AbusiveParents tries to absorb his own Homunculi children]]. While he sees himself as an existence above humans, this is simply a reflection of Father's arrogance and pride, desiring to [[GodhoodSeeker ascend ever higher]], no matter who or what he has to destroy to gain ultimate knowledge and power.
27* The [[VillainousGoldTooth Gold-Toothed]] Doctor was commissioned by Father to create the Homunculus Wrath, which he did by indoctrinating dozens of [[WouldHurtAChild children]] as potential candidates. Inserting Philosopher's Stones into the subjects' bodies, the [[MadDoctor Doctor]] killed all except one in his diabolical experiments, leaving the failures mindlessly only able to follow his orders. When confronted by [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistRoyMustang Roy Mustang]] and [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistTeamMustang his group]], the Doctor tries to force Mustang into opening the Gate of Truth for Father's plan by slitting the throat of his close ally Riza Hawkeye and shows only apathy to the notion his helping Father will lead to the deaths of everyone in Amestris.
28* "[[Recap/FullmetalAlchemistBrotherhoodE4AnAlchemistsAnguish An Alchemist's Anguish]]": [[MadScientist Shou Tucker]], the [[MadDoctor Sewing-Life Alchemist]], is known for his ability to create chimeras capable of speech. He's introduced to the Elric brothers as an awkward man with a 4-year-old daughter named Nina. With his State Alchemist license soon to expire, Tucker created another Chimera by [[WouldHurtAChild fusing Nina and her dog Alexander]] into a miserable HalfHumanHybrid which is [[AndIMustScream in constant agony]]. When the Elric brothers discovered Nina's new state, Edward's rage nearly drove him to kill Tucker. It is then revealed that the other speaking Chimera was actually his wife and Nina's mother, whom Tucker created by fusing her to another animal, earning him his State Alchemist status in the first place. Tucker refuses to admit what he did was horrible, going as far as to tell the Elric brothers that they shouldn't have a problem with his actions and that anybody else in his position would have done the same thing. While only appearing in one chapter, Shou Tucker manages to be one of the most depraved characters in the manga and ''Brotherhood'' anime.
29* ''[[Anime/FullMetalAlchemistTheSacredStarOfMilos The Sacred Star of Milos]]'': [[AxCrazy Atlas]] is a [[AmbitionIsEvil power-hungry]] Lieutenant in the Cretan military assigned to guarding the Crichton alchemist family. Murdering the parents for their research on the Sanguine Star, Atlas also [[FaceStealer skins the face]] of their older son Ashleigh to take on his identity. Years later, as "[[TheHeavy Melvin Voyager]]", Atlas breaks out of prison using an explosion to find Ashleigh's sister Julia, posing as her brother to manipulate her and her group, the Black Bats, into helping him create the Star. Using the transmutation circle around Table City, Atlas [[ManipulativeBastard tricks the Bats]] into committing terrorist attacks, thinking they are fighting for their country Milos, before betraying them, killing their leader—his own co-conspirator—and countless Amestrian soldiers to create the Star with their deaths.
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34* [[VainSorceress Dante]] is a vain 400-year-old alchemist who [[ImmortalityImmorality keeps herself alive]] by sacrificing lives to allow the creation of a Philosopher's Stone to [[BodySurf transfer her essence into younger bodies]], sacrificing thousands and killing the previous inhabitants of her new body. In the nation of Amestris, Dante installs one of her Homunculi servants, Pride, as Führer of the country and has him enact numerous bloody conflicts, in the hopes that doing so will push a talented alchemist to create a stone for her to use to retain her youth. Keeping the Homunculi in order with the false promise of restoring their humanity with the Stone, Dante even uses Sloth's likeness of her previous lover's wife torment him and his sons. Selecting the teenage hero Ed's LoveInterest as her next body, Dante states her intent to have sex with him and hypocritically rants that [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist her oppression of humanity proves her to be their immortal protector]].
35* [[AdaptationalVillainy This version]] of [[PresidentEvil Führer King Bradley]] is the Homunculus {{Pride}} and Dante's right-hand [[CoDragons alongside Envy]]. Masterminding the genocide in Ishbal and repeating the atrocity in Reole, Bradley even unleashing a psychopath to hasten the second blood conflict. Using his position as Führer to help Dante create conflict in the hopes of a desperate alchemist creating another Philosopher's Stone, Bradley also enjoys the power of taking territory and murders any who find out about his Homunculus origins. Tormenting Roy Mustang when the two face off in the final arc, Bradley even [[OffingTheOffspring strangles his own son to death]] in anger when the boy accidentally reveals his weakness.
36* [[MadBomber Solf J. Kimblee]], the Crimson (Lotus) Alchemist, stands out as even more [[AxCrazy insane and psychotic]] than his manga counterpart. A state alchemist with the ability to turn objects—and [[WhyAmITicking people]]—into [[HavingABlast explosives]], Kimblee earned a reputation during the Ishbal genocide for his ruthlessness. As seen in early flashbacks, Kimblee was responsible for creating mass destruction in his district, all while laughing like a maniac. He also tortured Scar by sadistically blasting him apart one piece at a time, giving him the distinctive mark in his forehead. Later, Kimblee escapes the prison by using a fellow inmate as a bomb and starts working for Greed before betraying him to Frank Archer and being indirectly responsible for the Devil's Nest massacre. Kimblee is later [[PsychoForHire assigned by Pride]] to reenact the Ishbal genocide in Reole, and tries to murder Al by transforming him into a walking time bomb.
