History GreaterScopeVillain / AnimeAndManga

** The ''Manga/YuGiOh'' manga and [[Anime/YuGiOh anime]] have [[spoiler:Zorc Necrophades, the demonic being originally defeated by the Pharaoh. He's both MadeOfEvil and TheCorruption, and was born of slaughter and genocide. [[BigBad Dark Bakura]] is trying to release him, and at the very end of the final arc, Zorc finally takes center stage as a BigBad in his own right.]]

* ''Franchise/YugiOh''

** The manga only spin-off ''Manga/YuGiOhR'' has two. Though he never appears, Dark Bakura is technically this due to [[spoiler:killing Pegasus in the Duelist Kingdom arc]], which fuels the motivation of the BigBad of the spin-off, Yako Tenma, to [[spoiler:resurrect Pegasus, since Yako was his adopted son]]. At the same time, however, [[spoiler:Yako was corrupted by the Wicked Avatar, a card that was meant as an EvilCounterpart to all three Egyptian God Cards, but Pegasus never published the Wicked Avatar. Yako published it after Pegasus' death and it corrupted him, and the corruption drives Yako to resurrect Pegasus and get revenge for his death.]]

** ''Anime/YuGiOhCapsuleMonsters'' has Yami Bakura, who inhabited the Millennium Ring, corrupted Alexander's soul, and led him on the path to darkness. He's not mentioned by name at all, but the Ring and its effects tie into the backstory as well as present day events.
** Dark Bakura has a significant role in the backstory of Aigami, who is the BigBad of ''Anime/YuGiOhTheDarkSideOfDimensions'', [[spoiler:and the evil essence of the Millennium Ring corrupts Aigami]], making Dark Bakura the GreaterScopeVillain for that movie as well.

* The ''Manga/YuGiOh'' manga and [[Anime/YuGiOh anime]] have [[spoiler:Zorc Necrophades, the demonic being originally defeated by the Pharaoh. He's both MadeOfEvil and TheCorruption, and was born of slaughter and genocide. [[BigBad Dark Bakura]] is trying to release him, and at the very end of the final arc, Zorc finally takes center stage as a BigBad in his own right.]]
* The manga only spin-off ''Manga/YuGiOhR'' has two. Though he never appears, Dark Bakura is technically this due to [[spoiler:killing Pegasus in the Duelist Kingdom arc]], which fuels the motivation of the BigBad of the spin-off, Yako Tenma, to [[spoiler:resurrect Pegasus, since Yako was his adopted son]]. At the same time, however, [[spoiler:Yako was corrupted by the Wicked Avatar, a card that was meant as an EvilCounterpart to all three Egyptian God Cards, but Pegasus never published the Wicked Avatar. Yako published it after Pegasus' death and it corrupted him, and the corruption drives Yako to resurrect Pegasus and get revenge for his death.]]
* The Light of Ruin in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX''. Season 2's BigBad was serving it, [[spoiler:and the third season's BigBad turned to evil because of it]].
* The King of the Underworld in the Dark Signers arc of ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'', being the force behind the Earthbound Gods and the reason that the Dark Signers can make a DealWithTheDevil and return BackFromTheDead. This one may not qualify, though, as there's no indication it's even sentient and [[spoiler:it, along with its GoodCounterpart the Crimson Dragon, is being played like a violin by the straight BigBad, Rex Goodwin]].
* ''Anime/YuGiOhZexal'' has [[spoiler:an evil deity called Don Thousand, the true ruler of the Barian World.]]
* ''Anime/YuGiOhCapsuleMonsters'' has Yami Bakura, who inhabited the Millennium Ring, corrupted Alexander's soul, and led him on the path to darkness. He's not mentioned by name at all, but the Ring and its effects tie into the backstory as well as present day events.
* Yami Bakura has a significant role in the backstory of Aigami, the villain of ''Anime/YuGiOhTheDarkSideOfDimensions'', [[spoiler:and the evil essence of the Millennium Ring corrupts Aigami]], making Dark Bakura the GreaterScopeVillain for that movie as well.

** Millenniumon and Myotismon in ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02''. Milleniumon infected Ken with the original dark seed that led to his corruption. Myotismon was responsible for everything else, even the villains who used Ken were unaware they were helping him revive himself.

* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'':
** [[Anime/YuGiOh The first series]] and the [[Manga/YuGiOh manga]] have [[spoiler:Zorc Necrophades, the demonic being originally defeated by the Pharaoh. He's both MadeOfEvil and TheCorruption, and was born of slaughter and genocide. [[BigBad Dark Bakura]] is trying to release him, and at the very end of the final arc, Zorc finally takes center stage as a BigBad in his own right.]]
** The manga only spin-off ''Manga/YuGiOhR'' has two:
*** Though he never appears, Dark Bakura is technically this due to [[spoiler:killing Pegasus in the Duelist Kingdom arc]], which fuels the motivation of the BigBad of the spin-off, Yako Tenma, to [[spoiler:resurrect Pegasus, since Yako was his adopted son]].
*** [[spoiler:At the same time, however, Yako was corrupted by the Wicked Avatar, a card that was meant as an EvilCounterpart to all three Egyptian God Cards, but Pegasus never published the Wicked Avatar. Yako published it after Pegasus' death and it corrupted him, and the corruption drives Yako to resurrect Pegasus and get revenge for his death.]]
** The Light of Ruin in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX''. Season 2's BigBad was serving it, [[spoiler:and the third season's BigBad turned to evil because of it]].
** The King of the Underworld in the Dark Signers arc of ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'', being the force behind the Earthbound Gods and the reason that the Dark Signers can make a DealWithTheDevil and return BackFromTheDead. This one may not qualify, though, as there's no indication it's even sentient and [[spoiler:it, along with its GoodCounterpart the Crimson Dragon, is being played like a violin by the straight BigBad, Rex Goodwin]].
** ''Anime/YuGiOhZexal'' has [[spoiler:an evil deity called Don Thousand, the true ruler of the Barian World.]]

* Kardis, the goddess of destruction in ''RecordOfLodossWar.''

* Johan Liebert in ''Manga/{{Monster}}''. As the title of the series suggests, Johan is a CompleteMonster of the most ruthless variety, and has been ever since he was born. While the series occasionally tries to offer [[FreudianExcuse Freudian Excuses]] to explain why he is so evil, in the end even he admits that he was simply born with an innate adoration of evil and suffering. His mission throughout the series is to corrupt and kill as many people as he can, hoping to prove that people like him aren't just some rare exceptions in the mass of society: Anyone can become a merciless bastard given the right push. At the end of the series, [[spoiler:he eventually finds that despite his best efforts, he was unable to corrupt either Dr. Tenma or his sister, Nina. However, the final shot shows Johan having awoken from his coma and escaped once again, leaving the question of whether or not he would give up his goal of corrupting the world unanswered.]]

* Johan Liebert in ''Manga/{{Monster}}''. As the title of the series suggests, Johan is a CompleteMonster of the most ruthless variety, and has been ever since he was born. While the series occasionally tries to offer {{FreudianExcuse}}s to explain why he is so evil, in the end even he admits that he was simply born with an innate adoration of evil and suffering. His mission throughout the series is to corrupt and kill as many people as he can, hoping to prove that people like him aren't just some rare exceptions in the mass of society: Anyone can become a merciless bastard given the right push. At the end of the series, [[spoiler:he eventually finds that despite his best efforts, he was unable to corrupt either Dr. Tenma or his sister, Nina. However, the final shot shows Johan having awoken from his coma and escaped once again, leaving the question of whether or not he would give up his goal of corrupting the world unanswered.]]

** Near the end of ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'', Lord Beerus states that there are eleven other universes out there, and that each one has their own God Of Destruction, and each of them has their own attendant like Whis. The English dub hints that some of them may be even more powerful than Beerus and Whis themselves. ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' introduces two of them, God of Destruction Champa and his attendent, Whis' sister Vados. [[spoiler:Vados is apparently even stronger than Whis, making her the strongest character in the history of the franchise. And unfortunately, she's not as nice as her brother.]]

** Near the end of ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'', Lord Beerus states that there are eleven other universes out there, and that each one has their own God Of Destruction, and each of them has their own attendant like Whis. The English dub hints that some of them may be even more powerful than Beerus and Whis themselves.

* ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'' have [[spoiler:the Noise as the Bigger Bad behind the Minor Land villains.]]

