Big Bad: Difference between revisions
Content added Content deleted
No edit summary |
|||
| Line 22: | Line 22: | ||
Note that the [[Big Bad]] of a story is not always the most powerful or oldest existing evil force. Perhaps an evil presence along the lines of an [[Eldritch Abomination]] overshadows the work's setting, but is mainly divorced from the story's events -- that would be the [[Bigger Bad]]. The [[Big Bad]] is distinct from that by being the main obstacle that the hero must contend with, though the Big Bad might try to harness the [[Bigger Bad]] in some way as part of their plan. (Whether or not [[Evil Is Not a Toy|this backfires]] may vary.) |
Note that the [[Big Bad]] of a story is not always the most powerful or oldest existing evil force. Perhaps an evil presence along the lines of an [[Eldritch Abomination]] overshadows the work's setting, but is mainly divorced from the story's events -- that would be the [[Bigger Bad]]. The [[Big Bad]] is distinct from that by being the main obstacle that the hero must contend with, though the Big Bad might try to harness the [[Bigger Bad]] in some way as part of their plan. (Whether or not [[Evil Is Not a Toy|this backfires]] may vary.) |
||
{{noreallife|real life just isn't narratively straightforward enough to define people as Big Bads. [[Godwin's Law|Not even Hitler.]]}} |
|||
'''[[No Real Life Examples, Please]]''' |
|||
{{examples}} |
|||
{{notableexamples|page=Big Bads}} |
|||
* [[Big Bad/Anime and Manga|Anime and Manga]] |
* [[Big Bad/Anime and Manga|Anime and Manga]] |
||
* [[Big Bad/Comic Books|Comic Books]] |
* [[Big Bad/Comic Books|Comic Books]] |
||