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7	{{Bad Boss}}es in {{Anime}} and {{Manga}}.
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9	* ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'': Szilard Quates is a complete prick to his [[OurHomunculiAreDifferent homunculus]] servant Ennis, regularly forcing her to do things she's obviously uncomfortable with and dismissively telling her [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman she is not really human]] at every opportunity. [[spoiler:Naturally, this eventually [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal causes her to turn on him]] and help the heroes destroy him after he goes that step too far by trying to make her kill her own friends. Just before he dies, Szilard ends up revealing that Ennis is just the latest homunculi he's created and that '''all''' of her predecessors have done the same thing, for presumably the same reasons. It seems Szilard just ''cannot'' resist the urge treat his creations like crap, [[IgnoredEpiphany no matter how often it backfires]].]]
10	* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
11	** [[BrokenAce Sosuke Aizen]] created an army of Hollows over the course of at least a century pretty much solely [[WeHaveReserves for them to be killed fighting Soul Society]] ''as a distraction for his true plan.'' At least he's upfront about it--he informs his enemies that he specifically warned his followers not to trust him because he might betray them at any moment. He's actually a fairly decent guy to work for up until the point YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness, but that seems written into the contract.
12	** One of the first things we see [[MadScientist Mayuri Kurotsuchi]] is turning his subordinates into ''living bombs'', killing one that didn't detonate the first time because "a bomb isn't supposed to come back". He proceeds to savagely beat his lieutenant Nemu for asking for the antidote to the poison she inhaled because he made her immune to that and therefore concludes that she couldn't possibly be suffering was making fun of him. When called out on this by Ishida, Mayuri berates him because Nemu is ''his daughter'' and [[AbusiveParents he can treat her however he likes.]] Amazingly, his later appearances [[MoodWhiplash play him for laughs]] and he's underwent a HazyFeelTurn.
13	** Mayuri's [[EvilCounterpart equally evil counterpart]] and Aizen's [[EliteMooks Octava Espada]] is [[EvilutionaryBiologist Szayelaporro Granz]], a MadScientist who has performed experiments on himself and his underling so that he can recover from injury [[ImAHumanitarian by eating them.]]
14	** [[GodEmperor Yhwach]], the leader of the [[PuttingOnTheReich Vandenreich]], within his first two scenes, is observed mutilating and dismembering his underlings for effectively no reason. They had neither [[YouHaveFailedMe failed him]] nor [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived their usefulness]]. In fact, whipping off an underling's arm seems to be his favorite way of ''getting their attention.'' Later, he also resorts to the ol' classic YouHaveFailedMe and YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness antics.
15	** This is true of the Sternritter in general. Quilge Opie sends his much weaker minions into battles and only enters once they have all been defeated, killing anyone who flees. Mask de Masculine incinerates his number one fanboy (and the one providing his HealingFactor) because he knew James would regenerate anyway, and banked on being able to take out Renji Abarai in the process. [[AxCrazy Bambietta Basterbine]] lets off steam by sleeping with her henchmen and [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe violently killing them]] if she's still frustrated. The ''only'' objection anyone has to this habit (even the henchmen themselves are actually very willing and eager) is that it's a waste of hot guys. Furthermore, Giselle Gewelle, who can turn people into Zombies, is shown to be incredibly abusive towards her puppets, with the implication that she's reprogrammed them into ''sex slaves''. If there is a Vandenreich leader who is not a walking workplace hazard, we have yet to see them.
16	** Later on, [[AGodAmI Yhwach's]] behavior (and allowing of the Sternritter to do the same) is later given an explanation: [[spoiler:every Quincy in existence literally derives their power from him, and that power returns to him upon their death. This is the only thing that saves him from a FateWorseThanDeath, because he was born [[AndIMustScream blind, deaf, numb and dumb]] and the only way he can keep his senses is to give out his power, binding it to an individual's soul, and then have it return to him. The result is that he is a BloodKnight and his army ''must'' fight and die for him lest he return to a state of living death. He ''has'' to kill his subordinates -- or at least, send them to their likely deaths -- if he wants to stick around, and it explains why he has no objections at the UnfriendlyFire of the Sternritter. Doesn't change the fact that is clearly [[ForTheEvulz enjoying himself]], and he's willfully enslaving their souls (and the souls of their descendants) because he thinks ItsAllAboutMe. This also explains the behaviour of his subordinates -- their job is simply to fight and kill until someone kills them, so if someone is unwilling to fight, they can simply [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness serve His Majesty in death]], although it must be said that only a few senior Sternritter even know of this fact.]]
17	* ''Manga/CaptainCommando'': Scumocide only allows people useful enough by his standards to join his organization and will allow any minions who fall beneath his expectations to die at the hands of others such as Carol and Brenda who nearly died at Dolg's hands when their plan to get Captain Commando killed by Ginzu failed.
18	* ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'' has One-Eyed Othinus, the leader of GREMLIN. She is revealed to have a tendency to kill or maim subordinates when she's bored or displeased. [[spoiler:It comes to no surprise that when she loses her powers, her former minions immediately try to kill her.]]
