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* ''[[Theatre/TheDevilsApprentice The Devil's Apprentice]]'': [[AmbitionIsEvil Aziel Stofeles]] is a devil so wicked that he is dissatisfied with the current, "mild" state of Hell. Disgusted that Lucifer has chosen the [[VirtueIsWeakness kindhearted human Filip]] as his successor, Aziel hatches a plot to [[TheUsurper usurp the throne]], forcing a young demon boy to poison Lucifer before [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness locking the boy in an abandoned church cellar]] with a [[MindRape mind-shattering spectre]] to waste away. Once Lucifer is on the brink of death, Aziel attempts to murder Filip so he can seize power and establish a regime under which [[FinalSolution all good-natured devils are wiped out]], leaving only the most depraved stock alive.
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* ''Theatre/{{Lizzie}}'': [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade Andrew Jackson Borden]], the father of [[UsefulNotes/LizzieBorden Lizzie]] and Emma, is portrayed as a [[AbusiveParents monstrously abusive father]] who doesn't care about his family. Abusing his children for years, he would neglect them and keep them away from the outside world in order to keep them under his control. Andrew Bordens's most monstrous crime, however, is that he would [[ParentalIncest repeatedly rape Lizzie]], to the point where [[DrivenToMadness she is driven insane]] and [[SympatheticMurderer murders him and her stepmother]].
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* ''Theatre/{{Lizzie}}'': ''[[Theatre/{{Lizzie}} LIZZIE]]'': [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade Andrew Jackson Borden]], the father of [[UsefulNotes/LizzieBorden Lizzie]] and Emma, is portrayed as a [[AbusiveParents monstrously abusive father]] who doesn't care about his family. Abusing his children for years, he would neglect them and keep them away from the outside world in order to keep them under his control. Andrew Bordens's most monstrous crime, however, is that he would [[ParentalIncest repeatedly rape Lizzie]], to the point where [[DrivenToMadness she is driven insane]] and [[SympatheticMurderer murders him and her stepmother]].
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* ''Theatre/DeathNoteTheMusical'': [[Characters/DeathNoteLightYagami Light Yagami]], aka [[SerialKiller Kira]], may have a lower body count than his manga counterpart, but he is just as evil. Mere moments after getting the Death Note, he abandons his claims of justice in favor of [[ItsAllAboutMe his own interests]], declaring himself [[AGodAmI God]]. He goes on a massive killing spree with the Death Note, killing countless, and when confronted by an FBI agent and [[Characters/DeathNoteLLawliet L]]'s task force agent, uses the Death Note to cause them to commit PsychicAssistedSuicide. Light manipulates his girlfriend Misa into killing for him, and, when he gets an opportunity, convinces Rem to write L's name in her Death Note, on threat of killing Misa, an act which kills both Rem and L. As L realizes that he is going to be forced to kill himself, Light continues to gloat over him, declaring that L was merely a pawn as L kills himself.
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* ''Theatre/DeathNoteTheMusical'': [[Characters/DeathNoteLightYagami Light Yagami]], aka [[SerialKiller Kira]], may have a lower body count than his manga counterpart, but he is just as evil. Mere moments after getting the [[DeadlyBook Death Note, Note]], he abandons his claims of justice in favor of [[ItsAllAboutMe his own interests]], declaring himself [[AGodAmI God]]. He goes on a massive killing spree with the Death Note, killing countless, and when confronted by an FBI agent and [[Characters/DeathNoteLLawliet L]]'s L Lawliet's task force agent, uses the Death Note to cause them to commit PsychicAssistedSuicide. Light manipulates his girlfriend Misa into killing for him, and, when he gets an opportunity, convinces Rem to write L's name in her Death Note, on threat of killing Misa, an act which kills both Rem and L. As L realizes that he is going to be forced to kill himself, Light continues to gloat over him, declaring that L was merely a pawn as L kills himself.
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** [[ManipulativeBastard Memphis]], a brutal pimp [[TheDreaded feared]] by the dozen prostitutes working for him, prides himself on his talent for charming girls with false hopes of big dreams, only to lure them into lives of neverending, backbreaking sex work. Having his eye on Queen, Memphis has Jojo fuel her boyfriend Fleetwood's crippling drug addiction, leaving Queen with no one to turn to. Initially kind to Queen by giving her a beautiful dress, he reveals that he expects her to pay him back by pimping for him for at least a year, threatening the life of her and Fleetwood if she refuses. When Queen attempts to warn Fleetwood, Memphis horrifically beats her and decides to cast her down to the bums who will "screw anything", having his henchmen pimp her out at knifepoint, with the intent to fully break her. Catching Queen about to escape with the help of Sonja, one of Memphis's hardened women, Memphis attempts to force them back into the wretched life of prostitution, sneering that they can never choose to leave, before proceeding to stab Fleetwood to death.
** [[AmbitionIsEvil Joseph P. Morse]], nickname Jojo, is a hustler willing to do anything to climb up the ladder of success. Having been known to entice young women to sell them to his friend, Lou, for CastingCouch offers, Jojo helps Memphis in getting Queen pimped to him, [[{{Greed}} purely for money]]. To that end, Jojo has Fleetwood hooked on hard drugs and gets him to cheat on his new girl, Mary, getting Memphis access to Queen, where he convinces him to follow through on his plan. When Queen attempts to escape Memphis and asks for Jojo's help, Jojo betrays her and brings Memphis for money, staying to watch her be [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beaten brutally]] by Memphis. Having warned Memphis of Sonja helping Queen escape, Jojo attacks and disarms Fleetwood to have Memphis stab him to death, and when Memphis is shot dead by Queen, Jojo attempts to persuade them to work for him now as Memphis branch opens new opportunities. After Queen escapes and Sonja turns herself in to cover for her, Jojo brags about getting away with everything, getting a new position at Lou's company to do what he wants behind close doors. Jojo ends the story by spotting a newly arrived 17 year old, going off to entice her to be his next victim.
** [[ManipulativeBastard Memphis]], a brutal pimp [[TheDreaded feared]] by the dozen prostitutes working for him, prides himself on his talent for charming girls with false hopes of big dreams, only to lure them into lives of neverending, backbreaking sex work. Having his eye on Queen, Memphis has Jojo fuel her boyfriend Fleetwood's crippling drug addiction, leaving Queen with no one to turn to. Initially kind to Queen by giving her a beautiful dress, he reveals that he expects her to pay him back by pimping for him for at least a year, threatening the life of her and Fleetwood if she refuses. When Queen attempts to warn Fleetwood, Memphis horrifically beats her and decides to cast her down to the bums who will "screw anything", having his henchmen pimp her out at knifepoint, with the intent to fully break her. Catching Queen about to escape with the help of Sonja, one of Memphis's hardened women, Memphis attempts to force them back into the wretched life of prostitution, sneering that they can never choose to leave, before proceeding to stab Fleetwood to death.
** [[AmbitionIsEvil Joseph P. Morse]], nickname Jojo, is a hustler willing to do anything to climb up the ladder of success. Having been known to entice young women to sell them to his friend, Lou, for CastingCouch offers, Jojo helps Memphis in getting Queen pimped to him, [[{{Greed}} purely for money]]. To that end, Jojo has Fleetwood hooked on hard drugs and gets him to cheat on his new girl, Mary, getting Memphis access to Queen, where he convinces him to follow through on his plan. When Queen attempts to escape Memphis and asks for Jojo's help, Jojo betrays her and brings Memphis for money, staying to watch her be [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beaten brutally]] by Memphis. Having warned Memphis of Sonja helping Queen escape, Jojo attacks and disarms Fleetwood to have Memphis stab him to death, and when Memphis is shot dead by Queen, Jojo attempts to persuade them to work for him now as Memphis branch opens new opportunities. After Queen escapes and Sonja turns herself in to cover for her, Jojo brags about getting away with everything, getting a new position at Lou's company to do what he wants behind close doors. Jojo ends the story by spotting a newly arrived 17 year old, going off to entice her to be his next victim.
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* ''Theatre/TheMassacreAtParis'': [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade The Duc of Guise]] is a sadistic fanatic who initiates the titular [[UsefulNotes/FrenchWarsOfReligion massacre of Paris]]. Murdering members of Navarre for the chance to kill Huguenots and even attempting to kill royalty, Guise leads a violent purge across Paris to [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain slaughter numerous Protestants]] and even takes advantage of the chaos to have his wife's lover murdered for spite. Unwilling to let the bloodshed end, Guise's ambitions almost lead to the beginning of a war when he sends his forces to kill Henry of Navarre.
