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{{quote|''"Introduce a little anarchy, upset the established order, and everything becomes... chaos. I'm an [[Chaos Is Evil|agent of chaos]]."''|'''[[The Joker]]''', ''[[The Dark Knight Saga|The Dark Knight]]''}}

One of the nine alignments from the best-known [[Character Alignment]] system. If [[Chaotic Neutral]] is the truly free spirit, '''Chaotic Evil''' is the truly free ''evil'' spirit. Whereas the [[Chaotic Neutral]] character is concerned mainly with his own freedom but doesn't seek to hurt others, the same cannot be said for a Chaotic Evil character. They will do whatever they want whenever they want to do it, which, seeing as they are evil, usually entails lots and lots of death and destruction. These characters are usually the most aggressive of the Evil alignments, more often than not being possessed of an impulsively violent nature and a total disregard for people, laws, or even the world around them. In short, Chaotic Evil represents the destruction of not only life and goodness, but also the order upon which they depend.

The least dangerous (well, the bottom-rung at least) character of this alignment is the unwilling [[Mook]] --they—they hate their master, they hate taking orders, and they enjoy their job but not the fact that it ''is'' a job; they'd have a lot more fun causing all that terror and discord for free, and they only behave mainly out of the fear of punishment. The most dangerous character of this alignment, on the other hand, is undoubtedly [[The Chessmaster]], with his cruel calculation and intelligence and the will to use it in the most horrible ways.

Not to be confused with [[Always ChaoticExclusively Evil]], which is about an entire race falling under '''any''' of the Evil [[Character Alignment|alignments]]s.

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If you have a difficulty deciding which alignment an Evil-aligned character belongs to, the main difference between [[Lawful Evil]], [[Neutral Evil]] and Chaotic Evil is not their devotion to their evil wishes, but what methods they believe are best to realizing it:

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* Most evil [[Blood Knight|Blood Knights]]s.

* [[Eldritch Abomination]]

* [[The Hedonist]] (When they aren't [[Chaotic Neutral]])

Take note that even if they do enjoy slaughtering people, if characters ''choose'' to work ''for'' somebody else ('''especially''' if they are [[Lawful Evil|controlling]]) they are rarely this alignment: a Chaotic Evil character works ''with'' people or ''uses'' people, and only works ''for'' somebody when ''forced'' to. A [[Psycho for Hire]] is rarely Chaotic, contrary to popular belief, although do note that not all Chaotic Evil characters are brave, authority-defying villains, and some may even work for others [[Fate Worse Than Death|if they can be persuaded to do so]]. Characters such as the [[Complete Monster]] or [[Big Bad]] will vary between [[Lawful Evil]], [[Neutral Evil]], and Chaotic Evil; [[The Dragon]] is '''almost never''' Chaotic Evil, except when [[Dragon with an Agenda|they are manipulating]] the [[Big Bad]] for their own purposes or are given no choice in the matter. Occasionally you might find a Chaotic Evil working for a more Lawful (or even good!) character out of ''personal'' loyalty because they were childhood friends or partners when they first started out, these relationships are never healthy for either partner however. Normally the Chaotic Evil character will be such a [[Poisonous Friend]] that they'll end up on the wrong side of [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]], which can be a nice [[Kick the Dog]] even if it was perfectly justified.

'''When dealing with the examples of specific characters, remember that assigning an alignment to a character who doesn't come with one is pretty [[SubjectiveYour TropesMileage May Vary|subjective]] (and, at All The Tropes, discouraged). If you've gothave a problem with a character being listed here, it probably belongs on the discussion page. There will be no [[Real Life]] examples under any circumstances; it just invites an [[Edit War]].'''

'''On works pages: Character Alignment is only to be used in works where it is canonical, ''and only for characters who have alignments in-story''. There is to be no arguing over canonical alignments, and no Real Life examples, ever.'''

== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==

* Pretty much what you become when under the influence of Hinimizawa Syndrome in ''[[When They Cry]]''. Especially Shion.

* Akakabuto from ''[[Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin]]'' is an example of a monster with limited intelligence, who enjoys the act of killing just for the sake of killing. He will kill anyone and anything that crosses his path, for the sole reason of crossing his path; if you didn't want to be brutally slaughtered, you should have stayed away from his territory.

* In "''[[Magical Project S]]"'' we have Pixy Misa; she is always given specific orders to defeat Sammy, yet she always ends doing whatever she wants instead (while still being evil and dangerous to Sammy and her friends). For instance, she usually ends up doing things for her own enjoyment like eating a cake while torturing Sammy [[For the Evulz]] or trapping kids in a manga. This is no surprise as Pixy Misa actually is {{spoiler|Misao ID}}, as opposed to her alter ego that is [[Lawful Good]] [[Shrinking Violet|Misao Amano]]; the difference is very apparent

* ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'' has Puppetmon, an [[Ax Crazy]], impulsive and immature [[Living Toy]]; easily the character most blatantly of this alignment in the digimon anime. The three other Dark Masters (Metalseadramon, Machinedramon and Piedmon) also qualify.

** Their [[The Man Behind the Man|true leader and creator]], Apocalymon also fits this alignment.

*** Venommyotismon and Malomyotismon fit this as well.

* ''[[Ranma ½|Ranma 1/2]]'' has Happosai, a criminal whose acts of evil seem to have no motivation other than [[For the Evulz|the lulz gained from it]]. Generally, his deeds are petty -- gropingpetty—groping women, voyeurism, stealing women's underwear, petty theft, ducking bills, making others (particularly his [[Fair Weather Mentor|students]]) take the blame for his crimes, and general trickery. When he decides to get serious about something, however, he can be amongst the worst individuals in the series. Some of his more notable deeds have included (and this is by no means a definitive list): crippling Ranma for interfering with his [[Panty Thief|underwear raids]] and alerting Ranma's enemies to this state so that they will beat him up for him, and is totally unconcerned with the very real possibility that they might kill him; trying to blow up a baby that he believes will grow up to become an even more successful [[Panty Thief]] than himself (admittedly because of a hypnosis-induced dream) rather than change the [[Embarrassing First Name]] he gave it; and regularly making his students into fall guys for his crimes, and chaining them up hand and foot, then eating food in front of them and mocking them all the while.

* [[Psychopathic Manchild]] Mao of ''[[Code Geass]]''.

* Orochimaru is ''[[Naruto]]''{{'}}s best example of Chaotic Evil. His primary goal is to become [[A God Am I|"the perfect being"]], and he gleefully defies social conventions (like, say, not [[Moral Event Horizon|killing babies]]) in pursuit of it, even clearly enjoying how horrified everyone else is when he is caught doing it. He ''really'' nails his mast to this trope, however, in his early appearances when he tries to destroy Konoha and start a war....because he thought peace was boring.

*** He was still with it; he just didn't associate with the members. He still performed the rituals his religion demanded, even though he agreed with his [[Neutral Evil]] partner Kakuzu that they were overlong and annoying, and he disliked Kakuzu killing people just for money on principle. He joined that [[Religion of Evil]] less for the immortality and more, seemingly, because it gave him a purpose and an excuse to go on killing sprees, making him a more philosophical Type 2.

** Deidara also falls squarely into this alignment, given that before he was recruited, he was selling his bombs to terrorist groups [[For the Evulz]], and even as a member of Akatuski tends towards extremely impulsive behavior and gives his reason for fighting as "just because". Even his decision to kill himself rather than lose to Sasuke is presented in a chaotic light, given that rather than the more lawful simple suicide he turns himself into a nuke to try and take Sasuke with him, laughing maniacally at the idea of becoming one of the explosions he loves so much.