** The King of the Underworld in the Dark Signers arc of ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'', being the force behind the Earthbound Gods and the reason that the Dark Signers can make a DealWithTheDevil and return BackFromTheDead. This one may not qualify, though, as there's no indication it's even sentient and [[spoiler:it, along with its GoodCounterpart the Crimson Dragon, is being played like a violin by the straight BigBad, Rex Godwin]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pokemon}}''
** Team Rocket (the organization) was this in ''Anime/MewtwoStrikesBack'' as they were the ones that commissioned the creation of Mewtwo.

* In a similar function to ''Sailor Moon's'' Chaos, Black Hole of ''Anime/PrettyCureAllStars DX 3'' was this for not only the separate villains, but for those who showed up in even the team up movies. It only applied for the All-Stars movie series.
** Speaking of the PrettyCure series, "Anime/SuitePrettyCure" have [[spoiler:the Noise as the Bigger Bad behind the Minor Land villains.]]

* [[spoiler:Jesei]] is spoken of in the third to last episode of ''{{Inukami}}'', and only after that does he affect the plot directly. The rest of the time, he was just an observer and instigator of an unknown part of another character's backstory.

* Anime/SamuraiChamploo: The Tokugawa Shogunate's efforts to consolidate its power, while it isn't discussed much, puts into motion the driving force behind the series. The Tokugawa clan's attempts to drive the Christians (of whom Fuu's father is the leader) out of Japan), forcefully incorporate the formerly independent Kingdom of Ryukyu (where Mugen is from), and suppress any potential or actual rivals attempts at seizing power (including the Takeda and Hojo clans, of whom Jin is possibly a member of the former based on the heraldic symbols (or ''mon'') being on his attire) in one way or another effects the lives of the protagonists. In a somewhat more direct manner, the Tokugawa Shogunate also hired some assassins to kill the two swordsmen Mugen and Jin and follow Fuu in order to kill her father.

* In ''Manga/ArpeggioOfBlueSteel'' the Fleet of Fog claim to answer to a mysterious Admiralty Code, though what it actually is remains unclear and it has not appeared onscreen.

*** Even more so, Momoshiki and Kinshiki Ōtsutsuki from Boruto: Naruto The Movie. It turns out they were a threat to even Kaguya! Them being the reason Kaguya used Infinte Tsukuyomi to make a Zetsu army in the first place.

* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'':
** Frieza is this to Vegeta during the Saiyan arc before becoming the BigBad himself in the Namek/Frieza arcs. Same for his father King Cold, before showing up himself at the beginning of the Androids arc. Despite never coming into contact with the protagonists until much later in the story, his transformation of the Saiyan race into genocidal killers-for-hire and his decision to ultimately destroy their planet, Vegeta, ultimately sets the entire ''Dragon Ball'' series into motion. The biggest being that ''he's'' the reason why Goku was sent to Earth. Even after his demise, his influence is still felt. The Super Saiyans exist directly because of him, he lives on in a sense in Cell (who takes on most of his personality traits), he is the reason why the Namekian Dragon Balls can now revive several people at once (use to be one per wish), and his defeat leads Beerus to Earth seeking a Super Saiyan God.
** While having been dead long before Goku and his friends were born, Bibidi is indirectly responsible for the Majin Buu saga. He unleashed Majin Buu on the universe, including the Kais, and after his death, Babidi came to Earth to unleash the pink monstrosity on its people.
** Near the end of ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'', Lord Beerus states that there are eleven other universes out there, and that each one has their own God Of Destruction, and each of them has their own attendant like Whis. The English dub hints that some of them may be even more powerful than Beerus and Whis themselves.

* ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'': The {{evil|Overlord}} Lord [[CardCarryingVillain Nightmare]]
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
** The [[spoiler:Ten-Tailed Beast, the original tailed beast, of whom the other nine are pieces of its chakra divided.]] BigBad Tobi wants to reform [[spoiler:the Ten-Tails]] and become its Jinchuriki, so he can enslave everyone with his Mangyeko Sharingan.
** The Akatsuki were the Greater Scope Villains for Part I. We're told that they're out there, and that Sasuke's [[CainAndAbel brother]], Itachi Uchiha, is a member, and that current BigBad, Orochimaru, is motivated in part by fear of them. Two of their agents (Kisame Hoshigaki and the aforementioned Itachi) put in a brief importance and inflict horrible damage on the town, but then they pass right back out of the story, and Orochimaru becomes the focus again. In Part 2, the Akatsuki take center stage, and their leader becomes the series' new BigBad. %% Don't add Madara as a Greater Scope Villain. He's a Man Behind The Man.
** The series' final arc revealed that the greatest Greater Scope Villain of all is [[spoiler: Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, the first Chakra user, the true identity of the Ten-Tailed Beast, and a [[PhysicalGod Physical Goddess]] [[InformedAbility allegedly]] more powerful than any other enemy fought so far. Black Zetsu, who is revealed to have been responsible for setting in motion the entirety of history since the Ten-Tails' defeat all for the sake of reviving Kaguya, is a manifestation of her will. She is essentially responsible for the entire series, and beyond, with Black Zetsu manipulating EVERYONE to set in motion the Infinite Tsukuyomi.]]
* The Overdevil in ''Anime/OvermanKingGainer''.
* Chaos in ''Manga/SailorMoon'', with all the Big Bads of each arc revealed to be incarnations of it.
* Lord Tamamo in ''Manga/GaRei'', master of the original Kyuubi and Mitogawa's superior.
* The Emperor of Darkness from ''Anime/MazingerZ'' and ''Anime/GreatMazinger'' fits the bill. The HumongousMecha previous BigBad Dr. Hell found were ancient -- and severely outdated -- weapons of his army. During the first series, he did not directly interfere with the plot, and he remained in his underground empire, watching the war between Kouji Kabuto and Dr. Hell as one of his underlings schemed to bring both of them down. After [[spoiler:causing the end of Dr. Hell's army and Mazinger-Z]], he became BigBad of the next series. [[spoiler:And again, together with the rest of the Mycean Empire]] in ''Anime/ShinMazinger''.
* In ''Manga/OutlawStar'', the BigBad is a Kei Pirate named Hazanko who seeks to overthrow the Tendo King, an [[TheUnseen unseen]] Greater Scope Villain. But there is an even ''greater'' villain above the Tendo King called the Tenpa Emperor, who is only mentioned once. The identity, powers, and position of these characters is never explained, but the fact that Hazanko had to use the Leyline in order to become a PhysicalGod to beat them means they're terrifyingly strong.
* In ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', that would be [[spoiler:The Idea Of Evil]]. Invented by humans to explain their suffering, it keeps the world a miserable place, enabling characters like Griffith and the rest of the Godhand to run rampant over humanity. It has no actual will though, and cannot enact any plans of its own, leaving Griffith et al. to actually drive the plot.
* Kardis, the goddess of destruction in ''RecordOfLodossWar.''
* ''Manga/FairyTail'':
** Zeref the Black Mage. It's been 400 years since his death, and people are still fighting against demons and other evil artifacts he made back then. [[spoiler:And it turns out he's still alive, but dormant...[[DeathSeeker expect not]] and intends to [[SuicideByCop wage war on humanity]]. At this point in the series, he finally takes up the role of the overall BigBad]].
** [[spoiler:It also turns out that Hades, master of the Grimoire Heart dark guild, is behind half the events before the TimeSkip, with his servant, Ultear, manipulating [[ArcVillain Arc Villains]] Lyon and Jellal, and Brain forming the Oración Seis dark guild while being a mentor to Jellal. However, Hades doesn't become a BigBad until the Sirius Island arc, only to be a DiscOneFinalBoss to Zeref.]]
** It's later revealed, [[spoiler:after Zeref is found on Sirius Island and becomes a BigBad]], that [[spoiler:there's a being that even he fears, [[TheDreaded Acnologia]]: [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Black Dragon of the Apocalypse]].]]
** For the Tataros arc, Mard Geer is serving as the ArcVillain / DragonInChief to [[TheDreaded Master E.N.D.'s]] Greater Scope Villain, since the later is currently sealed away and the former seeks to free him.
** [[spoiler: ''Then'', it turns out there is an even higher power than any of them, in the form of a god of life and death named Ankhseram, the one responsible for cursing Zeref with his WalkingWasteland power, and by extension, many of the events in the series.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Pokemon}}''
** Team Rocket (the organization) was this in ''Anime/MewtwoStrikesBack'' as they were the ones that commissioned the creation of Mewtwo.
** Madame Boss is this to Giovanni, as she was his mother and the head of Team Rocket before him. Giovanni himself is this in the anime, since getting on his good side is the main reason the Team Rocket trio constantly try capturing Pokemon, namely Pikachu. In fact, he barely pays any attention to them and is only involved during major situations. In fact, at the time of this writing, he's only battled against Ash once and won.
** Team Magma was this to Butler in ''Anime/PokemonJirachiWishmaker'', as he [[spoiler: used to work for them and tried to create a Groudon for Team Magma using a machine utilizing a piece from the Pokémon, but failed and was admonished for it, making him want to seek out Jirachi and use its power to bring forth Groudon that way.]]
** Team Plasma is this in ''Anime/PokemonGenesectAndTheLegendAwakened'', as they were the ones responsible for the creation of the [[WeaponizedAnimal Genesect Army]].
** [[DiscOneFinalBoss Primal Dialga]] was portrayed as one in the anime adaptation of ''[[VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time-Darkness-Sky]]''. Granted, as he wasn't even the villain of the game.
* In ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'', Team Rocket is this for the events of the ''Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum'' chapters, as [[spoiler: the Rocket Generals managed to capture [[{{God}} Arceus]] during the ''[=HeartGold=] and [=SoulSilver=]'' chapter and use its power to create [[PhysicalGod Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina]], which after the events of the chapter were sought out by Team Galactic for their own goals]].

