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Put simply, the Omnicidal Maniac is a villain whose main plan and motive is "destroy the world". He actively seeks the destruction of whatever world the setting is based in, does it as an end unto itself, has the ability to do so, and is both aware of what he's doing and fully motivated to do so. Most Omnicidal Maniacs will aim for at least Planetary/Total Extinction on the [[Apocalypse How]] scale, but it may vary from setting to setting -- in a [[Medieval European Fantasy]] setting, the known world may just be a kingdom or two, while in a [[Space Opera]], [[Serial Escalation|expect the whole known galaxy or the universe or even the Multiverse]]) to be his goal. Despite the name, being completely insane is not actually a requirement, but having a [[Freudian Excuse]] doesn't make the Omnicidal Maniac any less of a menace.
Contrast the [[Person of Mass Destruction]] (who doesn't ''want'' to use their powers to destroy the world), [[Mike Nelson, Destroyer of Worlds]] (who causes damage of this scale largely by accident, through ignorance, or for comedic, non-serious reasons intended to elicit laughter), and [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]] (whose tragic, crapsack lives made them see red and lay the blame on all their woes upon the world). Omnicidal Maniacs are ''not'' amusing and have [[Why You Should Destroy the Planet Earth|clearly-defined reasons for wanting to destroy everything nearby]], which they do with a great deal of malice. The Omnicidal Maniac differs from the [[Suicidal Cosmic Temper Tantrum]] and [[Put Them All Out of My Misery]] in that the Maniac has "destroy world" as motive and "I go down with it" as unfortunate side-effect (or isn't planning to go down with the world at all if they happen to have the power or means to survive the destruction they wrought), while the latter two has "I die/I am miserable" as motive and "world goes with me" as insurance.
The logical extreme of the less destructive [[Feeling Oppressed By Their Existence]], [[Kill All Humans]], and [[Absolute Xenophobe]]. Compare [[Planet Eater]], [[Planet Looters]] and [[Horde of Alien Locusts]], whose world-destroying is more of a side-effect of their own desire to stay alive. Fighting against this villain (or scores of them) means [[Evil Only Has to Win Once]] to destroy everything.
The [[Nietzsche Wannabe]], the [[Psycho for Hire]] or the [[A God Am I]] mentality are very popular amongst this character archetype.
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== Anime & Manga ==
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** Broly blew up an entire galaxy, and nearly did the same to the entire universe just for fun.
* Fall, the ultimate Big Bad of '[[Nora]]: The Last Chronicle of Devildom' was revealed to be this in the final battle by almost absorbing all of the life energy of the Demon World and the Human World {{spoiler|with the insane amount of power he had absorbed from Nora, Duece and the Dark Leige}} destroying all "defective" beings along with it. All of this out of {{spoiler|rage and betrayal towards the previous Cerberus, Diegree, after he died giving strength to the current Dark Leige without fighting Fall a final time.}} After his defeat, he repents by giving Nora his power back along with the stolen power of the Dark Leige, nearly making Nora a [[Person of Mass Destruction]]
* Valgaav, both [[The Dragon]] and [[Big Bad]] of ''[[The Slayers|Slayers TRY]]'' wanted the destruction of everything ''before'' merging with Darkstar, believing that oblivion was what the world deserved. Afterwards, the knowledge he gained about the nature of the universe drove him to become a [[Well
** 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!"}}
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* ''[[Futari wa Pretty Cure Splash Star]]'' gives us {{spoiler|Gooyan, the [[Not So Harmless]] [[Man Behind the Man]].}}
** Many ''[[Pretty Cure]]'' [[Big Bad|Big Bads]] were omnicidal maniacs. The Dark King in the original series and Max Heart started the trend by trying to destroy the Universe because it was in his nature; Lord Akudaikahn in Splash Star was basically his [[Expy]]; Dune in Heartcatch was defined by his hatred of everything.
