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{{quote|'''Burns''': I'm absolutely evil.
'''Bart''': You're preaching to the choir, man.
'''Burns''': What do I have to do, grow a [[Beard of Evil|devil beard]]?
|''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]''}}

Appealing to my better nature? I'm a villain! Here is [[My Card]]! "[[Steven Ulysses Perhero|Eve L. Duehr]]: [[Academy of Evil]] graduate, [[Take Over the World|aspiring]] [[Evil Overlord|tyrant]], [[Kick the Dog|kicker of kittens]], and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|spontaneous singer of]] ''[[Barney and Friends|Barney songs]]''." I crossed the [[Moral Event Horizon]] while [[Enfant Terrible|still in grade school]] and [[Complete Monster|have never once looked back]]. And you think you can [[Kirk Summation|talk me out of my evil deeds]]? [[Evil Laugh|Ahahahahahahahahaa]]!

Villains like this may be greedy, violent, [[Badass]], etc. but most importantly, they are [[Obviously Evil|Evil]]. It's in the job description. They refer to ''themselves'' as Evil, with a capital "E". Stretch it out to "Eeeeeevil" for emphasis. (They may even pronounce the "I" with emphasized shortness. Ee-vill. Like the froo-it of the dev-ill.) Terminal cases even require their minions to call them "[[The Magnificent|Your Evilness]]". In fact, calling them evil, vile, ruthless, or any generally negative epithet will be an [[Insult Backfire]] and be [[Arson, Murder, and Admiration|taken as the kindest of compliments.]]

The '''Card Carrying Villain''' demands [[Villain Cred|to be respected and feared and on top of the heap over everyone else]] because [[Evil Is Cool]] and [[Good Is Dumb]].

Thus, they are expected to [[Kick the Dog]] and never [[Pet the Dog]]. If they acted differently, [[Slave to PR|they'd lose their Evil ranking]]. Especially ironic if the reason they [[Face Heel Turn|fell]] was because they wanted freedom from constraints on their actions. Whatever action they as a good guy wanted to do is considered "bad", so they have to do other bad things as well now. After a while, they usually forget about [[Motive Decay|whatever goal it was that turned them Evil]] in the first place. So...in a very odd way, they're very much [[The Fettered]]; since their actions are bound by the expectation of Evil.

There are, in general, three spheres of Card Carrying Villainy:
# ''[[Despotism Justifies the Means|Control]]'' - the Villain wants to rule; be it a gang, a city, a state, the country, [[Take Over the World|the world]], or a similar goal, and have everyone else below them obey their every whim.
# ''[[The Corrupter|Corruption]]'' - the Villain wants to [[The Corrupter|turn other people Evil]]. Give in to [[The Dark Side]]!
# ''[[Chaotic Evil|Destruction]]'' - the Villain wants to destroy and kill [[For the Evulz|for its own sake]]. [[Omnicidal Maniac|Taken to the extreme]], the first and second spheres may recognize that this includes ''them'' as well, so this often results in [[Evil Versus Oblivion]] or [[Eviler Than Thou]] if the villain teams up with the heroes so they can [[Take Over the World]] at a later date. (You can't take over the world if it's [[The End of the World as We Know It|not there!]])

A [[Black Cloak]], a low-ranking [[Terrible Trio]], an [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]], or someone who's succumbed to [[The Dark Side]] is usually most likely to identify themselves this way.

A subversion is for these folks to ''not'' actually be cruel, greedy, or unnecessarily violent, but [[Punch Clock Villain|just doing their jobs]]. A [[Noble Demon]] is a '''Card-Carrying Villain''' who talks the talk, but has a tendency to hold back or even help from time to time.

[[Tropes Are Not Good|If not done right (and it is very, very easily done wrong)]], that is to say, if the card is [[Narm|too serious or obvious]], the result can be cheesy, annoying, and [[Anvilicious]]. (Of all the evil people in [[Real Life]], how many have ever ''self-identified'' as evil? [[Adolf Hitler|Hitler]], [[Joseph Stalin|Stalin]], and [[Mao Zedong|Mao]]—all of them believed with messianic zeal that they were doing good.) Though, in comedy situations/shows, this fate is usually averted, as it's a humorous thing (and thus right in place). It can also be used with a darker twist - showing a person so beyond redemption, so beyond what we call usual morality, that he is literally impossible to argue and reason with.

In the final stage, you have a villain who insists on justifying their actions because "it's what villains are ''supposed to do''"; see [[Contractual Genre Blindness]].

Not to be confused with [[My Card]], where the villain emphasizes their evilness in this trope, [[My Card]] actually deals with a business card (and is not always for villains). For people who fight using cards, see [[Death Dealer]]. Oh, and this is also not to be confused with the villains in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'', as ''everybody'' [[Serious Business|seems to carry cards]] in that series.

Contrast with [[Knight Templar]], a villain who completely believes that they are good. They can become a Card Carrying Villain if they have a [[Heel Realization]] and decide to keep being a villain anyway. Also contrast [[Moral Myopia]], where the villain doesn't consider the evil he's doing to others to be wrong. taken too far, the villain might become a [[Complete Monster]], especially when he/she has no moral restraints.

Card-carrying villains are particularly likely to do something [[For the Evulz]].

Expect them to have [[Dark Is Evil|relations with the dark]] and/or have [[Bad Powers, Bad People|evil powers.]]

See also [[Exclusively Evil]], [[Bad Is Good and Good Is Bad]], [[Lawful Stupid Chaotic Stupid]], [[Stupid Evil]], and [[Punch Clock Villain]].

Why "card-carrying"? See [[Card-Carrying Villain/Trivia|the Trivia page.]]

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==  Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' gives us [[Bigger Bad|Yami Marik]], the [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] of [[Big Bad|Marik Ishtar]] in the Battle City Arc. While Marik is primarily motivated by {{spoiler|wanting revenge on the Pharoh, the man he believed responsible for killing his father}}, Yami Marik is primarily motivated by [[Omnicidal Maniac|wanting to kill the universe]], kicking as many dogs as he can along the way.
** In the 4Kids dub, Marik Isthar also falls into this trope, going from a sympathetic motive to simply wanting to [[Take Over the World]].
* The Digimon Kaiser from ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]'' refered to himself as evil...{{spoiler|before he [[Sixth Ranger|became a good guy]].}}
** However, his entire over-the-top villainous persona makes sense when you discover that {{spoiler|1=he thinks the Digital World isn't real, more like a very interactive [[Video Game Cruelty Potential|video game]]. His constant [[Kick the Dog]]-ery is similar to any ''[[Marathon Trilogy|Marathon]]'' fan who shoots BOBs. His [[Heel Face Turn]] was immediate when he found out it was real and he never really forgave himself.}}
* Happōsai from ''[[Ranma ½]]'' has no motivation for being an asshole and enjoys making peoples' lives miserable, even more so when his students take the fall for him. He, at one point, declares himself "evil 'till the day [he] die[s]".
* Pixy Misa in the ''[[Pretty Sammy]]'' series is the self-professed evil mistress of chaos and destruction
* Ladd Russo from ''[[Baccano!]]!'' is a [[Large Ham|hammy]][[Psycho for Hire]] who freely admits that all he loves is killing, killing, and more killing. When his uncle tells him "Homicidal lunatics think you're a nutcase!" He informs him that his "[[Insult Backfire|attempts at flattery are so ham handed]]."
* Lelouch from ''[[Code Geass]]'' {{spoiler|''pretends'' to be a heartless supervillain in order to unite the world through common hatred of him, then allows himself to be killed so everyone can move on and work together towards peace.}} Yeah, Lulu [[Gambit Roulette|can be a little weird.]]
* ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]'' has the freaking incarnation of the third sphere, Ali Al-Saachez. Gundam series generally (pretend to) have multidimensional villains with some understandable motivations. Or, at least, villains that are good at self-justification and excuses. Ali is probably the only villain in the entire franchise to readily admit that he loves war for war's sake, that he commits his (numerous) crimes [[For the Evulz]], and that this makes him the worst sort of person in the world. He has absolutely no problem with it.
* Xellos from ''[[Slayers]]'' is this whenever he isn't siding with the protagonists. Being a powerful demon in the service of powers that want to destroy the world and feeding off from negative human emotions does that to a person. He makes an effort to avoid killing the good guys because they're such fun, though.
* Dio from ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' is an insanely over the top version, with most of volume one devoted to his doing everything he can to crush the hero's soul while pontificating on how he's doing it all purely for evil's sake. Around the time he arranges for [[Kick the Dog|JoJo's dog to be thrown into a garbage incinerator]], he crosses the line from regular villainy into cartoonish supervillainy.
* Evangeline of ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' tries [[Noble Demon|and fails]] to be a type 2. She makes token attempts to turn Negi and Asuna to [[The Dark Side]] as her "sub-bosses", and occasionally tries to scare people, but other than that, [[Offstage Villainy|she doesn't do anything all that evil]] and, as a matter of fact, helps the heroes a ''lot''. Negi attempts to point this out to her, but she still claims to be evil.
* ''[[Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro]]'' has Neuro, an actual demon who enjoys eating mysteries; while he claims to be evil, he never kills humans and tends to be more an amoral ''[[Troll]]'' than a "monster". On the other hand, we have Sicks, who is a [[Complete Monster]] and doing it [[For the Evulz]].
* ''[[Saint Seiya]]'' has some complex villains (like Gemini Saga), and then some not-so-complex ones, like [[Meaningful Name|Cancer Deathmask]], who collects human faces to stick on his temple walls, is a [[Complete Monster]], and seems to be a Saint just [[For the Evulz]]. {{spoiler|He does a bit of a [[Heel Face Turn]] later.}} Also, [[Big Bad|Hades]], who just wants to destroy the world because it's what he tries to do every 200 years and it would be a shame to go off-schedule.
* Most of the major villains in ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'', even the most cruel ones, tend to avert this, with the exception of Kaioh, who clearly brags about being strengthened by evilness.
* The Huckebein family in ''[[Magical Record Lyrical Nanoha Force]]'', as shown by the interrogation scene with the captured Tohma, where Fortis explains how the Huckebein performs one of their trademark massacres of innocent settlements.
{{quote|'''Tohma''': You really are evil criminals.
'''Fortis''': ''(While smiling and doing an [[Smug Snake|"Oh, please" hand gesture)]]'' Didn't we introduce ourselves like that? }}
* Hagurou Dou is one of these in ''[[Wolf Guy Wolfen Crest]]'', as his goal in life is to be seen as a cold blooded monster. A rare example that is NOT [[Played for Laughs]], considering [[Complete Monster|what he is]].
* Mint from "Trouble Chocolate" is a parody of this.
* Several villains (and [[Protagonist-Centered Morality|heroes]]) in ''[[One Piece]]'' revel in their status as criminals and rejoice when their bounties increase. The Seven Warlords of the Sea are considered 'Government Dogs' for choosing to become privateers to the World Government. [[Only Sane Man|Nami]] doesn't see what all the fuss is about.
* Lust from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' is very proud of being evil. She revels in causing humans pain and suffering, and compliments Mustang's determination while he's killing her, stating that one day soon, his eyes will widen with agony and despair.
* Team Rocket (the whole organisation, not the [[Terrible Trio]]) in ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]''. According to Cassidy and [[My Name Is Not Durwood|Billy]], rivals to the trio, the motto they use is the real Team Rocket motto (where there are phrases like "To infect the world with devastation!" and "To blight all people in every nation!") and the motto Jessie and James use is, instead, a corrupted version (this version has phrases that imply that they see themselves as [[Knight Templar]]s). Ironically, when Jessie and James updated their motto to become Card Carrying Villains (from Battle Frontier up to the end of Sinnoh), the motto Cassidy and Paunch use was also updated, and the phrases were [[Knight Templar]]-ish themselves.
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==  Comic Books  ==
* [[Darkseid]] openly admits to being an evil god and that he desires to crush all happiness and free will in the Universe.
* [[Miracleman|Kid Miracleman]]/Marvelman displays this trope when he goes over the edge. Moments after starting his slaughter-spree, he spares the life of a nurse who had been kind to him. He returns a moment later, saying "They'd only say I was going soft...", and pulverises the top of her skull with a blast of his eye-beams.
* Most supervillain teams have names which identify them as evil; The Masters of Evil, the [[Justice League (animation)|Injustice League]], the Secret Society of Super-Villains, etc. Occasionally, as with the [[X-Men (Comic Book)|Brotherhood of Evil Mutants]], it's explained later that the characters [[What Is Evil?|don't see themselves as evil]], but are aware others do and [[Dangerously Genre Savvy|feel they can use this to their advantage]].
** The film version of ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]'' avoids this by having Magneto simply call his group "The Brotherhood of Mutants".
** Similarly, recent issues of [[Savage Dragon]] have subverted this a bit with the new [[Overlord]] referring to his team (the Vicious Circle) simply as The Circle. Since there are a number of similarities between Magneto's Brotherhood and [[Overlord]]'s Circle, it's arguable that one is in response to the other.
** In the comics, one version of the Brotherhood working for the US Government and led by Mystique takes a smart idea and calls itself by the innocuous moniker "Freedom Force" (Predating [[Freedom Force]] by almost 20 years).
* Ava Lord from the ''[[Sin City]]'' story "A Dame to Kill For" identifies herself as evil in her [[Evil Gloating]] speech to Dwight McCarthy, who she has just manipulated into {{spoiler|murdering her husband Damien so that she can inherit his money}}:
{{quote|'''Ava:''' [[You're Insane!|Insane?]] Ha! That's so easy, so convenient -- and so wrong. Crazy people push shopping carts down the streets and talk nonsense. Crazy people sit in padded cells and soil their pants. A madwoman couldn't have pulled this off. No. There's a word for what I am, but nobody uses it anymore. Nobody wants to see the simple truth. If they did, they'd kill people like me as soon as we revealed ourselves. But they don't. They close their eyes and blather about psychology and say that nobody is truly evil. That's why I've won. That's why I always win.}}
* In Rick Veitch's early-2000s run on ''[[Aquaman]]'', the titular hero confronts his archnemesis (and murderer of his son), Black Manta, and, after defeating him, uses his new magic powers to re-wire his brain and cure him of his autism; the painful and incompetent treatment he received as a child was part of why he'd become such an insane monster. He appears to turn himself around, but the apparent [[Freudian Excuse]] and [[Heel Face Turn]] are subverted when, at a critical moment, Manta stabs Aquaman in the back and explains: "Y'see, deep down, in my most secret heart of hearts, I'm still a totally depraved sonuvabitch whose main goal in life is to watch you die. Slowly and painfully. Just like your kid."
* ''Queen of the Universe'': [http://www.eyebeam.com/Queen1991/index.php?num=278 Dober-Man].
* Herr Starr of ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'' starts out as a [[Knight Templar]], but, in the end, admits, however unrepentantly, that he's become a "monster" obsessed with hatred and revenge.
* The very first appearance of [[Captain America (comics)]]'s archenemy, the Red Skull, had him exit stage left saying "I'll be back - with ''more murder!''"
* [[The Joker]] once identified himself to Black Canary as "genuine, card-carrying, lock-me-up-throw-away-the-key lunatic!" It sparked a letter column debate (remember those?) about whether or not insane people could recognize themselves as being, well, insane.
* Dirk Anger, Director of H.A.T.E in ''[[Nextwave]]''.
{{quote|I'm older'n you. I'm ninety years old. You want to know how I look so pretty? I take drugs. Special H.A.T.E. drugs. Life-extending drugs. H.A.T.E. has the best drugs because H.A.T.E. loves me. And I love H.A.T.E. Every day of my horrible drug-extended terrorist-fighting life. Every day I smoke two hundred cigarettes and one hundred cigars and drink a bottle of whiskey and three bottles of wine with dinner. And dinner is meat. '''Raw''' meat. The cook serves me an entire animal and I fight it bare-handed and tear off what I want and eat it and have the rest buried. In New Jersey! For H.A.T.E.!}}
* During [[Dark Reign (comics)|Dark Reign]], [[Marvel Comics]] introduced Zodiac, a guy who killed every single member of an old supervillain team with the same name so he wouldn't be confused with them. Zodiac plots about the fall of Norman Osborn. Why? Because he finds [[Villain with Good Publicity|Osborn's new position]] an insult to all who just wants to commit evil for it's own sake, like himself.
* In ''[[Transformers Generation 2]]'', Starscream ends up begging Optimus Prime to take the Matrix back, as he ''doesn't want to be good!''.
* In ''[[Judge Dredd]]'', Pa Angel is openly trying to raise his sons to be the "meanest, orneriest, baddiest bunch a' men that ever lived." The boys are only too happy to learn from him.
* Contagion, the villain of the first arc of ''[[Wolverine]]: The Best There Is''.
{{quote|I am not the hero in my own story. I am the bad guy. I have no [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|end in mind that justifies my means]]. There are no skeletons in my closet, no [[Freudian Excuse|abusive childhood]] or inciting misery that might expiate my vile behavior. Nor am I insane. I know the difference between good and evil. And I am fully capable of empathizing with the pain, emotional or physical, of others. No [[Lack of Empathy|sociopath]], I. Rather, I simply prefer bad over good. Wrong over right. Dirty over clean. Sick over healthy. Untrue over true.}}
* Set, apparent leader of [[The Syndicate|The Order]] in ''[[Invincible]]'' spin-off ''Guarding The Globe''. In an issue released the same week as the issue in which Contagion makes the speech above, Set begins a meeting of The Order with this:
{{quote|I've heard it said, everyone is the hero of their own story. The thought is that even the most vile villain believes his actions to be right and thinks of himself as "good". I am here to tell you, right now, that I am evil. I am greedy, selfish, I do not care for the plight of others. }}
* [[Bomb Queen]]
* In ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]'', Sabretooth thinks himself a violent, animalistic savage who lives only to hunt and kill, and is ''very'' proud of this fact. [[Complete Monster|He does]] [[Ax Crazy|a very good]] [[Psycho for Hire|job at living]] [[I'm a Humanitarian|up to this]].

