History FanFic / Villain

* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:Mr. Morbucks]] in Chapter 3 and [[spoiler:Ms. Keane]] in Chapter 6, when [[spoiler:Princess and Buttercup, respectively]] are unable to control their emotions and lash out during a conversation.

* NoodleIncident: How the people of Townsville view what happened to Buttercup. The Monster Island incident was kept secret, and the public doesn't believe the "training room accident" explanation that was given, leading to several theories developing over the past three years over exactly what happened. The most popular of which boil down to "[[RightForTheWrongReasons she's become or is becoming evil]]".

* SiblingTriangle: Buttercup and Blossom both have feelings for Robin, with neither knowing how to navigate this. Especially since prior to the TimeSkip, Robin clearly gets along better with Buttercup, leading the other girls to believe that she is romantically interested in her. Downplayed when Buttercup reveals that she feels uncomfortable asking Robin out even once Blossom decides to step back, and [[spoiler:it turns out Robin doesn't like Buttercup that way. [[UnwantedAssistance Bubbles revealing Buttercup's crush to her]] temporarily damages their friendship, and post-Time Skip, Robin is secretly dating Blossom.]]

* InHarmsWay: The main reason for most of Buttercup's behavior. Her disillusionment and apathy initially stems from no longer having anything as adrenaline-pumping as crimefighting to do anymore, and there's no one in her life with the time and influence to help her find an adequate replacement for this ([[spoiler:outside Ms. Keane, [[KilledOffForReal but that's no longer an option]]). This gets worse after the TimeSkip, as the public's wariness of her scars means can't even engage with rare moments of superheroics without dealing with a jeering, distrustful crowd.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3711220/1/Villain Villain]]'' is a 2008 ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' fanfic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/733754/Yay-Ninja-Bob Yay Ninja Bob]] and published on Website/FanFictionDotNet. The story is a DarkFic, with graphic descriptions of violence and a pretty large kill count.

** In this story, Princess is still as obsessed with the Powerpuff Girls as ever, and loves practicing her weapons in her mansion's training room. Back in the 2008 fic, she'd abandoned villainy after the fight that left her back permanently scarred, having gained a fear of combat and only getting back into both things once she starts dating Buttercup.

In 2019, the author began a rewrite of the fic called ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13440481/1/Villain-Redux Villain: Redux]]''. While it shares the basic premise of the original, ''Villain Redux'' greatly expands the plot and changes numerous details to become a more slower-paced ProtagonistJourneyToVillain character study, as opposed to original's beginning with Buttercup already deciding to make a FaceHeelTurn. It still retains its share of lovingly detailed violence and gore, however.

One day she snaps.

[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3711220/1/Villain Villain]] is a ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' fanfiction written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/733754/Yay-Ninja-Bob Yay Ninja Bob]] and published on fanfiction.net.

Clearly a DarkFic, with graphic descriptions of violence and a pretty large kill count. Has a [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4463729/1/Villain-The-Epilogue sequel]], dealing with a new generation of Powerpuffs, one of whom might be on the same path to villainy Buttercup once walked.

Over twelve years later, the author began a rewrite of the fic called ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13440481/1/Villain-Redux Villain: Redux]]''. While it shares the basic premise of as the original, ''Villain Redux'' greatly expands the plot and changes numerous details to become a more dramatic and suspenseful ProtagonistJourneyToVillain character study.

* AdaptationExpansion: ''Redux'' spends a lot of time fleshing out the backstories, motivations, and thought processes of several characters while following Buttercup's descent into villainy. To put it in perspective, the original ''Villain'' and ''Villain: The Epilogue'' are 155,000 words combined. By that point in ''Redux'' (Chapter 8), Buttercup has only just committed her first intentional criminal act greater than shoplifting, and it is a prison break, which pales in comparison to the string of mass murders she'd actually committed by ''Villain'''s eighth chapter.

