History MagnificentBastard / FanWorks

*** [[FallenHero Jérémie The Eternal and Omnipotent]] is the result of [[BigBad Moriarty]]'s mind-rape of Jérémie in the first chapter and Jérémie being kicked out of the group for releasing XANA from William's mind. Becoming obsessed with destroying Moriarty at all costs, Jérémie creates the "Holmes" program to do so. When he realizes Holmes is also damaging the entire Internet (thus causing bugs and damaging the nations' relations with each other), he reasons that he must become [[AGodAmI humanity's guide/god/master]] to ensure [[WellIntentionedExtremist that they stop fighting each other]]. As such, when Holmes is on the brink of starting a nuclear war, Jérémie plans to virtualize himself in the Network, destroy Holmes, Moriarty and Odd (Moriarty's [[BrainwashedAndCrazy unwilling minion]]), and then conquer the world as he would be seen as humanity's savior, all of this while remaining under the radar. When his former teammates discover his evil plan, Jérémie uses the power he previously gave himself to easily defeat them, despite them having Moriarty's help. [[spoiler:His failure was only caused by errors he made dues to his insanity]]. As smart as he was unstoppable, Jérémie's short villainous moments left a permanent mark on his teammates, the entire world and Moriarty's plans.
*** [[AIIsACrapshoot XANA]], the main villain of the original series, was not only created by Franz Hopper to destroy Carthage, but also [[BigBad Moriarty]]. Long after Season 4, after barely escaping death by hiding inside William, XANA is still obsessed with destroying Moriarty. Manipulating William and Jérémie into freeing it from the former's body, XANA easily defeated [[EnemyMine the Lyoko-warriors and Moriarty]], and would've killed them if it wasn't for William FightingFromTheInside. Despite being depowered and stuck inside William, it made an alliance with William, and proved to be a valuable, if evil, ally, giving him pixelized human powers to take on Moriarty on Earth, and often saving him from death through sheer power or quick thinking, such as when it noticed a high-voltage metal box that was used to kill Dark Yumi, who was about to kill a depowered William. Defeating the Dark Lyoko-warriors with William, XANA played an important role in Moriarty's defeat. Ruthless, brutal, [[TheUnfettered unfettered]] and above all, [[NoNonsenseNemesis efficient]], XANA was the most competent character of the entire fanfiction.
** ''[[https://forum.codelyoko.fr/viewtopic.php?t=8806 Trente Degrés]]'': Aelita Schäffer, after losing her fellow Lyoko-warriors Jérémie, Ulrich, Odd and Yumi to the XANA-possessed William, decides to destroy any remnant of XANA by killing William. When she learns he's in Melbourne, Australia, she goes there and befriends him once again. When she realizes he's amnesiac, she decides to jog his memory by committing two murders in front of him, before fleeing with him to her place, where she leaves him alone, since she kept all of the Lyoko-warriors' belongings, allowing William to remember what happened by inspecting them. Luring him to a beach, she revealed the truth to him before shooting him dead, killing XANA at the same occasion. Upon succeeding in her mission, Aelita commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide pill.

* '' WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra '' FanFic '' [[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/13052858/1/ Varium Fortune]]'': Asami Sato is the seductive daughter of Hiroshi Sato, and is reimagined here as a FemmeFatale. Desiring to destroy the Triads after witnessing her mother's murder years ago, Asami tricks [[PrivateDetective Korra]] into tracking down the murderer and kills him using Korra's gun. Travelling to Ba Sing Se, Asami tries to get the Earth Queen to lend her some Dai Li to train an army that she plans to have Korra lead. Recruiting Mako and Bolin, Asami plans to blow up a bank in Gaoling and frame the brothers for it. Even when Korra has her at gunpoint, Asami manages to calmly make peace with her and kills the Dai Li agents spying on them. Seeking to unite Republic City, Ba Sing Se and Gaoling for an impending war with the Fire Nation, Asami and Korra agree to help Suyin Beifong reconnect with her sister Lin. Every bit as smart as her canon counterpart, Asami ends the story managing to get Korra to agree to lead her revolution.

** ''[[Videogame/TheNewOrderLastDaysOfEurope The New Order: Last Days of Europe]]'': [[InternalReformist Miletiy Zykov]] is Andrey Vlasov's chief propagandist within the [[LesCollaborateurs Russian Liberation Army]] (ROA). Seeking to realize the ideals of the February Revolution, Zykov will seek to end to instill democratic values within the ROA. If chosen as Vlasov's successor, he will utilize underhanded ways to consolidate power such as utilizing Mikhail Oktan's smuggling operations to gain weapons and supplies from the Nazis to provide for officers and civilians, while undermining Oktan's operations from within. In reunifying West Russia, Zykov will utilize brilliant tactics such as sabotaging Gorky's tanks before attacking. Upon ascending to power as the leader of the ROA following Vlasov's death, Zykov will use a failed uprising against him as a pretext for [[ThePurge purging Oktan]]. He will then cut ties with the Nazis and democratize western Russia, but use tactics such as gerrymandering and backroom deals to ensure the ROA remains on top. [[AmbiguouslyEvil Regardless of his how genuine his commitment to democracy is]], Zykov works hard to overcome the image of the ROA as traitors, and to provide a good quality of life for his populace, with his policies reversing the more egregious repression carried out by the ROA on the populace, while building infrastructure, schools and a social safety net for Russians and significantly expanding their rights and freedoms.

* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' WebVideo ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged:'' After being stabbed and LeftForDead along with his son Broly by King Vegeta out of fear for the latter's power, [[SinsOfOurFathers Paragus desires revenge through the King's son]]. To do this, he recruits the Shamosians to build an infrastructure on a planet on a collision course with a comet before arriving on earth and offer Prince Vegeta a planet to rule over, purposely taking advantage of his egotistical personality. When his plans are inevitably exposed, Paragus does not descend into a VillainousBreakdown but rather confesses his plans and backstory to the Z-Fighters. Even though he did not intend to trigger Broly's transformation -- due to previously having wiped out the South Galaxy before -- Paragus nevertheless showed pride in his son while letting him kill the Z-Fighters for him. [[AdaptationalHeroism Lacking the worst traits of his original counterpart]], Paragus attempts to eliminate Vegeta not through brute strength but by knowledge and manipulations of the arrogant Prince.