==  Film  ==
* In classic ''[[James Bond]]'' movies starring Sean Connery, the top villains are brought together by an organization named SPECTRE - that literally stands for "Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion".
* Parodied with Dr. Evil in ''[[Austin Powers]]'', who went to [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate|evil medical school]] and is disappointed that his son wants to be a non-evil veterinarian...or perhaps work in a petting zoo.
{{quote|'''Dr. Evil:''' An ''evil'' petting zoo?
'''Scott:''' You always do that! (Storms off) }}
** Later in the movie:
{{quote|'''UN Representitive:''' Mr. Evil-
'''Dr. Evil:''' DOCTOR Evil. I didn't spend six years in evil medical school to be called 'mister' thank you very much. }}
* The main villain of ''[[Time Bandits]]'' is the embodiment of evil and referred to simply as "Evil". It's interesting to note what the screenwriters consider evil. He's obsessed with efficiency, technology, and work. At one point, he [[Bad Is Good and Good Is Bad|laments feeling "good",]] and his minions sympathize.
* The Chief Blue Meanie in the movie ''[[Yellow Submarine]]'' insists that his minion Max never say "yes". Because "we Meanies [[Won't Take Yes for An Answer|only take 'no' for an answer]]", and gets extremely angry at the sound of the word "yes", even when being answered in the affirmative. Sometimes, his own aggression gets the better of him and he needs to be revived with "nasty medicine", which makes him even more eccentric than he already is. He encourages his army of Meanies to be as unpleasant as possible, but [[Heel Face Turn|later]] admits that his cousin is "the bluebird of happiness".
** The Chief subverts his "No only" order moments later when he summons the Flying Glove:
{{quote|'''Chief:''' Come here, Glove. Look out there and what do you see? Tell him, Max.
'''Max:''' Someone running, Glove.
'''Chief:''' Yes. But you'll soon put a stop to that, won't you Glovey? Go, Glove, point and having pointed...'''''pounce, go!''''' }}
* The villains in ''[[Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' are as card-carrying as it gets. "WE HATE JOY. WE HATE LOVE. WE LOVE MONEY." "[I am] such a dirty, dirty old man!", etc.
** [[Fridge Logic|Wait, so they]] [[Logic Bomb|hate money]]?
*** They love (in the sense of "really like a lot") money, and they hate love (in the sense of "experiencing literal love for a person or pet").
* The 'cult' (see [[The Other Wiki]]) film ''Evil Roy Slade'' features this in <s>Slade</s> spades. He even yells at one of his henchmen who stays loyally at his side when the law offers a reward for him. Before that operation, he goes over the basics for his gang: 'Sneaking, Lying, Arrogance, Dirtiness and Evil. Put them all together and they spell "Slade!" '
* A somewhat...[[Narm|jarring]] variant in the first [[Spider-Man]] film where the Green Goblin makes Aunt May finish the Lord's Prayer.
{{quote|'''Aunt May:''' "Deliver us..."
'''Green Goblin:''' *Dramatic entrance* [[Evil Is Hammy|"FINISH IT!!"]]
'''Aunt May:''' "From EEEVIL!" }}
* Ratigan of ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'' is no [[Harmless Villain]], but in the spirit of Shakespearean villains, he loves boasting about how good he is at being bad.
* In ''[[The Mummy Trilogy|The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor]]'', the First Chinese Emperor's motive for taking over the world is, get this, that ''he hates freedom''.
* Mr. Freeze in ''[[Batman and Robin (film)|Batman and Robin]]'', who even shouts "Kill the heroes!" ("[[Riff Trax|For I am the villain! And all ambiguous questions of right and wrong will be answered with]] [[Hurricane of Puns|ice-related puns!"]]") It is also worth mentioning that his ''only'' non-ice-related pun in the whole film, if memory serves, is the one identifying himself and Poison Ivy as "Adam and Evil".
* In the ''[[Dragnet]]'' movie, the villain heads the organisation P.A.G.A.N. - [[Fun with Acronyms|People Against Goodness And Normalcy]]. However, {{spoiler|it's a bogus group intended to get the populace riled up about having card-carrying villains in their midst.}}
* In ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street]]'', Freddy Krueger absolutely revels in his work, perfectly happy to acknowledge how sick and twisted he is. However, he is after ''revenge'' for the vigilante justice he received, so he does have some delusions of justice.
** Though he eventually did succeed at his [[Ghostly Goals]]...and continued killing anyway, since, hey, it's fun, and just because his revenge is complete, that doesn't mean he can't just go on slaughtering.
*** At ''first'' it seemed that way. Then ''Freddy's Dead'' revealed that he had an agenda against pretty much all the parents of Springwood for lobbying to have his daughter taken away from him for her own safety, and he wanted to get back at even those parents who weren't among his killers by taking ''their'' children away from them. And then in ''Freddy vs. Jason'', a character mentions, contrary to Nancy's assessment in Part III, that some of the kids of the town still ''are'' related to his killers. [[Continuity Snarl|You see how it goes.]]
* El Nebuloso in ''Yellowbeard''.
* Most [[Disney Animated Canon|Disney villains]] are far too self-deluded to even ''think'' of labeling themselves as villains or just flat-out don't care. Then there's Maleficent, who, [[Evil Is Cool|magnificently]] and [[Chewing the Scenery|scenery-chompingly]] enough, proclaims herself "mistress of all evil."
** Mad Madam Mim in ''[[The Sword in the Stone]]''. She sings a whole song about how wonderful it is that she's proud to be mad and evil, and she takes "terrible" as a compliment (and finds it lovely when someone's sick—though she doesn't find it so lovely when ''she'' gets sick later...).
** ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'''s Jafar doesn't carry quite as big a card as Maleficent, mainly because [[The Grand Vizier]] can't actually ''say'' he's evil (though he ALWAYS is), but he doesn't seem to take offense when called "Your Rottenness" or "Oh Mighty Evil One" by [[Polly Wants a Microphone|his parrot]] and...calling him a snake leads to an ''epic'' [[Insult Backfire]].
*** "That's ''Sultan'' Vile Betrayal to you!!"
* ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]'';
{{quote|'''Will Turner''': You cheated!
'''Jack Sparrow''': Pirate. }}
** In that case, it was more because Jack was being pragmatic than evil. As he points out later, the only things that matter in the world "are what a man can do and what a man ''can't'' do", and points out that if he'll die in fair combat, "well then, that's not much incentive for me to fight fair, now is it?"
{{quote|'''Phillip''': You are killing her!
'''Blackbeard''': I'm a bad man. }}
* Bluto in the ''[[Popeye]]'' film, who has an entire song number boasting of his being mean.
* Vigo the Carpathian from ''[[Ghostbusters]] 2''. "Now is the dawning of the season of evil..." and etc.
** And his titles. And his introduction.
* Sardo Numspa from ''[[The Golden Child]]''.
* Wilson Croft from ''[[Flubber]]''. "I'm petty and corrupt...I have profited from your ideas. To be honest, I'm here this weekend to steal your fiancee and make her my wife."
* Lampshaded and then fully embraced by Tony Montana in ''[[Scarface]]'' in the restaurant scene.
{{quote|You're all a bunch of assholes, you know why? You don't have the guts to be what you want to be. You need people like me! You need people like me so you can point your fucking fingers and say 'That's the bad guy!' What that make you? Good? You're not good. You just know how to hide. How to lie. Me? I don't have that problem. Me, I always tell the truth. Even when I lie. So say goodnight to the bad guy!}}
* Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg from ''[[The Fifth Element]]'' is a great example, though he tries to justify this behavior by claiming that life comes from chaos and, therefore, destruction actually creates and improves life.
{{quote|'''Vito Cornelius:''' [[You Monster!|You're a monster, Zorg]].
'''Zorg:''' *Smirking* I know. }}
* Bowler Hat Guy from ''[[Meet the Robinsons]]'' aspires to be one of these. He's [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|not very good]] [[Hilarity Ensues|at it]].
* In ''[[Kung Pow! Enter the Fist]]'', [[Fluffy the Terrible|Betty]] is the loyal enforcer of the [[Omniscient Council of Vagueness|Evil Council]]. And there's also the fact that he is formally known as Master Pain.
{{quote|'''Mayor''': Master, what exactly is the Evil Council's plan?
'''Betty''': [[Department of Redundancy Department|It is evil. It is so evil. It is a bad, bad plan that will hurt...many people...who are good. I think is great, because it is so bad.]] }}
* Gnorga, the Queen of Trolls in [[A Troll in Central Park]], even goes so far as to sing a [[Villain Song]] about what a nasty person she is and how much she enjoys it ("It feels delicious, to be so vicious, I'm Gnorga, the queen of mean!"). When she explains why she hates Stanley so much, she angrily ''complains'' "he is good, he is kind, he is GENTLLLLEEEEE!"
** "I'm a bad troll...a very bad troll...."
* Red, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[All Dogs Go to Heaven]] 2'', loves being bad so much, he has a [[Villain Song]] about it called [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJwd86x81SI It Feels So Good To Be Bad]. Kinda justified because he's a demon from the pits of Hell.
* While not the main villain, or even doing anything horrendous (when you take the film's nature into consideration), some of Fat Sam's goons in [[Bugsy Malone]] proudly sing about just how rotten they are in the aptly named song "Bad Guys".
* The self-identified Seven Evil Exes from [[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]].
* Ming The Merciless in the 1980s ''[[Flash Gordon (film)|Flash Gordon]]'' movie: if there is a Villain cliche, he plays it. Note that "The Merciless" is the title he picked out ''for himself''.
* In ''[[Hudson Hawk]]'', when Hawk asks [[Big Bad]] Darwin Mayflower who he is, Mayflower shoots back, "Isn't it obvious? I'm ''the villain''."
* ''[[Megamind]]'' lived and breathed this trope.
* Benedict in ''[[Last Action Hero]]'' knows he's a villain and has no problem showing it. Of course, he's an actual villain in the [[Show Within a Show]] ''Jack Slater IV''. Once he gets out into the "real world", he realizes it works by different rules (such as the cops ''not'' showing up immediately after he shoots a random guy on the street, and the neighbors not caring) and tries to subvert many villain tropes, except, of course, for the [[Evil Brit]], the [[Evil Is Hammy]], and the [[Evil Gloating]] ones (he can't exactly help the former, and the other two are too ingrained into him). He's played by [[Charles Dance]], who also played the card-carrying [[Big Bad]] in ''[[The Golden Child]]''.
{{quote|'''Benedict''': Gentlemen. Since you are about to die anyway, I may as well tell you the entire plot. Think of villains, Jack. You want [[Dracula]]? Dra-cool-la? Hang on (''takes out the magic ticket''), I'll fetch him. Dracula? Huh. I can get [[King Kong]]! We'll have a nightmare with [[A Nightmare on Elm Street|Freddy Krueger]], have a surprize party for [[Adolf Hitler]], [[The Silence of the Lambs|Hannibal Lecter]] can do the catering, and then we'll have christening for [[Rosemary's Baby]]! All I have to do is snap my fingers and they'll be here. They're lining up to get here, and do you know why Jack? Should I tell you why? Hmm? Because here, in this world, the bad guys can win!}}
* 1979's ''The Villain,'' a western comedy with Kirk Douglas as the hapless, [[Looney Tunes|Wile E. Coyote-esque]] titular character.
* Oba from the second [[Joshuu Sasori|''Female Prisoner Scorpion'']] film, ''Jailhouse 41''. She's very quick to exaggerate her own badness compared to the legendary Sasori (the titular character), but her crowning moment of evilness is the point at which she outdoes all the other women present in describing the crime for which she was imprisoned:  {{spoiler|she drowned her two-year-old son and then stabbed her unborn baby to death, because her husband had an affair. She hikes up her dress to show off the scars...and keeps it up and in everyone's face for what seems like an eternity.}} She absolutely embraces this persona and the fear it engenders in almost everyone, and ultimately  {{spoiler|dies still muttering about going back to her home island, burning down everyone's house, and stabbing them all.}}

