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{{quote|''"I will destroy everything! I will create a monument to non-existence!"''|'''Kefka Palazzo''' at the very height of his madness, ''[[Final Fantasy VI (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VI]]''}}

{{quote|''"''This'' is my ultimate victory, [[Doctor Who|Doctor]]! [[Large Ham|THE DESTRUCTION]]. [[This Is Sparta|OF REALITY]]. [[Chewing the Scenery|ITSELF!]]"''|'''[[Mad Scientist|Davros]]''', ''[[Doctor Who ~~(TV)~~/NS/Recap/S4 E13 Journeys End|Journey's End]]''}}

{{quote|''"''This'' is my ultimate victory, [[Doctor Who|Doctor]]! [[Large Ham|THE DESTRUCTION]]. [[This Is Sparta|OF REALITY]]. [[Chewing the Scenery|ITSELF!]]"''|'''[[Mad Scientist|Davros]]''', ''[[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S4 E13 Journeys End|Journey's End]]''}}

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.

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** Correction, there is only one moon, but there are two suns. The whole point is that there is an extremely rare double-eclipse happening (i.e. both suns "hiding" behind the moon), which Azkadellia plans to lock into place.

* Early ''[[Power Rangers]]'' villains were always talking about conquering or destroying the world, the same villain going from one to the other and back frequently. From season five onward, villains are more certain about what it is they're after.

* ''[[~~Doctor Who (TV)|~~Doctor Who]]'' has plenty of these, with the trope perfected in Sutekh from "Pyramids of Mars", who wants to destroy all life in the universe.

* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' has plenty of these, with the trope perfected in Sutekh from "Pyramids of Mars", who wants to destroy all life in the universe.

{{quote| '''Sutekh:''' I am Sutekh the Destroyer. Where I tread, I leave nothing but dust and darkness. I find that good.}}

** The Doctor Who New Series "perfected trope" can be found in Fourth Season episode "Journey's End", where Old Series villain {{spoiler|Davros}} has {{spoiler|taken Dalek xenophobia to its extreme by creating a "Reality Bomb" which will annihilate reality}}.

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== Mythology and Religion. ==

* [[Egyptian Mythology]] had two examples. One was Sekhmet, a [[Blood Knight]] who may be [[Fun Personified|Hathor's]] [[Super-Powered Evil Side]], that is known to regard everything as an enemy. The other was [[Big Bad]] Apep/Apophis, the [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of [[Chaotic Evil|chaos]], [[Dark Is Evil|darkness]] and all the world's ills. Prior to the demonisation of Set/Sutekh, this was ''the'' [[God of Evil]], who constantly tried to devour Ra(aka ''the sun''), which [[Captain Obvious|would end the world.]] People prayed ''against'' this being.

* [[Norse Mythology]] has most of the frost giants, as well as Jormungandr and Fenrir head in this direction during [[The End of the World As We Know It|Ragnarok]]. Skoll and Hati, the wolves who seek to devour the sun and the moon are also examples. The two worst however, are Surtr, King of the Fire Giants and Lord of Muspelheim, and Nidhoggr. Surtr will lead the sons of Muspel against the Aesir at Ragnarok, slay Frey (who by this point is one of the few gods still standing), [[Hero Killer|slaughter the remaining Aesir]], and then set the world itself ablaze. Nidhoggr, in the meantime, is a massive and utterly evil dragon who sits at the roots of [[World Tree|Yggdrasil]] and tries to bring the entirety of creation down into oblivion.

* [[Norse Mythology]] has most of the frost giants, as well as Jormungandr and Fenrir head in this direction during [[The End of the World As We Know It|Ragnarok]]. Skoll and Hati, the wolves who seek to devour the sun and the moon are also examples. The two worst however, are Surtr, King of the Fire Giants and Lord of Muspelheim, and Nidhoggr. Surtr will lead the sons of Muspel against the Aesir at Ragnarok, slay Frey (who by this point is one of the few gods still standing), [[Hero-Killer|slaughter the remaining Aesir]], and then set the world itself ablaze. Nidhoggr, in the meantime, is a massive and utterly evil dragon who sits at the roots of [[World Tree|Yggdrasil]] and tries to bring the entirety of creation down into oblivion.

* The [[The Fair Folk|Nuckelavee]] of Orcadian mythology is a truly [[Complete Monster|monstrous]] example of [[The Fair Folk]]. Resembling a skinless rider fused to the back of his monstrous horse, it rises from the sea to spread disease among crops, livestock and people.

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== Real life ==

* Terrifyingly, [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/Zhang_Xianzhong~~ Zhang Xianzhong] may have been a real life example, back in the 1640s. He amassed a rebellion to conquer the Sichuan region of China, and proceeded to order his soldiers to kill everyone who objected to his rule. Then, kill the inhabitants of the outlying villages. Then kill the wives of officers who had objected to the previous order. Then large groups of random civilians. Finally, he just ordered them to kill each other in front of his [[Nightmare Fuel|throne made of the severed ears and feet of his enemies]], while a few of his last loyal servants carved a massive stone which "explained" his actions:

* Terrifyingly, [[wikipedia:Zhang Xianzhong|Zhang Xianzhong]] may have been a real life example, back in the 1640s. He amassed a rebellion to conquer the Sichuan region of China, and proceeded to order his soldiers to kill everyone who objected to his rule. Then, kill the inhabitants of the outlying villages. Then kill the wives of officers who had objected to the previous order. Then large groups of random civilians. Finally, he just ordered them to kill each other in front of his [[Nightmare Fuel|throne made of the severed ears and feet of his enemies]], while a few of his last loyal servants carved a massive stone which "explained" his actions:

{{quote| Heaven brings forth endless things to benefit man.<br />

Man has nothing with which to repay Heaven.<br />

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