** In the original story, Buttercup was scarred by a random criminal with an acid-like substance when the girls were 11 and trying to stop a museum robbery. Here, Buttercup had been temporarily depowered by Blossom using Antidote X on her after a bout of PowerIncontinence while the two were on Monster Island unauthorized. Blossom leaves her behind when Buttercup reveals she's going to tell the Professor of their trip out of spite, at which point some chemical bombs are dropped on the island as part of a regularly scheduled monster cleansing operation.

** The original story had Mojo Jojo rename Buttercup "Jojo Junior" (or Joey, for short) as part of inventing her identity now that's a villain. Also, he really wanted a loyal son. ''Redux'' has Buttercup herself come up with the "Joey" alias as a LineOfSightName when talking on the phone with Princess, seeing a copy of a [[Music/TheClash Joe Strummer]] biography on her nightstand.

* BrilliantButLazy: Buttercup turns out to be this, to everyone but Ms. Keane's surprise, rivaling Blossom in genius-level intellect when the girls take an aptitude test and deemed smart enough to skip high school straight to college. Buttercup herself isn't aware of this, as she's never told the results and continues to assume that she's the least intelligent of the sisters.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Buttercup becomes ostracized by everyone in Townville outside her family and Ace's circle of friends after the accident at Monster Island disfigures her face and arms, to the extent that one person who's dangling from a broken rollercoaster car refuses her help and tries to struggle out her grasp.

* InHarmsWay: The main reason for most of Buttercup's behavior. Her disillusionment and apathy initially stems from no longer having anything as adrenaline-pumping as crimefighting to do anymore, and there's no one in her life with the time and influence to help her find an adequate replacement for this ([[spoiler:outside Ms. Keane, [[KilledOffForReal but that's no longer an option]]). This gets worse after the TimeSkip, as the public's wariness of her scars means can't even happily engage with the rare moments of action-packing fighting and rescue without dealing with a jeering, distrustful crowd.

* SiblingTriangle: Buttercup and Blossom both have feelings for Robin, with neither knowing how to navigate this. Especially since prior to the TimeSkip, Robin clearly gets along better with Buttercup, leading the other girls to believe that she is romantically interested in her. Downplayed when Buttercup reveals that she feels uncomfortable asking Robin out even once Blossom decides to step back, and [[spoiler:it turns out Robin doesn't like Buttercup that way. [[UnwantedAssistance Bubbles revealing Buttercup's crush to her]] temporarily damages their friendship, and post-Time Skip, Robin is happily (and secretly) dating Blossom.]]

->''This was it. This was my fate. So I was a monster, huh? So be it! If that's what Townsville wanted to call me, then that's exactly what I would be. They called me a monster to mock me, but now I would make certain that they called me that out of fear.''
->''Because that's what I was - a monster. And monsters aren't to be laughed at.''
->No.
->''They are ones who laugh. They laugh at how you run. They laugh at how you cover and tremble before them. They laugh at you as you lie dead on the ground.''

-->'''Buttercup'', Chapter 1.

Over twelve years later, the author began a rewrite of the fic called ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13440481/1/Villain-Redux Villain:Redux]]''. While it shares the basic premise of "Buttercup becomes evil", ''Villain Redux'' greatly expands the plot and changes numerous details to become a more dramatic ProtagonistJourneyToVillain character study wherein Buttercup has already begun being disillusioned with hero work and her family life in the months prior the version's tragic accident.

* SiblingTriangle: Buttercup and Blossom both have feelings for Robin, with much of their fighting stemming from neither knowing how to navigate this. Especially since prior to the TimeSkip, Robin clearly gets along better with Buttercup, leading Blossom and Bubbles to believe that she is romantically interested in Buttercup. [[spoiler:She doesn't, with [[UnwantedAssistance Bubbles revealing Buttercup's crush to her]] temporarily damaging their friendship. Post-Time Skip, Robin is happily dating Blossom.]]