19	* ''Manga/ChainsawMan'': When Denji takes one of his men hostage, Katana Man just chops through both of them.
20	* ''Anime/CrossAnge'': Jill, formerly known as Alektra, after the failure of the first Libertas, became commander of Arzenal. The loss of her loved ones, [[AnArmAndALeg her arm]] and her ability to pilot Vilkiss hardened her to the point that the only thing in her mind [[RevengeBeforeReason is getting her revenge on]] [[BigBad Embryo]], and doesn't care how many people she has to sacrifice to do so, even openly gloating about how everyone is a tool for her revenge. This attitude results in Ange openly rebelling against her, and Salia turning coat and easily falling into Embryo's manipulations (just like Jill herself did in the past).
21	* Faraday from ''Anime/CyberpunkEdgerunners'' stands out for having a reputation of being this as a fixer. A Fixer's job is to provide a reliable workflow for mercenaries and the best ensure their people are satisifed with fair deals and receive tasks that they'll be more than happy to take up. Faraday does neither of those, seeing ''everyone'' [[WeHaveReserves as an expense]] he's gladly able to part with at a moment's notice. Moreover, he rarely, if ever, follows his word on any deals he makes, leaving his mercs either hanging or dead, which has made him a ''very dodgy'' person to work for as Rebecca dryly notes [[spoiler:during the Cyberskeleton heist]]. This leaves either only the desperate or those who are tempted by [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse offers that sound too good to be true]] for the mercy that do end up working for him. [[spoiler:Both Kiwi and, indirectly, David pay the price as a result.]]
22	* ''Anime/{{Daimos}}'': Richter treats Raiza like a punching bag. He once slapped her even after she tended to his injuries because she suggested that they seek aid from the humans. Gurney also faced similar abuse from Richter, the ConqueringAlienPrince ordering for his Execution after repeatedly hitting him with his staff. While Gurney eventually rebelled against Richter, Raiza stayed with him because she loved him.
23	* Though he doesn't exactly have what could be called "henchmen," [[Characters/DeathNoteLightYagami Light Yagami]] of ''Manga/DeathNote'' kills or tries to kill almost everyone who helps him throughout the series. A JustifiedTrope, since Light tries to keep his identity as the mass murderer Kira a secret from the police, and every person that knows who he really is poses a security risk. Misa devotes her entire life to serving Kira, even to the point of undergoing rather painful interrogation, shortening her lifespan ''twice'', and giving up any notion of a normal life for him and he ''still'' treats her like dirt and manipulates her for all she's worth.
24	* Mikbell of ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'' abuses [[BeastMan Kuro's]] loyalty terribly. Two other members of her party discuss how she's probably barely paying him and just giving him food instead. In all her interactions with Kuro, she treats him more like a pet than a person.
25	* Muzan Kibutsuji from ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'' is an epitome of this trope. Firstly, even mildly contradicting him can result in an agonizing execution. Tanjiro is furious at how he treats Susamaru and Yahaba as expendable tools, especially when the former dies merely because [[DisproportionateRetribution she speaks Muzan's name]]. Secondly, after [[spoiler:Rui is killed]], he decides to disband the Lower Ranks, stating the Upper Ranks is all he needs (to be fair though, [[spoiler:the very introduction of the Upper Rank demons is one of them killing the Flame Hashira]].) He does this by [[spoiler:massacring them brutally. After he accuses one of being more frightened of the demon slayers than of himself, the demon frantically protests it's not true, only for Muzan to execute her on the spot anyway for having contradicted him. Another one asks for Muzan to give him more blood (which would make the demon more powerful, but has a risk of killing him), but Muzan accuses the demon of giving him orders, and kills him as well]]. The only time he subverts this is when the former Lower-6, Kyogai, reaches his human-devouring limit and can't grow stronger. Muzan decides he's [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness no longer of any use]] -- but rather than kill him, he simply removes the number from Kyogai's eye and exiles him. Muzan must have been in a surprisingly pleasant mood that day.
26	* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'':
27	** The ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' anime and its sequel, ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'' has:
28	*** Myotismon (Vamdemon), whose minions he's [[YouHaveFailedMe killed for failure]] or for [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness no apparent reason once he was done with them]], and the fact that both his [[NotQuiteDead resurrections]] required the deaths of others, the ''only'' minion of his known to have survived working for him is Gatomon (Tailmon), who's also the one who [[HeelFaceTurn turned against him]]. Even then, it's stated that Gatomon suffered regular physical abuse at his hands.
29	*** Puppetmon was nearly as bad, killing off minions who annoyed him even slightly. At least Metalseadramon and Machinedramon's reasons for killing Scorpiomon and Warumonzaemon [[YouHaveFailedMe made some sense]].
30	*** Etemon is a [[PlayedForLaughs sillier example]], as he's always screaming at his minions and frequently whacks them over the slightest offenses.
