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This is a character who wants to destroy everything and everybody in the story and is suddenly in a position to do so; but in contrast to the Ax Crazy Omnicidal Maniac, the audience is supposed to feel some sympathy for him and/or his motives while accepting that he's got to be stopped. In rare cases, the character is even likeable, just... not all there in the head. In truly unusual cases the audience might even agree with him.

Maybe he's the result of Break The Cutie; maybe we are laughing with him when he asks "Whos Laughing Now?" to his tormentors (who, let's be fair, are most likely assholes); or maybe the world really is a World Half Empty and when we see him lashing out against everything we can't help but find him pitiful. The Well Intentioned Extremist can become this when his motives are explored; in fact, a common twist is to present a terrifying villain and then pull a Reveal that swings the sympathy of the audience (or at least the other characters) around in his favor. This may even allow The Power Of Love to cause a Heel Face Turn or at the very least a crucial hesitation on the part of the villain... who then dies, of course, because, y'know, we like the world.

When it's all in the fans' heads, this is Draco In Leather Pants.

The Woobie Destroyer Of Worlds may appear when an Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain turns out to be not so ineffectual as we'd taken for granted. (You see! They are sick of being taken for granted!) If this character is a Person Of Mass Destruction, they may cause The End Of The World As We Know It, Apocalypse How, and Suicidal Cosmic Temper Tantrum. Failing that, they may destroy the heroes' plans to avert such a catastrophe or simply ruin your prom.

Contrast Jerkass Woobie, where The Woobie may be a villain, but more of a Jerk With A Heart Of Gold. Also contrast Put Them All Out Of My Misery, where a less sympatheic villain sees the rest of the world as a disease that must be cured. Compare with Whos Laughing Now. For actual world-destroying tropes, see Why You Should Destroy The Planet Earth.

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