* In ''Anime/CodeGeass R1'', Cornelia is the one making decisions about how Britannians in Area 11 will deal with Japanese rebels, while TheEmperor of [[TheEmpire Britannia]] is far away and sets national policies but gives his children some free rein (within certain boundaries) in how they govern their territories. (This leeway is to see which child can achieve results and prove their worthiness to succeed him.) There are only two scenes in the entire R1 series in which TheEmperor has more than a cameo-like appearance -- one of them is a speech he gave, and the other is a BackStory flashback.
* The main antagonist of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', [[spoiler:the ever-adorable Kyubey]], plays a role like this in the spin-off ''Manga/PuellaMagiOrikoMagica''. In another spin-off, ''Manga/PuellaMagiKazumiMagica'', [[spoiler:he decides to [[HijackedByGanon emulate Ganon.]]]]
* In a similar function to ''Sailor Moon's'' Chaos, Black Hole of ''Anime/PrettyCureAllStars DX 3'' was this for not only the separate villains, but for those who showed up in even the team up movies. It only applied for the All-Stars movie series.

* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'':
** [[Anime/YuGiOh The first series]] and the [[Manga/YuGiOh manga]] have [[spoiler:Zorc Necrophades, the demonic being originally defeated by the Pharaoh. He's both MadeOfEvil and TheCorruption, and was born of slaughter and genocide. [[BigBad Dark Bakura]] is trying to release him, and at the very end of the final arc, Zorc finally takes center stage as a BigBad in his own right.]]
** The manga only spin-off ''Manga/YuGiOhR'' has two:
*** Though he never appears, Dark Bakura is technically this due to [[spoiler:killing Pegasus in the Duelist Kingdom arc]], which fuels the motivation of the BigBad of the spin-off, Yako Tenma, to [[spoiler:resurrect Pegasus, since Yako was his adopted son]].
*** [[spoiler:At the same time, however, Yako was corrupted by the Wicked Avatar, a card that was meant as an EvilCounterpart to all three Egyptian God Cards, but Pegasus never published the Wicked Avatar. Yako published it after Pegasus' death and it corrupted him, and the corruption drives Yako to resurrect Pegasus and get revenge for his death.]]
** The Light of Ruin in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX''. Season 2's BigBad was serving it, [[spoiler:and the third season's BigBad turned to evil because of it]].
** The King of the Underworld in the Dark Signers arc of ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'', being the force behind the Earthbound Gods and the reason that the Dark Signers can make a DealWithTheDevil and return BackFromTheDead. This one may not qualify, though, as there's no indication it's even sentient and [[spoiler:it, along with its GoodCounterpart the Crimson Dragon, is being played like a violin by the straight BigBad, Rex Godwin]].
** ''Anime/YuGiOhZexal'' has [[spoiler:an evil deity called Don Thousand, the true ruler of the Barian World.]]
* The Zabi family and [[TheCaligula Gihren]] [[TheEvilPrince Zabi]] in particular become this in the various sidestories set during ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'''s One Year War. ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam'', ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0080WarInThePocket'' and ''[[Manga/MobileSuitGundamThePlotToAssassinateGihren The Plot to Assassinate Gihren]]'' are all examples of this.
** [[BigBad Jamitov Hymen and Bask Om]] from ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' serve as this for ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory''. Much of what happens in the OVA, including Operation Stardust's success itself could traced in one way or another to them, ultimately leading to the Titans taking power. All the while [[spoiler:Haman Khan]] lurks in the background.
* Blue Cosmos leader Muruta Azrael, and his successor, Lord Djibril, take on this role in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'''s sidestory, ''CE 73: Stargazer''. As the heads of Blue Cosmos, and [[TheManBehindTheMan the powers behind]] the Atlantic Federation, all of Sven Cal Bayan's actions can be traced to them, as can the Earth Forces' eventual assault on the Stargazer satellite. Despite this Azrael makes only two, non-speaking, appearances, and Djibril, while mentioned, is never seen.