31	*** During his time as the Digimon Emperor, Ken Ichijoji regularly abused his various Digimon slaves, even going so far as to force them to fight to the death in a Colosseum-style arena for his own amusement. In a unique case, Ken did all of this because [[AndYouThoughtItWasAGame he thought the Digital World was just a big computer game]], and pulls a HeelFaceTurn when he discovers otherwise.
32	** ''Anime/DigimonFusion'' the Bagra Empire has no problem in killing its own troops to harvest their data. And Kiriha isn't particularly nice to some of his digimon that he considers as weak.
33	* ''Franchise/DragonBall'' '''loves''' this trope:
34	** ''Manga/DragonBall'':
35	*** General Blue, the gay high-ranking officer in the Red Ribbon Army, often executed his own soldiers if they either did unclean things (e.g. he had a random soldier executed for picking his nose), or failed him. He's also quite careless about where he sends his fellow soldiers, as he sent his soldiers rushing down a corridor that had holes coming out while he walked slowly. [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice Guess what happened to those soldiers?]]
36	*** Colonel Violet, another officer in the Red Ribbon Army, has a total disregard for her men. When her group is threatened by a crocodile, her first reaction is to throw two of her own men into the water, then have everyone leave as the croc eats them. While fighting a tribe for a Dragon Ball, she doesn't bat an eye at all of her men getting killed, yet goes out of her way to rescue a monkey that got injured in the fighting.
37	*** Commander Red, the Red Ribbon Army's boss, is even worse: He has his soldiers executed for failure, and has... an extremely wide definition as to what it means to fail (for one thing, if some soldier is unlucky enough to not be able to evade a cat he sics on them and gets his eye plucked out... he's executed). Then he reveals that he only wanted the Dragon Balls to make himself taller, and is perfectly willing to throw ''every last soldier's'' lives away to get it. [[spoiler:At which point Staff Officer Black [[DragonAscendant disposes of Red and takes over]].]]
38	*** Emperor Pilaf regularly insults and belittles his CoDragons Shu and Mai. It's taken to ridiculous extremes in the second episode of the anime, where he farts and [[NeverMyFault tries to pass the buck onto Shu]], going so far as to threaten Shu with a chainsaw when he objects.
39	** Powerful enemies on ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' tend to be extremely cruel and apathetic when it comes to anybody working under them:
40	*** Vegeta, back during his tenure as a villain in early ''Z''. He mercilessly killed one of the Saibaiman for losing to Tenshinhan in a fight, and after Nappa got his back broken by Goku, he threw him into the air and obliterated him with an energy beam.
41	---->'''Vegeta:''' I have no use for a paralyzed Saiyan! You're dead weight now!
42	*** Freeza was especially bad about this; every time he happened to have a mood swing (which was quite frequently, considering that he was a sadistic and narcissistic GalacticConqueror), one or more of his henchman would find themselves vaporized instantly. This seems to be mostly in the anime, though -- in the manga he's less kill-happy, though no less sadistic. Freeza is several orders of magnitude more powerful than his strongest subordinate (he can destroy entire planets with a finger) and is practically invincible, so if you work for him there isn't really anything you can do about this behavior. It becomes a lot clearer how terrible a boss Freeza is [[Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF when his men revive him]]. When Tagoma ([[UngratefulBastard who helped revive him, by the way]]) says [[OnlySaneMan Freeza should just give up on revenge and focus on ruling]], Freeza chooses to [[ThrownOutTheAirlock blast him out of the spaceship]] (which kills a number of his soldiers as collateral) [[DisproportionateRetribution for daring to say he shouldn't get back at Goku]]. After his soldiers get knocked out by the Z-Fighters, [[YouHaveFailedMe he wipes them all out]]. The only person Freeza treats with even a modicum of respect is [[HypercompetentSidekick Ginyu]]. Freeza only got wished back because [[TheDreaded they needed his tyranny]] to stop his army from self-destructing ([[EvenEvilHasStandards something they're clearly reluctant to do]]).
43	*** During the Majin Buu saga, there was Babidi. After his human minions succeed in acquiring a large amount of power for him, he makes one explode and has the other shot when he tries to escape; the Kaioshin even outright states that Babidi ''always'' kills his minions when he has [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness no further use for them]]. When he wakes Buu, his first order is to have his [[TheDragon Dragon]] Dabura turned into a cookie and devoured by Buu. He then controls Buu by repeatedly threatening to seal him away again. As one would expect, [[BullyingADragon threatening the most powerful being in existence didn't pan out too well]].
44	*** Chilled, Freeza's ancestor in the non-canon ''[[Anime/DragonBallEpisodeOfBardock Episode of Bardock]]'', is just as bad as his descendant, if not worse. In one scene, he kills one of his random henchmen simply because said henchman was ''blocking his view'', and that was when he was in a good mood.
45	** The villain Moro from ''Manga/DragonBallSuper'' is more of a downplayed example, as he's capable of genuinely commending his subordinates for their efforts. He will only kill them if they have either outlive the usefulness or may possibly interfere in his schemes (as Cranberry and Shimorekka found out).