* Rau Le Creuset from ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED|Gundam SEED]]'', whose goal was nothing less than {{spoiler|[[Omnicidal Maniac|the extinction]] [[Kill All Humans|of mankind]]}}, is a perfect example of [[The Chessmaster|intelligent]], high-functioning Chaotic Evil. Calculating and ruthless, he was able to perfectly mask his ever-advancing insanity, gaining [[Lawful Evil]] [[General Ripper|Patrick Zala]] and [[Neutral Evil]] [[Smug Snake|Murata Azrael]]'s trust to [[Manipulative Bastard|manipulate]] them, successfully {{spoiler|playing both ZAFT and the Earth Forces against each other, escalating the war to the point where [[WM Ds]]WMDs were viable options. He almost got [[The End of the World as We Know It|what he wanted]], too...}}

* ''[[Turn a Gundam (Anime)|Turn aA Gundam]]'s'{{'}}s [[Big Bad]] Gym Ghingnham is a [[Ax Crazy|psychotic]] [[Blood Knight]] who wants to plaugeplague the world into eternal war in order to cull humanity and leave only those strong enough to survive, whom he considers "true" humans.

* Hao Asakura from ''[[Shaman King]]''. The Manga version is the [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] version of Chaotic Evil, while the Anime incarnation is an [[Ax Crazy]] Psychopath.

** While many of the villains of ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' may qualify, special mention goes to Piccolo Daimao and the final form of Majin Buu, called Kid Buu. Piccolo desires to take over the world, but states his sole law would be to abolish laws to throw the world into mindless destruction. Kid Buu, on the other hand, gleefully destroys everything in his path, to the point where he's more of a force of nature than a character. The first thing he does after regressing to Kid form is blow up Earth because it happens to be there.

* Many feel that Jail Scaglietti's actions in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' show a man who seeks to cause chaos and destruction, who just wants to watch the world burn, which places him as a more Chaotic Evil character.

** Toredia Graze of ''[[Striker SStrikerS Sound Stage X]]'' plans on using the Mariage to attack several capital cities to teach people pain like the kind he felt while fighting on Orussia (similar to Pain from ''Naruto'', but unlike him, he doesn't have any plan for a new political order). {{spoiler|After his death, Runessa carries on this plan and takes on this alignment}}.

** It's a [[Internet Backdraft|BIG''big'' subject of debate]] if Precia Testarossa fits here or in [[Neutral Evil]].

{{quote| '''Shitataare''':"I heard you two gave life back to the Source of the Sky. Good for me. It will be fun to destroy it again."<br />

'''Saki''': So ''you'' are the one who destroyed it!<br />

* Makoto Shishio from ''[[Rurouni Kenshin]]'' spends about 50% of the time here, the other 50% as [[Lawful Evil]]. He despises the peace and order of the Meiji Era and longs to reignite the violence of the revolution. He then plans to [[Social Darwinist|conquer Japan and turn it into hell on earth where only the strongest survive]] -- his—his creed is "The flesh of the weak is the food of the strong."

* Gauron from ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]''. He does whatever he damn well pleases... and whatever he damn well pleases is [[For the Evulz|always evil]]. Sure, he has many goals - but most of them are [[Ax Crazy|completely insane]]. He wants to kill (and [[I Love the Dead|rape the dead body of]]) the beautiful Assassin Saint he met [[Love At First Sight|once upon a time]]... but he also wants to die a sensational death together with aforementioned Assassin Saint. So yes, his goals completely conflict and make no sense. But one thing you have to give to the guy: he's definitely ''very'' "free-spirited."

** Gates, the villain of ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]: The Second Raid'' is so thoroughly random in how he goes about causing civil wars and kidnapping diplomats that he becomes [[Laughably Evil|utterly hilarious]].

* Vincent Volaju &and Tongpu of ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]''.

* Ark of ''[[Muhyo and Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation]]'' has no ideology besides unlocking the secrets of forbidden magical law and gaining eternal life. Most of its members run the gamut from evil but still sane, like Enchu, who wants Muhyo to suffer, and the enigmatic and dangerous Teeki, to almost [[Ax Crazy]] [[Complete Monster|Complete Monsters]]s like Tomas and Mick. The ghosts tend to vary in alignment, depending on who they were in life, but most of the ones that went insane are of this alignment.

* Izaya Orihara of ''[[Durarara!!]]'' is a [[Manipulative Bastard|manipulative]], [[Jerkass|arrogant]], and all around crazy bastard whose general motivation in the series is to {{spoiler|cause Ragnarok so that he'll have a place to go when he dies.}} That said, the way he executes his plans (despite his aforementioned craziness, almost everything that happens in the series happens of his own accord) soundly puts him in the calculating, intelligent category of Chaotic Evil.

* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]] [[Big Bad]] Darcia from ''[[Wolf's Rain]]''.

* Most of the pirate crews in ''[[One Piece]]'' follow this alignment with a twist of [[Neutral Evil]]; their captains tend to control them through fear, and there's little they won't do to get money. Although not a pirate, Eneru is also of this alignment, as he kills on a whim, and ultimately plans on leaving anyone -- evenanyone—even his own followers -- behindfollowers—behind to be destroyed along with the island if they don't prove worthy to go to the Endless Vearth with him.

* The Devil Choujin (Buffaloman, Sunshine, Ashuraman, Akuma Shogun), who sold their souls to demons, are strongly this. However, the first three examples made a [[Heel Face Turn]] later on by ''[[Kinnikuman]]''.

* Jagi from ''[[Hokuto no Ken]]''.

** Ryuuhei Sawamura too. A complete bastard who has no problems with cheating, doesn't obey anyone and anything, he boxes solely to torture his opponents and probably isn't above killing people, either. He's even called 'evil' multiple times. Which is odd, considering that never occuredoccurred with Bryan Hawk, who somehow manages to be even worse than Sawamura.

* Takasugi Shinsuke from ''[[Gintama]]'' belongs here. While he leads the terrorist group Kihetai, all he wants is [[Nietzsche Wannabe|the complete destruction of Japan]]. In the chapter that introduces him, Takasugi even tells his former compatriot Katsura that he will destroy everything until there is nothing else to destroy.

* Ladd Russo and probably his whole gang in ''[[Baccano!]]''. He's a barely restrained psychopath and his only standard is that he loves killing people who don't expect to die, but will [[Kill You Last|spare people who are ok with the thought of being killed by him]]. During the series, he and his gang plan to kill everyone on a train just for the fun of it, and none of them show any real effort at planning other than that.

* Yuno the [[Villain Protagonist]], [[Yandere]] and [[Ax Crazy]] of ''[[Mirai Nikki]]''.

{{quote| "There is no reason in this world. I seek naught but blood and carnage."}}

* Accelerator of ''[[ToA AruCertain Majutsu noMagical Index]]'' is a [[Ax Crazy]] who took part on the Level 6 project where he brutally killed over 10,000 MISAKAMisaka clones. He gets better.

* [[Serial Killer|Barry The Chopper]] from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]''. The manga version of him is [[Laughably Evil|played]] [[Dead Baby Comedy|for laughs]] and borders on [[Stupid Evil]] at times. The first anime version, however, is downright [[Creepy Monotone|creepy]], played straight as a brutal serial killer.

** Yubel from ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX]]'' also qualifies.

* ''[[Elfen Lied]]'' is [[Black and Gray Morality|a mess to describe]], but Lucy best fits here (and her buried third personality definitely qualifies); her Nyu personality is [[True Neutral]] (or simply too childish to have an alignment), and as Kaede she's [[Chaotic Neutral]]. Bandou also begins at Chaotic Evil, but [[Character Development]] moves him in the direction of [[Chaotic Neutral]].

