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* ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'': Regardless of all of their {{Motive Rant}}s about justice, it's clear that this is the endgame of each version of Zamasu; by [[KillAllHumans wiping out all mortals]], they'll [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans create]] ''[[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans their]]'' [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans own vision of paradise]]. It's especially blatant with [[spoiler:Goku Black and Future Zamasu; they constantly go on about how they're doing the gods' justice and making a new world "by gods, for gods," and since they're the only ones left, it basically translates to their new world being "by us, for us."]] In the manga, [[spoiler:Fusion Zamasu]] takes it even further when he completely drops the "justice" angle and declares his intent to slaughter ''everyone'' across every timeline who ''isn't'' a version of himself, god and mortal alike.

* ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'': Regardless of all of their {{Motive Rants}} about justice, it's clear that this is the endgame of each version of Zamasu; by [[KillAllHumans wiping out all mortals]], they'll [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans create]] ''[[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans their]]'' [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans own vision of paradise]]. It's especially blatant with [[spoiler:Goku Black and Future Zamasu; they constantly go on about how they're doing the gods' justice and making a new world "by gods, for gods," and since they're the only ones left, it basically translates to their new world being "by us, for us."]] In the manga, [[spoiler:Fusion Zamasu]] takes it even further when he completely drops the "justice" angle and declares his intent to slaughter ''everyone'' across every timeline who ''isn't'' a version of himself, god and mortal alike.

** The Alchemax CEO, aka [[spoiler:Peter Parker 2099]], takes it even further, planning to harness the quantum energy of the incoming TimeCrash to assume control of the timestream and remake the universe in his image. He's actually well-intentioned, as a key part of this plan is undoing Peter Parker's mistakes, such as [[MyGreatestFailure the deaths]] of Uncle Ben and [[ILetGwenStacyDie Gwen Stacy]], but Spider-Man 2099 argues against him doing so, because he's [[NoManShouldHaveThisPower trying to harness power no human should have]].

* ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'': During the Future Trunks arc, this is Goku Black's endgame: by wiping out all mortal life, he'll create [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans his own vision of paradise]]. [[spoiler:This applies to ''all'' versions of Zamasu, Black included.]] He even states this if he's chosen by the player in ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse2'':
-->'''Goku Black''': The world shall be remade in ''my'' vision!

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* Fanfic version: In the ''UndocumentedFeatures'' arc ''Twilight'' ([[Literature/{{Twilight}} no relation]]), [[Myth/NorseMythology Loki]] sneaks into the building containing the supercomputer [[Manga/AhMyGoddess Yggdrasil]], planning on reprogramming it to grant him infinite cosmic power. However, Urd stops him.

* ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'': During the Future Trunks arc, this is Goku Black's endgame: by wiping out all mortal life, he'll create his own vision of paradise. [[spoiler:This applies to ''all'' versions of Zamasu, Black included.]] He even states this if he's chosen by the player in ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse2'':

* ''VideoGame/SonicBoom: Rise of Lyric'': [[BigBad Lyric's]] EvilPlan is to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy all organic life on the planet]], and rebuild it, feeling he can't trust anything non-robotic after he was forced to convert himself into a {{cyborg}} to stay alive after contracting a fatal disease:

* When [[TheChessmaster Grand Admiral Thrawn]] from the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' books ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy'' first tried to recruit Fallen Jedi Joruus C'boath in order to use C'baoth's MindControl talents to reestablish TheEmpire, C'boath wasn't interested. It turns out C'baoth is the petty, ControlFreak sort of tyrant who wants to control every thought and aspect of the lives of his subjects, and being a leader of a galaxy wide Empire is incompatible with that. Thrawn, catching on fast, then goes to suggesting a downplayed version of this trope: he suggests that he can kidnap Leia's children and give them to C'baoth so he can shape them how he pleases, and through them, to shape the rebirth of the Jedi Order so it can be turned into C'baoth's personal vision for the Jedi. C'baoth agrees, but later his mind control abilities grow so much from constant use that C'baoth decides that he ''can'' rule a galaxy wide empire his way after all...

* [[VideoGame/SystemShock2 SHODAN]], after having the player fight off the Annalids, tries to take control of the hyperspace module to rewrite the universe to her specifications.

* The Dark Voice from ''{{Starcraft}}'' seems to fit this pretty well.

