History Main / FriendshipHatingAntagonist

* ''Fanfic/FriendshipIsFailure'': One of the antagonists, Stone Heart, is a thin-skinned writer who [[CantTakeCriticism verbally attacks anyone who dislikes his writing]], and has [[EntitledToHaveYou a creepy obsession with Sandy Beam]] due to him writing Beam]]; he writes Sandy as a love interest in his stories despite her being creeped out by this. When he gets his hands on a magical typewriter, [[EvilIsPetty he uses it to take petty revenge]] by attacking people in their dreams and [[BullyingADragon even targets Twilight Sparkle and Spike.]] One of his main reasons for hating Twilight is that her acceptance of friendship leads to a life far more fulfilling than his.

** Don Krieg is a big [[TheBully bully]] who respects only himself and doesn't care about everyone else, including his crew (Gin learted this the hard way and is ''still'' loyal to him).

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', no matter how strong or weak a villain is, friendship and bonds are alien concepts to several of them:

** Kaido always believes in MightMakesRight and thus he holds his empire together by ruling through fear and intimidation, only getting new crewmen because he only respects strength. He even [[spoiler:[[AbusiveParents he told his son Yamato that friendship is a sham and only for show, trying to force Yamato to rule with fear and that ''ogres are not meant to be friends with humans'']].

** Szayelaporro Grantz sees everyone (including his brother and his own followers) as just means and despises the concept of loyalty and camaraderie.
** Sosuke Aizen for the most part was a ManipulativeBastard who just used everyone (just ask Momo or his Espada) to gain his way. [[spoiler:He grows out of it at the end of the manga]].
** Yhwach despises friendship and respects only fear and power. His entire mindset and life can be described in four words: ItsAllAboutMe.
** [=PePe=] Waccabrada has the power [[LovePotion to manipulate and cause love to others]]. Ironically, the guy only understands one love: love of himself and only himself, or simply put, he's a {{Narcissist}}. He's perfectly willing to use his powers on his allies and make them attack each other ForTheEvulz.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** Captain Kuro freely lets one of his crew members die to escape and willingly kills others, sometimes just ForTheEvulz. Friendship is a poison in his mind.
** Don Krieg is a big [[TheBully bully]] who respects only himself and doesn't care about everyone else, including his team.
** [[DoubleSubversion Double subverted]] with Donquixote Doflamingo. He looks like he's a FatherToHisMen and actually respects them, [[spoiler:[[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk only to decide to sacrifice them without the remorse and calling them just means]]]].
** Vinsmoke Judge and his sons [[spoiler:except Sanji]] consider VirtueIsWeakness and despise friendship. The guy has one of the biggest cases of ItsAllAboutMe and DirtyCoward. Luffy and co. open his eyes a little on the subject.

** Szayelaporro Granz sees everyone (including his brother and his own followers) as just means and despises the concept of loyalty and camaraderie.

** Captain Kuro freely lets one of his crew members die to escape and willingly kills others. Sometimes just ForTheEvulz. Friendship is a poison in his mind.

** [[DoubleSubversion Double subverted]] with Donquixote Doflamingo. He looks like he's a FatherToHisMen and actually respects them. [[spoiler:[[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk Only to decide to sacrifice them without the remorse and calling them just means]]]].
** Vinsmoke Judge and his sons consider VirtueIsWeakness and despise friendship. The guy has one of the biggest cases of ItsAllAboutMe and DirtyCoward. Luffy and co. open his eyes a little on the subject.
* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearl'': During the Sinnoh arc, Ash's rival Paul is a trainer whose team is built of the strongest Pokemon he could find. Unlike Ash who believes in the PowerofFriendship, Paul only sees worth in Pokemon that give him results, going as far as to put them through TrainingFromHell in order to bring out their results and [[YouHaveFailedMe releasing any Pokemon]] that doesn't [[SocialDarwinist fit his high standards]]. One particular case has him training a Chimchar in order to make use of its Blaze ability and then discarding them once he sees no use in Chimchar. Ash later adds this Chimchar to his team and after helping Chimchar through his trauma and getting his Blaze ability under control, [[spoiler: they end up managing to defeat Paul with the very Chimchar he showed disregard towards.]] Despite Paul's demeanour, he does soften up somewhat near the next, and during his return in ''Journeys'', he makes it a point to help train Ash by [[FinalExamBoss using a team of Gyarados, Garchomp, and Metagross]] in order to help him overcome the signature Pokemon of Lance, Cynthia, and Steven respectively, even if Paul doesn't want to admit it.

This can overlap with IWorkAlone, or AloofAlly in that these tropes involve characters who prefer to work alone, compare LonersAreFreaks, ImNotHereToMakeFriends, LoveIsAWeakness, ThePowerOfHate, SocialDarwinist, and VirtueIsWeakness or contrast TheHermit, VillainousFriendship or ZenSurvivor.

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage'': BigBad Sombron despises friendship and bonds, to the point of having an in-battle skill called Bond Breaker that reduces the effectiveness of Chain Attacks. This mentality led to him being [[AbusiveParents an absolutely AWFUL father]], treating his many children as disposable pawns, letting them kill each-other to weed out the weak ones and [[YouHaveFailedMe offing the worst "failures" himself.]] He's ironically motived by the ''one'' genuine bond he ever had, with the Zero Emblem, who was his OnlyFriend when the rest of the world abandoned him. The protagonists are quick to call him out for this, saying [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse it doesn't come close to justifying all the harm he's inflicted on others.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'': Jasper is seen living alone in a cave while everyone has moved on from the Great Diamond Authority's tyranny over the galaxy. After being bested by Steven during their first fight, she plays the role of EvilMentor when Steven visits her again. During Steven's training, Jasper tries to get Steven to embrace his Diamond powers and leave the Crystal Gems whom she believes are holding him back. [[spoiler:After she gets shattered during her rematch with Steven, she ends up being resurrected and insists on devoting herself to him for being stronger, much like she did with Lapis in the original series.]]

