History SoYouWantTo / WriteACompleteMonster

* ObviouslyEvil: If you go out of your way to make the villain look as evil as possible, you'll have an easier time telling the audience that they are just bad news. Be it having TooManyBelts (or skulls), HellishPupils, SpikesOfVillainy, a distinct black longcoat or just an [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast extremely intimidating name]], it makes your monster way easier to take seriously than if they look like an otherwise harmless child. ([[WesternAnimation/OverTheGardenWall The Beast]], [[VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog Black Doom]])

* TheAntichrist[=/=]{{Satan}}[=/=]SatanicArchetype: Given that these types of villains are defined by their desire to eradicate all goodness, sow deceit and/or spread chaos and are more often than not the ''de facto'' arch-villain of a work, if they are not played sympathetically at all, they can and will easily count regardless of resources. However, they still need to have agency, their crimes have to go beyond {{Informed Attribute}}s and they need at least some semblances of a proper characterization (the original depiction of Satan from Literature/TheBible cannot qualify, since he has questionable moral agency and his evil is mostly OffstageVillainy with God himself routinely doing way worse).

* ObviouslyEvil: If you go out of your way to make the villain look as evil as possible, you'll have an easier time telling the audience that they are just bad news. Be it having TooManyBelts (or skulls), HellishPupils, SpikesOfVillainy, a distinct black longcoat or just an [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast extremely intimidating name]], it makes your monster way easier to take seriously than if they look like an otherwise harmless child.

* FlatCharacter: Given the nature of a Complete Monster being their complete and utter lack of redeeming features, it's tempting to write one with no psychological complexity or depth. While not innately disqualifying, your villain still needs some substance as a character. If they are too lacking in characterization, they won't count (The Demon from ''Film/ParanormalActivity'' could easily pass based on heinousness and lack of redeeming qualities, but ultimately had ''far'' too little characterization, being invisible and TheVoiceless, that it still failed to make it as a CM). Furthermore, while not all villains have to be complex in order to be compelling and well-written ([[Franchise/StarWars Emperor Palpatine]]), a villain with no characterization other than being pure evil might come off as uninteresting to the audience and [[AntiClimaxBoss anti-climactic]] ([[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Fire Lord Ozai]], [[Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba Muzan Kibutsuji]], [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia All For One]]). On the other hand, a three-dimensional Complete Monster can be a compelling presence, with the best of the bunch being particularly acclaimed for such ([[Manga/{{Berserk}} Griffith]], [[ComicBook/{{Irredeemable}} The Plutonian]], [[Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena Akio Ohtori]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse Emperor Belos]], to name a few), but watch out -- it's possible that an attempt to create a three-dimensional CM can come across as grossly insensitive and preventing the character from qualifying instead, especially if they're horribly raped, abused and/or tortured and they are somehow "unaffected by it" or "wouldn't be any better without it".

** Animals, robots, AI, and zombies that aren't sapient enough cannot qualify no matter how intelligent and vicious they are, since they're just doing their own thing regardless of their nature (The [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Nihilego]], [[VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Pecharunt and Loyal Three]] from their respective ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games commit horrific acts that are taken seriously enough by the narrative, but they are portrayed too much as being mere animals with varying levels of intelligence and there is no evidence of them being ''sapient'' at all).

* TheScrappy: While you want the viewer to find no redeeming traits in your CM, you should aim to make them irredeemable in a LoveToHate way. So if you don't make your CM compelling or entertaining, even if they check off the boxes, the audience will find them a detriment to the work. ([[Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL Don Thousand]], [[Film/ThorTheDarkWorld MCU!Malekith]], [[ComicBook/DarkNightsDeathMetal Robin King]], [[VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog Black Doom]], [[Franchise/MassEffect Kai Leng, The Archon]], [[VideoGame/SpiderManPS4 Screwball]]).

