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These tropes assign moral values to certain characters, character types, or situations. The wiki does not have an opinion on the morality of real people, who are almost always far more complex than any fictional depiction. In short, real people should not be described as "good" or "evil".
- Absolute Xenophobe
- Abusive Parents
- Academic Alpha Bitch
- Academy of Evil
- Affably Evil
- A.I. Is a Crapshoot
- Alas, Poor Villain
- The Alliance
- Alpha Bitch
- Always Chaotic Evil
- Ambiguously Evil
- Ambition Is Evil
- Amoral Afrikaner
- Amoral Attorney
- Animal Wrongs Group
- Anti Anti Christ
- The Antichrist
- Apocalypse Hitler
- Aristocrats Are Evil
- Armies Are Evil
- Artifact of Doom
- As Long as There is Evil
- Asshole Victim
- "Ass" in Ambassador
- At Least I Admit It
- Avenging the Villain
- Ax-Crazy
- Backstabbing the Alpha Bitch
- Bad Boss
- The Bad Guy Wins
- Bad is Good and Good is Bad
- Bad Mood as an Excuse
- Bad People Abuse Animals
- Bad Samaritan
- Bait-and-Switch Boss
- Balance Between Good and Evil
- Bald of Evil
- Bastard Understudy
- Beard of Evil
- Beauty Is Bad
- Befriending the Enemy
- Being Evil Sucks
- Being Tortured Makes You Evil
- Big Bad
- Big Bad Duumvirate
- Big-Bad Ensemble
- Big Bad Slippage
- Big Bad Wannabe
- Big Good
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
- Black and Gray Morality
- Black and White Insanity
- Black and White Morality
- Black Shirt
- Black Speech
- Blood Bath
- Boarding School of Horrors
- Board to Death
- Bomb-Throwing Anarchists
- Brainwashed and Crazy
- The Bully
- The Caligula
- Card-Carrying Villain
- Character Alignments
- Child Eater
- Child Hater
- Chronic Backstabbing Disorder
- Chronic Villainy
- Churchgoing Villain
- Co-Dragons
- Complete Monster - As the strongest Evil Trope, it's also the most controversial. Calling a real person evil is just asking for trouble, and there is no such thing as a 100% evil person or thing in real life. Not even Hitler.
- Cop Killer
- Cop Killer Manhunt
- Corrupt Church
- Corrupt Corporate Executive
- Corrupt Hick
- Corrupt Politician
- The Coup
- Create Your Own Villain
- Creepy Child
- Creepy Crossdresser
- Creepy Souvenir
- Creepy Twins
- Culture Justifies Anything
- Cute and Psycho
- Cut Lex Luthor a Check
- Daddy's Little Villain
- Dark Is Evil
- Dark Is Not Evil
- Dark Messiah
- Dark Mistress
- The Dark Side
- Dastardly Whiplash
- Daycare Nightmare
- Democracy Is Bad
- Demonization
- Department of Child Disservices
- Depraved Kids' Show Host
- Desecrating the Dead
- Designated Hero
- Designated Villain
- Despotism Justifies the Means
- Dick Dastardly Stops to Cheat
- Dirty Communists
- Disability as an Excuse for Jerkassery
- Disproportionate Retribution
- Doomed Moral Victor
- Draco in Leather Pants
- The Dragon - Calling Real Life people villains is just asking for trouble.
- Dragon Ascendant
- Dragon-in-Chief
- Dragon Lady
- Drunk on the Dark Side
- Dystopia Justifies the Means
- Eats Babies
- Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette
- Elite Mooks
- The Empire
- Enemy Civil War
- Enfant Terrible
- Entitled Bastard
- Equal-Opportunity Evil
- Eunuchs Are Evil
- Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones
- Even Evil Has Standards
- Evil All Along
- Evil Brit
- Evil Cannot Comprehend Good
- Evil Chancellor
- Evil Chef
- Evil Counterpart
- Evil Duo
- Eviler Than Thou
- Evil Feels Good
- Evil Has a Bad Sense of Humor
- Evil, Inc.