46	** Movie villains Slug and Bojack have no reservation killing their own minions. Slug kills anyone who triggers his BerserkButton (calling him old) or try to hide inside his ship, whereas Bojack kills Zangya for no reason. The only implication why Bojack kills Zangya is that she's too afraid to fight Super Saiyan 2 Gohan, who just killed Bujin and Bido with one hit each, but that's about it.
47	* ''Manga/FairyTail'' has plenty of these:
48	** Karen Lilica and Angel, who viewed their Celestial Spirits as nothing more than their personal weapons and frequently mistreated them. In fact, Karen's abuse of Aries and Leo/[[spoiler:Loke]] is what [[KarmicDeath resulted in her death at the hands of Angel]].
49	** Brain, who shoots Cobra in the back for taking too long to defeat Natsu (and Cobra was about to ''win'' despite taking a pretty bad injury, meaning Brain [[NiceJobFixingItVillain saved Natsu]]). Cobra [[EtTuBrute made sure he paid for that]] [[BestServedCold seven years later]].
50	** King Faust, who burns down one of his soldiers' legs (said soldier was a ''[[WouldHurtAChild kid]]'') when she said that another soldier is in trouble.
51	** Zancrow, who ''incinerates'' his mooks just because they told him to be careful when fighting Natsu. When Natsu calls him out on this, Zancrow calls them "trash" and weaklings unfit to uphold Grimoire Heart's reputation as the strongest dark guild if a punk like Natsu could kick their asses.
52	** Jiemma Orland, who assults and exiles anyone in his guild who fails to win a single fight and is not above ''killing'' said subordinates, to the point everyone in his guild fears him. Even his very EstablishingCharacterMoment is giving Yukino the most humilating exile possible.
53	** Mard Geer Tartaros, who tortures one of his underlings for torturing one of the heroes, because he thinks that if HumansAreInsects then there's no reason to toy with them. And shortly afterwards, he allows many of his own troops being absorb by Pluto's Grim if it means trapping heroes as well.
54	** Alok, who offers a destructive god his ''entire'' cult as a sacrifice in the name of Zeref. The said cult wasn't even aware of their leader's intentions.
55	* Many of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'''s villains are given to this behavior. Often the only thing keeping their mooks from saying ScrewThisImOuttaHere when faced with Kenshiro [[YourHeadASplode exploding their heads]] is fear of what [[TheMobBossIsScarier their bosses will do to them]]. One of the worst in this regard is Jagi, who will kill you just for looking at him without his helmet on, or for refusing to call him by his brother's name while he's trying to blacken it.
56	* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'':
57	** Kimblee is so unpleasant to his minions (as well as being such an utterly sadistic, degenerate villain in general) that '''every single one''' of them has done a HeelFaceTurn by the end of the series.
58	** [[MonsterLord Father]] is the ultimate example. He does lend aid to his Homunculi children/enforcers now and then, but he really just values them as assets in his centuries long plan and will reabsorb or forcibly reprogram them if they rebel. He's even ''worse'' to his fanatical human conspirators, as he never masks his disdain for humanity and is stringing most of them along on the promise of immortality. [[spoiler:By the climax, almost all of his minions homunculi and human alike have died horribly to help him achieve his dreams, and he's too busy laughing it up as he absorbs God to care.]]
59	** Maes Hughes is a heroic example. He's generally a NiceGuy and a doting father, but he runs his assistant Sheska ragged and, in some versions, gives her pictures of his daughter instead of paying overtime. [[spoiler:And then he fires her, although, to be fair, that was to protect her from the conspiracy.]]
60	* Gates from ''Literature/FullMetalPanic: The Second Raid'' had a penchant of killing his subordinates at the drop of a hat, just to show how much of a raving lunatic he was.
61	* The unnamed villain in ''Anime/TheFumaConspiracy'', and leader of the Fuma, has no qualms about losing subordinates, and shows no emotion after some of them are butchered by a trap.
62	* ''Anime/FutureRobotDaltanious'': Kloppen abuses his subordinates for petty reasons such as "showing weakness" and being unable to bring down Daltanious. His EstablishingCharacterMoment is siccing his panther, Nova, on one of his Generals because he expressed fear about the robot, which would be funny if the rest of his cabinet wasn't staring in horror.
63	* ''Anime/HayateTheCombatButler'': Klaus, the head of the Sanzenin manor, has the titular butler (and protagonist) as his personal BosssUnfavoriteEmployee and [[GeorgeJetsonJobSecurity constantly threatens to fire Hayate if he cannot prevail over whatever inconvenience has popped up]], no matter how insignificantly petty [[UriahGambit or brutally life-threatening]].
64	* ''Manga/InuYasha'':
65	** Naraku constantly threatens his subordinates/detachments with death should they defy him, once tortured Kagura by squeezing her disembodied heart in his hands, and personally killed Kanna as part of a SuicideMission he sent her on. Needless to say, quite a few of his detachments turn on or try to turn on him throughout the series, with Byakuya being the ''only'' one to stay loyal to him; his habit of this is such that he actually anticipates ahead of time that both Hakudoshi and the Infant will eventually try to betray him.
