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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. And in any case, calling a real person a villain or a jerk is really not a good idea. In short, real people should not be described as "good" or "evil".
- Absolute Xenophobe
- Abusive Offspring
- Abusive Parents - Also too common in real life.
- Academic Alpha Bitch
- Academy of Evil
- Affably Evil
- A.I. Is a Crapshoot
- Alas, Poor Villain
- The Alliance
- Alpha Bitch
- Always Chaotic Evil - Also impossible in real life.
- Ambiguously Evil
- Ambition Is Evil
- Amoral Afrikaner - Also a stereotype.
- Amoral Attorney
- Animal Wrongs Group
- Anti Anti Christ
- The Antichrist
- Apocalypse Hitler - Also impossible in real life.
- Aristocrats Are Evil - Also a stereotype.
- Armies Are Evil
- Artifact of Doom - Also impossible in real life.
- As Long as There is Evil
- Asshole Victim - Also too controversial.
- "Ass" in Ambassador
- At Least I Admit It
- Avenging the Villain
- Backstabbing the Alpha Bitch
- Bad Boss
- The Bad Guys Are Cops
- The Bad Guy Wins - Also a narrative trope.
- 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 - Also too controversial.
- Big Bad - Also a narrative trope.
- 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 - Primarily associated with evil.
- Boarding School of Horrors
- Board to Death
- Bomb-Throwing Anarchists
- Brainwashed and Crazy
- The Bully - Also too common in real life.
- Byronic Hero
- The Caligula
- Can't Get Away with Nuthin' - Also impossible in real life.
- Card-Carrying Villain
- Chaotic Evil
- Chaotic Good
- Chaotic Neutral
- Chaotic Stupid - Also, calling people stupid is really not a good idea.
- Character Alignment
- 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. Also, despite how you might feel, there is no such thing as a 100% evil person or thing in real life. Not even Hitler.
- Cop Hater
- Cop Killer
- Cop Killer Manhunt
- Corrupt Church
- Corrupt Corporate Executive
- Corrupt Hick
- Corrupt Politician - Also too common and far too controversial.
- The Coup
- Create Your Own Villain
- Creepy Child
- Creepy Crossdresser
- Creepy Souvenir
- Creepy Twins
- Culture Justifies Anything - Also too controversial.
- Cute and Psycho
- Cut Lex Luthor a Check
- Daddy's Little Villain
- Dark Is Evil
- Dark Is Not Evil
- Dark Lord on Life Support
- 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
- Diplomatic Impunity
- Dirty Communists
- Disability as an Excuse for Jerkassery
- Disproportionate Retribution
- Domestic Abuse - Also too common in real life.
- Doomed Moral Victor
- Draco in Leather Pants
- The Dragon
- Dragon Ascendant
- Dragon-in-Chief
- Dragon Lady
- Drunk on the Dark Side
- Dystopia Justifies the Means
- Eats Babies
- Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette - Also a stereotype.
- 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 - Also a stereotype.
- 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 - Also a sexuality trope.
- 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 - Also the Exaggerated Trope of Fiery Redhead, which is a stereotype.
- 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
- False Prophet
- The Family for the Whole Family
- Family Values Villain
- Fangs Are Evil
- The Farmer and the Viper
- Fat Bastard
- Faux Affably Evil
- Fighting Back Is Wrong
- 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 – Also impossible in real life.
- 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 – Also too common in real life.
- Good Pays Better
- Good Republic, Evil Empire
- Good Scars, Evil Scars
- Good Victims, Bad Victims
- Greed
- Green-Eyed Monster
- Grey-and-Gray Insanity
- Grey-and-Gray Morality
- Griefer
- Gullible Lemmings
- The Hedonist
- Heel–Face Brainwashing
- 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 - Calling someone a hypocrite is asking for trouble.
