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{{quote|''Do not offer them riches, they care not for your coin. Do not offer them surrender, they care not for victory. Offer them nothing, for they come only to murder.''|'''On the [[The Fair Folk|Dark]] [[Our Elves Are Better|Eldar]]''', ''[[Warhammer 40000]]''}}
 
A common conceit of the sci-fi and fantasy genres (and especially games of those genres) is the notion of not an organization, not a clan, not a city, but an entire ''race'' of bad guys who [[Card -Carrying Villain|brag about how]] '''''Evil''''' they are. All of the racial members behave evilly, because - let's face it - ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]'' would've been really boring if [[The Kirk|Kirk]] had to interview every Klingon he met before punching them out. This may sometimes go so far that a [[Final Solution]] against the defined-as-evil race is portrayed [[Would Be Rude to Say Genocide|in a quite cheerful light]].
 
Though the [[Trope Namer]] is ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]'', this trope is actually [[Older Than Dirt]] -- are there any myths and folk tales that ''don't'' have some creatures that are portrayed as always evil? Naturally, its subversions have also existed for quite a long time.
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Be careful when writing these: may lead to [[Unfortunate Implications]].
 
See also [[What Measure Is a Non -Human?]], [[My Species Doth Protest Too Much]], and [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens]]. Compare [[Lawful Stupid Chaotic Stupid]]. Contrast [[Always Lawful Good]]. Should not be confused with [[Chaotic Evil]].
 
'''[[No Real Life Examples Please]]'''.
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** The Veigans in [[Gundam AGE]] are all fanatically loyal to Lord Ezelcant without exception. Deeming the extermination of all non Veigans from their prized Eden
* The New Blood, or, at least, those directly related to Sicks in ''[[Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro]]''. For a long time, they intentionally bred so that the most evil would be the one to reproduce. Eventually, they actually became an entirely separate species, according to Sicks.
* Lampshaded in ''[[Kyo Kara Maoh (Light Novel)|Kyo Kara Maoh]]!'' After it is revealed to the main character that he is [[Moses in The BullrushesBulrushes|really a demon lord]] and must seek out his [[Only the Chosen May Wield|ultimate weapon]]:
{{quote| '''Yuri:''' ... a holy sword that you need to defeat the last boss.<br />
'''Wolfram:''' A holy sword?<br />
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** Though, by the end of the manga, {{spoiler|we find out that the Diclonus are descendants of the Oni from ancient times (with Lucy being the only true genetic descendant), and that their need to kill humans stems from their demonic ancestors genetically encoding them to want to seek revenge on their destroyers.}}
*** But, {{spoiler|the man who believed that turned out to not be a Diclonius at all, bringing that whole origin into question.}} It was {{spoiler|suggested that Lucy was just the result of a genetic mutation in her mother.}}
* In ''[[Soul Eater]]'', [[Witch Species|witches]] are genetically predisposed to cause destruction, and indeed, [[Bad Powers, Bad People|it forms the basis of magical power in most cases]]. There is one case where a witch's magic can only be used creatively (i.e healing), and she is an outcast because of it.
** Note that this is really an in-universe belief in ''Soul Eater''...when a character is found to be a witch and does a [[Face Heel Turn]], it's her belief in this and that other people will instantly assume it that causes it, not an innate drive. Once other characters convince her that she doesn't ''have'' to be evil if she doesn't want to, it's actually shown that others are perfectly willing to be proven wrong and think her being a good witch is neat.
* Hollows in ''[[Bleach]]'' are considered to be an entire race of evil spirits, driven to eating anything living or dead (including each other). Their more evolved "[[Bishonen Line|Arrancar]]" counterparts have been portrayed as having different dispositions, including Good (Nel).
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** The Brood ([[Expy|Expies]] of the aliens from ''[[Alien (Film)|Alien]]'') are depicted as inherently, irredeemably corrupt because of the [[Body Horror|evolutionary peculiarities of their reproductive methods]].
*** In ''[[World War Hulk]]'', Broodling manages to make a decent play at being good, but when she tried to reproduce, she ended up having to kill her own spawn to save some children from them.
** The Dire Wraiths from ''[[ROM Spaceknight]]'' wholeheartedly embraced evil. Their planet was so supernaturally suffused with corruption that [[Galactus]] ''[[Too Spicy for Yog -Sothoth|couldn't eat it]].'' The Wraiths were about as close to being literal demons as a flesh and blood race can hope to be, and they took pride in it. While one Wraith did try to make a [[Heel Face Turn]] after disguising himself as a family man for years and [[Becoming the Mask|discovering love and kindness were actually pretty nice]], his comrades taught his son how to be evil, and the boy took to their lessons so well that he eventually murdered his parents. The Dire Wraiths actually enforce evil by indoctrinating it into their young so decent Dire Wraiths are the exception rather than the rule.
