History Main / ToCreateAPlaygroundForEvil

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** The BigBad of ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'', Monokuma, [[spoiler:succeeded in doing this. Kickstarting [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt The Tragedy]] leaves the entire world spiraling down a path of constant warring and hatred, where people kill and destroy without reason and all law and societal structure has collapsed, all in the name of despair. The only real government in the world is the [[NebulousEvilOrganization Ultimate Despair]], the orchestrators of the Tragedy. In Monokuma/Junko's words, it isn't a philosophy, set of ideals, or even instincts that motivate her: the pursuit of despair, even her own, [[ForTheEvulz is the only thing that can stimulate her anymore]]]].
** In ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair'', Monokuma's plan is to [[spoiler:upload herself into the bodies of the dead students, take down the [[LaResistance Future Foundation]] from the inside, and then go from there, with her consciousness infecting people all around the world to spread despair with glee, making sure The Tragedy never ends]].

-->First, I will tell you the two words I hate the most. They are 'justice' and 'peace'. Let me just say that I do '''not''' plan to bind you all into slavery or anything like that. Not at all. In fact, I want you to do anything you want. I'm going to abolish every law enforcement agency. You can steal, destroy, injure, and murder! No one will stop you! Evil shall be unfettered!! Those who brandish the sword of justice shall be exterminated by my demons! This will be a glorious world of terror and hate!!

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* In ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime'', Dr. Nefarious has noticed that TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin, and he's tired of it. He wants to use The Great Clock not just to reverse his own defeats, but the defeats of every supervillain who's ever lived.
* ''Franchise/SilentHill''[='s=] cult fits the bill. They call it [[InfernalParadise Paradise]].

* The BigBad of ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER 3}}'', King P[[spoiler:orky Minch]], wants to use his [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Pigmask Army]] to turn the Nowhere Islands into a world of debauchery and dirtiness, and for people to embrace his philosophy that HumansAreBastards.

** The BigBad of ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'', Monokuma, [[spoiler:succeeded in doing this. Kickstarting [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt The Tragedy]] leaves the entire world spiraling down a path of constant warring and hatred, where people kill and destroy without reason and all law and societal structure has collapsed, all in the name of despair. The only real government in the world is the [[NebulousEvilOrganization Ultimate Despair]], the orchestrators of the Tragedy. In Monokuma/Junko's words, it isn't a philosophy, set of ideals, or even instincts that motivate her: the pursuit of despair [[ForTheEvulz simply defines ever fiber of her being]]]].

Compare DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans, which is when a bad guy wants to make a deliberately oppressive government, and InfernalParadise, where the hellish playground is rooted in BlueAndOrangeMorality rather than simple malice.

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* ''{{Franchise/Danganronpa}}'':

** In ''VisualNovel/SuperDanganronpa2'', Monokuma’s plan is to [[spoiler:upload herself into the bodies of the dead students, take down the [[LaResistance Future Foundation]] from the inside, and then go from there, with her consciousness infecting people all around the world to spread despair with glee, making sure The Tragedy never ends]].

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-->''"First, I will tell you the two words I hate the most. They are 'justice' and 'peace'. Let me just say that I do '''not''' plan to bind you all into slavery or anything like that. Not at all. In fact, I want you to do anything you want. I'm going to abolish every law enforcement agency. You can steal, destroy, injure, and murder! No one will stop you! Evil shall be unfettered!! Those who brandish the sword of justice shall be exterminated by my demons! This will be a glorious world of terror and hate!!"''
* [[PsychoForHire Ali Al-Saachez]] from ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam 00]]'' wants to help create a world of endless warfare, so that his slaughter will never end.

* At the end of ''VideoGame/BlazBlueChronophantasma'''s early trailer, it's revealed that our resident {{Troll}} BigBad, [[FauxAffablyEvil Yuuki Terumi]], now with the pesky time loops out of the way, intends to erase the distinction between Omnicidal Mania and Evil Playground Architecture. In other words, he wants to kill everyone--but not the old-fashioned personal way where he does all the killing himself. No; he wants to make the world a place where everyone kills each other for his amusement. That's ''his'' kind of playground.