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: There is no better way to show a character's cruelty than to have them ''literally'' {{kick the dog}} and hurt and/or kill a defenseless and innocent animal for their own gratification, especially when they were young. If a villain abused or killed animals when they were just children, it's often a sign of budding sociopathy that indicates that they will definitely go worse later on ([[Literature/HorusHeresy Erebus]], [[VideoGame/DeadByDaylight Kenneth Chase]]). Animal experimenters who knowingly experiment on sapient animals are also more likely to pass the heinous standard, especially if they are terrible enough [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3 MCU!High Evolutionary]]).

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: There is no better way to show a character's cruelty than to have them ''literally'' {{kick the dog}} and hurt and/or kill a defenseless and innocent animal for their own gratification, especially when they were young. If a villain abused or killed animals when they were just children, it's often a sign of budding sociopathy that indicates that they will definitely go worse later on ([[Literature/HorusHeresy Erebus]], [[VideoGame/DeadByDaylight Kenneth Chase]], [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol3 The High Evolutionary]]).

** Animals, robots, AI, and zombies that aren't sapient enough cannot qualify no matter how intelligent and vicious they are, since they're just doing their own thing regardless of their nature (The [[VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon Nihilego]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Pecharunt and Loyal Three]] from their respective ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games commit horrific acts that are taken seriously enough by the narrative, but they are portrayed too much as being mere animals with varying levels of intelligence and there is no evidence of them being ''sapient'' at all).

** A villain who commits acts that are terrible but outlandish, like trying to destroy the world with deadly farts, is impossible to take seriously ([[Literature/GrizzlyTalesForGruesomeKids Bart Thumper]], [[VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet Pecharunt]]). And if the villain regularly does ''realistically'' terrible things, but they aren't treated worse than your typical UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist or walking joke, they cannot be a Complete Monster. However, if a villain commits severe crimes that are played for drama and/or horror and make them a legitimate threat within the narrative and still come out as being entertaining, they can be a CM while also being LaughablyEvil.

** Animals, robots, AI, and zombies that aren't sapient enough cannot qualify no matter how intelligent and vicious they are, since they're just doing their own thing regardless of their nature (The Nihilego from ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' is the one who brainwashed Lusamine into committing all sorts of reprehensible acts that are taken seriously by the narrative, but it does not speak and its behavior is way too animalistic and no different from any other Pokémon).

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: There is no better way to show a character's cruelty than to have them ''literally'' {{kick the dog}} and hurt and/or kill a defenseless and innocent animal for their own gratification, especially when they were young. If a villain abused or killed animals when they were just children, it's often a sign of budding sociopathy that indicates that they will definitely go worse later on ([[Literature/HorusHeresy Erebus]], [[VideoGame/DeadByDaylight Kenneth Chase]], [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVolume3 The High Evolutionary]]).

* ColdBloodedTorture[=/=]MindRape: If a Complete Monster is lacking in a high body count, they will make up for it in some other outstandingly horrible way, with a good method being making their victims suffer immensely before they die or sometimes [[FateWorseThanDeath in place of]] death ([[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW Cosmos]], [[Series/CriminalMinds Anita Roycewood]] [[Recap/JusticeLeagueS2E5And6OnlyADream DoctorDestiny]]).

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: There is no better way to show a character's cruelty than to have them ''literally'' {{kick the dog}} and hurt and/or kill a defenseless and innocent animal for their own gratification, especially when they were young. If a villain abused or killed animals when they were just children, it's often a sign of budding sociopathy that indicates that they will definitely go worse later on ([[Literature/HorusHeresy Erebus]], [[VideoGame/DeadByDaylight Kenneth Chase]]).

* ColdBloodedTorture[=/=]MindRape: If a Complete Monster is lacking in a high body count, they will make up for it in some other outstandingly horrible way, with a good method being making their victims suffer immensely before they die or sometimes [[FateWorseThanDeath in place of]] death ([[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicIDW Cosmos]], [[Series/CriminalMinds Anita Roycewood]]).

