Line #83 BigBad/Webcomics


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6	[[WMG:[[center: [- ''Big Bad'' \
7	Medias: [[BigBad/AnimeAndManga Anime & Manga]] - [[BigBad/ComicBooks Comic Books]] - [[BigBad/FanWorks 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]] - '''Webcomics''' - [[BigBad/WebOriginal Web Original]] - [[BigBad/WesternAnimation Western Animation]] - [[BigBad/OtherMedia others]] \
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10	->''"I mean, I already 8eat a last 8oss! The 8lack king was the officially sanctioned last 8oss of our session, and I killed him. This is different. There's always someone stronger w8ing to 8e revealed. Jack showed up shortly after that, and he was MUCH stronger. Eventually the curtains get pulled 8ack, and you find out who was 8ehind every terri8le thing that happened all along. Someone who is invaria8ly stronger than all other adversaries 8y a wide margin. The supreme villain! To 8e honest, I was always kind of w8ing for that guy to show up, whoever he was. For the other shoe to drop, you know? There's always a 8ig 8ad 8ehind everything."''
11	-->--'''[[GenreSavvy Vriska Serket,]]''' ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''
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13	"The ultimate villain of the story, who's causing the problem the heroes must solve."
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15	Note 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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17	%% * Junior for the last quarter of ''Webcomic/OneOverZero''.
18	* ''Webcomic/EightBitTheater'': Sarda, the old wizard who plays the role of mentor[=/=]ArchEnemy to the [[VillainProtagonist Light Warriors]]. He is nearly as nasty as Black Mage, regularly abusing his power, screwing with Ranger for no reason, and with the entire town of Onrac just to get revenge on White Mage. He even [[spoiler:inadvertently killed Onion Kid's - AKA his own - adoptive parents when he was doing it]]. All because he can. [[spoiler:At least until [[GreaterScopeVillain Chaos]] [[GodOfEvil Doombringer]] possesses him and becomes the FinalBoss.]]
19	* ''Webcomic/{{Adventurers}}'' has Khrima and Eternion, both of whom correspond to different kinds of RPG villains; Khrima is the EvilOverlord of Khrima Force, and Eternion is an evil PhysicalGod who leads the Eternals. Both of them even have a PR war/election over who gets to be the FinalBoss, with the winner being [[spoiler:Khrima]].
20	%% * In ''WebComic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja'', Franz Rayner, Dracula, and King Radical have all taken this role in various arcs.
21	%% * In ''Webcomic/AgentsOfTheRealm'', all signs point to the Alchemist.
22	* Yadmon from ''Webcomic/{{Aisopos}}''. The AdaptationalVillainy that he received had turned him into a psychotic ruler, addicted to one particularly lady, hunting her, her husband and her son for ten whole years, treating the boy like crap, because he dared not to receive the spear that was aimed at him and for not looking like his mother and then, proceeds to hunt down the kid again for ANOTHER ten years, capturing and treating him in an even nastier way!
23	%% * ''Webcomic/AnsemRetort'''s Big Bad tends to change every season.
24	%% ** Season 1: The FOX president.
25	%% ** Season 2: Cloud for the first half of the season.
26	%% ** Season 3: Cid.
27	%% ** Season 4: Xemnas
28	%% ** Season 5: None, as the season focused on Axel and Aerith's wedding.
29	%% ** Season 6: Xemnas, Ansem, and oddly enough [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Belle]] are competing for the Big Bad title this season.
30	%% ** Season 7: Xemnas again with Red XIII as TheDragon
31	%% ** Season 8: The cast of [[VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou Shibuya]] [[Series/JerseyShore Shore]].
32	%% * ''Webcomic/AngelMoxie'': Yzin, whom Vashi spends most of the series trying to revive.
33	* ''Webcomic/{{Archipelago}}'': The Great Raven's ability is limited, but he remains in the shadows, giving orders to [[TheDragon Captain Snow,]] as well as [[DealWithTheDevil collecting loyalties of various civilians,]] all as a part of his plan to [[SealedEvilInACan free himself]] so he can wreck havoc.
34	%% * In ''Webcomic/BladeOfToshubi'', both the Feline Emperor and [[TheDragon Advisor Toh]] count.
35	* ''[[Webcomic/FifteenMinds Blue Moon Blossom]]'' reveals the big bad to be a giant, incorporeal snake-like demon that turned an entire village to stone, for no obvious reason other than ForTheEvulz. Due to the lack of text or dialogue in the comic, the extent to which the main cast was aware of its existence for the duration of the story is not made clear.
