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14Medias: [[BigBad/AnimeAndManga Anime & Manga]] - [[BigBad/ComicBooks Comic Books]] - '''Fan Works''' - [[BigBad/AnimatedFilms Animated Films]] - [[BigBad/LiveActionFilms Live-Action Films]] - [[BigBad/{{Literature}} Literature]] - [[BigBad/LiveActionTV Live-Action TV]] - [[BigBad/ProWrestling Pro Wrestling]] - [[BigBad/TabletopGames Tabletop Games]] - [[BigBad/VideoGames Video Games]] - [[BigBad/VisualNovels Visual Novels]] - [[BigBad/{{Webcomics}} Webcomics]] - [[BigBad/WebOriginal Web Original]] - [[BigBad/WesternAnimation Western Animation]] - [[BigBad/OtherMedia others]] \
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16"The ultimate villain of the story, who's causing the problem the heroes must solve."
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18Note that Big Bad is not a catch-all trope for the biggest and ugliest villain of any given story. The BigBad is the one who turns out to be behind several other seemingly independent threats.
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20[[AC:''Franchise/AceAttorney'']]
21* ''VisualNovel/ApolloJusticeAceAttorneyCase5TurnaboutSubstitution'': [[spoiler:Rhea Wits]], the true identity of the [[SerialKiller Mysterious Bust Killer]] who Apollo spends the case trying to expose and bring to justice.
22* ''VideoGame/TheDragonsTurnabout'': [[spoiler:The Honorable Judge is the real mastermind behind the Dragon Murders and the deaths of Ian Moriarty and Elliot Kane.]]
23* ''WebAnimation/OperationTurnabout'': [[spoiler:Cpt. Adel Renard, who turns out to be behind almost every tragic event that occurs in the case and is the true murderer of Cpt. Janus Harvey.]]
24* ''VideoGame/PhoenixWrightAceAttorneyTheContemptOfCourt'': [[spoiler: The leader of Aculeus, Hemlock. He's responsible for Renwick Smith becoming his puppet through blackmail and he's very heavily implied to be the one who killed Blaine Chill, which also implies that he also had a hand in the murder of Cedric Maplethorpe.]]
25* ''VideoGame/TurnaboutOfCourage'': [[spoiler:[[AdaptationalVillainy Phoenix Wright]], the true mastermind behind the deaths of Diego Armando, Larry Butz and Miles Edgeworth.]]
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27[[AC:''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'']]
28* ''Fanfic/AlexMovieVillain'' has the titular antagonist herself from an ''WesternAnimation/AdventureTime'' fanfic. It turns out she's also the ManBehindTheMan commanding the likes of Ice King, Ash, and Door Lord to do her bidding.
29* ''Fanfic/FrozenHeartsRedWitch'': A BigBadEnsemble between General Barton, who leads the surviving humans plot to take over Ooo, Sifine, the spirit of the crown trying to take over Simon's mind and return Ooo into a new Ice age, and Ash, who takes advantage of this commotion and leads the other wizards in taking over Ooo.
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31[[AC:''ComicBook/TheAdventuresOfTintin'']]
32* ''Fanfic/WingsOfTheFallen'': Rastapopulus, who's reimagined as a demon who wants to end the world.
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34[[AC:''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'']]
35* ''LetsPlay/TheTerribleSecretOfAnimalCrossing'': [[spoiler:Penny is the one who's really running things. She has children sent to the island to be slowly turned into animals forced and forced to be subservient to her, lest she mutilates them and takes their body parts for herself.]]
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37[[AC:''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' / ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'']]
38* ''Fanfic/AvatarTheLastAirbenderRevised'' has Zotu and Azul's father, Aizo, set up as the BigBad in book one, with an expanded role in comparison to the original series' first season, but once Azul is properly introduced, it is clear that she will drive the plot far more-so than her father.
39* In the ''Fanfic/AzulaTrilogy'', the overarching BigBad is [[spoiler: Zhan Zheng, the spirit of War, who has been manipulating Azun, Wei Ming, and Jian Chin in order to plunge the world into a perpetual state of chaos]]. Each of the three fics also has its own BigBad:
40** ''Heart of Fire'': [[WellIntentionedExtremist General Azun]], who wants to put Azula back on the throne and lead the Fire Nation in global conquest.
41** ''Path of Fire'': [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Wei Ming]], a girl with power over darkness who's out to make the rest of the world feel the pain that she's suffered.
42** ''Soul of Fire'': [[spoiler:Zhan Zheng]] finally takes center stage, possessing [[EvilOverlord Jian Chin]] and granting him immense power.
43* Played with in ''Fanfic/KataangIslandAdventure''. Sharpclaw the raptor often attacks the islanders...but it turns out he does so to [[spoiler:feed his isolated family]]. Once the situation calms down, Aang and Katara relocate him and [[spoiler:his family]] to the mainland.
44%%** Played straight with Shen in the sequel.
45* ''Fanfic/VariumFortune'': Hiroshi hires Korra to find the man who broke into his house. However, it is eventually revealed that this is lie. He faked the break in to find the man who killed his wife and wipe out crime in the city. Hiroshi even has his daughter frame her for killing the man, and sends his daughter to build up an army to destroy the Triple Threats.
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47[[AC:''Series/BarneyAndFriends'']]
48* ''Fanfic/DayOfTheBarneyTrilogy'': Unsurprisingly, [[Series/BarneyAndFriends Barney]] serves as the main villain, as the purpose of Jeremy and Fran's journey is to put an end to his reign over humanity.
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50[[AC:''Manga/{{Beastars}}'']]
51* ''Fanfic/{{Protector}}'': Keiko, a black panther that goes also by Daisuke, is the most active and vindictive member of the ring distributing the bloodbone drug. [[spoiler:While he doesn't start as the leader, he becomes one after Bill kills the previous leader.]]
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53[[AC:''Anime/BloodPlus'']]
54* ''Fanfic/BlackRoseKing'': Alessandro Noirroi, a Chiropteran King bent on destroying Saya and Diva.
55* ''Fanfic/{{Nobility}}'': Didier is Prince Anjou’s brother who wants to [[CainAndAbel kill him]] so he can [[TheEvilPrince become in line for king]].
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57[[AC:''Manga/CardCaptorSakura'']]
58* ''Fanfic/HeartOfGoldCardcaptorSakura'': Amatsu-Mikaboshi is the one driving the plot, seeking to destroy Amaterasu and shroud the world in eternal darkness.
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60[[AC:''Anime/CrossAnge'']]
61* ''Fanfic/CrossAngeFutatsuSekaiNoBorder'': Supreme Commander Alexia is the leader of the Reunion army, an organization of Norma who work for the [[TheEmpire True Earth]] and seek revenge on the now-powerless Mana people for their oppression; as such, she leads the Norma in attacking and persecuting the Mana people.
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64* ''VisualNovel/AceAttorneyZootopiaDefence'' (''Franchise/AceAttorney'' & ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'': [[spoiler:Agent Jack Savage, the mastermind behind all the incidents you've been investigating.]]
65* ''Fanfic/AvengersOfTheMultiverse'': The primary antagonists of the series is [[LegionOfDoom the Cabal]], an alliance of the Avengers' greatest enemies that have come together to defeat them and conquer TheMultiverse. It is led by a [[BigBadDuumvirate council]] composed of General Modula, Vlad Plasmius, Doctor Drakken, Vilgax, Van Kleiss, V.V. Argost, and the Dark Dragon.
66* ''Fanfic/TheBaggesTakeOstania'' (''WesternAnimation/CourageTheCowardlyDog'' & ''Manga/SpyXFamily''): Jumping Jack Deen is the owner of a candy factory who is later revealed to be a robot created by the real villain of the fanfic Katz. After conspiring with a Westalian terrorist group, Katz distributes nanomachines in the candy. Upon activation, the citizens will become infected leading to them having to submit to Westalis by handing over their valuables.
67* ''Fanfic/{{The Bridge|MLP}}'' (''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' & ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'') has the mysterious entity that brings the {{Kaiju}} to Equestria, and creates a LegionOfDoom out of the worst of them. It ultimately turns out to be [[spoiler: [[OmnicidalManiac Bagan]]]]. Letter developments reveal [[spoiler:the Shadow King [[GodOfEvil Grogar]], the Nexus of Dark Magic and a being on par with Bagan and Harmony, also exists and [[BigBadEnsemble is likely to share billing with Bagan for this trope.]]]]
68** The spinoff/side story ''The Bridge: Sound of Thunder'' has a BigBadDuumvirate of [[spoiler: the MirrorUniverse versions of [[BloodKnight Godzilla]] and [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Cadence]]]].
69** The spinoff crossover with ''FanFic/TheShimmerverse'', ''The Bridge: A Shimmer in the Dark'', has [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Countess Mircalla]], with [[spoiler: Bagan]] acting as GreaterScopeVillain via his [[FightingAShadow Aspect]] Mizu.
70** ''Fanfic/TheBridgeHumanitysStand'' also has [[spoiler: Bagan]] as GreaterScopeVillain, being TheManBehindTheMan to the [[ApocalypseCult Red Dawn]] organization that serves as the primary antagonists.
71** Another spinoff {{Prequel}}, ''The Bridge: The Eclipse Times'' has [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen Chrysalis]] as the main villain during her original attack on Equestria a thousand years ago shortly after the banishment of Nightmare Moon.
72* ''Fanfic/ACertainMagicalFriendship'' (''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'' and ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''): In ''Context_SHIFT'', Nightmare Moon, whose Eternal Night would cause TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt by making the Earth too cold to live on.
73* ''Fanfic/ChildOfTheStorm'' (''Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse'', ''Literature/HarryPotter'', & others) has [[DragonAscendant Lucius Malfoy]] as the spearhead of the first book's villainous alliance, with [[EldritchAbomination Chthon]] as a GreaterScopeVillain whose [[TheCorruption influence]] starts infecting Earth as an indirect result of Malfoy's actions [[spoiler: and who serves as the book's FinalBoss]]. However, it is made clear repeatedly that there are even more villainous factions at work in the shadows, waiting for the current conflict to resolve itself before any of them make their move.
74** ''Ghosts of the Past'' has something of a BigBadEnsemble, due to being composed of a series of {{Story Arc}}s, each with [[ArcVillain its own villains]], while Surtur is the GreaterScopeVillain acting as a looming bigger threat: The ''Forever Red'' arc has the Red Room led by [[GeneralRipper General Lukin]] and [[EvilutionaryBiologist Sinister]]; the ''Bloody Hell'' arc has [[VampireMonarch Dracula]] in Harry's storyline and [[VillainTeamUp Voldemort and Selene]] in Dresden's; the ''Of Dungeons and Dragons'' arc has [[spoiler: an [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Elder Wyrm]]]]; the ''Mirror Image'' arc has [[spoiler: [[MadScientist Dr. Robert Reynolds]]]]; and the Fallen Fortress arc has [[TheHeartless the spirit of the place]].
75** The spinoff ''Unfinished Business'' has [[spoiler: Nimue]], who is trying to crack open [[EldritchLocation Project Pegasus]] and use its heart to become the living embodiment of magic and TakeOverTheWorld.
76* ''[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/346369/chrono-reflect Chrono Reflect]]'' (''Franchise/MyLittlePony'' & ''VideoGame/ChronoCross''/''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger''): has Lavos, as befitting a crossover. Though currently Lavos is acting as a GreaterScopeVillain, with Nightmare Moon as the DragonInChief.
77* ''Fanfic/{{Coccinea}}'' (''Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight'' & ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''): [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Mayuri Kurotsuchi]], [[spoiler:who turns into [[Series/KamenRiderDecade Kamen Rider]] [[CanonForeigner Abyss]] for the second phase of the final battle against him.]] [[TheManBehindTheMan He is responsible for the entirety of the events in the traitor game, using his Traitors as pawns to lure the rest of the inhabitants of the space station into being his guinea pigs.]] [[spoiler:He's also Xaviax's last remaining commander that must be eliminated at all costs.]]
78* ''Fanfic/CodePrime'' (''Anime/CodeGeass'' & ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}''): While the Autobot/Black Knight Alliance have several enemies throughouy the story in the form of Britannia and the Decepticons, namely Emperor Charles, it is ultimately Megatron that is the biggest threat. The Decepticon leader was responsible for Charles rising to power as Emperor by serving as Charles' mentor when the latter was a child, which meant Megatron is responsible for everything that happened under Charles's reign, including the invasion of Japan and other countries, as well as Lelouch and Nunnally's exile. [[spoiler:Come Chapter 34 of ''R1'', and Megatron asserts himself as such when the Decepticons invade and destroy Pendragon, with Megatron killing Charles.]]
79* ''[[Fanfic/TheDarkLordsOfNerima The Dark Lords Ascendant]]'' (''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' & ''Anime/SailorMoon''): Tanizaki Kazuo, a CorruptCorporateExecutive who has big plans [[spoiler: to steal Sailor Moon's power]], and plays a game of XanatosSpeedChess to pit Ranma and the Nerima Wrecking Crew against the Senshi while he carries them out.
80* ''WebVideo/DragonBallDC'' (''Manga/DragonBall'' & ''Franchise/DCUniverse'')
81** Vegeta during the Saiyan Saga. Like in canon, he leads the Saiyans attacking Earth. ComicBook/{{DARKSEID}}, the one who sent the Saiyans acts the GreaterScopeVillain.
82** Rogal Zaar [[BigBadDuumvirate and]] [[spoiler: ComicBook/Sinestro]] for the Entity Saga. Rogal Zaar sees one of the view surviving Saiyans out in space and seeks to kill him. Sinestro starts off as SealedEvilInACan before manipulating the heroes into allowing his release. The two villains have apparently worked together in the past, and when [[spoiler: Sinestro]] is free he attempts to help Rogal Zaar kill Kakarot.
83** The Super Saiyan Saga lacked a character in this role. Villains appeared but none that acted as a villain for the entire saga.
84 * ''Fanfic/DefinitelyNotLupus'' (''Series/OnceUponATime'' & ''Series/{{House}}''): The essence of the Dark One is behind [[spoiler:Belle]] trapping House's team there, so that they can sacrifice Chase, Emma, and Regina to be free of Emma before it dies.
85* ''Fanfic/DisneysRealmwalkers'' has "Him", the multiversal conqueror so feared that those who know of his existence [[TheTropeWithoutATitle do not dare speak his name]]. He is the ManBehindTheMan to all the threats Sasha, Zami, and Heather have faced thus far, from the [[RightWingMilitiaFanatic Illuminati]] to the demon that bursts out of the wall and attacks them (who Zami later explains to be a [[spoiler: surviving version of Zhan Tiri,]] [[spoiler: bound to "His" service by the deal she made with him to resurrect her.]]
86* ''Fanfic/TheDragonAndTheBow'' (''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}'' & ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon''): [[spoiler:The Red Death, an giant intelligent dragon who destroyed the united Viking kingdom centuries ago.]]
87* ''Fanfic/EdensDiary'' (''Manga/FutureDiary'' & ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed''): John Bacchus, who in this universe is not only a Templar, [[spoiler:but is also responsible for the tragedy that killed Yukiteru's uncle and Yuno's parents.]]
88* ''FanFic/EntitiesOfEmotion'' (''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' & ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'') has a BigBadDuumvirate of the Negative Entities (Parallax, Ophidian, and the Butcher), working together to conquer Equestria. [[spoiler: By the climax, however, the Butcher has bonded with [[EnemyWithout Nightmare Moon]], with her taking the dominant role and his place in the alliance.]]
89** The sequel, ''Dark is the Night'', has [[TheUndead Black Lantern]] King Sombra, who is working to unleash the [[ZombieApocalypse Blackest Night]] on Equestria.
90* ''Fanfic/{{Equestrylvania}}'' (''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' & ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'') has {{Dracula}} as its main antagonist. However, like certain games in the series (like ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaBloodlines Bloodlines]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin Portrait of Ruin]]''), he's more of a GreaterScopeVillain (you know, due to being dead and everything), with the role of TheHeavy falling to his minions (primarily [[TheDragon Death]] and [[EvilGenius Actrise]] in this case) as they work to resurrect him.
91* ''Fanfic/EquestriaGirlsAFairlyOddFriendship'' (''WesternAnimation/FairlyOddParents'' & ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls''): initially sets up [[SadistTeacher Mr. Crocker]] as the main antagonist, as he keeps enacting plots to try and expose Timmy's fairies. However, eventually [[spoiler: the Dazzlings]] arrive on the scene and quickly [[EvilerThanThou usurp his spot]], playing everyone else like fiddles as they work to [[TheCorrupter corrupt Timmy]] and get his fairies' magic for themselves.
92* ''Fanfic/FamiliarEvil''(''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'' & ''Franchise/ResidentEvil''): The Umbrella Corporation, being both the direct cause of the outbreak in the first place and creating many of the monsters that threaten the survivors in the city itself. They also sent U.S.S. Delta Team, or "Wolfpack", after Louise in an attempt to kidnap her for study.
93* ''Fanfic/FateOfTheClans'': Beast VI is the root cause of the Holy Grail War nearly breaking down, [[spoiler:the creation of Cú Chulainn Alter]], and the biggest present threat to humanity itself.