After a tragic accident, Buttercup is left horribly scarred on her face and arms and suffering from a damaged eye. This leads the citizens of Townsville to ostracize her. Because of this she grows into her teenage years to be much more bitter, resenting the ungrateful people she's defending every day and her sisters, who get all the love and fame while she has to deal with daily doses of mockery, bullying and disgust.

Over twelve years later, the author began a rewrite of the fic called ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13440481/1/Villain-Redux Villain:Redux]]''. While it shares the basic premise of "Buttercup becomes evil", ''Villain Redux'' greatly expands the plot and changes numerous elements to become a more dramatic ProtagonistJourneyToVillain character study that slowly follows Buttercup's growing disillusionment with hero work and her family life as she enters her teenage years.

!!Tropes

* EvilCostumeSwitch: Mojo makes a new costume for Butercup. It's actually a suprisingly sweet moment because she really appreciates how much care he put into it.

* WrongGenreSavvy: Blossom and Bubbles make some bad calls by assuming some things that would be more typical to their usual adventures -- like that Buttercup working with various villains are just different team-ups and not part of a bigger picture.

Over twelve years later, the author began a rewrite of the fic called [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13440481/1/Villain-Redux Villain:Redux]]; sharing the basic premise of "Buttercup becomes evil", ''Villain Redux'' is still very much a DarkFic, but greatly expands the plot into a dramatic ProtagonistJourneyToVillain character study that slowly follows Buttercup's growing disillusionment with hero work and her family life as she enters her teenage years.

!Tropes

Clearly a DarkFic, with graphic describtions of violence and a pretty large kill count. Has a [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4463729/1/Villain-The-Epilogue sequel]], dealing with a new generation of Powerpuffs, one of whom might be on the same path to villainy Buttercup once walked.

Over twelve years later, the author began a rewrite of the fic called [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13440481/1/Villain-Redux Villain:Redux]].

[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3711220/1/Villain Villain]] is a 2007 ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' fanfiction written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/733754/Yay-Ninja-Bob Yay Ninja Bob]] and published on fanfiction.net.

In 2019, the author began a rewrite of the fic called [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13440481/1/Villain-Redux Villain:Redux]].

[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3711220/1/Villain Villain]] is a ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' fanfiction written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/733754/Yay-Ninja-Bob Yay Ninja Bob]] and published on fanfiction.net.

The author has begun a rewrite of the fic called [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13440481/1/Villain-Redux Villain:Redux]].

The author has begun a rewrite of the fic called [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13440481/1/Villain-Redux Villain:Redux].

* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler: In their last fight, Blossom actually beats and almost kills Jojo. Hwoever, Bubbles and the Professor got killed, and Townsville has fallen into the hands of villains.]]

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: One of the things that make Jojo so good a villain is that she knows exactly the way the Powerpuffs operate, being part of the team for years.

* GenreSavvy: The board of the school to which the Powerpuff Girls attend is smart enough to deploy evacuation plans in case of supervillain attack. [[spoiler: Too bad they get attacked by a person who helped design them in the first place.]]

[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3711220/1/Villain Villain]] is WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls fanfiction written by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/733754/Yay-Ninja-Bob Yay Ninja Bob]] and published on fanfiction.net.

After a tragic accident, Buttercup is left horribly scarred on her face and arms and suffering from damaged eye. This leads citizens of Townsville to ostracize her. Because of this she grows into her teenage years to be much more bitter, resenting ungratefull people she's defending every day and her sisters, who get all the love and fame while she has to deal with daily doses of mockery, bullying and disgust.

Willingly entering path of villainy, Buttercup teams up with Mojo Jojo, to tear down the town and kill her sisters, rejecting her old name and becoming Jojo Jr.

Clearly a DarkFic, with graphic describtions of violence and pretty large kill count. Has a [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/4463729/1/Villain-The-Epilogue sequel]], dealing with new generation of Powerpuffs, one of which might be on the same path to villainy Buttercup once walked.

