Line #29 PlayingWith/OmnicidalManiac


1	'''Basic Trope''': A villain whose main plan is to destroy the world, and has the means to do so.
2	* '''Straight''': [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Doctor Destructo]] seeks to destroy Earth and all of its inhabitants with nuclear weapons, {{synthetic plague}}s, or both.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Doctor Destructo plans on using his newly created Reality Bomb to destroy reality as we know it.
5	** Doctor Destructo plans on using a triple-level fail-safed This Will Really Destroy Reality Bomb to destroy reality, then recreating a new universe with a big bang to sterilize away whatever might have survived in some corners the bomb missed, before collapsing the new universe onto itself and decaying all matter to a state where no planets, stars or any other celestial bodies will emerge, ensuring nothing will ever exist ever again, even existence and nonexistence.
6	** Doctor Destructo wants to prevent reality [[RetGone from ever coming into being.]]
7	** Doctor Destructo plans to send every living being in the world, including himself, into the Sun.
8	** Doctor Destructo wants to destroy the entire omniverse, possibly even beyond.
9	** Doctor Destructo plans to destroy the entirety of ''fiction itself.''
10	** All of the villains share this goal.
11	** [[TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed It's an everyday problem.]]
12	* '''Downplayed''':
13	** Doctor Destructo is a mundane SerialKiller who expresses a clear ''desire'' to destroy everything in his rants, but there isn't the slightest chance of him actually doing so.
14	** Doctor Destructo doesn't want to kill ''everyone'', but the vast majority of the planet, leaving only the people that follow him alive.
15	** AxCrazy
16	* '''Justified''':
17	** Doctor Destructo is a StrawNihilist who lives in a CrapsackWorld and [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds suffered from a severe]] FreudianExcuse, and is using the [[DoomsdayDevice Reality Bomb]] [[SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum to subject the world to]] [[MercyKill euthanasia]] or create a better one [[InTheirOwnImage In His Own Image]].
18	** The plan is Doctor Destructo's ultimate philosophical experiment. He seeks to find out if there's an afterlife or the world is AllJustADream. To make sure of the results, he'll kill himself as well.
19	** Doctor Destructo is the absolute personification of nothingness, the avatar of hate, or some other EldritchAbomination, and wants to wipe out reality because [[ItsWhatIDo it's who he is.]]
20	** Destructo is a being [[TheHeartless born from misanthropy]] who can only manifest in the physical world via DemonicPossession. Dr. D'Amico, a brilliant inventor, becomes its next host after finding out his inventions are being used to cause suffering and oppression around the world.
21	** Doctor Destructo suffers from [[AGodAmI a god complex]], and believes destroying it all will prove this.
22	** AbsoluteXenophobe taken to its logical extreme.
23	** Doctor Destructo is fighting a [[GodzillaThreshold powerful]] [[MultiversalConqueror enemy]] that [[ItsTheOnlyWayToBeSure can only be stopped by the destruction of the universe]].
24	** [[KnightTemplar Doctor Destructo]] used to be an aspiring [[TakeOverTheWorld world conqueror]] who sought to [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans protect the world from itself]]. But too many people "selfishly" stopping him has led him to believe ItIsBeyondSaving.
25	** [[WellIntentionedExtremist Doctor Destructo]] believes that everyone gets what they [[KarmicJackpot deserve in]] [[LaserGuidedKarma the afterlife]]. To end injustice, he decides to send everyone there by force.
26	** It is such a CrapsackWorld that [[ItIsBeyondSaving destroying and killing everything]] is the only way for Doctor Destructo to save everyone, perhaps to lay the groundwork for a [[AWorldHalfFull new, better world to be born]].
27	* '''Inverted''':
28	** Doctor [[IronicName Destructo]]'s sole motivation is to keep the world from being destroyed.
29	** [[EverythingTryingToKillYou The world's sole motivation is to absolutely destroy Doctor Destructo.]]
30	* '''Subverted''': Doctor Destructo's plan to destroy reality is a RedHerring meant to obfuscate his real plan, or simply a blackmail attempt: He has no plan of following through whether he gets what he wants or no.
31	* '''Double Subverted''': ...but once his last desire has been fulfilled, he throws the switch anyway.
32	* '''Parodied''':
33	** [[MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds Doctor Destructo has no concept of the scale of destruction he is about to unleash]]. When Bob asks him, "Why would you want to destroy the world?" he gets flummoxed.
34	** The method to destroy the world turns out to be either much less dangerous than initially thought, or just completely bizarre: Destructo's device turns out to drown the Earth in lukewarm custard.
35	** [[WesternAnimation/RegularShow Doctor Destructo wants to destroy the universe because a flying deer from space always kicks him in the face]]
36	* '''Zig-Zagged''': Doctor Destructo is about to destroy the world, but suddenly realizes just what an awful thing that would be to do, and stops. After attempting to come to terms with his own horridness and failing, he realizes that the only way to keep people from trying to follow his example would be to destroy himself, and the sinful world that spawned him, with his Reality Bomb.
37	* '''Averted''': Doctor Destructo doesn't want to destroy reality, or obviously has no way to do so.
38	* '''Enforced''': "Enough with the TakeOverTheWorld plots. Can we have something else that's an adequate threat for our [[invoked]]GodModeSue [[InvincibleHero protagonist]]?"
39	* '''Lampshaded''': "How does a plan involving killing all life everywhere make any sense?"
40	* '''Invoked''': Doctor Destructo is out to get the attention of the really ''really'' powerful beings, and only presenting a genuine threat to the world will do.
41	* '''Defied''': "Oh please, why would I ever want to destroy the world? [[OnlyInItForTheMoney That would be bad for business]]."
42	* '''Exploited''': Bob quickly informs the other villains of Destructo's plans and lets ''them'' foil it in an EvilVersusOblivion setup.
43	* '''Discussed''': "In every story I've heard, the bad guys were content to rule. I think we're dealing with something bigger."
44	* '''Conversed''': "You'd think Doctor Destructo could think of something to do with the world besides blow it up."
45	* '''Implied''':
46	** After Doctor Destructo leaves the room during [[KingpinInHisGym one of his planning sessions]], he places a shattered globe on his desk.
47	** Doctor Destructo desires to conquer the multiverse, and based off of how the way he conquers his universe is through something like a genocidal takeover or mass murdering spree on everything he sees, it’s likely this is his way of conquering.
48	* '''Deconstructed''':
49	** Doctor Destructo finds killing just a single planet, let alone the entire universe, far too difficult for any one man to ever achieve.
50	** Doctor Destructo is suffering from severe, untreated depression that clouds his better judgment and steers him away from his usual, [[PragmaticVillainy less destructive]] schemes.
51	** Doctor Destructo manages to get an ArmorPiercingQuestion involving his "destroy the world" plot in just a simple [[AndThenWhat "What are you gonna do afterwards?"]] He is stumped trying to figure out what to do after he destroys the world, since that's his only goal.
52	* '''Reconstructed''':
53	** From the start, Doctor Destructo is an extreme [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative_utilitarianism negative utilitarian]]. He believes destroying [[CrapsackWorld a world gone to hell]] will relieve not just [[PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery his own suffering]], but everyone else's.
54	** Doctor Destructo is [[MediumAwareness aware]] of [[TooBleakStoppedCaring how much the audience suffers from watching the show]]. He decides to give them what they want by hatching a plan to end the universe [[TorchTheFranchiseAndRun (and the show)]] once and for all.
55	* '''Played for Laughs''': MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds
56	* '''Played for Drama''': WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds
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