-->-- A dialogue exchange in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse'' that takes place after the party lose during their first fight against Odin

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': To contrast the Main Six and ThePowerOfFriendship they wield, many villains in the show despise, mock, misunderstand, or otherwise reject friendship and teamwork. This is most notable with the team-up of Chrysalis, Tirek, and Cozy Glow. Chrysalis and Tirek are both intent to win on their own, without getting help from the other two, while Cozy Glow stands out for understanding the innate power that friendship can offer you. The three eventually develop a strong sense of teamwork but continue to consider friendship a disease they must not succumb to. As a result, they're defeated not just by the Main Six, but by the ''entire population of Equestria'', joining together in friendship.

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Jasper is a powerful orange gem whose first appearance showcases her utter disdain for fusion, believing Garnet to be an embarrassment for [[spoiler:being a fusion. Hypocritically, she coerces Lapis into fusing with her, creating a toxic fusion known as Malachite who serves as an ArcVillain for Season 2. During her fight with Smoky Quartz, she herself fuses with a corrupted Gem, which comes back to bite her later on. Before her corruption]], Jasper views fusion as a cheap tactic designed to increase the power of the fusing gems and merely uses her fusions (e.g. Malachite and later Zebra Jasper)]] as a means to increase her power. In addition, Jasper is a SocialDarwinist who believes that weak, defective gems deserve to be shattered and utterly despises Steven and the Crystal Gems for [[ThePowerOfFriendship using fusion]] to beat her.

For every person who believes in the PowerOfFriendship, there is someone out there who despises it with equal fervency. Meet the Friendship-Hating Antagonist, a particular brand of antagonist who despises the bonds that people form with each other and prefers to work alone. These particular bad guys will often serve as the {{Foil}} to the main character and often tends to be an EvilCounterpart or ShadowArchetype whose worldview exists in stark contrast to the main character and will often challenge their beliefs that bonds with people make life worth living.

-->-- A dialogue exchange in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse'' that takes place after the party lose during their first fight against Odin.

* ''Anime/DeathNote'': As a {{Deconstruction}} of a shonen protagonist, [[VillainProtagonist Light Yagami]] has a family who cares about him and manages to attract people willing to devote themselves to his cause of using the Death Note to end crime. Light sees everyone around him as mere tools to manipulate and gladly uses them as a means to avoid being caught out as Kira by the Task Force. For what it's worth, Light spends a good chunk of his time trying to make sure that nobody outs him as Kira due to all the murders he's committed using the Death Note, and to this end, he knows that any friendships would simply run the risk of him getting in trouble with authorities if they were to crack under police pressure.

** ''Manga/DragonBall'' has [[TheNapoleon Commanders Red]] and [[HypercompetentSidekick Black]]. The first is a GeneralFailure who is a BadBoss to his subordinates, the second is more [[PragmaticVillainy pragmatic]], but both of them despise friendship. Red is so ruthless and incompetent ([[spoiler:he wanted DragonBalls to make himself taller]]) that Black, his TheDragon, kills him on the spot. Black himself despises friendship (in both the original and ''Anime/DragonBallMysticalAdventure'' he decides [[KickTheDog to mock Goku's friendship with Android 7 after destroying him]]), which proves fatal for him (after this BullyingADragon moment, Goku gets one of his first power-ups and quickly kills Black, who only manages an OhCrap look).

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'': As many [[ShonenDemographic Shonens]], there are many villains who fell into this category.

** [=PePe=] Waccabrada has the power [[LovePotion to manipulate and cause love to others]]. Ironically, the guy only understands one love: love to him and only him, or simply put, he's a {{Narcissist}}. He's perfectly willing to use his powers on his allies and make them attack each other ForTheEvulz.
* ''Anime/DeathNote'': As a {{Deconstruction}} of a shonen protagonist, [[VillainProtagonist Light Yagami]] has a family who cares about him and manages to attract people willing to devote themselves to his cause of using the Death Note to end crime. Light merely sees everyone around him as mere tools to manipulate and gladly uses them as a means to avoid being caught out as Kira by the Task Force. For what it's worth, Light spends a good chunk of his time trying to make sure that nobody outs him as Kira due to all the murders he's committed using the Death Note, and to this end, he knows that any friendships would simply run the risk of him getting in trouble with authorities if they were to crack under police pressure.

** ''Manga/DragonBall'' has [[TheNapoleon Commanders Red]] and [[HypercompetentSidekick Black]]. First is a GeneralFailure who is a BadBoss to his subordinates, second is more [[PragmaticVillainy pragmatic]] but both of them despise friendship. Red was so ruthless and incompetent ([[spoiler:he wanted DragonBalls to make himself taller]]) that Black, his TheDragon, killed him on the spot. Black himself despised friendship (In ''Anime/DragonBallMysticalAdventure'' he decided [[KickTheDog to mock Goku's friendship with Android 7 after destroying him]] (and still mock it in original) which was fatal for him (after this BullyingADragon moment, Goku gets one of his first power-ups and quickly killed Black (he only manages to make OhCrap look))).
** ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' has Bibidi and his clone Babidi. Both are treating like crap their subordinates (despite them being [[BullyingADragon more powerful than them]]) and just using them. Babidi's abuse of Buu is what cost him his life when Buu [[TheDogBitesBack decided enough is enough and gets bored of Babidi]].