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* ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'': During the Future Trunks arc, this is Goku Black's endgame: by wiping out all mortal life, he'll create his own vision of paradise. He even states this if he's chosen by the player in ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse2'':

* ''Anime/DragonBallSuper: During the Future Trunks arc, this is Goku Black's endgame: by wiping out all mortal life, he'll create his own vision of paradise. He even states this if he's chosen by the player in ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse2'':

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* In TheDCU's CrisisCrossover ''ComicBook/ZeroHour'', Hal Jordan as Parallax tried to go back to the big bang and reboot the universe the way he wanted it. This resulted in another CosmicRetcon and a partial ContinuityReboot to several DC series (Hawkman and Comicbook/{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}}, most notably).

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* ''FanFic/RosarioVampireBrightestDarkness Act III'': This is what Kiria's EvilPlan ultimately boils down to: by using the [[TimeTravel Chrono Displacement spell]] and the [[PsychoSerum Blackheart serum]], he plans to change the outcome of the [[GreatOffscreenWar Battle of Kahdaln]], which forced the monsters to set up TheMasquerade in the first place, in favor of the monsters using Tsukune's [[SuperpoweredEvilSide inner ghoul]], as well as use other Blackheart-infected monsters to wipe out all of the Dark Lords and any other powerful beings who could possibly pose a threat to him, effectively creating a world where monsters rule, humanity is extinct, and Kiria himself is the greatest, most powerful monster of them all. Unfortunately for Kiria, the plan fails because, in the case of Ghoul!Tsukune, EvilIsNotAToy.

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* "The World Famous" Wrestling/{{Kana}} has been accused of having such ambitions since 2010 when she wrote a "manifesto" in Wrestling/YoshihiroTajiri's SMASH on [[WellIntentionedExtremist how to save Joshi]] but in December 2014, she actually announced plans to "reform" the REINA promotion after fighting, and [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney weaseling]] her way to the REINA World Womens and World Tag Team titles.

* Played with in ''Eric'' by Terry Pratchett. The not-really-evil conjurer demands Rincewind make him live forever, which means starting at the beginning of creation..... Mayonnaise ensues.

* "The World Famous" Kana has been accused of having such ambitions since 2010 when she wrote a "manifesto" in Wrestling/YoshihiroTajiri's SMASH on [[WellIntentionedExtremist how to save Joshi]] but in December 2014, she actually announced plans to "reform" the REINA promotion after fighting, and [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney weaseling]] her way to the REINA World Womens and World Tag Team titles.

* [[SystemShock2 SHODAN]], after having the player fight off the Annalids, tries to take control of the hyperspace module to rewrite the universe to her specifications.

* In TheDCU's CrisisCrossover ''ZeroHour'', Hal Jordan as Parallax tried to go back to the big bang and reboot the universe the way he wanted it. This resulted in another CosmicRetcon and a partial ContinuityReboot to several DC series (Hawkman and Comicbook/{{Legion Of Super-Heroes}}, most notably).

* In ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'', [[GodOfEvil the Dark One]] would do this if it ever got free. During their final battle, it torments [[TheChosenOne Rand]] by showing him two possibilities it might realize- the first is a dystopian hellscape ruled by [[QuirkyMinibossSquad the Forsaken]], and the second ''seems'' normal enough... until it's revealed that the entire human race have had their sense of right and wrong and empathy removed, turning them into heartless sociopaths just like the Dark One itself. In both cases, history was rewritten so that no one realized anything was wrong. [[spoiler: The second vision was so bad that Rand produced a world where ''he'' did this, by making it so that the Dark One had never existed. Except it turns out that the Dark One is necessary for free will, so that everyone in Rand's "perfect" world was only eternally good and happy because he'd essentially brainwashed them to be like that. Cue MyGodWhatHaveIDone]].

* In the ''VideoGame/{{Marathon}}'' series, this is the final resolution of any AI that goes Rampant - to escape the heat-death of the universe and shape the one that follows. To quote Durandal, "Escape would make me a god."

So things aren't going too well for you. Maybe you want to turn over a new leaf. Maybe you want to start your life anew. Instead, maybe you don't want to half-ass it, you want make all life anew. Or, you could just be a CardCarryingVillain. This trope is when a character gets the bright idea to go back to the beginning of time, or a foundational event in the timeline, because their mere presence or actions will cause ForWantOfANail to its logical extreme.