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* LightNovel.AvestaOfBlackAndWhite: The GenericDoomsdayVillain is something that generally only exists as some simple threat to be dealt with that wants nothing more than destruction. Khvarenah is initially played as this with him being a PlanetEater that only seems to exist to cause destruction whenever he shows up and to be the possible ultimate evil. [[spoiler:Except, in the end he is someone who is stuck in his role just as much as everyone else with him bringing destruction by simply existing. Underneath it all is a being with an almost childlike naivete who wants nothing more than to see the beauty and goodness in everything, but to never be able to reach it due to his nature, which in turn makes him keep on searching which only perpetuates the cycle]]. '''Wanting destruction is still a motive, landing this entire thing here.'''
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* LightNovel.Literature.AvestaOfBlackAndWhite: The GenericDoomsdayVillain is something that generally only exists as some simple threat to be dealt with that wants nothing more than destruction. Khvarenah is initially played as this with him being a PlanetEater that only seems to exist to cause destruction whenever he shows up and to be the possible ultimate evil. [[spoiler:Except, in the end he is someone who is stuck in his role just as much as everyone else with him bringing destruction by simply existing. Underneath it all is a being with an almost childlike naivete who wants nothing more than to see the beauty and goodness in everything, but to never be able to reach it due to his nature, which in turn makes him keep on searching which only perpetuates the cycle]]. '''Wanting destruction is still a motive, landing this entire thing here.'''
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* WebOriginal.{{Zalgo}}: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/eldritch-application The reason]] that Wiki/SCPFoundation refuse to take Zalgo as an SCP.
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* LightNovel.RebornAsASpaceMercenaryIWokeUpPilotingTheStrongestStarship: The crystal life-forms. They assimilate ''everything'' they come across, asteroids, spaceships, people, everything. There is no way to communicate or reason with them. It's either shoot them down and then gather the remains with extreme care, to make sure they don't reassemble themselves, or get swarmed and consumed.
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* LightNovel.Literature.RebornAsASpaceMercenaryIWokeUpPilotingTheStrongestStarship: The crystal life-forms. They assimilate ''everything'' they come across, asteroids, spaceships, people, everything. There is no way to communicate or reason with them. It's either shoot them down and then gather the remains with extreme care, to make sure they don't reassemble themselves, or get swarmed and consumed.
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* Franchise.{{Kirby}}: Many of the games have the BigBad as some sort of powerful force capable of destroying Planet Popstar, but their exact motivations are rather vague and border on an ExcusePlot. This has become less common as time goes on.
* VideoGame.BioForceApe: The villain has no explained motivation for kidnapping the professor and his child.
* VideoGame.{{Sunman}}: Spectre has no real motive and just seems to be destroying the city for fun.
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* Series.{{Photon}}: The Warlord of Arr wanted to cover the universe in darkness, but there was no real explanation as to who he was, where he came from or what he got out of it. The description given by one of the books (referencing Will Rogers of all people) trying to give his generic evilness some meaning was kind of admirable.
* Recap.ReviewTeamS2E6AnubyVillain: Kal-Roh. Finn even calls his plan "So cliched, it hurts."
* Music.TheCogIsDead: Lampshaded. The singer of ''Bad Guy'' calls himself "one-dimensional" as part of his CardCarryingVillain persona.
* LightNovel.AvestaOfBlackAndWhite: The GenericDoomsdayVillain is something that generally only exists as some simple threat to be dealt with that wants nothing more than destruction. Khvarenah is initially played as this with him being a PlanetEater that only seems to exist to cause destruction whenever he shows up and to be the possible ultimate evil. [[spoiler:Except, in the end he is someone who is stuck in his role just as much as everyone else with him bringing destruction by simply existing. Underneath it all is a being with an almost childlike naivete who wants nothing more than to see the beauty and goodness in everything, but to never be able to reach it due to his nature, which in turn makes him keep on searching which only perpetuates the cycle]]. '''Wanting destruction is still a motive, landing this entire thing here.'''
* Film.{{Vlad}}: Though his backstory is fleshed out in the opening, Vlad just kills most people he comes across indiscriminately and no reason for doing this is given besides being driven by hate of all things after all the misery he endured. '''Again, a bad motive is still a motive.'''
* Recap.ReviewTeamS2E6AnubyVillain: Kal-Roh. Finn even calls his plan "So cliched, it hurts."
* Music.TheCogIsDead: Lampshaded. The singer of ''Bad Guy'' calls himself "one-dimensional" as part of his CardCarryingVillain persona.
