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* Reinhard von Lohengramm, the protagonist of ''Anime/LegendOfGalacticHeroes'' is a rare heroic/{{anti hero}}ic example of this trope. He wants to unite all of space under his rule. The thing about it is that his Empire is actually pretty awesome because he's a superb ruler. They're opposed by the democractic Free Planets Alliance. A huge topic in the series is basically the conflict between a ''good'' autocracy and a ''rotten'' democracy.

** The Craftworld [[SpaceElves Eldar]] dream of retaking their former place as the masters of the galaxy. The more realistic ones know that the odds of them ever doing so are almost zero, but keep fighting anyway since it beats laying down and accepting extinction.

These characters are [[TheUnfairSex usually]] [[AlwaysMale male]], although modern works are offering more and more females the opportunity to enslave entire galaxies. Distinguishable from the EldritchAbomination in that these guys have somewhat human motives for what they do. Often, this is what the SealedEvilInACan turns into once it's unsealed. Take this UpToEleven, and you get a MultiversalConqueror.

* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' have a few:
** Dark Specter from ''Series/PowerRangersInSpace''. He is also a DimensionLord, and so badass that [[spoiler:it takes a [[EarthShatteringKaboom planet-destroying missile]] and more to take him down.]]
** Emperor Akudos Gil, head of the Zangyack Empire in ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger''.
** Don Armage, the ruler of the Space Shogunate Jark Matter, who has conquered pretty much the entire galaxy, including earth, in ''Series/UchuSentaiKyuranger''.

** If Daleks are [[ANaziByAnyOtherName space Nazis,]] Davros is pretty much Karl Brandt with a bit of space Hitler. Terry Molloy has this tendency to crescendo every single line of dialog into very loud shouting. The writers have also described him as a brilliant scientist, and the Doctor and Davros debating is always a highlight. He created the Daleks out of [[EvilCripple frustration at his disability]] and the thirst for power that it gave him. Davros has survived being shot by his own creation, being blown up in a bunker, blown up in a spaceship, cryogenically frozen, left drifting in a void for 90 years in outer space, etc. It reminds one of Creator/AnthonyAinley getting incinerated in "Planet of Fire" and then [[TheUsualAdversaries randomly showing up again]] in "Trial of a Time Lord." "How did you survive?" "Hueh hueh hueh... you think [[JokerImmunity such a trifling inconvenience]] would destroy me?" (Thanks, Pip and Jane.)

* Megatron from the various ''{{Franchise/Transformers}}'' canon.

** Giygas was this in the original ''VideoGame/{{Mother|1}}'', before he became an EldritchAbomination in ''VideoGame/EarthBound''.

* ''{{Franchise/Extrapower}}'': Series BigBad Dark Force has this ambition. In backstory, he has already conquered numerous planets. The Shakun Star falls during the course of ''[[VideoGame/ExtrapowerStarResistance Star Resistance]]'', and his eyes are set for Earth next in ''[[VideoGame/ExtrapowerAttackOfDarkforce Attack of Darkforce]]''.

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* In ''Webcomic/AvasDemon'':

** [[AC:Titan]] appeared [[OutsideContextProblem out of nowhere]], conquered Wrathia's empire overnight, established a PathOfInspiration with himself as {{a god|AmI}}, and started expanding his holdings by buying out planets wholesale. The nature of [[AC:Titan]]'s powers and [[LaResistance the resistance]] against him are driving mysteries in the story.

* The un-named [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic MLP:FiM]] [=AU=] created by Wheller [[AdaptationalVillainy adapts]] Luna into one of these, having once observed a particular planet[[labelnote:*]](that is heavily implied to be Earth)[[/labelnote]] and felt inspired to unite as many planets as she could under one banner. Celestia opposed this, forcing Luna to [[TheStationsOfTheCanon intentionally become Nightmare Moon]] in order to get an edge on Celestia, and after she came back, played nice while secretly framing her sister [[EvilLuddite as a tyrant]][[labelnote:*]](Not helped by [[WellIntentionedExtremist the lengths that]] [[KnightTemplar Celestia went to]] so as to ensure the technology Luna needed for her campaign [[MedievalStasis would never be developed]])[[/labelnote]] and try to get her ousted. This wound up [[GoneHorriblyRight Going Horribly Right]] when Celestia chose to explain herself to Twilight and [[LetsGetDangerous finally found the nerve to fight her own sister]], leading to them both vanishing from Equestria. A century later, Celestia is indeed remembered as a tyrant, but [[HistoricalVillainDowngrade Twilight only did that]] so Equestria could move forward without her. She made sure the truth about Luna did come out, and so Luna is remembered as "the Mad" for her trouble.

* The un-named [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic MLP:FiM]] [=AU=] created by Wheller [[AdaptationalVillainy adapts]] Luna into one of these, having once observed a particular planet[[labelnote:*]](that is heavily implied to be Earth)[[/labelnote]] and felt inspired to unite as many planets as she could under one banner. Celestia opposed this, forcing Luna to [[TheStationsOfTheCanon intentionally become Nightmare Moon]] in order to get an edge on Celestia, and after she came back, played nice while secretly framing her sister [[EvilLuddite as a tyrant]][[labelnote:*]](Not helped by [[WellIntentionedExtremist the lengths that]] [[KnightTemplar Celestia went to]] so as to ensure the technology Luna needed for her campaign [[MedievalStasis would never be developed]])[[/labelnote]] and try to get her ousted. This wound up [[GoneHorriblyRight Going Horribly Right]] when Celestia chose to explain herself to Twilight and [[LetsGetDangerous finally found the nerve to fight her own sister]], leading to them both vanishing from Equestria. A century later, Celestia is indeed remembered as a tyrant, but [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade Twilight only did that]] so Equestria could move forward without her. She made sure the truth about Luna did come out, and so Luna is remembered as "the Mad" for her trouble.

