History Main / ChaosIsEvil

* [[ReligiousHorror Chaos]] from ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer}}'' and ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}''. Everyone in the setting is evil to some degree or another, but Chaos [[CardCarryingVillain proudly takes the cake]]. The Chaos gods ''can'' also represent positive traits like honor, hope, stoicism, love etc. Or at least, [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness they used to]]. A good example of this is the Chaos god Khorne. Khorne is the god of blood, but also the god of martial prowess, and in early material he took a dim view of slaughtering the helpless or the weak because there was no honor or glory in it. Nowadays, however, the golden rule is, "Khorne cares not from whence the blood flows, only that it flows." Today Chaos is indisputably ''the'' most evil faction in the setting. While other factions may rival them in the kill count, they tend to be motivated by bestial instinct, dispassionate efficiency, or desperation. Chaos, however, does it because they are sadistic bastards who literally want to turn the galaxy into Hell. It's worth noting that the canonical justification for this is ''specifically'' the "Everyone in the setting is evil to some degree or another" part.

* In the Glorantha setting of ''TabletopGame/RuneQuest'' Chaos itself is neutral (being the void outside the universe) but its manifestations within the universe tend strongly towards evil due to their twisting of reality's rules.

* In the original ''TabletopGame/MarvelSuperHeroes'' RPG made by TSR, "order magic" was good magic and "chaos magic" was evil magic. Confusing the issue, though, chaos magic was said to have the goal of bringing about an evil tyranny, which doesn't actually sound chaotic.

* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': [[Characters/{{Transformers}} Unicron]], also known as the Chaos Bringer and the Lord of Chaos, is considered the universal/multiversal embodiment of both chaos and evil, in contrast to his twin and eternal arch-enemy Primus who embodies both order and good, and he's also an OmnicidalManiac whose goal is to consume everything. The ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' [[Characters/TransformersPrimeUnicronAndTheTerrorcons incarnation in particular]] was fond of making boasts that include the word "chaos".

Compare with ChaoticEvil, where a bad guy just acts chaotically instead of actively trying to reference chaos -- though it is also the most natural CharacterAlignment for "Chaos Is Evil" villains, to the point that they are arguably doing it wrong if they're ''not'' Chaotic Evil. When the opposite occurs, and evil and order become synonymous, it can become a case of IndustrializedEvil or AssimilationPlot. Contrast OrderIsNotGood and BothOrderAndChaosAreDangerous.

[[caption-width-right:300:[[Film/AmericanHistoryX "I believe in death, destruction, chaos, filth, and greed!"]]]]

* In ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'', Eggman takes control of a water god called Chaos, whom Eggman calls the "God of Destruction". [[spoiler:Once it becomes Perfect Chaos, it stops obeying Eggman and starts just destroying everything. This trope is later subverted when it's revealed that it was just a MadGod that needed pacifying.]]

** Just before the TrueFinalBoss of ''[[VideoGame/SonicRushSeries Sonic Rush Adventure]]'', [[spoiler:Eggman Nega]] declares that he will bring about a glorious age of fear and chaos.

After all, Order is often associated with good things like peace, tolerance and cooperation. Which means if you stand for Chaos, you can also represent horrors like [[WarIsHell war]], [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt mass destruction]] and [[AxCrazy mindless killing]].[[note]]Interestingly, chaos originally didn't mean "disorder" at all, but "[[PrimordialChaos void]]".[[/note]] And for this reason, you can often find bad guys trying to actively affiliate themselves with the word.

'''NOTE: Chaos Is Evil is a very specific kind of InvokedTrope, where villains like speaking about chaos or including words synonymous with chaos (disorder, disarray, etc.) as part of their title or name.'''

* Inverted: ''Webcomic/LastRes0rt'' has the tagline "Embrace Cha0s", with the implication that the Celeste and the Church of the Endless represent a repressive version of Order.

After all, Order is often associated with good things like peace, tolerance and cooperation. Which means if you stand for Chaos, you can also represent horrors like [[WarIsHell war]], [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt mass destruction]] and [[AxCrazy mindless killing]].[[note]]Interestingly, chaos originally didn't mean "disorder" at all, but "void".[[/note]] And for this reason, you can often find bad guys trying to actively affiliate themselves with the word.

* ''Music/{{Gloryhammer}}'': The overarching villain of the saga, EvilSorcerer [[AVillainNamedZrg Zargothrax]], is the leader of Chaos Wizards, and is given epithet "Chaos Incarnate" in "[[https://youtu.be/-O5TxWQkfr0 Keeper Of The Celestial Flame Of Abernethy]]", where it's also revealed that he got his powers by making a pact with Chaos. ''What'' this Chaos is is not explained. Heroes, meanwhile, are commonly associated with "Justice" (like with "missiles of [[NukeEm nuclear justice]]").