* ''[[Ah! My Goddess (Manga)|Ah My Goddess]]'', of all series, had one. The Lord of Terror aka The Ultimate Destruction Program, a bodiless entity whose one goal is to destroy the universe and recreate it in its own twisted image. Given the highly idealistic nature of the series, it failed (though it was a close call) and was {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]] when it was tricked into possessing a floppy disk which Skuld erased using a magnet}}.
* In ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima (Manga)|Mahou Sensei Negima]]'', the Mage of Beginnings and his minions, {{spoiler|the three incarnations of Averruncus}}, want to destroy Magicus Mundus (a pocket dimension planet the size of and dimensionally anchored to {{spoiler|Mars}}). {{spoiler|It's ultimately subverted, as Mundus Magicus is collapsing on it's own, and the [[Big Bad]] thinks that the only way to save everyone is to move all the inhabitants into a [[Lotus Eater Machine]].}}
* Yami Malik of ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh]]'' explicitly states in the manga that all he wants is total destruction of everyone and everything.
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* Clear Note, the final [[Big Bad]] of ''[[Gash Bell]]'' manga, intends to become the new King of Demons solely so that he can use the associated privilege of erasing from existence any demons he doesn't like, to erase everyone indiscriminately. His reasons boil down to existing only to kill other demons and wanting to do it in the most efficient way. [[Person of Mass Destruction|He also nearly makes the Earth uninhabitable with his ultimate spell.]]
* ''[[The Lucifer and Biscuit Hammer]]'' has [[Big Bad]] The Mage, who is poised to destroy the Earth by hitting it with [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|a giant Biscuit Hammer]]. His eventual [[Start of Darkness]] reveals that he's done this a ''lot'': {{spoiler|Being from the future, he has continually travelled backwards in time and destroyed the Earth at every point in time it existed from the point he gained his powers until now. If the protagonists don't stop him he intends to keep on doing this until the Earth no longer exists at any point in time... Simply because he ''can''.}}
** The protagonists, on the other hand, are led by a [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]] who intends to destroy the Earth herself if she defeats the Mage -- {{spoiler|she's suffering from a [[Soap Opera Disease]] and doesn't want the Earth to go on without her.}} [[Failure Is the Only Option|The Earth just can't catch a break in this series, can it?]]
* In ''[[Noein]]'', {{spoiler|Noein's goal is to absorb all possible futures into his own reality, then end the entire universe.}}
* King Zenoheld from ''[[Bakugan]]'' eventually decided to do this after undergoing a ''major'' [[Villainous Breakdown]], deciding to destroy the entire universe.
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* [[Thanos]] is the most famous [[Marvel Comics]] example. He has a vision of [[The Grim Reaper|Death]] as a beautiful woman and in order to win her favor he embarks on a quest to wreak death and destruction. Although he ''has'' stated on multiple occasions that the elimination of ''all'' life might destroy Death as well as it would eliminate her need to exist, so he would eliminate ''half'' of all life, thus ensuring Death still has a steady supply of souls.
** In ''[[The Thanos Imperative]]'' Thanos goes completely insane when he realizes that {{spoiler|his [[Thanatos Gambit]] to destroy the Cancer Verse also rendered him immortal, meaning he can never be with Death.}} He makes an earnest effort to wipe out all life in the Marvel-616 Verse {{spoiler|and has to be sealed in what's left of the Cancer Verse to stop him from pulling it off.}}
* On a more planetary scale, Onslaught started out as a [[Kill All Humans|mutant supremacist]] of the same stripe as his psychic 'father', Magneto. After seeing the Age of Apocalypse in Bishop's memories, in which mutants really did rule the world and destroyed it, he decided [[Kill
* Abraxas also hails from the [[Marvel Universe]]. The antithesis of Eternity, it exists only to destroy anything and everything in all creation. Keeping it imprisoned is one of the reasons Galactus needs the life energy from devoured worlds. The one time Abraxas ''did'' break free it...wasn't pretty.
** Put it simply, [[Godzilla Threshold|it is measurably preferable]] to have [[Planet Eater|Galactus]] around than it is Abraxas. And, in case you need reminding, Galactus is apocalyptic himself.
