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{{quote|''"[[The Joker|Some]] [[Complete Monster|men]] aren't looking for anything logical [[Greed|like money]]. They can't be [[Cut Lex Luthor a Check|bought]], [[Shut UP, Hannibal|bullied]], [[Kirk Summation|reasoned]] or [[Deal With the Devil|negotiated with]]. Some men just [[Omnicidal Maniac|want to watch the world burn]]."''|'''Alfred''', ''[[The Dark Knight]]''}}

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* Although Drosselmeyer in ''[[Princess Tutu (Anime)|Princess Tutu]]'' does have a few things in his back story that give him a motive, there's strong indication that his biggest motivator is he just finds tragedy... fun! As he was a writer, he may be [[Doing It for The Art]] and it just so happens that he enjoys his art.

* Contrary to expectations, Ryuk from ''[[Death Note (Manga)|Death Note]]'' is an example of [[It Amused Me]] and ''[[Averted Trope|not]]'' [[For the Evulz]]. He just wanted to see what a human would do with the absolute power of life and death and didn't care who might die as a result - he didn't enjoy the evil of it, he was just bored and amoral.

** [[Serial Killer|Beyond]] [[Red Eyes Take Warning|Birthday]], on the other hand, totally did it [[For the Evulz]].

** [[Serial Killer|Beyond]] [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|Birthday]], on the other hand, totally did it [[For the Evulz]].

* Mon and Toshi of ''[[The World Is Mine]]'' are [[Mad Bomber]] [[Serial Killer|Serial Killers]] (Mon is also a serial [[Rape As Drama|rapist]]) who don't really have a motive, although Toshi is a [[Butt Monkey]] turned [[Manipulative Bastard]] who "wants power"; Mon is just pure id. The only demand Toshi gives, "to live in a peaceful world where everyone is equal", is to stall the police and keep them from discovering that their hostage is already dead.

** Additionally, at least a few hundred Japanese people who [[Misaimed Fandom|admire]] [[Fan Nickname|Toshimon]] and [[Viewers are Morons|misinterpreted]] the Prime Minister's words to "kill the idiots!" (give Toshimon the death penalty) and attacked [[Fight Club|random people]], [[Murder the Hypotenuse|troublesome spouses and lovers]], and [[Dead Baby Comedy|annoying infants]].

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** Of course, this could also be interpreted as wanting to show Guts that resistance against the Apostles is, in his own words, pure folly.

** Later in the manga (but earlier story wise), we meet Wyald, another apostle, who considers this his personal philosophy. Even the brutish, bloodthirsty thugs from the military unit he leads are ''terrified'' of the guy.

** Let's not forget the big one of the entire series : {{spoiler|Femto's rape of Casca. The action - which was the very '''first''' action he did upon obtaining [[Reality Warper|the incredible powers]] [[Demon Lords and Archdevils|of a demon lord]] - played no role in the sacrifice during the Eclipse because both Guts and Casca were expected to die at the end of it all anyway. The only motive whatsoever that Griffith/Femto could have possibly had to doing this [[Forced to Watch|right in front of Guts]] was to spite him and (probably) punish Casca [[Don't You Dare Pity Me|for pitying him and leaving him behind]]. Even if you are one to believe that he did it [[WMG|to achieve a particular purpose later on,]] you can't say that Griffith didn't thoroughly enjoy making these two suffer in [[Cold-Blooded Torture|an excruciatingly painful way]] just for the hell of it.}}

** Let's not forget the big one of the entire series : {{spoiler|Femto's rape of Casca. The action - which was the very '''first''' action he did upon obtaining [[Reality Warper|the incredible powers]] [[Demon Lords and Archdevils|of a demon lord]] - played no role in the sacrifice during the Eclipse because both Guts and Casca were expected to die at the end of it all anyway. The only motive whatsoever that Griffith/Femto could have possibly had to doing this [[Forced to Watch|right in front of Guts]] was to spite him and (probably) punish Casca [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!|for pitying him and leaving him behind]]. Even if you are one to believe that he did it [[WMG|to achieve a particular purpose later on,]] you can't say that Griffith didn't thoroughly enjoy making these two suffer in [[Cold-Blooded Torture|an excruciatingly painful way]] just for the hell of it.}}

* You'd think [[Ax Crazy|Munekata]] from ''[[Medaka Box (Manga)|Medaka Box]]'' would be this, with this little (paraphrased) speech:

{{quote| "I don't kill for no reason, I have ''reasons to kill''. I'll kill you because I don't want to fight you. I'll kill you because you're in my way. I'll kill you because the weather's nice. I'll kill you because my phone's batteries are low. I'll kill you because I had a good dream. I'll kill you because I'm in a hurry. And I'll kill you for no reason at all. (To Medaka in particular) ''I'll kill '''you''' because the chairman told me '''not to'''''."}}

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** [[Complete Monster|Kumagawa]], though, probably is a straight example. It is technically possible, that he might want [[Revenge]] against the rest of the world, but so far all of his actions were aimed towards torturing other characters, because he could (up to and including intending to return one of his most dangerous enemies to life to hurt him some more). Also, the main character of the series considers Kumagawa the main exception from her character-defining belief that no human is truly evil (rather than twisted by circumstances) and unworthy of trust.