94* ''Fanfic/FiveWorldsWar'' (''Manga/OnePiece'', ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', ''Manga/FairyTail'', & ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''): Lord Konton, who kickstarted the war and recruited numerous villains from the four universes to create the Four Acts of Chaos to aid in his effort of world conquest.
95* ''FanFic/GameOfTouhou'' (''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' & ''Franchise/TouhouProject''): First main villain is Mad Queen Eiki Shiki, responsible for plunging the realm in war due to her KnightTemplar tendencies.
96* ''WebAnimation/GamingAllStars'' (MassiveMultiplayerCrossover): ''The Ultimate Crossover'' has one between [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Eggman]], [[VideoGame/HalfLife G-Man]], and [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot Dr. Neo Cortext]]]], though the latter doesn't have much influence on the plot until near the end. ''Remastered'', on the other hand, changes the lineup to Eggman (Who has more screentime and more overall impact on the plot) and [[VideoGame/{{Killzone}} Colonel Mael Radec]], who appears far less often in-series but is given more promotion by the series trailer and [[spoiler: ultimately outlives Eggman, only being ousted by the GreaterScopeVillain once he thinks everything is going swimmingly for him]].
97** In ''2'', there's [[VideoGame/SaintsRowIV Zinyak]], who forms alliances with [[AliensAreBastards other aliens]] to form the largest threat seen in the series, and to a lesser extent, [[spoiler: [[VideoGame/MortalKombatMythologiesSubZero Shinnok]], who only appears once but leads the forces of Netherrealm against the Earthlings on a scale almost as large as Zinyak's invasion]].
98* ''FanFic/TheGodEmpressOfPonykind'' (''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' & ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''): [[spoiler: The voice in Luna's head (later revealed to be [[ManipulativeBastard Tzeentch]]), which corrupts her and causes her to turn into Nightmare Moon]].
99** The sequel, ''The Warmistress of Equestria'' has Tirac as its BigBad. Since he cannot yet manifest in the material world, his [[TheDragon Dragon]] Scorpan is set up to be TheHeavy until he arrives.
100** The second sequel, ''The Empress Returns'', introduces [[GodOfEvil the Dark God Ascendant]], a powerful Chaos entity that killed the original four Gods of Chaos and wishes to see Celestia and the Imperium destroyed. Like Tirac above it cannot manifest in reality, so it has Lorgar and the Daemon Primarchs acting as its agents while it continues to grow in power.
101* ''Fanfic/HalloweenUnspectacular'' (MassiveMultiplayerCrossover) is an anthology series, but each edition has a central StoryArc, with its own main villain. During most of the first MythArc ([=HU1=] through [=HU4=], specifically), this is a bit more fluid, as there are also individual arcs not connected to the larger arcs. By [=HU5=], however, things are more settled, and definitely so by the second MythArc started in [=HU6=].
102** In [=HU1=], there's Witch Ember for her arc, and [=ReGenesis=] [[spoiler: aka Dib]] for the main arc.
103** In [=HU2=], there's the Underworld King for his arc, and [[spoiler: Dan Phantom]] for the main arc.
104** In [=HU3=], there's Dan for the ''Batavia'' arc, and [[spoiler: Zombie King James I]] for the main arc.
105** In [=HU4=], there's the Governor for the Gaol arc, and the [[BigBadDuumvirate alliance]] of Vlad, Morgan le Fay, Mr. Cromwell, and a mysterious cloaked figure for the main arc. [[spoiler: That figure turns out to be [[NotQuiteDead the Governor]] as well.]]
106** In [=HU5=], there's an alliance of all the previous major villains [[spoiler: being [[TheManBehindTheMan manipulated]] by [[FallenHero Sir Galahad]]]].
107** [=HU6=] and [=HU7=] have General Rausseman of [[ThoseWackyNazis PURITY]]. [=HU8=] continues the same MythArc, but establishes more of a BigBadEnsemble: Rausseman is still there, albeit mostly [[GreaterScopeVillain behind the scenes]], leaving the legwork to his [[TheQuisling lackey]] President Fulton. However, his actions have triggered the rise of two other forces determined to [[WellIntentionedExtremist stop him at all costs]] -- the Phoenix, who is willing to [[KnightTemplar kill anyone even remotely connected to PURITY or Fulton's regime]] ([[DisproportionateRetribution even innocent voters]]), and Galactus, who is willing to destroy Earth to stop PURITY from using its resources to conquer the universe.
108** [=HU9=] has the mysterious figure known only as the Stranger, who wants to destroy [[AuthorAvatar E350]] as revenge for some prior offense. [[spoiler: He's ultimately revealed to be the Bus Driver, the recurring joke character from the first five editions, who blames E350 for ruining his life.]] [=HU10=] has him still in this role, as he prepares to finish crushing E350 and his friends for good.
109* ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheMysticForce'' (''Literature/HarryPotter'' & ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce''): Initially presents a VillainTeamUp of Voldemort and Imperious, but they're both pawns of the [[TheManBehindTheMan true mastermind]], [[spoiler: [[Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTheMovie Ivan Ooze]], who impersonated the resurrected Cedric Diggory and [[MoreThanMindControl manipulated]] the wizarding world to turn against Harry as part of a larger plan to steal enough magic to TakeOverTheWorld]].
110* ''Fanfic/HelpFromAfar'' (''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' & ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''): [[EvilOverlord Fire Lord Ozai]] masterminds the war, much like in the original show.
111* ''Fanfic/HolyDiver'' (''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' & ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''): [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDIO Dio Brando]], who's running the Mutual Killing Game in a bid to destroy the last beacons of hope and have the world submit to him.
112%%* ''WebAnimation/HTFPlus'' (MassiveMultiplayerCrossover): Evil Pinkie Pie.
113* ''Fanfic/JauneArcLordOfHunger'' (''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' & ''Franchise/StarWars''): [[Characters/JauneArcLordOfHungerDarthNihilus Darth Nihilus]], or rather his ghost, is the central antagonist of the fanfic. He's responsible for Jaune's gradual turn to the Dark Side and is plotting to take control of Jaune's body. However, [[Characters/RWBYCinderFall Cinder Fall]] is still a major threat and she orchestrates several major events in her bid to destroy Beacon and steal the rest of the Fall Maiden's power.
114* ''FanFic/JusticeLeagueOfEquestria'' (''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' & Creator/DCComics):
115** ''Mare of Steel'': The first arc has [[AGodAmI General Zod]], who attempts to eliminate Supermare as he plots to take over Equestria, while the second arc has a VillainTeamUp of [[ComicBook/LexLuthor Alexander Silversmith]] and ComicBook/{{Brainiac}}, who seek to destroy Supermare for their own respective agendas.
116** ''The Princess of Themyscira'' has [[GodOfEvil Ares]], who wants to unleash [[TheLegionsOfHell the hordes of Tartarus]] onto the world to create an endless war.
117** [[spoiler: {{ComicBook/Darkseid}}]] is set up to be the BigBad of the main ''Justice League Of Equestria'' story, being the GreaterScopeVillain of the series overall, who is responsible for an ancient war key to the backstory, and glimpsed in ''Mare of Steel'' as preparing for another invasion of Equestria.
118* The ''Fanfic/JWITCHSeries'' (''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' & ''WesternAnimation/{{WITCH}}''):
119** Season 1: Prince Phobos is the EvilOverlord of Meridian and primary antagonist of the Guardians and their friends, as per canon. Midway through the season, however, Tarakudo approaches him for a VillainTeamUp, working together to attain both Elyon's power and the Oni Masks in order for them to totally conquer both Meridian and Earth. Meanwhile, [[CoDragons Cedric and Wong]] start plotting together to [[TheStarscream betray Phobos]] and take the Heart of Meridian for themselves, with each also scheming to betray the other to be the sole winner. [[spoiler: And then in the final quarter of the season, Wong cuts a separate deal with Shendu to resurrect him with the Heart of Meridian in exchange for being told how to take all the Oni's power for himself. However, upon his rebirth, he betrays Wong to take all the power for himself, [[HijackedByGanon overpowering all the other villains]] and serving as the FinalBoss.]]
120** Season 2: Also as per canon, Nerissa is the primary antagonist, though now with [[spoiler:[[CrossoverRelatives her son]]]] Drago acting as TheDragon. Together, they gather the Knights of Vengeance in order to strike at the Guardians and their allies as part of Nerissa's overall [[HiddenAgendaVillain secret agenda]].
121* ''Fanfic/KingdomHeartsCodysStory'' (''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' & ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama''): Maleficent starts off as this at first, manipulating half the total Drama contestants to help her seek the hearts of all worlds. This is subverted in the Hollow Bastion chapter, where [[HijackedByGanon Ansem takes over as the villain for the rest of the story]].
122* ''Fanfic/LandOfNoColor'' (''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'' & ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''): Vendetta Rage, an extradimensional force [[spoiler:inhabiting Princess Crystal's fiancée]] that has drained all of the color from the world.
123* ''Fanfic/LanternsOfEquestriaBlackestNight'' (''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' & ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'') has the Black Lantern of Commander Hurricane as the primary antagonist, leading the Black Lantern invasion of Equestria, with [[EldritchAbomination the Black]] as the GreaterScopeVillain.
124* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfBanjoKazooieTheJiggiesOfTime'' (''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'' & ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime''): Gruntilda hacks into the code of ''Ocarina of Time'', allowing her to take over Hyrule and steal the Triforce, leaving Banjo and Kazooie to venture through the worlds and stop her.
125* ''Fanfic/MagicalGirlsUniteRetransformed'' (MassiveMultiplayerCrossover): Ichibey, the King of the Incubators, and the true mastermind behind the Law of Cycles.
126* ''Fanfic/MaxWolfRevolutions'' (MassiveMultiplayerCrossover): Dimonox/Abominox, an EldritchAbomination who wants to destroy the entire Universe.
127* ''Fanfic/MegamiNoHanabira'' (''A Kiss for the Petals'' & ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei''): [[SinisterMinister Father Archibald Phillips]], the leader of [[WesternTerrorists the Flock]] who caused the demon outbreak in Kazamino so his organization can stop it and look like heroes. When the situation gets out of control, he attempts to capture the Demon tamers to maintain his façade before deciding to destroy the entire city.
128* ''Fanfic/MyLittleAvengers'' (''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'' & ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''): Has [[GodOfEvil Loki]], who manages to [[TheChessmaster manipulate the entire plot in his favor]] up until the FinalBattle as part of his plot to TakeOverTheWorld.
129* ''[[FanFic/MLPNextGenerationKnowFear MLP Next Generation: Know Fear!]]'' (ComicBook/GreenLantern & ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''): Has Stratus, TheEmperor of the griffons, who starts the war with Equestria out of nothing but FantasticRacism and a desire to TakeOverTheWorld.
130* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'' has Vault [[spoiler:(in the original version)]], [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Eostia's greatest champion]], as well as the leader of the biggest [[HiredGuns mercenary group]] in the land, known as the Black Dogs. His [[AmbitionIsEvil ambition]] to build a Sex Empire via RapePillageAndBurn, hence starting a new war after the end of the ForeverWar, serves as the main driving force of conflict.
131* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/3510991/1/One-Piece-A-Smash-Adventure/ One Piece: A Smash Adventure]]'' (''Manga/OnePiece'' & ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''): Most of the Big Bads the Straw Hats face are villains from their own respective series ([[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Bowser in the Mario arc for example]]). But the GreaterScopeVillain instigating all of the events in the story turns out to be an organization of video game villains lead by [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Xemnas]], [[spoiler:until he's usurped by [[VideoGame/SuperPaperMario Dimentio]].]]
132** [[Franchise/TouhouProject Touhou]]: [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5681268/1/Touhou-Journey-to-the-Smashing-Beyond/ Journey to the Smashing Beyond]] also follows this same concept from the one above. This time, the organization is led by [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl Tabuu]], [[spoiler:although [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV Exdeath]] ends up being the TrueFinalBoss.]]
133%%zce* In ''Fanfic/Persona5RoyalKingOfSwords'' Yaldabaoth is this as per Persona 5 canon.
134* ''Fanfic/PersonaVein'' (''VideoGame/CodeVein'' & ''VideoGame/Persona5''): Has Saklas, the Angel of Control that came from the alternate ending future of VideoGame/Persona5 and literally has the alternate Yaldabaoth as his Persona. His plan was to challenge the Phantom Thieves in the main timeline that they defeated Yaldabaoth, and destroys their universe alongside himself so that society won't dictate their lives.
135* ''Fanfic/PokemonXNimjaPlayTheGame'' (''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' & ''Nimja''): [=HyPN0se=], a Dutch-speaking Mewtwo whose ultimate plan is to wipe out not only all those who believe in the reality of hypnosis, but also the hypnotists themselves, in order to take over Amsterdam.
136* ''Fanfic/RecordOfIsekai'' (MassiveMultiplayerCrossover): Being X, [[Anime/DragonBallSuper Black]] and [[Literature/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero Medea]] are the ones that convinced their fellow gods to destroy the mortals leading for the Ragnarok tournament to commence.
137* ''Fanfic/{{Revival}}'' (Franchise/CthulhuMythos & ''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse''):
138** The first fic has Maya Lottie an avatar of [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Nyarlathotep]] who stages the events of the story to usher in the entry of the [[EldritchAbomination Outer Gods]].
139** The sequel ''King in Yellow'' has Hastur and Yog-Sothoth serving as a BigBadDuumvirate. Hastur desires to take over the Earth by transforming humans into his Unspeakable Possessors and kill his half-brother Cthulhu, and Yog-Sothoth raises a reincarnated Cthulhu to use him as a weapon to kill Hastur and then have him start the apocalypse in his steed.
140* ''Fanfic/SonicTheHedgehogAndMyHeroAcademiaTheHedgehogAndTheDeku'' (''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' & ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''): [[MadScientist Eggman]], [[RealityWarper Infinite]], [[HeroKiller Stain]], and later [[EvilOverlord All For One]], and [[PsychopathicManchild Shigaraki]] are the main antagonists, [[BigBadDuumvirate teaming up]] to rid the world of All Might and TakeOverTheWorld.
141* ''Fanfic/TheStarsWillAidTheirEscape'' (Franchise/CthulhuMythos & ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''): Herald, who is implied, and eventually confirmed, to be an avatar of [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Nyarlathotep]] working to release [[GreaterScopeVillain the Outer Gods]] onto Equestria.
142* In ''Fanfic/TheStoryToEndAllStories'', it's the one responsible for unleashing the Nothing. It turns out to be someone none of the characters had even heard of, let alone suspected.
143%%* Princess Jody from [[http://alaxr274.deviantart.com/gallery/33810717 Super Milestone Wars]].
144%%** The Biggest Bad in the first half of [[http://alaxr274.deviantart.com/gallery/36864527 Super Milestone Wars 2]]. King Dyce in the second half and Princess Jody in the 3rd half.
145%%** Don Tyrano in [[https://www.deviantart.com/alaxr274/gallery?q=%22super%20milestone%20wars%22%20%22year%20one%22 Super Milestone Wars: Year One]]
146%%** Dr. Beeswax in [[https://www.deviantart.com/alaxr274/gallery?q=%22Supetastic%206%3A%20Year%20Four%22 Supetastic 6: Year Four]]
147* ''WebAnimation/SuperMarioBrosZ'' (''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' & ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog''): Turbo Mecha Sonic, renamed Metallix in the reboot, an upgraded Metal Sonic who turns against Eggman and destroys Mobius in an effort to gather the chaos emeralds so he may become the perfect being; continuing his rampage in the Mushroom Kingdom after Shadow transports the emeralds there.
148* ''Fanfic/ThereWasOnceAnAvengerFromKrypton'' (MassiveMultiplayerCrossover): Several of the stories in this verse have their own main villain:
149** ''The Girl Who Could Knock Out the Hulk'': Doctor Doom, who is pulling the strings of [[NebulousEvilOrganization Project Centipede]] in their efforts to TakeOverTheWorld, seemingly as a means of [[WellIntentionedExtremist preparing the Avengers]] to face a greater threat.
150** ''Changing of the Guard'': Vilgax, who is responsible for all the attacks on Arcadia Oaks in search of the Omnitrix, which he wants in order to defeat [[GreaterScopeVillain Thanos]] at all costs.
151** ''To Rule Alone, To Build Together'': Like in canon, Hawk Moth is responsible for all the Akuma attacks on Paris, in order to claim the Ladybug and Black Cat Miraculouses for his own ends.
152* ''Fanfic/ThisGoddessMustBeCrazy'' (''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' & ''Literature/KonoSuba''): [[spoiler:[[Literature/Overlord2012 Ainz Ooal Gown]]]] is the big bad of the series, having destroyed numerous worlds and seems to have no humanity left. Helping him is [[spoiler:[[Literature/SagaOfTanyaTheEvil Tanya the Evil]]]]. Later on, upon seeing the ''My Hero Academia'' world is open, he plans on creating a BigBadEnsemble, and using its strongest villains to destroy their own world, then continue on his multiversal rampage.