* ''Music/{{Gloryhammer}}'': The overarching villain of the saga, EvilSorcerer [[AVillainNamedZrg Zargothrax]], is the leader of Chaos Wizards, and is given epithet "Chaos Incarnate" in "[[https://youtu.be/-O5TxWQkfr0 Keeper Of The Celestial Flame Of Abernethy]]". Heroes, meanwhile, are commonly associated with "Justice" (like with "missiles of [[NukeEm nuclear justice]]").

* [[BigBad Johan Liebert]] from ''Anime/{{Monster}}'' is called a "monster of chaos" by the title of episode 36 and is described as "Chaos incarnate" and someone who embraces chaos by Inspector Lunge.
* Played with in ''LightNovel/NyarukoCrawlingWithLove''. Nyarko (a.k.a. [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Nyarlathotep]]) describes herself as "Chaos", but is generally a ManicPixieDreamGirl. However, she is ruthless in combat, annoys the protagonist, and bends the rules to suit her needs.

* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' has [[spoiler: Dharkon, an EldritchAbomination who's the Embodiment of Chaos and [[DarkIsEvil Darkness]]. While his counterpart [[LightIsNotGood Galeem]] wants to establish order by remaking the world [[InTheirOwnImage in his own image]], Dharkon's goal is simply wanting to destroy ''[[OmnicidalManiac everything]]''. [[TheBadGuyWins He even manages to pull it off in his bad ending]].]]

* Inverted in the short-lived ''Series/{{Chaos}}'' where the title is the nickname of the good guy's little group in the CIA.

Compare with ChaoticEvil, where a bad guy just acts chaotically instead of actively trying to reference chaos -- though it is also the most natural CharacterAlignment for "Chaos Is Evil" villains, to the point that they are arguably doing it wrong if they're ''not'' Chaotic Evil. When the opposite occurs, and evil and order become synonymous it can become a case of IndustrializedEvil or AssimilationPlot. Contrast OrderIsNotGood and BothOrderAndChaosAreDangerous.

Compare with ChaoticEvil, where a bad guy just acts chaotically instead of actively trying to reference chaos -- though also the most natural CharacterAlignment for "Chaos Is Evil" villains, to the point that they are arguably doing it wrong if they're ''not'' Chaotic Evil. When the opposite occurs, and evil and order become synonymous it can become a case of IndustrializedEvil or AssimilationPlot. Contrast OrderIsNotGood and BothOrderAndChaosAreDangerous.

Compare with ChaoticEvil, where a bad guy just acts chaotically instead of actively trying to reference chaos -- though also the most likely CharacterAlignment for "Chaos Is Evil" villains, to the point that they are arguably doing it wrong if they're ''not'' Chaotic Evil. When the opposite occurs, and evil and order become synonymous it can become a case of IndustrializedEvil or AssimilationPlot. Contrast OrderIsNotGood and BothOrderAndChaosAreDangerous.

Compare with ChaoticEvil, where a bad guy just acts chaotically instead of actively trying to reference chaos -- though also the most likely CharacterAlignment for Chaos is Evil villains, to the point that they are arguably doing it wrong if they're ''not'' Chaotic Evil. When the opposite occurs, and evil and order become synonymous it can become a case of IndustrializedEvil or AssimilationPlot. Contrast OrderIsNotGood and BothOrderAndChaosAreDangerous.

Compare with ChaoticEvil, where a bad guy just acts chaotically instead of actively trying to reference chaos -- though this is also the most likely CharacterAlignment for Chaos is Evil villains, to the point that they might be doing it wrong if they're ''not'' Chaotic Evil. When the opposite occurs, and evil and order become synonymous it can become a case of IndustrializedEvil or AssimilationPlot. Contrast OrderIsNotGood and BothOrderAndChaosAreDangerous.

Compare with ChaoticEvil, where a bad guy just acts chaotically instead of actively trying to reference chaos. When the opposite occurs, and evil and order become synonymous it can become a case of IndustrializedEvil or AssimilationPlot. Contrast OrderIsNotGood and BothOrderAndChaosAreDangerous.

