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Author: Morgenthaler

Nov 29th 2013 at 7:32:17 AM

* Ra's Al Ghul in ''Film/TheDarkKnightSaga'', leader of the League of Shadows, is killed after he tries to [[KnightTemplar annihilate Gotham and all its citizens to rid the world of its corruption]]. In ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' his influence continues to be felt since the League was not actually destroyed, and Ra's student Bane sets out to fulfill his dead master's plans [[spoiler:along with Rha's daughter Talia]], but wants Gotham to suffer first.

Other examples gleaned from BiggerBad:

* Krona in Green Lantern, posthumously. He is the Guardian who absorbed the yellow energy of fear, with Parallax as the result. 
* The Jigsaw Killer is the Big Bad in the first three ''Film/{{Saw}}'' movies. After he dies at the end of the third one, he becomes a Bigger Bad posthumously, as his remaining legacy hovers over and still drives the actions of his various apprentices nominally trying to continue his work: Amanda (who dies before Jigsaw himself), Detective Hoffman, and Doctor Gordon. Plans he deliberately set into motion before his death still have far-reaching effects long after he died.
* Gerald Robotnik from ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2''. The main conflict of the story is against Eggman, but it was Gerald's actions 50 years in the past that caused many of the problems in the game. However, he is only a PosthumousCharacter and has a rather indirect effect on the story in general. The story doesn't revolve around stopping him and his machinations are only revealed after Eggman accidentally sets off the ColonyDrop at the end.

And the last sentence from this, which I suspect is misuse.

* In ''Franchise/{{Scream}} 3'', the Big Bad, Roman Bridger, is revealed to have told Billy Loomis, the Big Bad of the first movie, about his fathers affair with Laureen Prescott, and is thus indirectly responsible for the events of the first movie, and even more indirectly, the RoaringRampageOfRevenge of Mrs. Loomis in the second one. Billy Loomis himself is the BiggerBad of the rest of the movies, posthumously.