- Evil Is Cool
- Evil Is Not a Toy
- Evil Is One Big, Happy Family
- Evil Is Petty
- Evil Is Sexy
- Evil Luddite
- Evil Matriarch
- Evil Mentor
- Evil Nerd
- Evil Old Folks
- Evil Only Has to Win Once
- Evil Overlord
- Evil Parents Want Good Kids
- Evil Pays Better
- Evil Poacher
- Evil Power Vacuum
- The Evil Prince
- Evil Reactionary
- Evil Redhead
- Evil Stole My Faith
- Evil Tastes Good
- Evil Twin
- Evil Tower of Ominousness
- Evil Uncle
- Evilutionary Biologist
- Evil Vegetarian
- Evil vs. Evil
- Evil Wears Black
- Evil Will Fail
- The Extremist Was Right
- Face–Heel Turn
- Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon
- The Family for the Whole Family
- Family Values Villain
- Fangs Are Evil
- The Farmer and the Viper
- Fat Bastard
- Faux Affably Evil
- Forced into Evil
- Former Friend of Alpha Bitch
- For the Evulz
- Four Eyes, Zero Soul
- Freudian Excuse
- From Nobody to Nightmare
- The Fundamentalist
- Fun-Hating Villain
- Galactic Conqueror - Also (as of now) impossible in real life.
- Generic Doomsday Villain
- Giggling Villain
- Girl Scouts Are Evil
- Good All Along
- Good Cannot Comprehend Evil
- Good Colors, Evil Colors
- Good Guns, Bad Guns
- Good Is Not Nice
- Good Parents
- Good Pays Better
- Good Republic, Evil Empire
- Good Scars, Evil Scars
- Good Victims, Bad Victims
- Greed
- Green-Eyed Monster
- Grey and Gray Morality
- Griefer
- Gullible Lemmings
- The Hedonist
- Heel–Face Door-Slam
- Heel–Face Turn
- Heel–Faith Turn
- Heel Realization
- Heroes Love Dogs
- Heroic Bastard
- Hero with Bad Publicity
- Heteronormative Crusader
- He Who Fights Monsters
- Holier Than Thou
- Honest Corporate Executive
- Horrible Judge of Character
- Hypocrite
- If You Kill Him, You Will Be Just Like Him
- If You're So Evil, Eat This Kitten
- Immoral Journalist
- Industrialized Evil
- Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain
- It's All About Me
- Jerkass
- Jerkass Has a Point
- Jerkass Woobie
- Jerk Jock
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold
- Jerk with a Heart of Jerk
- Jumping Off the Slippery Slope
- "Just Joking" Justification
- Karma Houdini - Listing any moments of unpunished crimes is just asking for trouble.
- Karma Houdini Warranty
- Karmic Death
- Kick the Dog
- Kids Are Cruel
- Knight of Cerebus
- Knight Templar
- Lack of Empathy
- Lady Macbeth
- Laser-Guided Karma
- Laughably Evil
- Lean and Mean
- Living with the Villain
- Loners Are Freaks
- Loser Son of Loser Dad
- Lovable Alpha Bitch
- Mad Doctor
- Mafia Princess
- Magnificent Bastard
- Make the Bear Angry Again
- Malevolent Mugshot
- The Man Behind the Man
- Manipulative Bastard
- Man of Wealth and Taste
- Mayor Pain
- Mean Boss
- Meet the New Boss
- Mega-Corp
- Memetic Psychopath
- Mental Handicap, Moral Deficiency
- Minion with an F in Evil
- Misanthrope Supreme
- Monster Misogyny
- Mooks
- Mook Lieutenant
- Moral Event Horizon
- Morality Chain
- Morally Ambiguous Doctorate
- Moral Myopia
- Moral Pragmatist
- Murder by Inaction
- Narcissist
- Near-Villain Victory
- Necessarily Evil
- Necromantic - Also not possible to bring dead bodies back to life. Yet.
