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1	Overarching Villain can refer to:
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3	* AntagonistTitle: A villain important to the work such it's after them.
4	* ArcVillain: Standalone villain of a single story arc in a much longer story.
5	* BigBad: The cause of all the story's bad events which the hero(es) must resolve.
6	* BreakoutVillain: A villain becomes a series mainstay in response to their fan popularity.
7	* DemotedToDragon: When a past BigBad returns as TheDragon to a new BigBad.
8	* ExBigBad: A former BigBad returns but is no longer the main threat, being overshadowed by a new BigBad.
9	* GreaterScopeVillain: A threat/villainous presence that's more dangerous, affects more people, or is more significant than the story's current BigBad in the setting as a whole, but isn't causing the conflict of the immediate story.
10	* TheHeavy: The villain that moves the plot forward and gets the most focus among the antagonists, even if they are not the BigBad.
11	* HijackedByGanon: An old villain turns out to be behind a new threat.
12	* JokerImmunity: Villains who are too good or too popular to be KilledOffForReal.
13	* TheManBehindTheMan: A bigger villain is revealed to be behind the actions of the original villain.
14	* TheManBehindTheMonsters: A human (or something resembling a human) leads an army of monsters.
15	* MascotVillain: A villain who serves as a SeriesMascot.
16	* ReturningBigBad: A previous BigBad returns to be the main threat later on in the story.
17	* VillainOnLeave: When a BigBad is absent for the second installment, but is present in the first and third.
18	* VillainousLegacy: The villain is no longer around, but the plot continues to be driven by things they did while alive.
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