** The Deviants, an evil race created by the Celestials when they created the Eternals and the Humans (or, in later retcons, just the deviants and Eternals).
* Prior to the DC reboot, the precursors of the [[Martian Manhunter|Green and White Martians]], the Burning Martians, were psychotic monsters that fed on flame and destruction.
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** Most Gremlins are Always Chaotic Neutral<small>/</small>Stupid. It's really only Stripe who was pure evil.
** The [[Affably Evil]] Brain Gremlin from "Gremlins 2: the New Batch" probably falls a little closer to Neutral Evil.
* The goblins in ''[[Troll 2]]'' fit the bill pretty well. All of them want a tasty snack of the humans in the movie, and the best part is that [[Family -Unfriendly Aesop|they are all vegetarians too]]!
* The martians in [[Mars Attacks (Film)]]. Besides this one, relevant tropes include [[For the Evulz]], [[Violence Is the Only Option]], and [[We Come in Peace, Shoot To Kill]].
** It's worth noting that the cards on which the movie was based subverted this, showing a much more peaceful organization of martians who opposed the invasion. Of course, given that, in the same set, humanity invaded Mars, kicked their asses while the war machines were off to Earth, and it eventually ends in Mars blowing up, it leads to the most unfortunate of implications. Or further villainization of the aggressive side of the populace for ruining it for everyone.
* The Djinn race from ''[[Wishmaster]]''.
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** In ''[[Attack of the Clones (Film)|Attack of the Clones]]'', they kidnapped and tortured Anakin's mother, killing her when Anakin finally shows up, though Anakin's massacre of them is treated as [[Kick the Dog]] moment [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him|nonetheless]].
** In ''[[A New Hope (Film)|A New Hope]]'', they are shown to be [[No Holds Barred Beatdown|savagely attacking]] random human beings into unconsciousness and [[Kick the Dog|stealing the vehicles of said unconscious human beings]].
** In the Expanded Universe there is one Tusken Jedi who initially seems to be an exception. Then, after surviving Order 66, he becomes evil anyway when he embraces the Tuskens' ruthless culture. [[Star Wars Legacy|Fast forward a few centuries]], and he's a [[Big Bad]] in his own right. The Tuskens' way of life is [[Rape, Pillage and Burn]] incarnate, so it's understandable that good people don't appear among them.
 
 
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*** The arm-blades and leg-blades are for harvesting tree bark, their main food source. They were, in fact, genetically engineered by the natives of their homeworld to keep the world's decidedly fragile ecosystem stable by acting as an entire species of arboretum-keepers.
* Arguably, the Canaanites in "[[The Bible (Literature)|The Bible]]", though there are exceptions like Ruth and Rahab, both who are rewarded by becoming ancestors of [[Jesus]]. Still, many passages are devoted to just how they are about to be smited. Ultimately subverted, though, as the great multitude of the Redeemed includes ''every'' tongue and tribe.
** The '''ENTIRE WORLD''' was this in the time of Noah, hence why God decided to pull a [[Kill 'Em All]] with the [[Great Flood]].
* The Sranc (and similar races) in R. Scott Bakker's ''[[Second Apocalypse]]'' are Always Chaotic Evil to the point of routine [[Kick the Dog|canine injury]].
** They're referred to as "weapon races" on several occasions, and it's stated pretty specifically that the Consult used a combination of magic and stranger things (that is, science) to create them. We see one of the races' perspectives, and they're basically sex-crazed, intelligent dogs who get off on violence -- exactly as their creators intended.
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** As well, in [[The Film of the Book]] ''[[The Wizard of Oz (Film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'', the Wicked Witch's guards are expected to be the [[Mooks|Mook]] version of this trope, but once Dorothy defeats the Witch, the guards thank her and praise her. This doesn't happen in the book, as it was explicitly stated that the Wicked Witch had enslaved the Winkies (the people of Western Oz).
* Averted and subverted in most of the works of [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]. Several races in his science fiction novels appear to be evil, but on closer inspection, it is usually revealed that they are evil because of some aspect of their culture rather than anything inherent. The vicious nomadic Green Men in his Martian novels turn out to be violent because [[Abusive Alien Parents|their culture disdains affection and families and actively punishes parents who try to treat their children lovingly or even find out who their children are (they lay eggs and randomly shuffle them before they hatch)]]. The cannibal men of U-Gor in the seventh Martian novel turned to cannibalism out of desperation because their [[President Evil]] enforced policies that led to starvation. The hideous Coripies from the [[Pellucidar]] novels are antisocial and violent because they kill women who have a lot of children to control their population, making women [[Abusive Alien Parents|hate their children]], and men avoid sexual relations with any woman they like. The Mahar of Pellucidar seem to be evil at first, but turn out to have a sense of justice and honor.
