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Line 2: [[File:star wars emperor throne room 7256.jpg\|link=Return of the Jedi\|frame\|[[Gambit Index\|Everything that has transpired in this trope has done so according to my design.]]]] {{quote\|''I've learned that, in every story, there is a big, bad something. An evil force that, no matter the size, corrupts the world of the story, and tries its best to destroy the hero. A wolf, a witch, a giant, a dragon, a knight... or an idea, a desire, a temptation... or even a book.''~~\|'''[[Lullaby]]'''}}~~ \|'''[[Lullaby]]'''}} A '''Big Bad''' (sometimes called the [[Fun with Acronyms\|BBEG, or "Big Bad Evil Guy"]]), could be a character with [[Evil Plan]]s or it could be a situation, such as a comet heading towards the Earth. It is behind all of the other bad happenings. The Big Bad can (and often does) exert effect across a number of episodes, and even an entire season. Note that Big Bad is not a catch-all trope for the biggest and ugliest villain of any given story. The [[Badass]] leader of the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad\|outlaw gang]] that the heroes face once or twice is ''not'' the Big Bad. The [[Corrupt Corporate Executive\|railroad tycoon]] who turns out to be ''using'' the gang as muscle is the Big Bad. In general, if there is a constant [[Man Behind the Man]] story going on in order to reveal the big bad, then whoever [[The Chessmaster\|is behind it all]] is the Big Bad, not every major villain in the lead-up. At other times, if a new enemy shows up to replace the previous Big Bad, then they are the Big Bads of their individual storylines. Line 24 ⟶ 25: {{noreallife\|real life just isn't narratively straightforward enough to define people as Big Bads. [[Godwin's Law\|Not even Hitler.]]}} {{Examples on subpages}} ~~{{notableexamples\|page=Big Bads}}~~ * [[Big Bad/Anime and Manga\|Anime and Manga]] * [[Big Bad/Comic Books\|Comic Books]] * [[Big Bad/Fanfic\|Fan Fiction]] * [[Big Bad/Live-Action Films\|Live Action Films]] * [[Big Bad/Literature\|Literature]] * [[Big Bad/Live Action TV\|Live Action TV]] * [[Big Bad/Tabletop Games\|Tabletop Games]] * [[Big Bad/Video Games\|Video Games]] * [[Big Bad/Web Animation\|Web Animation]] * [[Big Bad/Web Comics\|Webcomics]] * [[Big Bad/Web Original\|Web Original]] * [[Big Bad/Western Animation\|Western Animation]] {{Featured article}} {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Alliterative Trope Titles]]▼ [[Category:Authority Tropes]] [[Category:~~Tropes~~Boss ~~of Legend~~Battle]] [[Category:Master of the Index]] [[Category:~~Boss~~Older ~~Battle~~Than Feudalism]] [[Category:Omnipresent Tropes]] [[Category:Pages with working Wikipedia tabs]]▼ [[Category:~~Older~~Tropes ~~Than~~of ~~Feudalism~~Legend]]▼ [[Category:Villains]] ▲[[Category:Older Than Feudalism]] ▲[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] ▲[[Category:Alliterative Trope Titles]] ▲[[Category:Pages with working Wikipedia tabs]]