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** ''Theatre/RichardIII'': [[UsefulNotes/RichardIII Richard]], [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade himself]], informs us early on that he is [[CardCarryingVillain determined to prove a villain and ruin the day for everyone else]]. To that end, he [[RomancingTheWidow seduces Anne Neville]], whose noble husband [[MurderTheHypotenuse he himself murdered]], with every intent of discarding her later. He has his brother George, Duke of Clarence, sent to the Tower of London and murdered, drives his older brother King Edward IV into an early grave, and has Edward's two young sons imprisoned in the Tower of London, before having them murdered. He poisons Anne herself, and begins having his allies killed. On the night before his battle with Henry Tudor, he is visited by the spirits of his victims, who tell him to despair and die. Richard is left alone, deserted by all, and at the end, he admits that even he has nothing but hatred for himself.
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** ''Theatre/RichardIII'': [[UsefulNotes/RichardIII Richard], Richard]], [[HistoricalVillainUpdgrade himself]], informs us early on that he is [[CardCarryingVillain determined to prove a villain and ruin the day for everyone else]]. To that end, he [[RomancingTheWidow seduces Anne Neville]], whose noble husband [[MurderTheHypotenuse he himself murdered]], with every intent of discarding her later. He has his brother George, Duke of Clarence, sent to the Tower of London and murdered, drives his older brother King Edward IV into an early grave, and has Edward's two young sons imprisoned in the Tower of London, before having them murdered. He poisons Anne herself, and begins having his allies killed. On the night before his battle with Henry Tudor, he is visited by the spirits of his victims, who tell him to despair and die. Richard is left alone, deserted by all, and at the end, he admits that even he has nothing but hatred for himself.
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* ''Monster/AceAttorney'' (''Theatre/TurnaboutMusical'' can be found [[Monster/FanWorks here]])
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* ''Theatre/TurnaboutMusical'': [[AmoralAttorney Manfred von Karma]] is the same monster he is in [[VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney the game]], but manages to be even more cruel. For years, von Karma has been working as a prosecutor, using underhanded tactics [[ThePerfectionist to maintain his perfect winning streak]], not caring if the defendants are guilty or not. When defense attorney Gregory Edgeworth ruins his perfect record, [[DisproportionateRetribution Manfred murders him]]. He then adopts Edgeworth's son Miles and raises him to be as ruthless a prosecutor as he is. Von Karma then manipulates a man whose life was ruined by Gregory's murder into committing murder and [[FrameUp framing Edgeworth]]. Manfred later attacks Phoenix Wright and Maya Fey with a stun gun in order to steal evidence, gleefully shocking Phoenix several times after he's knocked out. When Edgeworth is found innocent, von Karma tries to get him executed for Gregory's murder, before attempting to kill him himself.
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* ''Theatre/AmericanPsycho: The Musical'': [[VillainProtagonist Patrick Bateman]] is, as usual, a vapid stockbroker tormented by his own [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse blandness]], embracing his psychopathy and sadism to make himself feel unique. A proud {{narcissist}} who values his material possessions over his supposed friends and family, Bateman has dark fantasies daily of killing his co-workers, fiancée, and mother. Bateman began killing an unknown time ago and has countless murders from past years attributed to him, his motives being sheer bloodlust or even just petty jealousy as he knifes homeless men while imagining them as his friends, tortures a neighbor with a nail gun for mocking his taste in art, and kills Paul Owen with an axe for disrespecting his favorite band and having an account Bateman wants for himself. After a bloody, horrifying killing spree in which he [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalizes]] dozens of victims, [[BloodBath bathes in their blood]], and dances around a pile of their corpses, Bateman brags that he has never once wanted to make anyone happy, and views himself as the only person who matters or is even truly alive in a world that won't respect him.
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* ''Theatre/AmericanPsycho: The Musical'': [[VillainProtagonist Patrick Bateman]] is, as usual, a vapid stockbroker tormented by his own [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse blandness]], embracing his psychopathy and sadism to make himself feel unique. A proud {{narcissist}} who values his material possessions over his supposed friends and family, Bateman has dark fantasies daily of killing his co-workers, fiancée, and mother. Bateman began killing an unknown time ago and has countless murders from past years attributed to him, his motives being sheer bloodlust or even just petty jealousy as he knifes homeless men while imagining them as his friends, tortures a neighbor with a nail gun for mocking his taste in art, and kills Paul Owen with an axe for disrespecting his favorite band and having an account Bateman wants for himself. After a bloody, horrifying killing spree in which he [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalizes]] dozens of victims, [[BloodBath bathes in their blood]], and dances around a pile of their corpses, Bateman brags that he has never once wanted to make anyone happy, and views himself as the only person who matters or is even truly alive in a world that won't respect him.
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* ''Theatre/TheDragon'', by Yevgeny Shvarts ([[http://a7sharp9.com/dragon.html translation]]): The [[AntagonistTitle titular Dragon]] is a vicious tyrant who has terrorized the town for four hundred years, [[MindRape utterly brainwashing the people until their souls are barely human at all]]. He has [[ANaziByAnyOtherName exterminated all the Roma]] in the region, claiming they were dangerous. Every year, the Dragon orders the townsfolk to bring him a girl of his choosing whom he rapes and kills. When Lancelot challenges the Dragon, the latter tries to shirk an honest battle and then, when that fails, frantically attempts to blackmail Elsa, his next intended victim and Lancelot's beloved, into stabbing Lancelot. Putting on a [[FauxAffablyEvil façade of suavity and politeness]], the Dragon is in the end revealed to be nothing but a depraved DirtyCoward, unrepentant about his kills and proud of the souls he has maimed through psychological torture.
* ''Fuenteovejuna'', by Creator/LopeDeVega: Fernán Gómez de Guzmán, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduced]] goading his superior from the Order of Calatrava to attack Ciudad Real, is the [[InsaneAdmiral Commander]] of the titular town. Presenting himself as a holy man, the Commander tries to [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape]] two female villagers. Interrupting a meeting between Laurencia and Frondoso, the Commander tries to rape Laurencia, threatening her with a crossbow before being interrupted by Frondoso. Later, the Commander orders his servants to [[ATasteOfTheLash whip]] a poor man trying to protect a villager before raping her and giving her to his soldiers. A loathsome man who believes that politeness is a virtue reserved for the nobility, the Commander is a lustful man who has no concern for anyone but himself. Killed in a popular revolt in the titular town, the Commander is the archetypal abusive authority figure in Spanish fiction, with his death being [[KarmicDeath the ultimate popular justice]].
* ''Fuenteovejuna'', by Creator/LopeDeVega: Fernán Gómez de Guzmán, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduced]] goading his superior from the Order of Calatrava to attack Ciudad Real, is the [[InsaneAdmiral Commander]] of the titular town. Presenting himself as a holy man, the Commander tries to [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape]] two female villagers. Interrupting a meeting between Laurencia and Frondoso, the Commander tries to rape Laurencia, threatening her with a crossbow before being interrupted by Frondoso. Later, the Commander orders his servants to [[ATasteOfTheLash whip]] a poor man trying to protect a villager before raping her and giving her to his soldiers. A loathsome man who believes that politeness is a virtue reserved for the nobility, the Commander is a lustful man who has no concern for anyone but himself. Killed in a popular revolt in the titular town, the Commander is the archetypal abusive authority figure in Spanish fiction, with his death being [[KarmicDeath the ultimate popular justice]].
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* ''Theatre/TheDragon'', by Yevgeny Shvarts ([[http://a7sharp9.com/dragon.html translation]]): The [[AntagonistTitle titular Dragon]] is a vicious tyrant who has terrorized the town for four hundred years, [[MindRape utterly brainwashing the people until their souls are barely human at all]]. He has [[ANaziByAnyOtherName exterminated all the Roma]] in the region, claiming they were dangerous. Every year, the Dragon orders the townsfolk to bring him a girl of his choosing whom he rapes and kills. When Lancelot challenges the Dragon, the latter tries to shirk an honest battle and then, when that fails, frantically attempts to blackmail Elsa, his next intended victim and Lancelot's beloved, into stabbing Lancelot. Putting on a [[FauxAffablyEvil façade of suavity and politeness]], the Dragon is in the end revealed to be nothing but a depraved DirtyCoward, unrepentant about his kills and proud of the souls he has maimed through psychological torture.
