History Main / EvilLuddite

* The Gnishians in ''ComicBook/{{Descender}}'', who are fanatical in their desire to wipe out all robots.
* In the ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'', the Paperinik supervillain "The Analogue Knight" is one, wanting to transform the world back into one where the most advanced form of technology is the steam engine.
* ''Comicbook/{{Infinity}}'' introduces Fulmina, an [[{{Anvilicious}} obnoxious]] [[ComicBook/TheInhumans Inhuman]] obsessed with wiping out tech so that mankind can return to a "better" time.
* In ''ComicBook/MagnusRobotFighter'' #42, "Fear Unlimited", Derkaiser, leader of the anti-robot Rob-Routers, is actually Dr. Laszlo Noel, who wants to get rid of the robots so he can rule North Am himself. He tries a NotSoDifferentRemark speech on Magnus, who only smashes evil robots, and points out that Derkaiser is himself using robots to restrain the hero.
* The Creator/MarvelComics supervillain [[MeaningfulName Turner D. Century]] has elements of this, though he is more of an EvilReactionary. With his pinstriped suit and tandem bicycle, he meant to dial back society to its pre-1900s glory (not only because he disliked technology, but because he detested how cultural values had changed; in other words, he was a [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain bigot and a chauvinist]]). He was killed along with several other villains in the [[BadGuyBar Bar With No Name]] during the original Scourge of the Underworld storyline. Then his clone was killed by ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}. Marvel doesn't take him seriously anymore -- if they ever did.
* An interesting version in ''ComicBook/TheOutsider''. Dr. Sivana's grand plan, specifically named after Ned Ludd, turns out to be to destroy all technology on Earth with a device that will also wipe the memories of every intelligent being on the planet, leaving them all blank slates for him to mold and rebuild in his own image, and let him shape a new technological foundation.
* ''Comicbook/TheSurrogates'' has [[spoiler:the creator of the surrogate technology merely try to shut all the surrogates down, not kill everyone connected to a surrogate. After that happens, the rebels march through the city but only burn down the surrogate factory]].

* The plot of ''Film/The6thDay'' is kicked off by a Luddite assassinating the BigBad Drucker and his entourage because the former is a clone. Since Adam switched places with Hank, both men end up cloned as part of the coverup/mixup. Then the Luddite shows up and ''murders Hank again'' for being a clone, which he literally knew nothing about and was through no fault of his own. This is justified by the Luddite saying they're abominations with no souls, as he's also TheFundamentalist.

* ''TabletopGame/WerewolfTheForsaken'': The Predator Kings see themselves as apex predators and despise the "artificial" world humanity has created, seeking to tear it all down and rule over an endless wilderness. While they're the least personally antagonistic of the Pure Tribes, being willing to view the Forsaken as {{Worthy Opponent}}s and lacking the [[KnightTemplar religious zealotry]] of the Fire-Touched or the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName frankly disturbing obsession with blood purity]] of the Ivory Claws, their end goal is still fundamentally to destroy all technology and reduce humans to little more than prey.

* N Corp from ''VideoGame/LimbusCompany'' is extremely technophobic, as emphasized by one of their subsets, Nagel und Hammer. They are a fanatical cult obsessed with physical purity, which in turn translates to homicidal hatred of those with prosthetics.

* In the ''[[SteamPunk Empires of the Smoky Skies]]'' scenario from ''Videogame/CivilizationV'', the Luddites are the equivalent of the regular game [[AlwaysChaoticEvil barbarians]]. The former, like the barbarians, live in outlandish encampments, use weapons that quickly become obsolete, and are generally portrayed as savages, hostile to the light of the civilized world, which is completely at the Enlightened end of the RomanticismVersusEnlightenment spectrum.

* In the ''[[SteamPunk Empires of the Smoky Skies]]'' scenario from ''Videogame/CivilizationV'', the Luddites are the equivalent of the regular game [[AlwaysChaoticEvil barbarians]]. The former, like the barbarians, live in outlandish encampments, use weapons that rapidly becoming obsolete, and are generally portrayed as savages, hostile to the light of the civilized world, which is completely at the Enlightened end of the RomanticismVersusEnlightenment spectrum.