- Nepharious Pharaoh
- Never My Fault
- Nice Guy
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain!
- Noble Bigot
- Noble Bigot with a Badge
- Noble Demon
- Noble Top Enforcer
- Nominal Hero
- Not Evil, Just Misunderstood
- Not Quite the Right Thing
- Not-So-Harmless Villain
- Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist
- Obliviously Evil
- Obviously Evil
- Omnicidal Maniac
- Orcus on His Throne
- Orderlies Are Creeps
- Outside-Context Problem
- Overlord Jr.
- Pay Evil unto Evil
- Peace & Love, Incorporated
- People Farms
- Pet the Dog
- Playing the Victim Card
- Poisonous Friend
- Politically Correct Villain - Also because political correctness is highly controversial, and its objective meaning varies from zeitgeist to zeitgeist.
- Politically Incorrect Hero - Because political correctness is too contentious.
- Politically Incorrect Villain - For the third time political correctness is too controversial.
- Pragmatic Villainy
- Preacher's Kid
- Predatory Business
- President Evil
- Principles Zealot
- Psycho for Hire
- Psychopathic Manchild
- Psycho Psychologist
- Punch-Clock Villain
- Pure Is Not Good
- Putting on the Reich
- Reasonable Authority Figure
- Red and Black and Evil All Over
- Redemption Equals Death
- Red Eyes, Take Warning
- Religion of Evil
- Reptiles Are Abhorrent
- Retired Monster
- Reverse Mole
- Revolutionaries Who Don't Do Anything
- The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized
- The Revolution Will Not Be Vilified
- Right-Hand Cat
- Rightly Self-Righteous
- Rooting for the Empire
- Saintly Church
- Scary Amoral Religion
- Science Is Bad
- Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
- Sealed Evil in a Can
- Serial Killer
- Serial-Killer Killer
- Sinister Minister
- Sissy Villain
- Slavery Is a Special Kind of Evil
- Sliding Scale of Villain Effectiveness
- Sliding Scale of Villain Threat
- Slimeball
- Smug Snake
- Snakes Are Sinister
- Sociopathic Hero
- Sociopathic Soldier
- Sorting Algorithm of Evil
- Spikes of Villainy
- The Starscream
- Start of Darkness
- Straight Edge Evil
- Straw Nihilist
- Sudden Sequel Heel Syndrome
- Suicide Is Shameful
- Superpowered Evil Side
- Supervillain Lair
- Sympathetic Murderer
- Sympathetic Slave Owner
- Sympathy for the Devil
- Tautological Templar
- Teens Are Monsters
- Temporarily a Villain
- Then Let Me Be Evil
- There Are No Good Executives
- They Look Just Like Everyone Else!
- Those Two Bad Guys
- Token Evil Teammate
- Token Good Teammate
- Tom the Dark Lord
- Took a Level in Jerkass
- Totalitarian Utilitarian
- Tragic Bigot
- Trapped in Villainy
- Troll
- Trophy Child
- Ungrateful Bastard
- Unholy Matrimony
- Used to Be a Sweet Kid
- Utopia Justifies the Means
- Vile Villain, Saccharine Show
- Villain Ball
- Villain Decay
- A Villain Named "Z__rg"
- Villainous Aromantic Asexual
- Villainous Breakdown
- Villainous BSoD
- Villainous Crush
- Villainous Glutton
- Villainous Valour
- Villains Blend in Better
- Villains Out Shopping
- Villain Song
- Villain Team-Up
- Villain with Good Publicity
- Visionary Villain
- Welcome to Evil Mart
- Well-Intentioned Extremist
- We Want Our Jerk Back
- What the Hell, Hero?
- What You Are in the Dark
- White Hair, Black Heart
- White Sheep
- Who Murdered the Asshole?
- Wicked Cultured
- Wicked Heart Symbol
- Wicked Stepmother
- Wife-Basher Basher
- With Great Power Comes Great Insanity
- Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
- Would Hurt a Child
- Yellow Peril
- You Can't Thwart Stage One