** Also, the Mahar don't know humans are anything other than animals, since they are totally deaf and communicate through telepathy, and thus can't hear human speech. The resident [[Absent -Minded Professor]] claims it's not really telepathy, they just project their thoughts through [[Another Dimension]], but the distinction is lost on me. (Admittedly, totally missing human tool-using and such, even for a Paleolithic culture like most of Pellucidar, seems pretty [[Too Dumb to Live]] for a species which is supposed to be at least as smart as humans, probably smarter....)
** The Wieroo in the Caspak trilogy come a little closer, in that we're never explicitly told why they developed their sadistic religion. But when you discover that your entire race is doomed because you can't produce fertile women...except that you ''can'' reproduce with normal humans...who unfortunately consider you hideous monsters, and thus will never willingly sleep with you...well, it's still awful, but unsurprising that something had to give.
* The countries and, thus, races in the ''[[Belgariad]]'' are dramatically stereotyped: the Drasnians are sneaky [[Chaotic Neutral|Chaotic Neutrals]] or [[Chaotic Good|Chaotic Goods]], while the Arends are all brash to the point of stupidity and definitely belong somewhere in a pseudo-medieval hierarchy. The bad guys are split into a number of groups, but can all be described simply as "bad guys".
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* The various Shadowspawn from ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'' are a case of the "artificially created to be evil" variety, being genetically engineered to be the Dark One's slaves.
** Notably, with different kinds of Shadowspawn, we see different variations on this trope. [[Our Orcs Are Different|Trollocs]] and [[Winged Humanoid|Draghkar]] are basically exceptionally violent, bloodthirsty animals who are too stupid to know what they're doing is wrong. The ''gholam'' has human intelligence but is a straightforward living weapon and quite proud of that fact. The Myrddraal, though, are definitely the creepiest - the commanders of the Shadowspawn, they are absolutely emotionless and driven to conquer the world for [[God of Evil|the Dark One]]. They derive no pleasure from anything except inflicting pain (and even then, they don't show it - the fact that they go out of their way to do it in the first place is the only indicator that they like it) and have a heavily implied fetish for raping human women, which almost always drives the victim insane (why they do that is probably best left unknwon). It's very telling that the Dark One himself uses a modified Myrddraal, Shaidar Haran, as his [[Mouth of Sauron|mouthpiece]].
* Have you ever seen a [[The Shadow Over Innsmouth (Literature)|Deep One]] that wasn't evil or Cthulhu-allied, even in [[Cthulhu Mythos]] works not written by [[HPH.P. Lovecraft (Creator)|HP Lovecraft]]?
** [[Neil Gaiman]] played with this in his short story ''[[A Study in Emerald]]''. However, it does acknowledge the evil-alignment at the end, when {{spoiler|it is implied that the detective-hero is not actually Sherlock Holmes, but his antagonist, who is working against the evil he perceives in the Great Old Ones, ''is''}}.
*** Considering that it's blatantly stated that the Old Ones eat people, and that the peace they brought to the Earth is one of terror and subjugation, I'd say he's not playing with it that much.
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** Tolkien also treated [[Big Badass Wolf|wolves]] this way, taking his cue from mythologies in which wolves are always evil.
* The "Trolls" in ''[[The Apocalypse Troll]]'' by David Weber. Though only one is technically featured, the rest are described as just as psychopathic, manipulative, and [[Omnicidal Maniac|omnicidal]]. They're really robots, but with the apparent ability to choose not to kill everything in their path -- they just choose to do so, most of the time.
** Unfortunately, they're not robots. They're [[BraininaBrain In A Jar|human brains, often cloned when "fresh" ones are unavailable]] -- and guess ''how'' they get the fresh ones -- which are then tortured horribly to the point where all they want to do is [[Omnicidal Maniac|kill everything]] in revenge for being made into what they now are. Given the choice, which they do ''not'' have, they'd turn on their masters in a heartbeat. Then go back to killing humans because it's "[[For the Evulz|fun]]". Their creators, nicknamed the Kangas (and guess what they look like), are psychopathically xenophobic because of their religion that states that anything appearing as a non-Kanga is the Devil in another disguise.
* [[Defied Trope|Defied]] in ''[[Dragon Keeper Chronicles|DragonFire]]''; one of Leetu Bends' contacts is a bisonbeck [[Reverse Mole]], who has done a [[Heel Face Turn]].
