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The bad guys from The Bible are well known and as such don't require introduction, and everyone knows they are evil. The really handy thing is that many of them are regularly theorized to be cursed with immortality as part of their punishment for being bad guys, providing a decent reason for a Biblical Bad Guy to show up in any time period.

Note: Satan, Evil God, and the Horsemen of the Apocalypse have their own tropes. See also the Name of Cain.

Some frequently used Biblical Bad Guys:

Cain -- The First Murderer

Anime and Manga

The Protagonist of Rurouni Kenshin (while not named Cain) may be a Shout-Out to him; an individual who is Walking the Earth with a mark on him after committing murder.
Guess what the name of the big bad in Trinity Blood was. Go ahead. Also, he's Abel's brother.

Comic Books

A recent^[when?] DC comics revelation is that the immortal caveman Vandal Savage is Cain, the "inventor of crime".
- Maybe. A group called the Order of the Stone did some sort of magic ritual with the Spear of Destiny, causing Cain to be reborn in Savage. Whether he actually was Cain, or just being possessed or something, is up in the air.
- Cain is also theoretically present in the DC verse due to his presence in The Sandman, where he and Abel became part of Dream's realm. It's implied, however, that he and his brother aren't the biblical Cain and Abel, but are instead symbols of the first sentient being to ever willingly kill another member of its species. They were then inducted into the Dreaming as the archetypes of the original murderer and victim, so while we see them as Cain and Abel, other species would see someone else. One character describes their existence as the "ghost of a memory of someone who, one suspects, never existed in the first place", as a result this is feasibly compatible with the above fact about Vandal Savage.
Invoked in the civilian name of Marvel's Juggernaut -- Cain Marko -- and his (former) relationship with his half-brother, Professor Charles Xavier of the X-Men.

Oral Tradition, Folklore, Myths and Legends

Grendel is sometimes portrayed as Cain in later adaptations. What we have of the original was rewritten to include Christian elements, so this isn't particularly surprising (though the wording it uses would imply a descendant of Cain.)

Tabletop Games

In Vampire: The Masquerade, the first vampire is named "Caine" and is the Cain from the Bible. In Demon: The Fallen (in the same universe), it's noted that Caine invented murder and the killing of sentients.
- Though in the vampire mythology Caine was The Messiah who righted wrongs and punished the wicked.
- Cain is also alluded to in the Video Game Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines. Apparently, he spends his eternal afterlife working as a cab driver in Downtown LA. Playing as a Malkavian, you realize this when you eventually meet him. You would Go Mad from the Revelation, but, y'know, you already are.
- According to the in-universe Vampire scripture The Book of Nod, Caine spent a good amount of time with Adam's first wife Lilith, who taught him all about the Disciplines. It's not quite clear what she is, but she definitely had some sort of supernatural power and probably wasn't a Vampire herself, at least not in the same way that Caine was.
  - Wraith: The Oblivion suggests she might be Grandmother.

Video Games

Cain is the name of a character that appears in Galerians, and turns out to be not only a Galerian, but a clone of the protaganist who was sent by the mother computer Dorothy to destroy him, and prevent the activation of the virus program that will destroy her.
Naoya in Devil Survivor is a reincarnation of Cain, punished by God to be reborn every time the old body dies, and has the memory of every life time he has lived ever since his first life. Over his long life he has become obsessed with revenge and seeks to achieve that by having Abel, the player character, rebel against God. Granted, this is Mega Ten, so YHWH kinda deserves it.
- On a lesser note, Jezebel.
- Acctually, YHWH's evilness is subverted here. He's mellowed out a lot since the 90's. What that says about Naoya, though...
- However it is implied in Overclocked that YHWH manipulated Cain into killing Abel. He also hasn't mellowed out at all in the other games either.
It is hinted at that the Nod commander Kane in Command & Conquer is... Cain. Evidence for indicates that he is shown to be the same age during the 1940s, he survives an Ion Cannon blast that he embraces and when assumed to be be the Biblical Cain by followers does not deny it.
- In the rather poorly recieved final chapter known as Tiberian Twilight, it is revealed that Cain is actually an Alien stranded on Earth for the past thousands of years. For some...reason. I have absolutely no idea where they were going with this, but he phoned home at the ending anyway.
In Assassin's Creed II it's revealed in the optional glyphs that Cain killed Abel over a Piece of Eden and was the founder of the Templar Order.

