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* Union Aerospace Corporation, from the ''[[Doom]]'' franchise. Okay, the Earth is in the middle of an energy crisis, so the “geniuses” at this Mega Corp discover an energy source on Mars that originates from Hell itself. (That’s right, ''from Hell itself''.) Not only that, they decide to explore Hell itself (which is infested with demons, of course) while mining its resources and looting its artifacts. On top of that, they knew one of their own scientists, Dr. Olivia Pierce, has started [[Religion of Evil| a devil-worshiping cult]] among members of the organization, and do nothing. Worst of all, after the demons are unleashed and the heroic [[Space Marine]] saves humanity from being wiped out, their idiotic CEO Samuel Hayden doesn’t even thank him, and decides to continue research into the project. How dumb can you get?
* Phenotrans, the [[Mega Corp]] main antagonists of the ''[[Dead Rising]]'' series. This is the group that markets a drug called Zombrex, a daily dose of which is required for anyone infected by a zombie, in order to stay human. And they charge an astronomical price for it. The apocalyptic ramifications of this deliberate price gouging - not to mention profiteering, as they deliberately try to worsen the [[Zombie Apocalypse]] - never occurs to them, nor do they ever realize that the overwhelming profits they're making are going to collapse once customers start to lose the funds to afford it. Not to mention they risk turning the entire world into a state where said profits will be worthless.
== Visual Novels ==
* From the ''[[Danganronpa]]'' series, the original Student Council is another example of [[Predecessor Villain]]s who fit that Trope as a result of their stupidity. Short version: Hope's Peak Academy had a reputation of being one of the best (and one of the most expensive) schools in the world, with students who graduated being renowned as experts in their fields. The Academy was originally rather picky about who was admitted. As a result of that, however, profits from tuition started to decline, so they decided to start a remedial program (the Reserve Course) that was just as expensive but lower quality. This eventually led to a caste system developing inside the school, which led to discrimination against the Reserve Course (both by students and faculty), which led to violence, which led to actual murders and suicides, which eventually led to the the first of the Killing Games, the victims of which were the Student Council themselves. in effect, they had created social classes in order to boost their profit margins, an ill-conceived idea that ultimately did them in.
== Web Comics ==
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