36	* The big bad in ''Webcomic/FireSoup'' is the Heart Mafia, responsible for turning Micco City into a [[ToCreateAPlaygroundForEvil crime-ridden place]] where superheroes are just a dream.
37	%% * ''Webcomic/BobAndGeorge'' had a new big bad each year, though Dr. Wily would always come up and Bob stayed consistent.
38	%% ** Year One: The Yellow Devil [[spoiler: who undergoes a HeelFaceTurn and becomes Nate]], as well as Bob.
39	%% ** Year Two: Mynd
40	%% ** Year Three: Megaman
41	%% ** Year Four: The Helmeted Author [[spoiler: Who was the ManBehindTheMan in year three]]
42	%% ** Year Five: Non-Alternative Mynd (though Bob comes in a close second)
43	%% ** Year Six: Megaman X
44	%% ** Year Seven: Bob
45	* ''WebComic/BreakfastOfTheGods'': Count Chocula [[{{Mascot}} (yes, that one)]], who wants to plunge the kingdom of Cerealia into eternal night.
46	* ''Webcomic/CashmereSky'': Winston Lockridge, president of Lockridge Industries, is this, sending his men on missions that kill innocent people and being willing to sustain the poisonous fog that's taken over most of the world to prevent a mass migration.
47	* ''WebComic/CommanderKitty'': Zenith is [[MixAndMatchCritters part fox, part rabbit, part cat]], and ''all'' perfect. She's so perfect, in fact, that [[http://www.commanderkitty.com/2010/07/04/nothing-like-a-good-rant/ her ultimate plan is to create for herself the perfect mate and take over the galaxy with her perfect children.]] [[spoiler: Actually, she's [[TeenGenius Ulysses J. Fortiscue]]'s [[RobotGirl robot assistant]], gone slightly overboard with her directive to "eliminate all life's little imperfections." Once she's [[HeelFaceBrainwashing rebooted in Safe Mode]], she's ''much'' more interested in fashion design than galactic conquest.]]
48	* ''Webcomic/CurseQuest'': It is still vague right now, but there is a suggestion that there are two. The first is Imperius, whose name is dropped by the girls trying to kill Avalon. The task the team was given by curse quest is to kill the evil ruler of the Land of Avalon, who the ruler is is still unknown, it may be Imperius, but it has not been confirmed yet.
49	%% * In ''Webcomic/CunningFire'' Bahram is the main antagonist.
50	* ''Webcomic/DemonseedRedux'': Rhoda and other demons answer to a mysterious InTheHood mastermind of the upcoming war, [[spoiler:[[FallenAngel Galadrel]]]], who has kidnapped many angels and demons to make them "breeding drones".
51	%% * It changes with a bunch of reveals in ''Webcomic/DivineBells''. [[spoiler: At first, it appears to be the emperor of Dae-hyun. Now it seems to be Baek-Yeom.]]
52	* ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'': [[EvilMatriarch Snadhya'rune Vel'Sharen]], leader of the Vel'Sharen clan and headmistress of Orthorbbae, is more or less single handedly responsible for the current civil war through her [[TheChessmaster machinations]], with the goal of [[AmbitionIsEvil becoming Empress]].
53	* ''WebComic/TheDwarfsTheSpiritAndTheSorceress'': Zoso, the evil spirit who puts an awful curse on one of the dwarf and is worshipped by the dwarves' enemies the Goblins.
54	%% * ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'':
55	%% ** Lord Tedd
56	%% ** Or that universe's Shade Tail.
57	%% ** Formerly Daimen.
58	%% ** Abraham is a [[PunchClockVillain punch clock]] example.
59	%% ** Pandora "Chaos" Raven was considered to be it for a while.
60	%% ** Voltaire is the current active antagonist.
61	%% * Presumably N'Grall in ''Webcomic/ElvenLacryment''.
62	* In ''Webcomic/{{Endstone}}'', [[http://endstone.net/2011/06/06/5-41/ Kyri realizes that the God of the Eternity Spire is behind both of the tragedies of her life]], because he controls the Banestone.
63	%% * ''{{Webcomic/Erfworld}}'': The Big Bad [[spoiler:is Charlie]]. [[http://www.erfworld.com/book-2-archive/?px=%2F2012-09-19.jpg This page]] (WARNING: MASSIVE SPOILERS) certainly goes all-out with the {{Shout Out}}s to drive the idea home.
