Special:Badtitle/NS90:Talk:Complete Monster/Pokémon Anime/Examples that should remain here. (4)


 * Hunter J - The only argument against her inclusion would be that she's a low-scale bounty hunter sharing a story with an Omnicidal Maniac and his group of terrorists, but not only is she as awful as her goals, scale, and resources allow, but she actively assists Team Galactic in their actions and thus enables them in their plans that could lead to universal destruction, but she simply doesn't care - she doesn't see the value in life and is only interested in lining her pockets. This makes her equally heinous by the standards of the work, and that aside, she hits off the trope's criteria in committing deplorable atrocities against other living beings (up to and including attempted murder of other people, even children), showcasing no redeeming qualities or excuse for her actions and behavior, being feared and hated by other characters, and being so unrepentant and irredeemable that she has to get Killed Off For Real.


 * Cyrus (anime) - The mitigating factors the character possesses in all other media are severely downplayed in his depiction on the show, and his final moments where he disregards all other people because his perfect new world is "his alone" absolutely destroy any semblance of Well Intentioned Extremist motives for his attempt at using the powers of time and space to decimate the entire universe and create a new one in it's place with him as it's God. As a result we're left with a thoroughly vile and unpleasant character who is simply depraved, narcissistic, and pure evil, with no Freudian Excuse given and atrocities committed in the name of a selfish, petty goal. His actions were already truly heinous by the series' standards and any objective standards, so the removal of redeeming qualities and framing of his character as an inhumane monster who deserves to meet with a horrible demise puts him in the trope. A full, detailed explanation for why other incarnations of Cyrus do NOT qualify can be read here.


 * Iron Masked Marauder - Similar to Hunter J, he's a low level thug who goes all out with the resources he has at his disposal, which include Dark Balls designed to warp Pokemon into Shadow Pokemon (a truly heinous thing by the franchise's standards that actually debuted here) and intends on shooting for a larger scale to take over both Team Rocket and then the entire world via threat of force using Celebi's powers. He does everything out of greed and desire to dominate, has no redeeming features, no justifications or Freudian Excuse, attempts to do harm to Pokemon and children alike, and is clearly beyond redemption in the end.


 * Dr. Yung - He has enough of an irredeemably evil characterization and a rapsheet of disturbingly malicious and life endangering crimes committed For Science and out of egomania to qualify him. While the rapsheet might not be impressively large, he intended on unleashing his Mirage Pokemon's power upon the world in order to prove the worth of his dangerous research and experiments. He's suitably heinous by the standards of the setting and narrative of the work, and aligns with the criteria enough to pass the trope.


 * Sird - We don't know much about her at this point, but what we do see of her paints her in the light of being horrifyingly vile, malicious, and self-serving. Her presence casts a dark shadow over the tone of the narrative, and other characters see her as being pure evil - Riley can even sense that she's pure evil. She just barely manages to pass the criteria for qualifying, and her cruel actions being driven by such petty goals really seals the deal.


 * Mask Of Ice - His entry is basically here for anyone expecting to find him on the trope due to how much he seemed to be aligning with it's qualifications during his arc, and to point out that he actually ended up being one of the ultimate subversions of the trope in how his true characterization, backstory, and motives makes him, in truth, the farthest thing from a Complete Monster.


 * Ghetsis - Since he's a notable example in the games, his anime incarnation averting a CM status is made note of. As for his manga incarnation, he's an even more solid qualifier than even his game incarnation seeing how his evil deeds and intentions from the games get elaborated on (he admits outright that he plans to kill Black and his Pokemon in order to cover up N's defeat to the public of Unova), he's given new crimes that are all rooted in Pokemon-on-human violence and are surprisingly dark and unpleasant even for this manga (notably having Eelectross electrocute Black, having his Pokemon beat down the Gym Leaders and having one threaten an innocent hostage, trying to have Hydregion incinerate Black, ordering the Sages to use their Pokemon to kill a whole bunch of defiant trainers, and having Beheeyem knock Black into the reverting Light Stone so that he's trapped within), and his depiction emphasizes his sadism by ramping up his Faux Affably Evil facade. He still hits every criteria and much of the same details of game!Ghetsis' qualifications apply for him here as well.


 * DPA!Charon - Like J and Sird, he manages to qualify despite sharing a story with an Omnicidal Maniac because his crimes are both done with full use of his resources and playing field, and his motives behind said crimes are entirely selfish, petty, greedy, and despicable without justification. He commits truly heinous acts such as attempted suicide bombings and Shadow Pokemon experiments without any remorse, all to line his pockets and prove his greatness to the world. He's reviled by everyone else in-universe, lacks a Freudian Excuse, shows no redeeming qualities or mitigating factors aside from being Laughably Evil, and he consciously refuses to redeem himself because he doesn't believe in the Power of Friendship - and seeing as friendship is a central theme in this manga, this really sets him apart from all the other characters, even Cyrus, who tried to destroy the universe and play God yet still found it in his heart to repent for his sins and embrace friendship with others.