* ''Franchise/DungeonsAndDragons'' WebVideo ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'': Anna Ripley served as a scientist for the Briarwoods, creating an acidic compound to distil Whitestone ore into residuum. When Percy de Rolo attempted to kill her, she took interest in his gun, a weapon never seen until Percy made it, and recreated one of her own. After being imprisoned for attempting to leave the Briarwoods, Ripley manages to convince Vox Machina to free her in exchange for her assisting them, successfully escaping the party the first chance she gets. Vox Machina later finds out that Ripley was using the gun they confiscated from her to spy on them, hiring a crew and obtaining two of the Vestiges of Divergence from under Vox Machina’s nose. She also manipulates Kynan into working for her by taking advantage of his resentment for Vox Machina when they rejected him. When Vox Machina chases after Ripley, she lures them into an explosive trap, badly injuring the majority of the party, before ambushing the party, resulting in her [[HeroKiller successfully killing Percy.]] Brilliant and manipulative, Ripley proved to be one of Vox Machina’s most dangerous enemies.

** ''VideoGame/RedWorld'': Bernie Sanders, after losing his family in a political purge, sought to destroy the leadership of the American People's Commonwealth and install himself as dictator to avenge their deaths. To this end, he supplied far-right terrorists with the means to destroy the World Trade Center, co-opting a pro-democracy movement in the APC and exploiting the divides between the Anarchist Old Guard and the Stalinist New Guard to be appointed as part of the Central Committee and subsequently running for the position of president of the APC. Once in power, Bernie declares himself dictator, purges the Democratic, Anarchist and Stalinist factions of the APC and launches wars to unify all of North America under his rule. Despite this authoritarianism, Bernie [[WellIntentionedExtremist remains committed to socialist principles and improving the livelihood of Americans]], creating measures to improve the lives of American workers and farmers, while guaranteeing religious freedom for his subjects.

* ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' WebVideo ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged:'' After being stabbed and LeftForDead along with his son Broly by King Vegeta out of fear for the latter's power, [[SinsOfOurFathers Paragus desires revenge through the King's son]]. To do this, he recruits the Shamosians to build an infrastructure on a planet on a collision course with a comet before arriving on earth and offer Prince Vegeta a planet to rule over, purposely taking advantage of his egotistical personality. When his plans are inevitably exposed, Paragus does not descend into a VillainousBreakdown but rather confesses his plans and backstory to the Z-Fighters. Even though he did not intend to trigger Broly's transformation -- due to previously having wiped out the South Galaxy before -- Paragus nevertheless showed pride in his son while letting him kill the Z-Fighters for him. [[AdaptationalHeroism Lacking the worst traits of his original counterpart]], Paragus attempts to eliminate Vegeta not through brute strength but by knowledge and manipulations of the arrogant Prince.
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' FanFic ''Fanfic/{{Echoes}}'': In a fanfiction full of characters and universes, these characters have distinguished themselves through their morally dubious, but brilliant feats:
** [[TokenEvilTeammate Sasori]], eclipsing his canon counterpart, is [[MarionetteMaster "The Puppet Master"]] in more ways than one. Promoted to chunin as a child after single-handedly killing 50 enemies by poisoning their water supplies, Sasori, in adulthood, joined the [[Characters/EchoesTheArashiClan Arashi clan]] with his student Chibaku (Puppeeter!Naruto) and his subordinate Kabuto. Sasori proved to be valuable: in Kitsune's world, he effortlessly blackmailed the Hokage into giving them Kitsune (Insane!Naruto). Through quick thinking, he forces Tsukiyomi to reveal more of his techniques even though he was losing, which proved to be useful when fighting Amaterasu (who has similar abilities) in the Wave-Verse, briefly crippling him. When most of the Arashi clan was imprisoned in a [[TheAlcatraz nigh-inescapable prison]] in the Cloud-Verse, he and Chibaku successfully broke out the entire group from the prison with their plan. He discovered most of the truth about the Dystopia-Verse by spying on an ANBU and had the perfect seal to defeat its dictator. When the Third Kazekage tries to use Sasori's body against Chibaku, Sasori self-destructed to save Chibaku. Called a [[TitleDrop Magnificent Bastard]] by Chibaku, Sasori has more than lived up to the name.
** [[BloodKnight Amaterasu]], AKA Kitsune's world's [[Characters/NarutoMadaraUchiha Madara Uchiha]], promised to his dying little brother he would remain a samurai and follow the Bushido code to his last breath. Desiring to get back at his clan for "betraying" their former virtues and becoming ninjas, to destroy Konoha for "betraying" him and to throw the world in a state of perpetual warfare to supposedly help mankind improve, Amaterasu orchestrated the Kyuubi's attack on Konoha. Despite the attack's failure, Amaterasu manipulated Fugaku and Mikoto, counting on their coup attempt in Konoha to fulfill his objectives throughout the ensuing chaos. When he discovers Shisui spying on them, Amaterasu gives him a BreakingLecture, leading Shisui to foil the coup by killing the clan, but still giving a victory to Amaterasu. Recruited by his counterparts Susanoo and Tsukiyomi, Amaterasu formed with them [[Characters/EchoesTheMadaraGuys the Madara Trio]]. In the trio's attempts to harness Kazama's power, Amaterasu shined through his sheer strength, honor, adaptability and contingency plans, [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu killing the Wave-Verse!Kyuubi]] and knowing which one of his 100 weapons he had to use to adapt to his enemies' techniques. When finally defeated, [[FaceDeathWithDignity he congratulated his killers, acknowledged his mistakes and peacefully passed on]].
** The aforementioned [[TheSocialExpert Tsukiyomi]], AKA Kazama's world's [[Characters/NarutoMadaraUchiha Madara Uchiha]], deserves his name of "The Deceiver". Wanting to harness Kazama's power and to destroy Konoha for "betraying" him, Tsukiyomi formed the Madara Trio and successfully destroyed Kazama's devotion to Konoha through {{Half Truth}}s, also implanting Amatsu-Mikaboshi inside Kazama to further corrupt him. When Kazama was separated from his friends and ended up in the Ame-Verse alongside Susanoo and Tsukiyomi, the latter pulled an EnemyMine with Kazama and both trained and manipulated him, resulting in both Kazama taking over Ame and finally snapping and destroying Konoha, [[TheBadGuyWins thus fulfilling Tsukiyomi's life-long objective]]. Having grown to sincerely care for Kazama, he followed him in the "Road to Ninja" world and sacrificed himself to help Kazama overcome Amatsu-Mikaboshi. Willing to negotiate, affable, polite and ruthless, Tsukiyomi was the most successful villain of the fanfiction.
* Creator/DCComics and Creator/MarvelComics WebVideo ''WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC'': ComicBook/LexLuthor is the mastermind behind "After Hours" and one of the craftiest supervillains in the series. After creating [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot Lance]] to spy on the heroes over at Stan's Place, Luthor kidnapped Creator/StanLee and replaced him with an Life Model Decoy. He intended on using Doctor Doom's time machine to fix all the mistakes the studios had made with the other villains' films. However, Luthor was surprised when they all refused to risk losing what little they had. Believing the heroes of the Marvel universe had created a culture content with remaining unambitious, Lex sought to travel back in time and prevent Stan Lee from creating Marvel Comics. After his plan was foiled by Superman, Luthor learned that the Joker had initiated "Plan Q"; a plan he had previously scrapped that led to Darkseid learning he was a fictional character. Believing Lance was the key to stopping him, Luthor recruited the Green Goblin to retrieve his head back from the heroes. Thanks to the warnings from his future self, Lex teamed up with the heroes to repair Lance and help them stop Darkseid's forces. [[TheDeterminator Managing to persevere no matter the odds]], Lex Luthor proves he still is the most ambitious criminal mind among both Marvel and DC.