==  Literature  ==
* Subverted in the ''[[Discworld]]'' novels with Lord Vetinari, who cheerfully classifies himself as one of "the bad people", but is actually a force for good, or at least stability. A sort of Card Carrying [[Anti-Villain]].
{{quote|'''Greenyham''': ''You can't do that!''
'''Vetinari''': ''Can I not? I'm a tyrant. It's what we do.'' }}
** Greenyham has been calling Vetinari a tyrant through most of the book, on the grounds that Vetinari runs the government. (Vetinari probably ''is'' a tyrant in the original Greek sense of the word: a guy who bosses the polis.) It's a [[Take That]] to libertarian propaganda.
** Note that he also classifies ''everyone'' as "bad people". But some of them are on [[Evil Versus Evil|opposite sides]].
** Lady Felmut, in ''[[Discworld/Wyrd Sisters|Wyrd Sisters]]''. Granny Weatherwax tries to [[Mind Rape]] her by "showing her her [[True Self]]" - and it doesn't work, because she's already well aware she's a villain, and she's proud of it.
** Also somewhat subverted with Dr. Hix (né Hicks), head of UU's Department of <s>Necr--</s> Post-Mortem Communication. Because necromancy is a so-called evil curriculum, he wears the skull ring and forces himself (if apologetically) to take an Evil stance on things, simply because it goes with his job description.
** <s>Sub--</s><s>Lampsh--</s> ''Done something with'' by Abrim, [[The Grand Vizier]] in ''Sourcery''. He points out that the evil things he does ''are'' expected of him. But he doesn't apologize for doing them, like Dr. Hix, or do them for the greater good, like Vetinari. Probably closest to lampshaded.
* Acheron Hades of the ''[[Thursday Next]]'' series ''literally'' wrote the book (''Degeneracy for pleasure and profit'') and extols the wonder of doing evil for its own sake. He also complains that profit "dilutes the taste of wickedness".
* Some of ''[[Redwall]]'''s villains clearly revel in this trope. Vilu Daskar, upon being praised by his crew for inventive sadism, modestly says "Oh, I do my best to be the worst." The trope gets even more obvious in ''Triss'', when the villainous pirate crew does ''three [[Villain Song|song and dance numbers]]'' dedicated to their own gruesome behaviour. The irony here being that Grubbage, one of the singers of the second song (''"'Tis nice to be a villain/wot all honest creatures fears/and terrorise the beasts for miles around"''), does a [[Heel Face Turn]] in a sadly ''very'' brief skimmed-over epilogue.
* The Nome King from [[L. Frank Baum]]'s ''[[Land of Oz]]'' stories is a sadistic old bastich who enjoys being angry because it makes everyone around him miserable.
* Godelot, a historical personage in ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' and author of ''Magick Most Evile'', reveled in his villainy (although a passage quoted in ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (novel)|Half-Blood Prince]]'' indicates that {{spoiler|[[Even Evil Has Standards|even he would not dare go into the field of Horcruxes]]}}).
** Fenrir Greyback could also count. There's his memorable line towards the end of ''Half-Blood Prince'', in which he openly admits to coming to the castle without being invited, just because he wants to kill and eat children. While still in human form.
** The villain of ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (novel)|Goblet of Fire]]'' might count: "Decent people are so easy to manipulate, Potter..."
** If ''The Methods of Rationality'' is right, anyone creating a horcrux would pretty much have to be a completely unironic Card-Carrying Villain. The theory is, you need to do something so depraved and inhumane that you literally cannot live with yourself and break your own soul to get a piece to put in the horcrux. ([[Nightmare Fuel|Yikes]].)
* The poster-boy for [[Yellow Peril]], [[Fu Manchu]], started out as one of these ("They die like flies! And I am the God of Destruction!"), before turning into something closer to a [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]].
* The wicked duke in [[James Thurber]]'s ''[[The 13 Clocks]]''
{{quote|''"We all have flaws," he said, "and mine is being wicked."''}}
* When you're almost literally [[God|the Creator's]] [[Evil Twin]] and your most common name is [[Chronicles of Thomas Covenant|Lord Foul the Despiser]], it's pretty safe to assume that you aren't an [[Anti-Villain]].
* ''[[Emberverse|Dies the Fire]]'' by [[S.M. Stirling]]. The [[Big Bad]] who's turned Portland into a feudal dictatorship uses the [[The Lord of the Rings|Eye of Sauron]] on his flag. One of the protagonists comments how stupid this is, as it would make more sense to use the Stars & Stripes to give himself legitimacy. When his colleague points out that "[[Evil Is Sexy|Hey, it's cool to be bad!]]", he responds "What's the point of letting people know you're evil enough to backstab them at the first suitable opportunity?"
* One gets the impression that Pryrates, [[Evil Sorcerer]] and [[The Dragon]] to the [[Big Bad]] of [[Tad Williams]]' ''[[Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn]]'', has a list of [[Villain]] tropes in his pocket and is working his way through it as the story goes on. [[Kick the Dog]], check. [[Torture Cellar]], check. [[Deal with the Devil|Sell your king's soul]] for power, check. All we need is the [[Evil Gloating]]...oh, there he goes.
* Alex DeLarge of ''[[A Clockwork Orange (novel)|A Clockwork Orange]]'' happily rapes, murders, and beats as he pleases. Why? Because, as he freely admits, he just prefers to be evil.
* Every villain of a Wilbur Smith novel basically lives and breathes this trope. They're so ''obviously'' evil that it's as if they all came from the same [[Kick the Dog|dog-kicking]] [[Incredibly Lame Pun|litter]].
* [[The Chessmaster|O'Brien]], the villain (of [[Crapsack World|many]]) of ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four|1984]]'', gives a [[Hannibal Lecture]] to Winston, where he extols the virtues of a world of fear, torment, and treachery. One of the more well-executed [[Complete Monster]]s in fiction.
* A rare case of this trope being played both seriously and non-[[Narm]]fully is the Hunter of C.S. Friedman's ''[[Coldfire Trilogy]]''. Living in a world where the human mind can unconsciously shape reality, he has made an absolute monster of himself in a bid to deliberately invoke the trope of the invulnerable evil overlord.
** Beyond that, he's getting his immortality through a [[Deal with the Devil|pact]] with an entity that's basically the unholy lovechild of [[Satan]] and [[Eldritch Abomination|Cthulhu]] - if he ever ''stopped'' being knowingly and extremely evil, it would withdraw its end of the bargain, killing him.
* Don John in [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' comes right out and says it. He's pissed that he can't rule because he's a bastard son, and will therefore do anything so long as it causes his brother grief: "I had rather be a canker in a hedge than a rose in / his grace, and it better fits my blood to be / disdained of all than to fashion a carriage to rob / love from any: in this, though I cannot be said to / be a flattering honest man, it must not be denied / but '''I am a plain-dealing villain'''." Played quite straight by Keanu Reeves in the 1993 film, the character has no purpose but to foil the good guys.
* Partially [[Subverted Trope|subverted]] in the ''[[Babylon 5]]'' [[Expanded Universe]] trilogy ''The Passing of the Techno-Mages'' with Galen, whose original high ideals for the [[Magic From Technology|Technomage]] order are shattered when he [[The Reveal|finds out]] that {{spoiler|Technomages are products of Shadow technology}}. As such, he starts to believe himself to be inherently evil, incapable of good. Turning into a [[Person of Mass Destruction]] doesn't help. He later changes his mind.
** On the other hand, several other Technomages definitely fit the trope. {{spoiler|Razeel}} willingly chooses to serve the Shadows for an unknown reason. {{spoiler|Circe}}'s motivation for betrayal is pure desire for power.
* Various characters in [[Andrew Vachss]]' Burke books, including the [[Anti-Villain]] [[Villain Protagonist]] himself, identify themselves as "thieves". How evil these characters are actually varies from person to person.
* Kurt Barlow from [['Salem's Lot]].
* ''[[In Death]]'': some of the bad guys reach this level in the series. Casto from ''Immortal In Death'' admits that he is a selfish man. Reanna Otts in ''Rapture In Death'' cheerfully describes herself as [[The Sociopath]] and completely agrees with that diagnosis!
* Lieutenant Colonel Korn from ''[[Catch-22]]'' takes positive delight in describing how odious and reprehensible his plans are.
{{quote|'''Colonel Korn''' ''(to Yossarian)'': I really do [[Worthy Opponent|admire you a bit]]. You're an intelligent person of great moral character who has taken a very courageous stand. I'm an intelligent person with no moral character at all, so I'm in an ideal position to appreciate it.}}
* House Bolton in ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]''. Their house arms features a flayed man due to their history of flaying their prisoners alive. They wear pink and red capes because ages ago they used to ''wear the skins'' before submitting to House Stark. Their castle is called the Dreadfort. Lord Roose Bolton and his heir Ramsay commit numerous atrocities and eventually {{spoiler|betray their liege lords in a massacre that shocks the continent}}.
* Set in ''[[The Kane Chronicles]]''.
{{quote|'''Set:''' You figure that out all by yourself? The god of evil is evil?}}
* [[Complete Monster|Conrad Bland]] in Mike Resnick's ''Walpurgis III''. He's quoted as saying "Evil is its own justification," declares that a decent and honorable man is "the Enemy" he must destroy ... and he'd never make a pact with Satan, because [[Eviler Than Thou|he doesn't feel any need to own Satan's soul]].

