Villain

Basic Information

Villains are the antagonists that heroes strive to defeat in a story.

List of Villains Tropes

• Activist Fundamentalist Antics
• Affably Evil
• Aliens And Monsters
• Amoral Attorney
• A Nazi By Any Other Name
• The Anti Christ
• Anti-Role Model
• Anti Villain
• Arch Enemy
• Arrogant Kung Fu Guy
• Artifact Of Doom
• As Long As There Is Evil
• Ax Crazy
• Bad Santa
• The Baroness
• Bastard Understudy
• Battle Butler
• The Beautiful People
• Beta Baddie
• Big Bad
• Black Cloak
• Black Knight
• Black Shirt
• Black Widow
• The Blob
• Blondes Are Evil
• Blond Guys Are Evil
  • Evil Albino
    • White Haired Pretty Boy
• The Bully
• The Butcher
• Byronic Hero
• Candle Jack
  • The Scottish Trope
• Card Carrying Villain
• The Chessmaster
• Child Hater
• Chronic Backstabbing Disorder
• Chronic Villainy
• Circus Of Fear
• Corrupt Corporate Executive
• Corrupt Hick
• The Corruption
• Cosmopolitan Council
• Crazy Jealous Guy
• The Cracker
• Creepy Child
• Cult
• Culture Police
• Dangerous Deserter
• Dark Action Girl
• Darwinist
• Dastardly Whiplash
• Deadly Doctor
• Deceptive Disciple
• Demonic Dummy
• Depraved Bisexual
• Depraved Homosexual
• Designated Antagonist
• Devil But No God
• Devil In Plain Sight
• Diabolical Mastermind
• Dimension Lord
• Dirty Communists
• Dirty Coward
• The Dragon
  • Dragon Their Feet
• Egomaniac Hunter
• Enemy Mime
• Enemy To All Living Things
• Enemy Within
  • Enemy Without
• The Empire
• Enfante Terrible
• Enigmatic Minion
• The Evil Army
• Evil Chancellor
• Evil Counterpart
• Evil Debt Collector
• Evil Diva
• Evil Duo
• Eviler Than Thou
• Evil-lutionary Biologist
• Evil Is Not A Toy
• Evil Knockoffs
• Evil Matriarch
• Evil Mentor
• Evil Minions
  • Mooks
    • Elite Mooks
    • Faceless Goons
    • Giant Mook
    • King Mook
    • Mecha-Mooks
    • Middle Management Mook
    • Mook Face Turn
    • Mook Promotion
  • Minion With An F In Evil
  • Psycho For Hire
  • Punch Clock Villain
    • Halfhearted Henchman
  • Quirky Miniboss Squad
    • The Psycho Rangers
• Evil Orphan
• Evil Overlord
• Evil Poacher
• The Evil Prince
• Evil Sorcerer
• Evil Twin
• Evil Uncle
• Fake Boss
• Fallen Hero
• The Family For The Whole Family
• Fashionable Evil
• Fashion Victim Villain
• The Federation
• Femme Fatale
• Fetus Terrible
• Five Bad Band
  • Big Bad
  • The Dragon
  • Evil Genius
  • The Brute
  • Dark Chick
• Forgotten Childhood Friend
• Friendly Enemy
• Galactic Conqueror
• The Gambler
• General Failure
• General Ripper
• Giggling Villain
• The Government
• Graceful Loser
• Hanging Judge
• Harmless Villain
• Hate Sink
• The Heavy
• Heel Face Mole
• Heroic Sociopath
• He Who Fights Monsters
• Hidden Agenda Villain
• Hijacked By Ganon
• Hive Queen
• Horde of Alien Locusts
• Implacable Man
• Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain
• Jack The Ripper
• The Jailer
• Jerk Jock
• The Juggernaut
• Karma Houdini
• Kick Them While They Are Down
• Killer Space Monkey
• Knight Of Cerebus
• Knight Templar
• Kray Winstone
• The Legions Of Hell
• Lesbian Vampire
• Les Collaborateurs
• The Libby
• Living Shadow
• Loony Fan
• Mad Artist
• Mad Bomber
• The Mafia
• The Mafiya
• Mailer Daemon
• Malus Ex Machina
• Make The Bear Angry Again
• The Man Behind The Curtain
• The Man Behind The Man
• Manipulative Bastard
• Master Of Illusion
• Meet The New Boss
• The Mole
• Monster Clown
• Monster Suit
• Murder Inc
• My Country Right Or Wrong
• Mysterious Mercenary Pursuer
• Nebulous Evil Organisation
• Necessarily Evil
• Necromantic
• Nietzsche Wannabe
• Noble Demon
• Not So Harmless
• Omnicidal Maniac
• One Winged Angel
• Opposing Sports Team
• Out Damned Spot
• Path Of Inspiration
• People Puppets
• Perky Female Minion
• Perverse Puppet
• Pirate
• Planet Eater
• Poetic Serial Killer
• Poisonous Friend
• President Evil
• Psycho Lesbian
• Psychopathic Manchild
• Punch Clock Villain
• The Punishment
• The Quisling
• Red Scare
• Reliable Traitor
• Religion Of Evil
• Regent For Life
• Renegade Russian
• Right Hand Cat
• Right Wing Militia Fanatic
• Rival Turned Evil
• Rogues Gallery
• Sadist Teacher
• Scary Dogmatic Aliens
• Schoolyard Bully All Grown Up
• Sealed Evil In A Can
• Secret Police
• Self Made Orphan
• Serial Killer
• Sinister Minister
• Sixth Column
• Smug Snake
• Stalker With A Crush
• The Starscream
• Super Persistent Predator
• Super Villain
• The Syndicate
• Team Rocket
• Teens Are Monsters
• Terrorists Without A Cause
• Those Two Bad Guys
• Those Wacky Nazis
• Too Powerful To Live
• Torture Technician
• Treacherous Advisor
• Tykebomb
  • Laser Guided Tykebomb
• Ubermensch
• The Umbridge
• The Undefeated
• Unholy Matrimony
• The Vamp
• Villain Corner
• Villain Protagonist
• Villain Song
• Villain Sue
• Villain With Good Publicity
• Villainous Breakdown
• Villainous Crossdresser
• Villainous Glutton
• The Virus
  • The Corruption
• Viva La Evolution
• We Have Reserves
• Well Intentioned Extremist
• Western Terrorists
• Who's Laughing Now
• Wicked Cultured
• Wicked Witch
• The Worm That Walks
• Worthy Opponent
• Yakuza
• Yellow Peril
  • Dragon Lady
• Zero Percent Approval Rating

See Also

• News: Ugly Battle Has Librarians In Oak Brook Turning To Teamsters - has an example of real world villainy of the really petty kind.

Sources

Bibliography

1. TV Tropes Wiki entry

Game and Story Use

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