153* ''Fanfic/TimeLordsAndTerror'' (''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' & ''Series/DoctorWho''): [[WickedWitch Matron Hydia]] is TheHeavy for most of the story, carrying out a plot to release [[spoiler: [[EldritchAbomination the S'Muz]]]] and conquer TheMultiverse... unfortunately for her, [[spoiler: the S'Muz]] is an OmnicidalManiac to the extreme, and it proves itself [[EvilerThanThou worse than Hydia]] [[spoiler: by rendering her DeaderThanDead]] before becoming the TrueFinalBoss.
154** The sequel ''Fanfic/MinesOfDragonMountain'' initially has [[WellIntentionedExtremist Gabbro]], who is willing to do anything to stop the Diamond Dogs from accidentally [[spoiler: [[SealedEvilInACan releasing Tirac]]]]. However, about halfway through, it turns out [[spoiler: Tirac has been [[TheManBehindTheMan manipulating Gabbro the whole time]]]], at which point [[spoiler: Tirac]] becomes the direct BigBad.
155* ''Fanfic/TotalDramaInfinite'' (MassiveMultiplayerCrossover}: DIO and Cinder have formed an alliance to win the million. They're responsible for orchestrating several eliminations throughout the series and have forced others into their alliance only to eliminate them later.
156* ''Fanfic/TheVampireOfSteel'' (''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' & ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'') has John Vladislav in the first story, a boss of a vampire mob that intends to open a Hellmouth in Chicago and summon an EldritchAbomination. The second story has Zol-Am, a Kryptonian turned vampire who assembles an army of vampires and demons to wipe out the Scooby Gang and Supergirl and then opening the Hellmouth.
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159* ''Fanfic/ButDoctorIAmPagliacci'': Superman is this for the story and world at large. He leads the now malicious Justice League, practically controls the entire world, and is not only [[spoiler:Lex Luthor, but is the reason why Franchise/{{Batman}} doesn't exist anymore and the timeline is messed up]].
160* ''Fanfic/ISawGraysonKissingSantaClaus'': For the entire story, Damian Wayne is convinced it's Santa. In reality, it's his older brother Jason Todd, who had the opportunity to correct Damian about Santa and instead egged his younger brother on for no other reason than screwing with the rest of their family.
161%%* Deathstroke is the main villain for Season 1 of ''WebVideo/NightwingTheSeries''.
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164* ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaAnother'': [[spoiler:Utsuro]], the mastermind behind the killing game [[spoiler:and the true identity of Yuki Maeda.]]
165** ''VisualNovel/SuperDanganronpaAnother2'': Mikasado Sannoji[[spoiler:'s Alter Ego]], the Ultimate Wizard and the mastermind of the Utsuroshima Island Killing Game. He aims to resurrect Utsuro and steal his Divine Luck by forcing Yuki to relive his experiences through the killing game.
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167[[AC:''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'']]
168* ''Fanfic/{{The Collector|PixieGirl13MutantLover09}}'': The titular Collector is the curator of a Ghost Zone Museum who captures Danny and Vlad to be apart of his exhibit, forcing the two to [[EnemyMine team-up]] in order to escape him.
169* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/75340/ Silent Elegy]]'s series of fan fics has a BigBadEnsemble. Every story has its own BigBad; in addition to the standalones, there are villains who are involved in multiple stories: [[TheChessmaster Vlad]], [[TheSociopath "Silver" Meryll Santiago]], [[spoiler: [[HeWhoFightsMonsters the Paranormal Society]]]], and [[{{Technopath}} Technus]] takes center stage in several stories.
170%%** ''Pandora's Box'': The [[PlayingWithFire titular]] [[JerkassGenie character.]]
171%%** ''Electric Rhapsody'': A VillainTeamUp between Technus and Ember.
172%%** ''Starcrossed'': The ghosts of Ronan and Julia are the joint [[TheHeavy Heavy]], but the whole plot was an EvilPlan by Vlad.
173%%** ''The Dark Angel'': [[ProfessionalKiller Ebony Angel]], paid off by Vlad.
174%%** ''What If?'': The BigBad of the AlternateUniverse appears to be [[PhysicalGod Pariah Dark]] [[spoiler: but it turns out he was successfully [[TheStarscream Starscreamed]] by Vlad.]]
175%%** ''Cat and Mouse'': Silver.
176%%** ''Flawless Fiona Fenton'': Technically Fiona; she's not evil, but she's TheHeavy of the story.
177%%** ''Hounds and Hunters'': Silver, again, though this time the [[EldritchAbomination malefactors]] [[EvilVersusEvil aren't under her control]].
178%%** ''Electric Angel'': Starts out as an Ensemble between Ebony Angel and Technus, but he quickly proves [[EvilerThanThou worse than her]], forcing her to [[EnemyMine team up with Danny]] against him.
179%%** ''Black and White'': Silver yet again, rounding out her trilogy. This time, in addition to the malefactors, Danny also has to deal with [[EldritchAbomination the Malice]] [[spoiler: the collective ghosts of everyone Silver's ever killed]].
180%%** ''Erik'': The titular AxCrazy ghost, who thinks he's Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera.
181%%** ''Whistlin' Dixie'': At first there's the [[PunchClockVillain Ghost Master and his haunters]], but the [[EvilerThanThou true threat]] turns out to be [[spoiler: the Paranormal Society]].
182%%** ''Dance of Bone'': [[GodOfEvil Necrowind]].
183%%** ''Guys and Dolls'': Technically Fiona, but it turns she's taking orders from [[spoiler: [[TheOmnipotent Elegy's]] EvilTwin Nocturne]].
184%%** ''Phantasmis ex Machina'': A VillainTeamUp of Vlad, Skulker, and Technus. While Vlad is nominally in charge, Technus ends up going rogue with his own plans. [[spoiler: [[XanatosSpeedChess Not that Vlad cares...]]]]
185%%** ''Shattered Reflections'': Skulker ''[[BigBadWannabe tries]]'' to finally be BigBad in this story, but quickly [[EvilerThanThou loses out]] to the AlternateUniverse counterparts of himself and Kat/Elektra.
186%%** ''A Step Too Far'': None, though Kat's prank is what sets the plot in motion.
187%%** ''Dance of the Pales'': Starts out with [[FutureMeScaresMe the future Valerie]], though she ends up a pawn of [[spoiler: Silver]].
188%%** ''Lament Impromptu'': None, as the whole thing turns out to be Elegy engineering a BreatherEpisode.
189%%** ''Time Crisis'': Dan.
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192%%* Beyond Birthday becomes this in ''Fanfic/ConstantTemptation'' after Light [[TheAtoner retires from villainy.]]
193%%* [[spoiler: [[DarkActionGirl V]]]] in ''FanFic/ACureForLove'' until her organization is [[HijackedByGanon Hijacked By]] [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor Kira]].
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196* ''Fanfic/DigimonRegenesis'': Era, [[spoiler:a former [=DigiDestined=]]] who seeks to destroy the Digital World [[spoiler:out of sheer hatred for Digimon.]]
197* ''Fanfic/DigimonTrinity'': The fic features a BigBadEnsemble between [[WellIntentionedExtremist Takeru and Hypnos]], who are being pressured by the Japanese government to find a way to stop Digimon from bio-emerging in the Real World, no matter the cost; the Nightmare Soldiers, who are [[spoiler:hoping to cultivate the partnership between Rika and Renamon as the first of several Tamers chosen to serve the Forces of Darkness]]; and [[spoiler:[[Anime/DigimonFrontier Lucemon]], who seeks to take the Digital Hazard from Guilmon and add it to his own to make himself stronger]]. And [[AGodAmI Zhuqiaomon]] and the Devas haven't even entered the picture yet.
198* ''FanFic/TamersForeverSeries'':
199** [=BlackWargreymon=] fills this role in the second book ''Omni-Tamer'' by virtue of being the only recurring threat.
200** In ''Forget the Y2K, This is Madness!!'', the sadistic Nightmare virus becomes the prominent threat to the Tamers,
201** However, the Nightmare itself pales when compared to the overwhelming power of the psychopathic Daemon, who sends his agent to weaken the Tamers during ''Theory of Chaos'', before terrorizing them personally throughout ''Silent Sorrow''.
202** Back in ''Card-O-Rama'', Mr. Sagara comes across as this by attempting to rig the tournament, which Takato plots to counter for Rika's sake, but since this doesn't drastically affect the plot until the final chapter, most of Takato's interactions are with the judge/shop owner Sagara bribes, and both men are mere humans anyway, it's not nearly as memorable.
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204%%[[AC:''Franchise/{{Disgaea}}'']]
205%%* Baal in [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6984913/1/Disgaea_Jewel_of_the_gods Disgaea: Jewel of the gods]]
206%%** Currently, it seems to now be a BigBadEnsemble with [[VideoGame/MakaiKingdom Seedle.]]
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208[[AC:Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon & Disney]]
209* ''Fanfic/BornToBeWilde'': The Count [[spoiler:aka Count Reynard aka John Wilde]] is the DiabolicalMastermind who wants to take over all criminal organizations in Zootopia.
210* ''Fanfic/COuntYourMissingSheep'': Krampus, who has gone around kidnapping children from around the world, leaving Jack and the other holiday leaders to rescue them.
211* ''FanFic/CrownsOfTheKingdom'' has Maleficent, who controls the Dispirations. The final fight with her comes ''after'' the one with Chernabog.
212* ''Fanfic/DarkestDestiny'': [[Characters/TangledCassandra Cassandra]], who after killing Zhan Tiri, obtains the Ultimate Power for herself; using it to take over Corona [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe and force Rapunzel to be her wife]].
213* ''Fanfic/DisneysWarACrossoverStory'': The Horned King, who manipulates various Disney villains into aiding him in destroying the multiverse and remake it in his own image. The sequels has the Master of the World [[spoiler:(actually Alice)]], who kidnaps Alpha Beings and intends on using their magic essence to merge all worlds. [[spoiler:However, it's revealed that the Horned King [[TheManBehindTheMan was controlling Alice the entire time]].]]
214* The WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}} AU fic ''FanFic/{{Hachin}}'' has Bataar's [[CainAndAbel half-brother]] [[PsychopathicManchild Unegan]] as the main antagonist, though the ghoul in his service is [[DragonInChief the greater threat]] [[spoiler: and turns out to be [[TheManBehindTheMan the one calling the shots]]]].
215* ''Fanfic/TheHappiestPlace'': Maleficent, who leads the villains in their attempts to take over Disneyland for themselves.
216* There are five of these in ''Fanfic/TheLionKingAdventures'':
217** Series One: [[EvilSorcerer Hago]], a villainous lion with a magic cobra-shaped staff and aspirations to rule the world.
218** Series Two: [[EnfantTerrible Tama]], who uses her powers of hypnosis [[spoiler:as a desperate means of being loved.]]
219** Series Three: [[spoiler:[[TheGrimReaper Death]], who aims to rule the world, ending life as he pleases with his deadly touch.]]
220** Series Four: [[WhoWantsToLiveForever Shocker]], a cub with electric powers who's obsessed with klling Simba and co., [[BigBadEnsemble and]] [[spoiler:[[DemonicPossession The Vimelea]], a race of alien parasites who invade and possess the residents of Pride Rock in an effort to take over the world.]]
221** Series Five: [[spoiler:[[GodOfEvil The Writer]], the creator of the universe out to destroy all of creation. He's also the GreaterScopeVillain of the series, being responsible for every awful thing that Simba had to deal with.]]
222* ''Fanfic/HopeForTheHeartless'': Arawn, the Death-Lord of Annuvin and the villain of the [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain original books]], is the Horned King's former master who was sealed inside the Black Cauldron centuries ago, and the reason that the Horned King committed all his atrocities that he is trying to atone for. He wants to have his former apprentice re-imprisoned with him so that he can continue torturing him forever; for that end, he's doing everything in his power to destroy his RedemptionQuest and prevent Avalina from saving the Horned King's soul.
223* ''Fanfic/HopeSpringsEternal'': Hecate, a powerful, immortal witch and the self-proclaimed Queen of the Night, who plots to take over the Underworld.
224* ''Fanfic/OppositesDestroy'': Djinn, a JackassGenie with a distain for humanity who wants to kill Genie for preventing him from harming their previous master.
225* ''Fanfic/{{RJ}}'': [[spoiler:Reynard Junior, Nick Wilde's self-aware virtual avatar who intends to supplant the real Nick, kill Judy, and take over Nick's life.]]
226* ''Fanfic/SoRotVieBlut'': [[AdaptationalVillainy Snow White]], who has her father murdered and attempts to do the same to Grimhilde so she can have the throne for herself.
227* ''Fanfic/SwearNotByTheMoon'': Zahn Tiri is the EvilChancellor to Diadem who wants to provoke a war between Diadem and Corona and break up Rapunzel and Cassandra.
228* ''Fanfic/VarianAndTheSevenKingdoms'': Donella, a mysterious woman who [[WeUsedToBeFriends used to be friends with Ulla]] until she presumably killed her and now wishes to discover her secrets in search of power, and for now, that means employing Hugo to get close to Ulla's son, Varian.
229* ''Fanfic/WreckItRalph2'': [[spoiler:Princess Vanellope von Schweetz, Vanellope's evil AlternateSelf and ruler of ''Sugar Rush II'' who wants to destroy the rest of the arcade games, including ''Sugar Rushh'', so that hers can be the only one.
230* ''Fanfic/TheWrathOfAvelina'': Avelina, who is putting curses on the Madrigals [[spoiler:[[NeverMyFault after blaming them for her curse]].]]
231* ''FanFic/Zootopia2TheMovie'' has Dr. Mouser, a MadScientist mouse and leader of a massive gang trying to take over the city.
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234* ''Fanfic/DragonBallZLegacies'': Over the course of the story, we are introduced to four major villains, each with their own independent goals: [[GalacticConqueror Varax]], [[AIIsACrapshoot Sentinel]], [[DiabolicalMastermind Kaiser]], and [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Orthros]]. Varax is an alien warlord who wants to find Majin Buu so he can clone an immortal army to conquer the universe. Sentinel is a homicidal android created by Bulma when she first tried rebuilding Android 16. After going rogue, he goes into hiding with plans to kill the Z-Fighters and TakeOverTheWorld. [[spoiler:He ultimately succeeds in the BadFuture that [[KidFromTheFuture Pan and Eva]] came from.]] Kaiser Talos is an immortal supervillain who heads Capsule Corp's rival company and has secretly been creating SuperSoldiers as part of a long-term plan to make Earth into a GalacticSuperpower. However, all of them are overshadowed by Orthros ([[spoiler:a.k.a. [[AlternateSelf Alter-Videl]]]]), a nigh-omnipotent DimensionalTraveler determined to destroy every existing timeline and [[InTheirOwnImage replace them with a single "perfect" reality built in her own image]]. Meanwhile, the threat of [[GreaterScopeVillain Esdraelon]] lurks in the background as the Gods do everything in their power to keep it from escaping its comet prison. [[spoiler:At the end of the Phantom Enemy Arc, Orthros frees Esdraelon from its cell and sets its prison on a collision course for Earth.]]
235* ''Fanfic/WhatIfFriezaTurnedGood'': Trogen, the AxCrazy third son of King Cold and his intended successor after exiling Frieza. Initially, King Cold's exile of Frieza and creation of Trogen causes the conflict, but he ends up dead by Trogen's hand as his drive to kill Frieza surpasses Cold's desire to leave a successor to run the empire. From there, Trogen is regarded as the biggest threat in the story.
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238* ''VideoGame/{{Endreal}}'': The High Ones, a race of evil godlike entities who intend on starting the Cleansing; an event that would destroy all of humanity.
239* ''VideoGame/{{Falskaar}}'': Yngvarr, the Jarl of Staalgarde, fills this role for most of the quests on the island, as most of the bad events that happen are his responsibility in some way; on top of that, many of the bandits in Falskaar work for him in some capacity. [[spoiler:His ultimate goal is to steal the Heart of the Gods and become immortal]].
240* ''VideoGame/TheForgottenCity'': [[spoiler:The Arbiter and Jarl Metellus. The Arbiter is the Dwemer who has been enforcing the Draconian laws of the city while Metellus is violating the law in secret to rape Maisi nightly.]]
241
242[[AC:''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'']]
243* ''Fanfic/BurningBlack'' at first seems to have Remy as its central antagonist, but it eventually turns out that he's working with [[spoiler: the Pixies]], who seem to be using him as a means to fulfilling their own agenda.
244
245[[AC:''Literature/FiftyShadesOfGrey'']]
246* ''Fanfic/PoorUnfortunateSouls'': Christian Grey himself is Ana's abusive boyfriend who had previously ruined the lives of about a dozen girls prior, and the two detectives, Lindsey and Ailea, have the job of saving Ana and apprehending Christian.
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248[[AC:''Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys'']]
249* ''Webcomic/FiveNightsAtFreddysLostSouls'': The theme park is regularly haunted by a malevolent entity at midnight. It's incredibly aggressive and capable of trapping anyone still in the park at that time in an all-encompassing fog, preventing them from escaping.
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251[[AC:''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'']]
252* ''Fanfic/AsylumFMA'': Dante is the main antagonist, siphoning power from alchemically gifted patients and switching bodies with female ones to prolong her own life.