* In the ''[[SteamPunk Empires of the Smoky Skies]]'' scenario from ''Videogame/CivilizationV'', the Luddites are the equivalent of the regular game [[AlwaysChaoticEvil barbarians]]. The former, like the barbarians, live in outlandish encampments, use rapidly aging weapons and are generally portrayed as savages, hostile to the light of the civilized world, which is completely at the Enlightened end of the RomanticismVersusEnlightenment spectrum.

* The BigBad of Season 4 of ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}'', Clifford De Voe/The Thinker turns out to have a rather pessimistic view of technology and modern society in general. He believes that not only does technology need to be removed, but humanity itself needs to be "rebooted" (read: effectively lobotomized) in order to "keep them from using technology as a crutch". [[spoiler:He plans to use a network of satellites to forcibly dumb everyone down and rule over the world as an "enlightened despot".]] De Voe's wife, Marlize, does share that sentiment to a significant extent, but later evokes it upon her HeelFaceTurn.

* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'': In "[Recap/TheOuterLimits1995S6E22FinalAppealPartTwo Final Appeal, Part 2]]", Ezekiel, whose real name is Daniel Faraday, is convinced that advanced technology will eventually lead to humanity's destruction. In 2076, the US Supreme Court is considering the appeal of his old boss and fellow time traveler Dr. Theresa Givens, who has been sentenced to death for the possession of advanced technology. As the fate of the anti-technology codes hang in the balance. Ezekiel threatens the justices with a cold fusion device powerful enough to destroy half the Eastern Seaboard. When Chief Justice Haden Wainwright asks Ezekiel if he appreciates the irony of using a weapon of mass destruction in order to convince the Court to uphold the ban on technology, Ezekiel replies, "[[HypocrisyNod I see irony everywhere. It's like X-ray vision]]."

* ''Series/TheOuterLimits1995'': In "Final Appeal", Ezekiel, whose real name is Daniel Faraday, is convinced that advanced technology will eventually lead to humanity's destruction. In 2076, the US Supreme Court is considering the appeal of his old boss and fellow time traveler Dr. Theresa Givens, who has been sentenced to death for the possession of advanced technology. As the fate of the anti-technology codes hang in the balance. Ezekiel threatens the justices with a cold fusion device powerful enough to destroy half the Eastern Seaboard. When Chief Justice Haden Wainwright asks Ezekiel if he appreciates the irony of using a weapon of mass destruction in order to convince the Court to uphold the ban on technology, Ezekiel replies, "[[HypocrisyNod I see irony everywhere. It's like X-ray vision]]."

* On ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', the episode "Paradise" features a colony of SpaceAmish whose leader wrote a number of philosophical treatises on the evils of technology and the advantages of a simpler existence before being conveniently marooned on a planet with an energy field that renders technology inoperable. She has a cult-like control over the colonists and quashes dissent with corporal punishment, sentencing malcontents to solitary confinement in a cramped, oven-hot box for crimes like stealing a candle or "wasting time" trying to get technology to work within the energy field. [[spoiler: She turns out to have orchestrated the marooning without the consent of the other colonists and set up the energy field herself, indirectly causing the deaths of colonists with injuries or diseases that could have been treated with advanced medical technology.]]

* ''LightNovel/TheCreationAlchemistEnjoysFreedom'' has the case of Duke Bragas Regus. The Dolgaria Empire where the story originates already suffers from KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect, but the duke takes it a step further. He looks upon the very concept of research and development with nothing but disgust, berating his son Thor for being an alchemist and thus a non-combatant, to the point he tries to drive the boy to suicide, but when Thor rightly points out that not only are the Holy Weapons the empire's proud of badly deteriorating from age and wear and tear, but it's only a matter of time before someone comes along and can out-strip the empire's tech if nothing is done, Bragas goes absolutely apoplectic, destroying a table with a single punch, screaming that it's an insult to the otherworld heroes who gave the empire their holy weapons in the first place in trying to make something better. And after banishing Thor to what he believes to be certain death, renders him unconscious with a blow to the stomach for good measure.