==  Live-Action TV  ==
* Taken literally in [[Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger]] where all the villains carry business cards that they toss to The Akibarangers
* The Janitor from ''[[Scrubs]]'' identifies himself as evil and takes great dislike in anyone who doesn't fear him, coining the phrase "Fearitude" for his presence.
** Though, he HAS helped others on occasion, is kind to people he likes, etc.
* ''[[Power Rangers]]'' is one of the most noticeable examples of this, particularly in its earlier years, where each season's villains would refer to themselves as "[insert title here] of Evil". This culminated in the sixth season, where all the preceding villains were revealed to be members of a "United Alliance of Evil."
** The only thing the UAE was ever seen doing was throwing celebration parties for themselves, complete with streamers and conga lines. That's one awesome organization.
*** ''And'' launching a massive, coordinated attack on the entire universe in the ''In Space'' finale.
** Speaking of ''In Space'', when the [[Psycho Rangers]] introduce themselves, Psycho Pink finishes off their onslaught of [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner|Pre Ass Kicking One Liners]] by simply announcing the fact that the Psychos are evil.
*** Adding more to this scene is the fact that, unlike the previous villain's announcing themselves as evil, it's actually truly menacing here.
* ''[[Babylon 5]]'' was mostly pretty good about avoiding this, going by the motto "The monster never sees a monster in the mirror." In fact, there are still a sizable number of fans who believe that one or more of the show's villains was right. Except for President Clark, whose ideology was basically future human fascism, with [[Fantastic Racism|extreme xenophobia]] against the other races. When the rebellion is winning and he's about to be deposed, Clark is going to destroy everyone with him for spite and fear of its eventual fall, with the very appropriate order "Scorched Earth." It's actually a fairly prescient examination of how simple American-style patriotic conservatism could morph into fascism and, extending the analogy, Clark tries to do more or less what Hitler would have liked to have done had his domain been larger than Berlin/had there been much of Germany left to destroy anyway.<ref>Or rather, what he ''ordered'' Albert Speer to do, but [[Punch Clock Villain|Speer]], [[Peer Pressure Makes You Evil|despite his friendship and loyalty to Hitler]], [[Noble Demon|just couldn't get behind the order]], [[Pragmatic Villainy|seeing as it was pointless]].</ref>
** Early on, the Shadows seem to be this (deliberately maximizing the [[Nightmare Fuel]] of all their technology, always calling themselves "shadows" in the language of whomever they're talking to), but we later learn this is a mask, facing fear (of them) makes us stronger , and they're doing it [[Knight Templar|for our own good]]. Like most such people, they [[Motive Decay|eventually forget why it's for their own good]] and morph into [[Chaotic Stupid|general chaos-mongers]] intent only on antagonizing the Vorlons (who have themselves become [[Lawful Stupid|general order-mongers]]).
* The Trio from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', three supernerds who explicitly set out to become supervillains because they thought it was cool. They were ''really'' bad at it though.
** [[Not-So-Harmless Villain|At first]].
** Spike, on multiple occasions, proudly reminds the Scoobies that, although defanged, he is still a demon and therefore evil. Harmony (in ''[[Angel]]'') is more ambivalent; apparently, she doesn't mind being good but, ultimately, cannot help doing evil.
{{quote|'''Harmony''': "Is this okay? I mean. I am evil, technically. I don't mind torturing her for the team. "}}
** See also Faith in season 3.
** And the First Evil does what she does because she is, well, evil.
** Buffy vampires are pretty much unapologetically evil in general, unless they [[Angel|have souls]].
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' has too many to count, the most famous and recognizable being the Master, who came complete with a [[Beard of Evil]].
** The <s>Knacker's Yard</s> <s>Railyard</s> Valeyard.
*** Even more so, surely, Sutekh! "Your evil is my good. I am the Sutekh the Destroyer. Where I tread I leave nothing but dust and darkness. I find that good."
* ''[[Oz]]''. [[Complete Monster]] Simon Adebisi acknowledges this to Muslim inmate Kareem Said, the night before their final fatal confrontation.
{{quote|'''Adebisi''': I know you have come here to destroy me.
'''Said''': Simon, I don't want to destroy you. I want to help you change.
'''Adebisi''': That ''is'' what will destroy me. You see I am who I am, just as you are. And I do what I do, just as you must. }}
* ''[[The Mighty Boosh]]'': The Hitcher loves to tell the audience he's pure evil and even raps about it in his theme tune. In ''The Mighty Boosh Live'', he spent a few minutes extolling his evil to the audience and didn't stop when he ran out of examples: "I'm -- I'm a ''knob''!"
** "Every boo just makes my [[Squick|erection that little bit stronger!]] ...Don't boo ''[[Perverse Sexual Lust|after]]'' the concept, ya ''freak''!"
** The radio version has Vince and Howard thrown in prison and in the cell next to them is a man who simply mutters threats to them for hours on end ("I'm gonna snap your nose off and toss it at a vicar", for example). Howard eventually plucks up the courage to talk to him and asks him why he's doing that, and he replies that "all I'm interested in is evil".
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Prince of Fire]] from ''[[Lexx]]'' gleefully described himself as "evil" and made a point to create as much pain and misery as possible [[For the Evulz]].
{{quote|'''Kai''': Why do you want to destroy the Planet Water?
'''Prince''': Because it is full of good, and I am full of bad. I think that's all there is to it. I'm not very complicated really. }}
** While he's this trope, he chucks it off to being ''born'' a [[Sealed Evil in a Can]] (in this case, a planet), with the intended purpose of keeping balance, and blames his existence on [[Neglectful Precursors]] of some sort. He likes the being evil part, but he doesn't like the being sealed or keeping balance parts. {{spoiler|[[Karma Houdini|He gets his wish]]...sort of.}}
* Alex Russo in ''[[Wizards of Waverly Place]]''. Whenever someone refers to her as evil, dark, or scary, she just grins and/or giggles, she actively encourages her [[Cool Loser]] status at school and deliberately provokes fights with her brother, Justin, because "that's how things are supposed to be".
* Flosso of ''[[FlashForward]]'' takes this trope and runs with it. His first on-screen appearance involves him shooting one of his subordinates who delivered something, for no apparent reason. His official introduction starts with him lighting up a cigar, stating that he has done so his entire life, and pointing out "[[Good Smoking, Evil Smoking|only villains smoke]]." When someone interrupts him, he flicks the still-hot ash at the offender's face, smiles, and proclaims "I'm a villain."
* The Big Cheese from the ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' "Secret Service Dentists" sketch, who not only shoots his own [[Right-Hand-Cat|Right Hand]] <s>Cat</s>[[Right-Hand-Cat|Rabbit]] but also makes death threats including phrases like "...and because I'm so evil..."
* Pretty much all the villains in most ''[[Super Sentai]]'' or ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' series.
* While the Goa'uld of ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' are [[Exclusively Evil]], none of them ever seem aware of how evil they are. Anubis, who also happens to be the most evil Goa'uld, however, is a little different. From his dialogue as "Jim", it's implied that he knows ''exactly'' how evil and vicious he is. He spends a good deal of his appearance complaining about how cruel Anubis' actions are and how unfair it is that nobody is stopping him. All while pretending to be a good guy.
* John Bly, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[The Adventures of Brisco County Jr]]'', actually cites uses this trope as the reason he refuses to free his now-useless hostage in the episode "Fountain of Youth". "Why don't you let me go? I'm no use to you anymore." "Because I'm evil, Professor."
* Doctor Chaotica from the ''Captain Proton'' [[Show Within a Show]] on ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' is your typical retro sci-fi villain.
*  {{spoiler|Jim}} Moriarty from ''[[Sherlock]]''.
{{quote|'''Sherlock Holmes:''' You're insane.
''' {{spoiler|Jim}} Moriarty:''' [[Insult Backfire|You're just getting that now?]] }}

== Music ==
* Quasi-subversion: the ''Something Wicked'' two-part [[Concept Album]] by [[Iced Earth]] deals with the [[Ancient Conspiracy]] of the Setian race. The Setians are [[Anti-Villain|AntiVillains]] with a detailed [[Start of Darkness]] and a reasonable motivation for wanting to destroy mankind...but they still, consistently and repeatedly, refer to themselves as "Wicked".
* Voltaire's song "When You're Evil" is a song about a guy who admits how much he loves being evil...or possibly actually ''is'' evil itself, as the speaker/singer says "The Devil tips his hat to me."
* Uncle Ernie from [[The Who]]'s ''[[Tommy]]'': "I'm your wicked Uncle Ernie..."
** Same with Cousin Kevin: "I'm the school bully/The classroom cheat/The nastiest play-friend you ever could meet..."
* The Diamond Head song "Am I Evil?". The answer is, unsurprisingly, "Yes I am!".
* The narrators of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1kbH1QEmkU "Mr. Bad Example"] by [[Warren Zevon]] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fELrliuqZvM "The Future"] by [[Leonard Cohen]].
* [[Blue Öyster Cult|"I'm makin' a career of evil..."]]
* Danish metal band Evil only released one EP, but half the tracks on there fit this trope perfectly: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fOy3n-MHAI their namesake track] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNtQ4k96Vjc "Son of the Bitch."]
* Many songs from the point of view of a serial killer. For example, "The Ripper" by [[Judas Priest]].

== Newspaper Comics ==
* In ''[[Dilbert]]'', Catbert is the "Evil Director of Human Resources". That's right, he's got the word "evil" in his job title. And he lives up to it with glee:
{{quote|'''Dilbert''': My boss is preventing me from transferring to a great job.
'''Catbert''': That's outrageous! There shouldn't be any great jobs in this company. }}
** Equally <s>good</s> evil example:
{{quote|'''Alice''': How many of your policies are formulated for the sole purpose of gratifying your sadistic tendencies?
'''Catbert''': All of them. Some are just more noticeable. }}
** Don't forget Phil The Prince of Insufficient Light.

