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* John Dread of ''[[Otherland]]'' is explicitly described as a sociopath, complete with a psychologist telling the police how he was the scariest person he'd ever attempted to treat, because he could tell that Dread did not see him as a person, but merely an object, to be evaluated on his usefulness and killed without a second thought if he became too inconvenient. Dread is given the [[Freudian Excuse]] of a drug-addled prostitute mother who brutally abused him in order to turn him into a weapon against the world she hated. It worked.
* [[Complete Monster|Razim]] from ''[[Alex Rider]]'' is this [[Up to Eleven|to an unbelievable degree]].
* Jadis the White Witch from ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'' is up there with Iago. Superficial charm? Check. Above average intelligence? Check. Pathological egocentricity? You betcha! No capacity for empathy or remorse? "So much for love." But what else would you expect from the series' stand-in for the Devil himself?
* Visser 3 from ''[[Animorphs]]'' is [[Loves the Sound of Screaming|horrifically sadistic]], [[Ax Crazy|murderously insane]], [[Narcissist|outrageously arrogant]], and prone to slaughtering his own subordinates for the flimsiest reasons - and that's when he ''has'' reasons for killing them. He's less a general and more of a psychotic butcher, which is actually what works in the [[Five-Man Band|Animorphs']] favor time and time again. These traits coupled with a refusal to rein in his cruelty and murderous impulses lead to a ''ton'' of [[Stupid Evil]] moments that allow a ragtag group of teen heroes to stand a chance against the overwhelming might of the [[Scary Dogmatic Aliens|Yeerk]] army.
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