37* The anime incarnation of [[AxCrazy Barry the Chopper]] is [[AdaptationalVillainy far more vicious and horrifying]] than his original incarnation. He was once a simple butcher living in Central City, but when he grew bored of chopping up animals, decided to [[TilMurderDoUsPart butcher his wife]] and found he loved the sensation and followed by [[SerialKiller gruesomely murdering many young women]]. Barry's killing spree came to a temporary halt when he was arrested after trying to kill the Elrics' childhood friend, Winry. Rather than be executed, Barry was experimented on, had his soul bound to a suit of armor, and was used as a guardian for the Fifth Laboratory. After it was destroyed, Barry slaked his bloodlust by [[PsychoForHire joining a group of mercenaries]] to slaughter a camp of harmless Ishvalans.
38* ''[[Anime/FullmetalAlchemistTheConquerorOfShamballa The Conqueror of Shamballa]]'': [[KnightTemplar Chairman Dietlinde Eckhart]] is the head of the [[{{Ghostapo}} Nazi's Thule Society]]. Seeking to use the power of the mystic "Shamballa" to [[TakeOverTheWorld conquer the world]] with alchemy, Eckhart captures the Homunculus Envy to open the gate to the other world, keeping the monster docile by allowing him to bite into his father Hohenheim. When Hohenheim sacrifices himself to open the gate, Eckhart shoots [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemist2003MainCharacters Ed]], no longer needing him for her plans, and leads an all-out assault on his world. Hypocritically fearing the use of the alchemy she seeks in the hands of others, Eckhart [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist tries to wipe out Shamballa, unwilling to share the power]].
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43* [[Film/FullmetalAlchemist2017 Original 2017 film]]:
44** [[MadScientist Shou Tucker]], the [[MadDoctor Sewing-Life Alchemist]], is revealed to have fused his own wife with a dog to turn her into a chimera, a twisted parody of life that [[AndIMustScream suffers in perpetual pain]]. Later performing the same treatment with his own daughter, Tucker defends his actions by claiming it is completely natural to perform unethical experiments solely on the basis of being able to. Being beaten and imprisoned by Edward Elric, Tucker later joins a military coup where he helps to create countless Mannequin Soldiers to unleash upon the civilian populace solely to spite Ed, without a single care for the lives that will be lost.
45** [[InsaneAdmiral Major General Hakuro]] is a ruthless military officer seeking a military coup. Manipulating conflict, death and murder across Amestris, Hakuro recruits Tucker and reveals the truth of the [[PhilosophersStone Philosopher's Stones]] as the amalgam of fused human souls and lives, flashbacks showing that Hakuro had [[PlayingWithSyringes thousands of prisoners and innocents painfully melted down]] to create thousands and thousands of stones. Upon confronting Edward, Hakuro plans to unleash the cannibalistic Mannequin Soldiers on Amestris to kill until Hakuro can seize control of the country, driven by nothing but a hunger for power.
46* ''[[Film/FullmetalAlchemistTheLastTransmutation The Last Transmutation]]'': [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistFather Father]] is the true villain working from behind the scenes. Brought to life with Van Hohenheim's blood centuries years ago in Xerxes, Father [[ManipulativeBastard tricked the greedy king]] into performing a ritual granting himself and Hohenheim all the souls in the nation. [[GodhoodSeeker Intent on attaining godhood]], Father removes all his vices to become his [[SevenDeadlySins Homunculi "children"]], plotting for centuries to [[SoulEating devour all the souls]] in his newfound country of Amestris to empower himself. Sponsoring a coup through his daughter Lust, Father allows General Hakuro to sow chaos before having him disposed of. Enacting his ritual, Father consumes God at the cost of all the lives in Amestris, and when Hohenheim manages to revive them, aims to kill and consume all he can to contain the power of God.
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51* ''VideoGame/FullmetalAlchemistAndTheBrokenAngel'': [[BigBad Camilla]] is a [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld supernaturally-young]] alchemist seeking the Philosopher's Catalyst. Working with [[WellIntentionedExtremist Professor Wilhelm Eiselstein]] as his assistant "Greta", Camilla wipes out the town of Hiessgart with his chimeras. Now in New Hiessgart, Camilla lures alchemists to the town to be eaten and empowered as Catalysts by her chimeras. Tricking the military into an all-out war with the town, Camilla makes off with Wilhelm's young daughter Armony, intending to kill the girl and take the Catalyst within her and [[ImmortalityImmorality remain young forever]].
52* ''[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemistThePrototype The Prototype]]'': [[BigBad Major Arzen]] is a {{greed}}y man who makes alchemists to use his PhilosophersStone in an attempt to [[ImmortalitySeeker gain an immortal body]], the rebound violently killing countless. Forcing young State Alchemist Edward Elric to try by holding his brother and friend hostage, when Edward succeeds, Arzen attempts to kill them all to [[ImmortalityImmorality keep immortality to himself]].
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