History Main / GalacticConqueror

* In ''[[Literature/TheShipWho PartnerShip]]'', when Polyon is taken into custody he reveals that the advanced and much-coveted "hyperchips" he's been having his ForProfitPrison factories produce and distribute for the past five years contain a ComputerVirus that, when activated, he can use to make pretty much anything they're installed in do whatever he wants. And which spreads. When asked what he wants he references this - he wants control of known space.

* Vilgax in the ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' franchise, who carries the title "conqueror of ten worlds." Other villains from the series fit the bill too, such as the Incursean Empire and Aggregor.

* Aku of ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' has not only conquered Earth, but the galaxy at large, which is why the BadFuture he rules over is filled with aliens.
* Horde Prime from ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower''; somewhat unusual in that he has in fact already conquered the galaxy in question. Horde Prime in the [[WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower Reboot]] has already conquered ''multiple'' galaxies, and the only reason the planet Etheria escaped his grasp is because it was moved to a PocketDimension before he reached it.

* The Homeworld Gems of ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'' have already conquered vast swaths of planets across multiple galaxies, and utilize them for resources and to produce new Gems. Earth was almost conquered, but [[LaResistance The Crystal Gems]], a group of rebel Gems who believe all life is precious, halted the invasion. [[spoiler: And by the end of the series, Steven gets Homeworld to do a HeelRaceTurn.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' episode "Forced Kin" features an unnamed Alien Leader, an {{Expy}} of [[Characters/MarvelComicsGalactus Galactus]], arriving from space to conquer the earth. He proves to be one of the girls toughest foes, capable of predicting and countering their every move. He actually succeeds in defeating them, and had Townsville at his mercy. Of course. [[EvilerThanThou Mojo]] [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou Jojo]] won’t stand for this.

* [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Lord Kallous The Merciless]] from ''WesternAnimation/ElliottFromEarth'' used to be this. At least, before his home planet was destroyed, [[HowTheMightyHaveFallen reducing]] him to a grade school teacher at the hive, longing for his EvilOverlord days.

* Orbulon from ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' tries to be this in the first game. He ''really'' sucks at it.

* 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 Zerg Overmind from ''VideoGame/StarCraftI'' wants to assimilate all life in the universe into the Zerg Swarm. Later succeeded by his [[TheDragon Dragon]] Kerrigan, who is -- by her own words -- ''"pretty much the queen bitch of the universe"''. ''VideoGame/StarCraftII'' has The Dark Voice, [[spoiler: the true master mind who programmed the Overmind to attack the Xel Naga, and lead the Zerg into assimilating the Protoss to create Zerg/Protoss Hybrids. His grand scheme is to wipe out all life in the galaxy so he and his Hybrids will rule it]].

** Not to mention Abaddon the Despoiler, Warmaster of Chaos. The foremost of Chaos Lords, and blessed by all the Chaos Gods. He is recognized by the Imperium as an existential threat, and they devote a great deal of resources and manpower to keeping him and the rest of the hordes of Chaos contained to the [[NegativeSpaceWedgie Eye of Terror]]. He led thirteen Black Crusades which broke out including his [[TabletopGame/BattlefleetGothic 12th to the Gothic Sector]] against the Imperium. He'll show up to harass the Imperium once in a while, and every now and then he'll launch a Black Crusade to collect superweapons and to weaken and undermine the Imperium around the Eye as part of the LongGame. ({{Fanon}} likes to think of these as [[GeneralFailure repeated failures]], though it wasn't until relatively recently [[{{Revision}} that we learned about them in detail]]. And before that point, any permanent, meaningful victories against the Imperium was [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption outside the bounds of allowed narrative]].) Now, he's gathering up his weapons and unifying the forces of Chaos at a level unprecedented for nearly 10 millennia for the [[ThirteenIsUnlucky 13th Black Crusade]] to make an assault on Terra after all this time, to finally succeed in what Horus didn't.

* In ''Fanfic/TheCalvinverse'', the ruler of [[LethalLavaLand Zok]], [[TentacledTerror Rupert Chill]], takes this role. Having fled from [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness the Chill Collective]] out of refusal to share power, he has conquered much of the universe, and recently attempted to conquer [[InsignificantBluePlanet Earth]]. However, [[KidHero Calvin]] managed to thwart his efforts, causing Rupert to get tunnel vision and devote all his efforts towards Earth, and later [[ArchEnemy just Calvin]] as he goes [[TheCaligula more and more insane]]. As a result, many of his planets manage to rise up and free themselves in ''[[Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesIIIDoubleTrouble Double Trouble]]''.