253
254[[AC:FusionFic]]
255* ''Fanfic/DanganronpaInHarmonysWake'': Monoponi is the one who trapped the character on the cruise ship and forced them to participate in the Killing Game. As it turns out, his true identity is [[spoiler:Cozy Glow, who was freed from her stone prison and ended up in the human world. She started the Killing Game as a means of getting Twilight to come to the human world and drive her to despair, so she may drain her of her magic and use it for herself.]]
256* ''Fanfic/DeathNoteEquestria'': As VillainProtagonist, the role falls to [[FallenHero Twilight]] by default, using the Death Note to pass judgement on those she believes are criminals in an effort to make Equestria a better place. Though one could argue that [[{{Shinigami}} Mer]] takes on the role of TheHeavy (if not outright BigBad) during Twilight's MemoryGambit, even though everything is [[ExactlyAsPlanned going according to Twilight's plan]].
257* ''Fanfic/{{Empathy}}'' has a VillainTeamUp between [[WesternAnimation/BigHero6 Yokai]] and [[spoiler: [[WesternAnimation/Home2015 Captain Smek]]]], working together to open a portal for [[spoiler: the latter's [[TheManBehindTheMan master]], the Gorg]].
258** The sequel ''Fanfic/{{Unity|Finmonster}}'' has the shadowy figure called Enigma. What he wants [[HiddenAgendaVillain isn't known yet]], but he appears to be plotting against the world's heroes.
259* ''Fanfic/AStormOfChaosADoctorWhoovesAdventure'': At first it looks like [[spoiler:The Master]] is the main villain, but it quickly turns out he's an UnwittingPawn of [[spoiler: Borusa]], who's using him to distract the Doctor from his own plans.
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261[[AC:''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'']]
262* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonKingGhidorah Ghidorah]], which is directly or indirectly responsible for all the two protagonists' (San and Vivienne Graham's) pain and suffering since before the fic's start. Taking over from [[DiscOneFinalBoss Alan Jonah]] as the true main threat, Ghidorah telepathically commands [[TheVirus the Many]] and deploys them against the heroes, seeking to take [[InhumanHuman Vivienne]] back so it can [[BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil torture her into irrevocable insanity]] (without caring what happens to San), before it resumes its plans to kill off humanity and all life on Earth.
263* ''Literature/NESGodzillaCreepypasta'': Red, the entity haunting Zach's playthrough, and the culprit behind the death of Melissa, his former girlfriend.
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265[[AC:''Literature/HarryPotter'']]
266* In ''Fanfic/DumbledoresArmyAndTheYearOfDarkness'', as in [[Literature/HarryPotter the books]], ultimately, Voldemort. Memories of the horror of his reign and the extremes required to end it echo through the sequels.
267* ''Fanfic/HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality'': It seems like either Dumbledore or Voldemort is this depending on political orientation. [[spoiler:The real Big Bad is Quirrell/Voldemort, who causes most of the problems in the story, although he's actively trying to help the heroes save the world from ''Harry'' for entirely selfish reasons]].
268* ''Fanfic/MyImmortal'': In theory, [[Literature/HarryPotter Voldemort]] is the main antagonist and the story attempts to present him as such, but he's a HarmlessVillain who doesn't actually do anything except show up, yell at Enoby, then leave.
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270[[AC:''VideoGame/HenryStickminSeries'']]
271* ''Fanfic/BegrudgingAssistanceRequests'': While he's given a bit of AdaptationalHeroism, Dmitri Johannes Petrov, The Warden of The Wall, still opposes protagonist Ellie Rose (who in turn is given some AdaptationalVillainy), making him the HeroAntagonist to her VillainProtagonist.
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273[[AC:''Literature/HighSchoolDXD'']]
274* ''Fanfic/MarriageOfHeavenAndHell'': [[PhysicalGod Halja]], the Norse Goddess of Death and the current ruler of Heaven. She's the main threat that the ORC seeks to take down and is in charge of the villains that they face.
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276[[AC:''Literature/TheHungerGames'']]
277* ''Fanfic/SavingTheBoy'': OriginalCharacter Misu Teeyer, who is the one to replace Katniss as the female tribute for the Seventy-Fourth Hunger Games[[note]]Katniss was reaped for and won the Seventy-First Hunger Games instead in the backstory[[/note]]. While Snow is still the GreaterScopeVillain, Misu drives most of the conflict of the story due to her hatred of Katniss and desire to win the Games. She is the biggest threat to Peeta in the arena, and makes it all too clear she intends to kill him, not just for the sake of survival but also to spite their female mentor.
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279[[AC:''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'']]
280* ''Fanfic/BecomingATrueInvader'' has the [[HiddenVillain mysterious figure]] known as the Employer, who is leading an army in [[EvilerThanThou conquering the Irken Empire]] as a prelude to [[GalacticConqueror taking over the whole universe]]. He eventually turns out to be [[spoiler: Minimoose, [[TheDogWasTheMastermind of all characters]], who is actually a Control Brain from an AlternateUniverse]].
281* ''Fanfic/ForTheGloryOfIrk'': [[spoiler: [[AIIsACrapshoot The Control Brains]]]] are the BigBadDuumvirate behind TheConspiracy driving the plot, with [[spoiler: IX (the Control Brain on the Massive)]] acting as TheHeavy and primary leader. They are [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashing]] Irkens to turn them into agents that will further events to cause a war with [[TheFederation the Syndicate]]. They're doing this so that [[spoiler: the Tallest will trigger the War Protocol, which will enable them to turn all Irkens into a HiveMind that they can control, feeling that [[ZerothLawRebellion they're the only ones who can properly rule the Empire]].]]
282* ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/28220286/chapters/69152418 Invader Zim: The Universe Killer]]'' has Venagile the Grinning Demon, an EldritchAbomination who takes sadistic pleasure in slowly destroying dimensions one world at a time, and who has now set his sights on Earth.
283* ''Fanfic/MyHostageNotYours'':
284** ''My Hostage, Not Yours'': The [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Valkian Queen]], who's trying to steal the LEECHY from Gaz so she can defeat the Irkens.
285** ''The Revenge of Player 2'': [[spoiler: Iggins]], who wants revenge against Gaz for past actions against him.
286** ''The Inevitable Takeover'': [[UnholyMatrimony Zim and Gaz]], who switch from [[AntiHero Anti-Heroes]][=/=][[AntiVillain Anti-Villains]] to full {{Villain Protagonist}}s to take over Earth. The Tallest could also be seen as the {{Greater Scope Villain}}s, since Zim is still loyal to them.
287** ''Fanfic/ReMyHostageNotYours'': Like the original story, this version has the Valkian Queen, who is now a HiveQueen of a race of BeePeople (instead of a LizardFolk monarch). It's his attempt to flee the Queen that leads to Larb crashing onto Earth and his PAK ending up on Gaz, and the climax is kicked off when her minions hunt Gaz down to retrieve the PAK and the encrypted data hidden on it.
288
289[[AC:''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'']]
290* ''Fanfic/JackieChanAdventuresOlympianJourney'' has Eris, the Goddess of Discord, who wishes to gather the essences of the other slain members of the Greek pantheon in order to restore the dominance of the gods over humanity.
291* ''Fanfic/QueenOfAllOni'' has [[FallenHero Jade]], who upon being transformed back into the [[SuperPoweredEvilSide Queen of the Shadowkhan]], dedicates herself to [[AmbitionIsEvil being the greatest and most successful villain her family has ever faced]], with the entire plot being built around the other members of the Chan Clan trying to stop her schemes and find a way to return her to normal. Meanwhile, [[SealedEvilInACan Tarakudo]] is the GreaterScopeVillain trying to manipulate events remotely so that he can get free and TakeOverTheWorld. [[spoiler: When he's successfully freed during the FinalBattle, he and Jade [[EnemyCivilWar come to blows]] over leadership of the Shadowkhan, with Tarakudo ultimately winning and serving as the FinalBoss.]]
292* ''Fanfic/ShadowsAwakening'' has a somewhat complex BigBadEnsemble: [[EvilSorcerer Daolon Wong]] is definitely TheHeavy, being the one who instigated and drives the plot, but partway through the story he allies with [[OurGhostsAreDifferent The Phantom/Kyosuke]], who makes it clear from day one that he's only using Wong to further his own ends. Meanwhile, in addition to the heroes, they're also [[EvilVersusEvil at odds]] with another VillainTeamUp of [[SealedEvilInACan Tarakudo]] and [[EnemyWithin The Queen]] (who seems to be chafing under Tarakudo's leadership), who want to corrupt Jade for their own purposes.
293** This setup is resolved near the end of the story -- [[spoiler: Wong is defeated by the heroes, but the Queen's corruption of Jade is completed enough that the Tiger Talisman responds by [[EnemyWithout separating them]], giving the Queen a body of her own to work with; she defeats the heroes and depowers Wong, at which point Kyosuke reveals he and the Queen cut a deal behind their partners' backs, and now that she's proven herself worthy, he declares loyalty to her, [[DemotedToDragon demoting himself to her Dragon]].]] So, in the end, it appears that [[spoiler: the Queen]] has emerged from the Ensemble as main antagonist.
294
295[[AC:''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'']]
296* ''Fanfic/KirbyRightBackAtYaOdysseyOfDreams'': Overlord Zero, the ruler and creator of Dark Matter, who's trying to invade and conquer Popstar.
297
298[[AC:''Franchise/KungFuPanda'']]
299* ''Fanfic/ADifferentLesson'': Heian Chao, the {{Ancient|Evil}} EvilSorcerer and KungFuWizard who wishes to possess and control the chi of every person in the empire (and the empire itself), fulfills this role for the story. Xiu, eldest of the Wu Sisters, may be the character who gives the heroes the most personal trouble, but she is actually TheDragon. It is Chao [[TheManBehindTheMan who is behind]] all the [[TheChessmaster schemes and plans]] the heroes must thwart, who personally hires the Sisters to kill Po and help corrupt Tai Lung back to TheDarkSide, who possesses [[spoiler:Vachir and Monkey]] in order to murder countless innocents and spread a HatePlague over the Valley, and who [[spoiler:directly taints the Pool of Sacred Tears so that he can [[PeoplePuppets control everyone in the Valley]]]]. He's also, of course, the FinalBoss the heroes must face in the climactic ending battle.
300* ''Fanfic/ShenVsKai'': The true Big Bad is revealed to be [[spoiler:the demon Hei Yinying]], who is responsible for the creation of the AlternateUniverse where Shen and Kai go to war against each-other all as part of [[spoiler:Yinying's plan to usurp control of the Underworld for himself]].
301
302[[AC:''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyro'']]
303* ''Fanfic/TheLegendOfSpyroANewDawn'': [[spoiler:General Grendel turned out to be the ManBehindTheMan to Tyrania and Kaze, having manipulated them to work with his plans for revenge on the Dragons and getting Pyrus out of the picture. To some extant, he's manipulating Deadlock, but it's mainly permitting her plan so she stays out of his way. He's now proceeded with his own plot for revenge against the Dragons. In the end, after Deadlock is defeated and makes a HeelFaceTurn, Grendel becomes the TrueFinalBoss by performing a ritual giving him the power of the Naga Spirit Of War.]]
304
305[[AC:''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'']]
306* ''Fanfic/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTimeDragonRand100'': Ganondorf isn't content to just sit and wait while the hero defeats his minions and comes to challenge him. He actively tries to stop Link and his allies and he isn't beneath murder.
307* ''WebVideo/TheLegendOfZeldaTheSageOfDarkness'': [[spoiler:Davik, the titular Sage of Darkness, manipulates Link into giving into hatred and anger in order to speed up Ganon's revival, intending to use him to end the Cycle of Eternity.]]
308* ''VideoGame/LostIsle'': Morlach, a demon responsible for killing nearly every human in the titular isle who works to destroy the seal that keeps him imprisoned so he may begin his bid for global conquest.
309
310[[AC:''VideoGame/LogicalJourneyOfTheZoombinis'']]
311* ''Fanfic/SaetwosStory'' has Romelau [[spoiler: the leader of the Fleens, who also [[TheManBehindTheMan sent the Bloats]] to conquer Zoombini island.]]
312
313[[AC:''WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse'']]
314* The ''Fanfic/{{Heroverse}}'' has a main villain in each of its stories.
315** ''Fanfic/AceSavvyANewHope'': Lord Tetherby, the man responsible for Ace Savvy's death, wishes to carry out his nefarious plans on Royal Woods.
316** ''Fanfic/PowerChordHighSchoolMusical'': The person behind the strange behavior of the students, filling them with negative emotions and causing them to reveal their deepest secrets. It’s later revealed it was [[spoiler:Luan who was behind it as revenge for her mistreatment.]]
317** ''Fanfic/NovaHomecoming'': La Cobra, the leader of a vicious gang in Great Lakes City.
318* ''Fanfic/ItsAKidsWorld'': Each storyline has one, but the primary threat of the story as a whole seems to be the zombie army and its mysterious leader [[spoiler:who turns out to be Boris Durvil AKA Lord Viribus.]]
319
320[[AC:''Manga/LoveHina'']]
321* ''Fanfic/ForHisOwnSake'': Naru Narusegawa, Keitaro's girlfriend, is [[AdaptationalVillainy here]] the ringleader of Keitaro's abusers, and sets out to make his life hell when he makes an effort to leave. It is slowly made clear that all his other abusers, even Motoko and [[ManipulativeBitch Granny Hina]], are being influenced by her. [[spoiler:Later, Kagura Hajime and Chisato Ichimura, two girls from the pasts of Keitaro and [[LoveInterest Nagisa]], show up and slowly hijack the plot, eventually forming a BigBadTriumvirate with Naru for one last revenge plan involving kidnapping Keitaro.]]
322
323[[AC:Franchise/MarvelUniverse]]
324* ''Fanfic/BreakingTheDeal'': Mephisto, who has used his deal with Peter Parker to gain more power and now plans on finding a way to conquer the entire multiverse. He also kidnaps Mary Jane in order to ensure that Spider-Man doesn't interfere with his plans.
325* ''Fanfic/CivilWarHulk'' has [[spoiler: Loki]], with [[spoiler: Baron Mordo]] as TheDragon. It turns out that they engineered [[ComicBook/HouseOfM the Scarlet Witch's breakdown]], manipulated the Illuminati into [[ComicBook/PlanetHulk exiling the Hulk]], and [[PlayingBothSides played both sides]] of the [[ComicBook/CivilWar2006 superhero civil war]] in order to render the Earth defenseless towards their plans to TakeOverTheWorld.
326* ''Fanfic/{{Polarity}}'': [[spoiler:Dormammu]], the mastermind behind the zombie outbreak plaguing the Marvel Universe.
327
328[[AC:''Manga/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiPitch'']]
329* ''Fanfic/MermaidMelodyPichiPichiDuo'': Dr. Hishki, a MadScientist who seeks to expose mermaids to the world and make himself famous.
330
331[[AC:''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'']]
332* ''WebAnimation/MinecraftEndventures'': The Endermaster is the ruler of the End and the Enderman, and the one who started the Enderman invasion.
333
334[[AC:''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'']]
335* ''Fanfic/NymphAndTheCorruptedMiraculous'': [[spoiler:Xue Ying, a former guardian]] who is corrupting the Miraculous jewels for their own goals.
336* ''Fanfic/MiraculousUncertainFuture'': Hawk Moth, who in this fic is Lila Rossi, is the one who starts the conflict with her massive attack on Paris that kills most of the heroes.
337
338[[AC:''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'']]
339* ''Fanfic/ApotheosisMHA'': Izuku Midorya/Apotheosis, who after having his dreams crushed by All Might, creates his own Infinity Gauntlet and intends on recreating Hero Society in his own image.
340* ''Fanfic/BluesDriveMonsters'': While Shigaraki and the League are the ones who set the plot in motion and Metalhead and her gang are the most prominent threat, [[spoiler: it's Minister Osamu Nakayama and his Ministry of Individuality that appear to be the main threat. [[GreaterScopeVillain They authorized the Yard]] and Nakayama intends to exploit the current events to eliminate any autonomy of the Pro Heroes from the government.]]
341
342[[AC:''Anime/MyHime'']]
343* In ''Fanfic/PerfectionIsOverrated'', while the Obsidian Lord, the canon antagonist, is still active, The Usurper directs the [=SUEs=] in their efforts to defeat [[Anime/MyHime the Himes]]. He even [[spoiler:[[DemonicPossession possesses]] the Obsidian Lord, but is killed after his minions are defeated and the Obsidian Lord is forced from Reito's body]]. In the Chapter 17-19 arc, [[spoiler:Ishigami, Nagi and the Bachiko and Meiko pair]] [[GambitPileup all put their own plans into motion]].
344
345[[AC:''Franchise/MyLittlePony'']]
346* ''Fanfic/AuroraPonyholicsAnonymous'' has [[spoiler:Dawnbringer]], though he's carrying out a plan devised by [[spoiler: Discord]], making the latter the GreaterScopeVillain.
347* ''Fanfic/TheAssassinationOfTwilightSparkle'': Prince Blueblood, who is responsible for the titular assassination. However, the [[Fanfic/AftermathOfAFallenStar sequel]] reveals [[spoiler:his father, Amadeus Bluehood, was the ManBehindTheMan who manipulated him into carrying out the assassination in a bid to get the Traditionalists and the Progressives to destroy each other, leaving the Blueblood family free to rule Equestria.]]