* The [[New Jedi Order|Yuuzhan Vong]] are initially introduced as being pretty much pure evil down to the last warrior, but it turns out that they're caught up in the stranglehold of a [[Religion of Evil]] that is manipulated by their insane leadership. Over the course of the later books, we're introduced to Vong who are more human, for lack of a better word, and in the end, a lot of them wind up doing a [[Heel Face Turn]] or committing suicide when they find out that the gods they were fighting for were either horribly misinterpreted or (in one case) didn't exist at all.
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* The Grik in Taylor Anderson's ''Destroyermen'' series, although "Always Lawful Evil" would be more accurate, and in the third book, the Alliance meets a member of a different but related species that's not evil.
** Further, in the fourth book, the Alliance finds some Grik who, {{spoiler|possibly as a result of being cut off from their army for several months, are willing to surrender and give peace a chance. Grik are berserkers, more or less; they '''don't''' surrender. But '''these''' do}}.
* Although they don't go 'round cackling about it (much), the Melnibonean culture in [[Michael Moorcock]]'s [[The Elric Saga|Elric]] series is pretty much evil by definition. Torture, slavery, betrayal, cruelty, sadism, and ruthlessness are prized traits in their "civilization." Essentially, the decaying race of Melnibone is a decadent form of [[Evil Is Cool|evil elves]]. Elric is by far the best of them, and even he is a Grade-A [[Anti -Hero]] who betrays his kingdom because even he feels that Melnibone as a whole [[Impaled With Extreme Prejudice|just needs killin']].
** Melniboneans are, in fact, the inspiration for [[Dungeons and Dragons]]' dark elves, which clarifies a few things.
*** And of Winnowill from ''[[Elf Quest]]''.
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* Played with the Fammin in the [[Chronicles of the Emerged World]]. They were created by the resident [[Big Bad]] Aster as his faithful and ruthless soldiers, but there are some members called the "Wrong Ones" who have feelings and free will, but are forced to obey orders as their names [[I Know Your True Name|are magical spells]]. {{spoiler|After Aster's death, the Fammin lose any hostile behaviour, and so the free people decide to let them live in peace.}}
* Trolls and Goblins in [[Shadow Keep (Literature)|Shadowkeep]]. Averted by the [[Lawful Neutral]] [[Lizard Folk|Zhiss'ta]].
* The title race in S.M. Stirlings ''Shadowspawn'' series, except for Adrian, the [[Defector From Decadence]], although since Adrian is that way from having been kidnapped and raised by a human, it's implied there might be hope for others, {{spoiler|which is why he kidnaps his children in the second book from [[Brother -Sister Incest|his sister, their mother]].}}
* Trolls in ''[[Liavek]]'' are ''said'' to be this. It's hard to be sure, since only one troll is shown. He fits, but since we never see another one...
* Ewu are treated this way in ''[[Who Fears Death (Literature)|Who Fears Death]]'', because they are the product of violence, they are expected to become violent in their future.
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*** Though episodes like "Day of the Dove" were the exception rather than the rule. [[Star Trek V the Final Frontier (Film)|The fifth movie based on the series]] was another exception. With [[Star Trek VI the Undiscovered Country (Film)|the sixth original series film]] and ''[[Star Trek the Next Generation (TV)|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'', portraying Klingons this way was abandoned altogether. Likewise, Ferengi were portrayed this way on ''Next Generation'', but not ''[[Star Trek Deep Space Nine (TV)|Deep Space Nine]]''.
** Initially played straight with the Jem'Hadar, with an infant Jem'Hadar who quickly turns out exactly how everyone warned Odo he would. But eventually averted with a few individuals later, who show some traits of [[Proud Warrior Race]] (mostly these are [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|immediately killed]]).
*** The Jem'Hadar and Vorta were both justified as species genetically manipulated by [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|The Founders]] to fight their wars for them. Both were addicted to a substance only the Founders could provide, and were indoctrinated in the idea that [[God Guise|the Founders were gods]]. Generally, they were [[Expendable Clone|Expendable Clones]], although [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|the Female Changeling]] did seem to [[Pet the Dog|mourn]] Weyoun #8's death.
** ''Spectactularly'' averted with the Romulans. Even though they are [[The Federation]]'s oldest and most persistent foe, most Romulan characters are depicted as being nuanced, sympathetic, and even extremely honourable, even if they are a little arrogant or deceptive. Even the unambiguously villainous ones like Tomalak are depicted more as a [[Worthy Opponent]] than anything else. Interestingly, probably the most evil Romulan in canon, Commander Sela, is a [[Half -Human Hybrid]].