66	** Sesshomaru constantly abuses his SycophanticServant Jaken, physically and verbally. On at least two occasions, he even literally ''stepped'' on him.
67	** In ''Anime/YashahimePrincessHalfDemon'', Kirinmaru is quite callous towards his subordinates, but considering the fact that they are all jerkasses and dirty and unfair cowards while he is a true gentleman and honorable fighter, he's quite justified. He's also not nearly as ruthless, abusive, and demanding as Naraku was. He is quite willing to discipline them, but he doesn't just kill or threaten them, simply putting them in their places by intimidating them, not really punishing them.
68	* ''Anime/IsabelleOfParis'': Thiers has Karlov choke Panza until his mouth bleeds as a demonstration of his power. He's also generally rude and belitting to him.
69	* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
70	** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Battle Tendency]]'': Despite caring for both Wamuu and Esidisi, Kars considers Santana nothing more than a guard dog. He also doesn't care for any of his vampiric subordinates at all and will willingly sacrifice them if it gives him the opportunity to catch Lisa Lisa by surprise.
71	** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'': In spite of how many minions he has, DIO doesn't care about most of his henchmen and as seen with Enya's death when he sends Steely Dan to kill her on the possibility she told the heroes what DIO's power is. Even though she said nothing, she was still killed, showing that his most loyal ones are disposable. However, despite being aware of Hol Horse's ineptitude and multiple failures, he offers him another chance despite the man even attempting to kill DIO out of sheer spite... or rather because of it, because he saw a glimmer of competence in him when he took the shot.
72	** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'': Due to his paranoia and controlling nature, Diavolo utilizes very brutal methods to keep his subordinates in line. However, these same draconian methods, along with him selling drugs to children, end up alienating his men, causing many in his organization to turn against him. When two members of the Hitman Team attempted to learn his identity, Sorbet was hacked to pieces and Gelato swallowed his gag while being forced to watch, their remains were [[MakeAnExampleOfThem delivered]] to their squad.
73	** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Steel Ball Run]]'': Funny Valentine casually kills a subordinate for the sake of his own convenience when he needed to utilize his abilities.
74	* ''Manga/KamisamaKiss'' has a couple of examples. The first one we are introduced to is Nurakami, whose familiars have a low life expectancy (her current two are her ''forty-second'' pair). She is later surpassed by Akura-Ou.
75	* You'll be hard-pressed to find a scene that has Tonga from ''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion'' that doesn't have her yelling or whipping her own workers. It got to the point where her lioness Bella Dona ditched her after being whipped when she was trying to tell Tonga where Kimba and Roger Ranger were hiding.
76	* ''Manga/MajinTanteiNougamiNeuro'' features Neuro. Even leaving out the fact that he's a demon from the depths of the Makai, he's physically abusive to the people who work for him (at one point, he sets his assistant's hair on fire just to prove a point), with punishments for "failures" like forcing one to hold over her body a tub of gasoline with a candle that, if spilled, would burn her to death, gives absolutely no concern over the health and welfare of the people who work for him, or even for their wealth and property, as he [[spoiler:completely totaled the new car of one employee and would only replace it with a clunker that wouldn't last a year, and borrowed under the name of another several million yen.]] The only reason anyone works for him is because if they refuse, [[spoiler:he'll kill them.]] He loses some Bad Boss points (even [[ComedicSociopathy comedic ones]]) for actually stealth-rewarding his assistants [[spoiler: and much of the abuse being TrainingFromHell]].
77	* [[SerialKiller Shell Septinos]] of ''Literature/MardockScramble'' is a corrupt employee for the [[MegaCorp October Corporation]], but the moment it becomes clear that his pastime is catching up with him, they turn their back on him and hire contract killers to shut him up for good. The fact that he was even engaged to the daughter of their CEO having no impact on the decision.
78	* ''Anime/MazingerZ'': Dr. Hell is a curious example. On one side he felt that [[AvertedTrope he was above]] [[YouHaveFailedMe executing his subordinates]]. On the other side he was ''not'' above punishing their failures with strikes, insults or torture. He used an AgonyBeam with [[TheDragon Baron Ashura]] several times, insulted him often, and an episode opened with Ashura getting flayed for their latest failures. In ''Mazinger-Z vs Manga/{{Devilman}}'' movie he slapped Ashura because he was angry and Ashura was nearby. And yet he cared for his henchmen in his own way, turning Ashura down whenever they asked for execution, constantly giving them second chances, forgiving failures when he knew that his CoDragons had tried their best, and [[spoiler:mourning Ashura after their death and planning to avenge him.]]
79	* ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' has these two space pirate leaders:
80	** Mother Brain views the Space Pirates as tools to be used and later disposed of. She even refers to them, including Ridley, as simple beasts in the [[Manga/MetroidManga manga]]. This attitude is hinted at in a ''[[VideoGame/MetroidZeroMission Zero Mission]]'' cutscene where the Metroids are free and devouring every Zebesian on sight, despite statements saying that Mother Brain can control them through her brainwaves.