64	* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'' has The Other, a strange being that almost wiped out Europe in the past and starts regaining power a while after the comic starts. When we first hear of them, their identity is unknown, but over the course of the comic we learn that they are [[spoiler:Lucrezia Mongfish, aka the [[EvilMatriarch mother of our heroine]] Agatha]]. The Other is also shown to have been behind all sorts of evil in history via their ability to possess different bodies, such as the [[spoiler:destruction of an ancient civilization]] and killing Agatha's siblings shortly before her birth.
65	* ''Webcomic/HeartCore'': Royce Lashiec, Lord of [[{{Hell}} Asgar]], [[DemonLordsAndArchdevils mightiest of demons]], [[AbusiveParents horrible parent]] and [[OmnicidalManiac the bane of the entire Beastman species.]]
66	%% * Director Deena Daniels of B.E.N.T. is the Big Bad of ''Webcomic/{{Hexenringe}}''.
67	%% * In ''Webcomic/HolidayWars'', the EasterBunny is the Big Bad.
68	* The ultimate antagonist of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' is Lord English, assisted by his [[TheDragon Dragons]] Doc Scratch and Her Imperious Condescension and with various Jack Noirs as competing villains. He acts as the GreaterScopeVillain for a good chunk of the story while the other antagonists also compete for top spot.
69	** Part 1 (Act 1-Act 4) starts off with the Black King before Jack Noir turns rogue and kills him. As it turns out, Jack Noir is the true cause of the Reckoning that destroyed Earth.
70	** Part 2 (Act 5) has Jack Noir continue his rampage, and also introduces Doc Scratch into the mix, who is manipulating everyone into helping revive Lord English. In the end, [[spoiler:Scratch wins]].
71	** Part 3 (Act 6 Act 1-Act 6 Intermission 5) introduces the Condesce as the antagonist during the main parts of the act while Lord English starts his rampage across Paradox Space. The Condesce technically works for English, but most focus is put on her independent tasks.
72	** Part 4 (Act 6 Act 6-Act 7) has Lord English (through his various incarnations), the Condesce, and Jack Noir finally have their ultimate confrontations with the protagonists, ultimately leading up to a massive final battle.
73	* By Chapter 2, the Man in Grey emerges as this for ''Webcomic/JennyAndTheMultiverse'' — a sinister CardCarryingVillain with an ambiguous agenda, he is the CorruptCorporateExecutive in charge of the Altern Corporation (which started financing Laura's experiments in Chapter 1) as well as the employer of [[TheDragon Colonel Major]] and [[TheHeavy Jenny Nowhere]], sending them after Laura and Jenny respectively.
74	* ''Webcomic/KirbyAdventure'' has [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/Kirby64TheCrystalShards Miracle Matter]]]], [[TheHeavy Talzo]]'s superior and the one who masterminds all of his and the other villains' attacks on the [[AdventureGuild Kirby Adventure Squad]].
75	* ''Webcomic/KuroShouri'': Mentioned fairly early in, Akujin is the bad guy who controls nearly every other villain character.
76	* ''Webcomic/TheLawOfPurple'': Silver, Lord of Caligula. He plans to eliminate 2nd Kind are the reason why the Fayse siblings fled to Earth in the first place.
77	* ''Webcomic/TheLifeOfNobTMouse'': [[spoiler:The Pie Ghosts of Somewhere]] in ''Pie Noon'' and probably also King Nastie from the ''Nasties'' stories, although he's also something of a [[TheDragon Dragon]].
78	%% ''Webcomic/LookingForGroup'':
79	%% ** [[spoiler: Tavor.]]
80	%% ** [[spoiler: And then Aellon took the throne when Tavor was killed, putting him in Big Bad position.]]
81	%% * ''Webcomic/LovelyLovecraft'': [[spoiler:Noyes, AKA Nyarlathotep]].
82	%% * In the Nomura Syndrome story arc of ''Webcomic/ManlyGuysDoingManlyThings'', Creator/{{Gackt}} is the Big Bad. [[spoiler: Hired by [[GreaterScopeVillain Commander Badass's superiors]] to bishify him so they can market new merchandise.]]
83	%% * Cancer Man in ''Webcomic/MonsterOfTheWeek''. His true name is unknown - author called him Cancer Man because he smokes in his every appearance.
84	* ''Webcomic/M9Girls'': The feud that the Professor, mentor of the M9 Girls, has with Alpha Prime, sets in motion all the events in the M9 Girls saga, from their creation to their ultimate encounter with Alpha Prime.