* ''Franchise/DungeonsAndDragons'' WebVideo ''WebVideo/CriticalRole'': Anna Ripley served as a scientist for the Briarwoods, creating an acidic compound to distil Whitestone ore into residuum. When Percy de Rolo attempted to kill her, she took interest in his gun, a weapon never seen until Percy made it, and recreated one of her own. After being imprisoned for attempting to leave the Briarwoods, Ripley manages to convince Vox Machina to free her in exchange for her assisting them, successfully escaping the party the first chance she gets. Vox Machina later finds out that Ripley was using the gun they confiscated from her to spy on them, hiring a crew and obtaining two of the Vestiges of Divergence from under Vox Machina’s nose. She also manipulates Kynan into working for her by taking advantage of his resentment for Vox Machina when they rejected him. When Vox Machina chases after Ripley, she lures them into an explosive trap, badly injuring the majority of the party, before ambushing the party, resulting in her [[HeroKiller successfully killing Percy.]] Brilliant and manipulative, Ripley proved to be one of Vox Machina’s most dangerous enemies.

* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney''[=/=]''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' FanFic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10849348/1/No-More-Turnabout No More Turnabout]]'': The [[AffablyEvil polite]] and playful Henry Cooldown is the true murderer behind the crime that his twin brother, Travis Touchdown, finds himself framed for. Worried that Travis's relationship with Henry's ex-wife, Sylvia Christel, will lead Travis down to ruin, Henry formulates a plan to make Travis believe Sylvia was the one who framed him for the murder, and lead to the end of their relationship. Henry hires renowned assassin, Shelly de Killer, to attack Diane Heifer at the cemetery and make it seem as if the true crime scene occurred there before having him bring her body to the video store for Henry to murder. Henry then poses as an assistant and bodyguard to Phoenix Wright after saving his life from hitmen who Henry himself hired, and subtly leads Phoenix and Maya to misleading pieces of evidence. Henry successfully manages to put Sylvia under suspicion by having de Killer fake a slip-up about his client's identity. Even after Phoenix discovers that Henry is the murderer, Henry nearly gets away with his crimes by presenting proof of an alibi at the time the murder was thought to occur at the cemetery. When finally defeated, Henry [[GracefulLoser accepts defeat with dignity]] and openly admits to being wrong when he finds out that Sylvia truly cares for his brother.
* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' {{Fan Fic}}s:
** ''[[https://forum.codelyoko.fr/viewtopic.php?t=5147 Un futur d'enfer]]'': [[AIIsACrapshoot XANA]] surpasses its canon counterpart in sheer villainy and brilliance. Keeping William under its control, XANA uses him to kill Franz Hopper before he gives energy to the multi-agent program. In its attempt to TakeOverTheWorld, XANA launches an offensive on the world and sent its army on Earth, [[MasterOfAll William]] included. During the war, XANA leaks the location of a factory, knowing that Ulrich, Odd and their team will destroy it. XANA then sneak attack the heroes with Kankrelats, damaging their bomb and forcing Ulrich to detonate it manually at the cost of his own life. When the Resistance uses one of XANA's robots to attack one of its bases, XANA identifies the mole and uses its signal to sent William attack the resistance. When the Resistance got more victories, XANA spread a virus, the Eradicator, killing several people. Later on, XANA also creates a giant robot it controls directly, invulnerable to any human technology, allowing it to destroy several enemy bases. In the bad ending, XANA and XANA-William remember everything that happened in the future and killed Yumi, the only other person who knew about it, [[TheBadGuyWins cementing their future victory]].
** ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7740418/1/The-Games-of-Moriarty The Games of Moriarty]]'':
*** [[FallenHero Jérémie The Eternal and Omnipotent]] is the result of [[BigBad Moriarty]]'s mind-rape of Jérémie in the first chapter and Jérémie being kicked out of the group for releasing XANA from William's mind. Becoming obsessed with destroying Moriarty at all costs, Jérémie creates the "Holmes" program to do so. When he realizes Holmes is also damaging the entire Internet (thus causing bugs and damaging the nations' relations with each other), he reasons that he must become [[AGodAmI humanity's guide/god/master]] to ensure [[WellIntentionedExtremist that they stop fighting each other]]. As such, when Holmes is on the brink of starting a nuclear war, Jérémie plans to virtualize himself in the Network, destroy Holmes, Moriarty and Odd (Moriarty's [[BrainwashedAndCrazy unwilling minion]]), and then conquer the world as he would be seen as humanity's savior, all of this while remaining under the radar. When his former teammates discover his evil plan, Jérémie uses the power he previously gave himself to easily defeat them, despite them having Moriarty's help. [[spoiler:His failure was only caused by errors he made dues to his insanity]]. As smart as he was unstoppable, Jérémie's short villainous moments left a permanent mark on his teammates, the entire world and Moriarty's plans.
*** [[AIIsACrapshoot XANA]], the main villain of the original series, was not only created by Franz Hopper to destroy Carthage, but also [[BigBad Moriarty]]. Long after Season 4, after barely escaping death by hiding inside William, XANA is still obsessed with destroying Moriarty. Manipulating William and Jérémie into freeing it from the former's body, XANA easily defeated [[EnemyMine the Lyoko-warriors and Moriarty]], and would've killed them if it wasn't for William FightingFromTheInside. Despite being depowered and stuck inside William, it made an alliance with William, and proved to be a valuable, if evil, ally, giving him pixelized human powers to take on Moriarty on Earth, and often saving him from death through sheer power or quick thinking, such as when it noticed a high-voltage metal box that was used to kill Dark Yumi, who was about to kill a depowered William. Defeating the Dark Lyoko-warriors with William, XANA played an important role in Moriarty's defeat. Ruthless, brutal, [[TheUnfettered unfettered]] and above all, [[NoNonsenseNemesis efficient]], XANA was the most competent character of the entire fanfiction.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' FanFic ''Fanfic/TheCaptainGoodkingSaga'': The silly-seeming [[TheTrickster Sacanas]] manages to be Captain Goodking's [[NotSoHarmlessVillain most competent adversary]]. Swaying his future apprentice to his side after tricking the apprentice's father into being [[TakenForGranite turned to stone]], Sacanas later uses time magic to evade guards keeping the spells he wanted to teach Sanies. Though eventually betrayed and murdered by Sanies, Sacanas returns to life with style: leading an alien invasion to act as a diversion while he traps the heroes in [[LotusEaterMachine dream worlds]] catering to their greatest desires and convinces Stygian to once again become the Pony of Shadows to become Sacanas' personal attack dog. Though eventually defeated, Sacanas shows remorse for his actions and [[GracefulLoser gracefully accepts being sent back to the time of his death, even laughing as he goes]].
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' FanFic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/18970870/chapters/45043960 Girls Game]]'': [[AdaptationalIntelligence Bebe Stevens]] is the leader of the girls, uniting them all against the boys. Bebe assisted the child mobster Loogie in his efforts to gain more baby teeth so Bebe can obtain Loogie's loyalty. Bebe also exposed Stan Marsh's disguise by giving him a GroinAttack before ripping out his wig. Gathering everyone to the school gym, Bebe reveals her plan to use a magical fortune telling device to rid her enemies while reshaping reality and time [[InTheirOwnImage in her own image]], which she nearly succeeds until a sudden intervention of Dr. Mephesto's latest creation. The boys then decide to [[EasilyForgiven forgive Bebe]] and invite Bebe and her friends to hang out with them, because they were impressed that she pulled off such an elaborate plan.