81	** ''[[VideoGame/MetroidPrime2Echoes Metroid Prime: Episode of Aether]]'' gives us the unnamed Space Pirate called "Boss". [[AccidentalPun Puns aside]], he was shown throttling one of the pirates under his command when the latter made a report that Samus is coming to stop him.
82	* Muruta Azrael, Lord Djibril, and Patrick Zala of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'' (and sequel ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'') were terrible bosses, with the first two in particular subscribing to a WeHaveReserves style of fighting that cost thousands of lives. They also controlled their subordinates through drugs and brainwashing, and killed anyone who tried to argue with them.
83	* ''Manga/{{Monster}}'': Johan Liebert, the titular monster, given his propensity to murder his minions or [[DrivenToSuicide talk them into killing themselves]]. Even his most devoted follower, Roberto, is [[spoiler:not spared a tragic end as Johan coldly rubs in the fact that he will not be able to see the "Scenery for a Doomsday" that Johan has planned for Tenma in his final moments]], though Roberto's death had nothing to do with Johan and he was unlikely to survive his wounds. Johan was just being his usual sociopathic self. His treatment of his minions is justified since he doesn't truly care for anybody except his sister and Tenma and even then, how he shows his affection is very twisted and involves murdering lots of people.
84	* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'':
85	** Orochimaru sacrifices his subordinates to perform [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique forbidden jutsu]], regularly performs gruesome experiments on many others (though he probably mainly picks his prisoners), murders one mook who came in to help him when he was screaming in pain, and dismisses his most fanatical follower as unimportant after he chose to die fighting for him. He even flat-out admitted to Kakashi at one point that he considers ''all'' of his subordinates who don't have special worth to be nothing but [[WeHaveReserves worthless pawns]].
86	** Orochimaru can be contrasted with Pain, who is a ruthless but beloved [[AGodAmI god]] to his village, genuinely cares for his country, and rebukes his subordinates for fighting amongst themselves and disrespecting each other, stressing teamwork and camaraderie.
87	** Tobi is somewhere in the middle. While he doesn't seem too concerned about the deaths of his henchmen and actively manipulates all of them, he doesn't seem to have expected them to die either and he doesn't regard them as cheap sacrifices. He outwardly respects them at any rate, though he teases them occasionally.
88	* This is one of the defining traits of ''Manga/OnePiece'' villains. Luffy hates them because he believes in TrueCompanions and betraying your companions is the worst crime ever.
89	** This is also how to measure the CharacterDevelopment of Buggy the Clown. In the beginning, he uses his own men as shields and in the manga goes so far as to have one of his men killed over mishearing something he said and falsely believing that he was making fun of his [[BerserkButton nose]], but when we see him last, he and they are crying joyously at their reunion.
90	** Captain Kuro, despite being one of the earliest villains, might be one of the worst bosses. He always planned to kill all of his subordinates to conceal his identity forever, and willingly hurts them with his ultimate attack. What that's exposed, [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal his minions cheer for Luffy instead of him]].
91	** Don Krieg. He can be good to his men and beg to feed them so he can have a proper army, but he will execute them, even [[NumberTwo Gin]], if they show any sympathy to their enemy.
92	** [[ManipulativeBastard Crocodile]] is willing to let his own underlings die by the thousands in order to pursue his own goals. Not above [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness doing the deed himself if they screw up]], either. The only ones exempt are the ones he genuinely likes, and only [[NumberTwo Daz Bonez]] qualifies there.
93	** [[AGodAmI Enel]] is willing to let his own underlings die by the thousands in order to pursue his own goals. And he's perfectly willing to do the job himself if he feels like it as well.
94	** [[DirtyCoward Spandam]] is willing to let his own underlings die by the thousands in order to pursue his own goals. Also willing to let his ''other'' subordinates kill them for him, since most of said underlings are stronger than him.
95	** [[FantasticRacism Hody Jones]] is willing to let his own underlings die by the thousands in order to pursue his own goals, or kill his subordinates ForTheEvulz.
96	** Subverted by [[FantasticRacism Arlong]], who despises and kills humans callously, but deeply cares for and gets enraged when his subordinates are harmed. Particularly when Luffy uses one of his incapacitated allies as a shield. But when it comes to Nami, he has no qualms finding loopholes to keep her forever in service.
97	** Also subverted by Mr. 2 Bon Clay, who has no problem beating his men for failing him, but refuses to let anyone else hurt them.
98	** Zig-zagged with [[ItsAllAboutMe Donquixote Doflamingo]]. When creating his "family" of executives, he specifically welcomed individuals with a DarkAndTroubledPast because they'd be the most likely to ''die for him whenever he demands it'', but still somewhat cares about them even though he's willing to sacrifice them. [[spoiler:When his subordinates Vergo and Monet both happily die in Punk Hazard following Doflamingo's request that they do so, he shows some care for their deaths and commends both for their loyalty before they kick the bucket. His reaction afterwards to head to Punk Hazard himself, mow down Marine soldiers with impunity, and nearly kill the Vice-Admiral present in a fit of bloody murderous rage.]]