* The un-named [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic MLP:FiM]] [=AU=] created by Wheller [[AdaptationalVillainy adapts]] Luna into one of these, having once observed a particular planet[[labelnote:*]](that is heavily implied to be Earth)[[/labelnote]] and felt inspired to unite as many planets as she could under one banner. Celestia opposed this, forcing Luna to [[TheStationsOfTheCanon intentionally become Nightmare Moon]] in order to get an edge on Celestia, and after she came back, played nice while secretly framing her sister [[EvilLuddite as a tyrant]][[labelnote:*]](Not helped by [[WellIntentionedExtremist the lengths that]] [[KnightTemplar Celestia went to]] so as to ensure the technology Luna needed for her campaign [[MedievalStasis would never be developed]])[[/labelnote]] and try to get her ousted. This wound up [[GoneHorriblyRight Going Horribly Right]] when Celestia chose to explain herself to Twilight and [[LetsGetDangerous finally found the nerve to fight her own sister]], leading to them both vanishing from Equestria. A century later, Celestia is indeed remembered as a tyrant, but Twilight only did that so Equestria could move forward without her. She made sure the truth about Luna did come out, and so Luna is remembered as "the Mad" for her trouble.

** Lady Styx, debuting in ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo''. Originally intended to stand in for Darkseid, whom the writers felt was getting overused, she comes with the impressive distinction of her own CalvalryOfTheDead.

** Lady Styx, debuting in ''ComicBook/FiftyTwo''. Originally intended to stand in for Darkseid, whom the writers felt was getting overused, she comes with the impressive distinction of her own ArmyOfTheDead.

%% * Nemesis from ''WesternAnimation/{{Robotix}}.''
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* Nemesis from ''WesternAnimation/{{Robotix}}.''

* ''Franchise/MassEffect'': [[AbusivePrecursors The Reapers]] are an interesting variation of this. In a way, they already control the galaxy, since they use it as a gigantic corral for raising intelligent species and then [[KillThemAll wiping them out/harvesting them]] every 50,000 years. The Reapers maintain an entire network of self-repairing [[PortalNetwork hyperspace jumpgates]] and a [[HubCity gargantuan space station at its center]] for the sake of creating new civilizations that are advanced enough to be worth conquering but reliant enough on LostTechnology that the Reaper's more advanced tech makes it impossible for whatever current civilization exists to oppose them.

* ''Franchise/MassEffect'': [[spoiler:[[EldritchAbomination The Reapers]]]] are an interesting variation of this. [[spoiler:In a way, they already control the galaxy, since they use it as a gigantic corral for raising intelligent species. The Reapers maintain an entire network of self-repairing hyperspace jumpgates and a [[HubCity gargantuan space station at its center]] for the sake of creating new civilizations that are advanced enough to be worth conquering but reliant enough on LostTechnology that the Reaper's OverrideCommand cripples their resistance.]]

* The [[HiveMind Gravemind]] and its [[TheVirus Flood]] forces in ''Franchise/{{Halo}}''. According to its words, the Flood had already conquered galaxi''es''-worth "of flesh and bones" and now were planning on conquering the Milky Way. Despite the courage and highly advanced technology of the Forerunners, the Flood could only be slowed down, until the former made the decision to [[HeroicSacrifice to sacrifice themselves and all non-indexed sentient life in a effort to starve them to death]]. 100,000 years later, the Gravemind (being effectively immortal) is finally reformed but was again defeated, this time by humanity and the Arbiter-affiliated Elites, who [[EnemyMine put aside their differences]] and use [[spoiler:the Ark and the replacement Halo 04 to lure in and destroy the Gravemind and all the Flood it could muster before the infection became too big to stop]]. However, given that there are still a lot of Flood in storage on various Forerunner research facilities, and the fact that the Flood are ''extra-galactic'' in origin (hence why none of the before-mentioned samples were simply destroyed), the Gravemind is likely not finished yet.

* WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot has The Cluster, as race of MechanicalLifeforms ruled by [[BigBad Queen Vexus]].

** Via a {{Retcon}} which stated he was Vegeta's never-mentioned boss, Frieza took this title instead. Immensely powerful to the point of being considered invincible, he nonetheless [[OrcusOnHisThrone usually has his army to do the actual fighting]]. Known for exterminating large portions of planets' populations and enslaving the rest, or simply killing off the ''entire'' population and selling the planet to the highest bidder, his name was feared by all spacefaring civilizations throughout the galaxy. The fact that he could [[EarthShatteringKaboom blow up your planet on a whim]] just served as further incentive to surrender.

* Boros form ''Anime/OnePunchMan'' is an {{expy}} of [[Anime/DragonBallZ Freiza]] and conquered most of the universe. He grew bored of having no challenge but came to Earth to fight Saitama after a prophet pointed him in the right direction.

* Literature/TogetherlyLong: The villainous [[BigBad Emperor Von Mal]] is said to have conquered 999,999,999 planets already, making his next one his [[WritersCannotDoMath millionth]].