* Diva of ''[[Blood Plus+]]''.

* [[Blood Knight]] [[Anti-Hero]] Kurodou Akabane of ''[[GetBackers]]''.

* All of the episodic villains and, especially, the series [[Big Bad]], Kyogoku Tei of ''[[Requiem from the Darkness]]''.

* Attila from ''[[Dreamland]]'' is just that: he has no ulterior motives or ideology, all he wants is to instilinstill terror in the heart of people and, on occasions, contemplate "the poetry of ashes" (i.e. burn entire cities for his own pleasure). And that guy is a [[The Juggernaut|Juggernaut]] who could very well destroy a good part of Dreamland on a whim if he felt like it. But if he did he would have nothing left to destroy and that wouldn't be fun.

* Kano, the ultimate [[Big Bad]] of "''[[Texhnolyze]]"''. He's intelligent, eloquent and charismatic. But he's also a deranged solipsist, who views the entire world to be inside his mind.

* [[Batman|The Joker]]. [[Depending on the Writer|Depends on the writer]] of course, but The Joker is almost quintessentially Chaotic Evil, literally insane and indiscriminately destructive. He puts the emphasis on Chaotic - he may not be as likely to jump off a bridge as cross it, but he's almost as likely to blow it up. The only indication we get that he has any restraint at all is in the [[Alternate Continuity|storyline]] where he has terminal cancer, and we find out what he's like when he has even less to lose.

** Sometimes the Joker is literally too chaotic to be evil. One story has him driving a truck through the wall of a television stage to hijack a quiz show, as soon as a woman gets a question wrong he grabs her and pulls her towards his button flower, she screams for mercy, but instead of acid, he sprays her with ginerginger ale. He goes on like this for the rest of the strip, punishing incorrect answers with normal, run of the mill pranks, and generally acting like [[Harmless Villain|his Silver Age counterpart]]. All the while the station manager refuses to cut the transmission, as a live Joker rampage would boost their ratings sky high, he gets increasingly frustrated waiting for the Joker to stop playing around and get to the carnage, but he doesn't. Eventually Batman arrives to stop him and Joker surrenders peacefully, not having harmed a single person for the entire strip, but before he leaves, he reveals he was filming the station's control room the entire time, and starts playing the footage, then he looks at the camera and says "Who's the real bad guy America? Me, the psychotic killer, or the corporate fatcats who were going to let me do it?". The last panel is the producer holding his head in his hands while the Joker laughs insanely.

* ''[[Spider-Man]]''{{'}}s foe Carnage, a sadistic serial killer who sees violence, bloodshed, and mayhem as the ultimate freedom.

** The Green Goblin could serve as an interesting example. [[Norman Osborn]] himself is [[Neutral Evil]], working within and withoutoutside of the system as the situation demands in a ruthless quest for money and power, as well as petty vengeance on Spidey. But Osborn is also mentally unstable and genuinely insane, and sometimes (and originally) his Goblin identity was a case of [[Split Personality]]. His Goblin side also originally wanted the same things -- maybethings—maybe even for Osborn -- butOsborn—but is clearly much more homicidal and reckless. In recent{{when}} issues Osborn has given up his Goblin identity to be a straighter [[Villain with Good Publicity]] under the name of the Iron Patriot (and towards [[Lawful Evil]]), but he is unable to properly control his homicidal tendencies to the point where it seriously threatens his plans, which is being exploited by his evil rivals.

* The [[Red Skull]], [[Captain America (comics)|Captain America]]'s arch-nemesis, is another example of intelligent Chaotic Evil. While he originally started as [[Lawful Evil]], he eventually moved to Chaotic Evil. Not content to seize control of a country from within, he and his close friends in HYDRA actively seek to cause mayhem and destruction, undermining the governments of the world in both subtle and openly vicious ways. He's so nasty, in fact, that even most of the other [[Big Bad|Big Bads]]s of the Marvel Universe [[Even Evil Has Standards|dislike him]].

* Most often, Apocalypse, one of the ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]''{{'}}s more dangerous foes, is this, although he does not seem to be bound by anything approaching the morality of mortals. His envisioned victory involves endless direct [[Social Darwinist]] competition between the strongest creatures on Earth, with himself as the projected ultimate victor. It's telling that in many future dystopias, his only servants are beings who have been forcibly transmuted into his slaves or robots.

** More fittingly from the ''X-Men'' universe, [[Multi-Armed and Dangerous|Spiral.]] She's practically the Joker of the Marvel Universe in that she's totally unpredictable, and the impression is clearly given that without [[Fat Bastard|Mojo]] there to hold her leash, we'd ''all'' be in serious trouble.

* The Comedian, Edward Blake, from ''[[Watchmen]]'' lives to do whatever he feels like -- whetherlike—whether it's rape, killing the mother of his unborn child in revenge, killing children, burning the Vietcong alive, or whatever else happens to enter his mind. Blake is a [[Magnificent Bastard]] thatwho serves only himself (even when he is employed by the US military, he only uses this as a means to continue getting pleasure out of hurting others). He sees the world and all its darker sides as a joke so cruel that his own attitude is only a natural reaction to it. Apparently, though, he showed a better side in {{spoiler|his later relationship with Sally Jupiter.}}

* Prometheus, [[Grant Morrison]]'s penultimate '"Anti-Batman'", definitely fits into this trope. He's got Batman's eye for discerning weakness but none of his restraint - in his first appearance, he very nearly murdered the entire [[Justice League of America|JLA]].

** [[It Got Worse]] . In a recent{{when}} comic storyline, {{spoiler|he caused the deaths of thousands upon thousands of people just to prove he could best the heroes of the world (because said heroes had gotten rather serious after ''[[Final Crisis]]'' and Batman's apparent death). He did all this while strapped to a chair in League headquarters, calmly mocking the League as their every attempt to out-think him failed, until they finally were forced to release him to get the codes to shut down his machines (a destroyed city, a maimed hero, a lost loved one and a hundred thousand dead ''at least'' later).}} Anti-Batman indeed. Unfortunately for Prometheus, this made things [[It's Personal|beyond]] [[Up to Eleven|personal]] for [[Green Arrow]], who proceeds to {{spoiler|[[Pay Evil Unto Evil]]}}.

* Seems to be the alignment of choice for most of Norman Osborn's "''[[Dark Avengers]]"''. Bullseye, Venom, and Daken would all qualify, as would the usually [[Lawful Evil|LE]] Norman himself when his Green Goblin persona shows itself.

* Amatsu-Mikaboshi, the Chaos King and the newest{{when}} [[Big Bad]] of the [[Marvel Universe]].

* Violator from ''[[Spawn|Violator]]''.

* ''[[Sin City|]]'': The Yellow Bastard]] said it himself: "I get to do whatever I want!" That was his main motivation. It definitely doesn't help things that he's protected from any punishment he might otherwise receive for his horrible acts by his corrupt U.S. Senator father.