Web Original

Subverted in the SCP Foundation-verse. Cain is actually a nice guy (and in this world, that's saying something), only harmful to plants due to his Enemy to All Living Things status. His brother Abel on the other hand... Cain has also stated he knows about his brother but refuses to take part in any research involving him. Just how they ended up this way is open to the readers' interpretations.

Judas -- Iconic Betrayer

Comic Books

Judas showed up in Marvel for a while... during the Clone Saga, and probably in other places too. A Dr. Judas Iskariot. And somehow, everybody's surprised when he turns out to be a supervillain with supernatural powers. Turns out he's been researching 'The nature of evil', since back in biblical times...
- If you mean Judas Traveller (yes, with two ls), it was eventually retconned (like everything else was in that mess) that he was a former criminal prosecutor turned crazy mutant Master of Illusion who only thought he was a Reality Warper. He was supposed to be a Fallen Angel at one point.
One of the four origins of the Phantom Stranger (a member of the Justice League) is that he is the actual Judas eternally doing penance for his crime. Not likely true, as the other three origins he has given directly contradict it.

Film

The Librarian has Judas as the first vampire.
In Dracula 2000 Dracula is Judas who is also the Wandering Jew, a legend of a man forced to Walk the Earth very clearly based on the story of Cain.
- Interestingly, the way to kill him is to re-create the conditions of the incomplete hanging that caused him to be trapped between life and death.

Literature

Not a direct example, but The Knights of the Blackened Denarius in The Dresden Files get their powers from 30 silver coins, each with a fallen angel inside. The coins are heavily implied to be the 30 coins that Judas was paid to betray Jesus.
- Nicodemus, leader of the Knights, also wears the noose Judas hung himself with as a necktie; it offers him protection from anything. Except, as Harry finds out when he tugs on the end of it, itself.

Theatre

Jesus Christ Superstar actually deconstructs this.

Video Games

In one of the Ultima games you can recruit an ally named Saduj. Guess how loyal he is.....

Haman -- First Attempted Genocide

Western Animation

On South Park, Haman was depicted as an Eldritch Abomination that the Synagogue of Anti-Semitic Jews wants to summon to take over the Jewish people. (Yeah, they were just revelling in Artistic License Religion on this one.)

Book of Revelation -- The End of the World

Film

"The Girl" who accompanies Dean Corso throughout the events of 1999's The Ninth Gate is all but revealed to be the Whore of Babylon at the end of the film.

Video Games

In Agony, the Red Goddess is the Whore of Babylon, while The Dragon to her is the Beast of Revelations.

Other Figures

Web Original

Hazbin Hotel:
- Adam (as in, the first man) is leader of the Exorcists, a Knight Templar in charge of slaughtering Hell's residents during the annual purge. Utterly without mercy, it is hinted that he has a personal vendetta.
- Lucifer (Charlie's father) seems to at least be partially based on his depiction in the Book of Isaiah, being a Fallen Angel (confirmed by Word of God) with six radiant wings.

Western Animation

Delilah (along with Samson) appears in a Pinky and the Brain segment of Animaniacs where Brain is also trying to discover the secret of Samson's great strength.