* The ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' tend to feature these as [[MonsterOfTheWeek monsters of the week]] due to [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu these shows work]]. but there have also been a few have been major {{Big Bad}}s like Alien Empera from ''Series/UltramanMebius'', who originally took over M78 thousands of years ago but was overthrown in an uprising by the Ultras.

* In ''Fanfic/TheCalvinverse'', the ruler of [[LethalLavaLand Zok]], Rupert Chill, takes this role. Having fled from [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness the Chill Collective]] out of refusal to share power, he has conquered much of the universe, and recently attempted to conquer [[InsignificantBluePlanet Earth]]. However, [[KidHero Calvin]] managed to thwart his efforts, causing Rupert to get tunnel vision and devote all his efforts towards Earth, and later [[ArchEnemy just Calvin]] as he goes [[TheCaligula more and more insane]]. As a result, many of his planets manage to rise up and free themselves in ''[[Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesIIIDoubleTrouble Double Trouble]]''.

* In ''Fanfic/FallOfStarfleetRebirthOfFriendship'': [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Grand Ruler Celesto]] emerged from the stars and, despite presenting himself and his [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Unicornicopians]] as heroes, essentially conquered Equestria and forced it to submit to his rule. He enforces FantasticRacism in the Unicornicopians against the species they've conquered, and as it turns out, [[spoiler:used mind control to make himself so beloved and cripple Equestria's defenders in favor of his champions, Starfleet]]. It's later revealed that he rules numerous other planets, with the Elk among the only free peoples left. However, he[['ll spoiler:blow up planets on a whim for the sake of his ideal "story", yet another reason why he]] is not an especially competent example, as most of the population is considering a revolt by the time the story starts, and he is almost totally unable to defend himself against both the heroes and [[EvilerThanThou Dark]] [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse Conquest]].

* In ''Fanfic/FallOfStarfleetRebirthOfFriendship'': [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Grand Ruler Celesto]] emerged from the stars and, despite presenting himself and his [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy Unicornicopians]] as heroes, essentially conquered Equestria and forced it to submit to his rule. He enforces FantasticRacism in the Unicornicopians against the species they've conquered, and as it turns out, [[spoiler:used mind control to make himself so beloved and cripple Equestria's defenders in favor of his champions, Starfleet]]. However, Grand Ruler is not an especially competent example, as most of the population is considering a revolt by the time the story starts, and he is almost totally unable to defend himself against both the heroes and [[EvilerThanThou Dark]] [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse Conquest]].

* In the [[VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand2 first]] [[VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand3 two]] games of the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' Dark Matter trilogy, Dark Matter threatens to take over, respectively, Dream Land and all of Pop Star. By ''VideoGame/{{Kirby 64|TheCrystalShards}}'', it threatens Pop Star and all of the nearby planets.

* Empress Ramaj from ''Literature/CrestOfTheStars'', like above-mentioned Reinhard von Lohengramm, is also a rare [[GreyAndGrayMorality maybe-heroic]] example. She is an empress of a militaristic feudal space empire that conquers every world it encounters and the show revolves around her empire's war against TheAlliance of democratic states. The goal of TheEmpire is to subjugate humankind to its benevolent authoritarian rule and lead it to an era of endless peaace and prosperity. She is not the protagonist, though, but a BigGood and grandmother of the protagonist.
* The aptly-named Sailor Galaxia from ''Franchise/SailorMoon''. No points for guessing what is [[EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse that last planet]] she needs to conquer to complete her quest.

