INTRO!
This character could be an Omnicidal Maniac, the leader of an Apocalypse Cult, or the devoted disciple of a God of Evil. Whatever their goals are, they involve inflicting doom, disaster, and/or chaos.
If they're relying on the power of a malicious entity, they could find out the hard way that Evil Is Not a Toy.
Compare and contrast Unwitting Instigator of Doom, Apocalypse Maiden, and Beast of the Apocalypse, this trope's unintentional counterparts.
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Film
- Avengers: Infinity War: Thanos, the film's Big Bad, uses the Infinity Gauntlet (an Artifact of Doom that makes the wearer omnipotent), to eliminate half of all life throughout the entire universe.
- In the Canadian horror film The Heretics the main character, Gloria, is kidnapped by a cult who worship the demon Abaddon. The cult implants Abaddon's spirit into Gloria so that he can be released into our world.
Video Games
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: In the Dawnguard DLC, the vampire Lord Harkon wants to perform a ritual that will block out the sun so vampires will no longer have to hide during the daytime.
Web Animation
- Llamas with Hats: The amount of "doom" inflicted by Villain Protagonist Carl escalates over the course of the series, and includes deliberately sinking a cruise ship, making a "meat dragon" out of dead orphans, and demolishing a nearby city. By the end of the series, he's eliminated all other life on Earth, including his former friend Paul.
Western Animation
- Gravity Falls: Much of season two revolves around Bill Cipher's Evil Plan to eliminate the boundary between the real world and his chaotic home dimension.