== Professional Wrestling ==
* [[Scott Hall|Razor Ramon]] - "Say hello to the bad guy" as a play on the Tony Montana line mentioned above.
* [[Eddie Guerrero]] (along with nephew Chavo as a tag team) was pushed as a heel in 2003 as someone who would always "lie, cheat and steal" his way to victory. It backfired, as fans grew to ''like'' the fact that Eddie was honest about his dishonesty (and because it made him look smarter than his foes).
** And before Eddie, there was [[Ric Flair|Ric "The Dirtiest Player in The Game" Flair]]. There was really no difference between [[Face Heel Revolving Door|his heel and face personas]]: he'd low-blow and cheap shot heel and face alike and tell you beforehand he would.
* [[Kane (wrestling)|Kane]] makes no effort to hide the fact that he's evil. It's in his intro video.
* Kaientai (TAKA Michinoku and SHO Funaki). One guy would make an amusing speech that always ended with "[[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|We. Are. EEEEEVVVVILLL]]" and the other would make a long speech that was translated "[[Large Ham|INNNDEEEEEEEEED]]". Of course, they were huge faces and didn't favour cheap tactics.
* [[The Undertaker]], when giving his [[Motive Rant]] upon one of his heel turns, said, "And I know that some of you are wondering how it is that I can join forces with such an evil, despicable, maniacal individual [as [[Paul Bearer]]]...well, if that isn't reason enough all by itself then I don't guess I can explain it to you folks any better!" He would go around calling himself The Lord of Darkness and saying things like, "Embrace the purity of evil."
* William Regal actually has the word "Villain" written on his tights.

==  Radio  ==
* The ironically named Mr Gently Benevolent in the Dickens parody ''[[Bleak Expectations]]''. Also, the less ironically named Hardthrashers and their cousins, the Sternbeaters, Whackwallops, and Grimpunches.

== Religion ==
* [[Satan]] is often depicted in this manner.

==  Tabletop Games  ==
* "Evil" is one end of one of the two "alignment" axes in the [[Dungeons & Dragons|AD&D]] setting. Most Evil characters recognize this. Not to mention how they are ''penalized'' if they ''don't'' act evil.
** 3rd Edition ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' tossed out the penalties, but there are still races that are simply [[Exclusively Evil|unable to act otherwise]].
** And now 4th Edition has tossed out the second dimension of alignment. The law-chaos scale determining another portion of one's mindset is gone, so now alignment is simply determining just ''how'' good or evil you are.
*** Debatable, since alignment in 4th Edition has absolutely zero effect on your character (no penalties for acting out of alignment, no "Evil" or "Good" spell descriptors, etc.), it could be said that alignment is now only cosmetic.
* Volrath from ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'' was just absurdly over-the-top in how eeeeeevil he was. ''"I once had an entire race killed just to listen to the rattling of their dried bones as I waded through them."'' To be fair, he was R&D's first real attempt at creating a [[Big Bad]], and, as it turned out, he was [[The Dragon]] to someone just as evil but with no bloody time or inclination for theatrics.
** They recently created a new variant for casual play called Archenemy, a one-vs.-many game where, by dint of being the [[Big Bad]] of the game, the outnumbered player gets a number of benefits, including use of a "scheme" deck, a set of cards (that actually have the type Scheme) maintained separately from the library that give special benefits (usually for free) once per turn. (The idea is that the Archenemy is such a threat that other Planeswalkers have put aside differences and banded together to stop him.) The kicker is that each Scheme has a grandiose title (usually accompanying an equally devastating effect), often degenerating into card-carrying villainy, and some darkly appropriate flavor text. For example, Behold The Power Of Destruction destroys all nonland permanents target player controls. The flavor text?
{{quote|''I'd call that a successful first test. Golem! Rearm the [[Doomy Dooms of Doom|Doom Citadel]]!''}}
* Chaos and the Dark Eldar in ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' take delight in being on the extreme wrong side of the [[Moral Event Horizon]]. Considering the latter group literally ''lives'' off of [[Squick]] taken to the point of nightmarish, this is perhaps understandable. A quote from the nearest thing they have to a leader: "Death is my meat, terror my wine."
* ''[[Exalted]]'' gives us the Infernal Exalted; while they aren't [[Exclusively Evil]], the cards are stacked against them. For one thing, if they go against the will of their [[The Legions of Hell|Yozi]] masters, they accrue Torment, which can backlash and affect mortals in nasty ways. The only way to bleed off torment is to engage in Acts of Villainy—stick your foes in death traps, force an innocent into an arranged marriage, monologue at your archnemesis, etc. This is what happens when the guy behind the plan is ''the cosmic embodiment of douchebaggery''. Mind you, it's doesn't say ''who'' you have to perform some of those Acts of Villainy on...
** Also a subversion in that any given Infernal's [[Evil Plan|dastardly evil scheme]] could be [[Completely Missing the Point|"make creation into a utopia"]] and their [[Poke the Poodle|Acts of Villainy]] [[Good Feels Good|don't even have to be evil]]. All that matters is that they ''[[Dangerously Genre Savvy|act]]'' like a Card-Carrying Villain.
**** Mind you, an Infernal could make such a deal solely [[Rule of Cool|for the sake of getting all the nifty powers]], with no intent to serve the Reclamation (and, in fact, with [[Faustian Rebellion|potential plans for a double-cross]]). Nothing forces the Infernals to truly be evil. The cards are ''supposed'' to be stacked against them, but the Ebon Dragon's [[Idiot Plot|so awful at planning]] that it backfires on every level...
** And then there's the whole reason they're like that—the Ebon Dragon had an active hand in their creation. Each of the Primordials represents a principle of Creation, and the Ebon Dragon once represented betrayal. Every thing he does is based around screwing someone over, even if it screws him as well.

==  Theatre  ==
* Many [[Shakespeare]] villains were motivated simply by wanting to be a villain:
** Most famously, ''[[Richard III]]''.
** Don John in ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'', counseled to act nice to remain in the Prince's good books, retorts that he's always believed in being true to your nature. Since his nature is that of a villain, he's going to go ahead and ''be'' one, rather than pretend not to be—even if it's counter to his best interests.
*** And, of course, in case you have any doubts about that true nature, he's also a [[Values Dissonance|bastard]]. Being born out of wedlock makes you inherently a jerk.
** Iago continually changes his reasoning for his actions in ''[[Othello]]''. Originally, it was out of jealousy because he was passed over for promotion; however, he eventually abandons not only this justification, but ''all'' possible rationalizations. He is identified simply as a "Villaine" in the list of characters in the first folio, and [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]] famously noted his "motiveless malignity". Iago himself, when questioned on his motivation, simply refuses to explain anything...though there are those who [[Epileptic Trees|attribute his actions]] to [[Ho Yay|less incomprehensible motives]].
*** Or there's the possibility that he's simply jealous of ''anyone'' who has anything good that he doesn't and fucks with Cassio, Desdemona, and Othello accordingly.
** Aaron in ''Titus Andronicus'' states outright that all he wants to do with his life is be evil; the only reason he aids the play's antagonist instead of working against her is because it gives him a chance to do very evil, uncouth things. It's because [[Values Dissonance|he's black, and black people are evil.]] His last line in the play is:
{{quote|'''Aaron:''' If one good deed in all my life I did,
I do repent it from my very soul. }}
*** [[Alternate Character Interpretation|Modern interpretations]], including Julie Taymor's [[This Is Your Premise on Drugs|memorable version]], sometimes have his actions as [[Freudian Excuse|payback for the way he is treated]], and add a [[Pet the Dog]] moment or two.
* Captain Hook in [[Peter Pan]]. In pretty much any version (novel, play, or movie adaptation).