* ''Fuenteovejuna'', by Creator/LopeDeVega: Fernán Gómez de Guzmán, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduced]] goading his superior from the Order of Calatrava to attack Ciudad Real, is the [[InsaneAdmiral Commander]] of the titular town. Presenting himself as a holy man, the Commander tries to [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape]] two female villagers. Interrupting a meeting between Laurencia and Frondoso, the Commander tries to rape Laurencia, threatening her with a crossbow before being interrupted by Frondoso. Later, the Commander orders his servants to [[ATasteOfTheLash whip]] a poor man trying to protect a villager before raping her and giving her to his soldiers. A loathsome man who believes that politeness is a virtue reserved for the nobility, the Commander is a lustful man who has no concern for anyone but himself. Killed in a popular revolt in the titular town, the Commander is the archetypal abusive authority figure in Spanish fiction, with his death being [[KarmicDeath the ultimate popular justice]].
* ''Fuenteovejuna'', by Creator/LopeDeVega: Fernán Gómez de Guzmán, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduced]] goading his superior from the Order of Calatrava to attack Ciudad Real, is the [[InsaneAdmiral Commander]] of the titular town. Presenting himself as a holy man, the Commander tries to [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape]] two female villagers. Interrupting a meeting between Laurencia and Frondoso, the Commander tries to rape Laurencia, threatening her with a crossbow before being interrupted by Frondoso. Later, the Commander orders his servants to [[ATasteOfTheLash whip]] a poor man trying to protect a villager before raping her and giving her to his soldiers. A loathsome man who believes that politeness is a virtue reserved for the nobility, the Commander is a lustful man who has no concern for anyone but himself. Killed in a popular revolt in the titular town, the Commander is the archetypal abusive authority figure in Spanish fiction, with his death being [[KarmicDeath the ultimate popular justice]].
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* ''Theatre/TheWomanInWhite'' (Creator/AndrewLloydWebber): [[AristocratsAreEvil Sir Percival Glyde]] is an ambitious social-climbing aristocrat who became infatuated with the young Anne when she was born. When Anne turned 15, Glyde beat and [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil raped her]], and when she gave birth to their child, Glyde believed it wasn't his and [[OffingTheOffspring drowned it]]. Glyde then had the traumatized Anne locked up in an asylum to silence her. A few years later, Glyde marries Anne's half-sister Laura, whom [[DomesticAbuse he beats and abuses daily]], in order to get [[GoldDigger their father's money]], but when Laura rejects him, Glyde decides to fake her death by killing Anne in her place and then putting Laura in the asylum. On being confronted by Laura disguised as her sister's ghost, Glyde cruelly admits that he drowned Anne's baby and taunts that her secret won't ever get out. When Laura reveals herself, he tries to kill her as well.
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* ''Theatre/TheDragon'', by Yevgeny Shvarts ([[http://a7sharp9.com/dragon.html translation]]): The [[AntagonistTitle titular Dragon]] is a vicious tyrant who has terrorized the town for four hundred years, [[MindRape utterly brainwashing the people until their souls are barely human at all]]. He has [[ANaziByAnyOtherName exterminated all the Roma]] in the region, claiming they were dangerous. Every year, the Dragon orders the townsfolk to bring him a girl of his choosing whom he rapes and kills. When Lancelot challenges the Dragon, the latter tries to shirk an honest battle and then, when that fails, frantically attempts to blackmail Elsa, his next intended victim and Lancelot's beloved, into stabbing Lancelot. Putting on a [[FauxAffablyEvil façade of suavity and politeness]], the Dragon is in the end revealed to be nothing but a depraved DirtyCoward, unrepentant about his kills and proud of the souls he has maimed through psychological torture.
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* ''Theatre/{{Sovereignty}}'':
** [[UsefulNotes/AndrewJackson President Andrew Jackson]] is portrayed as a [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain eugenicist who seeks nothing short of the total extinction of the Tribal Nations]]. Despite receiving aid from Major Ridge in the UsefulNotes/WarOf1812, Jackson immediately works to force the Cherokee off of their land once he's in power, giving Governor Forsyth political backing to force them off and refusing to enforce the Supreme Court's ruling when his actions are deemed unconstitutional. The result is the Trail Of Tears and the deaths of tens of thousands of Native Americans, with thousands more being left homeless and vulnerable to rapes and assaults across the Cherokee Nation. Firmly believing that the Cherokee Nation is doomed to extinction and that the country would soon lose its "Indian flavor", Jackson's policies are responsible for over 150 years of rapes and murders of Cherokee women, with Native American women facing the highest rate of sexual assault of any demographic thanks to him.
** [[AntagonisticGovernor Governor (John) Forsyth]] is the governor of Georgia and Jackson's partner in forcing the Cherokee off of their land. To force them off, Forsyth orders his militia to {{rape|Is A Special Kind Of Evil}} any Native women who refuse his orders to leave, then unconstitutionally imprisons Samuel Worcester to prevent the Cherokee from publishing their newspaper. Despite the Supreme Court ruling his actions unconstitutional, Forsyth continues ordering the rape of Native women, eventually driving them off of their land and into the Trail of Tears.
** [[UsefulNotes/AndrewJackson President Andrew Jackson]] is portrayed as a [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain eugenicist who seeks nothing short of the total extinction of the Tribal Nations]]. Despite receiving aid from Major Ridge in the UsefulNotes/WarOf1812, Jackson immediately works to force the Cherokee off of their land once he's in power, giving Governor Forsyth political backing to force them off and refusing to enforce the Supreme Court's ruling when his actions are deemed unconstitutional. The result is the Trail Of Tears and the deaths of tens of thousands of Native Americans, with thousands more being left homeless and vulnerable to rapes and assaults across the Cherokee Nation. Firmly believing that the Cherokee Nation is doomed to extinction and that the country would soon lose its "Indian flavor", Jackson's policies are responsible for over 150 years of rapes and murders of Cherokee women, with Native American women facing the highest rate of sexual assault of any demographic thanks to him.
** [[AntagonisticGovernor Governor (John) Forsyth]] is the governor of Georgia and Jackson's partner in forcing the Cherokee off of their land. To force them off, Forsyth orders his militia to {{rape|Is A Special Kind Of Evil}} any Native women who refuse his orders to leave, then unconstitutionally imprisons Samuel Worcester to prevent the Cherokee from publishing their newspaper. Despite the Supreme Court ruling his actions unconstitutional, Forsyth continues ordering the rape of Native women, eventually driving them off of their land and into the Trail of Tears.
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* ''Theatre/AmericanPsycho: The Musical'': [[VillainProtagonist Patrick Bateman]] is, as usual, a vapid stockbroker tormented by his own [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse blandness]], embracing his psychopathy and sadism to make himself feel unique. A proud {{narcissist}} who values his material possessions over his supposed friends and family, Bateman has dark fantasies daily of killing his co-workers, fiancée, and mother. Bateman began killing an unknown time ago and has countless murders from past years attributed to him, his motives being sheer bloodlust or even just petty jealousy as he knifes homeless men while imagining them as his friends, tortures a neighbor with a nail gun for mocking his taste in art, and kills Paul Owen with an axe for disrespecting his favorite band and having an account Bateman wants for himself. After a bloody, horrifying killing spree in which he [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalizes]] dozens of victims, [[BloodBath bathes in their blood]], and dances around a pile of their corpses, Bateman brags that he has never once wanted to make anyone happy, and views himself as the only person who matters or is even truly alive in a world that won't respect him.
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* ''Theatre/AmericanPsycho: The Musical'': [[VillainProtagonist Patrick Bateman]] is, as usual, a vapid stockbroker tormented by his own [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse blandness]], embracing his psychopathy and sadism to make himself feel unique. A proud {{narcissist}} who values his material possessions over his supposed friends and family, Bateman has dark fantasies daily of killing his co-workers, fiancée, and mother. Bateman began killing an unknown time ago and has countless murders from past years attributed to him, his motives being sheer bloodlust or even just petty jealousy as he knifes homeless men while imagining them as his friends, tortures a neighbor with a nail gun for mocking his taste in art, and kills Paul Owen with an axe for disrespecting his favorite band and having an account Bateman wants for himself. After a bloody, horrifying killing spree in which he [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalizes]] dozens of victims, [[BloodBath bathes in their blood]], and dances around a pile of their corpses, Bateman brags that he has never once wanted to make anyone happy, and views himself as the only person who matters or is even truly alive in a world that won't respect him.