** A villain who commits acts that are terrible but outlandish, like trying to destroy the world with deadly farts, is impossible to take seriously ([[Literature/GrizzlyTalesForGruesomeKids Bart Thumper]]). And if the villain regularly does ''realistically'' terrible things, but they aren't treated worse than your typical UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist or walking joke, they cannot be a Complete Monster. However, if a villain commits severe crimes that are played for drama and/or horror and make them a legitimate threat within the narrative and still come out as being entertaining, they can be a CM while also being LaughablyEvil.

* BadBoss: A villain being abusive even to the people supporting them is a good way to show how depraved and cruel they can be . Possible ways to display this trope include [[DisproportionateRetribution torturing or killing minions]] for [[YouHaveFailedMe failing at their tasks]], ruling their underlings through fear rather than respect and/or [[UriahGambit sending them on missions they know will end in failure]]. ([[Anime/DigimonAdventure Myotismon]], [[VideoGame/Persona5 Masayoshi Shido]], and [[VideoGame/DarkSouls3 Pontiff Sulyvahn]] are examples of each one respectively.)

* RapeAsBackstory: Rape leaves a ''massive'' psychological impact to anyone subjected to it, so naturally if you want to invoke FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse on a villain, giving them a backstory where they are brutally raped is usually off-limits. Even if the character bluntly states that the rape did not affect them or denies that as a freudian excuse, the audience will not believe it and the character cannot qualify. Exceptions such as [[Creator/ValiantComics Mothergod]] can happen, but are exceedingly rare and their rapes are not described in a blatantly exploitative manner.

* BitchInSheepsClothing[=/=]EvilAllAlong: Not all Complete Monsters immediately show their depravity. In fact, a Complete Monster can be portrayed to the audience as a benevolent figure at first, which only makes the moment their guise drops and they show their pure evil all the more impactful ([[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxyVol2 MCU!Ego]], [[VideoGame/Persona3 Shuji Ikutsuki]], [[Series/{{Supernatural}} Chuck Shurley/God]]).

* MoreHateableMinorVillain: You can compensate for a complex and/or sympathetic BigBad with an utterly vile villain with little or no relevance to the big picture ([[Manga/{{Monster}} Professor Günther Goedelitz]], the unnamed pedophile hitman from ''Manga/ElfenLied''). That said, they'll still have to excel in terms of resources and carve a niche of their own, ''especially'' if the more sympathetic BigBad would single-handedly nuke the heinous standard. There also comes a line where every other villain is carving their own niche, making it so nobody can stick out ([[Literature/Overlord2012 Clementine and Staffan Helvish]] are all portrayed as vile, one-off {{Hate Sink}}s who commit multiple disgusting crimes in contrast with the more sympathetic Nazarick villain protagonists, but there are too many villains with a unique rapsheet that they start cancelling each other and the resource argument required for a MoreHateableMinorVillain to become a CM stops working).

* JustFollowingOrders: If a villain commits horrible acts but they are only doing as much as a larger system allows them to, they are only a part of said system and thus cannot count ([[Literature/NineteenEightyFour Conan O'Brien]], [[Webcomic/TowerOfGod Lo Po Bia Ren]], [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony Tsumugi Shirogane]]). That said, if they commit added atrocities that deviate from what they are ordered to do (incidents such as [[Manga/{{Inuyasha}} Hakudoshi's Japan-wide genocide to draw out Kikyo]]), they can still count.

* TheScrappy: While you want the viewer to find no redeeming traits in your CM, you should aim to make them irredeemable in a LoveToHate way. So if you don't make your CM compelling or entertaining, even if they check off the boxes, the audience will find them a detriment to the work. ([[Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL Don Thousand]], [[Film/ThorTheDarkWorld MCU!Malekith]], [[ComicBook/DarkNightsDeathMetal Robin King]], [[VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog Black Doom]], [[Franchise/MassEffect Kai Leng, The Archon]]).

* CardCarryingVillain: While many villains of this kind can be quite silly and over-the-top, this trope can be surprisingly terrifying when applied to a Complete Monster ([[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity Hugo Strange]], [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening Arkham]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Ali Al-Saachez]], [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} Contagion]]). It adds an extra layer of depravity to a character when they're confronted with their evil actions and take pride in them rather than be ashamed

* CardCarryingVillain: While many villains of this kind can be quite silly and over-the-top, this trope can be surprisingly terrifying when applied to a Complete Monster ([[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity Hugo Strange]], [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening Arkham]],[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Ali Al-Saachez]], [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} Contagion]]). Because a Card-Carrying CM is full aware of how terrible they are and proud of it, it can add an extra layer of depravity to their actions.