** Chances are if you have a Minus Power in Medaka Box you are in it [[For the Evulz]], at one point the [[Battle Butler]] asks his fellow Minus' whether they would prefer to go to a Mountain or the Sea for a vacation, {{spoiler|the fact that he was referring to a Mountain of Corpses or a Sea of Blood was a ''given'' to the rest of them.}}

* This is pretty much the reason why Izaya does ''anything'' in ''[[Durarara (Literature)|Durarara]]''. It is subverted by the anime's finale in which Simon implies {{spoiler|that this is purely an excuse and he is jealous of Shizuo's influential status}} - only in the ''anime'' though. During that scene, Simon says something [[Wham Line|''completely'' different]].

* This is pretty much the reason why Izaya does ''anything'' in ''[[Durarara (Literature)|Durarara]]''. It is subverted by the anime's finale in which Simon implies {{spoiler|that this is purely an excuse and he is jealous of Shizuo's influential status}} - only in the ''anime'' though. During that scene, Simon says something [[Wham! Line|''completely'' different]].

* ''[[Texhnolyze (Anime)|Texhnolyze]]'', Yoshii came down from the Class in order to instigate a massive war between the groups. He states that his goal is to awaken the people from their sleep in order to build leaders of them, or in other words, to help them realize their full potential, even if they don't want him to. This involves him murdering innocent people and starting gang wars because he finds it "interesting", all with a pleasant smile on his face. While he may have an ideological purpose behind it all, it is so obscure that it only makes him look all the more hysterical.

* ''[[School Days (Visual Novel)|School Days]]'': Otome's friends [[Girl Posse|Natsumi, Minami and Kumi]] are a bunch of unlikeable, backstabbing bitches and not only towards Kotonoha, but to their "friend" Otome and to Nanami. The first is the target of their bullying just because she's pretty and rich; the second is betrayed by them twice as they first videotape her having sex with Makoto and then they have sex with him; the third has her reputation absolutely ''smeared'' at school when they not only tape her having sex with her boyfriend, but ''they show the video to the whole school'', especially to the [[Jerkass]] sempai. '''And they do all of this shit for no reason at all'''.

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== Comics ==

* Nearly all depictions of [[Batman]]'s arch-nemesis, [[The Joker]], who might as well be the trope incarnate.

** Example: In one issue of ''Gotham Adventures'', the comic based on ''[[Batman the Animated Series]]'', Harvey Dent, the criminal [[Two Faced|Two-Face]], has reformed and is starting a romance with his lawyer Grace Lamont. Joker hints to Harvey that Lamont is dating Harvey's friend Bruce Wayne, and is just seeing Harvey out of pity. Then he gets his assistant Harley Quinn to leak to a newspaper that Lamont is planning to marry Bruce and delivers the newspaper to Harvey. One breakdown, jailbreak, attempted murder and broken heart later, Batman asks the Joker why he caused such a horrible disaster. His response?

** Example: In one issue of ''Gotham Adventures'', the comic based on ''[[Batman the Animated Series]]'', Harvey Dent, the criminal [[Two-Faced|Two-Face]], has reformed and is starting a romance with his lawyer Grace Lamont. Joker hints to Harvey that Lamont is dating Harvey's friend Bruce Wayne, and is just seeing Harvey out of pity. Then he gets his assistant Harley Quinn to leak to a newspaper that Lamont is planning to marry Bruce and delivers the newspaper to Harvey. One breakdown, jailbreak, attempted murder and broken heart later, Batman asks the Joker why he caused such a horrible disaster. His response?

{{quote| '''Joker:''' ''[[But for Me It Was Tuesday|It was]] [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Tuesday]]. *[[Put the Laughter In Slaughter|maniacal laughter]]* ''}}

** Even when he is out for money, he only really wants it to fund his sadistic plans. One of the first things he does in Brian Azzarello's ''[[Joker]]'' is to rob a bank. While he does get a decent of amount of cash, he considers the robbery itself to be ho-hum at best, due to a lack of carnage.

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* [[Empowered (Comic Book)|Willy Pete]]. What else is there to say about a [[I'm a Humanitarian|cannibal]] who doesn't even need to eat at all, but just happens to like the taste? (Plenty, actually, but I'll spare you the [[Squick]].)

* Sid Fernwilter [[Piranha Club]] (formerly known as ''Ernie''), who is vicious just because he can. Purely on principle, he refuses to spend money on anything useful or necessary. He would rather sit in the darkness and freeze than to pay the electricity bill - [[Stupid Evil|And he has]].

