"Ahh, it feels so good to be so bad!"
— Shredder, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)
Oh, it's magic!
To watch a planet
Shrivel up and die!
Oh, it's thrilling,
To be a villain!
I destroy their homes and then I watch them cry,
Cause I'm the Bad Guy!
To watch a planet
Shrivel up and die!
Oh, it's thrilling,
To be a villain!
I destroy their homes and then I watch them cry,
Cause I'm the Bad Guy!
— Lord Dominator, Wander over Yonder
Xykon: Being undead is great! Why didn't I do this sooner?
Redcloak: I'm so glad your conversion to a life-draining mockery of all that is beautiful has proven to be such a barrel of laughs.
Xykon: Me too!
Redcloak: I'm so glad your conversion to a life-draining mockery of all that is beautiful has proven to be such a barrel of laughs.
Xykon: Me too!
"I think I just had an evilgasm."
— Xykon, The Order of the Stick
"What a truly magnificent feeling! I feel so good, I could break out into song! One hundred years ago, I obtained immortality. But I didn't feel as absolutely wonderful as I do now! Joestar blood suits me well! This is the greatest high!"
— Dio Brando, Jojos Bizarre Adventure
I'm alive at last,
And I'm full of joy!
And I'm full of joy!
— Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, "Epiphany"
It feels so good to be evil, it feels so good to be bad!
The most agreeable feeling I've ever had!
Oh, I never feel the least bit guilty, though I reckon I s'pose I should
Instead I'm rotten right to the core, 'cause it feels so good!
The most agreeable feeling I've ever had!
Oh, I never feel the least bit guilty, though I reckon I s'pose I should
Instead I'm rotten right to the core, 'cause it feels so good!
— Lyrics to "It Feels So Good to Be Bad" from the musical Tumbleweeds
"This dictator business is hard work... but fun work!"
— Dr. Ivo Robotnik, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
I knew myself, at the first breath of this new life, to be more wicked, tenfold more wicked, sold a slave to my original evil; and the thought, at that moment, braced and delighted me like wine.
— Dr. Jekyll, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
It's the feeling of being alive!
Filled with evil, but truly alive!
It's the truth that cannot be denied!
It's the feeling of being Edward Hyde!
Filled with evil, but truly alive!
It's the truth that cannot be denied!
It's the feeling of being Edward Hyde!
— Hyde, Jekyll & Hyde
"Do you understand, Kakarot? That's why I needed Babidi's magic. To awaken the evil in my heart. To set me free of these petty attachments. [smirks] And I've got to say it feels pretty good."
— Vegeta, Dragon Ball Z
"I'm sure you found Benny's demise pleasing. The destruction of an enemy. There are few things more satisfying."
— Caesar, Fallout: New Vegas
And it's so easy when you're evil
This is the life, you see
The Devil tips his hat to me
I do it all because I'm evil
And I do it all for free
Your tears are all the pay I'll ever need
This is the life, you see
The Devil tips his hat to me
I do it all because I'm evil
And I do it all for free
Your tears are all the pay I'll ever need
— Voltaire, "When You're Evil"
"Was Milton trying to tell us that being bad is more fun than being good?"
— Professor Jennings, Animal House
Walter: Skyler... all the things that I did, you need to understand—
Skyler: If I have to hear, one more time, that you did this for the family...
Walter: I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it. And I was... really... I was alive.
Skyler: If I have to hear, one more time, that you did this for the family...
Walter: I did it for me. I liked it. I was good at it. And I was... really... I was alive.
— Breaking Bad, "Felina"
Spider-Man: Eddie, the suit, you gotta take it off!
Venom: Oh, you'd like that, wouldn't you?
Spider-Man: I know what it feels like. It feels good. The power. Everything. But you'll lose yourself. Let it go.
Venom: I like being bad. It makes me happy.
Venom: Oh, you'd like that, wouldn't you?
Spider-Man: I know what it feels like. It feels good. The power. Everything. But you'll lose yourself. Let it go.
Venom: I like being bad. It makes me happy.
Holden: Oh, so I'm a vampire. How weird is that?
Buffy: Sorry.
Holden: No, no. Feels great. Strong. Like I'm connected to a powerful all-consuming evil that's gonna suck the world into a fiery oblivion. How 'bout you?
Buffy: Sorry.
Holden: No, no. Feels great. Strong. Like I'm connected to a powerful all-consuming evil that's gonna suck the world into a fiery oblivion. How 'bout you?
"I do things because they feel good. I drink because it feels good. I killed my husband because it felt good to be rid of him. I fuck my brother because it feels good to feel him inside me. I lie about fucking my brother because it feels good to keep our son safe from hateful hypocrites. I killed your High Sparrow and all his little sparrows, all his septons, all his septas, all his filthy soldiers, because it felt good to watch them burn. It felt good to imagine their shock and their pain. No thought has ever given me greater joy. Even confessing feels good under the right circumstances."
— Cersei Lannister, to Septa Unella, after blowing up the Great Sept of Baelor, killing everyone in and near, Game of Thrones, "The Winds of Winter".