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 {{trope}}
-The bad guys from [[The Bible]] are well known and as such don't require introduction, and [[Villain by Default|everyone knows they are evil]]. The really handy thing is that many of them are regularly theorized to be [[Blessed with Suck|cursed]] with [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|immortality]] as part of their punishment for being bad guys, providing a decent reason for them to show up in any time period.
+The bad guys from [[The Bible]] are well known and as such don't require introduction, and [[Villain by Default|everyone knows they are evil]]. The really handy thing is that many of them are regularly theorized to be [[Blessed with Suck|cursed]] with [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|immortality]] as part of their punishment for being bad guys, providing a decent reason for a '''Biblical Bad Guy''' to show up in any time period.
 Note: [[Satan]], [[God Is Evil|Evil God]], and the [[Horsemen of the Apocalypse]] have their own tropes. See also the [[Name of Cain]].
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 {{examples|Some frequently used Biblical Bad Guys:}}
 == Cain -- The First Murderer ==
+=== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ===
-* Cain is the name of a character that appears in ''[[Galerians]]'', and turns out to be {{spoiler|not only a Galerian, but a clone of the protaganist who was sent by the mother computer Dorothy to destroy him, and prevent the activation of the virus program that will destroy her.}}
+*  [[The Protagonist]] of ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' (while not ''named'' Cain) may be a [[Shout-Out]] to him; an individual who is [[Walking the Earth]] with a mark on him after committing murder.
-* {{spoiler|Naoya}} in ''[[Devil Survivor]]'' {{spoiler|is a reincarnation of Cain, punished by God to be reborn every time the old body dies, and has the memory of every life time he has lived ever since his first life. [[The Punishment|Over his long life he has become obsessed with revenge]] and seeks to achieve that by having Abel, the player character}}, rebel against God. Granted, this is ''[[Mega Ten]]'', so [[God Is Evil|YHWH]] [[Grey and Grey Morality|kinda deserves it]].
+* Guess what the name of the big bad in ''[[Trinity Blood]]'' was. Go ahead. {{spoiler|Also, he's Abel's brother.}}
-** On a lesser note, Jezebel.
-** Acctually, YHWH's evilness is subverted here. He's mellowed out a lot since the [[The Nineties|90's]]. What that says about {{spoiler|[[Token Evil Teammate|Naoya]]}}, though...
+=== [[Comic Books]] ===
-** However it is implied in Overclocked that YHWH {{spoiler|manipulated Cain into killing Abel.}} He also hasn't mellowed out at all in the other games either.
+* A recent{{when}} DC comics revelation is that {{spoiler|the immortal caveman Vandal Savage is Cain, the "inventor of crime"}}.
+** Maybe. A group called the Order of the Stone did some sort of magic ritual with the Spear of Destiny, causing Cain to be reborn in Savage. Whether he actually was Cain, or just being possessed or something, is up in the air.
+** Cain is also theoretically present in the DC verse due to his presence in ''[[The Sandman]]'', where he and Abel became part of Dream's realm. It's implied, however, that he and his brother aren't the biblical Cain and Abel, but are instead symbols of the first sentient being to ever willingly kill another member of its species. They were then inducted into the Dreaming as the archetypes of the original murderer and victim, so while we see them as Cain and Abel, other species would see someone else. One character describes their existence as the "ghost of a memory of someone who, one suspects, never existed in the first place", as a result this is feasibly compatible with the above fact about  {{spoiler|Vandal Savage}}.
+* Invoked in the civilian name of Marvel's Juggernaut -- Cain Marko -- and his (former) relationship with his half-brother, Professor Charles Xavier of the [[X-Men]].
+=== [[Oral Tradition|Oral Tradition, Folklore, Myths and Legends]] ===
+* [[Beowulf|Grendel]] is sometimes portrayed as Cain in later adaptations. What we have of the original was rewritten to include Christian elements, so this isn't particularly surprising (though the wording it uses would imply a ''descendant'' of Cain.)
+=== [[Tabletop Games]] ===
 * In ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade]]'', the first vampire is named "Caine" and is the Cain from the Bible. In ''[[Demon: The Fallen]]'' (in the [[Old World of Darkness|same universe]]), it's noted that Caine invented murder and the killing of sentients.