** Played straight (with one exception) with the Kazon on ''[[Star Trek Voyager (TV)|Voyager]]''; they were featured almost constantly on the show's first two seasons, and yet never recieved any significant [[Character Development]] or manifested any redeeming features whatsoever (not even in the form of [[Defector From Decadence|defectors from decadence]]). The sole exception was the episode ''Initiations'' which gave the Kazon some motivation, and showed that the possibility of redemption existed in a few of them. Sadly, that was the show's only attempt to give the Kazon some depth.
* In ''[[Andromeda]]'' the Magog are obligate carnivores who need to kill their prey themselves to start the digestive process, prefer sentient "food", and lay their eggs in the stomachs of other humanoids. Nietzscheans are genetically engineered superhumans who follow a themepark version of [[Friedrich Nietzsche]]'s philosophy mixed with a heavy dose of [[Social Darwinism]] and overthrew the Systems Commonwealth causing the Long Night. But the Andromeda Ascendant's crew includes one of both species, Rev Bem is a Magog converted to a non-violent religion called Wayism while Tyr Anasazi was a Nietzschean mercenary who saw the Andromeda as a way to further his own interests.
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== Mythology and Religion ==
* Demons/fallen angels in ''[[The Bible (Literature)|The Bible]]''. Justified in that, supposedly, they wouldn't have fallen if they weren't.
** Any ethnic group who opposed [[Protagonist -Centered Morality|the Israelites]] are portrayed this way in ''The Bible''. According to ''The Bible'', the Canaanites were so uniformly evil that [[God]] Himself commanded a genocide against them. [[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment|Whether you agree with this assessment or not is another matter, which]] '''[[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment|shall not be discussed.]]'''
** Occasionally, you have a fallen angel who [[Noble Demon|doesn't seem to have gone full-subterranean.]] In Jewish folklore, Asmodeus is sometimes regarded as ''attending synagogue'', and even does better than ''Solomon'' on some matters of morality (although, given that Solomon apparently lapsed in matters towards the close of his reign...). Some angels, such as Sammael and Zaphkiel, are both good ''and'' evil. The ''[[Half -Human Hybrid|offspring]]'' of angels and humans are a different story. They're called "Nephilim" ("fallen" or "ruinous") for a reason. In fact, 1 Enoch posits that the reason for the Flood was that if they weren't drowned out, ''the Nephilim would have devoured the world down to the bedrock''. And even ''after'' that, the Nephilim wouldn't be done; they will just persist as evil spirits. In other words, the vast majority of demons were ''undead Nephilim''.
** And demons aren't even consistently always evil in even christian traditions (predating the 20th century that is). Many grimoires show them as more animalistically dangerous than malicious.
* Male Jotnar, western dragons, harpies, and many others. But then, in those days, [[Values Dissonance|folks often characterized their human enemies the same way.]]
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** The Dark Eldar ultimately subvert the trope. They can only stay alive and young by murdering and torturing as many people as possible, so their entire culture is based around killing and butchering people. And if they can't find people of other races to do it to, [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder|well...]] However, they are still considered part of the larger race of Eldar by their kin, who vary wildly in [[Character Alignment]]. It is possible for Dark Eldar to get sick of being [[Chaotic Evil]] and join some other Eldar faction, ultimately blending in entirely with their new comrades. With that said, any Eldar living in [[Wretched Hive|Commorragh]] is going to be evil... or prey.
** Then there are the Orks, who just have no fear of death, think killing is loads of fun, and aren't smart enough to realize that the other species disagree (though the [[Blood Knight|other]] [[Omnicidal Maniac|species]] themselves [[Manipulative Bastard|don't]] [[Complete Monster|help]]). In fact, in any ''non''-[[Crapsack World]], they'd probably be a pretty big subversion of this trope.
* Carrying on from the [[HPH.P. Lovecraft (Creator)|HP Lovecraft]] example up in Literature, many, many creatures in ''[[Cthulhu Tech]]'' are invariably sociopathic mass-murderers. For example, the [[Shapeshifting Squick|Dhohanoids]] are almost invariably driven violently insane by the Rite of Transfiguration.
* ''[[Rifts]]'' uses this trope about as much as everyone above, but also provides the interesting case of the Faustians in the ''[[Space Opera|Phase World]]'' setting: An [[Always Chaotic Evil]] race that got on the wrong side of a war against an [[The Empire|Evil Empire]] even worse than them, forcing them to run to [[The Federation|The Consortium of Civilized Worlds]] to survive. Being exceptionally [[Genre Savvy]] that day, the CCW put the Faustians on a rather strict probationary membership, leaving the Faustians to harshly police their own bad sides. If even one of them pulls off any large-scale villainy, they ''all'' get booted out and right back into the waiting fangs of the Empire.