* The Celestial Serpents or World Nobles from ''Manga/OnePiece'' are the ones who hold the reigns of the military, using them as playthings and sentencing innocents to death to cover up the world's lost age, while also gleefully owning and abusing slaves of every race and doing literally everything they condemn because they're above the law. Currently Sakazuki/Akainu and Teach/Blackbeard are fighting for the position of BigBad, but the World Nobles are always in the shadows telling Akainu what to do.
* In ''Anime/GuiltyCrown'', GHQ is secretly being assist by [[spoiler:Da'ath. An ancient organization exist since human evolution and is responsible of the Apocalypse Virus' creation for their AdamAndEvePlot.]]
* ''Anime/SwordArtOnline'''s first BigBad, Kayaba Akihito, is the source for the next two {{Big Bad}}s, as his game helped influence them in some say. [[spoiler:One of them is his rival who used his game as a template for his own and the other was a survivor of Akihito's game who wasn't quite done with his [[{{Griefer}} fun]]]]. He also invented a lot of technology associated with virtual reality, or at least had a hand in them, and made the first VRMMORPG, so almost everything the later arcs make plot points out of, from World Seeds to Medicuboids, can be tied back to him.

* In ''Manga/ArpeggioOfBlueSteel'' the Fleet of Fog claim to answer to a mysterious Admiralty Code, though what it actually is remains unclear and it has not appeared onscreen.

** Frieza is this to Vegeta during the Saiyan arc before becoming the BigBad himself in the Namek/Frieza arcs. Same for his father King Cold, before showing up himself at the beginning of the Androids arc. Despite never coming into contact with the protagonists until much later in the story, his transformation of the Saiyan race into genocidal killers-for-hire and his decision to ultimately destroy their planet, Vegeta, ultimately sets the entire ''Dragon Ball'' series into motion. Even after his demise, his influence is still felt. The Super Saiyans exist directly because of him, he lives on in a sense in Cell (who takes on most of his personality traits), he is the reason why the Namekian Dragon Balls can now revive several people at once (use to be one per wish), and his defeat leads Beerus to Earth seeking a Super Saiyan God.

* In a similar function to ''Sailor Moon's'' Chaos, Black Hole of ''PrettyCureAllStars DX 3'' was this for not only the separate villains, but for those who showed up in even the team up movies. It only applied for the All-Stars movie series.

* ''Manga/Toriko'' several time reveals that big bad is just a pawn or a servant to much bigger bad. However, both [[spoiler: villainous NEO organization]] and [[spoiler: Blue Nitro's]] goal revolves around [[spoiler:Acacia's gourmet demon]] - which makes him main reason of ewerything that happened.

* The Overdevil in ''OvermanKingGainer''.

* In ''VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi'', we have the BigBad [[spoiler:Takano Miyo]], but [[spoiler:Tokyo]] just used her and her goals to further their own plans.