* ''VideoGame/MegamanBattleNetwork'': Bass is a powerful Navi built by a benevolent scientist named Cossack. He was so powerful that when a disaster occurred on the net because of the "Primordial Net", known as Alpha, [[TheScapegoat he was blamed instead]] and attacked within an inch of his life. He managed to escape and swore off trusting humans and Navis with operators, relying only on his ability to obtain new powers and abilities via his "Get Ability Program" and his own strength. This naturally brings him into conflict with Lan and Mega Man, who are literally BashBrothers who strongly believe in ThePowerOfFriendship.

** The second game introduces Solo, a white-haired boy currently working for Dr. Vega and her group because their plans involve Mu, his home civilization. Despite this, Solo actually hates bonds and refuses to accept help from others, making a big deal of this every time he shows up. Unlike other characters who fuse with EM-beings to Wave Change, Solo can transform into Rogue without help from others, showing disgust in Mega Man's belief in Link Power all the while. After getting his ass handed to him for the first time, he later [[{{Hypocrite}} begrudgingly accepts Hollow's help]] and absorbs the Indie Fragment -- a representation of the rejection of bonds -- to make himself strong enough to take revenge against [=MegaMan=]. If the player defeats [[TrueFinalBoss Le Mu XA]], the player gets a secret ending where Rogue takes [=MegaMan=] with him from the crumbling Mu so he can challenge them to one last fight to prove that Link Power is worthless.

* ''VideoGame/Persona4ArenaUltimax'': The main antagonist Sho Minazuki is working with the Malevolent Voice in order to grant his desire: [[OmnicidalManiac to destroy the human race.]] Sho claims to be a person who rejects all bonds due to [[spoiler:his adoptive father Ikutsuki using him as a test subject, eventually causing Sho to develop a split personality and a desire to destroy humanity.]] As Webcomic/Persona4TW [[https://personaftw.thecomicseries.com/comics/2294/ points out]], Sho and his alter MINAZUKI only got as far as they did [[{{Irony}} because they had a bond.]]

* ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse'': Upon being killed by Andramelech, Nanashi is resurrected by Dagda, an Irish god who, as it turns out, has plans for him. He despises friendships, seeing them as weak people being overly dependent on others and being unable to make their own decisions to the point of going on anti-friendship spiels on several occasions. Despite Dagda calling Nanashi's friends useless, [[{{Hypocrite}} he himself never helps out during battles]], only ever resurrects Nanashi if he dies or reminds him to equip a weapon designed to kill Shesha and his plan hinges entirely on Nanashi agreeing with his ideals. As it turns out, [[spoiler:Dagda wants to return to a state of being a part of nature, and to this end, he [[OmnicidalManiac wants to destroy the old universe]] and installs Nanashi as the creator god of the new universe after [[KillTheGod killing YHVH.]] It's up to the player if they want to side with Dagda and bring his plans to fruition or oppose him in favour of keeping the old universe and getting rid of YHVH anyway.]]

* ''Fanfic/FallOfStarfleetRebirthOfFriendship'': [[BigBad Grand Ruler Celesto]] absolutely ''hates'' friendship and redemption, seeing them as ridiculous and foolhardy concepts. Despite this, he's a [[FantasticRacism racist]], [[PsychopathicManchild childish]] dictator who is also TheMillstone and sees his son Lightning Dawn as a weapon to be used in his war against Dark Conquest. The only reason he's even able to stay in power at all is that he has his hands on two powerful artifacts that allow him to [[RealityWarper warp reality to his liking]] and use his people's belief in him to empower himself respectively.

* ''VideoGame/MegamanBattleNetwork'': Bass is a powerful Navi built by a benevolent scientist named Cossack. He was so powerful that when a disaster occurred on the net because of the "Primordial Net", known as Alpha, [[TheScapegoat he was blamed instead]] and attacked within an inch of his life. He managed to escape and swore off trusting humans and Navis with operators, relying only on his ability to obtain new powers and abilities via his "Get Ability Program" and his own strength. This naturally brings him into conflict with Lan and Mega Man, who are literally BashBrothers who strongly believe in ThePowerofFriendship.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManStarForce''

* ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse'': Upon being killed by Andramelech, Nanashi is resurrected by Dagda, an Irish god who as it turns out has plans for him. He despises friendships, seeing them as weak people being overly dependent on others and being unable to make their own decisions to the point of going on anti-friendship spiels on several occasions. Despite Dagda calling Nanashi's friends useless, [[{{Hypocrite}} he himself never helps out during battles]], only ever resurrects Nanashi if he dies or reminds him to equip a weapon designed to kill Shesha and his plan hinges entirely on Nanashi agreeing with his ideals. As it turns out, [[spoiler:Dagda wants to return to a state of being a part of nature, and to this end, he [[OmnicidalManiac wants to destroy the old universe]] and installs Nanashi as the creator god of the new universe after [[KillTheGod killing YHVH.]] It's up to the player if they want to side with Dagda and bring his plans to fruition or oppose him in favour of keeping the old universe and getting rid of YHVH anyway.]]

* ''Fanfic/FriendshipIsFailure'': One of the antagonists, Stone Heart is a thin-skinned writer who [[CantTakeCriticism verbally attacks anyone who dislikes his writing]], and has [[EntitledToHaveYou a creepy obsession with Sandy Beam]] due to him writing Sandy as a love interest in his stories despite her being creeped out by this. When he gets his hands on a magical typewriter, [[EvilIsPetty he uses it to take petty revenge]] by attacking people in their dreams and [[BullyingADragon even targets Twilight Sparkle and Spike.]] One of his main reasons for hating Twilight is that her acceptance of friendship leads to a life far more fulfilling than his.

* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'':

* ''VideoGame/MegamanBattleNetwork'': Bass is a powerful Navi built by a benevolent scientist named Cossack. He was so powerful that when a disaster occurred on the net because of the "Primordial Net", known as Alpha, [[TheScapegoat he was blamed instead]] and attacked within an inch of his life. He managed to escape and swore off trusting humans and Navis with operators, relying only on his ability to obtain new powers and abilities via his "Get Ability Program" and his own strength. This naturally brings him into conflict with Lan and Megaman, who are literally BashBrothers who strongly believe in ThePowerofFriendship.