** There is also a possible justification in an NPC's history in ''Rifts Mercenaries'': a "renegade" Tauton's story talks about how he was basically ''taught'' to hate and be almost mindlessly aggressive against other races. He didn't like it, and got out as soon as he could.
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** Also, anything infected with [[Hate Plague|Gremlin Syndrome]].
** As with many Exalted tropes, this one is implied to be more complex than at first glance: in the Roll of Glorious Divinity II, it's implied that demons are literally ''[[Allergic to Love|afraid of love]]'', because the Yozis have ground it into them that there is no such thing as love without pain. Besides [[Love Redeems|certain plot hooks]], this begs the question: [[Trauma Conga Line|what kind of life must a demon lead?]]
** Mainly averted with the rest of the setting - even [[I'm a Humanitarian|Varatjul and the Dune People]] have an explanation for what they do (the Varatjul because [[Moral Myopia|they don't view other humans as being truly sapient]]; the Dune People are [[Crazy Survivalist|Crazy Survivalists]] who, [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|thanks to the Solars]], have come to view the world in terms of Us vs. Them, with "them" being [[Absolute Xenophobe|"everyone who is not a Dune Person"]]).
* ''[[Magic the Gathering]]'' has a few of such races, given [[Long Runner|how long the story has gone on and how many planes have been detailed]], but the most prominant would be the Phyrexians, who served as the villains of the plot for ''years'' in real-time. With a few exceptions, every last one of them is a [[Complete Monster]].
** Even still, Phyrexians in their newest form seem to move away from this trope. Ever since the Phyrexians took over Mirrodin, turning it into New Phyrexia, there have been five different factions corresponding to each of the five colors, and each being lead by a praetor, each with their own brand of pitch-black evil...Except the red praetor, Urabrask the Hidden, who, true to his red mana alignment, is a lot more individualistic and merciful than the other praetors, and therefore leads the only Phyrexian faction capable of free will and compassion. Probably due to this, he is the only Phyrexian leader who plots against the other praetors not simply to gain power but to actually work against Phyrexia as a whole. This is mainly due to the fact that Phyrexia's primary goals strongly go against two of red's strongest points: freedom and emotion.
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* Deconstructed in ''[[Xenoblade Chronicles]]''. [[The Messiah|Shulk]] swears revenge on [[Killer Robot|the Mechon]] following [[Doomed Hometown|their attack on his home]]. This isn't seen as a particularly bad thing as they're just soulless killing machines... {{spoiler|then it turns out that the Faced Mechon actually have members of his own Homs species inside them. Worse still is the fact that the Mechon ''aren't'' the native species of Mechonis... the Machina, who are just as humane as the Homs and who built the Mechon, are. Upon realising that his [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] against the inhabitants of the Mechonis would take sentient life, he ultimately swears off it and begins his [[Character Development]].}}
* The residents of Xylvania in [[Battalion Wars]] take this to such extremes that they're practically a parody. They're [[Putting On the Reich|Naziesque]] [[Our Vampires Are Different|Vampires]] who live in a Mordor-like wastleland and are descended from Steampunk [[Our Orcs Are Different|orcs]].
* The qunari in ''[[Dragon Age II]]'' are made out to be this because of their reputation as militant conquerers. In reality, they're more like a race of [[Blue and Orange Morality|Lawful Blue]] [[Well -Intentioned Extremist|Well Intentioned Extremists]]. Unfortunately, their negative image is far too often exploited by the local [[Manipulative Bastard|Manipulative Bastards]].
* [[Lampshade Hanging]] in ''[[Star Control]] II'': the Ilwrath [[Card -Carrying Villain|position]] ''[[Card -Carrying Villain|themselves]]'' [[Card -Carrying Villain|as supremely evil.]] If the player confronts them over this ("[[Logic Bomb|If your actions are judged by your society as correct, aren't you, in fact, good?]]"), they tie themselves into a logical knot before deciding to attack the player for being annoying.
** Subverted in the case of the [[Big Bad]] race(s) of the Ur-Quan. While the first game portrayed them as typical [[Evil Overlord|Evil Overlords]], the second explained their origin and gave them more complexity. They were a race of slaves, and believed that to protect their own freedom, they must thus enslave ''everyone else''. However, they never destroy unnecessarily, only conscript those races who volunteer as battle thralls, and will even accept your surrender no matter how many of them you have killed (though this still means [[Game Over]]). The Kohr-Ah subrace, however, plays this a bit straighter. They believe they should just kill everyone (though they aren't overly impolite about it, and will actually explain themselves when asked properly).