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* ''Fuenteovejuna'', by Creator/LopeDeVega: Fernán Gómez de Guzmán, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduced]] goading his superior from the Order of Calatrava to attack Ciudad Real, is the [[InsaneAdmiral Commander]] of the titular town. Presenting himself as a holy man, the Commander tries to [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape]] two female villagers. Interrupting a meeting between Laurencia and Frondoso, the Commander tries to rape Laurencia, threatening her with a crossbow before being interrupted by Frondoso. Later, the Commander orders his servants to [[ATasteOfTheLash whip]] a poor man trying to protect a villager before raping her and giving her to his soldiers. A loathsome man who believes that politeness is a virtue reserved for the nobility, the Commander is a lustful man who has no concern for anyone but himself. Killed in a popular revolt in the titular town, the Commander is the archetypal abusive authority figure in Spanish fiction, with his death being [[KarmicDeath the ultimate popular justice]].
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* ''Fuenteovejuna'', by Creator/LopeDeVega: Fernán Gómez de Guzmán, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduced]] goading his superior from the Order of Calatrava to attack Ciudad Real, is the [[InsaneAdmiral Commander]] of the titular town. Presenting himself as a holy man, the Commander tries to [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape]] two female villagers. Interrupting a meeting between Laurencia and Frondoso, the Commander tries to rape Laurencia, threatening her with a crossbow before being interrupted by Frondoso. Later, the Commander orders his servants to [[ATasteOfTheLash whip]] a poor man trying to protect a villager before raping her and giving her to his soldiers. A loathsome man who believes that politeness is a virtue reserved for the nobility, the Commander is a lustful man who has no concern for anyone but himself. Killed in a popular revolt in the titular town, the Commander is the archetypal abusive authority figure in Spanish fiction, with his death being [[KarmicDeath the ultimate popular justice]].
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* ''Theatre/TheLightPrincess'': [[BigBad King Ignacio]] is Digby's father and the King of Sealand. Years ago, Ignacio [[TilMurderDoUsPart murdered his wife]], driving his son to cut himself off from emotions and thus earning the nickname The Solemn Prince. Wanting to conquer the Kingdom of Lagobel for its resources, Ignacio decides to organize the assassination of Crown Prince Alexander and later tries to have Digby assassinate Princess Althea. When Digby falls in love with Althea, Ignacio tries to marry him off to his cousin and has him locked away when he refuses. Upon uncovering a secret lake that supplies water to Lagobel, Ignacio builds a dam to cut off the water source, causing a massive drought upon the Kingdom and leading to the Lagobellians dying of thirst. When Digby breaks the dam, Ignacio nearly [[OffingTheOffspring kills him]] for his insolence.
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* ''Theatre/YotsuyaKaidan'': [[BigBad Tamiya Iemon]] is a vicious {{ronin}} expelled from his clan for embezzlement. When his father-in-law requests Iemon divorce his dutiful wife Oiwa to give her a better life, Iemon murders the man and uses his death to manipulate Oiwa into returning to him. Seeking to eventually get a better match for himself, Iemon has Oiwa poisoned, resulting in her being horribly disfigured. Iemon then hires a friend of his to rape Oiwa so he can blame her for adultery, only for Oiwa to discover his scheme and accidentally kill herself, to which Iemon has no remorse. Iemon promptly murders a random servant to [[DeceasedFallGuyGambit frame him as Oiwa's illicit lover]], and when Oiwa returns as a [[StringyHairedGhostGirl ghost]], Iemon eventually [[TilMurderDoUsPart murders his new wife]] and her father thanks to Oiwa's haunting, before killing his new mother-in-law of his own accord in anger.
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* ''Theatre/YotsuyaKaidan'': [[BigBad Tamiya Iemon]] Iemon is a vicious {{ronin}} expelled from his clan for embezzlement. When his father-in-law requests Iemon divorce his dutiful wife Oiwa to give her a better life, Iemon murders the man and uses his death to manipulate Oiwa into returning to him. Seeking to eventually get a better match for himself, Iemon has Oiwa poisoned, resulting in her being horribly disfigured. Iemon then hires a friend of his to rape Oiwa so he can blame her for adultery, only for Oiwa to discover his scheme and accidentally kill herself, to which Iemon has no remorse. Iemon promptly murders a random servant to [[DeceasedFallGuyGambit frame him as Oiwa's illicit lover]], and when Oiwa returns [[MurderIntoMalevolence returns]] as a [[StringyHairedGhostGirl ghost]], Iemon eventually accidentally [[TilMurderDoUsPart murders kills his new wife]] and her father thanks to Oiwa's haunting, before killing his new mother-in-law of his own accord in anger.
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Haha! What delight!delight!''
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* ''Theatre/AmericanPsycho: The Musical'': [[VillainProtagonist Patrick Bateman]] is, as usual, a vapid stockbroker tormented by his own [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse blandness]], embracing his psychopathy and sadism to make himself feel unique. A proud {{narcissist}} who values his material possessions over his supposed friends and family, Bateman has dark fantasies daily of killing his co-workers, fiancée, and mother. Bateman began killing an unknown time ago and has countless murders from past years attributed to him, his motives being sheer bloodlust or even just petty jealousy as he knifes homeless men while imagining them as his friends, tortures a neighbor with a nail gun for mocking his taste in art, and kills Paul Owen with an axe for disrespecting his favorite band and having an account Bateman wants for himself. After a bloody, horrifying killing spree in which he [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalizes]] dozens of victims, [[BloodBath bathes in their blood]], and dances around a pile of their corpses, Bateman brags that he has never once wanted to make anyone happy, and views himself as the only person who matters or is even truly alive in a world that won't respect him.
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* ''Theatre/AmericanPsycho: The Musical'': [[VillainProtagonist Patrick Bateman]] is, as usual, a vapid stockbroker tormented by his own [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse blandness]], embracing his psychopathy and sadism to make himself feel unique. A proud {{narcissist}} who values his material possessions over his supposed friends and family, Bateman has dark fantasies daily of killing his co-workers, fiancée, and mother. Bateman began killing an unknown time ago and has countless murders from past years attributed to him, his motives being sheer bloodlust or even just petty jealousy as he knifes homeless men while imagining them as his friends, tortures a neighbor with a nail gun for mocking his taste in art, and kills Paul Owen with an axe for disrespecting his favorite band and having an account Bateman wants for himself. After a bloody, horrifying killing spree in which he [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalizes]] dozens of victims, [[BloodBath bathes in their blood]], and dances around a pile of their corpses, Bateman brags that he has never once wanted to make anyone happy, and views himself as the only person who matters or is even truly alive in a world that won't respect him.
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* ''Fuenteovejuna'', by Creator/LopeDeVega: Fernán Gómez de Guzmán, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduced]] goading his superior from the Order of Calatrava to attack Ciudad Real, is the [[InsaneAdmiral Commander]] of the titular town. Presenting himself as a holy man, the Commander tries to [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape]] two female villagers. Interrupting a meeting between Laurencia and Frondoso, the Commander tries to rape Laurencia, threatening her with a crossbow before being interrupted by Frondoso. Later, the Commander orders his servants to [[ATasteOfTheLash whip]] a poor man trying to protect a villager before raping her and giving her to his soldiers. A loathsome man who believes that politeness is a virtue reserved for the nobility, the Commander is a lustful man who has no concern for anyone but himself. Killed in a popular revolt in the titular town, the Commander is the archetypal abusive authority figure in Spanish fiction, with his death being [[KarmicDeath the ultimate popular justice]].