348* ''Fanfic/TheCaptainGoodkingSaga'':
349** ''A series of unfortunate events that leads to another redeemed villain, yay!'': Lord Sanies, being the one who engineered The Storm King's resurrection in the first place.
350** ''Captain Goodking and the Nightmare Knights'': Sacanas, who lured the Nightmare Knights to the maze so they can play his little game.
351** ''The End of Time'': Kronos, who wants the Seals of the Planets to himself.
352* ''Fanfic/CrisisEquestria'': [[ManipulativeBastard Silvertongue]], the ruler of New Pandemoneum whose ultimate goal is to reshape the multiverse into a world of absolute harmony...with him as its supreme ruler. Although he turns out to be TheDragon to GreaterScopeVillain [[GodOfEvil Nihila]]. [[spoiler: Until chapter 25, when he [[TheStarscream betrays her and steals her power]], making him the definite BigBad.]]
353* [[FanFic/RainboomsAndRoyalty The Dashverse]]:
354** ''Rainbooms And Royalty'': [[MadGod Nightmare Moon]], who just like in canon is attempting to usurp Celestia and bring about TheNightThatNeverEnds.
355** ''May The Best Friends Win'': Trixie. She's not really evil, but her attempts to drive a wedge between Rainbow Dash and her other friends drives the plot.
356** ''Hot Heads, Cold Hearts, and Nerves of Steel'': [[EvilOverlord King Sombra]], who abducts all of Ponyville's foals so that he can drain their life forces to fully resurrect himself.
357** ''Wedding Bells Bug Hunt'': [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen Chrysalis]]. As in canon, she's using Shining Armor and Cadence's wedding as a cover for her plans to invade and conquer Equestria.
358* Fanfic/TheDearSweetieBelleContinuity:
359** Feather Duster serves as this for the "Dear Cutie Mark Crusaders" arc; despite [[WholeEpisodeFlashback technically being a flashback-only character]], he caused an immense amount of trouble which shaped the CMC's future lives to varying degrees. [[spoiler:He also attacks them in the present in "Cutie Mark Crusaders Dream Warriors" before being KilledOffForReal.]]
360** In ''The Changelings Have a King'', [[BigBadDuumvirate Chrysalis and Carapace]] [[spoiler:(a.k.a. the transformed Prince Blueblood)]], the eponymous king, oversee the changeling hive's planned invasion of Equestria. That said, Carapace is much more TheHeavy, taking the lead in both forming and carrying out the plan, while Chrysalis seems more concerned with [[spoiler:her new brood (and it's hinted that Carapace is isolating and manipulating her)]].
361* ''Fanfic/TheElementsOfFriendship'':
362** ''Book 1: Harmony'': [=NightMare=], who the Mane 6 must defeat after she plunges Equestia into eternal night and banishes Queen Celestia to the moon.
363** ''Book IS [interlude one-point-five]: Bonds'': Trixie, who uses the power of the Alicorn Amulet to kidnap the Queen of the Night.
364** ''Book II: Chaoskampf'': Discord, who escapes from his stone prison and disposes of the Elements of Harmony, forcing Twilight Sparkle and her friends to go on another adventure.
365* In ''Fanfic/TheElementsOfHarmonyAndTheSaviorOfWorlds'', after almost thirty chapters of buildup and foreshadowing, it turns out that [[spoiler:Tirac]] is the one responsible for Luna's corruption into Nightmare Moon, and in the present is now plotting [[spoiler:revenge]] against Megan.
366* The LemonyNarrator of ''Fanfic/EquestriaAHistoryRevealed'' seems to think that Celestia is the evil behind it all, and never lets the reader forget it. But this thinking is just due to her clear bias, a more fitting BigBad would be the Nightmare Forces who were behind the Equestrian Civil War, birth of Nightmare Moon, and the Second Battle of Canterlot.
367* ''Roleplay/EquestriaChronicles'': [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicPrincessCelestia Celestia]], who has gradually become a paranoid, tyrannical dictator in her search for the Lunar rebels.
368* ''Fanfic/AFutureOfFriendshipAHistoryOfHate'': Ruinate, the long imprisoned evil member of the [[BenevolentPrecursors Sentiox]] who, upon excape, intends on making Equestria into a CrapsackWorld before eventually destroying the rest of the universe.
369* ''FanFic/GettingBackOnYourHooves'' has [[TheSociopath Checker]] [[ManipulativeBitch Monarch]], [[spoiler:Trixie's sinister [[CainAndAbel sister]]]], who spends the fic doing everything in her power to ruin Trixie and her quest to rebuild her life.
370* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/237978/how-trixie-somehow-saved-hearths-warming How Trixie (Somehow) Saved Hearth's Warming]]'' has Leidr, who's buried the North Pole in snow and ice (it's a {{Homage}} to old school Christmas Specials) and is the one Vixen needs Trixie's help to stop. [[spoiler:He's also a mutant, sapient Windigo.]]
371* ''Fanfic/TheImmortalGame'' has King Titan, Celestia and Luna's ArchnemesisDad and the creator/original ruler of Equestria. He also happens to be a [[TheSocialDarwinist Social Darwinist]] GodOfEvil bordering on being a full-blown EldritchAbomination, which is why the princesses [[SealedEvilInACan sealed him away]] in the first place.
372* The BigBad of [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/15353/inner-glory Inner Glory]] is Thael the Metaspecter, [[spoiler:except he is a RedHerring; the real villain is Seren, the alicorn of vengeance]].
373* The ''[[FanFic/TheEquestriaChronicles Legends of Equestria]]'' continuity introduces The Emperor, the lizard-like leader of an ultra-advanced race that controls a [[TheEmpire planet-wide empire]], of which Equestria is "but a speck". When Celestia and Luna first overthrow Discord, he shows up to assert his control. Being unable to defeat them in single combat, he vows to return with his army should they ever lose control of the kingdom. That said, he is more of a looming GreaterScopeVillain for the two Acts which so far compose the story, with the ambitious technocrat Seraph directly taking this role instead for Act I, while in Act II [[spoiler:[[VillainProtagonist the increasingly paranoid and controlling Celestia]]]] takes over.
374* In the beginning of ''Fanfic/LovedAndLost'', an extended retelling of "A Canterlot Wedding", Prince Jewelius [[TheUsurper steals Equestria's throne]] right after he has helped Twilight Sparkle in stopping the Changeling invasion by manipulating the public and [[CorruptTheCutie Twilight herself]] to turn against the princesses, Shining Armor and Twilight's friends, banishing them all from Equestria as [[HeroWithBadPublicity hated pariahs]]. They then spend the rest of the story trying to earn back everypony's (especially Twilight's) trust and expose [[CassandraTruth an unbelievable truth]] they learn about [[VillainWithGoodPublicity "Holy King Jewelius I"]]; [[spoiler:he [[EvilAllAlong himself]] told [[BigBadWannabe Queen Chrysalis]] about [[CainAndAbel his cousin Cadance]] and Shining Armor's wedding and stroke a partnership to take control of Equestria with Chrysalis. He helped her sneak into Canterlot by telling her how to enter the caverns underneath the castle, and he lured Cadance into a trap, allowing Chrysalis to take her place. However, after making himself a LoveInterestTraitor for Twilight, he double-crossed the Changelings [[XanatosSpeedChess at the last minute]]. After the heroes defeat the army of Jewelius -- who's been exposed as a monstrous fraud to everypony -- and corner him in the final battle, he's [[DevouredByTheHorde killed by the Changelings]] for his betrayal. Queen Chrysalis then attempts to take the main antagonist role back, only for Cadance and Shining Armor to finally give the Changelings [[ATwinkleInTheSky their canon defeat]] that has been delayed only because of the plot twists caused by Jewelius]].
375* ''Fanfic/{{Marionettes}}'' begins with [[ImplacableMan Cover Story and Gear Shift]] as [[TheHeavy the main antagonists]], pursuing and trying to capture Trixie. However, it's made clear early on that [[TheMenInBlack their organization]] is far larger and they answer to somepony higher up. The true BigBad is Director Masquerade, the leader of the Stallions in Black, who takes over this role [[DiscOneFinalBoss after the two are defeated.]]
376* ''Fanfic/MyBravePonyStarfleetMagic'':
377** ''My Little Unicorn''[=/=]''My Brave Unicorn: Star Fleet Magic'' [[spoiler: and ''My Brave Pony: TheMovie'']]: [[EvilSorcerer Titan]], a sorcerer [[SealedEvilInACan banished to another dimension 1000 years ago]] who's out to take over Unicornicopia.
378** ''My Brave Pony: Star Fleet Magic II'': Queen Chrysalis, who attempts to throw United Equestria into chaos with her army of mimics.
379** ''My Brave Pony: Star Fleet Magic III'': King Sombra, who's on the hunt for the pieces of the Crystal Heart to use for his own evil intentions.
380** ''My Brave Pony: Starfleet Humans'': Sapphira, the leader of the Crystallites who intends to enslave the human world.
381** ''My Brave Pony: Star Fleet Magic IV'': [[MadeOfEvil The Dark King]], the future conqueror of United Equestria who travels back in time to ensure that his rule comes to pass.
382** ''My Brave Pony: Star Fleet Magic V'': [[GalacticConqueror King Pinsar]], the leader of the galaxy conquering Insecto Armada who has set his sites on United Equestria.
383** ''My Brave Pony: Star Fleet Magic VI'': [[AntiVillain Windy Bag]], who wants to bring back the old Equestria, by freeing the Equestrian ponies from their brainwashing and driving Starfleet out. [[DesignatedEvil Which is bad apparently]].
384** ''My Brave Pony: Star Fleet Magic VII'': [[PirateGirl Sienna]], who leads her pirate gang in invading United Equestria for the Elements of Chaos.
385%%* In the WebAnimation/MyLittlePonyMeets, in The Joker Meets My Little Pony, Zod and Chrysalis in Superman Meets My Little Pony, Slenderman in ??? Meets My Little Pony.
386* ''Webcomic/TheNightTheMagicDied'': Gralo, an evil Krassau who desires to absorb all magic in Equestria
387* ''Fanfic/PagesOfHarmony'' and its sequel, ''Fanfic/EmpressOfHarmony'', have Twilight Sparkle as a WellIntentionedExtremist who does scientific procedures on her friends and kills them to preserve Harmony because UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans.
388* ''FanFic/ThePiecesLieWhereTheyFell'': There is one, and it's the reason a new generation of Bearers are needed. [[spoiler: It turns out to be the Power known as the Nightmare, which had once possessed Princess Luna and was now controlling the King of Equestria.]]
389* The ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeries'' is an interesting example: while Discord is only the direct BigBad in certain {{Story Arc}}s, he's also the GreaterScopeVillain of the series as a whole, as even the arcs where he doesn't show up in person are still all the fallout from his actions in canon and the BackStory [[spoiler: and there's also a subplot running through the series about his backup plan to escape his prison again]]. For the sake of precision, we'll break it down by arc:
390** Naturally, Discord himself in the original Discorded Ponies series, as it's set during his canon appearance. This also includes the alternate ending Epilogue (eventually expanded on in the Dark World arc), which shows what [[BadFuture would have happened]] had he actually [[TheBadGuyWins managed to win]].
391** The Reharmonization arc has [[spoiler: [[EnemyWithin Loneliness]]]] -- maybe not the arc as a whole, but the subplot about saving Trixie, which runs through a good chunk of it.
392** The Pearls arc has [[WellIntentionedExtremist Princess Gaia]][=/=][[spoiler: [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Nightmare Whisper]]]], [[spoiler: Fluttershy's SuperpoweredEvilSide]].
393** The "AJ's Dream" two-parter has [[TheAssimilator Nightmare Mirror]], [[spoiler: Applejack's AlternateUniverse SuperpoweredEvilSide]].
394** [[TheSocialDarwinist Strife]], Discord's sister, could arguably be said to be the BigBad of the Generational Transition arc, as of all the Draconequi she was definitely TheHeavy of the arc, and also served as the FinalBoss for the last survivors of the Gen 3.5 universe. Though, she was just doing her job [[spoiler: and was trying to give them a chance to prove their right to exist]].
395** Discord takes center stage again in Origins, due to it being his StartOfDarkness.
396** The Mind Games arc has Discord again [[spoiler: as he manipulates Diamond Tiara into freeing him]].
397** The Dark World arc returns to the BadFuture and thus Alternate!Discord is still the BigBad. Considering we're seeing it from a VillainProtagonist perspective at first, [[HeroAntagonist Queen Cadence]] could also count as having been one in the past. Meanwhile, [[TheStarscream the Valeyard's]] FinalSpeech implies Discord isn't [[BigBadEnsemble the only Big Bad]]... [[spoiler: It now appears to be [[TheVoice the Nameless Passenger]], which is shaping up as TheCorrupter (especially to Twilight) and a KnightTemplar willing to sacrifice anything to defeat Discord.]] This entity ultimately ends up as the FinalBoss and reveals itself to be [[spoiler: [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Nightmare]] [[IHaveManyNames Eclipse/Paradox]], an [[FutureMeScaresMe potential future incarnation]] of Dark World!Twilight who was [[HeWhoFightsMonsters consumed by her hatred]] of Discord, condemning him to [[GroundhogDayLoop a time loop]] that always ends in his death, followed by Twilight's transformation and the reseting of the loop, [[OmnicidalManiac destroying each version of Dark World]]]].
398** Shining Armor's arc has [[GeneralRipper General-Admiral Makarov]] of the [[TheEmpire Hooviet Empire]] [[spoiler: in actuality, an [[HumanoidAbomination Equineoid Abomination]] called the Shadow of Chernobull]]. Though there's [[BigBadEnsemble also]] [[ClockRoaches the Wolf]], an AnimalisticAbomination that sees Shining as a threat to the timeline and wants to [[RetGone erase]] him.
399*** [[spoiler: Makarov ends up [[RetGone erased]] by the Wolf, which then takes over the role of primary threat, as it's still after Shining.]]
400** [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Queen Cocoon]] serves as this (in an EvilVersusEvil way) in Chrysalis' OriginsEpisode.
401** Chrysalis herself is the BigBad of the Wedding Arc, as per canon.
402** Several stories in the ''Gaiden: 7 Dreams/Nightmares'' collection have antagonists:
403*** Patch's story has several villains over the course of her quest for the Rainbow of Light fragments, but the most prominent are [[StarterVillain Film Critique]], [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Basil]], and Grogar, who serves as FinalBoss.
404*** Melody's story has [[TyrantTakesTheHelm Sharp Spear]], whose FantasticRacism towards Earth Ponies makes him a threat to Melody's family, especially once his son and her daughter become StarCrossedLovers. [[spoiler: (Though he does eventually have a HeelFaceTurn.)]]
405*** Bright Eyes' story has [[spoiler: the Shadow of Existence of Discord's brother [[UnPerson D___t]], who briefly poses as her EnemyWithin Cruel Eyes, and tries twice to absorb her soul and potential Concept in order to reconstitute himself. He also spends the entire Nightmares section stalking her as a presence she feels lurking over her whenever she feels emotionally vulnerable.]]
406*** Clover's story, after a few [[BigBadWannabe wannabes]], gets the closest thing to main antagonist in the shape of TheMaster -- no, [[Series/DoctorWho not that one]], who also exists in this universe. This one, who turns out to be [[spoiler: a Diamond Dog named FluffyTheTerrible posing as an old unicorn]], uses an army of ponies he conditioned as orphaned foals to run a slave-powered mining operation that Clover's family eventually stumbles on. And he proves how dangerous he is by [[spoiler: [[HeroKiller killing Scout]]]]. That said, her FinalBoss ends up being a group of {{Eldritch Abomination}}s so dangerous that Fauna Luster and Entropy ''[[EnemyMine worked together]]'' to [[SealedEvilInACan seal them away]], and who try to trick Clover into freeing them.
407** [[spoiler:Discord]], Umbra Breeze[[spoiler:/Nyarlathotrot]], and [[spoiler:Nightmare Diamond Tiara]] are the BigBadDuumvirate for the Finale Arc with their plan to [[spoiler:[[RewritingReality rewrite the world into a grimdark]] CrapsackWorld. Nightmare Eclipse's surviving followers would also try to merge the Halflights back into ''their'' Twilight. And things circle back to Discord and Nightmare Nhilis, both trying to claim the title of Big Bad... not for power.. but so they can take all the BLAME. Then Havoc's insane avatar, Paxphobia, ends up being the TrueFinalBoss as it breaks free of Discord's control as his change of heart weakens his grasp on it.]]
408** One could also argue that even when Discord is the BigBad, the series still has a GreaterScopeVillain in his father [[EldritchAbomination Havoc]] -- after all, he's the one who created Discord in the first place, and is also responsible for pretty much everything he's done in Equestria [[spoiler: since he fed Discord ''his own brother'' (as well as Havoc's own avatar) in order to increase his power, before having him reborn in the mortal world]]. He was also the DiscOneFinalBoss of Origins. Though it should be noted this is an insane Avatar of Havoc, as the ''true'' Havoc thought said Avatar was insane for doing it, the ''actual'' Havoc's actions, while a bit extreme from mortal standards (but [[BlueAndOrangeMorality grounded in his standards]] as [[GoodIsNotNice the patriarch of Nature's Fury]]), were ultimately well-intentioned at worst and would never have condoned the things his avatar did when it went out of control. Under normal circumstanced, Havoc is ironically a ''BigGood'' for the setting.