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* The [[Evil Counterpart|Dark Judges]] of ''[[Judge Dredd]]'' have a philosophy that basically boils down to this. Undead psychopaths devoted to Law, they figure that since only the living commit crimes, life itself should be made a crime that is punishable by death. They slaughtered the entire population of their world, then found themselves stuck, as they hadn't any form of space travel, making them come off more as [[Kill All Humans]] in practice.
* Ujo Daja is a dark sorcerer from the Frazettaverse. He planned to free the Oblivion God "Mirahan" by sacrificing a half-breed human/demon and begin the end of everything. When confronted by his former teacher Dreovid, he says it's better to have "cool darkness than searing light". {{spoiler|In the end it was revealed that Ujo was the half-breed and son of Mirahan. The Oblivion God swapped his throne of netherhell with Ujo and we watch him rest in peace.}}
* John "Grimjack" Gaunt walks away from Heaven to save his friends. [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|The consequences were that he was denied any afterlife and was doomed to be reborn remembering his memories for all eternity]]. His soul was bound to the pan dimensional city known as Cynosure. Cynosure was build to harvest the good and evil energies of an entombed supreme being (firstborn of the multiverse) until it was ready to repeat the process of birthing the multiverse in an unending cycle. Grimjack's latest incarnation travels back in time to warn himself of the doom and to [[Death Seeker|break it]] he has to end the multiverse by destroying Cynosure. {{spoiler|Future Grimjack succeeds in manipulating present John in freeing the Supreme being from his sleep. In Grimjack's second incarnation we see the Supreme being walking around in mortal form giving the demons the chance to end his life and let the multiverse die in entropy. They fail. We never see if future Grimjack succeeds because the series ended with the death of the second incarnation.}}
** The demons created to build Cynosure prefer entropy. They did not see the point of constant rebirths so they betrayed their maker.
* The Cult Of The Unwritten Book from ''[[Doom Patrol (Comic Book)|Doom Patrol]]'' seek to summon [[Names to Run Away From Very Fast|The Anti-God]] and reverse creation by "reading" [[Mac Guffin Guy|The Word Made Flesh]].
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* In ''[[The Matrix]]'' sequels, Smith, corrupted into a virus after his first fight with Neo, has gone rogue and now considers both the machines and humans as equally flawed and deserving of extinction. Whereas he originally just wanted to destroy Zion, his new goal is to infect and destroy everything, which would also destroy him.
** 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 (Franchise)|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}}.
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* The eponymous machines of [[Fred Saberhagen]]'s ''[[Berserker (Literature)|Berserker]]'' series will stop at nothing less than the total eradication of all life. Note that this was what they were ''programmed'' to do (though this was supposed to be targeted only at a certain enemy star empire), so they don't exactly fit the mold -- but whoever programmed them to do it probably did.
* In David Eddings' [[The Redemption of Althalus]], the god of destruction, Daeva, wants to undo all creation. Interestingly, Daeva was originally a good god, or at least neutral, and had the job of destroying things that were no longer necessary so that creation wouldn't become overpopulated. However, only destroying things meant that Daeva felt nothing but emptiness, whereas his brother Deiwos and sister Dweia got to feel the joy and love of creation respectively. Daeva tried to find a friend in Ghend but if anything, Ghend's company was what finally tipped him over the edge into [[If I Can't Have You|destroying everything so everyone would feel the same nothingness that he feels]], as well as breaking the power of Deiwos and Dweia.
* The [[Big Bad|Storm King]] of [[Tad Williams]]' ''~Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn~'' series hovers on the border between Omnicidal Maniac and [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]. Presented initially as an [[Eldritch Abomination|implacable force of destruction]] waiting to be [[Sealed Evil in A Can|released]] on an unsuspecting world, it's later revealed that he got that way by evolving from [[The Messiah]] through [[Knight Templar]] to [[Well
* Hactar, from ''[[The
* The Xul from the ''Heritage''/''Legacy''/''Inheritance'' trilogies by Ian S. Douglas. They wipe out every race that is more advanced than the bronze age because they could be a threat.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Ruin]], [[Big Bad]] of [[Brandon Sanderson]]'s ''[[Mistborn]]'' Trilogy, is basically Omnicidal Mania incarnate. It was one of the two primal gods (its counterpart was Preservation), who combined their powers to create the world- something to which Ruin agreed only on the condition that it would get to destroy said world someday. To be fair, one can't really hold this against Ruin, as it's the literal god of destruction and is just doing its job, but still the thing seems incapable of recognizing that unchecked destruction is ''bad'' (or maybe it does recognize it, but because of what it is it is incapable of caring).