85	* In the {{Manhua}} webcomic ''[[https://tapas.io/series/myguardianangel My Guardian Angel]]'', the BigBad appears to be [[spoiler: Yeh Xiaohan's [[note]]Yuki in the English adaptation[[/note]] father]], a [[VengefulGhost malevolent ghost]] [[SoulEating obsessed with devouring his daughter's soul]] who seeks to become a powerful wicked spirit by consuming other ghosts. Lin Xiaoyou [[note]]Matilda "Mattie" Lin[[/note]] was a ghost who got away, preventing his becoming a true wicked spirit, and he needs her to complete his apotheosis. [[spoiler: However, the true Big Bad is [[FalseFriend Wang Quanzhen]] [[note]]Kyle[[/note]], who's using Xiaohan's father because he believes that he can use the power of a wicked spirit to send his deceased girlfriend, herself a wicked spirit, [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence to the afterlife]]. He was responsible for releasing Mr. Yeh after Xiaohan bound him before the events of the story and allowed the specter to possess him in order to strike at Xiaohan. When his plan to use Mr. Yeh falls apart, Quanzhen attempts to turn Xiaoyou into a wicked spirit to use her power instead.]]
86	* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'': Lord Xykon, a lich sorcerer with dire plans for the world and a serious lack of empathy for living things. He's the leader of Team Evil and the reason the Order of the Stick was formed is to take him down. As the story goes on and the scope of his threat with releasing the Snarl becomes clearer, more factions, most notably Azure City, act against him, both directly and indirectly.
87	%% ** Though the comic also features Redcloak (a [[TheDragon Dragon]] who is in some ways [[HyperCompetentSidekick even more dangerous than his boss]]), The Dark One (a goblin god whom Redcloak serves), The Snarl (an EldritchAbomination that hasn't done anything yet but could destroy the universe if released), Tarquin (the MagnificentBastard EvilOverlord who's also a main character's father), the Interfiend Co-operation Committee (a trio of fiendish Chessmasters who are playing everybody else more or less) and Hel (a goddess seeking world domination) -- so there's definitely more than a bit of a BigBadEnsemble going on rather than ''just'' Xykon. As he's arguably the most powerful non-divine villain in the comic and is the most central single villain to the plot, he'd still qualify as ''the'' Big Bad, barring a (not entirely impossible) future upset.
88	%% ** It might be [[spoiler: more of a BigBadDuumvirate between Xykon and Redcloak, with each thinking they control the other.]]
89	%%* ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure'': [[TheEmperor Brian]] and [[DarkMessiah Angelo]], who not only work together but are a [[UnholyMatrimony married couple.]]
90	* ''Webcomic/ProblemSleuth'' had Mobster Kingpin, the Mafioso mastermind responsible for locking the heroes in their office building; with the second half of the story is devoted to defeating him.
91	%% * Metheos counts as this in ''Webcomic/{{Sidekicks}}''.
92	%% * ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'':
93	%% ** Hereti Corp and K'Z'K constantly take turns being the overall Big Bad of the comic.
94	%% ** Other examples (mainly for mini arcs) include vampire queen Lysinda, demon general Lord Horribus, and a totalitarian dictator known only as "His Masterness".
95	* In ''Webcomic/SonicTheComicOnline'' the role is first taken by the leader of The Syndicate [[OmnicidalManiac Dr Zachary]], then the role is taken by [[TheDon Don Long-Legs]] head of [[TheMafia The Family]],then by [[spoiler:[[EvilGenius Grimer]]]] who is behind the Neo Metallix as well as Kane also telling [[TheMafia The Family]] about The Syndicate planning to destroying the Special Zone which cause [[TheMafia The Family]] to travel to Mobius, then by [[spoiler:[[OmnicidalManiac Dr Robotnik]]]] and [[spoiler:[[TheEmpire The Drakon Empire]]]].
96	%% * In ''{{Webcomic/Stomp}}'', there is definitely one of these lurking behind the scenes. Their identity is currently unknown.
97	%% * The Witch on ''Webcomic/TheWitchsThrone''.
98	%% * Xaneth of ''Webcomic/TrueVillains'', being one of the main characters and leader of a villainous band, seems to be this as of now.
99	* With this [[http://voodoowalrus.com/?p=1728 page]] ''Webcomic/VoodooWalrus'' seems to be setting things up to suggest that Rip Flintolocke, a character who hasn't even been seen beyond being a shadowed figure, is responsible for everything that's happened in Grymm and Creepknight's lives.
100	%% * Fred from ''Webcomic/WhatsShakin'' is the reoccurring Big Bad.
101	%% * Xaos from ''Webcomic/TheWotch'' might be a Big Bad [[OrcusOnHisThrone if he ever]] [[PutOnABus gets around to doing it]]
102	%% * The Black Hat Man in Webcomic/{{xkcd}}
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Context BigBad / Webcomics