99	** Big Mom has ''eaten'' her subordinates, most of which are her own children. While she mostly cares, she's still very dismissive, prone to bullying, not all there with reality, and ''very'' prone to losing all reason and going berserk, in which case subordinates can expect to either be devoured or [[YourSoulIsMine soul-ripped]].
100	* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'':
101	** [[BountyHunter Hunter J]] is more than willing to sacrifice her own minions, leaving them to die if she has to, if she thinks she will benefit. (Sadly, that is far from her worst trait. Very few villains on the show are crueler than she is. And the worst part? She is motivated by greed, nothing else.)
102	** The Iron Masked Marauder of ''Anime/Pokemon4Ever'' is so evil that upon his defeat, every single one of his Pokémon ditched him. Most of the time, a trainer's Pokémon are loyal to the trainer even if they are evil: the Marauder was just ''that'' much of a dick.
103	* ''Anime/QueensBlade'': Menace, who lost her kingdom because she was more concerned with spending all her time having [[PsychoLesbian lesbian]] [[TheHedonist orgies with her huge harem]] than actually ruling. Eventually, her favorite love-slave Anarista betrayed her to a foreign power and her kingdom was conquered and destroyed.
104	* ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'':
105	** Gyokuro Shuzen is perfectly willing to let her minions die in droves as long as she gets her way. On top of that, she openly threatens to kill Akua, one of her ''daughters'', when she feels that Akua has [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness worn out her usefulness]].
106	** The Masked King, head of the Miao family and [[spoiler:the true head of Fairy Tale]]. He brutalizes his subordinates and planned to kill Xia-Long regardless of whether or not Xia-Long was loyal to the cause. Furthermore, when Gyokuro [[spoiler:loses control of Alucard and is about to be consumed, the King, despite being perfectly capable of rescuing her, sits back and lets her die]]. [[AssholeVictim Not that Gyokuro didn't deserve it]].
107	* Xanxus from ''Manga/Reborn2004'' will kick his subordinates a hundred meters out of the base if they don't give him the right meat for dinner. He launches many things onto Squalo's head, usually glasses of wine, and possibly bigger things... When Bel and Mammon come disguised as transfer students for the Arcobaleno Trials, they hint that their family doesn't get a long well, since their mom (Squalo) yells a lot, and their dad (Xanxus) throws a lot of things. He's been known to "not care" if his subordinates go missing. Neither does anyone else on the team. Good thing Squalo came back anyway.
108	* ''Franchise/SailorMoon'':
109	** [[Anime/SailorMoon The 90s anime]] ''loved'' this trope. The lesser villains were far more likely to be killed by their bosses ([[EvilIsPetty or each other]]) than by the Sailor Guardians. Beryl [[FateWorseThanDeath imprisoned Jadeite]] and killed Zoisite; Wiseman killed Diamond and Saphir and was indirectly responsible for [[DisneyVillainDeath Esmeraude's death]]; Mistress 9 was responsible for Kaolinite's second death and was herself a victim of attempted murder by Pharaoh 90; Galaxia offed 3/4 of her minions, the only exception being [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Lead Crow]], to show her up as the biggest threat the heroines had yet faced. Tomoe didn't kill anyone, likely because he was [[DemonicPossession possessed]] and was otherwise hit by AdaptationalHeroism, but was indifferent to his subordinates' deaths. The true sole exception was Nehellenia because her season was the most lighthearted and technically all the villains got to live. Beryl's case got a vaguely BlackComedy lampshade when Naru asks Nephrite if his organization allows him to take a day off, and he just laughs.
110	** [[Manga/SailorMoon The manga]] had a couple of examples, but here the heroines killed most of the villains. Wiseman killed Rubeus for [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere attempting to defect]] and the only subordinate Galaxia killed was Tin Nyanko. Zirconia may have attempted this with the Amazones Quartet by sealing them in orbs, but it's unclear if this would have killed them or just imprisoned them. There are also a couple of instances where it's implied a higher up would've killed a villain had they not been killed by the Sailor Guardians first, i.e. Beryl saying she will not tolerate a third straight failure from Jadeite (very heavily implying she'll kill him) and Esmeraude, assuming "leave" was a euphemism for death.
111	** ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal'' mostly follows the manga, but has two notable changes that fall under this trope. Metaria kills the Shitennou for [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outliving their usefulness]], though it's likely she would've killed all her subordinates anyway once she gained the power of the Legendary Silver Crystal considering she was an OmnicidalManiac. Wiseman kills Diamond like he does in the first anime, but is otherwise in the same boat as Metaria considering [[spoiler:they're related]].
112	* The ''Manga/SandsOfDestruction'' manga plays with this: Morte is shown to bark orders at her sailors (well, technically they're ''Agan's'' sailors, but she's the one who bosses them around), threatening to cut their pay if they don't work fast enough, and they in turn call her a demon ([[InsultBackfire which she finds amusing]]). However, they're also seen to joke around with her just moments after this, so apparently working for an AxCrazy OmnicidalManiac isn't ''that'' bad.
