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Who caused the [[Earthshattering Kaboom]]? ''This guy''. Destroying continents, wiping out civilizations, exterminating whole planets: When this character turns up, entire ''galaxies'' or ''universes'' may die, if not reality itself—the Omnicidal Maniac has made his entrance and where he goes, the survival rate of everything nearby quickly drops towards zero.

 

The [[Nietzsche Wannabe]], the [[Psycho for Hire]] or the [[A God Am I]] mentality are very popular amongst this character archetype.

 

* Anyone of importance in ''[[Dragon Ball|Dragon Ball Z]]'' [[Earthshattering Kaboom|can blow up planets]]. However, only Majin Buu seems intent on undoing all of creation merely out of malice, spite and boredom. And inability to get ice cream. And that was before he got rid of his conscience.

** Cell planned on becoming one of these after the Cell Games, but was killed before he could get started.

** In the novel canon, ''all'' Mazoku are [[Nietzsche Wannabe|nihilistic]] Omnicidal Maniacs; in the anime this is most visible with Hellmaster Fibrizo:

{{quote|'''Fibrizo:''' "I want to be destroyed. I want to be destroyed! Destruction? Yes... Destruction is the ultimate wish of any Monster. That's what we were created for. Isn't it? That's what we were created for! [..] But this destruction shall consume all things! It shall consume the entire world! [...] All the world! Let all the world be destroyed with me!"}}

*** At that time he wasn't acting for his own benefit, but working as the envoy of the entire Mazoku race, so presumably the surviving Mazoku Lords agreed on his logic there, as well. Plus that he was promised that the power released from the killed Dark Star would be granted to the local Dark Lord, Ruby-Eye Shabranigadu. It's left unclear whether that bargain was held or not, but if it was, then Xelloss definitely hastened the homemade Apocalypse by getting rid of the foreign product.

**** That deal about getting some of Dark Star's energy was never intended to be fulfilled, probably by both sides - nothing shows this more than the fact that Xelloss betrayed the Overworlders shortly after the deal even got mentioned.

* ''[[Monster]]'' has more realistic version of this in [[Complete Monster|Johan Liebert]], while his motives are left somewhat vague, his actions certainly suggest that his ultimate goal is the complete destruction of human society by manipulating everyone he comes across into killing themselves or each other.

 

* Imperiex of the [[DCU]], a hive minded mechanical entity, saw its purpose as being the "hollowing" of the universe, destroying the flawed creation and remaking it in a new Big Bang. Ironically, {{spoiler|the flaw is detected in the universe was itself, and a massive cooperative effort managed to throw him into the past where he in fact became the Big Bang in the first place, via a [[Stable Time Loop]], a fact which Imperiex realizes the moment before it dies}}.

* DC Comics' [[Crisis Crossover|''Crisis'' crossovers]] has the following:

* According to [[Depending on the Writer|some versions]] of the character (particularly the [[Darker and Edgier|MAX universe]]), if [[The Punisher]] were given enough time and ammo he would literally kill every person on earth.

{{quote|'''[[The Punisher]]''': The [[Humans Are the Real Monsters|human race.]] [[The End of the World as We Know It|You've seen where that leads to.]]}}

 

* ''[[Thirty Hs]]'' is an extreme example, where {{spoiler|Harry and a name-mangled Dumbledore}} plan to kill everyone in the universe, then [[Up to Eleven|bring them all back to life, then kill everyone again]] (unless they starve to death in-between). For no apparent reason except that [[God Mode Sue|they can]].

** Is it even possible to spoil a [[Random Events Plot|"plot"]] like Thirty Hs? {{spoiler|GROINSAWS}}

* ''[[Fuck the Jesus Beam]]'' contains, prepare yourself for a [[Common Mary Sue Traits|Sue Name]] to the ''n''th degree... BaROCK Dominatus Caesar Inferno Vespucci Giovanni Goku Super Sexy Awesome Absolute GOD O.B.A.M.A.

* There's {{spoiler|the S'Muz}} from ''[[Time Lords and Terror]]'', an [[Eldritch Abomination]] that desires to consume all the life energy in not only the universe, but the ''multiverse''.