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* This seems to be the goal of ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' version of SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker. He wants to drive everyone in Gotham City as crazy as himself by plunging it into absolute chaos.
* This is the stated goal of ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'' version of {{ComicBook/Bane}}. He cuts off Gotham from the mainland, imprisons the entire police force and holds the city hostage with a nuke to prevent outside invasion - all in order to create an anarchist society. {{Subverted}} in that the society was never intended to last, and he was going to detonate the nuke all along.

--> '''Kruger''': [[spoiler:Elysium is about to receive its first proper president!]]

-->''The music, the light, the sweat, the smoke, the booze, the drugs--it all combined into a wet, desperate miasma that was full of needs that could never be sated.''
-->''That’s why the place was called Zero, I realized. Zero limits. Zero inhibitions. Zero restraint. It was a place of perfect, focused abandon, of indulgence, and it was intriguing and hideous, nauseating and viscerally'' hungry''.''
-->''Zero fulfillment.''
-->''I felt a shudder run through me. This was the world as created by the White Court. This is what they would make of it, if they were given the chance. Planet Zero.''

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* ''Franchise/KamenRider''

-->'''Towa''': Can't you imagine it? A garden of evil blooming with rage and pain? So beautiful.

* ''{{Franchise/Danganronpa}}'':
** The BigBad of ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'', Monokuma, [[spoiler:succeeded in doing this. Kickstarting [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt The Tragedy]] leaves the entire world spiraling down a path of constant warring and hatred, where people kill and destroy without reason and all law and societal structure has collapsed, all in the name of despair. The only real government in the world is the [[NebulousEvilOrganization Ultimate Despair]], the orchestrators of the Tragedy. In Monokuma/Junko's words, it isn't a philosophy, set of ideals, or even instincts that motivate her: the pursuit of despair [[ForTheEvulz simply defines ever fiber of her being]]]].
** In ''VisualNovel/SuperDanganronpa2'', Monokuma’s plan is to [[spoiler:upload herself into the bodies of the dead students, take down the [[LaResistance Future Foundation]] from the inside, and then go from there, with her consciousness infecting people all around the world to spread despair with glee, making sure The Tragedy never ends]].

* Some of M. Bison's winquotes in ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' games such as ''Super Street Fighter IV'' claim things like 'When I control this planet, I shall purge it of all hope!'.

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* In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', Satan just wants to corrupt everyone. [[http://www.sinfest.net/view.php?date=2012-07-15 As when he tries to grow more stripper poles.]]

-->'''Drago''': [[VisionaryVillain Just imagine! A population of demons running amok, with me, Drago, pulling the strings!]]

{{Evil Overlord}}s want to TakeOverTheWorld, and {{Omnicidal Maniac}}s want to destroy the world, but these villains want to ''change'' the world. Rather than conquer it, blow it up, or kill everyone on it, they are much more content to simply turn it into the most horrible and messed up place possible -- their own personal playground, in other words. Villains who intend on this goal are likely doing it ForTheEvulz.

** Holland Manners of ''Wolfram & Hart'' claims that the world [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters is already this and always has been since the first caveman clubbed his neighbor]], and that is the source of Wolfram and Hart's power. The law firm's purpose is to make sure the world stays that way.

* Shao Kahn of ''Franchise/MortalKombat''.

* Presumably The Beast's motive on ''Series/{{Angel}}'' for blocking out the sun. His [[WellIntentionedExtremist boss]], on the other hand, was just using the chaos created as a distraction.

{{Omnicidal Maniac}}s want to destroy the world, but these villains want to ''change'' the world. Rather than blow it up or kill everyone on it, they are much more content to simply turn it into the most horrible and messed up place possible -- their own personal playground, in other words. Villains who intend on this goal are likely doing it ForTheEvulz.