** The second game introduces Solo, a white-haired boy currently working for Dr. Vega and her group because their plans involve Mu, his home civilization. Despite this, Solo actually hates bonds and refuses to accept help from others, making a big deal of this every time he shows up. Unlike other characters who fuse with EM-beings to Wave Change, Solo can transform into Rogue without help from others, showing disgust in [=MegaMan=]'s belief in Link Power all the while. After getting his ass handed to him for the first time, he later [[{{Hypocrite}} begrudgingly accepts Hollow's help]] and absorbs the Indie Fragment -- a representation of the rejection of bonds -- to make himself strong enough to take revenge against [=MegaMan=]. If the player defeats [[TrueFinalBoss Le Mu XA]], the player gets a secret ending where Rogue takes [=MegaMan=] with him from the crumbling Mu so he can challenge them to one last fight to prove that Link Power is worthless.
** In the third game, he becomes a lone wolf who still opposes [=MegaMan=]'s belief in bonds but is less hateful, even going as far as to help him take down Dealer only because they were using Murian technology for their own agenda and Solo wanted to take vengeance on them. Additionally, he managed to find an EM-being called Laplace though he only uses Laplace as a weapon during battles, replacing his sword from the previous game.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManXCommandMission'': In stark contrast to Epsilon and his soldiers, [[spoiler:Colonel Redips]] operates alone with his only henchmen being robot henchmen and [[BossRush resurrected Mavericks.]] While both characters want the Supra Force Metal because they feel that Reploids are second-class citizens compared to humans, [[spoiler:Redips]] feels that [[AGodAmI he's fit to rule above all others]] and uses the Supra Force Metal to transform himself into [[spoiler:Great Redips.]] After his god form is defeated, [[spoiler:Colonel Redips]] reverts to his normal form during his death scene. After being called a maverick by X, [[spoiler:Redips]] claims that X is more maverick due to holding reploids back. This dialogue exchange sums it up:
--> '''[[spoiler:Colonel Redips]]:''' Maverick? You seem more Maverick to me with all your stubborn nonsense about friendship and your unwillingness to evolve.
-->'''Zero:''' You don't know a thing about friendship, Maverick scum!
--> '''[[spoiler:Colonel Redips]]:''' Stay in our place, be friendly to all, decade after decade... Indefinitely... Is this all Reploids will ever be? Some day... you'll see... We'll... change the world...

In the hierarchy of antagonists, they can be anywhere from a minor mook, to TheRival, an ArcVillain, an InterimVillain or even the BigBad, but they all share the same hatred for the Hero and their oh-so precious PowerOfFriendship, feeling that the hero's VirtueIsWeakness and that LoveIsAWeakness to be manipulated and crushed underfoot in favour of individualist power and strength. At their most sympathetic, the Friendship-Hating Antagonist simply wants to NeverBeHurtAgain due to their past tragedies; however at their absolute worst [[EvilCannotComprehendGood they will be completely unable to understand why the main hero would ever want to put their faith in other people, let alone have relationships outside of using them as tools to get what they want.]]

# This trope refers to friendships and bonds ''specifically'', if the character's main grudge is romantic and sexual relationships, or an inability to feel those things themselves, its a case of NoLoveForTheWicked. If they're a misery guts who just hate fun in general, then they're a FunHatingVillain. However, in some cases, either trope can overlap with Friendship-Hating Antagonist.
# They only work with others out of necessity, reluctance or because it is in their interests to do so.

This can overlap with IWorkAlone, or AloofAlly in that these tropes involve characters who prefer to work alone, compare LonersAreFreaks, ImNotHereToMakeFriends, LoveIsAWeakness, ThePowerOfHate, SocialDarwinist and VirtueIsWeakness or contrast TheHermit, VillainousFriendship or ZenSurvivor.

** Szayelaporro Granz sees everyone (including his brother and his own followers) as just means and despise the concept of loyalty and camaraderie.

** Yhwach despises friendship and respects only fear and power. His entire mindset and life can be described by four words: ItsAllAboutMe.

* ''Anime/DeathNote'': As a {{Deconstruction}} of a shonen protagonist, [[VillainProtagonist Light Yagami]] has a family who care about him and manages to attract people willing to devote themselves to his cause of using the Death Note to end crime. Light merely sees everyone around him as mere tools to manipulate and gladly uses them as a means to avoid being caught out as Kira by the Task Force. For what its worth, Light spends a good chunk of his time trying to make sure that nobody outs him as Kira due to all the murders he's commited using the Death Note, and to this end he knows that any friendships would simply run the risk of him getting in trouble with authorities if they were to crack under police pressure.
* ''Franchise/DragonBall'' has many through its run:
** ''Manga/DragonBall'' has [[TheNapoleon Commanders Red]] and [[HypercompetentSidekick Black]]. First is a GeneralFailure who is a BadBoss to his subordinates, second is more [[PragmaticVillainy pragmatic]] but both of them despise friendship. Red was so ruthless and incompetent ([[spoiler:he wanted DragonBalls to make himself taller]]) so Black, his TheDragon, killed him on the spot. Black himself despised friendship (In ''Anime/DragonBallMysticalAdventure'' he decided [[KickTheDog to mock Goku's friendship with Android 7 after destroying him]] (and still mock it in original) which was fatal for him (after this BullyingADragon moment, Goku gets one of his first power-up and quickly killed Black (he only manages to make OhCrap look))).

* ''Manga/FairyTail'': {{Exaggerated|Trope}}; because the show is {{Anvilicious}} about ThePowerOfFriendship, every BigBad (and most his minions) dismiss friendship as an obstacle to power.