* Also, Mr. Mxyzptlk in [[Whatever Happened to The Man of Tomorrow]]? He explained that since [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|immortality is boring]], he tries out different things to break the monotony. He spent 2,000 years not moving at all, another 2,000 years being purely good, and then the last 2,000 years being a mischievous prankster. Now he's going to be evil. Things gets ugly, ''fast''.

* Also, Mr. Mxyzptlk in [[Whatever Happened to The Man of Tomorrow?]]? He explained that since [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|immortality is boring]], he tries out different things to break the monotony. He spent 2,000 years not moving at all, another 2,000 years being purely good, and then the last 2,000 years being a mischievous prankster. Now he's going to be evil. Things gets ugly, ''fast''.

* The "Reaver-Cleaver" killer from ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]'' confesses to one of the protagonists that he only does what he does because it's fun, being amused at having gotten away clean with killing a man in a drunken hit-and-run and just kept on killing to see how far he could push his luck.

* Cletus from [[The Authority]]

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* Q in ''[[Star Trek the Next Generation (TV)|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'', half the time. The other half he's playing a [[Trickster Mentor|mentor]]...

** Arguably, Gul Madred, the Cardassian interrogator from "Chains of Command". Eventually, he lays off of the torture and drugs when he realizes that Picard really doesn't know what he wants to hear... and then picks up where he left off and keeps going ''for the sole purpose of breaking Picard's brain''.

*** Considering that [[Hey It's That Guy|Gul Madred]] is also [[Tron|the MCP]], this isn't too far fetched.

*** Considering that [[Hey, It's That Guy!|Gul Madred]] is also [[Tron|the MCP]], this isn't too far fetched.

*** That whole episode was essentially one big [[Shout Out]] to George Orwell's ''1984''.

*** That whole episode was essentially one big [[Shout-Out]] to George Orwell's ''1984''.

* In ''[[~~Doctor Who (TV)|~~Doctor Who]]'', we have this dialogue between Martha and a [[Monster of the Week|Toclafane]]:

* In ''[[Doctor Who]]'', we have this dialogue between Martha and a [[Monster of the Week|Toclafane]]:

{{quote| '''Martha:''' But why? Why come all this way just to cause all this death and destruction?<br />

'''Toclafane:''' Because it's ''FUN''. }}

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** And in ''[[Mass Effect]] ''2, their secondary motivation has been revealed to be {{spoiler|reproduction. By way of ''melting'' the most appropriate races into primordial porridge. This porridge is then used as the primary ingredient for a gargantuan cyberorganic gestalt of the entire species in question, that then becomes the core of a new Reaper.}} While the biological imperative of this motivation is typical, the sheer absurd horribleness of it is probably Lulz related.

** ''[[Mass Effect]]'' 3 finally did reveal their motives (which are spoilerific and long-winded in explanation), and it turns out they were operating on [[Blue and Orange Morality]] / [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] rather than this trope.

* ''[[Summoner]]'': Emperor Murod, {{spoiler|Prince Sornehan, and Queen Galliene}} purposely cultivate [[Zero Percent Approval Rating|Zero Percent Approval Ratings]] upon taking power? Because they're part of a demonic cult whose acolytes literally fuel their magical power with evil and suffering.

* ''[[Summoner]]'': Emperor Murod, {{spoiler|Prince Sornehan, and Queen Galliene}} purposely cultivate [[Zero-Percent Approval Rating|Zero Percent Approval Ratings]] upon taking power? Because they're part of a demonic cult whose acolytes literally fuel their magical power with evil and suffering.

* SHODAN from [[System Shock]]. She's an apegy of villainy and bloodlust. First, Edward Diego tricks the hacker into removing her ethical restraints, and how does she thank him? By turning everyone except you into her [[Body Horror|mutant slaves]], while letting Diego still have at least [[Brainwashed and Crazy|somewhat of a mind]]. Worst of all, she plans to use Citadel Station's mining laser to destroy the cities of Earth, and then use her mutant virus on anyone who survives her wrath.

** After you defeat her in the first game, there's also her appearance in [[System Shock 2]]. SHODAN merely used Dr. Marie Delecroix as a pawn for disposing of The Many after {{spoiler|Dr. Janice Polito [[Better to Die Than Be Killed|commits suicide]].}} But she [[Kick the Dog|abandoned her]] when she needed her most. She also made a deal with you: if you destroy The Many, she will let you live. She never lets you come to the aid of another human being in need of your help. You destroy the Many, and she leaves you for dead. Only to fight you... and die. {{spoiler|But not really, because you then see her [[Grand Theft Me|TAKE OVER REBECCA SIDDONS!]]}} Why? 'Cuz she's "[[A God Am I|a perfect immortal machine]]!"

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