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Deadlock Clock: Jan 9th 2017 at 11:59:00 PM
Anddrix Since: Oct, 2014
#1: Dec 29th 2016 at 12:22:59 PM

I've noticed that Big Bad seems to have become a Zero Context Example-magnet. Where-in the example will often contain only the Big Bad's name and nothing else, or if it's a character page; the character who's the Big Bad will just have Big Bad listed on it's trope list and nothing else.

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Fanfic.All The Way Back:

* Big Bad: The Night Shadows, aliens from a dying Cosmos, who corrupted and possessed Princess Luna in the first place, and who seem to be behind many of the threats now appearing at an unusual rate to beset Equestria.

Characters.Asuras Wrath:

Chakravartin, The Creator The real final bad guy of the game, as hinted in the ep 18 recap. The Gohma Viltra and the war between the deities was all part of his plan. .

Film.Blood Feast:

* Big Bad: Fuad Ramses, a fanatic dismembering women to resurrect this goddess.

Characters.Blood Plus:

Diva
  • Big Bad: She is the most powerful enemy in the show and stopping her is Red Shield's goals throughout. Despite this, Diva simply takes a childlike interest in the destruction she causes. This is eventually subverted when it's revealed Amshel was merely using her for his own goals.

Characters.Chzo Mythos: Zero Context Example

Film.The Conjuring:

* Big Bad:
  • In the first film Bathsheba, a satanist who sacrificed her baby and hanged herself after being discovered who wants to possess living mothers to sacrifice their children too.
  • In the second film, Bill Wilkins, the Enfield Poltergeist, is introduced as the mastermind behind the horror. But it's actually the demon Valak who's really behind everything.

WesternAnimation.Corpse Bride: Zero Context Example

Film.The Counselor: Zero Context Example

Characters.Date A Live DEM:

Sir Isaac Ray Peram Westcott
  • Big Bad: While he was relatively out of the picture for the first four volumes or so (the entirety of the anime's first season minus his involvement with Mana and Origami's new weapons), once he makes his appearance, it's made clear that he harbours ill intent towards the Spirits, and slowly overrides the story's basic Excuse Plot.

Minerva Liddell

Literature.Dawn Of The Aspects:

* Big Bad: Galakrond, an absolutely massive proto-dragon who is devouring the others and has hideous mutations all over his body.

Characters.Dies Irae: Zero Context Example

Characters.Dragon Ball Beerus: Zero Context Example

Recap.Dragon Ball Pilaf Arc: Zero Context Example

Recap.Fairy Tail Lullaby Arc: Zero Context Example

Recap.Fairy Tail Tenrou Island Arc: Zero Context Example

Literature.Frankenstein:

* Big Bad: All the damage is caused by the creature's pursuit of vengeance.

Characters.Glee Other Major Characters:

Sue Sylvester
  • Big Bad: Originally the main antagonist of the series.
Halo: UNSC: Zero Context Example

Characters.Hogans Heroes:

General Albert Burkhalter
  • Big Bad: He's Klink's superior and in charge of the prison camps system.

Literature.The Idhuns Memories: Zero Context Example

Literature.Incarnations Of Immortality:

* Big Bad: Under a Velvet Cloak reveals that the Incarnation of Darkness, Erebus, has been working on destroying all of reality for eons, out of a combination of Revenge, It Amused Me, and megalomania. The fact he is also Cain doesn't help either.

Characters.Incredible Hulk Villains:

The Leader
  • Big Bad: Frequently, and of the Fall of the Hulks storyline in particular. If somebody is masterminding a scheme to make Banner's life miserable, chances are it's The Leader.

Characters.John Dies At The End: Zero Context Example

Characters.Kinnikuman Antagonists 2: Zero Context Example

Characters.Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII:

Bhunivelze
  • Big Bad: He's the main villain of Lightning Returns, planning to purify human souls of emotion and destroy their memories of the dead to create emotionless pawns that will live in his idea of a perfect world he rules over.

Characters.Metro 2033:

Korbut
  • Big Bad: He's the one really in charge of the Red Line, with Moskvin as his nothing more than as a pawn in his grander scheme.

Characters.Mr Peabody And Sherman:

Mrs Grunion
  • Big Bad: She's the primary antagonist of the film, with her intent to take Sherman away from Mr. Peabody.

Literature.Never Send Flowers:

* Big Bad: David Dragonpol, who commits assassination in fits of insanity.

Characters.Newbies: Zero Context Example

VideoGame.The Nightmare Before Christmas The Pumpkin King:

* Big Bad: Oogie Boogie is the main villain, as this game explains how he and Jack came to hate each other so much.

VideoGame.Omikron The Nomad Soul: Zero Context Example

Characters.Once Upon A Time In The West:

Frank
  • Big Bad: Once Morton dies. Besides that, he is wanted by Harmonica throughout the film. Its because he wants revenge on him for killing his brother.
Mr Morton
  • Big Bad: Despite Frank being the more powerful of the two, Morton's actions are responsible for everything that occurs in the film.

Webcomic.Penny And Aggie: Zero Context Example

Film.Revolution 1985: Zero Context Example

Literature.The Reynard Cycle: Zero Context Example

Manga.Samurai Deeper Kyo: Zero Context Example

WesternAnimation.Shark Tale: Zero Context Example

Characters.Sherlock Holmes In The Twenty Second Century:

Professor James Moriarty

Skyrim.Tropes 0 To G: 5 Zero Context Examples

WebVideo.Sonic:

* Big Bad: Dr. Robotnik is of the "sit in his lair a lot" variety, and all the other bad guys report directly to him.

Characters.Stars Above: Zero Context Example

FanFic.The Story To End All Stories:

* Big Bad: The one responsible for unleashing the Nothing. It turns out to be someone none of the characters had even heard of, let alone suspected.

VideoGame.Super Mario Run:

* Big Bad: Bowser is back, having kidnapped Peach yet again.

Recap.Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012 S 3 E 17 Meet Mondo Gecko:

* Big Bad: Xever ends up being the main antagonist of the episode.

WesternAnimation.Teen Titans Trouble In Tokyo:

* Big Bad: Brushogun turns out to simply be a prisoner being used by the real Big Bad Commander Daizo.

Manga.Tokyo Ghoul: Zero Context Example

Characters.Tron Uprising: Zero Context Example

Franchise.Ultraman Zero: Zero Context Example

DarthWiki.Waverton: Zero Context Example

VideoGame.Yo Joe Beat The Ghosts: Zero Context Example

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#2: Jan 6th 2017 at 2:26:57 AM

Opening this, but I'll clock it as I don't have the feeling that any specific repair effort can be done with such a popular trope.

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#3: Jan 10th 2017 at 11:40:20 AM

Clock expired; locking.

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