** This is a general characterization for most cosmic-centric supervillains within the Marvel Universe. Some prominent terran-centric supervillains like ComicBook/DoctorDoom and ComicBook/KangTheConqueror occasionally branch off into this trope, when their ambition exceeds their normal boundaries.
** ComicBook/{{Thanos}} of Titan has embodied this trope in the past, with his obsession with ultimate power and Death being his primary motivations. His first appearance had him conqueroring his home planet of Titan with similar plans for Earth. CharacterizationMarchesOn, however, and he is now simply a GeniusBruiser [[OmniDisciplinaryScientist Omni-Disciplinary]] MadScientist whose motivations range from ItAmusedMe to OmnicidalManiac, the latter to impress his girlfriend (or, currently, because she dumped him and he's going to take it out on everyone else).
*** And when we mean "Obsession with Death" we mean the StalkerWithACrush kind of obsession. Said girlfriend ''is'' Death.

** A large percentage of the [[Characters/MarvelComicsMonsters giant monsters]] from Marvel's pre-super hero days were alien invaders (Goom, his son Googam, etc.). Even ComicBook/{{Groot}} who has since done a HeelFaceTurn, started out this way.

** Across countless worlds, for countless eons, not a voice is raised in hope or joy. Across these worlds, these infinite lands throughout the cosmos, there is only ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}.
** ComicBook/{{Brainiac}}. His goals and methods have varied a lot over the years, but he still usually fits this trope.
** Mongul (both of them), the despotic ruler of War World. Galactic domination has always been his end game.

* ''ComicBook/KhaalTheChroniclesOfAGalacticEmperor'' is ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin, but granted he doesn't start out as one in the comic proper: he is introduced as a fearsome warlord in a prison spaceship that gets invaded by superior aliens, but Khaal manages to kill their leader and take control of the invaders. He turns his attention to the rest of the galaxy and aims to conquer every world in his way. [[spoiler:The comic ends with him finding and conquering ''[[DownerEnding Earth]]'']].
* The current page's quote refers to an nameless Daemon Prince of Tzeentch in ''ComicBook/{{Bloodquest}}'' that leads an Black Crusade across the galaxy, as typical for Chaos Warbands. [[spoiler:It's revealed that his host is none other than Captain Leonatos, the comic's DecoyProtagonist that pulled an HeroicSacrifice to save his surviving teammates and was possessed by an daemon]].

** While he took over the vast majority of his territory through manipulation, the EU and various bits of the films do show that the Galactic Empire also annexed new planets via military force.

** In ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice'', Bruce Wayne dreams of a BadFuture in which the Earth has been conquered and become a wasteland. A gigantic Omega symbol has been carved in said wasteland -- the symbol of ComicBook/{{Darkseid}}.

** "Literature/TheGeneralFoundation": The title character, General Bel Riose, is completely loyal to the Galactic Empire. However, he was born during the Empire's collapse, which means many of the systems at the Milky Way's periphery have regressed into barbarism and merely chemically-based energy sources. He leads an army to conquer these barbarians worlds, attempting to bring them once more under the control of the Empire. He is, however, ''[[TallPoppySyndrome too]]'' successful at conquering foriegn lands, and the Emperor recalls him once he gets to the inner worlds of the Foundation.
** "Literature/TheMule": The Warlord of Kalgan has been terrorizing the local planets, until he meets the Mule, a {{mutant|s}} with PsychicPowers who defeats him and takes his territory. From there, the Mule leads an ever-growing fleet of mercenaries and soldiers against the Foundation, even capturing Terminus, the capital planet, during [[FoundingDay the 300th anniversary of colonization]]. By the end of the story, [[TheBadGuysWin he's conquered every First Foundation planet and not even the Second Foundation appears to be strong enough to stop him]].

* Creator/HarryTurtledove’s "Literature/TrantorFalls": Gilmer wants to be the first warlord to take Trantor and [[RapePillageBurn exploit its riches]], yet he's aware that others will try to attack him while he's weak, and must begin fortifying the defenses that he's just destroyed.

* 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.]]

* The ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' tend to feature these as MonstersOfTheWeek due to [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu these shows work]]. but there have also been a few have been major {{Big Bad}}s like Alien Empera from ''Series/UltramanMebius'', who originally took over M78 thousands of years ago but was overthrown in an uprising by the Ultras.

** Albadawi might count. He was a FourStarBadass who pretty much won the Interstellar Wars himself. In his case he was acting as a servant of the Terran Confederation rather then for his own ambition.
* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' has more than its fair share of these, some evil... some ''[[BlackAndGreyMorality really]]'' evil. (See page quote.)