* CardCarryingVillain: While many villains of this kind can be quite silly and over-the-top, this trope can be surprisingly terrifying when applied to a Complete Monster ([[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity Hugo Strange]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Ali Al-Saachez]]). Because a Card-Carrying CM is full aware of how terrible they are and proud of it, it can add an extra layer of depravity to their actions.

* CardCarryingVillain: Complete Monsters have a tendency to be proud of their horrific deeds, leading to many instances of gloating about how bad they are when confronted with them. It adds an extra layer of depravity to a character when they're confronted with their evil acts and take pride in them rather than be ashamed ([[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity Hugo Strange]], [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry3DantesAwakening Arkham]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Ali Al-Saachez]], [[ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} Contagion]]).

* DirtyCoward: A Dirty Coward will throw anyone under the bus if it means they get to save their own skin and will start groveling when things go badly for them, making them easy to write off as Monsters. ([[VideoGame/BioShock2 Stanley Poole]], [[Film/BlackWidow2021 General Dreykov]], [[Manga/{{Inuyasha}} Naraku]]). This rings especially true if their cowardice leads to any lack of honor ''period'', such as being too pathetic to even fight when they have the perfect chance to be a CorneredRattlesnake. Either way, it helps this trope when the villain is motivated entirely (or almost entirely) by their cravenness rather than merely undergoing the appropriate amount of VillainDecay to devolve into that state. A roundabout way of framing the villain's fear as having very little to do with [[NothingIsScarier what would make pretty much anyone--whether villain, hero or random civilian--tick]] is by starting off at a point where they took refuge in the worst kind of situation and/or place for a hero to be in to ensure what they thought was their safety alone, only to be cornered by the hero(es) [[GodzillaThreshold in that exact rough patch anyway.]]

* SoreLoser: Whenever a Complete Monster faces defeat, they do not take it very well and will go to extreme lengths to make sure they always win in the end. For example, they could try to self-destruct their base of operations as a last-ditch effort to [[TakingYouWithMe kill the heroes alongside them]] out of [[DefiantToTheEnd defiance]] ([[Franchise/TheKingOfFighters Rugal Bernstein]], [[VideoGame/NintendoWars Sturm]]).
* StoryBreakerPower: You can make the Complete Monster ''actually'' all-powerful and/or all-knowing through some sort of power. Villains who possess powers that render them nigh-omnipotent are also more prone to hubris, so they are more likely to underestimate your heroes and see them as nothing but PitifulWorms, setting them to a more cathartic downfall by the supposed "weakling" like your heroes are. Examples of Story-Breaker Powers commonly wielded by [=CMs=] include [[WindsOfDestinyChange fate manipulation]], [[RealityWarper reality-warping]] or having access to one or more incredibly powerful OlympusMons ([[Manga/{{Berserk}} The Godhand]], [[VideoGame/Bayonetta3 Singularity]] and [[Anime/YuGiOhZexal Don Thousand]] are examples of each respectively), but there are many more.