== Video Games ==
* Joey Rottenwood, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[The Spellcasting Series]]''. He [[Genre Savvy|firmly believes in all time-honored villain traditions]], including [[Bond Villain Stupidity|telling Ernie his plot while he has him captured]], and he has a knack for making [[Villain Exit Stage Left|absurdly easy escapes]] when his plans are foiled. He even reads a villain's manual to ensure he's doing everything correctly.
* Charnel of ''[[Sacrifice]]'', occasionally taken to rather humorous levels given he's an evil god of slaughter.
{{quote|'''Charnel''': He ''lies''! Do not believe anything he says!
'''James''': ...What if he tells me you're a villain?
'''Charnel''': Don't believe anything ''else'' he has to say! }}
** Another bit with him:
{{quote|'''Charnel''': Kill the blasphemer!
'''Persephone''': Charnel! Death is not the answer to everything...
'''Charnel''': Yes, [[Cold-Blooded Torture|torture]] also has its merits. }}
* In ''[[Super Mario Bros.|Super Mario Bros]]'', Bowser actively pursues a life of evil debauchery, seeks evil locales for his castles, and enjoys being called "your vileness". However, in the spinoffs and ''[[Super Mario Sunshine]]'', his evilness began to decline with being a "[[Noble Demon]]" too much, especially as in the Mario RPG's. Despite helping his enemies to his status as a Card-Carrying Villain, they only show that Bowser has become capable of goodness, at least to some degree. Still, his attempts to be a Card-Carrying Villain in the main platformers are still effective, whether Mario defeats him or not. His attempts in the Super Mario Galaxy games take him up a level, since he planned to take over his galaxy and, later, the entire universe, which would still end in disaster {{spoiler|and kill him with the entire universe}}.
** The Smithy Gang from ''[[Super Mario RPG]]'' seem to enjoy causing widespread chaos. Smithy even says he'd like to "Get rid of all wishes and create a world filled with...WEAPONS!!
{{quote|'''Axem Red:''' We fight for evil!
'''Axem Black:''' We live for disorder!
'''Axem Green:''' We like what we do!
'''Axem Pink:''' We struggle for chaos!
'''Axem Yellow:''' We are...
'''All:''' [[Power Rangers|...the AXEM RANGERS!!]] }}
* In ''[[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|The Legend of Zelda]]'', Ganondorf has referred to himself as the Great King of Evil.
* Every single evil-affilated racer in the ''[[F-Zero]]'' series. '''''EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.''''' Special mention goes to [[Evil Is Hammy|Black Shadow]].
** Bonus points: his voice actor in the [[Anime of the Game|anime adaptation]] is [[Norio Wakamoto]].
* Luca Blight from ''[[Suikoden II]]'', even after [[Annoying Arrows|being showered with arrows]], [[Climax Boss|battling three squads of the opposing army's most powerful soldiers simultaneously]], being showered with ''[[No One Could Survive That|even more]]'' arrows, and [[Duel Boss|losing a duel to the death with the main character]], still has the strength to roar triumphantly in his [[Final Speech]] that even though it took hundreds to kill him, he [[Omnicidal Maniac|slaughtered humans by the thousands]], and that he is probably [[Complete Monster|the single most evil man who has ever lived]] (which is probably true), before finally dying.
* [[Complete Monster|Yuuki Terumi]] of ''[[BlazBlue]]'' [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing|pretended to be good]] at the beginning of ''Calamity Trigger'', but by ''Continuum Shift'', abandons the facade entirely, nicely encapsulated by this little speech he gives to Hakumen:
{{quote|"OK, all right, fine! How about this reason? Seems as good as any. I do all the wonderful things I do because [[For the Evulz|I want to see the miserable look on the faces of people like YOU when you're wallowing in despair, dismay, grief, frustration, misery]]...all sorts of other unpleasant nouns."}}
** [[Justified Trope|He does explain later on that people's hatred of him is what keeps him from]] [[Ret-Gone|disappearing]]. [[Double Subverted|Still, when he enjoys everything else he mentioned and specifically does it as his only source of entertainment with no regrets or]] [[I Did What I Had to Do]]...[[Complete Monster|There's just no excuse]].
** However, if it suits his plan, he would still present himself as a 'mild mannered' officer of NOL, as shown with anyone else not Hakumen, Ragna, Kokonoe or Rachel. He still gave off the vibes of 'suspicious and is dangerous to trust' regardless.
* Most demons from the ''[[Disgaea]]'' series actively try to cultivate an evil and [[Badass]] image for themselves through means that vary from [[Kick the Dog|wanton acts of violence and depravity]] to [[Poke the Poodle|not recycling and playing Ding Dong Ditch.]] Most of them [[Noble Demon|fall into the latter category]] - place them next to the former, and they will [[Even Evil Has Standards|recoil in disgust.]]
* ''[[Devil May Cry]]'' 
** Arkham is obsessed with evil and spreading it wherever he goes, referring to the term "eeevil" with religious reverence as he carries what must be the Antichrist's Bible for Dummies over his heart. Vergil simply ignores him in these moments.
** Bob Barbas, head of the Raptor News Network. Yeah, a network named after a well-known predatory dinosaur, you can expect the news to have [[Understatement|a slight editorial slant]], especially since Bob himself is one of the 72 members of the Ars Goetia and his title is Great President of Hell, and his true form is - supposedly - a bestial lion-demon, another predatory animal, although for the [[Boss Battle]] he looks more like the MCP from ''[[Tron]]''.
* Murray The Demonic Skull from ''[[Monkey Island]]''.
** [[Big Bad|LeChuck]] from the same series.
* Doctor Regal from ''[[Mega Man Battle Network]]'', a representative of moral relativism taken to its extremes, is a very disquieting type 2 Card Carrying Villain, whose objective is to make everyone as evil as he is, first by {{spoiler|gaining control of Duo's asteroid}}, then by {{spoiler|trying to connect all human minds to the Soul Net, and then using Nebula Grey to corrupt it}}. Unlike most such villains, he is ''not'' played for laughs and, in fact, comes out as one of the most threatening and chilling characters in the whole series.
** Despite not being played for laughs, there are quite a few instances where Regal comes off as pretty narmtastic.
** Then let me introduce Dr. Weil, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Mega Man Zero]]'', who had the ambition of fulfilling all three spheres, and ''even succeeding''. And this is one of the modern examples that's ''not'' played for [[Laughably Evil|laughs]] or [[Evil Is Cool|cool]]; he provides us with one of the quotes before battling Zero, [[Complete Monster|describing himself really well]].
*** Strangely, despite realising he's evil (he actually says [[A God Am I|"I am]] [[Inverted Trope|the Devil!"]]), he [[It's All About Me|doesn't think he deserves his rightful punishment]]. It makes him [[Complete Monster|even more demented]].
* ''[[Mega Man Star Force]]''. In the third game, this is used literally; the villains belong to an organization known as Dealer, and they carry Noise Cards with them to make Wizards go out of control.
** Few of the members could really fit well, though. {{spoiler|Queen and Jack were [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|Woobies Destroyer Of Worlds,]] Heartless was The [[Reverse Mole]], and Ace betrayed them before the game began. Even [[Complete Monster]] Joker didn't consider himself evil; he simply considered the weak unfit to exist. Only [[Smug Snake]] King would fit.}}
* The non-Naughty Dog installments of the ''[[Crash Bandicoot]]'' series portray many of its main antagonists as card-carrying villains, especially as the series took a more comedic turn.
* Team Rocket, introduced in the original [[Pokémon Red and Blue|Pokémon]] games, pretty much embodied this attitude. They not only declare how evil they are repeatedly, but generally seem more concerned with making sure that Pokémon are harmed and exploited than actually profitting from their plans
** The members of Team Dim Sun in ''[[Pokémon Ranger]]'' revel in their evil status at every opportunity. However, even ''they'' [[Even Evil Has Standards|won't make fun of a Nosepass!]]
** Also of Pokémon fame, Team Meanies of ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon]]''. They aspire for world domination. Their evil schemes include rescuing a little boy so someone else's mother will give them a reward, trying to get a worm to join their team, stealing your mail, and, this being slightly sinister, rousing up the entire town you live next to into hating you and wanting your blood.
** Their counterpart in the sequels, Team Skull (Team Poison Rose in the Japanese versions), are the same. Their only motivation is greed and harassing the players' team to make them look bad. Compared to the real [[Big Bad]] of the game and his Dragon, they're almost literally the Team Rocket trio in Pokémon form.
* The Genma of the ''[[Onimusha]]'' series revel in being referred to as "evil", most notably in the second game (evident by the final boss being the Golden Evil Statue, and also by the content of some in-game documents).
* In ''[[Cuphead]]'', the Devil himself is one. He makes no effort whatsoever to conceal that he is the owner of the Devil's Casino, not bothering to disguise his hellish appearance in the slightest while offering wagers to gullible customers. His right-hand man Mr. King Dice is even more blatant, boasting in his [[Villain Song]], "I  never play nice, I'm the Devil's right hand man." 
* Gnarl of ''[[Overlord]]'', in a [[Large Ham|most over-the-top manner]]. He takes such great delight in evil for the sake of evil.
* [[Up to Eleven|ALL]] of the antagonists in [[Hero's Realm]] fit the bill, but special mention goes to Balthalas, who sports a fantastic [[Evil Laugh]] to boot.
* Bio-Haz, in the obscure Game Boy RPG ''Great Greed'', is a textbook [[Evil Overlord]] trying to conquer Greene Kingdom, and he's generating as much pollution as possible because it makes him and his army stronger. {{spoiler|It's not until the end of the game that you learn he has another motive besides his [[Title Drop|great greed]]; he wants to save the ''human'' world from pollution by using Greene Kingdom as its garbage dump.}}
* Ridley, and most of the Space Pirates for that matter, in ''[[Metroid]]'' seems to have no other motivation for trying to (ostensibly) take over the galaxy, other than that it's an evil thing to do. They commit horrors and atrocities just for the pure fun of it (although some games suggest most of the Pirates are just a mindless drone race following the orders of dominant intelligent figures like Ridley). Sometimes, a motivation will be supplied from the villain of the week, but usually, they're there, they're bad, kill'em all and reap your rewards.
* Dr. Nefarious of ''[[Ratchet and Clank]]'', a [[Mad Scientist]] [[Large Ham]] robot [[Crush! Kill! Destroy!|bent on destroying the "Squishies"]].
* The Ilwrath of [[Star Control]] II go on at length about how evil they are, as a matter of [[Religion of Evil|religion]]. They certainly do enjoy torture, genocide, murder, etc. However, you can induce a [[Logic Bomb]] by pointing out that, although they are certainly evil by external measures, by following the tenents and customs of their society, they are, in fact, good.
* The super-villain Rictus in ''[[Anachronox]]'':
** I shall kill you...with '''death'''!
* Irenicus from ''[[Baldur's Gate|Baldurs Gate]] 2'' may count. It isn't that he revels in being a villain, he simply does not care enough to bother denying the charge.
** "No, you merit no villain's exposition."
* The Soviets in ''[[Command & Conquer]]:[[Red Alert]]'' series.
* E-123 Omega from ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'', despite being a friend of [[Anti-Hero|Anti Heroes]] Shadow and Rouge.
* House Steiner in the ''[[Mechwarrior]]'' game franchise: on the couple of occasions you aren't fighting them, they're setting you up for a murderous betrayal. The original ''[[BattleTech]]'' universe portrays them as more morally ambiguous.
** Somewhat justified in ''[[Mech Commander]] 2'' and ''[[Mechwarrior]] 4: Vengeance/Mercenaries'', as they are being lead by [[Complete Monster|Katherine Steiner-Davion.]]
* Malefor, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[The Legend of Spyro]]'' trilogy, has absolutely no problems with his title as The Dark Master and, in fact, took the name himself. He's also a third sphere version intending to destroy the world. Unlike most examples of this trope, he's played ''dead serious'' and is pure [[Nightmare Fuel]].
** Didn't seem so accidental to me. Although he's also a villain with a side of [[Large Ham|ham]], so maybe it is after all.
* Oni of ''Super [[Street Fighter IV]]: Arcade Edition'' outright says that he's evil incarnate in his intro.
* King Squid from ''[[Jabless Adventure]]'' outright identifies himself as "the villain" and tells the hero, Jables, that it's too late to stop him from...to be honest, King Squid never really gets to explain what, exactly, his evil scheme is.
* In ''[[Metal Wolf Chaos]]'', [[Evil Chancellor|Vice-President Richard Hawk]] is never given any motive for his coup d'état and subsequent oppression. He just seems to really hate freedom.
* [[Big Bad|Nene]] from ''[[Blue Dragon]]'' definitely fits. Wanting to "share [his] pain and fear" with others is all the explaination he bothers to give for spending the entire game (and many years prior) [[Kick the Dog|spreading chaos, death, and fear throughout the known world.]]
* Most of the evil races in ''[[Galactic Civilizations]]'' take so much ''joy'' in their skull collections. If you're playing an evil race and are on good terms with other evil races, they may occasionally warn you that the good guys want to stop both you and them from torturing people.
* Your character in ''[[Dungeons]]'', along with everyone else, except the heroes.
* Most of the Path of Dark class promotions in ''[[Might and Magic]] VII'' have a name that is either more associated with not-quite-a-good-guy than their Light counterpart (Warlock vs Arch Druid, Bounty Hunter vs Ranger Lord, etc) or invoke darkness (Priest of Dark, Black Knight). The Paladin promotion is called ''Villain'', and yes, the guy that promotes you to it uses it himself.
* Nearly ''every'' non-redeemed villain in the ''[[Advance Wars]]'' series is a ''huge'' one of these. For ''starters'', the "evil" army in the original ''Advance Wars'' trilogy was known as ''Black Hole''.
* ''[[Warframe]]'' gives us its Grineer army: 
** Wants to [[Take Over the World|conquer the universe]]? Check. 
** Is [[Gonk|grotesquely ugly]] due to [[Clone Degeneration]]? Check. 
** [[Large Ham|Loves to constantly yell and boast about its evil plans?]] Check. 
** Is pollution incarnate? Check.
** Is loaded with [[Cyborg|cyborgs?]] Check.

== Web Comics ==
* Xykon from ''[[The Order of the Stick]]'' prides himself on his evilness.
** As do ''most'' OOTS villains, both for the same reasons as [[Dungeons & Dragons|D&D]] and because it fits so well with its playing with the [[Fourth Wall]] nature. Even Belkar, a [[Token Evil Teammate|member of the good guys' team]], at least accepts, or even revels in, his [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0610.html Chaotic Evilness] as a fact.
** The Linear Guild literally carries (business) cards.
** As do {{spoiler|their masters}}, the Inter-Fiend Cooperation Commission, though, considering they're fiends (and therefore literal incarnations of evil), this trope rather goes with the territory.
** Redcloak is an interesting example: he admits he and his god are evil by Dungeons and Dragons alignments, but he still [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|thinks his actions are justified]]. He seems to think of alignments as being more like team names than actual moral judgments.
** Elan's long-lost father turned up and explained why he chose to become an evil tyrant: every story calls for one, so he will be the villain and "live like a god for three decades" until some heroes come along to vanquish him. He'll still be immortalized in bardic lore ''and'' he'll get to be emperor for a while, so, in his opinion, eventual [[Karmic Death]] is worth the payoff.
* Helen, Mell, and, later, Dave in ''[[Narbonic]]''. Helen is, in fact, a Shirt Wearing Villain—her habitual outfit includes an old T-shirt which reads ''"evil"'', with a heart dotting the ''i''.
* ''[[Bob and George]]'' actually has this [[Catch Phrase]]: "What? I'm evil. [[I Lied]]."
* Khrima from ''[[Adventurers!]]!'' is an archetypal example of this. Much like Dr. Evil, he got his degree from [https://web.archive.org/web/20090106151428/http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/0208.html Evil University]. He goes to great lengths to get people to believe he's extremely evil and cruel, and [[Contractual Genre Blindness|adheres religiously to the clichés]] of Evil in [[RPG]]s, with instances ranging from his exact following of the [[Sorting Algorithm of Evil]] to his personally preparing an [[Amazing Technicolor Battlefield]] for the final fight.
* In ''[[Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic]]'', all of the monsters of the mountain identify themselves as evil, though only the Drow (and King Louie the Liche) act like it. The only real difference between the rest of the monsters and the "good" humans and elves are a tendency to eat other sentient beings and a casual approach to mortal violence.
* ''[[Concerned]]'' has Wallace Breen of ''[[Half-Life]]'' become something like this.
* Richard of ''[[Looking for Group]]'' would be a Card-Carrying Villain if he was not a [[Heroic Sociopath|protagonist.]]
* ''GU Comics'' [http://www.gucomics.com/comic/?cdate=20050524 demonstrates.]
* Black Mage Evilwizardington in ''[[8-Bit Theater|Eight Bit Theater]]'', if his last name didn't give it away already.
** Hell, he even tried joining the bad guys after gleefully wasting all his fire spells on [[Goddamned Bats|BATS]] and leaving the Light Warriors to die inside a block of solid ice:
{{quote|'''Drizzl:''' What do you think you're doing?
'''Black Mage:''' I'd say I was joining the winning side, but that would imply that there was some point where I wasn't part of team evil. }}
* ''[[Bob the Angry Flower]]'' once had a violent confrontation with a man who only gave his name as the Evil Business Guy Made of Butter. Well, allegedly had a violent confrontation with an alleged Evil Business Guy made of pure creamy butter.
* {{spoiler|Captain Obvious}} from ''[[The Way of the Metagamer]]'' - he even has a [[Good Hair, Evil Hair|goatee]]!
* ''[[Precocious (Webcomic)|Precocious]]''? Well, the main kids [http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2009/06/30 play as the Super Villain Union]. And when it's time to pick the Class President? Dionne quickly turns the campaign negative [http://www.precociouscomic.com/archive/comic/2010/03/12 as her selling point.]
* In ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', Ellen was this initially in an effort to give herself some sense of identity.