** The other [[ALighterShadeOfGrey "good guys"]] of 40k, the [[TheFederation Tau Empire]], also have this as a goal, believing it to be a part of their manifest destiny. Though they have a long, long way to go. They currently sit have a tiny, yet densely packed empire on the opposite side of the galaxy, preferring to use diplomatic, economic, and political means to bring other species into their empire, including Human-held worlds left behind or left to their own devices. However, [[DependingOnTheWriter depending on who you listen to]], they might be the optimistic, hopeful beacon of reason and tolerance they present themselves as, or they might be an Orwellian, authoritarian society ruled by a caste of scheming, charismatic masterminds [[CrapsaccharineWorld given a bright coat of paint]]. A recurring theme is that the Tau are naive and overly eager to extend a hand of friendship, sometimes to their own peril. However, most of the other races are more interested in some combination of killing, raping, torturing, or just eating everyone. BlackAndGreyMorality indeed.

** Surprisingly {{Averted}} with the [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Dark Eldar]], the most vicious and sadistic of the factions ([[CrapsackWorld which is saying something]]) and the only Eldar faction who has managed to thrive, who don't want to bother with conquering the galaxy. Yes, they do make regular raids into realspace for [[VampiricDraining food]] and [[MadeASlave slaves]] (often one and the same), and will occasionally make a grab for resources or territory. But they don't bother since being in realspace for an extended period is a hazard for them: the Chaos God Slaanesh is constantly "sipping" out their souls, the effect is strongest in realspace, and dying out there carries the most risk against revivification should they fall in battle. That aside, they're having too much fun or too occupied in their home city of Commorragh, where murder and intrigue is rife and the kabals (something between a noble house and a pirate syndicate) are too busy competing to undermine or exterminate one another. The other subgroups of the Dark Eldar, [[MadScientist Haemonculus covens]], [[GladiatorGames wych cults]], [[HoverBoard Hellion gangs]], and the [[EliteMooks Incubus shrines]] typically lack the resources to go out into realspace and attach themselves to kabal raids as mercenary cohorts.

* The Zerg Overmind from ''VideoGame/StarCraft'' wants to assimilate all life in the universe into the Zerg Swarm.
** Later succeeded by his [[TheDragon Dragon]] Kerrigan, who is -- by her own words -- ''"pretty much the queen bitch of the universe"''.
** ''VideoGame/StarCraftII'' The Dark Voice [[spoiler: the true master mind who programed the Overmind to attack the Xel Naga, and lead the Zerg into assimilating the Protoss to create Zerg/Protoss Hybrids. His grand scheme is to wipe out all life in the galaxy so he and his Hybrids will rule it.]]

* [[Characters/SuperMarioBrosBowser Bowser]] aspires to be a universe conqueror in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy''. He fails.
** He tries to do it again in ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy2''. [[TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin Guess what]] [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption happens next]].
** Before the ''Galaxy'' games, he planned to use the power of the Star Children to take over the universe in ''VideoGame/YoshisIslandDS''.

* ''VideoGame/{{Civilization}}'' ''InSpace''! games like ''VideoGame/MasterOfOrion'' usually have this as an option for winning the game.

* ''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 [[TheSocialDarwinist 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 Reapers' more advanced tech makes it nigh impossible for whatever current civilization exists to oppose them.
** Javik is a WellIntentionedExtremist, mundane version of this. The plan was to get a million protheans to survive the Reaper Harvest by hiding in stasis, then force the primitive races into servitude against the Reapers. Unfortunately, sabotage esnured that only Javik survived.

* The Grandmaster from [[VideoGame/StriderArcade ''Strider'' and its sequel]](as well as the [[VideoGame/Strider2014 2014 game]]), who couples it with his desire to create new lifeforms at will to [[GodhoodSeeker become a new god]].

* In the [[VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand2 first]] [[VideoGame/KirbysDreamLand3 two]] games of the ''VideoGame/{{Kirby}}'' Dark Matter trilogy, Dark Matter threatens to take over, respectively, Dream Land and all of Pop Star. By ''VideoGame/{{Kirby 64|TheCrystalShards}}'', it threatens Pop Star and all of the nearby planets.

** [[BigBad Mother Brain]]'s ultimate goal is to "bring order to the universe" by taking it over, using the Space Pirates as her army and the Metroids as her weapons.