113	* ''Anime/TheSecretGarden'': After Lilias died, Archibald Craven was DrivenToSuicide and screamed abuse at Camila, her lady-in-waiting, blaming her for her death. Camila, who had been offered a job out of Lilias' kindness, was driven to live in poverty once again. He was also cruel to his ex-accountant Max, who he blamed for theft (even though Max was innocent) and subjected him to similar abuse.
114	* ''Manga/TonoToIssho'': UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga has a habit of [[DemonKingNobunaga setting his retainers on fire]] for his own amusement.
115	* ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'':
116	** Millions Knives allows ''none'' of his servants to exit the anime alive, as he views them as garbage like [[spoiler:all the other humans]]. [[spoiler:Caine]] in the anime and [[spoiler:Dominique]] in the manga even kill themselves rather than face the penalty for failure.
117	** Then there's Legato, [[TheDragon his head servant]], who is strongly implied to do quite a few of the murders for failure and has a bit of an issue with Midvalley in the manga. His [[spoiler:coin gimmick]] even implies that he intended for all the members of the Gung-ho Guns to be killed before his final confrontation with Vash (which might make him even worse than Knives in some way. Interestingly, the manga version of Legato himself is an extraordinary "victim" of Knives's cruelty, as his zeal earns him [[spoiler:a broken spine]] and Knives tells him that he doesn't care about his loyalty and will kill him as soon as he stops being useful.
118	** [[spoiler:Master Chapel]] in the manga. This is all the more aggravating since [[Theatre/OedipusRex he's a kind of substitute father to several of his henchmen]].
119	* ''Anime/VoltesV'': Subverted and downplayed. In the earlier episodes, Heinel was extremely harsh to his aides, punishing them for being ineffective against the titular Super Robot. He had Jangal arrested for a day as he was unable to defeat Voltes V, and in another episode he has Zuhl whipped to the point his body is Covered in Scars for the same reason. Notably, the only one safe from his wrath was Katherine, as he refused to kill her despite her being just as incompetent as Jangal and Zuhl, though he did cut her veil as a test of loyalty. In later episodes Heinel would become a BenevolentBoss, being more understanding to his aides' limits and working together with them instead of constantly ordering them around.[[spoiler: When Jangal dies, Heinel calls him a brave warrior and says he will never forget his loyalty.]]
120	* In ''Anime/{{Yatterman}}'', even when his leads are revealed to be inaccurate, Dokurobei is always quick to punish the Doronbo Gang when they fail.
121	* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'':
122	** ''Anime/YuGiOh'':
123	*** Marik was a Bad Boss even ''before'' his SuperPoweredEvilSide took over. He {{Brainwashed}} many Ghouls (or did so to force them ''become'' Ghouls), apparently murdered practically ''every'' one who failed him, including Rare Hunter, Pandora, Pantomimer, and Masks of Light and Darkness, and possibly others, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and slaps Rishid in the face for failing to find Yugi's friends]]. (To make this ''truly'' ironic, there was never any confirmed case of Dark Marik killing one of his servants -- he intended to kill Rishid, but he considered Rishid an enemy, seeing as he could possibly cause the real Marik to regain control. Of course, the reason he never killed a servant may simply be because he was on the airship (and later Alcatraz) and never had an opportunity to do so.)
124	*** Also, Dartz, who kind of crossed into StupidEvil this way. His group was [[OddlySmallOrganization small enough as it was]], but he seemed more than willing to sacrifice the few servants he had to the Orichalcos, up to the point where he was literally the last one left at the climax. Though {{Justified\|Trope}} since [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness they had outlived their usefulness]] and he was badass enough to nearly win on his own anyway.
125	** In ''Anime/YuGiOhCapsuleMonsters'' Alexander is condescending to his vassals and declares them useless when Yugi's friends damage their monsters, and is perfectly willing to sacrifice them for his own gain.
126	** The Three Emperors of Yliaster from ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'' rarely had to punish a minion, but the few times they did, they showed complete lack of mercy. When Clark Smith disobeyed them, they literally [[RetGone erased him from existence]], altering the past so that he was never born. (At least, that's what they claimed they did; seeing as this didn't undo any of the crimes he had committed, like ordering the murders of Sherry's parents, it may have been more complicated.)
127	** ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'':
128	*** Tron clearly intended to sacrifice his henchmen from the start, despite the fact they were his own sons. He even went so far as to insult IV to his face, (in the dub saying that he "would assign more value to a trio of baboons"). Of course, few villains in the whole franchise were more sadistic than Tron was.
129	*** Don Thousand had them all beat, although calling him a "boss" may be slightly inaccurate. (He was a godlike entity worshipped by the residents of Barian World, but took far more of a role in governing it at times.) The worst thing he did to them was the method he recruited them, arranging for seven powerful warriors and sages to suffer horrible deaths, and then use the Over-Hundred Numbers to reincarnate them with their memories corrupted as dark creatures. He later consumed them (his intentions all along, most likely) when his plan to obtain the Numerion Code reached a climax.

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