* In ''ComicBook/PS238'' the forces of Chaos and the forces of Order are portrayed as Demons and Angels, respectively. Though given both side's habit of driving mortals to conflict whenever they get the chance to access our dimension, the forces of Order are portrayed as equally bad.
* In ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange'', both Dormammu and Shuma-Gorath have Lord of Chaos as one of their titles, and Dormammu once represented the AnthropomorphicPersonification of Chaos in a chess match with [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Odin]], who represented Order. Both of these villains are actually {{Multiversal Conqueror}}s and [[GodEmperor God-Tyrants]] of [[DimensionLord alternate dimensions]], and while they may qualify as chaotic in terms of their personalities and behaviour, they don't otherwise seem to represent Chaos any more than any other really deplorable villain. Dormammu, for example, has non-chaotic character traits like a code of honor, devotion towards his sister, and a consistent tyrannical way of thinking that "follows set formulas".
* Another Creator/MarvelComics example is Chthon, the resident God of Chaos who has clashed with numerous heroes, who once again is chaotic by nature, but as no ideological devotion to Chaos. It's slightly more justified in his case, though, as he is also the creator and source of Chaos Magic, which here is a form of BlackMagic that pulls off feats of [[RealityWarper reality warping]] and affects probability, though still usually towards a very specific end.
* Yet another Marvel example is ComicBook/{{Venom}}'s symbiotic "offspring", ComicBook/{{Carnage}}. His motive for being a serial killer -- if he can even be said to have one -- is that he thinks Law is an illusion, and that Chaos is the only reality. As a result, he tries to spread this sick philosophy by mass murder. It would be easy to label him ChaoticStupid, but he can actually be rather smart in his methods sometimes. (Which makes him a living oxymoron, really, being someone who ''plans out'' ways to spread Chaos.)

* [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]]'s toy tie-in comic ''The Saga of Crystar the Crystal Warrior'' had a typical Order-Versus-Chaos dynamic, with the hero fighting for order and his villainous brother Moltar for chaos. Subverted: a distinction is drawn between Moltar's "Chaos-as-means-to-an-end" and the "Chaos-for-its-own-sake" of [[EvilChancellor Zardeth]], or [[PredecessorVillain the Demon Lord]]. Moltar brings chaos, but reluctantly and only because of his feud with his brother, and he does mostly respect the edicts of his uncle (who personifies Balance).
* ''ComicBook/{{Moriarty}}'': Tartarus is a vile terrorist who worships chaos and believes it to be the natural state of things. He intends to throw all of Europe into chaos so he can rule afterwards as a god

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** Discord as introduced in "The Return of Harmony": The spirit of chaos and disharmony, a RealityWarper. He usually likes to speak of chaos as his thing, but intertwined with the disharmony he also sows, it makes him an antithesis to [[PowerOfFriendship the concepts associated with good in the setting]]. Subverted in that Discord ultimately behaves himself and becomes a friend to ponies whilst ''still'' being the spirit of chaos.
** Invoked in one of the tie-in comics, where belief in this leads to Discord reversing his entire being to become "Accord", an Order Spirit, in hopes that this will make ponies like him better. [[spoiler:Then Inverted into OrderIsNotGood when Accord, under the logic that [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill individual thoughts and feelings are disorderly]], attempts to brainwash all of Equestria into a MindHive.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'': Butters' evil alter-ego Professor Chaos, who normally acts like a generic supervillain but went on to become [[spoiler:an NFT conman]] who brought endless massacres.

** The [[BigBad Ascians]] in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' are forces of darkness that revel in spreading chaos and destruction everywhere by manipulating people and empires. By inciting chaos in everyone (wars, using forbidden powers, etc), the Ascians can trigger a calamity that will bring their dark god, Zodiark, one step closer to being resurrected. The [[PlayerCharacter Warrior of Light]] and their Scion companions fight for the side of light to drive out the darkness as well as the chaos it brings.

* Subverted in ''webcomic/DominicDeegan''. During the Storm of Souls arc, he's poised to fight against Celesto Morgan, the Champion of Chaos and Darkness, but Dominic is mistaken in thinking he's the Champion of Light and Law. Klo Tark explains that [[spoiler:''excessive'' Chaos ''or'' Law are evil, and only by accepting to be empowered by Light, Law, Darkness ''and'' Chaos, can Dominic fulfill his duty as the Champion of Balance. Later strip even discusses that Chaos is necessary for creativity and innovation, while excessive Law is the source of all KnightTemplar tendencies.]]

* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': [[Characters/Transformers Unicron]], also known as the Chaos Bringer and the Lord of Chaos, is considered the universal/multiversal embodiment of both chaos and evil, in contrast to his twin and eternal arch-enemy Primus who embodies both order and good, and he's also an OmnicidalManiac whose goal is to consume everything. The ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' [[Characters/TransformersPrimeUnicronAndTheTerrorcons incarnation in particular]] was fond of making boasts that include the word "chaos".