There's days when I wanna give in,
But it's hard to be a saint
When you're full of sin,
Why would I ever think of goin' back
When it feels so fuckin' good to be bad?
But it's hard to be a saint
When you're full of sin,
Why would I ever think of goin' back
When it feels so fuckin' good to be bad?
— Theory of a Deadman, "Villain"
"I don't like to feel good! I like to feel evil!"
— Skeletor, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983)
"Being evil is too much fun!"
— Plankton, SpongeBob SquarePants
Announcer: Warning: central core is eighty percent corrupt.
GLaDOS: That's funny. I don't feel corrupt. In fact, I feel pretty good.
GLaDOS: That's funny. I don't feel corrupt. In fact, I feel pretty good.
— Portal 2
"Power became my lover. Power is like a drug. It is beautiful. Shining. I could destroy a planet by pressing a button."
"Fun isn't something one considers when balancing the universe, but this... [chuckles] does put a smile on my face."
— Thanos, Avengers: Infinity War (trailer)
"Now, evil courses through my very circuits... and I like it!"
— Orbot, Sonic Boom, "The Evil Dr. Orbot"
Fire Lord: They say power corrupts. [beat] I just never knew they meant literally.
Stormer: Come with us! We can help reverse—
Fire Lord: No no no no, you've got it all wrong. Negligence made us this way. Twisted, dark, evil... but we like it!
Stormer: Come with us! We can help reverse—
Fire Lord: No no no no, you've got it all wrong. Negligence made us this way. Twisted, dark, evil... but we like it!
Something vicious and vile is taking shape
Hatching out of the darkness as it wakes
Going after a sweet forbidden fruit
Evil has never felt so fucking good
Hatching out of the darkness as it wakes
Going after a sweet forbidden fruit
Evil has never felt so fucking good
— Beast in Black, "The Fifth Angel", about Griffith/Femto
Coco: Cortex, why do you keep doing stuff like this?
Cortex: Well actually, it's pretty fun. You should try it! You know, riding around in huge rumbling machines and whatnot. Very stimulating.
Cortex: Well actually, it's pretty fun. You should try it! You know, riding around in huge rumbling machines and whatnot. Very stimulating.
Batman: You took [Superman's] wife. His unborn child. And his city from him. Why?
The Joker: Why? You need a reason? It's probably the same reason I beat that puppy to death with a kitten last week. When the howling and meowing stops and all you're left with is a mess of fur and blood and brains — well, you just can't beat that warm glowing feeling inside.
The Joker: Why? You need a reason? It's probably the same reason I beat that puppy to death with a kitten last week. When the howling and meowing stops and all you're left with is a mess of fur and blood and brains — well, you just can't beat that warm glowing feeling inside.
— Injustice: Gods Among Us, Issue #4
"Hey, man, can you feel that evil power pulling your soul back into your rotting corpse? It's pretty sweet. Man, evil sure is great."
— A zombifying Information Guy, Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass
"This is wrong," I thought.
"He's my idol, he's my mission!"
"Come out of it and continue your purpose!"
"You've gone so far only to become what you loathe."
"So why does this feel so good?"
"He's my idol, he's my mission!"
"Come out of it and continue your purpose!"
"You've gone so far only to become what you loathe."
"So why does this feel so good?"
"He plucks the threads that make us dance, finger and toe. We surrender, in joy, to the lowest of the foul and rank. We submerge through darkness, rancid filth. Hour by hour, we move downward, ever closer to Hell, in a slow... steady... gait."
— Arkham, Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening
"It all started because I was curious. Curious what would happen if I killed them. 'I don't like this,' I told myself. 'I'm just doing this because I HAVE to know what happens.' Ha ha ha... What an excuse! You, of all people, must know how liberating it is to act this way."
— Flowey, Undertale
"Don't really care for chasing women,
Never was keen on booze,
Don't take cocaine or Mary Jane,
No, I get drunk on boos,
(That's B-O-O-S, not Z-E as before),
Because, you've got to love to be hated,
Find the good in being bad,
On the crowd is full of gentlemen,
But they've paid to see the cad,
Yes it's a hoot, a kick, a gas,
When you're the villain of the show,
Once you wear black, you never go back,
It's a high to be looooathed!
Never was keen on booze,
Don't take cocaine or Mary Jane,
No, I get drunk on boos,
(That's B-O-O-S, not Z-E as before),
Because, you've got to love to be hated,
Find the good in being bad,
On the crowd is full of gentlemen,
But they've paid to see the cad,
Yes it's a hoot, a kick, a gas,
When you're the villain of the show,
Once you wear black, you never go back,
It's a high to be looooathed!
— Mr. Burns, The Simpsons, "Gorgeous Grandpa"
"Virtue needs some cheaper thrills."
— Hobbes, Calvin and Hobbes
Wordgirl: You fiend!
Dr. Two-Brains: And proud of it.
Dr. Two-Brains: And proud of it.
— Wordgirl
"Demon energy may not always be stronger than human spirit power, but it gives a much more pleasurable sensation when used!"
— Younger Toguro, YuYu Hakusho