== Web Original ==
* ''[[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog|Doctor Horribles Sing Along Blog]]'' has the [[Department of Redundancy Department|Evil League of Evil]], an elite organization of Card Carrying Villains. The Doc himself (who claims to have a Ph.D. in Horribleness) is a [[Noble Demon]] who aspires to be a member and says he will show his love interest that he's a true villain. Act I features him practicing his [[Evil Laugh]] and discussing his application to ELE; in Act III, he's [[Brick Joke|perfected the laugh]] and indulges in some hamtastic [[Evil Gloating]].
* In ''[[Unforgotten Realms]]'', the [[Evil Overlord]] Timmy the Evil spends his evil time discussing his evil plans for the destruction of the not-so-evil heroes with the evil Professor Walrus. All of his evil plans so far include using evil crystals with a variety of evil powers. Evil.
* {{spoiler|Sarah Genatiempo}} is revealed to have been this [[The Mole|all along]] in the ''[[LG15: the resistance]]'' finale. "[[Back to The Future|Hello? McFly?]] ''I'm evil!'' Completely and utterly evil."
* [[Doctor Steel]] is apparently a member of the [[Weird Trade Union|Mad Scientists Union (Local 42)]] and also seems to be on an Evil Genius Committee.
* The Villain Evil from the Flash cartoon "[[Bonus Stage (web animation)|Bonus Stage]]" is also ''named'' "Evil".
* The [[Large Ham|hammy]] [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot|Evil AI]] [[Red vs. Blue|O'Mally]] often goes off on long speeches about how he will [[Omnicidal Maniac|"Crush every living soul into dust!"]], or use phrases like "For the love of evil".
* Ganondorf, from the Machinima series ''[[Melee's End]]'', seems to only act as an antagonist because he was designed as a bad guy.
* [[The Spoony Experiment|Dr. Insano]] and [[Ask That Guy With The Glasses|Ask That Guy]].
* [[Secret Circle of Secrets|The Circle of Cold Flames]], from the ''[[Global Guardians PBEM Universe]]'', is an order of mystics and sorcerers dedicated to overthrowing Heaven and instituting a reign of evil over the earth (and putting themselves in control over it all in the end). They even describe themselves and their plans as evil when talking to one another.
* In ''[[Trinton Chronicles]]'', the group known as Trinty plays this role well.
* [http://evil-guide.tripod.com/ So You've Decided to Be Evil] is an online guide for Card Carrying Villains.
** There's a book version called ''How To Be A Villain''.
* [[Making Fiends|Vendetta]]. In the web cartoon, Vendetta's main reason to destroy [[The Pollyanna|Charlotte]] seems to be because she thinks Vendetta and the fiends are nice and her friends, although in the TV series, this boils down to [[Motive Decay|"Charlotte is annoying"]]. Same with [[Misplaced Kindergarten Teacher|Mrs. Minty]], who is unaware(?) of Vendetta's evilness and treats her like another misbehaving student, which doesn't end well.
* Evil Blah in ''[[The Demented Cartoon Movie]]''.
* Marik in ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged Series]]'' has this tendency. Ironically, he is one of the ''least'' evil characters.
{{quote|'''Bakura''': Why do we even need the [[Duels Decide Everything|card game]] at all? Why can't we just push him off the boat?
'''Marik''': No! The card game is essential to the plot! [[Evil Is Hammy|The EVIL plot!]] }}
* Vegeta in season 1 of [[Dragonball Z Abridged]]:
{{quote|'''Vegeta:''' That's it, everyone dies! Say goodbye to your planet, Kakarot!
'''Goku:''' That's not very nice.
'''Vegeta:''' OF COURSE NOT, I'M [[Precision F-Strike|F**KING]] EVIL! }}
** Also Freiza, he even demands God to strike him down [[Did You Just Flip Off Cthulu|and laughs when he survives unscathed]]

