History Main / FunHatingVillain

* "VideoGame/KirbySuperStar": This is [[NobleVillain Meta Knight's]] motive in Revenge of Meta Knight. He wants to take over Dream Land because he feels that the inhabitants are too lazy and corrupted.

* Gloomious Maxiums from ''WesternAnimation/RoliePolieOlie'', arch-nemesis of Space Boy and Space Dog and Willie and Wally Jolly.

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[[folder:Films -- Animation]]

* ''WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty'': Maleficent is irritated that she wasn't invited to the celebration for Princess Aurora's birth. So, she goes and curses Aurora to die by her sixteenth birthday. It is implied there's some spite there already, considering Maleficent is already known as an "evil" fairy compared to the three "good" fairies Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather.
* The main goal of Professor Poopypants in the ''WesternAnimation/CaptainUnderpants'' movie is to eliminate laughter by means of a RayGun that is attached to a [[ItMakesSenseInContext giant radioactive toilet]] that eliminates the part of the brain where humor comes from (the Haha-Guffaw-Chucklotamus) as revenge against the world for mocking his name.
* in ''WesternAnimation/RecessSchoolsOut'', the main villain, Dr. Benedict, sees no benefit to Summer Vacation or Recess and has repeatedly tried to get rid of recess during his career. His focus on test grades is so extreme that he is willing to use a WeatherControlMachine to create eternal winter, and to him this means the end of summer vacation forever.

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* ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'': [[ImpliedTrope Implied]] with [[BigBad Jadis]], the [[SorcerousOverlord White Witch]] from the title. Though her rule is characterized by general unhappiness, that's pretty standard for an EvilOverlord [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything with contemporary fascist overtones]]. However, as her rule is starting to crumble, she seems genuinely disgusted when she encounters a group of [[TalkingAnimal animals]] celebrating, referring to their merriment as "gluttony and waste" before [[TakenForGranite turning the unfortunate revelers to stone as punishment]].

* In ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'', the culprit hates anyone taking even small pleasures from their lives, such as listening to music, having friends, [[DrugsAreGood taking drugs and partying]], enjoying nature, exploring weird personal interests, making art, or going about your life without hating every minute of your existence, because he views it as {{Escapism}}, a distraction from the unfinished work of building Communism and a betrayal of the Revolution that failed. [[note]]This is an exploration of a real view that exists in some sections of the Left; some groups note that revolutions only happen in times where people's normal lives are unlivable, and therefore view pop culture and everyday joy as BreadAndCircuses to keep the people from rising up.[[/note]]
* In ''VideoGame/BoxxyQuestTheGatheringStorm'', minor side-villain ORDERHEAD wants to destroy everything that is not absolutely serious. Its wiki bio even says that it "will never stop fighting until the world is free from silliness and laughter".
* ''VideoGame/SomaSpirits'': Dissonance absolutely despises any form of joy or leisure, believing it makes people too lazy and complacent to do their duty to society, and rules over the World of Sorrow, where his citizens must sacrifice their personal feelings to contribute to the collective. The very existence of the World of Joy, where everyone is always happy and free to play all day, enrages him so much that he aims to use the Orbs to stamp out all happiness and [[spoiler:wipe out the World of Joy completely]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' Musicville couch gag, Mr. Burns is portrayed as such in that he hates anything jazz and forces everybody in Springfield to play his preferred music and only his.

* Dr. Robotnik in both ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog'' and ''WesternAnimation/SonicUnderground'' is known for trying to stamp out fun wherever possible, in the latter banning all music as well.

* ''WesternAnimation/ElenaOfAvalor'': Shuriki ''hates'' music, dancing, and festivals, to the point of having them outright banned from Avalor during her rule.
* Gloomious Maxiums from ''WesternAnimation/RoliePolieOlie'', arch-nemesis of Space Boy and Space Dog and Willie and Wally Jolly.
* The EvilSorceror No-Heart from ''WesternAnimation/CareBears1980s'' is so evil that he is legitemately physically harmed by ''any'' good emotions ''anywhere,'' so he is this by necessity.

* In ''VideoGame/DiscoElysium'', Ioseph Lillianovich Dros hates anyone taking even small pleasures from their lives, such as listening to music, having friends, [[DrugsAreGood taking drugs and partying]], enjoying nature, exploring weird personal interests, making art, or going about your life without hating every minute of your existence, because he views it as {{Escapism}}, a distraction from the unfinished work of building Communism and a betrayal of the Revolution that failed. [[note]]This is an exploration of a real view that exists in some sections of the Left; some groups note that revolutions only happen in times where people's normal lives are unlivable, and therefore view pop culture and everyday joy as BreadAndCircuses to keep the people from rising up.[[/note]]

* Mr. Herriman of ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' usually ends up in this role. Interestingly, he is far from evil--he's still an {{imaginary friend}} after all--but his idea of what "fun" is is [[IncrediblyLameFun incredibly lame]], and he is in a [[ObstructiveBureaucrat position of authority]] where he can enforce his view. In one of the "Bloo Superdude" stories, Herriman's counterpart outright states that suppressing other people's fun is how he has fun (of course, [[UnreliableNarrator that story is told by]] [[MrImagination Bloo]]).

* Mr. Herriman of ''WesternAnimation/FostersHomeForImaginaryFriends'' usually ends up in this role. Interestingly, he is far from evil--he's still an imaginary ''friend'', after all--but his idea of what "fun" is is [[IncrediblyLameFun incredibly lame]] and he is in a [[ObstructiveBureaucrat position of authority]] where he can enforce his view. In one of the "Bloo Superdude" stories, Herriman's counterpart outright states that suppressing other people's fun is how he has fun (of course, that story is told by [[UnreliableNarrator Bloo]] [[{{Jerkass}} Q.]] [[WildCard Kazoo]]).

* The EvilSorceror No-Heart from ''WesternAnimation/CareBears1980s'' is so evil that he is legitemately physically harmed by ''any'' good emotions ''anywhere,'' so he is this by nescessity.

* The whole "Morality Club" in ''Creator/ElviraMistressOfTheDark''. Basically, they hate her precisely because she's fun and sexy, and they see that as a [[FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence threat to their way of life.]]

These guys are the cold-blooded murderers of fun through and through. Maybe they find people having fun annoying, or they are working on something and the happy music is distracting to them. Of course, there is also the possibility that they see ruining other people's fun is [[ForTheEvulz more enjoyable]] than seeing them have fun, they consider having fun [[GoodIsBadAndBadIsGood as the real evil]], or they consider it [[CardCarryingVillain their duty as as a bad guy]]s to ruin peoples' fun. These types of villains are often TheGrinch in holiday-themed media. May overlap with DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans in extreme cases (such as the villain wanting the whole world to be miserable.)

If the villain is a grown-up ruining the fun for children, then they are a FunHatingConfiscatingAdult. Sub-trope of TheKilljoy.

[[folder:Web Comics]]

* The main goal of Professor Poopypants in the ''WesternAnimation/CaptainUnderpants'' movie is to eliminate laughter by means of a RayGun that it attached to a [[ItMakesSenseInContext giant radioactive toilet]] that eliminates the part of the brain where humor comes from (the Haha-Guffaw-Chucklotamus) as revenge against the world for mocking his name.