** ''VideoGame/MetroidDread'' has Raven Beak, leader of the [[ProudWarriorRace Mawkin tribe]] of the [[BirdPeople Chozo]]. He once planned to use the Metroids of SR-388 to conquer the galaxy, and [[spoiler:he lured Samus Aran to ZDR in order to harvest the Metroid DNA in her to clone a new army of Metroids.]]

* UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria in ''VideoGame/SunlessSkies''. [[HistoricalDomainCharacter Yes, that one]]. She holds full dominion over the star system Albion (Fallen London RecycledInSpace) and contested control of The Reach (a star system made of jungles in space). [[RealityWarper Her power (and restored youth) comes from an artificial Clockwork Sun]], [[TimeMaster who has the power to rewrite the laws of time]].[[note]]Naturally, the Clockwork Sun is a sentient brat who made the mistake of lobotomizing all her mechanics and engineers, so the empress' power may not last as eternally as expected.[[/note]]

* Lord Krulos of ''WesternAnimation/DinoRiders'' wants nothing better than to return to his star-spanning empire in the future.
* A similar case to the above is found in Lord Dragaunus, from ''WesternAnimation/MightyDucksTheAnimatedSeries'', where he aspires to restore the former glory of the Saurian Overlords, yet is held back by his and his minions' current stranding on Earth.

* The [[Franchise/{{DCAU}} DC Animated Universe]] covers many different generations of heroes, across different decades (even centuries) and facing varied and divergent foes, but none can compare to the ultimate BigBad, whose mere presence is enough to cow raging mobs of bloodthirsty beasts. There is a reason it is '''his''' quotation that is the lead-in to the EvilOverlord page.
--> ''"People of Earth, I am [[ComicBook/NewGods Darkseid, Lord of Apokolips]]! Here is your [[Franchise/{{Superman}} savior]], cowed and broken. [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown I have crushed him as easily as I have crushed all who have dared to oppose me throughout the Cosmos]]. [[HopelessWar I am power unlike any you have ever known: absolute, infinite, and unrelenting]]. [[DespairEventHorizon You have no choice but to prepare as a long dark future as my subjects and my slaves.]]"''

** However, the people of Earth opposed him, especially Dan Turpin. Of course, Darkseid did not take kindly to this.

* On ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'', both Dark Laser and Princess Mandie scheme to conquer the galaxy. Though, in Dark Laser's case, he seems content to [[OmnicidalManiac blow up the Earth]].
* Cy-Kill from ''WesternAnimation/{{Challenge of the GoBots}}''. He's mostly concerned with conquering his homeworld, but he'll conquer Earth as a useful stepping stone toward that goal, and he'll gladly conquer ''other'' planets once that's done.

* Daemon from ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' is a supervirus who can bring entire systems under her control simply by entering them. By the time she actually appears, she has overtaken most of the Net.
* Horde Prime from ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower''; somewhat unusual in that he has in fact already conquered the galaxy in question.
** Horde Prime in the [[WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower Reboot]] has already conquered ''multiple'' galaxies, and the only reason the planet Etheria escaped his grasp is because it was moved to a PocketDimension before he reached it.
* Vilgax in the ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' franchise, who carries the title "conqueror of ten worlds."
** Other villains from the series fit the bill too, such as the Incursean Empire and Aggregor.
* ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'':
** Wander's most-frequent nemesis is Lord Hater, planetary conqueror and self-proclaimed "greatest in the galaxy".
** "The Greater Hater" introduces Lord Dominator, a villain who [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter seems to out-match Hater on every level]] (a bigger ship, better weapons, and an army of ruthless MechaMooks instead of [[SurroundedByIdiots the bungling Watchdogs]]). Lord Dominator becomes the main villain of season 2, and [[spoiler: she]] almost succeeds in conquering the entire galaxy because of sheer competence.
** The galaxy is actually full of these, all competing to get the highest ranking on "Galactic Villain Leaderboard". Such characters include [[TotallyRadical Emperor Awesome]], [[AnthropomorphicFood Sourdough the Evil Sandwich]], [[SinisterGeometry The Black Cube of Darkness]], [[LaughablyEvil Dr. Screwball Jones]], and countless others. This even includes some [[OfficialFanSubmittedContent fan characters]].