* In ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'', [[spoiler:Ted Faro]] decided that the reborn humans should not be educated to the technological level of their forebearers, and in a nihillistic fit, he purposely destroyed APOLLO, a critical education databank to do so. The resulting loss of practically all knowledge of the past has forced humans to struggle at varying technological levels, ranging from almost pure hunter-gatherer for the Nora, to barely post-agricultural for the Carja, with some knowledge of the use of steam power among them and the Oseram. [[spoiler:The fact he is also responsible for [[GreyGoo the eponymous Faro Plague]] [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt that killed all life on Earth]] [[GreaterScopeVillain and started the game's events in the first place]] makes him one of the most extreme examples of this trope. And that's before mentioning that he created [[OmnicidalManiac HADES]], and based its personality on his own, or that he killed all of the Alphas to keep them from undoing APOLLO's destruction, so that the world wouldn't remember him as the monster he was.]]

* [[SatanicArchetype Scarlet King]] ([[DependingOnTheWriter or at least one version of him]]) of ''Wiki/SCPFoundation''. He's the AnthropomorphicPersonification of madness & chaos [[YourMindMakesItReal born from the struggle between tradition and progress]], and despises the modern age for the safety and comfort it provides. He hates science and rationality, with attempts to understand him and the world [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly only making him stronger]]. [[spoiler: This is why [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil Procedure 110-Montauk]] is so effective at containing [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-231 SCP-231-7]]; it wasn't created on any sort of rational basis, which placated him.]]

* In ''VideoGame/HorizonZeroDawn'', [[spoiler:Ted Faro]] decided that the reborn humans should not be educated to the technological level of their forebearers, and in a nihillistic fit, he purposely destroyed APOLLO, a critical education databank to do so. The resulting loss of practically all knowledge of the past has forced humans to struggle at varying technological levels, ranging from almost pure hunter-gatherer for the Nora, to barely post-agricultural for the Carja, with some knowledge of the use of steam power among them and the Oseram. [[spoiler:The fact he is also responsible for [[GreyGoo the eponymous Faro Plague]] [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt that killed all life on Earth]] [[GreaterScopeVillain and started the game's events in the first place]] makes him one of the most extreme examples of this trope. And that's before mentioning that he created [[OmnicidalManiac HADES]], and based its personality on his own, or that he [[KillEmAll killed all of the Alphas]] to keep them from undoing APOLLO's destruction, so that the world wouldn't remember him as the monster he was.]]

* ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'': In "[[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS4E12HotPotatoSoup Hot Potato Soup]]", Ivanov distrusts modern technology. At one point he decides that he needs to double-check the data produced by Radcliffe's brain-scan interrogation of Billy by torturing the information out of him to see if it matches, even though the whole point of the brain scan was to remove the need for torture in the first place. He believes himself to be a "superior machine".

* [[SatanicArchetype Scarlet King]] ([[DependsOnTheWriter or at least one version of him]]) of ''Wiki/SCPFoundation''. He's the AnthropomorphicPersonification of madness & chaos [[YourMindMakesItReal born from the struggle between tradition and progress]], and despises the modern age for the safety and comfort it provides. He hates science and rationality, with attempts to understand him and the world [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly only making him stronger]]. [[spoiler: This is why [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil Procedure 110-Montauk]] is so effective at containing [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-231 SCP-231-7]]; it wasn't created on any sort of rational basis, which placated him.]]

* [[SatanicArchetype Scarlet King]] of ''Wiki/SCPFoundation''. He's the AnthropomorphicPersonification of madness & chaos [[YourMindMakesItReal born from the struggle between tradition and progress]], and despises the modern age for the safety and comfort it provides. He hates science and rationality, with attempts to understand him and the world [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly only making him stronger]]. [[spoiler: This is why [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil Procedure 110-Montauk]] is so effective at containing [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-231 SCP-231-7]]; it wasn't created on any sort of rational basis, which placated him.]]