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* The White Witch from ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'' is pretty nasty, but you don't know how ''utterly evil'' she actually is until the [[Prequel]] ''The Magician's Nephew''. She used [[Fantastic Nuke|the Deplorable Word]] to wipe out ''every single life form in her universe except herself'', then [[Sealed Evil in A Can|preserved herself]] until someone could free her. When she left her universe, it apparently vanished from existence, as the last living organism was now gone.
* The unnamed, [[Eldritch Abomination|possibly inhuman]] [[Villain Protagonist|narrator]] of the poem cycle "I Have A Special Plan For This World" by [[Thomas Ligotti]].
* ''[[Skulduggery Pleasant (Literature)|Skulduggery Pleasant]]'' gives us [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|Lord]] [[Black Knight|Vile]] and [[Apocalypse Maiden|Darquesse.]] [[Evil Versus Evil|The need to kill everything also extends to each other.]] {{spoiler|Technically they are both the [[Super
* Vilkas of [[Tales of Kolmar (Literature)|Tales of Kolmar]] is a heroic mage with immense power that he never uses more than a trace of. This is because he often has dreams he think will come true - that one day he will have to use his full potential, and at that point it goes one of two ways. Either he will become a Sky God of purest benevolence, helping everyone and guiding the world to an age of utter prosperity, or a demon will attack him and he will kill it with a flick of his power. Then he will become what he calls "The Death Of The World" and kill every living thing on Kolmar and in the Hells, finishing by reaching out and crushing the sun in his hand. Either way it feels ''fantastic'', and he's laughing the whole time. Of course he does have to call on that potential and {{spoiler|starts well on his way to being the Death Of The World}} before someone snaps him out of it. He hates them for that since it means the pure delight of {{spoiler|genocide}} suddenly sours, but gets over it eventually {{spoiler|and just becomes a strong but unspectacular healer-mage}}.
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** Or Omega, especially after his [[Villainous Breakdown]] in "The Three Doctors".
** The latest of these appears to be {{spoiler|the religion known as the Silence}}, who not only wanted to kill everything, but make it so that nothing had ever existed. Why is currently unknown.
*** The season finale suggested that they may have the opposite motive, attempting to kill the Doctor in the hope of ''averting'' a prophecy rather than bringing it about. Then again, they may be attempting to kill everyone, [[Well
{{quote| '''Dorium Maldovar''': When no living creature may speak falsely or fail to answer, a question will be asked. A question that must ''never, EVER'', be answered.}}
** The {{spoiler|Time Lords themselves}} become this, desiring to [[Ascend to A Higher Plane of Existence]] by destroying time itself.
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* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'':
** Angelus and Drusilla in the season two finale. This actually forces Spike (who was years away from his chip, and even further away from turning good for real) to work with Buffy to stop them.
** Willow in the series six finale, once she decides the [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|world's just not worth living in]].
* In ''[[Angel (TV)|Angel]]'', there's The Senior Partners of Wolfram and Hart. While the Partners have grown powerful by feeding on humanity's potential for evil, they ultimately want to bring about the Apocalypse. {{spoiler|They keep Angel around because he is destined to help make it happen.}}
* The Cylon Cavil in ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'' is practically one of these. He's tried to kill off all of humanity (with an over 99.9% success rate) and most of his own race (five out of eight models, [[Cain and Abel|succeeding with at least one of them]]).
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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
* [[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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*** His pre-fight quote against Exdeath in ''Dissidia'': "Destruction without death? BORING!"