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* ''Fuenteovejuna'', by Creator/LopeDeVega: Fernán Gómez de Guzmán, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduced]] goading his superior from the Order of Calatrava to attack Ciudad Real, is the [[InsaneAdmiral Commander]] of the titular town. Presenting himself as a holy man, the Commander tries to [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape]] two female villagers. Interrupting a meeting between Laurencia and Frondoso, the Commander tries to rape Laurencia, threatening her with a crossbow before being interrupted by Frondoso. Later, the Commander orders his servants to [[ATasteOfTheLash whip]] a poor man trying to protect a villager before raping her and giving her to his soldiers. A loathsome man who believes that politeness is a virtue reserved for the nobility, the Commander is a lustful man who has no concern for anyone but himself. Killed in a popular revolt in the titular town, the Commander is the archetypal abusive authority figure in Spanish fiction, with his death being [[KarmicDeath the ultimate popular justice]].
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* ''Theatre/ThePrinceOfEgypt'': HighPriest Hotep, so-called voice of the gods, is the TreacherousAdvisor first to Pharaoh Seti and then Rameses. In truth, Hotep's divine miracles are all staged. When Rameses begins to slip out of line, Hotep threatens him back into place, claiming his power is nothing compared to the High Priest's. [[AdaptationalVillainy Far more evil than both his original counterpart and Rameses himself at the end]], when Rameses [[HeelFaceTurn redeems himself]], [[MoreDespicableMinion Hotep]] commands the armies of Egypt to massacre the fleeing Hebrews himself.
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* ''Theatre/{{Danganronpa}}'': [[Characters/DanganronpaJunkoEnoshima Junko Enoshima]], the Ultimate Fashionista/Ultimate Despair, is a [[TeensAreMonsters young, chaotic psychopath]] obsessed with making everybody, even herself, feel despair. [[TheCorrupter Corrupting]] and tormenting the students of Hope's Peak Academy's Class 77 to assist her in her plans, Junko was able to use them to launch countless wars, disasters, and terrorist attacks, with millions dying in the process. Seeking to further drench the world in despair, Junko wipes the memories of the Hope's Peak survivors to force them all to kill each other to escape while being broadcasted worldwide, even [[SiblingMurder killing her own "boring" sister Mukuro Ikusaba]] to enjoy the despair of losing a loved one. [[CruelMercy Forced to live as her punishment]], Junko installs an AI built from her consciousness into the Neo-World Program, forcing the recovering Class 77 students into another killing game to corrupt them all into becoming her copies to rule the world alongside her.
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* ''Theatre/AmericanPsycho: The Musical'': [[VillainProtagonist Patrick Bateman]] is, as usual, a vapid stockbroker tormented by his own [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse blandness]], embracing his psychopathy and sadism to make himself feel unique. A proud {{narcissist}} who values his material possessions over his supposed friends and family, Bateman has dark fantasies daily of killing his co-workers, fiancée, and mother. Bateman began killing an unknown time ago and has countless murders from past years attributed to him, his motives being sheer bloodlust or even just petty jealousy as he knifes homeless men while imagining them as his friends, tortures a neighbor with a nail gun for mocking his taste in art, and kills Paul Owen with an axe for disrespecting his favorite band and having an account Bateman wants for himself. After a bloody, horrifying killing spree in which he [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalizes]] dozens of victims, [[BloodBath bathes in their blood]], and dances around a pile of their corpses, Bateman brags that he has never once wanted to make anyone happy, and views himself as the only person who matters or is even truly alive in a world that won't respect him.
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* ''Theatre/AmericanPsycho: The Musical'': [[VillainProtagonist Patrick Bateman]] is, as usual, a vapid stockbroker tormented by his own [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse blandness]], embracing his psychopathy and sadism to make himself feel unique. A proud {{narcissist}} who values his material possessions over his supposed friends and family, Bateman has dark fantasies daily of killing his co-workers, fiancée, and mother. Bateman began killing an unknown time ago and has countless murders from past years attributed to him, his motives being sheer bloodlust or even just petty jealousy as he knifes homeless men while imagining them as his friends, tortures a neighbor with a nail gun for mocking his taste in art, and kills Paul Owen with an axe for disrespecting his favorite band and having an account Bateman wants for himself. After a bloody, horrifying killing spree in which he [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalizes]] dozens of victims, [[BloodBath bathes in their blood]], and dances around a pile of their corpses, Bateman brags that he has never once wanted to make anyone happy, and views himself as the only person who matters or is even truly alive in a world that won't respect him.
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* ''Fuenteovejuna'', by Creator/LopeDeVega: Fernán Gómez de Guzmán, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduced]] goading his superior from the Order of Calatrava to attack Ciudad Real, is the [[InsaneAdmiral Commander]] of the titular town. Presenting himself as a holy man, the Commander tries to [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape]] two female villagers. Interrupting a meeting between Laurencia and Frondoso, the Commander tries to rape Laurencia, threatening her with a crossbow before being interrupted by Frondoso. Later, the Commander orders his servants to [[ATasteOfTheLash whip]] a poor man trying to protect a villager before raping her and giving her to his soldiers. A loathsome man who believes that politeness is a virtue reserved for the nobility, the Commander is a lustful man who has no concern for anyone but himself. Killed in a popular revolt in the titular town, the Commander is the archetypal abusive authority figure in Spanish fiction, with his death being [[KarmicDeath the ultimate popular justice]].
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* ''Fuenteovejuna'', by Creator/LopeDeVega: Fernán Gómez de Guzmán, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduced]] goading his superior from the Order of Calatrava to attack Ciudad Real, is the [[InsaneAdmiral Commander]] of the titular town. Presenting himself as a holy man, the Commander tries to [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil rape]] two female villagers. Interrupting a meeting between Laurencia and Frondoso, the Commander tries to rape Laurencia, threatening her with a crossbow before being interrupted by Frondoso. Later, the Commander orders his servants to [[ATasteOfTheLash whip]] a poor man trying to protect a villager before raping her and giving her to his soldiers. A loathsome man who believes that politeness is a virtue reserved for the nobility, the Commander is a lustful man who has no concern for anyone but himself. Killed in a popular revolt in the titular town, the Commander is the archetypal abusive authority figure in Spanish fiction, with his death being [[KarmicDeath the ultimate popular justice]].
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* ''Theatre/Metropolis1989'': [[AIIsACrapshoot Futura]] is a [[RoboticPsychopath cognizantly sadistic]] version of Maria's robotic double. After having the heroic freedom fighter likeness grafted onto her by the orders of John Freeman, Futura is sent to disrupt the planned rebellion of Metropolis's working class by impersonating Maria. Distracting the workers through cruel manipulation, Futura gleefully tries to suffocate them all as the unmanned machines drop the oxygen levels, and takes [[WouldHurtAChild a child]] hostage to keep them at bay, stabbing hero Steven when he tries to stop her.
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* ''Theatre/{{Snow in Midsummer}}'': Donkey Zheng is one of the oldest examples of this trope in Chinese theatre. Encountering Mrs. Cai and learning she has a daughter, Donkey forces her to marry his father so he can marry the daughter by threatening to strangle her if she disagrees. When her daughter, Dou E., refuses to marry him, Donkey tries to poison her mother, but accidentally [[{{Patricide}} kills his own father]]. Showing no remorse for this, Donkey then [[FrameUp frames]] Dou E. for his own crimes, leading to her being tortured and publicly hung.
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** ''Theatre/RichardIII'': [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade Richard himself]] informs us early on that he is [[CardCarryingVillain determined to prove a villain and ruin the day for everyone else]]. To that end, he [[RomancingTheWidow seduces Anne Neville]], whose noble husband [[MurderTheHypotenuse he himself murdered]], with every intent of discarding her later. He has his brother George, Duke of Clarence, sent to the Tower of London and murdered, drives his older brother King Edward IV into an early grave and has Edward's two young sons imprisoned in the Tower of London, before [[WouldHarmAChild having them murdered]]. He poisons Anne herself, and begins having his allies killed. On the night before his battle with Henry Tudor, he is visited by the spirits of his victims, who tell him to despair and die. Richard is left alone, deserted by all, and at the end, he admits that even he has nothing but hatred for himself.