* {{spoiler|[[Eldritch Abomination|Entropy]]}} from the ''[[Pony POV Series]]'' is one, but an interesting version. {{spoiler|She's not actually evil, at least that's not ''why'' she does it. She's ''literally'' the [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of the end of the universe, and a natural force of the universe. It's pretty much her ''job'' to be an Omnicidal Maniac.}}

 

== Film ==

** Although the sequels did have him wanting to destroy the Matrix, and most likely the machines, the original film did briefly imply that Smith hated the Matrix as much, if not even moreso, as he hates humans, and that he also hates the matrix just as much as the Redpills hate it, so it is very likely that he did have plans during even the original film to eliminate the Matrix, and Neo defeating him only gave him the capability to act upon this desire.

* Although the Earth and Federation have faced plenty of [[Earthshattering Kaboom|Earth Shattering Kabooms]] through the ''[[Star Trek]]'' movies, the villain closest to being an Omnicidal Maniac is Nero from the 2009 film: [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|driven insane by grief]] over the destruction of his homeworld, he has no plans for [[Galactic Conqueror|galactic conquest]] or delusions of [[A God Am I|godhood]]. His only remaining purpose in life is to {{spoiler|destroy each and every planet in the Federation}}.

 

== Literature ==

 

== Tabletop Games ==

* In [[Gamma World]], the Cryptic Alliance (Basically a massive semi-secret organization) known as the Red Death wants to do this. In earlier editions it was implied {{spoiler|that the organization was formed by hideously evil aliens to further divide the inhabitants of Earth so that they could come in and take over}}. In later editions, it is implied that it formed because of people snapping due to [[Crapsack World|the crapsack nature]] of the post-apocalyptic Earth. Oh, and as a final note, in all editions [[Oh Crap|it's said to be nigh impossible to wipe out.]] [[As Long as There Is Evil|For, no matter how many of their cells you destroy, a new one will always spring up]]

* The Excrucians in ''[[Nobilis]]'', for reasons best known to themselves.

** Demons are played differently in ''[[Pathfinder]]''—while they love wanton murder and destruction, they ''don't'' want to destroy everything because then they'd have no more fun. Instead, the cessation of all life is the goal of the [[Neutral Evil]] daemons, who know nothing but hatred for everything, themselves included, and derive pleasure from nothing. To compare the two, whereas a demon would rape you to death for its own enjoyment, a daemon would quickly and efficiently kill you just to snuff you out.

*** The Asuras are a minor type of [[Lawful Evil]] fiends who want to destroy all of divine creation as they are "errors" of the gods, while the [[Eldritch Abomination|Qlippoth]] want to eradicate [[Kill All Humans|all sentient live]] so no sinful souls arrive in the Abyss to form Demons, so the Qlippoth can reclaim it for them again.

*** And finally, there are the [[Chaotic Neutral|not actually evil]] Proteans, [[Blue and Orange Morality|who want to destroy everything so they can build it anew.]]

* In the [[New World of Darkness]], while many beings are malevolent and highly destructive, the most noteworthy are from ''[[Mage: The Awakening]]'': the Scelesti (mages who serve the abhorrent [[Cosmic Horror|Abyss]], and seek to allow its anti-reality to seep into this world in order to bring it to an end) and the Cult of the Doomsday Clock (a group of mages who believe that the best way to free the souls of humanity is to destroy all of time and history, using their evil clocks, and by becoming living time paradoxes. They also (unknowingly) serve the Abyss).

{{quote|'''Necron Pariah:''' There is an alternative (to life). There exists a state in which all conflict is resolved and all is cold and silent. There are no wants, no wars, no squabbles. You may call this state death if you wish, but that is a misnomer. Death is but the ending of life, and that is only a means to an end. That end is purity, the time when all is still and unchanging.}}

* This is the true nature of the Army of the Expeditionary Force, from the aptly named ''3:16 Carnage Amongst the Stars''.

 

== Video Games ==

* The main villains of [[Bayonetta]] are this, as they all want to ressurect [[God Is Evil|Jubileus]], who wants to end the current state of existence.

* [[Ancient Domains of Mystery]]: The goal of the Chaos beings, who invade the realm from another dimension. Also, it is possible {{spoiler|for the player to defeat the Chaos God, take his place, and do it by himself.}}

** "I...I shall consume. Consume... Consume everything."

** In the ''[[The Legend of Zelda Oracle Games|Oracle]]'' games, {{spoiler|Ganon was resurrected into this instead of his usual intelligent self due to an improper sacrifice of his evil surrogate mothers}}.