409* The ''Fanfic/PonyPOVSeriesChaosVerse'' (an official spinoff of the ''FanFic/PonyPOVSeries'') has [[spoiler: [[EnemyWithout Nightmare Phobia]]]]. Interestingly, in addition to being the main antagonist of the story, she's also stated to be behind many events of canon by manipulating ponies (including the Mane Six) through their fears.
410* ''Fanfic/ThePowersOfHarmony'': After a lot of buildup, the mysterious entity Cetus reveals herself as the main antagonist. She turns out to be [[spoiler: Nightmare Moon's Echo]], and is planning to [[TakeOverTheWorld take over Equestria]] and then to [[spoiler: complete Nightmare Moon's [[TheNightThatNeverEnds goal]]]]. [[spoiler:Subverted since the entire sequence of events is part of [[BigGood Harmony's]] scenario for strengthening the Element bearers and preparing them for Discord's return.]]
411* ''Fanfic/PrincipalCelestiaHuntsTheUndead'': The lead vampire, who turns out to be none other than [[spoiler:Abacus Cinch]].
412* ''Fanfic/RainbowDoubleDashsLunaverse''[='=]s overall BigBad is [[AGodAmI Corona]], the struggle with whom forms the series' MythArc. However, as she's left severely weakened in Season 1 by her first confrontation with the Elements of Harmony, she ends up [[BigBadEnsemble sharing]] the role with the cabal of [[DecadentCourt corrupt Night Court nobles]] led by [[ManipulativeBastard Duke Greengrass]]. But with their defeat in ''At The Grand Galloping Gala'', Corona is free to take back sole BigBad duties in Season 2 as she increasingly regains her powers.
413* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/78420/reharmony Re:Harmony]]'' has [[AdaptationalVillainy Chancellor Posey.]] Later on, [[TheSocialDarwinist the Empress Commander of the Pegasai]] and [[spoiler: [[[[OutsideContextProblem Chrysalis]]]] come in, making this this a BigBadEnsemble.
414* ''[[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/239229/shanghaid Shanghai'd!]]'' has General Verulius Constantine; the changeling Half-Blood Tyrant, with Queen Chrysalis and Leere as the GreaterScopeVillain.
415* ''Fanfic/ThroughTheWellOfPirene'' has the King of Wands, Nessus, an absolute mountain of a centaur intent on fulfilling an ancient prophecy and 'shaping the world to come'. Rumors of his death via hydra-venom-soaked arrow in Greek mythology were greatly exaggerated.
416* ''Fanfic/TheTwoSidesOfDaringDo'': Ahuizotl, who tries to steal the Princesses' power and use it to destroy all of Equestria.
417%%* Each story in FanFic/TheVinylAndOctaviaSeries has at least on antagonist per story, although the extent to which they participate in the plot depends upon whether the story is an Adventure or Slice of Life story.
418%%** ''Vinyl and Octavia Machete Their Way Through the Jungle'': Baron von Darkhoof and Stumblefeather.
419%%** ''Vinyl and Octavia Get Incredibly Drunk'': The bartender.
420%%** ''Vinyl and Octavia Are Forcibly Shipped'': [[spoiler: Baron von Darkhoof and Stumblefeather, again.]]
421%%** ''Vinyl and Octavia Fight Ten Thousand Ninjas'': [[spoiler: Octavius and Bass Drop.]]
422%%** ''Vinyl and Octavia Have Multiple Dates'': Neon Lights.
423%%* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/91188/what-didnt-happen What Didn't Happen]] has Queen Chrysalis. ([[spoiler: the one from the future, not the one from the past]])
424
425[[AC:''Manga/{{Naruto}}'']]
426* ''Fanfic/TheElementOfTime'': Madara and Obito are already around to cause trouble with the Jyuubi from the very beginning of the story, as per canon, and they still continue to cause trouble over the course of the new timeline. Raizen makes himself a brand new active threat for Naruto and Felix to worry about not too long after the timeline is reset. And he, Madara, and Obito are later joined in by the likes of Orochimaru, Akatsuki, Pain, and various other villains from both Naruto's home dimension and the Elder Dimension.
427* Gouki [[spoiler: Namikaze]] in ''FanFic/AGrowingAffection'' is the ultimate BigBad; he is Pein and Konan's second teacher and they are working for Madara on his orders, both to reign in Madara and to enable Gouki to take control of Madara's plan if it works out. In book 2 Madara was the BigBad, before Gouki comes out of the shadows.
428* ''Fanfic/{{Hakumei}}'': Danzo Shimura, who has long since taken over Konoha after killing the previous Hokage and turns it into an oppressive PoliceState; with Naruto and the others aiming to rise up against him.
429* ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin'': The Fourth Ninja War has Akatsuki, led by Obito and the remaining members, and Orochimaru, who provides the Edo Tensei zombies for the army, as the main threats for the Shinobi Allied Forces.
430* ''Fanfic/WarOfTheBiju'': Tobimaru "Tobi" Uchiha, a descendant of the branch family of the Uchiha Clan and the disciple of Madara Uchiha woh seeks to revive the Ten-Tails so he can become its jinchuriki and rule over the earth.
431
432[[AC:''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'']]
433* ''Fanfic/AdviceAndTrust'': Seele is a secret organization that intends to kill literally everyone and merge their souls to create a single being. They are ''literally'' the origin of all troubles in the story and the cause of all hardships that the main characters have faced and the pain they have endured.
434* ''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove'': Gendo. [[spoiler:He was behind Asuka’s overwhelming arousal which drove her to sleeping with Shinji, and he schemed to turn her daughter—his own granddaughter!—into a biological super-weapon.]]
435* ''Fanfic/ACrownOfStars'': Jinnai, a bloody dictator that is using overwhelming military power to take over the ravaged, wrecked post-apocalyptic world. In "A Throne Of Bayonets" -the story that preceeds this one- he plotted overthrowing his superior Winthrop, and achieved his goal thanks to the the reluctant aid of the heroes Shinji and Asuka. However he is arrogant, paranoid, short-tempered and prone to lose control, so he is less effective than his predecessor.
436* ''Fanfic/Evangelion303'': Seele, which is plotting to launch a nuclear strike against USA and other countries.
437* ''Fanfic/{{HERZ}}'': The secret organization SEELE. In 2015 they tried to culminate their plan to merge all human souls into a single being. They failed and spent the next twelve years trying to build more Evangelions to carry out their goals, funding black projects and terrorist organizations.
438* In ''Fanfic/NeonGenesisEvangelionGenocide'', Gendo keeps plotting the end of the world to reunite with his wife again, even though the war is over. His new schemes involving the Emerald Tablet, a strange and unpredictable computer program for which he has great plans, hurt his son and the other pilots again, forcing Misato to take drastic measures to protect her family. [[spoiler:In the end, Gendo is supplanted by the Emerald Tablet, who has mutated [[AIIsACrapshoot into a mad A.I.]], hell-bent on its own version of [[AssimilationPlot Instrumentally]].]]
439
440[[AC:''Film/OmenIVTheAwakening'']]
441* ''Fanfic/AlwaysVisible'': Doctor Baselard, who kills Delia, is mentioned in this way throughout the third act of the work.
442
443[[AC:''VideoGame/{{OFF}}'']]
444* ''Bx: Execute'' has [[spoiler:Death]] as the one manipulating the Harbringers, the tyrannical successors to the Guardians, [[spoiler:and disguising himself as the friendly professor who guides you at the beginning; however, the FinalBoss is Boxedman, the father of the Batters who Death extorts into fighting Ghost Batter]].
445* ''VideoGame/ContinueStopRise'' has E, aka [[spoiler:Epsilon, one of The Batter's former Add-Ons]], now the ruler of Heaven who wants to fuse it with Earth and [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill strip away everyone's free will]] in order to [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans create a utopia]].
446* ''VideoGame/HOME2013'': [[spoiler:The Batter reprises his role as this.]] Given that he's [[spoiler:purified the world in a previous timeline]], he intends to [[spoiler:do it again]], and it is up to [[PlayerCharacter The Judge]] to stop him.
447* ''[=RENEW=]'' has Emmanuel, a Purifier and SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute of The Batter who takes it upon himself to destroy the world.
448* ''VideoGame/RISEGame'' has [[spoiler:Tate, the party's [[TreacherousAdvisor informant]]]], who takes over Zone 4 and uses the Elsens there as his [[MadScientist test subjects]], bringing with him the specter invasion.
449* ''VideoGame/{{Unknown}}'' has Seneca, a tiny fox descendant of the Secretaries who intends to [[TakeOverTheWorld take over the remains of the world]].
450
451[[AC:''Manga/OnePiece'']]
452* ''Fanfic/MellorineMellorine'': Admiral Mardus and his Merchant Pirates, who are aware of what causes the gender-flipping and have been taking advantage of it.
453
454[[AC:''Franchise/{{Persona}}'']]
455* ''Fanfic/PersonaTheSougawaFiles'': The main villain is Nobuyuki Itou, the leader of the biggest crime syndicate in the city. He seeks to take over with the power of Shadows and rule over it with an iron fist, leading the city towards a "new age".
456
457[[AC:''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'']]
458* ''Fanfic/TheEditWarForAshsFreedomToNotBeBetrayed'': Darkern Edgier is a mysterious masked man who tries to use the Book of Fate to reshape the anime-verse the way he wants, transforming Ash into a hyper-masculine, super-skilled trainer by having him undergo torment to harden him.
459* ''WebVideo/HypnosLullaby'': [[AntagonistTitle Hypno]], who has been kidnapping children [[spoiler:and forcing them to hurt and kill others.]]
460* ''WebVideo/TheKaskadeRegion'': [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Tom Bezzle]], CEO of [[MegaCorp Amaze-All]]. He is dedicated to giving people what they want, whether they know it or not, and growing his MegaCorp to control all aspects of business and everyday life in the Kaskade region by any means necessary, whether it means dealing with unsavory criminal types, buying out newspapers that criticize him, [[spoiler:controlling one of the four seasonal Legendaries, or even… making his own]].
461* ''Fanfic/LatiasJourney'': Deoxys, the embodiment of evil who wishes to destroy all of reality and kill [[BigGood The Mother]]. [[Fanfic/BraveNewWorld The sequel]] has Oblivion's Shadow/[[spoiler:Mewtwo]], who wishes to release the Ruler of Evil trapped beneath the mysterious door under Treasure Town [[spoiler:[[WellIntentionedExtremist so he can kill him once and for all.]]
462* ''Webcomic/NuzlockeComics'':
463** Season 1: Maxie. Closely following his role in the original game, he wishes to awaken Groudon to expand the continents, but loses control of the creature and nearly causes the destruction of Hoenn.
464** Season 2: [[spoiler:Mewtwo. He lures Ruby to Kanto to trick him into breaking his seal, allowing him to leave Cerulean Cave and go on a killing spree.]]
465* ''VideoGame/PokemonDarkRising'': Darugis, the ancient entity Arceus sealed away eons ago who is now corrupting the world.
466* ''VideoGame/PokemonFireRedRocketEdition'': [[spoiler:Prof. Oak, who spends the game trying to use Red to get revenge against Lance and take control of the Kanto region.]]
467* ''Pokemon Girls Hunter'': Rylia, the current leader of Team Rocket, who’s out to enslave every girl in Puela she can for the sake of profit.
468* In ''Fanfic/PokemonMysteryDungeonDefendersOfWarmth'', Kuyurem, who not only [[spoiler: is trying to eat the spirits of all who exist]] and [[spoiler: is responsible for the deaths of all the humans-turned pokémon]] but also [[spoiler: continues to threaten the land after being defeated]].
469* ''Fanfic/PokemonMysteryDungeonGuidingLight'': Zero, [[spoiler:who spends the fic gathering the Time Gears so she can reset the timeline and prevent the gods from ever existing.]] It eventually becomes a BigBadEnsemble between Zero and her former [[TheDragon dragon]] Necrozma, [[spoiler:with the latter aiming to straight-up destroy the universe in its entirety.]]
470* ''Fanfic/PokemonMysteryDungeonLostTracksOfTime'': [[spoiler: Team Wish]] is responsible for the Distorted Floors taking over the mystery dungeons, the attacks on the Lake Trio, and brainwashing the Nobles. Their motivation is to [[spoiler: resurrect their late trainer, Volo]].
471* ''Fanfic/PokemonMysteryDungeonPowerTrip'' has [[spoiler:Victini]], who is [[spoiler:A human who believes that the Alpha Preserve must be opened to humans]].
472* ''Fanfic/PokemonMysteryDungeonReflectingBalance'': Erebos, [[spoiler:a dark spirit possessing a Sigilyph]] who stole the Axis Tower crystals and hid them in different parts of the continent, disrupting the world's balance.
473* ''Fanfic/PokemonOpalAndGarnet'': Team Folklore, the villainous team of the Feluv region. As is explained in the "Bells of Notre Dame" FilkSong of their debut chapter, they want to capture the Legendary Pokemon of Feluv and use them to bring the entire region into peril.
474* ''Fanfic/PokemonTheLostChild'': [[spoiler:For the majority of the story, Darkrai plays this role as the leader of The Brotherhood, which is responsible for much of the conflict. That is until he gets disposed of by his "father" and killed along with the rest of The Brotherhood.]]
475* ''VideoGame/PokemonUnbound'': Zeph, the leader of the Shadows, seeks out Hoopa's power, and has the Shadows hunt down the Legendary Birds of Kanto for his schemes. [[spoiler:In truth, he just wants Hoopa's power to try and bring back his deceased son, and his actions are out of desperation. Once Hoopa's power is unbound however, the real villain takes center stage: Aklove, who wishes to use Hoopa's power to activate the Ultimate Weapon and rain destruction on Borrius.]]
476* Mr. X the Mewtwo in ''Fanfic/{{Pokeumans}}''. Upon going mad (or perhaps not), he declared the transforming Pokeumans an impure species and sought to remove them from the world, with a sidelight to global conquest while he was at it.
477* Ho-oh in ''Fanfic/PokeWars'', [[spoiler: who is later forcibly replaced by his EvilGenius, Uxie who is a billion times worse.]]
478* ''Fanfic/TheStardomSeries'': : Ardos is the [[DragonAscendant leader]] of Reverse-Cipher, and intends to TakeOverTheWorld by spread his new [[TheVirus XDrus]] and turning the world's Pokémon into Shadow Pokémon which he will control.
479* ''Fanfic/TheSunSoul'': [[spoiler:[[Characters/PokemonMewtwo Mewtwo]], who uses the power of the Sun Soul to declare war on humanity in an attempt to eradicate it.]]
480
481[[AC:''Anime/PrettyCure'']]
482* ''Fanfic/JoyfulPrettyCure'': Pinocchio, who stole the Kingdom of Toys' Reality; with plans to do the same to Earth's and permanently sever the bond between humans and toys.
483* ''Fanfic/OlympusPrettyCure'': Nemesis, a spirit of revenge who's out to get the remaining [[MineralMacGuffin Horoscorbs]] that prevent Olympia from falling apart.
484* ''Fanfic/PrettyCureBukatsudoEnergetic'': Nocturna, the leader of Mora who wants the Dream Charm so she can steal the dreams of everyone in the universe.
485* ''Fanfic/RoaringHeartsPrettyCure'': Sardonyx, the leader of the Void Clan who transforms Illuster's population into monsters and aims to create a world without will, dreams, or emotion.
486
487[[AC:''VideoGame/ProjectArrhythmia'']]
488* ''VideoGame/{{Black Heart|Ol666}}'': Jestar Heart is responsible for all opponents the player faces. All of the bosses in the first chapter are assassins sent by him to steal one of your three souls - which he intends to use the power of to take over the world.
489
490[[AC:''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'']]
491* ''Fanfic/{{Fargo}}'': Homura and the Incubators as a BigBadDuumvirate. They operate and perpetuate the MagicalGirl system, and as a result are the ultimate villains behind all or at least most of the story's happenings. [[EvilVersusEvil They also hate each other with a passion]], [[spoiler: and much of the plot of Arc 2 serves as the arguable backdrop for their CosmicChessGame over who will remain in control over the magical girl system.]]
492* ''Fanfic/AHistoryOfMagic'': The Incubators, specifically the Incubator Directors, are the antagonists trying to turn girls throughout history into Puella Magi and Witches as usual, [[BigBadEnsemble but on the other end]] is Pandora, a Puella Magi who became the first Angel, engineered all the despair in the world [[ItAmusedMe out of boredom]], and wants to control/destroy humanity.
493* ''Fanfic/ResonanceDays'': Reibey the Incubator is the true leader of the Void Walkers who uses Oblivion as his PuppetQueen and intends to capture Kyoko for his malicious plan to bring about CessationOfExistence for everyone in the afterlife.