** ''[[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VII]]'' has one, and surprisingly, its not the [[Big Bad]] Sephiroth, but rather, {{spoiler|his father,}} Professor Hojo. Aside from the fact that {{spoiler|he was the one who created Sephiroth in the first place (both naturally, and artifically, due to being his birth father and injecting him with Jenova's cells while he was still a fetus, respectively)}}, he also was heavily implied, if not outright stated, to have manipulated Sephiroth into doing this course of action, both before and during the events of the game, and if the novellas are anything to go by, {{spoiler|he even possessed Sephiroth afterwards}}, all for the sake of seeing his research prove successful, which is implied to be the total destruction of the planet, or at least severely damage it. It's not even the last time he attempts to do this, either, as Dirge of Cerberus revealed that {{spoiler|he also ended up possessing Weiss the Immaculate's body with the intention of tricking the Omega WEAPON, a WEAPON that activates when the end of the world arrives and leaves the planet, into awakening, and it is heavily implied that destroying the world was indeed his intention that time as well.}}
** [[Final Fantasy VIII (Video Game)|Ultimecia]] wants to compress time into a [[Timey
*** Even though she has a [[Freudian Excuse]] it is hardly valid, since these centuries of oppression were really set off when she went back to the time of the story, and pissed everyone off.
** [[Final Fantasy IX (Video Game)|Kuja]] doesn't like the idea of the universe outliving him.
** [[Final Fantasy X (Video Game)|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 (Video Game)|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 (Video Game)|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 (Video Game)|Galeth]] wants to destroy all life on Cocoon and Orphan, the fal'Cie who rules over it. Orphan himself just wants to destroy everything.
** [[Dissidia Final Fantasy (Video Game)|Chaos]] ([[Final Fantasy I (Video Game)|again]]) chooses to destroy the world [[Suicidal Cosmic Temper Tantrum|and himself]], after finding that a world {{spoiler|without Cosmos}} was a much emptier existence than he thought it would be.
*** Now that we think about it, [[Same Story, Different Names|does Square Enix actually know any other kind of villain]]?
*** [[Final Fantasy II (Video Game)|The Emperor]] just wants to ''rule'' everything, not destroy it--a motivation shared with [[Villainous Breakdown|pre-Disc 4 Kuja]] and those poor, outclassed schmucks [[Final Fantasy VI (Video Game)|Emperor Gestahl]] and [[Final Fantasy VII (Video Game)|the Shinra Corporation execs]].
*** Sephiroth didn't want to destroy the world, only to become a god. He clearly does not fit the onmicidal maniac. (Contrast to, say, Zemus, who wanted to mass genocide so his own people could take a world for their own.)
**** [[Dissidia Final Fantasy (Video Game)|Dissidia]] actually has the "take over the world" villains conspiring against the "destroy the world" villains on their team.
*** Well, [[Final Fantasy XII (Video Game)|Vayne Solidor]] wanted to rule the world as the next Dynast-King with the power of artificial Nethicite. [[Mad Scientist|Cid]] pretty much did it all [[For Science!]]. {{spoiler|[[Defector From Decadence|Venat]]}} wanted to free mortals from the yoke of {{spoiler|her fellow [[Abusive Precursors|Occuria]]}}, a goal shared by the other two. The games set in Ivalice in general tend to have villains with goals ''other'' than killing everything.
*** [[Final Fantasy XI (Video Game)|The Shadowlord]] doesn't want to destroy the world, just kill all of the human races. {{spoiler|Razfahd}} just wants to bring about Ragnarok, it won't kill everyone on the planet, just the continent not that he knows it. Lady Lilith doesn't want to destroy the world, she just {{spoiler|wants to prevent history from changing so that her timeline will stay a [[Crapsack World]]}} Grand Vizier Rhazfhad is [[Anti
*** The Enix side of the marriage [[Dragon Quest|has mostly villains that want to cause prolonged suffering]] [[For the Evulz]], rather than active destruction. Sometimes they even have a hell dimension of their own that they want to engulf the land of men and keep existing after!