* The dezban high chieftain Takavor Derishama in the ''[[Mass Effect]]'' fanfic ''The Council Era'' is wild, law-disregarding, and Type 3 Chaotic Evil. This is kind of a given within his race, though. The best example of his nature is when he ignores the attempts of a salarian soldier to get his attention, and when the salarian fires a round into his shoulder, he throws his spear through the salarian, and has his clan slaughter and eat the salarian's squad. {{spoiler|[[Hoist by His Own Petard|This does not bode well for him.]]}}

* Pretty much every villain in ''[[Calvin and Hobbes: The Series|Calvin and Hobbes The Series]]'' that's not the [[Stupid Evil]] Brainstorm family or one of their [[Punch Clock Villain]] robots is this:

** Thunderstorm and Shadow are definitely Type 4s.

== [[Film]] ==

** The original and default position of The Sith is [[Neutral Evil]]- they believe that Force sensitives should use the [[Dark Side]] and have a right to lord over other peoples, and selfishly pursue power. Individual Sith will have their own alignments depending on their goals and values- Vader and Tyrannus both wanted to impose order on a corrupt and chaotic galaxy ([[Lawful Evil]]), and Palpatine mostly just wanted power ([[Neutral Evil]]). The best examples of Chaotic Evil would be Malak, who was [[Drunk on the Dark Side]]; Sion, who mostly just wants to kill Jedi; and Nihilus, who was an [[Omnicidal Maniac]] [[Eldritch Abomination]].

** Apart from the Sith, what's about General Grievous? He might have been a [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Proud Warrior once]], but now he is just a bloodthirsty Slaughterer, who want's to commit Genocide on the Jedi and is ready to kill and betray everyone who is in his way. And he really has ''[[For the Evulz|Aa LOTlot]]'' of joy while doing so.

* Pictured above: The Joker from ''[[The Dark Knight Saga|The Dark Knight]]'' is, like his comic book counterpart, the poster boy for this alignment.

* ''[[Saw]]'': Even though he sees himself as being [[Chaotic Good]], most of [[Saw|John Kramer's]] victims would beg to differ.

* Arthur Burns from ''[[The Proposition]]''. Although he does love his friends, he is a monstrous monstrous man an one outlaw that disregard the rules of civilization.

* How can we forget our dear old droog Alex from ''[[A Clockwork Orange (film)|AlexA Clockwork Orange]]''? [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|Rape, murder, theft, a little classical music...]]

* In his cinematic debut, one minute he's an [[Affably Evil]] [[Wicked Cultured]] [[Magnificent Bastard]] [[Villain Protagonist]], the next he's a [[Nightmare Fuel]] [[Ax Crazy]] [[Complete Monster]]. It's difficult to imagine a different alignment to hang on Dr. [[Hannibal Lecter]]. However, BuffloBuffalo Bill (''Silence of the Lambs'') and Francis Dolarhyde (''Red Dragon'') are most probably Chaotic Evil.

* ''[[Halloween (film)|Halloween]]'': Michael Myers]], for that matter all the great [[A Nightmare on Elm Street|slasher]] [[Friday the 13th (film)|flick]] [[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre|villains]].

** Don't forget Chucky from ''[[Child's Play (film)|Chucky!Child's Play]]''!

* The fictional version of Idi Amin in ''[[The Last King of Scotland]]''.

{{quote| ''Greed is for amateurs. Chaos, disorder, anarchy... '''now that's fun!'''''}}

* Lord John Whorfin from ''[[The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension]]''. "He's a vicious psychopath, Tommy. Just as soon kill ya as go fishin'..."

* Tuco from ''[[The Good, the Bad and the Ugly]]'', despite his [[Pet the Dog]] moments and [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]/[[Butt Monkey]] status.

* [[Complete Monster]] Patrick Bateman of ''[[American Psycho]]''.

* Yuri from the ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' move, ''[[Film:Werewolf\ (film)|Werewolf]]''. He is hot-tempered, willing to assault anyone over the slightest provocation, and has only the vaguely defined goal of injecting people to see if he can turn them into werewolves and that will somehow give him fame and fortune, but it's clear that he has no plan to make that happen, and so is fascinated to watch his victims transform into werewolves for its own sake.

* [[Ax Crazy]] [[Villain Protagonist]] JD of "''[[Heathers]]"'' is a surprisingly realistic example of Chaotic Evil.

* Zé Pequeno (Lil' Zé), the [[Complete Monster|vicious gangster]] who is the primary antagonist in ''[[City of God]]'', is another textbook example. He's absolutely ruthless in running his gang, takes whatever he wants and kills whoever gets in his way when he does so. At one point, he goes into a seedy hotel/whorehouse and, after robbing it, ''[[Kill'Em All|slaughters everyone there]]'' ''[[For the Evulz|just for the hell of it]]''. When he does this, he's all of ''[[Teens Are Monsters|twelve years old]]''.

* Simon Phoenix from ''[[Demolition Man]]'' is a very pure example of Chaotic Evil; he just wants to see the world burn for fun.

* [[Villain Protagonist]] (s) Cecil B. Demented and all of the Sprocket Holes from ''[[Cecil B. Demented]]'' are this.

* A rare comedic example is ''[[The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra]]''. {{context}}

* ''[[Rocky III|]]'': Clubber Lang]] is most certainly Chaotic Evil.

* Carl Denham, the greedy filmmaker in ''[[King Kong]]'', is listed as Chaotic Evil in the official D&D supplement ''[[Complete Scoundrel]]''.

** Mr. Jonathan Teatime (pronounced Teh-ah-tim-ah) in the Discworld novel ''[[Hogfather]]''. Other Guild Assassins take professional pride in inhuming the target with no collateral damage to bystanders, whenever possible; but to Teatime, killing is art for art's sake.

** Carcer of ''[[Discworld/Night Watch (Discworld)|Night Watch]]'' is possibly the most "Chaotic" villain in all of the ''[[Discworld]]'' series.

*** Pratchett also has the elves, who are both vicious and incredibly chaotic. Whether they are starfish[[Starfish aliensAliens]] or chaotic evil - or both - is up for debate.

* Fenrir Greyback in ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'', whose sole objective in life is to turn as many children as possible into werewolves... Or kill them, whichever strikes his fancy.

* The [[In-Universe]] alignment of ''[[Fate/Zero]]''{{'}}s Caster (Gilles de Rais, aka Bluebeard). Just look at how he does things in the Holy Grail War.

* Morgoth from ''[[The Silmarillion]]'': according to [[Word of God]], his ultimate goal is simply to smash creation down into dust, into the primal darkness from which it came. By contrast, his lieutenant (and occasional [[The Dragon|Dragon]]) Sauron is [[Lawful Evil]]

* The [[Complete Monster]] [[Designated Hero|Designated Heroes]]es of ''[[The Turner Diaries]]'', bonus points since they seem to consider themselves as [[Chaotic Good]] or [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Well Intentioned Extremists]]s at worst. They aren't.

* The four protagonists, as well as lots of briefly mentioned characters in the Marquis de Sade's ''[[Salo Or The 120 Days Of Sodom|120 Days of Sodom]]'', and probably many characters from his other works.

* ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'': Vargo Hoat and The Brave Companions, better known as the Bloody Mummers; the most vile, depraved, sickening mercenary troop in all the known lands. Yes, probably worse than Gregor Clegane's band of evil thugs even.

** Gregor Clegane is about as Chaotic Evil as they come. Whether it's killing children or massacring civilians during wartime or his decision to have an innkeeper's daughter gang raped by his men just because, you never know what Gregor's going to do, just that it will be as abhorrent as possible. His band of thugs is worse than the Mummers-- whileMummers—while Vargo's band are all sorts of monsters and wierdos gathered from faraway lands, Gregor's bunch are just ordinary soldiers and thugs. They brutally defeat and torture Vargo's band in the later books.

** We haven't seen much of [[Big Bad|The Others]] thusfar in the story, but their reputation is a race of [[Always ChaoticExclusively Evil]] [[Omnicidal Maniac|omnicidal maniacs]] who want to [[Dystopia Justifies the Means|plunge all the world into eternal winter and darkness]] at the behest of their unseen [[God of Evil]] master and creator. So they ''[[Sarcasm Mode|might]]'' just fit this trope.