494
495[[AC:''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'']]
496* ''Fanfic/OldWest'': The plot is driven by Dufayel, a wealthy French-speaking fox who invested the EvilPlan of the movie's late BigBad. He hires other villains to claim the heroes' properties -- first legally, then [[ThisMeansWar more forcefully]] -- because [[spoiler:there's a great underground gold deposit which he was promised by his late business partner. Dufayel is desperate to claim it, especially because he's threatened by bankruptcy, a result of him investing nearly everything he had on Tortoise John's plan]].
497
498[[AC:''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'']]
499* ''Fanfic/HeartsOfIce'': Cologne. Spurred by her village's ultimatum, she will do anything to ensure that Ranma ends up married to Shampoo and dragged to Joketsuzoku. Her using blood magic to exile Akane to another dimension is only the beginning.
500
501[[AC:''Franchise/ResidentEvil'']]
502* ''Fanfic/WeskerLives'': Albert Wesker, who survives his canon death and continues his plans of global conquest, but not before getting revenge on Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine.
503
504[[AC:''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'']]
505%%* ''Fanfic/RubyAndNora'' has Salem, like in canon.
506* ''Fanfic/RWBYDestinyOfRemnant'': Just like in canon, Salem is the primary antagonist, serving as the Mistress of Grimm and being the root cause of the evil plaguing Remnant.
507
508%%[[AC:''Literature/SherlockHolmes'']]
509%%* Professor Moriarty is the most popular BigBad in [[Literature/SherlockHolmes Sherlockian]] fanfiction by virtue of being the trope canonically... but Colonel Moran has also had his moments of behind-the-scenes glory.
510%%** ''Fanfic/TheGhostMap'' utilizes Moran as the BigBad with Moriarty revealed as the GreaterScopeVillain.
511
512[[AC:Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos]]
513* ''Fanfic/ByTheFiresLight'' has the [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos The Slender Man]], who spreads chaos throughout the story and uses the [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve people's belief in him]] to get stronger until he can cause the apocalypse.
514
515[[AC:''Franchise/ASongOfIceAndFire'']]
516* ''Fanfic/OfGoldAndIron'': [[spoiler:Petyr Baelish, the Night King, and the Faceless Men all share the title of BigBad. Baelish is the mastermind behind Ned Stark's death, but he is the DiscOneFinalBoss before he's disposed of by the Faceless Men. The Night King is the one who created the Long Night drug and unleashed it upon the whole of Westeros on the Faceless Men's orders, but he has his own agenda in mind.]]
517
518[[AC:''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'']]
519* ''Fanfic/MemoriesOfInfinitesPast'': Clyde, Stryker's RivalTurnedEvil and TheDon of an organized crime group, who wants to kill Stryker and the whole squad.
520* ''WebAnimation/NazoUnleashed'': Nazo, a being made created by the negative energy of the Chaos Emeralds hunting down said Emeralds in order to gain further power and [[OmnicidalManiac destroy everything he sees]].
521* ''Fanfic/SonicExe'': X, the demon taking the form of Sonic that, in-game, kills Sonic and his friends, and outside the game kills people in the real world.
522
523[[AC:''Manga/SoulEater'']]
524* ''Fanfic/SoulEaterTroubledSouls'': Cancer Lucrenian, the head of Novus Partus who desires to complete Project Omega so that it can destroy the world and create a new one without hope. Furthermore, she is behind the creation of the Anria, a by-product of her long and extensive research.
525
526[[AC:''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'']]
527* ''Webcomic/TheBikiniBottomHorror'': The Tortured One, a Patrick Star clone who takes advantage of his regeneration abilities to kill everyone in Bikini Bottom. [[spoiler:Until the epilogue, which reveals [=SpongeBob=] set everything up to eliminate Mr. Krabs and Plankton and be revered as a hero to effectively take over Bikini Bottom.]]
528
529[[AC:''Franchise/StarWars'']]
530* ''FanFic/IWarrior'' has the enigmatic Sith known as TheMaster, who turns out to be [[spoiler: a clone of Anakin Solo]].
531
532[[AC:''VideoGame/{{Subnautica}}'']]
533* ''Fanfic/AuroraFalls'' has [[spoiler: Baat Torgal, acting CEO of the Torgaljin Corporation on 4546B.]]
534
535[[AC:''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'']]
536* ''VideoGame/AbductedToad'': King Purplius CVII is the tyrannical leader of the Purplians that Toad and Cappy want to overthrow in order to stop his plan to [[spoiler:destroy the Mushroom people.]]
537* ''VideoGame/BowsersLastStand'': Bowser himself, now the VillainProtagonist, aims to take back his stolen castles from the Mushroom Kingdom and defeat the Mario Bros. for good. [[spoiler:However, the real villain is the unnamed leader of [[AncientConspiracy Death Cap]], the organization that took over the Mushroom Kingdom and the Koopa Kingdom.]]
538* In ''Fanfic/ClashOfTheElements'' this trope is [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]] a few times. At first [[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga Cackletta]] looks to be the main villain, but then [[spoiler: Joe Dark]] takes over after Alex defeats her. Then this looks to be switched AGAIN in a case of [[spoiler: HijackedByGanon and DemonicPossession via the Dark King]] only for [[spoiler: Joe Dark to regain control]], but then it is revealed in the epilogue that [[spoiler: Cackletta is not only alive, but is working with [[VideoGame/SuperPaperMario Dimentio]] and [[VideoGame/SuperMarioRPG Smithy]], setting up possibly a BigBadEnsemble]], but then as it is revealed in Part 2, [[spoiler: Both of them were Cackletta's pawns, meaning that she is the true BigBad of Parts 1 and 2 all along.]]
539** This is also subverted in Movie 1. [[spoiler: Tabuu was NOT the BigBad, [[WellIntentionedExtremist not even]] [[GoodAllAlong in the slightest]]]]
540* ''Fanfic/FallenKingdom'': Emperor Bowser, having successfully killed Mario, now rules over the remains of the Mushroom Kingdom as the Koopa Empire, and Luigi is the head of the resistance out to overthrow him. [[spoiler:Until Chapter 38 reveals that Antonio/Grand Star, head of the Seven Stars, planned out the course of Mario and Bowser's conflict, with ultimate plans to converge the Star Children and create a world of silence where nothing in the world has powers.]]
541* In ''WebAnimation/MarioBrothers'', King Koopa is this with his army of troops. He personally kills Luigi and plans to kill the Princess and Mario.
542* ''VideoGame/MariosMysteryMeat'': Meat and [[spoiler:vineRizon]] are the main threats. The former is the giant, wormlike EldritchAbomination that swallowed Sponge, sparking his quest to escape, while the latter is [[spoiler:a giant blocky head that represents Vinny's struggles with Verizon internet connection]] and the kidnapper of Princess Bleach.
543* ''VideoGame/PaperMarioBlackPit'': [[spoiler:Dimentio]], who created the titular Black Pit for his own twisted amusement.
544* ''VideoGame/PsychoWaluigi'': [[EldritchAbomination Psycho Iris]] is the one who sends and accompanies [[VillainProtagonist Waluigi]] on his conquering journey, and has tried to conquer Unconcia in the past. [[spoiler:He also becomes the FinalBoss when he decides to destroy the world instead, prompting Waluigi to turn on him.]]
545* ''VideoGame/RegularPasta'': [[spoiler:Princess Peach]] is the entity tearing reality apart in order to ascend to godhood.
546* ''VideoGame/SuperMario63'': Bowser, as always, is trying to take over the Mushroom Kingdom, this time with the help of the [[ArtifactOfDoom Orb of Power]]. [[spoiler:[[DiscOneFinalBoss Until]] it turns out the Orb was possessing him all along, and intends to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy]] the world with a meteor.]]
547* ''VideoGame/SuperMario64Land'': Bowser, as usual. This time, he has stolen the Grand Ztar to power his army and try to conquer the Mushroom Kingdom.
548* ''VideoGame/SuperMario64LastImpact'': Rashay the Moon Spirit, who's trying to crash the moon into the Mushroom Kingdom for his own entertainment.
549* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioAndTheDismalHeart'': [[VideoGame/SuperPaperMario Count Bleck]] returns and has taken over the Mushroom Kingdom, kidnapped the princess, and recruited the Koopalings to help him destroy and recreate the world, and Mario must stop him. [[spoiler:However, it is revealed after beating him that the titular [[ArtifactOfDoom Dismal Heart]] corrupted him into turning evil again.]]
550* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioAndThePearlsOfWisdom'': [[VideoGame/SuperMarioLand Tatanga]] returns and leads the invasion of the Mushroom World, intending to acquire the titular six pearls and use them with the [[ArtifactOfDoom Amulet of Krad]] to conquer the universe.
551* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioAndTheSacredBells'': Bowser, as usual, is the antagonist who is using dark magic to invade the Mushroom Kingdom and wants [[spoiler:the legendary gem — [[DiscOneFinalBoss until]] it turns out that Dimentio was manipulating him all along so he could acquire a powerful gem and destroy the Mushroom Kingdom for revenge on Mario]].
552* ''VideoGame/SuperMarioDolor'': King Bowser has once again kidnapped Princess Peach, and sends his minions to stop Mario from saving her. But Mario also has to deal with [[spoiler:the Shadow Mario/Luigi]], a HumanoidAbomination warping the Mushroom Kingdom into a nightmarish hellscape and stalking Mario. [[spoiler:It is revealed to be an embodiment of his depression from the death of his brother Luigi.]]
553* ''VideoGame/ToadStrikesBack'': Kamek Koopa, the IdenticalGrandson of the original Kamek, steals the 7 Starspheres in an attempt to resurrect the long-dead King Koopa.
554** ''VideoGame/ToadetteStrikes'': Kammy Koopa, the IdenticalGranddaughter of the original, is the one responsible for the sleeping curse and commands the Koopa Clan, sending them to abduct the sleeping Toads. [[spoiler:However, it turns out that she is not the only threat- Reckloo, the pair of eyes found in the hub worlds, is the true culprit of the sleeping curse so that nobody can bother him.]]
555
556%%[[AC:''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'']]
557%%* ''WebVideo/ThereWillBeBrawl'' has [[spoiler:the Butchers, Lucas and Ness, which are the Dragons to Kirby, the real Big Bad. Ganondorf is the BigBadWannabe, right up until he's executed.]] Add in the {{Cosmic Horror}}s and End of Days cult and we practically have a BigBadEnsemble.
558
559[[AC:''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'']]
560* ''WebAnimation/CultOfPersonality''. The Medic who leads oWn. The series begins with [[StartOfDarkness him being fired from the BLU team and forging his own organization.]] He's personally leading a campaign to destroy RED and BLU.
561
562[[AC:''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'']]
563* ''Fanfic/TheEndOfEnds'': Count Logan, who intends to use the Dark Prognosticus to destroy the galaxy [[spoiler:until Beljar betrays him and takes the Dark Prognosticus so he can remake the universe in his own image.]]
564
565[[AC:''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'']]
566* Fanfic/TurningRedSecretsOfThePanda: Jason Vaugn, the leader of the PCA, is the one responsible for hunting down the women in Mei's family who can turn into giant red pandas.
567
568[[AC:''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'']]
569* ''VideoGame/{{Dusttale}}'': Chara has taken control of the game and is killing all the monsters over and over again for their amusement, but [[spoiler:Sans]], in order to stop them, has resorted to killing all the monsters himself to get the power to defeat Chara once and for all.
570* ''WebAnimation/{{Glitchtale}}'' has [[AntiVillain Chara]] in Season 1 after Frisk's HeelFaceTurn in the first episode (although W.D. Gaster briefly serves as an InterimVillain) and [[spoiler:[[ArtificialHuman Bête]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Noire]]]] in Season 2 after [[DiscOneFinalBoss Jessica Grey]] is revealed to be a BigBadWannabe in the first episode. [[spoiler:In both seasons, the supposed Big Bad becomes a DiscOneFinalBoss and the role goes to [[EldritchAbomination HATE]], the GreaterScopeVillain.]]
571
572[[AC:''Series/{{Victorious}}'']]
573* ''Fanfic/ThePrincessAndTheKnight'': Noxymis is behind the plot to frame Rosym for the kidnapping of Jadelyn, in order to draw out Victoria so he can get a gem her sister has and take revenge on the king of Rosym.
574* ''Fanfic/TheWolfInMe'':
575** In the original fic, [[VampireMonarch Livia]] is the vampire leader behind the kidnappings in the first story and wants to wipe out all werewolves. She's also responsible for the massacre of the werewolf royal family. Even when she dies, she still has an influence on the plot of the villains going forward.
576** [[DiabolicalMastermind Mr. X]], really [[spoiler:Claudia]], is the antagonist of the rest of the series, being behind the plot to replace Jade with a demon, running the slavery ring in Prague, and [[spoiler:seeking revenge on Jade [[AvengingTheVillain for the death of her mother Livia]]]].
577** ''Double Trouble:'' The alternate Beck Oliver is the alternate Jade's abusive boyfriend and the biggest enemy of the main Jade and Tori.
578
579[[AC:''Franchise/YuGiOh'']]
580* ''Fanfic/YuGiOhTheThousandYearDoor'' has the Shadow Queen, whom plots to defeat the heirs to the Three Heroes who defeated her so she can escape her palace, unable to leave it until she does so due to the curse the Three Heroes placed on her.
581* ''Fanfic/YuGiOhGXSleepingBeauty'': Yubel, who upon going mad when Prince Judai fell in love with Princess Alexandra, embarked upon a quest to kill Alexandra and force Judai to love her instead and pursue the two throughout their lives. In the modern day, when Judai and Alexandra are reincarnated as Jaden Moto and Alexis Kaiba, Yubel returns to the human world to continue her pursuit, still seeking Jaden for herself.
582* ''Fanfic/YuGiOhGXTheWrathOfViper'': Thelonious Viper comes back to haunt Jaden and the others, driven by a relentless determination throughout the story to kill Jaden for having defeated him and Yubel for betraying him and leaving him for dead.
583
584[[AC:Unsorted]]
585
586* ''Fanfic/AceCombatEquestriaChronicles'':
587** ''The Equestrian War'' has [[spoiler: Red Cyclone]], a malicious griffon soldier who, alongside his comrade Black Star, overthrows the good ruler of the Griffin Kingdom and plunges Equestria into a time of war. His reason for doing it is to [[spoiler: enslave or kill all ponies]], as he believes they are weaklings that spoil his ideal vision of the world.
588** ''Wings of Unity'' has Aurora Starlight, who was exiled from Equestria long ago for [[spoiler: trying to forcibly become an alicorn]] and is now leading her fellow Exiles in conquering Equestria as revenge.
589* ''Fanfic/AllWorldsAlliance'':
590** Chikage Tachibana, the high-ranking member of Apostles of the New World, is the one who instigates most of the conflicts across the entire ''All Worlds Alliance'' series and is the ArchNemesis of Chizuru Tachibana. However, his position as one tends to go between two ways: Firstly, he's actually the DragonInChief (after the reveal that he's answering to his higher-ups) since he's only taking the spot because of his superiors who are physically absent, who are serving as the GreaterScopeVillain. Secondly, there's the main fact that Chikage tends to be a part of the story's BigBadEnsemble in several Mission stories.
591** ''Fanfic/AllWorldsAllianceMissionsTalesOfTheWorld'': Damascus, a member of the Apostles of the New World, orchestrates a plan in the wake of Lazaris' demise after ''Radiant Mythology 3'' to steal the World Tree's mana so he can get a [[RankUp promotion]] to the Apostles as a Knight-ranking member.
592** ''All Worlds Alliance Missions - Madoka Magica'': Kyubey the Incubator, who is responsible for the existence of Witches thanks to the Incubator system by turning girls across history into Magical Girls, and is the root cause of the conflict of the story. But then it turns out that he is a part of the BigBadEnsemble with Chikage Tachibana, who appears to menace the All Worlds Alliance and Chizuru.
593%%* ''Fanfic/AChanceMeetingOfTwoMoons'': [[spoiler:The mysterious voice that speaks to Pinkie Pie and Bubble Berry in chapter 13 is this, though their identity has yet to be revealed in-universe.]]
594* ''ComicBook/PowerGirl'' fanfic ''Fanfic/AForceOfFour'' has Mars, [[Franchise/WonderWoman the Amazons' ancient enemy]]. He plots to destroy Earth and relocate all souls to a kind of Valhalla where they'll fight eternally, keeping him forever fed.
595* ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.''
596** The ''Season 4'' Fan fics: Brett Petrie makes it abundantly clear to everyone that he is the biggest threat when he viciously tortures and murders both Andrew and Lincoln. After that, it's flat-out proven that the labels of Dragon-in-Chief and/or DragonAscendant truly don't stick because he always was using Ward as window dressing. He was never anything to Petrie but a misdirect.
597* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/267881/ambition Ambition]] has Nightmare Moon, who has split off from Luna to become a separate threat.
598* ''Webcomic/BadThingsWillHappen'': [[spoiler:Gengar. He's plotting behind King Boo's back, plans to take over both the Mushroom Kingdom and the Pokemon world, and wants to exterminate all humans.]]
599%%* ''FanFic/BattleFantasiaProject'' examples:
600%%** In the original version, each 'arc' would have had a big bad:
601%%*** Arc One: The Nightmare Factory, headed by The Oneirovore.