* Most of [[WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost Space Ghost’s]] foes were either this or {{Space Pirate}}s. Most of them were one shots, but some notable ones included Metallus and his robotic space fleet, and Zorak and his identical InsectoidAlien minions.

* [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Lord Kallous The Merciless]] from WesternAnimation/ElliottFromEarth used to be this. At least, before his home planet was destroyed, [[HowTheMightyHaveFallen reducing]] him to a grade school teacher at the hive, longing for his EvilOverlord days.
* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' episode "Forced Kin" features an unnamed Alien Leader, an {{Expy}} of ComicBook/{{Galactus}}, arriving from space to conquer the earth. He proves to be one of the girls toughest foes, capable of predicting and countering their every move. He actually succeeds in defeating them, and had Townsville at his mercy. Of course. [[EvilerThanThou Mojo]] [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou Jojo]] won’t stand for this.

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

* WesternAnimation/KidCosmic showcases many aspiring aliens of this type, most of them seeking the [[GreenRocks Cosmic Stones of Power]].

** Giygas was this in the original ''VideoGame/{{Mother|1}}'', before he became an EldritchAbomination in ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994''.

* Sheev Palpatine from ''Franchise/StarWars'' is the consummate example of this trope, though he did it through pure manipulation rather than outright force. He got ''voted'' into absolute power, after masterminding a ''civil war'' after a millennium of peace (in which he was secretly the leader of both sides), resulting in him receiving ''popular support'' for his authoritarian reforms. By the time he declared himself Emperor, he already had absolute control of the Republic...or, as he declared it, '''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis the first! Galactic! EMPIRE!]]'''

* Varax from ''Fanfic/DragonballZLegacies'' is an alien warlord who has lived for [[TimeAbyss over eighty million years]]. In that span of time, he has conquered hundreds of galaxies, destroyed countless planets, and created several black holes. In the present day, he rules over a vast area of space known as the Helix Realm with an iron fist. He's shown to command a fleet of massive starships and has an army of [[MechaMooks mechanized soldiers]] and cyborgs to carry out his will. [[TheDreaded He's widely feared as the most dangerous being in the universe]] and even Frieza's empire is terrified of crossing him. Additionally, unlike Frieza, Varax isn't intimidated by Beerus and is powerful enough to openly challenge the Gods of Destruction.

* Pretty much any villain race in ''Franchise/StarTrek'' at some point has aspirations of galactic conquests. But as far as individuals in the series go, the Borg Queen is the best example.

* Zoltar from ''Anime/BattleOfThePlanets'' (and ''only Battle of the Planets'', the CutAndPasteTranslation. The original ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' was set entirely on Earth, villains and all).

** This is a general characterization for most cosmic-centric supervillains within the Marvel Universe. Some prominent terran-centric supervillains like Doctor Doom and Kang The Conqueror occasionally branch off into this trope, when their ambition exceeds their normal boundaries.

** Annihilus, The Supreme Intelligence, at times the Skrulls and, mostly whenever Lilandra isn't in charge, the Shi'ar emperor/empress tends to fill this role too, especially when Vulcan was in charge.

** A large percentage of the [[{{Kaiju}} giant monsters]] from Marvel's pre-super hero days were alien invaders (Goom, his son Googam, etc.). Even [[WhenTreesAttack Groot,]] who has since done a HeelFaceTurn, started out this way.
** A lesser known one is Arm'Chedon (Armeggedon), an enemy of [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk the Hulk]] from the 90s and leader of the Troyjan Empire. He was so busy conquering planets that he didn't even notice he had two sons running around until one of them got killed harassing the Pantheon (Hulk's team at the time) on Earth, and the other died in trail by combat with the Hulk. He swore vengeance, but got all of one appearance until well over a decade later.

* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode “Forced Kin” features an unnamed Alien Leader, an Expy of ComicBook/{{Galactus}}, arriving from space to conquer the earth. He proves to be one of the girls toughest foes, capable of predicting and countering their every move. He actually succeeds in defeating them, and had Townsville at his mercy. Of course. [[EvilerThanThou Mojo]] [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou Jojo]] won’t stand for this.

* ''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 Reapers' more advanced tech makes it nigh impossible for whatever current civilization exists to oppose them.