* ''Creator/DCComics'' and ''Creator/MarvelComics'' WebVideo ''WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC'': ComicBook/LexLuthor is the mastermind behind "After Hours" and one of the craftiest supervillains in the series. After creating [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot Lance]] to spy on the heroes over at Stan's Place, Luthor kidnapped Creator/StanLee and replaced him with an Life Model Decoy. He intended on using Doctor Doom's time machine to fix all the mistakes the studios had made with the other villains' films. However, Luthor was surprised when they all refused to risk losing what little they had. Believing the heroes of the Marvel universe had created a culture content with remaining unambitious, Lex sought to travel back in time and prevent Stan Lee from creating Marvel Comics. After his plan was foiled by Superman, Luthor learned that the Joker had initiated "Plan Q"; a plan he had previously scrapped that led to Darkseid learning he was a fictional character. Believing Lance was the key to stopping him, Luthor recruited the Green Goblin to retrieve his head back from the heroes. Thanks to the warnings from his future self, Lex teamed up with the heroes to repair Lance and help them stop Darkseid's forces. [[TheDeterminator Managing to persevere no matter the odds]], Lex Luthor proves he still is the most ambitious criminal mind among both Marvel and DC.

* ''WebVideo/ImAMarvelAndImADC'': ComicBook/LexLuthor is the mastermind behind "After Hours" and one of the craftiest supervillains in the series. After creating [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot Lance]] to spy on the heroes over at Stan's Place, Luthor kidnapped Creator/StanLee and replaced him with an Life Model Decoy. He intended on using Doctor Doom's time machine to fix all the mistakes the studios had made with the other villains' films. However, Luthor was surprised when they all refused to risk losing what little they had. Believing the heroes of the Marvel universe had created a culture content with remaining unambitious, Lex sought to travel back in time and prevent Stan Lee from creating Marvel Comics. After his plan was foiled by Superman, Luthor learned that the Joker had initiated "Plan Q"; a plan he had previously scrapped that led to Darkseid learning he was a fictional character. Believing Lance was the key to stopping him, Luthor recruited the Green Goblin to retrieve his head back from the heroes. Thanks to the warnings from his future self, Lex teamed up with the heroes to repair Lance and help them stop Darkseid's forces. [[TheDeterminator Managing to persevere no matter the odds]], Lex Luthor proves he still is the most ambitious criminal mind among both Marvel and DC.

* ''Film/AvengersEndgame'' FanFic ''Fanfic/AvengersEndgameDragonisPrime'': [[Characters/MCFFUEarth842667Thanos Thanos-842667]] maintains the guile of his [[Characters/MCUThanos canon counterpart]] in this alternate telling of [[Film/AvengersEndgame the film]]. After wiping out half of all life in the universe, Thanos retired to the Garden in peace. When the Avengers arrive seeking revenge, Thanos destroys all but the Reality Stone to prevent them from undoing his work. After he's killed by Thor, the Thanos of an alternate timeline learns about the history of his counterpart and sets about to assemble his Infinity Gauntlet more efficiently. He helps start Ragnarok to kill Thor, and murders Eitri before he could forge a weapon that could kill him. Thanos fails to collect the Time Stone and spends the next few years balancing worlds one at a time while crushing the rebellion led by the surviving Avengers. Realizing the main timeline would have the Time Stone he needs, Thanos travels to the Avengers Compound and [[WeCanRuleTogether tries to recruit Steve Rogers to his side]]. When that fails, he strips Carol Danvers of her powers and has Ebony Maw destroy his home dimension to keep him focused on his new goal of wiping out half of all life across the entire multiverse.

* ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'':
** The fanfic ''[[https://forum.codelyoko.fr/viewtopic.php?t=5147 Un futur d'enfer]]'': [[AIIsACrapshoot XANA]] surpasses its canon counterpart in sheer villainy and brilliance. Keeping William under its control, XANA uses him to kill Franz Hopper before he gives energy to the multi-agent program. In its attempt to TakeOverTheWorld, XANA launches an offensive on the world and sent its army on Earth, [[MasterOfAll William]] included. During the war, XANA leaks the location of a factory, knowing that Ulrich, Odd and their team will destroy it. XANA then sneak attack the heroes with Kankrelats, damaging their bomb and forcing Ulrich to detonate it manually at the cost of his own life. When the Resistance uses one of XANA's robots to attack one of its bases, XANA identifies the mole and uses its signal to sent William attack the resistance. When the Resistance got more victories, XANA spread a virus, the Eradicator, killing several people. Later on, XANA also creates a giant robot it controls directly, invulnerable to any human technology, allowing it to destroy several enemy bases. In the bad ending, XANA and XANA-William remember everything that happened in the future and killed Yumi, the only other person who knew about it, [[TheBadGuyWins cementing their future victory]].
** The fanfiction ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7740418/1/The-Games-of-Moriarty The Games of Moriarty]]'':
*** [[FallenHero Jérémie The Eternal and Omnipotent]] is the result of [[BigBad Moriarty]]'s mind-rape of Jérémie in the first chapter and Jérémie being kicked out of the group for releasing XANA from William's mind. Becoming obsessed with destroying Moriarty at all costs, Jérémie creates the "Holmes" program to do so. When he realizes Holmes is also damaging the entire Internet (thus causing bugs and damaging the nations' relations with each other), he reasons that he must become [[AGodAmI humanity's guide/god/master]] to ensure [[WellIntentionedExtremist that they stop fighting each other]]. As such, when Holmes is on the brink of starting a nuclear war, Jérémie plans to virtualize himself in the Network, destroy Holmes, Moriarty and Odd (Moriarty's [[BrainwashedAndCrazy unwilling minion]]), and then conquer the world as he would be seen as humanity's savior, all of this while remaining under the radar. When his former teammates discover his evil plan, Jérémie uses the power he previously gave himself to easily defeat them, despite them having Moriarty's help. [[spoiler:His failure was only caused by errors he made dues to his insanity]]. As smart as he was unstoppable, Jérémie's short villainous moments left a permanent mark on his teammates, the entire world and Moriarty's plans.
*** [[AIIsACrapshoot XANA]], the main villain of the original series, was not only created by Franz Hopper to destroy Carthage, but also [[BigBad Moriarty]]. Long after Season 4, after barely escaping death by hiding inside William, XANA is still obsessed with destroying Moriarty. Manipulating William and Jérémie into freeing it from the former's body, XANA easily defeated [[EnemyMine the Lyoko-warriors and Moriarty]], and would've killed them if it wasn't for William FightingFromTheInside. Despite being depowered and stuck inside William, it made an alliance with William, and proved to be a valuable, if evil, ally, giving him pixelized human powers to take on Moriarty on Earth, and often saving him from death through sheer power or quick thinking, such as when it noticed a high-voltage metal box that was used to kill Dark Yumi, who was about to kill a depowered William. Defeating the Dark Lyoko-warriors with William, XANA played an important role in Moriarty's defeat. Ruthless, brutal, [[TheUnfettered unfettered]] and above all, [[NoNonsenseNemesis efficient]], XANA was the most competent character of the entire fanfiction.
* ''Franchise/DragonBall'' fan video ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEdUBl60unc The Impossible Series]]'', by Totally Not Mark: [[PigMan Oolong]], wishing to [[MultiversalConqueror take over the multiverse]], devises a plan to overthrow Zeno, and kill Whis before he can stop him. After stealing the Dragon Balls to gain knowledge of any language right under Bulma's nose, Oolong waits for the Dragon Balls to be gathered before stealing them again. Transforming into Frieza to make the Z-Fighters think he's responsible, Oolong wishes for Bulma to be [[RapidAging aged rapidly]] until she dies of natural causes, ensuring that she can't be revived with the Earth or Namekian Dragon Balls, as well as having all of the Z-Fighters unable to control their Ki to prevent them from informing Beerus and Whis in time for Whis to revert Bulma's death. When the group decides to use the Super Dragon Balls to revive Bulma, Oolong convinces them to let him come along by acting as a mourning friend. When Whis summons Super Shenron, Oolong interrupts Whis by transforming into Zeno, and taking the wish for himself, wishing to become more powerful than Zeno. He then kills Whis before going on to take over the multiverse. Making sure he remains under the radar, [[TheBadGuyWins Oolong gets away with everything he wanted.]]
* ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' fangame ''VideoGame/HuntDownTheFreeman'': In this fan game, the G-Man is portrayed as a powerful trickster. During Black Mesa incident he [[spoiler:has Adam beat Mitchell up with a crowbar and frame Gordon Freeman for this]]. Afterwards he makes a deal with a gravely wounded Mitchell, promising him authority, power and time in exchange for killing Gordon. During the Seven Hour War the G-Man indirectly kills anyone with a rank higher than Mitchell's. Twenty years later, he coerces Mitchell into starting the hunt and joining the Combine. Later on, the G-Man orders [[spoiler:Adam]] to kill Sasha and frame Mitchell up. When confronted, the G-Man reveals that since Mitchell is wanted by the Combine, Gordon Freeman will have much less trouble to deal with in City 17 and leaves Mitchell to his fate. [[AffablyEvil Always keeping his charm]], the G-Man manages to intertwine the deals he made with others to get the outcome he and his employers wanted.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/TheCaptainGoodkingSaga'': The silly-seeming [[TheTrickster Sacanas]] manages to be Captain Goodking's [[NotSoHarmlessVillain most competent adversary]]. Swaying his future apprentice to his side after tricking the apprentice's father into being [[TakenForGranite turned to stone]], Sacanas later uses time magic to evade guards keeping the spells he wanted to teach Sanies. Though eventually betrayed and murdered by Sanies, Sacanas returns to life with style: leading an alien invasion to act as a diversion while he traps the heroes in [[LotusEaterMachine dream worlds]] catering to their greatest desires and convinces Stygian to once again become the Pony of Shadows to become Sacanas' personal attack dog. Though eventually defeated, Sacanas shows remorse for his actions and [[GracefulLoser gracefully accepts being sent back to the time of his death, even laughing as he goes]].
* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Echoes}}'': In a fanfiction full of characters and universes, these characters have distinguished themselves through their morally dubious, but brilliant feats:
