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{{noreallife|calling someone "evil" is [[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment|rarely a good ides]].}}
{{examples|'''I demand examples!! So speaks DOOM!!'''}}
▲== Anime & Manga ==
* Many of the [[Big Bad]]s from ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' and ''[[Dragon Ball GT]]'' fall into this category, including Commander Red of the Red Ribbon Army and Frieza.
* Il Palazzo from ''[[Excel Saga (manga)|Excel Saga]]'' is a notable parody as well a deconstruction. {{spoiler|When his dark side takes over him, he's a frighteningly capable Evil Overlord.}}
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* Claw from ''[[Kimba the White Lion]]''.
* Moo from [[Monster Rancher (anime)|Monster Rancher]].
== Comic Books ==
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* Emperor Golgoth of ''[[Empire]]''.
* The mummified, sinister King Yod of ''[[Megalex]]''
== Film ==
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** Most other Sith Lords in the ''[[Star Wars]]'' universe with a position of command of some sort fit this trope as well, notably Darth Vader and Count Dooku (two of Palpatine's [[The Dragon|apprentices]]). In the ''[[Star Wars Expanded Universe]]'', we have Darth Revan, Darth Nihilus, Darth Malak, Darth Krayt, and many, many others.
* Tim Curry's Lord of Darkness in Riddley Scott's ''[[Legend (film)|Legend]]'' fits this to a T.
== Literature ==
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* ''[[Animorphs]]''. Two words: Visser Three.
* As always, ''[[Discworld]]'' provides examples.
** The Evil Lord Harry Dread from ''[[
** Lord Vetinari from the same series has all the trappings of an Evil Overlord, except that he happens to be a [[Reasonable Authority Figure]] who is [[Genre Savvy]] enough to know that evil doesn't pay. His only act of public villainy was having all mime artists tortured to death via scorpion pit. That only made him more popular.
* Lord Voldemort from the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series. Even though he only really becomes any sort of Overlord in book seven, people treat him as one from the start, including his followers using the term Dark Lord. But up until he actually takes over, he's more of a terrorist/cult leader.
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* {{spoiler|Freddy Johnson as}} Osiris in [[The Tumbleweed Dossier]].
▲== Live Action TV ==
* [[The Master (trope)|The Master]] from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''
** 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.
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* 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]]''.
== Newspaper Comics ==
* Ming the Merciless in ''[[Flash Gordon (comic strip)|Flash Gordon]]'', and the associated serials and TV shows, though in the [[Flash Gordon (film)|1980s film version]] he has been elevated to ''[[Galactic Conqueror]]'' status what with threatening entire solar systems on a whim and such.
== Tabletop Games ==
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* 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.
** Don't forget Nicol Bolas for [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons]].
== Toys ==
* Makuta Teridax in ''[[Bionicle]]'', {{spoiler|especially when he takes over the universe.}}
== Video Games ==
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* Draygon in [[Crystalis]].
== Web Comics ==
* Lord Tedd in ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', but his [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2004-05-17 self-proclaimed] "[[Subordinate Excuse|voluntary servant]]" (it's not entirely clear what position she holds, but it's important) thinks he's a good guy under "[[Poisonous Friend|corrupting influence]]".
* ''[[The Order of the Stick|Order of the Stick]]'' has fun with this.
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* Parodied in ''[[Overlord of Ravenfell]]''.
* ''[[Dark Wings]]'' has Veslin, the mysterious leader of [[The Empire]]. Believed to be an evil [[Our Dragons Are Different|dragon]], but she might be anything, even a [[Omniscient Council of Vagueness|whole group of people]]. All we really know is that there's ''something'' powerful and intelligent driving the Veslians.
== Web Original ==
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* [[The Nostalgia Chick]] gets called a dictator by her [[Sex Bot]], gives Disney villains helpful advice and enjoys playing in God's domain just a bit too much.
* [[Diamanda Hagan]] actually ''admits'' to being this, having minions [[Bad Boss|who she regularly orders to execute themselves]].
== Western Animation ==
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== Real Life ==
* Vortigern was a [[Dark Age Europe|Dark Age]] Romano-British ruler who let the English in from Germany to fight the Scots and then fled when they decided they liked his country and wanted to take the whole thing. Interestingly, his name literally means "Overlord".
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