* LightNovel.AvestaOfBlackAndWhite: The GenericDoomsdayVillain is something that generally only exists as some simple threat to be dealt with that wants nothing more than destruction. Khvarenah is initially played as this with him being a PlanetEater that only seems to exist to cause destruction whenever he shows up and to be the possible ultimate evil. [[spoiler:Except, in the end he is someone who is stuck in his role just as much as everyone else with him bringing destruction by simply existing. Underneath it all is a being with an almost childlike naivete who wants nothing more than to see the beauty and goodness in everything, but to never be able to reach it due to his nature, which in turn makes him keep on searching which only perpetuates the cycle]]. '''Wanting destruction is still a motive, landing this entire thing here.'''
* Film.{{Vlad}}: Though his backstory is fleshed out in the opening, Vlad just kills most people he comes across indiscriminately and no reason for doing this is given besides being driven by hate of all things after all the misery he endured. '''Again, a bad motive is still a motive.'''
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* PlayingWith.CreateYourOwnVillain: Evulz is mainly a GenericDoomsdayVillain. However, some of his lines hint that he believes Bob has wronged him somehow.
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* Horrible.LiveActionFilmsNToZ: [[TookTheBadFilmSeriously While the actors involved are generally considered to be decent]], the rest of the characters also suffer from being uninteresting or undeveloped, such as the governor Emmet Harland being '''[[GenericDoomsdayVillain an evil politician hell-bent on capturing Sara and her grandmother]]''', and Nico's main client being an overprivileged rich couple selling illegal immunity bracelets for profit. '''A snippet of the Songbird example, with no context as to why this guy would be a GDV.'''
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* Recap.SCPFoundationSCPs600To999: In a way, SCP-682 is purely a vehicle for SCP cross-test fun. Detractors of the article sees 682 as lacking any sort of personality beyond "[[HumansThroughAlienEyes they are disgusting]]", and is created purely so that people can propose SCP cross-tests to try to destroy it. ''Likely valid but complaint outside of YMMV.'''
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* Characters.SCPFoundationSCPs600To999: In a way, SCP-682 is purely a vehicle for SCP cross-test fun. Detractors of the article sees 682 as lacking any sort of personality beyond "[[HumansThroughAlienEyes they are disgusting]]", and is created purely so that people can propose SCP cross-tests to try to destroy it. ''Likely valid but complaint outside of YMMV.'''
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* Characters.Recap.SCPFoundationSCPs600To999: In a way, SCP-682 is purely a vehicle for SCP cross-test fun. Detractors of the article sees 682 as lacking any sort of personality beyond "[[HumansThroughAlienEyes they are disgusting]]", and is created purely so that people can propose SCP cross-tests to try to destroy it. ''Likely valid but complaint outside of YMMV.'''
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* GoodAllAlong: The supposed BigBad of ''VideoGame/OneWayHeroics'' is played up to be a [[GenericDoomsdayVillain generic world-destroying Demon Lord]] who needs to be killed to stop the [[WorldWreckingWave encroaching wall of darkness]]. If you use a Buddy Tablet on her, she'll reveal that she didn't cause the darkness and that her death is part of a ritual to temporarily stop the apocalypse. '''Might be a subversion, but the example doesn't mention how it's "played up"'''
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* GenericDoomsdayVillain: Characters.SCPFoundationSCPs600To999: In a way, SCP-682 is purely a vehicle for SCP cross-test fun. Detractors of the article sees 682 as lacking any sort of personality beyond "[[HumansThroughAlienEyes they are disgusting]]", and is created purely so that people can propose SCP cross-tests to try to destroy it. ''Likely valid but complaint outside of YMMV.'''
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* Anime.GodzillaPlanetOfTheMonsters: The reason for the mass kaiju invasion or Godzilla's animosity with humankind is never explained, but it is enough that Godzilla will not let any human in sight leave the planet alive.
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* Film.DeathStopHolocaust: The masked killers are never identified or unmasked, nor is there any explanation for why they're doing this or how they have so much control over the town.
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* VideoGame.ActionFish: The CEO doesn't have much of a reason or motive behind what he does. It's not even stated that {{Greed}} is his motive, it's almost as if EvilInc poured chemical waste into the ocean ForTheEvulz, though it could also be a case of HumansAreCthulhu.
* VideoGame.HongKong97: There's no motivation behind the mainland's resurrection of Tong Shau Ping into a PointlessDoomsdayDevice.
* VideoGame.{{Xerix}}: The alien structure has no backstory, no reason, no motivation, nothing. It's defined solely by its threat level.