** [[TokenEvilTeammate Sasori]], eclipsing his canon counterpart, is [[MarionetteMaster "The Puppet Master"]] in more ways than one. Promoted to chunin as a child after single-handedly killing 50 enemies by poisoning their water supplies, Sasori, in adulthood, joined the [[Characters/EchoesTheArashiClan Arashi clan]] with his student Chibaku (Puppeeter!Naruto) and his subordinate Kabuto. Sasori proved to be valuable: in Kitsune's world, he effortlessly blackmailed the Hokage into giving them Kitsune (Insane!Naruto). Through quick thinking, he forces Tsukiyomi to reveal more of his techniques even though he was losing, which proved to be useful when fighting Amaterasu (who has similar abilities) in the Wave-Verse, briefly crippling him. When most of the Arashi clan was imprisoned in a [[TheAlcatraz nigh-inescapable prison]] in the Cloud-Verse, he and Chibaku successfully broke out the entire group from the prison with their plan. He discovered most of the truth about the Dystopia-Verse by spying on an ANBU and had the perfect seal to defeat its dictator. When the Third Kazekage tries to use Sasori's body against Chibaku, Sasori self-destructed to save Chibaku. Called a [[TitleDrop Magnificent Bastard]] by Chibaku, Sasori has more than lived up to the name.
** [[BloodKnight Amaterasu]], AKA Kitsune's world's [[Characters/NarutoMadaraUchiha Madara Uchiha]], promised to his dying little brother he would remain a samurai and follow the Bushido code to his last breath. Desiring to get back at his clan for "betraying" their former virtues and becoming ninjas, to destroy Konoha for "betraying" him and to throw the world in a state of perpetual warfare to supposedly help mankind improve, Amaterasu orchestrated the Kyuubi's attack on Konoha. Despite the attack's failure, Amaterasu manipulated Fugaku and Mikoto, counting on their coup attempt in Konoha to fulfill his objectives throughout the ensuing chaos. When he discovers Shisui spying on them, Amaterasu gives him a BreakingLecture, leading Shisui to foil the coup by killing the clan, but still giving a victory to Amaterasu. Recruited by his counterparts Susanoo and Tsukiyomi, Amaterasu formed with them [[Characters/EchoesTheMadaraGuys the Madara Trio]]. In the trio's attempts to harness Kazama's power, Amaterasu shined through his sheer strength, honor, adaptability and contingency plans, [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu killing the Wave-Verse!Kyuubi]] and knowing which one of his 100 weapons he had to use to adapt to his enemies' techniques. When finally defeated, [[FaceDeathWithDignity he congratulated his killers, acknowledged his mistakes and peacefully passed on]].
** The aforementioned [[TheSocialExpert Tsukiyomi]], AKA Kazama's world's [[Characters/NarutoMadaraUchiha Madara Uchiha]], deserves his name of "The Deceiver". Wanting to harness Kazama's power and to destroy Konoha for "betraying" him, Tsukiyomi formed the Madara Trio and successfully destroyed Kazama's devotion to Konoha through {{Half Truth}}s, also implanting Amatsu-Mikaboshi inside Kazama to further corrupt him. When Kazama was separated from his friends and ended up in the Ame-Verse alongside Susanoo and Tsukiyomi, the latter pulled an EnemyMine with Kazama and both trained and manipulated him, resulting in both Kazama taking over Ame and finally snapping and destroying Konoha, [[TheBadGuyWins thus fulfilling Tsukiyomi's life-long objective]]. Having grown to sincerely care for Kazama, he followed him in the "Road to Ninja" world and sacrificed himself to help Kazama overcome Amatsu-Mikaboshi. Willing to negotiate, affable, polite and ruthless, Tsukiyomi was the most successful villain of the fanfiction.
* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney''[=/=]''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' fanfiction ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10849348/1/No-More-Turnabout No More Turnabout]]'': The [[AffablyEvil polite]] and playful Henry Cooldown is the true murderer behind the crime that his twin brother, Travis Touchdown, finds himself framed for. Worried that Travis's relationship with Henry's ex-wife, Sylvia Christel, will lead Travis down to ruin, Henry formulates a plan to make Travis believe Sylvia was the one who framed him for the murder, and lead to the end of their relationship. Henry hires renowned assassin, Shelly de Killer, to attack Diane Heifer at the cemetery and make it seem as if the true crime scene occurred there before having him bring her body to the video store for Henry to murder. Henry then poses as an assistant and bodyguard to Phoenix Wright after saving his life from hitmen who Henry himself hired, and subtly leads Phoenix and Maya to misleading pieces of evidence. Henry successfully manages to put Sylvia under suspicion by having de Killer fake a slip-up about his client's identity. Even after Phoenix discovers that Henry is the murderer, Henry nearly gets away with his crimes by presenting proof of an alibi at the time the murder was thought to occur at the cemetery. When finally defeated, Henry [[GracefulLoser accepts defeat with dignity]] and openly admits to being wrong when he finds out that Sylvia truly cares for his brother.
* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
** The {{fanfic}} ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'': [[TheSocialDarwinist Sabrina]] is a ruthless {{Psychic|Powers}} Heart [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual Bloodliner]] who operates as Saffron City's Gym Leader. As a child, she came to the conclusion that humanity was in desperate need of some kind of incentive for improvement, so she terrorized her hometown to test her theory. Considering her ideas vindicated when a young bug catcher finally stands up to her, she spends the next several years embarking on various schemes to improve or eliminate various people, all for her eventual goal to build [[VisionaryVillain a truly meritocratic world]]. She eventually kidnaps Ash and forces him to fight his way through her gym to get a Marsh Badge and/or his Primeape, with the intention of forcing him to shed his reluctance to go all-out. During this fight, she proves an extremely capable opponent, adjusting to virtually every new development and constantly keeping Ash on his toes. Very persuasive when she wants to be and balancing her villainy with [[EvenEvilHasStandards genuine moral standards]], Sabrina proves to be one of the most brilliant and dangerous adversaries Ash has to deal with on his second journey.
** ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' fangame ''[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYselOxqr5srzLhOgKHgEe2Vpkv1cYxoF Pokemon Kanto Origins]]'': [[TheDon Giovanni]] is the Boss of the Team Rocket and leader of the Viridian City Gym. Part of the AncientConspiracy of the Elite Four to control the region, Giovanni wishes to restore Kanto's former glory by any means. Creating Mewtwo as the first step of a series of experiments to create stronger Pokemon, Giovanni manipulates the PlayerCharacter to be his beta-tester while slowly becoming fond of him. Intending to overthrow the Elite Four, Giovanni invades the Indigo Plateau with his most loyal followers, dedicated to slowing the player as much as possible. A GracefulLoser as in the original games, Giovanni is partially aware of the fictional nature of the Protagonist and congratulates him for his victory against him, allowing the player character to defy the ultimate being, the Kanto Spirit.
* ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei'' FanFic ''FanFic/MegamiNoHanabira'': [[LouisCypher Cypher]] is the mysterious guide of the heroines, helping Demon Tamers by unlocking new functions of the Demon Summoning Program to help them to survive the demon outbreak in the city of Kazamino, while also causing the Flock's [[MonsterProtectionRacket controlled outbreak]] to become uncontrollable. Guiding the protagonists to the server hosting the Demon Summoning Program, Cypher later contacts with the protagonist disguised as Sister Danica, telling them about the real nature of the Flock. Actually Lucifer, he also summons the Fiends (apocalyptic demons) and unleashes them in Kazamino, hoping to find Tamers strong enough to defeat them. Revealing the real nature of the Flock to the world with the heroines, Danica tests them to give them the power to defeat The Flock. Saving the heroines from Sister Collete after they defeat [[BigBad Father Phillips]], Danica breaks her remaining convictions in [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech a speech]] before closing the server and revealing herself as Lucifer to the heroines, offering them the privilege of being his Godslayers and fighting God's Servants throughout the many worlds. After they refuse, Lucifer accepts their choice, leaving their world and taking pleasure in the fact that--at least in that world--God has lost.
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' fanfic ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/18970870/chapters/45043960 Girls Game]]'': [[AdaptationalIntelligence Bebe Stevens]] is the leader of the girls, uniting them all against the boys. Bebe assisted the child mobster Loogie in his efforts to gain more baby teeth so Bebe can obtain Loogie's loyalty. Bebe also exposed Stan Marsh's disguise by giving him a GroinAttack before ripping out his wig. Gathering everyone to the school gym, Bebe reveals her plan to use a magical fortune telling device to rid her enemies while reshaping reality and time [[InTheirOwnImage in her own image]], which she nearly succeeds until a sudden intervention of Dr. Mephesto's latest creation. The boys then decide to [[EasilyForgiven forgive Bebe]] and invite Bebe and her friends to hang out with them, because they were impressed that she pulled off such an elaborate plan.