* TheBadGuyWins: First story ends wih [[spoiler: Jojo taking over Townsville and starting her campaing of world conquest]]
* BadPowersBadPeople: Turns out Buttercup never manifested special power like her sisters, because hers is depending on hatred and desire to kill she never felt before turning evil.
** VampiricDraining: What said power is. Only on boderline WMD level.
* BigBadEnsemble: Between Mojo and Jojo and Him, who controls society of supervillains [[spoiler: They win.]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: What Bubbless and Blossom believe happened to Buttercup. [[spoiler: They are wrong]].
* BullyingADragon: Sure, picking on mentally scarred girl who can bench-press a mountain just because she's disfigured is such a great idea, Mitch.
** Teacher from the sequel had it coming too, trying to force Cat over and over to repeat the world "ugly" in sing language.

* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: The sequel focuses on Cat, who seems to be on the same path as Buttercup. But where Buttercup was consumed by her anger and ready to give up her old ways for evil, Cat is more confused and feelings that overtook Buttercup, while still there, are not that strong in her.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: One of the things that make Jojo so good villain is that she knows exactly the way Powerpuff operate, being part of the team for years.

* DeconstructionFic: Story takes some small hints of how Buttercup has often been treated unfair in original cartoon and takes them to their logical extremes.
* TheDreaded: Buttercup notes this is how Powerpuff had always seen Him. [[spoiler: At the end of first story when new Powerpuffs meet Jojo for the first time, they run away. She concludes Blossom had warned them how dangerous she is.]]
* EvilCostumeSwitch: Mojo makes new cosume for Butercup. It's actually suprisingly sweet moment because she really appreciates how much care he put into it.

* GenerationXerox: New generation of Powerpuffs has clearly taken the traits of the previous one [[spoiler: And Buttercup was the one to add Chemical X to their creation, just like her father Mojo in creation of original Powerpuffs. Leading her to believe that one of girls, Cat, will turn out just like her]].
* GenreSavvy: Board of school to which Powerpuff Girls attend is smart enough to deploy evacuation plans in case of supervillain attack. [[spoiler: Too bad they get attacked by a person who helped desing them in the first place.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: It's pretty clear Buttercup's turn into villainy is partially fueled by jealousy of love her sisters are getting from citizens and Professor.
* HypocriticalHumor: Mojo in the sequel tells Jojo that [[spoiler: if he was still alive, he would have her commited to mental asylum - having halucinations of your dead father is clear sing of insanity. Jojo points out that Mojo himself was insane and when halucination protest she brings up him thinking she was a boy.]]
* IHaveNoSon: After Buttercup [[spoiler: kills entire school and all her friends]] Blossom stops thinking of her as a sister.
** Subverted with Bubbless, who still doesn't want to fight her, even after the incident. [[spoiler: Double subverted in the finale. Jojo is about to kill Bubbless first, saying she'll spare her knowing pain of seeing her sister die. Bubbless says she knew the feeling since Jojo killed Buttercup.]]
* {{Irony}}: Buttercup really resents Him, however [[spoiler: In the end she becomes the only villain new Powerpuff fears, just like old ones feared Him]].
** She also openly comments how stupid it was for Him to [[spoiler: Forbid villains from killing Powerpuffs. Yet in the sequel she sets-up the same rule for her group, because she wants one of the new Powerpuffs to turn out just like her]].
* LegionOfDoom: One of those actually exists and has been founded by Mojo. However, they are horribly ineffective because Him took over and keeps it from actually being a threat.
* MoralEventHorizon: In-Universe for Blossom it's the moment when Buttercup [[spoiler: kills entire school]] that she considers her sister beyond redemption.
* NotAsYouKnowThem: Fic starts when girls are fifteen, with Buttercup horribly scarred and ostracized.

* RivalTurnedEvil: There are shades of this relationship between Blossom and Buttercup after latter switches sides.
* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler: In the sequel Jojo is slowly losing her mind, causing her to have conversations with her long-dead father Mojo. And even those halucinations call her on it.]]

