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== Live Action TV ==

** Giles becomes this in the serial novel "The Lost Slayer", after getting vamped. He's king of Sunnydale and some of the rest of southern California.

* Darken Rahl in ''[[Legend of the Seeker]]''

* Chancellor Dongalor is a parody of this in ''Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire''

* Lord Zedd of ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' is introduced as this. Even after his [[Jaded Washout|slide into has-been territory]], it was still a very real, very frightening moment when he appeared in the Command Center after capturing Kimberly and forcing the Rangers to pilot his evil zords. His subsequent hand-to-hand fight with Tommy later confirmed his status in this category.

* The Gorma Emperor from ''[[Gosei Sentai Dairanger]]''.

 

== Tabletop Games ==

* ''[[Exalted]]'' boasts a wide variety of very powerful villainous types, but the closest to the Evil Overlord archetype would definitely be the Deathlords, leaders of the Abyssal Exalted and servants of the [[Eldritch Abomination|Neverborn.]] In a minor variation, they're not out to conquer the world so much as they want to [[Omnicidal Maniac|kill everything that lives and destroy everything that's not alive, consigning all of existence to Oblivion.]]

** And then there are the Infernal Exalted, who ''must'' play this trope to the fullest, since it's their way of working off [[Villainous Breakdown|Torment]]. As per usual, this also has a [[Dark Is Not Evil]] aspect, as Acts of Villainy aren't actually inherently evil (The one drafted by [[Evil Matriarch|Kimbery]], for example, asks that you give your opponents [[Cruel Mercy]]...but doesn't actually have provisions for making it so that living is a [[Fate Worse Than Death]]).

** In [[Forgotten Realms]], the god of tyranny Bane is the clearest example, and his church works with mortal overlords here and there, including [[Sorcerous Overlord|Manshoon]] with his Black Network. The conqueror Yamun Khahan, a pastiche of [[Genghis Khan]] (not only rumours about him are quoted almost verbatim, but the other names are used as is). But is more of a subversion: a ravenous warlord bent on conquering the known world through endless war, yet turning westward was a change of course forced on him in the [[Asshole Victim|Thayvian]] campaign's dead end, and he was a [[Benevolent Boss]] [[Villain with Good Publicity|adored]] by his people (not unlike the real-world Khan).

* Likewise ''[[Magic: The Gathering]]'', including Volrath, Crovax, and [[The Man Behind the Man]] for both of these, Yawgmoth. Various other examples from ''M:TG'' include Baron Sengir, Lim-Dul the Necromancer, and Memnarch.

* [[Oda Nobunaga]] in any Capcom game, including the ''[[Onimusha]]'' and ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'' series (and the latter's [[Anime]] adaptation).

* In ''[[Imperium Nova]]'', [[The Emperor]] of each galaxy is inevetibally labeled an evil overlord by his or her opponents. Whether or not the labeling is true is a matter of discussion.

* The title character of ''[[Holy Invasion of Privacy Badman]] What Did I Do To Deserve This?'' mixes this trope with the [[Dude in Distress]], being utterly helpless from abduction by heroes without the help of his God (the player character) and the creatures that inhabit his underground lair.

* Lord Bane from the old TBS ''Warlords III''

** [[Magnificent Bastard|General Tarquin]] is one of the [[The Man Behind the Man|Men behind the Dragon]] to the Empress of Blood. He's found his chances of survival are improved by acting as a mercenary commander for other Evil Overlord wannabes rather than sitting on the throne himself, but he still runs the show along with his [[Non-Human Sidekick]]. He's also so [[Affably Evil]] that it is approaching [[Draco in Leather Pants]] levels of sympathy among a portion of the fandom. Others, it seems, like him less with every strip.

* [http://www.thebeastlegion.com/issue-01-page-21-enter-dragos/ Lord Dragos] from ''[[The Beast Legion]]'' is the perfect example of tyrannical Evil despot who rules the land with an iron fist.

* The Editor of ''[[Evil Overlords United]]''.

* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'':

* Pariah Dark from ''[[Danny Phantom]]'' who, despite appearing in one hour-long special, managed to take over one world and one entire dimension.

* Maximus of ''[[Atomic Betty]]'' actually calls himself "Supreme Evil Overlord Maximus I.Q.

* Trigon the Terrible from ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]''.

* The [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Blackstar]]'' is called the Overlord.

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