* Webcomic.SparklingGenerationValkyrieYuuki: ironically averted with Surtur, who was this in the original mythology; this version of the character does have a reason (if a silly one) to hate the Aesir and try to kill them. '''Correct use as an aversion.'''
* WebVideo.DusksDawn: The villain's motivation is never really explained. He's just doing… evil, well… because he's evil.
* VideoGame.ActionFish: The CEO doesn't have much of a reason or motive behind what he does. It's not even stated that {{Greed}} is his motive, it's almost as if EvilInc poured chemical waste into the ocean ForTheEvulz, though it could also be a case of HumansAreCthulhu.
* VideoGame.HongKong97: There's no motivation behind the mainland's resurrection of Tong Shau Ping into a PointlessDoomsdayDevice.
* VideoGame.{{Xerix}}: The alien structure has no backstory, no reason, no motivation, nothing. It's defined solely by its threat level.
* Webcomic.SparklingGenerationValkyrieYuuki: ironically averted with Surtur, who was this in the original mythology; this version of the character does have a reason (if a silly one) to hate the Aesir and try to kill them. '''Correct use as an aversion.'''
* WebVideo.DusksDawn: The villain's motivation is never really explained. He's just doing… evil, well… because he's evil.
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* Series.{{Photon}}: The Warlord of Arr wanted to cover the universe in darkness, but there was no real explanation as to who he was, where he came from or what he got out of it. The description given by one of the books (referencing Will Rogers of all people) trying to give his generic evilness some meaning was kind of admirable.
* VideoGame.{{Boktai}}: Jormungandr, the monster that Black Dainn is intent on releasing to exterminate the living, is a creature whose only instinct is to eat everything it sees. Justified by the fact it's the BeastOfTheApocalypse, so its only purpose is to bring about the end of the world if it isn't stopped.
* VideoGame.{{Boktai}}: Jormungandr, the monster that Black Dainn is intent on releasing to exterminate the living, is a creature whose only instinct is to eat everything it sees. Justified by the fact it's the BeastOfTheApocalypse, so its only purpose is to bring about the end of the world if it isn't stopped.
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* Anime.PokemonGenesectAndTheLegendAwakened: While it's rather ambiguous as to whether Mewtwo's creators are "evil" or not, from what we see of Mewtwo's past they seemingly made an all-powerful Pokémon for no real reason other than to shoot lightning at it [[TheDogBitesBack and get bitten back.]]
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* VideoGame.OracleOfTao: Many of the secondary villains seem to have little backstory, beyond just wanting to destroy the world.
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* YMMV.AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth: TheScrappy: [[spoiler:BigBad Quercus Alba, widely considered the ''worst'' main villain in the entire franchise. Besides his infamously overlong final confrontation, many fans consider him a very weak character due to his lack of development. He has very little if any screentime before being revealed as the BigBad of the game (so much so that Edgeworth never has an extended conversation with him), preventing there from being much if any investment in stopping him, and no ties to the backstory or characters other than being the leader of the smuggling ring, making him look like a GenericDoomsdayVillain. His personality is also almost entirely defined by his arrogance, making him very one-note in terms of personality, and he ''constantly'' hides behind his extraterritorial rights throughout the confrontation with him to where it comes off as immensely repetitive and unintimidating. Quite a few fans have been left wishing Yew/Shih-na was the villain instead.]] '''Another approved CM.'''
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* WebVideo.AngryGermanKid: Evil Jovi from Jeeves’ ''AngryGermanKid vs. Jovi''. [[EvilSoundsDeep Dark voice]], [[DarkIsEvil dark-coloured ]] has an EvilLaugh and is Leopold’s ArchEnemy.
* WesternAnimation.RainbowBrite: The King of Shadows from the pilot, who is never identified in any fashion.
* WesternAnimation.DaBoomCrew: Zorch's entire goal is to "extinguish all light from the universe".
* WesternAnimation.RainbowBrite: The King of Shadows from the pilot, who is never identified in any fashion.
* WesternAnimation.DaBoomCrew: Zorch's entire goal is to "extinguish all light from the universe".
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* VideoGame.StreetPassMiiPlaza: In ''Find Mii II'', your Mii remarks on this regarding [[spoiler:the Dark Lord/Emperor]].
* WebAnimation.DusksDawn: The villain's motivation is never really explained. He's just doing… evil, well… because he's evil. '''Could go into a bit more detail, though he does indeed fit the trope.'''