* Lord Foul, the Big Bad of the''[[The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant]]''. His ultimate goal is to break out of his Sealed Evil Can and be free, but that can just happens to be an entire planet. It is heavily implied that even if he had no chance of breaking out, he would still kill and/or torture everyone on the planet just for the Hell of it.

== [[Live -Action TV]] ==

* The Shadows from ''[[Babylon 5]]'' are perceived like this in the beginning - an ancient sinister race that emerges from the deepest bowels of cosmos to annihilate everything in its path with world-shattering firepower and insisdios treachery. TruthThe truth turns out a wee bit more complicated. Essentially, they ARE''are'' everything mentioned above, except that their ultimate goal is to kick-drive their enemies (whom they rather see as students) up the evolutionary and technological ladder. Thus they are perfectly happy when they eventually loose the battle and are driven away to return in a thousand years for another "lesson".

* Davros of ''[[Doctor Who]]'', [[Mad Scientist]] creator of the [[Always ChaoticExclusively Evil]] Daleks. Anything that isn't Dalek is on his "[[Omnicidal Maniac|"to kill"]]" list, including his own species, immune to any reason or attempts at negotiation, and completely batshit insane.

** An argument could be made that his creations, the Daleks are [[Lawful Evil]] members of a Chaotic Evil race. Consider that an individual Dalek obeys authority unquestioningly, submits to strict rules of behaviour and never ever thinks for itself, while the Dalek Emperor and its underlings, the Dalek Supremes, enforce those rules and orders and expect to never be questioned. But, the entire race when viewed as a whole has only one desire: [[Omnicidal Maniac|destroy everything that is not Dalek]]. This is the textbook definition of an [[Always ChaoticExclusively Evil]] race.

** However, not even Spike before his [[Character Development]] is at Angelus' level of Chaotic Evil.

** Glory is basically the Goddess of Chaotic Evil. She's a vapid and shallow bully who just happens to be able to break buildings down with her fists and drink people's sanity through their skulls, and mostly just wants to have fun like just an immortal, insane hellgod can.

* ''[[The League of Gentlemen|]]'': Papa Lazarou]] and the [[Circus of Fear|Pandemonium Circus]]: the open road, a life in showbusiness, no rules, no laws - like that one about not kidnapping people.

* [[Satan|Lucifer]], the [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]''{{'}}s fifth season. His only goal is to eliminate all humankind {{spoiler|and all demons}}, and he kills numerous people in his quest to bring about [[The End of the World as We Know It]]. He even says in "Hammer of the Gods": "Nobody gives us the right. We take it."

** Also, War, Famine and Pestilence, three of the Four [[Horsemen of the Apocalypse]]. Death, on the other hand, was more [[True Neutral]] than Chaotic Evil. He had a job to do, and the whole '"End of Days'" thing was getting in the way.

* "BANG BANG [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]]: "BANG BANG Maxwell's silver hammer]] came down upon his head / CLANG CLANG Maxwell's silver hammer made sure that he was dead..."

* [[Sex Pistols]]: "I dunno what I want, but I know how to get it / [[Sex Pistols|I wanna]] [[Large Ham|DESTROY]] [[Anarchy In The UK|passers-by]]"

== [[Professional Wrestling]] ==

* [[WWEWorld Wrestling Entertainment|Kane]] is not motivated by any of the standard pro wrestling goals -- hegoals—he doesn't care at all about [[To Be a Master|being a champion]], being famous, making lots of money, the thrill of competition, [[Doing It for the Art]], or anything along those lines. No, he's a wrestler for one reason and one reason only -- toonly—to inflict pain. Lots of it, to whomever he can get his hands on. And he smiles and cackles maniacally the entire time he's doing it. Other than that, he's a singularly unmotivated individual. He'll also run in on random matches and beatdown other wrestlers regardless of their alignment. Because of this he's perpetually a [[Wild Card|tweener]] or [[Heel Face Revolving Door|switching alignments.]]

* [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] pre-[[Wrestlemania]] XIII is a Type 3.

* In ''[[Ring of Honor]]'', Generation Next was Type 1 until Austin Aries kicked Alex Shelley out of the group.

** Even when they aren't ''[[Always ChaoticExclusively Evil|Always]]'' Chaotic Evil, [[Our Orcs Are Different|orcs]] in ''D&D'' are usually portrayed with a Chaotic Evil culture that rewards backstabbing, vicious shows of strength, and no compassion whatsoever to the weak or other races. This is also true for [[The Ogre|ogres]], [[All Trolls Are Different|trolls]], [[Our Goblins Are DifferentWickeder|bugbears]], several (but not all) [[Our Giants Are Bigger|giant subraces]], and various other humanoids. Note that prior to 3rd Edition, orcs were actually listed as [[Lawful Evil]] and portrayed with a rigid social structure; this was later dropped to make them more barbaric, and the Lawful Evil alignment became a more distinctive trait of the hobgoblins.

** In ''[[Pathfinder]] RPG'', each of the Chaotic Evil humanoids is given their own different take on the alignment. Orcs are just stupid and barbaric, living lives of savagery because they can't imagine doing anything else. Ogres are a race of [[Psychopathic Manchild|Psychopathic Manchildren]]ren who engage in all kinds of depravity to sate their lust and gluttony. Bugbears are perhaps the worst of all, committing mass murder not for the sake of killing, but instead to instill fear in the survivors--theysurvivors—they are, in effect, a race of terrorists.

** Tharizdun is an [[Omnicidal Maniac]] [[Eldritch Abomination]] who was [[Neutral Evil]] until 4th edition, for some reason (see his entry in Neutral Evil for the explanation). Basically, in 4e, he ''created the Abyss'', and as a result of his madness, his angels have turned into giant cyclopean monsters which roam through the Astral Sea eating things. If he ever breaks his chains, most of the universe is screwed.<br /><br />The following might be the best explanation for why Tharizdun ''wasn't'' Chaotic Evil in earlier Editions: "'''CHAOTIC EVIL:''' The Chaotic Evil creature holds that individual freedom and choice is important, and that other individuals and their freedoms are unimportant if they cannot be held by the individuals through their own strength and merit. Thus, law and order rends to promote not individuals but groups, and groups suppress individual volition and success." - ''1st. Editon DMG'' Basically Chaos as individualism and Evil as brutality and cruelty.

** 4th edition also changed Slaadi from [[Chaotic Neutral]] to this, on the justification that they are so [[Chaotic Stupid]] they are [[Omnicidal Maniac|Omnicidal Maniacs]] -- theys—they want to tear apart the very rules that hold reality together, they revere Chaos that much.

* ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' and ''[[Warhammer 4000040,000]]'' provide some of the most brutally straightforward, [[Obviously Evil|Obviously]], [[Card-Carrying Villain|Card Carryingly]], [[Ax Crazy|Ax Crazily]], and otherwise gleefully and horrendously evil examples of the alignment in all of fiction.

** The Orks of ''WH40K'' are perhaps a purer version of this trope. They live for slaughtering their enemies in a giant Waaaagh!

*** Tzeentch appears to be the most orderly (relatively speaking) of the Chaos Gods. Except that all of his plans are designed to be mutually contradictory and he makes sure that, ultimately, he can ''never'' achieve victory, due to the mutually inclusive goals that he would cease to exist if he ever won and his absolute addiction to scheming. He's probably more Chaotic Evil than any of them... with the possible exception of Khorne, who [[Blood Knight|cares not from where the blood flows, only that it does,]] and whose followers wage ceaseless, pitiless war for its own sake throughout the cosmos. He has no churches or temples in his honour -- thehonour—the only place to honour and worship him is on the battlefield, and the battlefield must have no limits or end.