** Also played straight with the Dnyarri, the former psychic slave-masters of the Ur-Quan and the Sentient Milieu, who are confirmed by anyone who knew of them to have been an entire race of [[Complete Monster|Complete Monsters]]. They turned the entire Milieu into an enormous Gulag and casually exterminated those races that didn't perform up to their standards. They were so horrible that, even tens of thousands of years later, both Ur-Quan societies are still centered entirely and insanely around preventing ever being enslaved again. At one point, the Ur-Quan Kzer-Zah can tell you that dying a thousand times would be far preferable [[Fate Worse Than Death|to living under Dnyarri control.]]
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** Some demons like the Nathrezim (aka. the [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Dread Lords]]), Ered'ruin (Doomguards), Sayaad (Incubi), and Mo'arg(felguards seem to have always been evil. The entire race is so evil that their ''mere existence'' convinced [[Big Bad|Sargeras]] that the Titans' mission to bring order to creation was futile.
* Kamal Re'x, the leader of the Hierarchy's invasion of Earth in ''[[Universe At War]]'', gives this trope as an excuse for their actions -- it's "their nature". {{spoiler|Given that he's giving this excuse to a Hierarchy military commander who staged an ultimately unsuccessful rebellion after cynically tiring of its corruption and its constant senseless warfare, it doesn't exactly ring true.}}
* ''[[Final Fantasy XI]]'' has the player start off thinking that all beastmen are scum, but then has you find out that most of them are fighting the player races for various reasons. The Quadav are only in conflict with Bastok due to the fact that Bastok kinda tried to take over the Quadav's homelands, and have since been in constant combat with them over land and resources. Then, there are the Goblins, who are less evil and more [[Honest JohnsJohn's Dealership|willing to do anything to make a buck.]]
* The Gnosis of the ''[[Xenosaga (Video Game)|Xenosaga]]'' series appear at first glance to be a fairly typical all-evil, human slaying alien race. The truth turns out to be a bit different from that, but they're still all homicidal to the end.
* Tediz in [[Conkers Bad Fur Day (Video Game)|Conker series]]. Especially in the remake where they are biological beings instead of [[Mecha Mooks|robots]] and are more free thinking.
* In the ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon (Video Game)|Pokémon Mystery Dungeon]]'' games, Poison type (especially pure poison) Pokémon (with the sole exception of [[What Measure Is a Non -Cute?|Bulbasaur]]) are ''[[Poison Is Evil|eeeeeeevil]]''.
** And if their Pokedex entries are correct, Gyarados, Tyranitar and Hydreigon seem to have a natural tendency towards violence. You could view them as dangerous animals and not truly evil but one qualifier for chaotic evil is being too dumb or simple to know any better...
* Subverted in ''[[Chrono Trigger (Video Game)|Chrono Trigger]]'', where the Mystics seem to be evil at first, but it's later shown that without Ozzie's influence, they can live at peace with the humans.
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** The Darth Vaarsuvius arc explores this as well. Vaarsuvius casually killed a black dragon in the Wooden Forest during the sidequest to get Roy's starmetal. No one had any moral qualms about it (not even [[Knight Templar|Miko]]), because black dragons are [[Always Chaotic Evil]], and it even named a [[Color Coded for Your Convenience|trope]]! {{spoiler|Much later, the dragon's much more powerful mother shows up when Vaarsuvius is alone, and she is}} ''{{spoiler|pissed.}}'' {{spoiler|She very nearly murders V's spouse and children, and V retaliates by using an uber-spell to wipe out 1/4 of the dragon's entire species.}} In the commentary, Burlew discusses the implications of this. The magnitude of this act was to show that if ''this'' was wrong, then it's no less wrong to invade a dragon's home and murder it for its treasure, regardless of its moral alignment.
** What's more, two later comics show the full unpleasant ramifications of V's actions. {{spoiler|By casting that Familicide spell, V not only killed off 1/4 of the black dragon population, but many [[Half Human Hybrids]] that were actually [[Chaotic Good]], as well as their (relatively) innocent full-human mothers. The comics are [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0842.html here] and [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0843.html here].}}
* Rats are Always Evil in ''Freaks N Squeeks''. It goes with [[What Measure Is a Non -Cute?]] -- most of the cast are mice, with the similarly small and cute shrews standing in for Jews.
* Demons in ''[[Dan and Mabs Furry Adventures]]'' are repeatedly stated to be [[Always Chaotic Evil]] by seemingly-reliable sources...but [[All There in the Manual|the Demonology 101 pages state that this is not actually the case, just the popular perception of them and most other Creatures.]]