 ** Though in the vampire mythology Caine was [[The Messiah]] who righted wrongs and punished the wicked.
 ** Cain is also alluded to in the [[Video Game]] ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines]]''. {{spoiler|Apparently, he spends his eternal afterlife working as a cab driver in Downtown LA.}} Playing as a [[Mad Oracle|Malkavian]], you realize this when {{spoiler|you eventually meet him}}. You would [[Go Mad from the Revelation]], but, y'know, you already ''are''.
 ** According to the in-universe Vampire scripture ''The Book of Nod'', Caine spent a good amount of time with Adam's first wife Lilith, who taught him all about the [[Functional Magic|Disciplines]]. It's not quite clear what she is, but she definitely had some sort of supernatural power and probably wasn't a Vampire herself, at least not in the same way that Caine was.
-*** [[Wraith: The Oblivion]] suggests she might be Grandmother.
+*** ''[[Wraith: The Oblivion]]'' suggests she might be Grandmother.
+=== [[Video Games]] ===
+* Cain is the name of a character that appears in ''[[Galerians]]'', and turns out to be {{spoiler|not only a Galerian, but a clone of the protaganist who was sent by the mother computer Dorothy to destroy him, and prevent the activation of the virus program that will destroy her.}}
+* {{spoiler|Naoya}} in ''[[Devil Survivor]]'' {{spoiler|is a reincarnation of Cain, punished by God to be reborn every time the old body dies, and has the memory of every life time he has lived ever since his first life. [[Promethean Punishment|Over his long life he has become obsessed with revenge]] and seeks to achieve that by having Abel, the player character}}, rebel against God. Granted, this is ''[[Mega Ten]]'', so [[God Is Evil|YHWH]] [[Grey and Grey Morality|kinda deserves it]].
+** On a lesser note, Jezebel.
+** Acctually, YHWH's evilness is subverted here. He's mellowed out a lot since the [[The Nineties|90's]]. What that says about {{spoiler|[[Token Evil Teammate|Naoya]]}}, though...
+** However it is implied in Overclocked that YHWH {{spoiler|manipulated Cain into killing Abel.}} He also hasn't mellowed out at all in the other games either.
 * It is hinted at that the Nod commander Kane in ''[[Command & Conquer]]'' is... Cain. Evidence for indicates that he is shown to be the same age during the 1940s, he survives an Ion Cannon blast that he embraces and when assumed to be be the Biblical Cain by followers does not deny it.
 ** In the rather poorly recieved final chapter known as Tiberian Twilight, it is revealed that Cain is {{spoiler|actually an Alien stranded on Earth for the past thousands of years. For some...reason. I have absolutely no idea where they were going with this, but he phoned home at the ending anyway.}}
-* A recent DC comics revelation is that  {{spoiler|the immortal caveman Vandal Savage is Cain, the "inventor of crime"}}.
-** Maybe. A group called the Order of the Stone did some sort of magic ritual with the Spear of Destiny, causing Cain to be reborn in Savage. Whether he actually was Cain, or just being possessed or something, is up in the air.
-** Cain is also theoretically present in the DC verse due to his presence in ''[[The Sandman]]'', where he and Abel became part of Dream's realm. It's implied, however, that he and his brother aren't the biblical Cain and Abel, but are instead symbols of the first sentient being to ever willingly kill another member of it's species. They were then inducted into the dreaming as the archetypes of the original murderer and victim, so while we see them as Cain and Abel, other species would see someone else. One character describes their existence as the "ghost of a memory of someone who, one suspects, never existed in the first place", as a result this is feasibly compatible with the above fact about  {{spoiler|Vandal Savage}}.
-* [[Beowulf|Grendel]] is sometimes portrayed as Cain in later adaptations. What we have of the original was rewritten to include Christian elements, so this isn't particularly surprising (though the wording it uses would imply a ''descendant'' of Cain.)
-* Subverted in the [[SCP Foundation]]-[[The Verse|verse]]. Cain is actually a ''nice'' guy (and in [[Black and Grey Morality|this world, that's saying something]]), only harmful to plants due to his [[Enemy to All Living Things]] status. His brother [[Cain and Abel|Abel]] [[Blood Knight|on the other hand...]]
 * In ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' it's revealed in the optional glyphs that Cain killed Abel  {{spoiler|over a Piece of Eden and was the founder of the [[The Knights Templar|Templar Order]].}}
-*  [[The Protagonist]] of ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' (while not ''named'' Cain) may be a [[Shout-Out]] to him; an individual who is [[Walking the Earth]] with a mark on him after committing murder.
-* Guess what the name of the big bad in Trinity Blood was. Go ahead. {{spoiler|Also, he's Abel's brother.}}