== Western Animation ==
* ''[[Kim Possible]]''{{'}}s [[Rogues Gallery]] not only self-identify as evil without exception (there are no [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Well Intentioned Extremists]] in this world), but most try very hard to prove it. Shego, in particular, is a good example. She's clearly in it as Drakken's [[The Dragon|Dragon]] for the money, but also tries to beef up her evil credibility on her own time; maybe because she [[Face Heel Turn|used to be]] a [[Superhero]]. One time, she was even manipulated into helping Kim Possible herself, when the heroine threatened to tell the world that Shego [[Old Shame|used to be a good guy]].
** Evil is a whole lifestyle in ''[[Kim Possible]]'', with its own magazines (Shego reads ''Villainess'' while not listening to Drakken's [[Evil Plan]]s), supervillain conventions and trade shows, and a corporation that supplies equipment and henchmen ("[[Trope Co|HenchCo]]"). Though a [[Disney]]-produced show, they aren't above take potshots at the corporate lifestyle and how nicely it dovetails with being a villain.
*** It even has an own TV show: Evil Eye for the Bad Guy.
** The villain culture has a whole set of traditions, to which the bad guys generally adhere, even when they clearly give the heroes a chance to [[Bond Villain Stupidity|escape]] or [[Just Between You and Me|turn the tables]].
* Several in ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]''. Early on, the writers couldn't even come up with a goal for main villain Slade. Few villains even got origin stories, so most seemed to just be causing havoc for the fun of it. Trigon was a card carrying member of this trope, but that's understandable, given that he's an eight-story tall red demon.
** Slade's not as much of one as some - he never self-identifies as evil, and his plans are clearly building towards ''something'' (though [[Hidden Agenda Villain|neither the audience nor the heroes ever get clued in as to what that is]]). Better examples are Brother Blood, who teaches a supervillain school that includes courses on doomsday threats and "Theory of Mayhem", and the Brain, who actually puts the word "evil" in his ''organization's name''!
* Same thing goes for the villains in ''[[El Tigre]]: The Adventures of Manny Rivera''. They even have a villain quarterly magazine.
* Let us not forget ''[[Captain Planet]]''. While, contrary to popular belief, the show's villains generally ''did'' have some kind of discernible motive (usually raw profit at the cost of the environment), causing damage to the planet for its own sake sometimes seemed to [[Flanderization|take a life of its own and supersede anything else]]. In particular, villains such as Verminous Skumm, Dr. Blight on a bad day, and the evil spirit Zarm tended toward the "Corruption/Destruction for its own sake" end of the scale.
* Azula from [[Avatar: The Last Airbender]] embraces the rest of the world's view that she's evil. She even calls herself a monster in the later episodes, but that's actually her way of coping with the self-loathing brought on by those beliefs.
* Roughly 90% of [[Disney]] villains are this. Seriously, some are laughable, some are complex, some have interesting backstories, and most [[Evil Is Cool| are pretty cool]], but it's rare to find a villain in Disney with any sympathetic qualities at all. The [[Black and White Morality]] of these movies almost always makes the bad guy rotten to the core.
* In ''[[M.A.S.K.]]'', the main villain, Miles Mayhem, founded and led the '''V'''icious '''E'''vil '''N'''etwork '''O'''f '''M'''ayhem. Though, really, when your [[Meaningful Name|last name is "Mayhem"]], you pretty much ''have'' [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|to be evil]].
* Megatron in most of the earlier ''[[Transformers]]'' incarnations had a rather grating tendency to laugh and say how evil he was, or how evil his plan was, just so that the kids knew who to root for.
** [[Expository Theme Song|"Autobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons"]]
** In Dreamwave's comic book series, Starscream responds to a question as to their appointed task with "Who cares? With Megatron, you know it's going to be evil...and evil is always fun!"
* ''[[Beast Wars]]''' Blackarachnia spends a lot of her first season or so repeatedly telling the heroes that she's evil, bad, evil, not to be trusted, and evil, occasionally even resorting to actual action to get her point across to particularly irritating non-believers.
{{quote|'''Silverbolt:''' Blackarachnia, I want you to return with me, to the Maximals.
'''Blackarachnia:''' Get a clue, you canine cretin! I'm a Predacon! I'm evil! I'll shoot you--
'''Silverbolt:''' No. My heart tell me that you will not.
'''Blackarachnia:''' Oh yeah? * shoots him in the leg*
'''Silverbolt:''' * shocked* You...SHOT me!
'''Blackarachnia:''' No duh, Dog-Boy! I'm evil!! Now do you believe me?
'''Silverbolt:''' And yet...you ensured the wound would not be mortal. Your inner Maximal goodness?
'''Blackarachnia:''' SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UUUUUUUUPPP!!! }}
** You can't say evil in that show without mentioning Tarantulas, whose outright villainy and treacherous attitude was something Megatron considered to be a ''viable asset''.
** In ''[[Beast Machines]]'', Thrust and Jetstorm take on this role, while Megatron ironically believes he is doing good:
{{quote|'''Jetstorm:''' Nothin' noble 'bout us, boy!
'''Thrust:''' But savage? That we can do! }}
* Aku, the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Samurai Jack]]'', identifies himself as "Master of Masters, The Deliverer of Darkness, and the Shogun of Sorrow." His ''name'' even means evil in Japanese.
* Krombopulos Micheal on ''[[Rick and Morty]]'', an odd case of a villain like this who is also [[Affably Evil]]. Guy's a cheery, friendly, talkative guy who loves his job, even if he is a [[Professional Killer]] and an ugly, bug-like alien. He even admits to having no code of ethics at all, that he'll gladly target children and the elderly, even pointing it out [[My Card|on his business card]] and Facebook page!
* ''[[The Venture Brothers]]'': Every SINGLE villain in the entire series is LITERALLY a card-carrying villain belonging to the aptly-named Guild of Calamitous Intent.
** Which, ironically, is depicted as having an important [[Even Evil Has Standards|honor code]] and being an accepted facet of society.
*** The protagonist, however, is a [[Heroic Sociopath|complete and total asshole.]]
* ''[[Xiaolin Showdown]]'' has both examples of this: most of the [[Big Bad]] are [[Black Cloak]]s and Jack Spicer desperately wants to join their club and get respect. One [[Big Bad]] comments that Jack tries so hard to be Evil because of his insecurities.
** Jack refers to himself several times as an "Evil Boy Genius". He also has club jackets with his face and "evil" on it and, of course, he has an [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZF8ucW90MI evil trademark laugh].
*** He didn't just trademark his laugh, he stated he was adding evil and other such words to his devices to "create a brand".
* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' is full of these guys. Mojo Jojo is the most notable.
* ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' parodied this with the bad-guy group E.V.I.L. (Every Villain Is Lemons)
* And, of course, ''[[G.I. Joe]]'', with the vastly over-the-top COBRA Commander.
** [[Expository Theme Tune|"...COBRA, a ruthless terrorist organization determined to rule the world"]]
** Even he wasn't as blatant about it as Blackthorne Shore from ''[[Inhumanoids]]''.
* Doctor Ivo Robotnik in ''[[Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog]]''.
** The ''[[Sonic Sat AM|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' version of him as well, though to a lesser extent...his "pretend to be good when it's practical" moments are a bit longer and more pronounced. However, he's inclined to boast about his evilness as though it was something to be proud of, especially when in the company of those he believes are evil.
{{quote|'''Robotnik''': I want the location of Lazar's lair. Name your prize.
'''Lazar's guardian''': You intend harm to my master.
'''Robotnik''': Oh, you wound me dear guardian! I merely want to wake the grand wizard and honour his evilness! We have much in common.
'''Lazar's guardian''': ...yes. I can see that. }}
* King Koopa, Bowser's animated counterpart in all three of the animated ''[[Super Mario Brothers Super Show]]'' series, plus his seven Koopalings in the latter two series.
* In the 1980s ''[[TMNT]]'' cartoon, Shredder says [[Evil Feels Good|"It feels so good to be so bad."]]
** Krang also has been known to say this more than once and being even more evil or cruel than Shredder, OR towards Shredder when Shredder's plans sometimes backfire on him big time.
* Negaduck's goal on ''[[Darkwing Duck]]'' is to be Public Enemy #1. He was already the [[Evil Overlord]] dictator of the [[Mirror Universe]], but [[Pride|"like death is never satisfied."]]
* ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]]'' had one episode with a ''literal'' Card-Carrying Villain. Complete with [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]s ("We have the upper hand," etc., etc.).
** Jade also references this trope when referring to the Dark Hand as "Card Carrying Members of the Forces of Darkness."
* You can tell that [[The Spectacular Spider-Man|Doc Ock]] has fully become one by the mug he drinks out of that has "Evil Genius" written on it.
* The ''[[League of Super Evil]]'' is based around a group of Card Carrying Villains. If they didn't tell you so themselves, [[Poke the Poodle|you'd find it hard to believe]] [[Harmless Villain|they're really villains]].
** Other villains in the series tend to also be quite open with the fact that they're evil, there's even a company making devices just for super villains and a special driving test for them. Heck, they even have their own evil version of [[Bad Santa|Santa Claus]] who rewards them for being evil!
* ''[[Justice League]]'' [[lampshade]]s it when an evil race of snake spirits want to possess the League.
{{quote|'''General (under possession from the spirits):''' How would one contact this "Just-Us League?"
'''Sergeant:''' I don't know, sir. Wear a gaudy costume and threaten a bunch of people?
'''General:''' Thank you Sergeant, you've been quite a help. }}
** Lampshaded yet again in Unlimited by Flash, during his [[Freaky Friday]] switch with Lex Luthor:
{{quote|'''"Luthor":''' *Walking out of the bathroom* What?
'''Polaris:''' You gonna wash your hands?
'''"Luthor":''' No...[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}KyYOuuRmQp0 cause I'm EVIL]. }}
* Emperor Zurg in ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'' and ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]'' is a true [[Large Ham]] of a Disney villain and proud of it.
* A bit of a ''plot point'' in the ''[[Legion of Super-Heroes (TV series)|Legion of Super Heroes]]'' episode "Phantoms". Phantom Zone escapee Drax hears the voices of his still-imprisoned parents in his head, constantly reminding him that he's ''evil'' and always will be. Supervillains really do make [[Abusive Parents]].
** In the series finale, despite never having self-identified as evil before (quite the opposite, in fact), the still-alive villain says to...no one in particular, "Evil does not die. It evolves," in an ill-fated [[Sequel Hook]].
* In ''[[Yin Yang Yo!|Yin Yang Yo]]'', every single villain is a Card-Carrying Villain and [[Large Ham]], like [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain|Carl the EVIL Cockrotch Wizard]] or his tyrant brother, Herman. They're the biggest suspects, but there are a lot of runners up. These include everyone who's evil, basically. [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|The]] [[Ultimate Evil|Night Master]] is the worst, as he's the embodiment of EVIL until [[Villain Decay|his defeat]]. There's evil restaurants and everything.
* Most, if not all the villains on ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]''. This includes [[Sadist Teacher]] Crocker, malicious babysitter Vicky (who wants to someday "share her hate with everyone"), [[Galactic Conqueror]] Dark Laser, the [[Exclusively Evil]] anit-fairies, and the always [[Lawful Evil]] pixies. Special mention goes to [[Enfante Terrible|Foop]], who was born with a single goal in mind: to be hated and feared.
* After [[He-Man and the Masters of the Universe]] explains that [[Christmas Episode]] makes people "feel good," Skeletor responds, "I don't want to feel good! I want to feel evil!"
* Lucius on ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]''
* In ''[[Rocky and Bullwinkle]]'', Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale ''are'' this trope, as is their nation of Pottsylvania. When Boris swears, he uses words like 'decency', 'honor', and 'joy'. He is occasionally awarded the "Order of the Double-Cross" by Fearless Leader, and when Natasha calls him a "sneaky, fiendish, rotten, no-good snake in the grass", she means it as a compliment. For a taste of Pottsylvanian culture, listen to their National Anthem;
{{quote|"Hail, Pottsylvania, Hail to the Black and Blue!
Hail, Pottsylvania, sneaky and fiendish through and through!
Down with the good guys, up with the boss,
Under the sign of the Triple-Cross!
Hail Pottsylvania, Hail, Hail, Hail!" }}
** In the movie, when Natasha starts musing about what a wonderful life they could have together if they could only stop moose and squirrel, she mentions about how they could have children that they raise to be "little monsters". This is mentioned in the same breath as them living a peaceful life in a house by the sea.
* Dr. Jumba Jookiba from ''[[Lilo & Stitch: The Series]]'' wanted ''so badly'' to be one of these for a while...but he was really more of a [[Mad Scientist]] and [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|mischief-maker with a heart of gold]] in the end.
** You doubt he wanted to be evil at first? When he was turned into a baby for one episode (don't ask), he spent his entire time breaking things to the (adorably) malevolent chant of "Evil! Evil!"
** Also from ''[[Lilo & Stitch: The Series]]'', 627 was designed by Jumba to be pure evil and unable to be turned good. The only thing it can say is "Evil!".
* In ''[[Angry Beavers]]'', Norbert's costume [[Super Villain]] persona: Baron Von Bad Beaver,  {{spoiler|later extended to Baron Von Once Bad Then Good Then Bad Again Beaver}}.
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|Mr. Burns]] from ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'' sometimes introduces himself with the Imperial March music from [[Star Wars]].
** Moe the bartender had literal villain business cards printed up.
* Pofessor Ratigan and his cronies from Disney's ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]''. Just...[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw0HlB54CIw&feature=related listen to them].
* Gru from ''[[Despicable Me]]'' and his archnemesis, Vector.
* In ''[[Codename: Kids Next Door]]'', villains eventually evolve into this, having 'supervillain meetings' and a supermarket for villains only. This even goes so far as a 'Villain's Choice Award'...on public television!
** On a character basis, Father calls himself the second most evil adult, then refering to his father as the 'World's Most [[Ultimate Evil]]' before reawakening him. Grandfather goes on to refer to himself as pure evil.
* ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' has [[Harmless Villain]] Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz. He calls himself evil and has a company called 'Doofenshmirtz Evil Incorporated', complete with [[Jingle]]. In several episodes, he has a [[Villain Song]] where he declares how evil he is. It comes to the point he'd erase the media just to prevent his fellow villains from finding out he (accidentally) saved a kitty. In the [[Christmas Special]], he feared he'd be expelled from his evil scientist association for not hating Christmas.
* The Brain-Eating Meteor from ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy]]'' claims it's "just your average evil meteor from outta the sky". 
* Dick Dastardly is a true, if ineffective, card-carrying villain, and probably the most popular bad guy in the Hanna-Barbera stable. The narrator of ''[[Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines]]'' calls him "the deadly, diabolical, despicable demon of the skyways."
* [[The Rival|Captain Zero]] from ''[[TUGS]]'' - he's not so much outright evil as sort of [[Honest John's Dealership|a shyster]], but it's touched on in the first episode.
{{quote|'''Captain Zero:''' You're a team! The best, the better-looking, more powerful, and, dare I say? More devious!
'''[[Minion with an F In Evil|Zip]]:''' What is devious?
'''Captain Zero:''' What's devious is what's necessary to make an honest living in these days of corruption and bad business ethics!
'''Zip:''' ...Oh. }}
* In ''[[Thundercats 2011|ThunderCats (2011)]]'' This is [[Invoked]] in a very literal sense, as [[Big Bad]] [[Sorcerous Overlord]] Mumm-Ra must [[By the Power of Grayskull|call upon]] "Ancient Spirits of Evil" to grant him access to his [[One-Winged Angel]] Form.
* A number of ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' villains refer to themselves as such (most notably [[Large Ham|Technus]]). [[Big Bad]] Vlad Plasmius initially averted this - for the first two seasons, being called a villain was almost a [[Berserk Button]] for him - but after [[Villain Decay]] began to set in he started acting more like a conventional card-carrying baddie.

== Real Life ==
* Some of the criminals [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah51vPzcVEM#t=2m46s interrogator Jim Smyth] has confronted arguably qualify.
{{quote|I take it you don't want the "cold-blooded psychopath" option. Don't get me wrong, though. I've met guys who actually kind of enjoy the notoriety; got off on it; got off on having that label.}}
* Several [[Serial Killer]]s have seriously, honest to God played this trope straight:
** ''Aileen Wuornos:'' To me, this world is nothing but evil, and my own evil just happened to come out cause of the circumstances of what I was doing.
** ''Alberto De Salvo:'' It wasn't as dark and scary as it sounds. I had a lot of fun...killing somebody's a funny experience.
** ''Carl Panzram:'' In my lifetime I have broken every law that was ever made by both man and God. If either had made any more, I should very cheerfully have broken them also.
** ''David Berkowitz (Son of Sam):'' I am a monster. I am the Son of Sam. I love to hunt.
*** However, he later became an [[The Atoner|Atoner]] while in prison, going so far as to request his parole hearing cancelled, as he believes he deserves his punishment.
** ''David Harker:'' People like me don't come from films. Them films come from people like me.
** ''H. H. Holmes:'' I was born with the devil in me. I could not help the fact that I was a murderer, no more than the poet can help the inspiration to sing. I was born with the evil one standing as my sponsor beside the bed where I was ushered into the world, and he has been with me since.
** ''Jane Toppan:'' That is my ambition, to have killed more people-more helpless people-than any man or woman who has ever lived.
** ''John Reginald Halliday Christie:'' The sixth commandment - 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' - fascinated me... I always knew that some day I should defy it.
** ''Ted Bundy:'' I'm the most cold-blooded sonofabitch you'll ever meet. Sometimes I feel like a vampire.
** ''Richard Kuklinski:'' (Smiles) Assassin....Sounds so exotic....(Sneers) I'm just a murderer.
** ''Richard Ramirez (The Night Stalker):'' [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|We are all evil, in some form or another, are we not?]]....Yes, I am evil. Not a hundred percent, but I am evil....The great epochs of our lives is when we gain the courage to rebaptise our evil qualities as being our best qualities.
* Stalin ''did'' play this trope at least once, though sarcastically:
{{quote|God is on your side? Is He a Conservative? The Devil's on my side, he's a good Communist.}}
* Adolf Eichmann went back and forth on this; sometimes he would claim that he was [[Just Following Orders]], and that he was unnerved at what he did because "My sensitive nature revolted at the sight of corpses and blood.". On the ''other'' hand, he ''also'' gave us these lines:
**
{{quote|I will leap into my grave laughing because the feeling that I have five million human beings on my conscience is for me a source of extraordinary satisfaction. (Eichmann countered the claim saying that he was referring only to "enemies of the Reich".)}}
**
{{quote|Adolf Hitler may have been wrong all down the line, but one thing is beyond dispute: the man was able to work his way up from lance corporal in the German Army to Führer of a people of almost 80 million. ... His success alone proved that I should subordinate myself to this man.}}
**
{{quote|If we would have killed 10.3 million Jews, then I would be satisfied and would say, good, we annihilated an enemy. ... I wasn't only issued orders, in this case I'd have been a moron, but I rather anticipated, I was an idealist. }}
**
{{quote|Now that I look back, I realize that a life predicated on being obedient and taking orders is a very comfortable life indeed. Living in such a way reduces to a minimum one's own need to think.}}
**
{{quote|To sum it all up, I must say that I regret nothing. }}
* Any human who believes [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|Humans Are Bastards]]. (Unless they [[Holier Than Thou|carve out exceptions for themselves]], or [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much|regard the bastardliness as something to be fought and not embraced]].)
* The corporation-targeting criminal organization known as The Monster with 21 Faces left this note when a police investigator committed suicide by setting himself on fire after failing to catch them: "We are bad guys. That means we've got more to do other than bullying companies. [[Evil Feels Good|It's fun to lead a bad man's life.]]"
* Anton Lavey, founder of the Church of Satan. [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e5/Anton_LaVey_photo.jpg Just look at him, for bad's sake.]

===  Sports ===
* Thoroughly embraced by Floyd Mayweather Jr., who actively and gleefully seizes the black hat in the build-up to any of his big fights. Initially, the boxing ur-example would have been Muhammad Ali, but he eventually became the most beloved figure in boxing, even today.
* During the 80s, the Miami Hurricanes revelled in being the college football team America cheered against.


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