- If You Kill Him, You Will Be Just Like Him
- If You're So Evil, Eat This Kitten
- Immoral Journalist
- Incorruptible Pure Pureness - Also impossible in real life; there's no such thing as a 100% good person.
- Industrialized Evil
- Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain
- Innocent Means Naïve - Also a stereotype.
- It's All About Me
- Jerkass - Also too common and too contentious.
- Jerkass Has a Point
- Jerkass Woobie
- Jerk Jock
- Jerks Are Worse Than Villains
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold
- Jerk with a Heart of Jerk
- Jumping Off the Slippery Slope
- Karma Houdini - Listing any moments of unpunished crimes is just asking for trouble.
- Karma Houdini Warranty
- Karmic Death
- Kick the Dog
- Kids Are Cruel - Also a stereotype.
- Knight of Cerebus
- Knight Templar
- Lack of Empathy
- Lady Macbeth
- Laser-Guided Karma - Also impossible in real life.
- Laughably Evil
- Lawful Evil
- Lawful Good
- Lawful Neutral
- Lawful Stupid
- Lean and Mean
- Light Is Not Good
- Living with the Villain
- Loners Are Freaks - Also a stereotype.
- 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 - Also a stereotype.
- Mayor Pain - Either calling mayors evil, or complaining about incompetence.
- Mean Boss
- Meet the New Boss
- Mega-Corp
- Memetic Psychopath
- Menagerie of Misery
- 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
- Neutral Evil
- Neutral Good
- Never My Fault
- Nice Guy - Also too common in real life.
- 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 - Also too common in real life.
- President Evil
- Principles Zealot
- Privilege Makes You Evil
- Psycho for Hire
- Psychopathic Manchild
- Psycho Psychologist
- Punch-Clock Villain
- Pure Is Not Good
- Putting on the Reich
- Reasonable Authority Figure - Also too common in real life.
- Red and Black and Evil All Over
- Redemption Equals Death
- Red Eyes, Take Warning
- Religion of Evil - Also too controversial.
- Reptiles Are Abhorrent
- Retired Monster
- Returning Big Bad
- 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
- Sadist
- Saintly Church - Also too common in real life.
- The Savage Indian - Also a stereotype.
- Scary Amoral Religion - Also too controversial.
- Science Is Bad - Describes scientists as evil, and would attract all sorts of anti-scientific flame bait.
- Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!
- Sealed Evil in a Can
- Serial Killer - Also there are too many of them to list.
- Serial-Killer Killer
- Sinister Minister
- Sinister Suffocation
- 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
- The Sociopath
- Sociopathic Hero
- Sociopathic Soldier
- Sorting Algorithm of Evil
- The Soulless - Also impossible in real life.
- Spikes of Villainy
- The Starscream
- Start of Darkness
- Straight Edge Evil
- Straw Nihilist
- Stupid Evil
- Stupid Good
- Stupid Neutral
- Sudden Sequel Heel Syndrome
- Suicide Is Shameful
- Superpowered Evil Side
- Supervillain Lair
- Sympathetic Adulterer
- Sympathetic Murderer
- Sympathetic Slave Owner
- Sympathy for the Devil
- Tautological Templar
- Teens Are Monsters - Also a stereotype.
- 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
- Too Cool to Live
- Took a Level in Jerkass
- Totalitarian Utilitarian
- Tragic Bigot
- Trapped in Villainy
- Troll - Also too common in real life.
- Trophy Child
- Troubled Abuser
- True Neutral
- Tyke Bomb
- Ungrateful Bastard
- Unholy Matrimony
- Used to Be a Sweet Kid
- Utopia Justifies the Means
- Vile Villain, Saccharine Show - Also not possible in real life.
- Villain Ball
- Villain Decay
- A Villain Named "Z__rg"
- Villainous Aromantic Asexual - Also a stereotype and a sexuality trope.
- 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 - Also impossible in real life.
- Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds
- Would Hurt a Child
- Yellow Peril - Also a stereotype.
- You Can't Thwart Stage One