**** And then [[Dragon Quest IX]] gives us {{spoiler|Corvus. Holy shit, Corvus.}}
* Another Squeenix example: the [[Big Bad]] of the first [[Kingdom Hearts]] game wants [[The Heartless]] to destroy everything, since he believes darkness is the natural state of things. He first tries to accomplish this by {{spoiler|gathering the seven Princesses and opening the Final Keyhole}}, and then by {{spoiler|opening the Door to Darkness and unleashing hordes of them.}}
** It gets even better: [[Birth By Sleep]] reveals that ''that'' [[Omnicidal Maniac]] is just a ''fragment'' of an even worse one. That [[Bigger Bad|Bigger Bad's]] goal? ''[[For Science!|Trigger Armageddon, watch from the first row and see what happens next.]]''
* Deathborn of [[F-Zero]] wants to become a galaxy destroying god.Why? [[For the Evulz]]
* Utsuho Reiuji from [[Touhou]] became one after gaining her powers (whether this is because she was tricked into godmodding or simply curious of what god-flesh tastes like is up for discussion). Thankfully, the heroines were able to confront her before she had a strong handle of her new powers.
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* According to {{spoiler|Kessler, The Beast}} from ''[[In Famous (Video Game)|In Famous]]''.
* The Burning Legion in the ''[[War Craft]]'' games has, as its goal, nothing less than the complete eradication of all life in the universe -- and, according to the [[Backstory]], has already destroyed several ''thousand'' planets by the time it reaches Azeroth.
** Occasionally overlapping with the Burning Legion are the Voidwalkers, who are creatures of pure entropy who exist only to devour the physical world. One of their leaders, Dimensius, is responsible for destroying the Ethereals' homeworld. [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|Players naturally get to punch him out]].
** Apparently the Twilight's Hammer cult is composed entirely of such maniacs. The ultimate goal of the cult is to bring about the end of Azeroth by any means necessary.
* The Time Devourer from ''[[Chrono Cross (Video Game)|Chrono Cross]]'' is apparently Lavos (or one of his spawn) after being removed from time and getting pissed about how unfair life is. After all, he was just doing what he was meant to do. What right do cattle have to persecute or kill the farmer? So it's now going to eat all of time.
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* Mortimer McMire from the ''[[Commander Keen (Video Game)|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 Quest]]'' universe and Big Bad of ''[[Ever Quest]] 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]].
** {{spoiler|Turns out the prophets knew the halo array's true purpose; though whether they accepted the truth (Mercy), denied it (regret), or used it to their own purposes (truth) varied from prophet from prophet, and it's still debated among the portion of the fanbase that reads the books. }}
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* {{spoiler|Porky}} in ''[[Mother 3 (Video Game)|Mother 3]]''. He wants to destroy the entire world, {{spoiler|because he's gone even more insane as a result of the [[Time Abyss]] he went through, and that still nobody loves him.}} Slightly different from the usual in that {{spoiler|the world HAS already been destroyed - perhaps even by Porky - and that these people are the last remaining survivors.}}
* Requiem from ''[[City of Heroes]]'' plans to turn Earth into a homeworld for the Nictus. While that may not be enough to qualify him as an Omnicidal Maniac, you discover an alternate dimension where Requiem's plans have succeeded, and he's [[Lonely At the Top|gone insane from being the only human left]] and is trying to destroy the entire multiverse.
* You know you're living in what amounts to a [[Crapsack World|crapsack universe]] when these are the kinds of guys in charge. Such is the cosmos in ''[[Boktai (Video Game)|Lunar Knights]]'', with {{spoiler|the Immortals running around with their [[Planet Eater|Planet Eaters]], taking over all sorts of worlds and/or destroying them to impose eternity upon the universe. Granted, Lucian and Aaron make life much easier for their world by completely erasing Polidori (he's an Immortal, in case you lost track), but if [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|what Dumas said has any weight to it]], there are going to be a lot more on their way...}}
* The first ''[[Jak and Daxter]]'' game gave us Gol and Maia, who wanted to unleash [[Psycho Serum|Dark]] [[Green Rocks|Eco]] upon the world. The third game's [[Big Bad]] also fits this trope, teaming up with [[Eldritch Abomination|the Dark Makers]] to wipe out the ''universe''.