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** ''Theatre/RichardIII'': [[HistoricalVillainUpgrade Richard himself]] informs us early on that he is [[CardCarryingVillain determined to prove a villain and ruin the day for everyone else]]. To that end, he [[RomancingTheWidow seduces Anne Neville]], whose noble husband [[MurderTheHypotenuse he himself murdered]], with every intent of discarding her later. He has his brother George, Duke of Clarence, sent to the Tower of London and murdered, drives his older brother King Edward IV into an early grave and has Edward's two young sons imprisoned in the Tower of London, before [[WouldHarmAChild [[WouldHurtAChild having them murdered]]. He poisons Anne herself, and begins having his allies killed. On the night before his battle with Henry Tudor, he is visited by the spirits of his victims, who tell him to despair and die. Richard is left alone, deserted by all, and at the end, he admits that even he has nothing but hatred for himself.
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** ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'': [[IronicNickname Honest Iago]] is one of the most famous examples of this trope to ever appear on the English stage. A bitter Venetian officer who resents the promotion of another man over him by his commander, the Moor Othello, Iago schemes for revenge by ingratiating himself with Othello and driving him to madness with insinuations his beloved wife Desdemona is having an affair with the officer Michael Cassio. Iago undermines Othello while [[FalseFriend acting as his friend]]. Iago murders his accomplice Roderigo and his own wife Emilia to cover for himself, and at the end, convinces Othello to murder Desdemona. At the end, Iago displays no remorse and refuses to speak one word more in his whole life. Through the play, Iago goes through various motives for his evil: [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain racism]], [[DrivenByEnvy envy]], suspicion Othello is sleeping with Emilia...but at the end he simply concludes [[ForTheEvulz there is no motive]]. He simply ''enjoys'' this.
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** ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'': [[IronicNickname Honest Iago]] Honest]] Iago is one of the most famous examples of this trope to ever appear on the English stage. A bitter Venetian officer who resents the promotion of another man over him by his commander, the Moor Othello, Iago schemes for revenge by [[ManipulativeBastard ingratiating himself with Othello and driving him to madness madness]] with insinuations his beloved wife Desdemona is having an affair with the officer Michael Cassio. Iago undermines Othello while [[FalseFriend acting as his friend]]. Iago murders his accomplice Roderigo and [[TilMurderDoUsPart his own wife Emilia Emilia]] to cover for himself, and at the end, convinces Othello to murder Desdemona. At the end, Iago displays no remorse and refuses to speak one word more in his whole life. Through Throughout the play, Iago goes through has various motives proposed for his evil: [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain racism]], [[DrivenByEnvy envy]], evil--racism; envy; suspicion that Othello is sleeping with Emilia...but at the end he simply Emilia--but concludes he has no reason behind his cruelties beyond the fact that [[ForTheEvulz there is no motive]]. He he simply ''enjoys'' this.enjoys them]].
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** ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'': [[IronicNickname Honest Iago]] is one of the most famous examples of this trope to ever appear on the English stage. A bitter Venetian officer who resents the promotion of another man over him by his commander, the Moor Othello, Iago schemes for revenge by ingratiating himself with Othello and driving him to madness with insinuations his beloved wife Desdemona is having an affair with the officer Michael Cassio. Iago undermines Othello while [[FalseFriend acting as his friend]]. Iago murders his accomplice Roderigo and his own wife Emilia to cover for himself, and at the end, convinces Othello to murder Desdemona. At the end, Iago displays no remorse and refuses to speak one word more in his whole life. Through the play, Iago goes through various motives for his evil: [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain racism]], [[GreenEyedMonster envy]], suspicion Othello is sleeping with Emilia...but at the end he simply concludes [[ForTheEvulz there is no motive]]. He simply ''enjoys'' this.
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** ''Theatre/{{Othello}}'': [[IronicNickname Honest Iago]] is one of the most famous examples of this trope to ever appear on the English stage. A bitter Venetian officer who resents the promotion of another man over him by his commander, the Moor Othello, Iago schemes for revenge by ingratiating himself with Othello and driving him to madness with insinuations his beloved wife Desdemona is having an affair with the officer Michael Cassio. Iago undermines Othello while [[FalseFriend acting as his friend]]. Iago murders his accomplice Roderigo and his own wife Emilia to cover for himself, and at the end, convinces Othello to murder Desdemona. At the end, Iago displays no remorse and refuses to speak one word more in his whole life. Through the play, Iago goes through various motives for his evil: [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain racism]], [[GreenEyedMonster [[DrivenByEnvy envy]], suspicion Othello is sleeping with Emilia...but at the end he simply concludes [[ForTheEvulz there is no motive]]. He simply ''enjoys'' this.
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* ''[[Theatre/{{Matilda}} Matilda the Musical]]'': [[SadistTeacher Agatha Trunchbull]] commits all the acts from the book, along with additional crimes. Trunchbull is a former Olympic hammer thrower, who is depicted in onscreen flashbacks as making money from a circus where she forced her trapeze artist sister--who was pregnant--to work at the circus or face jail, with Trunchbull eventually killing her sister by cutting the rope. The baby--Jennifer "Jenny" Honey--survived. Trunchbull was then invited by her oblivious brother-in-law to help care for Jenny, regularly [[EvilAunt abusing]] the latter when her father wasn't home and scaring her into submission. When Jenny's father came home early one day to find his daughter starved and tied up in the cellar, he went to confront Agatha, only for Trunchbull to murder him and [[NeverSuicide frame it as suicide]]. In the present day, Trunchbull became [[EvilPrincipal headmistress of a school]]. She commits all the acts of [[WouldHurtAChild child abuse]] seen in the book and locks Matilda in a [[IronMaiden torture box]] known as a Chokey, which she regularly used on children. The Trunchbull's cruelty expands in scope when the climax of the musical has her attempting to replace all classrooms with Chokeys to create a school system where children will be tortured and "neither seen nor heard". Already known as one of the most preeminent {{child hater}}s in adolescent fiction, this version of the Trunchbull still stands out as truly monstrous.
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* ''[[Theatre/{{Matilda}} Matilda the Musical]]'': [[SadistTeacher Agatha Trunchbull]] commits all the acts from the book, along with additional crimes. Trunchbull is a former Olympic hammer thrower, who is depicted in onscreen flashbacks as making money from a circus where she forced her trapeze artist sister--who was pregnant--to work at the circus or face jail, with Trunchbull eventually killing her sister by cutting the rope. The baby--Jennifer "Jenny" Honey--survived. Trunchbull was then invited by her oblivious brother-in-law to help care for Jenny, regularly [[EvilAunt abusing]] the latter when her father wasn't home and scaring her into submission. When Jenny's father came home early one day to find his daughter starved and tied up in the cellar, he went to confront Agatha, only for Trunchbull to murder him and [[NeverSuicide frame it as suicide]]. In the present day, Trunchbull became [[EvilPrincipal headmistress of a school]]. She commits all the acts of [[WouldHurtAChild child abuse]] seen in the book and locks Matilda in a [[IronMaiden [[PunishmentBox torture box]] known as a Chokey, [[IronMaiden Chokey]], which she regularly used on children. The Trunchbull's cruelty expands in scope when the climax of the musical has her attempting to replace all classrooms with Chokeys to create a school system where children will be tortured and "neither seen nor heard". Already known as one of the most preeminent {{child hater}}s in adolescent fiction, this version of the Trunchbull still stands out as truly monstrous.
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* ''Theatre/BatmanLive'': ComicBook/TheJoker once again demonstrates his ruthless nature. Joker has Tony Zucco kill [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} Dick Grayson]]'s family before [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness killing Tony himself]], and proceeds to take over the Haly Circus after murdering the staff, holding Dick Grayson hostage. [[NoHonorAmongThieves Abandoning Harley Quinn to be arrested]], Joker later frees the inmates of Arkham Asylum and allows them to hold the staff hostage to draw Batman in, [[MadBomber setting off bombs throughout Gotham]] to prove they mean business. When Batman and Robin manage to defeat the inmates, Joker attempts to escape in a hot air balloon, stopping only to mock Harley as she begs him to take her with him, and fires his machine gun down on random people.
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* ''Theatre/BatmanLive'': ComicBook/TheJoker [[Characters/BatmanTheJoker The Joker]] once again demonstrates his ruthless nature. Joker has Tony Zucco kill [[ComicBook/{{Robin}} [[Characters/NightwingDickGrayson Dick Grayson]]'s family before [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness killing Tony himself]], and proceeds to take over the Haly Circus after murdering the staff, holding Dick Grayson hostage. [[NoHonorAmongThieves Abandoning Harley Quinn to be arrested]], Joker later frees the inmates of Arkham Asylum and allows them to hold the staff hostage to draw Batman in, [[MadBomber setting off bombs throughout Gotham]] to prove they mean business. When Batman and Robin manage to defeat the inmates, Joker attempts to escape in a hot air balloon, stopping only to mock Harley as she begs him to take her with him, and fires his machine gun down on random people.