* WebAnimation.DusksDawn: The villain's motivation is never really explained. He's just doing… evil, well… because he's evil. '''Could go into a bit more detail, though he does indeed fit the trope.'''
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* VideoGame.PokemonBlack2AndWhite2: Arkham from Ghost Eraser. Lampshaded in the strange ending, in which the Majin kills him for being cliche.
* VideoGame.SolsticeTheQuestForTheStaffOfDemnos: ExcusePlot: Although the game does have elaborate opening told through in-game engine, it's no ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'', and it doesn't touch it further than that '''[[GenericDoomsdayVillain Morbius is kind of jerk]]'''. The story is just there to make up the game. The same also applies to ''Equinox''.
* VideoGame.SolsticeTheQuestForTheStaffOfDemnos: ExcusePlot: Although the game does have elaborate opening told through in-game engine, it's no ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden'', and it doesn't touch it further than that '''[[GenericDoomsdayVillain Morbius is kind of jerk]]'''. The story is just there to make up the game. The same also applies to ''Equinox''.
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* VideoGame.Colossatron:MassiveWorldThreat: Colossatron has no knowable motives or agenda, and smashes up everything because, well, what else would a giant mechanical serpent bristling with weapons do?
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* VideoGame.NoTimeToExplain: [[spoiler:Evil You]] is somewhat of a parody. '''I think he fits, because he is a CardCarryingVillain who does stuff because he's evil and proud, and I dunno if that constitutes a proper motive. But the entry doesn't make that clear.'''
-->"I'll kill you all 'till I'm the only one left! I'll kill ''[[OmnicidalManiac everyone on earth!]]'' Because I'm ''eeeeevil!'' [[EvilLaugh AHAHAHA!]]
-->"I'll kill you all 'till I'm the only one left! I'll kill ''[[OmnicidalManiac everyone on earth!]]'' Because I'm ''eeeeevil!'' [[EvilLaugh AHAHAHA!]]
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* VideoGame.BattleGirl: Terminus wants to [[OrderVersusChaos replace order with chaos]]. That's all there is to him.
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* VideoGame.AGameWithAKitten2DarksideAdventures: Captain Horatio doesn't have much going on for him in terms of personality. '''According to the game page, he wants to overthrow the Imp King, so presumably his motive is power, hence he has a clear motive. Also, he is apparently motivated by some form of DudeWheresMyRespect, though the example given is a ZCE that doesn't elaborate.'''
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* Characters.FinalFantasyIII: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]: Xande was the first ''Final Fantasy'' antagonist with something resembling a complex motive, but his actual screentime [[WeHardlyKnewYe is less than the than the thing that hijacks him]], and while Doga and Unei explain ''why'' he's doing what he is, it's never explained ''what'' his overall end goal is beyond triggering a flood of darkness. The remake goes the TragicVillain route by portraying him as desperate avoid dying to the point of triggering the flood and his calling the Cloud of Darkness being an accident. '''Xande is, as far as I know, universally considered the worst Final Fantasy main villain because of how bland and borderline-nonexistent he is, even in the DS remake, but he does have a motive, which in turn gives him the character trait of fearing death.'''
* TheScrappy.VideoGames: [[BigBad The Didact]], a GenericDoomsdayVillain who indulges in eloquent speech (that might remind you of Gravemind), instead of, you know, killing his enemy. The Chief and the player do not even get the satisfaction of beating him in a boss fight, instead he gets beaten in a QuickTimeEvent. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHDnCyeoQJc WatchMojo]] even described him as the [[Franchise/StarWars General Grievous]] of videogames, in the sense that his origins and motivations are only explored in secondary material but in the main event he comes off as bland and unoriginal. '''As far as I can tell, even in the original game he had characerization. Also, Grievous was characterized as a DirtyCoward in his debut film, so he doesn't qualify either.'''
* TheScrappy.VideoGames: [[BigBad The Didact]], a GenericDoomsdayVillain who indulges in eloquent speech (that might remind you of Gravemind), instead of, you know, killing his enemy. The Chief and the player do not even get the satisfaction of beating him in a boss fight, instead he gets beaten in a QuickTimeEvent. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHDnCyeoQJc WatchMojo]] even described him as the [[Franchise/StarWars General Grievous]] of videogames, in the sense that his origins and motivations are only explored in secondary material but in the main event he comes off as bland and unoriginal. '''As far as I can tell, even in the original game he had characerization. Also, Grievous was characterized as a DirtyCoward in his debut film, so he doesn't qualify either.'''