* Dr. Weil/[[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Dr. Vile]] of the ''[[Mega Man Zero]]'' series. This is the ''only'' kind of [[Big Bad]] you could find in the [[Darker and Edgier|darkest period]] in ''Mega Man'' history. He starts off as an ambitious scientist, [[Fantastic Racism|who sees Reploids]] [[Just a Machine|as mere tools instead of actual sentient beings]], and was getting tired of the constant [[Robot War|Robot Wars]] that they wage against humankind. When a cure was finally made (the Mother Elf) to rid the world of [[The Virus]] that started the war in the first place, Weil Brainwashed it to become his tool for destruction, and initiated the [[World Sundering|Elf Wars]], where, in the span of ''only 4 years'', a large portion of the human and Reploid populations (60 and 90%, respectively) were wiped out. After ''that'' war, [[And I Must Scream|he is sentenced to immortality, where his consciousness was transferred to a self-regenerating armor, and then sent to forever exile on the barren wasteland that he created.]] When he comes back (which his [[What an Idiot!|"executioners"]] ''didn't'' count on) he makes sure that the humans suffer the same way he did, or worse. And when humans start to rebel and flee from his reign of terror, and his [[The Dragon|general]] [[Bastard Understudy|turns on him]], he becomes much worse, setting a [[Colony Drop]] to [[New Eden|Area Zero]], the ''very last hope of restoring the dying Earth, along with the human refugees settling there!'' Only through Zero's efforts was he stopped in time, and even then, {{spoiler|Zero [[Killed Off for Real|makes his last hurrah]], and Weil, whilst defeated, remained alive thanks to his [[And I Must Scream|curse]]. [[Mega Man ZX|And he still continues to plague the world over and over...]]}}
* From ''[[Persona 3]]'', both {{spoiler|Shuji Ikutsuki}} and Takaya express an interest in destroying all life. {{spoiler|The former seems to be under the impression that he will be spared and given the chance to remake the world in his image after Nyx destroys it, while the latter is already dying and just wants to see everything else go first.}}
* [[Zone of the Enders]] has Nohman, who fancies himself as an agent of the universe's natural will towards its own destruction. Although he does seem to enjoy it just a little too much.
* ''[[Dwarf Fortress]]''-At the moment, pretty much all you can do in Adventure mode is wipe out all the world's sentient life (The only reason its not ''all'' life is because animals seem to respawn). For extra fun, people often try to kill everyone with a [[Self
* Dark Star/Dark Bowser in the final stages of ''[[Mario and Luigi Bowsers Inside Story (Video Game)|Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story]]''. He doesn't have a reason, he just wants to destroy the Mushroom Kingdom and likely universe because he's [[Made of Evil]].
** ''Soon this kingdom will vanish along with all who dwell within. And you, too, will sleep eternally in the dark power's embrace!''
* Both the Primagen and Oblivion in the ''[[Turok (Video Game)|Turok]]'' series.
* The Darkspawn in ''[[Dragon Age]]'' were pretty much born to destroy the world of Thedas and everybody on it. The only reason they haven't is because they are also perfectly fine with attacking each other if there are no other victims. They are also compelled to seek out the Old Gods, an endeavor that usually takes centuries. Sadly, the Old Gods become tainted by the Darkspawn and become insane Archdemons that are also Omnicidal. The Archdemons are able to unite the Darkspawn and launch campaigns to wipe out Thedas known as Blights.
* {{spoiler|Kerghan}} from ''[[Arcanum of Steamworks and Magick Obscura]]'' combines this with [[Well
** The scary part? {{spoiler|Kerghan is ''right''.}}
* Darth Nihilus of ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]] II: The Sith Lords''. At some point in the past, he began consuming the lives of others for his nourishment by draining them through the Force. By the time the player character encounters him, he has become, essentially, the [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of hunger, has already consumed all life on several inhabited planets, and, if left unchecked, will soon do the same to the entire galaxy...and beyond.