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* ''Theatre/{{Pagliacci}}'': The [[EvilCripple devious, hunchbacked]] Tonio is an UrExample of an [[MonsterClown evil clown]] in Western media. A ManipulativeBastard par excellence, Tonio deigns to ruin the life of his co-actor Nedda after his first attempt to seduce her--and subsequently rape her--fail. Tonio poisons the mind of Nedda's husband, Canio, driving him to homicidal insanity with the revelation Nedda is unfaithful to him, before sitting back and watching with cruel satisfaction as the mad Canio murders both Nedda and her lover on-stage. In the original script and many productions afterward, Tonio ends the opera by gloating that "[[TheBadGuyWins the comedy is finished!]]" to seal in how thoroughly he has destroyed the main cast.
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* ''Anon(ymous)'', by Naomi Iizuka: In this surreal re-telling of ''Literature/TheOdyssey'', [[TheSecretOfLongPorkPies Mr. Cyclo]] stands in for the Cyclops, and is easily the worst character Anon encounters on his journey. The drunken owner of a butcher shop who boasts of being a ManOfWealthAndTaste, Cyclo keeps a woman captive in his meat locker, something he did to at least one other person before the play begins, and torments her into a near-feral state with freezing temperatures and by feeding her the flesh of his people that he kills and turns into sausages, a fate that befalls Anon’s friend Pascal and quite possibly many more previous employees. Cyclo mocks Anon about his impending death while strongly implying that [[IAmAHumanitarian he eats human flesh himself]] and that all the meat he sells comes from his victims.
* ''Theatre/MariaKizito'': [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Warrant Officer Emmanuel Rekeraho]] is a Hutu Interahamwe leader during the UsefulNotes/{{Rwanda}}n genocide who [[TheCorrupter turns a group of nuns]]--especially the titular nun Maria, who becomes his right hand--from a monastery into fanatical murderers who lure Tutsi refugees, including children, before murdering them in increasingly brutal ways such a burning a building full of multiple Tutsi or starving refugees to death. A cheerful fanatic that sees Tutsi as cockroaches and moderate Hutus as [[CategoryTraitor traitors]], Rekeraho also broadcast hateful speech from his radio program, which he uses to continue to call for [[FinalSolution the extermination of the Tutsi people]].
* ''[[Theatre/{{Matilda}} Matilda the Musical]]'': [[SadistTeacher Agatha Trunchbull]] commits all the acts from the book, along with additional crimes. Trunchbull is a former Olympic hammer thrower, who is depicted in onscreen flashbacks as making money from a circus where she forced her trapeze artist sister--who was pregnant--to work at the circus or face jail, with Trunchbull eventually killing her sister by cutting the rope. The baby--Jennifer "Jenny" Honey--survived. Trunchbull was then invited by her oblivious brother-in-law to help care for Jenny, regularly [[EvilAunt abusing]] the latter when her father wasn't home and scaring her into submission. When Jenny's father came home early one day to find his daughter starved and tied up in the cellar, he went to confront Agatha, only for Trunchbull to murder him and [[NeverSuicide frame it as suicide]]. In the present day, Trunchbull became [[EvilPrincipal headmistress of a school]]. She commits all the acts of [[WouldHurtAChild child abuse]] seen in the book and locks Matilda in a [[IronMaiden torture box]] known as a Chokey, which she regularly used on children. The Trunchbull's cruelty expands in scope when the climax of the musical has her attempting to replace all classrooms with Chokeys to create a school system where children will be tortured and "neither seen nor heard". Already known as one of the most preeminent {{child hater}}s in adolescent fiction, this version of the Trunchbull still stands out as truly monstrous.
* ''Murder Can Be Habit-Forming'', by Billy St. John: The "[[SerialKiller Mary Murderer]]" is revealed to be none other than [[KillerCop Lt. Patrick McDougal]]. When his wife Mary wants to leave him for becoming too hostile and nasty to her, Patrick eventually [[TilMurderDoUsPart strangles her to death]] and then, over the course of seven months, strangles ten other women to death as well [[MisplacedRetribution just for being named "Mary"]]. Stranded at a convent with other bus passengers the night he's trying to flee the country, Patrick strangles "Ask Mary" columnist Jerome Stacey to death [[HeKnowsTooMuch for likely discovering his identity]] and then seeks to arrange for either caretaker Herman or college student Ryan Wallace, Mary Bishop's boyfriend, to take the blame for the killings. When Mary Bishop discovers the truth, Patrick--having made an attempt on her life earlier that evening--cruelly attempts to strangle her to death as well and then, when Mary Adams--an undercover police sergeant--catches him in the act, he shoots at and nearly strangles her too.
* ''[[Theatre/{{Matilda}} Matilda the Musical]]'': [[SadistTeacher Agatha Trunchbull]] commits all the acts from the book, along with additional crimes. Trunchbull is a former Olympic hammer thrower, who is depicted in onscreen flashbacks as making money from a circus where she forced her trapeze artist sister--who was pregnant--to work at the circus or face jail, with Trunchbull eventually killing her sister by cutting the rope. The baby--Jennifer "Jenny" Honey--survived. Trunchbull was then invited by her oblivious brother-in-law to help care for Jenny, regularly [[EvilAunt abusing]] the latter when her father wasn't home and scaring her into submission. When Jenny's father came home early one day to find his daughter starved and tied up in the cellar, he went to confront Agatha, only for Trunchbull to murder him and [[NeverSuicide frame it as suicide]]. In the present day, Trunchbull became [[EvilPrincipal headmistress of a school]]. She commits all the acts of [[WouldHurtAChild child abuse]] seen in the book and locks Matilda in a [[IronMaiden torture box]] known as a Chokey, which she regularly used on children. The Trunchbull's cruelty expands in scope when the climax of the musical has her attempting to replace all classrooms with Chokeys to create a school system where children will be tortured and "neither seen nor heard". Already known as one of the most preeminent {{child hater}}s in adolescent fiction, this version of the Trunchbull still stands out as truly monstrous.
* ''Murder Can Be Habit-Forming'', by Billy St. John: The "[[SerialKiller Mary Murderer]]" is revealed to be none other than [[KillerCop Lt. Patrick McDougal]]. When his wife Mary wants to leave him for becoming too hostile and nasty to her, Patrick eventually [[TilMurderDoUsPart strangles her to death]] and then, over the course of seven months, strangles ten other women to death as well [[MisplacedRetribution just for being named "Mary"]]. Stranded at a convent with other bus passengers the night he's trying to flee the country, Patrick strangles "Ask Mary" columnist Jerome Stacey to death [[HeKnowsTooMuch for likely discovering his identity]] and then seeks to arrange for either caretaker Herman or college student Ryan Wallace, Mary Bishop's boyfriend, to take the blame for the killings. When Mary Bishop discovers the truth, Patrick--having made an attempt on her life earlier that evening--cruelly attempts to strangle her to death as well and then, when Mary Adams--an undercover police sergeant--catches him in the act, he shoots at and nearly strangles her too.
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* ''Theatre/MariaKizito'': [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Warrant Officer Emmanuel Rekeraho]] is a Hutu Interahamwe leader during the UsefulNotes/{{Rwanda}}n genocide who [[TheCorrupter turns a group of nuns]]--especially the titular nun Maria, who becomes his right hand--from a monastery into fanatical murderers who lure Tutsi refugees, including children, before murdering them in increasingly brutal ways such a burning a building full of multiple Tutsi or starving refugees to death. A cheerful fanatic that sees Tutsi as cockroaches and moderate Hutus as [[CategoryTraitor traitors]], Rekeraho also broadcast hateful speech from his radio program, which he uses to continue to call for [[FinalSolution the extermination of the Tutsi people]].