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* LightNovel.RebornAsASpaceMercenaryIWokeUpPilotingTheStrongestStarship: The crystal life-forms. They assimilate ''everything'' they come across, asteroids, spaceships, people, everything. There is no way to communicate or reason with them. It's either shoot them down and then gather the remains with extreme care, to make sure they don't reassemble themselves, or get swarmed and consumed.
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* Literature.{{Anpanman}}: Every movie has one, to the point where it's obvious they exist just so Anpanman has something to fight and kill to end the movie off with a bang. Some of them aren't even sentient, being either robots of Baikinman's powered by the movie's MacGuffin, or mindless monsters unleashed by the movie's MacGuffin.
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* Heroes.TropesFToI:
** Arthur Petrelli, after stealing Peter's powers (made even worse by the fact he barely ever used them, effectively becoming the GenericDoomsdayVillain [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything who never did anything]]).
** Sylar, made much worse because he has JokerImmunity to the power of ten.
* Heroes.TropesFToI:
** Arthur Petrelli, after stealing Peter's powers (made even worse by the fact he barely ever used them, effectively becoming the GenericDoomsdayVillain [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything who never did anything]]).
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On this page, we will be doing a wick check for GenericDoomsdayVillain.
'''Why?''' A Generic Doomsday Villain is supposed to be a villain who lacks a clear motive and/or personality, but is often misused as "any one-dimensional/cliché villain", even if they have a motive and/or personality, no matter how basic (ie, a villain who wants to TakeOverTheWorld and is characterized as power-hungry wouldn't qualify even if they had no other characterization). A test is if the character is an approved CompleteMonster, which means they have the personality to not be this trope.
This is undoubtedly because of the name, as calling something "generic" makes it a complaining magnet.
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* Anime.KiraKiraHappyHirakeCocotama: [[spoiler:The Minus Power. It’s just a... tree thing that just makes people miserable with its petals. It isn’t even sentient!]]
* Film.SeaFever: The parasitic marine lifeform that threatens the crew isn't fleshed out beyond the threat it poses to the crew and the potential ramifications of its infection being carried to civilization. [[TropesAreTools It's precisely this that makes the creature more alien and frightening]].
* Film.FromParisWithLove: The leader of the muslim terrorist cell receives no characterization beyond being an imminent threat for Reese and Wax to take out. He only appears for a few moments, doesn't have any dialogue, or even a name. [[spoiler:Caroline]] just describes him as "a man who opened my eyes to his faith".
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* Characters.LorenTheAmazonPrincess: (Fost) More or less, [[spoiler: though an ending in which Saren/Eleanor sacrifices themselves hints at greater depth.]] '''According to the rest of the folder, he wants to TakeOverTheWorld and is a MeanBoss to his minions, so he does have a motive and basic characterization.'''
* Anime.FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren: The film has an unusual in-universe example. Cloud accuses Kadaj and the Remnants of being this, even telling them outright that they have no idea why they are doing what they are doing. Kadaj [[ShutUpKirk refuses]] [[TalkToTheFist to care]]. '''Not sure if an in-universe accusation is really worth an entry, especially since they do have characterization.'''
* Film.AirForceOne: Radek thanks to his lack of screen time. He's only seen being taken prisoner, in prison before being released [[spoiler: and then shot.]] His actions are hinted at, but the audiences knows so little about him that he's more a MacGuffin than a character. [[spoiler: Gibbs [[TheMole betrays the president]] to Russian terrorists, for no explained reason. It's never so much as hinted as to what his motivation was, other than that he's evil.]] '''Radek maybe, but the mole is an approved CompleteMonster and so clearly does have sufficient characterization.'''
* Film.{{Cobra}}: While the Night Slasher reveals himself to be TheSocialDarwinist near the end, we never learn why his New Order is motivated to do so much for a serial killer. They might as well exist just to be an army of psychotic {{mook}}s for the hero to kill to get to the bad guy. '''They're mooks who presumably share his philosophy. I'm pretty sure that's enough.'''
* FireEmblem.TropesFToL: As Book II goes on, it becomes clear that Surtr is designed to be this. Anything that comes out of his mouth is more or less how much he loves the sight of people burning, suffering and [[HopeCrusher despairing]], and he'll do everything to make those happen for his own amusement and then rub the salt in his victims' wounds. He comes off as an [[InvincibleVillain invincible]] GenericDoomsdayVillain as he's NighInvulnerable and has very little depth compared to other villains in the franchise. He also kills [[spoiler:Gunnthrá in cold blood in front of her sister. Finally, just as the heroes think they've killed him for good, he instantly comes BackFromTheDead, rendering their efforts thus far futile, taunts them even further, and is given more time to rile up the players by doing more evil acts up until his death at the end of Book II.]] '''Approved CompleteMonster.'''