** Shin TookALevelInJerkass after many misadventures (and [[ManipulativeBastard Jagi's]] [[TheCorrupter words]]), dismiss his friendship with Kenshiro and take the motto "Power is the justice".

** Captain Kuro freely let one of his crew members to die to escape and willingly kill others. Sometimes just ForTheEvulz. Friendship is a poison in his mind.

** Vinsmoke Judge and his sons consider VirtueIsWeakness and despise friendship. The guy has one of the biggest cases of ItsAllAboutMe and DirtyCoward. Luffy and co open his eyes a little on subject.
* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearl'': During the Sinnoh arc, Ash's rival Paul is a trainer whose team is built of the strongest Pokemon he could find. Unlike Ash who believes in the PowerofFriendship, Paul only sees worth in Pokemon that give him results, going as far as to put them through TrainingFromHell in order to bring out their results and [[YouHaveFailedMe releasing any Pokemon]] that doesn't [[SocialDarwinist fit his high standards]]. One particular case has him training a Chimchar in order to make use of it's Blaze ability and then discarding them once he sees no use in Chimchar. Ash later adds this Chimchar to his team and after helping Chimchar through his trauma and getting his Blaze ability under control, [[spoiler: they end up managing to defeat Paul with the very Chimchar he showed disregard towards.]] Despite Paul's demeanour, he does soften up somewhat near the next and during his return in ''Journeys'', he makes it a point to help train Ash by [[FinalExamBoss using a team of Gyarados, Garchomp and Metagross]] in order to help him overcome the signature Pokemon of Lance, Cynthia and Steven respectively, even if Paul doesn't want to admit it.

* ''Fanfic/FallOfStarfleetRebirthOfFriendship'': [[BigBad Grand Ruler Celesto]] absolutely ''hates'' friendship and redemption, seeing them as ridiculous and foolhardy concepts. Despite this, he's a [[FantasticRacism racist]], [[PsychopathicManchild childish]] dictator who is also TheMillstone and sees his son Lightning Dawn as a weapon to be used in his war against Dark Conquest. The only reason he's even able to stay in power at all is because he has his hands on two powerful artifacts that allow him to [[RealityWarper warp reality to his liking]] and use his people's belief in him to empower himself respectively.
* ''Fanfic/FriendshipIsFailure'': One of the antagonists, Stone Heart is a thin-skinned writer who [[CantTakeCriticism verbally attacks anyone who dislikes his writing]], and has [[EntitledToHaveYou a creepy obsession with Sandy Beam]] due to him writing Sandy as a love interest in his stories despite her being creeped out by this. When he gets his hands on a magical typewriter, [[EvilIsPetty he uses it to take petty revenge]] by attacking people in their dreams and [[BullyingADragon even targets Twilight Sparkle and Spike.]] One of his main reasons for hating Twilight is that her acceptance of friendship lead to a life far more fulfilling than his.

* ''Film/OddSquadTheMovie'': Weird Tom and his Weird Team is the antithesis of Odd Squad. Whereas Odd Squad practices friendship and teamwork, Weird Team believes in the IWorkAlone mentality and doesn't believe in friendship nor in teamwork. Weird Tom even openly admits this when he gets interviewed by the media, stating that he tells his employees not to talk to nor help other folks, and if they have a problem, they should fix it themselves instead of relying on friends to help.

* ''Literature/HarryPotter'': Voldemort is stated to be as such by Dumbledore, saying while a few of his followers believe themselves to be his closest friends, Voldemort sees them as nothing but expendable CannonFodder, due to his belief that things such as friendship, love and compassion are weaknesses to be exploited. As it turns out, this is justified due to him being born from a loveless union due to his mother using a Love Potion to keep his father Tom Riddle Sr trapped in their marriage. Unfortunately for him, while he may be the strongest Dark Magic user in the world, Harry has [[ThePowerOfFriendship friends who are willing to]] [[TrueCompanions put their lives on the line for him]], while Voldemort's minions only side with him for their own self-centred reasons.

** The Insecticons Shrapnel, Kickback and Bombshell zigzag this. They're quite loyal to each other, but it's also normally made clear that this is because they recognise [[PragmaticVillainy they're at their most effective together]] rather than any genuine friendship or affection. However, they happily mock friendship and bonds other beings have for each other. Their original toy bios imply they get a bit of a thrill out of twisting concepts like bonds and friendship, as Kickback is described as a charmer who befriends others only to suss out blackmail material and Bombshell outright brainwashes people into betraying even their most trusted loved ones.

* ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'': The true culprit [[spoiler:Commissar Iosef Lilianovich Dros is a bitter old man who spent most of his life fighting as part of a communist revolution. Years of isolation and being unable to move on from the death of his comrades have warped Iosef into a bitter man who hates all social connections and [[FunHatingVillain cannot stand the idea of people enjoying their lives]], seeing [[BreadAndCircuses it as escapism]] when they should be rising up in revolution. Despite all this, he'll gladly confess that he was the true culprit due to a combination of old age, a belief that he's legally protected by the Wayfarer Act and that the Phasmid has left him.]]

** The second game introduces Solo, a white haired boy currently working for Dr. Vega and her group because their plans involve Mu, his home civilization. Despite this, Solo actually hates bonds and refuses to accept help from others, making a big deal of this every time he shows up. Unlike other characters who fuse with EM-beings to Wave Change, Solo can transform into Rogue without help from others, showing disgust in [=MegaMan=]'s belief in Link Power all the while. After getting his ass handed to him for the first time, he later [[{{Hypocrite}} begrudgingly accepts Hollow's help]] and absorbs the Indie Fragment -- a representation of the rejection of bonds -- to make himself strong enough to take revenge against [=MegaMan=]. If the player defeats [[TrueFinalBoss Le Mu XA]], the player gets a secret ending where Rogue takes [=MegaMan=] with him from the crumbling Mu so he can challenge them to one last fight to prove that Link Power is worthless.