** Cubi, on the other hand -- which [[Our Demons Are Different|are not actually demons in the setting]] -- are quite explicitly stated ''not'' to be this in the comic itself, despite reputation -- the evil ones just get all the press, because torturing or seducing people makes for a more exciting story than helping sick children.
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* Some of the early humor of ''[[Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic]]'' depended upon this concept, as the comic has its roots entirely in older editions of ''D&D''. For example, when the beholder Bob cheats on [[Hot Skitty On Wailord Action|his goblin girlfriend Gren]], he tries to justify it by pointing out that he's evil. Gren points out that they're both [[Lawful Evil]], and goes on to cheat on Bob extensively, as is her right as the wronged party under goblin law. Most of the monster characters are so [[Affably Evil]], though, that it sometimes feels jarring when they get around to doing some ''really'' bad stuff.
* ''[[Tech Infantry]]'' has the Bugs, created as a living biological weapon by a race of [[Sufficiently Advanced Aliens]] to use as a [[Redshirt Army]] against a race of alien [[Body Snatcher|Body Snatchers]] who are themselves very much [[Always Chaotic Evil]]. And any organization in this universe with "Security" as part of its name is pretty much guaranteed to be evil.
* ''[[The Challenges of Zona]]'' has the [[Our Orcs Are Different|Orc stand-ins]], the Urtts, who [[Word of God]] assures us are all just plain evil, and we shouldn't give any pity to the ones maimed, charred, and dissected by the Heroes. Yes, even their [[Half -Human Hybrid|half-human bastards]].
* Elves in ''[[Eight 8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'' are all racist, genocidal narcissists whose history has been described as a lovesong to bloodshed and themselves. Their arrogance is also unjustified, as they prove to be no better than other races (for example, having technology on par with other races despite a 9,000 year head start), something that Black Mage and Red Mage tell Thief, the Elven Prince. Their national anthem begins "We're a race of total bastards." An anthem they ''stole''.
** The other races aren't much better. ''8-Bit Theater'' is a [[Crapsack World]], after all.
* Parodied by way of [[Not So Different]] in [http://badgods.com/orc.html this] comic by Lore Sjöberg.
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== Western Animation ==
* Supposedly, the Rhubarbarians from "Duke and the Great Pie War', a ''[[Veggie Tales (Animation)|Veggie Tales]]'' episode.
* On ''[[The Fairly Odd Parents]]'', the anti-fairies are, or at least are believed to be, this. It's been stated that [[Balance of Good and Evil|one is born for every fairy]], and the newest one born, Foop, came straight out of his mother as a [[Card -Carrying Villain]]. It's also been said by Wanda that every genie is a [[Jackass Genie]]. So far, nothing has come up to contradict these claims.
* The Decepticons in most versions of the ''[[Transformers]]''. (Though the Decepticon Octane {{spoiler|defected to neutral after he got in hot water with [[Ax Crazy|Galvatron]]}}.
** There are also the [[Transformers Generation One|various]] [[Transformers Film Series|incarnations]] of Jetfire.
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* The above fable of the Frog and the Scorpion is parodied in ''[[Robot Chicken]]'', [http://robotchicken.wikia.com/wiki/In_My_Nature here.]
* On ''[[Jimmy Two-Shoes]]'', weavils, so far, have been shown to be a race made up of completely [[Jerkass]] creatures who love to torment the citizens of Miseryville.
* Birds in [[Happy Tree Friends]] are usually hostile...particularly the [[Morally Ambiguous Ducktorate|man-eating ducks.]] Come to think of it, this extends to most animals, including [[EverythingsEverything's Even Worse With Sharks|sharks]], puppies, and, in one case, a wild bear. Basically, nature is out to get the HTF gang.
** ''[[Everything Is Trying to Kill You|Everything is out to get the HTF gang.]]''
* The Irken race, from which [[Invader Zim]] hails, is, as far as we know, entirely bent on conquering vast swaths of space. Zim himself may be an exaggeration of the Irken racial personality, but each Invader introduced seems to enjoy large death machines and lots of destructive fire.
* Hornets and sewer rats in ''[[The Penguins of Madagascar]]'' seem to be this way. There are no species which can really be described as [[Always Lawful Good]], so it may be a case of [[Black and Grey Morality]] as applied to whole species.
* ''[[Futurama]]'' has a species of evil leeches, the "Dark Ones". All of the species lived at a single puddle, and yet all their evil was useless against a bag of cement, used to prepare the ground to be turned into a parking lot.
* The Changelings from ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]].'' {{spoiler|Their queen}} even gloats that ever since she was little, she dreamed of razing Equestria and [[Emotion Eater|essentially]] using ponies as food.
 
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