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* Anime.FirstSquad: Baron von Wolf is a bloodthirsty knight who carries out campaigns of murder because... he's evil. The movie explains next to nothing about his character, just that he's some guy leading an army of undead warriors resurrected by ThoseWackyNazis.
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'''Why?''' A Generic Doomsday Villain is supposed to be a villain who lacks a clear motive and/or personality, but is often misused as "any one-dimensional/cliché villain", even if they have a motive and/or personality, no matter how basic (ie, a villain who wants to TakeOverTheWorld and is characterized as power-hungry wouldn't qualify even if they had no other characterization). A test is if the character is an approved CompleteMonster, which means they have the personality to not be this trope.
This is undoubtedly because of the name, as calling something "generic" makes it a complaining magnet.
[[folder:Correct Use (3/50)]]
* Anime.KiraKiraHappyHirakeCocotama: [[spoiler:The Minus Power. It’s just a... tree thing that just makes people miserable with its petals. It isn’t even sentient!]]
* Film.SeaFever: The parasitic marine lifeform that threatens the crew isn't fleshed out beyond the threat it poses to the crew and the potential ramifications of its infection being carried to civilization. [[TropesAreTools It's precisely this that makes the creature more alien and frightening]].
* Film.FromParisWithLove: The leader of the muslim terrorist cell receives no characterization beyond being an imminent threat for Reese and Wax to take out. He only appears for a few moments, doesn't have any dialogue, or even a name. [[spoiler:Caroline]] just describes him as "a man who opened my eyes to his faith".
[[/folder]]
[[folder:One-Dimensional and/or Cliché Villain (4/50)]]
* Characters.LorenTheAmazonPrincess: (Fost) More or less, [[spoiler: though an ending in which Saren/Eleanor sacrifices themselves hints at greater depth.]] '''According to the rest of the folder, he wants to TakeOverTheWorld and is a MeanBoss to his minions, so he does have a motive and basic characterization.'''
* Anime.FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren: The film has an unusual in-universe example. Cloud accuses Kadaj and the Remnants of being this, even telling them outright that they have no idea why they are doing what they are doing. Kadaj [[ShutUpKirk refuses]] [[TalkToTheFist to care]]. '''Not sure if an in-universe accusation is really worth an entry, especially since they do have characterization.'''
* Film.AirForceOne: Radek thanks to his lack of screen time. He's only seen being taken prisoner, in prison before being released [[spoiler: and then shot.]] His actions are hinted at, but the audiences knows so little about him that he's more a MacGuffin than a character. [[spoiler: Gibbs [[TheMole betrays the president]] to Russian terrorists, for no explained reason. It's never so much as hinted as to what his motivation was, other than that he's evil.]] '''Radek maybe, but the mole is an approved CompleteMonster and so clearly does have sufficient characterization.'''
* Film.{{Cobra}}: While the Night Slasher reveals himself to be TheSocialDarwinist near the end, we never learn why his New Order is motivated to do so much for a serial killer. They might as well exist just to be an army of psychotic {{mook}}s for the hero to kill to get to the bad guy. '''They're mooks who presumably share his philosophy. I'm pretty sure that's enough.'''
* FireEmblem.TropesFToL: As Book II goes on, it becomes clear that Surtr is designed to be this. Anything that comes out of his mouth is more or less how much he loves the sight of people burning, suffering and [[HopeCrusher despairing]], and he'll do everything to make those happen for his own amusement and then rub the salt in his victims' wounds. He comes off as an [[InvincibleVillain invincible]] GenericDoomsdayVillain as he's NighInvulnerable and has very little depth compared to other villains in the franchise. He also kills [[spoiler:Gunnthrá in cold blood in front of her sister. Finally, just as the heroes think they've killed him for good, he instantly comes BackFromTheDead, rendering their efforts thus far futile, taunts them even further, and is given more time to rile up the players by doing more evil acts up until his death at the end of Book II.]] '''Approved CompleteMonster.'''
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[[folder:Unsure (1/50)]]
* Anime.FirstSquad: Baron von Wolf is a bloodthirsty knight who carries out campaigns of murder because... he's evil. The movie explains next to nothing about his character, just that he's some guy leading an army of undead warriors resurrected by ThoseWackyNazis.
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