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** [[Final Fantasy IX|Kuja]] doesn't like the idea of the universe outliving him.
** [[Final Fantasy X|Seymour]] thinks that life is nothing but suffering, and that the only way of escaping [[Eldritch Abomination|Sin]], the cause of it is that everyone should die.
** [[Final Fantasy X -2|Shuyin]] was subjected to [[Mind Rape]] for a thousand years, so he really doesn't know why he's trying to kill the world, only that [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|it makes him feel better]].
** {{spoiler|[[Final Fantasy XI|Kam'lanaut and Eald'narche]]}} trying to "Open the Gates to Paradise". Which would just have the side effect of killing every non-avatar and {{spoiler|non-Zilart}} on Vana'diel. Promathia {{spoiler|wants to release the Emptiness on Vana'diel killing everything so he can finally die.}}
** [[Final Fantasy XIII|Galeth]] wants to destroy all life on Cocoon and Orphan, the fal'Cie who rules over it. Orphan himself just wants to destroy everything.
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* The [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Live a Live]]'', [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Demon King Odio]], is a great example. This holds true to various degrees in all of the chapters of the game, especially the medieval chapter, which doubles as his {{spoiler|[[Start of Darkness]]}}.
* Mortimer McMire from the ''[[Commander Keen]]'' games. In the first game trilogy he attempts to destroy Earth because he considers the human race [[Too Dumb to Live]]. After that fails he decides to blow up the whole galaxy instead. And then it turns out that the galaxy destroying scheme was [[Kansas City Shuffle|there to distract the hero]], and his true goal is nothing less than the destruction of the entire universe! Sadly the next game was never made.
* The Void from the ''[[Ever QuestEverQuest]]'' universe and Big Bad of ''[[Ever QuestEverQuest]] II'' are a whole dimension's worth of these, by virtue of being the anthropomorphic embodiment of nothingness from before the dawn of creation. They are credited with the destruction of at least five other worlds prior to targeting Norrath and one alternate future shown in the bad ending of a mini-game scenario shows that they are more than capable of wiping Norrath from existence too should its denizens falter in their defense.
* ''[[Mastermind World Conqueror]]'' puts you in the role of [[Diabolical Mastermind|The Mastermind]], whose goal is to destroy the earth. He borders along [[Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds]] due to the fact that he equates destroying as conquering.
* The Covenant in the ''[[Halo]]'' series are a doomsday cult led by omnicidal maniacs, the Prophets. They [[Earthshattering Kaboom|glass every planet they take]] after plundering it for Forerunner artifacts, and try to activate the eponymous [[Doomsday Device|Doomsday Devices]] to destroy all sentient life in the galaxy, believing it will lead them to [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence]].
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** Though recent events have opened up ''all kinds'' of questions about this.
** Also, [[Big Bad|Xykon]] freely admits he might fall into this himself if he gets bored enough, though at the moment he's just a [[Complete Monster|particularly]] [[Evil Overlord]].
* ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'s'' Black Mage. These days, every other strip at least mentions to his desire to kill everything in existence just for the heck of it. He may be slightly justified, as [[Word of God]] says the universe exists to make Black Mage's life a living hell. Then again, considering his intentions, the universe's tendency to blow up, smash, and/or inconvenience Black Mage at every opportunity may well simply be self-preservation. A real chicken-and-egg scenario...
** 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]]''
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* [[Danny Phantom]] becomes this in an alternate future, pretty much. Most fans certainly see it that way. Fortunately, this is averted... hopefully. It's made pretty clear that even though the exact circumstances of the change were averted, it's still possible.
* ''[[Spider-Man: The Animated Series]]'': an alternate-universe Peter Parker, already unbalanced due to questioning his identity and losing his Aunt May in that world's version of [[The Clone Saga]], is possessed by a world-hopping Carnage symbiote. Spider-Carnage decides that life is meaningless and attempts to wipe out the multiverse, forcing Madame Web and the Beyonder to assemble an entire team of alternate Spideys to stop him.
* The Heys from ''[[The Tick (animation)]]''. Played with the usual tongue-in-cheekness of the series, but their motivations are purely omnicidal.
* [[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.
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