* MadeOfEvil: While this trope is named as though it is a one-way ticket to being a Complete Monster, in actuality, it is usually the complete opposite. Characters need to possess moral agency (that is, they need to be fully aware that what they are doing is evil while holding nothing back in spite of it) in order to qualify as a Monster. Typically, if an entity is stated to be a manifestation of pure evil or any other variants of (e.g. despair, hatred, corruption), they are only doing what they are capable of and [[EvilCannotComprehendGood are unable to do anything outside of their moral programming]], and thus usually cannot qualify no matter how intelligent, sadistic and[=/=]or evil they are ([[WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack Aku]], [[VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry Bernkastel]], [[Anime/PrettyCureAllStars Black Hole]]). However, characters that use powers made of pure evil, or who willingly throw away their positive traits, are still fair game ([[Characters/StreetFighterMBison M. Bison]], [[VideoGame/FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight Gharnef]]). Same goes for rare circumstances where other supposedly MadeOfEvil entities can do good, they outright state that they chose to be evil, or if another entity shares the same origin as the potential CM but is depicted as capable of turning away from their programming ([[Franchise/TheDCU Trigon]], [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Vanitas]] and [[WebAnimation/NazoUnleashed Nazo]] are examples of each resprectively).
* MagnificentBastard: As with a Complete Monster being a dangerous trope to use on a Magnificent Bastard, the coin flips the other way around. A Complete Monster can be just as cunning and brilliant as a Magnificent Bastard, but their sheer depravity will ultimately strip them of whatever magnificence they have due to their unsavory nature ([[Toys/{{Bionicle}} Makuta Teridax]], [[Franchise/{{Danganronpa}} Junko Enoshima]]). Characters can indeed count as both, but they're still a pair of tropes that are very hard to mix together. The Complete Monster evokes fear and loathing, and trying to add genuine magnificence to that could result in your character no longer being a ''Complete'' Monster. If you ''really'' want to write one though, a character like that will be magnificent first and foremost, with their crimes ultimately serving a grand (albeit self-serving) motive. Their evil will generally be motivated less by outright sadistic enjoyment as much as a complete lack of care for other people and their defeat can't be too undignified ([[VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers Darkrai]] and [[VideoGame/ForHonor Apollyon]] fit all of the Complete Monster criteria despite being also Magnificent Bastards, but they are Complete Monsters mostly because of the sheer scope of harm their plans cause, and not how sadistic they are). For further information about what can lead to this, see the SoYouWantTo/WriteAMagnificentBastard page.

* RapeAsBackstory: Rape leaves a ''massive'' psychological impact to anyone subjected to it, so naturally if you want to invoke FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse on a villain, giving them a backstory where they are brutally raped is usually off-limits. Even if the character bluntly states that the rape did not affect them or denies that as a freudian excuse, the audience will not believe it and the character cannot qualify. Exceptions such as [[Creator/ValiantComics Mothergod]] can happen, but are exceedingly rare and their rapes are not described in an blatantly exploitative manner.

* RapeAsBackstory: Rape leaves a ''massive'' psychological impact to anyone subjected to it, so naturally if you want to invoke FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse on a villain, giving them a backstory where they are brutally raped is usually off-limits. Even if the character bluntly states that the rape did not affect them or denies that as a freudian excuse, the audience will not believe it and the character cannot qualify. Exceptions such as [[Creator/ValiantComics Mothergod]] can happen, but are exceedingly rare and their rapes are not described in an overly explicit manner.

* HateSink: By its own nature, if you purposefully create a character to be as unlikable as possible so nobody will root for them, you automatically fill the lack of sympathetic motives, irredeemable, and taken seriously criteria for them ([[Anime/DragonBallZ Frieza]] is explicitly stated by WordOfGod to be made after the real estate speculators that Creator/AkiraToriyama describes as the "worst kind of people", and the MCU version of [[Characters/MCUTheHighEvolutionary the High Evolutionary]] is deliberately designed to be the most detestable villain in all of the Marvel Cinematic Universe). You don't need a direct confirmation, as the character's actions can speak for themselves ([[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Shou Tucker]], [[Series/GameOfThrones Joffrey Baratheon]], [[Literature/HarryPotter Dolores Umbridge]], [[VideoGame/CaveStory Dr. Fuyuhiko Date]]). An alternate approach is have your villain being a representation of a type of truly repugnant and loathsome individual [[RealismInducedHorror that actually exist in real life]] ([[VideoGame/Persona5 Suguru Kamoshida]], [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas Frank Tenpenny]], [[VideoGame/AliceMadnessReturns Dr. Angus Bumby]]), or a type of villain that's nearly impossible to root for by nature of your work's genre (e.g. a poacher in a GreenAesop work or a Nazi scientist in a work revolving World War 2).