* ''[[Theatre/{{Matilda}} Matilda the Musical]]'': [[SadistTeacher Agatha Trunchbull]] commits all the acts from the book, along with additional crimes. Trunchbull is a former Olympic hammer thrower, who is depicted in onscreen flashbacks as making money from a circus where she forced her trapeze artist sister--who was pregnant--to work at the circus or face jail, with Trunchbull eventually killing her sister by cutting the rope. The baby--Jennifer "Jenny" Honey--survived. Trunchbull was then invited by her oblivious brother-in-law to help care for Jenny, regularly [[EvilAunt abusing]] the latter when her father wasn't home and scaring her into submission. When Jenny's father came home early one day to find his daughter starved and tied up in the cellar, he went to confront Agatha, only for Trunchbull to murder him and [[NeverSuicide frame it as suicide]]. In the present day, Trunchbull became [[EvilPrincipal headmistress of a school]]. She commits all the acts of [[WouldHurtAChild child abuse]] seen in the book and locks Matilda in a [[IronMaiden torture box]] known as a Chokey, which she regularly used on children. The Trunchbull's cruelty expands in scope when the climax of the musical has her attempting to replace all classrooms with Chokeys to create a school system where children will be tortured and "neither seen nor heard". Already known as one of the most preeminent {{child hater}}s in adolescent fiction, this version of the Trunchbull still stands out as truly monstrous.
* ''Murder Can Be Habit-Forming'', by Billy St. John: The "[[SerialKiller Mary Murderer]]" is revealed to be none other than [[KillerCop Lt. Patrick McDougal]]. When his wife Mary wants to leave him for becoming too hostile and nasty to her, Patrick eventually [[TilMurderDoUsPart strangles her to death]] and then, over the course of seven months, strangles ten other women to death as well [[MisplacedRetribution just for being named "Mary"]]. Stranded at a convent with other bus passengers the night he's trying to flee the country, Patrick strangles "Ask Mary" columnist Jerome Stacey to death [[HeKnowsTooMuch for likely discovering his identity]] and then seeks to arrange for either caretaker Herman or college student Ryan Wallace, Mary Bishop's boyfriend, to take the blame for the killings. When Mary Bishop discovers the truth, Patrick--having made an attempt on her life earlier that evening--cruelly attempts to strangle her to death as well and then, when Mary Adams--an undercover police sergeant--catches him in the act, he shoots at and nearly strangles her too.
* ''Theatre/MariaKizito'': [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Warrant Officer Emmanuel Rekeraho]] is a Hutu Interahamwe leader during the UsefulNotes/{{Rwanda}}n genocide who [[TheCorrupter turns a group of nuns]]--especially the titular nun Maria, who becomes his right hand--from a monastery into fanatical murderers who lure Tutsi refugees, including children, before murdering them in increasingly brutal ways such a burning a building full of multiple Tutsi or starving refugees to death. A cheerful fanatic that sees Tutsi as cockroaches and moderate Hutus as [[CategoryTraitor traitors]], Rekeraho also broadcast hateful speech from his radio program, which he uses to continue to call for [[FinalSolution the extermination of the Tutsi people]].
* ''[[Theatre/{{Matilda}} Matilda the Musical]]'': [[SadistTeacher Agatha Trunchbull]] commits all the acts from the book, along with additional crimes. Trunchbull is a former Olympic hammer thrower, who is depicted in onscreen flashbacks as making money from a circus where she forced her trapeze artist sister--who was pregnant--to work at the circus or face jail, with Trunchbull eventually killing her sister by cutting the rope. The baby--Jennifer "Jenny" Honey--survived. Trunchbull was then invited by her oblivious brother-in-law to help care for Jenny, regularly [[EvilAunt abusing]] the latter when her father wasn't home and scaring her into submission. When Jenny's father came home early one day to find his daughter starved and tied up in the cellar, he went to confront Agatha, only for Trunchbull to murder him and [[NeverSuicide frame it as suicide]]. In the present day, Trunchbull became [[EvilPrincipal headmistress of a school]]. She commits all the acts of [[WouldHurtAChild child abuse]] seen in the book and locks Matilda in a [[IronMaiden torture box]] known as a Chokey, which she regularly used on children. The Trunchbull's cruelty expands in scope when the climax of the musical has her attempting to replace all classrooms with Chokeys to create a school system where children will be tortured and "neither seen nor heard". Already known as one of the most preeminent {{child hater}}s in adolescent fiction, this version of the Trunchbull still stands out as truly monstrous.
* ''Murder Can Be Habit-Forming'', by Billy St. John: The "[[SerialKiller Mary Murderer]]" is revealed to be none other than [[KillerCop Lt. Patrick McDougal]]. When his wife Mary wants to leave him for becoming too hostile and nasty to her, Patrick eventually [[TilMurderDoUsPart strangles her to death]] and then, over the course of seven months, strangles ten other women to death as well [[MisplacedRetribution just for being named "Mary"]]. Stranded at a convent with other bus passengers the night he's trying to flee the country, Patrick strangles "Ask Mary" columnist Jerome Stacey to death [[HeKnowsTooMuch for likely discovering his identity]] and then seeks to arrange for either caretaker Herman or college student Ryan Wallace, Mary Bishop's boyfriend, to take the blame for the killings. When Mary Bishop discovers the truth, Patrick--having made an attempt on her life earlier that evening--cruelly attempts to strangle her to death as well and then, when Mary Adams--an undercover police sergeant--catches him in the act, he shoots at and nearly strangles her too.
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* ''Theatre/MariaKizito'': [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Warrant Officer Emmanuel Rekeraho]] is a Hutu Interahamwe leader during the UsefulNotes/{{Rwanda}}n genocide who [[TheCorrupter turns a group of nuns]]--especially the titular nun Maria, who becomes his right hand--from a monastery into fanatical murderers who lure Tutsi refugees, including children, before murdering them in increasingly brutal ways such a burning a building full of multiple Tutsi or starving refugees to death. A cheerful fanatic that sees Tutsi as cockroaches and moderate Hutus as [[CategoryTraitor traitors]], Rekeraho also broadcast hateful speech from his radio program, which he uses to continue to call for [[FinalSolution the extermination of the Tutsi people]].
* ''[[Theatre/{{Matilda}} Matilda the Musical]]'': [[SadistTeacher Agatha Trunchbull]] commits all the acts from the book, along with additional crimes. Trunchbull is a former Olympic hammer thrower, who is depicted in onscreen flashbacks as making money from a circus where she forced her trapeze artist sister--who was pregnant--to work at the circus or face jail, with Trunchbull eventually killing her sister by cutting the rope. The baby--Jennifer "Jenny" Honey--survived. Trunchbull was then invited by her oblivious brother-in-law to help care for Jenny, regularly [[EvilAunt abusing]] the latter when her father wasn't home and scaring her into submission. When Jenny's father came home early one day to find his daughter starved and tied up in the cellar, he went to confront Agatha, only for Trunchbull to murder him and [[NeverSuicide frame it as suicide]]. In the present day, Trunchbull became [[EvilPrincipal headmistress of a school]]. She commits all the acts of [[WouldHurtAChild child abuse]] seen in the book and locks Matilda in a [[IronMaiden torture box]] known as a Chokey, which she regularly used on children. The Trunchbull's cruelty expands in scope when the climax of the musical has her attempting to replace all classrooms with Chokeys to create a school system where children will be tortured and "neither seen nor heard". Already known as one of the most preeminent {{child hater}}s in adolescent fiction, this version of the Trunchbull still stands out as truly monstrous.
* ''Murder Can Be Habit-Forming'', by Billy St. John: The "[[SerialKiller Mary Murderer]]" is revealed to be none other than [[KillerCop Lt. Patrick McDougal]]. When his wife Mary wants to leave him for becoming too hostile and nasty to her, Patrick eventually [[TilMurderDoUsPart strangles her to death]] and then, over the course of seven months, strangles ten other women to death as well [[MisplacedRetribution just for being named "Mary"]]. Stranded at a convent with other bus passengers the night he's trying to flee the country, Patrick strangles "Ask Mary" columnist Jerome Stacey to death [[HeKnowsTooMuch for likely discovering his identity]] and then seeks to arrange for either caretaker Herman or college student Ryan Wallace, Mary Bishop's boyfriend, to take the blame for the killings. When Mary Bishop discovers the truth, Patrick--having made an attempt on her life earlier that evening--cruelly attempts to strangle her to death as well and then, when Mary Adams--an undercover police sergeant--catches him in the act, he shoots at and nearly strangles her too.