* ''VideoGame/MegaManXCommandMission'': In stark contrast to Epsilon and his soldiers, [[spoiler:Colonel Redips]] operates alone with his only henchmen being robot henchmen and [[BossRush resurrected Mavericks.]] While both characters want the Supra Force Metal because they feel that Reploids are second class citizens compared to humans, [[spoiler:Redips]] feels that [[AGodAmI he's fit to rule above all others]] and uses the Supra Force Metal to transform himself into [[spoiler:Great Redips.]] After his god form is defeated, [[spoiler:Colonel Redips]] reverts to his normal form during his death scene. After being called a maverick by X, [[spoiler:Redips]] claims that X is more maverick due to holding reploids back. This dialogue exchange sums it up:

* ''VideoGame/Persona4'': The true culprit, [[spoiler:Tohru Adachi]], underneath his bumbling facade is a misanthrope who prefers solitude to socializing with others, having started the murders to relieve his boredom at being reassigned to a small town due to his behavior before the game started. He manipulates Namatame into kidnapping people and putting them in the Midnight Channel, taking advantage of Nametame's savior complex to keep the game going until he was defeated. During his social link in ''Golden'', he's revealed to live alone and buys only cabbage due to being on a budget. Despite the protagonist's attempts to help him, Adachi is merely confused and annoyed by this and [[spoiler:eventually betrays him due to Adachi's role as the killer.]] After being defeated, it turned out that on some level, he did appreciate everything the Dojimas did for him and least tries to mend fences with Dojima after being arrested. His appearance in ''Persona 4 Arena Ultimax'' has him serve as a {{Foil}} to Sho Minazuki due to their similar outlooks on the world.

* ''VideoGame/Persona5'': Despite his charming exterior and a well crafted illusion he calls his social life, [[spoiler:Goro Akechi]] actually despises friendship and bonds, considering them shackles that prevent his heart from being free. Despite this, he envies Joker for being loved without having to put in tireless work in getting people to want and need them, because [[spoiler:Akechi was actually a bastard child of Shido and was only helping him so that he could betray Shido later on.]]
* ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse'': Upon being killed by Andramelech, Nanashi is resurrected by Dagda, an Irish god who as it turns out has plans for him. He despises friendships, seeing it as weak people being overly dependant on others and being unable to make their own decisions to the point of going on anti-friendship spiels on several occasions. Despite Dagda calling Nanashi's friends useless, [[{{Hypocrite}} he himself never helps out during battles]], only ever resurrects Nanashi if he dies or reminds him to equip a weapon designed to kill Shesha and his plan hinges entirely on Nanashi agreeing with his ideals. As it turns out, [[spoiler:Dagda wants to return to a state of being a part of nature, and to this end, he [[OmnicidalManiac wants to destroy the old universe]] and install Nanashi as the creator god of the new universe after [[KillTheGod killing YHVH.]] It's up to the player if they want to side with Dagda and bring his plans to fruition or oppose him in favour keeping the old universe and getting rid of YHVH anyway.]]

* ''VisualNovel/BecauseWereHere'': Walter Bergengruen is the only character in the game whose route is considered non-romantic. Walter is a distant rifleman with grand artistic aspirations who resents his comrades and who prefers animals over human beings. This is because he's a self centred sociopath who couldn't care less about friendships/romance and sending others off to die during wartime, believing that anyone who doesn't fully devote themselves to Wessling is a national traitor. His route revolves around Elfriede and her acquaintances finding out if Walter has any humanity left or if he's beyond help.

* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': To contrast the Main Six and ThePowerOfFriendship they wield, many villains in the show despise, mock, misunderstand, or otherwise reject friendship and teamwork. This is most notable with the team up of Chrysalis, Tirek, and Cozy Glow. Chrysalis and Tirek are both intent to win on their own, without getting help from the other two, while Cozy Glow stands out for understanding the innate power that friendship can offer you. The three eventually develop a strong sense of teamwork, but continue to consider friendship a disease they must not succumb to. As a result, they're defeated not just by the Main Six, but by the ''entire population of Equestria'', joining together in friendship.
* ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'': One of the shows antagonists, Lord Boxman is a businessman who despises the bonds of friendship between the Lakewood Plaza heroes because he feels friendship distracts customers from buying his product.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': Jasper is a powerful orange gem whose first appearance showcases her utter disdain for fusion, believing Garnet to be an embarrassment for [[spoiler:being a fusion. Hypocritically, she coerces Lapis into fusing with her, creating a toxic fusion known as Malachite who serves as an ArcVillain for Season 2. During her fight with Smoky Quartz, she herself fuses with a corrupted Gem, which comes back to bite her later on. Before her corruption]], Jasper views fusion as a cheap tactic designed to increase the power of the fusing gems, and merely uses her fusions (e.g Malachite and later Zebra Jasper)]] as a means to increase her power. In addition, Jasper is a SocialDarwinist who believes that weak, defective gems deserve to be shattered and utterly despises Steven and the Crystal Gems for [[ThePowerOfFriendship using fusion]] to beat her.

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-->'''Stone Heart:''' Friendship has done nothing but cause me pain and suffering for as long as I can remember. No matter how hard I tried, it never worked, but I see ponies like you making it look so easy? it breaks me to the core! ?Now! You?re going to pay for it!

* ''{{Series/Gotham}}'': Oswald "The Penguin" Cobblepot tells his MoralityPet Martin to "shun friendship" because "the best friend I ever had became my greatest enemy."