** Considering how {{spoiler|when he died, he became the King of Hell and every single high powered magician and wizard alive immediately got the [[Oh Crap]] signal from the universe about how the end of all reality was coming}}, the universe has been incredibly careful since to make sure that he ''never'' gets in that position again. Considering that this means keeping him alive (as his physical body acts as a [[Restraining Bolt]]), this means A) [[Iron Butt Monkey|he has survived a lot of things that he probably shouldn't have]],<ref>like Australia dropping on him</ref> and B) his body count keeps climbing. So ever once in a while [[Cosmic Plaything|the universe seems to like to even the score]]. [[Up to Eleven|A lot]].

* ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]''

** Aylee's species are a [[Horde of Alien Locusts]], but they take it so far as to destroy entire planets after consuming everything on them and before spreading out further on the remains, and at least one of their leaders, Leono, sees it as their species' religious duty (as opposed to just a way of feeding and multiplying) to do so. In his belief, the universe has spiralled out of the control of its Creator from the start, and She has sent this species to consume it.

* {{spoiler|The Pa'anuri}} from ''[[Schlock Mercenary]]''... [[Ultimate Evil|Possibly]]. 'Attempted destruction of all baryonic matter in the Milky Way' certainly qualifies them for the trope, motivated by {{spoiler|baryonic matter people using transportation lethal to them.}}

** This is Megatron's actual goal when the last part of ''[[Transformers Cybertron]]'' rolls around. He wants to use the black hole and the Cyber Planet Keys to destroy the universe so he can rebuild it in his own image. Somehow.

** Unicron, curiously, actually succeeded on at least on occasion. Then slept through the Big Bang that recreated it. He was not amused. He has also stepped up his game of late - said black hole is apparently replicating across realities and growing.

** Lucky for humanity, Fry was immune to their mind powers. Then he made them leave the Earth for [[Rouge Angles of Satin|''no good raisin!!'']]

** Later on, the Brains build the Infosphere to store all the information in the universe. Naturally, they plan on destroying the universe once they finish learning everything. Fortunately, Fry and {{spoiler|the Nibblonians}} manage to stop them again.

* [[Darkseid]] from the ''[[DCAU]]'' has the ultimate goal of obtaining the anti-life equation and using it to undo the current existence, so he can rebuild it in a manner more to his liking. Unfortunately it tends to be overshadowed by his 'torment Superman' schemes.

** Brainiac, also from the [[DCAU]], acts to destroy all of creation, but this is due to his programming rather than any genuine malicious wish to do so.

* {{spoiler|Owlman}} in ''[[Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths]]'' wants to kill "Everyone who ever existed or will ever exist" and destroy all reality {{spoiler|because he feels it is the only "real choice" one could make, as for every choice one made, all other possibilities played out in another universe.}}

* ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'' has two. First, Dark Laser really wants to blow up the Earth because...well, it's there. A more serious example is [[Big Bad|The Darkness]], a powerful and ancient entity who has destroyed countless worlds, including {{spoiler|Wonder World and Yugopotamia}}.

** Or [[For Science!]] for that matter.

* Trigon of ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'' had the explicit goal of destroying "the world of mortals", though he did plan on remaking it in his own image afterwards. As this would mean a ''literal'' [[Hell on Earth]], it doesn't make him any less evil than the others on this list.

* In the ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' crossover movie ''[[Turtles Forever]]'', the [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003|2k3 Shredder]], after being freed from his confinement in an asteroid, decides that in order to destroy all the turtles in the universe, {{spoiler|he must destroy reality itself, and sets out to do just that}}.

** {{spoiler|1=Utrom Shredder wasn't so into the destruction of reality at first. He just realized that the Ninja Turtles would persist in every reality so winning in one really meant nothing in the grand scheme of things. What he wanted to do was eliminate the TMNTs from existence, by destroying them on Turtle Prime (the original Mirage comic). Reality was shattering but only after he had left the 2003 dimension (which he didn't know was happening). Once he saw that the destruction of the 1984 Turtles would in fact break reality fully, ''that's'' when he threw down the gauntlet and decided reality would have to end if it meant he could win.}}

Man has nothing with which to repay Heaven.

[[Madness Mantra|Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill.]] }}

 

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