* Sir Isaac Ray Peram Westcott in ''LightNovel/DateALive'' play with this. His desire is to make the whole world upside down, in order to fill the world with pure chaos, destruction, panic and fear for his "fun" and "self-satisfaction".

* This is essentially the BigBad's goal in ''Anime/{{Madlax}}'', since he basically sees all humans as evil deep inside and actively tries to bring out their "true natures".

* The big bad of ''Film/LastActionHero'' finds the playground over the course of the film: [[ThisIsReality It's called the real]] [[CrapsackWorld world]]. Now he wants to invite all the cool kids in.

* Presumably The Beast's motive on ''Series/{{Angel}}'' for blocking out the sun. His [[WellIntentionedExtremist boss]] on the other hand, was just using the chaos created as a distraction.

* At the end of ''VideoGame/BlazBlueChronophantasma'''s early trailer, it's revealed that our resident {{Troll}}, [[FauxAffablyEvil Yuuki Terumi]], now with the pesky time loops out of the way, intends to erase the distinction between Omnicidal Mania and Evil Playground Architecture. In other words, he wants to kill everyone--but not the old-fashioned personal way where he does all the killing himself. No; he wants to make the world a place where everyone kills each other for his amusement. That's ''his'' kind of playground.

* [[spoiler:Dimentio]] of ''VideoGame/SuperPaperMario''.

* In ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureACrackInTime'', Dr. Nefarious has noticed that the good guys always wins, and he's tired of it. He wants to use The Great Clock not just to reverse his own defeats, but the defeats of every supervillain who's ever lived.

* The true BigBad of ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER 3}}'', [[spoiler: Porky Minch]].

** The BigBad of ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'' succeeds in doing this. [[spoiler:Kickstarting The Tragedy leaves the entire world spiraling down a path of constant warring and hatred, where people kill and destroy without reason and all law and societal structure has collapsed, all in the name of despair. In Junko's words, it isn't a philosophy or set of ideals or even instincts that motivate why she did it: the pursuit of despair [[GenericDoomsdayVillain simply defines ever fiber of her being]]]].
** In ''VisualNovel/SuperDanganronpa2'', the plan is to [[spoiler:upload herself into the bodies of the dead students, take down the future foundation from the inside, and then go from there, with her consciousness infecting people all around the world to spread despair with glee, making sure The Tragedy never ends]].

* The BigBad of ''VisualNovel/{{Danganronpa}}'' succeeds in doing this. [[spoiler:Kickstarting The Tragedy leaves the entire world spiraling down a path of constant warring and hatred, where people kill and destroy without reason and all law and societal structure has collapsed, all in the name of despair. In Junko's words, it isn't a philosophy or set of ideals or even instincts that motivate why she did it: the pursuit of despair [[GenericDoomsdayVillain simply defines ever fiber of her being]]]].

--> '''Kurger''': [[spoiler:Elysium is about to receive its first proper prison!]]

* Nearly every ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' villain who doesn't want to cause an EarthShatteringKaboom, though [[Series/PowerRangersTimeForce exceptions]] exist.
** In the GrandFinale ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'', Agent Abrella reveals that his ultimate ambition is to destroy the space police in order to create a universe that's run by money and crime.

Compare DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans, which is when a bad guy wants to make a deliberately oppressive government.

* [[MonsterOfTheWeek Bugsters]], the video game antagonists of ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'' have this among their goals. They plan to launch VR [[DeadlyGame game]] ''Kamen Rider Chronicle'' and lure humans into playing, thus creating an all-you-can-kill buffet for themselves.

* ''Manga/DragonBall'': King Piccolo [[EasilyConqueredWorld overthrows the world's government]] entirely for the purpose of making Earth an chaotic mess:

* Lord Kuruku in "Anime/UnicoInTheIslandOfMagic" definatley counts. Kuruku wants to, [[spoiler:and almost does]], turn the every living thing, People and Animals alike, into "Living Puppets" to be his slaves, building material, rocket skateboards, etc.