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== Film ==

* Pictured above, [[The Joker]] in ''[[The Dark Knight Saga|The Dark Knight]]''. The Joker actually seems more ~~Nietzchean~~ than sado-hedonistically Evil-for-evils-sake. He does not care about lost lives or pain - including his own! He lives without rules and enjoys showing others how stupid living by the rules is. We cannot reason with him - only make a different choice. Which is really the point and why it is so important for Batman to save him in the end. And why his real victory is bringing Dent down. If evil-for-the-sake-of-evil was the motivation, he would have blown up more hospitals and subverted ~~less~~ ~~[[D As]]~~.

* Pictured above, [[The Joker]] in ''[[The Dark Knight Saga|The Dark Knight]]''. The Joker actually seems more Nietzschean than sado-hedonistically Evil-for-evils-sake. He does not care about lost lives or pain - including his own! He lives without rules and enjoys showing others how stupid living by the rules is. We cannot reason with him - only make a different choice. Which is really the point and why it is so important for Batman to save him in the end. And why his real victory is bringing Dent down. If evil-for-the-sake-of-evil was the motivation, he would have blown up more hospitals and subverted fewer DAs.

** Other than the obvious mention of [[The Joker]] in ''[[The Dark Knight]]'', there was also the Burmese Bandit that Alfred Pennyworth mentioned in the movie, who frequently stole gems that were intended to be given by the SAS to various tribes to bribe them, and then scattered them around, strongly implying that he only stole them simply because he could and that such antics greatly amused him.

* The main character's former partner in ''[[End of Days]]'' suggests they cast their lot with [[Satan]] under the reasoning that their long careers as mercenaries meant they had no chance of "going upstairs" anyway, so they might as well have fun while alive.

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** ''The Search for Santa Paws'' has Ms. Stout, the evil head of the orphanage who hates Christmas. She isn't even given a [[Freudian Excuse]], she just hates Christmas for no reason. And she destroys any toys and decorations she finds in the orphans' possession. The only thing she does with an actual motivation is attempt to run off with her boyfriend with embezzled money and leave the orphans by themselves.

* ''[[Paranormal Activity]]'': Katie's demon. Honestly, it slams the door shut then bangs on the other side of it just to fuck with them. Indeed, Katie even acknowledges this trope when she asks "Do you think it would have left footprints if it didn't want to? Do you think it would do ANYTHING if it didn't want to?" In the 2007 ending, {{spoiler|the demon fucks with them one last time. Just before the police discover Katie, a light down the hall is turned on and then turned off. The police end up shooting Katie because they were startled by the sound of someone slamming a door behind them.}}

* This is discussed in ''[[Scream (film)|Scream]]'', which was big on lampshading various horror film Tropes. Randy points out how about halfway through the film that in most horror movies "Motives are incidental." The eventual killer does have one (rather flimsy) motive for the carnage he unleashes, but does lampshade this fact.

{{quote|''' {{spoiler|Billy:}}''' I don't really believe in a motive, Sid. I mean, did Norman Bates have a motive? Did we ever find out why Hannibal Lector liked to eat people? Don't think so! [[Lampshade Hanging|See, it's much scarier if there's no motive.]]}}

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** [[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah|Destoroyah]] is this even moreso. At one point he even {{spoiler|[[Kick the Dog|brutally murders Junior right in front of Godzilla and then proceeds to drag the mourning Godzilla around by the throat with his tail]]}} while ''laughing''. Why? For no other reason than for his own sick amusement.

* Terry Silver in ''[[Karate Kid]] III'' is an unintentional example. He's supposed to be helping avenge his war buddy John Kreese and restore the dignity of the Cobra Kai, but in practice he's far too into it given that it's not his disgrace, seems to be aware that his buddy Kreese is the one who stepped over the line and is neglecting his multi-million dollar business to get vengeance on a teenager and his elderly mentor. Also, the vengeance is all his idea and is planned and executed by him with Kreese only getting to jump out from behind a cardboard cut out to scare Daniel in one scene.

* The Martians from [[Mars Attacks!]] are the [[Played for Laughs]] version of this trope. They even make us think they can be negotiated with just to laugh at us when we try right before they kill us anyway, because they enjoy the killing so much.

* The Martians from ''[[Mars Attacks!]]'' are the [[Played for Laughs]] version of this trope. They even make us think they can be negotiated with just to laugh at us when we try right before they kill us anyway, because they enjoy the killing so much.

* Freddy Krueger from the ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street]]'' franchise can be viewed as an example born of deconstruction of [[Freudian Excuse]]. His mother was viciously raped by ~~hundred~~ of mental patients. He was bullied by his classmates. Growing up he killed animals and cut himself. He got beaten by his foster father, whom he later killed. Last of all, he was burnt alive. Obviously there is no excuse for killing children. Nonetheless, one can see how his past has molded him into a twisted person he is today, undoubtedly with deep mental issues. '''Except''', it's not like he minds himself being as monstrous as he is. He is quite content in being that way. Even before he turns into a [[A God Am I|King Of Nightmares]], he takes sadistic glee in raping and murdering children, as shown in the scene in the sixth movie where he's admiring a scrapbook of all the newspaper clippings of missing children. It is thus conclusive that he is the kind of person, who wouldn't even ''need'' an excuse. It is a fact that he takes all too much joy in hurting people.

* Freddy Krueger from the ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street]]'' franchise can be viewed as an example born of deconstruction of [[Freudian Excuse]]. His mother was viciously raped by hundreds of mental patients. He was bullied by his classmates. Growing up he killed animals and cut himself. He got beaten by his foster father, whom he later killed. Last of all, he was burnt alive. Obviously there is no excuse for killing children. Nonetheless, one can see how his past has molded him into a twisted person he is today, undoubtedly with deep mental issues. '''Except''', it's not like he minds himself being as monstrous as he is. He is quite content in being that way. Even before he turns into a [[A God Am I|King Of Nightmares]], he takes sadistic glee in raping and murdering children, as shown in the scene in the sixth movie where he's admiring a scrapbook of all the newspaper clippings of missing children. It is thus conclusive that he is the kind of person, who wouldn't even ''need'' an excuse. It is a fact that he takes all too much joy in hurting people.

* A relatively mild example occurs in the comedy ''[[Airplane!]]'' when airport-employee Johnny thinks it's funny to briefly unplug the runway lights just as the plane is making its emergency landing.

** In the sequel, Simon Kurtz covers up flaws in the shuttle and leaves everyone on it to die for no apparent reason.

* The gang member at the beginning of ''[[Assault on Precinct 13]]'', who {{spoiler|shoots and kills a little girl while they're robbing an ice cream truck just because she's there}}.

== Literature ==