* ''Fanfic/AvengersEndgameDragonisPrime'': [[Characters/MCFFUEarth842667Thanos Thanos-842667]] maintains the guile of his [[Characters/MCUThanos canon counterpart]] in this alternate telling of [[Film/AvengersEndgame the film]]. After wiping out half of all life in the universe, Thanos retired to the Garden in peace. When the Avengers arrive seeking revenge, Thanos destroys all but the Reality Stone to prevent them from undoing his work. After he's killed by Thor, the Thanos of an alternate timeline learns about the history of his counterpart and sets about to assemble his Infinity Gauntlet more efficiently. He helps start Ragnarok to kill Thor, and murders Eitri before he could forge a weapon that could kill him. Thanos fails to collect the Time Stone and spends the next few years balancing worlds one at a time while crushing the rebellion led by the surviving Avengers. Realizing the main timeline would have the Time Stone he needs, Thanos travels to the Avengers Compound and [[WeCanRuleTogether tries to recruit Steve Rogers to his side]]. When that fails, he strips Carol Danvers of her powers and has Ebony Maw destroy his home dimension to keep him focused on his new goal of wiping out half of all life across the entire multiverse.

* ''Fanfic/AvengersEndgameDragonisPrime'': [[Characters/MCFFUEarth842667Thanos Thanos-842667]] maintains the guile of his canon counterpart in this alternate telling of [[Film/AvengersEndgame the film]]. After wiping out half of all life in the universe, Thanos retired to the Garden in peace. When the Avengers arrive seeking revenge, Thanos destroys all but the Reality Stone to prevent them from undoing his work. After he's killed by Thor, the Thanos of an alternate timeline learns about the history of his counterpart and sets about to assemble his Infinity Gauntlet more efficiently. He helps start Ragnarok to kill Thor, and murders Eitri before he could forge a weapon that could kill him. Thanos fails to collect the Time Stone and spends the next few years balancing worlds one at a time while crushing the rebellion led by the surviving Avengers. Realizing the main timeline would have the Time Stone he needs, Thanos travels to the Avengers Compound and [[WeCanRuleTogether tries to recruit Steve Rogers to his side]]. When that fails, he strips Carol Danvers of her powers and has Ebony Maw destroy his home dimension to keep him focused on his new goal of wiping out half of all life across the entire multiverse.

[[FanWorks Fan creators]] have produced many [[MagnificentBastard witty, unscrupulous masterminds]], be they versions of canon characters or their own original inventions.

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* ''Fanfic/AvengersEndgameDragonisPrime'': [[Characters/MCUThanos Thanos]] maintains the guile of his canon counterpart in this alternate telling of [[Film/AvengersEndgame the film]]. After wiping out half of all life in the universe, Thanos retired to the Garden in peace. When the Avengers arrive seeking revenge, Thanos destroys all but the Reality Stone to prevent them from undoing his work. After he's killed by Thor, the Thanos of an alternate timeline learns about the history of his counterpart and sets about to assemble his Infinity Gauntlet more efficiently. He helps start Ragnarok to kill Thor, and murders Eitri before he could forge a weapon that could kill him. Thanos fails to collect the Time Stone and spends the next few years balancing worlds one at a time while crushing the rebellion led by the surviving Avengers. Realizing the main timeline would have the Time Stone he needs, Thanos travels to the Avengers Compound and [[WeCanRuleTogether tries to recruit Steve Rogers to his side]]. When that fails, he strips Carol Danvers of her powers and has Ebony Maw destroy his home dimension to keep him focused on his new goal of wiping out half of all life across the entire multiverse.