* ParentalSubstitute: Buttercup starts treating Mojo as her father, finding in him acceptance and affection she never felt from Professor.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Story shows quite well what would happen if somebody as powerfull as a Powerpuff Girl turned evil.
* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler: In their last fight Blossom actually beats and almost kills Jojo. Hwoever, Bubbles and Professor got killed and Townsville have fallen in the hands of villains.]]
* ReplacementGoldfish: Mojo decides to treat Buttercup as his ''son''. When she protests he says [[ContinuityNod he had once three of them, but they were destroyed]]. Leads to some funny moments when Buttercup gets romantically involved with Princess and Mojo still acts as if she were a boy (saying he started suspecting his son might be gay and warning her to not get Princess pregnant, among other things). [[spoiler: He comes to accept her as his daughter in the end.]]
* SelfMadeOrphan: Played with. [[spoiler: Buttercup kills Professor, but at this point it's already hammered down Mojo is her father as much if not more than him.]]
* ThatManIsDead: As Buttercup starts thinking of Mojo more like her father, she rejects her old name and uses Jojo Jurnior, or Joey.
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: Princess is so stubborn she can resist Him's mind control.
* TheUnfavorite: How Buttercup feels Professor's been treating her. There are hints she might been wrong. [[spoiler: Not that it stops her from killing him]]
* UnreliableNarrator: At first you might think some characters are written out of character, but then you realize it's because story is told from Buttercup's really jaded and frustrated point of view.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Blossom and Bubbless make some bad calls by assuming some things that would be more typical to their usual adventures - like that Buttercup working with various villains are just different team-ups and not part of bigger picture.

* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler: In their last fight Blossom actually beats and almost kills Jojo. Hwoever, Bubbles and Professor got killed and Townsville have fallen in the hands of villains]]

* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: The sequel focuses on Cat, ho seems to be on the same path at Buttercup. But where Buttercup was consumed by her anger and ready to give up her old ways for evil, Cat is more confused and feelings that overtook Buttercup, while still there, are not that strong in her.

* ACupAngst: Buttercup describes her breasts as ''nonexistent''.

* GenerationXerox: New generation of Powerpuffs has clearly taken the traits of the previous one [[spoiler: And Buttercup was the one to add Chemical X to their creation, just like her father Mojo was in theirs. Leading her to believe that one of girls, Cat, will turn out just like her]].
* GreenEyedMonster: It's pretty clear Buttercup's turn into villainly is partially fueled by jealousy of love her sisters are getting from citizens and Professor.

* UnreliableNarrator: At first you might think some characters are written out of character, but then you realize it's because story is told from Buttercup's really jaded and frustrated point of view.

After a tragic accident, Buttercup is left horribly scarred. This leads citizens of Townsville to ostracize her. Because of this she grows into her teenage years to be much more bitter, resenting ungratefull people she's defending every day and her sisters, who get all the love and fame while she has to deal with daily doses of mockery, bullying and disgust.

Willingly entering path of villainy, Buttercup teams up with Mojo Jojo, to tear down the town and kill her sisters, rejecting her old name and becoming JoJo Jr.

* BadPowersBadPeople: Turns out Buttercup never manifested special power like her sisters, because hers is powered by hatred and desire to kill.

* IHaveNoSon: After Buttercup [[spoiler: kills entire school and all her friends]] Blossom stops thinking of her as a sister.
** Subverted with Bubbless, who still doesn't want to fight her, even after the incident. [[spoiler: Double subverted in the finale. Jojo is about to kill Bubbless first, saying she'll spare her knowing pain of seeing her sister die. Bubbless says she knew the feeling since Jojo killed Buttercup.]]

* GreenEyedMonster: It's pretty clear Buttercu's turn into villainly is partially fueled by jealousy of love her sisters are getting from citizens and Professor.
** MoralEventHorizon: In-Universe for Blossom it's the moment when Buttercup [[spoiler: kills entire school]] that she considers her sister beyond redemption.