*** Chaos Space Marine Legions vary from [[Lawful Evil]] to Chaotic Evil. Several of the more disciplined ones are almost [[Visionary Villain|Visionary Villains]]s wanting to carry out the legacy of Horus, uniting humanity under Chaos. Some of the others... not so much. You need only look at the eloquent and sophistication philosophy expounded by Kharn The Betrayer, mentioned just up there ^. [[Memetic Mutation|Although he's a pretty fun guy regardless.]] And, not surprisingly, the World Eaters are pretty much the purest examples of this alignment amongst the Chaos Space Marine chapters, which of course is the legion Khârn is part of.

* The Wyrm in the original ''[[Werewolf: The Apocalypse]]''. It'sIts goal, depending on one's interpretation, is either to destroy the entire universe or [[Lawful Evil|trap it forever in an unending state of suffering]].

** Subverted in that it is only trying to break free from imprisonment by the insane [[Lawful Evil|Weaver]], and the horrors that serve it fitting more into the mold due to some of the stuff they do [[For the Evulz]]. In essence, the Wyrm is [[True Neutral]], it'sits purpose being acting as the balancing deity between the order of the Weaver and chaos of the Wyld by bringing a blessed ending to both their creations.

* The Ebon Dragon of ''[[Exalted]]'' (when he's not being [[Neutral Evil]]). Exalted uses a Virtue system to depict the internal integrity and morality of characters. Compassion denotes the character's ability to feel for others and empathy, Conviction for determination to ideals and visions, Temperance for self-control and discipline, and Valor for courage and bravery. The Ebon Dragon, a titan who created the world, has the lowest rating possible for a sentient being in all Virtues. He does not care for anything, possesses no ideals, refuses to control himself and can not stand up against danger. His only motivation is to cause suffering. This miserable thing has ''cosmic'' powers.

== Theatre[[Video Games]] ==

* HK-47 from ''[[Knights of the Old Republic (video game)|Knights of the Old Republic]]'' cheerfully asks to kill every living thing he sees; he only has his master's metaphorical leash stopping him from becoming a literal non-stop killing machine.

* Eventually, everyone who plays a ''[[Grand Theft Auto|GTA]]'' game gets powerful and bored/pissed off enough that they become this. Ditto any other crime sandbox game.

* Black Whirlwind from ''[[Jade Empire]]'', an [[Ax Crazy]] mercenary whose chaotic and impulsive actions (Sleeping with his employers wife, cutting in two a girl two rivals were fighting over) normally end in him having to kill everyone in self defence.

* ''[[Resident Evil]]''{{'}}s Albert Wesker. By ''[[Resident Evil 5]]'', he basically hates everyone in the world and seeks to genocide the human race. Not to mention half the things he did beforehand, from taking a preteen outbreak survivor prisoner to {{spoiler|injecting Jill with viruses and forcing her to aid him just so she can suffer}}.

* A chaotic evil character alignment is possible in ''[[Infamous (video game series)|In FamousInfamous]]'', just like in all sandbox games. ''Infamous'' is made distinct by the fact that the player has the option to choose their character alignment through their actions, and character alignment is actually a major element in the way that the game plays out. If you choose to be chaotic evil, then people will hate you, the city will descend deeper into crime and anarchy, and you will gain powers exclusive to evil characters.

* ''[[System Shock|SHODAN]]'': SHODAN. Her absolute hatred for humanity knows no bounds. Always calling people "meat" and craving absolute destruction, she's the epitome of absolute vengeance.

* Mother from ''[[Wild ArmsARMs 1]]''. Unlike [[Lawful Evil|Ziekfried]], who wanted to conquer and subjugate Filgaia, Mother craves only destruction and death, and even goes so far as to claim that once she destroys Filgaia, she intends to devour Ziek and the other Quarter Knights as well. {{spoiler|Is it any wonder Ziekfried backstabs her and becomes the new [[Big Bad]]?}}

** Lord Blazer from ''[[Wild ArmsARMs 2]], who spends almost the entire game bragging to Ashley about how he nearly destroyed Filgaia and mocking him for his idealism. [[Psycho for Hire|Judecca]] is a tough call between this and [[Neutral Evil]].

** Kartikeya from ''[[Wild ArmsARMs 5]]''. Complete lunatic; who knows why the other members of the villainous five keep him around?

* Kerrigan from ''[[StarcraftStarCraft]]'' once the [[Expansion Pack]] ''Brood War'' rolls around. {{spoiler|She plays [[The Chessmaster]] to get into power, and once there does whatever she feels like while massacring her remaining competition. She leaves Zeratul alive after forcing him to kill his Matriarch in order to free her, so that his "every waking moment will be torture." She also [[Lampshadeslampshade]]s it by calling herself the "Queen Bitch of the universe."}}

* The Umgah from ''[[Star Control]] II]]'' are a race of practical jokers who seem to have little to no loyalty to anyone or anything, even attacking the player after he saves their entire race, just for kicks and giggles. The fact that the Umgah's pranks are implied to cause the death of thousands, if not millions of sentient beings puts them squarely in the "evil" category.

** The Kohr-Ah probably also qualify, as opposed to their Lawful Evil counterparts the Kzer-Zah. The Kzer-Zah believe that the key to their race's survival is to enslave everybody else, thus bringing order and hierarchy to the galaxy. The Kohr-Ah on the other hand believe that if there are no living sentient races, then they can never again be made slaves and kill.Anyone and everything that isn't them must die.

* Giygas from ''[[EarthboundEarthBound]]'' literally embodies the trope, as does his subordinate Pokey/Porky.

* Melissa and Meria, {{spoiler|the evilevl sides of the archangel Marietta}}, from ''[[Knights in The Nightmare]]'' fit the bill nicely. They cause massive bloodshed and chaos throughout the game for no reason other than [[For the Evulz]]. In fact, in Meria's route, if the player chooses, [[Rage Against the Heavens|Meria can take her campaign of destruction all the way to the heaven]].

* The Postal Dude from ''[[Postal (video game series)|Postal]]'' embodies this alignment.

* ''[[Tales of Vesperia]]''{{'}}s Zagi may very well be the embodiment of this alignment. Not only is he [[Ax Crazy]] to the nth degree, about 90% of his dialogue is either him giving an over the top [[Evil Laugh]] or a deranged non sequitur.

** To specify, he starts out as a [[Psycho for Hire]], but gradually {{spoiler|he becomes a [[Stalker with a Crush]] towards Yuri and indulges in [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul]] just so he can have the satisfaction of defeating and killing him. It takes no less than ''five'' battles to finally defeat him.}}

*** [[Squick|"Hahahaha! I'm gonna kill you and carve your name into my blood!"]]

* ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask|Majora]]'': Majora, and anyone unlucky enough to wear its [[Mask of Power|mask]]. Skullkid-sans-mask was just a lonely kid who wanted friends to play with. Majora-Skullkid twisted this desire into playing gruesome, often lethal "games" with the population of Termina. When you actually fight Majora itself, it acts more like a [[Psychopathic Manchild]] than anything else. This thing makes Ganondorf look friendly by comparison.

* Shiro Tagachi from ''[[Guild Wars]]''. He's bent on destroying the entire continent of Cantha (hence {{spoiler|the Jade Wind}}) and actively seeks revenge the entire time he's "dead".