* Taken UpToEleven by the [[SatanicArchetype Scarlet King]] of ''Wiki/SCPFoundation''. He's the AnthropomorphicPersonification of madness & chaos [[YourMindMakesItReal born from the struggle between tradition and progress]], and despises the modern age for the safety and comfort it provides. He hates science and rationality, with attempts to understand him and the world [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly only making him stronger]]. [[spoiler: This is why [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil Procedure 110-Montauk]] is so effective at containing [[https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-231 SCP-231-7]]; it wasn't created on any sort of rational basis, which placated him.]]

* ''Manga/DrStone'' has Shishiou Tsukasa. His life experiences led him to believe that modern society is irredeemably corrupt, so when he's resurrected from a mysterious event that turned all of humanity into stone statues, he sees the loss of technology as an opportunity to start over in a more "pure" state. His hatred of the modern world is so great that he quickly goes from being an ally of the protagonist, [[ScienceHero Senku Ishigami]], to a deadly enemy once he realizes that Senku has enough scientific knowledge to restore civilization.

* The Neo-Luddites of ''{{Series/Beforeigners}}'' are a terrorist organization founded by arrivals from the 19th century. They're pretty effective: one time, they succeeded in globally disrupting the Internet by preventing atomic clocks from syncing with each other.

* The BigBad of Season 4 of ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}'', Clifford De Voe/The Thinker turns out to have a rather pessimistic view of technology and modern society in general. He believes that not only does technology need to be removed, but humanity itself needs to be "rebooted" (read: effectively lobotomized) in order to "keep them from using technology as a crutch". [[spoiler:He plans to use a network of satellites to forcibly dumb everyone down and rule over the world as an "enlightened despot".]] De Voe's wife, Marlize, does share that sentiment to a signifcant extent, but later evokes it upon her HeelFaceTurn.

* The antagonist of the film ''Film/ChainLetter'' is a technology-hating cult who kill people by sending them chain letters, and offing them if the letters are not sent forward.

* In the ''TabletopGame/{{Ravenloft}}'' campaign setting, Vlad Drakov, the darklord of Falkovnia, is another case where this overlaps with EvilReactionary. The [[GeneralFailure inability to wage successful wars of conquest]] and gain respect of other rulers (despite being one) may be part of [[IronicHell the curse he gained from becoming a darklord]], but the Dark Powers barely needed to do anything to enforce it. Drakov's army is stuck in the Dark Ages because of his stubborn refusal to use "cowardly, newfangled" ways of waging war like smoke powder weapons and magic, nor will he consider using female soldiers. Since his neighbors consist of a kingdom ruled by a [[OurLichesAreDifferent lich-king]] SorcerousOverlord who employs vast amounts of undead, war-wizards and spell-enhanced troops, and several Renaissance-level domains where guns are the staple armament for all soldiers, this always puts the odds seriously against him and dooms him to a crushing defeat each time; the other darklords consider him a joke.

* ''Animation/EjenAli'': The [[EvilOldFolks elderly antagonist]] Analogman firmly believes that technology causes the loss of moral values. He is not present on Cyberaya's GRID which keeps data of every citizen, and he speaks of the poor conditions of the slums in the outskirts, where Cyberaya has little intel on. Analogman's weapons follow a SteamPunk motif with a cane well-adapted for combat and lots of {{Time Bomb}}s with analogue clock faces.

* The BigBad of Season 4 of ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}'' turns out to have a rather pessimistic view of technology and modern society in general. He believes that not only does technology need to be removed, but humanity itself needs to be "rebooted" (read: effectively lobotomized) in order to "keep them from using technology as a crutch". [[spoiler:He plans to use a network of satellites to forcibly dumb everyone down and rule over the world as an "enlightened despot".]]