* ''Series/UltramanTriggerNewGenerationTiga'' has Hudram from the Dark Giants, who despite being part of a team, actually sees friendship as a ''weakness'', constantly belittling his boss Carmeara's loyalty towards Ultraman Trigger, having intentions to betray and backstab all his allies and usurping leadership and later mocking the heroes' bonds as friends while trying to kill everyone. [[KarmicDeath It bites him rather impressively in the ass at the series' end]].

* ''VideoGame/OctopathTraveler'': [[spoiler:Mattias]], the Savior and ArcVillain of Ophilia's story, used to believe in friendship until his loved ones died in a fire. Blaming the gods for their inaction, he became the leader of a [[SatanicArchetype Galdera]]-worshipping cult and [[spoiler:co-founded the [[TheSyndicate Obsidians]]]], and manipulates [[spoiler:Lianna]] into joining by promising to cure Archbishop Josef. However, he only sees his followers as [[BadBoss disposable tools to be sacrificed]], and during his boss fight openly rants to Ophilia that love and friendship are illusory bonds destined to break.

** ''[[Anime/DragonBallSuper Dragon Ball Super]]'': During the Universe Survival Arc, it's eventually revealed that Jiren, the main rival character during the arc, hates the concept of bonds because [[spoiler:he once got close with some fellow students when he was younger, only for them to be massacred in front of his eyes,]] leading him to believe that friendship wasn't strong enough to survive in the world, and that only power mattered." [[CharacterDevelopment He grows out of it]].

** Don Krieg is a big [[TheBully bully]] [[SmallNameBigEgo who respects only himself]] and doesn't care about everyone else, including his team.

* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearl'': During the Sinnoh arc, Ash's rival Paul is a trainer whose team is built of the strongest Pokemon he could find. Unlike Ash who believes in the PowerofFriendship, Paul only sees worth in Pokemon that give him results, going as far as to put them through TrainingFromHell in order to bring out their results and [[YouHaveFailedMe releasing any Pokemon]] that doesn't [[SocialDarwinist fit his high standards.]] One particular case has him training a Chimchar in order to make use of it's Blaze ability and then discarding them once he sees no use in Chimchar. Ash later adds this Chimchar to his team and after helping Chimchar through his trauma and getting his Blaze ability under control, [[spoiler: they end up managing to defeat Paul with the very Chimchar he showed disregard towards.]] Despite Paul's demeanour, he does soften up somewhat near the next and during his return in ''Journeys'', he makes it a point to help train Ash by [[FinalExamBoss using a team of Gyarados, Garchomp and Metagross]] in order to help him overcome the signature Pokemon of Lance, Cynthia and Steven respectively, even if Paul doesn't want to admit it.

* ''VisualNovel/BecauseWereHere'': Walter Bergengruen is the only character in the game whose route is considered non-romantic. Walter is a distant rifleman with grand artistic aspirations who resents his comrades and who prefers animals over human beings. This is because he's a self centred sociopath who couldn't care less about friendships/romance and sending others off to die during wartime, believing that anyone who doesn't fully devote themselves to Wessling is a national traitor. His route revolves around Elfriede and her aquaintences finding out if Walter has any humanity left or if he's beyond help.

* ''Manga/FairyTail'': {{Exaggerated|Trope}}; because title is {{Anvilicious}} about ThePowerOfFriendship, every BigBad (and most his minions) dismiss friendship as an obstacle to power.

** [[DirtyCoward Jagi]] is a ManipulativeBastard with a SmallNameBigEgo attitude (and a massive case of ItsAllAboutMe). Nobody can say baf things about him, his TheCorrupter (just ask Kenshiro how he ruined his life) and friendship in his mind is just an opportunity to use.

* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'': During the Sinnoh arc, Ash's rival Paul is a trainer whose team is built of the strongest Pokemon he could find. Unlike Ash who believes in the PowerofFriendship, Paul only sees worth in Pokemon that give him results, going as far as to put them through TrainingFromHell in order to bring out their results and [[YouHaveFailedMe releasing any Pokemon]] that doesn't [[SocialDarwinist fit his high standards.]] One particular case has him training a Chimchar in order to make use of it's Blaze ability and then discarding them once he sees no use in Chimchar. Ash later adds this Chimchar to his team and after helping Chimchar through his trauma and getting his Blaze ability under control, they end up managing to defeat Paul with the very Chimchar he showed disregard towards. Despite Paul's demeanour, he does soften up somewhat near the next and during his return in ''Journeys'', he makes it a point to help train Ash by [[FinalExamBoss using a team of Gyarados, Garchomp and Metagross]] in order to help him overcome the signature Pokemon of Lance, Cynthia and Steven respectively, even if Paul doesn't want to admit it.

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!! Indices: CynicismTropes, EvilTropes, NoRealLife/MoralityTropes, RivalryTropes, QuoteSource/VideoGames, SolitaryTropes, TheJerkIndex, {{Villains}}

-->'''Dagda:''' Now do you see, kid? Friendship is a joke. Abandoned at the first sign of trouble. Making friends is a pointless exercise, an inevitable disappointment. It's sickening. Influence is a poison. We should strive to be true individuals, to think freely for ourselves.
-->'''Krishna:''' My, my, Dagda. You must be fond of your doll, speaking to and for him.
-->'''Dagda:''' Quiet.

-->'''Dagda''': "Now do you see, kid? Friendship is a joke. Abandoned at the first sign of trouble. Making friends is a pointless exercise, an inevitable disappointment. It's sickening. Influence is a poison. We should strive to be true individuals, to think freely for ourselves.
-->'''Krishna''': My, my, Dagda. You must be fond of your doll, speaking to and for him.
-->'''Dagda''': Quiet.