* Gary Smith from ''[[Bully (video game)|Bully]]''. After the first chapter of the game, he schemes behind the scenes, then sets his master plan into action in the last chapter. He causes a riot, ties up the head, gets several kids expelled (sending several more through therapy), does enormous amounts of vandalism and destruction, lies to everyone, and calls your mother a whore. Why? ''Because he can!''

* Zevran Arainai of ''[[Dragon Age]]'' is a rare example of a Chaotic Evil party member that's actually quite pleasant to be around, thanks to his wit and charm. He seems to mostly be a Type 1, given that freedom from the [[Murder, Inc.|Antivan Crows]] is his primary concern, but he also shows little or no remorse for the lives he's taken up until that point. {{spoiler|His original nature seemed to be leaning towards Chaotic Good, but his enforced service to the Crows over a lifetime has generally winnowed away any morality he had, especially a few seriously tragic events. He can be brought back to CG with a Romance, or at LEAST''least'' Chaotic Neutral with enough approval, though he's still an assassin by trade.}}

** {{spoiler|Zevran shows up in one quest for the sequel, and is nowby then firmly CN, as he's more or less started assassinating the other assassins rather then taking marks himself, mostly because they won't stop trying (and failing) to kill him. He appears to be insuring his freedom by more or less single-handedly dismantling the entire Antivan Crows organization bit by bit.}}

* ''[[Drakengard]]'' has Arioch, the [[Ax Crazy|insane]] female elf fighter, is probably Chaotic Evil herself; so was [[Enfante Terrible|the child]] Manah and of course, the [[Eldritch Abomination|Grotesquieries]].

* The [[Big Bad|Big Bads]]s in ''[[Baldur's Gate]]'' and ''[[Baldur's Gate|Baldur's Gate II:]] [[Expansion Pack|Throne of Bhaal]]'' (the one in ''Shadows of Amn'' is [[Neutral Evil]], with a Chaotic Evil [[The Dragon|Dragon]]) are both good examples of intelligent, patient Chaotic Evil, though both also show a bit of a fiery temper in the short term in spite of being [[The Chessmaster|Chessmasters]].

* Gig from ''[[Soul Nomad and The World Eaters]]''; brash, deceptive, impulsive, crude, attempts to solve all his long-term problems (mainly the one that there's people still alive on the same plane of existence as he) with simple short-term solutions (mainly killing everything in sight) and turned the protagonist's homeworld into a slowly dying dustbowl because he thinks wanton slaughter of mortals is ''fun''. Oh yeah, and he's on ''your'' side, which turns the game into a rather interesting case of being the [[Kid with the Leash]].

* Jeremy from ''[[Wild ArmsARMs 4]]'' arguably started out as [[Neutral Evil]]. However, when you face him for the last time, he's definitely descended into this alignment, {{spoiler|mainly because becoming part-ARM made him completely [[Ax Crazy]].}}

* Most Daedra ofin ''[[The Elder Scrolls]]'' series. Sheogorath is the quintessential and [[Affably Evil|charming]] example, extremely powerful and more likely to send flaming pets raining down on a village as provide useful advice. The only rule he follows is that he won't make things more sane {{spoiler|...except when his curse de-activates}}.

** Sheogorath is more like a pendulum that swings between Chaotic Evil, [[Chaotic Neutral]] and [[Chaotic Good]] (Hehe ''is'' the prince of madness after all). On one hand, he's a psychopath and [[Ax Crazy]], on the other hand he helped the Chimer (who later became the dark elves) move from Summerset Isle and form their pre-tribunal culture. He's also very keen on punishing those that deserve it, or teaching lessons to people. And he invented music.

** Technically none of the Daedra truly qualify as [[Blue and Orange Morality|their motives are so far above your head you can't comprehend it]]. If they were any however, they would be Molag Bal, [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|''King of Rape'']]; Boethia, who has aspects of anarchy and Darwinism; Mehrunes Dagon, who wants nothing more than to tear down creatio;, Vaermina, who rules over dreams and who'swhose purpose is basically to torture everyone she can with the most horrifying nightmares possible; and Mephala-- whileMephala—while her aspect is purposely veiled from mortal interpretation, all she/he ever does is cause destruction and sow chaos. She's also might be the patron of both assassin's guilds and destroys peace for the sake of it. The ironic thing here is that Boethia and Mephala, alongside Azura, are considered the ''good'' Daedra!

* {{spoiler|Morinth}} from ''[[Mass Effect 2]]''. Has a {{spoiler|genetic condition that kills the people she has sex with, and spends her time manipulating people into adoring her, then kills them with said condition when she's bored of them. Once, she used Samara's [[Knight Templar]] code to force Samara to kill an entire village of people she'd brainwashed into going after Samara.}}

* ''[[Blaz BlueBlazBlue]]''{{'}}s Yuuki Terumi (a.k.a. Hazama) has, as his apparantapparent overall plot, the desire to create the Kusanagi, the sword of the godslayer. To do this, he's performed almost every single atrocity that occurs in the game towards any of the other characters. [[Magnificent Bastard|And we mean everything]]. He fucked up Ragna's life by cutting off his arm and kidnapping his sister, fucked up Jin's life by giving him the sword that messed with his mind, fucked up Noel's life by turning her into the Kusanagi (not that anything had gone well for her before), fucked up Arakune's life by turning him into the monster he is, etc. He is nearly impossible to control or predict (partly due to his [[Ax Crazy|destructive impulses]] and partly due to his [[Crazy Prepared|plans upon plans upon plans upon plans upon plans]]) and absolutely hates to receive orders. And, thus far, his actions have mainly been [[For the Evulz]]. Needless to say, he's kind of a dick.

* [[Dracula]], the titular [[Big Bad]] of the ''[[Castlevania]]'' franchise!!!. He turns to the psychotic mass murder of humans to avenge his beloved wife. Soma Cruz, normally [[Chaotic Good]], could become this as well if he sees the same fate happening in front of his very eyes.

* Vanitas from ''[[Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep]]'' is supposed to be [[Big Bad|Master Xehanort's]] [[Dragon]], but it's made quite clear that he is a [[Dragon with an Agenda]] who only works for Xehanort because it allows him to do as much evil as he pleases. Somewhat justified given that he is {{spoiler|made of nothing but darkness.}}

* [[Metal Gear Solid|Psycho Mantis]], [[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty|Vamp]], and [[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater|Volgin]] from the various ''[[Metal Gear]]'' games qualify as this.

* NEXUS from ''[[Warzone 2100]]'' is the Type 2 variety, who {{spoiler|destroyed human civilization}} because [[Evil Feels Good]].

* {{spoiler|General Shepherd}} from ''[[Modern Warfare]] 2]]'' instigated a US-Russian war which could quite possibly lead to [[World War III]], all in the name of [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|reawakening America's military might]], after it went very gun-shy when 30,000 Marines were nuked in the first game. He does have a ''slight'' justification; those 30,000 Marines were all commanded by him, causing him to cross the [[Despair Event Horizon]] when they got nuked.

* J. D. Thorne from ''[[Tron 2.0]]'' has the dubious distinction of being the only true Chaotic Evil character in the [[Tron]] universe. The movie villains are [[Lawful Evil]], the other villains in the game are [[Neutral Evil]]. Once Thorne is in the system and merged with [[The Corruption]], all he cares about is his [[A God Am I|status as a "Master User"]] and corrupting more and more Programs and systems with his disease. {{spoiler|Ma3a}} also goes from [[Lawful Good]] to this alignment due to some bad code.