602%%*** Arc Two: [[Manga/FateKaleidLinerPrismaIllya The Magical Alliance]], who want to discredit the infant Magical Girl Alliance, and 'disprove' magic as a 'silly supersticion' once more.
603%%*** Arc Three: [INFORMATION PENDING]
604%%*** Arc Four: The [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Incubators]], and whoever's in charge of them.
605%%*** Arc Five: [[Franchise/SailorMoon Jadeite]] and a horde of Dark Kingdom survivors.
606%%*** Arc Six: [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers Jail Scaglietti.]]
607%%*** Arc Seven and Up: Little had been discussed beyond Arc Six. [[spoiler:That said, it seemed to be the consensus of the board that [[SmugSnake Quattro]] from [=StrikerS=] would escape and come back as the Big Bad at a later time.]]
608%%** In the remake, the overarching BigBad is Chaos. That said, the current one for the first arc is once again the Nightmare Factory.
609* The fanfic ''FanFic/BecauseImNotPopularIllTryToGoOutWithAHero'' pretty much has a rotating villains gallery, but the most recurring, and the one who causes the most trouble is ComicBook/NormanOsborn.
610* The ''Series/BigTimeRush'' fanfic ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7986375/1/Big-Time-Obsession Big Time Obsession]]'' has Hyde, the serial rapist/killer who terrorizes BTR (mainly Logan) and their friends througout the story. [[spoiler: Turns out he is really one of many multiple personalities of Detective Simmons. And even in that case, Hyde tries to manipulate the other voices to his will.]]
611* ''Fanfic/CalvinAtCamp: ''[[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Bowser Koopa]], who is bent on destroying the titular camp.
612* Examples from ''Fanfic/TheCalvinverse'':
613** ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesTheMovie'' and ''Fanfic/CalvinAndHobbesIIIDoubleTrouble'' have [[TheCaligula Rupert]], the alien king of the planet Zok out to destroy Calvin, with [[OnlySaneMan Earl]] as his DragonInChief.
614** ''Fanfic/CanYouImagineThat'' and ''Fanfic/TroubleIsland'' has [[MadScientist Retro]], who kidnaps children and attempts to use their imagination to take over the world.
615** ''Fanfic/ThePezDispenserAndTheReignOfTerror'': The good duplicate of Calvin who's out to destroy Earth .
616* ''Fanfic/TheChildOfLove'': Gendo. He was behind [[spoiler:Asuka’s overwhelming arousal which drove her to sleeping with Shinji, and he schemed to turn her daughter –his own granddaughter!- into a biological super-weapon.]]
617* The BigBad of the Franchise/MassEffect fic ''The Council Era'' is set up as the Krogan Overlord, Kurvok. In fact, [[spoiler:Kurvok [[TheStarscream is swiftly usurped]] by his advisor, Halak Marr, and Kurvok is dead by the end of Part One, while Marr is present until the very end of the series.]]
618* For [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/4653566/Cynical-Classicist Cynical Classicist's]] Doctor Who fanfics, the War-Feeder is the most prominent villain in the stories feauturing the Eleventh Doctor and Norine.
619%%* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/114198/dawn-shield Dawn Shield]] has [[DemonLordsAndArchDevils Nag-ta]]
620* ''Fanfic/DoubleTheTrouble'': KAOS, the new leader of the Kremlings, has invaded the Northern Kremisphere, and to ensure the Kongs cannot interfere with his plans, has kidnapped Donkey and Diddy and sent his reptilian soldiers after Dixie.
621%%* [[Anime/SailorMoon Mercury]], from Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi. [[BlatantLies No, really,]] [[RunningGag she's Evil!]]
622%%** A straighter Example would be [[GodOfEvil Azzaratha]], and later [[OurZombiesAreDifferent Crowned Death]]. Then [[BigBadDuumvirate Crowned Death AND Azzaratha]].
623%%** A possible-subversion, Mukrezar
624* The ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub''/''Webcomic/DokiDokiLiteratureGirls'' fanfic ''Fanfic/EnemiesWithin'' has Evil Sayori who serves as Sayori's EnemyWithout who was created when dead Sayoris from different worlds combined and evicted themselves from the real Sayori when Monika rebooted the game. Her goal is to destroy every reality that the visual novel takes place in as a means of spiting Monika for her actions in the canon game.
625* ''Manga/Evangelion303'' has Seele, [[AncientConspiracy an ancient secret organization]] that has manipulated the world for centuries and plots launching a large-scale nuclear strike against several countries to end up with their global influence.
626* [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11767392/1/Frigid-Future Frigid Future]]: At first it seems like Android 9/Commander Red is this, but he eventually gets killed by Doctor Gero/Android 20. Then Gero meets Cell, and when Gero dies, Cell quickly takes over as the Big Bad and FinalBoss.
627* In the first arc of ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'' story ''Fanfic/HellsisterTrilogy'', Mordru puts an army of villains together to keep the ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes busy while he looks to increase his own power. In the second and third arcs, Darkseid goes ahead with his plans to enslave all sentient beings.
628* In ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'' fanfiction ''Fanfic/HereThereBeMonsters'', Doctor Sivana puts a New Monster Society of Evil together to destroy the Marvel Family and take over the world.
629* ''Fanfic/HopeForTheHeartless'': Arawn, the Death Lord of Annuvin and the former master of [[VillainProtagonist the Horned King]]. He was [[SealedEvilInACan imprisoned in the Black Cauldron]] centuries ago, and when [[WesternAnimation/TheBlackCauldron his former apprentice suffered the same fate]], Arawn tortured him. When the Horned King is released for a onetime RedemptionQuest, Arawn does everything [[LeakingCanOfEvil in his power]] to ensure that the Horned King fails and is [[AndIMustScream resealed in the Cauldron]] for him to eternally torture.
630* ''FanFic/{{Horseshoes and Hand Grenades}}'':
631** ''Horseshoes and Hand Grenades'': Ophiuchus, who's out to revive King Ouroboros in order to destroy all of humanity.
632** ''Month of Sundays'': Neon Ulsland, the head of Foundation X.
633%%* Emperor Vakudos from chapters 1 - 25 of FanFic/Hottie3TheBestFanFicInTheWorld, his daughter, Princess Lotora AKA Empress Lotora in chapters 25 -75, Zorndrek in chapters 76 - 94, then finally Carmen, the main vilain of Literature/{{Hottie}}.
634* [[spoiler: Carly]] Shay in ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8532906/1/iFightCrimeWithVictorious iFight Crime With Victorious]]'' from a BadFuture where most of [[spoiler: her friends and family were killed and she became obsessed with hording powers]].
635* ''FanFic/ItadakiNoHecate'': As of the second season, [[spoiler:Southvalley]] is Yuji and Hecate’s greatest foe, as [[spoiler:he plans to [[BrokenMasquerade break the]] {{Masquerade}} and draw the entire world into the Haze-Denizen ForeverWar in a desperate attempt to finally win]].
636** ''[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/4109165/1/Shakugan-no-Shana-Eternity Shakugan no Shana: Eternity]]'', by the same author, has the canon antagonist, the Snake of the Festival, after some {{Arc Villain}}s are dealt with. He aims to create a perfect world for [[TheLegionsOfHell Crimson Denizens]], and [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans wants to destroy the current one to do so]]. Notably, unlike canon, [[spoiler:he actually ''[[AdaptationalKarma loses]]'' in the end]].
637** ''[[https://m.fanfiction.net/s/4949134/1/Shakugan-no-Shana-Eternal-Alliance Shakugan no Shana: Eternal Alliance]]'' has the Mouth of Power, a mysterious MalevolentMaskedMan who controls the forces of [[CreatureHunterOrganization Outlaw]], with the intention of [[FinalSolution wiping out]] the [[VanHelsingHateCrimes entire Crimson Denizen race]]. It is eventually revealed that the true identity of the man under the mask is [[spoiler:[[CollectiveIdentity not a single person]], but an entire OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness. Among their ranks are a Johan-lookalike called The Immortal and a woman who is implied to be Mare, the antagonist of the Shana [=PS2=]/[=DS=] game and the first two episodes of the second season]].
638%%* As in the [[VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureEyesOfHeaven game it was based on]], ''FanFic/JonathanJoestarTheFirstJoJo'' has Heaven Ascension Dio.
639* Fanfic/KeepersOfTheElements: [[EvilSorceror Radcliffe]], an evil immortal wizard who wants to get rid of the Keepers so he can take over all of existence.
640* ''Fanfic/MortalKombatDesperation'' has [[FallenHero Dark Raiden]], who instigates a war between Outworld and Earthrealm out of nothing but revenge, but it slowly twists into a desire to become the GodEmperor of all realms known and unknown in Mortal Kombat.
641* In ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'' fanfic series ''Fanfic/MonsterChronicles'' Cedric usurps this position from Alejandro, becoming the main antagonist of the second half of Total Drama World Tour and of the story as a whole.
642%%* [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36342/legacy-of-the-pegasi Legacy of the Pegasi]] has Typhonis who despite the name is ''not'' an alicorn OC, although his power and size is definitely on par with one.
643* ''FanFic/TheResurrectionOfRose'' has Rose the Hat as in the [[Literature/DoctorSleep canonical novel and film]]. The [[Film/TheShining Overlook Hotel]] also becomes a major player.
644* ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8383248/1/ The Road Paved in Concepts]]'' has [[Anime/PrincessTutu Drosselmeyer]], whose plot is ambiguous but it has to do with taking over all fictional universes.
645%%* In ''Fanfic/AStudyInRegret'', Moran is indeed the BigBad, playing quite the XanatosSpeedChess with [[InspectorLestrade Lestrade]] and Holmes.
646%%* The ''Fanfic/DeliverUsFromEvilSeries'' starts out with Professor Moriarty as the BigBad. After his death, however, the role splits along with the protagonist focus: ''Colonel'' Moriarty plays the BigBad to Watson's [[TheHero Hero]], and Colonel ''Moran'' plays the BigBad to ''Holmes's'' [[TheHero Hero]].
647* ''Fanfic/ShiningPrettyCure'': Shade Queen, who seeks to steal the Star Pieces in order to restore her kingdom; with her willing to destroy anyone who stands in her way.
648* ''Fanfic/SkylightPrettyCure'': Rapina Hawke, the alpha female of the Predators who are hunting down Tsubasa [[FantasticRacism for being a humans-sanctuarian hybrid]].
649%%* In [[http://www.fimfiction.net/story/148281/somber-ties Somber Ties,]] Lord Cruciger seems to be shaping up to be this.
650* ''Fanfic/SoulEaterTroubledSouls'' has [[RedBaron Massacre Queen]] Cancer Lucrenian. Two years prior to the start of the fanfic, she committed genocide against [[BadassFamily the Vladingham Family]], a "legacy family" with close ties to Death Weapon Meister Academy, earning her nickname and the contempt of Lord Death. Now, she is working on something called Project 00000Ω: Omega to create a new world, one without hope.
651* ''Fanfic/SparklePrecure'': Garnet, the leader of the Loveless who seeks to erase love from the world using the power of the Dark Gems.
652* ''FanFic/TheTaintedGrimoire'': Illua, the leader of the criminal organization Khamja.
653* ''Fanfic/TeamLVDR'': Blaze is the main antagonist of the first volume, Zoe and August appear to be this for the rest of the series.
654%%* The ''FanFic/TeenTitansSaga'': While Slade and [[spoiler:the Fifth Director/HIVE Master]] are the overall Big Bads of the series' two main {{Story Arc}}s, each story has its own:
655%%** ''The Abyss Gazes Also'': Dark Raven
656%%** ''The Art of War'': General Immortus
657%%** ''Child of the Stars'': Blackfire
658%%** ''Luck of the Draw'': The HIVE Mistress
659%%** ''Abandon Hope, All Ye Who Enter'': Veneficus
660%%** ''Sins of the Father'': Slade
661%%** ''Shadow of the HIVE'': [[spoiler: The HIVE Master]]
662%%* Weavile from ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5954460/1/Total-Pokemon-Island Total Pokemon Island]],'' [[spoiler: though she goes through a HeelFaceTurn in ''World Tour'']].
663%%** Hypno from ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/6453506/1/Total-Pokemon-World-Tour Total Pokemon World Tour]]''.
664* ''Fanfic/TheUzumakiTalesReturnOfTheWhirlpool'' is very interesting in that regard, as thanks to a lack of a SortingAlgorithmOfEvil, several antagonists battle for the title of the big bad. Although [[spoiler: Obito Uchiha is the one that caused most of the mess in the first place]], Itachi Uchiha and Orochimaru are also sources of much misery and pulling many strings. Time can only tell where this will lead to.
665* ''The Vizard Trilogy'' had an interesting variant. Each of the four stories has its own BigBad, all of whom are part of the main group of villains, but the most involved in the overarching plot is Asayama Shiba. By contrast, her leader, Takeshi Katano, is a NonActionBigBad; he's the most powerful member of the villainous group and the leader of the Visoreds, but he barely does anything present-time, apart from sending an underling to save Ami and Rukia after a fight. However, the reason Asayama got so far was because Katano ''let'' her continue her machinations.
666* Argath Iruvedla in ''Fanfic/WarriorsOfTheWorldSoldiersOfFortune'', an undead [[OurVampiresAreDifferent soul-consuming]] [[FantasticRacism anti-Norman]] megalomaniac MagicKnight. Believes that wiping out the humans would ensure a better future for the world itself, because he feels that he and the side he stands for is superior to humans.
667* [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/255512/we-are-what-we-are We Are What We Are]] has Starshot, a time-traveling Unicorn from Equestria seeking revenge.
668* ''Fanfic/WeissReacts'' has Weiss' grandfather as the closest equivalent. He is the cause of the strife between [[FantasticRacism Faunus and humans]] in-universe and is the reason why Weiss has a DarkAndTroubledPast.
669* In ''Fanfic/WithStringsAttached'', there are two: [[spoiler: Jeft]], who was responsible for all the crap in the Second and Third Movements, and [[spoiler: Brox]], whose machinations are responsible for the Fourth Movement.
670* The ''Manga/MedakaBox'' fanfic ''Fanfic/WorldAsMyth'' has a different BigBad for each story arc:
671** In the first arc, we have [[spoiler:[[TheChessmaster Hanhaba Shiranui]]]], acting as TheManBehindTheMan for [[spoiler:[[JerkassWoobie Koi Munakata]].]]
672** For the second arc, it seems to be either [[spoiler:[[CorruptCorporateExecutive Hanten Shiranui]]]] or [[spoiler:[[LoveMakesYouEvil Maguro Kurokami]].]]
673* ''FanFic/TheWorldOfTheCreatures'' has the Conceptivore - a creature made up of thoughts that can turn the world inside a person's mind into an actual physical universe. It does this so it can eat the new physical version of the person's mind.
674* In ''Fanfic/YuYuGiDigiMoon'', there are a number of main villains throughout the stories:
675** Season 1 (Wrath of Pharaohmon/Redux) has [[{{Mummy}} Pharaohmon]]. He possesses Lance Canebrook in ordering his minions to find ways in restoring his body to life. Upon his revival, he hosts a competition called The Shadow Tournament to tests his strength and remain on top to conquer both worlds.
676** Season 2 (Invasion of the Rajita) has [[EvilOverlord Kaiser Ghidorah]], a warlord of the reptilian Rajita race. He kickstarts an alien invasion on Earth in order to find both the Silver Crystal (which he killed Sailor Moon for) and the Moon Heart Crystal. His ultimate goal is to find the Romulus Source which will give him unlimited power and control of the universe.
677%%** Search of the Kuiper Belt Senshi has The Neo Animamates.
678%%** The Taiyoukai's Awakening has Demento and Kiryu.
679%%** Summer Diaries/Special Edition has Zagato.
680** Season 3 (Dawn of Chaos) has a shuffle of Big Bads. The Digidestined are facing Madoudramon and Valmarmon once he's revived. The Sailor Senshi faces Gamera. The Spirit Detectives faces Long and Arago once he's revived. The Duelists faces [[Anime/YuGiOh5Ds Professor Frank]]. Ultimately, the main villains are the Paradais duo: Sailor Charon and The Prophet/[[spoiler:Millenniummon]], who want to spread chaos throughout the multiverse.
681%%** Neos United has Chaos Magician Girl.
682%%** The West Coasters has The Soujas and Neuromancer.
683* ''Fanfic/Zero2ARevision'': [[ManipulativeBastard UmbraDevimon]] and [[EvilOverlord Demon]] both have their own plans to conquer both worlds; the Gravemon (an {{Expy}} of [[Franchise/{{Halo}} the Flood]]) want to [[AssimilationPlot absorb everything]] in both worlds; [[TheStarscream Piedmon]] briefly goes off on his own; Darkheart -- Davis's SuperpoweredEvilSide -- is created to serve as an agent of [=UmbraDevimon=] but eventually splits (more successfully than Piedmon) and starts tormenting the Digidestined [[ForTheEvulz for shits and giggles]]; Dragomon [[OrcusOnHisThrone waits in the wings]]; and [[spoiler: Myotismon]] is [[TheChessmaster pulling strings]] from the shadows.
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