-* Cain is the first vampire in ''[[World of Darkness]]''.
+=== [[Web Original]] ===
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+* Subverted in the [[SCP Foundation]]-[[The Verse|verse]]. Cain is actually a ''nice'' guy (and in [[Black and Grey Morality|this world, that's saying something]]), only harmful to plants due to his [[Enemy to All Living Things]] status. His brother [[Cain and Abel|Abel]] [[Blood Knight|on the other hand...]] Cain has also stated he knows about his brother but refuses to take part in any research involving him. Just how they ended up this way is open to the readers' interpretations.
 == Judas -- Iconic Betrayer ==
+=== [[Comic Books]] ===
 * Judas showed up in Marvel for a while... during the [[Dork Age|Clone Saga]], and probably in other places too. A Dr. Judas Iskariot. And somehow, everybody's surprised when he turns out to be a supervillain with supernatural powers. Turns out he's been researching 'The nature of evil', since back in biblical times...
 ** If you mean Judas Traveller (yes, with two ls), it was eventually [[retcon]]ned (like everything else was in that mess) that he was a former criminal prosecutor turned crazy mutant [[Master of Illusion]] who only thought he was a [[Reality Warper]]. [[What Could Have Been|He ''was'' supposed to be a]] [[Fallen Angel]] [[What Could Have Been|at one point]].
+* [[Multiple Choice Past|One of the four origins]] of the [[Mysterious Backer|Phantom Stranger]] (a member of the [[Justice League]]) is that he is the actual Judas eternally doing penance for his crime. Not likely true, as [[Mind Screw|the other three origins he has given]] directly contradict it.
+=== [[Film]] ===
 * ''[[The Librarian]]'' has Judas as the first vampire.
 * In ''[[Dracula 2000]]''  {{spoiler|Dracula is Judas who is also the Wandering Jew, a legend of a man forced to [[Walk the Earth]] very clearly based on the story of Cain.}}
 ** Interestingly, {{spoiler|the way to kill him is to re-create the conditions of the incomplete hanging that caused him to be trapped between life and death}}.
+=== [[Literature]] ===
 * Not a direct example, but The Knights of the Blackened Denarius in ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' get their powers from 30 silver coins, each with a fallen angel inside. The coins are heavily implied to be ''the'' 30 coins that Judas was paid to betray Jesus.
 ** Nicodemus, leader of the Knights, also wears the noose Judas hung himself with as a necktie; it offers him protection from anything.  {{spoiler|Except, as Harry finds out when he tugs on the end of it, itself}}.
-* In one of the Ultima games you can recruit an ally named Saduj. Guess how loyal he is.....
-* [[Jesus Christ Superstar]] actually deconstructs this.
+=== [[Theatre]] ===
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+* ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]'' actually deconstructs this.
+=== [[Video Games]] ===
+* In one of the ''[[Ultima]]'' games you can recruit an ally named Saduj. Guess how loyal he is.....
 == Haman -- First Attempted Genocide ==
+=== [[Western Animation]] ===
-* On ''[[South Park]],'' Haman was depicted as an [[Eldritch Abomination]] that the Synagogue of Anti-Semitic Jews wants to summon to take over the Jewish people. (Yeah, they were just [[Rule of Funny|reveling]] in [[Artistic License Religion]] on this one.)
+* On ''[[South Park]],'' Haman was depicted as an [[Eldritch Abomination]] that the Synagogue of Anti-Semitic Jews wants to summon to take over the Jewish people. (Yeah, they were just [[Rule of Funny|revelling]] in [[Artistic License Religion]] on this one.)
+== [[Book of Revelation]] -- The End of the World ==
+=== [[Film]] ===
+* [[No Name Given|"The Girl"]] who accompanies Dean Corso throughout the events of 1999's ''[[The Ninth Gate]]'' is all but revealed to be the Whore of Babylon at the end of the film.
+=== [[Video Games]] ===
+* In ''[[Agony]]'', the [[Big Bad|Red Goddess]] is the Whore of Babylon, while [[The Dragon]] to her is [[Number of the Beast| the Beast of Revelations]].
+== Other Figures ==
+=== [[Web Original]] ===
+* ''[[Hazbin Hotel]]'':
+** Adam (as in, the first man) is [[Light Is Not Good|leader of the Exorcists]], a [[Knight Templar]] in charge of slaughtering Hell's residents during the annual purge. Utterly without mercy, it is hinted that he has a personal vendetta.
+** [[The Devil|Lucifer]] (Charlie's father) seems to at least be partially based on his depiction in the Book of Isaiah, being a [[Fallen Angel]] (confirmed by [[Word of God]]) with six radiant wings.
+=== [[Western Animation]] ===
+* Delilah (along with Samson) appears in a ''Pinky and the Brain'' segment of ''[[Animaniacs]]'' where Brain is also trying to discover the secret of Samson's great strength.
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