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* Shadow from the ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' franchise was this when he first appeared in ''[[Sonic Adventure 2 (Video Game)|Sonic Adventure 2]]''. So was Gerald Robotnik.
** {{spoiler|[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2006 (Video Game)|Solaris]] in all his insanity attempts a [[Apocalypse How|class Z]].}}
** [[Mad God|Chaos]] intends to do this in ''[[Sonic Adventure (Video Game)|Sonic Adventure]]'' once he reached his [[One
* Hot Coldman from ''[[Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker]]'' pretty much turned into one when {{spoiler|he activated Peace Walker to not only launch a nuke at Cuba [originally Mother Base, but it was changed by one of his men], but also to transmit the false data to NORAD, and made it quite clear that, even though he hopes that they don't launch due to his feeling that this will prove that humanity is weak willed, he did not care either way.}}
* [[Big Bad]] {{spoiler|Heiss}} from ''[[Radiant Historia (Video Game)|Radiant Historia]]''. After seeing history full of warfare, suffering, and sacrifices (which only seem to delay the inevitable destruction) through the Black Chronicle, {{spoiler|he}} decides that people do not deserve to exist and tries to bring about [[The End of the World As We Know It]].
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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]].
* ''[[
** 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]]''
** Zorgon Gola from "A Very Big Bang" [http://beta.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=010730 appears] to be an Omnicidal Maniac, but this is actually part of a [[Batman Gambit]] [http://beta.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=010816 to make himself] a mere [[Galactic Conqueror]]. Unfortunately, Gola didn't count on the actions of three [[Spanner in The Works|Spanners In The Works]] ([[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|our heroes]]) causing his [[Batman Gambit|Gambit]] to ''actually'' destroy the Punyverse.
** 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 (Webcomic)|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.}}
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* Dr. Blight from ''[[Captain Planet and The Planeteers]]'' talks about wanting to actively destroy the planet in some episodes but her goals change from episode to episode.
** It was fairly heavily implied that, unlike the rest of the show's villains (who were merely greedy for power or wealth), Blight was actually completely insane - she was certainly the only one pursuing pollution ''for its own sake''.
** 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.
* ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'' episode "Ragnarok and Roll" had one guy who wanted to destroy the world because he felt it was a bad place. Fot that, he summoned a magical [[Artifact of Doom]] - using [[Lord of the Rings|The Ring Inscription]].
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{{quote| Genie: Even the good parts? <br />
Evil: [[For the Evulz|Especially the good parts!]]. }}
* Ultron in the ''[[The Avengers:
* [[Bigger Bad|The Lich]] from ''[[Adventure Time (Animation)|Adventure Time]]''. It's said he converted the life force of the planet into energy for himself with the intention of destroying the world. His sole desire in the world is to destroy all life. Unlike most villains in the show, this is played ''dead seriously'' with him. There's a reason this guy is the [[Knight of Cerebus]] and the single most terrifying [[Complete Monster|monster]] in the show.
* The Shushu of ''[[Wakfu (Animation)|Wakfu]]''. The only reason their king wants to invade the main characters' world is because the Shushu have already destroyed everything worth destroying on their own world. Destruction is nothing but one big game to the Shushu.
* On ''[[Jimmy Two Shoes]]'', there's Twinkles the Terrible...a [[Unicorn]] from outer space. His [[Cuteness Proximity]] means no one will believe he's evil, even as he [[Sugar Apocalypse|blows up several planets, leaving pink, heart shaped clouds behind]].
* While she might not have been doing it ''intentionally'', [[Mad God|Nightmare Moon]] from [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]] would have done this according to [[Word of God]] had her [[The Night That Never Ends|desire for endless night]] worked out.
* In ''[[Darkwing Duck (Animation)|Darkwing Duck]]'', there was the short-lived superpowered galvanized NegaDuck (not to be confused with the [[
{{quote| '''NegaDuck:''' Crimes?! Who cares about crimes?! I'm into mindless wanton destruction!}}
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