[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
[[AC: Anime and Manga]]

** Sosuke Aizen for the most part was a ManipulativeBastard who just used everyone (just ask Momo or his Espada) to gain his way. [[spoiler: He grows out of it at the end of the manga]].

** [[DoubleSubversion Double subverted]] with Donquixote Doflamingo. He looks like he's a FatherToHisMen and actually respects them. [[spoiler: [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk Only to decide to sacrifice them without the remorse and calling them just means]]]].

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-->'''Stone Heart''': "Friendship has done nothing but cause me pain and suffering for as long as I can remember. No matter how hard I tried, it never worked, but I see ponies like you making it look so easy? it breaks me to the core! ?Now! You?re going to pay for it!"

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[[folder: Live Action TV]]
[[AC: Live Action TV]]

[[folder: Live Action Movies]]
* ''Film/OddSquadTheMovie'': Weird Tom and his Weird Team is the antithesis of Odd Squad. Whereas Odd Squad practices friendship and teamwork, Weird Team believes in the IWorkAlone mentality and doesn't believe in friendship nor in teamwork. Weird Tom even openly admits this when he gets interviewed by the media, stating that he tells his employees not to talk to nor help other folks, and if they have a problem, they should fix it themselves instead of relying on friends to help.
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[[folder: Toys]]
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[[folder: Video Games]]
[[AC: Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'': The true culprit [[spoiler: Commissar Iosef Lilianovich Dros is a bitter old man who spent most of his life fighting as part of a communist revolution. Years of isolation and being unable to move on from the death of his comrades have warped Iosef into a bitter man who hates all social connections and [[FunHatingVillain cannot stand the idea of people enjoying their lives]], seeing [[BreadAndCircuses it as escapism]] when they should be rising up in revolution. Despite all this, he'll gladly confess that he was the true culprit due to a combination of old age, a belief that he's legally protected by the Wayfarer Act and that the Phasmid has left him.]]

** The second game introduces Solo, a white haired boy currently working for Dr. Vega and her group because their plans involve Mu, his home civilization. Despite this, Solo actually hates bonds and refuses to accept help from others, making a big deal of this every time he shows up. Unlike other characters who fuse with EM-beings to Wave Change, Solo can transform into Rogue without help from others, showing disgust in [=MegaMan=]'s belief in Link Power all the while. After getting his ass handed to him for the first time, he later [[{{Hypocrite}} begrudgingly accepts Hollow's help]] and absorbs the Indie Fragment -a representation of the rejection of bonds- to make himself strong enough to take revenge against [=MegaMan=]. If the player defeats [[TrueFinalBoss Le Mu XA]], the player gets a secret ending where Rogue takes [=MegaMan=] with him from the crumbling Mu so he can challenge them to one last fight to prove that Link Power is worthless.

* ''VideoGame/MegaManXCommandMission'': In stark contrast to Epsilon and his soldiers, [[spoiler: Colonel Redips]] operates alone with his only henchmen being robot henchmen and [[BossRush resurrected Mavericks.]] While both characters want the Supra Force Metal because they feel that Reploids are second class citizens compared to humans, [[spoiler:Redips]] feels that [[AGodAmI he's fit to rule above all others]] and uses the Supra Force Metal to transform himself into [[spoiler:Great Redips.]] After his god form is defeated, [[spoiler:Colonel Redips]] reverts to his normal form during his death scene. After being called a maverick by X, [[spoiler:Redips]] claims that X is more maverick due to holding reploids back. This dialogue exchange sums it up:
--> '''[[spoiler:Colonel Redips]]''': Maverick? You seem more Maverick to me with all your stubborn nonsense about friendship and your unwillingness to evolve.
-->'''Zero''': You don't know a thing about friendship, Maverick scum!
--> '''[[spoiler:Colonel Redips]]''': Stay in our place, be friendly to all, decade after decade... Indefinitely... Is this all Reploids will ever be? Some day... You'll see... We'll... Change the world...

* ''VideoGame/Persona4'': The true culprit [[spoiler: Tohru Adachi]] underneath his bumbling facade is a misanthrope who prefers solitude to socializing with others, having started the murders to relieve his boredom at being reassigned to a small town due to his behavior before the game started. He manipulates Namatame into kidnapping people and putting them in the Midnight Channel, taking advantage of Nametame's savior complex to keep the game going until he was defeated. During his social link in ''Golden'', he's revealed to live alone and buys only cabbage due to being on a budget. Despite the protagonist's attempts to help him, Adachi is merely confused and annoyed by this and [[spoiler:eventually betrays him due to Adachi's role as the killer.]] After being defeated, it turned out that on some level, he did appreciate everything the Dojimas did for him and least tries to mend fences with Dojima after being arrested. His appearance in ''Persona 4 Arena Ultimax'' has him serve as a {{Foil}} to Sho Minazuki due to their similar outlooks on the world.

* ''VideoGame/Persona5''': Despite his charming exterior and a well crafted illusion he calls his social life, [[spoiler: Goro Akechi]] actually despises friendship and bonds, considering them shackles that prevent his heart from being free. Despite this, he envies Joker for being loved without having to put in tireless work in getting people to want and need them, because [[spoiler:Akechi was actually a bastard child of Shido and was only helping him so that he could betray Shido later on.]]

[[folder: Visual Novels]]

[[folder: Western Animation]]
[[AC: Western Animation]]

* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture'': Jasper is seen living alone in a cave while everyone has moved on from the Great Diamond Authority's tyranny over the galaxy. After being bested by Steven during their first fight, she plays the role of EvilMentor when Steven visits her again. During Steven's training, Jasper tries to get Steven to embrace his Diamond powers and leave the Crystal Gems whom she believes are holding him back. [[spoiler: After she gets shattered during her rematch with Steven, she ends up being resurrected and insists on devoting herself to him for being stronger, much like she did with Lapis in the original series.]]