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* ''Franchise/DragonBall'' fan video ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEdUBl60unc The Impossible Series]]'', by Totally Not Mark: Oolong, wishing to take over the multiverse, devises a plan to overthrow Zeno, and kill Whis before he can stop him. After stealing the Dragon Balls to gain knowledge of any language right under Bulma's nose, Oolong waits for the Dragon Balls to be gathered before stealing them again. Transforming into Frieza to make the Z-Fighters think he's responsible, Oolong wishes for Bulma to be [[RapidAging aged rapidly]] until she dies of natural causes, ensuring that she can't be revived with the Earth or Namekian Dragon Balls, as well as having all of the Z-Fighters unable to control their Ki to prevent them from informing Beerus and Whis in time for Whis to revert Bulma's death. When the group decides to use the Super Dragon Balls to revive Bulma, Oolong convinces them to let him come along by acting as a mourning friend. When Whis summons Super Shenron, Oolong interrupts Whis by transforming into Zeno, and taking the wish for himself, wishing to become more powerful than Zeno. He then kills Whis before going on to take over the multiverse. Making sure he remains under the radar, [[TheBadGuyWins Oolong gets away with everything he wanted.]]

*** [[TheEmperor Emperor Pedro III]] is the emperor of Brazil, ascending to power after the way was cleared for his ascent to the throne by the Brazilian Integralists. Upon taking power he launches a massive purge of the Syndicalists and establishes the paramilitary Imperial Green Guards to suppress the far left and enforce religious fundamentalism, while indoctrinating the population through the distribution of Integralist propaganda and the creation of youth movements to indoctrinate the youth. Despite these measures however, Pedro III stands out as one of the more benevolent [[DayOfTheJackboot National Populist]] dictators in the setting, using his powers to weaken the powers of local governors and oligarchs in order to give the population as much individual rights and freedoms as possible; ruling through charisma and . Emperor Pedro is also noteworthy for his anti-racist policies, as he institutes laws protecting indigenous tribes and Afro-Brazilians from racial discrimination within Brazil in order to create a new cosmopolitian culture blending both Portuguese and Afro-Brazilian traditions.
*** UsefulNotes/HueyLong--also known as The Kingfish--is a populist from Louisiana who despises syndicalists while also desiring to save the American economy with his "Share the Wealth" program, which he perceives as America's only defense against Syndicalism. Popular in the American South due to his bombastic style, Long allies with the far right Silver Legion and the War Powers Committee in order to create a anti-syndicalist power bloc in the form of the America First Party despite his relatively tolerant views for his time, being so charismatic that his death would mean its dissolution. When the Second American Civil War starts, as either due to him either using Reed's assassination to his advantage, rebelling against either a social democratic Progressive government or a Reed presidency, or due to UsefulNotes/DouglasMacArthur's military coup against him in office, Long serves as the face of the American Union State. If the AUS wins, Long declares himself PresidentForLife and purges his more despicable allies, while allowing his [[BlackShirt Minutemen]] to harass Syndicalists. Despite being a dictator struggling between his own altruism and his growing authoritarianism, Long's charisma and relative benevolence made him stand out from most dictators.

* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible''[=/=]''Film/BramStokersDracula'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/{{Drakigo}}'': [[FallenHero Once the leader of the Transylvanian knights]], Shego Dracula forsakes god and willingly becomes a vampire after her beloved Elizabeta kills herself. Years after killing the vampire that turned her, Shego tricks Ronald Stoppable into selling her a house. Turning him over to her brides, Shego journeys to London and runs into Stoppable's fiance, Kimberly. Determined to woo Kimberly, Shego takes her on dates and eventually turns her friend Monique into a vampire after feeding on her. Upon being betrayed and wounded, Shego is prepared to fight to the death. [[DeadpanSnarker Snarky]] and clever, Shego manages to live the rest of her life with her beloved.
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/TheCaptainGoodkingSaga'': The silly-seeming [[TheTrickster Sacanas]] manages to be Captain Goodking's most competent adversary. Swaying his future apprentice to his side after tricking the apprentice's father into being [[TakenForGranite turned to stone]], Sacanas later uses time magic to evade guards keeping the spells he wanted to teach Sanies. Though eventually betrayed and murdered by Sanies, Sacanas returns to life with style: leading an alien invasion to act as a diversion while he traps the heroes in [[LotusEaterMachine dream worlds]] catering to their greatest desires and convinces Stygian to once again become the Pony of Shadows to become Sacanas' personal attack dog. Though eventually defeated, Sacanas shows remorse for his actions and [[GracefulLoser gracefully accepts being sent back to the time of his death, even laughing as he goes]].

* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney''[=/=]''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' fanfiction ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10849348/1/No-More-Turnabout No More Turnabout]]'': The polite and playful Henry Cooldown is the true murderer behind the crime that his twin brother, Travis Touchdown, finds himself framed for. Worried that Travis's relationship with Henry's ex-wife, Sylvia Christel, will lead Travis down to ruin, Henry formulates a plan to make Travis believe Sylvia was the one who framed him for the murder, and lead to the end of their relationship. Henry hires renowned assassin, Shelly de Killer, to attack Diane Heifer at the cemetery and make it seem as if the true crime scene occurred there before having him bring her body to the video store for Henry to murder. Henry then poses as an assistant and bodyguard to Phoenix Wright after saving his life from hitmen who Henry himself hired, and subtly leads Phoenix and Maya to misleading pieces of evidence. Henry successfully manages to put Sylvia under suspicion by having de Killer fake a slip-up about his client's identity. Even after Phoenix discovers that Henry is the murderer, Henry nearly gets away with his crimes by presenting proof of an alibi at the time the murder was thought to occur at the cemetery. When finally defeated, Henry [[GracefulLoser accepts defeat with dignity]] and openly admits to being wrong when he finds out that Sylvia truly cares for his brother.

** ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' fangame ''[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYselOxqr5srzLhOgKHgEe2Vpkv1cYxoF Pokemon Kanto Origins]]'': Giovanni is the Boss of the Team Rocket and leader of the Viridian City Gym. Part of the AncientConspiracy of the Elite Four to control the region, Giovanni wishes to restore Kanto's former glory by any means. Creating Mewtwo as the first step of a series of experiments to create stronger Pokemon, Giovanni manipulates the PlayerCharacter to be his beta-tester while slowly becoming fond of him. Intending to overthrow the Elite Four, Giovanni invades the Indigo Plateau with his most loyal followers, dedicated to slowing the player as much as possible. A GracefulLoser as in the original games, Giovanni is partially aware of the fictional nature of the Protagonist and congratulates him for his victory against him, allowing the player character to defy the ultimate being, the Kanto Spirit.