* From ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'' we have [[Evil Overlord|Shao Kahn]]. In the war between the realms of Order and Chaos the forces of Chaos want to put Kahn back on the throne of Outworld, because under his rule the only law was "obey Shao Kahn" and he didn't really give a crap about what anyone else was doing. He promoted infighting and competition amongst his minions in a "divide and rule" policy to the point where the Centaur and Shokan races went to war with one another to curry his favour (and thus gain more power). While is goal is to merge all the realms with Outworld and rule over everything, its an ambition based solely on ego and a lust for conquest and power, and as long as he holds absolute power he doesn't really care about how his people live their day to day lives, though it tends to be pretty miserable, desperate and violent thanks to how sadistic and brutish he is.

* The Crusaders faction of the Resistance of Praetoria in ''[[City of Heroes]]'' fit this neatly. While the resistance as a whole is trying to overthrow the oppressive government - which will have dangers and consequences - the Crusaders' methods are monstrous, including blowing up hospitals to teach the populace that Emperor Cole can't protect them. Some Crusaders are [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Well Intentioned Extremists]]s, but others just like destruction.

{{quote| '''Mr. Scratch:''' This poor slob's just collateral damage, really. I mean, I beat some information out of him earlier. But this part? (Pulls off the man's tie.) [[For the Evulz|This is just for kicks.]] (Begins choking him.)}}

* Assault Bomber from ''[[Bomberman}Bomberman Generation]]'' is easily Chaotic Evil. He is overly obsessed with death and destruction and will do anything to achieve this. He is malevolent and EXTREMELY''extremely'' psychotic to the point of having no self-control whatsoever. Hell, his title IS the Reaper of the Crush Bombers for a reason.

* Pierre Buzarde', [[Psycho for Hire]] villain of ''[[Ruby's World]] ''. Kills his own Mooks on a whim, talks about torture like an art form, and believes that taking someone alive means he can still render them brain-damaged from asphyxiation.

* ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'':

** Belkar Bitterleaf. [[Word of God]] [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0489.html has his alignment written down pat]. Once got in the middle of a barroom brawl between old friends (offscreen) -- and ''stabbed fifteen people to death''. He later gets visited [[Vision Quest|in a dream]] by Shojo, who tells him that rather than trying to actively act outside of society's rules (which would make others kill him eventually), he should instead try to play by the rules and cheat whenever he can, making others believe he's playing by the rules. Belkar sums this up as faking [[Character Development]].

** [http://oots.wikia.com/wiki/Category:Chaotic_Evil_Characters According to] the Order of the Stick wiki page, [[Horny Devils|Sabine]] and [[Dumb Muscle|Thog]] are also Chaotic Evil. Sabine qualifies on account of the kind of demon she is; Thog is a [[Psychopathic Manchild]] -- he—he's innocent and not deliberately malicious, but thinks killing is fun and will kill without remorse.

* Black Mage from ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|8-Bit Theater]]''. His most powerful spell is literally [[The Power of Love|powered by love]] - in the same way that an automobile engine is powered by gasoline. It burns away a small part of the total amount of love in the universe each time he uses it, which he says manifests as a small increase in divorce rates. He typically presents as a type 4 but can move along the scale to either type 1 or type 2 depending on what kind of day he's been having. You know things are bad when he Hadokens a supply ship for orphans out of existence.

* Several supervillains in the ''[[Whateley Universe]]'', including The Necromancer, and Don Sebastiano. Don Sebastiano has a couple helpless mindslaves... so he mistreats and violates them for fun.

{{quote| '''Aram:''' I'm bored. Jump around this scorpion on your face.<br />

* Jack Noir in ''[[Homestuck]]'' kills people to ''pass the time'', having started his killing spree over being forced to wear a silly hat. He isn't exactly picky, having abandoned pretty much all pretense of allegiance in favour of more teleporting murder. About the only people spared his ire are the Draconian Dignitary, who acts as his [[Mission Control]], and the ascended Peregrine Mendicant.

== [[Web Original]] ==

* Flippy from ''[[Happy Tree Friends]]''. When he something that reminds him of war, he turns evil and kills everyone around him.

* Satan from ''[[The Salvation War]]'' is remarkably [[Ax Crazy]] even for his usual image. {{spoiler|So is YahweeYahweh.}}

* A few of the Enemies from ''[[A-GENTS]]'' definitely fall into this alignment. Kilk is a Type 1 Chaotic Evil [[Combat Sadomasochist]] up to his ears in [[Evil Feels Good]]. Grin, on the other hand, is definitely a type 4 [[Psycho for Hire]] with a real fondness for tentacle rape. And then there's [[Complete Monser|Alice]]... Well, let's just say most everyone is very, very happy that she's dead.

* ''[[Noka|Found]]'': Found is implied to be this by Az. It's safe to assume that he's a ''much'' [[Cloudcuckoolander|better]] [[Chaotic Neutral|person]] now, seeing as his [[Ax Crazy|old]] [[Hair-Trigger Temper|self]] is spoken of so negatively.

{{quote| '''Az:''' "But Found isn’t as bad as he used to be. Sure, he’s still a [[Cloudcuckoolander|frickin’ crazy]] sometimes, but he’s not an outright psychopath. [[God Help Us All|God have mercy]] [[Mercy Killing|on your soul]] if you [[Too Dumb to Live|somehow managed]] to make the old Found come back, even for a few seconds."}}

== [[Western Animation]] ==

{{quote| '''Girkek:''' My only remorse is that I can't destroy your planets again!}}

** Madame MimVicky from ''[[The Sword in theFairly StoneOddParents]]''.

{{quote| '''Fry:''' "You mean Bender is the evil Bender? I'm shocked. Shocked! Well, not that shocked."}}

* Zim from ''[[Invader Zim]]''. He would be [[Lawful Evil]] if he didn't prove to be a [[Ax Crazy]] from time to time, and at one point horribly crippled Dib with a temporal replacement device and GIR's rubber pigs. Of course this is depending on the plot whether Zim is Chaotic Evil or Lawful Evil - there's a thin line between stupid and incompetent lawful evil and genuine chaotic evil.

* The Weavils on ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]''. Whether it's one of them or [[Always ChaoticExclusively Evil|a group]], they generally just do whatever profits them at the moment while being [[Jerkass|jerkassesjerkass]]es about it.

* Hexadecimal of ''[[Re BootReBoot]]'' places more value on chaotic than evil. She once reversed her own [[Taken for Granite|Medusa Bug]] when it's end result was a boring motionless world. She shifts to [[Chaotic Neutral]] when Bob fixes her face.

* [[Big Bad]] Demona from ''[[Gargoyles]]''.

* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'':

** The one-shot majorRecurring villain Discord is practically the [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of Chaotic Evil, combining chaotic randomness with acting [[For the Evulz]]. He's described as a spirit of chaos and disharmony, and enjoys using his near-omnipotent powers to psychologically break his opponents ([[Just Toying with Them|even though he wouldn't even need to]]) and turning the land of Equestria into a bizarre realm of chaos.

* The Witch's Ghost/Sarah Ravencroft from ''[[Scooby-Doo (animation)|Scooby -Doo and the Witch's Ghost]]'', who wanted to destroy the world and one of the only ones as an ''actual'' supernatural ghost who had the ability to do so. Her [[Neutral Evil]] descendant Ben Ravencroft wanted to summon her so they could take over the world together, but she wanted to destroy it instead.

* ''[[The Boondocks]]'' has Stinkmeaner, who hates and will start something with anyone and [[To Hell and Back|had to be sent back from Hell itself]] after his death at Granddad's hands.