* ManipulativeBastard: Instead of frequently staining their own hands in blood, your CM can also use coercion and manipulation to get others to do their dirty work so they could shift the blame away from themselves and/or further play mind games with their victims, driving them into the deep end and getting them to succumb to their darkest desires. If one does this correctly, a Complete Monster will leave everlasting psychological harm to many other characters and force any hero who remains uncorrupted to potentially face crises just as bad or worse, even if they are taken down. Many of the most successful Complete Monsters such as Junko Enoshima or Heath Ledger's Joker rely on manipulating the darkest desires of other people or twisting their moral core to turn them into depraved, pitiless monsters. Others like [[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering Tezzeret]] or Albert Wesker play multiple parties beneath their suspicion to pursue their agendas. Usually the Monster will still be too sadistic or smug to be a Magnificent Bastard, but very rarely, they can.

* ManipulativeBastard: Instead of frequently staining their own hands in blood, your CM can also use coercion and manipulation to get others to do their dirty work so they could shift the blame away from themselves and/or further play mind games with their victims, driving them into the deep end and getting them to succumb to their darkest desires. If one does this correctly, a Complete Monster will leave everlasting psychological harm to many other characters and force any hero who remains uncorrupted to potentially face crises just as bad or worse, even if they are taken down. Many of the most successful Complete Monsters such as Junko Enoshima or Heath Ledger's Joker rely on manipulating the darkest desires of other people or twisting their moral core to turn them into depraved, pitiless monsters. Others like Tsumugi Shirogane, [[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering Tezzeret]] or Albert Wesker play multiple parties beneath their suspicion to pursue their agendas. Usually the Monster will still be too sadistic or smug to be a Magnificent Bastard, but very rarely, they can.

* GoKartingWithBowser: [=CMs=] are still allowed to partake in non-evil hobbies, which can include hanging out with less evil characters. But be careful in making them act too friendly with one another, as it may compromise their horror and make them hard to take seriously. It's better to relegate such scenes for non-canon works ([[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Grima]] and many other [[Franchise/FireEmblem monstrous villains]] in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'', [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony Tsumugi Shirogane]] in the bonus modes).

* OmnicidalManiac: Working to wipe out all of existence, especially [[ForTheEvulz just because someone can]], is one of the most despicable goals a character can work towards and allows a villain to completely and utterly destroy whatever heinous standard they're piled up against in most situations ([[Characters/FinalFantasyVIKefkaPalazzo Kefka Palazzo]], [[VideoGame/{{Halo}} The Prophet of Truth]], all ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' movie Complete Monsters). Unless the character has a [=VERY=] good FreudianExcuse as to why they are going on their killing spree, they can expect to qualify ''very'' easily, and even if they cannot because they are {{Tragic Villain}}s with a good FreudianExcuse, it would often jack the heinous standard of your work way higher than it should. Like with the EvilOverlord and DiabolicalMastermind, Omnicidal Maniacs are ideal CM archetypes for works targeted for younger audiences because of the WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief heavily migitating the death and terror these villains can potentially cause, especially if the massacres are done in a discreet fashion.

* TheScrappy: While you want the viewer to find no redeeming traits in your CM, you should aim to make them irredeemable in a LoveToHate way. So if you don't make your CM compelling or entertaining, even if they check off the boxes, the audience will find them a detriment to the work. ([[Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL Don Thousand]], [[Film/ThorTheDarkWorld MCU!Malekith]], [[ComicBook/DarkNightsDeathMetal Robin King]], [[VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog Black Doom]], [[Franchise/MassEffect Kai Leng]]).

* TheScrappy: While you want the viewer to find no redeeming traits in your CM, you should aim to make them irredeemable in a LoveToHate way. So if you don't make your CM compelling or entertaining, even if they check off the boxes, the audience will find them a detriment to the work. ([[Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL Don Thousand]], [[Film/ThorTheDarkWorld MCU!Malekith]], [[ComicBook/DarkNightsDeathMetal Robin King]], [[VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog Black Doom]]).